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Gwynn & Chris Sept. 27th Hour 2: Kirk Kenney + Padres Game 1 starter
Yes, indeed welcome back winning Chris minus the Chris Matt Scravey and Tony Gwen Jr. Here Getting you set before Sam Levitt takes over the free game But right now is is our guest ready? Yes. Yes. Oh Well, all right Joining us it's kind of funny right when when Adams on the board guests come on on time when I'm on the board It's late. Yeah, take it. You know, I'm not gonna say anyway Kirk Kenny joins us here San Diego Union Tribune Kirk. How are you my friend? I'm doing well. Hey Scravey. You might want to keep that note to yourself Just shooting himself down it's We're not bringing up in your annual evaluation. Oh, that's that's where I'm good at Here I didn't say it. He's just shooting on himself right now Kirk a lot going on right now, man. We'll start with just the conference stuff Okay, there is a there seems to be a race right now for who can fill their conference with the level of The level that they need it to as well as the amount of teams they need it to be at Mount West, I don't know what's what's going on here between the pack 12 and the Mount West Well, it's been going back and forth for What a couple weeks now on who well let's start so the pack 12 any conference has to have eight teams in order to be eligible for the playoffs and such And the pack 12 reloaded with four Mountain West schools a couple weeks ago Then they added another one this week Utah State But that only gives them seven. They thought they maybe get some AAC teams They that fell through and so they were gonna go tap in the Mount West again and Mount West now is secured the rest of its team So they're at seven Mount West because it's seven and you got to be at eight so obviously so they're gonna fill back fill somehow and they Aren't gonna do it now the pack 12's not gonna be able to fill at this point with as good a teams as they thought and Mountain West, I think still back fill with some Schools from some of the other group of five conferences, so we'll just see how it plays out. Well Kirk What do you think? Is there it does does one have an advantage of the over the other at this point? I mean it certainly seems like the Mount West was basically able to keep the teams in the fold by The exit money that they're gonna have to film the teams that are leaving how Is that sustainable on the Mountain West side? Well that keep those teams there And it does one side have an advantage right now It's like the Mountain West is it's funny. It seems like the leverage shift from hour to hour or day to day And the Mount West it had all that Money now from the pack 12 for the poaching fees and the exit fees So they seem to be in the driver's seat now because they could throw around money to keep their schools intact I you know a month and a half ago. It seemed like the pack 12 was in more the driver's seat because they had a pretty good war chest for them to kind of navigate how they wanted to but you know from one moment to the next it just seems like Something that they're counting on falls through either conference and then something else happens So I think there's still a lot to be determined and one thing is the pack 12 this week Another thing is they said they're they're gonna sue to not have to pay the poaching fees So I'll be interested see how that plays out As far as I know that they had some good lawyers read over their contract before they signed it So I don't know on what basis they're gonna try and get out of that We're talking to Kirk Kenny here of the San Diego Union Tribune and this is probably a question you can't answer But when are these conferences and these people at the top of the NCAA football? Athletics all that stuff What are they gonna realize that none of us care about any of this and we just want to see them play football? Well, that's a good question you know, you know It's too bad. I'd really kind of I've been doing this a while and I'm just kind of exhausted from all the movement and The different things going on it's like it takes so much away from the game. Yeah, but I've told several people years and years ago I worked for a guy and he said kind of the American way is to take something good and make it great and then take it a Step further and ruin it and that's Like we're like we're on that road for college football and all college sports for that matter and it's just it saddens me in a lot of ways Yeah, no In the effort to be perfect, you know, it seems like it has kind of eaten itself in some ways Which isn't as fortunate. All right, let's shift gears Kirk Kenny joins a San Diego Union Tribune Daniel Neal was out against Cal but because of injury. Who's gonna quarterback this week? Daniel Neal I found out he's gonna be back this week and it you know, this really sets up as an interesting game and we'll start with Danny O'Neill and that news Andrew Disney three weeks ago against Oregon State He finished that game, but then they determined he wasn't their best option for the Cal game So they started the backup Javance Johnson and he did fairly well, but they lost that game, but now they feel like Danny's well enough that he can Be their best option for this game. I'm most intrigued It's a left knee injury and he's been wearing a brace on it and watching him in practice He's moving around pretty well, but I still when I see that bracelet just you know, you're not The guy you are when you are completely healthy fun most interested to see how he gets around with that brace on Yeah, it is interesting Because he does kind