⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/1

 “Yeah, life is good, brother. Yeah, brother. What's up, brother?

Baseball Mostly, brother. Dale Murphy. We're trying to pin down the AFFL draft day.

We gotta get a fancy football draft going, baby. Dude, wait, isn't, speaking of football, isn't the Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame game is today. Bears Texans, 5 p.m. West Coast time, West Coast, best coast.

So yeah, speaking of football, it really snuck up on us this year. I don't consider it football season. Till like, I'd say till like Labor Day, really.

I'm still in like baseball and like Olympics mode. All right, Dale Murphy, Alfield, first base catcher. Bats right, throws right.

6-4, 2-10, March 12th, 1956. Portland, Oregon. I was gonna do current players from Oregon, just like I did current players from Washington.

But then I've been taking a step back from my second episodes because I think I overwhelm the listener. Ha ha ha, Woodrow Wilson High School, Portland, Oregon, BYU, and Provo, Utah. September 13th, 1976, debuted at just 20, 13,813th player to do such.

Two for four, with two RBI versus the Dodgers in that debut. Also played the Dodgers in the final game, May[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 868~TOTD #379⚾️HOF or Not❓Dale Murphy, Aug 1, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664051339

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/2

 “already worked this morning. We had our annual meeting, team meeting.

It's kind of funny. It's like a reunion for work, because not everyone is at the store every time you go to work. But I got to see everybody, good times, find out.

I'm either gonna die or get terminated, or both. Ha, ha, ha, it's like I love the kind of fear mongering that our society thrives on fear mongering at all levels. Whether it's like the local, or like the micro, or the macro, the USA Today, or just be at the team meeting.

And yeah, it's kind of funny though. And then you also get to see like the diversity, where there's like 30 people, and it's kind of like a sample size of Spokane County. And it's like, there's like a lot of very different people in this small group, because we have kind of a small group at work.

And then I'm looking at like one of my coworkers, they're wearing shorts, and I'm looking at their calves, and they're just like, dude, some people in Spokane have the whitest like legs, just the whiteness of their like calves. I'm like, have you ever[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 869~TOTD #380⚾️HOF or Not❓Dave Parker, Aug 2, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664162746

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/3

 “Okay, this is take three.

Sometimes, dude, that's thunder in the distance. I just heard thunder, did a thunder. Sometimes you have trouble getting the pod going.

Graig Nettles, third base, bats left, throws right, six foot, 180, August 20th, 1944, San Diego, California, Minnesota Twins, fourth round, 1965 June amateur draft, San Diego State, he's in Aztec. We visited there with my father, late June, 2021. We went down to petco Park.

And September 6th, 1967, debuted at 23, 12,620th player to do such. First, the Cleveland Indians back then, 0-for-1 he went. Played the Phillies in the final game, October 1st, 1988 at 44.

He went 0-for-1 there. Jerry Capstein, agent. Graig Nettles, his full name, does not have a middle name.

Puff, the nickname. Jim Nettles, brother, who played from 1970 to 81. Also San Diego State.

Younger brother, outfielder. So 6-time All-Stars, Greg. 2-time World Series Chomp.

2-time Gold Glover. ALCS MVP. War number 35, 28, 2, 12, 9, and 19.

Speaking of war, 67.9. Career war. 8,986 at-bats.

2,225 hits. That's a lot. 390 homers.

248 batting average. 22 seasons. 11 with the Yankees.

The first[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 870~TOTD #381⚾️HOF or Not❓Graig Nettles, Aug 3, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664235298

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/4

 “New recording location. Cannon Park.

Yasss.

Speaking of cannons, he had a cannon behind the plate. Thurman Munson.

That's right, throws right.

511, 190. June 7th, 1947 to August 2nd, 1979. He passed away at 32.

I forgot how.

What's the podcast?

That's just the end of the podcast right there.

Oh, it was a, he was practicing landings in his aircraft at Akron Canton airport. He died in a crash.

Yeah, that's, that's unfortunate.

His final game was August 1st, the day before, 1979.

Okay. So that's why, okay.

So I feel like look at his numbers. I'm like, the volume of them is not crazy. But that's why it's because the loss potential, what he could have done if he had played another five seasons.

Yeah. Okay.

I see.

Sunset Hills Cemetery, Canton, Ohio. first round pick by the Yankees. Fourth overall, 1968, June amateur draft.

Kent State, that's Kent State was in the news a lot back then. Because they had the, there was like the protests. What was that?

Like 1972 or something.

Let's look.

It's 8:06 a.m. Kent State protests.

The internet's a little slow here at Canon. Kent State Shootings, May 4th, May[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 871~TOTD #382⚾️HOF or Not❓Thurman Munson, Aug 4, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664284626

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/5

 “this is a throwback to November, Movember, right meow. I'm in the Johnny Carson morning show desk, seat, and they're doing construction over at the house.

So, it's just, it's a deja vu. The sun is out.

We had a little bit of thunder going on like 20 minutes ago. So, I sought shelter momentarily. And it's sunny now, though.

And the weather app just says cloudy. For my location, it's very good.

I mean, and I wonder, I mean, I just look around, I'm like, how many other people are walking?

I've seen, like, a dozen people walking. Not as many as normal, but it is a Monday morning as well. Monday mornings might be the slowest recreational morning around here.

Like, people go hard, like, Thursday through Sunday mornings. And days, depending on the weather.

I mean, the weather, the weather, dude.

Dude, I saw that, like, I saw a statistic that said 645 people in Maricopa County, which is where Phoenix is, Arizona. That's how many people died from heat last year. And most of them are homeless.

