00:01baseball is back good morning 97 one Jim Costa John Jansen Heather Park
00:07Gov and Greg behind the glass John is decked out in his oh yeah custom John Jansen Tiger jersey
00:14he's got the old English D hat he's ready to go I am just waiting for just like I am
00:19for Dan
00:19Campbell I'm just waiting for AJ or Scott Harris to give me a call and say hey we need a
00:24body
00:24a warm body I'm I'm right there I got the jersey got the hat I'm ready to go you don't
00:30even need to
00:30fill out the locker I just didn't know if you screwed up because Jansen wears 74 for the Tigers
00:35yeah I know I know he picked the wrong number um and I was all the stars couldn't possibly align
00:42where Kenley Jansen comes in and wears 77 he's worse 74 his whole career but I would have loved
00:47if for some reason come on let's go yeah no it's uh and so the reason I have this one
00:54for everyone
00:54out there wondering okay is he that big of a dork the answer is yes um but second I got
01:01this
01:01when I was able to throw out the first pitch so they gave me a Jansen jersey what was the
01:06occasion
01:07uh was they do the Michigan Knights the the Spartan Knights the the chip Knights Brady wasn't available
01:14no Charles Woodson um no I I'm I come at a much cheaper cost I just need a jersey and
01:21I didn't even
01:21know that I was going to get the jersey they just said hey you want to come throw the first
01:24pitch
01:24sure this would be before you were in the hall of honor and they had you throw the first yes
01:28yes so this is this is uh prepaid I can't even remember what year it was my kids were young
01:33they were sitting in the dugout thought it was awesome strike oh hell yeah yeah I didn't do the
01:39I did bring my own club but I didn't do the you know the the dorky Jim Harbaugh wear my
01:43cleats
01:44can you throw it from the mound oh yeah from the rubber yeah it's not that far okay can I
01:49throw it
01:49that far are you kidding me I throw jack and ellie batting practice every freaking day
01:54I was just asking a question a lot of the people don't and I was just a question
01:59so he throws you under the bus with the woods and brady they're better people than you
02:03and you know they're big stars I didn't say better people to be clear
02:06better football players but uh I just love that what got you more under your skin was the idea that
02:11you wouldn't throw from the mouth right yeah no it's it's it's funny because um the amount of
02:19football players and we all think hey right you get to the nfl you're even in the in college football
02:25like you are among the elite athletes but the position specific skills that don't translate
02:34the amount of individuals that can't throw a football or catch a football is it's remarkable
02:43to watch somebody throw I've always been able to throw a football better than a baseball more accurately
02:48yeah I always played first base I just was never very accurate throwing a baseball I always had a
02:53tough time getting it out of my hand for accuracy it's just something that I don't know what the deal
02:57was
02:58but I have to ask you because you'd said something about them calling you up you're ready to play today
03:02oh yeah if a major league baseball pitcher you knew they were throwing a fastball strike do you
03:08think you could make contact you know it's a strike and you know it's a fastball
03:15how many swings does he get yeah he gets a full at bat so three you get four balls and
03:20three
03:20get a chance to time it out
03:25by competitive nature the fact that I can't say no forces me to say yes however I've seen a number
03:33of guys attempt it you know in in these like you know Instagram videos and so I gotta say
03:44come on be humble I gotta say yes oh if I know it's a strike and I'm and so here
03:50here's what
03:51takes away the if I know it's a strike I'm swinging no matter what right and so I don't have
03:58to worry
03:58about it hitting me I don't have to worry about it being low high curveball that stuff I know it's
04:03a
04:03fastball then sure I'm like I always bought that doesn't count you gotta swing no I know trust me
04:11but then you gotta leg it out and I see you trying to leg it out going back and forth
04:14from the cubicle
04:15I don't know if you'd make it the first before they get the ball there
04:19I hate you right now I'm just saying you you're you I am I I I yeah I'm gonna make
04:24it you're not
04:25gonna leg out the bunt what are we cool we can't it's all about positioning bunting and if I
04:29bunt it right back to the pitcher sure I'm not gonna make it I'm gonna I'm gonna put that thing
04:33right down the line I'm gonna surprise him because hey the big guy gets up there you think it's gonna
04:37be a power swing huh those third baseman is setting back at depth first baseman at depth I'm gonna lay
04:43that sucker right down the line and it's gonna be right between where hey the catcher can't get it
04:48and the third baseman can't get up fast enough yeah I'm gonna leg that sucker out and I'm gonna
04:53stand on first base and I'm gonna be I'm gonna I'm gonna be flipping you the birds you're gonna be
04:57limping down the first baseline no no hey once I get throw once I get both smokestacks rolling I'm
05:03freaking there's no more lip both smokestacks roll oh yeah it's the diesel running down first base yeah
05:09let's go when is the last time that quote both smokestacks were rolling for you
05:15probably when he beat Rieger in that race around the building oh I only needed one smokestack for
05:19that yeah when called upon when required it's it's like you know how they talk about all the
05:28stealth fighters hey when they're on the ground right they're leaking oil and you know it looks
