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Could Major League Baseball be orchestrating outcomes to favor big-market teams like the Yankees and Dodgers? We dive into this provocative question with co-host Val and our spirited crew—Patrick, Eric, Donnie, and Paul—as we reflect on an exhilarating 2024 MLB season. Theories fly about the Dodgers' acquisition of Shohei Ohtani and the Yankees' return to the World Series, sparking a lively debate on whether MLB manipulates matchups to boost viewership. We also tackle the controversial topic of primetime scheduling, sharing fan frustrations over perceived favoritism and the joy of rooting for underdogs in a league dominated by powerhouses.
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Speaker 3:I gotta cook dinner for my family here what's up, dada crew and welcome to another episode of the Dada Chronicles. Listen, this is part three of our conversation with val patrick, eric, donnie paul and I. Okay, a year-end review of major league baseball baseball. Overall, we had a blast. Okay, but not only is this part three, this is going to be the last episode of 2024. That's right. It'll be, uh, taking a winter break and then we'll be back into the new year. Don't worry, we're not going anywhere, we're coming back, baby. But I wanted to give you guys this last episode because this was a lot of fun. I had an absolute blast. Don't let go of those tinfoil hats, guys. It is still needed on this episode, okay, but I want to thank you guys for being with me throughout this trajectory of 2024. The addition of a co-host Val, you have been awesome. Thank you so much for joining the Data Chronicles podcast. You've been an amazing friend, amazing co-host. So more to come in 2025. Yeah, so, guys, without further ado, I'll give you the episode.
Speaker 4:For MLB. Don't you think they would have not waited 15 years to get the Yankees into the World Series? I mean, that goes against everything for them to sit back for 15 years. We're just not going to worry about correcting this, and then all of a sudden, we're going to do it this year.
Speaker 3:The problem is the Major League cheaters so much, and then the Yankees were a sudden. We're going to do it this year.
Speaker 5:The problem is that major league cheetahs so much. And then the yankees were like we're gonna hire boone because he's gonna be along. I just feel like it didn't dawn on them until it made sense for them, like there's no way that the dodgers were gonna get otani, and it was like yes, they did no.
Speaker 5:No, there's no way that the dodgers weren't gonna get otani and mlb was gonna be like like alright, it can't be like a Dodgers. No offense to Marlins fans, marlins World Series it can't be that they couldn't have a World Series. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry Guardians, sorry Ed, what did I?
Speaker 3:do to you.
Speaker 5:It can't be like a I don't know what I was thinking Dodgers, guardians, blue Jays, royals A's type. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3:You really are hitting on the A's a lot here. You might want to calm down.
Speaker 5:Now they've got to make it fun. So I just feel like it was all about timing for them, and what a coincidence that this was the World Series that they got right after last year's World Series. And I feel like the Astros are great money makers for them too, because I feel like it's just so controversial, it's so perfect. Everyone's going to tune in and either hate watch the Astros or root for the Astros, and so I don't know. You know what guys I'm. I'm crazy.
Speaker 4:All I can say is there's gotta be a money trail of of how much they paid class A to Class A to blow three games because otherwise the Guardians were going to be in the World Series. So I mean again.
Speaker 3:I agree 100%. To things like that, because there's no way they controlled him going out there the movement on your curveball and you split. Everything is gone All of a sudden. That kind of made me mad, but I digress.
Speaker 4:I you know I, I just think it. I think that major league baseball got what they they were would always hope would happen. I think I think major league baseball and all the sports, I think all the sports, hope for those kind of matchups. I mean, look at college football. College football wants notre dame to be in everything all the time and Notre Dame sucks.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but they suck, Coming from you guys who just got blown out by Louisville, who we smashed at home.
Speaker 1:so I don't want to hear it. I'm talking in general terms. Year to year, yeah, but college football is an actual popularity contest determined by rankings rather than actual play.
Speaker 3:That is 100% true contest determined by rankings rather than actual play.
