21 Burst results for "Bruce Bochy"
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Seager's hitting and Gray's pitching lead Rangers to 11-5 win over Rockies
"Texas Rangers defeated the Colorado Rockies 11 to 5 red out rangers tenth win in their last 14 games. Rangers built up an 8 zero lead against loser Kyle friedland after two innings for in the first four in the second and never looked back. Texas manager Bruce bochy continues to be impressed with his offense. It's a deep lineup and just gets contagious with these guys and early, you know, they just kept applying the pressure and we have some great at bats, some clutch hitting. Corey Seager and Ezekiel Durant homered for Texas, Robbie Grossman at three RBIs, John gray got the win 5 innings one run ball against his former team. Bob Stephens, Arlington, Texas
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Rangers rally after deGrom struggles to beat Phillies 11-7
"The Texas Rangers overcame a 5 nothing deficit to rally past the Philadelphia Phillies 11 to 7 in a matchup of the rangers debut of Jacob de rohm and the Phil's Aaron nola, who both allowed 5 runs and three and two thirds innings. Texas manager Bruce bochy says the rangers 9 one fourth was special. What an ending just had some great at bats and that big inning there and that's great when, especially on the open air, so exciting out there. Robbie Grossman and Brad Miller homered for the rangers Grossman at three one shot while Alex Bowen led the Phil's attack with a Homer and three RBIs. Bob Stephens, Arlington, Texas
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"bruce bochy" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"I think it matters what I think buster. If I'm ready to pick someone other than the Dodgers to win the west. At the moment, I am leaning towards the Padres. I will take a good look at them today, see what I come up with. And I will talk about this next week. All right. We got this bleacher tweet from Paul young, who writes it is early, but it appears the pitch clock is working much to my chagrin, but I shall never support extra innings runner, a bridge too far. It's a terrible change. It should be retracted, draws away from thrill suspense excitement into extra innings. Tim, when I read this, it occurred to me. This might be along the lines of where you're thinking at this point. Yeah, I really like the pitch clock so far. Mainly because it has worked so far. Now that's not to say it's not going to blow up and go, haywire, but I don't think it is. I talked to Bruce bochy yesterday, and he said, I love the pitch clock. Chris young, the GM of the rangers, told me, I love the pitch clock. It is working. The Mariners have had absolutely no problems with the pitch clocks. This is going to work. And so I agree, and let's hope it continues when the regular season begins. And I will never, ever be in favor of the ghost runner at second. I'm sorry, buster, I'm 66, the game has been played well over a hundred years a certain way. We shouldn't be changing the rule. And it just bothers me buster. If we're speeding up these games, then why do we need the ghost runner in a tie game? I know a lot of people love it. I really know a lot of people in the game who love that rule. I don't, and I don't think I ever will. It's just too much of a departure from what real baseball should be. All right, Tim, have fun in Padres camp today. Thanks for doing this. Okay, buster, sorry about Vanderbilt. See you soon. Bleacher tweets
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"bruce bochy" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"And we've been operating steadily ever since. And I tell the story all the time. We were in the we were right in the mist buster of launching our 100th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Negro leagues. And this was going to be a major undertaking for the museum, a yearlong celebration. We were going to have a major fundraising campaign, built around the anniversary. We announced it on February 13th of 2020 with Major League Baseball and the Players Association represented there. And 30 days later, everything comes to a screeching hope. Just by that, I don't go coronavirus. And I'll tell you, I still don't know what a coronavirus is. I just know it wreak havoc, but as I also oftentimes talk about this as a steward of this story, you know you are not allowed to wallow in self pity. Right. That would be doing a tremendous disservice to those who call the Negro leagues home. But as I oftentimes say, there was some wallowing going on. Now, that was definitely some wallowing going on, man, because we had built this entire yearlong celebration. This was going to be the thing that was going to propel the Negro leagues baseball museum into the future. And all of a sudden, you feel so helpless. But also, and I use a terrible baseball analogy to describe coronavirus. Coronavirus buster was that big nasty right hander that threw one high and tight knocked you down and so you know you got to get back up. You got to dust yourself off and you got to get back in the baddest box and try to figure out how you gonna hit this sucker. And that's exactly what we were able to do and we launched a virtual campaign called tip your cap to the Negro leagues and the campaign goes viral and then all of a sudden the feeling of doom and gloom that was surrounding me at our museum turned to renewed hope and optimism. It's about resiliency and the story of the Negro leagues, the crux of it. It's about resiliency that resilience spirit that basically allow them to refuse to accept the notion that they were unfit to play this game. So I'll show you. And we had to channel that kind of resiliency and we were able to do that and to be honest, we had one of the best years in recent museum history became out of COVID in 2020 and we've been writing that wave every since. With buck O'Neill going into the national baseball Hall of Fame, which I did not think was going to happen. You know, this was an improbable event that took place when buck is voted in and then last year, of course, being inducted into the national baseball Hall of Fame. So let me ask you one of those lines as you were talking, I was thinking about, you know, the Texas Rangers sort of lived in a parallel universe as you in so to speak because they open up a new ballpark in 2020 was going to be the year that they were going to sort of relaunch their franchise, right? And they didn't have an opportunity to do that. And they still have been trying to recover, which is why you've seen them spend big money on Corey Seeger and Marcus Simeon and Bruce bochy and Jacob de Grom, and they're clearly sort of trying to relaunch that. Did you guys have any discussions about somehow relaunching the idea of the hundredth anniversary? Because I remember being excited about that. If there's some form or some way to do that. Yeah, and we all were, but again, even though we couldn't do all of the events that were during that year, think about what happened in December of 2020. Major League Baseball
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"bruce bochy" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"First up, Bruce boat, she's one of the great managers I've ever been around. Nobody but nobody handles a bullpen better than Bruce bogey and nobody but nobody deals with people Tito Francona is great at this too, but he's just got such a great feel for situations and for people. But told me this story, which I think just speaks to just how self deprecating he is. As you know, he's got a head size over 8. So I once asked him about how big his head was. So he hit it. He told me he used he got traded twice, so he would have to take his helmet with him when he got traded. And then the new team would spray paint his helmet, the color of the new team because they didn't have a helmet to fit him when he went to his new team. So he wants to walk off Homer against Nolan Ryan. The only player ever in a walk off Homer off of Nolan Ryan was Bruce bogey. So they ran a red carpet from the beginning of the Clubhouse in San Diego, right to his locker. Terry Kennedy told me this story. And in his locker, after the home run off, Nolan Ryan, they had a 6 pack of beer with ice in mochi's helmet. He looks at me and he goes, you can get it. You can get a 6 pack of beer in a lot of guys helmets. But only in bochy's helmet, can you get a 6 pack of beer with ice? That's who Bruce bogey is. And when I told him that story, naturally, he laughed out loud because he understands this is who I am. I'm not apologizing for it. I'm even laughing at it. And that speaks directly to why he's such a good manager. Is he doesn't take himself too seriously? He's willing to have a good laugh on anyone's account, including his. That's why I think he is the perfect fit to take the rangers to the next level. Before we go, give me Bruce bochy's lifetime batting average in the World Series. I think it's a thousand, isn't it? Yes. He pinched dick Williams, put him into pinch it in 84, and I think he told me the first pitch he saw, he had a home run, but it was foul, and he's thinking, oh my gosh, I'm going to hit a home run in my first and only major league get bad. But it was just foul, but then he got a hint. So he's one for one. I believe in his World Series career. Is that correct? That is correct. You nailed it. I'm going to ask him about that and maybe about having a head that he had to spray paint his helmet whenever he traveled. So beautiful Bruce bochy, God, it's so great. All right, Tim, thanks for doing SLC at the park later. Okay, buster, take care. Bruce bochy is the new manager of the Texas Rangers after a Hall of Fame career managing the San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants and boats before that. You were a player in Tim kirkton and I were talking about how you have a 1000 batting average in the World Series. How the heck did that happen? Yeah, how about that? Well, I'll tell you how it happened at one at bat. So dick Williams was nice and not good enough to give me a one to buy it. I was back in that Terry Kennedy at the time and it was the last game and so they brought in their left either closer, her name does and he let me pinch hit and I got to be said, in fact, it was Alan tramell tried to make a diving play on it and train him end up being my coach. I used to kill him. I said, you would be here if you got that ball. It's one of my highlights as a player. Well, and Tim was saying, and I didn't remember this. He said that you told him that you nearly had not only one hit in the world, beyond the one hit in the World Series, almost hit a home run. Yeah, you know, the first pitch, I hit a ball out that was probably about 9 to ten feet south and I kid people, you know, I've been a role player. I said, my only problem, I hit 714 home runs, but they were all foul. And that was another one of those. And you're adrenaline's going into bat felt like a toothpick in my hand and actually bone was still remembered to pitch as a fast law. In a way, I still called it foul, but yeah, I was a Deadpool hitter and I hit a few of those. I will say all right, so I thought of you the other day when I was watching rob Thompson manage game onto the World Series. You got all kinds of kudos for being aggressive with the use of his bullpen. I remember a conversation with you during the 2014 World Series where I walked up to you and said, hey, I'm trying to keep track of you complete idiot today or you're total genius because is that what it feels like managing in the World Series because all of a sudden the whole world drops in on decisions you've been making all year. It's a good point and it really is because they work, you know, you get all the accolades if it doesn't, of course, you get this and you know what? And he's doing a great job and I will say, why don't you get to the postseason? I mean, you do do things different. I mean, that margin of error is not there. You're in a three game 5 game where 7 games series. So every game is so important. And of course, the way you use your pitch and you may have to use a starter somebody that's not custom to pitch in a certain role. And you tell your pictures that, especially, you're bulking guys because they have their routines down there. Even that 7th game in Kansas City in 2014, you know, I had to tell them all, hey, you need to be ready from pitch one. Because Jeremy asked up, for example, he had this routine. He had to put on these knee guards and get all this stuff done and that would take him to half hour, 45 minutes. So I want to make sure that he was good to go, but get back to your point, yeah, we have to work out. They look great if not, you know, you got to answer that question. And because people want to know, and you understand that really, Thompson, he's doing a great job. His personality reminds me somewhat of yours in that. I get the feeling rob would be completely okay with whatever said he seems to be at peace with that, which, you know, I've seen managers who've had a hard time with the criticism. How did you get to be at peace with that? Well, I think more than anything you understand it. You have to. It goes back to my first year and I still remember a conversation with Bobby Cox and he told me he said, you know, you might not want to read the papers or listen to the talk shows because you're going to get kicked off and could even influence you, I managed to think, well, I got to do what they think and I take that to heart, but I also took during that they say it's part of the game. It goes with the territory. You have to understand that as the beauty of our game is so many people know baseball, at least they think they know enough to dance those questions and when you make a conventional move, it's going to, it's going to be a question.
