Transcript of Has Hunter Pence Seen That Movie? | Hour 3 New

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Have you ever heard of a couple where they, they get divorced or they're not together anymore and then they get back together and the man, he, he, he takes a victory lap of, I told you so. I told you she would come back to me. Have you ever heard of that before?

No.

Well, that's what happened with Ric Flair over the weekend. Ric Flair, who some call the greatest professional wrestler of all time— if you believe that or not, he's absolutely in the conversation for sure— and maybe the most famous pro wrestler. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, those are probably the top 2 most famous of all time. And Ric Flair, he, uh, he essentially cut a promo on his ex-wife, who he has now just gotten back together with. Over the weekend. Now let me also add, when Ric Flair tweets— this is really odd— when Ric Flair tweets, does he do it in all caps? No, no, every first letter of every word is capital.

That's hard.

That seems like a pain in the ass. How does he do that?

That's like when people are trying to do this sarcastic, "Oh boy, boy, boy," and they do one cap, one small, one capital.

Yeah, but you do that too.

I've done it and it's like, this is incredibly hard, but there are people who do it all the time. And I've done it like just to prove a point, but I was like, oh my God, this is— there's got to be a setting.

We finally have a font that suggests something is sarcastic. It needs to be a setting on the phone, right? Give me the sarcasm font.

Ric Flair, in every tweet he posts, capitalizes the first letter of every single word.

It's got to be a setting, right? There has to be like—

I've never heard the setting Flair Vision, but Ric Flair he tweeted out over the weekend, and it's a picture of him and, uh, and, and, you know, I guess his ex-wife, Mrs. Flair, who he's now back together with. And it says here, I told you it was only a matter of time until you came running back. At least I know I'm in good hands because you have always taken the best care of me out of anyone in the whole world. She finally figured out there is only one Ric Flair. And only one James Bond, and currently Ric Flair is available for any kind of action.

Woo!

Let's see if Wendy still has it. LFG.

What's that stand for?

So he tells you at the start there, I told you it was only a matter of time until you came running back. Now I just, I just wonder, I would like to know how long into the, into the, the, the relationship being renewed did he then go and send that tweet? How long do you think it took? I guess within minutes. Do they consummate once again? It's like, all right, we're definitely back, so now, you know, let me tweet. Did he have it saved in the drafts? I wonder how long it took for him to do this.

It took him a while because he had to do capital letter on each word.

I was thinking for a second there's got to be something like some system you put in like a sentence and it gives you back like— but no, there's one word in here that's all caps. That makes you think he's doing this Every one of these times.

He's doing it manually.

That's wild.

The time-honored tradition of Ric Flair going viral for something and then walking it back.

Oh, did he walk it back?

Yeah, already did.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I don't think that was like super popular with Wendy.

Yeah, probably not.

Really?

Oh, I can't imagine.

Probably. Oh, here it is. Okay, he did walk. This is just a couple of hours ago.

All right, what'd he say?

Do you want me to read this to you too?

Yes, please.

I'm reading this for the first time then. It's once again a very nice picture of him and Wendy. He says here, Wendy and I are not renewing a relationship. We are renewing a 34-year friendship.

Woo!

She has her own residence and I have mine. She is coming to Tampa primarily to take care of her parents who are both in their 80s and not in good health. Wendy will continue to do what she does best, travel the world and help people who are struggling in other countries. I'll resume what I do best and love most, which is attending public events and signing autographs and meet and greets. 'Please don't turn something positive into something negative.' How could anyone do that? If that's all you have to do, find something better to do. 'The one part I am sure of, which she reminds me whenever we speak, is that she will always be there for me if I get sick again. And I was sick for 2 years.' All caps. 'Her whole family will take care of me. Find someone else to hate on. Wendy and I are good.' Boy, how could— how could anyone have thought from the first tweet yesterday that he, uh, was implying something different?

I I gotta tell you right now, it doesn't sound like they're back together.

No, sounds like they still might be enjoying their company.

It sounds like he was told to put that tweet out.

He's a crazy person.

It's been a bit— Nature Boy's been on one.

This is a lunatic.

This, like, I thought when you guys said walk it back, he had to walk back the whole 'I told you so' part. Like, hey, let's not make it seem But it sounds like he walked back the whole "we're back together again" thing.

Yeah, she's just coming to town to take care of her parents.

I read that as like there's no official title on it, but she's coming back to town and we might hang out every once in a while.

