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00:00I've decided that Oracle Park is this little pocket.
00:03It's a little pocket.
00:04It was beautiful out there.
00:08Absolutely sparkling all day Saturday and Sunday.
00:11Warm?
00:12Yeah, like not hot, but very comfortable.
00:15So you'd want to put on, like my son got,
00:18he got the sunburn on his knees that you get when you wear shorts and sit there
00:22and dad only puts sunscreen on the face.
00:25Oops.
00:26Yeah, whatever.
00:27Like it's his legs, he'll be fine.
00:28He's 12, he should know better.
00:29Shake it off.
00:30But anyway, it was gorgeous out there, and it really struck me, Dibs.
00:36And we would love to hear from you.
00:40Are there any happy Giants fans out there?
00:43Because it sure seems like it.
00:45The building was pulsating all weekend.
00:49Looked awesome.
00:49So we're sitting here, Twitter, right?
00:54And I got to the yard all weekend, and I'm thinking,
00:57huh, this is fascinating.
00:59Like, they were getting booed on Friday night, but then everybody took the shirts off
01:03and got drunk and forgot that the Giants gave up nine runs in an inning.
01:08And then Saturday and Sunday came around, great giveaways and 18 runs and two grand slams.
01:14All of a sudden everyone was happy again.
01:16Then yesterday, okay, not, you know, not a good baseball game and the pitching wasn't good
01:22and the defense wasn't good and all of the things.
01:24But I'm sitting here looking at everybody is still completely showing up.
01:31And I think there's a lot to talk about there, but that is the first thought that came to mind
01:36was for everybody who is sort of advocating a tear down and a rebuild.
01:45You sound like Steve Kerr asking for a 72-game schedule.
01:49Not.
01:50Not going to happen.
01:51Not going to happen.
01:52Right.
01:52Happen.
01:53Period.
01:54And the Giants are completely right in saying, why?
01:58Why would we do that?
02:00Nahigian and I sat there an hour ago, and we looked at the attendance figures in baseball.
02:04You want to know what the bottom half all has in common?
02:06Bunch of babies running around on the field.
02:08Yep.
02:09Want to know what the top half has in common?
02:11People you've heard of.
02:12That's it.
02:13That's it.
02:13The Giants are sixth in attendance in baseball.
02:16So you can be angry all you want.
02:18And I'm not saying that they don't want to win.
02:21I believe Dave Fleming, the front office, is probably livid with the way this whole thing's playing out.
02:25They want to win.
02:26At the same time, do you think that the ownership is sitting there with a lighter under Buster Posey's butt?
02:36You better this, that, and the butt?
02:39The ballpark is jammed to the gills.
02:45It was out of control over the weekend.
02:49Grogu day, we couldn't get in.
02:51Grogu.
02:53We couldn't get in.
02:54Right.
02:54We got here at 11 in the morning, and the line stretched out to that quick dog place.
03:00It was nuts.
03:02So, anyway, ownership's like, cheers, another good weekend.
03:07Exactly.
03:07Ownership's like, you know, doesn't matter if we're 10 below or not.
03:10We had 38,000, 40,000, whatever the numbers were.
03:14It was full.
03:15And even Friday night where they gave up nine runs in an inning.
03:19And, like, normal fan bases might flee, but this fan base took its shirt off and started waving them around.
03:25And it became a viral moment.
03:26And I do think that beyond the team, and the team is, they're bad.
03:31You're 10 games below .500.
03:32They have been bad.
03:33They can be good.
03:34They can be great.
03:35But usually they're not great, and they're usually kind of bad.
03:38But it doesn't matter.
03:39The ballpark is beautiful.
03:41The city is fun.
03:42The weather is great.
03:44Grogu is something that everybody wants to go ahead and grab.
03:47And I know that you probably got one with your kid.
03:50Oh, I did.
03:50I saw a picture on social media, and somebody, like, on your Twitter's like, oh, how about that, a grown
03:55man celebrating.
03:56It's like, dude, do you not see the 12-year-old next to me, you morons?
04:00But, like, the giveaways, the ballpark, the weather, the city in which we live, all these things.
04:07And then, oh, by the way, I mean, baseball's fun to watch.
04:11P.S., your team stinks.
04:13But that doesn't even matter.