So I was just thinking, like, dude, that's so crazy, because usually you think about the extreme cold being[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 872~TOTD #383⚾️HOF or Not❓Dick Allen, Aug 5, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664388882

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/6

 “Just accidentally broke my sunglasses. They were Mary's, designed in Italy.

This is why I buy cheap sunglasses, though. Cause these were probably like 10 bucks. But if they were like 150 bucks, like Oakley's or something.

Then I'd be like, devastated, you know. I'm always dropping my glasses. So anyway, doing good though.

Yes. Got my cold brew. Just crushed a wall to high drive.

Just crushed it. And ready to take on this Tuesday. Yes.

Blessed. Thankful. Let's get it, baby.

You know, Dwight Evans. Right field, first base. That's right.

Throws right. 6'2, 180. November 3rd, 1951.

He is 72 from Santa Monica, California. Went to Chatsworth Charter High School. Just a few miles from where I used to live.

I lived in Northridge for years. Drafted by the Bosaucs. 5th round, 1969.

June amateur draft. Out of Chatsworth Charter High School. September 16th, a late season call up.

1972. Debut. At just 20.

13,317th player to do so. 0 for 1, first the Cleveland Indians as they were back then. Final game.

October 6th, 1991. At nearly 40. 1 for 2, first the Tigers.

Jack Sands and Steve Fryer. Agents. Dwight Michael Evans.

Dewey. The nickname[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 873~TOTD #384⚾️HOF or Not❓Dwight Evans, Aug 6, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664504181

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/7

 “Just got my foot x-ray results. They said evidence of prior trauma.

I said, are you talking about my foot or my life?

It's good to get back. Got into the old foot clinic. It's like getting into Harvard or something.

Um, getting to a club. You have to get a refer. Refer five friends to the foot clinic.

Get a free foot. All right. Paul Konerko.

First base. Bats right. Throws right.

I just heard him on the White Sox broadcast of the Fox game. I think it was, it may not have even been a White Sox game. But AJ.

Pruszynski was there as well. So it was a reunion of sorts. All right.

That's right. Throws right. 6-2, 220 Providence, Rhode Island, March 5th, 1976.

He's 48, drafted by the Dodgers. First round pick, 13th overall, 1994, June amateur draft, Chaparral High School, Scottsdale, Arizona. So he went from Rhode Island to Arizona.

Dude, shout out to all the people in Arizona suffering from extreme heat. Dude, global warming. I wonder if it's gonna be hotter in like a decade.

I mean, I honestly think I'm starting to really think it's getting hotter. This must[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 874~TOTD #385⚾️HOF or Not❓Paul Konerko, Aug 7, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664614767

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/8

 “it's 828, happy 8-8, August 8th. The high today in Spokane is 88. The average high is 88.

And it's the one year anniversary of last, like one year ago, exactly right now, I was at Orientation, downtown, for my job. So it's kind of a, and it's also my Friday. So it's about to be the weekend.

It's kind of a big deal today. It's also Bobby Grich. It's been my ace in the hole.

It's this, you'll figure out why in a sec, second base, shortstop, and first base. That's right, throws right. 6-2, 180, January 15th, 1949.

He's 75. Muskegon, Michigan. First round pick, 19th overall, by the Baltimore A's.

1967 June amateur draft. Woodrow Wilson High School, Long Beach, California. UCLA, Bruin as well.

Or maybe, yeah, I wonder if they ever played for UCLA. Either way. June 29th, it's listed at a school, either way.

1970, at 21 years old, debuted 13,014th player to do such. 0 for 3, versus the Washington Senators, as they were. October 2nd, 1986, final game at 37, versus the Texas Rangers, 0 for 4.

Jerry Capstein, agent, Robert Anthony Grich, 6-time All-Star, 1970 World Series[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 875~TOTD #386⚾️HOF or Not❓Bobby Grich, Aug 8, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664741902

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/9

 “There's broken glass everywhere up here, dude. I'm up here on the, what do you call this?

The top of the hill, the kind of cliff in Manto, overlooking the pond. But yeah, people are just smashing bottles and stuff up here. And dude, so I looked up, what was 500 days ago, what day was it?

March 28th, 2023. That's crazy. That was a big day.

The day before was the day I went viral on Facebook. And then March 28th, that was the day I had the removal of that filter that I had in my groin area. It was a very dramatic event.

It helicoptered inside me. And I was like, Kobe. And yeah, I've talked about that.

So if you're a frequent listener, then you have heard me discuss. So I just thought that was crazy. I just decided to randomly look up what day was 500 days ago.

And it's March 28th, 2023. I thought that was crazy. All right.

So let us talk about. Let's do Don Buford, left fielder, second base, third base, bat, switch, throws right, little guy, 5'7, 160. I mean, kind of thick, but short.

February 2nd, Groundhog Day. Make[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 876~TOTD #387⚾️HOF or Not❓Don Buford, Aug 9, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664837228

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/10

 “Yasss, dude. I just learned something new. Hub House is actually Lindsay Hubbard from Summer House.

See how quickly we can get in the Summer House. It's her rental property in Nashville, Tennessee. So, just learned that and something new.

Grady Sizemore, going to be the manager of the White Sox, one of my favorite players growing up, from Everett, Washington, just a few miles from my hometown of Bothell. He played, he was good, he was a multi-time all-star. We talked about him on an episode.

That was from South Dakota, early July, to listen to the Grady Sizemore episode on this podcast feed.

And so, let us, Don Hoke, I'll tell you the story of Don Hoke, when he died at 41. He was hoping to become the manager of his Pittsburgh Pirates, whom he played for four seasons from 59 through 62. Won the World Series with the 1960 Pirates.

