1 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,840 You're listening to the Back Home Network presented by Home 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:21,160 Field Apparel. Welcome back to Crimson Cast, 3 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,920 the 20th of March no IU in the tournament right now. 4 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:31,160 So we got to find other things to talk about and we got a fun 5 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,560 show for you today, folks. So special guest who I don't 6 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,280 think has ever actually been on Crimson Cast. 7 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:39,760 Have you been on Crimson Cast before? 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,400 I've been a supporter since the. Very beginning you have, it's 9 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,920 funny the number the people who haven't been on the show who 10 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:48,720 should have been. We've been trying to like 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,480 gradually check all those boxes over the last year or so. 12 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:55,720 So Trisha Whitaker joining us, who if you're on IU Social at 13 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,040 all, you know, Tricia, good to see you. 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:00,680 How you doing? I'm wonderful. 15 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,000 How are you? I'm doing good. 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:03,680 So we're going to talk with Tricia. 17 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:07,280 Bison T-shirt that you gave me. I know the the Crimson cast 18 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:12,080 bison, which I've people saw the picture of you wearing it and 19 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,640 immediately started like haranguing me like where can we 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,240 buy those? And folks, I've failed as a 21 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,720 commerce expert. I have not had time to get those 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,760 out, so I appreciate Tricia like giving us the boost early on 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:24,960 there. So yeah. 24 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,280 The boost that did not come to fruition, but yeah. 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,880 Well, I'm just trying to hold the audience as long as 26 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,240 possible, like we'll just keep building demand up. 27 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,440 But yes, so next time though, yeah, the wait list, did you did 28 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:38,880 you bring that to Florida with you? 29 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:45,400 Just hold on just a second. This is good. 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,320 This is, this is what this is how good that Crimson cast shirt 31 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,200 is, folks, For those of you, those of you who are watching, 32 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,280 you're about to see There we go. Yeah, there it is. 33 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,960 That's beautifully done. Make it stylish for like if 34 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,280 you're a girl who loves crop tops like me, you just tie it up 35 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,160 like that and wear it. Or you can wear it as a normal 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,520 T-shirt. I got so many comments on it. 37 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,440 It was the IU, Kansas. Game it was. 38 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:11,320 When I was with Christian Watford and Derek Ellison and 39 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,960 Colin Hartman and all those guys, when they were doing the 40 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,080 podcast, I took a picture with them with this shirt on and 41 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:18,280 everybody was like, what is that? 42 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,360 Is that the Bison? It was the greatest piece of 43 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,160 viral marketing I think ever pulled off with IU. 44 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,680 It's yes, I love that Bison. Everybody's like, where did the 45 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,080 Bison cover? I was like, honestly, I just 46 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,640 bought it off of a web service. There was some dude who like, 47 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,800 designed a Bison and I was like, that Bison is effing perfect. 48 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,240 I need that on on the show we're going to switch some branding 49 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,000 over to that. We've got T-shirts that I'm not 50 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,240 selling like. It's almost perfect, except for 51 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,760 the executional part of all of it. 52 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:45,880 We'll get there. We'll get. 53 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,080 Eventually, before we get there, we do need to talk about the 54 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,520 folks that didn't make that shirt, but make thousands of 55 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,800 other shirts and who sponsored this show and the rest of the 56 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,360 back home network home field apparel. 57 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,880 Your place to go for the finest in college fashions, the softest 58 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,160 fabrics, the coolest designs I am actually wearing. 59 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,320 Perhaps the best March combo for home field. 60 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:13,080 I have the new IU shooting shirt, which is pretty, pretty 61 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,640 awesome right? Here let me I'll back up. 62 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:16,640 You can see like this in all of its glory. 63 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:19,280 There you go. See this is need one of those? 64 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,000 Yeah, you you do. But I've comboed it with the 65 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,680 second best piece of apparel, which is the Let's shock the 66 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,840 world. Fairly Dickinson shirt from last 67 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,920 year. That's incredible. 68 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,160 Hey, got to do what you got to do. 69 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,360 Tis the season to watch Purdue lose to a 16 seed maybe. 70 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,320 Oh man, I will never forget that. 71 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,200 That was the best. I was, I always Matt Blaska, 72 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,640 long time friend of the show, and I watched that game in 73 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:52,240 pieces at Fat Dan's and then it's the the Smokeworks bar of 74 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,280 all places in town and might have been like the best combo 75 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,840 basketball night I've had in a long time. 76 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,360 Because, of course, it got followed up by Indiana beating 77 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,280 Kent State in the next game. Yes, it did. 78 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,600 Oh, that's right. They both played on the same. 79 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,440 Night. Yep, that was amazing. 80 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,280 There was an incredibly drunk ESPN employee in the Smokeworks 81 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,399 bar who bought everybody 2 rounds of shots during the end 82 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:17,959 of the pretty Fairly Dickinson game. 83 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:22,120 It was great, it really was. But anyway, folks, if you would 84 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,720 like to be as stylish as me wearing these various pieces of 85 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,680 apparel, go to homefieldapparel.com. 86 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,520 Use the code Home 23, get 15% off your first order. 87 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,120 And you. I mean, they just had their 88 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,960 whole like March season of of goodness. 89 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,360 They had everything from like mystery T-shirt boxes to 90 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,560 jerseys. They've socks now. 91 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,000 Just a little bit of everything. Of course, a ton of IU stuff. 92 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,520 So head over to home field apparel.com. 93 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,000 Give them a follow on Instagram and elsewhere. 94 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,240 Also just a reminder, we are on sub stack 95 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,200 crimsoncast.substack.com. It's free, you get episodes 96 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,960 delivered right to your e-mail inbox, you can open them and 97 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:03,200 actually like click on the links and not have to go to Twitter to 98 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,480 to access those. And we have AVIP section where 99 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,640 we occasionally will shoot extra videos that don't make it out to 100 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,200 the general population. You can check those out as well. 101 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,480 So again, crimsoncast.substack.com, we'd 102 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,760 love to have you in the community. 103 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,880 Anyway, Tricia, let's start off. We're going to talk baseball in 104 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,880 a little bit. We have some questions actually 105 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,760 from our back home network Discord. 106 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,680 When I said hey, we got a special guest on the talk 107 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,320 baseball. We immediately questions got 108 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:30,920 fired. We're, I'll tell you all folks 109 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,680 right now, we're not going to talk about the Ohtani news 110 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:39,080 today. I shared, I shared a theory with 111 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,880 Tricia on this offline, which I'm not going to talk about 112 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,280 here, but wow, fascinating story on that. 113 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,720 But we do have some actual season questions we're going to 114 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,280 talk about. But first we wanted to talk IU 115 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,760 and unfortunately we can't do a whole lot in talking about IU 116 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,920 right now since they're the only thing they're in right now is 117 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,360 the portal, at least on the men's side. 118 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,640 The women are playing this Saturday. 