High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast - A Week Away From Opening Day, Is Oppenheimer The Best Movie Of The Last 20 Years?

Episode Date: March 20, 2024

James Seltzer and Jack Fritz discuss what they've seen at Phillies spring training and who they expect to start in centerfield on Opening Day. Presented by Miller Lite. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It is another edition of the IO podcast. Fritzy. Fritzy. We are there, buddy. We are like there. Baseball there. But now we can. Does today count as opening day?

Oh, good point. Good question. No, but it is the start of baseball. The start of baseball has happened. Opening day is still opening day, but I like the baseball back. We're here. We had a nice little morning where, you know, you came. I was all, I got a little annoyed.

I'm like, where's Jack? We got to start the pod. And then you came in and like, just we're at like a 10 when I was at like a six. I don't get the tens off. I know. Tucker and I were both taken aback. Tucker was like, well now you seem very calm. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, listen, how are you doing? There it is. Go. It's just trying to find street parking every day. It's like,

I can, I can take, I take, I can take a lot. Okay. It's just, I think there's always a breaking point in traffic and there's always a breaking point parking yeah so when i get here at 9 40 and i can't walk into the door until 10 10 yeah and i'm just and everyone's moving as slow

as possible and and and the the worst the worst is you're you pull it to a spot with the guy i saw him get in the car i'm like oh sweet he's leaving yeah yeah he's like you don't know what i'm about oh my god i hate that so like i i can handle it for 15 minutes is fine it's just when you get to the 25 to 30 that's when i reach the breaking point and that's the same way in traffic. Traffic happens. It's fine. And then I started about 20 minutes in. It's like, why is no one moving? So it's been a fun morning. Because all I wanted to do was talk about the podcast. Yeah, the funny point, my breaking point way lowered.

Oh, for sure. I mean, you can't handle anything. I can't handle you being five minutes late for a pod. I'm like, what the hell's going on right now? Yeah, I'm the worst at it. Yeah, very bad. Poor Tucker. I have lots of sympathy for you there.

No, it's fine. Yeah, you came in hot. I like it. It was good. It was good. It is nothing worse in the world. That's why I live in the city. And, you know, that's exactly why.

The less driving, the better for your boy. Never. That's literally what Tucker and I spent talking about really very spot. Tucker just moved to Sherry Hill. I know. Suburb guy. I was like, why would you do that? Welcome back, buddy. That's horrible. I'm excited. Welcome back. boy never that's literally what tucker and i spent talking about really very spot cherry hill i know i know i was like why would you do that welcome back buddy that's horrible excited welcome back there's nothing better there's nothing better than this traffic sounds awesome i can't wait

nothing better you know what i don't deal with traffic i live seven deal with a lot more i'll deal with traffic i do being made which is tough how you doing pal good i'm good i was watching baseball at 6am this morning while listening to the morning show. It was a fun-filled morning. It was fun-filled. It felt like it did feel so pandemic-y

watching baseball in Korea again. Oh, yeah. It was so funny because ESPN at that time was clearly like everyone's going to watch this. No one wanted to watch. Nope. Nobody.

Even when sports were back. We're like, oh, we're going to be Korean Baseball League guys. Yeah, we'll be talking about that on the air. No, no. Remember we all picked a team. We're like, oh, I'm going to be a whatever Dragons fan. I think I was always an NC Dinos guy. Yeah, the NC Dinos.

Yeah, that was one of them. But it just felt so much like the pandemic where we're watching Korean baseball. I know it's obviously the Dodgers and Padres, but it felt so... I was waiting for the shot of Ravage still in his house, you know, and

Eduardo Perez still in his house. But it was great having it back today. And we're just so close're so, so close. We're so close. It's a week away, essentially. A week and a day. 100%. 100%.

And I have 100% like over spring. Like I'm over spring. Welcome aboard. I was over spring before it started. That's not true. No. That's not true. You're lying to the High Hopes listeners.

Because there's been many texts. Like Johan Rojas' first sabbatical so the Blue Jays might be the breakout here. So why don't you calm down? That is not a text. I definitely sent you a text about a Nick Cassianas opposite field. I will say, I will say,

when I saw Aiden Miller playing the other day in the Pirates game. You know who was there in person for it? You were there? I was there, buddy. I was at that. That was the game I was at. And you didn't give me the heads up?

No, no, I didn't. Do you know how much I care about Aiden Miller? I know you do. I actually talked. Scott Branrith was at the game. We were talking. And he was like, this is hilarious. Aiden Miller's in the dugout right now.

You can tell Jack you were here and Aiden Miller was in the game. He got up. So I have a couple of thoughts on Aiden Miller that I need to get out of the way. That's the way to lead the eight days of our opening day. Let's lead with Aiden. Thank you. Thank you. Fully back.

Thank you. Oh, man. Aiden Miller. I think it's fair to say is one of the 10 most important in my life no Walker exists now Jill Walker boom

oh no I see I thought Aiden Miller was clearly above them so I guess I was wrong about that but like Aiden Miller means a lot means a lot to me

and I just I never draft Philly's prospects in in fantasy drafts. Just because like. Too much.

You already got too much investment. Too much estate. Yeah, you can't double down. There's too much estate. This is real. I wouldn't be able to handle one of the guys stinking and then that ruining my fantasy season. No, yeah.

You can't have it both ways. You need to win in fantasy if that. Exactly. So I did not draft Aiden Miller, but I seriously considered it. I'm surprised you didn't break your rule for this one. i did not draft ada miller but i seriously considered it i'm surprised you didn't break your rule for this one i did i felt like this was the one rare exception and all the scumbags in my uh league you just went for it they drafted they drafted andrew painter with the bonus keeper rounds and whatever it's fine i'll get andrew painter some other time look at

you i don't think andrew painter's ever gonna be on a fantasy team and that kills me it's tough it is tough yeah it is tough like you've already decided the kid's like 19 years 20 years old now or whatever it's like he's not in the if he pitches for 15 years he's never i'm never gonna own him never gonna no it's tough i'm sorry buddy yeah i tell you what there's so much aiden miller andrew let's keep going there's so much who else isn't gonna play with phillilly this year? Who else can we talk about? There's,

well, there's a lot, I actually have a lot of minor league thoughts at the end of the podcast that I want to make sure I got in. No, that's why I was so mad. I need to nap at some point.

This is why I was so mad in traffic is because I knew I had a lot of minor league thoughts late and I knew you weren't going to care. But I figured if I got there at least early enough, that it would make it less painful. And now I feel like I'm going to care. But I figured if I got there at least early enough, it would make it less painful. And now I feel like I'm going to be talking to a wall. I'm going to be wanting to go to bed.

