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over the hump day. Lots to go over, a lot of
baseball today. Although the World Cup's going
on in the U .S. and Mexico and Canada, we are
going to focus on the diamond today. We have
the manager of your Savannah Bananas who are
coming to Austin Stadium, Tyler Gillen. going
to be on with us in just a couple of seconds
as he brings his team on a swan song tour for
the coach and we also will have Jacob Archer
from the Eugene Emeralds long season single a
ball here also at PK Park this week against Everett
as they start their second half and He gets his
nickname today. Right over there in the producer's
chair, it's Vegas. Doc, right over to my right,
it's Justin Grosswander of ABJ. What a boy. I'm
ready to go. Ready to go. Let's head right over.
We don't normally do this, but we're going to
do it right now. And hopefully still waiting
on the telephone. It is the aforementioned. Tyler
Gillum has come to us. like on a cloud. It's
a banana cloud. Is there such a thing? He comes
to Autzen Stadium with his team, the Savannah
Bananas, for a Saturday, Sunday matchup. The
weather might not be great, but you know what?
It's always not raining at Autzen Stadium. Coach,
thanks for joining us. Boom, baby. Hey, fired
up. Be with you guys today. We're fired up to
head to Oregon. It's gonna be a great time. So
where are you at right now? Because, man, you
guys are barnstorming. The old barnstorming people,
you know, I'm old. I'm 61 years old. I remember
barnstorming. You guys are all over the country,
man. So where were you in Cincinnati last? We
were in Cincinnati this weekend, three sold out
shows there at the Red Stadium. It was absolutely
electric and. Man, we've been all over the place.
And on this tour, we're in 75 cities total, 45
states. We're gonna play in front of 3 .4 million
fans. That's fantastic. So... Tyler, tell us
a little bit about your background and how you
got involved with Jesse's team, the Savannah
Bananas. I've watched the documentaries. I've
been following this arc. It's really a transformational
piece of entertainment that incorporates baseball
into it. So how did you get involved? Because
you have a love of the game and a love of people.
Well, I started as the head coach in 2018 and
my background story is. I'm from 8 Oklahoma,
small town country kid. I got lucky and played
for a guy in high school named Eddie Collins,
who in 2021 became the winning this high school
baseball coach in the entire country. Wow. He
has over 2100 wins, but he taught me more about
life than he ever did about the game of baseball.
And he's really good coach. And he impacted me
so much that that's all I've ever wanted to do
with my life is coach baseball. And now that
You know, I went on this journey and coach college
baseball for 12 years, Oklahoma and in Phoenix,
Arizona. I was at South Mountain Community College
for 12 years. So Juco banned it. And I started
coaching summer baseball. My connections in summer
baseball led me to the Bananas. They started
in 2016 as a summer collegiate baseball team.
And then I got hired as the... Banana's head
coach in 2018 and then at the end of that first
summer, we created the original banana ball rules
Yeah, and nine years later here we are Basically
creating a different sport and we have six teams
within our league now And we'll talk about that
in in just a few moments because this is going
to and we're really excited I'm gonna be I'm
just gonna say selfishly I'm gonna be in the
front row I think up the first baseline, so I'm
not sure what dugout you're in, but I need a
fist bump. That's all I need. I need a fist bump
and a selfie. Well, we'll probably just bring
you on the field, but you got a little bit of
dancing, so get ready. I'll do it, man. I will
absolutely do it. Yeah, absolutely. So you got
to be feeling pretty good, man. Oklahoma, the
Sooners win the whole thing, the first time since
what, 94? Yeah, 94, you know, I'm about my hometown
is about 45 minutes from Norman From Norman and
so I grew up going to you know, oh you camps
and had a bunch of players that played there
I played Juco ball at Seminole State Junior College
right down the road and know it You know it what
was cool. What was cool was, you know seeing
those guys dogpile and that team getting put
together I'd love skip he's you know, former
Texas guy and he was there with Augie Dorito
and You know, I loved Augie Grito's approach
to everything, approach to life and coaching
kids. I've stolen a lot from Augie Grito over
the years and Skip has that, that pedigree in
him too as well. So it was cool, man. I was at
the Omaha, I was in Omaha at the World Series
on Sunday, Monday last week. Um, and they were
just on this run and I got to go hang out with.
Bob Stoops and Barry Switzer, which was unbelievable
and yeah coach venerable he was he was in the
suite too as well and Like being around those
three guys and and who they are and the legends
that they are in Oklahoma That was a that was
a fun time, but they were fired up There were
so many Oklahoma people go to Omaha and really
and really support the team So it was fun watching
that journey and my life's all been been about
chasing dogs piles and it was fun watching them
get one of those dog piles. Well, we love banana
ball and obviously a lot of other people do as
well. I think the thing that catches my eye so
much and I appreciate the most it seems like
the people that aren't necessarily the biggest
sports fans like maybe they're the more casual
sports fan like they love it so much. They love
the bananas and what you guys do and I saw on
your Instagram. You got this goal of impacting
a million people. So how do you feel like this?
situation and this team has helped you and your
personal goal of impacting many people with the
game of baseball. Yeah, so January 17th, 2017,
I. created a goal to have a positive impact on
1 million people through baseball, education,
and exercise. I wrote that on my whiteboard in
my office at South Mountain. And I filmed a video
on YouTube. It's still on YouTube right now.
