Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring, boring, boring. You don't get bored by baseball. Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you, you, you. Still have grown men run around tight hands.
It's Mookie Betts. It's Daniel Bard. It's Steve Aoki. Here's Saltz Lamacchia. This is Brock Holtz. Hey, this is John Lester. Baseball isn't boring. Baseball isn't boring.
Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Radford. Congrats. Thank you. You said a couple of weeks ago you'd like to retire brave. Did you have any clue that this was in the works at the time or did it kind of materialize after that?
It kind of came together after that. It was kind of weird. It was like he said what he said, I said what I said, and we kind of just kind of looked at each other like, are we serious? And then I called Bebe and was like, hey, call Alex, figure something out. We made our pitch, they made their pitch, and then we kind of met in the middle. I feel like this was like a week. It was relatively easy.
Just very thankful for it, though. Appreciative of, obviously, Bebe and my agency taking care of it and Alex and the Braves' willingness to get this done.
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Chapter 2: What led Chris Sale to consider retirement before signing the extension?
AAV-wise, this is the biggest number Alex has given. Just what does that mean to you as far as how he values you?
No, I certainly appreciate that, and I don't take that lightly. You know, I want to represent, you know, this organization the right way. I want to, you know, do all the right things and go out and, you know, play the game I love to play. And, again, just very thankful for that, and I know the responsibility that comes with that and, you know, just try to live up to that.
Nice to know. I'm sure you got a nice response in the clubhouse from guys or as they learn, they'll congratulate you. But knowing that you're going to be with that group and some of these young pitchers to help them continue to develop.
That was important to me. You know, you look at this organization, you know, you kind of take a wide frame and take a step back and look at everything as a whole. We have a great manager. We have a great front office. We have a core group of players here that are going to be here for a while.
We've got some good young talent coming up, and I'm excited for that, and I want to be here for that and get you guys off my back asking me if I'm going to retire at the end of this year. You'll get to ask those questions in a year or two now, so get to delay that.
How comforting is it to have a deal just knowing we don't know how things are going to look next year?
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Chapter 3: How did Chris Sale's contract negotiation unfold?
Yeah, again, I've never been a free agent. I've never been in this situation. I appreciate kind of knowing what the future looks like. And I guess I'm just bad at turning down contracts. I was the first person to sign in the first round when I got drafted.
I signed the first contract the White Sox offered me, signed the first contract the Red Sox offered me, got traded here, and it felt like three hours later got offered a contract, and then here we are now. So I guess I'm just not good at turning stuff down.
Now let's go back to when you got drafted. How nice is it to know that at 37 years old, you know, you still have the ability to draw these kind of contracts?
It took a lot of work, obviously, from a lot of different people, and I'm thankful for that. If you'd have told me when I was 21 years old and just got started that this was kind of how it was all going to play out, this is what I dreamed of doing, but you kind of think it would be crazy at the time. But I'm just very thankful for all the people that got me here.
I know that a lot of people think that this is just something that I was able to do, and I'm the one out there pitching and all that stuff. There's so many people, so many hands, a lot of voices, and just a lot of people I leaned on to get to this point. I'm just very, very thankful for them.
You watched Randy Johnson pitch into his later years, and you always wanted to be like him. Does it kind of make it even more proud that you're doing this?
Yeah, I think another name comes to mind, too. Travis texted me this morning. He's like, you're on the Charlie Morton train already, aren't you? Yeah. You know, obviously being, you know, in the same sentence as Randy Johnson is an honor, but, you know, Chuck's as close to that as you can get, and I definitely appreciate that. So this clubhouse needs a resident old guy, and I'm willing.
I'd like to be that guy for a while. All right. All right.
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Chapter 4: What does Chris Sale's new contract mean for his value in the Braves organization?
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