119 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:04,400 We're excited about that, but wanted to kind of walk everybody 120 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,680 back and give the Trisha Whitaker media origin story 121 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:13,480 since you got your start as an IU student covering a variety of 122 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,480 IU sports. So for those who aren't in the 123 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,160 know, let's start off with where you came from and and what you 124 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,040 were doing while you were here. Well, I was raised in 125 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,680 Bloomington, so I got to have the unique experience of not 126 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,000 just being a student there, watching like IU basketball in 127 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,400 the history. I actually was a child when Bob 128 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,320 and I got fired in Bloomington and when they went to the 129 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,280 national championship against Maryland and lost. 130 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:42,960 I watched it at Assembly Hall with my dad on the big screen 131 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,720 and cried when they lost, so through and through fan there. 132 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,720 But then I went to IU and I covered that that well, which 133 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,720 horrible season, one horrible football season where they went 134 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,640 one and 11. It was horrendous, but I covered 135 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,160 that team and it actually taught me so much about sports, casting 136 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,120 and all that stuff. So even though it was a terrible 137 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,760 season, it really primed me for covering bad teams for the rest 138 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,960 of my career, even though now I don't cover. 139 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,520 It's such a bad team. But so I did that, and I covered 140 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,760 IU basketball all the time. And the team I covered is 141 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,400 actually on my wall. That's the team that I covered. 142 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,360 That's the Watt shot that's in my living room right above my 143 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,120 couch. So I covered that group of guys 144 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,080 primarily. So Christian Watford. 145 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,680 Victor Oladipo. Cody Zeller. 146 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,000 Will she he. Jordan Halls. 147 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,800 Oh, I'm missing there. Lots of guys. 148 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,920 Verdell Jones. Verdell Jones, Tom Pritchard. 149 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:37,840 Matt. Matt Ross. 150 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,200 Matt Rod. Yes, Matt Rod. 151 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,360 So I covered them in Tom Crane, right? 152 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,920 I remember when, when he got hired and then also after that, 153 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,960 when I Well, after that, I went to Green Bay's concert, covered 154 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,800 the Packers for two years at the local ABC. 155 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,160 That was a really awesome experience. 156 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,960 And when the Packers weren't playing, I covered like fishing 157 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,480 tournaments and froze my butt off. 158 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,720 Log rolling. Log rolling? 159 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,080 Yeah. Sturgeon Spearing. 160 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,440 If anybody's ever heard of that, it's a wild, wild, wild thing 161 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,440 where people in Wisconsin just get really drunk and sit on the 162 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:12,880 ice in an ice ice house and stab prehistoric looking fish. 163 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,880 So out of IUI did that. And then when I went to 164 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,520 Indianapolis after Green Bay to be a local sports anchor for CBS 165 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,240 and Fox, I got to cover IU basketball again and IU football 166 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,000 again. So I covered when Archie Miller 167 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,040 got hired. It's a very short stint, but I 168 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,920 covered that, right? And that was really cool to to 169 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,600 be there for that, even though it didn't pan out. 170 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,720 But yeah, so I got to cover IU from the student perspective and 171 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,240 then from the professional perspective. 172 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:44,680 And I always tell people that I'm so grateful to have gone to 173 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:48,600 a school like IU where you had that type of experience at your 174 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,320 disposal where you could be covering the Big 10 conference, 175 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:53,640 right? I mean, not saying that covering 176 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,880 other places isn't cool too, but just like that type of 177 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:03,160 atmosphere was like it was just imperative to where I am now. 178 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,880 Hard to match that at like Worthen Arena in Muncie or or 179 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,440 something like that. Yeah, not not really the same 180 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,120 feel. Did you either, if you take the 181 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,640 watch shot game out, did you have a favorite game that you 182 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:21,800 covered or was there like an athlete you were like that was 183 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,200 really that you've. I mean, it was for, for 184 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,120 instance, last year you interviewed Kyle Schwarber as 185 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,440 part of your Apple TV duties and he was in school when you were 186 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,240 in school. He was, yeah. 187 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,640 That was a full circle moment for me too, because I I don't, I 188 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,360 don't think I ever interviewed Schwarber when I was at IUI. 189 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:41,880 Might have, but I don't know. But yeah, covering IU baseball 190 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,280 briefly, when I was there, it was it was very minimal. 191 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,920 But yeah, Schwarber was there when I was there. 192 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,160 And then for Apple TV last year I interviewed him for the first 193 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,040 time. It was Philly's Astros. 194 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,480 So it was a nationally broadcast game and he had a great game. 195 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,560 So he was the post game interview and I went up to him 196 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:03,280 before the game and I go, hey, I don't think we've ever met, but 197 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,440 I'm Tricia, he's like nice to meet you Tricia Weirdo. 198 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,800 And I'm like, no, no, OK. I buried the lead there. 199 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,880 I was like, I went to IU at the same time you did. 200 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,920 He was like, no, you're he's can I cuss? 201 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:15,960 Yeah, there's. Cuss away. 202 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,720 No, you're shitting me. And I was like, I'm not. 203 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,200 And then I whipped out the names and I go Jeremy Gray. 204 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,840 And he was like, shut up. And I was like, yeah, I was like 205 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,120 that's like one of my favorite people in the whole wide world. 206 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,800 And then, of course, I, you know, dropped all the 207 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,760 Bloomington, like landmarks on him. 208 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,000 I was like, yeah, we were probably at Nick's English Hut 209 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,760 at the same time playing Sync the biz. 210 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,800 And he's like, Oh my gosh, K, OK, all this stuff. 211 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,360 So then after the game, he was the star of the game interview 212 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,320 and it was just a full circle moment because I was like, and 213 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,080 then I grew up a Cubs fan too. Like when they won the World 214 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,800 Series, Schwarber was on that team and like, that was like 215 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,640 such a cool moment with my dad, 'cause he was the reason I was a 216 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,880 Cubs fan. And so anyways, it was just a 217 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,640 cool full, full circle moment. And like other places, other 218 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,000 universities, like, I don't know, you just don't have some 219 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,800 of those names that come through there, right? 220 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,000 And that was really unique for IO. 221 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,240 So you were in Indy as, as you said, as a sports anchor and 222 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,440 reporter for a while. Then you end up moving into one 223 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,080 of your two current roles, which is as sideline reporter for the 224 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,600 Tampa Bay Rays. So that's a big different type 225 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,520 of job than what you were doing before. 