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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
You join every time. It fails every single time. And I'm going to give you a Red Sox analogy for this. This is next level. You know my synapses are popping when I talk this way. Firing. You know who I talked to in the clubhouse this morning? Because don't just go in the clubhouse and stand there. Do something. If someone's there, talk to them about something interesting.
So the guy I talked to was Tommy Canely. Tommy Canely. And I said, what's it like to throw 50 straight change-ups? And one of the things, in case you don't know, Tommy Canely, new Red Sox relief pitcher, in the playoffs a couple years ago, threw 50 straight change-ups. Like 50. 56. 56 straight change-ups. And so I didn't even factor this in. The catcher called for every one of them.
So I asked him, I said, when the catcher's calling for this, are you like, really?
Chapter 2: What insights did Tommy Canely share about pitching?
Really? Another? Really? Really? Really? But you go with what you know. You go with what works. And in this case, it's Ace of Spades by Mentor.
That was a great analogy.
It was a great analogy.
By the way, as someone who's working on their calf muscles, Tommy Canely.
Oh.
Crushing it.
Big event coming up. Details coming. Okay, big event. It's a little tease. Cisco Brewery Night by Fenway. Best shape of our life club. March 31st. I'm almost announcing all of it, but I'm not going to announce all of it.
Just save the date on March 31st if you want to meet the Play Tessie guys, if you want to meet me, if you want to meet Cavalcated Stars, and if you want to see what the best shape of my life club looks like. Oh, yeah. And I'm not – all right, well, push-ups. How's the push-ups coming?
You know, I'm trying to get up there. I don't know if I'm going to get to 60. Did you say 60? I said 60. That was stupid. I was never going to get to 60. Okay. 60 consecutively?
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Chapter 3: How does Bradfo compare the World Baseball Classic to the Olympics?
That's a party. Pat, Pat, Pat. I'm trying to move on.
Sorry, sorry, yeah. I believe last time I weighed in, I haven't weighed in down here, I've lost 12 of the goal 15.
Oh, you know what you're going to do right after the show?
Thank you, Tristan.
Extended applause. You've got to put on the rubber suit, the Pedro rubber suit, and run around the complex.
Oh, I'll just throw a trash bag on and do the stairs right outside the booth here.
There it is. Okay, so I do want to continue the conversation. My wife is texting me furiously. and about how dare I diminish the accomplishments of the Olympians. I don't think I was, but as I responded, thanks to what you said, that's sweet. It was sweet. It was sweet. What she said was nice. Good effort, Olympians. You worked real hard. But it's still not the WBC. Now it sounds.
But my point was, in case you missed it, was I think that the average sports fan, let's say in the United States, would pay more attention and was more interested in what was going on in the WBC than the Olympics, the Winter Olympics. That was my take. Now, with the WBC... Understand this.
I think one of the things that got people's attention was social media, was the crowd, was the drums, was the fans, was the images of players in the semifinals, guys, weeping in the ninth inning.
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Chapter 4: Why is the World Baseball Classic significant for average sports fans?
It was basically there's two times people cried in the month of March. It was that and when I finished the Eminem song in karaoke. So what do you got? Anything good?
No, no, no, nothing good.
So the point is that the WBC did what we expected. I do think, would you guys agree, that it did take a step even from the Otani versus Trout WBC?
Yeah, which is crazy because that moment, I don't think any moment surpassed that individual moment, but the WBC as a whole, a step forward I feel like is an understatement.
Yes. It was a big leap forward. And it also did for baseball what it needed to do, which was show how awesome baseball can be. Every single pitch. I didn't see the broadcast because we're at the games, but every single pitch, it felt like that was an important pitch. You could see the players were intently looking at every pitch.
And then, on top of it, the other part of the conversation was, and maybe this is another result of it, and we're going to get to how this is going to impact the Red Sox in a second. But... The Team USA caught a lot of heat, which is kind of bizarre because they were tied in the championship game in the eighth inning, right? Had an iconic home run. Had an iconic home run.
With emotion, too. It was good.
Yeah.
Come on, Bryce. No, but here's my – yeah.
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Chapter 5: How do emotions play a role in the World Baseball Classic?
And I just love seeing how much fun Venezuela, DR, all those teams had. So I hope we can be a little bit like that. I'm not saying try to emulate them exactly here in the U.S., but loosen up a bit.
Do you think that Bryce Harper – This isn't being negative to Bryce Harper, but do you think Bryce Harper, if he was in the situation with Wilson Gutierrez, standing at first base, up a run in the ninth inning, that he'd be weeping?
No, and I don't even need him to be.
No, again, I'm just painting the picture here.
He did cry after the loss. There were emotions there for the U.S. players. To me, I really do think it starts with being told, act like you've been there before when you're kids, which kids are told by their coaches when they want to celebrate things, when they do cool things on a Little League diamond, act like you've been there before. Players just need to act how they feel. Just be yourself.
Don't restrict yourself, as Rob said, like, oh, for your PR, for your brand, whatever, because you think it could negatively impact you at some point in the future. No, like, you did something cool. Act like you did something cool. Like, you're on a big stage, whether it be the WBC or Game 32 of a regular season game.
