S E48: The Sports Thing Podcast w/Holmberg, Hellestrae And Nash - Episode 47 - 08-20-26

Let's talk about what's going on here in Arizona, and it's a national story, international story at this point.

International.

Uh, Ketel Marte, the, the second baseman, the all-star, all-pro second baseman of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

What happened?

Nothing.

Oh.

He's got a line up on the microphone.

You know us better.

He's all like...

Just come in and tell us.

Dale, you're not doing it right.

I wanna uncover my face.

I'm 7.8 on the-

Thank God

... shot, uh, GP chat.

Cover that face.

Can we get a, a, like a, one of those executioner masks?

[laughs]

Uh, Ketel Marte, second baseman of the Diamondbacks, um, two years in a row, Dale, give him credit, all the credit in the world.

One year ago, after, uh, the all-star break, Dale's like, "You can't have a guy like this on your team." This is, uh, he had his breakdown in, uh, Chicago last year against the White Sox when a fan was harassing him.

Yep.

God knows what the fan was saying.

I'll give you that, you know, 'cause I've had 'em, panic attacks, little mental, uh, breakdowns.

They're, they're no fun.

No.

Let's talk about what's going on here in Arizona, and it's a national story, international story at this point.

International.

Uh, Ketel Marte, the, the second baseman, the all-star, all-pro second baseman of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

What happened?

Nothing.

Oh.

He's got a line up on the microphone.

You know us better.

He's all like...

Just come in and tell us.

Dale, you're not doing it right.

I wanna uncover my face.

I'm 7.8 on the-

Thank God

... shot, uh, GP chat.

Cover that face.

Can we get a, a, like a, one of those executioner masks?

[laughs]

Uh, Ketel Marte, second baseman of the Diamondbacks, um, two years in a row, Dale, give him credit, all the credit in the world.

One year ago, after, uh, the all-star break, Dale's like, "You can't have a guy like this on your team." This is, uh, he had his breakdown in, uh, Chicago last year against the White Sox when a fan was harassing him.

Yep.

God knows what the fan was saying.

I'll give you that, you know, 'cause I've had 'em, panic attacks, little mental, uh, breakdowns.

They're, they're no fun.

No.