of move a little bit, right? He has a little bit of running in his game or is that something you have to go away from? Yeah, I mean, he's not Lamar Jackson, but it's definitely it's definitely a weapon. They can use to you know, especially to go get a first down or You know, just give the defense something else to consider. So if that is taken away You know, we'll see how how well the Central Michigan defense does it pin in its ears back and coming after him. I Don't know You know, we'll see also is there a quicker trigger maybe to bring the other guy in if it if they start to feel like Danny Just isn't quite game ready. Yeah Kirk any joins a sandy you and tribune Kirk to pot the the Aztecs are one and two on the season What were where are you at? Where do you swear? Have you what have you seen from the team in three? I know three games is an early check-in point But you know given the fact that they've kind of they haven't had their quarterback especially last week I mean, where's this team at right now? Are is there some progression being seen at least from the staff's standpoint? You know, I thought progress in the second half of the first game when they scored 42 points and That's about the most extended period. We've seen where this offense. They're shown what it can do because between injuries and Especially penalties as they were they lead the nation in penalties for game with 13 And that's taken away a lot of their big plays that the offense could have made some plays that even took away a defensive touchdown When they had a block in the back. Yeah But a lot of those penalties majority of the penalties were on the offensive line either with false darts or holds and things And so they've had two weeks to kind of sort through that and maybe see if they can clean that up a little bit And I think that's gonna be the key for the Aztec offense is just not shooting themselves in the foot Talking to Kirk Kenny of the San Diego. You need tribute about Aztecs football. They are playing central Michigan this weekend and You know, I like to be dramatic Kirk, you know that I like to Frame things as if it's like the last thing that this person is ever gonna do on this earth But are we too early in the Sean Lewis head coach career to say this game is a must win? Yes, I Mean I know the answers to these questions. I just want to see if I'm gonna get something different. Yes Well, that's the short answer the longer one is and Again, we're not society now where they want to make a call after one play One quarter one game and you know these things take a little while to play out I mean look at the potters are a great example I had great example on there pulling their hair out in May like, you know the world's coming to an end and then we get past the officer break and things are clicking and You know the same thing applies here and and I think in football There's still a lot of football to be played and let's just see, you know Once the Aztecs kind of get a few more games into their belt, which way this is gonna go Patience Kirk Kenny says everywhere. I mean I haven't even started conference yet, right? Screamies. It's gravy's ready for must wins, right? Right ready for most wins Let's take you. Thank you for your time, man. We appreciate you No problem. I'm glad to do it Kirk kitty said to go union tribune and Scravey come on dog. It's when one and two though. How can it possibly be a must win for like Do you really want me to answer that question? Yes, please okay? It possibly could be a must win for them Because I please people ask me. Are you really serious about your questions and the answer is? somewhat somewhat and Reason is because you know we do live in that society where the last thing that you do is the thing that we judge and Sean Lewis came in here and personally he's gonna have to go through this whole year for me He's gonna have to go through this whole year and it's gonna be a transition year for the pro Program, but I think a lot of people are thinking. Hey, you cannot start one and three in your debut with the Aztecs Yes, you can start one and three in your debut with your with the Aztecs stop in this you can there's no Rule saying you're not allowed to start one and two or you have to be fired I didn't say he was going to be fired, but one or three is not the place the Aztecs. He's not even there yet though I know he has to play central Michigan tomorrow So can we can can he at least have the game first before we start saying one and three? That's all I'm saying though Sorry, I don't know if you're talking to me, but I had to run back to my seat, so we're playing musical chairs in studio Is that on camera you running back to your seat there? It was just nothing there for a little bit and then Adam came back in the room So that's why I wasn't there, but I definitely was talking to you But I don't remember what I said now So is this all you're probably just saying that I was ridiculous for something because I thought that the Aztecs should have won Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, it was counting losses exactly you're counting losses before they actually happened Let me go see if the chats crushing me right now Why why do you need to see that I? Have I'm a sucker for punishment this you are you just wanna you want to see it? Well, someone said the other day don't you want to go on the discord the Gwyn and Chris discord and and look at everything real time? I'm like no, I definitely don't want to go on the discord. Wait. What is that? It's like It's a new chat system. It's like a new chat thing. It's not new