In the 1955, hey, there's a ducky. Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Yankees in seven games. He was with them.

He was with the Brooklyn Dodgers first two seasons, then the Cubbys, then the Reds for two seasons, then the Pirates for four, then the Phillies[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 877~TOTD #388⚾️HOF or Not❓Don Hoak, Aug 10, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664898667

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/31

 “Yeah, Adam Eaton, Alphill, 18.4 war, speaking of war, war number six in one, in two, in 12, in nine. 2012 through 2021 played. And Lefty, 3,439 at pass, 950 hits, 66 homers, 276 batter.

10 seasons, pretty weak stats, 914 games, 46 triples though, led the league twice in triples with 10 and nine, and 763 OPS, 108 for you OPS Plus subscribers, and 319 RBI on the career, 566 runs, way more runs. The money, 42 million. See, that's a solid amount in 10 seasons.

Jim Russell, Al Zerilla, Steve Henderson, Gene Moore, Floyd Robinson, Andrew Benatendi, Irv Noren, Phil Bradley, Mitch Webster, Terrence Long, Johnny Rucker, Jacoby Ellsbury, David DeJesus, Shane Victorino, pull him up. That'd be a good one. And Hall of Fame, obviously not close.

But as for anything on the leaderboards, 2016 led the league in range factor per nine innings in the outfield, range factor per game as an outfielder, total zone runs as an outfielder, and also range factor per game in nine innings as a right fielder. And 2019 led the league in errors committed as an outfielder. 2016 also led the league in put outs and assists as an outfielder[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 898~TOTD #409⚾️HOF or Not❓Adam Eaton, Aug 31, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000667788457

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/11

 “All right, chillin by the pond at Cannon. Here we go, Brett Butler, another ace in the pocket here, center field lefty, bats and throws, 5'10, 160 from LA, June 15th, 1957, Atlanta Braves, 23rd round, 1979, June Amateur Draft, South Eastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma.

I wonder if he's been there. Libertyville High School in Illinois, Arizona State University as well, Sun Devil. I always want to call him the dust devils.

Maybe it's because I was watching Twister yesterday. I was watching pieces of some good movies on cable. Caught some of Twister, some of The Shining.

I'd never seen either of those. Caught a little Pulp Fiction, a little My Cousin Vinny, which I've never seen.

Yeah, I was watching a little bit of Summer House. A lot of Olympics yesterday. Awesome basketball game.

Chef Curry with four daggers in the last few minutes of the game. Eight three-pointers on the game. 24 points for Chef.

All from three-point land. It was awesome. August.

I mean, France had a tough team. I think Yabuseli should be on a NBA team. I think he'll get picked up after that tournament.

And[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 878~TOTD #389⚾️HOF or Not❓Brett Butler, Aug 11, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000664952624

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/12

 “Yeah, happy day. Here we go.

Sal Bando. Third base, that's right, throws right. Six foot, 195.

February 13th, 1944. Cleveland, ohio. January 20th, 2023.

Passed just before he turned 79. Ocono, Moac, Wisconsin. KC Athletics.

Sixth round, 65. June amateur draft. Arizona State.

Another sun devil, dust devil. Warrensville Heights High School in ohio. September 3rd, 1966.

At 22, 12,498th player to debut. 0-3 vs. the Bo Sox.

Also went 0-3 vs. the Tigers in his final game. October 3rd, 1981.

At 37. Salvatore Leonard Bando. Captain Sal.

4-time All-Star. 3-time World Series champ. 72, 73, 74 Oakland A's.

Was with the A's for 11 seasons. They moved from Kansas City to Oakland. 1968 was their first season in Oakland.

All-Star 69 and 72 through 74. Then he was with the Brew Crew in Milwaukee. 77 through his final season, 81.

2019 career games. It was a great year. 2019.

It was when I moved to LA in June. Did some stand-up comedy. Open mics.

Started background acting. It was right before the pandemic. It was good times back in 2019.

162 games in 68 and 69 led the league, led the[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 879~TOTD #390⚾️HOF or Not❓Sal Bando, Aug 12, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000665057060

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/30

 “Yo, David DeJesus, outfield, bats left, throws left, here we go. From Brooklyn, New York, 03 through 2015. David Christopher DeJesus, Dan Horwitz agent, war number 912473.

Speaking of war, 23.4, career war. 5,220 at-bats, 1,434 hits. Ooh, 99 homers.

Dude, that hurts to be stuck right before the milestone. 275 batting average. And let's, 288 doubles, 65 triples, that's a good amount.

573 RBI, 740 runs. Way more runs than RBI. 761 OPS, 105 for you OPS Plus subscribers.

Just above average. Only thing in the awards column, Rookie of the Year finished sixth. And play offs, only one play offs.

2013 with the Tampa Bay Rays, made to the ALDS, beat Cleveland in the wild card, lost to the Bows Sox in the ALDS. Five games. Let's see.

And 231 batting average, negative 0.5% championship win probability added. And 13 seasons, eight of them with the Royals, three with the Rays, two with the Cubbies, one with the Angels, one with the Natenals, one with the Oakland A's. Only played three games with the Natenals.

30 games as an Angel, 131 as an Oakland A. And the money, 37.5 million. See, that's what I'm saying.

Like, we[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 897~TOTD #408⚾️HOF or Not❓David DeJesus, Aug 30, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000667478023

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/29

 “Yeah, I don't think humans are even supposed to be monotonous. Monotonous? Uh, wait, what's it called?

Monotony, yes. Uh, wait. Oh, no.

Oh, no. The start of the podcast. Oh, no.

Monotonous.

