WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.580 sports. Eugene portions of this show are recorded. 00:00:04.980 --> 00:00:07.900 Strap in and be prepared. I love growing the 00:00:07.900 --> 00:00:11.109 game. I can guarantee you, any other West Coast 00:00:11.109 --> 00:00:14.230 team that's watching this, I'm sure USC is gnashing 00:00:14.230 --> 00:00:17.170 their teeth right now saying, how come we couldn't 00:00:17.170 --> 00:00:19.809 have thought of this first? Interesting guests. 00:00:19.989 --> 00:00:22.710 Kelly Gray, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waskowski, 00:00:22.929 --> 00:00:25.390 Melissa Lombardi, Max Torres, El Toro, joining 00:00:25.390 --> 00:00:28.489 us. Sharp opinions. I think if you're a supporter 00:00:28.489 --> 00:00:30.969 of the NBA, that you should at least have some 00:00:30.969 --> 00:00:33.130 level of interest in the WNBA because the things 00:00:33.130 --> 00:00:36.630 that interest you as a NBA fan should still interest 00:00:36.630 --> 00:00:38.710 you as a WNBA fan. That's just my opinion. And 00:00:38.710 --> 00:00:40.729 some smiles. Can you guess what position I played 00:00:40.729 --> 00:00:43.810 in football? Left out? No, I did not. Yeah, exactly. 00:00:44.429 --> 00:00:45.890 I had to think about that for a second. But yes, 00:00:45.890 --> 00:00:47.450 actually, I did not play. I was not big enough. 00:00:47.590 --> 00:00:50.289 Goose tried to kill me today on the golf course. 00:00:50.609 --> 00:00:52.429 Advanced warning was given. It just apparently 00:00:52.429 --> 00:00:55.009 was not heard. I will dispute that in a court 00:00:55.009 --> 00:00:57.549 of law. It's Danny Havel. If you're driving and 00:00:57.549 --> 00:00:59.009 you're trying to do this in your head, pull off 00:00:59.009 --> 00:01:00.649 the side of the road. I don't need any accidents. 00:01:01.030 --> 00:01:03.210 Justin Grossweiner. I love to hear a coach go, 00:01:03.270 --> 00:01:06.049 we're going to focus on that bad four game stretch 00:01:06.049 --> 00:01:08.930 the rest of this. season. We will never do that 00:01:08.930 --> 00:01:11.150 again. That may be a good point. I don't know. 00:01:11.329 --> 00:01:12.629 Maybe you could do that. Maybe that's another 00:01:12.629 --> 00:01:15.769 strategy. Danny and Justin starts now on Fox 00:01:15.769 --> 00:01:21.750 Sports Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Hello, 00:01:25.689 --> 00:01:28.390 neighbors. Welcome high atop the Delta Triad 00:01:28.390 --> 00:01:30.849 in the Crystal Palace. 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Thanks 00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:03.510 for tuning in, friends, for a wonderful Wednesday 00:02:03.510 --> 00:02:06.250 over the hump day. Lots to go over, a lot of 00:02:06.250 --> 00:02:08.229 baseball today. Although the World Cup's going 00:02:08.229 --> 00:02:13.150 on in the U .S. and Mexico and Canada, we are 00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:16.689 going to focus on the diamond today. We have 00:02:16.689 --> 00:02:19.889 the manager of your Savannah Bananas who are 00:02:19.889 --> 00:02:22.039 coming to Austin Stadium, Tyler Gillen. going 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.479 to be on with us in just a couple of seconds 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.979 as he brings his team on a swan song tour for 00:02:27.979 --> 00:02:31.080 the coach and we also will have Jacob Archer 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:34.120 from the Eugene Emeralds long season single a 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.960 ball here also at PK Park this week against Everett 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.310 as they start their second half and He gets his 00:02:41.310 --> 00:02:43.750 nickname today. Right over there in the producer's 00:02:43.750 --> 00:02:46.870 chair, it's Vegas. Doc, right over to my right, 00:02:47.270 --> 00:02:50.330 it's Justin Grosswander of ABJ. What a boy. I'm 00:02:50.330 --> 00:02:52.710 ready to go. Ready to go. Let's head right over. 00:02:52.909 --> 00:02:54.449 We don't normally do this, but we're going to 00:02:54.449 --> 00:02:56.469 do it right now. And hopefully still waiting 00:02:56.469 --> 00:03:00.490 on the telephone. It is the aforementioned. Tyler 00:03:00.490 --> 00:03:06.659 Gillum has come to us. like on a cloud. It's 00:03:06.659 --> 00:03:09.199 a banana cloud. Is there such a thing? He comes 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:12.240 to Autzen Stadium with his team, the Savannah 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:15.500 Bananas, for a Saturday, Sunday matchup. The 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:17.280 weather might not be great, but you know what? 00:03:17.460 --> 00:03:20.080 It's always not raining at Autzen Stadium. Coach, 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.389 thanks for joining us. Boom, baby. Hey, fired 00:03:23.389 --> 00:03:26.030 up. Be with you guys today. We're fired up to 00:03:26.030 --> 00:03:27.830 head to Oregon. It's gonna be a great time. So 00:03:27.830 --> 00:03:29.270 where are you at right now? Because, man, you 00:03:29.270 --> 00:03:31.930 guys are barnstorming. The old barnstorming people, 00:03:31.990 --> 00:03:34.370 you know, I'm old. I'm 61 years old. I remember 00:03:34.370 --> 00:03:37.110 barnstorming. You guys are all over the country, 00:03:37.229 --> 00:03:40.169 man. So where were you in Cincinnati last? We 00:03:40.169 --> 00:03:42.430 were in Cincinnati this weekend, three sold out 00:03:42.430 --> 00:03:45.030 shows there at the Red Stadium. It was absolutely 00:03:45.030 --> 00:03:47.939 electric and. Man, we've been all over the place. 00:03:48.099 --> 00:03:52.300 And on this tour, we're in 75 cities total, 45 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:55.180 states. We're gonna play in front of 3 .4 million 00:03:55.180 --> 00:03:59.340 fans. That's fantastic. So... Tyler, tell us 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:01.620 a little bit about your background and how you 00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:04.340 got involved with Jesse's team, the Savannah 00:04:04.340 --> 00:04:06.159 Bananas. I've watched the documentaries. I've 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:09.599 been following this arc. It's really a transformational 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:12.520 piece of entertainment that incorporates baseball 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:14.919 into it. So how did you get involved? Because 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.360 you have a love of the game and a love of people. 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:22.000 Well, I started as the head coach in 2018 and 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.870 my background story is. I'm from 8 Oklahoma, 00:04:26.110 --> 00:04:29.329 small town country kid. I got lucky and played 00:04:29.329 --> 00:04:31.889 for a guy in high school named Eddie Collins, 00:04:32.350 --> 00:04:35.610 who in 2021 became the winning this high school 00:04:35.610 --> 00:04:38.350 baseball coach in the entire country. Wow. He 00:04:38.350 --> 00:04:41.250 has over 2100 wins, but he taught me more about 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:43.250 life than he ever did about the game of baseball. 00:04:43.250 --> 00:04:47.310 And he's really good coach. And he impacted me 00:04:47.310 --> 00:04:49.290 so much that that's all I've ever wanted to do 00:04:49.290 --> 00:04:53.550 with my life is coach baseball. And now that 00:04:53.930 --> 00:04:56.589 You know, I went on this journey and coach college 00:04:56.589 --> 00:05:00.629 baseball for 12 years, Oklahoma and in Phoenix, 00:05:00.829 --> 00:05:03.449 Arizona. I was at South Mountain Community College 00:05:03.449 --> 00:05:08.069 for 12 years. So Juco banned it. And I started 00:05:08.069 --> 00:05:11.029 coaching summer baseball. My connections in summer 00:05:11.029 --> 00:05:13.990 baseball led me to the Bananas. They started 00:05:13.990 --> 00:05:17.810 in 2016 as a summer collegiate baseball team. 00:05:18.149 --> 00:05:20.779 And then I got hired as the... Banana's head 00:05:20.779 --> 00:05:24.220 coach in 2018 and then at the end of that first 00:05:24.220 --> 00:05:27.399 summer, we created the original banana ball rules 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:31.079 Yeah, and nine years later here we are Basically 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:33.680 creating a different sport and we have six teams 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:36.399 within our league now And we'll talk about that 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.899 in in just a few moments because this is going 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:40.920 to and we're really excited I'm gonna be I'm 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:42.779 just gonna say selfishly I'm gonna be in the 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:46.420 front row I think up the first baseline, so I'm 00:05:46.420 --> 00:05:48.899 not sure what dugout you're in, but I need a 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:50.860 fist bump. That's all I need. I need a fist bump 00:05:50.860 --> 00:05:53.819 and a selfie. Well, we'll probably just bring 00:05:53.819 --> 00:05:55.720 you on the field, but you got a little bit of 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.819 dancing, so get ready. I'll do it, man. I will 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:01.579 absolutely do it. Yeah, absolutely. So you got 00:06:01.579 --> 00:06:04.079 to be feeling pretty good, man. Oklahoma, the 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:05.939 Sooners win the whole thing, the first time since 00:06:05.939 --> 00:06:11.730 what, 94? Yeah, 94, you know, I'm about my hometown 00:06:11.730 --> 00:06:15.790 is about 45 minutes from Norman From Norman and 00:06:15.790 --> 00:06:18.389 so I grew up going to you know, oh you camps 00:06:18.389 --> 00:06:20.670 and had a bunch of players that played there 00:06:20.670 --> 00:06:22.970 I played Juco ball at Seminole State Junior College 00:06:22.970 --> 00:06:25.350 right down the road and know it You know it what 00:06:25.350 --> 00:06:27.829 was cool. What was cool was, you know seeing 00:06:27.829 --> 00:06:29.850 those guys dogpile and that team getting put 00:06:29.850 --> 00:06:32.750 together I'd love skip he's you know, former 00:06:32.750 --> 00:06:34.910 Texas guy and he was there with Augie Dorito 00:06:34.910 --> 00:06:37.519 and You know, I loved Augie Grito's approach 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:39.339 to everything, approach to life and coaching 00:06:39.339 --> 00:06:41.540 kids. I've stolen a lot from Augie Grito over 00:06:41.540 --> 00:06:44.519 the years and Skip has that, that pedigree in 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:46.939 him too as well. So it was cool, man. I was at 00:06:46.939 --> 00:06:49.620 the Omaha, I was in Omaha at the World Series 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:53.959 on Sunday, Monday last week. Um, and they were 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.519 just on this run and I got to go hang out with. 00:06:57.389 --> 00:07:01.810 Bob Stoops and Barry Switzer, which was unbelievable 00:07:01.810 --> 00:07:06.250 and yeah coach venerable he was he was in the 00:07:06.250 --> 00:07:09.009 suite too as well and Like being around those 00:07:09.009 --> 00:07:11.810 three guys and and who they are and the legends 00:07:11.810 --> 00:07:14.769 that they are in Oklahoma That was a that was 00:07:14.769 --> 00:07:16.709 a fun time, but they were fired up There were 00:07:16.709 --> 00:07:20.209 so many Oklahoma people go to Omaha and really 00:07:20.209 --> 00:07:23.170 and really support the team So it was fun watching 00:07:23.170 --> 00:07:26.069 that journey and my life's all been been about 00:07:26.069 --> 00:07:28.829 chasing dogs piles and it was fun watching them 00:07:28.829 --> 00:07:31.529 get one of those dog piles. Well, we love banana 00:07:31.529 --> 00:07:33.829 ball and obviously a lot of other people do as 00:07:33.829 --> 00:07:36.930 well. I think the thing that catches my eye so 00:07:36.930 --> 00:07:39.230 much and I appreciate the most it seems like 00:07:39.230 --> 00:07:41.589 the people that aren't necessarily the biggest 00:07:41.589 --> 00:07:43.850 sports fans like maybe they're the more casual 00:07:43.850 --> 00:07:46.529 sports fan like they love it so much. They love 00:07:46.529 --> 00:07:49.250 the bananas and what you guys do and I saw on 00:07:49.250 --> 00:07:51.290 your Instagram. You got this goal of impacting 00:07:51.290 --> 00:07:54.269 a million people. So how do you feel like this? 