And I set a goal that was crazy. And a lot of
people said, there's no shot. And I thought that's
what I needed to do. Set a goal that was so big
that it scared the living heck out of me. And
I think on that journey, that became my North
Star. that summer, I coached in the Cape Cod
League and was up there with the Whitey Red Sox
and I got to coach with Coach Pickler. Coach
Pickler is the winningest Cape Cod coach. He's
got over 500 wins. And at the end of that summer
is when I got the call to be the coach of the
Bananas. But I think I was led to the Bananas
because of Jesse and Emily's fans first approach.
Our fans first is everything we do with the Bananas.
The business name is fans first entertainment
and literally every decision we make filters
through the question is this fans first so we'd
love to see and Create through our fans eyes
is how it all comes to be But I think the alignment
was when I first jumped on a zoom call with Jesse
Cole He was in his yellow tux and he told me
whatever's normal do the exact opposite The vision
was very clear from the beginning back in 2017.
He said, Gillum, everything we do is fans first.
Our goal is to make baseball fun. in the future,
I want to create the greatest show in sports.
So he had that vision long before banana ball
even existed. So we've been on this this crazy
journey, but it's because of the people that
I'm with that we're able to do some of these
cool things. He's dreaming big, living large.
It's coach Tyler Gillum joining us. He is going
to be at odds and standing with the Savannah
Bananas as the head coach on his Swansong tour
in the bench. But I know you're staying with
the organization. We'll talk about that in a
moment as well. You can follow Coach Tyler Gillum
on the socials on the X platform, Gillum 66,
and on IG it's a great follow. Coach Gillum 66
as well. And a lot of things that he does off
the field I think will touch people's hearts.
So please go and dive into that and reach out
to Coach Gillum. So coach. I mean, this is this
is I said based in baseball because this is truly
an entertainment forum. And what Jesse did, taking
a team in Little Augusta, Georgia, or probably
not Augusta in Savannah, Georgia, and and making
it something that is now like a worldwide phenomenon.
I mean, have you really wrapped your head around
what it's been and how many people you you touch
and and how you give them joy when they're there
for? for the two hours. We definitely pinch ourselves
every day that we're in this position and definitely
blessed with the opportunities and it's fun We
you know, we're in a great spot right now, you
know this this tour We're gonna have three point
four million people come watch us play But we
also have four point three million on a wait
list to get tickets So, you know five years ago
banana ball didn't exist And so that's a that's
a crazy thing where we weren't traveling yet
five years ago, you know, we were just started
with banana ball and traveling. And so the scaling
of it has been crazy. We're so blessed with it.
But we say all the time, we're still in the first
inning. And it's always someone's first show.
And so our goal is literally to create a new
show every night. We do 10 to 15 things in game
that we've never done before. So if you come
to a show two weeks ago, you're going to see
a new show in Eugene. And our goal is to create
the greatest show in sports with competition.
So that's why we have a league now. We have six
teams. It's very competitive. We've all been
beaten up on each other all year. And the fun
part of it is competitive and entertainment.
And, you know, we're just getting started, but
I can't wait for the Oregon fans to really, really
see what this thing's all about. Do you have
a favorite banana ball rule or one that you think
really exemplifies what the fans first thing
is all about? Yeah, the fan catch out. Me too.
A foul ball gets caught like last week in Cincinnati.
Last week in Cincinnati, literally to end the
game, a fan caught a foul ball. that that's one
of the most fun things you know what what you
see is you you see grown men coming to the ball
games with uh with a glove and ready to go right
so yeah it's fun man and like you alluded to
earlier you know banana ball there's something
for everybody it doesn't matter if you're six
or 66 male female like baseball don't like baseball
there's something for everybody and that's when
i knew this thing was going to work because i
would have husbands After games say hey, you
know what my wife You know, she doesn't love
baseball, but man, she loves banana ball or she
loves the bananas. You know, where they say,
man, I like watching the, the, the husband say,
man, I really like watching the guys compete
and hit and pitch. But my, my wife, she loves
the dancing part of it, you know? And so I think
what we've done is really unlocked. Let's say,
let's say 25 % of America really loves baseball
and they go to baseball games. I think we've
unlocked the other 75%. where they might not
like baseball, but they like a lot of other forms
with the music or the dances or any of the skits
that we do. The comedy that's a part of it. It's
real. It's really a fun show. You're going to
see the world's tallest hitter, a pitcher who
stands on stilts Dakota stilts Albritton who
stands 10 feet tall. You're going to see the
banana nanas. You're going to see the split.
