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Ever wondered how a mid-season trade can shift the balance of power in Major League Baseball? As we regroup from a surprise week off, we're diving deep into the Dodgers' decision to designate Ryan Brazier for assignment and his subsequent trade to the Chicago Cubs. Dallas Danger and Brian Logan, aka the Sea Lion, are here to break down the implications for the Cubs' bullpen and their strategy in the high-stakes NL Central race. And let's not forget Rex, our cheerful studio dog, who lightens the mood with his canine charm.
Spring training's just around the corner, and the anticipation is palpable, especially with the Cubs and Dodgers set to face off in Tokyo. We've got our eyes on Japanese pitching sensations like Shota Imanaga and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and we're keen to discuss the unexpected drama involving Shohei Otani's former interpreter, Ipe Mizuhara. What's the story behind his embezzlement case, and what does it tell us about the darker side of baseball? We also sprinkle in some lighter sports rumors, like the absurdity of dog race betting, to keep things entertaining.
The Los Angeles Angels have been busy this offseason, making aggressive moves and dealing with injuries and departures. From signing Yohan Moncada and Kenley Jansen to the challenges presented by Mike Trout's aging and Shohei Ohtani's exit, we're analyzing the Angels' prospects for shaking off their "witness protection" status. Plus, our new segment, "What Did You Watch on Your Off Day?", promises to broaden our baseball horizons beyond the Cubs and Dodgers, offering fresh perspectives on teams like the Red Sox and the evolving NL East landscape. Join us as we gear up for an exciting baseball season filled with unexpected twists and intriguing storylines.
Greetings and salutations. Welcome inside the Three Crows studio in Morristown, tennessee. This is Two Guys Talking Baseball, and we are very happy to be back after an unscheduled week off last week. But that means we've got plenty of stuff to talk about today, and my name is Dallas Danger. Joining me in doing so will be my best friend and colleague, who we have come, for some reason or another another, to call the sea lion, brian Logan. It's a great week for baseball. Almost I made you wait for the punchline this time. I know you did.
Speaker 2:I am the sea lion Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo indeed, rex is here too, rex is with us here in the studio.
Speaker 1:Official Three Crows dog yeah, puppers, what did we name him this morning?
Speaker 2:Associate producer, yeah he's the associate producer. That's the producing spot that you give your girlfriend or significant other or whatever. I have given it to Rex. Yeah, anytime you see any movie or anything and it says associate producer means they didn't do shit yeah, yeah they were literally standing around.
Speaker 1:What are you trying to say about rex here? I don't know that. I appreciate what you're implying that's right.
Speaker 2:He does lend a lot of moral support and he guards us and he's he's a good little worker, he's a very good boy?
Speaker 1:yes, he is, he's the best boy, best boy. He's my buddy and he really is. I'm not saying that. He's like the best dog I've ever known in my whole life. He's great.
Speaker 2:He's very chill. He doesn't really.
Speaker 1:Don't tell your sister, all right. So, like I said, we got quite a bit we want to get to this week, so let's just get right into it. We don't have a lot on the Cubs this week and the first Cubs thing is kind of a Cubs and Dodgers thing, because both are involved Right, and that is the Dodgers DFA'd Ryan Brazier to make room for Kirby Yates. Brazier's been a really important part of that bullpen the last couple of seasons, was part of the World Series team last year and there's just not room for him in the bullpen anymore. He was kind of the low man on the totem pole and when they needed a spot, his spot was the one that came up.
Speaker 1:Lo and behold, he gets traded and I was really happy about this to the Chicago Cubs. Yeah, and we needed that. So it fits. The Cubs have already added presley, yeah, as kind of that ninth inning guy. Brazier, I think, slots in maybe the seventh inning, but I don't know, man, he might be your eighth inning guy, might be the eighth inning guy, and that might be the solution to the age-old problem or and they need this brazier, I would be an excellent fireman.
Speaker 1:Yeah, doesn't matter what inning you get in a jam, you get in a pinch, you need to get an out, you need to get some guys out, you need to strand some guys on base. I think Brazier might be that guy for him too. Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's a major win for the Cubs. I agree, I totally agree. Didn't really give anything up for him. You know he's going to impact the roster right away, right away, day one in Arizona. He's going to make an impact, yeah, and he's coming from a team that won, been there and done that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so he knows what it takes. Yep, he's got a good work ethic coming from the Dodgers.
Speaker 1:Yeah, man, he's great. Braze is really good. He's going to make a difference. Probably not a name. You're going to hear a lot if you're not listening to this podcast or paying close attention to the Cubs, because he's a high leverage back end of the bullpen is the word I'm looking for type of guy, but he's not the closer, you know, he's just a good hand, the setup guy, just a good hand, good hand. So all good for the Cubs, you know, and we're going to talk about Alex Bregman going to the Red Sox later, but the Cubs were right there in the end and you know.
Speaker 1:I don't know man, and you know I don't know man, jed Hoyer. You know I read some quotes right before we hit record and he said they made him the best offer they could and that ownership gave him some leeway.
Speaker 1:You know some permission Room to work with Permission to stretch the budget a little. Yeah, room to work. With Permission to stretch the budget a little. Yeah, we'll go into everything Bregman later. But they said they were going to add $40 million to this payroll. Yeah, they added about $15 million. With Presley, bregman ends up getting $40 million a year. Yeah, which?
Speaker 2:is probably what stopped it.
Speaker 1:Well, that is what stopped it. They didn't want to do deferrals and that's why they couldn't pay him the AAV that the Red Sox could. So I don't know, man, every time I feel like the Cubs are getting somewhere. You get quotes like this that just feel like they just kind of feel empty.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:This is a very passionate fan base that expects you to go do what is necessary to compete. Yeah, and here I go again, with the nl central in a very winnable division that is getting less winnable because other teams are getting better around you right, the cincinnati reds are going to be nothing to take lightly this coming year. You know brewers aren't going anywhere because, no matter what happens to them, they're always in the mix and, by the way, brandon Woodruff and Christian Yelich are both going to be back in some capacity this year. You know you get a full season of Jackson Churio. I mean, the Brewers aren't going anywhere, is my point.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they're always going to be a problem. Brewers aren't going anywhere is my point.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they're always going to be a problem. So, you know, the Pirates didn't really do anything, but they've got star power, especially with Skeens. I mean, this is just, who am I forgetting in that division? Cardinals, the Cardinals. Well, you know, somebody's got to finish in last place.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, thank goodness, woof, Woof.
