Gwynn & Chris On Demand
8.5.24 Gwynn & Chris Hour 1: Padres Take Series from Rockies
Tony and Chris are back after a successful weekend for the Padres winning two of their three games against the Rockies before taking a deep dive on the five series since the All-Star Break and the guys take calls from listeners about their hometown ball club.
- Duration:
- 53m
- Broadcast on:
- 05 Aug 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
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It's time to get you up to speed on all things sports. Yes! Yes! Yes! With plenty of nonsense in between. Oh look here comes our fearless producer. Gwyn and Chris starts right now on 97.3 The Fan. Hey what is happening San Diego and welcome in to another week of Gwyn and Chris. San Diego's number one sports talk station. 97.3 The Fan. Chris Elo. Tony Gwyn Jr. together in our Odyssey Palace Studios today a full four hour show. Frank Marchese is today's fill-in for the lengthy vacation time of Matt Scravey. I'm shocked it took me that long to mess up. I have to go right to the scoreboard right now Tony. Before we do anything scoreboard says oaks north golf course walking plus 92 degree heat one Chris Elo zero played this morning and I am wiped out wiped out. I got to tell you the heat dominated you the heat one comfortably. Yeah yeah I've like I finished over an hour and a half ago but been drinking like straight through just sucking down the water. I feel like I've run a marathon or something so an hour and a half it really isn't that long ago by the way buddy. Well you played 18. Yeah yeah that's not that long ago. Yeah yeah had a good time played okay but yeah but say how'd you hit it hit okay uh chipped terrible. Pudded good but that uh you know the first shot was good the second and third were terrible and then I scrambled on the greens but yeah I'm tired. I don't know why. Have no energy whatsoever but the good news is Frank Marchese has set up a big show for us today. We got a lot to talk about including the Padres finally figuring out the riddle that is the Rockies. Yeah my goodness it took them long enough but they finally got it done a Saturday night victory of three to two then yesterday putting the hammer down as they buried the Rockies bullpen and one going away 10 to 2 to take the series and ultimately that's kind of what you need to keep doing if you want to get where you're going Tony and I don't know this isn't surprising to me but the hero of the game Saturday night really if you had to pick a pick a guy probably would have been Martine Perez and if you had to pick one yesterday to probably would have been David Peralta and that just goes in line with what's been happening all year long. Everybody that AJ Peller has brought in here has contributed in one way or another and that is why even though so many of you out there want to live your lives as AJ Peller haters and I can't get you to change your mind the fact of the matter is this year he really probably has done his best job now it won't be final until the season's final but just about everybody he's picked up Tony has come through and that happened this weekend again. Yeah and and every time there's been some question marks behind said player and they've all risen to the occasion man and I think that's what's enjoyable about watching this team is that a as you mentioned you don't know where it's going to come from I mean that everybody most people would be lying if they said on what was that today is Monday so on Saturday yeah that they were excited and confident pretty confident Martine Perez is going to the mound we're finally going to beat the Rockies there's no question about it right and nobody thought that right and and all he did was go out there and go six innings three hits one run no walks seven seven punches yeah that was the key no walks he was in command the entire way he gave up the early home run and the Rockies starter Tanner Gordon when he's good you know hit her for four and he was good and then finally the Padres got to him just enough to win that ball game but it took until the Rockies bullpen came in you know in the seventh inning to get the big two run rally and win the game but you know look real quick funny funny little anecdote uh Rockies win game one I didn't get a chance to go down and see buddy and so I went down the following day and I'm just checking in on him and yeah you know asking him about his team as I do most managers that I get a chance to talk to and yeah he was like you know basically you know you guys saw our best guys yesterday and we're gonna see how it goes to today I mean he has no lefty in his bullpen at all and he has a bunch of righties who couldn't get me out a ton of righties at all can struggling with command and everyone every one of them even the ones that pitched well the day before yeah have had issues at time but yeah what you saw and I think you kind of alluded to it when you came on the Padres finally figured out a way to kind of slay the Rockies it felt like in yesterday's game when they finally started to kick it open that the Rockies had finally been like all right yeah we we we fun we jumped on long enough with the long enough now we have to give way yeah that's what yesterday's game felt like and so they rolled into the off day and listen there's some not that it has mattered for the Padres right because it seems like they've done their best work against some of the better pitchers in this league but they're gonna miss Paul Skins in this next goal around Pittsburgh anybody's hard no not at all um and again this is uh another complete road trip homestead where they took care of business again and now they're they're one game away from being 10 games over 500 yeah that's up to me we talked