John Sherman

Carrington, who do you think is going to throw out the first pitch at the new stadium? The very, very first pitch? If you've been to a baseball game, they do like seven first pitches.

I think it's clearly going to be John Sherman.

I paid for this.

I'm throwing out the first one.

Now, after that, if you want to have a conversation of who will get it after that, I'm willing to listen to that conversation, but...

Rob, I think it's kind of clear.

I think John Sherman's getting the first pitch.

Who do you think it's the second pitch? Like if we're doing a draft and I take John Sherman, who do you think it's the next pitch? Salvador Perez.

And it's so easy to just sort of ignore the things and say, well, the-- 'cause, I guess, I, I'll continue to say this.

If John Sherman owned the Dodgers and the Dodgers owner owned the Royals, John Sherman would be viewed as a great owner and the, and the Royals' owner would be viewed as cheap.

'Cause he ain't, the dude ain't writing checks from his own bank account to pay for Kyle Tucker.

He's not dipping into his savings to make sure Shohei is staying around.

Well, I think the part that you run into is, and I felt like this over the summer when You know, even in the offseason when when locally fans are understandably frustrated if there isn't money spent in the offseason to a large degree, if the big move is bringing in Isaac Collins via trade.

That you look at and go, well, yeah, because John Sherman is cheap.

And my response would be.

If the Dodgers owner owned the Royals and John Sherman owned the Dodgers, John Sherman would be viewed as a great owner and the Dodgers owner would be viewed as cheap.

Because it ain't like the Dodgers owner is spending money out of his own pocket.

He's spending money that comes in via the revenue that's generated with the TV revenue deals.

To keep up, it would be John Sherman actually losing money and spending more than is coming in to go and try to pay for players.

So therefore, he's viewed as cheap because he won't, quote, spend money.

We started today talking about the Truman Sports Complex.

Why don't we just continue talking about a team in the Truman Sports Complex? John Sherman met with the media.

Salute to John Sherman.

Are we calling him friend of the show even though he's never been on the show? But you and John Sherman, you guys had a private moment, and John Sherman said- [laughs] It's over.

So... [laughs] A- and John Sherman said, "Say hello to Carrington.

I listen to the show." Is that not what he said? He said, "I listen to the show.

Carrington's hard on us sometimes." Well, you made the playoffs three times in 41 years.

Okay.