Speaker 1:That's what I have to say about the St Louis Cardinals and their offseason Woof. But anyways, you know, feel good about the Brazier deal, excellent opportunity for the Cubs to get better and they capitalized. So you know, listen, I'm not going to spend a lot of time, get you know, giving the cubs grief because they're they're doing more than most teams they are, they're trying.
Speaker 2:I mean, I don't know if they're trying hard enough, but they're getting some things done. And that's all you can ask is to get some stuff done.
Speaker 1:And you know, give us a shot, sure, but the question of, are they trying hard enough? That's a really interesting conversation as we pivot to the Dodgers this week. Is that just because the Dodgers and I mean the Mets belong in this conversation too are just paying everybody? I think so. Yeah, you know, I think so, yeah, you know. I mean, I think if you didn't have those two at the top of the NL race, continuing to get better and spend money and bring guys back, that's another thing.
Speaker 2:You know, when a guy hits the market, that was a big part of your team and your success last year bringing back is, is, is can be a big deal yeah um, and with that, kike hernandez and clayton kershaw are back with the dodgers well, and you kind of knew kershaw was going to be back, and well, it's a good thing that kiki's back I don't think there's a surprise in that sentence.
Speaker 1:No at all. Um ksch was a foregone conclusion. He had pretty much already said you know he was going to be back and he basically just restructured a deal because he turned down an option. Let's not forget that he had a player option that he could have taken. It would have put him in a crunch roster wise it. You and I think there were conversations there that led him to not doing that. But it's structured perfectly for him because it's a very low base.
Speaker 1:But if he stays healthy and he stays on the roster and you know he's in games he's going to make about what Verlander, scherzer, alex Cobb, charlie Morton are getting, which is, I think, appropriate Charlie Morton, if not very team-friendly, because I think to the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw is more valuable than Justin Verlander is to the Giants or Max Scherzer is to the Blue Jays, just because he's always been a Dodgerger and he's such a big part of the history, you know, and and he's only ever played there, and there's value in that. Yeah, we had a similar conversation with Yadier Molina when he was finishing up his time with the Cardinals. Yeah, you know, he was way more valuable to them after 17 years than he was to any other team, and that's why he was able to finish his career there. So yeah, I mean Cubs and Dodgers are in camp. Yeah, they sure are. We're here, we're coming right along. It's spring training.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean we're just waiting on the weather at this point.
Speaker 1:Well, we're just, you know, we're days, we're like a week away from a game. Yeah, I think the first spring training game is the 20th, which is a week from today.
Speaker 2:As we're recording, yeah, yeah, I mean I can't wait. I mean we've, we've weathered the, the offseason pal. We sure have, and it's been an interesting off season it has a lot of moving and a lot of shaking yeah, definitely, definitely so.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, kike and kersh are back, no surprises. Time to get to work now. Time to get to work, um, and I think, brian, you and I both can confidently say we're feeling really good, right, yeah, as spring training starts, yeah, I feel really good as spring training starts yeah.
Speaker 2:I mean I'm a little worried with the Cubs that we were the first ones to report. I know that's silly, but that makes that season longer than anybody else's and we tend to run out of gas. So I hope we pace ourselves. I know it's just just a few weeks and I know it's only pitchers and catchers, but for me just something is ringing a bell saying oh, this is well long one the reason the cubs and dodgers were first is because they play a game way before that matters, way before anybody else does.
Speaker 1:Right, you know, not that spring training games don't matter, but a game that counts towards your record in the regular season. Because of the Japan series, we now know Shota Imanaga is going to be. Well, here's the thing the initial report I saw is Shota Imanaga was definitely pitching in one of the two games, and then the Dodgers report basically let out that Yoshinobu Yamamoto is going to be their Game 1 starter. Yeah, so I think there's the speculation. Now is Game 1 of the entire season is Cubs and Dodgers in Tokyo, imanaga versus Yamamoto. Isn't that amazing? That's so cool man.
Speaker 2:That is very cool. I can't wait.
Speaker 1:And the Dodgers are apparently considering Roki Sasaki already for game two. Yeah, so they're high on him, which is a good sign, and we might get even more Japanese star power in the Japan series in Tokyo, which is going to be a really great time. That is going to ruin my sleep schedule.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it really is isn't it?
Speaker 1:But you know, here, here we are. Dodgers are worldwide, baby, worldwide. Dave roberts, this is not related to anything, but I remembered it and it kind of goes with what I'm saying. Dave roberts was quoted saying the dodgers are the epicenter of baseball globally right now. Yeah, well, they are, doesn't much. Just pay Shohei Otani and you become the epicenter of baseball in the world. Yep, that's true.
Speaker 2:The epicenter. Welcome to the epicenter.
Speaker 1:We're all Dodgers here, yeah yeah, so more Dodgers-related news Ipe Mizuhara sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing $17 million or so from Shohei Otani to feed his gambling habit. I don't know, I mean, what is there left to say? I mean, of course he got sentenced. You know, the evidence was damning, to say the least, it was overwhelming against him, and you know, know, and there are still people that want to try to frame this in a way that major league baseball and shohei otani had this master plan, and you know, and, and there I've even I haven't seen this with my own eyes, thankfully, but I have heard people say that there are claims online that, like the fbi is like in on it doing what the feds are in on it and it's like a federal investigation.
Speaker 1:I don't know, it's just ridiculous. Let's move on. Like you know, if you believe that shohei otani was betting on baseball and Ipe Mizuhara, his former interpreter and confidant, you know, manager, really you know he was just the fall guy. If that's how you feel you need a hobby man, yeah, go outside.
Speaker 2:Well, they would have busted Otani big time. Of course they would. I mean, they'd have brought the hammer down on him?
Speaker 1:of course they would, and you know what we'll get to. We'll get to somebody else losing their job in baseball over betting on baseball here in a minute. But I'm just you know. Look, you can hate the dodgers all you want. You can, and I don't, I don't care. You, that's your right. You have every right to hate the dodgers. But don want and I don't care, that's your right. You have every right to hate the Dodgers. But don't try to act like they're doing anything wrong and don't try to make crap up Like just admit you don't like the Dodgers.
Speaker 2:You know, speaking of making things up, I hear that Rex has been involved in betting on dog races. Well, we'll get to the bottom of that. Well, I hope not. I hope he's innocent. Now, it's his sister that told me about it. Well, you know, I don't know. You've got to question the source on that one.
Speaker 1:She saw all that bologna in your fridge and just wanted that to herself.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah. She saw the stockpile of bologna and was like, hmm, me and daddy.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, whatever you know, Ipe's going to be in prison for a while, and he should be, because he did a very illegal thing and got caught.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he should be. Yeah, and I mean he's lucky, it's not longer. Yeah, he really is yeah.