226 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,760 So how has that experience been And you know, what are the 227 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,320 things you enjoy the most about that particular role? 228 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,680 So this job, what I love about it is I've always wanted to. 229 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,520 I think Galen, even like the first time you met me, I think I 230 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,720 was just as silly little 20 year old who had a dream of being a 231 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,560 sportscaster. And I'm pretty sure you asked me 232 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,680 what I wanted to do. I did what? 233 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,600 Did you say you said you wanted to be a sideline reporter in 234 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,040 baseball? Specifically, yes. 235 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,080 I did. I said that. 236 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,360 And so I heard about this job opening one night when I was out 237 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,680 with my friend Taylor Tannenbaum, who's now killing it 238 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:03,640 with the ACC Network and ESPN doing college football and 239 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,760 college basketball. She's just a freaking star. 240 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,960 But, like, she looked at me and it was after, like, I always 241 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,720 tell this story because people always think you find jobs, 242 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,840 like, on a job website or like, your agent sends them to you. 243 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,000 I was like, no, no, I found this job because I had three glasses 244 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,800 of wine with Taylor, a random night in Indy. 245 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,240 And she said, oh, Trish, I thought of you. 246 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,840 One of my friends is leaving her sideline reporter job with the 247 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,640 race. Don't you love baseball? 248 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,280 And I was like, yes. And she was like, I think you 249 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,200 should apply for that job. So I'm like 3 glasses of wine in 250 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,720 and I text my agent and I'm like, hey, heard this job is 251 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,520 open. Can you ask about it? 252 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,120 He's like, yeah, of course I will. 253 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,120 I wake up the next morning and I have this text from my agent. 254 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:46,280 He goes, they want to talk to you. 255 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,360 And I'm like, who who wants to talk to me about? 256 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,440 I didn't do anything. I didn't do it. 257 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,520 I didn't do it. And he's like the raise. 258 00:12:55,520 --> 00:13:02,000 And I'm like, Oh my gosh. I was like, I applied to be a 259 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,440 sideline reporter for a Major League Baseball team last night, 260 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,440 which I've always wanted to do. So like, if if by no means was a 261 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,240 mistake. It was very purposeful. 262 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,400 But, like, it was just a hilarious sequence of events 263 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,720 that led to that. And I I texted Taylor and I go, 264 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,760 do you remember our conversation last night about the race? 265 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,040 She was like, well, yeah, of course I was like, well, I 266 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,920 applied. And well, I have an interview. 267 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,320 She's like, you are so weird, but cool. 268 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,320 I was like, yeah, so I interviewed for the job, got the 269 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,000 job, love it. Like I adore my job. 270 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,920 Like I tell Galen all the time. I'm like, this is like the job 271 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,280 I've always wanted. Because you get to know a team, 272 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,000 you get to know like the players, aunts and their 273 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 grandmas and their second cousins. 274 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,920 I mean that's bizarre. Like what you get to do. 275 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,480 And so been doing that. This will be my 6th season, 276 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,440 which is insane to say. And then I know, Isn't that 277 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,000 weird. It is. 278 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,680 It is weird. Yeah, and then in 2022, got a 279 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:57,440 call Halfway through the season. Apple TV was starting Friday 280 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,920 Night Baseball, which is an exclusive, nationally televised 281 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:03,840 broadcast of whatever matchup it is. 282 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,520 So opening weekend, we have Yankees, Astros, and it's 283 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,520 national, it's exclusive. Nobody else can have that. 284 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,600 So they called and asked if I would be interested in that role 285 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,960 and you know, I was like, yes, I am. 286 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,880 I think I would be interested in that. 287 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,480 So I do that on Friday nights. We go around the country, do all 288 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:23,240 sorts of games and matchups. And the product like, especially 289 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,320 visually is incredible because they have like the most, you 290 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,960 know, it's Apple, they have the state-of-the-art equipment and 291 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,920 it's it's just, it's wild the things that they can do. 292 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,480 And like, we had Albert Pool Hall since in 2022, he hit his 293 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:40,600 700th, he hit his 699th and then 700th home run on the broadcast 294 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,440 that we had and made history at Dodger Stadium. 295 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,720 Well, that's now captured on the best cameras in the entire world 296 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,200 because it was an Apple game. I mean, it was, it was so cool. 297 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,040 So anyways, that's how I got here. 298 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,760 And I and I absolutely love it. I mean, it's the best. 299 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,000 Yeah, Well, how does for those who don't know, like, how does 300 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,280 that work? You're you're the sideline 301 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,480 reporter for a team, but you're also working for Apple. 302 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,000 So like the Rays just kind of give you up for a couple of days 303 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,520 a week, they give me. Up. 304 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,360 Yeah. They're more like, yeah, Trish, 305 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,680 go, please. We've had enough of you for No, 306 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,200 I'm just kidding. They are the Rays in Valley 307 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,360 Valley Sports. Florida is where it's All the 308 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,840 Rays games are aired on the regional Sports Network and they 309 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,720 just let me go on Fridays and I have a fill in. 310 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,720 His name's Ryan. He's great and he fills in for 311 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,920 me on Fridays and Saturdays when I'm gone because I have decided 312 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:35,280 last year I was insane and I I didn't take Saturdays off. 313 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,080 So I would literally fly out Thursday night after the game, 314 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,360 land in like Houston or sometimes Seattle or whatever it 315 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:48,480 was at like midnight, wake up, go to the park, do the Friday 316 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,080 night game. Those games don't get over till 317 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,600 late, so I'm not done till midnight. 318 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,960 Wake up the next morning at like 3:30 or 4:00 AM to catch the 319 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:02,760 5:00 AM flight back to Tampa to do the Saturday 4:00 PM game of 320 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,040 which I have to be at the park at 11:00 AM Now, I was insane. 321 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,520 It was crazy. I mean, you know, like I talked 322 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,880 to you a lot about it. And like, there came a certain 323 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,000 point where, like my friends and went, my boss, she looked at me 324 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,920 and she was like, you have got to sleep, prioritize sleep. 325 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,520 And so this year I decided to take off Saturdays. 326 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,800 So I come back to the raise on Sunday and then I do that week 327 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,160 with them and I Wednesday. Wednesday's off at home this 328 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,280 year. So that's good too. 329 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,200 But like last year in the middle of the season, I got like 330 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,840 deathly ill Like you remember that? 331 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:38,320 It was. Horrible. 332 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,600 That'll happen. Working myself to death. 