Speaker 4:That is 100% true. But I think baseball got what they hope to get most of the time, which is the national exposure. But I think that also goes back to what Paul said is they want the big market teams to get the national exposure because they don't uplift the smaller market teams like they should.
Speaker 5:All I'm saying is they would have never in a trillion years, would have ever allowed another Rangers Diamondbacks World Series. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 3:No, here's the thing I think they wanted. At the very least, they wanted one of the Blue Bloods in the World Series. They would have been happy if it would have been the Dodgers, they would have been happy if it was just the Yankees. They wanted one of those teams they wanted.
Speaker 5:I'm saying they wanted, they got. It times two.
Speaker 1:They did. It's one thing in my mind to say this is what Major League Baseball wanted.
Speaker 3:Clearly they wanted the big markets. Yeah, 100%.
Speaker 1:To say that Rob Manfred was actually in there telling the umpires how to call the game and risk being imprisoned for life because of all the laws he's violating by doing that. That's where we bust out Rob.
Speaker 3:Manfred's a moron. First of all, you don't think that.
Speaker 1:I do not think that.
Speaker 3:No, I don't think so either.
Speaker 1:I think that the legal risk of doing something like that and being discovered is not worth it for baseball's ratings.
Speaker 5:Maybe it's because I live in Vegas, but I've learned that money really talks, so I'll just leave it at that.
Speaker 6:Well, I will say that I mean I think, based on any metric that you look at, this World Series would be considered a huge success, right, I mean certainly from a, from a viewership perspective, from uh, from, from a money-making perspective, um, and obviously I think manfred is going to be very pleased with, with having a huge market, like like paul, you and donnie were saying about having a market like la there and having uh, having a market like New York, having arguably the two largest media markets in the country, certainly from a baseball perspective, and then the international viewership that comes with an Otani and the digital engagements that you can get out of it. All that creates money, right. So I'm not sitting here thinking it was fixed either, but I mean certainly he's going to be very pleased with the, with the outcome of that because, like I said, based on any metric that you look at, this World Series was a huge success.
Speaker 4:When you have your sports, two biggest stars against each other. That's what you want.
Speaker 3:What I'll say, that powers, everything from the money, from the advertising, from the corporate, what I'll say is, what really pissed me off was the fact that they gave the Yankees every single primetime spot. That's the one thing that I'm mad about, and the Dodgers.
Speaker 4:I get that too. I feel guilty as a fan. I'm like, why do we keep getting the 8 pm games?
Speaker 3:You know what I'm saying. The Cleveland-Detroit series. That was one of the best series in the playoffs.
Speaker 5:I mean that was a good series right.
Speaker 1:I agree.
Speaker 3:And then to have that in an afternoon where the viewership did not get to enjoy those games. It's sad they should have done, you know, like hey, all right, we're going to alternate it for you guys and everything. And it didn't happen, and that's the one thing I'll say that major league baseball had a hand in it.
Speaker 4:Well, it was just like some of the Mets Dodgers games, you know, on West coast. Yeah, I mean they're, they're what One o'clock or two o'clock in the afternoon starting a game out there for a five o'clock east coast time slot. I mean that kind of stinks for those guys because they were dealing with shadows and sun and all that and I mean, yeah, it's crazy, it does kind of suck. Even as a yankees fan, I think it sucks that that they give them the eight o'clock time slot every time.
Speaker 3:Yeah, we should have had to play some day games as well. Oh, I agree, should have, should have, could have, would have I'll say this.
Speaker 5:I'll end on this note.
Speaker 1:This is the fifth thing that Val will just say and now I'm done, and now I'm really done.
Speaker 5:It should've been the Rangers and the Yankees Dodgers. I still want to collab on a foodie video one day.
Speaker 4:All I can say, val, is I don't know why you're not wearing your Las Vegas 51s gear during the entire time you're going through with this, because this is like total alien conspiracy theory.
Speaker 5:You should be dressed in the 51s stuff.
Speaker 4:The whole time. When you started, you should have slipped on that 51s hat.