Speaker 1:I mean, he stole millions. Yeah, $ stole millions.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 17 million. Yeah, if I stole 17 million they would just make a whole brand new jail for me. It'd be me in glass, like Lex Luthor, just looking up against the glass, looking all like why me, why me?
Speaker 1:All right, so right. So yeah, spring training is starting. Um, do you have anything before we move? I'm moving kind of quickly because I want to make sure we we have time to talk about everything. I should probably slow down. Um, do you have anything else you want to say about the cubs and or dodgers as we head into baseball season?
Speaker 2:well, I mean, I'm I'm stoked that we're going to start off against each other. I think we've said that before, but I just want to reiterate it. I mean, let's just get mine and your rivalry off the page, right out the rip.
Speaker 1:First spring training game is Cubs and Dodgers yeah. And the first games of the regular season are Cubs and Dodgers yeah.
Speaker 2:I mean, you are going to be so sick of watching us after we beat you guys. You, I mean you are going to be so sick of watching us after we beat you guys. You're going to be like, wow, here we go, ladies and gentlemen, I don't want to see them anymore this season because it's going to be so bad. Yeah, we'll talk October 1st. Well, there's talks that maybe after we beat you, that you guys are going to have to put an asterisk on it On the season. I'm saying, well, yeah, the Cubs, the Cubs, the asterisk.
Speaker 1:Say the Cubs, the Cubs.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's literally what it says. Doesn't make any sense, well, even for you, well.
Speaker 1:Well, that's what it says. I guess that's what this show is. Is we kind of talk about baseball? But it's mostly me making sense of whatever comes out of your mouth Nonsensical over here, all right, so, yeah, we're both very excited about things getting started and seeing pictures and videos from arizona and, yeah, you know all the, all the cool things like show hay throwing and the big new. The big new, I don't know display on the side of the building at Dodgers camp with the 2024 flag flying, with all the World Series championships. Yeah, you know, all eight of them now. Beautiful Thing of beauty, it is beauty. So we alluded to someone losing their job, and that was umpire Pat Hoberg. Yeah, no job.
Speaker 2:No job.
Speaker 1:Who, I want to say right off the bat, by most metrics, was the best at calling balls and strikes in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2:Of course, and he's the one that gets popped. We'll get to that, yeah.
Speaker 1:I mean gosh. So he was fired because he shared an online betting account with a friend who was a professional poker player I guess, I don't know. The friend used the account to bet on baseball. The investigation stated that they could not prove nor disprove that Pat Hoberg had anything to do with betting on baseball, but he did delete messages that were pertinent to the investigation and I think that's what really got him.
Speaker 2:Hey, can I borrow your credentials to your online betting? I promise I won't abuse it. Is that how it goes down, I guess? I mean, I don't even let anybody know my email login and I don't even get good emails.
Speaker 1:Yeah. So I think some people were theorizing that Pat Hoberg maybe lived in a state where he couldn't have the apps, right. But if you're the guy, the poker player, how stupid are you? Yeah, you just lost your friend, his stinking job.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and you're going to lose your account that you're betting on, so it's a double. I mean that's not a big thing, but I mean, think about it. If you're being selfish and you don't care about your friend, yeah, you're at least losing your account.
Speaker 1:You're playing with well, I hope he lost the bet. Got your friend fired over a bet you lost money on. Oh, that would be terrible, wouldn't it?
Speaker 2:I didn't even think about that. Yeah, that would be something that not only did you cause all this, but in the end they didn't win anything so the real story here.
Speaker 1:As far as this podcast is concerned and we don't pretend to be something we're not the show is called two guys talking baseball, because that's all we are. We just talk. We're a couple of yahoos who love watching baseball. We watch it every day, when, when the regular season's going on, and this is what we want to talk about. When it comes to Pat Hoberg losing his job, we can't afford to lose any good umpires for crying out loud.
Speaker 2:Right, right, there's so few I.
Speaker 1:For our next segment, I did something I rarely do and I went back and listened to an episode of the show. Is that rarely what you do? Rarely? I rarely listen to our show back. I just kind of let it.
Speaker 2:I play it on loop at night while I sleep. I know you do.
Speaker 1:I know you do. I like the sound of your voice. It's very good. Well, thank you, you can call me anytime. You won't talk to me anymore while I sleep. That's the problem, anyways. Uh, and one of the things that I laid out on that show I got a little hot. Do I get hot sometimes?
Speaker 2:a little bit, a little bit let's count the times.
Speaker 1:You're not hot, I claimed and I'm sure that there's somebody that's got this because you know they keep stats on this now, and I'm sure that I'm wrong. But uh, I said on that show from the past that the current umpiring crew is the worst it's ever been, and I don't even know that you could prove that or disprove that, because we have the technology now that we didn't have the anyways. It's not good is what I'm saying, and the reason it's not good is we're missing calls that have no business being missed, because we have the technology to get it right. Right, and you know, come on Like, we have the technology to get it right and we just won't.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and now the best balls and strikes caller is out of the game for at least I. I don't remember when he can apply for reinstatement, but we lost him for this year and maybe next year, yeah, maybe longer. They might not reinstate him, but with this weird murky situation, I feel like they're leaving the door cracked because they're like, yeah, we'd like to have him back, because you can look at the way he called games Right and his statistics on calling games and it wasn't going one way or the other because he was getting calls right. Yeah, a lot of the time, yeah, and I think that saved his ass on this thing too, because there's evidence I'm not, you know, obviously I didn't, you know, affect any games, because I'm calling them right down the middle the way they should be called.
Speaker 2:Right, Right. He's a victim of circumstances. What you're saying.
Speaker 1:Well he's a victim of. He's not very good at making friends, apparently. Well, he's a victim of bad friendery. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Is that a word? We'll make it a word. We have the technology.
Speaker 1:We, yeah, is that a word? We'll make it a word. We have the technology we sure do. So long. Pat Hoberg, I hope you come back and you're as good when you come back as you've been, because we can't afford to lose any more good ones.
Speaker 2:For crying out loud. Yeah, there's so few, so so few, and the good one he's getting away, yeah.
Speaker 1:You know, and I know there's a bigger conversation we could have. I don't know what to say anymore about the fact that everything sports related in our country is now propped up financially by betting apps right, and, and that's all. That's all we talk about now in sports media is the odds and the betting, and I know lots of people that use them and use them well and don't have a problem. But you know, people have problems. I mean, this is a thing people get addicted to. Yeah, and you give. I mean, the other thing about it being on your phone is you have real easy access to it. Oh, yeah, you know, and I don't know, it's getting a little weird.