about that on what was that Friday we talked about it on Friday but about a month ago we never thought we'd ever get near it no no I think we were we were content doing the uh the over 500 under 500 right and we were content in a lot of ways because the rest of the uh wild card was content doing it that way right now all of a sudden you know diaries are eight and two under last ten you know what else was eight and two the Diamondbacks are eight and two you know who seven and three the Giants are seven and three in that time period so everybody's winning games right now and you kind of have to right now because that's the way the flow is going right now yeah the Padres have opened up the smallest margin in the wild card race I think they got a couple of games worth the breathing room right now but not a whole lot uh the Mets lost a couple over the weekend but yeah it's uh you know it's paramount to keep winning and you need to talk about I think it's lucky I mean it just is I mean to miss Paul Skeens not only this series but they're gonna 90% chance gonna miss them the next time around too yeah when they come to San Diego which might sell a ticket or two but the Padres don't need somebody to sell tickets they're selling enough of them on their own I mean the crowds Tony are incredible yeah I mean we've come to just you know like they had 41,000 yesterday that is actually a sell out but that was still 6,000 less than they were having during the Dodger Games right that was that was week sauce compared to the but yeah these guys are out unbelievable out there supporting this team listen to these numbers 47 5 5 9 yeah 46 9 9 7 44 3 9 3 44 0 2 9 and 41 8 2 8 to cap off that that was the homestead that was the first two were Dodgers last three were rocking yeah what was a little hot for you guys yesterday only 41,000 came out that's awesome it was definitely toasty I don't know what it was but that's that's just incredible I mean the crowds have just been amazing and the Padres are rewarding them you know one of the things that has not gone unnoticed by guys like you and I I know Tony because we watch stuff like this making plays on defense and to go to the Saturday night game as well as Martin Perez pitches Manny Machado makes two unbelievable plays one of them was with help from Jake Cronworth on the tag but those were two huge plays in that game I mean the Doyle gets on base to lead off the ninth inning he's he's one of their fastest runners he can steal a bag you never know what he can do to get him around and tie that game but Manny makes some plays and I there was a stat yesterday I heard on the TV I think it was yesterday but the Padres have only given up one unearned run in the last three and a half weeks that's crazy I wonder what coincides with their good record over the last three and a half weeks Tony you already know what the answer is yeah you make plays don't give up freebies you win games it's it's so funny we look at batting averages and slugging and ERA just make the plays you need to make and it can help you win a bunch of games Manny went nine for 19 by my count on that homestead with damage and and as I said and I'll keep saying it as Manny goes when he goes yeah he goes yeah it's not a coincidence that in the the situations I think it wasn't it wasn't the homestead before the break but it was the homestead the road trip through Texas right and then this one in each of those series times where the Padres took care of business at home and on a road following Manny Machado has been as probably their best hitter well you have a 12 and 3 stretch before the all-star break then you had a limp in one and six come right back with 11 and 3 yeah so 12 and 3 11 and 3 look at Manny's numbers in that time and those two stretches they're they're they're like MVP now type stuff I was playing great baseball certainly right now as mentioned day off today into Pittsburgh they go tomorrow Dylan cease is scheduled although nothing was in the paper today Michael King maybe on Wednesday I think the Padres rotation still in a little flux right now with his King injury but I mean Martin Perez gets it done Waldron yesterday his knuckleball yesterday was so good that Kyle Higashyoka almost had no chance to catch it he struggled through the first inning or so trying to you know I almost had no chance trying to calibrate because that knuckleball did was doing something different literally every time it came out of hand we saw at one time go left and hit my man in the knee yeah and then the next time go right and have my I can't remember who was in completely swung nowhere near where that baseball was and then it just went to the backstop that's right I mean the old Bob Euchre line wait till it stops rolling and pick it up that's the only way you could get it yeah Waldron continues you know into the sixth inning yesterday what a what a pleasure it might be for Mike Schilt right now to just be able to go out there in the sixth inning and if he feels the need you know 80 pitches 90 pitches with these starting pitchers make sure they stay fresh but he's got so many guys he can go to in his bullpen now just show by the way I mean they're making quick work too I mean the Perez Knight Adams those 13 pitches in his inning mmm Scott through 12 and Suarez through nine yeah I mean they're not messing around no they're not I mean the following day in the Waldron game Morty home who went and inning in a 30 through 21 pitches the strata through six and Yuki through 10 yeah I mean they're clearly there's a there is a confidence right now flowing through this team and it's hitting all elements offense defense pitching starting pitching relievers it's going well right now and everybody's picking up everybody's doing something