Yeah. I want to go to bed right now. But you're the only person I would want to talk to. I'm fine. Did you wake up at 3 o'clock this morning after being on a plane? A plane is a two-hour flight. Hey, it takes it out of you, Jack. It's the day at the you Jack what time did you

get in yesterday like five o'clock plenty of time been home you're not flying from London you're flying from Florida

I know but I woke up at three o'clock in the morning the same day we had some drinks the night before oh no it's the alcohol

yeah blame Rod Lakin for taking us out to dinner alright what do you want me to do you weren't texting me back at 815 which was surprising late that's what i'm saying i'm up late this is gonna be a problem now i'll be all right i'll power through i mean you know all right

i'm proud of you i mean now i'm gonna tell you maybe talking about the major league team might make me a little more all right well listen let's talk about the major league team let's talk about your trip to clearwater i will save a more aiden miller thought later the book. When I'm really ready to go. I'll get real ornery at the end. It'll be good. Thank you. Dude, it's awesome down there. Like, it really is heaven.

We only were there for, you know, I only got to go to one game. We were, like, in and out. But just the three hours at the ballpark or whatever was so far and away the highlight of the trip. It's just, it's special down there. And it does feel, and all the guys talked to us, to us even Dombrowski mentioned it feels like the team's like ready to roll like they are like even though they had the flu and people are like set back a little bit it seems like the guys who are ready are like get me to Philadelphia get me to the

Braves like go time and I love that like that's they need. I feel like we've talked a lot about actually winning the division on the radio, about winning the division. It doesn't matter and whatever. And it's hard to say that it matters that much because they beat the Braves in the playoffs last year. I know. I know. But I do think it matters. And I got the feeling being down there, talking

to Rob, talking to Kyle Schwerber, talking to these guys, that they, that it matters to them. And I think coming off last year, you to Kyle Schwerber, talking to these guys, that they, that it matters to them. And I think coming off last year, you know, the World Series, or, you know, going into last year off the World Series, this year coming off the playoffs, like, I think that they're in much better shape having done it the year before,

knowing what it takes to play deep into October and then turn it back around and come back. I'm really optimistic about a good start this year, Jack. And I know that is a dangerous thing to say because this team has not done that. But, like, could we get a hot start this year? Well, I will say the flu thing is out of control. I hate it. Dude, it's like they've done millions.

Dabrowski said it four times during the interview. He kept being like, well. He's like, Kirkering flu. Sorry, he's behind. This guy flu behind. It's like, all right. Max Muncy lost 10 pounds like it's all over the place um with these guys so uh the flu needs to needs to calm down we got a

it's like enough it's baseball time listen not right now you say the flu for uh january yeah um exactly but but it's spring buddy it's cold come on so yeah on. So, yeah. Technically, tomorrow, right? Technically spring tomorrow. Is that March 21st? I would assume it's the 23rd, but it might be the 21st. It's the 21st. Yeah.

Yeah. There's some, there's an argument. Is it the spring equinox? Isn't that what they call it? That's right. Something like that. We're so well-

Yeah. Equinox and then summer and winter are solstices. Solstices. Yep. See? Look at that. It's awesome. Solstice?

Solstice. I'm going to go with solstice because it sounds better. Is that the- I like that. The plural. The plural version of solstai. I'm going to go with Solstai because it sounds better. Is that the plural? The plural version of Solstai? I was going to say the multiple. It could be Solstices, theoretically, but I think Solstai. I'm in on that.

But with the Phillies baseball team. So you get grammar talk going, then I'll really get jazzed up here. Yeah, and I can tell. Yeah, which reminds me, Tucker, remind me later in the pod, I got to go at Jackerson, okay? Grammar related or just in general? Yeah, and I can tell. Yeah, which Tucker, remind me later in the pod, I gotta go at Jack. Okay? Just grammar related or just in general? Yeah, probably. I did struggle to find out, or struggle

to spell the word maintenance this morning. So, and I actually, I gave up. You ever give up while texting? Like I was like, I can't do it. I'll come back to it. It's not that hard a word. It's not that hard. It's an absolute brain fart. And don't ask me to spell it right now.

You just came up with another word instead. You're just like, all right, I'm not going to figure this out. 100%. Synonym. Too much. I love that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, I gave up. That's the beauty of autocorrect. Yeah, well, the beauty of autocorrect. The problem was autocorrect. That's my point. That's what I was about to say is you were so bad. It so off so off i will say there are times where auto correct i'm like you should be able to get this it's like a letter off or

whatever but sometimes you know when you're that bad it's bad i can't i didn't right now i'm stumped in the word maintenance i'll figure it out one of these days but i'll let you know i'll teach you buddy no so opening day yeah uh and getting off to a hot start so i agree with you like that and that was the feeling when i was down there that with the way they've been together for the amount of time that they've been together i think they're there's i know it doesn't matter about winning the division and they ultimately just getting in is all that really matters but i think that they want to be viewed not as the plucky team that keeps winning in the playoffs yeah i think they want to be well established as the... Plucky team that keeps winning in the playoffs, yeah. I think they want to be well-established

as one of the best teams in baseball. Which they are. Which they are, but I feel like they don't get talked about in those circles because of... They haven't put it together all year yet. Even though they have the most playoff wins in baseball the last two years,

they don't get talked about as one of the elites because it's like, oh, they get in and get hot. And because they've lost the division by 11 and 14, or 12 and 14 games those two years, so it's like they're not even in the contention for the division. Sure, and maybe it could also just be this team's identity. If they get off to a slow start and it's like, I wonder how, I'm curious to see how the fan base handles it.

Because like last year, I didn't handle it very well. No, yeah, yeah, you could say that, buddy. They got off to a slow start because it's like, well last year's clearly a fluke but it also just might be the identity of this team where it's like they never panic they don't change and when june rolls around bang here we go so i i agree with you that i that i do believe that they'll get off to a better start and i I think they're very focused on it. And it seems like that they are treating these spring games heading into the year more like regular season games. But I also, there's a part of me that says maybe their identity is just get in and figure it out.

And how sustainable is that? Exactly. Like, wouldn't it be nice? How about this then? How about like like you know instead of just don't start bad how about just start starting average and then you could be on your team by the way you play the rest of the season you know like there you go like just just don't start horribly don't give us another one in five to start the season i know this is like i say this five times a podcast and i know that I'm sure there's people that get tired of it,

but I'm just like so excited for the journey. Just think, because while you were doing that, I was thinking about Kimbrough blowing the game against the Dodgers last year, and I was like, I know that was painful in the moment, but I'm ready to feel that again. You know what I mean? So like the real full-on. You said like a wide-eyed, cock-eyed. i'm just there for the journey man journey i know like not about the destinations

that something jaylen hurts actually a little bit that's my quarterback but actually actually i feel like i sound like a big jay jerno of like oh the journey listen i you know what i care about jack winning a freaking championship. We've had this argument. Yeah, I know. Not many people on my side. Believe it or not. The journey is more exciting than a championship.