Speaker 3:This episode is so good.
Speaker 5:Wait, but you don't think, so I've gotten nowhere with any of y'all.
Speaker 3:No no.
Speaker 1:No, no, I agree, it's what maybe the baseball wanted. Maybe, eric, but they are not pulling strings. The Phillies didn't lose to the Mets because baseball wanted the bigger market. The Phillies lost to the Mets because they couldn't hit a frigging curveball.
Speaker 5:The Phillies were going to lose to the Mets anyway, because the Phillies winning would have equaled no Dodgers in the World Series.
Speaker 1:Not against the Mets.
Speaker 5:That's what I'm saying. Either one of those teams actually were supposed to lose at the end of the day, because it was supposed to be the Dodgers.
Speaker 3:I love your conspiracy theories. These are so good Thanks. This is so good, Eric tell me what you think, because I think you're kind of in line with Val here.
Speaker 5:That's why the Dodgers at the beginning I'm kicking myself for not putting money on them to have won it all because they were plus money so many times this season. It was just like free money, because it was going to happen, it was supposed to happen.
Speaker 1:It's like Well why didn't it happen in the last year then?
Speaker 5:Because to happen. Well, why didn't it happen in?
Speaker 1:the last year then Because Otani wasn't on the team. I see this is like humans can't cause climate change, but also the government's controlling the hurricanes.
Speaker 3:Bro, that was a live-in wall down here in North Carolina they really pushed that one.
Speaker 4:So if Otani is the reason the Dodgers got there, why were the Angels never there?
Speaker 5:Because the Dodgers are like the love child of MLB. Okay, I'll list you who they love, and I was shocked that the Astros were bounced as early as they were, but I feel like they're money-making teams. Thus, for the teams and I don't think they care who it is, as long as one of these teams makes it far enough to continue to make them money Dodgers, yankees, astros. Dodgers, yankees, astros yeah, what?
Speaker 1:about the Mets.
Speaker 5:Nah, not yet.
Speaker 1:No, okay.
Speaker 5:No, I mean maybe the Phillies. Maybe the Phillies, I mean I feel like for sure, East coast teams. I don't really know about the Mets. I don't really feel it as much as the Mets because they already have their New York team. So Eric talk to me guys, I'm going to write a book and I hope you all buy it one day.
Speaker 4:Okay, Okay. So, Eric, I'll give you this. There were some bad calls against the Royals because you and I talked about them when they happened and I grant you that they did go against the Royals. But straighten this out.
Speaker 2:I mean, what am I supposed to say after all that she just said?
Speaker 5:Could you agree? Like there's nothing left to say, like Mike Johnson.
Speaker 6:All I'm saying is, if I see val next week with a with a full hat I'm gonna lose my mind so when val writes her book, eric's gonna write the forward that's right.
Speaker 5:I need a tinfoil hat with the curved brim. Who can make that nice?
Speaker 2:donnie can, he knows a guy yep, I honestly don't remember who I think it was, maybe somebody at my work said it. They said you know you have those two teams, you have the Yankees Dodgers in the world series, but they left so much money out there because it finished in five there's. If they didn't go to game six or seven they could have made so much more money and it could have easily been a four game sweep. But they wanted to have the yankees blow a five run lead and show how terrible defensively they are giving them a one game they got exposed.
Speaker 3:They got exposed. You know what? Listen, let's be honest, that if take away that fifth inning, yeah, they were actually that call, was actually playing really good. And I told Donnie Donnie, you remember this conversation that you and me had I was, like. Cole. I don't know for the life of me why he was throwing 99-100 to Otani, because Otani was not hitting anything.
Speaker 2:No, he was chasing so much. I think we talked about his injury, but he was chasing so much down and out. Yeah, but was that, guys it's was chasing so much down and out. Yeah, but was that, guys?
Speaker 1:it's clearly because Well below the Mendoza line, the. Garrett Cole marionette operator in the studio in New York lost his signal for a moment and the Garrett Cole robot stopped running to first base.
