Ross and Rizzo Unfiltered - World Series Game 2 REACTION: Brewers EPIC comeback vs. Rays to take 2-0 series lead | Ross & Rizzo

0:00 Welcome back to another episode of Ross and Rizzo on filter game two of the world series in the books. Rossi raise losing to the brewers five to four Rossi. Did he go? Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Chance Rossi. No chance. Yandy Diaz swung there in the ninth. Um, God, I hate that. I hate that check swing rule.

0:23 Well, you just hate to, you hate to see the game end on that. Like, It was so dang close. I must have watched it a hundred times. You can't even tell. It's... I don't know. I don't know the energy. Do you get caught up in that as an umpire? Like, I thought in real time, I was like, oh, he swung. And the way Wilson... Usually as a catcher, you can really see... Or not Wilson, William. You can really see the guy go when you're catching. He popped up, like, no doubt.

0:49 And... We gotta sell it.

0:51 Slow-mo.

0:52 Yeah.

0:53 And slow-mo.

0:54 Every.

0:55 Every slow-mo, this is what I hate about the postseason. It feels like if you even move the bat, the umpires just call. Like, that's not, no way that's called during the regular season, I feel like. And then they, all the angles, I feel like, on these check swings are always behind the batter, so it always looks like the batter goes. Obviously, I'm biased to the batter, but I did not think he went there. But anyways, that's not, I don't think, the deciding factor of the game, right? Man, what a game, bro. This Brewers, man, Rossi, The Brews have played 10 games this postseason. Four against the Padres, four against the Dodgers, two against the Rays. They have been trailing in seven of those 10 games.

1:41 Well, that was one of my narratives yesterday on TV. I was like, the Rays, if they want to be in this thing, they've got to get the lead.

1:45 They've got to get the lead.

1:46 And they jump out to a 4-0 lead in the first, and you're like, okay, here it goes. We're going to be tied up, 1-1, going to the Trop down in Tampa, and the Brewers just come back, answer. I mean, it's so demoralizing as a team when the team answers right after you put up some runs, you know?

2:05 And not even right out. Like, Churrio on in the second pitch. Bauer's on in the second pitch. They're first and second, and Rossman's thrown four pitches in the first inning.

2:15 They're relentless, man. They're at bats.

2:17 And, you know, when you look at the two– bullpens and we got to give a shout out at some point to to the Brewers bullpen but we look at two bullpens there I feel like they're they're not evenly matched the Brewers are so good and deep but we look at the starters I thought the way they had it set up they took a wild card with Nick Martinez yesterday last night and then they got drew and then Freddie I was like okay this thing could swing quick because of their starters but the Brewers had him I mean three and two-thirds innings at not 89 pitches I think it was like yeah They're just relentless at bats.

2:52 Same with the Rays, though. Yeah. You know what I mean? It's just the Brewers, man. I was watching with Emily, my wife, and she's like, it's incredible. She's like, this team, you could just tell they go down. She's like, it's fun when you see a team that goes down that does not give up like that. You could tell. She's seen a lot of baseball, and her saying that about the Brewers where she's watched them play three times this entire season, she's like, That team looks like they don't care if they're down.

3:21 They had a winning record during the regular season when they fell behind. To me, that's crazy. It tells you how good the bullpen was because they give you a chance to fight back. We talk about that all the time. But they had Logan Henderson out there. I thought he was throwing the ball well. He got ahead of a lot of the guys in the first, and then he couldn't put them away. And I think when you have a team like that, that you just can't get that final swing and miss– and they put the ball in play like the Rays do, it just gets to be really difficult to keep guys off base, man. They just, again, both teams having really good at-bats, contact, controlling the strike zone.

3:59 You know, it's a fun series to watch because of that. Like, it's coming down again to man and scoring position. You said it last show, man and scoring position probably every game with a chance to tie or win the game in the ninth inning, and it happened again tonight.