actually It's been around for a long time, but you can connect with people and you can basically have a long Conversation like the YouTube chat is on a different app, but you could do it all day every day Was that on video games at some point? It's it was kind of four video games for video game. Okay. I do remember that Yeah, we used it before but no you have you have because that Adam had us download it when that's where okay That's where I remember it from. Okay. Yeah, you're right Did you just get a shiver up? That was like to make me sick. All right, let's get to break. I have to Get myself ready to head to the field. I will rejoin a little bit later, but yes I will I need to step away So let's get you to break when we come back scrape what you got daily gambit not the daily gambit I am going to be talking about some of the things that the Padres we were talking about earlier and I'm scrolling down which is Like I guess I want to look ahead a little bit to the playoff rotation because Enos eris It's something on Ben and woods yesterday that I thought was pretty pretty good. So I'm gonna bring that up and talk about it Yeah, probably a better time to bring it up I think you would agree with him on this one, but yes All right work with a Chris on the other side more scraping on the other side This is winning Chris nice 73 the fan Tony good junior will be back in about 20 minutes for the countdown Which I'll give you the topic now it's our top five we love the baseball postseason so that will be at three forty and Then we will have him back again for the big five at four forty and Also, Chris will be back next Wednesday from his vacation So he will be right in the thick of things when he gets back because the Padres are Likely I say likely because I do not want to jinx it and be accused of jinxing it But I say likely we'll have a home playoff series in the wildcard. So That would be a huge change from two years ago and that would be a huge advantage for the Padres We already know that the Padres have great home field advantage So I want to see this this crowd get going during a wildcard series where all of the games are in one stadium You don't have to travel back and forth I think that's going to be something that the Padres can lean on a little bit and So we'll talk about that as the show goes along you know Sammy love yesterday and he he is here in the building and I just am not really a fan of his right now and if you watch the show yesterday, you know why and it was because he threw me under the bus and He threw me under the bus to the point where I wanted to cry I didn't want to cry at all, but Sam Levitt is in the building and he is gonna be on Sammy versus the fans Here coming up at four o'clock if he can make it he has an interview, but Sammy versus the fans also He's gonna join us at five o'clock. I'm willing to I willing to let Everything go Sam willing to let everything go. All right. I said before the break that we are We're gonna talk about what you know Sarah said on Ben and Woods and he was talking about the yeah I guess they asked him about the playoff rotation for the Padres and you know Sarah if you don't know he writes for the athletic he's really good on the pitching stuff he has a lot of different analytics and stats but The morning show Ben and Woods asked him for who he thought should be the first or the game one starter for the Padres He's like game one starter, you know And I think that informs something because if he comes out and wins it then I can do a much more traditional Sort of we're just gonna do the rotation after that, you know if he loses it then a lot of this discussion goes out the window because then it's Joe Musgrove for two and he puts a Batter on you know there's so it's no tomorrow. Yeah, so it could be just everybody in the second game so You know I do think that King is probably sluts and fourth just the may be the seniority sake, but in terms of quality I think I might have it these King Musgrove Darvish but they're all I think like top 25 top 30 type pitchers for me so the difference is fine and It is a little bit more about who's willing to come out of the pen and what happens I think in game one But easily for me don't see starts game one This is kind of surprising to me because I guess I just always assume that in my mind you Darvish would start game one And I don't really know why I put the emphasis on you Darvish because he just came back a couple weeks ago From his extended stay, you know away from the team but Dylan sees to me is Probably the right choice and the reason he's the right choice is because We've seen him at times this year be one of the better pitchers in all baseball He has over 200 strikeouts this year. He has a no-hitter this year There is a stretch of baseball where he gave up like three hits over three games he's been doing crazy stuff all season long and Since game one of the wild card is so important to win because you get out to that lead You don't really have that pressure of losing the second game and going home I think Dylan sees gives you the best opportunity to put up zeros on the board in game one now if they do Need Dylan sees to pitch somewhere else. I also think he works in the second spot say that say they have a you know Joe Musker over you Darvish go game one Dylan sees could be a stopper for them in game two If they lose that game one I think Dylan sees is a guy that you put in the the spot in the rotation for the playoffs where you know You need to get a win which is game one or game two But game one sets the tone for the rest of the series and game one