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The Off Season is so Easy!
What do roster changes, strategic moves, and a near dog-naming mishap have in common? They all play a part in the latest off-season escapades of Major League Baseball! Join us for an action-packed episode where we tackle the big moves, like Jorge Soler heading to the Angels and what it means for Mike Trout, and Kyle Hendricks' fresh start away from the Cubs. We also dive into the buzz around Shohei Ohtani's record-breaking season after leaving the Angels, all while sharing a lighthearted anecdote about almost naming a pet after a baseball star.
The offseason frenzy doesn’t stop there—MLB teams are making bold choices, and we’re here to unpack them. We explore the Cubs' allegiance to players like Ian Happ and the Cardinals' strategy shift with Wilson Contreras' new position. As the NL Central heats up, we weigh in on the Cubs’ potential upswing under Craig Council and ponder the future of teams like the Reds and Pirates. Plus, we've got your insider scoop on the Dodgers’ roster speculation, including their international ambitions involving Roki Sasaki and what fans might expect from Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw.
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Hello everyone, welcome back inside the Three Crows Studios in Morristown, Tennessee. This is Two Guys Talking Baseball. We are in the offseason and I'm actually excited about that after being quite frightened of the offseason the last few weeks. Anyhow, my name is Dallas Danger and I'm joined as always by my friend and colleague, the sea lion himself, brian logan. It's been a sad week without baseball I'm just happy we have so much to talk about we do.
Speaker 1:We have a lot to talk about yeah, a lot, a lot of ground to cover. Um, I mean we, you know, we hit day one of the offseason and there were trades. Yeah, I mean it's just been a news-heavy week. We'll talk about Major League Baseball happenings, of course, but we've got stuff to talk about that has nothing to do with Major League Baseball. That came out in the last week. Very exciting, yeah, some exciting stuff. Um, yeah, I mean it was like day one or hey, solaire gets traded to the angels yeah and uh, the angels have certainly made some choices, uh, they put him in witness protection
Speaker 1:the thing with solaire and I. This is not my original opinion, I saw somebody else say this, but it makes a lot of sense. Soler is kind of going to I mean he's their DH yeah, like every day. So now you've got Mike Trout coming off of injury again and he's going to have to play the outfield every day. Yeah, and they've made it pretty clear he's going to have to play the outfield every day. Yeah, and they've made it pretty clear he's going to play center field when he maybe should, you know, play some center field.
Speaker 1:But I mean I think you need to, you need to leave that dh spot open for trout sometimes, just to not give him a rest. Yeah, just to rest his legs. Yeah, I agree, because when he's healthy he can still hit. Yeah, yeah, but I don't know, I don't know what he's got left in the tank in center field every day. I mean, you know, and that's a sad story. I mean we look at Shohei. Shohei got out of there in year one has a completely historic season, wins a World Series, goes to the playoffs for the first time and wins it all and really after, after, the division series was kind of a non-factor, yeah, you know. So it? I don't know man, the angels are just fascinating.
Speaker 2:We'll talk more about the angels here in a minute well, and I and I'd be remissed if I didn't, uh, bring up the fact that quinney was almost named j.
Speaker 1:Yeah, after Jorge Soler Right Big, big part of that 2016 Cubs group.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, so you have that going on for her.
Speaker 1:Yeah, if you're new to the show, quinny is one of Brian's children that are of canine variety. Yes, yes.
Speaker 2:And we had to name her and Quinny won out, but she was almost Jorge. Her little brother wanted to name her and Quinny won out, but she was almost Jorge. Her little brother wanted to name her Jorge.
Speaker 1:All right, where do you want to start with the Cubs? We've got a few things to talk about with the Chicago Cubs.
Speaker 2:Well, Hendricks has been keeping with the same thing, yeah sure, Hendricks has been traded to witness. Well, yeah sure.
Speaker 1:Hendricks has been traded to witness. Well, he signed, he didn't sign, he wasn't traded, he signed a one-year deal with the.
Speaker 2:Angels I misspoke Right, which I think is great for him because he can collect the money and he can continue to play and I hate to say it, but it won't matter what his form is, he'll be an attraction. He'll be an attraction. He'll be in a new park with new teammates, it'll be fresh and I think it'll be really good for him and extend his career a year or so yeah, I don't know how much pressure there was on kyle hendricks with the cubs, but if if there was any, it's gone.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's gone. Yeah, I don't think the angels, or anybody surrounding the angels, expects them to compete. Yeah, this year, I mean, I think they're just trying to piece a team together to do the best they can. You're right, you know. I mean they're trying, you know so lair is an impactful bat. He's gonna make them better.
Speaker 1:But again, from a roster construction standpoint, I just don't quite understand it. Um, you know, soler is he's an interesting case study all on his own because, again, he's a good hitter. He's been an impact player on two world series champions in the last what eight years, but he just can't stick anywhere for a while, and I think it's the fact that he just can't play defense. He's a dh, yeah, and that's all you can really do with him. Yeah, but yeah, kyle hendricks getting a fresh start there with the angels, you know, um, very quick too. I mean, free agency had just started. I mean we're a couple days into teams being able to sign free agents and he's all. I mean, do you think, from his perspective, somebody made him an offer and he was like holy shit, somebody made me an offer and he just took it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think that's exactly I just I don't, I don't know what kind of market was going to be out there for kyle yeah, I think he the offer came in and he was like sold yeah, I don't remember the number two dollars canadian and a cup of coffee and he's like done but um and a puppy to be named later yeah, maybe named, or hey, maybe named quinny, we don't know, uh, what about cody?
Speaker 2:bellinger's coming back. I know, know, I love that. That's great. I was really hoping that he was going to stay with the Cubs and it looks like that he is, and that is going to be awesome, yeah.
Speaker 1:You know, picked up his player option, didn't decline it and hit the market again, and he's just a good fit for the Cubs.
Speaker 2:He really is.
Speaker 1:I was really happy for him when he went there in the first place because you know he needed out of LA. You know, strong rookie of the year season, had an MVP season, won a World Series and then I think again, the pressure of being in LA got to him.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And he has such a complicated swing when it's right. There's very few better right, but he just hasn't been right in in a few years, you know, on a consistent basis, and he's been good for the cubs, though I mean he's done really well, it's a good fit, it's.
Speaker 2:It's a little more laid back, not as much stress. Um, just get in there and play, worry about the day yeah. And he fits well and I'm really glad that he's staying.
Speaker 1:Yeah and again, very little pressure compared to you know Very little.
Speaker 1:LA. Right now there's I mean, it's a pressure cooker, because the expectation is to compete each and every year and that paid off this year, thankfully, after two years of disappointment, you know, in the first round of the playoffs. But yeah, you know, for for belly, if the, if the cubs, if the cubs make a run, it's kind of bonus and you know you and I, brian, talk a lot off the air about it's great when the cubs are good, but they don't have to be good, no, they don't to to really.
