00:00uh so john i wanted to ask you about the padres because as we're recording this the padres are
00:05playing but i wanted to get your like general idea of the padres because for me as a dodger
00:12fan beave i'm sure you feel the same way i'm absolutely terrified of the padres every time
00:16the calendar strikes october i don't care what it says i don't care what their record is if they get
00:21in i'm afraid of the padres and i think they have a really good team now maybe not as strong
00:27as the
00:27teams in the past that they've had in the playoffs but i think they're really good still john what do
00:32you think i think this is the best team that they've ever had whoa i think this is the best
00:38team
00:39that they've ever had and the thing that's going to get in their way is they have to realize that
00:44the dodgers are either the wizard of oz or you get there and you realize it's all just a sham
00:51can they will they realize what's behind the curtain that's the that's their boogeyman to i
00:58believe after watching multiple seasons of this team this iteration of the padres is better than
01:04the soto version because oh uh to teach didn't play because he was suspended because of the the uh
01:10the pd the wingworm cream whatever you want to call that but this particular team with jackson
01:16merrill fernando to teach jr ty france has had a great year you just got you just got back uh
01:21gavin sheets manny machado has had power this year not necessarily hitting for average you brought up
01:2720 year old ethan salas who became the youngest player to ever hit a home run youngest catcher to
01:31ever hit a home run they have guys up and down the lineup xander bogarts hasn't necessarily
01:36performed for his contract but he's been a steady force at shortstop defensively his entire contract
01:42so that this particular team they've got the best closer in baseball they've got the best bullpen in
01:48baseball their starters are average at best but with a road with a bullpen and a closer like that
01:54you don't need them to be superstars you just need to get the ball to them with the lead and
02:00this is why
02:00i think this is the best opportunity for them to advance as far as they can possibly go because this
02:07team is playing in a way that i have never seen them play this is their third straight year in
02:13the
02:13playoffs that's a franchise record they're under new ownership the vibes are high and starting off
02:19this postseason with a home run on the first pitch at home in petco i heard the cheering from here
02:25and
02:26i live 10 miles 15 miles from there bro so i if this isn't the year it's difficult for me
02:34to say
02:35predict the future because the salary cap is going to come in baseball but this year really feels like
02:40they have a real opportunity to go forward and it's crazy because coming into this year everyone
02:47not everyone because i didn't believe this because i always think the padres have a really great core
02:52but everyone's like oh you lost this guy you lost this guy the padres are going to take a step
02:56back
02:56this year and i have to keep reminding people that this core that they have they've played together in
03:01big games now i know that jackson maryll's only been there for a few years but they've played
03:05together in big games they know what it's like to to get to the point of where they're at right
03:10now
03:11i didn't care how they did in the regular season as long as they got in as long as they
03:16got one of
03:16those wild cards see or even one that whatever they did they are dangerous and i keep trying to tell
03:22people this you saw it in the first city i mean many machado and fernando tatis they hit two home
03:27runs
03:28that place was going to explode so and also they're on the other side of the bracket from
03:33the dodgers i know like you can't be afraid of the dodgers but it's important if you're outside
03:37that bracket that means if you get past this cubs team which i think they're going to beat the cubs
03:42and then you go to the nlds you face the brewers i think they can beat the brewers then you
03:47go all
03:47the way to the nlcs you play the dodgers if they get there or you play the braves if they
03:51play the
03:51braves i think the padres are going to the world series i do too i fully believe that well we
03:56don't want
03:57that so what we want to necessarily keep looking at is the dodgers making the projection to get to
04:02get to the almost to the world series and the padres meeting there because technically i would like to
04:07see that for baseball like can you see that series just going easy up and down the coast all you
04:12got
04:13to do is from la to san diego san diego up and just seeing the cities go crazy for both
04:17of those teams
04:18i'd rather see that than atlanta normally that doesn't rate well but oh this is the best
04:26rivalry in baseball it is yeah so six uh yankees red sox has really died out because the lack of
04:34you know uh talent on both teams outside of aaron judge this rivalry between the padres and the dodgers
04:41is the best thing baseball has going so if you put them against each other for the right to play
04:47for
04:48the world series the dodgers on a three-peat you that you would be able to cut the tension through
04:56your television dog that it would be must see tv and whoever would win that i think that's who's going
05:05to win the world series that would be such a a shot in the arm for baseball because you'd have
05:11otani you'd have the young talent of the padres but you'd also have the young known the also the
05:16known the mookie bats the freddie freemans i it would just it would be electric