Oh, stop. I mean, the journey is great because you win the championship. Sure, no, I agree. The championship's great. It's just, I don't know if being in a dynasty is that fun give me a ring once every five years 20 years five to ten years in that window i'm happy and i think it means more well of course if you can get a feel like if we win like six in 60 years yeah it's a different story we've got two in 130 or whatever. I mean, you know? Yeah, but in my lifetime.

Okay. Whatever. We're still not averaging many in your lifetime, TikTok. Yeah, we're one per 30 years at this point. So, you know, maybe we could up that average a little bit. You know, maybe if we up the average a bit and we win two in 10 years, I'll be like, yeah, the journey. The journey's great.

That's a big ask, man. Right now, I just want to freaking break out. That's a big ask. And I do too, I just want to freaking break down. That's a big ask. And I do too. Like, the last couple years have been fun. Like, 22, I don't know if I'd trade that for the world. Like, the 22 postseason was magic. Magic.

Last year, magical moments that just cratered. That abruptly, yes. And we've talked a lot about it where heading into the year i think the expectations over the last month have been risen which is good um but i don't sense like a like i think people with the sixers are just mad at the sixers yeah all you do is listen it's like i think people can't wait for the baseball team which is awesome by the way because we were nervous about it was 100 nervous like when we we talked about before but we did that show with freaking stacy gallon in our face being a total jerk to us yeah we still think about that um not cool man um all we did was give you guys credit i know jack maybe

ripped the nine max a little bit but we gave your son credit credit um they're frauds but that gallon got ripped in the world series and by the phillies so like relax when we did that show like you and i really like that was honestly was like the saddest part of the whole thing it felt like it was like the the end of the journey but it also felt like that that for some reason it won't be as fun because because now it'll just be a different mindset with the team and you i've not felt that at all like Like I feel, I feel full on joy, excitement, ready for the season,

ready to roll. It's awesome. Oh, I felt like the magic was worn off. And that's, that's one of the most fascinating parts of last year's postseason is, because I thought the magic of 2022, like no way it could translate to 2023. And then you have like the stock grand slam.

And it's just like, you had it until, until, until they went to Arizona, they had the magic. They had it all so this it's still there it's still there and i do think the expectations have been risen i don't think like i don't think winning 90 games is going to really be satisfying for people this year i think i think people are expecting 93 to 96 that's about where i am and and like no more of this 10 games out of the of the of the division by early september and the braves can clinch on your field again yeah like that that

has to be done like just go be one of the best teams in baseball you have enough talent because they've completely under mostly underachieved in the last two regular seasons yeah and well and certainly the first two months which yeah and well and certainly the first two months which you could say that after the first two months they've been the team that they should be they played close to 100 and pays both years after that but it's just you know they they buried themselves and like shorebird it was funny he's on with you guys fascinating right he's just like he was like yeah i keep i make this way harder on myself he's like i know we asked him he's like he's like i don't know guys he's like i think about it on myself. He's like, I know. We asked him that. He's like, I don't know, guys.

He's like, I think about it all the time. He's like, the thing now is like, I might be just putting too much pressure on myself early. I might just need to go out and be careful. And I'm like, yeah, dude. But he knows. He's like, I can't put my fingers on it. I can't grasp it.

Have you ever been around or seen a more honest sports team than this Phillies team? It's unbelievable. Dude, I mean, we had Stubbs and Schwarber. Thompson and Dombrowski. All four of those guys. We had Trey and Harper. Pure honesty.

Just like giving us genuine stuff. Yeah, Trey and Harper. I mean, it really is. Larry Boa. I mean, I know he's not like technically a part of the team, but he's a big part of the whole organization. Totally. Charlie's very honest.

Yeah. By the way. That's another great point. By the way. Charlie's doing amazing. I'm so happy. It's like the best. Honestly, I want the Phillies to win a World Series. That's the best news we'll have all year is is how charlie's doing like that is so freaking amazing and so great we

all love charlie for sure but yeah but to this point i think it's a really interesting point to bring up i think that's part of why we have the love affair with them and why all that stuff happen is like these guys feel genuine to us they feel like even castellanos not just even castellanos maybe especially castellanos like that guy he might be too honest yeah exactly like sometimes i'm like nick what what the bleep are you talking about man like the milk all time but like also like what what is how does that form in your head by the way of all the philly actors there or athletes have been commercials dude cassianos is an unbelievable actor did you see the commercial he's i have not no i haven't seen it he's in a corona commercial yeah he's good like he he i when it's all said and done

his career's done like oscar he could be an actor he's very believable i'll show you that after the show but i'm gonna try yeah to try. He sells it. He's just so incredibly real. It doesn't matter if the camera's on or camera's off. He's just always Nick Cassianos. But I agree with you. I think that that's why there's been a connection between this team and the city that we haven't seen. We've had spurts of it with teams. But why they've connected so well is because i just think they're all real i mean you go from you've harper first base who i know people don't didn't

think was real i think he's i think he's proven that it's real oh yeah uh jt's real he doesn't talk much stop i mean we did that video of him with exactly and we're dads like that that hit me i'm like i would be crying too like yeah dude like my god it does mean everything you know it's like that that kind of stuff sure trey like open up and be like hey i hope i'm not as bad as last year to where i need the standing o's again yeah so that's very real boom like i believe we hate this boom yeah no doubt like oh no loving it here schwarber's incredibly real marsh marshy you know like marsh is like again another like almost too much it's like bro like rein it in a bit all right i don't need to know everything you want to tell me take a deep breath it's a great it's a great point i didn't think about it in that in those terms but

i i think you're dead off but i think that's why they have the connection and um that's why like if they can just get it done it's gonna be it's going to be amazing. And it's, it's good that a lot of people feel like this is the year. And I think they talk like it's the year. And I can't, I was just watching the Dodgers today and I was like, I can't wait to watch you guys fold again. Although I will say I show,

Hey guys, pretty good. He seems so. Well, this is why you want to take advantage of this year. My man ain't pitching this year. It's a big one. He seems impossible to get out.

It's insane. What almost seems like, and you saw it in the spring too, it almost seems like, like, cause he's not pitching this year. Like you just kind of put it all into hitting and it looks like he's a better hitter.

Yeah. It's ridiculous. He looks amazing. Yeah. Glass. Now he's getting 50 something homers this year. It's unbelievable how much glass now it looks like that's actor oh i know like cillian murphy or killian murphy people say it both ways i go killian i don't know i said proud of you buddy yeah he looks exactly like him it's unbelievable it's one of the all yeah it's one of the all time

like he could be off and i'm it's one of the all-time uh fictional athlete or athlete like looks like an actor. So you're a huge movie guy, right? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. The live tweeting of the Oscars was something. I tweeted like three times.