You're going to see the world's only dancing
umpire Vincent Chapman. You're going to see it
all this weekend at Austin Stadium. Saturday
and Sunday is the house is packed for the banana.
who come into town, the Savannah Bananas. Gosh,
I can't get my arm around this. The Savannah
Bananas are coming to town. It's crazy. I mean,
we've been waiting for this. I mean, you're all
deep down in the South, and I see you all in
these arenas and stuff. And again, you talked
about pinching yourself a bit. So I got to ask,
because you just mentioned it, what's your best
dance move, coach? Are you a dancer? Do you get
out there and shake it? Yeah, so if you don't
know I wear boots on the field every game I've
been wearing boots on the field since 2019 my
dad was a bull rider so I wear those to represent
him and I've done a little two -stepping in those
coaches boxes over the years so I love to touch
two -step love to two -step swing and that's
probably my number one thing but You know, we've
got some great players that are really good at
dancing, so I'm part of the back row boys. So
if you see us do a choreographed dance, I'm usually
on the back row with my coaching staff. We're
you know, they say the best ones are on the back
row, but uh, I i'm just gonna take the word for
it So so that's great. So I know that there's
you know, there is competition you just talked
about that now There's actually a league and
it's not like I think I honestly I don't mind
the comparison when people say because of the
entertainment value It's like the harlem globetrotters,
but that was all just a setup The washington
generals are going to get beat down every single
game. They rarely won This is competitive baseball
within the rules that banana ball is. Can you
talk about that a little bit? Yeah, absolutely.
And so that was our goal back in 2022, we were
looking at it and it was just us and the party
animals traveling at that time. And me and our
owner, we were watching the Super Bowl and we
were like, man, we got to create a league. And
so we started looking at adding teams. We added
the firefighters, then the Texas tailgaters,
and now our two newest team, the Loco Beach Coconuts
and the Indianapolis Clowns. So we have six total
teams now. And the goal is to be the best at
everything. So the best on the field competitive,
the best at entertainment on the field. field,
dancing, celebrations, and the best at fans first,
which is in the stands, connecting with fans,
growing fans. And so it's really the best of
all three of those things is the goal. And I
think that's why a lot of people are kind of
confused. Is it entertainment? Is it scripted?
And we get the globe trotter comparison a lot,
but the truth is every one of our games is different.
Every brand has its own different type of show
with its own entertainment. so we're looking
to do something nobody's ever done before without
the entertainment in a league and Everything's
fans first And of course around here I think
a lot of duck fans the branding of Oregon and
the ducks is something that's been You know apparent
and seen around the country nationally Bananas
as well. I mean it's become like a household
name like everybody knows the bananas like i'm
just curious Where did that actual like mascot
come from originally? And how important do you
think it's been that it's just such this like
iconic thing that you can just say Bananas and
everybody knows who you guys are Yeah, you know
what I love about the ducks is you know, they
weren't ever scared to be different, you know
they started with the uniforms and Pave in their
own way and in different uniforms and different
colors and different color schemes and at first
people knocked that a lot of times, you know,
whenever you're doing anything that's never been
done before, a lot of times you're misunderstood.
And now if you look what happened in college
athletics is everybody's got different colored
uniforms and all these things. And I think Oregon
started that with us. We started with that yellow
Jersey and that yellow Jersey pops kind of like
that New York, New York Yankees pinch tribe does.
And so it stands out a lot. We've got some surprises
with our uniforms this weekend, so I can't wait.
Oh, yeah, baby. And so I'm going to shoot a social
media piece this weekend, storytelling a little
bit about Oregon and standing out and being different
on those uniforms. I think it's a really important
piece and Eugene's always being innovative. And
so I love that comparison with us and Eugene
and Oregon and Oregon Ducks. So it's going to
be a fun weekend. Savannah Bananas, Party Animals
this weekend at Autzen Stadium. One final question
for you, coach, before we let you go. And again,
thank you for your time here. on the Danny Justin
radio program. It's the head man for the Savannah
Bananas Tyler Gillum joining us as he's on his
swansong tour. So you're not going away, but
you're moving into the front office. So I mean,
was there something behind that? It's just kind
of like you need to, you know, feel like you
can turn it over to the next guy to have all
this fun, but you still stay with the organization.
Well, I would say to you right now You might
have got tricked on some AI or something because
I'm not going anywhere good man and so Yeah,
that's that's news to me. I've never read that
and I've never said that once good my life my
life my life's on the field Like I said Eddie
Collins Had an impact on me and where I get my
most energy is being on the field and coaching
every day So we've got some other people that
that that are awesome. That will handle the front
office side, but I'm gonna be on the field Alright,
so see there you go. Kids don't ever believe
what you read when you're trying to do research
via the internet It's an evil thing coach. I'm
really looking forward to seeing you. So Saturday
I'm at the game section 32 right in the front
row You won't be able to miss me because I'll
be wearing some banana stuff so well i love it
i better see some dance moves we're gonna be
doing hey baby it's gonna be electric i can't
wait to meet you guys in person it's gonna be
fun attaboy coach thanks and thanks for the time
safe travels out here you're gonna love eugene
you man appreciate you guys see you soon all
right there he goes tyler gilm the head coach
of the savannah bananas the most entertaining
show in sports man they they went on 96 game
world tour last year and they're continuing here
in 2026 That's awesome. It's great. That was
an awesome interview. Great, great product. I
love great energy that gets anybody that gets
brought into the game of baseball in any way.
I just think it's so good. So I love what they're
doing. We're going to continue talking baseball.
Jacob Archer gets his nickname next. The Eugene
Emerald's voice is here on the Danny Justin radio
program as we roll on here on a hump day. Fox
Sports Eugene, Fox Sports Newport. The Danny
and Justin radio program, if you missed any of
that interview, we jumped right into the fray.
