Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What insights did Stan Van Gundy share about Joe Torre in their 2006 interview?
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Chapter 3: How did Joe Maddon revolutionize baseball strategies?
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Don Libetard. Punctuate this segment with what is your strike three call? Strike one would be strike. And then you stand up and you give a good point to the right.
Stugatz. That's same for strike two. But strike three, you get down low. You got your hands behind the catcher. All right. The right arm goes up into the air. Yeah. And then you finish it with the punch. The right arm flings way up into the air.
Yeah. Yeah.
I wish I could see that. It's terrible. The audio is great. This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugats. He is fun. He is interesting. He's super smart. He's also different, which I imagine, Joe, gets you called a weirdo in the world of baseball because you are different. And I imagine that that doesn't exactly fit. Stan Van Gundy is here with us today, and he'll be talking to you, too.
He loves baseball. But that gets you called a weirdo, right?
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Chapter 4: What challenges did Joe Torre face as the Yankees manager?
The other part is risk-taking and team-building. Again, to walk into crowded hotels in the middle of big cities dressed awkwardly for you, something that you're really not accustomed to, there's a little bit of risk involved in that in regards to how you feel about yourself. And in the team building, when you all walk in, that way it's okay.
So there's a lot of different reasons, but primarily it was motivated by just poking fun a little bit at dress codes in general, which I totally disagree with.
Stan, I am swooning right now with man-crush delight, Stan. I don't know if this is happening to you over there, but I am. I mean, I haven't felt this way since I was a teenager, Stan. Are you dressed in all white right now, Madden?
Well, I did. I did. And I actually wore a tie on this trip just because I normally wouldn't. I bought a white suit a couple years ago because we started this tradition of all white into Miami. It's just the Miami Vice motivation back in the day was a solid show. And so we're just trying to pay tribute to that. And the guys really get into it. We've had some great photographs with the all white.
We've had the... the urban cowboy trip to Colorado that we turned into the midnight cowboy trip from Colorado to New York City. There's all kinds of different, and the guys totally do dig it. At first, yeah, I was a little concerned, people jumping on board. The first one was the Ed Hardy road trip with T-shirts, and Don Zimmer in an XL, it really didn't help him a whole lot.
I mean, but to see Zim in the XL bulging in his seat on your charter play was definitely worth all of that. So all these little things that we do, again, I think it helps morale. And it's just a lot of fun, man. I mean, listen, you've got to have fun doing this. If you're going to have fun doing this, do something else.
Who was the guy on your team that was most comfortable with that whole Ed Hardy scenario? It wasn't a costume. He just went home and grabbed something.
Oh, geez, that's a couple years ago. Actually, I might have been. I mean, I was into all that stuff, period. You were? Of course. Of course. Of course? Yeah, it's all about, you know, you just ā whatever you ā Here's the guidelines for our road trip. If you think you look hot, wear it. That's it.
When I have my preseason meeting and we go over all the rules and regulations, which I don't have any, the one question you have to answer to yourself prior to dressing for a road trip is if you think you look hot or not. If the answer is yes, then wear it.
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Chapter 5: How did Joe Torre help his players cope with media pressure?
Yesterday, I think you know Escobar, his outfit. If we had a photograph, you would understand why. He might have won best dress all white yesterday. It was a little bit different.
When was the last time you were hammered with a player, Joe?
Oh, geez. Poof. There was some legendary moments. You know, playoff games, absolutely. After you win a playoff series a couple years ago in the World Series, even the playoffs more recently. But, you know, back in the day as a bench coach, I felt part of my duties was to go out with the guys at night to listen to them. And I did. And there were some guys that you had to stay up rather late with.
to listen to them all the way through. So it's been a while, but primarily, you know, post the post playoff wins or like we went to the world series a couple years ago, those are some pretty severely heavy moments that you really want to get involved with your players. And we do, and I do. And it was just a lot of fun, man.
Go ahead, Stan. You ever get any of those guys to go bike riding with you?
I did one year, and that was several years ago in Minnesota. Paul Bird and Buddy Black went with me in Minnesota. They have a great trail around Minneapolis. The city of Minneapolis has got a great bike trail around the entire city. It's fabulous. So I got Birdie and Pepe, Buddy Black, to go with me at that time. You know what? I'm kind of a loner with that. I like to get out there by myself.
That's really a good moment just to think. I like to do a little exercise. I listen to my music. Down in the Tampa Bay area, we live in Tampa now, and there's a lot of dolphin in the water. There are some stingrays sometimes. You get to check all that stuff out. It's a great way to start your day intellectually before you go to the ballpark.
Joe Maddon with us on the ticket. Do you have any problems, Joe, sort of marking the line between being really friendly and human with your players and being their boss? Because it sounds from the way that you talk like that might not be the easiest thing in the world.
Honestly, I don't really have that problem, I don't think. I've been doing this for a while, even before being a manager in the major leagues. Back in the day, I started rather young as a minor league manager and coach, so there's a lot of... You build up that ability, I think, over time. I need to understand what the line is first, and then the players will definitely follow.
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