Speaker 5:Okay, exactly, close, close. I was shocked that the Yankees choked that hard because it was supposed to go to a game six. Now I don't know who would have won game seven. I'm pretty sure it would have been the dodgers, because did you guys see how many people in tokyo were watching this game and how, oh my gosh, you guys remember when it was still we were still in the champion? What series was it? Champion league series? Yes, um, they showed that commercial with just the Yankees and the Dodgers, that playoff commercial.
Speaker 3:This is going to be the highest rated podcast episode for the Deadhead Chronicles podcast. I just want to put that out there. Do you guys?
Speaker 5:remember. Please say yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Do you guys remember? Four teams were still in it, yet there was a playoff commercial with just highlighting Otani and Judge. Why was that?
Speaker 3:They never included Cleveland in any of the commercials. What are you talking?
Speaker 4:about Because of Otani and Judge. They were just again promoting the biggest players in the biggest market.
Speaker 3:Here's the thing, though, I'm not trying to defend.
Speaker 4:Van Vrij, I don't think somebody put a promo out early. That was already done right.
Speaker 3:Uh, you know, here's the thing they'll say. I think the major league baseball, very stupidly and very dumb, like they are trying to promote the players right now. They started kind of promoting the players, but they're doing a really bad job, right and and I think this is where, like it was very blatantly obvious, it's like it just it didn't come out right, like which I get I understand what they're trying to do. It's like, hey, we're trying to, we're trying to. You guys have been asking for us to promote the big names. Here are the big names. The problem is you left big names out of other teams right, like what.
Speaker 5:Where was the love for jram? Where he when.
Speaker 3:He's been playing outstanding all year. Not a word on him. The only person that said something to his credit was Boone.
Speaker 6:yeah, I was like y'all you guys are keep underestimating this guy and this guy is just killing the ball they didn't, they did not underestimate jram all the year, all two years well, the reason jram didn't make it into any advertisements is because they talk to fans like eric prophet yeah, I can't stand that dude second behind.
Speaker 2:But uh, harper.
Speaker 5:Second behind Harper. Oh God.
Speaker 4:See, that's the thing the league has. I mean the league's got Bobby Witt Jr, they've got Harper, they've got Ramirez and Class A. They've got other guys at Cleveland, they've got all these other players. They just don't push them. I mean the Padres have got like half a dozen guys that should be totally promoted. I mean it's crazy.
Speaker 3:And that's the problem. They should really talk to the NFL about this.
Speaker 1:Yeah, right, and that they wouldn't. You know, like the Super Bowl, for instance, is one game on a Sunday in February and it's an event, it's a national event, regardless of who's playing the World Series. A seven-game series is just not going to be that right. It could end on a Wednesday night in Game 5 because of one bad inning, or it could end on a Friday on Game 7. So it's like they don't have the ability to make the World Series an event the way the NFL doesfl does with with the super bowl. But they also don't have it's not a national enough game that you can take a team like milwaukee and make it as popular as, say, green bay is in the nfl and it's just like it's. I don't, I don't. I don't know how you solve that problem.
Speaker 5:If you're, if you're, major league baseball, right because their marketing dollars goes towards the only two guys that play baseball you gotta admit it, though Otani is a.
Speaker 3:If I was good, if I'm major league commissioner, I would be marketing the hell out of Otani right about now already still, oh, my. Oh my God, yeah, why not? He has the market in the US. He has the market in Japan. Listen, he is bringing so much money to Major League Baseball right now. I would be marketing the hell out of him.
Speaker 1:Guys, I don't know if I've mentioned this previously, but I spent a little bit of time in Japan this past.
Speaker 4:Really, when was that? I don't remember that Wow.
