couple of things willie just well really one specific thing i suppose before we get back into a

couple of other things that we've gone over through the morning and that is john carlos

stanton and the yankees from this standpoint by no means what john carlo stanton doesn't spring

training does it mean anything at all john carlo stanton here is essentially at this point in his career. You hope to get

a hundred games out of him. I don't even know if that number is enough, but you know, you hope

to get 100 games out of him. You hope he can stay healthy enough to compete. You hope that he can be

that postseason dominating player prior to last season that he has been. That having been said, though, dealing with what he's dealing with in the arms,

to see him hit a baseball yesterday, twice, the way he does, it reminds you, he's at a great

spring, again, for whatever it's worth.

It reminds you, though, of God, how good this guy when he is at the top of

his game is and can be. And when you think about the years we've watched with him and Judge,

at times it's been unbelievable, at times it's been underwhelming. But man, the ceiling, even at this

point in his career, is still pretty high. And I guess my question

to a former athlete like yourself or an athlete like yourself, you know, what is it about

the grind of the baseball season, do you think, that keeps some guys from being able to play

every day? And whereas others like a Francisco Linder is out there for 162 of

them. What do you think the grind on the body is, you know, for why it's so different from guy to

guy basically? I think it pretty much comes down to your ability to manage pain, right? Like you

talking about Stanton last year and missed two months, last season, rather, the of the season and you know he's opted out of surgery because he realized it is what it is this is where I am in my career and as a ball player when the older you get and the more you know sometimes you realize whether you realize it or not things become fleeting from your game, is really comes down to our, what can I manage? What can I control in my day-to-day where I can still show up and be effective and have an impact? And I think that's where Stanton's at right now. He just realizes like, hey, there's nothing that they can do from an operation standpoint that's going to, you know, make me better.

Like, this is just where I'm at. And if I have trouble opening a bag of chips, so be it. But I have to attack, I have to show up each and every day and do the necessary rehab and the things I need to do so I can at least have some type of impact. And it's tough. And it's tough because I think, obviously, when you see him hit the ball and you see the way he, what he can do, it just makes you dream. It makes you dream of what the season can be and how much he can help this ball club. But it comes down to his pain management. And right now, things look up and up. Yeah, for sure. And you're right. I mean, when he gets going, it's, I mean, it's home runs that are just majestic. And you think about him and Judge, you know, as we've seen for the last several years, the thing about the, you know, opening up the potato chip bag and the injury, and trust me, at this point in my life, I am no athlete. Matter of fact, I am big, sloppy and messy at this point, and it has not gone. You're still golfing, Jerry. I mean, you're out there. You're moving. So I am, and I, well, I haven't been because the stupid weather stinks, but I will be soon. But on that note, so I have the issue in my right elbow, which I think he's gotten both of them, which is what we're talking about. And I will tell you the you talk about pain management that is certainly an issue

But I also think and both of them, which is what we're talking about. And I will tell you, the, you talk about pain management, that is certainly an issue.

But I also think at that level, whether it's pain management or is it a confidence thing

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