Speaker 1:I mean, it's nice when they are yeah, but they, they're, they've always been, the lovable losers, right, right. So you know those fans are going to show up.
Speaker 2:You know they're going to bitch, you know right, we're going to complain, but but we're still going to love them in the end right and he's a lovable guy.
Speaker 1:He's a guy you want on your team. Uh, he's a good personality, he's really laid back and just cool and um, you know, uh, just just a cool guy. I like cody bellinger a lot and I'm happy he's with uh, with the cubs, for at least one more year and uh, I guess we'll go from there with cody bellinger yeah, it's a year-to-year deal, but we got him for another year and that's great.
Speaker 1:And I think that really, more than anything, is just his agent. I mean those Scott Boris guys. If you're not Juan Soto, I mean Juan Soto's going to get a huge deal, but you look at last year and you know, like Blake Snell and guys like that, that may be commanded of better deals may be commanded of better deals.
Speaker 1:I think boris just talks teams out of long-term big money deals, yeah, and they're, they're all just kind of on these one year, two year with an option type deals, right, um, because boris is just asking for so much money for these guys. Yeah, and you know, again, juan soto is going to get it because he's that guy. But you know, blake snell, there's question marks. Cody bellinger, when you know there's been question marks with him too. Again, he's got a very complicated swing and it doesn't take much for his mechanics to get really off and put him into a, a pretty, you know, dismal slump. Yeah, but when he's right he's really good.
Speaker 1:Um, and he's right, he's on, he's versatile. You can play him at first, you can put him in the outfield, yeah, you can do do a couple different things with him, which the cubs have done. Um, you know, I mean he's, he's gold glove caliber in center field. Yeah, um, you know, and and and not a bad first baseman either. Um, but yeah, so, uh, so, yeah. So we talked about hendrix, we've talked about bellinger. Uh, ian happ won a gold glove, sure did what?
Speaker 2:uh third in a row. So good for him. Good for him, a well deserved uh, just a mainstay out there and left yeah, really is.
Speaker 1:And and you know his name crept up a little bit in the trade rumors and stuff, but uh, the cubs have held steadfast with him and yeah, that's good to see.
Speaker 2:That is good to see. It makes ashley my wife. Oh yeah, I was just gonna say that's her favorite player, keeps ashley really happy because uh, she gets cranky when they I remember.
Speaker 1:I remember when they they cleaned house a couple few years ago and all the 2016 guys basically all got traded in one fell swoop Rizzo Bryant, Javi Baez, they all, within a matter of days, were just gone. Yeah, and it was really heartbreaking. You guys kind of stopped watching that year. We did Because it was just too much.
Speaker 2:Because we didn't know who anybody was, and it was heartbreaking.
Speaker 1:But I remember Ashley saying at that point if they trade my baby boy, I'm going to be pissed, always calls him baby boy.
Speaker 2:Yep, she loves him. That's her favorite player.
Speaker 1:And then this is Cubs. Adjacent. A former Cub, Wilson Contreras. I always want to say William now because his little brother.
Speaker 2:See, that's why you confuse me all the time.
Speaker 1:I know, I'm sorry. Wilson Contreras, the older of the Contreras brothers. It has been announced as moving from catcher to first base and probably a good move, but Good on the knees. He was kind of signed to be the next guy after Yachty Molina retired.
Speaker 2:Right took care of the whole. Thing.
Speaker 1:And so now it's like you almost feel like, well, that was a failed experiment because we got to move him to first base.
Speaker 2:I think it was a failed experiment. I think when he left the Cubs his attitude changed. I mean, I know he said what he said just to spark interest, I get that, but it was still not cool. And I think his attitude just changed when he got there. And you know it is a failed experiment. I don't think he played well with them. And to have to be moving them already. I mean, you know, I mean maybe that's good for them, Maybe that's what they need, Maybe they got some up and comer.
Speaker 1:I don't know. Yeah, I don't know either. I'm not super well versed in their farm system, but I think you know. Bigger picture, you know they announced they were moving on from Paul Goldschmidt, which was interesting because he's been a stalwart for them in their lineup since he got there from Arizona. But so you had an opening at first base. You've got Contreras under contract. You got to do something with him. Contreras under contract, you got to do something with him.
Speaker 1:But I mean the last couple years for the Cardinals they have gone from a team that was there in the thick of it every year without a huge change as far as their roster goes, and they're just not that anymore. Yeah, they've not even really been all that competitive the last two years and that was again after years of kind of being at the top of that division, right there with Milwaukee every year, and then the Cubs would sneak into the race every now and then. The Reds a couple years ago were a playoff team and were competing. So still a winnable division in my estimation. But it's going to be interesting to see what else the cardinals do. Um, this offseason, you know to to put, put a team together and and try to get back to you, know what they were, and and I just don't, I don't know, man, I don't they got a lot of work to do.
Speaker 1:They do have a lot of work, a lot of work, a lot more. I think they got more work to do than the Cubs do.
Speaker 2:Oh, without a doubt. I mean, I know every team says this, but we're just a couple of moving pieces in a picture, away from making this work.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and the Cubs. You know the Cubs finished with the same record the last two years.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But there were times last season where it didn't feel like they were going to win 83. No, it didn't. And they, in the middle of the season, completely overhauled that bullpen and got better. Yeah, they sure did. And you've got Craig Council. But for me, with that big contract and the team just staying stagnant, it's about to be nut-cutting time for Craig Council.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, he's going to have to cut in time for craig council. Oh yeah, he's gonna have to deliver, yeah, um, and again, that's a winnable division, um, the cardinals, I don't think, or I think they're just kind of treading water. You know the pirates, you know they're kind of one step up, two steps back. The reds the reds are an interesting case study too in that division, because the you know terry fran, because Terry Francona, he could potentially make a big difference for them. I think he will, without a lot of changes personnel-wise, yeah. But the Cubs are right there in that mix and you know they have an opportunity, if they're willing to spend a little money this offseason, to kind of go for it. And you know, if we've seen anything the last few years, all you've got to do is get in.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And if the Cubs improve themselves enough to win that division, they've got as much shot as anybody else.
Speaker 2:Well, the Cubs have got to get a game plan in the front office, and they've got to stick with it instead of changing their mind every week.
Speaker 1:I don't know that it's changing their mind as much as things are just not going the way they want them to.
Speaker 2:With people, negotiating with them.