Speaker 1:And for real, though, like like you go in the subway in Tokyo and it's just like. It's like Shohei Otani wallpaper, I mean, it was just everywhere. The other cool thing was, though, that they had they actually had a lot of promotional stuff for the other japanese players. Um, and it was, you know, it was, it was very cool. I mean, like to see what. What happened? Uh, it was the largest, the most viewers ever for a major league baseball game in japan, when you, darvish and yamamoto were pitching against each other in the playoffs, like that is super cool, right, like that was a pretty wild thing.
Speaker 1:So yeah, like baseball becoming more international, which is something they are very intentionally doing. Is this the generals we got here? Man, I like that hat trick, val, I've been meaning to ask because I'm trying to make it out Are you wearing the pimentos right now? I am. It's pretty great.
Speaker 3:Val's mad at me because I called her cuckoo bananas.
Speaker 5:I don't think nobody else thinks this way, but you know what it's okay, women are always like that's the hat women oh, oh, jesus, you just insulted come on now wait. That's not what I meant it's not what I meant.
Speaker 1:Here we go. I didn't't mean to wear a Las Vegas hat on an interview with an A's guy, I just meant.
Speaker 3:F Oakland, who's about to lose their team to Las Vegas.
Speaker 1:I just was saying that Oakland can fall into the ocean for all I can say.
Speaker 5:That's all I care.
Speaker 1:That's all. I'm excited to have your baseball team here.
Speaker 3:Oh, this is so good.
Speaker 4:I love this and think of it this way too. That to paul's point about the? Uh, the markets. Um, how many people in uh, you know, seattle gave a crap about the world series because it's the dodgers and yankees? How many people in miami even probably watched? I mean's the thing Like he's comparing it to the Super Bowl, the teams. You know people in the cities with smaller market teams or didn't make the playoffs. They're pretty much done with baseball.
Speaker 5:They could care less, especially because it's the Yankees and the Dodgers, but that's the thing is. I think that it had to be a team that you're either going to watch because you love them or watch because you're going to hate.
Speaker 4:Watch and I hate the word hate, but I hate watch, I hate watched, right yeah I love you, buddy, I hope you guys noticed, but I did too, and so but I still want to work with them like but then, but, then again, we, we're more diehard than the average fan I mean the average people could care less about. There's so many people that had no idea. A lot of people would know who's in the Super Bowl, would have no idea who's playing the World Series. It's just because it's so regional, Even with these bigger market teams.
Speaker 3:But here's the thing though, to your point, donnie, I got a lot of people telling me like, oh my God, did you that? Like the dodgers and the yankees and these are, like you know, just fair weather fans like they're just like fans of the sport that could care less, unlike us, that we will watch 162 games of a season. These guys will watch maybe 10 games because they're at friends house or something like that, and they're like they were invested in the in the world series because it was two of the biggest names in baseball but I would also say, um, that beyond teams, a lot of, a lot of casual fans, particularly like a lot of kids growing up now, are player centric and not team centric, right so so, so the likes of, so they're going to worry more about.
Speaker 6:They're going to root for whatever team otani plays for, or they're going to root for whatever team otani plays for, or they're gonna root for whatever team judge plays for. So they're not they're not really married to a team that they're just gonna. They're gonna jump to where the, the, the superstars are, or the ones that, uh, they connect with on social media or who have a presence online.
Speaker 5:I also to your point. Yesnie asked well then, why didn't the Angels if they had Otani? I also think, though, they can't make it too obvious I mean, it's the Angels, Like one guy isn't going to do it all on his own.
Speaker 4:But that's a Los Angeles team. Why wouldn't they want to go after that market?
Speaker 5:But it's not the Dodgers, just like the Mets aren't the Yankees.
Speaker 3:Excuse me, it is not just the Los Angeles teams, there's the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Speaker 4:Okay, let's say the full name here They've got all the fans in Anaheim and Los Angeles.
Speaker 5:Let's be honest. If MLB is going to choose one team to pick in Texas, it's not going to be the Rangers. I've accepted that.
Speaker 6:I picked the Rangers.
Speaker 1:Yay, you guys would too right.