of the wild card series is so important because it's only a three-game series We saw this in 2022 Padre has won the first game with you Darvish on the mound and they lost the second game and then they came back with Joe Musker on the mound and they won the third game they come home and they play the Dodgers and We know that the pressure When the pressure is at its highest I want the guys who have done it all year with all the pressure on them and that would be Dylan sees and I you know Paul said something on the round table yesterday because he he mentioned that Michael King was his let me go back I wrote this down. He mentioned that his order would be cease Michael King Joe Musker Oven you Darvish and I don't know that Michael King is gonna make the rotation and We're gonna hear from Mike. She'll at 5 20. I did ask him about possible bullpen things going on with the playoffs But you know we didn't get much of an answer because obviously we don't we're not there yet So we don't really know but I I like to what Paul said yesterday on the round table if Michael King is not a starter for the Padres Which he in my mind is likely not to be he should be the first guy out of the bullpen if it pitchers struggles because Michael King has that experience out of the bullpen and Michael King has that attitude that he's gonna go out there and do whatever the team asked him to do and Michael King also is a guy who has pitched so well this year He he might even be the Padres best pitcher this year outside of Dylan sees he probably is the Padres best pitcher this year outside of Dylan sees Michael King has been a revelation and he has done a lot this year to prove that he can handle these big-time spots and I guess there's no real Substitute for pitching in the playoffs the actual playoffs. I guess there's no real substitute to like kind of Figure out what you're going to be like but I can only assume that Michael King is going to rise to the occasion He's done it all season long and we had questions coming into the year about Michael King He's he's he's answered all those questions which some of the questions where how many innings can he go? Is he going to be able to start the entire season? How is he going to be as a starter in his first season and he's answered all those questions with he's gonna be just fine And he's going to go the entire season and he's going to strike out a lot of guys And so if Michael King comes out of the bullpen say they get in trouble with the starter in the third inning you have a guy that can go three four innings if you need him to and sometimes you need those guys in the Playhouse series to eat a chunk of innings and who else would you want out there the Michael King? I don't know that I want anyone else out there out of the bullpen for like a long relief type of role Then Michael King you have Brian hoeing who he was he was in the game last night Brian hoeing is a is a great pitcher for the Padres I mean he's been a good pitcher for the Padres, but I don't necessarily It's the word trust is a weird word for me to use, but I don't necessarily think that he's the right guy When say the Padres are down three runs after three innings or something like that And I know that I'm putting out things out there And I'm knocking on all the wood But these are the things that they have to prepare for and they are preparing for But it was interesting to hear you know, Sarah's be so emphatic that Dylan sees is his guy hands down and I I'm gonna I'm gonna listen to you know, Sarah's every time that he's predicted something He's pretty spot-on on what he says so if he's saying it then there is some truth behind it and The rotation in the wild card series is the probably the hardest to figure out because you got to get five guys down to three and then you got to put guys in the bullpen and then you got to you have to figure out who you want to take off the roster and side note if you missed it earlier, we asked Mike Schill about Haas on Kim and He he didn't have positive things to say about the recovery timetable for Haas on Kim So to me, I'm planning on not having Haas on Kim this entire postseason So there's a you know, they don't have to worry about that roster spot right there, you know He's already on the IL and all that but still he and Adam has oh Mike Schill talking about Haas on Kim What is the status of Haas on Kim and with it when he could potentially rejoin the team? Yeah, you know what? I wish you had really like really super positive news You know, he's just hadn't been able to To be able to get over that that hump with his throw and the hitting is not a problem That parts good, but you know immediately consistently throw with any any You know aggressive, you know and behind it and intensity is just that and half and so You know, we're we're still Way in what's taking place, but you know right now He's not in the spot where we can count on in a very near future Mike is there is there a point where it's too late and and you know that that window closes There is there is the you know, we and we may be getting there. We'll know something here, you know sooner than later so there you go straight from the Padres manager mouth it doesn't really it doesn't bode well for the future in my mind and you also have to think about whether or not Haas on Kim has actually played his last game in a Padres uniform because of the injury and he has a contract situation coming up after this year where he gets to choose and and there are people saying that he is not going to return to the Padres and That's still yet to be seen we don't know and