Jared Sandler

And now the next time... What I always tell... If there are any young broadcasters who are listening...

The curiosity, constantly digging, not in an annoying way, but that's when you get the good stuff.

But the 98% of the conversations that aren't with some sort of professional intent allow you then with that 2% of the time when you really, hey, can you walk me through this or can you explain this or whatever?

Especially if it's a guy going through a tough time, you have that relationship.

They're more willing to talk to you or be candid with you than if you're just some guy who all of a sudden shows up and they don't have any pre-existing rapport or relationship with you.

But I don't want to make it seem so transactional.

At the end of the day, as a broadcaster, we're around these guys for decades.

eight months essentially with them on planes in hotels.

I mean this, you know, you hear the cliche about you see these guys and gals on staff more than your family, but it's true.

And so may as well get to know them and, and, you know, develop relationships.

Otherwise it takes a lot of the fun away for me at least.

Yeah.

Well, I mean, the dynamic of, you know, we have to get to the field at a certain time because that's when the manager is going to talk or that's when the club has a long day and you get, yeah, you get all this time.

So no, I, I think, I think you're totally right.

And you know, with the pitch clock, you don't get as much time to tell stories the way that maybe you used to.

And I think the pitch clock is 110% a great thing, but I still think a part of the beauty of baseball is,

But really, any sport is just the ability to tell stories and the ability, again, to connect the fans with the players, with the team, so it feels like they're along for the ride.

Well, it's totally killed the, the gray cloud that hung over the organization having never won one, especially after, you know, getting there in 2010, no one really thinks of 2010 with a lot of negativity.

Cause that was, you know, the first time the Rangers had gone to the world series and, you know, whether they were favorites or not, you know, it just, it was kind of a happy to be there type of feeling.

And,