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.180 situation and this team has helped you and your 00:07:59.180 --> 00:08:01.319 personal goal of impacting many people with the 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:06.839 game of baseball. Yeah, so January 17th, 2017, 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:11.259 I. created a goal to have a positive impact on 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:14.339 1 million people through baseball, education, 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:16.540 and exercise. I wrote that on my whiteboard in 00:08:16.540 --> 00:08:19.420 my office at South Mountain. And I filmed a video 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:22.180 on YouTube. It's still on YouTube right now. 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:24.819 And I set a goal that was crazy. And a lot of 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:28.300 people said, there's no shot. And I thought that's 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:31.100 what I needed to do. Set a goal that was so big 00:08:31.100 --> 00:08:33.899 that it scared the living heck out of me. And 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:36.559 I think on that journey, that became my North 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:41.200 Star. that summer, I coached in the Cape Cod 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:44.039 League and was up there with the Whitey Red Sox 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.679 and I got to coach with Coach Pickler. Coach 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.440 Pickler is the winningest Cape Cod coach. He's 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:53.559 got over 500 wins. And at the end of that summer 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.340 is when I got the call to be the coach of the 00:08:56.340 --> 00:08:58.639 Bananas. But I think I was led to the Bananas 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:02.679 because of Jesse and Emily's fans first approach. 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:06.639 Our fans first is everything we do with the Bananas. 00:09:07.870 --> 00:09:10.429 The business name is fans first entertainment 00:09:10.429 --> 00:09:13.470 and literally every decision we make filters 00:09:13.470 --> 00:09:16.730 through the question is this fans first so we'd 00:09:16.730 --> 00:09:20.190 love to see and Create through our fans eyes 00:09:20.190 --> 00:09:23.669 is how it all comes to be But I think the alignment 00:09:23.669 --> 00:09:26.389 was when I first jumped on a zoom call with Jesse 00:09:26.389 --> 00:09:29.289 Cole He was in his yellow tux and he told me 00:09:29.289 --> 00:09:34.049 whatever's normal do the exact opposite The vision 00:09:34.049 --> 00:09:37.330 was very clear from the beginning back in 2017. 00:09:37.629 --> 00:09:39.850 He said, Gillum, everything we do is fans first. 00:09:40.190 --> 00:09:43.840 Our goal is to make baseball fun. in the future, 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:45.740 I want to create the greatest show in sports. 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.059 So he had that vision long before banana ball 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:52.399 even existed. So we've been on this this crazy 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.259 journey, but it's because of the people that 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:56.299 I'm with that we're able to do some of these 00:09:56.299 --> 00:09:59.139 cool things. He's dreaming big, living large. 00:09:59.460 --> 00:10:02.100 It's coach Tyler Gillum joining us. He is going 00:10:02.100 --> 00:10:04.259 to be at odds and standing with the Savannah 00:10:04.259 --> 00:10:07.639 Bananas as the head coach on his Swansong tour 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.139 in the bench. But I know you're staying with 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:10.740 the organization. We'll talk about that in a 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:13.230 moment as well. You can follow Coach Tyler Gillum 00:10:13.230 --> 00:10:16.850 on the socials on the X platform, Gillum 66, 00:10:16.950 --> 00:10:19.830 and on IG it's a great follow. Coach Gillum 66 00:10:19.830 --> 00:10:21.990 as well. And a lot of things that he does off 00:10:21.990 --> 00:10:23.610 the field I think will touch people's hearts. 00:10:24.009 --> 00:10:26.629 So please go and dive into that and reach out 00:10:26.629 --> 00:10:30.809 to Coach Gillum. So coach. I mean, this is this 00:10:30.809 --> 00:10:34.029 is I said based in baseball because this is truly 00:10:34.029 --> 00:10:38.070 an entertainment forum. And what Jesse did, taking 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:40.830 a team in Little Augusta, Georgia, or probably 00:10:40.830 --> 00:10:44.009 not Augusta in Savannah, Georgia, and and making 00:10:44.009 --> 00:10:48.169 it something that is now like a worldwide phenomenon. 00:10:48.669 --> 00:10:51.470 I mean, have you really wrapped your head around 00:10:51.470 --> 00:10:55.110 what it's been and how many people you you touch 00:10:55.110 --> 00:10:58.570 and and how you give them joy when they're there 00:10:58.570 --> 00:11:02.299 for? for the two hours. We definitely pinch ourselves 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:04.559 every day that we're in this position and definitely 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:08.340 blessed with the opportunities and it's fun We 00:11:08.340 --> 00:11:11.120 you know, we're in a great spot right now, you 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.019 know this this tour We're gonna have three point 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:16.100 four million people come watch us play But we 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:18.860 also have four point three million on a wait 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:22.539 list to get tickets So, you know five years ago 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:25.620 banana ball didn't exist And so that's a that's 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:28.320 a crazy thing where we weren't traveling yet 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:30.820 five years ago, you know, we were just started 00:11:30.820 --> 00:11:33.679 with banana ball and traveling. And so the scaling 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:35.879 of it has been crazy. We're so blessed with it. 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:38.480 But we say all the time, we're still in the first 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:41.240 inning. And it's always someone's first show. 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:44.559 And so our goal is literally to create a new 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:47.940 show every night. We do 10 to 15 things in game 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:50.539 that we've never done before. So if you come 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:53.399 to a show two weeks ago, you're going to see 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:57.759 a new show in Eugene. And our goal is to create 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.600 the greatest show in sports with competition. 00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:02.820 So that's why we have a league now. We have six 00:12:02.820 --> 00:12:05.720 teams. It's very competitive. We've all been 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.259 beaten up on each other all year. And the fun 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:12.279 part of it is competitive and entertainment. 00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:14.779 And, you know, we're just getting started, but 00:12:14.779 --> 00:12:18.100 I can't wait for the Oregon fans to really, really 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:20.539 see what this thing's all about. Do you have 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:23.860 a favorite banana ball rule or one that you think 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:26.519 really exemplifies what the fans first thing 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:31.269 is all about? Yeah, the fan catch out. Me too. 00:12:32.210 --> 00:12:35.090 A foul ball gets caught like last week in Cincinnati. 00:12:35.769 --> 00:12:38.370 Last week in Cincinnati, literally to end the 00:12:38.370 --> 00:12:43.029 game, a fan caught a foul ball. that that's one 00:12:43.029 --> 00:12:45.509 of the most fun things you know what what you 00:12:45.509 --> 00:12:47.950 see is you you see grown men coming to the ball 00:12:47.950 --> 00:12:52.129 games with uh with a glove and ready to go right 00:12:52.129 --> 00:12:55.009 so yeah it's fun man and like you alluded to 00:12:55.009 --> 00:12:57.450 earlier you know banana ball there's something 00:12:57.450 --> 00:12:59.470 for everybody it doesn't matter if you're six 00:12:59.470 --> 00:13:04.210 or 66 male female like baseball don't like baseball 00:13:04.210 --> 00:13:07.250 there's something for everybody and that's when 00:13:07.250 --> 00:13:08.769 i knew this thing was going to work because i 00:13:08.769 --> 00:13:11.379 would have husbands After games say hey, you 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:13.840 know what my wife You know, she doesn't love 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.940 baseball, but man, she loves banana ball or she 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:19.100 loves the bananas. You know, where they say, 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.340 man, I like watching the, the, the husband say, 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:23.279 man, I really like watching the guys compete 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:26.179 and hit and pitch. But my, my wife, she loves 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:28.919 the dancing part of it, you know? And so I think 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:32.440 what we've done is really unlocked. Let's say, 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:36.259 let's say 25 % of America really loves baseball 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:38.639 and they go to baseball games. I think we've 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.620 unlocked the other 75%. where they might not 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:44.740 like baseball, but they like a lot of other forms 00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:48.399 with the music or the dances or any of the skits 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:50.639 that we do. The comedy that's a part of it. It's 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:52.639 real. It's really a fun show. You're going to 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:54.740 see the world's tallest hitter, a pitcher who 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:57.500 stands on stilts Dakota stilts Albritton who 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.299 stands 10 feet tall. You're going to see the 00:13:59.299 --> 00:14:01.360 banana nanas. You're going to see the split. 00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:03.059 You're going to see the world's only dancing 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:04.919 umpire Vincent Chapman. You're going to see it 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.220 all this weekend at Austin Stadium. Saturday 00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:11.019 and Sunday is the house is packed for the banana. 