I think that's the fastest interview we've had
on the fastest 60 minutes in terms of like right
at the top of the hour. Tyler Gillum from the
Savannah Bananas who are coming into town to
take on the party animals at Austin Stadium on
Saturday and Sunday. And I know it's sold out
already, so it's gonna be crowded there because
PK Park is also gonna be rocking. Absolutely.
And we've got our good friend. Jacob Archer who
gets his nickname today, by the way Just go back
to the podcast and you can listen to Tyler Gillum
great interview with the coach who is not stepping
aside Again, don't trust the Internet kids and
then also Jacob Archer coming up here from the
Eugene Emerald So Jacob, this is your for me
now. I think he's been here more than three times
though, right? This is our second time our second
time, but your third not breaking the rule That's
good. So you get your nickname. You ready? I
can't wait. I've been waiting for this. I've
been waiting for this. I hope it's good for you.
All right. Jacob Archer from now on on the Danny
and Justin radio program and on Fox Sports Eugene
Fox Sports Newport. You will forever now know
him being Crash. Crash. Jacob Crash Archer. I
like it. It's fitting. Okay. Very fitting. Okay.
Well, you got to then tell me. I mean, I can't
leave that sitting there. Why is it fitting for
you? I know why it's fitting for me. I'm trying
to think why it's fitting for you, for me. From
the outside perspective. From the outside perspective.
But I don't know if I'm, what is it? I'm trying
to find it. For me, so it's obviously, it's an
homage to Crash Davis from Bull Durham. What
a great character that Kevin Costner played.
Just your persona, your temperament, your, you
know, and the way you have a love of the game,
you're not doing it. You know, listen, everybody
who sits behind a microphone wants aspirations
to become a professional announcer at the highest
level, for you the MLB level. But man, you are
doing God's work just slugging through on long
bus rides. You know, you're not getting treated
to, you know, big high Marriott points and whatever,
so that's kind of why. I'm saying crash for you.
That's very very fit That was where my mind went
at first, but I I had to make sure I had to make
sure cuz obviously for people that don't know
too They're wearing M's unis in that did you
know that no? Yeah, bull Durham. He's rocking
an end They play as the emeralds at one point
we have it framed up in our I'm gonna text you
guys a picture That's where I thought you were
going it's it's it's very brief It's very very
brief in the movie, but it's there you see the
throwback M's and we released throw We'll wear
throwbacks every once in a while. It's the same
script. It's the same color way we had from We've
tried. It's very protective about the brand and
all that. I can. Yeah. OK. Maybe an off brand
night eventually where we'll come up with something
creative where people know just do an unauthorized
bear Durham. Nobody will know. Nobody will realize.
All right. Well, congratulations to the M's winners
of the first half. So, you know, now you're going
to be hosting a championship series and PK Park.
So let's talk about that. because second half
started out a little rocky right now. One and
three, as you still have a series with Everett
that's continuing right now. But listen, Hillsborough
is not out of reach. They're three and one. So
the second half just started. So I guess my first
point of jumping off on this would be, so did
you sense or feel or is it real that there's
like that exhales like, man, we blasted through
that first half. We ran away with it. Eight game,
you know, spread. We know we're in and there
was just of this exhale that happened in the
first few games of the second half? Yeah, to
some extent it's... It was so interesting because
it wasn't this close race. And I don't, you know,
no disrespect to any other team, but it was,
it was a wire to wire after about a month and
a half. It was just kind of a matter of when
it was going to happen. Not if it was going to
happen unless it was this historic collapse,
which you never know. Baseball is weird. But
you know, when, when they did win it, it was
obviously a celebration and the players were
happy, but it was also like, all right, we got
that. It's, it's off the shoulder. You know,
it's the weight has been lifted. It was almost
a sire. relief in a way and then you know the
the following week or so it was trying to get
guys an extra day off here or there and you know
you try to rest a little more and you're not
giving guys a ton of days off but you know you're
able to to take a little bit of the workload
off for these guys that have been just playing
day after day after day so it was you know definitely
a week or so of kind of adjusting and then last
week the start of the second half I saw the flip
the switch being flipped last Friday to start
the second half The other team just hit back
-to -back walk -off home runs and back -to -back
days Which was a little bit unfortunate against
Eugene to kind of start But they're finding it
again for sure and kind of getting back in rhythm
There's some new names and players and they got
to find that that chemistry It's still the same
core But there's there's you know Lots of new
guys that have been here now in the past couple
weeks or month or so I want to just go back to
the kind of promotional side We obviously just
had Tyler Gillam on from the Savannah bananas
really great interview if you haven't heard it
go check it out Any sort of like I'm not saying
parallels, but like you guys ever look at the
bananas and stuff They're doing it. I'm not saying
you can do some of those things But like they
do such a great job promoting like do you guys
ever look at them and go like? Maybe we could
learn a thing or two you want me to walk on stilts
and in college With a flaming headset or I don't
know I could do something Are you offering? Is
that an offer? If people show up, I'll do it.
Sure. I don't know. Wow, listen. Jacob, Jacob
crash. Archer will take any kind of money to
wear a flaming headset. We'll get a fan to go
out there and pitch the third bang. But to that
question, I think it's a fair question because
and I know you guys look at everybody and other
clubs that do certain things. It's like, you
know what? Imitation is the best form of flattery.
