Anthony Heron

And I think baseball, the more they can take advantage of that, the better off it will be.

I thought in the pandemic year that the one thing that it seemed to be universal was that baseball was really missed as the summer was going on and everybody was stuck inside and baseball wasn't happening.

And I think that if baseball has any intent of a long lockout for next year, they need to remember that

they're isolated on that stage, and it will be a huge miss for them not to be out there if something does occur with this lockout that keeps the players off the field for any real length of time.

You know, he's from Hawaii and he went to Cal State Fullerton and there's

just a super laid-back West Coast guy in there.

He's not some rah-rah manager.

I don't think he's going to tip over any of the Gatorade bottles in the dugout.

He's going to be pretty even keel for this ball club.

Catchers are always prepared, right?

They're preparing to hit.

They're preparing to catch their pitchers.

They're preparing the other team's lineups.

And he said that there's not a whole lot of difference as a manager envisioning the game happening in front of you.

It's helped him, as it helps many catchers, be a good major league manager.

And, you know, obviously you need some talent on the roster, and the Angels are trying to find their way through with a roster that people like.

don't have them projected to win very many games.

But I think Kurt Suzuki has fit in pretty naturally into the managerial role.

And I think on the other side of that, in a smart way, the Angels have also flanked him on each side with a couple of veterans.

John Gibbons is their bench coach, a guy who's managed in the big leagues and has been around forever.