hickey

Both the pitcher and the batter in the hole, and we'll see who wins the little argument.

Diz has to put it in there, and Hickey has to hit it.

Here it comes.

And he swung and struck out.

Dizzy Dean put another blazing fastball in there.

And Hickey swung and misses for a strikeout.

Two away in the first half of third inning.

And brings up Lefty Grove.

Baumgarten started.

He gave way to Hickey in the ninth.

Baumgarten the winner.

He is 1-0.

Was that an easy call? Was that a tough decision?

no it wasn't a tough decision it was it was easy there were some contenders i mean obviously two through yeah we're gonna get into all of those but like yeah two through four had cases um but there were more hickeys on those guys than gomez he's a very well-rounded player who's got you know probably 55s or better across his card and i'll you know say this um multiple scouts said they believe this is the best latin american prospects the royals have draft or have drafted have had since Carlos Beltran.

So yeah, that's a big, that's a big number to put on a guy who's a hall of famer.

Um, but he also tells you

But it also, the scouts also pointed to the fact that his hands take a little bit longer to trigger than you might like.

And he might get beat by a pretty good velocity and located velocity once he reaches the States and full season ball and all things like that.

So there were these, you know, these minor hickeys across the card that really kind of like, okay, he's not number one, but he's really good.

But I'm a little wary.

It's really quite remarkable how, [laughs] how much they messed it up.

Oh, can we talk about the hickey quick before we let you go?

Yeah.

Love it.

[laughs]

Just from your perspective, what, give us the, what was that whole experience like?

I just, like, it was probably the worst experience of my life with a guy, and I, my soul, like, did truly leave my body whe- 'cause I'm, like, eye-to-eye with this hickey 'cause our heights are just like that, and I'm standing there like, "There's no way he is standing there with a hickey right now, like, taking me to dinner." And I was like, "Fight or flight, what do I do? Do I stay or do I go?" And so I just stayed 'cause I was like, "This is the last time I'm gonna see this guy," and I said my piece.

We, like, you know, it was not a fun dinner.

Joe Cordes missed a couple of balls.

Missed one of three Hickey runs scored in a big Hickey win.

Well, I know one thing.

I was talking to Deion before the game.

That was the other argument from Br- Brentford fans were saying, "We, well, why do we need him?" You know, we've, we've got Rico Henry there.

We've, we've got Hickey that can play on both sides.

Kale- you know, Kingsley Potter has been playing there and playing there really well.

Um, we've got Aya that can go across if he, if need be.

And Putz and Jan, they're all there, the whole gang.

Hooray! And we get the Hickey from Kinnicky line.

Yeah, I

like the line, rather than that one.

Perfect age profile, perfect player profile, really different look to what they have at left back at the moment.

Him and Kayode as your fullbacks, I reckon as a pair, maybe outside of Arsenal because they're not center backs and because Arsenal do have good left backs and Timber's the best right back in the league, I think it's the second best fullback situation in the league Factoring in the starters and the depth, 'cause the depth is Hickey, it's Lewis-Potter.

And Lewis-Potter will stay in the team for a while, so it'll, you know, it'll take time for Jove to get his role, but he'll get his role.

But Hickey, Lewis-Potter, and we'll see what happens with Rico Henry, but that's a great fullback group.

That really is a great fullback group.

Brighton and Hove Albion, Vlasic in, Johanna in, Struijk in, Johan Hadjam in, left back from Young Boys.

I think you love to lose.

And it started way back when you first got on with the whole Hickey thing.

But the thing that you say that drives me crazy and I never heard I'd say this the whole time he's been on the radio,

there's