Gwynn & Chris On Demand
Mike Shildt discusses Game 5 of the NLDS with Gwynn & Chris
Padres manager Mike Shildt has led the Padres to Game 5 of the NLDS against the Dodgers and will have to win or go home Friday night. Gwynn & Chris talked to the skipper about Yu Darvish being the starter of the game and how he feels going into an elimination game.
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- 10 Oct 2024
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Manager Mike Schilt joins us, so appreciate the time Mike, the manager's report with Mike Schilt is brought to you by a San Diego County credit union. It's not big bank banking. It's better. And Mike, as soon as the game was over last night, you said, you know, this is what it's about. Can't wait for game five, let's go. And your team has been great at putting, you know, losses behind them this year. How do you go about doing it this time? Same way, you know, feel good. We're just going to go play. I mean, there's no, I mean, I can appreciate the question, but, you know, we've done it all year. We're not going to stop now. Mike, obviously, you know, in the pressure yesterday, you seemed that you said that you were pretty comfortable. If things got to this point, having a guy like you, Darvish for game five, what is it? What is the advantage to having a guy like you, Darvish for a moment like this? Yeah, I'm really comfortable in a lot of levels, I mean, clearly it's going to be a challenge. I mean, yeah, you've got a good club, but, you know, starting with Darvish, you just, you just, I'm confident he's not going to make the situation bigger than it is. He's going to go. He's going to pitch. He's got a lot of pitches clearly. He's been in big moments before. So in, you know, elimination games, you know, you want a bunch of guys that are just going to go. And not make the experience anything bigger than it is. Just go play baseball. So that's what this thing's going to come down to. It just always will, whether it's, you know, April, May, game five, game six, game seven. You know, any kind of game that, you know, allows you to move on or win the whole thing. You know, it's always about just going out and being able to go play baseball and execute and do what the game calls for. I mean, I'm comfortable and confident in you that you can give us the best chance to do that. Mike Shelters with us. Dodgers Padres can't wait tomorrow night. Mike, what are you happiest about with your ball club through the first four games of this series? And what are you may, maybe least happy about if there's anything through the first four games? I mean, listen, you know, I'm pleased about a lot of things. And I sort of kind of a classic series already for a lot of the good reasons and a lot of, you know, really, you know, dramatic reasons that are unnecessary, quite candidly. But I just continue to be impressed, proud of how our guys compete and how our guys carry themselves. It's a really, really special group that has a lot of special people that takes a lot of shots, which you're going to take shots at this level, found it unfounded. But they're just showing up and getting after it. You know, I mean, I'm not sure how to answer the other question. You know, as far as displays, I mean, yeah, we like to already want it and be moving on. Clearly, that would be nice. But I think sometimes we forget, you know, the other side, trying to. Yeah. And it's just interesting to me. Oh, we're not doing that. Oh, he's not doing that. I wish we could play perfect. And I wish every decision worked out, you know, 100%. That'd be awesome. The good news is a high, high percentage of what we've done. Our guys have done. It's been pretty darn good. And it's just, you know, it's a hard game. And we play it very well. And we go about it exceptionally well. And I'm looking forward to the morning. Mike Schill joins us here, manager of the San Diego Padres. And Mike, you guys had the second best road record in all of baseball this season. My question is, what goes into, you know, having so much success on the road and certainly in a moment like this, you're on a road, hostile environment. How does that come into play for a game like this? I don't think I know we'll draw from the experience of that. That's important. It is a big part of the success of this club that's been built. Around just taking advantage of every opportunity you get, regardless of circumstance. I know that sounds cliche, but that is something that's way harder to actually do until you know this. You're easier, easier said than done in this group. They bring it and it doesn't matter home, road, hostile environment, cold, hot, day game, night game, tough loss, big win. Gonna show up the next day and get after it and. And then do it, you know, be prepared and look to execute and play the game the right way and do it together. And when you do that, really the environment or the situation becomes secondary. It's just about taking care of business. Mike, is there a thought to, you know, maybe tweak anything for game three, you know, whether it's a lineup or anything? Or are you going to be, are you of the type that is more likely to stick with what's got us here? I'll let you answer that question. I think you're going to tweak everything and I think you're going to put the names in a hat and pick a lineup out. There you go. You nailed it. I just now finishing up, you know, putting up the name in the squares. You know, I've got, I've got, I'm bringing Brian Estesito in here to bring the hat and we'll just start drawing them. There you go. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, I mean, look, we got here, man. I don't know what to say. You know, we ride with who got us here and I don't know what the suggestion would be. You know, we score 10 runs. We score six runs. We get shut out by pretty, really darn good bullpen. I made a lot of pitches that make a lot of mistakes. You know, I don't, I don't see anything dramatically changing. Mike, you've managed for, for quite a long time. You've been in this game for quite a long time. I'm not sure how many of these elimination games you've been involved. I know you've been in at least one. It came against the team you're managing now. How, is there, is there any difference in managing in a, in an elimination game versus a game one, two or three? Like, is there a, is there obviously a X and O's difference? And is there, do you feel a difference when you're, when you're down in that dugout? You know, there's the one, elimination games definitely are different. I've been in a fair amount of them, you know, had the good force to be on three championship clubs in the model leagues that I managed and being a part organization and one and being a part of, you know, seeing what that looked like from a staff perspective and, and being, you know, in my organization. So, you know, good experience and doing it, talking to people that have done it. One of them that, you know, won three World Series and was just in San Diego, Johnny Larissa, you know, text with him last night. That's the game just going back and forth about stuff. And your question, yeah, it's different. It's clearly different than trying to win the last game of the series or the last game before they all. But the reason I bring those things up is because, you know, when you have freedom, you know, to handle your bullpen, then that, that allows you to do more things. The thing about the elimination game that, you know, is, is wonderful is, you know, you want to go score early, you want to try to get that lead, you want to put pressure on them. And then, you know, you want to make sure you continue to see what it looks like and trust your, your, your, you know, starter and garbage tomorrow and was to evaluate what it looks like. And we'll let the game dictate, you know, the moves like we've done all year. And, I mean, you talked about Estonia, you know, managed fairly aggressively to, you know, especially when we have these type of opportunities to look to win games. And, and we've been able to do that. And, you know, nothing's going to ultimately change. We just know this is a game that we, you know, have to win. And we're much like every game we've played this year, we'll take it as it comes and get it and go get after it and know that, you know, we win, we move on. And so we'll, we'll get after the best we can and trust our guys to compete. And next week, Mike, we wish you the best of luck. I don't want to keep Mr Esposito waiting any longer with the hat to pick out the lineup. So, please, best of luck. I mean, you know, I'm wishing you that from all of San Diego. And we'll see you back here on Sunday. Hopefully for game one of the NLCS. Thank you, Mike. Yeah, no, we'll be there. We're excited. We're looking forward to it. Thank you, sir. The manager's report with Mike Schilt brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union. It's not big bank banking. It's better.