Speaker 2:It's hypocritical a little bit, isn't? It?
Speaker 1:Well, I don't think it's hypocritical, because if you work for Major League Baseball in any capacity and you bet on baseball, you should probably lose your job, right? If you're a player, yeah, you should probably be out of the game. I'm not arguing that, but you know, it just feels icky. It feels icky that the story. You know, we talked about players last season. You know, one player getting banned for life, other players getting suspended for lesser offenses, you know, and we, we kind of brought up the same thing and made the jokes, and it's just the jokes aren't funny anymore, it just feels dirty now.
Speaker 2:Now did you see that the Reds are going to be wearing number 14 on their sleeves this year? I did. I did. That's hypocritical and falling under the whole thing with pete and all that again, not to bring it back up, but to bring it back up well, I don't think the reds ever had a problem with him, did they well?
Speaker 2:uh, they didn't have him at the ballpark for the longest time. Yeah, I mean, even after he was supposedly okay, they still didn't have him at the ballpark. So I mean, that's, that's questionable you know what was questionable?
Speaker 1:Hiring Pete Rose to talk about baseball on TV? Yes, I loved it. Yeah, I loved it, but, man, that was questionable. It was questionable and they had it one time and that was it, you know, oh, pete, you get what you get, man. I mean Well, yeah, you get what you get, man.
Speaker 2:I mean Well, yeah, you get what you asked for. You know they knew, of course.
Speaker 1:I mean, you gave him a live microphone. Well, yeah, and that's just, and I'm not again. I loved it, I thought it was great.
Speaker 2:And, more importantly, you surrounded him with people that were talking with him that was not anywhere near his age bracket.
Speaker 1:That's a good point.
Speaker 2:So it was not going to translate and work out right. I mean, that's terrible. It's like me and you sitting here talking and expect Rex to say something you know poignant, and then getting mad if he barks. Right, right, you know, it's the language he speaks. He can't take a message. He doesn't have thumbs. He doesn't have thumbs. I can't do it. Can you take a message?
Speaker 1:no, uh so yeah, so I'm I'm glad to see the number, the number 14 patch. I like I love the patch.
Speaker 2:I want to see the patch I. Just when I thought about it, I rolled my eyes and thought, well, that's too little, too late well, here we are.
Speaker 1:Yeah, here we are. It's 2025, so next on our list of things to talk about. I've been wanting to do this for a while, but this week, this week, it was very relevant. The reason I went back and listened to an episode of this show from the past which I, again, I I don't normally do was to hear what we said six episodes ago, which was, you know, 10 or 11, 12 weeks ago. Yeah, we took some time off.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the Angels, because at the very beginning of this offseason, the Dodgers had not even had their parade to celebrate the World Series and the Angels traded for Jorge Soler. Shortly after that, you know, they signed Kyle Hendricks, signed Kevin Newman, travis Darnot, yusei Kikuchi, and we talked at that point about how those were not big moves, but collectively, they were kind of one good big move in the right direction. Yeah, and I don't remember where this was reported or who said it or how we got a hold of this but the Angels at that point were called quote the most aggressive team of the offseason. Okay, they were to be the most aggressive team. I don't think they had any idea what the Los Angeles Dodgers were going to do.
Speaker 1:I don't, you know, and we even said at that point, it's not like they're going to sign any of the big names. Yeah, they're not in on Soto, they're not going to get any of the big pitching stars. But this week they sign you on Mankata, which is hilarious, and I'll get to that in a minute, and Kenley Jansen yeah, in a minute, and kinley jansen yep. So again, not big, huge moves, not big money moves, but I think they make the angels a little better.
Speaker 2:I mean, are we living in a world where we're, where the angels are not witness protection any longer and that they, they might actually stand a chance to be good?
Speaker 1:we were going to get to that okay, but we can go ahead and talk about it all right the reason I was so anxious to talk about the angels today and in the past was because of brian's running joke that the angels are witness protection. And you know again, most of what I do here is deal with the crazy things that Brian says most of the time, but he's not wrong. I mean Mike Trout plays for the Angels and whatever. I mean he's Mike Trout. But you know, After Shohei left and Trout spent most of last year hurt, it was kind of like I don't know man, what's the point? Yeah, what's the point? What are you doing to get your fans excited, Right?
Speaker 2:What are you doing to sell tickets? Nothing, nothing, but they're slowly putting something together that might sell. This is a really interesting offseason. Nothing, nothing, but they're slowly putting something together that might sell this is a really interesting offseason.
Speaker 1:Yeah, do I think they compete for the division? Nah, I don't think so. But we exist, excuse me, in a time in Major League Baseball where you don't even really got to come that close to winning your division to get in the playoffs, yeah. And if you get in the playoffs, anybody's game, you got a shot, you got a shot. And who's to say, the Angels, if the first half goes pretty well, won't go out at the deadline and make a splash Right Again. Do I think the Angels are a playoff team? Not really, but I think they've accepted some things. First off, shohei Otani is not walking through the door anymore. Mike Trout not getting any younger. Anthony Rendon, by the way, having surgery, not starting the season healthy surprise of the century when I found that out, I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1:Had I woke up with my head sewn to the carpet in the morning, I wouldn't be any more surprised than I was right then and that brings us to Yohan Namunkata, who, while still not the most reliable guy at third base, is going to give you more innings on the field than Anthony Rendon has in the last I don't know three years.
Speaker 2:Hell, I'm going to give you more innings than Anthony Rendon's going to give you, and I'm not even playing.
Speaker 1:Remember that time in 2022 when we did our All-Star picks and I picked him and you picked Rendon and you were like I don't know, I like him, I like him, I like his hair. Three years later, do you still like Anthony Rendon?
Speaker 2:Nah, his hair's passe for me. Now that I'm more into hair now and learning more things, then yeah, I can't go by. Just I got to go by player ability, not by the book.
Speaker 1:Okay Well, ability is one thing, yeah, but this is a guy who was already the butt of jokes for all the time he spent on the injured list after signing a hefty deal with the Angels to play third base for them, and at the time it was like oh okay, so you got Mike Trout, you got Shohei Otani and you got Anthony Rendon. That's a start, yeah, but when two of them aren't really on the field that much and the other one you don't want to pay, you get your just desserts. Let's also, we should mention, if you are unaware, Anthony Rendon, in addition to never playing because of injury quote-unquote injury and the reason we say quote-unquote injury is because he lost all credibility with this podcast when he said publicly that baseball is not exactly a fun thing to him. It's just his job.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's where he lost us. Yeah, he lost me big time right there.