I read that as, "I just said I'm coming back down, I didn't say I'm coming back to you.

I gotta take care of my parents." "Oh yeah, yeah, we're friends." How could anyone have thought he was implying something different when he wrote, "She finally figured out there's only one Ric Flair." and one James Bond, and Ric Flair is available for any kind of action. He is a lunatic. Let's get to Weekend Observations.

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Zazz!

Hard Knocks is on TV. Oh! Hall of Fame game is in the books. And Daniel Dopp is on my TV screen. You know what that means.

No.

Fantasy season is back.

Nice.

What a Hall of Fame induction, by the way. Shout-out to Adam Vinatieri's speech. He roasted Peyton Manning's forehead and made a Bill Belichick-Jordan Hudson cheerleading competition reference. You know what that means.

Wow.

PTFO guest spot incoming, right? It's only a matter of time before he's on there. WNBA experiencing rating success and unprecedented popularity at the expense of nonstop attention from all the wrong people. Reminds me of when Lil Nas X had the biggest song in the world, had to show up everywhere dressed in a ridiculous glittery cowboy outfit. I believe the literary inclined among us call that a Faustian bargain, right? You want to be— you want to be popular? You want to be successful?

I do.

I do.

I'll do anything.

You'll do anything?

Wear this all the time, everywhere you go. Meet and greets, going to school. You got to wear like this glittery cowboy hat. Monte Ellis saying that if you swapped him out for Steph Curry, the Warriors experience the same kind of success. That is the truest insight into the mindset of an NBA player. It would shock so many people. How many NBA players are like, "Man, if I played with that, they let me—" They really believe it. It reminds me when Paul Pierce said, "Man, if I played with Shaq and LeBron, I'd have more titles than Dwyane Wade." And everyone was like, "How could he say that?" I'm like, "He's an NBA player." They all believe it. Raiders head coach Clint Kubiak holding Kirk Cousins and Max Crosby out of practice as a punishment for fighting would be like if we gave Dan the week off for having bad tone. Oh wait. Kayla McBride, 10 made threes versus the Dallas Wings. Dallas Wings. Maybe like after the fifth three you stop helping off of her. I watched, I'm like, what are we doing?

Mike, did you watch?

I did not. Oh, how dare you, coward.

No, coward. No, not the opposite.

Triumphant hero.

Yeah, courageous.

Courageous. That's the C word I was looking for. Having acid reflux is like having a guy walk down a hallway holding a vat filled to the brim with the acid from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In my case, the acid is a Miller Lite bottle, and then there's some asshole who does that tap thing on the top to make it start overflowing.

Uh, classic gag.

Dude, I was acid refluxing like nobody's business last night.

What does acid reflux feel like?

It feels like fire is coming out of you.

Like you're, like, burping up your own, like, deal? No, like, I could feel the acid.

Creep up. Like, it wasn't just gas, it was a little—

it's just during the day?

Happens at all times. It happens a lot at night because you're laying down. When you're standing up, it kind of like drains, I guess, back to your stomach. When you're laying down, it starts to slosh up.

What causes it?

Sometimes drinking.

TBD, to be determined. Who knows? Who really knows?

Who knows?

Some food, maybe.

Yeah, he's not here to take a quiz.

Royce White White and Enos Cantor are attention-seeking jackasses. Hanes King is a winner. Teddy Bridgewater is retired. I didn't know he was unretired. Wasn't he coaching high school?

Yeah, here in Miami.

He was in the league while he was coaching.

He got in trouble coaching his high school team for like buying his kids Ubers.

And now actually the state passed the Bridgewater Act where you're allowed to do that kind of stuff. So how is he retiring? Because he was in the NFL last couple of years.

So he went back? Yeah. And now he's okay. All right, I'll take your word for it.

Got to retire his number like 59. He wore an insane number in Detroit. Some auto—

not Auto Porter, Autogram. Some autogram action. Otto Porter Autos. All the autos. My favorite Hard Knocks insight is learning that even Sam Darnold can't believe you won a Super Bowl. Also, Sam Darnold. Big LeBron guy. That's the other one from Hard Knocks. He's in on the Sixers and LeBron. Oh, okay. Yeah. All right. Dug up my intel report on Royce White, the one that I wrote literally when I was working for the Suns and I was scouting him. Intel report, if you don't know, is when you like— it's not like the likes to go left or whatever. It's like the dirt. The first line, Royce is an asshole.

