This is the Baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, July 17th, 2024 and today will be better than yesterday.

Humboster only, I'm in Arlington, Taylor Shink is in Arlington, John Landry's in Arlington.

We just finished the All-Star game for this year.

And I'm, look, you know, the last couple of days hanging out with you guys has been an absolute blast.

I mean we're running around, it's been plane trains and automobiles everywhere, you know,

grabbing players and talking with people.

I've been doing this forever, so I'm curious about for you guys tell me about your

first experience at an all-star game Taylor I mean it was it was really cool just to be

down in the mix pre-game with all the players walking around.

I mean, Aaron Judge is literally buzzing around

before the Home Run Derby, like, you know,

fulfilling obligations, but he's just walking around

like a normal dude.

The highlight for me, Buster's having a conversation with Bruce Bochi, and Aaron

Judge does the awkward like, ooh, I need to slip by you guys and like says sorry to Buster and

says what's up to Boch and keeps on scooting you know just right in front of our faces no big deal.

John? Yeah so I was at the all-star weekend in Anaheim in 2010 I believe and I went to the celebrity softball game and that was like the only time I'd ever done anything around like this type of scene

Being on the field was insane and like I was I've never been starstruck like that around some of these guys like

seeing guys like Bryce Harper Aaron Judge just all the all-stars out there just

having fun at the Home Run Derby was pretty surreal.

Give me a specific example. Which one were you like like, oh my God, that is so and so.

I gotta go there and judge. That is a absolute specimen of a human being. Like I don't think I've ever seen anybody up close and personal that

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