Speaker 1:Because let's compare that to something or someone, I should say, while the Los Angeles Dodgers were in the playoffs just this past October, trying to win a World Series which they ended up doing, largely because of a gargantuanly epic, wonderful, amazing performance by Freddie Freeman, who we knew was dealing with an ankle, we didn't realize he had a rib injury as well. By Freddie Freeman, who we knew was dealing with an ankle, we didn't realize he had a rib injury as well. And while he was dealing with all this, he was interviewed about what he was going through. Oh, by the way, he also missed games because his son was diagnosed with a rare disease and they didn't know for 100% sure his son was ever going to walk again, right. And he said man, it ain't that bad, we still get to come to the ballpark every day.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, that's the. That's the difference, sure is, that's that's what I want at third base for me, or first base or whatever. That's who I want making money to play baseball for my favorite team. Yeah, not a guy who says, no, this is just my job, and if I can find an injury or something to get surgery on, I'm going to do that because I don't want to play Right, you know. So Johan Moncada is probably going to log a lot of time at third base. Now here's the great thing.
Speaker 2:What if they're both hurt all year?
Speaker 1:Oh, they're in trouble. They are in trouble. I think Mickey Moniak can play third base. That's a great name. Yeah, mickey Moniak. That's a good name, eminem. It always makes me think of Mickey Morandini, who played for the Phillies and the Cubs, right.
Speaker 2:I'm not sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think Morandini was a Cub.
Speaker 2:Anyways.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, the Angels? I don't know, I'm interested, I'm interested to see how this works out. Yeah, me too. I think. I don't know, man, I think it's. I don't know I can't put my finger on if this team's going to be any good or not.
Speaker 2:Maybe there's just going to be a big hole over there, like they're just not going to put a player there, they're going to put a card standee in.
Speaker 1:Oh, you're still hung up on the third base situation. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, somebody's going to play third. Well, at this pace. I mean remember last year we were pitching uh promotional ideas to the white socks and we said the first nine people through the gates were the lineup.
Speaker 2:You know, yeah, first first person that comes through the gate gets to play third every night yeah, even better, the first, let's say the first five.
Speaker 1:Okay, get a shot, all right, and their tryout is is in the ballpark before the game, okay, so if you get there early enough, you get to see all five. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And the great thing about buying a ticket to a Major League Baseball game nobody's going to hear you, depending on where you're sitting, yeah, but you can voice your opinion.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, and like a dj contest, you applaud and that's the person.
Speaker 1:I don't think you could do that pre-game. Just because there's not enough people in their seats, we'll put them in their seats.
Speaker 2:Well, how do you do that? We'll get giant buzzers and what we'll do is we'll put them in an area, we'll get a designated uh clanker and that person will hit the buzzer and then, if you like them or don't like them, you know there'll be a bell. If you like them, ding, ding, ding, ding or uh so I guess that's the.
Speaker 1:The second five people have to be the judges.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, okay we're, we're all inclusive over here. We're letting everybody, we're putting them all to work. The next five can sell concessions I may have said this.
Speaker 1:I may have said this when we pitched the idea to the white socks last year, but I think that might deter some people because they're like, well, I don't want to go too early, yeah, and then they wait around and they go yeah, at this point it's, you know, it's dark out traffic.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we're just gonna stay at home yeah, they're like uh, I don't want to go, they're gonna put me on the field and make me work tonight I don't gotta, I don't gotta play.
Speaker 1:Third, if I watch the game on tv, yeah, exactly hey, there's our episode title yeah hey, uh vamp for the band for a minute.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean, that's a great title. I mean I honestly I would jump at a chance to play for an inning until that first ball just gets hit to me and it comes sizzling. You remember that sizzle, that? Yeah, I'd be all about playing until that came and hit my glove, broke my hand in 83 places and then I would just be sitting there with one hand. Yeah, it'd be good times. Good times. That is a long title. Insurance would love that. The insurance guy right now for them are getting tingly just because someone said that and it might mess them up.
Speaker 1:Yep, yeah, so I don't. Here's the thing. You wouldn't have caught me dead the last two years watching an Angels game, unless they were playing the Dodgers or something was going on like somebody was throwing a no-hitter, probably against them. Yeah, I might sneak in an Angels game or two, right? I'm curious to see how this goes.
Speaker 2:Well, on one of our off days, maybe we could take a look at it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and we have off-air committed to a new segment once the season starts the regular season I think I don't know about the, you know, spring training we got to get warmed up to.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we got to get in the groove.
Speaker 1:We got to get in the groove. But once the regular season starts, every week we're going to have a segment called what Did you Watch on your Off Day? Yeah, and the idea of this is that pretty much every week, with some exceptions, the Cubs for Brian, the Dodgers for me, will have a day off, right, where there's not a game for our favorite team for us to watch, right. We're going to fill that with a random game for what you don't even have to have a reason.
Speaker 2:I might actually, and I really might do. Well, I'm going to use an app but put a name and a hat and just draw out the game. That would be awesome, and that's just whatever I get. I think that's what I'm going to do, because they have an app for that. I know that's what I'm going to do because they have an app for that. I know that for sure. Right, and I think I'm going to do that. I'm going to put all the games that day in a hat and have the app pick one for me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's going to be fun and I have a lot of teams that aren't the Dodgers that I'm interested in and a lot of players who aren't on the Dodgers that I'm interested in. So, yeah, we're going to try to have some fun and jumpstart the conversation every week with what we watch on our off days. Yeah, yeah, and I think the Angels might sneak in there for me. Right, one of the teams that I have been fascinated by this offseason I don't know that I've brought this up on the podcast, I've said it on Blue Sky, I know that I've said it to my brother, talking to him Right, one of the teams I'm really fascinated by what they've done this offseason and what they have going on in general, is the Boston Red Sox. Okay, now, my whiskers are really tingly because the Red Sox went out and dropped a big bag and they got Alex Bregman. Because the Red Sox went out and dropped a big bag and they got Alex Bregman. Yep, Bregman has been signed. He's not going to the Cubbies, he's not going back to Houston, he is going to Fenway Park, to the Pa Park. He's a Red Sox, he's going to play.
Speaker 1:Second base is what I read. The key here years, 120 million with deferrals, but before we know the deferrals, this looks like a 40 million dollar a year contract. Yeah, this is what scott boris does for his clients. The six-year deals were there. It is reported that the tigers offered him six years 171, which I did. The math is about 28 million a year.