Speaker 5:I would pick the las vegas uh athletics um well that was a really good rant and I feel so much better I think I feel like you had this, these, this pent-up, like emotions, like, just like holding on, just you know what I think a lot of it came from the fact that I knew it was rigged and I just feel so guilty that as a fan, I just I was just like wow, like I thought last year's World Series was the best World Series ever. Now here they are, like trying to.
Speaker 3:OK. So here's the thing though you thought it was the best World Series because you're a fan of the Rangers.
Speaker 5:Yeah.
Speaker 3:But to be honest with you, you're my friend.
Speaker 5:Don't be honest, the best.
Speaker 1:World Series ever was 1991.
Speaker 5:Twins and Braves and neither one of them is my team.
Speaker 6:That was a phenomenal World.
Speaker 3:Series that probably was one of the best ones 97 World Series where you know like my team lost and it was a great series and it went all the way to the end Game seven, wasn't that Renteria.
Speaker 2:Yeah, great counsel.
Speaker 6:Sorry.
Speaker 5:My parents have told me to go talk to someone, so I really hope they don't listen to this episode.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I had no idea that Val was a World Series denier 2016 was a great World.
Speaker 4:Series. So what you're saying is I should just like despise Major League Baseball as a Yankeesise, major league baseball as a Yankees fan, because I've been a Yankees fan since I was 10 years old, eric agrees so for 46 years I've been a Yankees fan. They have not been in the world series. 30 of those 46 years to 15 years stretches.
Speaker 5:I mean exactly Again.
Speaker 4:I went through an entire career of Don Mattingly playing non-World Series baseball.
Speaker 5:They can't make it too obvious.
Speaker 4:Their man was robbed. Their man was robbed. So they went 15 years and then they gave the core four their window and then they went another 15 years because they didn't want to make it obvious again, by the way, how happy does don mattingly look exactly because, like if you guys suck.
Speaker 5:Well, they're not going to be like here, just still send them. You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 3:like right they drove don mattingly to join the blue jays I know right, it'll be aaron judge's birth certificate speaking of that, did you guys see the story on the about a dominican kid who was who was 19 instead of 14? Yeah he lost out on millions of dollars yeah, just for being 19 was?
Speaker 6:it was like the julio franco effect yeah, yeah, a lot of the.
Speaker 3:And see here's this is the problem with that major leagueball has right. Another one is that they're putting so much stock into the international pool, right. They don't have an international draft, which they should, right. And now they have these players in the Dominican making lots of money and falsifying their birth certificates in order to get all that money.
Speaker 1:His agent was Danny Almonte.
Speaker 2:That's a throwback.
Speaker 6:There is a throwback.
Speaker 3:So I like, Guys, this has been a really good conversation. I really enjoyed this episode so much. Not really, not really, guys, this has been a really good conversation.
Speaker 1:I really enjoyed this episode so much, not really, not really Val's mad.
Speaker 2:Are you about to ask me if pineapple belongs on pizza?
Speaker 3:Yes, no, we're not doing any of the other questions Because it's too many.
Speaker 1:It's not the famous questions.
Speaker 3:There's too many of you to do this.
Speaker 1:How much was Aaron Judge paid to drop that fly?
Speaker 3:ball. I was just going to say all right, here we go. How much, how high was Garrett Cole that he couldn't run? Was he high, or was he drunk? That's what I want to know.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 5:He just misjudged it. I like Garrett's answer.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 6:Yes, by the way, can this really be an episode of the Dad Hat Chronicles if there's no famous, not so famous questions?
Speaker 2:We've had it before where there's been no episodes yeah, when paul and I talked about vegas, we didn't have those questions yeah, I was mad about that. I like those questions I know this is a baseball podcast, but uh, patrick mahomes just got hurt. I know I'm watching it right now.
Speaker 1:Alive carson wins, here he comes oh yeah, carson wins is still alive. Yes, he is.
Speaker 2:I'm going to Kansas City tomorrow for work, so I'll check on my homes while I'm up there.