4:14 No doubt. How about... Just the sloppy play, too, on the raise part, right? Yeah, yeah. Like, that send with Liam Hendricks, the catcher, right? Like, tough send. Two outs. I know it's two outs. You want to put pressure. But, I mean, if you slow that down, he wasn't even at third base and Chiro had the ball in shallow left field, right? Yeah. So, that hurts.

4:39 I feel like the Brewers part, more guys get thrown out there because it's not as big as it feels, right?

4:44 Like, guys play in there.

4:46 Yeah.

4:47 I didn't hate the sand. I get you.

4:49 Like, I know he was there, but Churio was a really nice throw, and it felt really easy after a good throw.

4:56 But, you know, when I managed, they threw out a bunch of stats. Yeah, I know, but when you manage, they give you these stats, and I know, you know, I don't want to get into that debate.

5:08 No, I need to know because I don't understand this.

5:10 No, it's just like the percentage of guys that get thrown out at home plate are low just because it takes a lot of things. have to go right. He has to field it cleanly. He has to exchange it. It's just like throwing a guy out a second. Like a lot of things, you got to catch it on one hop, tag him, all that stuff. It's just the numbers.

5:29 I forget the exact percentages, but it tells you to, when in doubt, send him. And that's what I thought he did, push the envelope a little bit there. But as we're on the topic of slow running catchers, we do know one thing that's still consistent about this series is it's fucking catchers rake this post season.

5:48 It is happening. Right.

5:50 You can Liam Hendrick, the home run to put them up for nothing.

5:54 Big time pop.

5:55 Then our boy, uh, William comes up, gets the, gets the big RBI right there in the first for them to put, put them up to nothing.

6:04 I mean, uh, for two, get them back in the kind of, kind of the race.

6:06 And he had a chance to get another RBI there late and just add infield in when they would get that run in. But, He was blocking the heck out of the ball. Just a shout out to these catchers, man. They're real forces in the middle of these lineups and having a great postseason. There's something about the warm summer air and a cold corona with Lyme that makes the roar of the crowd sound a lot like the roar of the waves.

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8:07 That rake, right? Jonathan Aranda, tough air there first between the legs. It's just one where, you know, even earlier in that game, he dropped a foul ball on foul territory. Okay, a little tough being near the wall there. Didn't really know the spacing. But then there was a play where it was a routine ground ball to second. He stretched so early and almost got pulled off the back. And I was like, oh man, like, He doesn't look too comfortable over there. And then the air between the legs there is just, you hate to see it as a first baseman. You really do.

8:43 They were the second best defensive team during the regular season. I know they played better at home and maybe that's some factor in it on the turf versus the grass with hops and different things. But, you know, watching this postseason, I mean, Cooper Pratt booted one first, first play of the game, you know, rushed a throw and, and made an error. So, It hasn't been clean baseball really on either side. Yesterday with the base running for Tampa, they've got to look at themselves and be like, we're in all these games and we're kicking ourselves in the butt.

9:20 The Aranda one I could see he kind of was in between. Was he going to throw it home because there was a runner on third or just take that at first? Then it was an in-between hop that just kind of got on him. But, yeah, the Cooper Pratt one, too, first inning, first play, right? You give the Rays life.

9:40 And they end up scoring four on that. And he's a rookie. So, for him to come up later in that game, bottom of the seventh, and put the Brewers ahead, 5-4, was like, damn, look at this kid, right? Like, that shows you a lot about him. And also, Sal Frelick with the home run, the tie in the bottom of the sixth. the the Brewers claw back they fight back this is what they do this is who they are and then Sal Freelick ties in the six and it was like okay this game's over honestly it was a tie ball game it was.

10:12 Like this game's over We had him on set yesterday. I was like, oh, it's good luck to come on the ESPN set afterwards. Let's get everybody on there.

10:19 There you go. Hey, it's true.

10:19 I was texting the boys, hey, a little juju, a little positive juju when you get on set. He's a Boston guy, and we got to talk to him yesterday, so what a cool, cool moment it was for him.

10:30 He was talking about how.

10:31 Amped up he was yesterday in his first at-bat to get a knock, and he said, I just wanted to get dirty.