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:14.500 who come into town, the Savannah Bananas. Gosh, 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:16.960 I can't get my arm around this. The Savannah 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:19.460 Bananas are coming to town. It's crazy. I mean, 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:21.399 we've been waiting for this. I mean, you're all 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.139 deep down in the South, and I see you all in 00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:25.379 these arenas and stuff. And again, you talked 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:28.340 about pinching yourself a bit. So I got to ask, 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:30.759 because you just mentioned it, what's your best 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.980 dance move, coach? Are you a dancer? Do you get 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:36.950 out there and shake it? Yeah, so if you don't 00:14:36.950 --> 00:14:38.830 know I wear boots on the field every game I've 00:14:38.830 --> 00:14:41.769 been wearing boots on the field since 2019 my 00:14:41.769 --> 00:14:44.230 dad was a bull rider so I wear those to represent 00:14:44.230 --> 00:14:47.370 him and I've done a little two -stepping in those 00:14:47.370 --> 00:14:49.909 coaches boxes over the years so I love to touch 00:14:49.909 --> 00:14:53.289 two -step love to two -step swing and that's 00:14:53.289 --> 00:14:56.840 probably my number one thing but You know, we've 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:59.039 got some great players that are really good at 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:02.440 dancing, so I'm part of the back row boys. So 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:05.200 if you see us do a choreographed dance, I'm usually 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.899 on the back row with my coaching staff. We're 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:10.879 you know, they say the best ones are on the back 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.500 row, but uh, I i'm just gonna take the word for 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:16.860 it So so that's great. So I know that there's 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:18.480 you know, there is competition you just talked 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:20.779 about that now There's actually a league and 00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:24.120 it's not like I think I honestly I don't mind 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:26.679 the comparison when people say because of the 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:28.960 entertainment value It's like the harlem globetrotters, 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.299 but that was all just a setup The washington 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:33.059 generals are going to get beat down every single 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:36.820 game. They rarely won This is competitive baseball 00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:39.440 within the rules that banana ball is. Can you 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.720 talk about that a little bit? Yeah, absolutely. 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:46.730 And so that was our goal back in 2022, we were 00:15:46.730 --> 00:15:48.549 looking at it and it was just us and the party 00:15:48.549 --> 00:15:51.549 animals traveling at that time. And me and our 00:15:51.549 --> 00:15:53.549 owner, we were watching the Super Bowl and we 00:15:53.549 --> 00:15:55.450 were like, man, we got to create a league. And 00:15:55.450 --> 00:15:58.169 so we started looking at adding teams. We added 00:15:58.169 --> 00:16:00.529 the firefighters, then the Texas tailgaters, 00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:03.509 and now our two newest team, the Loco Beach Coconuts 00:16:03.509 --> 00:16:06.629 and the Indianapolis Clowns. So we have six total 00:16:06.629 --> 00:16:09.629 teams now. And the goal is to be the best at 00:16:09.629 --> 00:16:11.929 everything. So the best on the field competitive, 00:16:12.309 --> 00:16:14.700 the best at entertainment on the field. field, 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.419 dancing, celebrations, and the best at fans first, 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.980 which is in the stands, connecting with fans, 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:24.379 growing fans. And so it's really the best of 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:27.419 all three of those things is the goal. And I 00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:29.240 think that's why a lot of people are kind of 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.440 confused. Is it entertainment? Is it scripted? 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.200 And we get the globe trotter comparison a lot, 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:36.720 but the truth is every one of our games is different. 00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:40.700 Every brand has its own different type of show 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:43.840 with its own entertainment. so we're looking 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:46.580 to do something nobody's ever done before without 00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:50.240 the entertainment in a league and Everything's 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:54.240 fans first And of course around here I think 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.080 a lot of duck fans the branding of Oregon and 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:59.600 the ducks is something that's been You know apparent 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.460 and seen around the country nationally Bananas 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:04.180 as well. I mean it's become like a household 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:06.599 name like everybody knows the bananas like i'm 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.240 just curious Where did that actual like mascot 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.619 come from originally? And how important do you 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:13.519 think it's been that it's just such this like 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.839 iconic thing that you can just say Bananas and 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.500 everybody knows who you guys are Yeah, you know 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:20.759 what I love about the ducks is you know, they 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:22.940 weren't ever scared to be different, you know 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:25.900 they started with the uniforms and Pave in their 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:28.279 own way and in different uniforms and different 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:31.019 colors and different color schemes and at first 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:34.180 people knocked that a lot of times, you know, 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:36.619 whenever you're doing anything that's never been 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:38.900 done before, a lot of times you're misunderstood. 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.220 And now if you look what happened in college 00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:44.440 athletics is everybody's got different colored 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:46.539 uniforms and all these things. And I think Oregon 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:49.200 started that with us. We started with that yellow 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:51.279 Jersey and that yellow Jersey pops kind of like 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:53.819 that New York, New York Yankees pinch tribe does. 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:56.819 And so it stands out a lot. We've got some surprises 00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:59.279 with our uniforms this weekend, so I can't wait. 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:05.750 Oh, yeah, baby. And so I'm going to shoot a social 00:18:05.750 --> 00:18:08.869 media piece this weekend, storytelling a little 00:18:08.869 --> 00:18:11.150 bit about Oregon and standing out and being different 00:18:11.150 --> 00:18:13.910 on those uniforms. I think it's a really important 00:18:13.910 --> 00:18:17.250 piece and Eugene's always being innovative. And 00:18:17.250 --> 00:18:20.809 so I love that comparison with us and Eugene 00:18:20.809 --> 00:18:23.309 and Oregon and Oregon Ducks. So it's going to 00:18:23.309 --> 00:18:26.369 be a fun weekend. Savannah Bananas, Party Animals 00:18:26.369 --> 00:18:28.690 this weekend at Autzen Stadium. One final question 00:18:28.690 --> 00:18:30.650 for you, coach, before we let you go. And again, 00:18:30.650 --> 00:18:32.529 thank you for your time here. on the Danny Justin 00:18:32.529 --> 00:18:36.009 radio program. It's the head man for the Savannah 00:18:36.009 --> 00:18:38.730 Bananas Tyler Gillum joining us as he's on his 00:18:38.730 --> 00:18:41.049 swansong tour. So you're not going away, but 00:18:41.049 --> 00:18:43.369 you're moving into the front office. So I mean, 00:18:43.529 --> 00:18:45.150 was there something behind that? It's just kind 00:18:45.150 --> 00:18:47.130 of like you need to, you know, feel like you 00:18:47.130 --> 00:18:49.269 can turn it over to the next guy to have all 00:18:49.269 --> 00:18:51.309 this fun, but you still stay with the organization. 00:18:52.699 --> 00:18:57.720 Well, I would say to you right now You might 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:00.319 have got tricked on some AI or something because 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:05.299 I'm not going anywhere good man and so Yeah, 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:08.160 that's that's news to me. I've never read that 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:11.339 and I've never said that once good my life my 00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:14.680 life my life's on the field Like I said Eddie 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:19.450 Collins Had an impact on me and where I get my 00:19:19.450 --> 00:19:22.150 most energy is being on the field and coaching 00:19:22.150 --> 00:19:24.869 every day So we've got some other people that 00:19:24.869 --> 00:19:27.630 that that are awesome. That will handle the front 00:19:27.630 --> 00:19:29.730 office side, but I'm gonna be on the field Alright, 00:19:29.829 --> 00:19:31.990 so see there you go. Kids don't ever believe 00:19:31.990 --> 00:19:34.029 what you read when you're trying to do research 00:19:34.029 --> 00:19:36.569 via the internet It's an evil thing coach. I'm 00:19:36.569 --> 00:19:38.769 really looking forward to seeing you. So Saturday 00:19:38.769 --> 00:19:41.130 I'm at the game section 32 right in the front 00:19:41.130 --> 00:19:42.930 row You won't be able to miss me because I'll 00:19:42.930 --> 00:19:45.900 be wearing some banana stuff so well i love it 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:47.720 i better see some dance moves we're gonna be 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:51.079 doing hey baby it's gonna be electric i can't 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.960 wait to meet you guys in person it's gonna be 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:55.420 fun attaboy coach thanks and thanks for the time 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:58.519 safe travels out here you're gonna love eugene 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:00.920 you man appreciate you guys see you soon all 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:02.759 right there he goes tyler gilm the head coach 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:05.019 of the savannah bananas the most entertaining 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:09.019 show in sports man they they went on 96 game 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:11.420 world tour last year and they're continuing here 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:15.349 in 2026 That's awesome. It's great. That was 00:20:15.349 --> 00:20:18.329 an awesome interview. Great, great product. I 00:20:18.329 --> 00:20:21.670 love great energy that gets anybody that gets 00:20:21.670 --> 00:20:23.630 brought into the game of baseball in any way. 00:20:23.789 --> 00:20:25.710 I just think it's so good. So I love what they're 00:20:25.710 --> 00:20:27.789 doing. We're going to continue talking baseball. 