And it's also, from the other side, if you're playing against a team and they're celebrating, they're not taunting you. That's the thing. I saw a lot of Team USA fans like, I don't like how the other teams taunt. I don't want USA. It's not taunting. It's celebrating. They're not saying, we hate you. We got you. It's like, we are happy.
How many times did a pitcher... for whoever, Puerto Rico or Dominican Republic or Venezuela, strike out Team USA player, right? And they're looking in, kind of like Chapman does. But everyone has to understand, that's part of the deal in this. Competition. I think they did. I think they understood that. I know there was not going to be any bench-clearing. Yeah, you can be upset, but so be it.
Yeah, they're not giving them the finger or something super disrespectful. They're fired up. That's sports.
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Chapter 6: What impact does social media have on sports events like the WBC?
We have to keep him motivated. And he's going to keep him motivated by letting him do another trend right now. 617-779-7937. This is the Baseballs and Boring Show.
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Now, here's what's trending on WEEI.
Thanks, Rob. It's Sunday, the 22nd of March in the Hub of the Universe. Here's what's trending now. The Red Sox lost 6 to 1 yesterday after a big showing from Chris Sale and the Atlanta Braves. Sale went six innings with an earned run, four Ks and a walk. Austin Riley of the Braves went 3 for 4 with a homer and two walks. Matt Olsen, 3 for 4 also and a run scored.
Garrett Crochet for the Sox had a game to forget. He allowed six runs in five and a third innings, but he did strike out three. Cooper Boardman and Lou Merloni have the call when the Sox take another crack at it later today when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates from Bradenton, Florida. Sonny Gray goes for Boston while Mitch Keller gets the start for Pittsburgh.
Coverage begins at 1 o'clock immediately following baseball isn't boring. Right here on 93.7 WEI, the Odyssey app and the Shaw's Star Market, WEI Red Sox Network. Shaw's, proud to be local since 1860. The Bruins exploded for three goals in the third period last night in their 4-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Jeremy Swayman for the Bruins had 41 saves. David Poschnok a goal and an assist.
Morgan Geeky with three assists. The Bruins are off until Tuesday night when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Garden. The Celtics are in action tonight as they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at TD Garden. Tip-off scheduled Tuesday.
March Madness second round action continues today after an exciting day yesterday, including Nebraska continuing their epic run after not having won a single tournament game in their entire school's history. They're moving on to the next round and we have three more games on tap for you this afternoon and evening on 850 WEEI. and on 93.7 following Red Sox baseball, including No.
7 Miami versus No. 2 Purdue. That gets started at noon Eastern. 7 Kentucky versus No. 2 Iowa State at 2.45. And No. 5 St. John's versus No. 4 Kansas at 5.15. All of those games brought to you courtesy of Westwood One. I'm Tristan Andrew. That's what's trending now on WEI and WEI.com. You got Bradfo. You got Gordo. You got Sammy. You got Pat.
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Chapter 7: How are the Red Sox affected by the WBC?
Not even remotely concerned. Pat's an extremely.
Go ahead. When you say concerned, just so we're clear, concerned that he's going to be, like, not that good anymore? Or concerned that he's not going to repeat that insane 2025 season?
Well, somewhere in between. He gave up six runs.
Yeah. So I'm not saying I think he's going to.
You know who gave up six runs? The guy who he's going up against, Chris Sale. And if Chris Sale gave up six runs, let's be honest about this. Perception. if Chris Sale gave up six runs, everybody would be freaking out about it because they're waiting for the cliff to come.
Well, that's it right there. It's like if a guy's coming off injury, it's you're looking for reasons why, oh, is he not the same guy? If a guy's getting older, you're looking for reasons, oh, is he going to fall off the cliff? It's the Tom Brady thing. With Crochet, it's like this guy's coming off an unreal season where he basically did not have a single hiccup. He's in the prime of his life.
There's just no reason to expect it. All right.
So that leads me to what I wanted to talk about. We are expertly morphing from one subject to the other. It's almost like we're in the zone right now. It's almost like you're calling for the pitcher. You're calling for a change up 56 straight times, and I'm throwing it, and they have no chance. Here it comes.
But we're still going to, no matter what, you might know what's coming, but it's going to be even better than you even thought. That's exactly what we're talking about. WBC conversation to how WBC impacts this team conversation. And then we're going to get into how this team actually looks conversation. Then we're going to get to your prediction conversations.
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Chapter 8: What are the key players to watch after the WBC?
You would be on full high alert. Right?
The more we talk about this, the more I'm okay with it.
Stand your ground, Pat. What? No, no. No, no, no. Once again, making people better.
Bradford, you just mentioned it, but I feel like we buried the lead. This guy is, I would argue, the most or the second most important player on the Red Sox, him and Roman Anthony, and he just blew by his previous innings pitch tie last year. Not even close.
That's why I ask if you guys are concerned. Right, right. Well – Because Sammy – His velocity, and he's been talking about this, he came out last year in a live BP session in late February and was blowing 100.
Okay, but not to dump on that. Didn't he say the gun was hot? No. I thought he did.
The gun was not hot.
I think he thought the gun was hot initially, but they confirmed it wasn't hot.
Didn't they have him at like 102?
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