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RIVALRY RENEWED! PIVOTAL 4-game series in New York. Will the Roman Empire be back against the Evil Empire? What do you make of Roman Anthony's comments? Tone? Does he seem READY?
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00:00What is the issue?
00:01I know what the issue of the caller had with it was,
00:04but what is the issue with those who are bothered by the comments?
00:08It's the guy can't win.
00:10He's like a basically saying,
00:13haven't talked about it yet and not there yet when it comes to swinging the
00:19bat.
00:20And so I,
00:21what was the argument that he's not an alpha shine?
00:24Remind me of the caller earlier that he should be champing at the bit,
00:29as one might say to,
00:32to be in this series of the Yankees.
00:34Yeah.
00:34I believe that's exactly what the caller was trying to say that there was,
00:37it sounded like he had zero confidence in those responses and he should be
00:41itching to get back and play against the Yankees this weekend.
00:44Right.
00:45And I agree with that though.
00:46Like,
00:47I think that it's not a,
00:50it's not a hater take towards Roman.
00:52Like I,
00:52it's not that you can be,
00:54you're not mad at him,
00:55but at the same time,
00:56there's been so much discourse around who Roman Anthony is as a player,
01:00who he is as a person.
01:02It's time for him to come back and shut those people up.
01:04We,
01:05there's no injury anymore.
01:07So you should be like,
01:08I am ready.
01:09I,
01:09I'm dying to get back out there.
01:11And instead to say like,
01:13yeah,
01:13I haven't really thought about it.
01:14Very low energy kind of nonchalant about it.
01:18I think Red Sox.
01:19But it's not like,
01:19isn't that his personality?
01:21Like Brad Foe got a great job by Brad Foe.
01:25Got him talking about Marcelo Meyer and that trade and how he heard about it,
01:29how he felt about it.
01:31Yep.
01:31Like,
01:31and that's kind of his personality.
01:34It's not like,
01:35well,
01:35even when you guys,
01:36because I agree with him.
01:38Sorry.
01:38Even when you guys talk to him at spring training,
01:40he's not like some overly boisterous,
01:43bubbly person.
01:44He's just a very even keel kind of lower energy guy.
01:47I think to say,
01:48I haven't even thought about it.
01:49I don't need him jumping up and down saying,
01:51screaming it from the rooftops,
01:52but at least say that you're right.
01:54You're ready to get back.
01:55Yeah.
01:55I,
01:56I wish he would sound a little bit more like he's itching to get back.
01:59But at the same time,
02:00like I,
02:00I also just don't think he is that kind of person.
02:03It's very similar to Tatum,
02:04right?
02:04Wiggy.
02:05Bingo.
02:05That's who I was thinking about.
02:06And it's very similar to,
02:07to Drake May.
02:09I mean,
02:09Drake May is not the type of guy that's going to be.
02:11And I think what he's doing is cushioning the blow.
02:15Cause if he goes on,
02:16right.
02:16I can't wait to get back up there.
02:18I'm feeling great.
02:19All the good,
02:20everything everybody wants to hear.
02:21If he comes up and struggles,
02:23what do people then say?
02:24They criticize him.
02:25But if he says,
02:26you know what?
02:27Hey,
02:28I want to be back up.
02:29I'm making my way.
02:30Am I where I want to be?
02:32No,
02:32I'm not.
02:34But I'm trying to get my app at.
02:36So he's kind of cushioning the blow because people's expectations when he
02:40comes back,
02:41he's going to be hitting,
02:42you know,
02:43over 300 and every other hit is going to be a home run.
02:46I don't love that either.
02:48Cushioning a blow.
02:49Like I expect Roman Anthony to come back and prove everybody wrong.
02:53I expect him to be contributing to this team immediately.
02:56But if he's,
02:57if he knows that him coming back,
02:59he's still going to be rusty.
03:01Like,
03:01no,
03:01you know,
03:02has he looked rusty?
03:03What do you mean?
03:04Like in the,
03:05in his rehab starts that we've seen?
03:06It's triple a though.
03:07Okay.
03:07I mean,
03:08it's like preseason.
03:09Like,
03:09so you're getting,
03:10it doesn't mean you're going to look good when it comes to facing major league
03:13pitches.
03:14How do you look before the injury?
03:16Not great.
03:17Okay.
03:18So if you're doing well and he looked really good in the world baseball classic,
03:22and guess what?