Speaker 1:Well, yeah, is that what we're getting back to. I think it's just. You know we've said what we've said about Jed Hoyer on this show More you than me, obviously but I just don't think he has the moxie that Theo Epstein did Right, and I think he's. You know, he was sort of the protege when Theo was with the Cubs and now I think he's been trying to do things like Theo and it just isn't working the same because he's not that guy, he doesn't have that reputation, he doesn't have the track record of. You know.
Speaker 1:I mean Theo Epstein, for all intents and purposes, broke two curses Because he was responsible for putting the Red Sox teams together that won their World Series titles. Then he wins one with the Cubs, which was like as big, if not bigger, a curse, of course, yes, bigger, yeah. I mean I guess it all depends on your perspective, but I think Jed Hoyer needs to find some identity and go with that. And this is all speculation. We're not in the room, we don't know what's really going on, but I mean the trade deadline did not go well for the Cubs, not at all. And he said we had a plan and it just didn't work. Yeah, nobody was biting on the bait we were throwing out yeah and that, for whatever reason that that didn't work out, it ultimately falls on Jed Hoyer.
Speaker 2:It does, the buck stops with him and, regardless of identity or whatever he's got to get it done, he can't go another season doing what he was doing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I'm sure at some point we'll talk more about free agency and who's available and who the Cubs could benefit from having. But yeah, I mean this could be a pretty big offseason for the Cubs if they want it to be.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So you got anything else on the Cubs this week before we pivot to the Dodgers?
Speaker 2:No, there's rumors and speculation and you know some of it's good and some of it's bad, as will be for the next few months. We're just going to have to sit back and see what actually transpires. You know the cubs love a good rumor.
Speaker 1:They totally love a good rumor.
Speaker 2:I mean, the fan base just goes crazy with a rumor. Yeah, so it'll be interesting to see what what transpires, but we it's a long off season.
Speaker 1:We're we're just now getting in there yeah, yeah, it was still very early on a lot to be decided and and if it's anything like last year, it's gonna we're gonna be in spring training still talking about, you know, free agents that haven't signed yet.
Speaker 1:I hope exactly I hope it doesn't come to that again. I thought that was really bad for the game last year, um, but you know, here's the thing too the cubs have already been mentioned as a team that was going to be in on Juan Soto, and Soto said immediately after the Yankees lost the World Series hey, I'm listening to everybody.
Speaker 1:If all 30 teams call. I'm listening to all 30. Yeah, and we're already just from the reporting, we're already at six or seven teams that are heavily involved. Right, and not just the usual suspects. The Rays, in the last 36 hours or so, have been revealed as a team. That's right there in the conversations with Soto. Yeah, another team that's obviously going to be in on Juan Soto is the world champion, los Angeles Dodgers. Who, yeah, you know who Just read my shirt. Um, a lot of ground to cover with the dodgers this week, holy shit. Um. So on juan soto.
Speaker 1:I had said I said this last season, if it comes down to juan soto or back Tay Oscar, I want Tay Oscar right, and I understand, I understand the pros and cons. I get that Soto makes the team better. I get that he's a better hitter, but from a liking my team standpoint, tay Oscar is way higher on the list. Yeah, um was a big, big part of the championship last year. Huge um.
Speaker 1:Without him it's a different mix of guys. Um brought a lot of energy, brought a lot of you know. I mean, he's a guy that he strikes out a lot. If he's not in right field he's not a great defender. And with when they move Mookie back. He was. He was in left field pretty much, but you know in big spots there aren't a lot of guys that you want up besides Tay. Oscar, right, and you know he sort of. I mean he went from being like the six hitter at the start of it to basically being the everyday cleanup guy behind the three MVPs that get all the attention and you know all the hoopla, as they should.
Speaker 2:Almost the meat and potatoes.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah. So he, he made a big impact. He made a big impact, won over the fan base very early on and did nothing to harm that. I think every Dodger fan one of the priorities is get him back. So I was a little anxious when I started hearing everybody reporting that the Dodgers were in on Soto and that they were going to make a push.
Speaker 1:Now we got some news yesterday that you know Brandon Gomes, the general manager of the Dodgers. He's sort of the second in command in that front office behind Andrew Friedman. He said publicly yesterday that the plan is to get Mookie Betts back in the infield next season. Okay, um, and looking at it, second base makes the most sense. But the important thing to note there is that's another corner outfield spot open for this Dodger team. So you could in theory get Tay Oscar back on that team-friendly deal, which is what I think is going to happen, and then you can go spend the big money on Soto if you really think Soto makes this team better because you've got spots. Now you add Andy Pahez into that equation because he had a bit of a breakout year, a little up and down, but he's a big leaguer and he's a guy that, I think, is factored in for this Dodger team moving forward.
Speaker 1:Dalton Rushing, one of the top prospects, moved from catcher into left field a little bit last year. There were some. It was really speculation, but a lot of people thought he might find his way on a postseason roster. Okay, it didn't happen, you know, didn't need to happen obviously, um, but it's interesting. You know you move Mookie into second. What do you do with Gavin Lux who plays shortstop? You know you've got options. Tommy Edmonds back. Um, they picked up the option on Miguel Rojas, which I think is a good move. No matter what his role is, he's a good guy to have in that clubhouse and you know, the last two years injuries have pushed him into more of an everyday role and he's stepped up and delivered. So, you know, had one of his better offensive years last year in his whole career, did Miguel Rojas? Yeah, it's just so funny. You know the difference in the culture of the business of baseball nowadays. This team just won a world championship and looked like the best team basically the whole way through the playoffs and they could look completely different.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and better on opening day.
Speaker 1:Well, I think they were going to be better, no matter what, just because of all the the pitchers, they're going to get off the injured list, yeah, at some point. But then you, then you start talking about mookie, moves to second and it's like, all right, now we're really cooking with who's going to play the outfield. Yeah, and yeah, I mean it's, it's.
Speaker 2:It's pretty interesting, um well, god, there's so much here uh, austin barnes is coming back.
Speaker 1:Uh, picked up his option as well, you know, and and rojas and barnes are both kind of guys that you don't envision playing a lot, but but you want them on the team.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you want them to fill in so that the other guys can get rest and if something happens in the game, you've got them and you can count on them For sure.