04:14But this city loves – this city has always loved Giants baseball, and it just –
04:19Well, I mean, at that park.
04:21Yeah, absolutely.
04:22Yeah.
04:22I mean, I go back to Candlestick.
04:24Well, sure.
04:24I mean, when it was, like, 7,000 people.
04:26And I still think that people –
04:27They had to give out the quad to Candlestick to get you to stay for extra inning games, you know?
04:31Right, because you needed eight articles of clothing, and we don't really own that here.
04:35But that's why this place has kind of become the opposite, even on a chilly day, to a degree,
04:40that that spot can be kind of workable unless it's really, really, really cold.
04:45And I get night game different than day.
04:46They were day games over the weekend that I attended.
04:49You know, Grandy, I know, was there on Friday night.
04:51And they did.
04:51They got booed.
04:52They got booed.
04:53But then people took their shirts off and showed up again the next day.
04:55I mean, we have to stop the proceedings and ask the ultimate question.
04:59Go ahead.
05:00Did the Grandy man go tarps off?
05:03No, I was freezing.
05:05Were you in the stands or in the press box?
05:07In the stands.
05:07Okay.
05:08Yeah.
05:08If anybody went tarps off in the press box, they are invited to come on 95.7 The Game right
05:13now.
05:14Alex Pavlovich?
05:15I doubt it.
05:17Justus De La Santos?
05:18It's kind of a John Shea thing.
05:20I feel like John Shea thing.
05:22That was for you, Steven.
05:23I mean –
05:24Can you imagine?
05:26Anyway, I sat with John for the game Saturday.
05:28He's just such a gem.
05:30The best.
05:30Yeah, he's such a gem.
05:31I mean, I say the best because he's tied for like 38th among people who I also call the best.
05:36Grandy, no tarps off, though.
05:38That surprises me.
05:39No, I had like four layers on and I was still cold.
05:41Not enough drinks?
05:43Yeah, not enough drinks.
05:44Were there people around you who went and buy tarps off for those people who didn't see it?
05:47Like, people took their shirts off and just like were like propeller them in the air?
05:52Mainly, like, let's not call them people.
05:54The bleachers, right?
05:54White men.
05:56That's all I saw.
05:57That was the majority of it.
05:58Yeah.
05:58I don't know not to make it about rail.
06:00That's just all I saw.
06:01Like, I just – obviously, women aren't going to do that, so we're not talking about just people.
06:07They're allowed to.
06:08They're really not.
06:09I mean, depends on what you're wearing underneath, I guess.
06:12I mean –
06:13I mean –
06:14I think there are rules about what – you can't just disrobe at a baseball game.
06:17Okay.
06:18I mean –
06:19I think.
06:19I guess.
06:20Is it all right?
06:21I've never read the back of the ticket.
06:22I've never read the whole thing.
06:24I don't know what it says.
06:24There are some men who went tarps off who probably have a certain amount of protrusions that would outstrip some
06:34women who are there.
06:35But men are allowed to do that.
06:37It's part of the hypocrisy of our world.
06:40And my daughter saw that, and she's like, I see his nibbles.
06:45Nibbles is what she calls them.
06:46Yeah.
06:47And I refuse to correct her.
06:49So, Randy, your nibbles stayed intact?
06:51Yes, they did.
06:52Okay.
06:53More drinks next time, dude.
06:55It's 92.
06:55And less beers.
06:57Come on.
06:58I bought two beers, and it got me 45 bucks.
07:01Yeah.
07:01There's that.
07:02There's that.
07:03There's that.
07:04If you go tarps off, you should automatically get a free beer.
07:08Oh, now everybody's going to be naked.
07:10Yeah, I would have done it then.
07:11You get a free beer.
07:12You're not giving out free beer for taking your shirt off.
07:15At least half off.
07:16People wouldn't even wait for first pitch.
07:18Top off, half off.
07:20It's a new.
07:21How about just half your top off?
07:23That's what I'd rather say.
07:24All right.
07:25But anyway.
07:26Yeah.
07:28888-957-9570.
07:29So they got booed, and people, instead of leaving, people just got shirtless.
07:34Yeah.
07:34They booed them, and then they went and bought more tickets.
07:37They booed them?
07:38Is that what you said?
07:39I did not say that.
07:40You did, and it's funny.
07:41But anyway.
