I listen to Dan Straily’s podcast and he pitches in the KBO. He said that in Korea there is no visiting clubhouse so you get dressed in your hotel room and take the bus to the field in full uniform. In most stadiums both teams share a bathroom and players on opposing teams run into each other there all the time. He said that there was a time where a player on the other team was friends with some players on his team and was hanging out in the training room with them before the game. Another thing I heard was in Korea there are only 30 High Schools that have baseball teams so players before entering the KBO already know each other very well from playing together and against each other in High School. There are also only 10 teams so players see each other so many times throughout the season.
Knowing my luck this won’t be answered lol. But I’ve always wanted to know what it’s like in the clubhouse after a really tough loss. Or if the loss is due to a players error, what usually happens? Does the manager tell him something? Does everyone ignore him? As a fan it feels so deflating so I can only imagine what the players feel. Or maybe it’s just business as usual since they’re professionals, tough day the office so to speak. ☕️
he had a story on another video about having to eat a spoonful of vegemite if you made a costly error in a game. This was in the minors, if i recall correctly.
I have never been offended to see players on opposing teams fraternizing. I always appreciated the sportsmanship. When I played and coached, I never thought of the players on the other team as the “enemy.” The game is a competition, but the players are people. Show respect and get respect. Let your performance on the field speak for itself
Hey Matt love the channel my. question is what do you guys do the last game of the season? Do you finish the last game go your own way, or do you guys have a series of meetings and what you need to work on in the off-season? Thanks!
I love watching the players interract. It's part of the game. I wish the fans could do the same. It gets rough as a Rays fans with so many Sox or Yankee fans in MY house. And they've lived here for DECADES! It robs their kids from having hometown heroes.
So you’re saying it’s kinda like professional wrestling? Talk trash before the match, Kill each other in the ring, meet up at Steak ‘n Shake after the show!
Yea alot of them though were teammates at one time and they develop a friendship and I see nothing wrong before the game to talk to them and all of that stuff. But I've played first base in highschool and in little league and I played travel baseball but just me I didn't really talk to the other players. Because during the game whether your pitching or hitting or playing defense there is so much concentration going on like you said. I live in Georgia and for a long time I kind of followed Tom Glavine when he was playing for the Atlanta Braves but I think fans wondered why he wasn't smiling and all of that when he pitched. But like I said there is so much concentration going on in the game that you don't want to be distracted in what your doing
Practice routine plays, practice hands and practice footwork. Practice on your nerves.. be loose baseball coaches can tell if someone is trying too hard or if they are really nervous... just do you try your best and get the next one.. be vocal and encourage the other guys
A few players come to mind to must have been fun to play with or against Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrews is one and Yadier Molina but those are the tree I can think of mostly Adrian given how he always liked to mess with Elvis and other players on the team.
So Matt, are you like talking about, the game, how cold or hot today is, or hey, is there a bowling alley around here, damn, my cleats feel funny today, or I like getting that 1st hit of the game, or that ump is calling high balls today, or I'm gonna use your walk-up song on the next team we play. Is it like that?
I totally forgot about Tony Cingrani. I googled him. He held a showcase six weeks ago, but no one has signed him. You'd think he'd be worth a minor league deal...
I always just screwed with guys when I was playing first base. Generally it was "how's it going? You ripped that shot! That was a good hit." He would say thanks. Then I would say " you're just lucky I wasn't at short stop because you wouldn't be on first right now." That always got into their head for some reason lol. If I knew the guy really well we would just playfully jaw jack each other and do a fake sack tap or something.
This is a good question now with spring training is going on. I went to spring training 2 years ago and I saw after the starters got pulled they walk on the field and go through a tunnel and leave the stadium. This was the Padres and Mariners and they share a facility. When you are a starter in a road spring training game and you get pulled do you get to go back to your team’s facility shortly after getting pulled or do you have to hang out at the stadium and wait for the game to end?
Did you have any special high five routines you did with other players? How does that come together? I imagine players practicing on the plane but maybe they stay up late in the hotel working on it. What’s up Matt?