Speaker 1:And again, it's personalities, it's character. These guys are big character guys that bring a lot. Even when they're sitting on the bench they bring a lot to the table. Yeah, it's almost like having player coaches in addition to your staff, right as far as options go, I think the most interesting is that Clayton Kershaw, who has already said publicly his plan is to pitch for the Dodgers next year. He did not take his option for next year, so he is technically a free agent and on the surface that might seem like a bad thing, like oh well, what's going on there. I just think Kershaw is so committed to this organization that he understands. First off, he's having two surgeries. He's probably not going to be ready for opening day. If he takes that option, he's taking a 40-man roster spot and there's already a traffic jam. There's work to be done on that 40-man roster for the Dodgers. Some guys are probably going to get moved. Gavin Lux with the Mookie News is a very likely trade piece. I hate to say it, but I look at a guy like James Altman who's probably ready to play somewhere in the big leagues and he's just, and the Dodgers have a track record. You look at Ross Stripling, you look at Michael Bush, guys that are ready to play every day, guys that are ready to take up a big role with the team that don't have that role with the Dodgers. They are more than happy to let them go and give them the chance to go make some money somewhere and play, instead of being stuck without a role with the Dodgers. The Dodgers are just doing things differently than a lot of teams. And Miguel Vargas last year going to the White Sox he was sort of the butt of some jokes with going from the Dodgers to the worst team in the 1900s yeah, poor guy, but it was a chance for him to play and be an impact guy on a team. Yeah, when he just didn't have a spot with the dodgers, exactly. Just another example of what we're talking about. So, um, yeah, just you know, got so much going on.
Speaker 1:Um, kylie mcdaniel from espn. Um, kylie McDaniel from ESPN reported that it looks very likely at this point that Roki Sasaki is going to get posted 23-year-old the next, uh, the next Japanese pitching phenom. Um, I've seen experts predicting that he's a better pitcher than, uh, yoshinobu Yamamoto, who got the biggest contract for a pitch and a pitcher only in Major League history last year. Yeah, and was an impact guy for the Dodgers. You know, missed some time with injury but, you know, started a game in the World Series and looked like the guy that is the highest paid pitcher in the world. Yeah, was lights out. You know, dominated that Yankees lineup. That is not an easy lineup to get through. And now Roki Sasaki, 23 years old, he's 23.
Speaker 1:And the thing with Roki Sasaki is the Dodgers. Okay, first off, it was reported in the same breath, basically, that the Dodgers are heavily favored if he is posted to land him. There's a lot of reasons for that. Number one why would he want to play anywhere else? They just won a world championship. They've got Shohei and Yamamoto Right, so there's familiarity for him there because he's played on the Japanese World Baseball Classic team with those two Right, but also the Dodgers and this is the thing everybody talks about. You know. Oh, they bought a championship. They have more. They have more foreign international I guess is the proper word international bonus, pool money than any other team right now. Yeah, so they can pay Roki Sasaki more than any other team.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And that's not because they're a big market team, that's not because of Shohei Otani, that's because of the way they've done business. Yeah, and this is, you know, they want to win every year, but they're not looking at this year in a vacuum, they're going. You know what, if we can save some of that bonus pool money and put ourselves in position to get Roki Sasaki, that's what we're going to do. Yeah, so that's what we're gonna do. Yeah, so that's really interesting too. Um, that's huge. It would be a, a massive signing for the dodgers yes potentially, and the best part would be super low risk.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because you're basically because of his age and when he's, you know, getting posted if this does come to pass this year, you're basically signing him to a minor league deal. Right, you're giving him the bigger bonus because you have the capability to do that more than any other team, but you're basically signing him to a minor league deal. And a point that Jeff Snyder made on Locked On Dodgers about this shout out to Jeff and Vince, they do a great job over at Locked On Dodgers. The point Jeff made was you know you can do all the other things you want to do and still get Roki Sasaki because you know, in addition to being a low-risk deal, you're signing him to a minor league deal. He doesn't have to take up a 40-man spot right away.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you can bring him to a minor league deal. He doesn't have to take up a 40-man spot right away.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you can bring him up later. You can wait until guys can go on the 60-day IL in spring training. Then select his contract, give him a 40-man spot and put him on the major league roster Right. So there's no chess that has to be involved with your roster. If you want to land Sasaki and I think they will um it's man, uh, really very favorable to that, isn't?
Speaker 1:it really exciting, really exciting stuff. Um, what else do I have? I got a couple more things on the Dodgers uh, first off, this is wild. Okay, so a lot of big name free agent starting pitchers corbin burns, blake snell um, a guy that I've said basically as soon as it started to look like the braves were not going to get an extension done with, I said he's a Dodger is Max Freed.
Speaker 1:La guy didn't give the Braves what the Braves like and that's that team-friendly deal to stay. They typically don't offer that to you if you're not from the South. That's kind of their strategy. They like players who grew up Braves fans because it's easier to get those team-friendly deals. And I'm not throwing shade at up Braves fans because it's easier to get those team-friendly deals and I'm not throwing shade at the Braves. They do things their way and that's fine. They got a great ball club over there and they're going to have one for a long time because they got all these guys inked up. Max Freed is seen leaving a restaurant with a bunch of Dodger players the other night. How convenient, caught him on video because somebody caught him on Dodger players.
Speaker 1:the other night how convenient. Caught him on video because somebody caught him on camera leaving the same restaurant. Now, could it be coincidence? Could he just have happened to be at that same restaurant? Sure, that's a possibility, but I also don't really believe in coincidence. I think everything happens exactly as it's supposed to. I don't know what say you?
Speaker 2:I mean, I think he was there minding his own business and here come the Dodgers, they got their trophy in tow, they got the Bat Boy carry and stuff and they're like welcome back to LA. And he was like guys, I didn't even know you were going to be here tonight. And they're all laughing. Pull up a chair, Pull up a chair.
Speaker 1:Pull up a chair. Yeah, how cool. Yeah, so you know, I think Max Freed is a really likely target for the Dodgers. I think that's a deal that gets done pretty easily. Yeah, that's the thing too with the Dodgers. Again, I said it with Rokiki sasaki, but I think it goes. You know, it goes without saying for a lot of these free agents. Why would they want to play anywhere else if they have the opportunity to play for the dodgers?
Speaker 2:you're right, you're absolutely right. Why would they? I mean, you want to play for the best and right now they're the best you know?
Speaker 1:look, I mean, look at tay. Oscar hernandez had had longer contracts for more money elsewhere, took a one-year deal with the Dodgers to bet on himself and now, whether he comes back to the Dodgers or not, he's going to be printing money. Yep, it's just a good move. It's just a good move. Now, look, if you can go get 10 years and $300 million from somebody else, take it.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But if that's not out there for you, take that one year deal, take that flyer with the dodgers and just come back to free agency a year later and your market value is skyrocketed. Yeah, because that's what happened with tay oscar. I mean, he's a sought after free agent this year and again he could be inked up somewhere else and just be that same guy. But, um, you know, bet on himself and and you should always bet on yourself, I agree 100, always bet on yourself.