Oh, yeah, it's it is true, especially in the
offseason. It's we start right away soon as the
season wraps up and we we. We clean up the stadium
and move out. I mean, we're back to three to
five promo meetings every single week. If you
know a meeting almost every day. And part of
that is we have times when it's like, let's do
original ideas and see what we can come up with.
What's popular? What's going to be popular? What
movies are coming out? But there is a side of
it, too, of. We spend time looking at not just
minor league clubs, but we have gotten great
ideas from minor league hockey, from the NBA,
WNBA, NFL. Like you just scour all these clubs
across all these different levels. And obviously
there's things they do we can't or vice versa.
But you can also see something that they do and
kind of get an idea to make it your own off of
it. Because we try not to just, all right, let's
fill out our game. Let's look at what other teams
did successfully. You know, we get all these
data reports. Here's the most successful promo
nights in minor league baseball. You know you
use some but we also don't just want to be a
rinse -and -repeat type of club to wear every
year It's the same kind of promos day after day
and and you're just stealing ones that are already
big But you know with the with the bananas in
particular you can definitely especially their
marketing and that kind of stuff. They're obviously
super super on Point with that kind of stuff
and you can get ideas that you can kind of make
your own off of that Yeah, no, that's totally
fair. I mean back to the baseball side Jacob
Hayward we talked to him before the season appreciate
you guys for yeah, so take that Love the guy.
I think he does a great job notice any sort of
trends with the guys that have come through and
the way that he's handled players Yeah, the more
Games and kind of the more you're around the
team You just kind of see those those little
things because you know when the coach acts one
way Team picks it up and you kind of see those
habits and one big thing kind of like you were
talking about with you know Maybe the kind of
slower end to the half and the slower start to
the second half it's not he's not putting pressure
on these guys it feels like like when you go
into the locker room after a loss obviously guys
aren't happy or you know celebrating but it's
like hey don't just sit there and sulk and then
leave and go home and carry that over to tomorrow
like losses happen man like it had which i can
really appreciate from like an outside perspective
of he's not just putting it on these guys and
then two losses becomes three and then they're
wearing that way over and over it's like you
know what I mean? Like things like that to just
keep keep it fresh for these guys and and then
they don't fall down these these pits because
it is easy baseball. I mean, you can be a great
team and you lose a couple games and the vibe
and then all of a sudden it just you've seen
teams just tank towards the end of the year and
he does a good job at just keeping spirits. I
honestly Jacob Archer, the voice of the M's there
in a home stand at PK Park. You want to see the
bananas? That's fine, but you also can see the
M's at PK Park. If you got shut out of the banana.
you know what just go next door because it's
gonna be great baseball as Everett's in town
as Eugene their last home stand before the 4th
of July by the way so traditionally the M's have
been home for the last few years so the fireworks
shows are gonna be this Friday yeah this Friday
right yeah there's a few tickets still available
but it's a great way if you're you know, doing
banana ball on Saturday or not, you can have
a real fun baseball weekend. Fireworks Friday
night. Go see the Bananas, and we'll close things
on the series this Sunday, too. So we call them
Crash here. It's Jacob Archer on the Danny and
Justin radio program. I'm glad you like the nickname.
So where, because it's going to come, where does
the fatigue start to set in with a team? Because
you guys, you know, literally... I know you're
gonna get a little break with the All -Star break
that comes up. Everybody does. But it is literally
on buses, playing games, on, on, on, go, go,
go, Monday's off, but that's... That's pretty
much it. So do you see a point in the season?
You've been doing this long enough where it's
kind of like that fatigue sets in, and that's
where the coaches need to kind of push a little
bit further to get through that wall. It usually
is about this time of year, kind of right before
the All -Star break, where it just has not been
a day off. I mean, even this last week, we're
in Tri -City and Pasco on Sunday, 7 -0 -5 game.
PM we finish we bus home I get home I look at
my phone It's 6 in the morning right and then
it's like okay I guess I'll sleep for a couple
hours, and there's my off day, and then it's
like boom We're playing again yesterday to start
the week where those things start to kind of
add up, but Knowing that the all -star break
is soon, even though it's just four days, like
four days. Oh, oh, four days. Four days is a
lifetime. I mean, it's going to be awesome. Obviously,
I love the grind of the season, but it is nice
to, you know, be home for more than two hours
every couple of weeks on a random Monday or something.
But, you know, it's usually usually this time
of the year for fatigue. And this is kind of
when you see, you know, maybe a little more mix
and matching in the lineups. And you're trying
to get guys and, you know, an extra day off here
or there. And especially when you have a full
roster with with enough hitters and things like
that, but it's a long season. 132 is a lot of
games, and it's a lot of games quick. Who right
now for both you guys and forever it are that
I was like when I go to see a game like Especially
minor league games like who's the guy that I'm
gonna be able to say I saw this guy in the minor
leagues right now Who the players that you would
look out for this weekend? Well since we last
talked I think I don't think he was on the team
yet Johnny level. He's on he's on Eugene now
He's the youngest player in the Northwest League.