10:36 I had to steal right away because I just wanted to get dirty.

10:38 I felt like I needed to hit somebody like in football, so And he had a quote there after the game that said, Murph tells him he better not hit the ball in the air to center field because he's never going to hit one over the fence.

10:51 So he was pumped that he probably took a little smack back to his manager.

10:55 Yeah.

10:57 I guess his first home run this year was like in either the first game or first series of the year off a lefty.

11:05 And then the one tonight. So congrats, Sal.

11:08 Yeah.

11:09 Drew Rasmussen, I thought, I thought Rasmussen settled in in the third. He looked so good. That changeup had some depth. Like, I was like, oh, here he goes. He just took him a while. Didn't have his command early. Looked a little rushed.

11:21 And then the Brew crew just.

11:23 Honestly, though, even settling in in the third, they had him at 60-plus pitches. So how much can you really settle in, right? They grind it, bro. That's how I feel like that was a nine pitch at bat. Like, that's just... This team, man, is... They got it. They have the formula.

11:41 They're up 2-0.

11:43 And we haven't even talked about them yet. And this is our first ever playas. Corona playas of the game. Playas. The Milwaukee Brewers bullpen. Very fitting. The playas of the game. Because I did have a few coronas during this game watching. Saturday night. Baby's sleeping early. Enjoyed. But six innings of shutout baseball, Rossi. JoJo Romero comes in. Dustin May, D.L. Hall, Abner Uribe, and then Aaron Ashby, who's, what, an inning and a third away scoreless from beating Andrew Miller's start to the 2016 postseason?

12:19 I think he's a third.

12:21 He's at 15 and two-thirds, and Andrew's at 16.

12:24 So he's got to get one more out to tie Andrew Miller. It's funny.

12:28 I didn't even know that stat when I compared the two runs. But, I mean, what great company that is. The guy's absolutely dealing. And it was, you know, you've got to give some love to those early– guys like JoJo, Dustin May that come in and, you know, those are really important innings, keeping that thing, keeping the score down and guys keep them, keep the Brewers in the game.

12:50 So then now they tie it up and now Pat Murphy can go to the horses down there.

12:55 No doubt. So I saw after the game, they asked Cash about, you know, getting your confidence back. How can your team bounce back? And he said, we get on a plane tomorrow, we fly home. And There's going to be a lot of energy at the Trop, which there will be, right? The fans in St. Pete are going to be pumped. But this is one thing for me that is so different in the postseason that I personally hated.

13:18 They're flying tomorrow. Why just fly tonight? Let the guys get on the plane, talk ball. Do you want to have a few pops on the plane to just come down? You just enjoy it. You're used to getting in at 3.30, 4 o'clock in the morning anyways during the regular season. Why not just keep that routine? It's not like they're going from the West Coast to the East Coast. So that's something for me that just always bothered me when we were on teams that did that.

13:44 Yeah, I mean, I think the point that you make that I agree with is after games like this, the wind down is long. It's Alfredo said that he goes, I don't know what time I'm gonna get to bed.

13:56 Cause I am amped. He said that last night.

13:58 And I was like, I remember that feeling like after a world series game, emotionally you're drained, but you can't, your energy is just your focus.

14:05 And it's just buzz.

14:06 About you from all the fans. And it takes a while to come down. So that's, that's a, that's a really good point that you make there. I was, I was really impressed with, the at bats, we're talking about the, the, the brewers at bats, like the guys at the.

14:23 Bottom of their lineup, you know, being able to move the runners, button.

14:27 Guys over the lead off double there in the seventh from terrain.

14:33 That to me was the big one.

14:34 They bought him over and then you get Cooper Pratt who has, you know, they face Kelly.

14:40 Kelly's nasty.

14:40 That's sidearm stuff.