Speaker 2:Okay, nothing to sneeze at, no, and six years guaranteed pretty good deal yeah, but you do realize and I don't mean to interrupt but to interrupt you know these numbers are cut in half by the time they pay their taxes. So $28 million becomes $14 is what they get.
Speaker 1:Well, it depends on where you live.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, that's true. I guess if they lived here, where we don't have income like that, no, well, I don't know, there's states with no income tax.
Speaker 1:If you play in Florida or Texas, you get more of that money. Right, right, I mean, here's the thing. That's the other baffling thing about everybody wanting to play for the Dodgers is it really is cut in half in California.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean. That's a high income tax state. Yeah, you know, yeah. So, anyways, red Sox got the job done here and I'm not mad at their offseason. There are some things that could go really well and be really cool for them. There are a lot of things that could not go that great Right. That's why I'm so fascinated, because they're another team. They're a team that's trying a little more than the Angels, a little harder than the Angels, and I still, with the Red Sox, can't really put my thumb on what this team's going to be and what they're going to look like.
Speaker 1:You know they have a rotation that, if healthy, if on the field and if performing mostly to potential, could be really great yeah they added garrett crochet, they added walker bueller, you know they I mean they took a flyer on these guys but I think I think the potential for that rotation to be really good is there. Yeah, there's obviously other pieces there, you know, that were already in place. I don't want to break down. You know all 26 spots on their roster. But the other thing with you know the thing with the position player group in Boston until this, this is a big deal. You add Bregman to Devers, you know, and Tristan Casas, jaron Duran, and you've got a pretty good little lineup. They've got a lot of guys, I mean, and they traded two guys that were very highly touted prospects away to get Garrett Crochet. They still had guys, three guys, that until they signed Bregman, looked like were going to be everyday guys. Yeah, with no major league experience yeah again highly touted guys.
Speaker 1:But you don't know until you know. And so again, a lot of elements of this team could potentially go really great, could also kind of be a bummer of a season for the red sox. It could, it could go either way yes and I'm fascinated to see exactly how this all gets put together. I have faith in alex cora as a manager, but if, if you don't have health you can't do nothing it's, it's hard, it's hard to manage and I don't think they have the depth.
Speaker 1:That's the thing is, when you got you know you sign one guy and it's like, oh, thank goodness we don't have three unknowns starting in position play. You know, every day in position player spots Right, you know we actually got, you know, a star. Bregman's a star. Yeah, he's a very good player, has a lot to offer this team.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean, it's a good get for the red socks very good and they're trying to put something together over there and, but that's the thing again, we this show ought to be called if they're healthy, they will play. Yeah, because that's the overall arching theme every week. Right, gotta stay healthy, gotta have the depth yeah, so, so.
Speaker 1:So I think I'm going to watch some Red Sox games this year. Yeah, I mean, I'm really. I'm at least going to be keeping my eye on them, yeah. You know, because I'm very fascinated to see how this goes, you know.
Speaker 2:When the Red Sox play the Angels, you're there, baby Twofer.
Speaker 1:A twofer. Yeah, see, I'm going to be real efficient. Yeah, if there's any opportunity it's like oh, there's two teams I'm kind of interested in, right, I'm in. I'll look at pitching matchups too to make decisions. If there's not something obvious like, oh I haven't checked out the Red Sox yet and I want to check out the Red Sox, I'll look at the pitching matchup.
Speaker 2:Not me, man. I'm going willy-n Nilly nilly into whatever the app picks. That's great. I think that's awesome. That's great. Yeah, I'm going to keep a record of it too. Oh, okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think that'll be Well. You know, I keep a record of all of it. Yeah Well, I guess I wouldn't yours, cause I don't know what you're bringing to the table. It would just be the bullet point of what you watch. Keep a record.
Speaker 2:I will. Excellent. There you have it, folks, we're keeping a record. The guy at home's the guy, the one guy, the one listener. The one listener's going. Man, they're really on top of their game this week.
Speaker 1:Hey, listen y'all. It could be worse. If you don't believe me, go back and listen to episode 31. I think it was called the Golden Comeback. Yeah, we were struggling for stuff to talk about that week. Holy cow, we did 20 minutes on nothing, nothing. I started to skip it to get to the part of the show I needed for research sake, but no, it was too entertaining. Well, at least it was entertaining. It was entertaining to me. I don't know if it was entertaining to anybody.
Speaker 2:You could have been like wow, this is really bad shit here.
Speaker 1:I could have. The reason it was funny to me is because most of it was inside jokes, right, right.
Speaker 2:Well, if you can't entertain ourselves, then who can we entertain? Fair enough, we'll print up a guidebook later and, uh, we'll fax it out to all you guys.
Speaker 1:Here's the other thing. We never claimed to be entertaining right, right, right. We never promised entertainment. Yes, yes, we just claimed we were gonna talk again and we have talked, and again the show is called two guysball, and that's what you get. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah. You know I mean, at least it's not. The show is not like. It's a hot one today, hotter than yesterday.
Speaker 1:All right. So yeah, bregman to the Red Sox, makes them better. And now you know, kike and Kershaw are in camp with the dodgers. Yeah, bregman has signed up. We're we're about ready to roll here, aren't we not a lot more t's to cross at this point?
Speaker 2:I mean, the season is right. There, man, looks like everybody's doing the the best they can to get in shape to to start and positioning their, their pawns, the right way and, uh, getting ready to take. Take the old chess board.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's going to be great. It's going to be an awesome season. We are looking, really looking forward to this season.
Speaker 2:I'm going to go on record again because I believe it wholeheartedly. This is going to be the best season ever and and it's going to be financially the best season I season ever and and it's going to be financially the best season.
Speaker 1:I think that's what's going to be the they're going to make more money and the competition's going to be better. Yeah, the the expanded playoffs, which we were critical of initially. We were happy we got rid of the wild card game. Yeah, you know, because if you're going to screw somebody over, at least do it in three games. Yeah, instead of. You know, best of three instead of a best of one. Yeah, because that's crazy in baseball, but you know it's definitely. It's made more teams believe. Yeah, and that is a good thing for the health of the game.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the more people coming to the dance, the better the tune is.
Speaker 1:Well, you know, do you think if they hadn't expanded the playoffs, the Angels would be doing anything this offseason?
Speaker 2:No, no, it just goes to show you that everybody has a shot. I mean it's cliche, but we believe it On day one. Everybody's in first place, and this year it shows that they really are in first place and it's only theirs to lose at that point.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, it's going to be a good year, very good year. So excuse us for jumping around chronologically. This week we're catching up on two weeks worth of stuff. But Pete Alonzozo, the polar bear, one of the more fascinating cases on this free agent market, finally signs, goes exactly where we knew he would, after he was not a part of first baseman weekend.