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"bruce bochy" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"So maybe the failure of the team to some degree in the postseason is why the Yankees will now say, all right, we can't win anything without him. So we got to give him whatever he wants. I think that's where they are right now. And I don't think they're going to have much of a choice. There's no doubt that this off season, if Aaron judge wants to be with another team, there's going to be an opportunity for that. There's going to be an opportunity for another owner to jump in and make a massive offer, but I can tell you this when you speak with executives other teams, they don't think it's going to happen. They think judge will recycle the Yankees. What about you? Yeah, look, the Giants need him badly. The cubs have some money. They need him. A bunch of teams could use him. Steve Cohen would love to take him away. But I'd listen to judge last night for about ten minutes in his postgame comments. And he didn't really have a tell of any kind. But I think I can't tell what's going to happen here, but my guess is if the Yankees make an effort to bring him back, I think he's going to end up going back there, but we're going to be talking about this every day buster for the next month and a half, at least. A nice season for the San Diego Padres. They reached the national league championship series. I don't think they're off seasons that complicated. I think he basically bring back the team that you have, yes? Yeah, the team you have is very good. That pitching staff is great, that bullpen is great. And once they get junior back at some point next year, I think they'll be even better. Soto a full year, they're a good team. They just got beaten by a better team in the Phillies and the way that they play. But there's no glaring weakness on the Padres. They're a bat short, I think, and maybe maybe that's tatis junior when he comes back. And so we'll see, but I don't think a whole lot needs to be done with the Padres. There are good team, good manager, going forward. And I don't think there's a lot of pressure on them to sign soda right away. He's two years from free agency. You go into next year, you try to win. The one thing I would say about Fernando Tati's junior, I feel like the Padres given everything that's going on with him. You know, the fact that he missed the entire 2022 season between the injury and the PED suspension is going to miss the first quarter of 2023. They're in a position Tim in a way that I don't think they ever have been where they can basically say, look, you're playing the outfield when you come back. And you need to prepare for that. Does that make sense? Yeah. Look, somebody on Kim did a really nice job at shortstop, a defensively, certainly. And I think they could use an everyday center field. I'm not sure Trent Grisham is the guy that's going to take you to the next level. He went over 19 and in the NLCS. So yeah, I think I thought all along that someday tatis is going to be moved to the outfield, a couple padre people have told me that along the way. And maybe that's how you restart with him. As you say, all right, we're starting over. We're bringing you back and you're going to play center field for us. Yeah, they had started those conversations, as you know, before the PED suspension where he was preparing to play at least some outfield, maybe even the majority of the time his outfield with some short stop hang now going forward. The conversations will center around him going to the outfield. The other day, the Texas Rangers sent out a press release, Bruce bochy is going to be their manager going forward. I'm really happy for him. I've known him forever Tim as you know, he was a third base coach, the Padres, when I started covering Major League Baseball by playing in a rec league with him, basketball, he loves the fact that I can remember that he could shoot really well. He may have been almost as good a shooter as you, Tim from 12 to 15 fate. So, you know, that's what he does well on the basketball court. As a manager, I get why Chris younger knows it well, would want to jump on it and hire him. Yes. He's a Hall of Fame manager. He's just going to have to delay now his induction to the Hall of Fame because he's coming back. I think it's great for baseball. And I think it's really great for the rangers. And look, Bruce bogey is not in the mindset to come back and finish in fourth place in the American League west. He's coming back to win and I'm pretty sure that after all the money they spent to get Seeger and Simeon now they're going to go out and get two pitchers, if not more, because Bruce bochy is not going to come back and handle a bad pitching staff. His ultimate strength is nobody, but nobody handles a bullpen better than him. I think they'll spend the money. I think they'll upgrade their pitching and I think they'll be a contender next year because I think Bruce bochy is that bit of a manager. And I think offensively, his team is pretty good. They just need to add some pitching, which the money they have to spend. I think they should, and they will. The Giants were incredibly respectful. I think to boat on his way out, but it was also clear they wanted to move on and they were ready to move on at the time that they did. And now, as you say, with a rangers, you know, the focus is going to be on adding pitching two names to watch Carlos tour Don and Jacob degrom. Does that make sense? Yes, of course. And I mean, those two guys would change anybody's roster, but it would be a significant change for the rangers it would make them a beyond. A solid contender, if they were to add both of those guys, which seems unlikely, but with the money they have. And remember, you know, Chris young is a former player, Chris young loves Bruce bogey, and he's going to let him manage the team and run the game. And that's why Bruce bochy is coming back. We don't let our veteran managers or any of our managers do that enough these days in my mind. The rangers are going to let Bruce bochy manage him and that's the way it should be. Last one, Terry Francona, announces he's going to be back as the Cleveland guardians manager. I got to tell you there were times during the course of this year if I when I wondered if that was actually going to be the case. What about you? Yeah, I wonder and I always worry about Tito's health, but I'm so glad he's coming back. And I don't care how corny it sounds. He's good for the game. The game needs him. We have 8 managers now, 60 years old or older. I think it's great for the game. I think there's the experience in the dog out is really important and nobody but nobody deals with people and communicates with players better than Tito, the guard. I think he's a manager of the year in the American League and that's really saying something given the jobs that were done in Seattle, Baltimore, other places, but I think he did the best managerial job in the American League this year and I'm so glad for the guardians and for him that he's coming back. All right, Tim. Well, good to talk with the LC down in Houston. All right, buster, take care.