who knows what this injury does for the you know The future prospects of a contract, but how's on Kim's gonna make money? He's gonna make a lot of money and he probably deserves it for the defensive side And I don't know that the Padres are gonna be willing to pay that money So we may have seen the last of all son Kim now as Tony said earlier He's gonna be in the dugout throughout the the playoff series So his vibes can be there, but he's not gonna be on the field and I This is going to sound harsh, but I do think it Helps the Padres make a decision. They didn't want to make which would be moving a Zander Boger. It's at a shortstop or even have I mean that the team hasn't really skipped a beat since Haas on Kim has gone on the I/O and that's not a knock on him as a player. It's just kind of a fact and so would you want to put Haas on Kim back in there mess up the flow of everything right now and Really if he's injured and he's not gonna be the playoffs It just makes things way easier for the Padres to make a decision Last thing before we had to break someone on the chat said that Dylan sees hell no, he's - you never know what you're gonna get so his past five starts Dylan sees His last one last night five inning or two nights ago five innings gave up three runs He struck out for it. We know that it wasn't his best start and he said so as he said as much after the game But if you look at the two previous starts you can see why He's he could be the guy to lead the rotation in the wildcard series with eight and a third Against the Astros. He went six against the Giants. No runs given up. We know how well he pitched against the Astros I mean he was a Zander Boger's throw away from a complete game there He went six innings against the the oh, I guess he pitched back to back against the Giants So he went six innings each against the Giants He had ten strikeouts in San Francisco Dylan sees is a strikeout artist Dylan sees is a great pitcher and I Feel very comfortable Dylan sees if he is the game one pitcher for the Padres I Am Matt Scrabby this is Gwen and Chris and when we get back Tony's gonna rejoin me and we're gonna do the countdown Which is our top five of something and this time our top five things We like about the postseason and let me tell you my list is very different from Tony's list. So Countdown we get back 97 through the fan 97 3 the fan getting ready for a final regular season series for the Padres against the Diamondbacks out there in Arizona Game starts at 640 Sam Levitt has your eco water Padres so Cal Padres pregame show at 540 and We're gonna be doing the countdown here in just a second top five things that we love about postseason baseball and My list is a lot different from Tony's list because Tony actually got to play in the postseason. So I I never really spent much time on a postseason baseball field Some minus more feelings and Tony is more like actually being there. So you'll get both sides look at the fan side you get Tony's side We talked to Mike shill a little bit earlier So if you would like to go listen to that you can go on YouTube and go back to the very beginning of the show he joined us right out the gate at 2 p.m.. And You can go on the YouTube all the way back to the beginning you can hear that and we also be playing that for you at 520 and there was a lot talked about a lot of Questions about focusing on this weekend versus focusing on the playoffs and hoss on Kim and and some of the other You know kind of minor details that are happening right now for the Padres going into that final regular season series and You know, I saw on the chat that Because I said last segment I said that hoss on Kim might mess with the flow of the team and If they were to bring them back and someone brought up pazilla actually on the chat brought up that That's what they said about Fernando when he was coming back now personally. I did not say that about Fernando and pazilla He he recognized that but It is ridiculous to me for anyone you were to have Fernando Tati's junior in your lineup that you would get worse or Because he was in the lineup the team is met the the flow is messed up That doesn't happen with Fernando Tati's junior and we've seen him ever since he came back from the IL He's been great. He's been more than great Fernando has been the Fernando that we have Wanted him to be all year long and pretty much for the most part when he's healthy has been You know, there's been struggles there but right before he got injured He was on fire and now he's hitting home runs at Dodger Stadium Fernando's doing, you know, he's doing what he needs to do as Fernando now Haas on Kim on the other side I Haas on Kim is not Fernando Tati's junior Haas on Kim is Someone who can't change the game in ways that Fernando can't so when I say that Haas on Kim is gonna mess up the flow I actually mean that he'll mess up the flow of Maybe the guys that are already playing he's been cold now as they said yesterday on the round table for A month and a half at this point. He has not played in a professional baseball game in a month and a half So what are you gonna do you're gonna bring back Haas on Kim? You're gonna put him in the lineup. You're gonna have him get get back to normal back to major league ready hitting No, it's not gonna work that way. You're not gonna just put him back in the in the lineup for the playoffs either You got to make sure that you're you're doing it You got to take advantage of every single match up during the playoffs and the Padres sort of did that You know they kind of showed their playoff baseball offense last night