You've been doing this for a while now so you're probably already aware, but just to say it; try to put your mic somewhere it won't rub when you're talkin/moving. Just a tip. I totally dig the content otherwise man. Great stuff!
Thanks! I don’t think it’s rubbing. There are some videos where there seems to be some interference. Still trying to figure out what is causing it. Will happen 1 out of 20 videos. This seems to be the 1!
There is a rule in baseball that says you can’t talk to anyone on the opposing team but I think that was a rule made long ago when armies would play against their enemies
im all for the players being friendly it shows class and sportmanship. baseball isnt the ufc and even if it was a lot of ufc fighters are friendly to each other lol
To me, the pregame "hellos" are no different than seeing opposing players on NBA or NFL teams greeting each other and having fun. Even if there's a team with a bitter rivalry, a lot of the guys are friends or at least friendly outside of the game. It's interesting to me that the MLB clubs would think the fans find something off about that.
Great Video Matt, I was just watching your old franchise games with Padres! And I was wondering if you could start that series again! By the way I love your videos and in my I opinion I think you are hands down the best baseball instructor online and when you do Road To The Show and Franchise you are super funny without even knowing it😂. By the way this video helped a lot thanks! Like so he can see! Have a Great Day to whoever reads this! 👇👍👇
The other side of the coin - Bob Gibson famously wouldn't say a word to any teammates **during** the All-Star game cause in his mind he might be competing against them later on.
I didnt understand the part you said where mlb don't support the camaraderie in opposing team , you meet the same people every day before games, it's like a job and a lifestyle
I love how other leagues NFL try so hard to advertise the game as "PG rated" and how their against racism. Then you watch behind the scenes like HBO Hard Knocks and you hear guys calling each other the N word or verbal threats.
Has a catcher ever told you "If my dog was as ugly as you I'd shave its but and make you walk backwards" or "Is that your sister out in left field? Naked? She's naked, you know." Was Adrian Gonzalez a chatty dude?
What's really odd, there is an explicit rule against fraternization with fans and opposing players. Baseball enforces unwritten rules but doesn't enforce written rules, haha!
Nowadays so many players change teams that I can't imagine not talking to all the old teammates if you run into them on the field.
Badass insight. Might be small talk. But us fans are thirsty for stories like this. Thank you
I listen to Dan Straily’s podcast and he pitches in the KBO. He said that in Korea there is no visiting clubhouse so you get dressed in your hotel room and take the bus to the field in full uniform. In most stadiums both teams share a bathroom and players on opposing teams run into each other there all the time. He said that there was a time where a player on the other team was friends with some players on his team and was hanging out in the training room with them before the game. Another thing I heard was in Korea there are only 30 High Schools that have baseball teams so players before entering the KBO already know each other very well from playing together and against each other in High School. There are also only 10 teams so players see each other so many times throughout the season.
South Korea only having 30 high school teams seems weird, they L O V E baseball over there, so i thought there would be a lot more
When a batter gets to me at first base I always say "Hey how's your wife and my kids?"
A true classic.
Haha the best!
Maybe chattiness should be a stat in MLB the Show 22
It would add more to the quirks section on the player card
Had a read through the rulebook before I started umpiring. Apparently I can eject players for fraternising. Probably the least used rule in the book.
Give Angel Hernandez some time
Hey hey Matt! Does the other teams' bat boy talk to the players??
^^
You do know every home team supply's the bat boys for the visiting team
Guess that makes sense you can't be taking bat boys on the road
Knowing my luck this won’t be answered lol. But I’ve always wanted to know what it’s like in the clubhouse after a really tough loss. Or if the loss is due to a players error, what usually happens? Does the manager tell him something? Does everyone ignore him? As a fan it feels so deflating so I can only imagine what the players feel. Or maybe it’s just business as usual since they’re professionals, tough day the office so to speak. ☕️
he had a story on another video about having to eat a spoonful of vegemite if you made a costly error in a game. This was in the minors, if i recall correctly.