He's 19 He's one of the top top prospects in
all the baseball switch hitting shortstop with
power. That's 19 you're like What the heck, like
this is, you've never seen something like, you
know what I mean? It's just, it truly is special.
He's one of those guys that like... You'll see
here and then two years from now you'll be like,
oh, it's a short stop for the Giants like right
Yeah, of course he is. He's incredible. Um, and
there's a couple other guys, you know Dakota
Jordan on on Eugene and and Gavin Keelan the
first rounder who I know you talked to to at
media day and forever at the Mariners like they
got a loaded farm system and the Mariners have
been a Great farm team the past couple of years.
So they got Johnny farmelo or Feldman Celestin
kind of the top two hitters for them right now
that I mean those guys are gonna be big clickers
at some point. They're just they're so good He's
the Eugene Ambrose play by play guy. You can
follow him on the socials at Jacob underscore
Archer 12. It is crash Archer joining us on the
Danny Justin radio program as we wind up things
here on a Wednesday. If by the way you missed
Ryan Gillum, the head coach of the Savannah Bananas,
who is staying by the way. Where'd you get that
from? I was doing a ton of research. Listen,
I had like 12 balls juggling in the air. Someone
posted a lie on Twitter. Shocking. I just believe
it. That's why I said kids. It was a pause. It
was just like, you know what? Actually, the most
embarrassing moment was when I did not have the
wife and kids correct. No, it was true. Justin
Wilcox. I grabbed the wrong bio. And I was just
like, yeah, and your wife and your kids, and
he's like, I don't know who those are, but I
understand what you're saying. So you know what?
We are human here on the Danny and Justin radio
program. I self -deprecate all the time. I heard
it. I had a question for you. Sure. I have to
ask you a question finally. Turn the chair up.
OK. So I heard you talking about how you're going
to be a banana ball on the first baseline. And
he's like, we'll get you on the field, right?
If you had to take a nap bat. What would be your
what would be your bit because obviously it's
it's still it's it's fire. It's upside down It's
whatever what would be the thing that you do
at the plate or if you were pitching maybe if
you want to pitch What would be your your trick?
No, actually for me, it'd be flaming bat It's
a good one. I don't like the bat on fire And
then I can swing that so as you know, you can
put that stuff so it's up high It doesn't get
on your hands. Absolutely flaming bat. I would
switch from righty to lefty every single pitch
Because I can kind of switch it and so that's
what I would do I don't know if I could go further
than that I'll have a flaming bat, but I could
do that at least you could do both Or I would
wear a gorilla suit Maybe or the sasquatch suit
you can see The sasquatch suit I would absolutely
wear that at the plate That's a good one. Alright,
so there you go. That's a great question. You
know what, you've done this a couple of times.
I love it. I think that's the first time that
a guest has asked us a question. I got the nickname,
now I'm confident. I don't know. I don't know.
I'm confident, you know? He is exuding confidence.
So the second half of the season, there's going
to be... Possibly a lot more movement because
there are going to be players that that have
been evaluated throughout the year at all levels
and especially starting here. This is the base
level for the Giants organization and then AA
AAA and then to the big leagues and there's going
to be player movement. There's going to be you
know some trades that happen. You know some people
are going to start selling and a lot of that
ends up being some prospects that are included
in deals. So what do you anticipate? And you've
seen this enough in this second half of the season
because the Eugene Emeralds that we see right
now might. not be at the end of july the same
eugene emeralds 100 it's it is such a crazy time
of year because of mlb trade deadline plus the
draft and the draft is really the big one because
think about that yeah you only can have so many
players in your organization which if you don't
know i mean baseball it is so many players there
are so many players in a single organization
just how many levels there are but you draft
a bunch of guys you sign a bunch of guys they
got to play somewhere so you see Trades you see
guys getting cut. That's when you see a lot of
a lot of just Movement from the top level all
the way down to the complex in Arizona where
where guys are moving around just especially
with the draft Happening that's such a massive
influx you get 20 plus players At least all of
a sudden now signed and on your team and you
gotta play them somewhere And and and with the
trade deadline too, especially with teams that
have been aggressive or or selling some years.
There's nothing some years It's I'm I was calling
a game in Hillsborough All of a sudden James
Tibbs gets pinched ran for in the ninth inning.
I was like, that's bizarre He's not even the
tying run and then I look over and he's like
shaking everybody's hands in the dugout Open
Twitter. I'm like, I don't see anything and I'm
like, oh my goodness He just I think he just
got straight like I didn't say this on the air
and then ten minutes later It's like Rafael Devers
is a giant for a player to be named later. I'm
like, it's him So it can happen like that where
it's literally like the coach is managing they're
like Yeah, you got to get him out of the game
right now. He's he's no longer part of our organization
because you don't want to get hurt exactly Yeah,
you know they're they he now plays for the Red
Sox and it's like well He was just got a single
lead off that immediate. That's nuts, right?
Yeah, that's what I think the Giants might Not
saying they're gonna regret completely they got
a good player to the rival He's a good player.
