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Talkin' Yanks (Yankees Podcast)

385 | Profile & Projection | Mike Ford

Talkin' Yanks (Yankees Podcast)

Jimmy O'Brien

Talkin' Jake, Jomboy, Yankees, Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Mike Ford looks to continue proving himself. Let's talk about the Jersey guy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's going on everybody? Welcome back to another episode of Talking Young's Player,

0:24.7

profile and projection on today's episode we are talking about the son of Bob and Barb Ford

0:35.5

Princeton pride Mike Ford Jake are you excited?

0:44.4

Mike Ford uh yeah man Mike's Mike's gonna be a fun one you and I I don't think we fully have

0:51.9

our Mike Ford thoughts organized I know that I like that his parents names are Bob and Barb made me laugh

0:58.1

when I read the video that's very American Bob Bob Ford Bob and Barb Bob and Barb Ford and their kid Mike

1:09.6

and whenever he has any brothers or sisters. Joysy kid Jim Prince. Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah Jersey

1:15.5

kid Bell Me. You look like a guy that you expect to see in your softbally. Are you saying he's big?

1:22.8

What the fuck the heck? Every broadcast used to say that and it's like no I don't expect six foot

1:29.6

to 25 guys to be in my softbally. No thank you. He's 27 years old. Yes. He is the second he has the

1:38.7

most hits in the major leagues from anyone that graduated to Hunn High School in Princeton.

1:48.4

And Mike Ford. Do I say second he's number one? Yes okay he's no he's number one. He's number one

1:56.8

Steve Garrison's in second place with zero. Damn Steve G. Yeah sorry about it uh and Jake he's

2:05.0

has the seventh most hits from any Princeton grad. Good job to him. He's got a long way to go if he

2:12.2

wants to catch up with Will the need of an A-Ball. Will Venable. Yeah and Moberg the spy. Anyway Mike

2:21.0

Ford 27 years old. He absolutely crushed AAA last year. I mean what are what are his final

2:28.3

AAA numbers last year? I have him right here. Let me see. 303 batting average 401 on base percentage

2:34.8

a 1.0.0.7 OPS. I mean he crushed AAA last year. He did get his shot in the majors and he did

2:46.4

fairly well up there as well a 909 OPS with 12 home runs in 50 games. If you do the math and

2:56.8

average that out it's about 200 home runs in 162 games. Well yeah okay not a math pod never

3:07.9

claim to be never claim to be Jim let me let me cut you off there because I butter knife

3:14.0

Mikey Ford a little bit uh because he got the call as we remember it was right before that West

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