What's it mean, what's it called when you only, what's it called when you have one mate?

Platonic name for having one mate.

Monogamous. I guess, monotony, I guess that's kind of funny. Monogamy, some people may say that it is monotonous.

It's monotomy. Mono... All right, let's go baby.

Let's go. Yep, Kyle Cook said that, season three, Summer House, talking to Lindsay. Lindsay was saying, she thinks, he may have been cheating, making out with other girls, cheating on Amanda.

He said, I don't know if humans are even supposed to be monogameth, which some people may say is monotony at its finest. Metopony, a good band. Check them out.

Jason Heyward, right fielder, Dodgers, August 9th, 1989, 35, still playing, 6'5, 240, I'm going to pop a squat. All right.

We got the sprinklers out.

He's from Ridgewood, New Jersey, first round pick, 14th overall by the Braves, 07 June amateur draft, Henry County High School, McDonough, Georgia, April 5th, 2010, debuted. I totally[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 896~TOTD #407⚾️HOF or Not❓Jason Heyward, Aug 29, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000667162798

⚾️Baseball Mostly 8/28

 “All right, all right, all right. Yeah. Let's do something a little different.

All right. Whammy. It's my fancy football team.

We did the AFFL draft yesterday. Uh, I think, uh, 02 was our first season. So it's probably our 23rd season.

We did it in under two hours, which I think is quite impressive. I thought it may have been our fastest draft ever. 1.7 draft picks per minute.

192 picks, 16 rounds, 12 teams. We did it in about an hour 55. So just incredibly quick.

Everyone was on the ball, ready to go, prepped. Only a couple mess ups, but then I think they're just gonna fix that in waivers. So yeah, all good.

Everyone did great. I would say one of the best drafts we ever had, lots of fun. Went and got pizza with my mama beforehand.

We drove about an hour to get the pizza. So all the way to the far north side of town by Whitworth University. And shout out Pirates, shout out Robert Schaeffer.

He played football for them. My old neighbor in Bothell, the Schaeffers. Shout out to the Vitos as well.

Shout out Tylin. Shout out to the Yims[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 895~TOTD #406🏈AFFL Draft, Aug 28, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000666928923

⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/27

 “Yeah, here we go, Melvin Mora, all right. Third base, Alfield, Shorstown, Venezuela. 99 through 2011, two-time All-Star Silver Slugger.

War number six, 13, 25, 56, and four. Speaking of war, 28.2.

5,422 at-bats. Yes, his war is 28.2. And 1,503 hits, 171 homers, 277 batting average.

I am excited for this evening. We have our AFFL Arneson Fancy Football League. Got our draft.

I picked number seven out of 12. Let's go. 13 seasons for Melvin Mora.

M squared, 1,556 games. We have 6,158 plate appearances, 794 runs, 283 doubles, 19 triples, 754 RBI, slightly more runs. We have a 781 OPS, 105 for you OPS Plus subscribers.

We have playoffs, just one season, 1999 with the Mets. They made it to the NLCS, lost to the Braves in six, nine playoff games, 400 batter with one home run, two RBI, six hits and 9.7% championship win probability added. I think he's mostly known as a Baltimore Oriole.

Ten seasons with them. The first season and a half as a nine Met. And then went to the Rockies first season, finish off in the Southwest with the Dbacks.

And in the desert and monies, 40.5 million[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 894~TOTD #405⚾️HOF or Not❓Melvin Mora, Aug 27, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000666800735

🏈AFFL Draft Announcer Profiles

 “Shouty”

Age: 39

Hometown: Pensacola, Florida

Education: Florida State University 

Job: Parking lot attendant

Shouty comes from a hard-scramble (scrabble?) background - raised in the swamps of America’s wang, he cut his teeth on jet skis, bleach blonde mullets and red/white/blue speedos.

Callie

Age: 42

Hometown: Chevy Chase, Maryland

Education: Georgetown University 

Job: CIA (confidential)

Callie lives to serve - several of her neighborhood cats frequent her front porch as she hands out peanuts, squeaky balls of yarn and lil saucers of milk - she also hands out newspapers to local drifters who use them to kill the spiders crawling inside their skin.

David

Age: 40

Hometown: Stowe, Vermont

Education: Boston College

Job: Accountant

David enjoys fly fishing, flying his drone and fishing for compliments - he also works as a local rodeo clown, cowboy wingman and part-time reality TV enthusiast. 

⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/26

 “Let's pull up the correct page, so that we can talk about the player. Let us talk about Adam Dunn. Left field, first base, bats left, throws right.

6'6, 285, Houston, Texas, November 9th, 1979. Shout out to my dad. And a couple of buddies, Cincy Reds, second round, 98, June amateur draft, New Caney High School, Texas.

Also Texas Longhorn, July 20th, 0121, debuted 17,919th player, 1 for 3, versus the Florida Marlins, they were. They played the Texas Rangers, the final game, 0 for 3, September 28th, 2014, 34. Jeff Morad, previous agent, Greg Gansky, Brian Peters, and Scott Parker.

USA World Baseball Classic, Adam Troy Dunn, Big Donkey, Adam Dunn underscore 44 on Twitter, two-time All-Star, war number 44, 32, and 10. Speaking of war, 17.9, 6883 at-pats, 1,631 hits, 462 homers, 237 body coverage. Wait, that's pretty low for the BA.

Tons of HR, though, 14 seasons we have, 2001 games, a ton of games for old donkey. 8,328 plate appearances, 1,097 runs, three seasons, triple digits, 334 doubles, way more homers than doubles. Only 10 triples, 1,168 RBI, way more RBI than runs.

