Javier Lopez discusses facing Barry Bonds, favorite memory as a Giant

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On the newest Giants Insider Podcast, former Giant and four-time World Series champion Javier Lopez joins Kelli Johnson and Alex Pavlovic to discuss if baseball will be back this summer and how he would have handled this situation as a player.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants are world champions.
0:07.0	Welcome to the Giants Insider podcast on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
0:14.0	Introducing your host, San Francisco Giants Insider, Alex Pavlovich.
0:19.0	Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Giants Insider podcast.
0:22.8	Today's guest is Javier Lopez, three-time champion with the Giants.
0:26.8	Big time part of those runs.
0:28.2	Remember the Corps 4.
0:29.2	He is now part of the broadcast team.
0:31.4	And in my opinion, does a really, really nice job, which is not a surprise at all.
0:35.5	He was a go-to guy for me when he was on the team and
0:37.7	really a go-to quote for everybody who covered the Giants during that time. Just somebody who
0:43.8	always gives you a smart opinion, always is well thought out. One thing I was appreciated
0:49.7	and you'll hear it during this interview, really not afraid to get into any topic and give
0:54.1	his opinion on it. And look at both sides and look at what's, you'll hear it during this interview, really not afraid to get into any topic and give his
0:54.3	opinion on it and look at both sides and look at what's going on. I think just always had a
1:00.0	good feel for what was going on in the game. And we get into it here talking a little bit about
1:04.8	what's going on right now. And he had a really good take, I think, on how younger players are
1:09.3	going to want to get back. And he understands he's been the older player.
1:12.0	He's been the guy who has gotten a big contract for reliever.
1:15.3	He has been in that group with the guys who are making quite a bit of money.
1:19.7	But he also understands that this is a different time for younger players.
1:22.7	And I think that was really interesting his take on the younger players who would return
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