I might as well have been live tweeting. Yes. It's almost as annoying. I guess for me, live tweeting is three tweets during an event. It's almost as annoying as

the WWE when people do the tweet during Raw. Oh, he turned heel. Oh, drives me nuts. Anyway, is Oppenheimer

like, is it, is it, is it the best movie of the last like 15 years? So I wouldn't say the best of the last 15 years. It's definitely the,

I think it's the best movie of the 2020s. pretty anti-new movies as a 90s man which is so funny you and ellie i do two pods with the two opposite people like i want everything let me tell you i i i am much more on your side than on ellie it's like ellie watch a freaking old although i watch barbie i can't believe they say old movie 90s. Yeah, Barbie's good. Yeah. Dude, by the way. Barbie's really entertaining. 90s, 30 plus years ago. Yeah. Yeah.

I didn't know that. Thanks, buddy. It's good. This is real good. I think last 15 years, because I think it's a really good question. 2007 is not 15 years ago. There will be blood. I would say it was a better.

No Country for Old Men. Those were better movies. No Country for Old Men was okay. Not a No Country for Old Men game. A little too overhyped for me yeah that movie i was never a huge fan of and anything with daniel day lewis i can't stand well there will be blood there he is the best the best living actor yeah no big deal the best living actor so it's less cage is 10 times more so it's funny that you bring this up let me let me i actually love nick do you think this is a mistake yo uh was it a mistake i'm asking you to get ready for this you want to see a little bit you want to see why this is really a big mistake oh my god you have no idea um let me pull up my

list here of oh wait do i have my top movies of the 2010s do i have my top five movies of the 2000s do i have top movies of the 2020s so i can go through my list and try and figure this out did you just do that on your own i've got notes i keep notes now uh so i've lists i'm a big list i've become a list guy all these things like i've got and they'll be like personalists i've got concerts i've been to i've got uh uh all kinds of weird stuff like i did like uh i'm getting super nerdy here uh like how about this like I did the top five Christopher Nolan movies. I got top five actor-director combos. This was a mistake.

Like De Niro and Scorsese type stuff. This was a mistake. Remember when you got Manny Mancini and Aiden Miller? Top five disappointing installments of a cherished movie franchise. I just started making movie lists. What the hell does that even mean? It means like Star Wars 9, The Last Star Wars, disappointing. Rocky V, incredibly disappointing.

The ones with Baby Yoda do they count no that's a TV show Star Wars Mandalorian I guess so I was talking just movies

but that's good so anyway back to the initial question does this buy me at least 5 minutes of minor leaguers at the end you brought this up

this was my oh Get Out I would say Get Out might be the best movie I should see Get Out Get Out is awesome love that movie

Moonlight you might not like that but that's a great movie arrival have you seen arrival i don't know if that was 15 or more that's a great movie too anyway i could go on and on and on and on and on whiplash i don't think it's a little more than 15 but that movie's amazing i love it but i think it's only 10 years miles teller should have been on high hopes but someday higheday, Future High Hopes guest, Miles Teller. That's right. For those of you who don't know.

Was this close. For those of you that don't know. Yeah, go for it. So here we are, right? Rentering into game six. And like halfway through, our good buddy, John Brazier. Who I just spent time with in spring training. The best dude.

Love John. Love John Brazier. Who I just spent time with in spring training. The best dude. Love John Brazier. Although, Virginia basketball is the worst thing that ever happened to college sports. Yeah, it's tough. Tony Bennett should be just never allowed to coach a game again. Is a great day for basketball. Yeah, I'm with you.

So he's a Virginia alum. That's why we say that. That's why I did that, yes. It was a deep cut. It was. No one cares. Brazier, halfway through game six, says to Seltzer and I,

if the Phillies win, Miles Teller will come on the postgame. I think I'd get Miles Teller on the postgame. I think he could do it. I think I just got off watching Whiplash flying home from the NLCS. I was like perfect just like because i

because i hold a high standard to these celebrities that quote unquote like our sports teams yes and i i miles he's a real one he passes my he's a real one like he's actually a philly sports fan and i respect that a lot of them so i i was couldn't wait how great is whiplash whiplash is great great movie i actually just rewatched it's amazing jk simmons is so good it's a little long for me i'm strictly an hour and 45 minutes long oh is it okay that's fine it's not and it felt too long okay really i'm an hour and a half yeah i look the shorter the better i am big like if i i will watch any 90 minute movie like I'm in it's 90 minute sure why not

like very with you and movies now it's like everyone makes three hour it's like enough already the only three plus hour movie I liked was

The Return of the King it's a great movie yeah Godfather you've never never seen The Godfather I know yeah

it's too long I don't got time when Walker when Walker futures are yeah someday I'll watch Godfather give me a decade and i'll i'll walk back that's fair but yeah so miles teller was about to be on high hopes post game and it

was like wow this is a huge deal and then they lost game six and seven because he's probably gonna come on game seven too but then the philly's gonna get it done thus we never got to talk to miles teller yeah that's i mean if i know the philly's players feel really bad about what happened last season they've've talked about it. They feel like, you know, Kyle Schwimmer was like, I know how disappointed the city was. We were 10 times more disappointed than that. I actually like that quote.

I did too. I really liked it. It was really good to hear that because he was like, I get it. And he's like, we were super upset. It's like, we always just want you to feel the same way as us. That's why the end of the Eagle season made me so mad. Exactly. Because it was like, whatever.

But that's the point is like Kyle should have added in there, and we're really upset that you guys didn't get Miles Sauer, because that's our fault. Like, if they had just acknowledged that, it would have gone such a long way. There's always next year. Yeah. This year. This year.

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Follow and listen to Reception Perception on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, so Dombo, we met with him. By the way, real quick. What a talk. We're going to do our bowl predictions pod next time. Yeah, that's our next pod. I think like our season preview bold predictions pod.

Because I'm just letting you know, I'm simply too high on them. It was my idea. I'm fully in on this. No, you are. I'm just making sure we know that. Yeah, oh, I can't wait. You're going to be just every player.

Which is the problem. It hurts my credibility. So I'm going to have to narrow it down. That's why we called it bold. I want people to understand you might be actually making real predictions, but we're going to sell them as bold down. That's why we called it bold. I want people to understand where, you know, you might be actually making real predictions, but we're going to sell them as bold predictions. Correct.