2,379 strikeouts. Dude, he's up there on the all[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 893~TOTD #404⚾️HOF or Not❓Adam Dunn, Aug 26, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000666666129

⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/25

 “Yo, how are you? Ian Desmond, shortstop, outfield, first base. That's right, throws right.

6-3, 217, September 20th, 1985. Sarasota, Florida. Montreal Expos, third round, 04 June amateur draft.

Sarasota High School, Florida. September 10th, 09, at almost 24, he debuted. 19,661st player.

Two for four, with a home run. Four RBI in that debut. 0-4-0 in the final game, first to Brew Crew, September 29th, 2019.

And there's 34, Ian Morgan Desmond, Desi Sharon Dez, two time All-Star, three time Silver Saga, war number six and 20. Speaking of war, 16.2, 5,442 at-bats, 1,432 hits, 181 homers, 263 batting average. I love Summer House.

I just got a shout-out at Summer House. Check it out on Peacock and Bravo. Can't wait for season nine next year.

I still have to watch season one and two. I might save them for 2025. I'm watching Stranger Things season four now.

I'm in the beginning of episode seven. It's a great show. Five different years in the playoffs.

Played with the Washington Nationals for seven years, Rockies for the final three, and then one year with the Texas Rangers in between. It was an All-Star[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 892~TOTD #403⚾️HOF or Not❓Ian Desmond, Aug 25, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000666548054

⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/13

 “Let's go, man. Take two, baby. Baseball Mostly.

Pure stats, baby. Willie Randolph, second base. That's right, throws right, 5'11, 165.

July 6th, 1954. Holly Hill, South Carolina. Pittsburgh Pirates, seventh round.

1972, June amateur draft. Samuel J. Tilden High School, Brooklyn, New York.

July 29th, 1975 to October 4th, 1992, was his career. Played the Phillies in the debut at 21 years old, one for four, 13,665th player to debut. Played the Pirates in his final game, 0 for 3 at 38.

Ron Shapiro, agent, Mickey, the nickname, Willie Larry Randolph, six time All-Star, 1977 World Series champ with the Yankees, and a silver slugger. War number 18, 25, 30, 20, 12, and there you go. Speaking of war, 65.9, 8,018 at bats, 2,210 hits, 54 homers, 276 batting, 18 seasons, let's see, 2,202 games, 9,462 plate appearances, 1,239 runs, 316 doubles, 65 triples, 687 RBI.

Played 13 seasons for the Yankees, 1st season as a Pirate, but only 30 games as a Pirate. Then after the Yankees, to the Dodgers for 2 seasons, then the Oakland A's for 1, the Brewers for 1, the Nye Mets for the final season, 90 games that final season. And he[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 880~TOTD #391⚾️HOF or Not❓Willie Randolph, Aug 13, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/14

 “Yeah, Halls, Baseball Mostly. I'm getting a little missed from the sprinkler. It's like one of those missed machines at like Bahama Breeze or Senior Frogs.

One of those like spring break destination, Hard Rock Cafe, those types of restaurants. Outdoor patio seating. They have those missed machines.

Oh, this is kind of nice. All right. I got to do this pod before I poop myself.

It's 8:18 a.m. I work at 10.30. I clock in at 10.25, and I get out of there at 6.55. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, you know?

First, let's do the podcast. Kind of pond-adjacent at Manitou. Currently, recording podcasts.

The listens are way up for Baseball Mostly. It's exciting stuff. I think it just takes a little bit of time to update sometimes.

Because I was stuck on the same number for like three days, but I was like, I don't believe it. I was like, I must, it must just not have updated. Not that it's a big deal, but I knew it.

And then it updated and got a bunch of listens. But I'm just working on that Zen. I want to, I'm trying to enjoy myself[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 881~TOTD #392⚾️HOF or Not❓Reggie Smith, Aug 14, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/24

 “Yeah, let's do it. All right, here we go. Let's do Juan Uribe, shortstop, third base, second base.

Bats right, throws right, six foot, 245, a full back out there. March 22nd, 1979. Sabana Grande del Palenque, Dominicana, Republicana, Dominicana.

Abel Uribe. His high school is named Uribe. I want to feel his homeschooled.

April 8th, 0-1, 22, debuted 17,831st player. 0-1 vs. the Padres.

Final game vs. Oakland A's went 0-3, July 30th, 2016, at 37. Juan C.

Uribe. He's like Homer J. Simpson.

His middle name is an initial. Previously, with Scott Boris, the agent, Martin Arborura, his next agent, two time World Series champ, war number four and five and two. Speaking of war, 22.6 career war, 6161 at bats, 1568 hits, 199 homers.

Yeah, stuck right before the old milestone there. 255 batter, 16 seasons, 1,826 games. So first three as a Rocky, the next five as a White Sox, next two as a Giant, the next four and a half as a Dodger, midseason 2015.

He played 2015 for the Dodgers, Braves and Mets. 29 games as Dodger, 46 as a Brave, 44 as a Met. Final Cleveland Indians, they were back[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 891~TOTD #402⚾️HOF or Not❓Juan Uribe, Aug 24, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/15

 “Ha ha ha, whoo, Baseball Mostly. Let's go, baby. Happy day, it's a great day to be alive.

Stop and feel the grass and smell the grass. Smoke some grass. Ha ha ha, smell the flowers, smoke some grass.

Lay in the grass, so I'm laying in the grass right now. Got my new Miller High Life shirt on. It's one of those nice soft shirts.

And just appreciating the little things in life. Being grateful this morning, you know, it's not all about like belongings. It's also about like podcasting and social media content and blogging.