Speaker 1:Even if it doesn't pay out off, it'll pay out somehow well, you can still lay your head down at night and go you know what? Yep, yep, I put all my chips on the table and it just wasn't meant to be. But, um, yeah, just crazy, what's going on with the dodgers? So I mentioned brandon gomes speaking publicly about mookie betts moving to the infield and this will be the last thing on the dodgers and we can move on. But he also said that they haven't spoken, so dave roberts is only under contract to manage the dodgers one more year. Uh, brandon gomes said that they hadn't had any talks yet, but that that they envision dave roberts as the manager of the dodgers. Quote as far as we see out, good, very good.
Speaker 2:So that tells me that before we get to spring training, dave roberts is going to quote as far as we see out, good, very good, good choice.
Speaker 1:So that tells me that before we get to spring training, dave Roberts is going to have a long-term deal to be the Dodgers manager. Yeah, and you know, you look at the history of the great Dodger teams Walter Alston, tommy Lasorda these were guys that basically managed the Dodgers until they didn't want to anymore. Yeah, and they're Hall of Fame managers and Dave Roberts is going to be a Hall of Fame manager and it's starting to look like it's going to be, at least largely, with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, I agree. I mean they can't make a switch now, I mean in a year. I mean he's got to be their go-to for long term. I mean he's the best mind in baseball right now.
Speaker 1:And he's only 52.
Speaker 2:He could manage 20 more years, I know I couldn't believe that he was like my age, I mean.
Speaker 1:I'm 50.
Speaker 2:He's a spry 52-year-old? Yes, he is. I mean, as you could tell by his dancing.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, energetic guy dancing. Oh yeah, energetic guy, energetic guy. Uh, I've still gotta, I've still gotta watch, uh where he was on mookie's podcast. I've I've heard a lot of the quotes and everything, but I want to, I want to sit down and really, yeah, dive into that, because I'm sure that was a cool conversation. Um, and I think mookie, uh, I did see, uh, that mookie might have given him some crap for the way he was dancing with ice cube it's just, it's just bad timing.
Speaker 1:He, I don't think he meant to twerk on ice cube, I just think it happened and you know he got excited. Dave's the type of guy that he's gonna go. Yeah, you know what? Whatever you know, at least we won I'd twerk on ice cube. It's ice cube, for goodness sake all right, you got anything else to say about the Dodgers before we move on to some other stuff going on.
Speaker 2:Just that expect more of the same and better for next year.
Speaker 1:And that's what it boils down to is this organization is not going to settle for winning one and just stay in the course.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:They're going to do everything they can to put the best possible team out there in 2025. And I was on the way here this morning to record and I was in the car I was listening to, locked On, dodgers and I just had the thought Remember the Yankees team in the 90s, in the 2000s, when they won it all in 96, they weren't put together like they ended up by the end of the 90s? Yeah, they did. They did it largely the first go-round with with homegrown guys and, you know, new stars. Then they started adding the free agents and piling on and winning championship after championship. Yeah, I see this dodger team very much the same way. I can see that If they can go and get Soto, they're going to.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:They're going to go get Roky Sasaki. They're going to go get Max Freit. They're going to keep adding to this roster and make it better every chance they get, and that's just the Dodger way right now. Yeah, anything. If you have an opportunity to make that team better, they're doing it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they're a juggernaut, they really are.
Speaker 1:I love it. I love it so much, I know you do, and y'all can give me all the shit you want. You can say every derogatory thing. You've got Exhibit A, I don't care, I don't care. But secondly, exhibit a I don't care, I don't care. But secondly, I've been a dodger fan since I was a kid. I lived through the 90s when we didn't go to the playoffs and when we did, we got put out in the first round. I lived through the frank mccourt drama with the ownership. I am living this up as long as it lasts, because it can't last forever. Right, it can't, it just can't. Baseball is too complicated of a game for this to be every year till the end of time that the dodgers are right there competing the favorite. It's not gonna last forever. So I'm gonna. I'm gonna live it up and you should.
Speaker 2:We're in a special time, man, a special time for baseball. A lot going on.
Speaker 1:All right, I had the next two topics swapped on the format. I realized I didn't want to end on a bad note, on a bummer of a note. Okay, so we're going to flip a room, all right of a note. Okay, so we're gonna flip a room, all right. So it had been reported earlier in the season that the a's when they uh, you know they're about to they're about to go play in a minor league park in sacramento because of all the drama with vegas and all the drama with oakland um, it had been reported they were, they were going to drop the city from their name and just be the Athletics. That's official now.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:The team has announced that while they're playing in Sacramento, they will just be the Athletics, and I don't know man.
Speaker 2:I mean, what would it hurt? I mean, what would it hurt if they were?
Speaker 1:the.
Speaker 2:Sacramento A's.
Speaker 1:Well, when you look at it from a business standpoint, you know and I'm just playing devil's advocate here, I'm going to get real in a minute but when you look at it from a business standpoint, why would you print a bunch of stuff that says Sacramento when you know that's a temporary thing, right, stuff that says sacramento when you know that's a temporary thing, right? On the other hand, sacramento bailed you out. Yeah, you fucked up john fisher. And you fucked up like, spectacularly, oakland didn't want to have anything to do with you anymore. After, after you announced you were moving to vegas and then tried to go. Oh, oh well, we need to stay in Oakland. No, absolutely not. If you're going to leave, get out.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And Sacramento bailed this organization out and you're spitting in their face. Yeah, it's not cool. Why would anybody that lives in Sacramento buy a ticket Right when you're so ashamed to be there? You're not even going to carry the name of the city you're in, and you could even be the California A's. Yeah, and that's more respectful than just dropping the city altogether and basically being a team with no country.
Speaker 2:Yeah, persona non grata.
Speaker 1:What.
Speaker 1:Persona non fielda we've said this all year about this organization and about john fisher. What a joke, yeah, what an absolute joke. You know, I have, I know, multiple people. One of them is mike vanik, who runs pirate flag radio, who I adore, uh, and he's been so good to us in both shows that we produce every week, right, giving us a home, giving us support and helping us out. Mike was completely torn up the last game in Oakland. Yeah, he was really distraught about that because he grew up in that area, grew up an A's fan, went to games at the Coliseum that area, grew up an ace fan, you know, went to games at the coliseum and I and I and I work with a, a young, a young guy, um, who, who grew up in the bay area, uh, who, who still still wears his a stuff, and he, he and his family were at the last game yeah and he told me a story about how his dad tried to get him up out of the seat to leave and he said, dad, I'm not ready.
Speaker 1:I'm not ready to go. Yeah, you know, I mean, that's how. That's the connection oakland had to this team and and and to drop the ball on that. When that city and that fan base proved to you, they'll show out. Yeah, if you're doing your part, they'll show out. But when you stop doing your part and you started treating oakland like a second class city, they were done. Yeah, they were totally done. They were done. They gave up. And now you're going to sacramento first off. Your schedule is going to be a nightmare because you have to. Your schedule is basically like you're playing in between the minor league schedule yeah, which is A?