333 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,960 If there's anybody listening who's in the sports casting 334 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,360 field, like just remember that. Like you need to give yourself 335 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,520 time to breathe and sleep. And so anyways, moral the story 336 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,840 I'm I'm going to be breathing and sleeping on Saturdays this 337 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,160 year. I'm proud of you for making 338 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,480 these decisions. I might do that myself someday 339 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,480 and like you know, not take the fifth job. 340 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,680 When I say if there were any sportscasters listening, I might 341 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,400 have been talking. To You don't know who we're 342 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,640 talking to here, yeah. Look like both of us. 343 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,720 You and I both love our job so much and what we do that we tend 344 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,560 to like. Just like we don't say no to 345 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,720 things, you don't say no to things. 346 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,839 Guilty as charged now. Hey, look, I think especially in 347 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:24,280 this business, part of it is you're worried if you say no, 348 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,280 someone else gets it and then you stop getting opportunities. 349 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,920 And there's like this baked in insecurity, I think, among most 350 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,920 sports broadcasters of any type. Anchor reporter Sideline play by 351 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,680 play that if you don't take everything, you'll eventually 352 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,640 have nothing. I've heard like Dan Patrick has 353 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,960 talked about that and I've heard other people on ESPN talk about 354 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,720 it, where you have to come to a realization that hey, you're 355 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:48,480 actually, you're good at your job. 356 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,400 That's why you're getting hired. And they won't think less of you 357 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,320 if you say I'm going to sit that one out and let someone else 358 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,400 have it. Now I will say early in your 359 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,320 career I would be a yes person. Sure. 360 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,160 When you can be right. When I was like 22 years old. 361 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,280 But see, the problem is, and this probably happens in other 362 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,320 businesses, you never realize when you're not early in your 363 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,480 career, like you're in in your brain like you just said it, 364 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:16,560 like you're you're still 23 and working in Wisconsin and it 365 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,200 doesn't strike you that, wow, you're no longer that. 366 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,000 And you know, I I deal with this all the time where it's like, 367 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,320 yeah, you know, we're at a different phase. 368 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,640 So it's. True though you it's almost like 369 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,000 post traumatic stress disorder from when you started the 370 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,760 industry and you're just like, I can't say no it's like, no like 371 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,160 my boss was like Trish, just because you're not here on 372 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,640 Saturdays doesn't mean you can't be here on Sundays. 373 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,600 She was like, it'll we'll be here. 374 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,920 Like the race will be here and I'm like, oh, you're right. 375 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,480 So when you're when you're working with the team like that, 376 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:49,800 you're traveling with them as well. 377 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,440 It's not just doing the games at home. 378 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,440 So you're, you know, you're going on the road like what? 379 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,880 What is that whole process like for you? 380 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,040 Obviously the players, it's very regimented. 381 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,280 They've got, you know, all the things that they have to do to 382 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,240 get ready for every game. What is the the sideline 383 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,640 reporter have to do on those trips and and how do you manage 384 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,000 that whole transition? Well, my suitcase weighs about 385 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:16,840 £100 because we go sometimes we'll be going like on a two 386 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,000 week road trip and part of it'll be like in Seattle and then the 387 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,040 other parts in the Anaheim, well, those are two completely 388 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,600 different climates at certain points in the year. 389 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,160 So you have to pack a lot. So I pack a lot of clothes and 390 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,840 then I do fly with the team, so that makes it easier. 391 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,560 And you know we sometimes we're in cities for like 4 days, 392 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,240 sometimes it's three days, which is kind of nice. 393 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,000 You get to settle in a little bit, but you do realize that 394 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,600 your apartment just becomes or you're house becomes more of 395 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,160 just like a locker during the season because you're never 396 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,560 there. But yeah, I fly with the team, I 397 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,960 go with them. Then when we're on the road, we 398 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,600 just kind of do the broadcast as normal. 399 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,200 It's fun on the road though because like it's just it's 400 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,000 different. There are different things in 401 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,800 the stadium, different things in the city. 402 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,240 So we try to do fun things with guys. 403 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,840 So, like, when I was in San Diego one year, we did an 404 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,920 Anchorman quiz to see who could name the most Anchorman quotes, 405 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,120 because I knew we had a group of guys in the clubhouse who loved 406 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:09,000 Anchorman. And and so we did that, and that 407 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,720 was super fun. So we'll do things like that, 408 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,200 that that make it kind of fun so the viewer feels like they're 409 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:18,240 traveling with us. Or like in San Francisco, in the 410 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,120 Giants stadium, there's the Maccovey Cove, right? 411 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,320 Take kayaks out. This is a good video. 412 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,280 People need to go find this video if they haven't watched it 413 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,480 yet. You can take kayaks out there 414 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:29,840 and try to catch the home run ball. 415 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,080 So I kayak through the Bay into Maccovey Cove and did like a 416 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,960 race with the guys who do it or whatever. 417 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,320 Of course I lost. But those are the types of 418 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:40,800 things we do on the road. And it's really fun. 419 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,680 But you do, you gotta take a lot of vitamins. 420 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,400 Like, I mean seriously, when I got so sick last year, my friend 421 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,680 Meredith Marakovitz, who works for the, she's the sideline 422 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,920 reporter for the Yankees. She texted me, she goes there's 423 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,120 going to be a package delivered to your door tomorrow and I'm 424 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:56,760 like, OK, so I get it And it's this package of six different 425 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,320 types of vitamins that she was like, 'cause she's been doing 426 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,240 the Yankees for like over a decade. 427 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,400 She's a freaking pro. And she was like when I first 428 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,160 started, I did exactly what you did and I over exerted myself 429 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,320 and I didn't take care of myself. 430 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,360 She said these are the vitamins that you are going to be taking 431 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,040 from now on. You will take this many every 432 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,400 single day. And she was right at works. 433 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,440 So when I'm on the road, I'm very strict about that regimen 434 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,440 too. But I love traveling on the 435 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,080 road. It's it's so much fun to see. 436 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,720 I only have one ballpark left that I have not broadcast in. 437 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,960 Do you know which one it is? It's actually in the Midwest. 438 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:34,760 Is it I I'm trying to think is it? 439 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,640 Shirt you're wearing. Is it the Reds? 440 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,280 No, that's close. Sorry, that was a bad hint. 441 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,360 The. Cardinals Oh, oh, you had it 442 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:45,240 broadcast with the Cardinals. That's that's fascinating. 443 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:46,440 I. Broadcast. 444 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,720 I meant, I meant not there. Yes. 445 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,840 Not there. Interesting. 