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"bruce bochy" Discussed on WTOP
"Red River, technology decisions aren't black and white. Think red. And we say good afternoon to Frank hanrahan. Hey Sean, let's see how those wizards retro uniforms look, although it doesn't seem like it's that retro. It was just yesterday they were wearing those teal and blue uniforms, they'll play in those tonight wizards taking on the bulls. Home opener 7 ten start from downtown D.C., wizards off to a one and O start. And so are these Chicago Bulls, commanders, final preparation for the packers come Sunday, 1 o'clock injury updates there's a slew of them for the commanders, no wide receiver Deion Brown. William Jackson with the third the cornerback, no tight end Logan Thomas running back Jonathan Williams all out against the packers favored by 5 and a half Sunday 1 o'clock at FedEx field as the commander's going back to Taylor heinecke at quarterback NLCS tonight Phillies Padres NLCS game three series even one one at Bruce bochy back in the game. New skipper, the Texas Rangers, Frank Han ran WTO sports. Thank you, Frank. Now to the top stories we're following for you on WTO. Maryland's Republican nominee for governor Dan Cox is seen on video accepting a gift from a member of the Proud Boys. This happened during a summer primary victory party, the candidate says the room was noisy, and it was hard to hear what was being said. Cox said he has no connection with January 6th and the violence. The House committee investigating the capitol riot has issued a subpoena to former president Trump, the panel says the ex-president was the central cause of a coordinated multi part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Virginia governor Glenn youngkin has restored voting rights to more than 800 former prisoners. He says second chances are essential to ensuring virginians who made mistakes can move forward. Stay with double DT op for more on these stories and just minutes. About a thousand students at a Northern Virginia high school were out sick today due to a widespread illness within the school. A spokesperson says nearly half the student body at Stafford high have flu like and gastrointestinal symptoms. Stafford canceled all activities and athletic events through Sunday. The school says it's working with the health department to figure out more about what's causing it. And coming up in money news. The Dow rallied 749 points today, a lot of job insecurity at Twitter. I'm Jeff label. 5 18. Traffic
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"bruce bochy" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"Veronica. Who bit David Cohen to create that opportunity for el Duque. Oh, that's hilarious. Shout out to Veronica. Mitchell at tigers of Detroit is up next, Mitchell writes into the angels have enough to turn it around or will their pitching end up keeping them out of the playoffs once again. Yeah, I stopped trying to predict what the angels are going to do. I mean, who would have imagined that team with that many great players could be this bad the way they have been during this losing streak. AA Ron at Aaron plays MLB writes in so how about those Red Sox are trading Xander and everyone else columns and sound bites? Sounds like a little gloating after a sweep of the a's, but come on, it's the a stink right now. What an ALE series for God's sakes. Yeah, and I think all of those columns and comments were couched with if, right? There's a lot of AFC if the red sides continue down this trajectory. And I still think that's the case. If you see the Red Sox collapse in X 6 weeks, that might happen. We'll see what happens with the Red Sox offense. And oh, by the way, wouldn't go on too much. You lost three of 5 the Orioles and you lost that first game in the two game series against the reds. Don Irvine at Don Irvine is up next. He writes in the Yankees are doing great so far. So why are there still so many Aaron Boone haters and genki land? I'm not a Yankee fan just curious. I didn't really know this was a thing as of this season. There were past frustrations there. Oh, well, yeah, and it's social media, you know? I think people react in every moment and I've told the story before I'll tell it again. I remember during the World Series in 2014 going up to Bruce bochy, who was on his way to winning his third championship in 5 years. And I walked up to him and said, I'm having a hard time keeping up. Are you just a total genius or completely bleeping bleep stupid? Because that's what you would think if you were to read the reactions on a daily basis, people and social media, I think it just caught up in the moment. Way too much. I think Aaron judge's approval rating probably pretty high right now. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Aaron Boone, you mean, sorry. Oh, Aaron Boone, excuse me. Max Moreno at max Moreno writes in the Dodgers recently have seemed to gain a reputation for being able to turn. Pitcher's careers around at the risk of sounding too much like a Homer or the Dodgers. Also the only equivalent for hitters. They've been terrific at it. You know, max muncy, Chris Taylor, et cetera, et cetera. They've done a terrific job of developing players, you know, the Tampa Bay Rays of obviously been one of the best teams at that Andrew Freeman is a common denominator in that. And it'll be interesting going forward if you also see that with the Boston Red Sox given that heim bloom came from the Tampa Bay Rays. Blade bigler is our last one for today, buster you and Tim were discussing the improvements on my rangers. Do you think John Daniels can pull off another Cole Hamels type deal that propels them into World Series contention in the next few years? I need more information about the rangers. And you see how they progress, see how close they get, because it doesn't feel like the right time for them to make a deal like that. It's already that does it for bleacher tweets. Hashtag bleacher tweets on Twitter. If you listen to that buster Tim segment and you're like, oh wow, that would be fun to relive that again. You should go to the ESPN YouTube page and check that out because every Monday, their segment is on there. And it's a lot of fun. It is a lot of fun. It's always great to see Tim, although peek behind the curtain, we had a little issue with Tim's camera. And that's not a surprise. You know what though? He was talking about his, you know, I'm proud of him for getting through the airport with just the ticket on his phone, but do you think that was him overcompensating for what had happened like 45 seconds before? Well, I think it was a reminder of what is actual baseline is. And I know this because I'm not that far ahead of him, okay? But I am ahead of him. I think the rest of the world is at a.m. when it comes to technology. All right, that's it for today. Thanks to Tim, Sarah, Sarah Taylor, boob, Ollie, David Ross, Patrick wisdom again. He was really fun over the weekend. Have a great day, everybody. Thanks for listening. Stay safe. And remember, hating and quality based on skin color is something we need to fight against every single day..
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"bruce bochy" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"Thing that stood out to me as far as those awards are concerned. But they go gloves. Again, generally speaking, I think they get most of these right because we have we're so good now and being rooted in the data. But I'm hopelessly biased. JT Realmuto is the best catcher in the national league buster. Jacob stallings had a really nice year. I know his blocking numbers. I think specifically were extraordinary with his past all allowance. And that kind of stuff. But generally speaking for wars like these, I use a player's body of work to be able to sort of break ties because defense can be a little bit noisy year to year and obviously you're not watching them play defense the same way that you're watching them hit and evaluating them as such. And DT real much was the best arm in baseball. He prevents base runners from stealing better than anybody. His framing numbers are always fantastic. Baseball perspective had him third in blocking run. So across the board for my money, he's the best catcher in the national league and I'm sure I was happy for Jacob stallings. The pirates didn't have the chance to win too much this year. So that would say amongst all the words that I went through this morning. Those are the two that stood out. Surprised that Bryant snicker wasn't a finalist for that award. And surprised at JT real Muto did not win the gold glove on the national league. All right, hambo. Always great to talk with you. Later, boys. Get out. Bleacher tweets already buster, bleacher tweets, for a Tuesday, we got Andrew Campbell at real camp drew writing in, hey buster, is it possible that Nolan Arenado has a chance to either tie or surpass Brooks Robinson's gold glove total of 16, Nolan is 30 years old and only needs 7 more gold gloves to tie if he reached 16, would he retire as baseball's greatest defense of third baseman? Andrew, the, you know, I love you. But the word only needs 7 more. Only 7, 9. He is a long way away, and I would say this as we move forward. Brian Hayes is going to be a major factor because his defense is special. Also you wonder Matt Chapman with the Oakland seemingly ready to dumps salaries if they're going to move match Chapman. And if he goes the national league, that's going to change the context for sure. He would be a really nice fit for the mets, for example. Adam Smith is up next at Schmidt FIA writes in with posey's retirement. There's been a lot of chatter in TC markets about mauer's case for the hall. He had an incredible few years, but I don't know if he has longevity or numbers. What are your thoughts? Yep, Hall of Famer, lifetime three or 6 batting average, three batting titles, MVP in 2009, four top ten finishes MVP 6 time all star 2123 career hits, which is 623 more than buster. In his career, 921 games at catchers, 6 O three at first base, posey had more games at catcher in his career, 1093, 229 games at first, but Joe mauer and his time as they catch her was a difference maker. You know, the other day I was texting back and forth with Bruce bochy, and he talked about what an advantage it always was for the Giants that they had an elite offensive player at catcher and the same is true for the twins. Let's go to Brian at a player to be named later, Brian writes in love the show. Can we talk about unicorn Joey Gallo back to back gold glove winner elite feet per second rate and bottom 1% in strikeouts ever seen this combo before? No, not with somebody that big. Well, actually, you know, when Aaron judge is a little bit like that, you know, in terms of his athleticism, but I remember when Joey first came to the big leagues and you see this hulking guys huge. And I was talking with John Daniels, the general manager of the rangers, and he was talking about how like Joey's a much better athlete than anybody realized his boy was he right. Let's go to Don Irvine. What's up, Don? Don writes in, now that Kyle schwarber is a free agent, do you see him signing with an AL team to serve as a DH rather than the NL considering his defensive deficiencies and will he get a multiyear deal considering his 2021 season? Yep, he'll get a multiyear deal, I think there's going to be universal BH for 2022. So he'll consider offers from teams in both leagues. Mister jakey RS at mister JK RS writes in, now that the season is over, what's the feeling on the crackdown over foreign substances after all the grumbling? Do you think it had an impact on the game? Was there a big enough sample size? Yeah, I think there was. It was clear that there were pictures affected by it. You know, spin rates, you could tell that some pictures were affected by it. You know, we had Alex Avila on the podcast and he acknowledged and agreed with what I saw down the stretch that there were a lot of pictures who actually using foreign substances, good old fashioned bullfrog, that sort of thing. I think they found a middle ground. I really hope that they settle this issue because it really is unfair to all of them. As I said during the year when people would talk about someone like a Scherzer or Garrett Cole as a cheater, I'd be like, I mean, 90% of the pictures were using something. And I really would love to get past the conversation. Last one for today, Matt, but covered in confetti at kayaking Smith rates and there's been talk on the pod that Seattle, Texas and Miami may make some splashes this off season. But what teams would be should be worried about setting up to tank next year. I feel like the cubs, guardians nationals and reds are candidates. Congrats on the braves, World Series there mat hope you enjoyed your celebrations. Yeah, absolutely. Look, the guardians don't tank. When we talk about tanking and Taylor sorry to pick a scab for you, I mean, we look at what the Orioles have done a recent years. We looked at what the Astros did in the early 2010s. The last time the Indians lost a hundred games was 1991. The Indians excuse me, the guardians retooled. The athletics retooled. They don't tank. The Orioles, there's absolutely no sign that they're going to veer from their strategy, which means, I'd say right now, whatever the over under is in Vegas, if you want to retire, I think you bet the under on whatever Vegas comes up with your team, what do you think? Oh, yeah, empty account. Bet it all buster bet it all on that under. I'm gonna check that out after we're done. I'm sure it's not up yet, but the second it is, you know where you define me. So thanks for writing everyone. Hashtag bleacher tweets on Twitter. Again, we're gonna do another show. Next Friday, we had a great batch of tweets this week, so keep them coming throughout the week and please follow rate and review this podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts. And just to touch on a couple of other teams real quick, Luis Castillo and Sonny gray, two guys to watch for the reds, I'm curious to see if they trade them. If they do, then you wonder if they're going to be retooling. They have too many good position players to actually go into full on tank. And I think the what to watch for for the cubs, do they make a major expenditure? You know, it was a good sign that they're not tanking that they picked up wade Miley. Before we go, I just want to mention we got sad news yesterday, Pedro Feliciano, longtime left handed pitcher passed away at age 45 and his sleep at word of Perez colleague tweeted out that news, I didn't really know him that well, but everybody that did know him better than I just they were heartbroken yesterday. So our thoughts go out to the family of Pedro Feliciano. My thanks to date to Carl to hambo to Taylor have a great day to everybody. Thanks for listening. Stay safe and remember, Hayden inequality based on skin color is something we need to fight against every single day. Thanks for listening to the baseball tonight podcast. If you're.