everybody's doing something you know it will be Michael King Wednesday according to Sammy Lev Sammy Lev says Michael King look at the call cease Tuesday Sammy Lars Sammy Lev's gonna go Wednesday we are feeling good Michael King Wednesday TBD on Thursday we are feeling good uh Padres into Pittsburgh we got the day off we might even open up the phone lines today Tony I don't know which feeling that good today huh I'm feeling well I'm feeling that tired actually I'm gonna let some of the callers do some of the work today but I it's probably been a while since a lot of you get to talk to Tony so uh we might uh especially at the bottom of the sour open up see what's on your mind Padres just your thoughts on you know how things are going and how that you know why they're going this way and how good you're feeling about things so uh you know stick around 833 280973 keep your mind open or eyes open for that Padres take two out of three from the Rockies they go four and one on the homestand and uh all is good in Padre land it is Chris Elo Tony Gwen Jr. Mr. Frank in for Scrabie today a full four hours set and sail with you on Sandy goes number one sports talk station 97 3 the fan we all belong outside we're drawn to nature whether it's the recorded sounds of the ocean we doze off to or the succulents that adorn our homes nature makes all of our lives well better despite all this we often go about our busy lives removed from it but the outdoors is closer than we realize with all trails you can discover trails nearby and explore 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rob takes you through the league and spotlights what makes the game fun he talks with players managers gms and reporters all who shine light on america's past time follow baseball isn't boring in the free odyssey app or ever you get your podcasts currently the Mets you know frank here is a big met guy he's a met fan so the met game is on yeah but the Mets season was over long ago oh oh if you ask frank well he gave up in a day he did he was he was talking to him in april he was like it's over done and then and then grimace happened and then grimace oh yes oh yes he has turned the team into high school musical and then we showed a young star to play a lot of young star to play and right around that time whether it was grimace or uh mr. Iglesias being uh a pop star whatever you want to call it it has been good luck for the Mets but i think it's about to all come crashing down right you had yeah you had the starter you had your starter one of your best starters go down for the year pulled and Aaron Rodgers was here for five seconds and then audios he was here and then he wasn't that fast and then they are in the midst of one of the most brutal road trips with a makeup game splashed in between i think we talked about it they started where they were just west at a high they were in Anaheim played three games there measure we're supposed to have a day off today yeah no that day that day i got take so they had to now fly from the bay all the way to mr to st. Louis that just for one game they're just gonna stop in as soon as this game is over they'll head back west to colorado yeah right they got three games there and then they'll head to the northwest up in seattle before charging it all the way back across the united states to get back home where i hope they get to stay for a little while i'm not sure what their schedule looks like you know what that means what does that mean a lot of delta airline miles a lot of airline miles he's asking today today honestly use airline miles they don't get any miles i can guarantee that no they're just using a delta plane maybe but that's about it but uh yeah this is one of the teams that is in contention with the pods right now for the wild card so no one over here on this side is going to feel too sorry for them i guess pardon all of us frank while we were for the cardinals today uh right now the meds are a little closer to the pod race two games behind the cardinals are three and a half behind so it's a red bird day as they get underway it looks so hot there too rather way one man was just sweating bb's mmm that's the first inning don't be walking 18 holes carrying your back guys uh price price miller um talked a little bit about something i think we've all been craving and we've all started to see from his pudry club the consistency element and uh in his article in a union tribute he highlights a bunch of different things but the thing that stood out to me is the many different ways the pudries are are winning these games right i mean yesterday uh they did quite a bit before that game blew open um or excuse me the night before when they had martine on the mound they played a little bit of small ball they they had manufactured their way to that win you know a sack bump put two runners in scoring position they get those two that sack fly later in that game both of which came from young jackson maryll jackson maryll bundered on his own yeah as well saturday night of course and you know when he came up in that situation i think it was a one-one ball game tony it was in second nobody out i think it was a one nothing ball game and i thought to myself this is a really good time for a bunt i know that we're not allowed to bun anymore yeah the analytics say don't do it but to me when you can move two runners over with a bunt no outs by the way with nobody out yeah then i always think it's a really good move the pudries did it again yesterday with hasan kim and it at first he was uh ruled safe and then they overturned it but if they still got the runners a second and third and ended up scoring a run in that inning you know i just think it's smart baseball and obviously jackson maryll thought it was smart baseball but i