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🥨A Star Is Born 1/11

 “Randal Grichuk, shout out to everyone listening from the Los Angeles area. Hope you are doing safe. Stay safe.

Can't believe that's still going on down there.

And... All right.

So be good to everyone out there. Everyone listening to this, be good. Hope you're doing great.

29 degrees, frosty, snowy, up here on the second Saturday of 2025 in the Inland Northwest. So let's talk Randal Grichuk, outfielder, righty, 6'2, 216, August 13th, 1991, Rosenberg, Texas, drafted by the Angels, first round, 24th overall, 09 June amateur draft. Lamar Consolidated High School, they're in Rosenberg, Tejas, April 28th, 2014, debuted, 22 years old, 20,597th player to do such, 0-2 vs.

the Brew Crew in that debut, with Excel Sports Management, his agent previously with ISE Baseball, played for the USA National Team, 16 and under. Grich, the Grich Stole Christmas. I wonder if he's ever heard that one.

Randal Alexander Grichuk, where's number 15, speaking of war, 2.2 war last season. Dude, shout out to all the new listeners. So many new listeners of this podcast.

Welcome to the podcast. I don't only talk about baseball. You can check out the podcast feed.

I've talked a lot about”

From A Star Is Born: 1.046k~TOTD #542⚾️HOF or Not❓Randal Grichuk, Jan 11, 2025

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🥐A Star Is Born 1/9

 “Joey Gallo, outfielder, first base, third base, bats left, throws right, 6'5, 249, November 19th, 1993, the best of the years. Born in Henderson, Nevada, Bishop Gorman High School. Shout out TJ.

Lavin. He's from Vegas. We just watched the finale of season 40 of The Challenge last night.

Love that show. I won't spoil it. June 2nd, 2015, debuted at 21 years old, and 20,891st player to do such.

First round pick, 39th overall in 2012 by the Texas Rangers. He's with the Boris Corporation, previously with Wasserman Media Group. Played for the 18-under USA national team, JoJo or Pico de Gallo.

The nicknames, Joseph Nicholas Gallo, two-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glover, War No. 13, 12, 24. Speaking of war, 15.4, career war, 0.3 last season.

Last season, he had 223 at-bats, only 36 hits. 10 of them were home runs though. That's a hilarious home run to hit ratio.

He only batted 161 last season. He only bats 194 on his career. Dude, that's wild.

That's so low. I mean, modern day batting averages are lower. Like 50 years ago, that would have been like absurdly low.

But now that's just like, it's”

From A Star Is Born: 1.044k~TOTD #540🥎HOF or Not❓Joey Gallo, Jan 9, 2025

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🍳A Star Is Born 1/8

 “Justin Turner, third base, second base, first base, righty, 511, 208, from Long Beach, California. Shout out to the people down there in LA, Pacific Palisades. Hope you're doing all right with those crazy wildfires going on.

November 23rd, 1984.

Drafted by the Yankees. 29th round, 05 draft. Cal State Fullerton.

Then by the Reds. 7th round, 06 draft. Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California.

September 8th, 09. Debuted. 24 years old.

19,654th player to do such. 0 for 2, versus the Bowsocks. Justin Matthew Turner.

Previously with the Legacy Agency, now with Vayner Sports. Red Turn 2, it's the nickname. And you can find him at Twitter and Insta at RedTurn2.

Two time All Star, 2020 World Series Champ, NLCS MVP, and Clemente Award Winner. And Ward number 83, 6, 2, and 10. Speaking of War, 1.5 last season.

38.3 war on the career. 5,540 at-bats, 1,580 hits, 198 homers, 285 batting average. Last season had 11 homers, bad 259, 119 hits, and 460 at-bats.

Let's take a closer look. Also, shout out Brian Matus, passed away at the young age of 37.

Former Orioles pitcher. Yes, that's super sad, obviously.