446 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,240 Is that happening this year? It's happening this year. 447 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,200 The Rays are playing there, so I'm gonna cross all of the 448 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,600 stadiums off of my list. What We talked about this on 449 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,040 text, but obviously the audience didn't read our texts, 450 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:03,960 thankfully. What is your What is your 451 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,400 favorite? What's your favorite ballpark? 452 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,160 Oh man. OK, so I always separate it into 453 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,120 two categories. I got that question all the 454 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,280 time. I put it in one category of 455 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,720 historic ballparks because I don't think it's fair to compare 456 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,280 like a Wrigley to like a San Diego. 457 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,480 Those are those aren't even this. 458 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:24,880 It's like apples and oranges isn't the same. 459 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,360 So my favorite New Era ballpark is without a doubt, San Diego. 460 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,080 I mean, it is the most gorgeous ballpark. 461 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:36,720 The area surrounding it is super cool and they also incorporated 462 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,800 like an old school warehouse. It's the metal factory company 463 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,400 or something. It's been there since like early 464 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,800 1900s or something, and they left it there to build into the 465 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,920 stadium. And I love when stadiums do that 466 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,200 because I I don't want it to be too fancy, but it still has that 467 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,600 old time feel. It's just a gorgeous stadium, my 468 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:00,200 favorite, like historic stadium. I mean, it's obviously Wrigley 469 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,200 because I grew up a Cubs fan, but that's a little bias. 470 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:07,760 Now this, this is not going to make Ray's fans happy, but I 471 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,960 think Fenway is like one of the coolest ballparks. 472 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,480 The Green Monster is so cool. Like, it's huge. 473 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,120 I feel like on TV you can't tell. 474 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:19,760 But it's huge. And like, it's almost like like 475 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,080 some people would be like, that place is like so gross. 476 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,640 And I'm like, OK, well, you're not totally wrong. 477 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,400 Like, it's very rundown, but it's like a preserved time 478 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,200 capsule. And it's just so cool to me. 479 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,200 I just think it's awesome. And then I got to sign the Green 480 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,240 Monster at Fenway my first year with the Rays, which was really, 481 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:39,440 really cool. But. 482 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,400 Yeah, those are both. I mean, I've been to both. 483 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,040 They're they're both awesome for completely different reasons. 484 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:49,320 And I love, I mean, both of those, the stadium's great, but 485 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,640 the area around the stadium is great also. 486 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,920 I mean, they're, you know, San Diego's got that whole district 487 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,720 right around it. And then obviously they've done 488 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,360 a really good job building up around Fenway. 489 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:02,800 I mean, I'm granted I've been to Fenway literally in 17 years, 490 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,600 but I'm assuming not a whole lot has changed. 491 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,000 It's the same, yeah. You wouldn't know a difference, 492 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,360 yeah. So let's talk about the season 493 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:15,040 coming up. This is an interesting season. 494 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:16,640 It was kind of a weird. First of all, let's start at the 495 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,560 World Series last year. If if Major League Baseball at 496 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,880 the beginning had been asked, like, what teams do we want in 497 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:23,960 the World Series? I'm not. 498 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,760 That might have been the last choice that they would have had. 499 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,720 But it was a fun World Series to watch, even though it didn't 500 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,000 have, like, the fan connection that you would get if you had 501 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,760 the Dodgers or the Yankees or teams like that. 502 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,480 And I like that personally, because I think when it's like 503 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,840 when the Royals went to the World Series like it was a 504 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,400 decade ago, now it's like we got to throw markets a bone every 505 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,200 once in a while. But it kind of makes for an 506 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,840 interesting scene because there were so many teams last year, 507 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,080 the Yankees being a great example of one of those teams, 508 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,680 the Dodgers, obviously the Phillies, like a lot of teams 509 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,640 that were built to win that year. 510 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,680 And now we're past that year and it's like, well, what the heck 511 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,640 happens? And looking at the wind 512 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,960 projections and everything like that, it's just both leagues 513 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,680 feel a little bit unsettled. You know, obviously you're going 514 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,520 to get, you've got the Dodgers now with Otani. 515 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,480 They continue to add things. But from your perspective, like, 516 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,440 what do you think are the big storylines in terms of the what 517 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,560 teams look like they're in the best shape? 518 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,560 What are the player stories that you think going to be the most 519 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:29,920 interesting? Like what sticks out to you for 520 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,280 this upcoming year? Yeah, I think, well, first of 521 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,800 all, I agree with you on the whole World Series thing, right? 522 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,320 Like the Diamondbacks and the Rangers. 523 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,560 That's not exactly like a ratings seller, but I also think 524 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,160 it's good for baseball. Like, I know obviously the 525 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,800 ratings would have been insane if it was like, you know, the 526 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,480 Yankees or the Phillies, If they would have beat the 527 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,400 Diamondbacks, the ratings would have been even better. 528 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,320 Or then well, it would have been a lot better. 529 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,480 But I think it's good for baseball for some of those, 530 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,560 like, teams that haven't really had that type of success in the 531 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,000 post season to, like, sniff that, you know, because it does 532 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,760 create what people forget about baseball is that so much of 533 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,400 baseball fandom is generational fans, right? 534 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,960 So, like, obviously some NBA teams have generational fans, 535 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,200 but like it. It's more like, you know, oh, I 536 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,440 really like basketball. And I and I, I really like the 537 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,520 stars. I follow what a A, a athlete, 538 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,880 right. But for baseball, it's more like 539 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,680 my family follows this team and we've always followed this team 540 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,680 or my grandpa follows this team. So, like, I think that can have 541 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,080 a trickle down effect for baseball in the future for like 542 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,040 the Diamondbacks market and the Rangers market. 543 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,280 Because let's let's be honest. What do you think of Dallas? 544 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,440 Anytime the team doesn't have a city name in it, it's probably 545 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,120 maybe doesn't have a core fans, you know you. 546 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,400 Think of the Rangers. You think of the Cowboys like 547 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,360 and and that's that's just that's also kind of an NFL thing 548 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,520 too. They're kind of king. 549 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,160 But I agree with you. I think that it was that It was 550 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,080 interesting and I and I enjoyed it. 551 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:05,320 But in terms of this year, I think I can speak definitely to 552 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,480 like the AL East for certain, right? 553 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,800 And that's the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Blue Jays, the Orioles 554 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,680 and the race. I think it's still going to be a 555 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,120 good division. I think it's going to look a 556 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,320 little bit different than it did last year. 557 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,480 So like the Rays look a lot different. 