when they were scratching out runs runs come very the runs are very expensive in the playoffs and If you are able to get to three runs with the bullpen and the rotation that the Padres have you should win that game I think and they're built for it I mean Luis Arise he has struggled in the last couple maybe the last week or so But Luis Arise is a hitting machine. He's built for the playoffs He is built to get on base and the guys behind him are built to drive him in So we saw a little bit before the the wheels came off last night We saw a little bit of the Padres offense and what it could resemble in the playoffs I mean these last three games against the Dodgers have actually felt like playoff games and last night was no different All I say I'm level at 5 p.m. About that whether or not those games were feeling like they were playoff games or not All right, we have the countdown and we also need to get your traffic reports So traffic first and then Tony rejoices me for the countdown Traffic is brought to you by ailsmith 394 pale ale looks like a bunch of people get to spend part of their weekend getting their vehicles in for some Service in numerous stalled vehicles one in middle lanes on south on five right before the 52 also east a before Texas Street Stalled car in lane next to the slow lane south five at the north 15 connectors stall over to the right shoulder Also, stall east on 78 before Sycamore. 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It sounds to get sick But I love it this is a countdown and it starts right now a 97 3 the fan You know sometimes Tony it's really really difficult to find a topic for the countdown We could sit here for 20 minutes and name billion different things and we never find it until it finally pops into our head Like today's countdown, which is going to be the top five things you like about postseason baseball Which I think is obviously fitting and before we get into it If you love Mediterranean food try Spiro's for authentic Mediterranean cuisine in Coronado, or La Jolla for dining or takeout options Visit Spiro's cuisine Dot-com I guess I'll start Tony if that's all right with you My number five is going to be the fact that when playoff baseball gets Here the air is crisp the Sun is going down Earlier and earlier and you feel fall is here You know that winter is just around the corner and I love that feeling of fall being here. So that's my number five I knew you were going to laugh at that one the rest of them are baseball related, but I just know it You clearly couldn't only come up before there. You just winged five there like that. It's that's that's a creative human being Very free style of you right there Number five on my list. I don't know what you call these things, but I just call them the Fourth of July banners that they have That reminds me of postseason every time I see them And so therefore I don't like when they use them at the beginning of the year I only like when I see him this time here because that means it's postseason if you don't know I'm talking about it I don't even know how you describe them like that I know what you're saying. They're like they're like little red light. Yeah, Fourth of July banners But that reminds me of playoff baseball number five. That is a that's a better one than falls on the way I do love fall though super. They're just a way better way. You could have said it But that's real cheeses at night. It's just Seasoned baseball because when postseason baseball reaches us that means that I'm eating grilled cheese and soup for dinner, okay? You can't eat grilled cheese and soup during the summer. It's too long Locked in a juvenile detention center What is going on I might be I also eat fruity petals for breakfast and all of that good stuff All right, my number four has something to do with baseball and it's just like the anticipation in the big time feel of each game Because you know each game's important You know that the season is on the line for these games And it's just like the importance of everything is much more elevated than it is during the regular season So little things become big things and I love that about the the drama of postseason baseball Number four on my list is kind of along the lines of fall weather, right? You see the air coming out of guys mouth, especially you're back east and then one of those Philly or New York settings Pictures on the mound. He's locked in Steams rolling off of his hat because it's cold out is colder outside. You see a lot more Turtle necks long sleeves one of my favorite parts I mean you can catch it's not solely specific to playoff baseball Because you could catch that earlier in the season too, but It's just a different feel come October when you see some of that gear I often think of the now the Guardians, but at the time the Indians Kenny Lofton with his red Turbleneck Join I you know that's that's playoff baseball to me Are you eating grilled cheese and soup? Next okay, when you guys go to a cold city for the playoffs I need you during the game to be eating grilled cheese and soup. I'm gonna have Dave Marcus do this for you It sounds like a Dave Marcus thing. Yeah. Yeah now. I'm gonna have to go home and eat grilled cheese and soup Because now I'm starving for it my number three is like I guess I'm I'm basing this off of the games that I went to in 2022 when the Padres were in the playoffs and It's the energy of the home crowd because you can feel it together like it Like that game against the Dodgers game five of the NLD s you often say a lot of people often say it But it's felt like the whole stadium