05:32like they're in shambles but then when they get up to speed everything tightens up and it's
05:37streamlined and it's fast and it's beautiful that's exactly what John Jansen looks like running
05:42down to first base those first couple of steps coming out of out of the batter's box may not
05:47look perfect but once I get up to speed so just to recap the first pitch you're not touching because
05:53you're not ready for a fastball you can't time it up on the first pitch um right I will be
05:58swinging
05:58yeah and you'll likely yeah yeah so then I got one strike right and if you don't time it up
06:04on the
06:04second you can't bunt with two strikes oh I'm not bunting I I said that just to you know piss
06:09off
06:09Tom yeah okay no I'm not bunting come on I I I do still have both testicles I'm not gonna
06:17sit there
06:17and but thanks DJ all right we are gonna do a lot of baseball talk today of course Tigers are
06:23back at
06:24it they'll start the season against the Padres expectations for the season at 635 is 90 wins on the
06:30table is this the best team in the American League we're talking about who your Tiger is because I
06:35know for a lot of people it was Tarek Scooble we'll have that conversation we got ballpark food
06:40later in the show John you're gonna grade everything from strikeout the home run yes we'll do that
06:46Kevin McGonigal we got kind of hijacked yesterday with a lot of Red Wing talk we do want to make
06:49sure
06:49we dedicate some time to talking about McGonigal making his big league debut today and uh outside of
06:56baseball you want to hit the Pistons real quick sure they lost can I have one quick question yeah
07:01in this rating system for his foods yeah uh is infield bunt single an option no no no it is
07:09not
07:09again I'm not going to bunt I only said that to get a rise out of Tom I am swinging
07:16for the fences
07:18or at least and it may be an infield single but it will be a full swing and taking a
07:24peek at the
07:24new ballpark food it is a lot of it is Jansen coated it's meat heavy oh I saw the menu
07:30and I
07:30I got excited doubles triples oh there's a grand slam I did hear there's a strikeout
07:38there is and there will be explanation as to why I think the menu looks amazing yeah Heather noted lots
07:49of meat items yes but there are some things there's one thing that's not meat that I would
07:54totally order oh really maybe it's a Heather grand slam oh when we get there I would like to
07:59okay it can't be oh you know what it is yes I know we both know what it is and
08:05it's great for the
08:06summertime Texas John is so pumped up he sounds like he's a WWE wrestler during a promo this morning
08:11let's go it's opening day shut up gov Jansen isn't soft don't insult him with your nonsense
08:19jeez calm down caveman he wasn't testing your manhood that's oh no he was that was full-on
08:25challenge can you throw it from the mound I asked I didn't say can you throw I said did you
08:32throw
08:32no you said can you I believe he said did you underhand toss it yes yes yeah I know a
08:37little
08:37soft tossed 90% of these people that do these first pitches throw it short of the mound they'll
08:43be standing in the grass oh sure ask the question yeah well I think would you do it if they
08:48made you
08:48do it no he'd step on the mound I guess they were like hey don't do the mound because we're
08:53trying to
08:53get it ready for the game yeah but he's not going to screw it up that terror six innings right
09:00imagine how tall he would look out there on the mound yeah me and Randy Johnson yeah I just look
09:07a
09:07little bit plumper uh this person has a caveat to your quest to to get the hit yeah could you
09:14do
09:14it without pooping yourself or pulling a hernia yeah let's want to make sure that stipulation is in
09:21there like yeah you think I'm scared of this no get Jim Schwartz over here I ain't scared now
09:27okay I would say this
09:31kid I just need it from a right-handed pitcher that would give me a little bit more of an
09:36advantage
09:36because I swing left Valdez yeah oh you oh well this will help you leg out your butt
09:41yeah I know that's that that was that was uh dad's uh theory not not not me as dad now
09:47I kind of
09:47refer to myself as dad but your dad it's my yeah it's grandpa's theory is all of us swaying out
09:54of
09:54the left batter's box I throw right I golf left and oh yeah I'll factor that in you're still not
10:01legging it out but you'd be closer also Ichiro's dad Ichiro's a natural right-handed I didn't know
10:07this person yeah his dad taught him to bat left-handed so he'll be closer to first base that's
10:13how he legged out all those infield singles and and I mean I I can't bat out of the right
10:18-handed
10:18batter's box as well I just it's more natural for me at this point to swing lefty I definitely didn't
10:25expect this to be comparing John Janssen to Ichiro to start the show today but this has certainly been a
10:29start uh you said all that needs to be said about the Pistons they lost no one's making a big
10:33deal
10:33about it during short at the rim had a chance to win it yeah the bigger story is Boston the
10:39Celtics
10:40beating OKC and now the the lead is four it's four uh Lions did sign somebody on the offensive line
10:47yeah got ourselves another guard a little more competition actually I think this is a really good
10:54ad for the left guard spot Ben Barcher he has a nickname that we want to explore and we'll talk
11:01about how he fits this football team plus there are some people who very much like what the Lions
11:06have done in free agency which is amazing so we'll get to that next as well it's 97.1
11:10you
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