00:20:29.009 --> 00:20:32.329 Jacob Archer gets his nickname next. The Eugene 00:20:32.329 --> 00:20:34.930 Emerald's voice is here on the Danny Justin radio 00:20:34.930 --> 00:20:37.609 program as we roll on here on a hump day. Fox 00:20:37.609 --> 00:20:42.069 Sports Eugene, Fox Sports Newport. The Danny 00:20:42.069 --> 00:20:44.049 and Justin radio program, if you missed any of 00:20:44.049 --> 00:20:46.369 that interview, we jumped right into the fray. 00:20:46.950 --> 00:20:49.190 I think that's the fastest interview we've had 00:20:49.190 --> 00:20:51.569 on the fastest 60 minutes in terms of like right 00:20:51.569 --> 00:20:54.390 at the top of the hour. Tyler Gillum from the 00:20:54.390 --> 00:20:55.970 Savannah Bananas who are coming into town to 00:20:55.970 --> 00:20:58.849 take on the party animals at Austin Stadium on 00:20:58.849 --> 00:21:02.470 Saturday and Sunday. And I know it's sold out 00:21:02.470 --> 00:21:04.910 already, so it's gonna be crowded there because 00:21:04.910 --> 00:21:07.829 PK Park is also gonna be rocking. Absolutely. 00:21:08.410 --> 00:21:11.519 And we've got our good friend. Jacob Archer who 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:13.519 gets his nickname today, by the way Just go back 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:16.019 to the podcast and you can listen to Tyler Gillum 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:19.019 great interview with the coach who is not stepping 00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:21.839 aside Again, don't trust the Internet kids and 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:24.279 then also Jacob Archer coming up here from the 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:26.980 Eugene Emerald So Jacob, this is your for me 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:29.579 now. I think he's been here more than three times 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:33.900 though, right? This is our second time our second 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:37.190 time, but your third not breaking the rule That's 00:21:37.190 --> 00:21:39.250 good. So you get your nickname. You ready? I 00:21:39.250 --> 00:21:41.289 can't wait. I've been waiting for this. I've 00:21:41.289 --> 00:21:43.769 been waiting for this. I hope it's good for you. 00:21:43.890 --> 00:21:46.589 All right. Jacob Archer from now on on the Danny 00:21:46.589 --> 00:21:49.430 and Justin radio program and on Fox Sports Eugene 00:21:49.430 --> 00:21:51.490 Fox Sports Newport. You will forever now know 00:21:51.490 --> 00:21:57.190 him being Crash. Crash. Jacob Crash Archer. I 00:21:57.190 --> 00:22:00.329 like it. It's fitting. Okay. Very fitting. Okay. 00:22:00.410 --> 00:22:02.049 Well, you got to then tell me. I mean, I can't 00:22:02.049 --> 00:22:03.869 leave that sitting there. Why is it fitting for 00:22:03.869 --> 00:22:07.019 you? I know why it's fitting for me. I'm trying 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:11.140 to think why it's fitting for you, for me. From 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:13.160 the outside perspective. From the outside perspective. 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:15.519 But I don't know if I'm, what is it? I'm trying 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:17.579 to find it. For me, so it's obviously, it's an 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:21.039 homage to Crash Davis from Bull Durham. What 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:23.500 a great character that Kevin Costner played. 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:29.240 Just your persona, your temperament, your, you 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:33.180 know, and the way you have a love of the game, 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:35.410 you're not doing it. You know, listen, everybody 00:22:35.410 --> 00:22:37.970 who sits behind a microphone wants aspirations 00:22:37.970 --> 00:22:41.289 to become a professional announcer at the highest 00:22:41.289 --> 00:22:45.529 level, for you the MLB level. But man, you are 00:22:45.529 --> 00:22:48.769 doing God's work just slugging through on long 00:22:48.769 --> 00:22:51.609 bus rides. You know, you're not getting treated 00:22:51.609 --> 00:22:54.930 to, you know, big high Marriott points and whatever, 00:22:55.230 --> 00:22:59.609 so that's kind of why. I'm saying crash for you. 00:22:59.609 --> 00:23:02.309 That's very very fit That was where my mind went 00:23:02.309 --> 00:23:05.009 at first, but I I had to make sure I had to make 00:23:05.009 --> 00:23:06.809 sure cuz obviously for people that don't know 00:23:06.809 --> 00:23:09.690 too They're wearing M's unis in that did you 00:23:09.690 --> 00:23:14.049 know that no? Yeah, bull Durham. He's rocking 00:23:14.049 --> 00:23:17.130 an end They play as the emeralds at one point 00:23:17.130 --> 00:23:19.250 we have it framed up in our I'm gonna text you 00:23:19.250 --> 00:23:23.250 guys a picture That's where I thought you were 00:23:23.250 --> 00:23:26.490 going it's it's it's very brief It's very very 00:23:26.490 --> 00:23:28.730 brief in the movie, but it's there you see the 00:23:28.730 --> 00:23:31.069 throwback M's and we released throw We'll wear 00:23:31.069 --> 00:23:33.150 throwbacks every once in a while. It's the same 00:23:33.150 --> 00:23:37.440 script. It's the same color way we had from We've 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:43.140 tried. It's very protective about the brand and 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:45.480 all that. I can. Yeah. OK. Maybe an off brand 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:47.440 night eventually where we'll come up with something 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:51.119 creative where people know just do an unauthorized 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:55.160 bear Durham. Nobody will know. Nobody will realize. 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:59.700 All right. Well, congratulations to the M's winners 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:01.660 of the first half. So, you know, now you're going 00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:04.319 to be hosting a championship series and PK Park. 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:07.079 So let's talk about that. because second half 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:09.460 started out a little rocky right now. One and 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:12.299 three, as you still have a series with Everett 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:14.880 that's continuing right now. But listen, Hillsborough 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:16.720 is not out of reach. They're three and one. So 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:20.000 the second half just started. So I guess my first 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.720 point of jumping off on this would be, so did 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:27.079 you sense or feel or is it real that there's 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:29.700 like that exhales like, man, we blasted through 00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:32.259 that first half. We ran away with it. Eight game, 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:34.920 you know, spread. We know we're in and there 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:37.130 was just of this exhale that happened in the 00:24:37.130 --> 00:24:39.890 first few games of the second half? Yeah, to 00:24:39.890 --> 00:24:43.319 some extent it's... It was so interesting because 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:46.380 it wasn't this close race. And I don't, you know, 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:48.039 no disrespect to any other team, but it was, 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:50.819 it was a wire to wire after about a month and 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:52.960 a half. It was just kind of a matter of when 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:55.380 it was going to happen. Not if it was going to 00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:57.059 happen unless it was this historic collapse, 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:59.160 which you never know. Baseball is weird. But 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:01.680 you know, when, when they did win it, it was 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:03.779 obviously a celebration and the players were 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:05.779 happy, but it was also like, all right, we got 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:07.359 that. It's, it's off the shoulder. You know, 00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:10.579 it's the weight has been lifted. It was almost 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:13.200 a sire. relief in a way and then you know the 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:15.240 the following week or so it was trying to get 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.700 guys an extra day off here or there and you know 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.980 you try to rest a little more and you're not 00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:22.019 giving guys a ton of days off but you know you're 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:24.339 able to to take a little bit of the workload 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:26.119 off for these guys that have been just playing 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:29.380 day after day after day so it was you know definitely 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:31.519 a week or so of kind of adjusting and then last 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:34.000 week the start of the second half I saw the flip 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:36.880 the switch being flipped last Friday to start 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:38.900 the second half The other team just hit back 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.720 -to -back walk -off home runs and back -to -back 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:42.519 days Which was a little bit unfortunate against 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:44.799 Eugene to kind of start But they're finding it 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.599 again for sure and kind of getting back in rhythm 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:48.980 There's some new names and players and they got 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.920 to find that that chemistry It's still the same 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:53.319 core But there's there's you know Lots of new 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.900 guys that have been here now in the past couple 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:57.140 weeks or month or so I want to just go back to 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:59.119 the kind of promotional side We obviously just 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:01.000 had Tyler Gillam on from the Savannah bananas 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:03.119 really great interview if you haven't heard it 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.299 go check it out Any sort of like I'm not saying 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:08.779 parallels, but like you guys ever look at the 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.480 bananas and stuff They're doing it. I'm not saying 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:12.599 you can do some of those things But like they 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:14.519 do such a great job promoting like do you guys 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:16.319 ever look at them and go like? Maybe we could 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:18.660 learn a thing or two you want me to walk on stilts 00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:22.940 and in college With a flaming headset or I don't 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:26.650 know I could do something Are you offering? Is 00:26:26.650 --> 00:26:30.049 that an offer? If people show up, I'll do it. 00:26:30.509 --> 00:26:33.049 Sure. I don't know. Wow, listen. Jacob, Jacob 00:26:33.049 --> 00:26:35.809 crash. Archer will take any kind of money to 00:26:35.809 --> 00:26:40.630 wear a flaming headset. We'll get a fan to go 00:26:40.630 --> 00:26:42.980 out there and pitch the third bang. But to that 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.599 question, I think it's a fair question because 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:47.259 and I know you guys look at everybody and other 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.940 clubs that do certain things. It's like, you 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:52.099 know what? Imitation is the best form of flattery. 