Also like friends and family as well. Shout out and listeners. Shout out podcast listeners, Baseball Mostly, fans of my other ventures as well.

My ad ventures, additional ventures. Cecil fielder, First Base and DH. Bat right, throws right.

6-3, 2-30, September 21st, 1963, from LA. Grandma was just emailing me about LA, because she was talking about the next Summer Olympics, because she really enjoyed watching this one the last couple of weeks. I asked her if she enjoyed Tom Cruise in the closing ceremony.

She mentioned something about them trying to have people not drive as much during the[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 882~TOTD #393⚾️HOF or Not❓Cecil Fielder, Aug 15, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/16

 “Yeah, Baseball Mostly. Listens are way up. Thank you for tuning in.

thegoat1.blogspot.com is my internationally popular blog. It's popular in Hong Kong and Singapore. Over half the views are outside the USA.

And this podcast is popping lately. It's been huge. Speaking of huge, Prince Fielder, first base, bats left, throws right, 5'11, 275.

He was even bigger at one point, though. ontario, California, May 9th, 1984. We filmed...

I'm pretty sure we filmed the flight attendant. No, that was at the San Bernardino airport, which is close to ontario. What did I...

I swear, I've... I have films in ontario, which is way inland empire, in the LA area. Super far from Northridge in the San Bernardino Valley, where I lived.

And, yeah, we definitely filmed out there. Drafted by the Brew Crew, first round, seventh pick overall, 02 June amateur draft. U Galley High School, Melbourne, Florida.

June 13th, 05, debuted, had just turned 21.

18,687th player to do such. And they were the Tampa Bay Devil Rays back then. 0 for 4, he wins.

I'm trying to tune in my brightness here. July 18th, 2016, verse to angels. When did they switch from, they were[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 883~TOTD #394⚾️HOF or Not❓Prince Fielder, Aug 16, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/17

 “Yas, my mom just gave me a fresh buzz cut. She gave me a seven. It's still super short though.

But my hair grows so fast.

It's still like a seven, dude.

I'm like, I've never heard of a seven, man. Just give me the seven, man. Looks good, though.

You see my face, I trimmed my mustache, shaved the rest of my face. I'm all fresh.

Oh, I feel great.

That was yesterday afternoon. I was sipping Mai Tai, watching Summer House. Then I had split a sour beer with mother.

And now we are going on a hike this morning. And it's 6:31 a.m. right now. And I'm ready to talk Yasmani Grandal, current Pirates catcher and first base, bat switch, throws right.

We're also headed to the Spokane Indians game. They are still known as the Spokane Indians. The minor league team here in town play at Avista Stadium over towards the valley, close to costco.

It's a beautiful stadium if you're in the Inland Northwest area. It's gorgeous. November 8th, 1988, La Habana, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, Panama, Panamá.

Okay, that's a little flashback to 9th grade Spanish right there. So, Grandal vs. the[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 884~TOTD #395⚾️HOF or Not❓Yasmani Grandal, Aug 17, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/18

 “yo, yo! Money, manto, baseball. these are the only things that matter in life.

Let's go, dude. Money. How much money do you got?

Come on, man. Let's compete, man. Oh, aren't you man, aren't you like type A, dude?

Come on, dude. How much money you got, man? What you got that on your wrist, man?

What you driving, dude? What's in your bank account, man?

Come on, man. How much does your neighbor have? How much money do you have?

Whoa, aren't you in the rat race competition? Let's go. Get your money up.

Come on. Money, money.

Let's go, baby. Let's go. You know, what's it all about, dude?

I think it's about baseball and good times. Come on, man. Get your money up.

Let's go, dude. Where are you making your money? What's your income, man?

Oh, get those chicks, dude. Those ladies like the big money, man. Oh, man.

They just want you for your money, though. Dude, they don't really like you. No offense.

They don't really like you. They just want your money.

All right. Let's go, baby. Come on, man.

Where's your money, man? Come on. Aren't you an American entrepreneur, man[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 885~TOTD #396⚾️HOF or Not❓Manny Trillo, Aug 18, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/19

 “Yo, Baseball Mostly, Andres Galarraga. First base, bats right, throws right. 6-3, 2-35, June 18th, 1961, Caracas, Venezuela.

Enrique Phelmy, Caracas, Venezuela.

That's his high school. August 23rd, 1985, at 24, 15,072nd player. It's a debut.

Versus the Dodgers, 0-1. Played till he was 43. October 3rd, 0-4.

Hung up the cleats after playing the Oakland A's and going 0-3. Bob Gilhouli, we've heard that name. And Jose, oh wait, no.

His mill name is Jose. Jim Brawner, his other agent. Big Cat, the nickname.

Big Cat is a great nickname. Isn't there a guy on Rob Dyrdek, Fancy Factory? Big Cat, that's one of his friends.

And then I'm trying, I think that was, that was a nickname of a kid named Matt that went to my high school. It's a good nickname. Big Cat.

It's kind of funny. It's kind of ironic, because you don't think of like cats as being big fat animals. Sometimes they are.

Yeah, dude. This is the kind of gold that you'll find on Baseball Mostly. Sometimes cats can be fat.

Other times, not so much. When we got our kitty in 2012, November, college at Western Washington[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 886~TOTD #397⚾️HOF or Not❓Andres Galarraga, Aug 19, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/20

 “All right, here we go, baby. Dave Concepcion, shortstop, second base, third base. That's right, throws right.

6-2, 155, June 17th, 1948. Okumare de la Costa, Venezuela. Agustin Codazzi, high school, Venezuela.