Speaker 1:Carson Wentz is a porcelain doll Sorry.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, that's a good one. What's the conspiracy theory for you in the NFL Val?
Speaker 5:For what?
Speaker 3:What's the conspiracy theory for you, oh?
Speaker 5:my God, don't even get me started, because it's going to always, always be the Chiefs why they're a small market.
Speaker 4:They're not a major city.
Speaker 5:How many people have jumped on that bandwagon? How many 14-year-old girls have tuned in just to see Taylor Swift for two seconds on the TV? Once they break up, he's going to lose so many followers and I think that's going to be the start of their downfall.
Speaker 3:Isn't there a rumor that they're going to be getting engaged soon?
Speaker 5:No, there's not. Please, god no.
Speaker 4:I'm just saying.
Speaker 2:She's just mad that Bo Nix isn't with the biggest celebrity in the world right now.
Speaker 5:We just need to play the Carolina Panthers.
Speaker 3:Yeah, she's all. Oh, Hold on a second. The Carolina Panthers beat the. The Carolina Panthers not only beat the Saints, they fired the Saints head coach.
Speaker 2:Tune in tomorrow to find out, even though this won't be out before then.
Speaker 3:That's why they need to tune in last week to listen to the NFL talk on Tuesday.
Speaker 2:Look it up on the YouTube channel.
Speaker 1:You'll see it and is this going to be like a four-parter? I feel like we've been talking a lot.
Speaker 3:We're about an hour and a half in. This is so good this one was fun.
Speaker 4:I'm excited for next week's too, so I'd like to ask who is everyone's favorite for next season?
Speaker 2:Wait who's everyone's favorite? I thought you were about to ask on here.
Speaker 4:Oh no, who's your favorite?
Speaker 6:I was going to say I'm out.
Speaker 4:For sure, Patrick. Wait what? Who is your favorite to win the World Series next year?
Speaker 5:Honestly, the Dodgers, because they had so much fun with it.
Speaker 1:I would go if I were betting money on it right now. I would bet the Mets.
Speaker 5:No. No Unless they signed someone that from noteworthy yeah well, you don't understand, val. I'm actually friends with the script writers, so it's uh and you are shocked this whole conversation, like you didn't agree with me once I didn't, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:No, I agree with you about the nfl, but just not major league Baseball.
Speaker 3:This is so fun.
Speaker 5:I love MLB, but I was really disappointed. I mean, I'm telling you the guilt I felt. It was like, okay, fine, then we won't ever go to the World Series ever again, if this is what we have to deal with.
Speaker 1:I think that we need to get to the heart of what is plaguing you, val. I think your guilt over your team being in a low-rated World Series is causing you to lash out, and I think it's manifesting itself in these conspiracy theories, and I'm worried for you.
Speaker 5:Well, I hope this episode gets to Rob Manfred, and I'm sure it does.
Speaker 3:We will tag him in Major League Baseball on this episode. What?
Speaker 4:about Eric Thatcher. What do you guys think? Seriously, I'm curious what you think, Just sitting here now looking ahead to next year first thought the Sacramento Athletics Come on.
Speaker 6:The Kansas City Royals.
Speaker 2:No stop, stop lying. There we go. I knew I liked that guy for a reason.
Speaker 4:You're on here.
Speaker 2:Patrick.
Speaker 4:God.
Speaker 3:Listen right now. Until they get eliminated, I'm gonna go with the dodgers yeah I think the padres are gonna eliminate the dodgers nature.
Speaker 4:I think the padres would be the favorite to me. I really, I really like, oh, anyone.
Speaker 5:You know, I don't want to say anything because I really do want to collaborate with them one day.
Speaker 3:You guys remember the two teams that I had. You know, it's just like hey, man, you guys got to watch out for these two teams Detroit Tigers and the San Diego Padres.
Speaker 4:And they both were very dangerous Listen.
Speaker 3:I was nervous on that last game.
Speaker 4:I think the Tigers are sneaky good for next year too.