14:43 And last night, They had Cheerio get that double down the right field line, letting it get deep. I think Bowers had a double down the left field line, just fair right on the line where D'Ambolino was staring at it. Like they're doing a good job off the sidearms, letting the ball travel, seeing it up and trying to stay inside it and hit it the other way. And I thought Cooper Pratt did a great job with two strikes there and Bryce Turing at third to get that final winning run in. I wanted to give a shout out to that. Those at-bats have been really good off sidearm guys where you want to leak, you want to pull off, you want to hit it in the ground, and they hadn't, all three guys that have gotten hits off of them

15:22 haven't done that at all.

15:23 Yeah, they know their role, honestly. You heard Sal Freely after the game, he was like, we just want to see pitches so the guys at the top of the order can get their A swing off and swing 0-0 if they feel like it. So they feel, they've bought in, they've bought into their roles, they're not trying to do too much, and it shows, it really does, it shows in every single at-bat, and they're up 2-0 because of Rossi and This team is going to be really, really hard to beat now if you're Tampa. How does Tampa rebound from this?

15:54 Well, one more point. I don't know how they rebound. I think it starts with Freddy Peralta and Tampa, right? That's where they're going to have to go. They've got to, again, they've got to get out to the lead. You can't let the Brewers get that lead because that bullpen now, off day, everybody's going.

16:08 To be able to reset.

16:09 Do you have to get out to the lead? Maybe you can go reverse and let them get the lead. I don't think... That's not the Rays winning formula.

16:18 I got a question for you.

16:19 So we got a lead-off double in the ninth from DeLuca.

16:25 And then... They don't put him over.

16:28 They don't put him left on left. I thought for sure he was going to bunt there. I know they tried... He took the first one, swallowed it, closed it, challenged it for strike one, but didn't square. Then he squared for a ball and then fouled one off.

16:41 And it was one and two.

16:44 What was your thought? Were you thinking about there? You're like, I don't know, maybe he'll pull one.

16:47 Roll it over. I feel like, honestly, Rossi, this is such an old school, new school offense that we're seeing by both of these teams, right? They do slug they do hit the ball in the gap, but when a guy gets on first, no outs, the guy's bunting. If you're, if you're a, yeah, a lesser, you know, not a big, as big a threat, it doesn't matter really who you're putting the bunt down. So it was very surprising there in the ninth, not getting him over. Uh, it was, uh, Mesa, Mesa.

17:21 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

17:22 So maybe that was shocked, but maybe that's part of it. Uh, you know, maybe there's a ton of swing and miss in there. I don't have his stats left.

17:29 On left though. I don't know, man. Like, yeah, The thing is, though, is if you're.

17:34 Watching– But they just– they led the league in bunting this year. They led the league in bunting, and so.

17:37 It's just in my mind.

17:38 I'm like, you're for sure getting that.

17:40 Yeah. I think a huge takeaway from watching these two games is we talk about the league being a copycat league, and you know all these executives are watching. The value of getting guys over and the pressure, right? It's just pressure, pressure, pressure. Every inning. You get that leadoff guy on, they're bunting him over. It's runner on second. The pitcher now has to get two out to the running and scoring position.

18:04 So it's just pressure, pressure, pressure. And I feel like if anything is to take away from these first two games, if you're another team, is, wow, we need to start applying old-school pressure by just a simple bunt, making the pitcher field his position.

18:19 Yeah, yeah, the little details.

18:21 I remember when we weren't very good after you left, after I traded you.

18:24 Apparently, away.

18:26 Thank you.

18:26 We weren't very good.

18:27 You're coming along. We tried to.

18:31 I try to just take advantage of every little small detail and learn to kind of hit and run, steal those little things with the guys that can do it. But what I'll say is I think some of that sloppy play that we're seeing from two really good defensive teams is the fact that everybody's got some speed. They're an aggressive team already on the bases. So everybody feels like they're playing at a faster speed than probably other teams they've competed against throughout the year. This feels like The game is moving really fast for some guys out there on the field.

19:04 Yeah, no, I definitely see that. I mean, it's it's just nonstop pressure on both ends. So you're saying. The Rays bounce back, starting with Freddy Peralta, right? Like, but they grow, they get on that plane tomorrow and it's like. You're you're. sad you're flying back it's it's like a i don't.