think more than anything you know jackson maryll bunning in that situation shows me tony that mike shilt you know and these guys feel very comfortable with each other right i mean i know we're into august but how many guys would just go ahead and do something like that on their own if they didn't feel pretty good with their manager again i said this during the game yesterday you in manny talks about it a lot the scoreboard would tell you what to do pudries had done nothing against gordon all game long right they come up in that that was a third time through and it's first and second no outs and keep in mind they've done nothing all game long are you going to keep trying the same thing uh you know with the with the hopes that it changes he he elected not to on his own he gets the butt down and let's not forget the execution part he got it down yeah i did and then the very next guy came through with it with a knock at that point and so that's kind of um when you get late in ball games you got to start looking at the game different now early in the game of course you know you certainly probably want them swinging away there but you had gotten to a point in a game where it it felt like that was a shifting moment right you don't come through here you are you guaranteed to get another opportunity like this you hadn't created any to that point and so i just i just like the idea that these guys play with their the feel right i like that they're comfortable enough to be able to do it a lot of managers would scare the daylights out of you and you wouldn't know what quite to do even if you thought the bump was the right way i guess i just because i've been around mike should i i don't even think of i don't even think of of him in that light because i i think he he would want that i mean he's not gonna put it on he's gonna leave it to you hand but he wants you to be able to put the team in a position to win and that's what they've been doing uh quite a bit here lately um i think um toddy sounds like is getting closer joe certainly has started the process to get closer and those could be big i mean that's virtually a deadline move for for the pod race considering how long both guys have been out muskro pitched three shutout innings at lake elson or over the weekend and uh came out of it fine as far as we know yeah i don't know if i've heard anything about it today but yeah that's a great sign you get muskro back you get franando tatisse pack uh those are two bigger additions than any teammate at the trade deadline no doubt so you know let's hope that that all comes around it's all it's all glowing glowingly going it glowingly don't ever try to say that after you walked 18 holes again the mouth is tired dude the mouth is a little exhausted but try it yeah it's it's it's really nice and you know consistency we talked about it on uh on thursday or friday tony that they've had three consecutive winning months something they did not have more than one of last year yeah and you know it was 13 and nine in in july it was you know like 15 and 13 before that and it was like 14 and 13 i mean you know it's just a little at a time but it's adding up and that's that's the whole idea behind winning series this is our fifth consecutive series that they've won right and regardless of how it looks if you go two of three two of three one of three two of three of sweep you keep stacking those numbers together you start to have separation and right now the pajamas are experiencing and i'm not saying separation in terms of the standings i'm saying separation in terms of wins and losses and pajamas are for the first time starting to experience i don't i don't think the pajamas have been this many games over 500 maybe since that 20 21 seasons pretty good nine's pretty good it's certainly the high water mark this year yeah and you know we haven't talked about it yet but i know it's in the back of the minds of some of the people out there you know digers are you know they they scuffled but got through oakland all right this weekend but now they're coming home they got philadelphia big series coming in tonight both teams scuffling both teams are scuffling a little so you know the fillies are going to bring it now freddie freeman and i hate to say this way because it just is good news that he's back i'm sorry even if you're out there hoping he was going to stay away a little longer i'm really happy that he's back because it means you know his son is hopefully feeling a little better and his wife and his family are doing better and that's all really important and that's a good thing so he's going to be back with the team but philie's dodgers that could go any which way this week and uh maybe the pottery is to pick up a little more ground on the Dodgers still only four and a half there and that sounds like that's that's going to change here pretty quickly in terms of that lineup and team they've had there's a bunch of guys matter of fact uh Dave robbers talking about it in the athletic was basically like there are a lot of guys who are virtually playing every day that are being exposed right now because they're not everyday play they're not everyday players and so you know that's where the dodgers thrive on that thrive on being able to match up and put guys in position to where they have success that does not mean that they can run them out there for an everyday basis and have the same type of success and so when you know bets you just don't you can't see yeah months you can't replace that kind of a production you just don't and they're experiencing it now so uh big series there hopefully Phil he goes in there and uh rec shop because uh rec shop that'd be good that'd be good for the pot I mean this project I take care of business that Pittsburgh