Speaker 6:And another team I think it was referenced earlier in the episode, but the Phillies I think with some of the additional investment that they might get from the owners, could be good.
Speaker 3:Paul is like maybe not? Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
Speaker 4:And the Royals have some arms coming up through the system too. So I think if they could get some pitching I mean honestly, the Royals had a pretty good team this year and I think if they could get some pitching- we need both in arms and then, if they get I don't know if Tyler O'Neal is going to be it, but they need a new outfielder somebody they can hit Lorenzo Cain.
Speaker 2:I'd take him.
Speaker 3:You mentioned the Tigers. They need to get rid of Javi Baez.
Speaker 5:Oh yeah.
Speaker 3:Or someone needs to have a come-to-Jesus moment with that guy and say dude, you are not a home-run hitter, you're a singles and doubles. That's what I need you to do. I do not need you to swing for the fences, I need you to swing for the outfield.
Speaker 6:It's Javi Baez. Do you really think that's going to happen?
Speaker 5:No, and I feel like that's why a team like the Padres were so competitive against the Dodgers because it was small ball versus guys just trying to like get it out of the park Guys, forget about how important small ball is.
Speaker 6:I mean it really is and think what the Padres are going to do next year with a full season of Luis Urias, or at least let's hope that Luis Urias gets to finish a season with the team.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but here I have this to say yes to pineapple on pizza.
Speaker 5:Burrito over taco.
Speaker 1:Amy Adams celebrity crush. Oh, that's a good one.
Speaker 2:Jenny Finch. Oh, celebrity Crush. Oh, that's a good one, jenny Finch.
Speaker 1:Oh, jenny Finch, and I forget what the last question was. What was her from?
Speaker 6:Celebrity Crush Hillary Duff.
Speaker 5:Same.
Speaker 2:I was a Kathy Ireland guy. Are you talking about Tiffany Amber Thiessen?
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 2:Kelly Kapowski. Oh yeah, or Britney Spears was my girl back in the day too tiffany till still to this day, beautiful woman mine was mike vitar um who benny, ben or benny from the sandlot yeah
Speaker 6:oh, benny the jet, hey the jet, rodriguez yeah, I think he's.
Speaker 5:He's with the la fire department now, so he is a firefighter he is all right. So if my car is accidentally set on fire, next time I'm in la down here we go.
Speaker 6:There's not gonna be any evidence, guys, don't worry about that no, um, rob manfred will will preconceive a way to have a fire, you know. So, that way, uh, you know, that way you get to meet your uh celebrity crush now yay, and I get to tell him face to face how I really feel guys.
Speaker 3:Thank you so much. This was a lot of fun. Make sure that we're following all of the okay, all of you people that are listening, all of you 10 that are listening to this podcast right now. Make sure that you're listening to these. Gentlemen and lady, you're my co-host, but guys, you guys have been awesome. You guys are truly, truly, truly wonderful friends for agreeing to come on last minute and then listen to Val and her conspiracy theories. This was a lot of fun.
Speaker 6:By the way, I do want to make it clear that we love you, Val.
Speaker 3:Yeah, we couldn't do this without you. This episode was.
Speaker 5:I've been wanting to get this off my chest for the longest and as it kept going, we know. I was just like yo.
Speaker 1:I would never say anything to you that would cause you not to invite me back to the AAA championship game. So just let it be known that I will always try to stay in your good graces because of what fun we had at the AAA All-Star game.
Speaker 3:Good job, buddy.
Speaker 4:And stay tuned for the spinoff podcast, the Tinfoil Hat.
Speaker 1:Chronicles yeah, the.
Speaker 3:Tinfoil hat chronicles. Yeah, the tinfoil chronicles. Guys, make sure that you guys are also Tuesday and Thursday nights, 9 pm Eastern time, the Data Chronicles Sports Show with Patrick, donnie, eric and myself and sometimes we get Val talk about Las Vegas and betting. We will see you guys next week.
Speaker 1:I got to run guys. I got to cook dinner for my family here.