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"One of the Dodgers saying, we're not the same team we were offensively last year. So this will be a great series. This thing is so far from being over. The Dodgers pitching is still so good. Walker Bueller and game three had bet the house on that guy. But Atlanta's pitching is very, very good. Now, he said that that Dodger said that to you before max months, he got hurt, right? Because that's the absence. That's a player that you feel during this series so far. If you like, boy, you throw a max muncy with the quality of his at bats into this situation and it's just gonna feel very different. Yeah, the same guy told me buster that max muncy has been our best offensive player, quote, by a lot this year. That's how good max muncy has been. You take out middle of the order hitter 35 Homer guy and just as important guy who sets the tone. This is how we play here. We wait, we wait to hit a pitch. We don't chase. That's who max muncy is. And they're missing him terribly. There's no way around that. I've told you the story about going up to Bruce bochy during the World Series in 2014 and saying, hey, boat, I'm trying to keep track. Are you a complete idiot today? Are you a genius? 'cause I feel like that's always the nature of how managers are viewed in the postseason if it works out. They're a genius. If it doesn't work out there and they are complete idiot, that's what I felt like, you know, in the aftermath of the scrutiny, the Dave Roberts is getting for bring in Julio Harris last night, he was brought in in the 8th inning to face a series of left handed hitters. It didn't work out. The braves went up scoring some runs. Dave was asked to explain his decisions after the game. And I, Tim, I kind of feel like this is just a domino from how the Dodgers got to this moment. Basically throwing the kitchen sink a game 5 to get past the Giants in the division series again having to go to the kitchen sink in game one having another bullpen game. Eventually that's going to catch up with you and you're going to have to reach for solutions and not everything is going to work out and on top of that, as you mentioned with the offense, it's just no margin for error. Yeah, Berkshire Waller taught me a long time ago buster. Just because what you do doesn't work out doesn't mean it was the wrong move. And just because something does work out, doesn't mean it was the right move, okay? Look, I wasn't even surprised when Maria came in the game last night because the Dodgers started Cory conable in back to back games. All the rules have changed for all the teams in the postseason. Even the Dodgers, even with their depth of pitching, this is what they do. Look, they brought a Rhea in part so they could get Ozzy albies to bat right handed and he ended up getting a bloop single to right field. Arias is pitching in relief. He's been a starter. If anyone can handle something like this, it's him. It was his throw day. And Dave Roberts said he's still going to start on in game four. It's not a problem. And when matures are only throw 79 pitches, then the equation changes again. So it's not that it was a series of great moves by Dave Roberts, but to criticize him roundly for this. I'm just not seeing it because again, this is how postseason baseball works. Starters are relievers, levers or starters, and they're all interchangeable. How about Austin Riley in his emergence this year? You know, a guy who is confounded by breaking balls and now is one of the best players in the national league and certainly one of the best players this postseason. Yeah, he's been great. Kevin sites has done a great job with him. And Chipper Jones worked with him also. And they told me that chipper essentially told him coming into the season, look, you're really good, man. You don't even know it yet. Just trust your hands and don't panic in any situation. And that's what Austin Riley told us during the brewers brain series that whether he's in a slump, whether he's down in the count, whether he's going well or going poorly, don't panic. So he's able to just keep his hands back and trust what he's doing up there and man is he hit the ball hard of the postseason. And that braves brewer series. He was the best hitter on the field for either team in my mind from what I saw. And now he's had two enormous hits here in games one in game two of this series. As great as the braves have been recently, can you possibly explain Freddie Freeman in the first two games this series? Strikeouts and 7 straight plate appearances? Yeah, buster. This is why I say this all the time. But this is why baseball is so great. The last time I saw Freddie Freeman, he had a home run off of Josh hayter to end that series. And then he strikes out 7 straight 7 consecutive plate appearances in the postseason. The only guy who's done 8 is David justice in 2001. Freddy Freeman is as good a hitter as there is in the game today, and you can say that for the last almost ten years. But only in this sport, can you be the best hitter and strike out 7 times in a row in the postseason to know? I can't explain the buzz rather than just say this is why baseball's so great. The best NBA jump shooter doesn't miss 20 straight three pointers. That's what striking out 7 times in a row in the postseasons like. And that's why baseball is so great is that the best players aren't always the best players. The way I saw some criticism on social media yesterday, he's got to stop trying to hit the ball the other way, and I'm like, oh, stop. Like my reaction to some of it is this is just a player, and you can see it and you know Freddie, like I know Freddie, he's in his own head right now, and eventually he'll break out of it. I'll never forget a conversation that had with him when he was in a slump in 2017. And once he got through it, I asked him, hey, what was the key to getting through? He said, I stopped being an idiot, and I just decided I'm not going to expand the strike zone. And he went back to his checkpoints and I would expect that's what's going to happen between now and game three. And before the Josh hater game, he told me and Ravi, he said, yeah, I stink. I just think right now. And then he gets a slider right here and doesn't miss it and they advance on one of the biggest homers in franchise history. So it's typical self deprecating Freddie Freeman that's eating them up, but he'll figure it out because Greg walker, one of his hitting coaches long time ago once told me most low maintenance great hitter I've ever seen. He.
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"Mike Jastremski. You gotta have a friendly rivalry going on right now. You have said that in the post game. As they put on the goggles and took on the champagne. You said the burn feels so good as the Giants get the wild card, so we'll get into a lot of conversations about 11 30. Shawn Estes will join us that's in about six minutes. Then the hotel will tell us what happened during the party atmosphere. And Brandon Belt did say in that same interview that he thought the relievers were the ones we're going to get. After the Mosul. Zack will tell us and then Bruce Bochy, I'm sure will be very open about taking the Padres job and he'll join us at 12 30. So a lot of good stuff in the next 30 minutes. You can glimpse things, John, if you ask the question, cleverly, that's right. Answers it or not, um, how much they paying him to be a consultant? She's not enough. Does he make more than a manager makes? I don't think so, but honestly and Cape you love because he's so honest, he said, Uh, that's a good time for gave to go ask for an extension. Well, what is that going to be a talking point gave signed a three year deal. Last year. They overachieve people make it out. Like you know, it's a shock that they're 94 50. I will give you that. But they were one bad call away one base it away from going to the playoffs last year and playing the Dodgers and that three game wild card. Um, but I mean, and then so they had a good year last year. But this year it's just, um he's going to win. He should have win the manager of the year award. Unanimously, he's going to get every single first place vote. When is the talk about giving him a contract? Extension. Um And then how do you keep Bruce Bochy from taking the Padre shop would be the other part of it. I think that is a concern. Just one other. You know about the Padres and Hosmer, I He did something early in the year when we saw him back in May. Well, this is a championship player. We saw him at the Royals. Good player. Just didn't make a proper out. Uh, when we saw him just don't play fundamental baseball. How about it, And it's not a big deal with a 91 game. I know. But he opens the ninth inning against curving Castro with a single. The ball that will Myers set off the top of the wall that almost went out and bounces back past your Stransky. How does he not score that ball? How does he stop at third base? Well, Myers, I was thinking may wind up on third. Hell, it may be an inside the park home run. At least it's a triple. But he has to stop its second because Hosmer barely made it to third. What the hell are they doing there? I mean, that's the kind of stuff when you're watching the Padres play, and Mark Sweeney can can be. Tactful. They just don't play the game. The right way at all. They giants are playing amazing. They're squeezing every little bit out of this roster and the way they gave managers the game. But their players are getting worse. What has happened to you, Darvish? Uh and they're paying these guys huge amounts of money, Machado and, uh, Chatty's But what is Eric Hosmer's deal? That's the first move that Preller made before he brought the other guys in was to get him. How does he not score on the Will? Myers double was the one that was like? Are you kidding me? How does he not in that? It's the kind of thing where will Myers is selfish guy? He goes over and starts to choke him. He just cost me an R B. I know it's 9 to 1 but play the game the proper way. They are just I don't know They're being mismanaged. Frankly. So I mean, if you were the owner of that team, you're watching that Yeah, You started reaching out to Bruce Bochy. No doubt China's This will join us coming up. Next we'll get into last night celebrations pitching moving forward. And how many games is going to take to win the N L West 18 left to go. You guys are discussing this yesterday. What is Sean? Think we'll ask him next we hear on the SportsCenter. You're listening to Papa and Lund on both sides of the dial KNBR one. Oh 45,.