19:26 Know man i bet you know what i bet it is and this is this probably piss you off too because we've had conversations like this and i know there's a pet peeve for jay but this time of year you've got so many people with you families are probably flying kids little stuff like that so let's like let everybody get a good night's sleep get up in the morning and and go where everybody's resting we have some crying kid on the plane on the way back and i know what you're gonna say but I, maybe that's another reason.

19:52 Would you try to, I'm trying to let the fans in.

19:54 On, on some of the details that, that happened this time of year.

19:57 No, if, if, if you're the Brewers, you're telling your fans, we'll see at the parade. If you're the Rays, I remember this when we were in Cleveland, I said, we'll see you guys for game six. right, when we were leaving Cleveland. That's right. Telling the visiting clubbies, hey, we'll see you guys for game six and seven. So, man, Rossi, look, we were on a team that came back from 3-1, right, and we believed it. We truly did, which we ultimately did it. But being down 2-0 in this hole, they do have Freddy Peralta going, who's a stud. And they're going to have to get creative, though, on the back end of that bullpen. I feel like it's kind of been exposed these first two games of, There's no one to bridge that gap if the starters don't go somewhat deep.

20:45 No, you're 100% right.

20:46 And we're getting a good series, close games, coming down to guys in scoring position in the ninth inning. And the Brewers are just doing what they've done all year long. And it feels like they are a team of destiny this year. But somebody's got to stop it. And the Rays have to get one in the win column. And then you start to now all the doubt, just a little doubt starts to creep in. Then the next game, something goes your way, or you have a great starting outing from your starting pitcher.

21:17 But you've got to break that seal and get one in the win column.

21:20 Who wins, Rossi? Tell me why. Game three.

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21:52 Come on, Freddy Peralta. I think that the Brewers go up 3-0, Rossi. I do. I think that they're just, this is their year. They're going to, I think they're going to close out this series in five games. I think the Rays can steal. Maybe one, but I do think they go up 3-0. If they go.

22:11 To steal, it's going to be tomorrow for my polymarket pig.

22:13 No, they're going to be flying on a plane all sad tomorrow, and then they're going to have to get up for the next day to play. But you know what I do think we need to see from the race? Easy for me to sit back on a mic and say this, but I think that at some point cash in game three, if needed, Brian Baker may have to come in in the 6th, 7th, or 8th if there's a huge spot. to get them out of a jam and then just figure it out from there. Right. Cause it seems like when this Brewers team gets a lead in the sixth inning or on it's, it's lights out game over.

22:47 But that's, what's so hard about having a closer that doesn't really go multiples is that he doesn't do you any good, you know, at home he will write and we'll, we'll see him for sure, but he doesn't do any good if you don't get in the game and you can't get the lead in the right spots.

23:04 So, um, Yeah, it's a challenge.

23:07 Definitely the Brewers' bullpen has looked head and shoulders above the Rays, even though it's not like the Rays are getting hit all over the place out of the bullpen. It's just they've grinded guys out, and that's what.

23:19 The Brewers do. So I'm with you. They've got to get Baker in the game.

23:23 We've got to see him in some big spot, especially if it gets hairy and you can't wait until the ninth inning.

23:30 No doubt. And, too, one last point. them being down 2-0, they have to, they're going to be, Cash is managing game three like it's game seven now.

23:39 Yeah.

23:39 And that's the first of three in a row. So, the bullpen already got taxed the first two. The only guy really who didn't is Baker. So, these first three, like, if they don't score a ton of runs, which these teams both play one-run games, it's what they do, it's their MO, it's going to be tough, you know, come game six if they, or game five, right, if they get to a game five. So, We'll see, Rossi. It's going to be a good one. Get the day off tomorrow.

24:06 And then Monday, Game 3 live in Tampa. That should be fun for those fans in St. Pete. Hopefully they get to enjoy that. People get to go to these games. That's something, too, watching that I was just kind of in my own feelings of the fans going to the game and spending this time and these memories, these core memories.

24:27 for these fans, these core memories for the families that are there, the wives, the wives section, right? The family section. So just all around the world series always just brings everyone together. It's been fun to watch.