I have never been offended to see players on opposing teams fraternizing. I always appreciated the sportsmanship. When I played and coached, I never thought of the players on the other team as the “enemy.” The game is a competition, but the players are people. Show respect and get respect. Let your performance on the field speak for itself
Love these insight videos
Hey Matt love the channel my. question is what do you guys do the last game of the season? Do you finish the last game go your own way, or do you guys have a series of meetings and what you need to work on in the off-season? Thanks!
I love watching the players interract. It's part of the game. I wish the fans could do the same. It gets rough as a Rays fans with so many Sox or Yankee fans in MY house. And they've lived here for DECADES! It robs their kids from having hometown heroes.
Must feel weird when your playing a game on the same field with a guy making $200 mil
Or when you used to play with that team and they either traded you or you signed with the other team.
When I got to second, I would always try to talk to the Short Stop. That way I knew where he was since I couldn’t see him.
So you’re saying it’s kinda like professional wrestling? Talk trash before the match, Kill each other in the ring, meet up at Steak ‘n Shake after the show!
Yea alot of them though were teammates at one time and they develop a friendship and I see nothing wrong before the game to talk to them and all of that stuff. But I've played first base in highschool and in little league and I played travel baseball but just me I didn't really talk to the other players. Because during the game whether your pitching or hitting or playing defense there is so much concentration going on like you said. I live in Georgia and for a long time I kind of followed Tom Glavine when he was playing for the Atlanta Braves but I think fans wondered why he wasn't smiling and all of that when he pitched. But like I said there is so much concentration going on in the game that you don't want to be distracted in what your doing
I’m going into HS next year, what should I know for tryouts and what to expect
No sex or masturbation before tryouts.
@@carlrawson4697 😂
Practice routine plays, practice hands and practice footwork. Practice on your nerves.. be loose baseball coaches can tell if someone is trying too hard or if they are really nervous... just do you try your best and get the next one.. be vocal and encourage the other guys
@Jaxson White Doug Blair
Noted
In Little League I was playing 3rd base and I thought it was weird that the other teams 3rd base coach was trying to talk to me.
You were being groomed
A few players come to mind to must have been fun to play with or against Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrews is one and Yadier Molina but those are the tree I can think of mostly Adrian given how he always liked to mess with Elvis and other players on the team.
Matt, do you still have that Antonelli White Sox Jersey you bought for RTTS?
I bet he spent way too much to let go of It
So Matt, are you like talking about, the game, how cold or hot today is, or hey, is there a bowling alley
around here, damn, my cleats feel funny today, or I like getting that 1st hit of the game, or that ump is
calling high balls today, or I'm gonna use your walk-up song on the next team we play. Is it like that?
I totally forgot about Tony Cingrani. I googled him. He held a showcase six weeks ago, but no one has signed him. You'd think he'd be worth a minor league deal...
I always just screwed with guys when I was playing first base. Generally it was "how's it going? You ripped that shot! That was a good hit." He would say thanks. Then I would say " you're just lucky I wasn't at short stop because you wouldn't be on first right now." That always got into their head for some reason lol. If I knew the guy really well we would just playfully jaw jack each other and do a fake sack tap or something.
i like you kept the balls you scored... very cool.
This is a good question now with spring training is going on. I went to spring training 2 years ago and I saw after the starters got pulled they walk on the field and go through a tunnel and leave the stadium. This was the Padres and Mariners and they share a facility. When you are a starter in a road spring training game and you get pulled do you get to go back to your team’s facility shortly after getting pulled or do you have to hang out at the stadium and wait for the game to end?
Did you have any special high five routines you did with other players? How does that come together? I imagine players practicing on the plane but maybe they stay up late in the hotel working on it. What’s up Matt?
You've been doing this for a while now so you're probably already aware, but just to say it; try to put your mic somewhere it won't rub when you're talkin/moving. Just a tip. I totally dig the content otherwise man. Great stuff!
Thanks! I don’t think it’s rubbing. There are some videos where there seems to be some interference. Still trying to figure out what is causing it. Will happen 1 out of 20 videos. This seems to be the 1!