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"Uh, so that team was just like, Wow. And then you go back to when the Giants beat the Padres in 2010 votes, his first one that Jonathan Sanchez game they went crazy. And they had some big reactions tonight. It was last night was a foregone conclusion. So what we saw on the field? I thought it was perfectly appropriate. But then, you know, not everybody's Buster Posey. Not everybody's Brandon Crawford, Iran Wotus You know, for for Gabe Kapler. That's a significant accomplishment from Kaikoura and the entire staff embody question. Who the hell are you? Have you never played in the big leagues? What are you doing? You never even coached. To have this kind of success. I don't know what they did. I hope they got after it. Maybe Zack will share a little bit, but I thought there's two different celebrations going on. The one on the field was beautifully. Handled classy, understated, but they they were pleased with themselves Chad accomplished, even though it's a foregone conclusion. The fact that they got to 144 baseball games with 94 wins. I mean, you could shut down the season right now. They've got more work to do. They're going to come back today with a sense of purpose and play hard. Uh, but I mean, they had reason to celebrate last night and I thought they did it beautifully, very appropriately on the field, and I will find out from Zach. Maybe about just you know how much they got after it inside the clubhouse, and none of us were watching. That'll be fun and Brandon Belt did, by the way was asked that question of his teammates who would get after the most. He said he don't want to call anybody out. But He did nominate the bullpen as the guys who would probably get after the most changes were flying last night, so we'll talk to Zach will tell about it again. Plan your day Mark Sweeney is going to join us at the near the top of this hour. Shawn Estes at 11 50. Bruce Bochy 12 30 to be determined or to be announced either TBH TBD. Zach Little will join us at some point to tell us what was happening in the locker room. But we're going to deviate real quick cause we have so much baseball that we want to get, too. There was obviously a great game last night. We'll get to the Mannings getting a bunch of guests in there. That was really cool. So we got to talk about that, but interesting cut from Jimmy G this morning and I don't blame him for what he said. I'm not saying this is a crack in the armor and being so good to the rookie. That's not what it is at all, but he did. He was very honest about something that happened in the lion's game, and we'll get into that He was with Murph and Mac this morning. We'll play that for you and talk about it next. Only here on the SportsCenter. Did you know you can listen to Papa in London? Your Google home. Smart speaker just say play KNBR. Giants have won their.
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"That's just a tough area to play in the summertime, too. And so he ended up getting out of 95 ended up going to Triple A in 96 97. Really, really put some good years together in 1997, manager of the year you are 88 55. This was the stuff that was really cool. You won 41 of your last 51 games. And you had some talent and triple A, uh, you ended up again with Russia Ortiz, Rich Aurilia, Marvin Benard, Damon Berryhill and name from the past Keith Folk. William VanLandingham Ham, does He, Wilson. It's some great names. I mean, I remember these once I started looking at the roster of my eyes just kept getting bigger and bigger because that was pretty good talent at that era. Yeah, it was it was and, uh, like you said. We went to the league championship series two years in a row. And we lost both times that the Edmonton trappers, which was the A's organization, and, uh, so that's what happened there. But you mentioned those guys. That's why we were good. We had a lot of good players. You know, you mentioned that the Wilson Jacob Kruse, you didn't mention he was He was in there as well. And the number one pick Dante Powell. People may remember his name, but you mentioned the big leaguers that we had. And, you know, obviously Bill Miller. Richard really? These guys were special, You know for me to be in triple A, and then go to the big leagues kind of what the same group. It's always nice if you're managing triple a there, and then that team calls you to the major leagues because you know a lot of the players and you have much more comfortable in your first year. Because you you have so many players that are with you that you've coached. Well, that's exactly what happened in 1998. Dusty Baker grabbed you from triple A and said, Come on up. I want you to be my third base coach and those marriage. It was great. It was good combination. A great coaching staff. You had there under Dusty Baker the first year 98 once you got to that plateau, how did that feel? What did you think, and you were in the big leagues. Oh, it was It was tremendous, You know, Um, you know, I really toiled in the minor leagues, my 11 years but parts of three years in the big leagues and then go back to the minor leagues and seven more years in the minor leagues and your wife travel and what you do, and she had to go through the minor leagues twice and she didn't know what she was getting into. But anyway for Lori, Yeah, get that's right to get to the big leagues. And the B at home. I mean, that was special. I mean, I was with the Giants and got a chance to go up Brian Sabean and, uh, promoted me and Dusty was a manager. He was great. I couldn't have been better. And I couldn't have been around a better manager than dusty, adapt point in time in my career, because I was real serious. And, uh, you know, I didn't understand the value is relationships is probably as much as I should have at that point as a manager and dusty really opened my eyes quite a bit to that. So I was in heaven, driving home from Candlestick or to East Bay and working and living in the same city. It just All the all the all the time in the minor leagues seemed to paid off. Well, what happened after that? Of course you were under for managers. Dusty Baker, Felipe Alou. Bruce Bochy gave Kapler the next one of Apple's Felipe Alou and you became his bench coach. And from there, there was a lot of things in baseball that you start working on more and more, especially in field instruction. The positioning of players, the shifts game strategy base running. There was so many things now on your plate under Felipe Alou, and it seemed like it got bigger and better for you What happened in those first couple of years with Felipe Alou,.
