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You're warned, and you're a big pitcher, and to be honest with you, I looked at the pitch, it didn't look like you'd meant to hit him, it looked like he was about to win a billion dollars, and they said, the only thing you can't do is hit him, and he hit him. That's my reaction, but at that point, this is the big link. It doesn't matter. And you drill him, so it doesn't matter in that particular situation. It doesn't matter. You're out of the game. Period. Whether you've meant to drill him or not doesn't matter, it just warned you. So that's my take on. Yeah, I think it was ours too, and yeah, listen, I mean, if rules are rules and you're going to hand out warnings, I mean, it's like, Brett, you're a dad, I mean, how does that go over? Don't do that. Yes, I am. You do it. I am a father. Yeah. And you, you know, hey, don't do that, or you're going to get in trouble. And then they do it, and you're like, oh, never mind. I don't think you meant to do it. It doesn't matter. Like the rules of the rules. It doesn't. It doesn't. I'll pay you. It's like the back and forth with, you know, this game I played for so long. It's like at a certain point, you know, hey, he didn't mean to hit you. Well, there's been three or four hit matters. At that point, it doesn't matter whether he meant to hit you. We are going to square this up. And sometimes I was the one that was going to wear one, and it's like, I understand that picture doesn't want to hurt me. There's not a personal thing between picture and myself, but it's just how we even the score. It's like being out in the wild, you know, it's like, this is how nature takes care of things. Yeah. Well, aren't nature in the big leagues? This is how we take care of things. And it's an eye for an eye, always has been, always will be, it's a little bit different now because the umpires get more involved in it in a more swift sense. But at the end of the day, you're going to take care of business, and yes, it does matter. You meant to drill, and you didn't mean to drill, but it doesn't matter. Everything going on. The last thing you do is drill the person in question right here, who's in the middle of all this, with the first pitch of the game. You're automatically gone. It's not a question. Yeah, I know you didn't mean to hit him, whatever. I just told you not to hit him, and you hit him. You're a big leader. You've got to have better control. Yeah, 100%. 100%. And you know, it's interesting now how the game has evolved a little bit now. You know, the Padres decided, I think, and I've been wrestling a lot with this, Brett, because there's this thing that's happened in San Diego, and it's not only under Mike Schultz. It was under Andy Green. It was under Jason Tingler. It was under Bob Melvin, and it's now kind of under Mike Schultz as well, where there's been a lot of up and in, a lot of guys drilled, not a lot of retaliation. You say I, for an I, it always has been, always will be. I think the Padres looked at last night and said, "We got to win this baseball game first and foremost." Now, it doesn't mean something can't happen today or won't happen today. It doesn't mean it won't happen in Washington. But I think, you know, at some point, Mike Schultz, he has talked about having a long memory. I file things away, but, you know, I don't know, man. Did you think maybe Major should have gone up and, not up and in, or thrown at somebody's hip last night or something? I think you hit it on the head. Our job as big lead players is to win the game at all costs. Now, if one of my teammates has been wronged and he thinks he's wrong, we will take care of business, but you got to pick the right time, the right place. In the game at all costs, nothing interferes with that, the W's and the L's. It might be something, here's, here's my experience. I don't recall at all the managers I played for, and I played for a lot of great managers. The manager ever coming to a pitcher and say, "I want somebody going down." Never remember that. I remember a bullpen that, a veteran bullpen, those are the guys that usually handle that. It's not a discussion. I never had a pitcher come up to me and say, "Boonie, I'm going to take care of this for you." It was, it would just take care of itself. Those guys in the bullpen, they're down there for a reason, they're crazy people. They don't have a lot to do during the game, and they throw coins, and they have a good time out there. Playing dice. That's what they do. They watch, they watch every game, they watch their players, they watch their team, they've got their back. I played where I had a bullpen with a Norm Charlton, and Jeff Nelson, and Arthur Rhodes, and they didn't tell me when they were going to drill somebody, but you knew just using common sense if something went down in a game. Those guys were going to handle it once again, right time, right place, and it was unspoken, it was a nod, it was a, you know, if somebody would drill somebody, they'd kind of give me a look at second base, give me a wink like, we got your back, and it was never discussed. That's how I was brought up, that's how it always was going down, but you're right. When you say you've got to win the game, absolutely you win the game at all costs, you never jeopardize winning a game to get even with an opponent. It might be next year in spring training on a backfield and a B game, where somebody wears one and they kind of look at them like, yeah, that was for last year, right? Yeah. Okay, now we're square. Yeah. And we move on and we play the game, but it will be taken care of somewhere. I got a question for you, Boonie, so as a veteran, talking about policing the game and doing it the old school right way, you know, and it will be taken care of is, does that ever actually have any effect? It's not like it's going to stop people from throwing inside. Other guys are going to get hit, or is it just the emotional satisfaction that kind of a team needs to move on? It's the closure that allows you to kind of move on and then get your business done, get your job done because someone on your team has taken care of it. It is. It's the closure. It's weird. Like I said, it's like being out in the wilderness. This is how things rectify themselves. I remember, I got a great quip, I'll keep it as quick as I can. I'm in Philadelphia, and this is in the mid 90s. A teammate of mine was Mark Portugal, great pitcher for the Houston Astros, came over to the Reds for a while. Well he was pitching for Philly, and we were in town, and we've been teammates a few years ago. We're in a blowout game. It's like 9 to 1 in the sixth. I get to first base. I'm in La La Land. I'm not even thinking about it. Nobody's holding me on. I steal second without even thinking about the situation of the game. I think