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:54.380 Oh, yeah, it's it is true, especially in the 00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:57.299 offseason. It's we start right away soon as the 00:26:57.299 --> 00:27:00.039 season wraps up and we we. We clean up the stadium 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:02.559 and move out. I mean, we're back to three to 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.940 five promo meetings every single week. If you 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:07.319 know a meeting almost every day. And part of 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:10.380 that is we have times when it's like, let's do 00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.700 original ideas and see what we can come up with. 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:14.519 What's popular? What's going to be popular? What 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:16.200 movies are coming out? But there is a side of 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:19.240 it, too, of. We spend time looking at not just 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.940 minor league clubs, but we have gotten great 00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:24.720 ideas from minor league hockey, from the NBA, 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:28.119 WNBA, NFL. Like you just scour all these clubs 00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.859 across all these different levels. And obviously 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:32.059 there's things they do we can't or vice versa. 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:35.420 But you can also see something that they do and 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:38.200 kind of get an idea to make it your own off of 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:40.079 it. Because we try not to just, all right, let's 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.579 fill out our game. Let's look at what other teams 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:43.200 did successfully. You know, we get all these 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.259 data reports. Here's the most successful promo 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:47.400 nights in minor league baseball. You know you 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:50.200 use some but we also don't just want to be a 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.839 rinse -and -repeat type of club to wear every 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.960 year It's the same kind of promos day after day 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.660 and and you're just stealing ones that are already 00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:57.740 big But you know with the with the bananas in 00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.920 particular you can definitely especially their 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:02.220 marketing and that kind of stuff. They're obviously 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:05.819 super super on Point with that kind of stuff 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:08.420 and you can get ideas that you can kind of make 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:10.819 your own off of that Yeah, no, that's totally 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:13.859 fair. I mean back to the baseball side Jacob 00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:16.859 Hayward we talked to him before the season appreciate 00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:19.920 you guys for yeah, so take that Love the guy. 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.900 I think he does a great job notice any sort of 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.980 trends with the guys that have come through and 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:26.980 the way that he's handled players Yeah, the more 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.700 Games and kind of the more you're around the 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.220 team You just kind of see those those little 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.839 things because you know when the coach acts one 00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:34.059 way Team picks it up and you kind of see those 00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:36.019 habits and one big thing kind of like you were 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.700 talking about with you know Maybe the kind of 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.619 slower end to the half and the slower start to 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:43.109 the second half it's not he's not putting pressure 00:28:43.109 --> 00:28:45.230 on these guys it feels like like when you go 00:28:45.230 --> 00:28:47.150 into the locker room after a loss obviously guys 00:28:47.150 --> 00:28:49.869 aren't happy or you know celebrating but it's 00:28:49.869 --> 00:28:52.910 like hey don't just sit there and sulk and then 00:28:52.910 --> 00:28:55.049 leave and go home and carry that over to tomorrow 00:28:55.049 --> 00:28:58.309 like losses happen man like it had which i can 00:28:58.309 --> 00:29:00.470 really appreciate from like an outside perspective 00:29:00.470 --> 00:29:02.490 of he's not just putting it on these guys and 00:29:02.490 --> 00:29:04.309 then two losses becomes three and then they're 00:29:04.309 --> 00:29:08.380 wearing that way over and over it's like you 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:10.960 know what I mean? Like things like that to just 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:14.019 keep keep it fresh for these guys and and then 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:16.119 they don't fall down these these pits because 00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.140 it is easy baseball. I mean, you can be a great 00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:20.039 team and you lose a couple games and the vibe 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.640 and then all of a sudden it just you've seen 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.660 teams just tank towards the end of the year and 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:25.779 he does a good job at just keeping spirits. I 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:28.960 honestly Jacob Archer, the voice of the M's there 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:31.240 in a home stand at PK Park. You want to see the 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.019 bananas? That's fine, but you also can see the 00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:35.660 M's at PK Park. If you got shut out of the banana. 00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:37.519 you know what just go next door because it's 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:39.319 gonna be great baseball as Everett's in town 00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:42.380 as Eugene their last home stand before the 4th 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:44.500 of July by the way so traditionally the M's have 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:46.859 been home for the last few years so the fireworks 00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:50.180 shows are gonna be this Friday yeah this Friday 00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:52.500 right yeah there's a few tickets still available 00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:54.930 but it's a great way if you're you know, doing 00:29:54.930 --> 00:29:57.250 banana ball on Saturday or not, you can have 00:29:57.250 --> 00:29:59.329 a real fun baseball weekend. Fireworks Friday 00:29:59.329 --> 00:30:01.750 night. Go see the Bananas, and we'll close things 00:30:01.750 --> 00:30:04.130 on the series this Sunday, too. So we call them 00:30:04.130 --> 00:30:06.470 Crash here. It's Jacob Archer on the Danny and 00:30:06.470 --> 00:30:09.049 Justin radio program. I'm glad you like the nickname. 00:30:09.849 --> 00:30:13.069 So where, because it's going to come, where does 00:30:13.069 --> 00:30:15.730 the fatigue start to set in with a team? Because 00:30:15.730 --> 00:30:18.299 you guys, you know, literally... I know you're 00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.660 gonna get a little break with the All -Star break 00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:22.640 that comes up. Everybody does. But it is literally 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:26.299 on buses, playing games, on, on, on, go, go, 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:28.700 go, Monday's off, but that's... That's pretty 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:31.599 much it. So do you see a point in the season? 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.079 You've been doing this long enough where it's 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:36.579 kind of like that fatigue sets in, and that's 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:39.619 where the coaches need to kind of push a little 00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:42.400 bit further to get through that wall. It usually 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:45.579 is about this time of year, kind of right before 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:48.200 the All -Star break, where it just has not been 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:50.299 a day off. I mean, even this last week, we're 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:53.140 in Tri -City and Pasco on Sunday, 7 -0 -5 game. 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.819 PM we finish we bus home I get home I look at 00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.539 my phone It's 6 in the morning right and then 00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:00.380 it's like okay I guess I'll sleep for a couple 00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:02.140 hours, and there's my off day, and then it's 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.960 like boom We're playing again yesterday to start 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:06.059 the week where those things start to kind of 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:08.170 add up, but Knowing that the all -star break 00:31:08.170 --> 00:31:10.369 is soon, even though it's just four days, like 00:31:10.369 --> 00:31:14.150 four days. Oh, oh, four days. Four days is a 00:31:14.150 --> 00:31:17.049 lifetime. I mean, it's going to be awesome. Obviously, 00:31:17.069 --> 00:31:18.789 I love the grind of the season, but it is nice 00:31:18.789 --> 00:31:21.309 to, you know, be home for more than two hours 00:31:21.309 --> 00:31:23.970 every couple of weeks on a random Monday or something. 