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"bruce bochy" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"Pitching staff who needs extra rest and determine how they want to manipulate their 28 man roster moving forward So Solano could be the first guy back of the group. That's out right now, Gabe Kapler said. When Alex Dickerson went on the I l on Saturday with a hamstring strain that could be 10 days could be a little bit longer for him. Dickerson's bat hasn't been what it was in 2019 2020 for the Giants. So you know they would love to have him at course. Field in Colorado ballpark, where he's done an incredible amount of damage. Everyone remembers the 563 home run game last year on September 1st. But that's not the reality for them right now, so they're going to need to rely on their right handed hitting outfielders in Austin Slater and Kris Bryant and maybe even tire Astrada and Darren rough out there to, you know, take some more at bats in situations against right handed pitchers where Alex Dickerson would obviously had the platoon advantage as a left handed batter, And so that's the situation. That the Giants will be monitoring and determining how they will plug and play in the outfield and Wilmer Flores Gabe Kapler said a couple of weeks and I bring up Wilmer Flores and a couple of weeks because He is a guy who has really grinded this season. Outside of the 10 days he missed with a hamstring issue in the month of May, the Giants have to push Wilmer Flores far more than they thought they would. At the beginning of the season, you go back to the 2019 season, Wilmer Flores was playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks set career highs with batting average and O P s. That season played 89 games and the Giants looked at that. And they said the D backs really chose their spots for Wilmer Flores. They made sure that he was fresh. They made sure that he was getting the perfect platoon. Matchups. Whatever possible and Wilmer Flores has just been stressed through the summer months, June July, August, has had to play a lot with Evan Longoria out with Chris Bryant dealing with the the nagging injury last week that held him out of the lineup for a few days with Brandon Belt on the shelf. Omar Flores with making more starts at first base with Tommy lost Ella out. Wilmer Flores was playing some second base as well, So they got to a point where Wilmer Flores had just been playing through. You know, hamstring pain for much of the season, and he ultimately ends up with Hamstring strain, and so he's gonna be out for a couple weeks and I bring that up because No, it didn't sit well with Giants fans on Saturday night that Brandon Crawford wasn't in the lineup. The M V P candidate, your best player, not playing against the Dodgers, even against Julio Urias pitcher who he has historically struggled against when the Jazz are going with the bullpen game against areas they didn't have Crawford. The lineup obviously do bond his at bats didn't look good other than the double that he just snuck inside the foul line. And, of course, the error is the moment that everyone will remember. But Brandon Crawford, the last few weeks has been grinded in a way that's similar to Wilmer Flores, where he's had to be in the lineup. Almost Every day. I have been dealing with lower back tightness on the Giants Last road trip number 16 games in a row. They flew back from Atlanta played Milwaukee at home on Monday night. Cross country flight. I know Gabe Kapler says No one cares. But at the end of the day last 15 games for Brandon Crawford, 1 89 average 5 29 0 P s. You've got to get him off his feet. And of course I brought it up. Do you get him off his feet on Thursday against Eric Lower the Milwaukee Brewers When you've already lost three in a row, you could head into a tough Dodgers series on a four game losing streak. Do you wait until Monday and really try to push him through against this Dodgers pitching staff? The Chinese just decided they had to get him off his feet on Saturday, and I know that that approach upsets a lot of Giants fans who viewed this series as the biggest of the season for San Francisco who see beating the Dodgers as paramount. But In the giant calculus in all of this. If Crawford is healthier for the remainder of this 16 game stretch by taking Saturday off and he can play the Final four, he can play three of those four and then he can play more down the stretch. They view it as a necessary day off and something that will ultimately give them a better shot. They're looking at things with a big picture perspective, and I realized it's very different from Bruce Bochy. I realized it's very different. From the way that things have been unfolding in San Francisco for the better part of the last 10 15 years because this coaching staff has brought a different approach, But at the end of the day, 86 50 They, for whatever reason, found a formula that has worked. They found a way to rest their players and keep them healthy. And I think they looked at the warmer forest situations. One that may have been avoidable if they were able to get him off his feet more if they didn't have to grind him with Tommy La Stella being down this week with the hamstring issue that has kept him out of the lineup for a few days, so Tough situations all around, and I think that everyone realizes that if the Giants are going to be there at the very end, they're going to need Crawford at his absolute best over the final two weeks of the season, No head to head matchups against L. A. But the M V P candidate has got to be playing well because the Giants saw what happened over the last two weeks from Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford were slumping. At the same time, the offense looked ugly, and there's a possibility that continues. On Sunday night against Walker Buehler and outside young leading candidate in my Mind, the guy who should win the award who has been outstanding all season, who has beaten the Giants a few times and has really taken it to this Giants lineup, But the Giants have also won two of their five matchups against Bueller. So far this season. He's doing the Kershaw special facing San Francisco six times in the same regular season. And so Walker Beeler will go for the Dodgers Giants going with the bullpen game and dominantly on When we come back, we will talk with Justice Delos Santos. He's been covering this series in this home. Stand for MLB dot.
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"bruce bochy" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"But what really comes back to her Joe Madness, then in the 10th inning, and you know, 11 game. He's got the bases loaded. Zach Littles in the game for the Giants, he brings up his backup catcher, Max Stassi. Now this is something that gets a little dicey here and generally when a team runs out of catchers. It's not because they have used their backup catcher as a pinch hitter. Oftentimes it's because you're starting catcher gets hurt. You got to go to your backup catcher. I mean, I see this game yesterday or bad news Got to throw outfielder Starting pitchers out in the outfield. If there's Griffin canning in left field at one point, he's got to go to a Tyler Ward. His left fielder, who has never caught a big league game in his life after a Kurt Suzuki injury, has to put him in the squad in a high leverage situation in an extra inning ball game. A guy who has never caught at the big league level, however, is overnight. Dave looked up. He did spend some time in the minor leagues. Were you say he was he was catching the high West. I say you get popped. My high desert is where Davis saying he was catching Tyler Ward. So anyway, this reminds me very much, And I think this is the Angels version of the July 7 2000 and seven game Giants in the age where the Giants run out of catchers and Bruce Bochy's first season. Pedro Feliz has to come in from third base as the emergency catcher Randy Wind goes from right field to third base and the Noah Lowry trucks out to right field. For a third of an inning Now they didn't have to get through as long as a game as the Angels did hear. The Angels had no end in sight, Really right? I mean, you get the runner on second next regime an opportunity to win every time you step up to bed in extra innings, however, the Giants sort of sort of ripped this thing out of their hands. They let things get out of out of hand. Really, and there are some I mean, I don't even know again. There's so many moments in this game. We can go to the play at the plate that almost ends it for the Giants after Brandon Belt exits with an injury chopper to to first base Darren Rough comes up with it throws home, Buster Posey swipes a tag immediately. The runners called safe game should be over. Giant should lose the ball game. Uh, not so fast game Capital challenges. That was a tense moment. I was not positive that play was going to get overturned. Just because we've seen so many close plays. Get Either missed or or play stands. But the empire has got this one right at least back in New York. They look at this one. And the swipe tag was okay from Buster and the Giants. Get out of the inning. I tried to make notes of everything that went down to this game. A seven run 13th for the Giants. It was 1 to 1. By the way, going into the 12th inning. Brandon Belt gets injured, running to third base. He sort of pulls up lame. The ball goes through. Anthony Rendon is legs. Brandon Belt tries to come home. The ball squirts away. But Rendon gets it. They throw him out and then belt sort of collapsed to a heap. It looks like maybe a need Injury. You're saying they're going to take a look at it, but it doesn't look like it's going to be something super serious. And I know uh, you know, giant stands who were upset about LaMonte Wade getting sent out in my talk men staying up We're sort of, uh, I guess they felt like they were right. You know, Far away three. Yesterday's Ballgame first five at bats for talk Man, five strikeouts and he hits a home run in extras. But when I see belt go down, I'm thinking boy that that's sort of the door opening for Lamont. Wait. If Brandon Belt were to go down with an injury again for an extended period of time, that would land him on the I L Lamar, wait, maybe comes back to help you in the outfield. And as you're left handed, first baseman just something we're floating out there. It sort of makes you think about the depth. This organization in the depth of this team. So so many things to talk about in this one, but again reminds me so much of that July I said July 7th July 9th 2000 and seven giants in the eighties, when the Giants ran out of catchers had to use an emergency catcher. You just don't see games like this very often, but again. This is all because of of Joe Maddon deciding he needed to use his backup catcher, and I think it was his last bench player as a pinch hitter. With the bases loaded. It was Max Stassi in the think it was in the 10th inning. He comes in to pinch hit for his closer Risala glaciers. Bases are loaded. One out next as he was ahead, 31 and exactly tell gets into Chase. Two balls that would have been ball for would have won the ballgame. Angels would have won it in the 10th. If Stassi just takes one of those 22 balls from Zach would tell very similar. Now. It went down in the 10th inning or in the ninth inning, I should say for the Giants of the July 9th a seven game Giants get the bases loaded with one away, Ray Durham. Pops out to second base after going down No. One and then our guy Kevin Frandsen strikes out on three pitches. Kevin Franzen in that moment had come in as a pinch hitter. He would have been the emergency catcher for Bruce Bochy. That day. He had been catching bullpens, but they used them as a as an emergency pinch, not emergency as a pinch hitter. They did not score the run to win the ball game in the ninth, and so they go to the 10th there at a catcher's And and Bruce Bochy has got to got to bring in after Elia's or Alfonso gets injured. Benjamin Lena had already been pulled. He's got to go to Pedro Feliz, similar to Tyler Ward have to come in yesterday after Kurt Suzuki injury, he catches one off the face mask and goes into the concussion protocol. Joe Maddon was, like all positive after the game to post games like Oh, yeah. So proud of the guys, This is the type of game we need to win. We gotta, you know, not make mistakes against teams like this. And you know the fact that it stayed as close as it did when Joe Maddon is running the pictures up there in the 12th inning. He had two pictures taken back to the 12th. And they still almost one that got really, really dicey for a minute with that play at the plate with Buster. So anyway, all stuff we're going to pull apart. We'll get to the reaction we'll hear from Game capital. We'll hear from Stephen Duggar. What a couple of nice moments also from my talk New boy. He was staring down. 1/6 strikeout over six with six strikeouts would have been a major league record in this game also can make note. Alex Dickerson becomes the first player Uh, first player in major league history for ex player ever to face Shohei Otani and get three hits off of him in a single ball game. That's sort of a crazy note from yesterday. Dave Fleming has to leave the ball game day forming on the broadcast yesterday, and he ends up dipping out of the game because it had gone for so long that they have to go to We have the audio of that. What? What we Why do we play that for you On the other side? Why don't you clean that up? We'll play it on the other side anyway. Dave Fleming is in the middle of the broadcast, and the game was going so long. You think you know, Well, game ends in 10 innings now with a runner on second. Not so fast because 13 innings and, uh and Fleming's going to leave because he had to do a broadcast last night on ESPN, And so John Miller and J T Snow who are on the T V, so I'd have to explain. Hey, we're gonna We're going to go simulcast here. So what you heard on TV is what you were getting on the radio, John Miller explained on the broadcasting. He had to switch to radio mode. It's a different type of broadcast..