It's very prescient.

Is the name Davante the NFL version of Jalen? Might be. Right? 21 players in NFL history have been named Davante. Some spelled D-E, some spelled D-A. The very first one to debut was Davante Adams in 2014. He was 21, meaning he was born in December of '93, the same month Jodeci's Diary of a Madman was released. Ladies and gentlemen, Devonta Swing is the originator of the name Devonta and all the Devontas afterward. Crazy, 'cause I don't— can't think of another Devonta before that. Shaq on LeBron's stint as a Laker. The good thing for LeBron, he did win one. But you know, Kareem got 6. Magic got 5. Kobe got 5. I got 4. Rambis got 3. So, you know, he's at the party, but he's not on the stage, end quote. To recap, Kareem has 6. One of them was in Milwaukee, but okay. Magic has 5. Kobe has 5. I got 4. One of them was in Miami. Rambis got 3.

Yeah, why is he saying the ones that you got elsewhere? Otherwise, why didn't you just say LeBron got 4?

Why is he saying the name Rambis? Why is Rambis at the party? Why is Rambis on the stage? Shaq is channeling his Bob Hoskins from the movie Heart Condition. Cinephobe episode 145. Do you know about the Heart Condition? Nah. Bob Hoskins is a racist cop. Denzel is a lawyer who works primarily with women of the night. Denzel dies. Bob Hoskins has a heart attack. He needs a heart transplant. They use the heart of the race— of the Black lawyer that he hates, by the way.

That sounds like a good movie.

It's a funny movie, man. Denzel comedies? Let me tell you something. Denzel might have wasted his career. Really? What other Denzel comedies are there? There's one called Carbon Copy where he learns that his father is a rich white man and the rich white man learns that his son, his illegitimate son, is Denzel Washington.

That sounds like a good movie too.

It is funny. It is also of another time. So there's a lot of humor in there that, you know, viewer discretion is advised. But speaking of Cinephobe, also we did that one as well. So you guys, Cinephobe episode 320, Bloodfist 8: Hard Way Out. No way. A movie where an ex-CIA operative turned high school math teacher is hunted down by assassins. I tell you who's in it, but I guarantee you've never heard of any of these people. You want to try me? Don "The Dragon" Johnson. Don't know him. Wilson. Wilson. Wilson. Wilson. I don't know that fool. WWE wrestler Scott Steiner's kid got suspended for 6 games by the Saints for alleged PED use. Wrestler's son on the juice?

Color me shocked. Uh, that wrestler's son on the juice.

Like father, like son. RIP Don Nelson. One of the great innovators of the game of basketball. You invented positionless basketball and the point forward. Also, one of the great sliding door moments of my career. 'Cause what if Nelly doesn't change his mind and allows the Steph Curry trade to happen? You know about that? When I worked for the Suns, we traded for Steph Curry. Yeah, I'm— On draft day.

I'm trying to remember the details, but I think I know, yeah.

And then they changed their mind. Nelly changed his mind is the official quote we got. Could've been me. Dug up my intel report on Enes Kanter. Had the line, "He's a space cadet when it comes to basketball IQ and attention to detail." Translation: he's dumb as hell. Sometimes, you know, with these intel reports, they say things to you because, like, I can't come out and say it, but I'm gonna say it in a certain way. So I'll give you an example of that. If you were good and I said, what do you guys think about Jonathan Zaslow? They say, oh my God, he's the best, you'd be a fool not to hire him, da da da da. If you're awful, what do you think about Jonathan Zaslow? He's alright. They always say he's alright. That means like, he's awful, but I can't say he's awful because this might come back to bite me in the ass.

I saw this one quote from an anonymous GM over the weekend about Enes Kanter, which said, "He's dumb.

He's really, really dumb." "Space cadet when it comes to IQ and attention to detail." That's the quote I got. Dumb as hell. Speaking of hell, Argentina. Those are the weekend observations. Oh, look at him cry.

Oh, he got a tough—

oh, okay. I saw you do that to me. You're gonna do the thing that we did to Zazz?

You're gonna do it to me now? Yeah, it's a tough week. World building. Down levitar!

If Daniel Day-Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself.

Oh, come on. Yeah, I would be.

Aggressive description.

I mean, what is it? What is that? I'm just saying, you know what, that's just saying what?