pirate team is certainly not one you can go in there and play with because they play and it kind of in a similar fashion to the Padres in terms of they play all nine innings they got a few comeback this year of when when they've been down so Padres with the off day today they'll get kicked off here tomorrow Dylan cease versus bailey falter and yes he's a left-hander so we'll see how we overcame that a long time ago now Tony we'll see how that goes let's uh let's get the break when we come back I think we'll open up the phone lines a little bit here from you guys eight three three down there two eight eight oh nine seven three how are you feeling about your Padres right now Morgan and Chris on the other side all right here we go 237 is the time Chris Ella Tony Gwen Jr. and uh Mr. Frank a big frank is in here today uh celebrating as Pete Alonzo rumbles home on a wild pitch let's take a one nothing lead over St. Louis in that makeup game uh this afternoon at bush stadium uh we're gonna take some phone calls here an opportunity for you to uh just kind of whatever's on your mind with the Padres uh we're not gonna lead you in any particular direction team seems to be playing well I'm gonna give you a little a little preview Tony my best my best guess is that since things are going so well fewer people will call you know what I mean like if they lost two out of three to the walkies and we said hey give us a call you know what's on your mind and then it would be like but you know that's how you know sometimes you don't you want to enjoy the good times you don't have as much to yeah but call in and just tell us how happy you are and whether you plan to stay that way eight three three two eight eight oh nine seven three if you want to uh getting on some phone calls here uh but I have one other thing to get to what's that I did golf today and I am exhausted but after my round of golf I went on my phone and I went on my email and it was like Christmas morning how so you know why you know why oh oh yeah you're the one that sent the email I do know why fantasy football possibly here's what it says your ESPN fantasy football league has been reactivated yeah oh man welcome to the world it is a happy time it's funny you get a little go Tony you get a little off time you could start to kind of peek in the things like that and uh so excited reactivated our Odyssey fantasy football league you have a new be like our sixth year we have a new ownership it involve uh Sammy Levitt Sammy Levitt is gonna step into here huh the Odyssey league so uh he'll be able to anybody I mean we all honestly Tony all we off the team up this year all 11 players we have to make a pact because if Scravy wins again that's going to be the end of all of us it's already bad enough that he won once but we can chalk that up to just you know magical luck but if he wins again it was so much better when he was the laughing stock of a league was too for like the first five years that this guy's got a championship he's filling himself his own confidence has just changed since he won a championship I mean you know the way I mean I guarantee you he's gonna change his name to the champions here because he I love that I guarantee he'll change his team name to the champions here he likes to not only win the championship but he likes to make sure everyone is aware that he won the championship hundred percent anyway yeah I was really happy about that very excited uh next Christmas morning will be when a draft day date gets announced and I know that you'll be working we'll all be working on that because that's that's hard actually to put together yes with our league yes because of your traveling and everything else but we'll figure that out but yeah fantasy football is kind of around the corner and I know we're not the only ones are excited about that all right uh Rolando is the first phone call up on the board today thanks for calling Rolando how are you feeling about these Padres about now great um first of all it's an honor to talk to you Tony I grew up uh watching your dad uh Mr. Padre at uh uh at the Jack Murphy Stadium but um I uh I think that this team is uh operate on operating on all cylinders um pitching defense offense uh relief uh that there's a good they have good chemistry good rhythm right now yeah um I just uh I want to ask you guys um Jackson Merrill I mean uh action Jackson every time he builds a plane makes happen and he has a good a good glove out there playing first year at center field a converted shortstop but um is there any way we could uh in our season uh sign Jackson Merrill to um to a contract and get him cheap while while we still can good question interesting question first uh the honors mind I appreciate the kind words I think uh in terms of Jackson action Jackson I'd like that I'm still not bad I'm still in that I'm sure in terms of action Jackson I think of course the Padres would love to sign him but it's not necessarily the right timing we know some of the financial constraints that the Padres have had at least this year in terms of trying to stay under that luxury tax threshold um I'm not sure that this year this offseason will be the year that they try uh maybe after year two what was it how much how many how many years do you get control of a guy Tony it's like three or four six yes before you become a free agent so they've got a while to get something like that he's not even arb eligible he can he really can't make a peep at this point no no I mean his agent so the one of the things that they did in the uh new collective bargain agreement because the one thing the players we're asking for was to cut it down from six years right let us be free agents earlier but what they did was they incentivized so that if you win some of these