00:31:24.069 --> 00:31:26.150 But, you know, it's usually usually this time 00:31:26.150 --> 00:31:27.769 of the year for fatigue. And this is kind of 00:31:27.769 --> 00:31:30.009 when you see, you know, maybe a little more mix 00:31:30.009 --> 00:31:31.509 and matching in the lineups. And you're trying 00:31:31.509 --> 00:31:33.750 to get guys and, you know, an extra day off here 00:31:33.750 --> 00:31:35.569 or there. And especially when you have a full 00:31:35.569 --> 00:31:38.150 roster with with enough hitters and things like 00:31:38.150 --> 00:31:41.509 that, but it's a long season. 132 is a lot of 00:31:41.509 --> 00:31:45.269 games, and it's a lot of games quick. Who right 00:31:45.269 --> 00:31:48.670 now for both you guys and forever it are that 00:31:48.670 --> 00:31:51.250 I was like when I go to see a game like Especially 00:31:51.250 --> 00:31:52.869 minor league games like who's the guy that I'm 00:31:52.869 --> 00:31:55.049 gonna be able to say I saw this guy in the minor 00:31:55.049 --> 00:31:57.450 leagues right now Who the players that you would 00:31:57.450 --> 00:31:59.849 look out for this weekend? Well since we last 00:31:59.849 --> 00:32:02.410 talked I think I don't think he was on the team 00:32:02.410 --> 00:32:04.730 yet Johnny level. He's on he's on Eugene now 00:32:04.730 --> 00:32:06.630 He's the youngest player in the Northwest League. 00:32:06.650 --> 00:32:09.509 He's 19 He's one of the top top prospects in 00:32:09.509 --> 00:32:11.490 all the baseball switch hitting shortstop with 00:32:11.490 --> 00:32:14.160 power. That's 19 you're like What the heck, like 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:16.700 this is, you've never seen something like, you 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:18.779 know what I mean? It's just, it truly is special. 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:21.109 He's one of those guys that like... You'll see 00:32:21.109 --> 00:32:22.549 here and then two years from now you'll be like, 00:32:22.549 --> 00:32:24.450 oh, it's a short stop for the Giants like right 00:32:24.450 --> 00:32:26.849 Yeah, of course he is. He's incredible. Um, and 00:32:26.849 --> 00:32:28.130 there's a couple other guys, you know Dakota 00:32:28.130 --> 00:32:30.869 Jordan on on Eugene and and Gavin Keelan the 00:32:30.869 --> 00:32:32.490 first rounder who I know you talked to to at 00:32:32.490 --> 00:32:34.630 media day and forever at the Mariners like they 00:32:34.630 --> 00:32:36.569 got a loaded farm system and the Mariners have 00:32:36.569 --> 00:32:38.990 been a Great farm team the past couple of years. 00:32:39.029 --> 00:32:41.910 So they got Johnny farmelo or Feldman Celestin 00:32:41.910 --> 00:32:43.809 kind of the top two hitters for them right now 00:32:43.809 --> 00:32:46.390 that I mean those guys are gonna be big clickers 00:32:46.390 --> 00:32:48.579 at some point. They're just they're so good He's 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:50.559 the Eugene Ambrose play by play guy. You can 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.640 follow him on the socials at Jacob underscore 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:55.960 Archer 12. It is crash Archer joining us on the 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:58.240 Danny Justin radio program as we wind up things 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:01.180 here on a Wednesday. If by the way you missed 00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:04.000 Ryan Gillum, the head coach of the Savannah Bananas, 00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:07.539 who is staying by the way. Where'd you get that 00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:10.220 from? I was doing a ton of research. Listen, 00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:13.279 I had like 12 balls juggling in the air. Someone 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:16.920 posted a lie on Twitter. Shocking. I just believe 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:20.619 it. That's why I said kids. It was a pause. It 00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:22.559 was just like, you know what? Actually, the most 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:26.880 embarrassing moment was when I did not have the 00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:31.559 wife and kids correct. No, it was true. Justin 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:35.940 Wilcox. I grabbed the wrong bio. And I was just 00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.539 like, yeah, and your wife and your kids, and 00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:39.059 he's like, I don't know who those are, but I 00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:41.619 understand what you're saying. So you know what? 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:44.259 We are human here on the Danny and Justin radio 00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:46.480 program. I self -deprecate all the time. I heard 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.779 it. I had a question for you. Sure. I have to 00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:51.839 ask you a question finally. Turn the chair up. 00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.859 OK. So I heard you talking about how you're going 00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:56.259 to be a banana ball on the first baseline. And 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:58.140 he's like, we'll get you on the field, right? 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:01.390 If you had to take a nap bat. What would be your 00:34:01.390 --> 00:34:03.869 what would be your bit because obviously it's 00:34:03.869 --> 00:34:06.829 it's still it's it's fire. It's upside down It's 00:34:06.829 --> 00:34:09.849 whatever what would be the thing that you do 00:34:09.849 --> 00:34:11.710 at the plate or if you were pitching maybe if 00:34:11.710 --> 00:34:13.590 you want to pitch What would be your your trick? 00:34:13.590 --> 00:34:16.550 No, actually for me, it'd be flaming bat It's 00:34:16.550 --> 00:34:18.909 a good one. I don't like the bat on fire And 00:34:18.909 --> 00:34:20.670 then I can swing that so as you know, you can 00:34:20.670 --> 00:34:22.469 put that stuff so it's up high It doesn't get 00:34:22.469 --> 00:34:25.289 on your hands. Absolutely flaming bat. I would 00:34:25.289 --> 00:34:27.710 switch from righty to lefty every single pitch 00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:30.260 Because I can kind of switch it and so that's 00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.860 what I would do I don't know if I could go further 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:34.260 than that I'll have a flaming bat, but I could 00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:38.460 do that at least you could do both Or I would 00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:43.139 wear a gorilla suit Maybe or the sasquatch suit 00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:46.940 you can see The sasquatch suit I would absolutely 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:50.309 wear that at the plate That's a good one. Alright, 00:34:50.469 --> 00:34:52.070 so there you go. That's a great question. You 00:34:52.070 --> 00:34:53.190 know what, you've done this a couple of times. 00:34:53.210 --> 00:34:54.969 I love it. I think that's the first time that 00:34:54.969 --> 00:34:57.250 a guest has asked us a question. I got the nickname, 00:34:57.329 --> 00:34:58.750 now I'm confident. I don't know. I don't know. 00:34:58.829 --> 00:35:00.949 I'm confident, you know? He is exuding confidence. 00:35:01.389 --> 00:35:04.269 So the second half of the season, there's going 00:35:04.269 --> 00:35:08.019 to be... Possibly a lot more movement because 00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.739 there are going to be players that that have 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:11.800 been evaluated throughout the year at all levels 00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:14.239 and especially starting here. This is the base 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:16.500 level for the Giants organization and then AA 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:19.719 AAA and then to the big leagues and there's going 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:21.059 to be player movement. There's going to be you 00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:23.380 know some trades that happen. You know some people 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:25.820 are going to start selling and a lot of that 00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.699 ends up being some prospects that are included 00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:30.079 in deals. So what do you anticipate? And you've 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:32.079 seen this enough in this second half of the season 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:34.219 because the Eugene Emeralds that we see right 00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:36.610 now might. not be at the end of july the same 00:35:36.610 --> 00:35:39.969 eugene emeralds 100 it's it is such a crazy time 00:35:39.969 --> 00:35:43.710 of year because of mlb trade deadline plus the 00:35:43.710 --> 00:35:46.250 draft and the draft is really the big one because 00:35:46.250 --> 00:35:48.670 think about that yeah you only can have so many 00:35:48.670 --> 00:35:50.670 players in your organization which if you don't 00:35:50.670 --> 00:35:52.550 know i mean baseball it is so many players there 00:35:52.550 --> 00:35:54.730 are so many players in a single organization 00:35:54.730 --> 00:35:56.690 just how many levels there are but you draft 00:35:56.690 --> 00:35:58.809 a bunch of guys you sign a bunch of guys they 00:35:58.809 --> 00:36:01.760 got to play somewhere so you see Trades you see 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:03.860 guys getting cut. That's when you see a lot of 00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:07.000 a lot of just Movement from the top level all 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:09.820 the way down to the complex in Arizona where 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.500 where guys are moving around just especially 00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:14.260 with the draft Happening that's such a massive 00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:17.860 influx you get 20 plus players At least all of 00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:19.480 a sudden now signed and on your team and you 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:22.460 gotta play them somewhere And and and with the 00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.900 trade deadline too, especially with teams that 00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:26.059 have been aggressive or or selling some years. 00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:28.579 There's nothing some years It's I'm I was calling 00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:31.639 a game in Hillsborough All of a sudden James 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:33.460 Tibbs gets pinched ran for in the ninth inning. 00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:35.000 I was like, that's bizarre He's not even the 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:37.119 tying run and then I look over and he's like 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:40.000 shaking everybody's hands in the dugout Open 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:42.320 Twitter. I'm like, I don't see anything and I'm 00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:44.440 like, oh my goodness He just I think he just 00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:46.019 got straight like I didn't say this on the air 00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:48.699 and then ten minutes later It's like Rafael Devers 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:51.260 is a giant for a player to be named later. I'm 00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:56.920 like, it's him So it can happen like that where 00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:58.500 it's literally like the coach is managing they're 00:36:58.500 --> 00:37:00.260 like Yeah, you got to get him out of the game 00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:02.960 right now. He's he's no longer part of our organization 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:04.780 because you don't want to get hurt exactly Yeah, 00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:06.340 you know they're they he now plays for the Red 00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:09.019 Sox and it's like well He was just got a single 00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:11.820 lead off that immediate. That's nuts, right? 