Yeah, and he got developed very well So what
kind of movie Casey? I mean, I know the the Giants
have these guys Gonzales and Hernandez those
are their top two guys. They're a rookie ball
Are those guys gonna just be at rookie ball for
the rest of the year where they come up to Eugene
at some? point after the draft that kind of thing
how does this work come on mr. assistant gm that's
a i mean obviously i would love for all those
guys to come i'd be super cool have all the top
prospects but but normally like okay johnny level
who i was mentioning earlier is kind of a good
example he's a year older than those guys he
was in arizona for most of the year then last
year at the end they're like we're moving you
up to san jose which is low a before us and then
he finished the year there that's kind of what
they do with a lot of the draft prospects like
gavin keelan for example the first round or last
year He comes in, hangs out in the organization
for a week or so, and then he played about 20
-ish games to finish the year in San Jose. You
don't always see them come up to you, Gene, for
the same draft year, guys, although if it's like,
we need a body. Like last year, we were running
out of pitchers, so they sent us a couple of
the late round guys, like, we need a bullpen
arm. Can that request be made like that? It's
like, listen, we're down to seven arms, we need
a couple more? Yeah, I mean, especially for us
last year, we were making the... Getting ready
to go into the championship series and that could
be a similar thing this year, too Where we have
a couple guys called up the triple a season goes
longer than double a right and then high a so
then they might Need a couple of you know so
then it's like these guys are kind of moving
up right at the end of the season Okay, so sometimes
you just need you're like we have four guys in
the bullpen man We got to get two or three more
so you usually see especially when you're going
for the championship some guys that will fill
in and will they play will they not here and
there you know what i mean but you just need
bodies at some point so you you more see that
where san jose kind of gets that The draft guys
of that year and then now we're a year too late
So now we have all of the the 25 guys the Gavin
Collins and such that are here So how big of
a difference is there between the low and the
high? Like just competition wise like do you
guys seem like they're fish out of water if they're
coming from that low way at times if they're
skipping that level You know I'm saying yeah,
it definitely depends It's there's a pretty big
the biggest jump in minor league baseball is
high a actually to double a from from from just
a ballpark perspective and it's harder places
to hit and things like that, but the low a jump
to high a you get a lot of the pitching just
a lot better you just get older guys that are
here you know when they sign older college guys
they move up quickly they're not going to keep
them in in Arizona or San Jose for for too long
where they make their way quickly here so you
you tend to get a lot of older pitchers that
are You know more veteran have thrown more innings
and then when they get these 18 19 20 year olds
here It's like I this guy doesn't know what he's
doing it You know what I mean? Like and they're
you you you kind of see that so there definitely
is an adjustment period Especially for the hitters.
It feels like against a lot of these pitchers
Alright, well Jacob, but we're gonna let you
go. It's it's a pleasure always talking I you
got some more great game prep to do as you got
to work your real job tonight so one last question
for you though is is as the season starts to
stagger through and You know seasons start to
drop off and such That that last bit that last
little run in the season because again We know
that Eugene is going to be playing in the championship
series. Do you see teams get bulked up? So in
other words, how important is a long season championship
in single A ball to the Giants organization?
I mean, is that one of those things where it's
like we want to win at every level all the time,
or they're just more, you know, some organizations
more just. Don't care what's really going on
if I want to develop players. I want to bring
them up the way we want them brought up Yeah,
that's a really good question because it's it
is so organization to organization with that
There's organizations in the Northwest League
like not saying they don't care, but it's like
that's cool if it happens, but whatever you know
what I mean It's about the player development
which at the end of the day for all teams it
is number one is player development right but
i know for for teams like it seems like with
the giants and other teams in this league it
does build a sense of camaraderie and closer
relationships with the guys that you've been
playing with all year and it does go a long way
even if the development side of it like from
an actual on the field might not necessarily
you know three four five extra games whatever
man like it might not do a lot but but having
that sense of like winning and like winning culture
and learning how to win and how to fight through
these long seasons and injuries and the dog days
of summer. I personally think it does go a long
way. And that's why at the end of the year, like
last year with the Giants, we clinched it. We
were down a couple people, and they sent us some
reinforcements. Obviously, it matters to some
extent for them. And I don't know if it's the
number one priority with any team, like I said,
but it definitely matters. Well, you play the
game to win, and it's crash. On the mic tonight,
you can listen to them. all season long for the
rest of the season on Eugene Emerald's baseball.
Thanks, Crash. Thank you guys. Appreciate it.
All right, there he goes. Jacob Archer, follow
him on the socials as well. Jacob underscore
Archer 12. We come back. I mean, Vegas has got
a Brazil kit on, so we got a top World Cup as
we wind up a hump day program on the Danny Justin
radio program. If you missed any of the interview
that we started off the program right out of
the gates racing out of the gates with Tyler
Gillum, the head coach of the Savannah bananas
who are taking on the party animals this weekend
at Austin Stadium. Go back to the podcast. Listen
to that. You can also hear Jacob Archer get his
nickname, the voice of the Eugene Emeralds. As
we've been blasting through this program, we
call the fastest 60 minutes. We do more with
an hour than most do with three. Thanks for tuning
in my friends. Two more World Cup matches today.
It's Scotland what four more four more. Sorry.
Yeah Really? Yeah, South Korea. Oh, there's two
more later like 730 or the ones that are gonna
be kicking off here in about 10 minutes It's
Scotland and Brazil, right? We've got morocco
and haiti. I think that's what i see. How about
that? I got that in my head. I'm looking right
at you i'm not looking at a screen or anything
else like that So and we got who who tonight?