558 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,920 They don't have the same starting rotation that they did 559 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,760 last year. Couple of the same guys, but not 560 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,440 really the Orioles last year. They just like went from talk 561 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,840 about a team that made a turn around. 562 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:32,440 I mean, I remember in 20/20/21 or 20/19. 563 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,040 I can't remember which year it was, but the Rays went 19 and 564 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,000 one against them. Nineteen and one. 565 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,800 It's hard to do. And then the Orioles turn around 566 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,880 last year and not sure 100 win season. 567 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,440 Like, that's incredible. So I think they're going to be a 568 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,880 team to certainly watch. They've got a lot of young guys 569 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,680 who are super, super fun to watch. 570 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,600 They're good guys, too. I know they're in the raised 571 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,840 division, but I actually enjoy covering them when I have them 572 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,280 for Apple. The Blue Jays have some stars on 573 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,600 on their team, obviously, but I think so much of it. 574 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,480 The attention is going to be definitely on Otani and the 575 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,840 Dodgers when you look at how much they open their wallet this 576 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,680 offseason with Otani and Glass now and everything that they 577 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,400 they did. But the interesting thing to me 578 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,640 is like, I feel like so many offseasons. 579 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,960 We go into the year and we're like, wow, that team really 580 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,600 spent a lot of money. They made a lot of moves and 581 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,840 then it's just like a bust like the Padres were like that put so 582 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,960 much money on a team that didn't even make the post season. 583 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,520 And everybody's talking at the beginning of the year how good 584 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,080 they're going to be. And I'm like baseball's way more 585 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,280 complicated than that. It's way more complicated than 586 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,760 just having like 5 stars. I would argue stardom and 587 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,840 baseball is like, I mean, unless you're like an Otani in a glass 588 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,400 now or something, it's not really a valuable quality. 589 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,600 Well, and you, you're in a position that's really 590 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,120 interesting because you work for a team that's kind of become the 591 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,600 like the modern day Moneyball, Oakland A's style team where 592 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,280 they don't spend a lot of money, their free agents generally 593 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,880 leave, they keep finding young prospects and they play well and 594 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,840 it keeps them in contention. And it's, you know that this, 595 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,000 one of the things that they've talked about with baseball over 596 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,080 the last few years is that you've had multiple playoff 597 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,840 teams in the bottom third of payroll across baseball. 598 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,520 Because it it isn't necessarily about signing the best free 599 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,640 agents. It's really about fit, which is 600 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,200 hard on an open marketplace because you don't know if the 601 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,320 person that you're signing is actually going to fit in with 602 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:28,920 what you're trying to do. No. 603 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,520 Or buy in. Buy in with what you try to do 604 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,520 too. There's a lot of egos like 605 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,880 anybody who says there's not egos in baseball, you're not 606 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,520 paying attention. There's egos, right. 607 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,680 A certain guy wants to play a certain position. 608 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,120 Well, you're not going to play that position. 609 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:42,760 We're putting you here because we need you here or we're 610 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,160 putting you here in the lineup, right. 611 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,040 Doesn't happen as I mean it's pretty black and white. 612 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,200 When it comes to, like, the NFL and the NBA, you're either 613 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,160 playing or you're not, like it's, you know, like it's it's 614 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,080 not really, it's different. And so I I think that's a huge 615 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,640 part of it. And then I think it's just kind 616 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,440 of like when you have a bunch of stars on one team. 617 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,520 I don't necessarily think that works. 618 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,520 I mean, I feel like we've seen that time and time again with a 619 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,840 lot of professional teams. You just stack a bunch of stars 620 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,200 on a team and it's just like, I mean, it didn't really work. 621 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:11,920 So. But you're right. 622 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,760 The Rays are kind of the Moneyball team. 623 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,720 They have the lowest payroll in baseball, yet for the last five 624 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,280 years in a row, they've made the postseason. 625 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,400 You know, how many franchises would give their left arm to 626 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,880 have made the postseason five years in a row and in two 627 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,720 decades made the World Series twice? 628 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:27,840 Like twice. They've made the World Series in 629 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,680 the last two decades. And I hate when people come to 630 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,600 me and they're like, well, the Rays haven't. 631 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,200 You know, they've, they've been there since 1998 and they 632 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,280 haven't done much. What? 633 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,320 Are you serious? Let's talk about how many 634 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,400 franchises have been to the postseason five years in a row 635 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,160 or the World Series twice in two decades. 636 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,920 As a Reds fan, I would kill for that record that just even half 637 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,480 of the World Series appearances in that time period would have 638 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,120 been great. So yes, it's it's, I think to 639 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:57,840 some degree people lose sight of how hard it is to do those 640 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,000 things. And you know, you see the 641 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,400 Yankees, you see the Red Sox and what they did in the 90s and the 642 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,520 2000s and it's like, well, just regularly you're going to go to 643 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:08,720 the playoffs to go to the World Series. 644 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,920 It just doesn't work that way. So it is really interesting to 645 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:13,640 watch. And especially now, it just 646 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,200 feels like there's you get these teams that pop up and have a 647 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,640 great season like the Orioles and then they regress back to 648 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,320 the pack. But then someone else pops up in 649 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,520 their place and but the Phillies were terrible for most of the 20 650 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,000 tens. And then they suddenly turn it 651 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,560 around and make some smart moves and it's it is it is really 652 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,040 fascinating. It is also interesting though 653 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,720 because you know baseball is such a different sport in the 654 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,880 postseason. So, so many people end up 655 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,720 judging your overall success on what did you get to a World 656 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,240 Series or win a World Series When that's it's a it's in a 657 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,800 completely different sport. It requires completely different 658 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,640 performances from your players. Totally, totally different 659 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,200 performances for your players. It's 162 games, plus how many 660 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,080 spring training games? 30 plus the post season. 661 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,520 I mean, that's that's insane. That's so many games. 