That's me. Daniel Day-Lewis does something. Yeah, I see that photo of Daniel Day-Lewis looking like Lincoln before he's about to start filming Lincoln, and you know what I do, Amin? Mike Ryan. I jerk off all over myself. That's what I do. Lincoln, who you outed the other day. Don't make this a rejoin.

This is the Dan Levatar Show.

I saw a movie last night. Uh, I told you, I've been sick in bed. I've been laid up the last couple—

still had to go to the movie last night though. Uh, Sunday night.

What, you went to the movie?

This is an odd choice. I'm not like even judging. I've been sick for 2 days. I got work tomorrow. I'm going—

I'm going to still hit that movie tonight though. Yeah, what else am I going to do? I stare at the ceiling? Why wouldn't I watch a movie?

You go to a lot of movies. That's just—

Chris, he was in bed. You know that, right? You weren't listening.

You were in bed. 2 say you're going to be good.

Oh my bad, I thought you said I went to the movie. No, we were trying to— always goes to the movie. No, you were—

you were— we were— no, trying to— but you were—

they sell pickles at this movie theater.

Much more acceptable when you're sick watching a movie in bed. I'll allow it. You thought—

you thought I'm sick over the weekend, on Sunday night I'm going to go to the movie?

So you see now why I thought it was noteworthy. It was clear that he and we were trying to stop.

Well, Tuesday is going to be good.

Wednesday will be amazing.

Yes. But then after bowling, drop back off. What movie you see?

I watched a Netflix movie. No, already out. Yeah. You never watch a good Netflix movie.

Don't Look Up. Great Netflix movie. They're good. But also had a theatrical release, right?

What about Hialeah?

No. What?

That movie was good. No, it was fun. I mean, come on. Come on. It was— no, no, no, no.

That movie was fun. I watched— I watched a new Netflix movie last night called War Machine. So with Alan Ritchson, you know, he's Reacher. What do you say? Yeah, well, you want me to cite the whole movie? Do you know what he said? He said a lot of things. He's a big part. Uh, yeah, it's called War Machine. He's essentially Reacher, like, in, in a war. Like, he's just being Reacher.

So just a movie of Reacher?

Yeah, yeah. It was really good though. I'm not gonna spoil it for you, but he's just got like one speed.

He's just Reacher.

Yeah, trust me, buddy. Oh no, he was in Playdate. A comedic term. Was he Richard Pilleby? No, he was— he was Extraction.

Good Netflix movie.

Extraction is good with Hemsworth, right?

Extraction 2.

Yeah, the second one.

His last name is Rake and he kills a guy with a rake.

Yeah, that is a good movie.

The last good Netflix movie I saw I think was Red Notice, and that one wasn't supposed to be a Netflix movie. That's supposed to be a wide release, but the pandemic happened.

I'll tell you what is a good Netflix movie— Bird Box.

You saw Bird Box? I hate Bird Box. What? With Sandra Bullock.

Yeah, there's not multiple Birdboxes.

I don't know, maybe there's another Birdbox out there. You didn't like Birdbox? No, it's dumb, man. I like— it's a quiet place.

Ali is also in it.

I know, look, they pay money. They pay really good money to these guys. They're not doing it because of the artistic integrity. They're doing it because they're paid a lot of money.

You don't know good movies.

They do Baseball great too, and we're gonna have Hunter Spencer, Hunter Pence on, and we're gonna be touting that.

I like Netflix movies.

I like Netflix TV shows. I like Netflix sporting broadcasts. Netflix movies leave a lot to be desired unless they greenlight my movie, in which case I love Netflix movies.

Well, I saw yesterday this War Machine with Alan Ritchson, 66% on Rotten Tomatoes. So it's worth watching.

No, that's not worthwhile.

Yeah, just if you just want to chill while you're sick in bed and watch a cool war movie. You know what I do when I want to chill?

I watch old movies. I watched Casino yesterday on my flight. Really? Oh my God. Forgot how great that movie was.

Sharon Stone, underrated. It's a great movie, but at the beginning of the movie when they show, you know, uh, Sam getting blown up in the car, and then, and then they— and then you see like the dummy right before, like, come on, you gotta do better editing. You gotta do better.

What about Pretty Woman? You know about that, Pretty Woman?

I've never seen this entire—

you've never seen Pretty Woman?

I've seen it in bits and pieces.

Rewatch Pretty Woman over the weekend. I don't want to. I'm good. No, good. Great movie. I'm good. Great movie. Julia Roberts. Underrated.