Uh, I don't know the matchup exactly but it's
south chechia and mexico. No, chechia chechia
south africa and south korea I'll just name the
teams that are playing. All right, so brazil
and scotland scotland needs At least a draw here.
They've played. This is the third match in group
c Brazil has four points Morocco's got four points
Scotland has three points So I mean if you if
you tie here the gold differential actually favors
Brazil right now, right they lead the table in
that so Scotland's basically they have to win
this match if they have any chance to advance
I think we're rooting for the Scots in a lot
of ways, right? Has been but has been incredible
in the u .s. I'm a Brazil guy. I got always kind
of read for Brazil, but I do I you know We're
americans. I can appreciate the underdog scotland
is the underdog here. There there was great moments
in uh Fenway park with the fans chanting. Did
you ever watch that video? Yeah, okay good and
they drank if they drank boston dry So so vegas
do you have is that like a number on the back
of your kit or is it just the basic one? Yeah
No, this is just a basic basic. It's beautiful
It is um, but uh, yeah, i'm not even a huge brazil
fan. I just love the way this kit looks Okay,
so wait a second So you're not a huge brazil
fan. I am cheering for brazil. How did you acquire
so? Sorry, no, how did you acquire the jersey?
My cousin who is a he's in high school right
now crazy brazil fan No, he's actually a crazy
mexico fan Um, but but they also like the way
this kit looks so they bought it for me and I
just I was like wearing it So I think it looks
great. Thank you blue. It's got some nice texture
on it It's not the official World Cup kit. Okay,
so lots of World Cup. We'll talk more about it
tomorrow as well. By the way, we're going to
have the General, Jeff Oliver, in here to talk
about the pre. We're going to give away some
tickets to the pre, a family fun four -pack for
Friday night. So yeah, so stay tuned tomorrow
for the program as well So I know you're chopping
at the bit baby Jay to talk about your bulls
and the NBA draft So I'm gonna give you a couple
minutes. No it you are Nothing to talk about
the bulls because everybody they were getting
Caleb Wilson the entire time So nobody wanted
to analyze but listen you you go on Twitter and
someone asked a question about how you're feeling
Amazing or terrific Yeah, I feel great I'm a
bulls fan. I've been waiting for them to do it
right for about 10 years They finally got a top
pick and there were a lot of guy There were a
lot of moves near the bottom half of the first
round where players were getting traded back
and forth I've never understood that to be honest.
It's like why don't you just trade up for the
pick? Instead of trading the player I mean, I've
always found it hilarious to the you know, the
players that are walking up they put on their
How about the kid that wasn't invited to the
green room that Joshua Jefferson you guys did
you guys hear about Kareem? What was his name
Lopez? Is that his last name? Yeah, then the
New Zealand didn't realize that he had been traded
to the Grizzlies for like 15 minutes Brian Windhorst
literally told him news to him in an interview
15 minutes later Call yeah, I'd never heard of
anything like that and he literally he was like
wait what like I'm on the grizzlies Isn't that
amazing it's like and you would find out from
a reporter first first born Mexican player ever
Congratulations to him. Okay drafted in the first
round wrapped in the first round. Yeah, or I
think ever actually it might be a lot to look
that up Yeah, so so the Blazers did not make
any moves. That's not unexpected. I'm I'm not
concerned because it's always been Joe Cronin's
the last couple of years, MO. I mean, he goes
and gets Jan Hansen in the first round and everybody
was like, what the heck was that? And very much
a development player. But we didn't think there
were going to be a ton of moves. The moves that
Joe Cronin is going to make are going to be now
in the next two months. Second but maybe that's
our second round. Okay, I think it's a possibility
It's easier to get a second round pick You always
want to add a guy right like they don't have
any second round picks right now You have to
trade some sort of asset me you can maybe even
get it as easily as hey two future seconds for
a second this year Like not too much of a commitment
there. So how do you think the draft went overall?
You think everybody got who they wanted seems
like everybody thinks that nobody really screwed
up that everybody took the guy They should take
maybe the mores Johnson To dallas because of
the whole dusty may getting hired by mavericks
thing is a little bit interesting The way that
those michigan players played out But overall
three four michigan players got taken in the
first round three pretty much three out of four
picks. That's crazy That is absolutely nuts.
Well, all right, so you give it a a minus b plus
for the draft for everybody overall A full grade
for everyone overall. Yeah, pretty good. Okay.
All right. There you go with that You heard it
from baby jay. The draft was fine. Let's do dad
joke Oh, a joke! I got fired from the bank today.
A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed
her. Dad jokes! You're never gonna get this.
That's why I'm gonna lay it on here. Alright.
What was the flute playing killer whale auditioning
for? What was the flute playing killer whale
auditioning for? Oh man, that's so random. What?
I don't know. Is it gonna be good at least? I
hope so. The trans -Siberian orca strut. Oh my
god, that was not good. Tomorrow on the program
the general if you missed any of the show today
You got to go back and listen to the podcast.
It's gonna be a fun 49 -minute listen Thanks
for tuning in for Vegas for baby. J. I'm dot
god bless Be well put a smile on your face someone
else's they deserve it. So do you peace?