Good? Yeah. Okay. I thought a couple things with the Nebraska set that I thought were really interesting, but I think the most relevant to the season, and then Matt Gell put out an article this morning about it saying, you know, we asked about Rojas, and we asked about the Pache Rojas thing, and he gave a really interesting answer about, you know,

generally, you know, if a guy can't make it to the majors, you know, he would want them to have more time in the minors. But he talked about the widening gap between AAA and the majors. Now, you might not actually even be able to get the work there. It did seem like a answer without saying that Rojas was going to be up that trended more towards positive for Rojas, basically saying, look, I don't think the minors are going to do enough for him um and then this morning Matt Gallup puts out an article saying they had meetings on Tuesday and that they are still leaning towards Rojas starting the season in center field after the rough spring training he is betting 156 yeah do you where do you stand

I'm passionate no options that's another factor in the whole thing. Where do you stand on this as we are weak? Because we, you know, we thought it was going to be Rojas, and then he couldn't hit. So where are we at? So they just might not like Christian Bache as much as I think the outside does. That's something that makes sense. Like, I, it's not really anti-Rojas, but at the same time, he's never really been able to hit.

You know, like, I know he had a good start of the year at Reading last year and whatever. They just, they seem incredibly convinced the guy can hit. And I'm just not. I'm not convinced he can hit. And I know his defense is special, but, like, teams spend all offseason figuring out, okay, what's the hole in the swing?

Well, the hole in the swing is that he chases. And I don't know if he's going to be able to see spin. Now, maybe if Schwarber is batting leadoff and you have the kind of protection at the bottom of the lineup. Which is a reason to put Schwarber in there if you're going to have Ross and Lamp. Sure. So, I would put Pache there and start him at AAA I understand what what Dave

is saying and that's fine but he might legit bat like 150 to 200 yeah that's you can't do that you can if he with the defense he plays, 220-ish, you can get by. You can survive with some speed and whatever. 150, like, you have to be – I'm trying to think. Is there – outside of pitcher rack a day. Would the best defensive catcher in the sport be worth 150? I'm trying to get to how great a defensive player and how important a position do you have to be

for you to be okay with a 150 batting average for the season? It's got to be like the best defensive catcher in this. Yeah, but seriously, the best defensive catcher in the sport, the most valuable signal caller, everything does. Maybe, maybe you would carry that guy with 150, and even then he'd probably be your back catcher. Now here's my thought process as well, package now here's my here's my thought process as well is that they it seems like that they really value loyalty and like trusting with a plan i think it was always going to be rojas well

very that was their messaging i mean we had dembrowski on a month ago and he was like effusive yeah no and and so i think that it's their plan i think they're gonna go with it and it cost them christian pache which i think it will I think they're gonna go with it and if it costs them Christian Pache which I think it will I think they're just gonna go with it so you look real quick

so you don't think they'd you think they'd keep like Cave because of the left side of the battle I don't know if they would keep both I just don't know how

you I think one of those two makes the roster right Pache or Cave yeah and I think it's I think it'd be Cave so that's my point

is you think Pache would be gone that's interesting yeah I do I just like because whoever's I mean both those guys I mean probably

like Pache will definitely get picked up. I think Cave probably gets picked up by somebody. I don't know for sure. But either way, the point is neither of those guys have options. Well, David Dahl hasn't been so good that he has to have David Dahl. Yeah, neither of those guys have options,

either Cave or Pache. Again, like... I just don't understand why you would pick Cave over Pache. Like, he's a lefty and a bat, but like... Because of the lefty and a bat. But whatever. You got lefties all over the freaking field.

Like, what are we doing here? I don't know. I mean, but Pache and Rojas are kind of, I know, I know they are. I know they are, but,

but don't you want a little insurance? If Rojas, I mean, Marsha's the center fielder again, is that what we're doing? Well, that's the, that's what I was going to bring up is that I wouldn't be surprised if the opening day

lineup is Marsha and center and left. Yeah. I actually wouldn't either, especially with the way it's played out. Yeah. I mean, what's, what's been great. It's been great. He's wouldn't either, especially with the way it's played out. Witt's been great. Witt's good! What a good baseball player! Fun little guy to have on your team, huh?

They've also had him all over the... They've had him in Lakeland. They've sent him on road trips, which is funny. He's like 35 years old. He's the oldest player on the team. They have him going on these... The only people in the lineup that's interesting is Hinn, Stott, and Boehm. They're sending him all on the team. They have him going on these like, the only people in the lineup that's interesting is like him, Stott, and Boehm. They're sending him all over the place.

So I think more and more that Marsh is going to be the center fielder on opening day. And then Witt's going to be in the left field. And the only problem with that is that part of the Witt signing was he's not going to have to play every day so he'll get the most out of him. And he's valuable giving you versatile things instead of

just being a left fielder. They signed him for... He's not left field bat either. I mean, I know they got power in other spots so it's not as big a deal, but like... He's not. You don't want Witt Merrifield as your left fielder every day. That's not great. But they paid him half a million dollars. They paid him a chunk of change. He's not

coming in here to be a part-time player. He's going to play, I think, between like 100 and 110. Maybe more. Maybe like 120. Yeah. So, but the rawest thing is it's just they're so convicted with it. And I'm just, I guess it's good to have conviction. You know, I think that's how, when you, when you have a guy like Rob Thompson,

I think part of his calling card is being loyal and guys trust them and never panics or anything like that. But I just don't know if Rojas has earned the right of like, or the benefit of the doubt of now he'll be fine. Because again, for the minor leagues, like he was a pretty good hitter but there's always concerns of does he chase too much so i guess i'm fine with it because

it's what they believe but i just i have this fear that we're looking up at the end of april he's batting 150 and pache's gone and you know that other guy yeah and I mean like Simone Muziotti and again to the point that I know and I thought what Dombrowski said is fascinating because I do agree look I think you could argue it's more valuable to play in double-a than triple-a right now with at least the high-end stuff you'll see in double-a with you know like it's regardless that the gap between triple-a and the majors has widened. But at the same time, like, is it more valuable for him to play two days a week? If, if that's the end of doing or three days a week,

like, you know what I mean? Like he needs to see pitches. What is so bad about starting the season at AAA and seeing if he can hit there and then, and then bring them up, especially because like, look,

him getting one 56 in spring in and of itself is like, that sucks. But when you know that he came to spring with them, I'm assuming saying they certainly told us, hey, it's your job to lose, buddy, just go out and hit. And he still couldn't freaking hit. Like, that's concerning to me. That's concerning that the guy had one job to come into spring and hit 220.

And he can't hit like 160. Like, that concerns me. So, again, I just don't know like i know there's a gap between triple a and and but it's also it can't be that big like so a long season you need pitching you need to see pitches and let him also if he's working on swing changes let him work where the pressure's not as much and i don't think he's a guy that would like lose his head or whatever no i don't think you'd lose all confidence if they sent him down in AAA. Like, is he that much of a part of the whole long-term plan here that you're worried it might screw him up if he goes down to AAA

to start the season? Well, especially. He's 7 for 44 now in spring. Again, when he has to. And it's not like he's facing aces every time he's going up there, you know? No, I mean, now he has been at the top of the lineup. He has been, no, so he's, I know, he's faced some guys here.