Let's welcome back Hunter Pence to the show. 4-time All-Star, 2-time World Series champion, analyst obviously, uh, NBC Sports Bay Area, and he is on the call for Netflix's Field of Dreams game, which is this Thursday, I mean, at 7:30 PM Eastern time.

Hunter, you know about that Pretty Woman?

Oh yeah, that's a great movie. See, really, when's the '90s movies? Uh, the last time I saw Pretty Woman, it has been a long time. I actually saw that, that was like one of the like riskier movies I watched as a kid. And, uh, yeah, I mean, I remember just like really enjoying it. Obviously Julia Roberts, Slippery Little Suckers.

There you go. Did you ever have— okay, so one of the more risqué movies that you saw in the '90s, do you have an experience where you watched one of those movies with your parents, you're a kid, teenager maybe, and like it was embarrassing?

Um, not exactly. Oh yeah, I guess there's like multiple times anytime they're kissing, you know, there's always some random comment because I grew up we had one TV, you know, so whatever, you know, Dad decided to watch is what we all watched. And yeah, that was definitely one of the ones that was probably more embarrassing, but it was also awesome.

You know, it's a good movie. I've told you, I mean, right when I saw Silence of the Lambs for the very first time, late '90s, saw Silence of the Lambs for the very first time, was watching my parents and the scene where Buffalo Bill shows the mangina. That was bad watching with my parents. That was bad. That was very embarrassing for me. 7:30 PM Eastern. This Thursday, Field of Dreams game. Hunter, when's the last time you saw Field of Dreams?

Oh, I've watched it twice recently just to kind of recap and recap and be ready for this. And honestly, it brought me back to memories as a child. And I think watching it as an adult, because I only remember it through that kid's lens, which is why I might need to see Pretty Woman again. But it really kind of stands up and I see it in a beautiful way, the magic of baseball. So I kind of got teary-eyed and with James Earl Jones and his quotes of when they're having that big moment of, do you sell the farm, Ray, or do you keep the farm? And he's like, they're going to come, Ray. It's going to be like they're dipped in magic waters. Baseball is what reminds us of what is good and still could be. It was just like, I don't know, I got chills, but it definitely made me emotional and reminded me of kind of my childhood and how baseball's about your family. It's about your dad. It's about the love of the heroes.

—I was gonna say, like, are— do you still cry when, you know, he's having a catch with his dad? Because to me, Field of Dreams, it's the ultimate movie where you know the scene is coming, and I'm still gonna cry!

—Jumanji for me. —Jumanji gets you? That's a great memory, actually. —Yeah, at the end when, when like he finally— the game resets.

—Oh, the Rock or Robin Williams?

—No, no, the original. The original Jumanji, when everything resets and he— and his dad who had left for the party and they had a big argument. Right. But then he comes back because he forgot his scarf or something. But the kid has lived a whole lifetime and is like so sad and like appreciative. And the father just like, I just walked out. What happened? Yeah. And like, man, I'm starting to get emotional right now.

Do you think like Hunter, do you think, do the younger players today, have they even seen Field of Dreams?

Do you think? I don't think so. Maybe some of them. I think it's probably, you know, like Probably 25-75 would be my guess. The older players definitely still have, but I think it's less than it used to be. 'Cause it was like when I was growing up, it was a must-see. We watched it almost on every road trip. And, but I definitely did, to answer your question, I got emotional just when Shoeless Joe, like when the lights turned on him and like, and he's just there and like, you know, the fact that he's following his heart and listening to this, you know, just the feelings of baseball. But, Yeah, Jumanji. I could see that as well. Also, what is it? A League of Their Own. Always. It got me when I was a kid. It still gets me today. Do you have a favorite baseball movie? You know, it used to be— oh, my gosh. Obviously, The Sandlot's up there. The Natural was my favorite as a kid, probably. Oh, man. The Bull Durham was probably my favorite as I grew up, just because it's so spot on to what my minor leagues was like.

It just, it does a really, really good job. But Field of Dreams, now watching again, I can see why it's just like, it's written so well. The message is really beautiful and it just kind of, it brings back the magic and the wonder of baseball for me, who's, you know, covering it, played it, you know, always seeking to get better at it, but also remembering just how magical the game is besides just like trying to, you know, be the best or get the most out of everything.

Hunter, you ever seen The Scout with the—

That's a good movie. I love that movie.