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:14.710 Yeah, that's what I think the Giants might Not 00:37:14.710 --> 00:37:15.969 saying they're gonna regret completely they got 00:37:15.969 --> 00:37:27.710 a good player to the rival He's a good player. 00:37:27.710 --> 00:37:32.989 Yeah, and he got developed very well So what 00:37:32.989 --> 00:37:35.230 kind of movie Casey? I mean, I know the the Giants 00:37:35.230 --> 00:37:37.710 have these guys Gonzales and Hernandez those 00:37:37.710 --> 00:37:39.289 are their top two guys. They're a rookie ball 00:37:39.289 --> 00:37:41.309 Are those guys gonna just be at rookie ball for 00:37:41.309 --> 00:37:43.269 the rest of the year where they come up to Eugene 00:37:43.269 --> 00:37:45.349 at some? point after the draft that kind of thing 00:37:45.349 --> 00:37:47.969 how does this work come on mr. assistant gm that's 00:37:47.969 --> 00:37:49.789 a i mean obviously i would love for all those 00:37:49.789 --> 00:37:51.849 guys to come i'd be super cool have all the top 00:37:51.849 --> 00:37:54.190 prospects but but normally like okay johnny level 00:37:54.190 --> 00:37:55.690 who i was mentioning earlier is kind of a good 00:37:55.690 --> 00:37:58.690 example he's a year older than those guys he 00:37:58.690 --> 00:38:00.650 was in arizona for most of the year then last 00:38:00.650 --> 00:38:02.289 year at the end they're like we're moving you 00:38:02.289 --> 00:38:05.769 up to san jose which is low a before us and then 00:38:05.769 --> 00:38:07.309 he finished the year there that's kind of what 00:38:07.309 --> 00:38:08.949 they do with a lot of the draft prospects like 00:38:08.949 --> 00:38:11.110 gavin keelan for example the first round or last 00:38:11.110 --> 00:38:13.659 year He comes in, hangs out in the organization 00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:15.980 for a week or so, and then he played about 20 00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:18.280 -ish games to finish the year in San Jose. You 00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:20.980 don't always see them come up to you, Gene, for 00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:23.739 the same draft year, guys, although if it's like, 00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:26.139 we need a body. Like last year, we were running 00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:28.300 out of pitchers, so they sent us a couple of 00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:30.219 the late round guys, like, we need a bullpen 00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:32.300 arm. Can that request be made like that? It's 00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:35.260 like, listen, we're down to seven arms, we need 00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:37.360 a couple more? Yeah, I mean, especially for us 00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:39.789 last year, we were making the... Getting ready 00:38:39.789 --> 00:38:41.690 to go into the championship series and that could 00:38:41.690 --> 00:38:43.829 be a similar thing this year, too Where we have 00:38:43.829 --> 00:38:45.789 a couple guys called up the triple a season goes 00:38:45.789 --> 00:38:47.969 longer than double a right and then high a so 00:38:47.969 --> 00:38:49.769 then they might Need a couple of you know so 00:38:49.769 --> 00:38:51.210 then it's like these guys are kind of moving 00:38:51.210 --> 00:38:53.690 up right at the end of the season Okay, so sometimes 00:38:53.690 --> 00:38:56.170 you just need you're like we have four guys in 00:38:56.170 --> 00:38:58.210 the bullpen man We got to get two or three more 00:38:58.210 --> 00:38:59.929 so you usually see especially when you're going 00:38:59.929 --> 00:39:01.929 for the championship some guys that will fill 00:39:01.929 --> 00:39:04.519 in and will they play will they not here and 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.579 there you know what i mean but you just need 00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:07.659 bodies at some point so you you more see that 00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:10.829 where san jose kind of gets that The draft guys 00:39:10.829 --> 00:39:13.030 of that year and then now we're a year too late 00:39:13.030 --> 00:39:15.929 So now we have all of the the 25 guys the Gavin 00:39:15.929 --> 00:39:18.610 Collins and such that are here So how big of 00:39:18.610 --> 00:39:20.550 a difference is there between the low and the 00:39:20.550 --> 00:39:22.489 high? Like just competition wise like do you 00:39:22.489 --> 00:39:24.150 guys seem like they're fish out of water if they're 00:39:24.150 --> 00:39:25.949 coming from that low way at times if they're 00:39:25.949 --> 00:39:27.690 skipping that level You know I'm saying yeah, 00:39:27.690 --> 00:39:30.070 it definitely depends It's there's a pretty big 00:39:30.070 --> 00:39:32.550 the biggest jump in minor league baseball is 00:39:32.550 --> 00:39:35.469 high a actually to double a from from from just 00:39:35.469 --> 00:39:37.730 a ballpark perspective and it's harder places 00:39:37.730 --> 00:39:39.489 to hit and things like that, but the low a jump 00:39:39.489 --> 00:39:42.610 to high a you get a lot of the pitching just 00:39:42.610 --> 00:39:44.650 a lot better you just get older guys that are 00:39:44.650 --> 00:39:46.750 here you know when they sign older college guys 00:39:46.750 --> 00:39:48.409 they move up quickly they're not going to keep 00:39:48.409 --> 00:39:51.369 them in in Arizona or San Jose for for too long 00:39:51.369 --> 00:39:53.349 where they make their way quickly here so you 00:39:53.349 --> 00:39:55.590 you tend to get a lot of older pitchers that 00:39:55.590 --> 00:39:58.050 are You know more veteran have thrown more innings 00:39:58.050 --> 00:40:00.489 and then when they get these 18 19 20 year olds 00:40:00.489 --> 00:40:02.590 here It's like I this guy doesn't know what he's 00:40:02.590 --> 00:40:04.369 doing it You know what I mean? Like and they're 00:40:04.369 --> 00:40:06.090 you you you kind of see that so there definitely 00:40:06.090 --> 00:40:08.909 is an adjustment period Especially for the hitters. 00:40:08.929 --> 00:40:10.949 It feels like against a lot of these pitchers 00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:12.940 Alright, well Jacob, but we're gonna let you 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:15.579 go. It's it's a pleasure always talking I you 00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:18.260 got some more great game prep to do as you got 00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:21.480 to work your real job tonight so one last question 00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:24.300 for you though is is as the season starts to 00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:27.239 stagger through and You know seasons start to 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:31.599 drop off and such That that last bit that last 00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:34.119 little run in the season because again We know 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:35.760 that Eugene is going to be playing in the championship 00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:40.519 series. Do you see teams get bulked up? So in 00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:45.079 other words, how important is a long season championship 00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:47.500 in single A ball to the Giants organization? 00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:49.039 I mean, is that one of those things where it's 00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:52.320 like we want to win at every level all the time, 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:54.539 or they're just more, you know, some organizations 00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:56.940 more just. Don't care what's really going on 00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:58.920 if I want to develop players. I want to bring 00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:01.039 them up the way we want them brought up Yeah, 00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:03.179 that's a really good question because it's it 00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:05.719 is so organization to organization with that 00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:07.659 There's organizations in the Northwest League 00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:09.699 like not saying they don't care, but it's like 00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:11.519 that's cool if it happens, but whatever you know 00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:13.519 what I mean It's about the player development 00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:15.889 which at the end of the day for all teams it 00:41:15.889 --> 00:41:18.489 is number one is player development right but 00:41:18.489 --> 00:41:20.329 i know for for teams like it seems like with 00:41:20.329 --> 00:41:23.289 the giants and other teams in this league it 00:41:23.289 --> 00:41:26.869 does build a sense of camaraderie and closer 00:41:26.869 --> 00:41:28.449 relationships with the guys that you've been 00:41:28.449 --> 00:41:31.150 playing with all year and it does go a long way 00:41:31.150 --> 00:41:33.010 even if the development side of it like from 00:41:33.010 --> 00:41:35.269 an actual on the field might not necessarily 00:41:35.269 --> 00:41:37.670 you know three four five extra games whatever 00:41:37.670 --> 00:41:40.030 man like it might not do a lot but but having 00:41:40.030 --> 00:41:42.489 that sense of like winning and like winning culture 00:41:42.489 --> 00:41:45.610 and learning how to win and how to fight through 00:41:45.610 --> 00:41:47.570 these long seasons and injuries and the dog days 00:41:47.570 --> 00:41:50.550 of summer. I personally think it does go a long 00:41:50.550 --> 00:41:51.869 way. And that's why at the end of the year, like 00:41:51.869 --> 00:41:54.269 last year with the Giants, we clinched it. We 00:41:54.269 --> 00:41:56.469 were down a couple people, and they sent us some 00:41:56.469 --> 00:41:58.690 reinforcements. Obviously, it matters to some 00:41:58.690 --> 00:42:01.230 extent for them. And I don't know if it's the 00:42:01.230 --> 00:42:03.429 number one priority with any team, like I said, 00:42:03.429 --> 00:42:05.829 but it definitely matters. Well, you play the 00:42:05.829 --> 00:42:08.269 game to win, and it's crash. On the mic tonight, 00:42:08.409 --> 00:42:11.269 you can listen to them. all season long for the 00:42:11.269 --> 00:42:14.269 rest of the season on Eugene Emerald's baseball. 00:42:14.670 --> 00:42:16.809 Thanks, Crash. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. 00:42:16.909 --> 00:42:18.329 All right, there he goes. Jacob Archer, follow 00:42:18.329 --> 00:42:20.329 him on the socials as well. Jacob underscore 00:42:20.329 --> 00:42:24.150 Archer 12. We come back. I mean, Vegas has got 00:42:24.150 --> 00:42:28.309 a Brazil kit on, so we got a top World Cup as 00:42:28.309 --> 00:42:31.750 we wind up a hump day program on the Danny Justin 00:42:31.750 --> 00:42:37.769 radio program. If you missed any of the interview 00:42:37.769 --> 00:42:39.510 that we started off the program right out of 00:42:39.510 --> 00:42:41.309 the gates racing out of the gates with Tyler 00:42:41.309 --> 00:42:43.329 Gillum, the head coach of the Savannah bananas 00:42:43.329 --> 00:42:45.309 who are taking on the party animals this weekend 00:42:45.309 --> 00:42:48.510 at Austin Stadium. Go back to the podcast. Listen 00:42:48.510 --> 00:42:51.489 to that. You can also hear Jacob Archer get his 00:42:51.489 --> 00:42:54.590 nickname, the voice of the Eugene Emeralds. As 00:42:54.590 --> 00:42:56.570 we've been blasting through this program, we 00:42:56.570 --> 00:42:58.369 call the fastest 60 minutes. We do more with 00:42:58.369 --> 00:43:00.949 an hour than most do with three. Thanks for tuning 00:43:00.949 --> 00:43:05.809 in my friends. Two more World Cup matches today. 