He beat Beth some ninth the next couple days. And then on top of it, like, the thing with Pache, it's like, it's not like he's not a great defensive outfielder, too. I know he's not Rojas, but, like, Pache is an elite defensive outfielder, too. I know he's not Rojas, but Pache is an elite defensive outfielder, too. Listen, he's got concerns about hitting. He's not anything. I'm not saying he's a lock for anything, but it feels like a situation where you can lose a guy or not lose a guy,

and I'd rather not lose Pache. Yeah, and again, I don't know what is such a big deal about starting him in AAA. But if I had to read the situation right now, I think he's on the opening day roster, and I think Pache's not here, and I think that Marsh and Whitmerryfield play a lot, and they play center and left, and we kind of go from there. And then maybe if Rojas is getting...

Well, Rojas would definitely get against lefties in that spot. For sure. Yeah. For sure. But. For sure. So, but it's interesting. They really believe in him. Clearly. And look, I would be more of the point where if they're going to keep him on the roster,

then you play him. Like, I think the guy needs a bat one way or another, whether... If you believe in him, believe in him. Yeah, for real. I mean, like Stubbs, he talked about when he was with us. By the way, if you haven't gotten a chance to listen to that, go listen to Garrett Stubbs' interview. I mean, he is just bursting with personality. It's like, oh, that's why you're the chief vibes officer guy.

Like, yeah, you're incredibly likable. That's why Aramis Garcia could have hit 10,000 this morning. Yeah, you're not touching the backup spot. But Stubbs talked a lot about how hard that is, where he's like, when I get like one day a week to go up there and he's like and these guys are throwing a hundred he's like he's like man it's like it is really hard to not see live pitching and then go up once a week and try and hit it he's like it's really hard man and like I believe it I believe that's really hard and he's someone who is a backup catcher that's his career it's who you learn to do those things like I think

Robust needs it back whatever how it shakes out alright one other thing that I want to get to the take back because I know you're going to go nuts and Aiden Miller

and the whole thing and you earned it that's fine I did do some movie talk which you started but last thing just because I saw you tweet about this

and we asked both Dave and Topper about it and they both were you know they both said look ideally in a perfect world

we want to have a closer but we're fine go on committee like there's no one you know whatever i saw you tweet about it you have an idea for who should be the closer for this because i think you and i both agree and it's not something we we've kind of come around to this but like i want them to have a closer like i want them to have a dude whose job it is to be the closer set guy like i think it's important i really do um go ahead i thought it was really interesting i think it's gonna be jeff offman i think that i think that by may or april i april's probably but by the end of may i think it's gonna come out it's gonna be obvious that he's the best option back there and i think

for a couple reasons so alvarado and sir anthony i just think are so much better as firemen come in seventh eighth whatever i also think that they would like someone to go take the job and run with it it's why they freaking ran kimbrell into the ground last year because he's good in the first half so i think they're fine with having a set closer and i think they have enough arms now to where jeff hoffman is i think too good to be like, okay, you're coming in the sixth now, or you're coming in the fifth, or when it gets to the playoff games, the third. Game one masterclass against the Braves.

And I just think he has, like in spring so far, he's been nasty. Stuff's there. He's commanding well enough. He's never going to be throwing dots out there. But he's locating well enough to where he's usable. And I just think he has the mentality. And you look up and down the bullpen, and I just think everyone else settles into a better role

if Hoffman's there, and it's not like they're losing something huge with him not being able to come in the fifth, sixth, whatever, once Ranthony's not able to go or whoever else because they do have extra arms now. You have Kirkering once he gets back from the flu. Fucking flu, man. The flu has taken down the team, man.

You have Soto. You have Strom. Strom is probably the most underrated. By far, dude. Strom's really good. Strom's really good. Strom's really good. When I see Strom running from the bullpen, I feel great. Dude, their bullpen is-

So much better. It's nasty. I mean, we talked about it last time, but thinking about the Ramon Rosso squad, just like the names we saw. Who was the guy? Mike Morin. Remember 69 miles an hour, Mike Morin? Mike Morin.

Blake Parker. Blake Parker. All these. I mean, it was like a who's who of horrendous. Jared Hughes. Yes. Oh, my God. He was running from the bullpen guy, right?

Terrible. I do love that that JT meme has lived. Forever. And lived. And lived. And lived. So I just think that, I think they have enough arms to wear. Like, I think the best, because I wouldn't trust Soto to close.

I guess I'd trust Strami. It is funny because Dombrowski always mentions him. He's like, Soto's closed. And it's like, yeah, we know, Dave. I know he had 26 saves, but I think he had like 30. I think he had 30, yeah. Like 14 losses. An all-star.

In that year, too. I think a two-time, maybe. I know he's at least a one-time all-star. Yeah. So I just think that it's going to bear out that Hoffman's a closer. I think he has a mentality for it. And I think that you can use Alvarado all over the place. You can use Saranthian all over the place. When Kirk can get his back up, he can replace Hoffman from that standpoint. And think he has a mentality for it. I think that you can use Alvarado all over the place. You can use Saranthian all over the place.

When Kirk can get his back up, he can replace Hoffman from that standpoint. I think he's got the stuff. I think by the end of May that Hoffman's going to be this team's closer. I love it. Ideally, teams prefer right-handed closers. We know that. They want to have their lefties for those situations and use them.

It makes a ton of sense. Best closer Hoffman in baseball history. Probably. Jeff Hoffman. Yeah, he will be. Someday. I think the first time I really thought about it was frankly that Braves game where it was like a 3-2 count in the third inning.

Base is loaded or at least runners in scoring position. You got the stones to throw a 3-2 split to get a swing and a miss like that's that's moxie man and he's imposing too not that it matters in the closer role but like i don't know like i see a six seven dude come in as a closer i'm like throwing 100 yeah yeah like that's imposing you know you want your your god i kind of have that so i'm with you i thought it was a really really clever call by you come on off you know once in, Austin. You know, once in a while. You get one? Every once in a while.

Now let's see you compare some minor leaguer to the next Kurt Schilling or whatever you're going to do or whoever. Oh, by the way, speaking of maybe closing options or at least relief options, Griff McGarry's a full-time reliever now. Yeah, well, Dabrowski talked about it with us. He mentioned Griff, and he's like, yeah, he's a reliever now. We have made him a reliever. And then you also mentioned your guy going to the Miners, sadly.

Sorry about that. Who? Mercado. Oh, yeah. So he's going to be in AAA. That's fine. I know. You're going to the best AAA bullpen, too.

Just letting you know. Just letting you know. Listen, we have a – You did mention him unbidden, though. He was talking, and he's like, and we have this guy, Michael Mercado. We're really impressed with him. He'll be in the Miners start, but I think we can help. Two baseball guys.