I love that movie because—

Yeah, go ahead. Is that the one where he— I've seen several of these. Does he get like a guy? He's like a crazy guy that— you got to remind me of this guy. I definitely think I've seen this one where he's a scout. Yeah, yeah, he's a scout. Albert Brooks. Does he get a guy from like a random place and the guy's kind of crazy and he has to like helicopter in or something? Brendan Fraser.

Brendan Fraser. Yeah, you've seen it. There you go. Yeah. Yeah, I love it. I love it because it's like, it's— yeah, he's a scout, but like a scout, but that happens.

Like, but he does some crazy things. These scouts do have to do some crazy things and deal with crazy people.

If you piss people off, you get the scouting like trail that nobody wants. And that's what happened to Albert Brooks. He like, he pissed off George Steinbrenner, so he sends him to like the Guatemalan League to go scout over there. And I was like, that's happened to me. I've had to I had to scout some terrible places in like, you know, like these small conference basketball schools and stuff. So I had a great affinity for the movie The Scout.

I'll tell you, see, don't hate on Guatemala, by the way. That's a fun place to go visit. Good baseball. I mean, I don't know about their baseball, but they have good coffee. I went to some coffee farms out in Guatemala. Beautiful Lake Atitlán. It's a— it's a magnet. Very kind people. Yeah, I know.

I know it's not considered a great movie. I love Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck, man. Every time it's on, I could totally— If it's like a lazy Saturday or Sunday afternoon, I could totally stop on Mr. Baseball and watch. You ever seen Mr. Baseball, Hunter?

I have seen Mr. Baseball, uh, just because I pretty much watched every baseball movie. Was not a huge fan of that one. I, I, I can't believe that none of y'all have mentioned anything because Sandlot, I feel like, is the hottest topic here in baseball movies. It's like either the best baseball movie ever or, or people don't give it any credit because it's kids. Like, where are y'all standing on The Sandlot? Are we not Sandlot fans here?

No, it's a great movie, but I love— Overrated. No, no, it's not overrated.

So you're the ones making all that racket. All right, all right, I respect that. I respect that.

What's that? This is a great new segment where we just ask Hunter Pence if he's seen X movie. That's what this is. Hunter, have you seen this? Have you seen— That's the whole segment that we're doing right here. You can also see Hunter, Netflix's Field of Dreams on Thursday night, 7:30 PM Eastern time. Dan Levitar. I've never stepped foot on that campus. I— if you told me right now your life depends on it, go to Santa Fe University and just, just take a picture.

Jonathan Sasslow. I would die.

I don't know where it is.

This is the Dan Levitar Show.

Let's ask you some baseball questions here, Hunter, uh, starting off with the Dodgers. Is it— you know, they just had the, the long losing streak. I know they lost again last tonight after snapping the streak. Is it, is it that, like, how unusual do you think it is for a team that we know is that good, is that talented? They just traded for Schubel, of course. Like, is it, is it crazy for them to have had that kind of a skid?

I don't think so. I think it's been, what's been more crazy is how well they've done the last 3 years or last 10 years. It's been extremely well run. I think baseball is very difficult. You look at the Mets, you look at the Giants and the payrolls that they have this year and it not coming together for them this season. The Dodgers everyone's like, oh, they paid this money and they bought this win. No, they, they have done amazing things at, at, at a fundamental level. If you followed their last two playoff runs, really, really impressive stuff. And it is hard to win at the highest level over and over. I don't care how much talent you have, how many players you have. Baseball is a very difficult game to just overpower and getting hot and the finickiness of baseball and the finesse of baseball and the precision of baseball. These are things that are gonna happen now. The playoffs are gonna be exciting to, you know, I think that the, The Dodgers are definitely gonna get back on track and, and you know, we'll see what happens in the playoffs if they run into some of these really crazy hot teams.

But definitely not surprised at a couple hiccups, more surprised at how consistent of dominance they've been able to accomplish. It's the likes of kind of the Yankees that I saw when I was growing up and what they were able to do. But even, you know, that run that they had, the, you know, the Jeter winning 7 World Series, you know, slowly faded away towards the end of his career. Not really winning very many since, what is it, 2009? Yeah. Yeah.

Hunter, when you were playing and you were on a team that was in the middle of either a big losing streak or maybe guys were in the middle of huge slumps, what were some of the crazy things that you would see dudes try and get out of the streak or out of the slump?