03:22The world baseball classic was against major league players.
03:27So him looking good in triple a.
03:29All right.
03:30You might feel good about that,
03:31but he understands like,
03:32all right,
03:33these are not major league,
03:34like everyday major league baseball players that play at the major league level.
03:39So let me cushion the blow because I still got to knock the rest off.
03:44six Oh three text.
03:45Courtney is being honest saying his swing is not back.
03:48What do you expect them to be doing a handstand?
03:51No,
03:51no,
03:52no,
03:52no.
03:52I just said,
03:52I don't need them jumping up and down.
03:53I guess what bothers me the most is like that.
03:56I haven't really thought about it to have the,
03:59to have the comments that he's made in the last week,
04:02whether it was,
04:02you know,
04:03how much it sucked going to Fort Myers and making it seem like it was a
04:06punishment.
04:06We all agreed that the way he spoke about it seemed like,
04:09like a punishment.
04:10The comments he made to Chris Cotillo that we talked about extensively
04:13yesterday to come off the heels of those comments.
04:16And then to have that answer to Bridget,
04:17I just don't love.
04:18And that that's it.
04:19I,
04:20I I'm ready for Roman Anthony to be back and to prove everybody else wrong
04:24because I think he was done dirty by fans,
04:28by the organization,
04:30despite them,
04:32I think having his back when it came to the party boy image that was out
04:36there.
04:37But I think that like,
04:38it's time for him to be the big dog that we all think he is.
04:41Big dog of the week.
04:42Uh,
04:42pumpy.
04:42Yeah.
04:43Big dog of the week.
04:44Maybe pump veto in the Twitch chat.
04:47Says I'm with Coco on this.
04:49It almost sounded like he doesn't want to play.
04:52I don't hear that at all.
04:54It's like Curtis yesterday was going off on him.
04:57Right.
04:57And I understand Curtis thinks he's soft and his opinions probably not going
05:01to change.
05:02And there are people texting in who are like,
05:04yeah,
05:04the guy's soft.
05:05He's like,
05:06I just don't,
05:07you got it's his personality.
05:08Right.
05:09And you have to understand the way that the,
05:14we always talk about like mental health,
05:16mental health,
05:16but the way that they coach these players nowadays is so different.
05:21The biggest thing that they do with a lot of players is say,
05:25be where your feet are.
05:28And that means focus on the here,
05:31the now,
05:32and don't be looking ahead,
05:34be in the moment.
05:36And so when he says,
05:37well,
05:37I'm not really thinking about that.
05:39I'm thinking about where I am right now.
05:41What,
05:41what do I look like in this very moment?
05:43That's the new world of the today's athlete.
05:47And you know,
05:47that to be true,
05:48Courtney,
05:48that's the way that these athletes are trained.
05:50He's not thinking about like,
05:52Oh yeah,
05:54I'm going to be ready to go in the Yankee series.
05:56I'm going to do this.
05:56I'm going to do that.
05:57I'm going to do this.
05:58You could tell that this guy is still trying to get his confidence back.
06:02Still knows that he's probably a little bit rusty.
06:04And when he comes back,
06:05it's going to be a struggle.
06:06It's just so funny.
06:07If it was Tristan Cassis,
06:08people would be having a completely different take.
06:10Like people would be saying going on and on like,
06:12Oh,
06:12and that's his personality.
06:14Tristan Cassis has an interesting personality,
06:15but people never give him that benefit of the doubt.
06:18Jaron Duran has a very interesting personality.
06:20People don't like him for that because they don't like those guys.
06:23Cause they're dinks.
06:24I know.
06:25It's just very interesting to me,
06:26the different,
06:27and I find it fascinating coming from you.
06:29And because when you talk about guys,
06:32maybe needing to hang it up,
06:33you're like,
06:34no,
06:35you don't.
06:35And you always go to this,
06:36like you don't understand.
06:37And I get it.
06:38I don't understand being a professional athlete,
06:40but you always say you don't understand how hard it is for professional
06:44athletes not to be playing at the highest level.
06:47So if that's the case,
06:49then I would expect Roman Anthony to be chomping at the bit to get back to the
06:53highest level,
06:54to prove everybody wrong.
06:55But see,
06:55I think he like,
06:56see,
06:56this is the personality based stuff,
06:59right?
06:59Him saying what he's saying and saying,
07:02all right,
07:02I'm working my way back.