April 6th, 1970, at 21, 12,951st player to debut, 0-4-4 vs. the Expos. September 15th, 1988, at 40, did not record an at bat in his final game vs.

the Astros. Jerry Capstein, agent. David Ismael Concepcion, nine time All-Star.

Nine times. Name the movie that that's from. The mid 1980s.

I would say it's a cult classic. Comedy. Coming of age.

Ferris Bieler's Day Off.

About... He's a high school senior, right? Is he a senior?

Yeah, and Sloan is a junior. Does Ferris know what college he's going? I can't remember.

wait, I sound like Cameron. Don't they... That's what they talk about.

They're like, what are you doing next to your Ferris? And he's like, I don't know, man. It's just dust in the wind, dude.

You know, life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you'll miss it. Ferris Bieler.

They're like, what are you going to do next to your Ferris? He's[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 887~TOTD #398⚾️HOF or Not❓Dave Concepción, Aug 20, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/21

 “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Baseball mostly. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Mags, Magglio Ordóñez. Right field, that's right, throws right. Six foot, two fifteen.

Caracas, Venezuela. January 28th, 1974. He is fifty.

The Coral Falcon High School in Coral Falcon, Venezuela. August 29th, 1997. Debuted twenty-three.

First, the Strohs of Houston. September 27th, 2011. Final game at thirty-seven.

I was in my first semester of college at Wazoo in Pullman, Washington. Two for three, they were the Cleveland Indians back then, now the Cleveland Guardians, who they played against. Agent Boris Corporation, Adam Katz, Tom Reich, previous.

Magglio Ordóñez, full name, no middle name, six-time All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger, one-time batting title winner. War No. 30, speaking of war, 38.8, 6,978 at-bats, 2,156 hits, 294 homers.

309 batter, though. Really amazing career batting average. Especially by today's standards, 15 seasons, the first eight with the Chai Sox, the last seven with the Detroit Tigers, All-Star 99 through 01, 03, all with the White Sox, 06 and 07 with the Tigers.

1,848 games, 7,745 plate appearances, 1,076 runs, 426 doubles, that's a ton. 54 led the Majors in 07. Also, season high, 21 triples, 1236 RBI[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 888~TOTD #399⚾️HOF or Not❓Magglio Ordóñez, Aug 21, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/22

 “Yo, Baseball Mostly, by The Sprinklers. Manto, Les Goal, Edgardo Alfonzo, third base, second base, bats right, throws right, 5'11, 2'10, November 8th, 1973, age 50 now. Santa Teresa del Tuy, Venezuela.

Cecilio Acosto, high school in Caracas, Venezuela. Let's continue our Venezuela run here. April 26th, 1995, at 21, debuted, became the 16,570th player to do such, and went 0 for 1, first the Rockies.

June 11th, 06, at just 32, hung up the cleats, 2 for 4, with 1 RBI, versus the Tigers. In that final game, Peter Greenberg, agent. Edgardo Antonio Alfonzo.

Fonzie A, one-time all-star and a silver slugger. elisir Alfonzo, his cousin, played briefly from 06 through 011, 193 games. Played for the Mariners 13 games in 2010.

And the Giants to start, mostly Giants, briefly Padres and Rockies as well. 591 at-bats on the career. 17 homers.

Catcher. All right. Back to Edgardo.

War number 13 and 12, speaking of war, 28.7. 5385 at-bats. 1532 hits.

146 homers. 284 batting average. 12 seasons.

Let's see. It's with the Mets. 95 through 02.

And then the Giants. 03 through 05. And then Angels and Blue Jays.

To wrap up the career[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 889~TOTD #400⚾️HOF or Not❓Edgardo Alfonzo, Aug 22, 2024

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⚾️Baseball Mostly transcript 8/23

 “Yeah, let's do this. Aaron Hill, next to Duncan Gardens, Mato. It's my Saturday morning.

Happy Friday to you. Second base, third base, Shorsob, Aaron Hill, that's right, throws right, 5'11, two hundo, March 21st, 1982, Visalia, California, Anaheim Angels, seventh round pick, June amateur draft, 2000, Redwood High School in Visalia, then drafted by the Blue Jays in the first round, 13th overall, 03, LSU. Went all the way to the Bayou to be a Tiger, May 20th, 05, at 23, became the 18,652nd player to debut, two for four, first to Washington Nattinoles, couple RBI in that debut, solid.

June 23rd, 2017, 35, hung up the cleats. After playing the Nye Mets, 0 for one, Casey Close, agent, played for the USA College team. Oh, sit down here.

Aaron Walter Hill, Hilly, it's a creative nickname. One time All-Star, two times Silver Slugger. War number 2, 9, 18, 7.

Speaking of war, 24.4. Career war, 5,646 hits, 1501 hits, 162 homers, 266 batter. Oh, 13 seasons, we have the first seven with the Blue Jays, then the next five in the desert with the Dbacks, then one with the Brewers, half a season with the Brewers.

Split[…]”

From Baseball Mostly: 890~TOTD #401⚾️HOF or Not❓Aaron Hill, Aug 23, 2024

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Ask Arne

 Welcome to my new advice column, where I field questions from readers around the country 

Hi Arne,

Long time, first time - let’s cut straight to the chase.

I wanna make a movie - let’s call it “Thrift”

It’s gonna reunite Seth Rogen and Michael Cera - big time Superbad reunion - the people are gonna love it. It will be set in a small Midwest town - let’s say Wet Falls, Kansas. Couple brothers - long lost but now hanging out - they go to a local thrift shop in search of a fun outfit for a themed murder mystery 80s party - think Top Gun meets Friday the 13th.