24:39 It was hard for me not to go in the memorabilia store just to buy like a world series shirt.

24:43 And I was like, I don't want a brewers world series shirt.

24:46 But it was like to raise one with that green. Yeah.

24:49 Well, they got a cool logo. You know how like the logo is different every year. They've got, when I walked in, it's first thing I said to, uh, Uh, my boss, Scott Gustafson was like, I looked up to the, the, the big screen.

25:00 They had the logo out there. I was like, oh, they got a cool logo this year. Some of them, you look back and some of them were like, Ooh, that's a, that's a little much, but we had a good one. We had a good one.

25:08 And, uh, they've definitely got a good one this year that, uh, somebody is going to have plastered all over every, every memorabilia that they have.

25:15 I get asked, I've been getting asked a lot from my friends, like who are you rooting for? I know you used to hate the Brewers and you used to hate the Rays. I'm like, bro, I'm just sitting back and watching this as a fan and a fan only, not a rivalry or anything like that. But, yeah, the World Series logo does look good. It's fun to get in the media.

25:33 You're just looking for a good game. You're looking for a tight game, good pitching, big hits.

25:38 Guys, you know, I was saying this the other day, and we'll get to the ball bags, but I love seeing guys, you know, meet the moment. is kind of the saying that I heard somebody say, like the moment comes up where you can either strike out or you can get a.

25:51 Big knock and, and grind in a bad 11 pitch at bat.

25:54 Or, you know, we saw some of those from Mitchell and Bowers and the, in the CS and, you know, South Fralick tonight, having that big home run to tie it up of unexpected moment, just seeing guys meet the moment, whether it's defensively, offensively is this stuff you root for and watching guys come through when it matters the most.

26:11 And the fans are on their feet and everybody's nervous and, The energy is so high and guys are just really poised and grinded and so focused.

26:18 I love that shit.

26:19 Yeah, it's like when these guys do meet the moment, that's when you see the little kid in them come out, which is just, you love to see it as a fan and watching.

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28:19 And with Church and Sheryl Crow, like, I mean, what a tour it's going to be.

28:23 It's always good. He always ends in Boston at Foxboro. He always starts in Tampa. I've been to that one. Maybe we'll have to have a meeting in Chicago, maybe a podcast from Chicago.

28:34 Ooh, with Kenny on it? On 626. Kenny on it? 626. That'd be nice. Hey, again, Ross and Rizzo, 10 for 10% off your next set of tickets at SeatGeek.com. Ross and Rizzo 10 Seat Gate. All right, Ross, let's get to the best part of the show. Again, this is Ross and Rizzo on Filter. This is where we take our daily questions, the Tim Ballbus mailbag questions of the day.

29:02 Take your questions, email us at rossandrizzo at gmail.com. Leave a comment on our YouTube channel or on our Instagram or our socials. We always try to get to them. We love them. First one is a YouTube comment from Tim. Church Key-UW, can you and Ross please talk about why check swings can't be challenged on instant replay? Seems umps get these calls wrong a lot. Very fitting question.

29:30 Good timing. Yeah, good timing on that one.

29:33 Christmas, I don't know if he was saving that or that one just came in, but first one off the top with Yandy Diaz in Indiana. the game on a check swing call. I've heard there's technology coming that is going to somehow put, I don't know if it's a laser or break some kind of plane on a check swing that they'll be able to check. Um, I don't know if there'll be under a challenge, but I have heard rumors of that may be coming, uh, down the.

30:03 What is a pike or pipe? What's the saying coming down the pipe pipeline?

30:07 I don't know. Pipeline something.

30:09 Yeah. Anyways, I think that, I think that may be coming, but, um, you know, I do think that definitely the energy of the fans sometimes may sway an umpire. Um, it's a hard call. There's no real hard, fast rules. It's an attempt to swing. Um, You know, it's a tough one. I think we all– there's nothing– the first time I ever got tossed, Vic Carapazza is in the– is on this crew, and I like Vic a lot.