Speaker 2:get in where you fit in situation.
Speaker 1:Right, because the minor league schedule is very different now than the major league schedule. You play the same place for a week at a time.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And you're not even going to acknowledge Sacramento. I don't know, man, give me your thoughts, because I'm done talking about this, it's nuts.
Speaker 2:It's a couple of nuts in Sacramento. It's terrible. It's a bad way to start off of a bad situation. I mean, they finished one bad situation and they got themselves into another one immediately. They're just killing the fan base and you can't do that. They're just killing the fan base and you can't do that. I mean, at the end of the day, you've got to have people buying tickets and be loyal to your brand and they're just not doing that and I don't know why they think that this is the right thing to do.
Speaker 1:That's the problem is, I don't think their concern is right and wrong. Yeah, I don't think that's it at all. I think John Fisher, like a lot of these billionaire assholes, bought a team for fun and doesn't care if it loses money, because you know these big billionaires with their business portfolios they need a loser, they need a vanity project and a tax write-off. Yeah, they need a loser for the tax write-off.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I think that's how John Fisher is treating the athletics. Yeah, and it's bullshit and it's not fair to one of the most storied franchises in baseball.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I mean, this is a top ten, definitely maybe top five historical franchise, you know. And the time in Oakland just added to that, you know, and gave this team a home after they moved around a little bit over the years, I just I don't like it. I don't like it at all. In a perfect world, major League Baseball would have stepped in.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But you got to remember the. You know Manfred, for all the good and all the bad and most people have more bad to say about him than good, and I get that but he works for the owners, right, he's employed by the owners, so he's going to do, he's going to keep his job. He's not going to put his job in jeopardy. No, not at all. Why would anybody do that? Right, he's just in a bad spot and I don't know man, it's a shame, it's an absolute shame and I hate that every time we bring up the athletics organization, that's the word we. I mean the two words we throw around are joke and shame. Yeah, and they're both at a really high level. So, um, for what it's worth, I'm sorry a's fans, I'm sorry it. It sucks and you deserve better.
Speaker 2:Um, it's gonna be a long season for him I don't know if you've seen this.
Speaker 1:Uh, mike has. Mike has traded allegiances, has he? Mike is now officially a dodger fan. Well, of course, yay. Well, mike has ties to the dodgers too, right, family ties to the dodgers, and um well, and you can like two teams.
Speaker 2:I do right. I follow two teams. You know three if you count the devil rays.
Speaker 1:You know so sure yeah, you're allowed, you don't have to, just for one team but and mike mike always would wear his dodger stuff and talk about the dodgers and his, his connection to them, and I mean today I went out to the store.
Speaker 2:I wore a cub shirt and a la hat and green pants.
Speaker 1:You might as well be Rob Lowe sitting in the stands with the umpire hat.
Speaker 2:That has the MLB logo on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm on their side. I'm definitely not on the umpire's side, that's for sure. Good grief.
Speaker 1:Let's not get started on that. We'll be here all day. Robot ups Now. Now, what are we waiting for?
Speaker 2:Yeah, we have the technology they have to go off on a tangent. Costco is selling a fur baby. It is a robot dog that interacts with you that has fur. He's a stuffed animal skin on a robot dog and he learns as you learn and he'll do tricks as you teach him and he'll. He's basically a dog that doesn't soil himself and you don't have to feed. Why can we not have robot up?
Speaker 1:I know, but we can't get balls and strikes right when it's right there on the fucking screen.
Speaker 2:I know, I mean I know well, so we can have. And trust me, re Rex is against robot dogs. I'm sure we had a whole thing this morning about it and he was like I'm not having it, but he's for robot umps.
Speaker 1:Well, that's good. That's good. He just gave me quite a look when you said that.
Speaker 2:Now he's leaving the studio.
Speaker 1:Ladies and gentlemen, Rex has left the studio on that note.
Speaker 1:Oh goodness, all right. He's leaving the studio. Ladies and gentlemen, rex has left the studio. On that note, oh goodness, all right. So let's, uh, let's end on a. Let's end on a good topic. Let's end on a, on a on a high note. Today, um, our first, our first ever episode in the off season. Yes, uh, because we didn't make it that far in 2022. Yeah, but, uh, you know, we're getting the off season started, um, with a bang, I would say we're about to.
Speaker 2:I, I'm gonna. I hope I don't jinx this, but we're about to go up over episode into territory with episode numbers that we've never been before, aren't we already? And we're almost there next week. 30 is the number. 30 is the number. Okay, 30 is the number the most of I've produced in one whack.
Speaker 1:Yeah, in the history of Three Crows Entertainment yeah.
Speaker 2:Now I've produced hundreds of episodes, just not all at the same time, Right.
Speaker 1:We've just, you know, 30 episodes. Seems to be our breaking point.
Speaker 2:Our threshold where we say we've had enough of this.
Speaker 1:All right, breaking point, our threshold where we say we've had enough of this, all right. So, uh, some some really great news outside of major league baseball this week. Uh, the women's pro baseball league is gonna launch in 2026 with six teams. I love it. Uh, yeah, we love this, and we'll talk more about that in a second.
Speaker 2:Going to watch every game.
Speaker 1:The first six teams are going to be pretty concentrated in the northeast US to start, which makes sense. Baseball itself kind of started there and branched out, so why not follow the same model here? Just a few notes and then we'll talk about all the reasons why we love this news. Justine Siegel, who was the first woman to coach professional men's baseball she was the first woman to throw batting practice to men in pro baseball has a great organization called Baseball for All. That's all about giving girls and women the opportunity to play baseball in lieu of softball.
Speaker 1:She's one of the co-founders of this league, which there's nobody better to be at the helm of this, because she has brought women in this sport so far on her own. And, and there's others you know, um, alissa nackin, uh, kim eng there's so many women that have made a lot of progress, um, for their gender in this sport, but justine siegel has spearheaded a lot of it. Um, and and their hope is to have a national broadcast deal, like they're already working on it. Yeah, so we haven't had professional women's baseball in this country since 1954. Yeah, the all-american, all-american girls professional baseball league 70 years right yeah, 70 years since.
Speaker 2:Yeah, since the uh, the all-american league are they gonna wear the the traditional uniforms, or are they gonna wear those uh ones from a league of their own? I think they're gonna wear the traditional uniforms, or are they going to wear those?
Speaker 1:ones from a league of their own. I think they're going to wear traditional uniforms.
Speaker 2:They should, because every time somebody slides on a league of their own I'm just like, oh my God.
Speaker 1:But, Brian, let's talk about it. Let's talk about all the reasons we love this.