07:03And you know,
07:04I,
07:05you know,
07:05I'm not where I want to be.
07:07People instantly take that as,
07:09Oh,
07:10he doesn't want to play.
07:11I think Roman Anthony wants to be plans,
07:14but people take that as,
07:16Oh,
07:16he doesn't want to be playing.
07:18That's your mate.
07:19You might not be taking it that way,
07:21but you're saying,
07:23where's his like,
07:24Oh,
07:24I just want to be back out there.
07:25The one texter was the basically like,
07:28Oh,
07:28this guy doesn't want to play.
07:29He couldn't,
07:30he couldn't he say,
07:31Hey,
07:31I'm not,
07:32I'm not where I want to be quite yet,
07:33but I can't wait to get back.
07:35Can't you just say both of those things at once?
07:37You could,
07:37but if that's the way you don't,
07:39if you don't word it that way,
07:41then you got to go based on how he's wording it.
07:43And listen,
07:44I say things every day on this show that I wish I didn't say.
07:46And like,
07:47so maybe Roman Anthony goes back and says,
07:49yeah,
07:49I wish that,
07:50you know,
07:50like I,
07:50you can't judge a guy who's speaking in front of cameras all the time and
07:54have this microphone in their face for maybe saying things that they
07:56didn't mean,
07:57or they didn't,
07:57they didn't mean to come across a certain way.
08:00I think he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't like,
08:03I think it's not his decision.
08:05It's Breslow's decision.
08:06It's not even Chad Tracy's decision.
08:08And I think he doesn't want to say anything about what,
08:12I'm sure they've talked about it.
08:13I like the reporting yesterday was that he and Trevor story,
08:16both said to,
08:18to,
08:19to Bres or whoever that they wanted to stick around.
08:22They want to travel with the team yesterday.
08:25They want to stick around and get at bats.
08:27I like that.
08:28So,
08:28and that means I'm not ready to go.
08:29Yeah,
08:29I'm ready to rake.
08:30Like I,
08:31I mean,
08:31I,
08:32you know,
08:32and then everybody's going to expect them to rake immediately.
08:35Like,
08:35and then if he goes over four or over five over,
08:38over the weekend or whatever it is,
08:40people are going to be like,
08:41Oh,
08:42why didn't you let him get more at bats?
08:43Why would you rush him back?
08:44Why would you then,
08:45you know,
08:46send guys down that could have been,
08:47that could have contributed in a Yankee series that you needed to win.
08:50I think what he's doing and he's being honest and obviously I think part of
08:53it is,
08:54you know,
08:54he wants to cushion the blow,
08:55but the problem is when people say,
08:59Hey,
08:59I'm not where I want to be.
09:01I'm working towards that.
09:03They instantly based on the player's personality,
09:06they go,
09:07Oh,
09:08he doesn't care.
09:08I'd ask you a simple question.
09:10Do you think Roman Anthony wants to be out there playing with his teammates?
09:15Yes.
09:15Yeah.
09:15Okay.
09:16Like,
09:16do you agree with this comment,
09:17Wiggy?
09:19A 508 texter.
09:20He doesn't love baseball.
09:22Like you would think he should.
09:24No,
09:25no.
09:26I don't agree with that at all.
09:29Like my God,
09:30man,
09:30people say that because the pro the problem is this.
09:35And we get into it when we talk basketball,
09:36we get into it when we talk football.
09:39The problem is this.
09:40It depends on what area you are from.
09:44They do.
09:45We do it with basketball.
09:46Larry Bird would have played with seven dislocated.
09:51I'm right here.
09:53I say that.
09:53Yeah.
09:54But we do it in hockey.
09:55You know,
09:55people call up and they'll do a Gregory Campbell played on a broken leg and his leg was basically
10:02hanging off.
10:03And he played.
10:03Like Berge played with a collapsed lung.
10:06Right.
10:06But he did.
10:07Right.
10:07But so I think it's really.
10:09And then you have like maybe the newer athlete or even the newer fan base,
10:14the newer generation where these guys are going,
10:17well,
10:18I'm not ready.
10:18I need more at bats.
10:20Then they'll get criticized for that because they'll be like,
10:22Oh,
10:23you know what?
10:24When Teddy ball game played,
10:26he was fighting fire,
10:27fire pot,
10:28flying a jet in world war two.
10:31And then coming in.
10:32And then coming in.
10:32And then coming in.