We'll get a good week here
because it's managers week
powered by Citrix which means
we'll get a chance to talk to a
lot of them that kind of fall
out the window here.
I know if I was out at 3:00 a.m.
he'd still come on.
He's our good buddy Soria
Avello.
He manages the Diamondbacks.
He would be available.
Right to read about what TAB was
on.
Nice to have you doing today.
My time.
Of course.
You are the best I.
Now let's talk about the air
first.
I mean it was a trickier to
navigate.
You know lots more teams in a
playoffs.
Some of the Diamondbacks
struggled some.
And you can throw it out.
It probably got over pretty
quick.
What was your take on a 16
games.
I get a sense there first.
Go ahead.
Yeah.
First of all you know Major
League Baseball getting from
start to finish and get to the
finish line.
And having a world champion was
was was pretty impressive.
And as an industry we should be
proud of what we did.
We had to make a lot of
sacrifices.
Wasn't just the players it
wasn't just the staff.
It was the families behind the
scenes.
It was front offices and their
families ownership.
It was everybody that that made
an incredible sacrifice to make
good things happen.
So you know a champion was
crowned.
You know our year wasn't the
type of year that we wanted to
have.
Obviously we had a 20 game
stretch where we didn't play
good baseball and that cost us.
I feel like we were playing good
baseball when the season ended.
Had we had the opportunity to
continue I what we were chasing
people down and that's the
beauty of it 162.
But we knew the ground rules
going in.
We knew that there was going to
be only 60 games.
And unfortunately we had that
that stretch and it costs us.
But it's for it's time for us to
reload get ready have a good
offseason and get ready for
twenty twenty one.
All right how about the rules.
Let's do d.h 10 10th inning
scenario and 7 and doubleheaders
Dadge first.
I'm not sure what we're going to
have any Ynoa yet.
You fail.
I'm sure you probably are.
You're in favor.
The d.h I'm assuming but I got
Madison Bumgarner.
Soria.
What can you tell me about that.
Yeah you know look I'm a
baseball traditionalist.
We right now we're following the
pro guidelines and actually
guidelines and that's what we're
gonna get ready for.
And that's that's what I've been
told is something they're
strongly considering.
And you know the the pitcher
hitting adds an extra strategic
component to it.
And I enjoy that part of the
game.
So you know knowing that either
way is fine for me.
I know the d.h outs a completely
different quality of of an at
bat which is going to lead to
more runs.
And no major baseball wants Adam
Morejon.
So no look I'm on the fence.
I can give you a good answer.
I do enjoy the strategic
component of being a nationally
manager and having to deal with
where that pitcher is hitting
and when he's gonna be coming up
because it is quite challenging.
100 percent as a fan I agree
with.
There are two number two tenth
inning this Pache care.
I think you're going to have it
again.
Well maybe they will.
I loved it.
I do it.
I don't need 20 any more games.
I think get added an extra
attention component.
I was for that.
How about you.
Let me here.
Go ahead.
Yeah I feel like it added.
It's an offense to me.
Did things become very very
interesting after that ninth
inning.
You knew that you were going to
you know obviously start off the
Rojas second base and it helped
some some runners score and it
really limited the length of the
games.
And and with a challenging
season that was going to be put
before us and the amount of
players in the player reservoir.
We had to protect some pitching
and it was done for a very good
reason.
We didn't play a lot of them.
But the ones that we played it
was it was instant excitement.
It was you know buckle in strap
it on.
Let's get ready to go.
Because you don't know what's
going to happen.
And I didn't mind that it was an
adrenaline rush.
I think all baseball people are
adrenaline junkies up to certain
a certain extent.
And I feel very good about you
know I think you decide to stay
with it.
I think it's going to protect
our pitching.
And that's really what this
game's all about.
Go.
Good answer.
How about day.
I'm not sure what to do about
this.
I don't think they will.
And don't you even played one.
How about that.
A puppy didn't in and out west.
How about the 7 8 double that to
the 7 8 double headers.
What's your take on that.
Yeah I think we did play one
double header.
You know we're indoor so it
didn't happen very often.
But we did.
We did get clipped one time.
So I'm more favorite.
The traditional 9:18 baseball
game.
That's just my own personal
opinion.
I know that it was done for a
very good reason once again to
protect the pitching and the
amount of innings potential
innings over a two game stretch.
But I feel like that that's that
eighth and ninth inning.
You know you can't budget for
it.
It's so unpredictable.
It's the best part of the day.
It's it's the ending to the
story.
Right.
You don't want to clip that
story at the wrong time.
You want to let it play out and
it builds up and you can feel
feel a building up throughout
the course of the game.
The doubleheaders that I did we
did play.
I felt like it was just a little
bit awkward.
You knew in the sixth inning it
was a little bit different type
of management of the players.
Some lose a little bit different
to me.
I guess I'd be more in favor of
playing not any baseball games.
Now they got another good
answer.
How about the ball club.
Now that's a tough division.
Padres better.
They got you off to a bad start
last year.
Losing those first four Padres a