[speaker001:] there we go
[speaker002:] all right well actually I'm a Dodgers I'm a Dodgers fan from way back um
[speaker001:] oh how way back I mean
[speaker002:] like um late fifties early sixties
[speaker001:] okay so Wally Moon moon shots and all that
[speaker002:] what's that
[speaker001:] yeah uh coliseum Wally Moon and all that okay yeah it's uh um
[speaker002:] yep
[speaker001:] I I'm I'm living in just west of Baltimore and uh Frederick um which is also just west of Baltimore has a minor league team and uh and Wally Moon is the manager of them yeah so he's still kicking around
[speaker002:] is that right that's interesting yeah I I also lived uh eight years in Ohio before going to uh going away to college and I used to go watch the Toledo Mud Hens
[speaker001:] oh I saw them I went I I was out there last summer I saw saw a game Ned Skeldon
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] is that the stadium
[speaker002:] uh I couldn't tell you for sure it's been a long time
[speaker001:] oh okay so um it used to be a uh race track
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] yeah um it was that was impression I got when I was there so I almost okay
[speaker002:] yeah I think that's right
[speaker001:] yeah so had a lot of fun actually I mean I like minor league baseball a lot it it's cheaper for one thing
[speaker002:] yep well that's that's true uh I've become I've kind of become a Rangers fan over the last eleven years since I've been here
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] uh they've led the American league in batting fielding and pitching but they've never been able to do more than one of those in any any given year so
[speaker001:] yeah and I uh think they're in in for a odd year this year actually um they um I I don't understand why Incaviglia got released
[speaker002:] I don't either I mean the guy's twenty twenty five home runs maybe thirty eighty some RBIs
[speaker001:] I mean he you know he can't field and you know he strikes out a lot but I mean he's done that for five years why get rid of him now
[speaker002:] really I mean he really has become a a very decent fielder
[speaker001:] oh he has okay I hadn't
[speaker002:] yeah he he's he's not a the liability that he was that he used to be
[speaker001:] oh okay
[speaker002:] um
[speaker001:] oh he fits right in with Texas bunch of guys I mean with uh Detroit you know bunch of guys that hit home runs and strike out a lot
[speaker002:] yeah of course you know get a guy like Cecil Fielder uh you know if if he strikes out a lot so what
[speaker001:] yeah well is that I mean with Detroit I mean they can get away with one guy like that I mean if I if I were like if I were running Detroit I would start building the team around Fielder
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] but that doesn't mean get three other guys who hit all they can do is hit home runs and strike out you know which they did so
[speaker002:] right yep well I think the key for for LA this year is whether Orel Hershiser can come back
[speaker001:] I think their pitching's deep enough that it doesn't matter um
[speaker002:] it may be
[speaker001:] I uh I like them a lot I I think they're going to go all the way um and and I I mean by saying I like them I like their chances I I actually don't like the Dodgers I'm a Giants fan from from way back
[speaker002:] right right well picking up Darrell Strawberry didn't hurt
[speaker001:] no Brett Butler didn't hurt either um and Bobby Ojeda didn't hurt and Bobby Ojeda they got him from the Mets for Hubie Brooks
[speaker002:] uh who was the last one oh okay
[speaker001:] um he's uh he's pretty decent pitcher he's
[speaker002:] yes he is
[speaker001:] um okay you know who he is then
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] um and uh that guy Offerman the short stop is gonna be good
[speaker002:] yep
[speaker001:] um
[speaker002:] well it should be an interesting year
[speaker001:] yeah I'm looking I've I've already been to one game and in fact I should have been to two but
[speaker002:] are you you are you an Orioles fan
[speaker001:] um the the team I live and die with actually is the Red Sox mostly die uh but um I I go to the Orioles since they're here and I you know I do enjoy them um I was out at opening day on Monday um
[speaker002:] uh-huh right yeah yeah you know I kind of wish that they had interleague play like they do in all the other sports so I could see some of the National League teams here once in a while
[speaker001:] how far is Houston
[speaker002:] uh three hundred miles
[speaker001:] ooh okay keep forgetting how big states are out there sometimes
[speaker002:] yeah it is it's it's incredible
[speaker001:] yeah I um yeah we're we're pretty lucky because if if I wanna see a National League team I can usually go up to Philadelphia
[speaker002:] there you go
[speaker001:] and um you know saw you know saw the Cardinals and Cubs last year and a bunch of teams the year before
[speaker002:] boy you are a baseball fan aren't you
[speaker001:] oh uh yeah
[speaker002:] interesting
[speaker001:] um I try to see whatever I can I mean I've been to like thirty or forty games each of the last few years
[speaker002:] wow
[speaker001:] yeah hoping they'll do it this year because um uh um having a kid this fall so it's like well well so much for going to lots of baseball games
[speaker002:] all right yeah so so uh do it while you can
[speaker001:] yeah seriously
[speaker002:] sure well it's been good talking with you sure enjoyed it
[speaker001:] yep good talking with you and uh and uh you know you'll be happy I think in October when the Dodgers win
[speaker002:] I wouldn't mind
[speaker001:] yeah I'll be I'll be upset probably even though my prediction will be right
[speaker002:] yeah well God bless and uh good talking with you
[speaker001:] good talking with you take care bye
[speaker002:] bye-bye