Just saying. this guy Michael Mercado. We're really impressed with him. He'll be in the Myers-Starr, but I think we can help. Two baseball guys. By June, we could have Belieber, Griff, Mercado, and Kirk. Three young pieces. Can we even fit those guys on the roster? We got too many arms. Trade someone. This is what we've always had a problem

with. So many arms. Building a super bullpen. Griff to the bullpen it just makes sense i mean it doesn't seem like he's ever gonna be able to find it like uh command wise to be a starter and again his max effort stuff plays stuff plays uh so the the worst thing that's happened to me in the last week is so saturday was obviously you know birthday party big big day. Yeah, I have Chloe's Little Unicorn. Joe Giglio got it back for me. Should I put it on for the video? Yeah.

Is this a good look? It's a good look. You should keep it on. Thank you. Okay. The worst thing that happened on Saturday was the breakout game was at one, so I could only watch the first three innings of it. I was like, not too big of a deal. They'll obviously put the full game up on MLb.tv they never put it up oh no they put up an eight minute video of like the condensed highlights oh no so yeah i watched mick and

that was great uh ada miller ripped a baseball phenomenal did they create this spring breakout game for you i think so and then you didn't watch it. It's tough. I did watch the first three innings, and then I had to leave, unfortunately. I was going to be late. I was going to show up after. You could have.

It's my own birthday party. Yeah, you could have done whatever you wanted. So, yeah, so I saw Justin Crawford. It was like the first at bat, and it was so bad. It just rips the ball onto the ground. Just rips it into the ground and beats it out for an infield and then steals second and um yeah it was it was about as vintage justin

crawford as it could be but yes i did not get to see the whole thing and i did see later starling kaba had some unbelievable defensive plays and he's also phenomenal so i can't wait for. So I can't wait for the minor league season. For as much as I'm excited about the Phillies. I would say whatever the Phillies, the minor league season. Because they have so many more interesting guys for the first time in a while. And it's... There's guys that ever...

The Threshers, again, are going to be phenomenal. I can't wait to watch them. Yeah, it was just in their home. I know. Cobb might be there. Clearwater's great. Clearwater's the best. Yeah.

But they do have actually interesting guys for the first time in a while. Rangers had an unbelievable spring. He looked great yesterday. And it's so funny because you're going through these fantasy drafts and Christopher Sanchez is viewed way higher than Ranger? In the fantasy

community than Ranger. Why? That's silly i love christopher sanchez like ranger ranger in so in my two leagues i had drafts this weekend they're both 26 rounds and then we have waivers don't tell me they get taken in the 20 rangers again taken at all through waivers for anything yeah so so i could use like a, here's a nice 3-3 ERA, like Rangers. I think that's a play.

A fully established kind of year from Rangers. Like 160 innings? Last year, obviously, went to the World Baseball Classic, was banged up, and didn't really get into a rhythm until, I want to say, maybe that Padres series in the middle of June. Well, no, didn't he have like a good May

and then a bad June or vice versa? It was a good June and then, yeah, but either way, yeah. And then he went on a little run and then he had some struggles again. And I'm with you. Obviously the postseason. Look, this is the first one in like what? The first one since he's been in the rotation that he's actually been there for a full spring training.

So I just think that it's in play and I can't believe, like PSA. Rangers better than Chris Sanchez, okay? Like I like Chris Sanchez. I was fascinated by him last year. I don't even, it's not a take. Like it's a factual statement. Fantasy community. I always try to get like, oh, look at the next guy.

We're gonna be cool. It's like, just take the better player. I wonder why we win our fantasy leagues every year. All the time. How about a Topper throwing out that he thinks Boehm could hit 30 to 35? What the hell was that? I love you, Topper. But, like, how bad he hits 20 before we say 30?

He hit 20 last year. All right. How bad he hits 25 before he hits 35? I mean, I love it. I love it. But, like, how bad? I won't even give a number. How about just lift the ball consistently, and then I'll worry about it.

How about give me, like, lead the league in doubles? Sure. Because you can, if you want to. I'll look at you. I love it. Damn. I love how you ripped that one. He's like, yeah, you should lead the league in doubles.

No problem. You should. Yeah. Alex, just lead the league in doubles. Don't worry about this one. Just go lead the league in doubles. You got it. He should be able to do that.

He gets in these modes, which rips the ball into the ground okay just lift it just lift it so that was a uh a bold an incredibly bold but not as bold as not as bold as listen love john middleton not as bold as him saying he thinks that roe was hit at 285 or 300 one day did he say that yeah oh john no i mean it is funny he did it 302 302 last year yeah so I guess I can't rip job much for that one yeah we'll see we will see

and two more we don't often get like good ace matchups anymore yeah just to start you talking about

starting season we look brighter I'm so excited for it like it's so good it's so good to start the year it's probably I mean the two best

pitchers in the National League right Burns got traded like I mean like you know Shoei's probably i mean the two best pitchers in the national league right burns got traded like i mean like you know show he's hurt like probably the two best pitchers in the favorites all right i didn't know i didn't look but i would guess like right the two best pitchers in the national league square enough to start the season by the way strider i don't think he's allowed to run yet in spring oh yeah yeah yeah and he's also did you see those numbers again regular season versus postseason the postseason obviously i won three versus the phillies he's also, did you see those numbers? Regular season versus postseason. The postseason, obviously, I went three versus the Phillies. He's 8-0 in the regular season against the Phillies. He has owned us.

Dude, they own us in the regular season, and then we get him in the postseason. No big deal. What a recipe. He's very good. And you know what? We did give him credit. We're going to yell at him and have fun with it opening day, but I have a lot more. At least he embraced it.

That's my point. I have a lot more. It's my point. I have a lot of respect for that guy. Like he, after that, he, he had the best quotes. They handled it the best. I gave credit.

We're due. Like I had a lot of any pitch. Well, that game, like it wasn't, it was not his fault. They lost that. Basically.

Do you think that? Cause last year, obviously there was a lot that aligned with the year before. Do you think they're going to do that again? Like a carbon copy. Do you think they're going to do that again? Like a carbon copy. Do you think they're going to three straight years of the same? No,

they better not. I can't do though that. First of all, we're winning the world series this year, please. Um, I can't, I can't, I can't do this again.

I, I really need them not to be eight games under 500 in May. There's so many bits. They do. The bits will be, I mean, Kyle Schwerer is going to start slow. I mean,

then I know it a lot, you know, and then Iber's going to start slow. I mean, then it'll hit a lot. Actually, I would prefer him to start slow. Just because it feels natural? Just so we get to June and the June Schwarber thing. It's great. Kyle, don't listen to Jack. Start hot. It'll be nice. And the final thing, not to end this on a tamper, but

the... I'm a little worried about the Harper back situation. Are you really? Not for this year. It's just like, and like Bone played first base last night. We're a week away from opening day. Why is Bone playing first base? I know he's in the, but why is he playing third base?