30:35 I dealt with him a lot.

30:36 But the first time I ever got tossed was in Boston on a check swing, and he shooed me off the field, and I didn't like.

30:43 Being disrespected, so I went and had a few choice words.

30:46 Well, I wish Yandy would have did that because there's no way he went, in my opinion. I think that– I think that by rule– I believe the rule states if you attempt to swing, right? Well, we attempt to swing every single pitch. We just stop, right? So anytime the bat moves other than like any little flinch should technically be a check swing. So it's just the rules worded wrong. It's not a defined rule. But I feel like you have to really give yourself– a big attempt. Like, these small attempts where you clearly see the guy trying to take the swing back and not swing. With how hard the game is now, guys are throwing, Miz is throwing 105, right? Your swing decision is so short. Can we give, we want more offense. Can we give the

31:43 hitters a little grace?

31:44 Right?

31:45 Yeah, yeah.

31:45 That's what I'll do when I'm commissioner for the day. You know, they ask that question. What would you do for commissioner of the day?

31:51 Give them a little more grace.

31:52 Hopefully, we got some technology that'll define that and we'll be able to move on because a lot of the rule changes we've had have really helped the pace of play and take away some of those discretionary things that drive us crazy as fans. Next email from Justin Lackney. I think Justin's already emailed in a couple of times.

32:10 Thanks, Justin.

32:11 What was your favorite restaurant on the road? Ooh, good question. And one that you go to every time you are in that town. Ooh, man.

32:22 All right, I'm going to go. I'm going to start this one. Cause you live there, but I go, there's a place called Campagnola's in New York city. That is some of the best Italian I've ever had. Shout out Upper East. Frankie D runs the door there and he takes care of me every time we go. I've never seen a menu there. They just start bringing out the most amazing food. And the chicken parm is like thin and big. And they do this pasta sampler platter. And they do this steak on this skillet that cooks right in front of you. It is just my favorite. And they've got this huge dessert tray they bring out. That's the first one that I feel like I always go to when I go to New York. But I feel like there's so many, Riz. There's so many I could

33:11 list off.

33:11 Yeah. Mine are going to be very boring to you, but I'm going to explain my reasoning. I have four. that immediately popped in my head. Do not say Moe's in Pittsburgh. First one, every time I went to Pittsburgh, I went to Moe's. Every night game, I was at Moe's in Pittsburgh. And I would walk in, me and Tim Buss, who we named this segment after Tim Buss, ball bag question, would walk in and we would just scream, welcome to Moe's. Not an ad, wish it was. Second one, second and third in New York, when I was a visitor, after every game playing the Mets, I would go down to Joe's Pizza on 14th Street, get a couple slices, right?

33:52 Just wish that someone recognized me in there and take a picture and put me on the wall. To this day, it never happened, right? But I really just wished like for 10 years going.

34:01 We got to make that happen.

34:02 Yeah.

34:03 I just wanted Joe's Pizza, someone there to recognize me and get on that wall. Never happened. Went every night game. And then from there, we walked to the OG Milk Bar. where this was before Milk Bar blew up, and now it's in all stores. It was a couple blocks away, so we'd walk there and get the little cake bite balls.

34:23 They're unreal. So every time in New York. And then, this is going to be a surprise, Rossi. In Atlanta, I'd always walk to Publix and get a Pub Sub because it made me feel like I was home. Shout out to Publix.

34:38 Shout out, Pub Sub. Hey, I heard you on Barstool. I want you to hear your fourth one. I heard you on Barstool. And the guy asked you about what's your pub sub order. And I was like, that's such a Florida thing, bro. Public subs are gangster. Yep.

34:52 So that's my... Sorry. Not anything fancy there, but.

34:56 That's good. There's so many good restaurants. I feel like there's so many. And when you started listing different places, my mind was going crazy. But good question.

35:05 Good question.

35:06 We should do that a lot. Hey, before we get to the last ball bag.

35:10 I want to thank our fans.

35:11 Our social, our IG reached 50,000 followers.