662 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,120 And like, you know, you could we could argue all day about 663 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,600 whether or not MLB should cut down on the number of games, but 664 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,560 at the end of the day, that's how many games they play. 665 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:12,240 And if you've got an everyday player, that's that's a lot of 666 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,600 wear and tear on your body. So you get to the postseason and 667 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,520 it does become a completely different game. 668 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,320 And man, and I always like, it's it's crazy. 669 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,640 Like, you know, last year the Rays started with like the most 670 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,560 incredible start. Like I think they made history. 671 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,240 It was like a 13 and O start or something like that, which 672 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,200 everybody was like, oh, they haven't really played very many 673 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,600 good teams. It is incredibly difficult to 674 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,880 win 13 baseball games in a row. If you know anything about 675 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,960 baseball, you know anything about baseball, it's incredibly 676 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,680 difficult, difficult to do that. Obviously, the Rays ended up 677 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,000 losing in the postseason in the first round. 678 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,800 But then here's the thing. You look at some of these other 679 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,400 teams, like the Phillies during the regular season. 680 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,200 They weren't exactly the best team. 681 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,280 No, we weren't very good, to be honest. 682 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,520 They were fine. They were good. 683 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,560 But they like, it's not like they were like on that 100 win 684 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,160 pace like the Orioles or like the Rays were right. 685 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:06,000 But it all that matters is if you make the postseason in 686 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,200 baseball, that's literally all that matters. 687 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,440 And then, like, it's such a cliche phrase, but records 688 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,720 scratch them. They have nothing to do with 689 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,560 anything at that point. Let's get to some questions 690 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,520 here. Luke Hayworth asks Who Will Win 691 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,680 the NL Central and tell me why it will be the Cincinnati Reds. 692 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:30,360 Oh my God, what now? I will say that I do enjoy the 693 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,760 Reds. I enjoy the Reds fan base. 694 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,320 I think Ellie de La Cruz is like, so exciting to watch. 695 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,680 I I, I actually have not interviewed him yet and I'm and 696 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,760 I'm sad about it because he just seems like such a dynamic, fun 697 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:48,400 personality. But as as a Southern Indiana 698 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,160 girl, seeing the Reds do well would make me very, very happy. 699 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,440 They have a great team full full of a lot of personalities. 700 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,960 I know obviously I grew up a a Cubs fan, so that would be fun 701 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:02,800 too. But I think the Reds are going 702 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,560 to be good this year. I mean they they last year they 703 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,280 had a really good end of the season, maybe not start of the 704 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,600 season, but I remember when Ellie De La Cruz got got called 705 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:16,400 up, that stadium was insane. I mean it was hacked and that 706 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,760 made my Midwest heart so happy. So you know what? 707 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,360 Who was it? What was his name that asked the 708 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,880 question? Oh, that was Luke Hayworth. 709 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:27,120 Luke I hope that you're Reds. Be proud. 710 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,639 It was so fun for that like month and a half where it felt 711 00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:33,800 like everything was going right with the team and then the 712 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,600 inevitable happens down the line. 713 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,520 But they kind. Of put themselves in a bad place 714 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:39,480 from the beginning of the season. 715 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,040 It's hard to make up that much ground. 716 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,080 Yes, it's. It's. 717 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,000 Time, yeah. OK, IU, Brian asks. 718 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,000 Who do you think the favorites are for getting the next MLB 719 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,719 expansion teams? This has been something that's 720 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:55,080 been talked about quite a bit and obviously we've got this 721 00:34:55,080 --> 00:35:01,280 weird dance going on with the A's and Las Vegas and these Wild 722 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,080 Stadium renderings where it looked like somebody like landed 723 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:08,080 a spaceship on the Strip. But there's been other markets 724 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,560 that people have been talking about as potential places that 725 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,040 that we might see either expansion or or teams moving. 726 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,280 I mean what what is, what is? Do you have a read on that at 727 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,040 all or what do you think? We have a great read on it 728 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,840 because I don't know if you've heard, but you know, the Rays 729 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,320 are kind of going through trying to figure out their next move 730 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,680 too, so. They're just, they're just 731 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,440 relocating. They're just relocating to a 732 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:27,880 different part of Saint Petersburg, right? 733 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,200 They're. Just relocating to the parking 734 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:34,200 lot next to the drop. So, but I would honestly, I 735 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:38,600 would say I I have no idea if there's legitimacy behind this 736 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,760 idea. This is from my own head. 737 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,920 I would honestly say that Nashville, right? 738 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,520 I mean, I just think about that city as like a city that would 739 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,440 really enjoy a baseball team. Like, don't you? 740 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,200 I mean, I mean the the personality and the character of 741 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,120 that city. Seems like baseball would fit 742 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,400 perfectly. It's one of those things about 743 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:04,440 sports where not every city will handle all team types well. 744 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,600 Like you know, you think about it, I mean there's there's you 745 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,400 got the cities that have four teams, you've got Indianapolis, 746 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,800 which I think, I think, I actually think Indianapolis 747 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,560 would have been a good baseball town, but it's unfortunately 748 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,560 stuck between 4 markets that all consider it part of its 749 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:24,440 territory that. Is the thing, like, I do think 750 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,360 Indy would be a really good baseball town. 751 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,720 But you have people who are lifelong. 752 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,520 I'm talking like with the Cubs, you have people who've been 753 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,280 there are some 100 year olds in Indy that are that have been. 754 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,000 You know what I mean? Like that runs deep. 755 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,800 The Reds you got the the the teams that you hear the most of 756 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,760 an indie that people are fans of are the Reds, the Cubs and the 757 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:45,680 Cardinals. Absolutely. 758 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,040 And that's diehard. I mean, I don't think you can 759 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,800 mess with that. And you got the White Sox. 760 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,960 Jared Morris will get mad if we don't mention the White Sox, but 761 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:55,800 yes, no. And you look at. 762 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,680 You want us to talk about the White Sox? 763 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,160 He would love. He would love it if we talked 764 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:01,880 about the White Sox. Do you have anything to say 765 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,560 about the White? Plus everybody with their season 766 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,680 last year, I mean, come on, we have to play where the viewers. 767 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,440 Yeah, that's that's how we lose. We lose audience as soon as we 768 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,640 bring the White Sox up. No, I mean, you kind of have to 769 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,080 look at markets and like where where who isn't being served? 770 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,240 And Nashville's interesting 'cause it's a it. 771 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,040 I mean, it depends on if you count MLS, and it's not to 772 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,160 discount MLS because some of those teams are doing really 773 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,320 well. I think Nashville SC has done a 774 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,480 really good job of bringing in fans. 775 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,440 But if you take the four major professional sports, which is 776 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,240 what most people think of, Nashville's got two teams, you 777 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:40,640 know, you got the Titans and you've got the Predators. 