Speaker 2:Yeah, two years 54.
Speaker 1:Yeah, two years, 54 million. Pete Alonzo is a Met once again. Yeah, now, this is good for the Mets to start with. Very good for the Mets, Really good for the Mets. And again, the crazy thing about this whole situation for me is the team that knows him by far the best did not refused to pay him what he was after, right, or anything close to it. The fact that he signs two years, 54 million with the mets means I don't think anybody was going to pay him. Yeah, and look if you're going to go back to the Mets.
Speaker 1:Anyway, the Mets have the capital right now to reward a guy who's been really good for what is it like six years now? Yeah, he's been in the league. Yeah, plays a lot of games, he's on the field, he's hitting home runs and he's hitting home runs, and he's hitting home runs in big moments. Yeah, some exclamation points on some games last year, you know, even even in october. So a big part of the mets is still a big part of the mets.
Speaker 1:The craziest thing, though, about all this christian walker got more guaranteed money than pete alonso. Who'd have thunk it? Yeah, if you'd have told us that in november, we'd have laughed. Oh, yeah, not listen. I and I said when he signed with the astros, I I really wanted to not have to hate christian walker because he was, oh my gosh, when he was on the diamondbacks. He was a dodger. There's dodger killers. He was a dodger marauder. Yeah, the dude was uncanny at dodger stadium. And now he's with houston and you know, I'm sorry if you're wearing those colors and you're not named Dusty Baker, I can't root for you?
Speaker 2:Nope, cannot. They are the villains of baseball.
Speaker 1:And Christian Walker is a fine player and he has tools that Pete doesn't have. He's a very good defensive first baseman, even now, later in his career. But the idea that Christian Walker got more guaranteed money in free agency than Pete Alonso feels like a crime. Yeah, it does. It feels like a crime. I love Pete Alonso, I love the polar bear. He's amazing. He's a dork and I love that. Because he's a dork that mashes, yeah, and he seems like a good dude and the mets fans adore him.
Speaker 1:Uh, baseball fans adore him, right, he's an easy guy to like and root for he just didn't get his money yeah, but going back to what I was kind of getting at earlier and then got off on another tangent what do they know? What do they know that we don't know about Pete Alonzo? Yeah, there's something there, because I, you know, four years, a hundred million, you know, I don't think that sounds asinine for Pete Alonzo.
Speaker 2:No, it doesn't.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you got two years where you might not know what he's going to give you because of age and his position and his, you know, defensive, I don't know Not being that great defensively, you know, I don't know, I don't know. But the Mets are going to be back in a big way. They add soto, they bring a bunch of dudes back jesse winker and and mania, and you know just a lot of dudes going back to that team that was really good last year and just ran into the dodgers at the wrong time.
Speaker 2:Did you see that mcdon McDonald's is making the Grimace tumblers? I did not see this. Yes, they're big I think they're 32-ounce tumblers that look like Grimace and I'm wondering I mean, the Mets fans, they got to have one, right? Oh yeah, that's got to be their thing. I mean, they're nice, I want one, and I'm not even a Mets fan.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I not even a Mets fan. Yeah, I just think the Tumblr's cool. So I wonder what if that's McDonald's taking advantage of the marketing of the popularity? Can't hurt. Can't hurt at all. Can't hurt. It's got to be good timing.
Speaker 1:Well, you know they've done Grimace. You know, like NASCAR McDonald's is a huge NASCAR sponsor yeah, and they've done Grimace cars before. Yeah, a big, solid purple car with Grimace's face on the hood yeah, so they like these characters. They're going to use these characters for promotion, right, right, right, selling a lot of Happy Meals with that stuff. Definitely A lot of Happy Meals. So, yeah, we're going to be watching the Mets pretty closely this year too, and I think, honestly, this move solidifies the— Sorry, I'm doing too many things at once. This solidifies the Mets as the Dodgers' toughest competition. You think so In the National League. I do, yeah, because they were there last year. They had Soto. All they kind of had to do otherwise was stay the same, and they were going to be better.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I don't think anybody's leaped over them into second best in the National League.
Speaker 2:Right, no, I can see that I agree. I mean, the Mets are going to be a problem. They're going to be a real issue and the Cubs are going to have to deal with that. The Braves are definitely going to have to deal with that, without a doubt. If you're a Braves fan, you've got to watch out for them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and the Braves are another fascinating case as we enter the season, because they, they, they did some things. Not not big things, but they did some things and added some pieces that could help them for sure yeah, we'll see how losing Max Freed, you know, affects them.
Speaker 1:But you know, I think it's the Mets division to lose up there. I mean I think the Braves are still a playoff team, don't get me wrong, but and then the Phillies are up there. I mean, I think the Braves are still a playoff team, don't get me wrong, but and the Phillies are up there too. I mean, the Phillies are in that division too, so that could turn into a dogfight. You know, by the time guys get injured and we get to the real, you know, everything right now is on paper, and on paper is not reliable because guys are just going to get hurt. Things happen on every team. Yeah, things happen, it's just going to happen. So we'll see how the nl east shapes up I think you put it very well.
Speaker 2:It's theirs to lose I think it is. Yeah, I think that sums that that part up, I think it's theirs to lose.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because they ended the year last year on an absolute heater. They got the right manager. Carlos Mendoza is great. Kind of made me turn my head sideways when they hired him because I thought they were going to make a bigger splash. But they got the right guy for the job. His calm in the postseason last year they had to play the extra games, the doubleheader the last day of the season and through all that his resolve and his calm told me all right, that's the guy that they need at the helm of this monster.
Speaker 1:Because the Mets are a monster now. Because they had that darling year last year that I don't think any Mets fan should look at as a disappointment. Sure would you have liked to have gone to the World Series last year. Yeah, that I don't think any Mets fan should look at as a disappointment. Sure would you have liked to gone the World Series and gotten that Yankees team that looked like they, you know, couldn't clap their hands sometimes on defense. Yeah, sure you would. But you know, again, mets were a great team, felt at times like a team of destiny. They just ran into the dodgers at the wrong time and they'll be back because, again, they. They kept it mostly intact and added the best guy on the market in in juan soto yeah, they just, they just ran into the machine yeah, it's a monster now and they're.
Speaker 2:They're a machine, but they're a different type of machine. I'm picking up what you're putting down.
Speaker 1:Okay, I'm glad somebody is, because the machine you're talking about oh, you're talking about my hat.
Speaker 2:No, I'm talking about. Oh, you're talking about.