KNBR The Sports Leader
"bruce bochy" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"That is a dude that's soaring to the chart Might be your dude like flight fly balls feeling and then isn't feeling to know for some reason today and feeling for some reason today, Robert Plant got me good. That's what Yeah, it was. Just get like 10 times. I'm gonna leave you, Kanye. Here's the Kanye The artful sound drop from Tony. Yeah, that it's kind of embarrassing, but I do like to work out in blue cheese. I like The field. Yeah, I know. He said Yeah, Yeah, yeah. Oh, wow. Alright. Well, here he is. Gabe Kapler, Right? Celebrate him. Who's the Phillies? Jersey Go. No talking about Brandon Crawford's big nice setting. The Giants record for shortstop games played in hitting 22 home runs, Obviously a sensational performance after the game. We had a little champagne toast for, um, and this is in addition to The celebration on the field, which, by the way, I thought was is really cool for call that we were able to send them out there and have that moment on the road. The Rangers were exceptionally classy about it. They participated and Um, spoke to Chris Woodward before the game. He okay? Did I thought that was especially classy And obviously, what they did on the on the Big board was really cool as well. And the speakers and then after the game, we had a little champagne toast in there and will spoke appropriately. And kind of shared that what craw accomplished here is as impressive as anything else he's done in his career and in large part because it's very difficult to keep your job at the major league bubble, let alone play as many games as he has in the San Francisco Giants uniform. At that position, And so with with all the all the act a craw has under his belt thus far, this one is right up there with any of them and one that I think he deserves to be proud of. Yeah, well, said by Kapler there and you know if you missed the rejoined coming in that in Khost brought this up in the leadoff spot. I laugh. Maybe last night made me laugh and take the edge off the fact that the cops were stopping me on one on one South again, not me. I mean, no construction where they serpentine and we all have just come to a dead stop on the Waldo grade, costing me five valuable minutes, sometimes more than that, sometimes more than five Um, but anyway, coach to say, you know if I'm if I'm arrange your life for by the way is there a Ranger like I've never met one during the 2010 World Series. We had some Rangers fans near us and I was in my Form and I was I was doing my loud collapse in their face. You know, I'm such an a hole games, man. Such an a hole. Do you mentioned that game one of that World series? Dude, I got into it with a Ranger fan up by the 3 13 men's room. Dude, some Diana Hamilton tourism. Like when you buy that s deal that I was getting on. This guy was like window. How long have you been rocking Hamilton, but I think I didn't come at them. I was put back into trying to be Adam. Yeah, trying to riff. I was doing it kind of with a laugh. I was like, Let's be honest, I said welcome to San Francisco. Glad you're here. Let's be honest. Let's be honest. You're only here because there's not a Friday night high school football game play right there. That's where you'd rather be. I'm like, I love you. That's great and all, but this is not your first priority. All right, Let's be clear. Yeah, I was like this is this is our first priority. It's not yours. It's not yours. So you know, we want to throw the Rangers on that pile of useless French. Absolutely, even though they've had two World Series trips. It's like that almost doesn't even count. That doesn't mercenary. I mean The concept Murph makes with with Roger Starbuck talking Pittsburgh Steelers to the Giants Texas Rangers. I mean, that's the perfect Compton am I want to try the I'd love it has such a bummer playing the Rangers arrested beat the Yanks for the Red solid, You know, some classic American League. I agree with that event, the Rangers other than the Yanks of the Red Sox, who would you have taken Detroit's pretty cool. They're getting the Tigers and 12 is cool. That's it. That's it. This is a classic two. That's a classic bad. Yeah, I took a white so I took any team that was like an old 19 Hundreds of feeling totally. Yeah, tried the A's. It didn't work after they literally needed a natural disaster. They had to give you a lesson. You never forget, baby. But anyway, you know, it's so I mean, God bless Wotus. And by the way, I hope Bruce Boje and talked to Brandon last night Me manage them for His entire career old pal Bruce Bochy shout out to boats to and always, but, um, it's so great that won't has poured the champagne. Yeah, that's nice. I like that detail to Yeah. So here's Crawford on Wotus pouring the champagne, toasting nice Crawford. I mean, I really appreciate everything he said. Coming from him. Like you said, who's been with me my whole career and, you know been my been my infield coach for most of my career. Also, it was really special and just kind of completed the whole night. I feel like for me. Spherical. That's pretty neat. So getting back to also. So what? This Crawford? What more do you want? So that you guys know in the rejoined Crawford took the field at shortstop in the Giants stayed back when I was like, almost like this is your life moments and he ran out, but copes brought up if I'm a Ranger fan, and if there is a range of life are out there Are you cool with that with another team, Just like Hey, Do you mind if we honor our guy? I mean, he heard capital and Crystal was very classy about it. Yeah, but I'd be like, uh, you guys want to do that at home? You do you go. You're going home in a couple of days. You can do that. Honestly, If I'm the Rangers, you might be like no, this our yard. I'd be peeved if they rolled in here, and they're like no Joey Gallo. He's hitting a bunch of home runs. We'd like to honor room or, like, I don't know. What's the team? It was just cigarettes 200 to honor life. Segura hit his 200 double in San Francisco or something on the P A. About it. We'd like to honor. Um, if you don't mind. I mean, I mean the Vin Scully final game. That's about as far as I'll go. You know what I mean? We gave you Scully, his low It's totally dependent on the player. Let's because listen, if it was like Tony Gwynn, God rest his soul, somebody like that. It really depends on the guy. Peter is a guy who's usually going to get some applause in any given yard. Magmatic 300 all that stuff. There you go. I mean, it's hard to use you cheer it, of course, but also, how do you not Also that's a moment where, like he'd been out of the game for an hour and a half.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
"bruce bochy" Discussed on The Herd with Colin Cowherd
"They got two extra playoff games instead of four playoff games on wild card weekend. They got six win win chicken dinner. I guess it's winner winner chicken dinner but the it's inevitable might be sooner than even maybe it's happens in the lesson two or three years dan campbell. I i love damn campbell. I would love to have him on this podcast. Anyone with the detroit lions organization listening. Hit me up with an email. I would love to talk to dan campbell collins. Now on i'm high on i really am. I think he's just a great character for the league. Part of the reason the nfl is king. And it's just pass for various reasons. But when i was a kid basketball football and baseball coaches baseball. You call the manager. Were all really famous right now. Days baseball managers some of them make like seven hundred for. I mean there are relevant. They are middle-management. The gm's run it the tommy lasorda's bruce bochy. Those guys don't exist. The latest full of gabe kappler's that are paid eight hundred and fifty grand and do exactly what they're told the days of guys tony larussa when he was having the whole spat with his team about hitting a home. Run three nothing up. Ten runs in the eighth inning. Or whatever lance landed said something like he thinks tony larussa needs the pipe down and tony larussa had a quote. That said there's a reason he hasn't locker. And i have an office. I'm the boss. Gabe kappler dave roberts. I like dave roberts just all the younger managers that are not making wooden. Say words like that in a million years in the nfl even in the nfl. Like we are coaches a really famous. But is sean mcvay or cow. Shanahan really gonna talk a lot of ship. Probably not so. You need your coaches to be just a big personalities. They helped.