Francona's manager, he's looking at me like, "Boonie, what are you doing? Larry Bo is yelling at me." And I'm going. I felt like I wanted to crawl into a hole, because I'm like, "I didn't mean to do that. What am I doing? I know better than this." You know, in all of a sudden it is, "No, rain delay." We finished the game. I go over during the rain delay, I knock on the door, I see Terry. I say, "I just want to apologize, man." I said, "That is the last thing I would say he was, "Yeah, Boonie, some people have pissed out in the Philly." I said, "And they should be." I just want to let you know. It was like I blacked out, I didn't mean to steal, I'm not trying to. He knew, you know, by my sincerity. So Portugal's pitching the next day, and he calls me, and we go out and have a pop after the game. And he goes, "Boonie, do you realize the position you've put me on?" I said, "I do, porch." I said, "Dude, just don't hit me in the head." He's, he called me in the middle of the night, he's, "I can't sleep." And he goes, "Because I have to drill you tomorrow." And I said, "And I'm ready for it, just hit me in the ass or something. But sorry, wherever I'm ready." That's a good ass. That's good. Even Ben says ass. And here's the thing, the next day, we got rained out. Never had the face of, never had to face Portugal, and I don't think Philly ever got even with me. But that's how deep it goes. It was a buddy of mine, a guy I respected. We went to battle many times, but that situation, even though he was convinced, he knew I meant nothing by it, he knew it was just a complete, just miscalculation on my point. He knew I didn't mean to show anybody up. He, my good buddy, had to drill me. That's the way the game is. That is such a fantastic story. I'm saying they're losing sleep about it at night going, "What do we do this?" Jesus, it was just so awkward. You don't mind necessarily getting hit if you don't know it's coming. If you know it's correct, "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God." Right. It's like standing there. I've got to protect. You've got to protect that elbow bone and that wrist, those ones that really hurt when it hits. It's like, just, and you're trying to make sure it hits you in the flesh. But usually when you do that, it hits you like right on the tip of the elbow. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It brings you to your knees. Unbelievable. That's great. That's man. Talking to Brad Boone here on Ben & Woods this morning. So yeah, look, the way that they're playing right now, that game last night, when they got down, it certainly sucked the air out of me when they took the lead and they gave it right back. But when they got it back, at that point, Donovan Solano gets that knock and next thing you know, Padres are rolling, cruising the victory, the Grand Slam for Pro Far was electric. I mean, the place, Boone, like, I've been talking about this for a couple of weeks. These guys, they expend a lot of energy to be a couple of games over 500, a couple of games below 500. Can this last, I mean, you can't play every game at this frenetic pace. I mean, at some point, a 9 to 1 blowout, either way, it's going to be probably welcome for these guys. But it has just been hair on fire for the last couple of weeks for this team. It's been awesome to watch. Two nights ago, you know, when they come back, where were they, down two, down three, to come back and win that game was big enough. And then yesterday was like a movie. I mean, Pro Far is getting screamed at. Bench is kind of semi-clear, you know, pushing shove. Machado has words with the catcher, seems to be like the adult talking to the youngster. We get it sorted out. Pro Far gets drilled, smiles, goes to first, Machado hits the first pitch out. Okay, that's storybook, but come on, Pro Far hits a Grand Slam. Unreal. It's like you're just adding to it. I think this team is good. But I think they've always been good. It's just been a puzzling team to not only me, probably you and the City of San Diego with all the talent they've had to play as average, and look at the National League. You know, I think there's two elite teams. I think there's Philly and then there's LA. I think Atlanta and Milwaukee are in that second tier. And then everybody else is right there today if the season end of the Padres are in the playoffs. Okay, that's great. But I think they've really underachieved as a roster. If I look at the talent, position by position, I think they've underachieved as a roster. Now you, Darvish, she had a setback, elbow, went out for the hamstring. Now he's got an elbow, must grow, wait and see on him. Those two are going to be really pivotal. I mean, you've got to have those guys in your rotation, but the bullpen's been okay. And the guy at the end Suarez, man, I'm watching this guy. It's like this guy, you talk about a Batista with the Orioles a year ago. You talk about Classe and Cleveland. This kid Suarez is about as, as the game's over as it is, and he's just pumping heaters. And it's like here, see if you can hit it and they can't, he's been unbelievable. I think 19 out of 20 or 20 out of 21. So they've got the pieces in place. I still think they got to go out and look for some pitching, I really do. But this, this nationally is so vulnerable this year and really be exciting to see what's happened at Petco Park. Jackson Merrill actually said that an opponent came up to him and said, this is a ridiculous atmosphere. It is so electric at Petco Park and well, you know, it wasn't always that way, but it's become a pretty special place to play, to watch a game and it's, it's a whole lot of fun. No, I've been to two games this year and it's been like that, that electricity. And I'm sure right now it's rocking a lot more than those two games I went to and it was electric then. So, you know, I've been to a few venues in my life. Safeco Field at, you know, now T-Mobile in Seattle during the early 2000s was unbelievable. Anytime I go to New York, especially in the postseason Yankee Stadium, it, that's a different level. And I think right now what you're seeing in Philadelphia, I mean that place is electric, but I'm telling you, Petco's moving up the pecking order and I think Petco's in that conversation for most electric venues right now and it's pretty awesome to watch, especially because I'm so close to it being in San Diego. Appreciate it, Boonie. As always, take care. Have a good week. Thanks, buddy. You got it, guys. Thank you. That was honestly MLB incentive. Brett Boon, insider calls are presented by Granger with supplies and solutions for every industry. And as the right product for you, call clickgranger.com or just stop by. Take your business further with a smart and flexible American Express business gold card. 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