They end up purchasing this cool backpack - super retro - like Jansport on steroids and acid. After getting home and searching through the numerous pockets more thoroughly, they find a small sack containing $50 grand in 100 dollar bills - cold Benjamins - and a lot of ‘em.

They get hunted down by a pack of wicked gangsters over a series of hilarious events in the next couple weeks - think Tower Heist meets I Love You, Man with a whiff of Pineapple Express.

Here’s where you come in - you lived and worked in Hollywood for almost 4 years - how can you help me get this spec script in the right hands and in front of the correct eyeballs? 

Would love to hear your feedback - also, do you know Judd Apatow? Need to make some connects to get more in the game - you know, like networking kinda stuff. 

Peace! ☮️ ✌️ 

Jason 

Charleston, South Carolina

The Onion: Obituary Writer Dies

 Longtime obit penner at the Florida Tree Mail, Dale Duncan IV, has passed away from an apparent alligator mauling on the 4th of July. Duncan was 69 years old.

Dale Duncan was out for an evening stroll with his Shitzu, Larry, when he happened up what he thought was a giant rock in which he took rest upon - it was the last thing DD IV ever did as he was swallowed up by the gator in one fell swoop. Larry managed to escape to a nearby animal shelter where he barked various sounds to communicate with local dogs (like the movies - it’s real though - dogs have been proven to speak to each other via ruffs and grrrrrrrs). 

Dale Duncan will be survived by Larry, 9, and his ten foot pet cobra, Probst (named after his favorite show, Survivor, and their host Jeff Probst). His neighbor, Ben, told the FTM that he will miss their weekly checkers matches they held Wednesday nights before and after Survivor. 

Yuzzz 🥇

 USA! USA! 🇺🇸 

Some good Olympic action today - caught the 800 meter, the 4 x 400 relay, the men’s basketball championship (Chef Curry went crayyyyyyyyy), the women’s soccer championship (USA!) and some other events - lots of good stuff I saw today and yesterday and not seeing too much of the Olympics since watching a lot of the Opening Ceremony

Also watched some Summer House and did zeeeeee sauna 🧖‍♀️ of course - catching the end of the Raiders-Vikings preseason game now - Seahawks are at the Chargers on FOX - lots of good sports action this weekend! Also go Marinersssssssss bebe Haniger gotta love it 

Chiefs at Jags about to start now too and the starters are playing the first quarter - was studying the fantasy football magazine today and gettin ready for our AFFL draft in a couple weeks - tons of dudes switching teams this offseason! Go Seahawks and Mariners yoooo also Sonics 

Yee yeeeee yeeeee🍿

 Watchin the Olympics yooooooo

Bit of Summer House today

Chillin - my weekend yooooo 

Baseball Mostly on all podcast platforms 🎧 just Google it yoooooo

Just saw that 6.9 million blog posts have been written today so I wanted to add to that stat haha it’s from WorldOMeter they have some fun stats haha I like that stuff - discuss Baseball stats all the time on Baseball Mostly 

☎️Chatted with Grandpa on the phone for 33 minutes - he is now 88 years old - I am less than 40% of his age haha - stats! Yuzzzzz

The Onion: Afterlife Starts Charging Rent

The Pearly Gates, HV

Looks like the free ride is over - time to pay up, you free-loading, everlasting soul biatches!

Heaven will now be costing a pretty penny for its occupants - it will be tough for any soul to find a space to stay for less than a grand a month - this is the big leagues!

As for purgatory, you can find a noice bungalow for about $850 a month but you will have to share it with another soul - careful cuz they like digging into your Cap’n Crunch without asking - and they even left the lid open for the cute lil miceys!

Even Hell is gonna cost ya - they don’t call him the Devil for nothin! It’s gonna run ya about $666 for a tiny studio on the intersection of Fire and Brimstone - careful - it gets hella hot in the Summer! (Don’t worry - it’s always Summahhhhhhhh 😎)

“I couldn’t believe these prices - after gettin steamrolled by that Mack Truck, I thought that would the end of my money woes - boy, was I wrong - you just never stop getting railed by the Man…for eternity”, yells a lonely soul from Poughkeepsie, New York by way of the Bardo.

Speaking of the Bardo, you can find a lovely two bedroom Bardo beauty but it’s gonna cost ya over two grand a month - who has that kind of coin? Especially when you can’t log in to your old bank accounts! Dang humans.

Alas, let’s hope for the best - maybe our souls have souls that won’t get squeezed out by inflation and competition - it’s a ruthless world, after all! 

Yeeee 🏖️

Back at work yassssss

One me first 15 min break of the day 

In the zen room on the lazy boiiiiii - not a bad break seat eh hehehehe hahaha yasssss

Just saw that a kid died from being in a bouncy castle that a gust of wind blew 20 feet into the air - OK that is absolutely insane and scary haha - it was on USA Today’s website - they always have crazy death news there haha many bizarre things you will see there

A good reminder to enjoy every day and try to not take it for granted tho - life is a gift! Even if The Man will try to trick you into thinkin otherwise, don’t let them get ya down - live, love and be happyyyyyyyyy 😀 

🏖️ 📺

 I love Summer House - watchin episode 11 of season 4 now - my new favorite show haha - yasssssss

Also my daily podcast is Baseball Mostly 🎧

Also happy August - fantasy football draft comin up soon! Pumped for that - football season sneaking up on us this year with the Olympics - they have been fun to watch! My dad was laughing really hard when he saw the badminton this mornin hahahaha they were whacking the heck out of that shuttlecock it was pretty cool to see like amazing hand-eye coordination and concentration and focus and athleticism - gotta love the Olympics - more sports I say - I like the new sports and would welcome even more fun ones yayyyyyyy