Yeah, there was definitely, for whatever reason, naked batting practice or, or, or thong batting practice or just something to make you laugh. And, you know, in the clubhouse or riding the bike, something to loosen you up, dancing in cowboy boots. We would, we would have a cleat dropping, you know, similar to Bull Durham. Just some wild random things that would just loosen you up and get you laughing. And sometimes you're just too serious and you're trying too hard and you get in your own way. But a lot of things just to bring people together. You heard the story of the Red Sox. They were taking whiskey shots before they went out there to loosen up and to play free. Baseball's a game that makes you go crazy and sometimes you gotta get, match the crazy to rise back up, I guess.

Hunter, you seen the movie The Fan? With Wesley Snipes.

I like that movie. I believe I have. I don't— I don't remember it that great, though. Was it Barry Bonds that he was like?

He was essentially supposed to be Barry Bonds, and Robert De Niro was like a super fan, and he's going through a slump. He's a stalker. Yeah, he's come back to play for San Francisco, but he's going through a slump.

And the new hot player, Juan Primo, won't give up the number.

And so Robert De Niro—

played by Benicio del Toro—

Robert De Niro says, I got to kill that guy so that he can get to that.

That's a good fan. Oh, man. I mean, he loved Bobby Rayburn. That's a hot take.

That's a hot take.

Whatever it takes. Hunter, you mentioned the Red Sox. The Red Sox were horrible the first part of the season, and now they're like the best team in baseball. How unusual is that? Like, you would have to think at some point you're in the clubhouse, like, guys on the team, they must know we're not a very good team. And then all of a sudden they're like the best team. That's crazy, right?

Yes and no. But that's like kind of what makes baseball awesome is that like it's on such margins and really it is somewhat of a streaky game. You know, we talk about the Dodgers and how talented and extraordinary their group is getting cold. This happens to every good player. The best players in the world go through slumps like they have down years. It's extraordinarily rare to have, you know, like the Albert Pujols who just always have a crazy good year. And even, even Albert probably had to his standards the years that were less good than others. And so you get these young teams and all of a sudden something clicks or adjustments are made or a new prospect comes up and brings a bunch of enthusiasm up and it goes in streaks. Like hitting is contagious is the thing you say, winning is contagious. Things start to fall in place, you start to expect it. And it also goes the other way where it snowballs and avalanches on you bad. But for the Red Sox, you know, they just— their pitching's really, really gotten better. They just have found a way to win. It's been an incredible run because I definitely remember you know, as a Giants broadcaster, looking at the two teams, being like, man, it's crazy.

Both these teams I thought were good coming into the season, and the Red Sox were able to dig themselves out of it. Um, the Giants haven't been able to do that.

Hunter, we've been having a debate here for the last couple weeks and months of the baseball season. I have a scenario for you. I want to give you a player that I want you to tell me if he's a Hall of Famer or not, okay? This guy plays for 10 years, does not miss a game, goes 1-for-4 every single game with a single, no RBIs, no home runs. No doubles, no walks. He's 1 for 4 with a single every single day and night. 10 games, uh, 10 seasons, doesn't miss a game. Does that guy make it to the Hall of Fame?

So it's like a 10,000+ game hit streak. How do you do math, dude?

Like 70, but he has zero slugging.

Yes. When we first talked this one out, we're like, he just totally destroys the hit streak record. Yeah, puts it in a place wherever. 59 games he beats it, and we don't know when the singles happen. Exactly right. There's going to be really high drama for much of this, this crazy Hunter.

Is that a Hall of Famer?

I mean, I will be honest, like hit streaks are my favorite thing. And today's the way that they're doing the Hall of Fame. I would say that he's not just because they like don't want to let many people in unless there's crazy numbers. But I mean that, that hit streak in and of itself, I think, I think it, I'd put him in the Hall of Fame. That's insane to do it. Get a hit every single game to play every game for 10 years. I put him in the Hall of Fame and he goes into the sunset. I don't think they would today.

He only plays 10 seasons and he's done. He's like, I've done what I've accomplished, right? Like, I'm— I've 1,700 games or whatever it is. I have that hit streak. I bat .250. Nothing else.

And let me, let me put it to you this way. Do I think that he would help a team win? I don't think that would help a team win very much, but I do think it would be really cool to watch.