I know you could put someone else's first base. Derek Hall exists. My antenna's up. Well, I think the reason you put him in first base is because if Harper does need days off, you want someone on the roster who can play first base. I'm aware. That makes sense. He hasn't really played first all spring, and now

we're a week away. He's supposedly going to be opening day third baseman. Why is he playing first base? Because if Harper does need days off. If Harper misses the start of the season. He's not going to do it. I mean, Dombrowski and Thompson, who have been very genuine and very honest most of the time. Yeah, but with injuries.

Yeah, but I mean, Rob Thompson, it was literally like, is there any? None. Zero. Zippity-doo-dah. Like, if nothing else, he'd be like, you know, not a good term, but we'll see how he progresses.

Nothing too big, whatever. He was like, no. I know. But then he also said at the end of it, he said he's probably going to play in a game by the end of the week. But that's not, he progresses over, you know, nothing too big, whatever. He was like, no. I know. But then he also said at the end of it, he said he's probably going to play in a game by the end of the week. But that's not, he's not, yeah, it's the end of the week. It's spring training still. We're fine.

We're fine. Okay. I hope so. I don't love it long term. But it's more worried about long term than a bigger concern. Yeah. I mean, hey, Bryce, maybe don't be asking for that extension until your back's a little healthier but i don't know if it just might not huh might not no i know i'm joking it might

never be perfectly fine all right i know might what a happy thought because it's just what we did we didn't take because i'm so doing all this fun wearing a unicorn on my head we're having a great time i know and you just had to go like hey, by the way, let me bring this to a screeching halt. Because it matters. And it's all I've thought about the last three days. I want him to play in a spring game because I want it to be okay. But I'm perfectly fine if he just wakes up and plays on opening day. He's fine.

I'm telling you. I got it. Cool. He's fine. Believe me. I know what I'm talking about. Yeah, you look ridiculous. But yes. Totes fine. I'm telling you. I got it. Cool. He's fine. Believe me. Okay. I know what I'm talking about. Yeah.

You look ridiculous, but yes. Toad's fine. He's good. Toad's my goats. Okay. When I love you, man.

I know you love that. I do love it. You know, it's the most underrated comedy the last 20 years. I can't even say 15 years because I was seven when it came out.

So you underrated. I agree. Since 2000, I think it's the most underrated. I agree. I think the best comedy since 2000 is Superbad

but I agree I think I love you man probably the most underrated it's a great movie hilarious but Superbad is the best

comedy since 2000. I saw Tucker and Adi get to it. Superbad was really good for the first half and then it got slow. Oh it's a bad take

Superbad's amazing. I love Superbad. Wedding Crash was better. No wedding we want to tell us something got slow at the end that's misused at the end all right let us know tweet at us tweet at us anchor anchor man is an argument anchor man is up there with siri tweeted us

what's the best comedy of the 2000s let us know you win a gift card speaking of tweets last thing before we get out of here i said i would bring it up tucker did not remind me i didn't know if you already did. Bad job by Tucker, per usual. It was a grammar thing. What grammar thing did I do? You got to stop saying myself and Elliot when you tweet. No, you're driving me crazy.

Elliot and I? So here's what you do. You take Elliot out of the sentence and say you would say it. So if you're like, would you say? Me. Me, right. Join me. Join me here. Join so it's join me join me here join i here no join me here okay yes so join me and elliot here no second you're second so you want

elliot and me yeah i don't know that's right it's definitely right sounds right i think you could technically do join elliot and myself even though it sounds wonky and I wouldn't do it, but as long as the myself is second, but you wouldn't say like join myself as we go to, you know, so. And me. I've said this to you before.

You're not going to change. You just don't care. I thought that myself was right. Did you? Yeah. There's no bigger live, like the, the,

the, and I thing that is jammed into our heads as kids. Yeah. And the whole like uh i before e except that is that is some bs right there total so many different examples of that total why i'm with you on that one total why a lot of you know what a lot of the grammar things are interesting i know schoolhouse rock was good and that was good conjunction junction what's your function that's what i'm saying was that new when that new when you were in school?

I wrote it. Yeah. It was May. It was middle school. Yeah. So, yeah. It is funny because... So, Walk's turning one on Monday.

I knew it was around now because, you know, kind of tried to see her birthday, but he didn't. Yeah. So, he's turning one. And I just... I feel like I'm going to have to get ready to go through all the school stuff again. It's like he's going to be asking me for help.

Ask your mom. You've got a long time until that, buddy. You're just jumping way out in front. Zoe's not even there yet. I've been stressing about 2030 and Bryce Harper for the last couple of days. That's another good point. All I do is think about the future. That's true.

That's why I can't wait for the 2026. Let me give you a little piece of advice. Enjoy the moment, buddy. Live in the moment a little bit. I know. I'm not good at it. I know. I'll help you.

That's what I do. I'm going to live in the moment. All right. Bowl predictions pod next week plus. We're actually going to be talking about baseball games next week. So we'll figure out. Do we do like a. I guess we'll just do it after the weekend.

Do we Sunday? We'll like right after the games. Or do we do it post-opening day pod and a Sunday pod? It might be this time next week. It might be this time. Oh, okay. Cool. That makes sense.

Yeah, we have Walk's birthday on Sunday. Oh, of course. Okay, that's great. So maybe Monday next week or something. Sure. We'll figure it out. Either way. As soon as possible.

On Wednesday, I'm shooting in your little basketball. Yeah, you are in my little basketball. So maybe Tuesday, Tuesday Bowl Predictions Pod season preview. And then after the weekend, Monday at 10, probably we'll have the reaction weekend.

Hey, let's freaking go, baby. Are they on Sunday Night Baseball? They're not, thank God. Thank God. They are not. I don't think so. I bet you these bastards. I mean, they're playing the Braves.

Why wouldn't they? They're probably going to be on Sunday Night Baseball. Why wouldn't they be on Sunday Night Baseball? No, but they're probably on Shohei, if I had to guess. Of course. Here we go. I mean, they're playing the Braves. Why wouldn't they? They're probably going to be on the next baseball. Why wouldn't they be on the next? No, but they'll probably want Shohei if I had to guess. Of course. Here we go. Hold on. Hold on.

No, 135. We're in there. Yes! Let's go! So I think I'll be there. I'll be there opening day. I think I'm going Saturday. Getting out there.

Let's go. I'm going to be there opening day, and then I'll be there Wednesday of next week, the following Wednesday, because we're doing a game with listeners. Nice. Big stuff. It'll be awesome. We are so back. Alright. Bold Prediction Spot Season Preview coming next week. Until then, he's for himself. We'll see you next time.