awards as a rookie or second year player you're you're in some of the upper echelon of of the of the awards you can get uh bonuses for that now that wasn't the case before you could you could win MVP your rookie year and it's like nice job come on best see you next year so yeah to answer your question I just I think the Padres was obviously they he's he's their guy they drafted him so it's certainly in their best interest to to keep him here for as long as they can they're just no need to do it right now yeah and I think uh it's a good it's a good question uh Rolando but the thing is also you're you've got Jerkson profile who you're probably gonna want to try to try to keep I don't know you know if you're gonna be able to afford to squeeze him in Hasan Kim is a free agent um there's one other Dylan Cease is gonna be you know a free agent or you know so yeah one more year I think okay one more year but there's a lot of guys Michael I'm trying to remember there was one other guy in there that was really good that they got to be you know it's you know they're gonna have to make an offer to to keep and it's just not gonna be easy to keep everybody yeah and so Merrill like if it was another year where there was nobody up for a contract maybe that'd be great but I yeah I don't think it'll work this time uh let's go to Jaime back to back Chula Vista cuz I'm Jaime hi honey hey guys uh yeah you know what uh really good times really happy times uh the season was kind of average back and forth but it seems like things are looking in the right direction and you know and it feels good because there's a lot of pieces that are working everybody's involved in this yeah um and we're still missing a few pieces you know that these isn't back yet must grow who knows the darvish but I've been offended that was a kid back in the 70s and I used to always say we'll get them next year whatever something feels different about this year don't want to talk about it too much because I want to think it's just like when when Steve's got the no hitter I will tell him my wife we can't talk about it you gotta just sit next to me you can't move because when most because when he got the one in Texas when much growth got it she sat with me and I said if you can't talk about it you guys just sit there and just you know make it work and I was really happy um and I hope I have a little bit of time with you guys it was very emotional for me because I lost my dad a year ago yeah and hodderings with everything you know and um and he didn't get to see there's no hitter and it's something that I would have loved to share with him again but it's like when we win this thing which I like to wait to talk yeah it's gonna be tough it's gonna be tough for a lot of reasons for my but you know I had that bond with my father for forever as a kid and like it's gonna be extra special even though he's not with me but then I get to share it because it hit uh that's great yeah that's great Jaime and let me tell you something Jaime if slash when the Padres win their World Series pretty much all of us that are alive are gonna be able to share it with somebody who's no longer here I mean honestly and it's a great sentiment but you know it's been a long time so a lot of people waited and never got to see it and we'll have to share it with those those people I think good call though buddy I think Jaime hit on something right I think it does feel a little different and I think part of the reason feels like the way is because um hey they're on a heater they're playing they're playing pretty good so it feels different right now but it even in their wins it seems like there's it's a such a it's a team victory like there's so there's a different guy as you say Chris seemingly doing it every other night I think Bogart's thing Bogart said it in Bryce's article that it feels different because seemingly someone different is contributing in a major way to help win again it's nice to be able to rely on Manny it's nice to be able to rely on whoever it is you know you want to say Fernando when he comes back or it's nice to be able to just give the ball to a Dylan Cease and sit back and watch him win the game for you but it's a lot nicer when you can have contributions from everywhere and they've been doing this all season this isn't the first weekend this is hasn't all season I mean Martin Perez being a hero of a game Saturday night Tony said it nobody was excited about him making that start everybody was like crossing their fingers and knees and legs and toes and everything and the guy goes out and just you know looked fantastic and you know yesterday it's Peralta who I found to be one of the best guys when we had him on our interview he was awesome wasn't he he was great and I was really you know became a bigger David Peralta fan then but he wins it defense and offense oh by the way can we just I know we won the game so we can I can make a little fun of that kid in left field what kid the kid who caught the ball until the jerks and pro far couldn't catch it so I saw I saw a breakdown of this did we see a breakdown of this on on on Twitter okay and I I assumed the idea was that jerks and would have caught it if the kid wasn't there I can't say he would have but he would have he would have at least had the kid not caught it we we maybe it's possibility no you're saying no no I'm not saying no or yes because I couldn't see for my the kid was so happy with himself and everyone else in the stadium wanted him you know strangling I don't know why there's not a part not now one of them people that was mad if they were in the same position would have been like well let me get out of the way let this ball none of them would have done that I know well hey look they almost lynched up bold