Valuable Lessons Learned From Sal Frelick (And MLB's First Few Weeks)
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Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
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Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Rafferty. what his mindset is, and also some other stuff, including Just So Happens. He talked about one of the stars of the final day of the weekend, and that's Jose Soriano of the Angels, which I'm going to get to in a second. But also you should go check out Courtney Finnegan's Pitch and Moan, latest episode with Terry Collin, former Mets manager, asking the jackpot. You know him. Yes. And he was excellent. And Courtney did another good, great, great job. So a lot of good stuff to consume over the weekend. And now we head into another week, another week of baseball not being boring. And in case you want to scream it from the mountaintops with gear, of course, bbisntboring.com.
bbisntboring. By the way, we should note, in case you haven't seen, go to nhl.com. Why am I telling you to go to nhl.com? Well, because CEO Joe and, of course, The first lady of baseball isn't boring, along with my wife. But the first lady of baseball isn't boring, Ashley Kelly. Joe and Ashley Kelly were mic'd up at an Anaheim Ducks game, and it doesn't disappoint. Go to NHL.com or go to the BBs and boring socials. Just to check that out because, once again, it doesn't disappoint, just like this podcast. And today I think that we continue that trend of not disappointing because of Sal Freelick. Sal Freelick is a guy who I wanted to talk to for a while, the gritty, the gutty, the great story that is Sal Freelick.
Milwaukee Brewers, and there's something I wanted to talk to Sal about, about the dynamic of actually being a player in the Northeast. And finding your way as a player in the Northeast and finding your way as a major leaguer who decided, I am not going to specialize in just one sport. I am actually going to play multiple sports, hockey, football, all of it, baseball, and scream from the mountaintops, just like Mike Trout has, that it is important. I'm not denigrating anybody who is laser focused on baseball. No, I'm not. But don't think that it's a bad thing to play other sports. And if you have any doubt at all or you want to get another maybe – opinion or perspective of it, then Sal is the guy to get it from.
That's why Sal is so great on the podcast today. But before we get to Sal, as we said, it was quite a weekend. And where we've landed in Major League Baseball, I think, deserves some recognition. In terms of the performers, the top performers in the entire world of baseball... I think he said the aforementioned Jose Soriano probably should be highlighted more than anyone. All right, so this is where we stand with Soriano, with the Angels. He's 4-0 after his win on Sunday. Struck out 10, lowered his ERA to .33. Over 106 pitches, he just allowed one run now, over 27 innings, striking out 31 and walking nine. Now, get this. This is from the great Mike Petraglia in the MLB.com story they wrote. Soriano is the first pitcher since at least 1900 to throw 25 or more innings in his first four appearances of a season while allowing fewer than 10 hits and fewer than two runs.
The first pitcher since 1900. Who knew? Jose Soriano. Well, I'll tell you what. I'll tell you who knew. The guy that we just talked to. I don't know why it was top of mind in terms of me mentioning Jose Soriano, but I did to Lucas Gilito. And sure enough, Lucas, along with a lot of good stuff in the podcast, had this to say, had this great, great take on – What the guy who is right now, I'll just say it, on the leaderboard, top of the list, Cy Young, American League Cy Young. This is just how it is. I know it's early, but it's still how it is. All right, here's what Lucas said about the guy that he was briefly a teammate with, Jose Soriano. And is there a player that you've watched, you said, shit, I didn't know he was that good?
Oh, my. That's a good question. I have to think. What's the dude, Sariano from... I knew he was going to be good.
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