Speaker 1:Vimeo machine.
Speaker 2:I'm talking about. They're like a little lawnmower that can, and you know, the Dodgers are like this big tractor that plows the field.
Speaker 1:Here. I thought you were trying to pop me and you were just not making any sense. I should?
Speaker 2:I should have known. I should have known. No, I should have known everybody.
Speaker 1:I should have known why I oughta. All right, um what else you?
Speaker 2:got this week, man, man, I'm just happy to be here, I'm just happy we're on the radio, I'm happy that, uh, baseball's right around the corner and I'm happy. I'm happy Because sometimes that just is not, you know, games next week. Games next week. Games to watch on TV next week, I know, and poor Ashley's TV. Days of murder in a small town are coming to an end.
Speaker 1:Is that a?
Speaker 2:show. Yeah, yeah, that's her new show. Is it any good? I don't know, I've never seen it. Oh, okay, but that's her new show and it will be preempted until October, unless she wants to watch it at 3 in the morning, and even then it's kind of iffy Because we will play baseball all day, every day. Yeah, you've got three teams to watch. I know, I know, I know. I mean, I'm definitely watching the Cubs and the Dodgers every day.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Ray's in there.
Speaker 2:Ray's in there. And then you gotta find a random game. Every week A random game.
Speaker 1:yeah, that's gonna be fun. I'm looking forward to. What did you watch on your off day?
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely, that's a good little idea.
Speaker 1:And I'm really looking forward to seeing this title on podcasting apps. Yeah, because it's a mile long. It's long. I'm pretty sure there's no competition. This is our longest title ever. I love it. I love it All right. Well, with that I guess we're done. So if you like what you hear, I want to. You know, we didn't, tongue-in-cheek, bring up Mike Vanik or Pirate Flag Radio through the course of conversation this week. Just want to thanks, as always, to Pirate Flag Radio for I don't know, just being such big fans of what we do, yeah, letting us do our thing, man.
Speaker 2:I personally am loving it and I mean it's a kick for me, man don't know, just being such big fans of what we do. Yeah, letting us do our thing, man. I, I personally am loving it and, uh, I mean it's, it's a kick for me, man despite all of your complaints, we are still on pirate flag radio I know, I can't believe that. I can't believe they haven't kicked us off already. Yeah, yeah, that's okay man, this might be the longer, longest tenured job that I've had in entertainment uninterrupted.
Speaker 1:All right. So, yeah, if you like what you hear, keep tuning in. We're having a good time. We're really looking forward. More than anything, this is the 37th episode of this show. We've done all time and we're looking forward to our first full season as a show. Yes, we started midway through 2022 and got 11 episodes in and things didn't work out. We came back middle of the season last season Yep, and we made it through the offseason. Yep, we took some time off, but we made it through the off season. Yeah, we took some time off, but we made it. We're here. Teams are reporting to spring training again. We're committed to every week games to watch next week. We are committed to every week, unless something comes up, and sometimes things come up. Last week, brian was there, was sickness in his house again and I didn't want to catch it.
Speaker 2:Yep, yep, we keep, we keep catching the blue bug so, anyways, we will be here with you all season.
Speaker 1:We hope you are as excited about baseball as we are and if you like us, we would really appreciate it, I should say, if you would head over to patreoncom slash 2gtb and check out everything we've got going over there. Those original episodes from 2022 are over there. There's some other great stuff and I promise I've been saying this for a long time I promise we're going to get back to regularly adding content to the Patreon, yeah we're going to do the cookout for sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're going to. So Brian has committed to putting a TV on his back porch and getting a grill and we are going to do a cookout slash game viewing day at some point. Yeah, hopefully this season. Is that a this season goal? I think it's a this season goal.
Speaker 2:That would be fantastic. I would really enjoy that. I really want to sit on my back porch and drink beer and watch baseball.
Speaker 1:And we'll film it and do all that because, believe it or not, we're pretty audio-based these days. As a production company, we started doing video. Yeah, and we're not bad at it.
Speaker 2:No, we're pretty decent at it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're decent at video too, so we're going to cook up some dogs and cook up some video. You can't say cook up dogs in this house. I'm so sorry. Did they hear me?
Speaker 2:I don't know but they'll revolt against you.
Speaker 1:I feel like if they heard me, I'd know by now. But yeah, we're going to, you know, and I, you know, I came up with the great. What did you watch on your off day? For the regular weekly show. I think I'm just going to have to come up with another cool thing that we can do on a regular basis maybe not every week, but on a more regular basis on the Patreon as well. Right, and try to come up with something there, just so we're feeding some more content there. We have a good time talking about this stuff and we would love to hear from you. I'm talking about this stuff and we would love to hear from you. We would love to hear from you on what you would like more of and what sort of bonus content you're interested in.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like maybe a watch-along of some of the old All-Star games or some of the playoff games World Series games where you can play and watch it with us. If you're interested in that, let us know we would. I think I would like to do that yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 1:We can't do that a ton.
Speaker 2:But no, we can do like one a year. Yeah, we can do some yeah more.
Speaker 1:We can do more than one a year, okay all right I hope god, surely, surely we can. I don't know I got a lot of free time right now and it's going to go away soon, so well, we'll see, but let us know, let us know what you think.
Speaker 2:Please, let us know, let us know if you want us to quit our jobs and move to an island in the south pacific yes, please do, and a great way that you can do that.
Speaker 1:If you listen to us on a podcasting app it's in the weird descriptions that we don't write for every episode the first thing is send us a text message. Yeah, just click on that. Let us know what you want to hear, what you don't like about the show, any opinions you've got on baseball or us or both, and, while you're there, subscribe and all that good stuff that you're helping us out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, whether you like us or whether you think we're the Insomniac's best friend, it doesn't matter, we don't care, we just want somebody to text us.
Speaker 1:Brian's dying to use that feature. Yes, yes.
Speaker 2:So send us a message, somebody send us a text For the love of God, just somebody do it.
Speaker 1:Do it. Unfortunately, if you listen to us on Pirate Flag Radio, you're going to have to go to a podcasting app to do that, but that's okay, it won't take you long. Yeah, it's real easy. Yeah, all right. So we'll be back next week with games. Yay, games to watch on TV, they don't count, they're spring training games, but I can't wait to talk about baseball actually being played in America. Yes, in a mere matter of days. Yep, a mere matter of moments. Just counting down the hours For all you alliteration fans. All right, we're going to shut up and go do other things now, like record our other show and yeah, everybody, have a nice week and we'll be back to talk baseball with you next week. So for Brian, I'm Dallas. We'll see you at the ballpark.