35:16 Let's go over 50K. Let's go. Thank you, everyone. It's been fun. Thanks. Thank you, guys.

35:22 I want to say that when we got on there, we got a nice shout out from our production company that showed us you guys are.

35:30 Logging in and following us and listening. And it's just such a cool thing to happen. So just want to say thanks.

35:37 Been a ton of fun, especially. getting to talk the game with my partner the last email from jeff smith in orlando hi guys we know rossi became a manager but during your careers were you able to tell what players moving forward become managers after they retired.

35:54 Hmm that's uh yeah for sure i think.

35:57 There's a lot i mean we got daniel descalzo's in the dugout for st louis as a bench coach um skip schumacher i didn't play with him with who.

36:07 Who John Jay's on the staff.

36:10 John Jay. Yeah, you feel like Yachty's going to be the catcher thing is big. I think there's guys that you're around that you know are going to stick in the game in some capacity that just are kind of baseball rats somehow. And a lot of those guys probably make enough money that may not be on their radar.

36:29 And then there's role players like myself that– can stay in the game, make a little more money and still be around something that, that I really love.

36:38 And yeah, I, I mean, I think certain guy, I'm trying to think who else.

36:43 Did you play with anyone that's managed? Yeah.

36:47 I play with Dave Roberts.

36:49 Did you play with Kevin Cash? Were you on that team? I play with Kevin Cash.

36:52 Yeah. I play with Cash. Cash stands out. Dave Roberts, Robin Ventura managed the White Sox for a little bit. He was, he was a mentor of mine. Alex Cora played with him. They're, When I was in L.A., it was.

37:05 Cora, Robin Ventura, myself, and Dave Roberts all managing the big leagues off that team. Damn. Crazy.

37:12 And we played for Jim Tracy, Chad Tracy's dad.

37:18 Managed Red Sox now. How about that?

37:20 Wow.

37:20 That's pretty good. Yeah, it's pretty cool. I believe played with two managers, you, David Ross, and Will Venable.

37:30 Oh, Will Venable.

37:31 There you go. Surprise Will got into managing. Honestly, I knew you talked the game like that, especially from catchers. I feel like catchers always make good managers for some reason. But, yeah, it's– managing is hard, man. Like, it's just a losing– you lose, lose. Like, Pat Murphy wins the World Series this year or Kevin Cash, and the next five years if they don't win, they just get torched. It's like a thankless job. Yeah, it is.

38:04 But there's a lot of negativity, obviously, in the position.

38:08 But when you get to be around dudes like you, Nico, like when you get to be around players and they get better, it's just so rewarding. And being in that being in the fight is what I miss the most when you're when, you know, TV's fun because you get to watch and you're in you're calling the games or you're in the on the field and you get to the camaraderie, but then when you're done, it's just like, Oh, I didn't, I didn't have a good day game, a bad game, whatever.

38:32 There's no like feedback when you're in the fight.

38:35 Like the losses feel like, you know, the world's coming to the end and the wind, the winds are like, okay, onto the.

38:41 Next day, you know? So no doubt you want to do that.

38:44 Getting into managing.

38:45 The last thing I'll say on that is like Booney said, the goal is to win the damn world series, you know? And when you win one as a player, you know, that's one of the, greatest things you'll ever do. And then to lead a group of men to do that would be even more special. So that's the, that's the, that's the juice. That's the rub that gets you and keeps you going.

39:04 Yeah. I mean, it's, it's, there's only 30 managers and it's a special job. It's a hard job. You have to have a lot of, a lot of patience. You have to have thick skin. That's for damn sure. So good questions for the, good questions for the, I got thick skin. I got thick skin here. You can't pull fat. You cannot pull fat. So, Again, thank you, everyone. We hit 50,000 followers on our channels today. Really. cool for us to see this thing grow. We love talking the game.

39:33 We hope everyone listening enjoys it. Leave comments. Share with your friends. Share with your family. We will see you on Monday for Game 3 down in Tampa. Rossi will be boots on the ground. Rizzo Ross out.

39:49 Peace.