07:42Whatever, Grandy.
07:43It's a two.
07:43It's a Tuesday.
07:45It's a Tuesday.
07:46Anyway.
07:46Two.
07:48Here's my question.
07:50Because you know that sometimes I like to stop down and let us check ourselves.
07:55Everybody on Twitter and sports radio and everything is kind of like, whatever, you
08:00laugh this team off, you're mad at this team, freaking Buster, Willie, and his stupid
08:05chatty smile, and Vitello's a pup, and whatever.
08:09I really do.
08:10Can we zero in, if you're mad at the Giants, what is it that you're mad at?
08:17Because I really want to, I want to peel this onion, because there's a lot of pieces to
08:22that.
08:23If I were to give you a quick answer, it would be roster construction.
08:27Roster construction.
08:29Some of the mistakes to me are understandable.
08:31Some of them are not.
08:33And we can get into that.
08:35But it might be a player.
08:36It might be a thing.
08:38It might be a coach.
08:40It might be a GM.
08:41It might be an owner.
08:42It might be that right center field is 1,000 feet away.
08:46I don't know.
08:46Like, what is it, Giants fans, that has you upset?
08:51And you may well answer, nothing.
08:55Because that's what your behavior suggested over the weekend.
09:00Nothing.
09:01People are having a flipping blast all weekend long.
09:06Maybe the people who show up are not that tied to winning.
09:09Like, you go because it's Friday night, and it's something to do, and you're excited.
09:13It's a nice night.
09:14And it's baseball, and you go, and it's like, oh my God, that other team is still batting.
09:19Who are they playing?
09:20I can't even tell from here.
09:21Is that Chicago?
09:23It's not the Cubs.
09:24And so, they give up nine runs, and they're still batting, and you don't care because whatever.
09:28You're having fun with friends, and that's fine.
09:30So, I wonder about, like, Giants fans.
09:34Are you, if you go, what are you upset about?
09:37And I do think that, for me, I'm upset about the fact that they're 10 games below .500.
09:42But it's really because, like, pitching and defense, and you don't do either one of those.
09:46What if we took that off the table, though?
09:49What if, thank you, Grandy.
09:50What if we took the record off the table because that's, like, that's the standby.
09:55Like, of course, we're all super bummed about their record.
09:58Right.
09:59But beyond that obvious answer, like, what is the functionality thing, if anything?
10:08I'm not, I don't want to pigeonhole anybody.
10:10Maybe you're not mad.
10:12Jeff, that's awesome.
10:14Right.
10:15You know what I mean?
10:15I'm angry, Jeff.
10:16I'm not angry, Jeff.
10:18That's awesome.
10:19Right.
10:19Maybe you bobblehead and chain hat and hot dog and beer and rip your shirt off and go home.
10:28And you're like, this is great.
10:30I mean, I went to two games where they won both of them.
10:32You saw both wins, yeah.
10:34Probably should send me some season tickets at a Grand Slam whenever I go.
10:38But outside of that, like, I don't know.
10:41I don't know, man.
10:42And the behavior doesn't match the sound, I guess, is kind of what I saw.
10:47Right.
10:48I mean, and the behavior, it's a three-day weekend, so it's a little bit different.
10:52And you were there for a big-time giveaway, so people are going to be excited about getting the Grogu,
10:57bobblehead, and all the rest of it.
10:59Dude, they did an amazing job.
11:01I didn't know it was actual Star Wars Day.
11:04Oh, the whole day?
11:05Yeah, I thought it was just we're giving away a Grogu.
11:08No, it was Star Wars Day.
11:10The umpires came out to the Darth Vader music.
11:13Awesome.
11:14With Darth Vader.
11:15As they always should, by the way.
11:16They should always come out to the Darth Vader music.
11:19Totally.
11:23When they introduced the White Sox on the big board, they were all stormtroopers.
11:28All of them.
11:29Awesome.
11:30All of them.
11:31Like, no headshots, no faces, whatever?
11:34All stormtroopers.
11:35Great.
11:35They did all kinds of stuff.
11:37They did a great job.
11:38So, I don't know.
11:39Maybe Giants fans are happy.
11:41Maybe it's all good.
11:43Ten games below 500.
11:44Could be 15.
11:45Isn't this fun?
11:46Yeah.
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