Newsradio 700 WLW
"bruce bochy" Discussed on Newsradio 700 WLW
"Thank you. Jerry Reinsdorf wanted wanted to hire him in the first place. Right? Like this isn't a normal baseball organization is this is this is Gerry Ryan's or see what's gonna happen there. Is not subject to normal rules and conditions. The fact that the White Sox had the best record in baseball at the time this happened Does mean something. It probably means less that the night that the twins responded, and you know, through behind Mercedes, Uh, the White Sox coughed up a four run lead and lost to the worst team in baseball. I don't know if that's related. But man, if they start on a losing streak at this very juncture, it's really not gonna look good on Maris's record. We're chatting with author Jason Turbo was we count out of the Reds and the Brewers Later on this afternoon here on 700 wlw, Jason wrote, Dynamic, bombastic, Fantastic. The story of the seventies Oakland A's Followed that up with they bled blue about the Dodgers of the late seventies. But we're talking about what is in his book from all those years ago. The baseball codes, beanball sign stealing and bench clearing brawls, the unwritten rules of America's pastime all of these books by the way available and you should Get them there on Amazon Com. They're just terrific. Tony LaRussa is not a beloved figure in Cincinnati. Never has been. It dates back to his time here. Hours time there with the Cardinals and Dusty Baker here and Tony Russo often comes off is the guy that invented the game behaves like the guy who invented the game. I really think that George will all those years ago. Get a great disservice to him Inadvertently, with men it work, But, you know, I I look at the what happened A couple of weeks ago here with the White Sox were in town they game went into extra innings. And the Rooster didn't know the extra inning rule. And instead of putting the right player on second base to start the tent, he chose to send his picture out there because he thought it had to be the guy that made the last out of the inning before. Well, it was the picture, but the picture doesn't have to perform that function to stay in the game. You know, White Sox again. They've got one of the best teams in baseball. I think that your shows you stay away from the game for 10 years you stay out of the dugout for 10 years. You have to lose it a little bit. So my my question, Jason is is LaRussa getting bailed out by his team? Not necessarily from his job Security standpoint, But is he getting bailed out by his team playing so well that again a mistake like that here few weeks ago gets overlooked. Oh, absolutely, absolutely. I mean, he's got his hand picked coaches, all all of whom are old school as well. And don't forget that the White Sox replaced a pretty capable manager to bring in LaRussa. You know, they didn't just bring him into into a voice. So so the cost of bringing in a 76 year old manager who has not Helm. A big league team in 10 years is profound. I mean, I'm talking to you from the San Francisco Bay area. And the Giants won three World Series under Bruce Bochy, and both she was wise enough to step down when new management came in for Nzt taking over his general manager. Willingly and graciously because he knew that his old school mentality did not mesh with stat driven. Decision that the new regime wanted to run. He got it, and he stepped out of the way. There's there's always a place for him in San Francisco. On some level, there might be a managerial slide for him somewhere else. He just knew it wasn't here right now, and Tony LaRussa is in no way. Capable from the looks of it. I mean, he's certainly hasn't shown it of Adapting to the modern game. Jason Turbo, the baseball codes, beanballs sign stealing and bench clearing brawls. The unwritten rules of America's past time. It's a fun book. It's out there right now. And as I mentioned what Jason has been out there for about 10 years, so shouldn't be hard to find. We're counting down to the Cubs and the Reds. And can the Reds get behind Luis Castillo today and have him deliver? Just a second win of 2021..
KNBR The Sports Leader
"bruce bochy" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"And we had a starter by the name of David Dean need Who was Their first pick in the expansion draft. It was a big deal. I mean, it's posters all over the city, which I didn't want a game, right? But here he was, David me the need for speed. You know the whole deal. And I'll never forget the first pitch. That David need through was right down the middle of the plate. And it was called a ball, okay? And I think blabbing was on the mound. Think days, and I remember the first push that he threw is about eight inches outside, and it was called a strike. And I said, Well, the Giants are gonna have to win because they're not going to get there. I'm going to get help from and the Giants never the The Rockies never beat. Braves that year, and that was one of the reasons Of the two dad, we actually within the last couple months that came up and we actually looked up on the air because we looked it up. The Braves went Iraqis went 1 13 against Braves that year, and it's one of if not the longest. Like the That never happens in Major league Baseball, where team plays a team at least like 9 10 times and doesn't win one. It's like it's like unheard off. And I mean you should win one. Just because you're playing. You know another that time it was Mile high Stadium. I mean, you should Bust out the bats and just pound them 11 home game. I've never happened. I remember Sid Bream. On a check swing in an opposite field Grand Slam. Guys better win. Because they're gonna get you help from from the Rockies, so it was very disappointing, But I know that's a lot of land. When we're talking about timing was sort of Uh, I can see why you celebrate. Let's put it that way. Bruce Bochy. Dan Brown called Bruce Bochy. Dan Brown to the athletic is great sports writer and in Butch had some memories. He was the All Star manager of the year. Let's sort of got knocked over on his rear end in Seattle by that line drive at the All Star Game member that he said he never laughed so hard in his life. Boats had a great line, he said. He goes, you know, he said. I'm doing my boat, you voice, he said. We should probably take this guy's inspiration because every talks about your healthy diet to live a long, healthy life. Because this guy pasta and drank wine every night. He made it to 93 true story. Yeah, there it is. God, he's dodging line drives cookie box, she said. Load up on the garlic bread in the spaghetti, you know. Yeah. You know, he he lived life to, you know to the fullest. And you know, I'm sure Every visiting clubhouse guy. In that area that he managed has got a He's got more than one time. He was sort of story, and I'm sure there are restaurants and every national next city. That especially Italian restaurants. That have Tommy Lasorda stories because we would go into restaurants after the Dodgers were in time? Maybe I was sort of sitting here with No 12 people that he didn't pay. Well, Yeah, Tommy's done right. It was it was the restaurant's not gonna comp it. Then somebody else at this table is going to pay that. It was always the same story wherever we went great stuff, and it's nothing. We talked about it Mike yesterday, but maybe you have your own thoughts on. It's a name that you know hardcore Giants fans. No, but maybe casual Giants fans don't but it's Joey Amalfitano retired at age 87. That's a guy who, if you talk to people around the building around the franchise Now That's a guy that you talk about living monuments, You know, McCovey and maize and and all the guys are looking lost. McCovey, obviously, but Joey Amalfitano was a font of baseball in giant history. You know, I never had the relationship with Julie that Mike did because Michael's Williams In the major leagues. But you know, the only time I remembered Joey before he became part of the Giants. Is, you know, is the sort of third base coach you know, He's the guy that was congratulating Kirk Gibson when he hit the home run off the act. So there are many. Giant people. That have such a close association with both franchises. And in doing Malfitano is, obviously you know, he was that a lot of those dinners and all these cities with It's done in the sort of great guy really prolific. I, uh, I've never seen Joey in a bad mood. Uh, There's always complimented us. You know you I mean, if he's not at games, he's certainly watching him on TV. So yeah, I mean, you know, like at some point You had enough to shut it down and visit. And he probably thought this was a good time to do it. I My old vantage of passed away a couple of years ago gave Garcia The day passed away. He was like 97 from the age of 17 years old When he was 97. He took a paycheck from some Baseball franchise every year in a row. And he proclaimed that he has seen More game. And he has seen more.
Tolbert and Lund
Who will Giants hire as manager?
"Where the giants gore right now Hey guy Bruce Bochy who but not a demand is back in the mix one of the last fully autonomous managers you know Joe Maddon is is an analyst guy was on for front of it where the giants going now maybe not to the day Kapler extreme well maybe to the Gabe Kapler street as of there's been talk that he is own list of giants guys to be talked to if he has been talked to already wasn't just did they say bad was three for twelve so it was it is a three for between rival between twelve and fifteen yeah here is good in the make I was surprised only in three years then they only yet in the only given five they give a five or a little over five in Chicago was it like five press was five it was definitely five year gap I think it was five for twenty eight I'm not positive but if you take a little bit of a pay cut that kind of shows you where things are at right now percent and the angels the cost was it it it it matters before he managed in in Detroit short I. N. I don't even know you learn there because it was a very much it was really a winnable situation there that he had one good year but I have to go back and look but getting your rate of just because of of is it has its shortcomings this year was because they wanted a bad back they were they wanted a guy who had been there done that he did it with the with the rays one did win the big one and then when the big one with the with the cubs and they probably hired they probably they had no idea they can get rid of us was because they didn't think the cubs get rid of bad luck the cubs made out of got rid of mad it except for the cubs just they ran into a brick wall the last three weeks of the season they were brutal they they couldn't win is they can get away and go when night nope not gonna win at either in the Milwaukee could lose I mean who would have thought that would the odds of that have been Milwaukee making their playoff cubs don't after your guides or gets hurt down that going to happen but it did not so easy falls out of favor there and let go and he gets to go to the Anaheim where you want to go he wanted to go there they wanted him there that's the reason they got rid of them but if you're not gonna see that that's one of the reasons they said you won't see boshi this year because no one's going to want to paying that much
Pat Walsh
Yaz's grandson Mike hits HR; Giants beat Red Sox 7-6 in 15
"Course when if you're a red Sox fan of your baseball fan you know collies Krinsky Yeahs. his grandson yes is now eighty his grandson Mike Mike you scream ski. trotted out there in Fenway Park to play left field tonight for the giants against the red Sox he's twenty he knew the night would be special his grandfather was on hand at eighty. his grandfather played his final game of his career October second nineteen eighty three where he won seven gold gloves played on the video in in front of the fabled green monster so this is a dream come true for him. giants manager Bruce Bochy deciding it was a fitting time for him to play left field why not you're at Fenway in a rare in early game with the giants are at their red Sox. so my key eskrima ski then receives a standing ovation. before his first at bat they received another one. after. in the fourth inning and fan