Speaker 2:Well, equality for women 100%. There's no reason why women can't go out there and play. They play anyway. For women 100. There's no reason why women can't go out there and play. They play anyway. It's good for, uh, the softball, college softball that gives them a place to go afterwards, um, it gives them a chance to make money, which is always good. Jobs, um, jobs for people that have to film it, have to take tickets, have to do everything managers.
Speaker 1:Coaches everything, coaches Everything you know. Broadcasters I mean we're potentially looking at six women getting you know play-by-play jobs out of this.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, instead of just part-time here and there, the full-time Yep, and I think it'll be a breath of fresh air to watch the play. I think the play will be intense. I think it'll be a breath of fresh air to watch the play.
Speaker 1:I think the play will be intense. I think it'll be great. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing these games. I'm looking forward to seeing the team, where the teams are going to be and the identities, and maybe picking a team or maybe saying I'm going to wait until they expand some more.
Speaker 2:And you know, okay, so I'm making a joke, but I'm not really making a joke. Okay, so I'm making a joke, but I'm not really making a joke. Okay, they need to have like cliche, kitschy names for the teams, but the women play like just unreal baseball. Oh yeah, like the ladybugs, and they're just like blame throwers on the man, right, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that would be incredible. Well, two points to make here. Number one the. The health of women's baseball in in this country is about as good as it's been in 70 years. Okay, uh, usa baseball has done a great job of fielding a national team. Um, they don't get a lot of attention, yeah, which is a shame. But you know the, the, the. I think the timing is so perfect because, number one, there's a wealth of players to pull from. They'll field six teams easy with what's already out there, and then this will inspire more girls to want to play and to see that they can play baseball. Yeah, so we're not just going to be saying, well, you're a girl, you have to play softball anymore.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know, when I was in Little League, we had girls that played with us Absolutely, and they were good. Yeah, they were real good.
Speaker 1:And the other thing is the timing from a sports business standpoint is really good, because look at what the WNBA is doing. Absolutely the WNBA, just in the last couple years, has grown exponentially and has become a league of interest. Casual sports fans are talking about the WNBA now and baseball is hot. Baseball is in as good a spot with the guys as it's been in a while. Yeah, and that's great. Gives us a lot to talk about, a lot to get excited about. But now the women get to get involved in that. Yes, and you know how long until one of these girls gets a shot to play Major League Baseball?
Speaker 2:Man, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. I want to say, I want to say like 10 years, but it's probably more like 20, but it's coming yeah, I think it is too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, if this sticks, if this lasts and becomes a profitable league, I don't see any reason why we don't get that. Yeah, at some point soon. Yeah, I don't know that it's going to take 10 years but we got again.
Speaker 2:You got to have somebody like jackie robinson. It's got to be the right. It's got to be the right woman it's got to be the right woman.
Speaker 1:It's got to be the right woman for sure. She's got to put up with a lot of bullshit you know, and and that's the thing about thing about Jackie Robinson is you can try to discredit it with. Well, it would have been somebody else. But Jackie was the right guy. Yeah, His character, who he was as a human being, his ability to go out there and play the game and hear all the awful things I'm sure he heard every single day. Yeah, put little Jackie on display there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, put little Jackie up on on display there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, put a little jackie up on the main table if he'll stay but if, if we can find the right woman to break the barrier, I don't, I don't, I mean, the sky's the limit yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:I think it'll be interesting, it'll be fun and I mean, imagine if they played somehow. I mean I know a winner. It's hard to play, especially in the northeast, but they could bridge the gap between the season something. Well, they're gonna play in the summer, I know they are, but I'm just saying, wouldn't that be great if then we could get year around?
Speaker 1:oh, year-round baseball would be great, but I kind of like that they're playing at the same time yeah, yeah, yeah, I that it's all things equal.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I get that.
Speaker 1:No, I think, because you have to play baseball in the summer. Of course you can get into the fall a little bit. Spring obviously is a good time for baseball, but you've got to play baseball at the right time.
Speaker 2:My question would be, if we had to comment on anything negative would be how deep of rosters would they go with injuries versus number of games?
Speaker 1:that's a good point and I'm sure that's they're keeping that in mind, because you know they can't play a hundred and some games no, right off the bat because you don't have women that are used to that. Yeah, you know I mean, and we see it in the men's game. These pitchers come over from japan and they're used to that, are used to that. Yeah, you know I mean, and we see it in the men's game. These pitchers come over from Japan and they're used to six-man rotations and throwing less innings and you know they have to get really eased into the culture of Major League Baseball and all those innings and all you know every fifth day, and you know there's a lot that goes into guys coming over from other other countries. You know to play, to play in the big leagues, because you know you got to get your body used to playing that much do you know if they have women's pro in japan?
Speaker 1:they do yes, they do, and I think I don't know that initially that's going to be a factor. But if this takes off, like I certainly hope it does, I think you're going to see that same pipeline.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because look at how hot Japanese baseball is in this country with the men right now, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:The best player in the world is a Japanese guy. Yeah, the highest paid pitcher in Major League Baseball is a japanese guy yeah, the highest paid pitcher in major league baseball is a japanese guy. Yeah, and there's like there's another 5-10 guys that we're just salivating over, waiting for them to get posted to come play over here, right I mean. And then you look at you know the pipeline for kids japanese kids to come play college ball and skip all of that. Right, that precedent is being set right now by Rintaro. You know, the culture is changing and it's changing for the better, and this is just a huge step forward in that regard. Yeah, because, why not? Why not give the women a shot to play pro?
Speaker 2:ball.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. I can't wait to see it.
Speaker 2:I can't wait to see it either. I mean it's about time. I mean, with the WNBA, with the way wrestling is, you know, it's about time that it expands, that baseball expands this way, Absolutely way, absolutely.
Speaker 1:And again, I think the right people are at the helm and we've been following this story for a while now oh, I've been on.
Speaker 1:I've been on, um, you know, baseball for all has been on my radar since, I want to say since the pandemic, yeah, you know, for so like four or five years now. Um, you know, and, and, and, it's been a, it's been a, it's been a thing longer than that. So, you know, you know this is, I think, the time is right, I think everything's lining up for them and I'm very optimistic about the success of the new women's pro baseball league.
Speaker 2:Yeah, me too. I can't wait. I wish it was starting today.
Speaker 1:Yeah, man, that's just, it is now we got to wait. Yeah, now we got to wait and see you know who are the owners going to be? What are the teams going to look like?
Speaker 2:How far above the Mason-Dixon line do we actually have to go to see a game which I'm not happy about, but I want to see it. It's just the start.
Speaker 1:I know the other guy whose name I didn't write down, so I don't know and I apologize. The other guy, who's co-founding this league, is based in Toronto, okay, and has a lot to do with a sort of like a small-time local league in Toronto made up of former pros and college players. Yeah, so there's some experience in running a smaller, more regional league there. Experience in running a smaller, more regional league there.
