Pirates fans weigh in on how to extend Paul Skenes and/or Konnor Griffin
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Where's Bob? I don't know. I seemingly ask that question about you sometimes, but you've been very good about staying at the perch today. I don't know where he went. I don't either. All right. We've been talking about Skeens. Well, we started the show with an hour of Tyler Kennedy hockey talk. There he is. Penguins tonight. What do they have to do to hold down the fort here? And then we got into Skeens and Griffin, and it led to some very spirited talk. So why don't we continue that for a while, Emmitts? Which one of these guys, if you had a choice, would you want long-term? Then we got into the specifics of a Connor Griffin deal, what that would look like. Would you do it? Eight years, 130 was Roman Anthony.
I want more if I'm Griffin. You know, 840, 850, something like that. Let's go to the lines, shall we, Bob? yes we shall who's next let's start with parker bob he's in pittsburgh you know i love that name parker that's a great i love you too guys uh honor to be on with you joe and bob listen to you all the time really uh pupil and a teacher moment for you guys listen to you as i grew up and another great another great radio voice thank you parker listen to his voice listen to this do you do radio I actually do. Oh, where? Yeah, I'm a former Youngstown State University graduate.
How do fans propose to keep both Paul Skenes and Konnor Griffin?
Shout out, and we started Rookery Radio. Unbelievable voice, Bob. That is true. So do me a favor, Parker. Give me a call. This will be Connor Griffin's first at bat in the majors. It'll take place at Shea City Park. What is it called now? City Field. City Field. City Field. Okay, he's going up. Who would be a Mets starter that day?
What are the specifics of a potential Konnor Griffin deal?
Oh, the guy they got from Milwaukee. Peralta. Freddie Peralta, yeah, would be. Let's go with that. So I want you to do it for me. It's a 3-2 count, game one of the season. Connor Griffin, leadoff batter. Not many opportunities to have a leadoff home run for the entire season.
How does the salary cap impact the Pirates' strategy?
And Parker, you are there. What's going on? All right. We got Freddie Peralta on the mound. 3-2. The windup. And the pitch. Griffin. Griffin. drives the ball deep to left field could it may it it is first of the year how about that very nice what's on your mind yeah so i know yinz are saying either or but i want to jump in and say you should sign both and here's how um You can allocate at least $500 million to both. And I know that might sound crazy, but I think it's worth it because these are your two foundational pieces. These are your Mario Lemieux, your Sidney Crosby, your Mean Joe Greens, your stalwarts of Pittsburgh. You cannot let them go. I think it would actually be more detrimental to perpetuate a loser mentality like well that's the same old pirates that we lost Paul schemes because everybody expects that and so here's how we can keep them everybody knows Paul loves the military we should give Paul any and everything that he wants as far as the military we should be unique we should give him some things that the Dodgers and other places can't whether that's all
autonomy with whatever he wants to do. Secondly, like what? Yeah. I don't Barker go back on that one. I don't understand that. Um, so like, um, the, uh, the U S trips, the, the overseas trips that Paul does the investment into the air force, like the pirates. Um, I was doing some research and I know other teams in professional sports, let alone baseball, you can invest into military, um, whether that's through ceremonies, um, whether that's through having sign-up drives, having more tabling. The Pirates can benefit from that. They could feed two birds with one loaf of bread, which means they could love up on our military, which is needed, but we also can appease Paul's schemes, which I think would be good.
But the other aspect I want to get to really quickly is, you know, we always say that Pittsburgh is a small market, which kind of is true. But pound for pound, we're about on par with St. Louis. The difference being St. Louis can tap into Arkansas and to other places that don't have baseball. So that makes their war chest bigger. But as I digress, why don't you think about this?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–1:26
2
How do fans propose to keep both Paul Skenes and Konnor Griffin?
1:26–1:45
3
What are the specifics of a potential Konnor Griffin deal?
1:45–2:00
4
How does the salary cap impact the Pirates' strategy?
2:00–9:09
5
What arguments are made for signing both players now?
9:09–18:00
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What historical comparisons are made regarding player contracts?
18:00–28:59
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