Was there alot of going out to bars after games in the minors since the towns were small and you guys were never having off days?
idk which movie this is from..probably
Rookie of the year
"Hey how u doin...hows your wife and my kids"
😂😂
What about in the playoffs or world series?
he doesn’t have any experience there, sadly. would be a cool topic tho
What places or retired players do you still communicate with either teammates or other teams
0 dislikes as it should be
There is a rule in baseball that says you can’t talk to anyone on the opposing team but I think that was a rule made long ago when armies would play against their enemies
How about a video about some of the pranks you've seen pulled or have pulled?
im all for the players being friendly it shows class and sportmanship. baseball isnt the ufc and even if it was a lot of ufc fighters are friendly to each other lol
This guy remembers the name of the ONLY catcher to never say hello back to him when at bat, shit……
To me, the pregame "hellos" are no different than seeing opposing players on NBA or NFL teams greeting each other and having fun. Even if there's a team with a bitter rivalry, a lot of the guys are friends or at least friendly outside of the game. It's interesting to me that the MLB clubs would think the fans find something off about that.
What's your favorite baseball movie? I like Bull Durham.
Do a lot of players quote Major League? Willy Mays Hays?
I could I understand friendships developing with opposing teams, but high fives and hugs on the field just seems a little excessive to me.
Great Video Matt, I was just watching your old franchise games with Padres! And I was wondering if you could start that series again! By the way I love your videos and in my I opinion I think you are hands down the best baseball instructor online and when you do Road To The Show and Franchise you are super funny without even knowing it😂. By the way this video helped a lot thanks! Like so he can see! Have a Great Day to whoever reads this!
👇👍👇
Another reason why players on opposing teams fraternize is because they may have the same agent.
Where do minor leaguers do their spring training? I've read a bit about it, but I don't quite see how it works.
Pete Rose and Ray Fosse. Friends the night before the All-Star game then Rose almost kills Fosse in the game. Crazy.
The other side of the coin - Bob Gibson famously wouldn't say a word to any teammates **during** the All-Star game cause in his mind he might be competing against them later on.
I didnt understand the part you said where mlb don't support the camaraderie in opposing team , you meet the same people every day before games, it's like a job and a lifestyle
I love how other leagues NFL try so hard to advertise the game as "PG rated" and how their against racism. Then you watch behind the scenes like HBO Hard Knocks and you hear guys calling each other the N word or verbal threats.
Please talk about the new banana baseball league
Has a catcher ever told you "If my dog was as ugly as you I'd shave its but and make you walk backwards" or "Is that your sister out in left field? Naked? She's naked, you know." Was Adrian Gonzalez a chatty dude?
It's weird there's a rule specifically about not fraternizing still in the book.
Iannetta was like Pierzynski....total knucklehead!
What's up with the audio in this video?
Not sure got a little messed up half way through
What's really odd, there is an explicit rule against fraternization with fans and opposing players. Baseball enforces unwritten rules but doesn't enforce written rules, haha!
Do you guys talk to your own batboys ? What you guys talk about?
Video needs an update, one word…”pitchclock”…🤣
So it's not like basketball where they talk mess to mind-f**k players?
That would make baseball so much interesting!
I need the gossip!
I didn't catch what they talk ABOUT.
I will talk about what the gay players talk about with other gay players....??? The Bat boys....
Trying to get players to tone down fraternizing with opposing players cause of “fan perception” makes zero sense. This isn’t pro wrestling.
99% of lefty pick off moves are balks.
No they're robots and don't know any of the other guys in the league
He NEVER ADDRESSED the title of this video...What players talk ABOUT....jUST SO LAME...
Yeah, it's a bunch of millionaires playing a kid's game. Why not? Seems fun.
To be fair only the players who have made 4 years or some 6 and have played well make the big bucks. Otherwise it's not so much.
@@Zaron_Gaming hundreds of thousands of dollars, excuse me
Hey matt love your insight into pro play but you should use a desk mounted mic, the rubbing is annoying for headphone users. No hate though.