Speaker 1:Justine gives you the name recognition as far as women and girls and baseball is concerned yeah so that's I think that's going to be what pulls that top talent that's out there into this league. I mean, other than the fact of, like it's the only opportunity they got, so why wouldn't? So why wouldn't they want to be a part of this?
Speaker 2:Absolutely. I imagine every girl that's on that bubble wouldn't want to be a part of it For sure.
Speaker 1:This is exciting news for a lot of people, a lot of women especially. And again, if they get a national TV deal, this is going to really inspire girls to play the game, and that's been the whole goal of Baseball for All for a lot of years. Yeah, and it just it feels like it's all coming together at the right time.
Speaker 2:I mean somebody will pick them up. I mean there's there's enough streaming out there that somebody will show the games.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and again I think it's a low risk, high reward for for the broadcast companies, because again the wmba has grown so much and brought so much attention to women's sports overall that it could potentially be a huge money thing right for for whoever ends up picking up this league and broadcasting the games. I think the success is very contingent on that. So I was happy to see that with the announcement of the league and when they're going to start, you know cause they've got, they've got a year and a half, you know to to get all, to get all the ducks in a row. But but I like that they're building excitement. I like that they're already talking about a national TV deal, because that's a huge part of this being successful.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, absolutely, they do have to have. I mean, you've got to be able to watch it to appreciate it correctly. And I just think it would be a heck of a draw to watch the women play because they're going to bring it, they are. I think a lot of people are going to think, oh, they're going to bring it, they are. I think a lot of people are going to think, oh, they're going to be so cute.
Speaker 1:No, they're going to bring, they're going to bring it. Yeah, exactly, they're. You're damn right, they're going to bring it and they should absolutely. So that's what I'm most looking forward to is the level of play, because I think you're right, I think right off the bat, no pun intended it's going to be really, really high level.
Speaker 2:You know baseball yeah, I agree, I totally agree, man the offseason's so easy the offseason is so easy what were we worried about?
Speaker 1:that hubris, I know, is going to come to back to bite me in the ass. Yeah, but, uh, but what. What a week.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what a week man, what a week for baseball no games, and we got all this to talk about. We got awards still to come later in the month, all the off-season stuff, free agency trades. We're going to watch some stuff. We've already talked about things that we need to watch and talk about here on the show First up, and this might be next week. Now, if we get this much to cram into an episode next week, we're going to have to kick the can down the road. But I think the plan right now for next week, brian, is we're going to watch the Red Sox comeback documentary on Netflix. Absolutely Been looking forward to seeing that. Yeah, gonna watch the uh, the red socks comeback documentary on netflix absolutely been looking forward to seeing that yeah, um, you know a story, that's been told a lot.
Speaker 1:But you know, if you know anything about documentaries, you know netflix is the the standard bearer yeah, they got the best ones, man.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely it's, but it's gonna be hard to uh do better than that maddox one yeah, the maddox documentary from MMO Network was pretty cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was really really good.
Speaker 2:But yeah, we're going to take a look at that and review it and see what our two cents worth is on all that.
Speaker 1:Absolutely More Dave Roberts, love More Dave Roberts love, he'll never pay for a meal or a drink in Boston, ever again. Nope, nope. But a lot of personalities, you know Big Poppy, kevin Millar I'm sure Theo Epstein's probably at the very least talked about, if they didn't get him as an interview, right, yeah, I'm looking forward to watching that and seeing what it's all about. And yeah, and then, you know, we're going to maybe go back and watch some retro games, retro World Series, retro All-Star games.
Speaker 2:We always like a good baseball movie, yep we're going to watch some movies and talk about that we're going to watch. I'm curious to go back and do 77, 78, world Series, playoff series.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, man. So we got some plans. We got some plans for the offseason. Yeah, we got some good stuff. Hopefully we get to them all. Here's the thing If we keep getting this much news, we'll do that other stuff and just put it on the Patreon. Yep, yep, that's true. So now's a good time to get on that Patreon, and I'll give you all those details here in a minute.
Speaker 2:Brian, you got anything else to get off your chest from the? Baseball world this week? No, it's, it's just been a good week, apparently. I started off sad.
Speaker 1:Now I'm feeling better. Yeah, I, I always refer to this time of the year as the dark times. Yes and um, they're. They're a little less dark when I'm celebrating a dodgers world series championship, and uh, and they're a little less dark this week with all this news and all this to talk about. So, yeah, so we're just going to keep plugging away. We're going to get through the offseason and next week we're going to set a Three Crows Entertainment record. That's right.
Speaker 2:30 episodes 30 episodes, fantastic.
Speaker 1:Well, thank you, allall, for listening. As always, we always have such a good time doing this. If you're with us on Pirate Flag Radio, we appreciate the hell out of that too. And and uh, you know, keep Pirate Flag Radio on, you know, just put it on when you're in the kitchen or when you're, uh, when you're bored at home cleaning the house or whatever. There's a lot of good programming, a lot of great people uh, doing, doing cool stuff on pirate flag and and uh, and we were shocked when they approached us about this show being a part of the.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we were pleasantly surprised yeah, a lot of baseball fans in that group chat a lot, a lot of baseball fans, so that's very cool, all right. So, uh, you can follow the show on twitter at 2gtb podpod. I'm at Dallas. Danger Brian is at 3CrowsBri. We have a lovely store, 2gtbstore A little something for everybody over there.
Speaker 1:As we always like to say I say this every week too, but, ladies and gentlemen and otherwise, it's free to look. Yeah, just go check it out, doesn't cost you a thing to look around. We would really appreciate that good way to support us a little bit financially too. Um, because you know, um, producing these, these shows, is not, is not free. Uh, it takes equipment and hosting and you know, there there are expenses, there are expenses, there are expenses involved. So we appreciate any of that. And, to that same effect, the Patreon is at patreoncom slash 2GTB. Our original 11 episodes from 2022 are over there, two episodes of a show that Brian did with his wife Ashley, called Married with Baseball Before she quit yeah, before she quit, he was having a real hard time with podcast co-hosts there in 2022.
Speaker 1:Couldn't keep one. I was going to do one with Rex. Then he tried to do one by himself and he hated it.
Speaker 2:Oh, it was terrible. It was like me reading the phone book.
Speaker 1:There's also some fun bonus stuff over there. We've done, and we're going to do, more of that as we go along, as we find time. Three Crows entertainment has gotten a little busy lately, so, uh, we're doing everything we can for you on the, on the flagship, but we're going to get back to some bonus content, uh, in the very near future and uh, yeah, I think that's all we got this week. So, uh, for Brian, I'm Dallas.
