Chris, I said the other day that
maybe the most exciting thing about
this Rangers season is going to
be the opening of the new stadium.
Am I wrong about that? I
think so. I would like to think
so just because of the things that
we're accomplishing in the offseason.
Heading into spring training, you know, the?
I guess the belief that's coming in
that clubhouse that we're starting to
see that started started last year and
started honestly before I was there.
It's a great thing to have a new ballpark.
There's no question we're going to love
every minute of being in that ballpark,
but that team that's on that field,
I think, is going to be a bigger
a bigger seller than the actual
ballpark itself. When
you talk about these players.
That you hope it expected to be good.
You've got more questions about
your better players right now.
Then you have answers though,
don't you a little bit, but I
think that they're answering some of
those and some of these things maybe
won't show up right away on the field.
Some of them have already
shown up on the field.
Absolutely, I think every quest
every player has questions,
including guy like Corey Kluber.
He admits
that is Corey Kluber you're
starting pitcher on Opening Day. I
don't know yet. It's I got three to choose
from. To be honest, it's.
It's not an easy decision.
I think you know you can argue that
all three of them have made a case to
be that guy. One of the other players
who went through a horrible 2019,
but it for what it means
is off to a good start.
Now Drew go door. Has he solved
the problems that he was dealing
with last year?
He has solved some of them.
I'm really proud of the work,
the dedication he's put in.
You know, physically, this offseason,
the work that he did last year mentale
we challenge some pretty heavy last
year and he knows he's got to be better.
He knows he's gotta.
Perform better, more consistent.
We don't want to see one good month of Ruby.
I don't think anybody wants
that we want to see six,
and we know that
they're going to have different
weeks where you're not as good.
But I think he's understanding
now of some truth.
Whereas maybe in the past year
is just kind of I'm gonna go
out and see ball hit ball now.
He understands things
on a much deeper level and you
hear him talk. I trust that
that work is going to show up
on the field, but it's gotta get
done. Another player that you'd
like to see and need to see
six months of his Joy Gallo.
We've talked about this a little
bit before, but if he had,
say, 45 home runs this year,
how many of those home runs actually
impact the outcome of a game?
Hopefully a lot of am.
I understand the question.
One thing we worked really
hard and he's worked really ****
** is to control his. You know his
at bats in big situations
and against elite pitching.
He's one of the most talented human
beings on the planet, so we want to
see him be able to go up against the best
and be the best. On our team
and he's taking that challenge
head on. I want to ask you
another question off the field.
What why does Major League Baseball
have such a long history and a culture
of cheating in Major League Baseball?
It's a good question.
Everybody's trying to trying to,
you know, the competitive
nature of sports in general.
I just think the game
itself is so pure that.
It gets exposed sometimes, but
the game. The game itself is pure,
but the corked bats aren't there.
The steroids are always
the spitters, not pure.
And then of course it's been ever since
I was a kid throwing out the
but you don't really see that as
much in other sports as you do in
Major League Baseball, do you?
Maybe not, maybe not.
It's just like I said,
the competitive nature of the sport and
everybody's trying to get to that line
without without kind of going over.
And sometimes it's OK.
We're going over that line and
challenge the integrity of the game.
And it's. It's one of those things that.
People are always trying to find an edge.
It's like you said it's been in
baseball for some reason since
the beginning an you know what's
going to be the next thing.
I guess the game always survives,
it does, and that's
why I'm saying because again,
right now you would agree though, right?
Yeah, I keep it with the Astros.
It is, but it will survive.
It will survive.
It always has. And like I said,
you can't really push the game down.
It is about the game itself will
always be bigger than the players and
that's what it comes down to it then.
When the Cowboys start
playing games in September,
will we still be talking about
the Rangers being relevant?
We better be that's and
that's the goal. I mean,
we have no other goal than to
contend and win a World Series.
So I believe in him.
Our guys believe in it.
We got a lot of work to do.
We got a lot of things that
we have to prove to ourselves
from a personal level.
And then as a team.
But absolutely 100%.