778 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,120 And you look at the passion that both of those fan bases have, 779 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,240 the Predators especially, and you're like, it feels like they 780 00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:48,920 need something going on in the summer. 781 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,120 Because right now, they really don't have anything now. 782 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,360 Tennessee. Nashville also kind of sucks in 783 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,280 the summer from a weather perspective. 784 00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:01,080 I went to the the Nashville Grand Prix for IndyCar a couple 785 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,920 years ago at the beginning of August. 786 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,680 And I mean, look, I lived in Memphis. 787 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,720 I lived in Miami. I know hot. 788 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,000 That was hot. That was that was about as 789 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,160 miserable. Wasn't helped by the fact that 790 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,440 that the circuit they picked for that race might have been the 791 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,480 worst idea in IndyCar history. But that's neither here nor 792 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,680 there. But yeah, like that is a tough 793 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,640 one. It's it's why, like, you know 794 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,120 you'd you'd have to really be cautious about the stadium that 795 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,360 you put them in. But I think that that that area, 796 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,000 they don't really have a team. They got the Braves, but the 797 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000 Braves are in another state. They're far away. 798 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,520 The Cardinals have always tried to claim that area, but they're 799 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,400 far away. It seems like a natural fit. 800 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,000 It does. I would agree. 801 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,160 You know what's interesting about the Braves is you'll find 802 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,400 like, and I didn't like, remember this growing up and it 803 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,920 was before my time. But like so many people in 804 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,840 Florida are Braves fans, because the Marlins and the Rays didn't 805 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:58,880 exist at that time, and so the only thing they could get was it 806 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,000 radio. TV Well, no. 807 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,000 So it's interesting there were there are two national fan bases 808 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,680 well outside the Yankees and the Red Sox who who kind of belong 809 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,080 in their own category. There's like two really national 810 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:13,080 fan bases in baseball. One of them is the Braves and 811 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,440 the other one's the Cubs. And the reason for that is when 812 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:19,600 Cable became a thing in the 70s WGN and TBS. 813 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,880 And you know, they're like Ryan Boris, former doc student of 814 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,480 mine who lives in upstate New York. 815 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,640 He a Braves fan like grew up a Braves fan. 816 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,240 I had my one of my best friends when I was growing up in 817 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:33,560 Lafayette IN was a Braves fan. Why? 818 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,240 Because they were on television all the time. 819 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:39,040 So that makes a big difference. And and you're right like there 820 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:40,760 wasn't another option. It's kind of like I remember 821 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:44,080 when I moved to North Carolina for the six months that I lived 822 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,120 there and was expecting everybody to be Carolina 823 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:48,400 Panthers fans. They weren't. 824 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,000 They were Washington Redskins fans because that was the 825 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,360 Panthers were only like 10 years old at that point, and that was 826 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:55,880 who they've been watching for years. 827 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,000 So it yeah, it makes a big difference. 828 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,160 It takes a while. That's what we were just talking 829 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:01,920 about, to build up generational fans. 830 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,800 And I remember, like Zach Eflin, pitches for the Rays, and he 831 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,920 grew up in Orlando. He's like, no, no, I grew up a 832 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,800 Rays fan. He was like, I was like, right, 833 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,400 Like, right when the Rays got here, I was like 8 years old. 834 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,560 Like, I grew up a Rays fan. But it takes a while to create 835 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,760 those generational fans, because if you think about it, how old 836 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,160 are his kids now? His kids are like 4 years old, 837 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,960 so it's like it's going to take a while. 838 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:25,000 Yeah, it's it's the the other interesting thing about what 839 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,880 your job does. It's like you have to put games 840 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,920 in front of people so that they can watch them. 841 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,040 And it's been one of the real struggles that baseball's had 842 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:37,120 with with regional networks and not being able to watch games 843 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:40,200 regularly. You know, it's it's like here, 844 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,920 it's hard to watch Reds games despite them being the closest 845 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,080 team. Yeah. 846 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,040 And so I do owe baseball figures that out at some point. 847 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,800 Because even if you buy the the what the MLB Extra Innings 848 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,160 package, you might get blacked out in your own market for no 849 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,960 reason that you can actually figure out. 850 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,440 Yeah, it's been hard. I get all those tweets. 851 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,280 You're the. Power control. 852 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,000 You're the one that's doing it, Trisha. 853 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,920 You're the one that so. Flattered that you think that I 854 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,480 have that much power, but I I don't. 855 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:15,040 So the Apple TV part of your job gets that you start the season 856 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,680 with that, right? Yep. 857 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,200 Yeah. So we start the season third. 858 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,640 Next Thursday is Opening Day for the Rays. 859 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:26,640 And then Friday we Our first Apple game is Yankees Astros in 860 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:30,400 Houston. Terrifying because Yankees fan. 861 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,680 Anyways, I won't go into that. It's going to be fun. 862 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,120 I'm excited. It'll be fun to watch you on 863 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,120 that. How do if people have not 864 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,400 watched this before? So this is a special package 865 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,320 that you can purchase through Apple TV Plus, is that right? 866 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,520 You just have to have Apple TV. And you can. 867 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:48,720 Watch a. Lot of games, there you go well. 868 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,240 Easy peasy. If you can watch Ted Lasso, you 869 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:55,040 can watch Friday Night Baseball. Go subscribe to that right now, 870 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,800 folks. You can watch Trisha every every 871 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,640 Friday as she's covering different Major League Baseball 872 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,120 games across the country. So, well, I appreciate you 873 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,760 joining us on the show. This was awesome and I'll look 874 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,840 forward to hopefully having you on again at some point. 875 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,240 Further on in the season we can talk about how things are going. 876 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,280 Anytime. Thanks for having me, Galen. 877 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:15,160 I appreciate it. Yeah. 878 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,200 Trisha Whitaker joining us here on the show. 879 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:18,840 We will go ahead and wrap up here. 880 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:23,440 And folks, just a reminder, we'll be back with more chat on 881 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,480 basketball. We'll be continuing our post 882 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,120 mortem of the IU basketball season and we'll have the 883 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,280 Crimson Cast women's basketball show as well coming up this week 884 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,080 as we preview Indiana taking on Fairfield in the first round for 885 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,760 Trisha. I'm Galen, This is Crimson Cast. 886 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,440 We'll catch you folks on the flip side. 887 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,240 Bring back the Bison. So long, everybody.