What is it? What is the most, like, overrated feat in baseball? Because I, I've said for years I think the cycle is so overrated. What? Obviously it's cool to get a cycle. I mean, look, 4 hits— I love this take. 4 hits in a game is awesome. I love this. Obviously getting the cycle is really good, but here's the part I object to, Hunter. If I've already hit a double, a triple, and a home run, I'm coming up to the plate, people want me to get a single so I can have the cycle? What? What? I want to hit another home run. Like, to me, that's, that's where to me the cycle is so overrated. I actually completely agree.

It is cool. And, and like when it happens, it's always exciting and it's definitely more exciting if they need the triple. Yeah. Like you still would rather them hit a home run than a triple, but it just, it just is one of those things that is rare. It's cool. 4 hits in a game. But I agree with you. I think it's definitely over, overrated. I think hit streaks are underrated. And that's where, like when you asked me that question about the 10 years that hit every game, I don't think this guy helps you win that much. But I do think that that's really, you know, a fun thing to follow like every day. And they take forever. Like, you know, this is a hypothetical player to really do that is insane. Like even just like we rarely see 20-game hit streaks these days. Hunter, you ever seen Brewster's Millions? Best baseball movie ever. Is it?

Best baseball movie ever?

It's a great movie.

Wow. All right.

What's it about? I've never even heard of this.

Oh, what a plot, Hunter.

You're going to love it. So Richard Pryor plays for like a minor league team, and he finds out he has a rich uncle who dies and leaves him a bunch of money. And so he has two options: he could take like a smaller amount of like a couple million dollars and just walk away with it, or if he can spend $30 million in 30 days, he inherits $100 million. But he can't—

he can't have anything at the end of it.

You can't own anything by the end of it, and you can't tell anybody what you're doing. And so he still plays for his team and and he just pays for a bunch of stuff trying to spend the money. It's a good movie.

That actually is a really cool concept. Like, I gotta see it now.

You got to.

Hunter, before we let you go here, and we'll see you Thursday night, Netflix, Field of Dreams game, 7:30 PM Eastern time. Uh, is there anything cool that you guys have prepared on the broadcast-wise being at that park there in Iowa? Do you have anything cool planned that you could actually share with us yet?

Well, as I was preparing for this, um, they, they really haven't given us a ton of knowledge of you know, if anyone's gonna be there of any of the uniforms, how, what they're gonna be exactly. So we are just, you know, told that you're gonna have to watch the show. There's probably gonna be some cool things. And, and for this broadcast, they're wanting to keep it traditional, have the cadence of, you know, what the Field of Dreams is, the cadence of the movie. And we're really lucky that, you know, it's Phillies and Twins. It's two teams that are both vying for the playoffs. They're, they're in that kind of wildcard hunt. The Phillies trying to chase, you know, the Braves for the division as well. So it's gonna be an exciting game. And, and They're, you know, Netflix always, it's been just so fun to be a part of their events and they find a way to get better each time. And we're looking forward to, there's gonna be some sizzle, but they, I haven't been privy to it. Hunter, you ever see the movie Ed?

It's a movie where Matt LeBlanc, you know, Joey from Friends plays a minor league pitcher. That was a monkey.

The team, the chimp. I was thinking of Mr. Ed the horse.

No, it's a, has a chimpanzee as a third baseman.

Yeah. I haven't seen that one, man. You got, you got some, some deep baseball movie knowledge.

What about Little Big League? Oh, that's a good one. That's a little big league. Uh, Hunter, excellent job. Have fun at the broadcast Thursday night. Hey, thank you so much.

Appreciate y'all having me on the show. And, uh, I gotta go, go back to the drawing board on my baseball movie. There you go.

Yeah, we gave you Angels in the Outfield.

Yeah, now that one's awesome.

Oh yeah, I've seen that one. That's a good one. Lock it in. Thanks.

Y'all take care. There you go. Roy, I was a little off on the games played. 10,000+ games. Yeah, it's really like 1,500.

I was like, how are you doing math? Not even 1,500. How are you doing math? You said 10,000. I didn't bring my abacus with me.

It's 1,620.

It's the one where he's a scout.

Do you think they invite— like, do they try and invite Kevin Costner to come? Like, did he throw the first pitch at the first ever one? He must have, right?

So do they talk about— I can't remember Field of Dreams that well. They talk about Shoeless Joe Jackson throwing the World Series at all in that movie?

I gotta rewatch it.

Yeah, because like, that's a pretty— you say Shoeless Joe Jackson, that's the first thing I think of.

Yeah, you see the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson. Hey, that one time Pablo wants to do an episode with you right now.

Here's the deal.

What's the scout about?

The scout?