And he went to University of”

From A Star Is Born: 1.043k~TOTD #539⚾️HOF or Not❓Justin Turner, Jan 8, 2025

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🧇A Star Is Born 1/7

 “Carlos Santana, first base and catcher, switch hitter, throws right, 5'11, 2'10, Cleveland Guardians, April 8th, 1986, born in Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. June 11th, 2010, debuted at 24 years old, 19,756 player to do such.

0 for 3, he went vs. the Washington Nattinels, and he is on a one year, $12 million deal. He is, he went back to the, to Cleveland.

He was with Cleveland forever. Back when they were the Indians, and yeah, his baseball reference photo, he's in a twins hat. But now he's back with the Guardians.

2.5 was his war in 2024. Speaking of war, war number 41 and 30, one-time All-Star, one-time Gold Glover, and Silver Schlager. So career 38.0 war, 7,400 at-bats, 1,789 hits, 324 homers.

It's quite a bit. 242 batting average. 23 homers last season.

So 15 seasons, 10 with Cleveland, two with the Royals, one with the Phillies, one with the Twains, one with the Pirates, one with the Mariners in 2022. Split time with the Royals and the Mariners in 2022. One with the Brewers as well.

2,080 games, 8,780 play appearances, 1,058 runs, 393 doubles, 17 triples, 1,082 RBI, 58 solo bases”

From A Star Is Born: 1.042k~TOTD #538⚾️HOF or Not❓Carlos Santana, Jan 7, 2025

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🤖A Star Is Born 1/6

 “Matt Kemp, Outfield, Ritey, 64, 225, Midwest City, Oklahoma, September 23rd, 1984, Born, 06 through 2020, debuted May 28th, 06, versus Washington Nat and Olsh, one for four, 18,885th player to debut, September 25th, 2020, final game at 36. He was 21 when he debuted, went 0 for one, final game, versus the Diamondbacks, Matthew Ryan Kemp, the Bison. Y'all off.

Three time All-Star, two time Gold Glover, two time Silver Schlager, war number 27 and 25. Speaking of war, 21.4, career war, 6,365 at-bats, 1,808 hits, 287 home runs, 284 batting average. Let's take a closer look.

15 seasons, 10 with the Dodgers, two with the Padres, two with the Braves, one with the Rockies, one with the Reds. Final season as a Rocky, Penn Ultimate season as a Cincinnati Red. He went back to the Dodgers for one final season in 2018.

And he was an All-Star in 2018. Originally a Dodger to start the career, 06 through 2014. And 8.0, his season high for war, by far his highest.

Second highest, 4.9. 2011, he had that war of 8.0. Just crushed it that season.

One of his three All-Star seasons, 2012, 2018, the”

From A Star Is Born: 1.041k~TOTD #537⚾️HOF or Not❓Matt Kemp, Jan 6, 2025

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🍌A Star Is Born 1/5

 “Went to Beetlejuice, the play with my mom last time. Super fun. First interstate center for the arts, downtown Spokane.

Really good production. Really amazing stuff. Very fun.

I have not been to a theater play probably in over a decade. Other than Euphoria, the TV show, when I was doing background on that, one of the times I did background on that, it was during the play, during their theater play part of the show. Martine Prado.

I gotta get going here. I gotta bang this one out. Got a few minutes.

Third base, second base, left field, righty, six foot, two fifteen. Mara K. Venezuela, October 27th, 1983.

06 through 2019. Pratt. Shout out Chris Pratt.

He's from Lake Stevens. A few miles from where I hail from, in Bothell, North Puget Sound, the north of Seattle suburbs. Yo.

Just me and me and Chris Pratt, you know, a couple of Chris's from north of Seattle. So one time all star for Martin Prado. War number 24-14-1.

Speaking of war, 27-27. 5,373 at-bats, 1,542 hits. Exactly 100 home runs, 287 batting average.

14 seasons, 7 with the Braves, 5 with the Marlins, 2 with”

From A Star Is Born: 1.040k~TOTD #536⚾️HOF or Not❓Martin Prado, Jan 5, 2025

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