or Bartman in Chicago many years ago even though Bartman did with every other human being on the planet would have done that's true but I'm just saying like I'm just saying that ball was in the stand it was not like it's not like he reached over like no he didn't Bartman was it was borderline I mean he right when we got a closer view at Louis realized okay he didn't reach over but it was close I know but the kid was the kid was much too proud of himself good good job kid I'm happy for you man they won ten to two so it didn't matter too much but they lost two to one really really quick before we go to the next call to go back to the first caller Kim has a mutual contract extension for next year seven million dollars a mutual option King is done after next year Higashioka's done after this year Scott's done after this year Perez is done after this year profile is done after this year Sees is done after next year yeah Solano and Peralta are both done after this year and a rise is next year all right so there's a lot to do and that's that's normal I mean those guys are on the team the Solanos the Peralta's are on the team because they're here to fill the void for right now and it's a like a two-way kind of deal right you get an opportunity to raise your value you can help our team in the in the process of doing so that's kind of part of the program here but yeah I mean listen I in terms of jags a minute it'll come and due time his his his opportunity will come remember I think it was Todd he's what third season that they had finally got to the deal with her third third or second or in middle of the second or third season he got the big deal was we went to prop playoffs yeah I think it was 21 no maybe it was 20 I can't remember one of them dead one of them years he can't even I know one person who doesn't care about it who's that Jackson Merrill no he that's exactly right he's just exactly right does it like he wants to he wants to win his agent will say hey you want to do think we should get a new contract to go I don't know just let me know that's exactly what he would say I know that just you know you do it that I'm a I'm a play base I just keep playing here and I'll make it make it as easy on you as I can Wayne in San Diego thanks for calling and Wayne what's up Wayne hello hey how you guys doing we're doing good hey Tony I'm gonna first off say something to you that I used to play basketball in the late 70s with your dad and against your dad and pick up teams in Peterson gym I'm an ex-bastibal player from locally from Helix and we've done the greatest of times he's an awesome guy and every time I hear you on the radio now I feel like you know it's your dad's voice but the number one thing I want to mention to you is I'm so happy that you are the number one analyst in my opinion on the radio and all I listen to you guys seven or eight hours a day and I agree with you almost a hundred percent of the time and everyone else today I don't so much do that the problem is the fact that I'm more of a positive person than a negative person and these people that are are worried about every loss the world's ending and every victory I mean you would you keep it level-headed and feel just like manager Mike Schilt and I'm gonna tell you that guy he makes me feel all the more comfortable and I really believe that everything that Schilt just said all along through this entire year hey we're winning series and wherever else is freaking out especially on the earlier shows you know unbelievable but you keep it a level-headed and I am glued to you guys every day and I tell my brother I tell everybody to listen to you guys and it's because you guys are telling the truth especially you Tony met him against you mr. Ello because I love you too but me and Tony he keeps that ship level headed all the time oh he keeps me loving thank you sir and I appreciate you guys and I like I said I drive in my car about eight hours a day doing delivery as an old man and having a good old time listening to you guys yuck it up every day thank you sir appreciate the kind words Wayne very nice uh I will say one thing that about paying pick up basketball with your dad did you ever play pickup basketball with your dad I did he was good like you know he could spot you anywhere and he always when I played with him which is a few times he made me way better because he put the ball you know we talk about you when I talk about this you make a pass that leads a guy to a basket that was something your dad had an innate ability to do playing basketball he'd give you the ball you'd catch it and it would almost make you score the basket he put it put you in position so good he uh he was pretty uh I've seen some pickup games get pretty intense with my dad before he's yeah he was very serious about the game gamesmanship part uh thank you for the kind words way we appreciate it thank you for the callers that called in we may do this a little bit get a little bit later on in the show up next little daily gambit to come your way I believe right uh daily gambit and you know who knows where this is going today it's a wide open day so stay close to your phone because like tony said we may get some more calls in for sure Gwen and Chris continues is your child struggling with a specific subject or need help with homework are they asking questions that you're not sure you can fully answer ixl learning is an online learning program for kids it covers math language arts science and social studies ixl is designed this program will improve your kids grades studies done in almost every state in the country the kids who had ixl are consistently doing better powered by advanced algorithms ixl gives the right help to each kid 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