was kind of like meshing into one. It felt like a big old You know brotherhood slip sisterhood type thing So I like the roar of the crowd the feeling that we're all together in this and just the euphoria that happens when your team wins Number three on my list is the strategy The games are with runs at a premium You just see strategy a lot different. It's probably more extreme because you know you're in a situation where a loss can send you home That's so much different than the 162 that we played during the regular season where you know You got a game tomorrow and there's another one after and another one after and so you and you're trying to You know keep people healthy during that time And so there's so many more things that that factor into it those factors go out the window what come playoffs I mean you have kept everybody healthy by doing what you did in a rain season So you can unleash them come playoff time and so I just love that the strategy gets tighter You know, you know the downside is you get a lot of new Millions of new managers and hitting coaches and building coaches and umpires That's the downfall, but I do enjoy the strategy of it This is just a hater one But when you're when the team that you don't like is eliminated and especially if the team that you don't like is eliminated in heart-breaking Fashion like back to 2022 when the Dodgers were eliminated That was incredible because no one thought they could do it and everybody picked the Dodgers And I don't like the Dodgers. So when they went home, it made me feel pretty good Hater comment. Yes Number two on my list is a little bit like your three, but There's not necessarily the home crowd, you know being into it. It's the dynamic of How the home crowd can be shut up or can be energized, right? I mean, we watched we watched it. We go back to 22 games game three, right? Or yeah, it was a game three. No game to game to write Padres lose game one They come back. They win game two Mm-hmm in LA and you know it went from it being a Raucous crowd after winning game one to I mean the goose landing on the field. Oh, yeah, and then Padres putting up some runs and it just being silent and the energy Was really determined by what the Padres were doing offensively I guess it depends on how you look at it, right? I mean, I guess the Dodgers didn't do their job. They allowed the Padres, but there however you want to look at it the crowd is controlled by What is happening to the team, right? Their team was getting beat Yeah, and so in that case the whole crowd wasn't any good, you know, but then the following night as you mentioned The crowd was amazing as they returned to San Diego and put it on and so I just love that Dynamic how you could just take a crowd out of it with a crooked number early And you can keep them out of it as long as you can keep their team off the board That's a good one. That is a good one. The silencing of the crowd is a very good one My number one is gonna be when players do superhuman things in the playoffs most like like mostly the World Series And I'm just gonna reference Madison Bumgar because that was the first guy that came to mind But when he was the 2014 World Series MVP He went 2-0. He gave up 0.43. He had a 0.43 ERA He gave up only one run in 21 World Series innings. He came back on short rest Just superhuman stuff like that I love because you already have the best baseball players in the world playing in this game And then when you could go one step further than the best baseball players in the world That's what impresses me and that's what's fun to remember Interesting number one on my list is Just the high level of play from pitchers to hitters to infielders. I mean everybody There is just something about the playoffs that heightens your focus And it heightens your awareness and in baseball Those things when those things are heightened on the field by everyone you get a really really High-level game being played velocity goes up We see we see guys laying off of pitches. They didn't they don't normally lay off or they don't lay off of often And I just appreciate that. I got a chance to experience it myself and in 2000 in 2008 and You can feel it and it applied it applied to me like I was I felt like I was although I was nervous as hell I felt like I could I was as fast as I'd ever been I just I felt great And that's all being in that like you could like feel it like in Philadelphia I remember sending the in the dugout like looking up and all these white towels are like waving and like you can feel like the energy like you can literally feel it and Walking onto the on deck circle and into the box you're trying to harness that because it can get it can it can overwhelm you easily like you can just be taken over by it and That is like the fun part is like trying to I mean, it's not fun in the time You're like worried you're trying to do a job and you're like trying to keep yourself in this right space But looking back on it like that's the that's the charge right there. Yeah, that's what you play for right? Right that little feeling right there. Yep. All right. Well, Padres still have three regular season games left against the Diamondbacks But they are headed to the playoffs. We could say that for sure So we'll be feeling all of these things very soon and especially my grilled cheese and soup next week All right, when we get back we have Adam versus the fans Braden is not here today So we're gonna go Adam versus the fans A 3 3 2 8 8 0 9 7 3 for your chance to win some air clapped in tickets Also qualification for Las Vegas (upbeat music) (upbeat music)