00:43:07.230 --> 00:43:10.150 It's Scotland what four more four more. Sorry. 00:43:10.409 --> 00:43:14.090 Yeah Really? Yeah, South Korea. Oh, there's two 00:43:14.090 --> 00:43:16.750 more later like 730 or the ones that are gonna 00:43:16.750 --> 00:43:20.230 be kicking off here in about 10 minutes It's 00:43:20.230 --> 00:43:23.960 Scotland and Brazil, right? We've got morocco 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:25.780 and haiti. I think that's what i see. How about 00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:27.440 that? I got that in my head. I'm looking right 00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:29.119 at you i'm not looking at a screen or anything 00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:31.500 else like that So and we got who who tonight? 00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:33.719 Uh, I don't know the matchup exactly but it's 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:36.559 south chechia and mexico. No, chechia chechia 00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:38.860 south africa and south korea I'll just name the 00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:41.139 teams that are playing. All right, so brazil 00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:44.599 and scotland scotland needs At least a draw here. 00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:47.199 They've played. This is the third match in group 00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:51.400 c Brazil has four points Morocco's got four points 00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:55.099 Scotland has three points So I mean if you if 00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:59.639 you tie here the gold differential actually favors 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:02.780 Brazil right now, right they lead the table in 00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:04.840 that so Scotland's basically they have to win 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:06.860 this match if they have any chance to advance 00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:09.260 I think we're rooting for the Scots in a lot 00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:13.199 of ways, right? Has been but has been incredible 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:15.599 in the u .s. I'm a Brazil guy. I got always kind 00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:18.210 of read for Brazil, but I do I you know We're 00:44:18.210 --> 00:44:20.090 americans. I can appreciate the underdog scotland 00:44:20.090 --> 00:44:22.230 is the underdog here. There there was great moments 00:44:22.230 --> 00:44:25.530 in uh Fenway park with the fans chanting. Did 00:44:25.530 --> 00:44:27.550 you ever watch that video? Yeah, okay good and 00:44:27.550 --> 00:44:32.010 they drank if they drank boston dry So so vegas 00:44:32.010 --> 00:44:34.050 do you have is that like a number on the back 00:44:34.050 --> 00:44:36.110 of your kit or is it just the basic one? Yeah 00:44:36.110 --> 00:44:38.909 No, this is just a basic basic. It's beautiful 00:44:38.909 --> 00:44:42.409 It is um, but uh, yeah, i'm not even a huge brazil 00:44:42.409 --> 00:44:44.409 fan. I just love the way this kit looks Okay, 00:44:44.489 --> 00:44:47.139 so wait a second So you're not a huge brazil 00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:50.380 fan. I am cheering for brazil. How did you acquire 00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:53.539 so? Sorry, no, how did you acquire the jersey? 00:44:53.820 --> 00:44:56.500 My cousin who is a he's in high school right 00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:59.159 now crazy brazil fan No, he's actually a crazy 00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:02.920 mexico fan Um, but but they also like the way 00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:04.840 this kit looks so they bought it for me and I 00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:06.659 just I was like wearing it So I think it looks 00:45:06.659 --> 00:45:09.139 great. Thank you blue. It's got some nice texture 00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:11.829 on it It's not the official World Cup kit. Okay, 00:45:12.090 --> 00:45:13.849 so lots of World Cup. We'll talk more about it 00:45:13.849 --> 00:45:15.590 tomorrow as well. By the way, we're going to 00:45:15.590 --> 00:45:17.969 have the General, Jeff Oliver, in here to talk 00:45:17.969 --> 00:45:19.750 about the pre. We're going to give away some 00:45:19.750 --> 00:45:23.530 tickets to the pre, a family fun four -pack for 00:45:23.530 --> 00:45:26.829 Friday night. So yeah, so stay tuned tomorrow 00:45:26.829 --> 00:45:29.409 for the program as well So I know you're chopping 00:45:29.409 --> 00:45:31.570 at the bit baby Jay to talk about your bulls 00:45:31.570 --> 00:45:34.170 and the NBA draft So I'm gonna give you a couple 00:45:34.170 --> 00:45:37.289 minutes. No it you are Nothing to talk about 00:45:37.289 --> 00:45:38.969 the bulls because everybody they were getting 00:45:38.969 --> 00:45:40.949 Caleb Wilson the entire time So nobody wanted 00:45:40.949 --> 00:45:44.210 to analyze but listen you you go on Twitter and 00:45:44.210 --> 00:45:46.230 someone asked a question about how you're feeling 00:45:46.230 --> 00:45:51.619 Amazing or terrific Yeah, I feel great I'm a 00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:53.320 bulls fan. I've been waiting for them to do it 00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:56.000 right for about 10 years They finally got a top 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:57.760 pick and there were a lot of guy There were a 00:45:57.760 --> 00:46:00.019 lot of moves near the bottom half of the first 00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:02.059 round where players were getting traded back 00:46:02.059 --> 00:46:05.260 and forth I've never understood that to be honest. 00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:06.900 It's like why don't you just trade up for the 00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:09.860 pick? Instead of trading the player I mean, I've 00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:11.900 always found it hilarious to the you know, the 00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:13.400 players that are walking up they put on their 00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:17.139 How about the kid that wasn't invited to the 00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:19.920 green room that Joshua Jefferson you guys did 00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:22.239 you guys hear about Kareem? What was his name 00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:25.300 Lopez? Is that his last name? Yeah, then the 00:46:25.300 --> 00:46:27.980 New Zealand didn't realize that he had been traded 00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:31.480 to the Grizzlies for like 15 minutes Brian Windhorst 00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:34.400 literally told him news to him in an interview 00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:39.639 15 minutes later Call yeah, I'd never heard of 00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:41.719 anything like that and he literally he was like 00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:45.639 wait what like I'm on the grizzlies Isn't that 00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:48.500 amazing it's like and you would find out from 00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:52.099 a reporter first first born Mexican player ever 00:46:52.099 --> 00:46:54.659 Congratulations to him. Okay drafted in the first 00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:56.699 round wrapped in the first round. Yeah, or I 00:46:56.699 --> 00:46:59.079 think ever actually it might be a lot to look 00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:01.559 that up Yeah, so so the Blazers did not make 00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:05.849 any moves. That's not unexpected. I'm I'm not 00:47:05.849 --> 00:47:09.329 concerned because it's always been Joe Cronin's 00:47:09.329 --> 00:47:11.889 the last couple of years, MO. I mean, he goes 00:47:11.889 --> 00:47:13.929 and gets Jan Hansen in the first round and everybody 00:47:13.929 --> 00:47:16.630 was like, what the heck was that? And very much 00:47:16.630 --> 00:47:19.070 a development player. But we didn't think there 00:47:19.070 --> 00:47:21.010 were going to be a ton of moves. The moves that 00:47:21.010 --> 00:47:22.929 Joe Cronin is going to make are going to be now 00:47:22.929 --> 00:47:26.289 in the next two months. Second but maybe that's 00:47:26.289 --> 00:47:28.550 our second round. Okay, I think it's a possibility 00:47:28.550 --> 00:47:30.550 It's easier to get a second round pick You always 00:47:30.550 --> 00:47:32.210 want to add a guy right like they don't have 00:47:32.210 --> 00:47:33.670 any second round picks right now You have to 00:47:33.670 --> 00:47:35.670 trade some sort of asset me you can maybe even 00:47:35.670 --> 00:47:38.190 get it as easily as hey two future seconds for 00:47:38.190 --> 00:47:40.449 a second this year Like not too much of a commitment 00:47:40.449 --> 00:47:42.710 there. So how do you think the draft went overall? 00:47:42.849 --> 00:47:44.590 You think everybody got who they wanted seems 00:47:44.590 --> 00:47:46.889 like everybody thinks that nobody really screwed 00:47:46.889 --> 00:47:48.710 up that everybody took the guy They should take 00:47:48.710 --> 00:47:52.349 maybe the mores Johnson To dallas because of 00:47:52.349 --> 00:47:54.730 the whole dusty may getting hired by mavericks 00:47:54.730 --> 00:47:56.650 thing is a little bit interesting The way that 00:47:56.650 --> 00:47:58.489 those michigan players played out But overall 00:47:58.489 --> 00:48:00.590 three four michigan players got taken in the 00:48:00.590 --> 00:48:03.110 first round three pretty much three out of four 00:48:03.110 --> 00:48:05.670 picks. That's crazy That is absolutely nuts. 00:48:05.670 --> 00:48:09.329 Well, all right, so you give it a a minus b plus 00:48:09.329 --> 00:48:13.829 for the draft for everybody overall A full grade 00:48:13.829 --> 00:48:15.929 for everyone overall. Yeah, pretty good. Okay. 00:48:15.929 --> 00:48:17.210 All right. There you go with that You heard it 00:48:17.210 --> 00:48:19.909 from baby jay. The draft was fine. Let's do dad 00:48:19.909 --> 00:48:24.000 joke Oh, a joke! I got fired from the bank today. 00:48:24.179 --> 00:48:26.119 A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed 00:48:26.119 --> 00:48:32.960 her. Dad jokes! You're never gonna get this. 00:48:33.099 --> 00:48:35.000 That's why I'm gonna lay it on here. Alright. 00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:39.920 What was the flute playing killer whale auditioning 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:44.800 for? What was the flute playing killer whale 00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:47.880 auditioning for? Oh man, that's so random. What? 00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:51.579 I don't know. Is it gonna be good at least? I 00:48:51.579 --> 00:48:57.300 hope so. The trans -Siberian orca strut. Oh my 00:48:57.300 --> 00:49:10.960 god, that was not good. Tomorrow on the program 00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:13.260 the general if you missed any of the show today 00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:15.440 You got to go back and listen to the podcast. 00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:18.199 It's gonna be a fun 49 -minute listen Thanks 00:49:18.199 --> 00:49:20.760 for tuning in for Vegas for baby. J. I'm dot 00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:22.400 god bless Be well put a smile on your face someone 00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:24.539 else's they deserve it. So do you peace?