" It will return."

" That is -- we welcome and as far as baseball expert Steve Stone doing things he's been doing on Friday during the playoffs. And I still think we had a lot of playoffs left Stoney are you today."

" I'm doing tiring yourself."

" I beating his good here everything is good we're all I'm very excited about really -- maybe you'll. Then legged dog we have another Rudolph."

" No agreement as far as what concerned."

" Well there's there there's been some reports coming out the real harm -- is likely to take the Cubs job is very hitting coach so."

" The prototype putter that yesterday morning. Because it makes. A great deal of sense. But the financial situation any ownership instability in Texas. They offered Rudy it would been their fifteen years then there's -- claim to -- the best hitting coaches around. I want your contract which he so rarely turned down. And because of the vacancy within the ranks -- the that just made a lot of sense that they go after I think it well."

" What's the value of any hitting coach really."

" I think the value as if you have decent hitters park you have guys who have kick in the pants they're giving now are good hitting coach can get them back. Do what they were before I mean -- did the same thing I know Derrek Lee has said that. Getting coaches who are overrated or irrelevant under one of those other where you are things -- post guys to look at it actually enjoy having hitting coach who can't take them. Through some real small. Fundamental I was that they might fall into and get them back and hitting and -- they can't -- a guy who can't hit."

" And make him hit bad that's a misnomer nobody can do that."

" Let the real good ones like real good pitching coaches to take a guy who had some success in the past as far as some hard times. Maybe he might try and one or two things don't get it back to being pretty good but I've always felt -- since your -- complete there's a difference for you."

" How good -- Felix create do when he was to Ithaca."

" Yeah well -- not real good yeah Atlanta -- fear he had about. Half across the board. Be it bad and everything else that -- felt they had had actually out did Fukudome and just about everything I Fukudome hit twelve home runs. -- nine home runs when he hit it in you know very you know -- you have to time -- He also had little bit higher batting average is. He is a runs driven in would have been a little bit more I think there were a whole lot of gray areas of his game or improve drastically improve because. Getting hitting coach but in the Terry Crowley eagle I have on the play where. Who had a simplistic get up pretty good way of explaining -- hitters. What they probably should do to maximize their own ability there was never any doubt that -- had tremendous ability. The question was giving get out of them and somehow they're doing that in Baltimore saying they couldn't do -- in here and there are nine where took the -- he's doing it for thirteen million."

" PA's doing it for the pro rated minimum which is a little over 400000."

" What we're debating yesterday we have no idea you can help us -- this is what does he -- you mentioned that Texas only wanted to. You don't give him a one year deal for what is a what is a hitting coach -- his reputation. Worth what do they make."

" That's a good question because they're big every hitting coach make something else just has every pitching coach -- something -- some pitching coaches that might. Get up into these 752. Million dollar range from the real good ones they -- Dave Duncan's of the world. -- the hitting coach is concerned. -- let me say that I think Texas went out. And -- my fanatics they're pitching coach from. -- Milwaukee and I think they bought him in the 625 to 650000. Dollar range. I would -- that -- would maybe have be worth a long term deal at around 750000. But if you think about it. You're handing him. Well let's just productive pitchers from that let's say you're handing him behavior ninety million dollars and hitting Taliban yearly basis I. I think it may have similar 50000 you're gonna -- Make these guys good enough for me to win. And you know protection of the problems Texas had a very rarely. What switch hitting. And guys don't go back and I talked to Rudy Aaron neo and they struggle and I've talked to pudge Rodriguez about these ready made him a hitter that he wasn't there were a number of other people felt the same way about them so I'm. Birdies pretty good and I think you'd be huge addition to good -- and I actually believe it's going to happen in the not too distant future."

" Oh here's a concern of -- know with the market for Milton Bradley apparently nonexistent and exactly what the Cubs are going to have to do maybe. Even pay a premium to get this guy off their hands and a half to assume all of the salaries. If that's the case is is it possible. That they could find themselves in a situation where they would have to trim. More payroll just to find the money to buyout Bradley maybe make some deals like -- murky -- another serviceable quite well you know we're getting this forgetting that they're really your salary dumps just because they they don't really have all their cash on hand to it to send him packing for nothing."

" Well let me -- again that is a concern and it's something that's gonna have to be dealt with with. With a brain trust for the Cubs who was down here by the way up I -- just about all of them and I went the next game I went out to make so much -- fall league and -- was up -- meeting for the the organizational meeting which takes place. The first week in November and they had their big Gary Hughes and his -- down here and hit him well in the scouting director they had just let everyone of their managers scouts can create back. They had number of other people just watchers trim what their computer guys and a number of other guys down you're talking about what is they're gonna do and one of the things that they have to talk about how he is. How do you trim Milton Bradley from your roster because that that. That's a necessity that's not a luxury. That's something that you have to do and then what are you going to do in conjunction with -- at this stage in the neighborhood of a payroll because the open checkbook days. We Halcyon days of they've experienced over the last couple of years they try to put up this baseball team to make it look more affordable which. In -- didn't make a great deal of -- because when you take on added debt to any assets. And you're talking about somebody who's going to buy it regardless and or number of people wanted to -- added depth to to an -- that doesn't make it more appealing. Who actually -- makes it much more appealing but I think they went about it the wrong way but in any event. They're gonna have to you have for the first time -- very solid. Budget and I can be able to deviate too much from -- so yes they're gonna have to get creative there's no doubt about it than me. It doesn't mean. Taking an errant rodent type contract back although that's three years to run. Spend more money than Milton as and making that kind of deal but then again you're adding money actually instead of because if you're just deducting a wonderful personality. But that's something that they have to do. And if they're gonna have to take a look at it and figure -- to -- that -- other going to address. Their bullpen -- by the way I'm. I -- emerging is that Mexico for those of you who don't know it actually -- work very solid innings in his first outing down there. And he's working out and try to -- little more depth but his slider and organic change have been. They still have in the back of their mind that he can be a starting pitcher for them and so that's what he's working on their. And I'm going out of these different Strasbourg and I didn't take his first start be much ballyhooed. Number one pick so. There is really interesting players down here and the Cubs have a couple that the -- are gonna love bidders has done here seemingly over his wrist problems. So Lancaster -- shortstop that they're gonna like it save a couple of times. So. The young guys for the Cubs aren't quite ready yet so they're going to have to do try to make do it and I can't believe. But it payrolls going to stray much over a 140 might actually go a little bit down from there."

" Is it big we're debate I don't -- were debating his point exactly celebrate but isn't this weekend when you Cubs made the statement they did Tennessee got over there would be that it would have been much -- market for Bradley away. When you do what they did when you all of a sudden you suspend him. Don't just so I just shut up in -- bath water by doing that if you really you know obviously you have to get rid of now the players all pounded him. A -- that's would you would you you don't you don't. Look for as long as you did -- with a pretty damn baseball season what why bother with two weeks left."

" Well I think -- there was some of subordination as far as -- coach were concerned but. I think you know everybody gave them a lot of credit to the administration error for finally having the courage to suspend him. I think that the courage to suspend them would've been much better -- it happened what actually should go to England where you actually had a shot. Had at getting there or two months to go in the season. Because it became apparent that depth like that Milton wasn't gonna get the job done. It was around the 35. RBI mark for quite some time. He wasn't doing it it's not like suddenly became a bad guy at that point of the year he had been a bad guy most of the year he'd been dubbed the deal with the and so if you do you'll understand they play their best baseball was Soriano out of the lineup and Bradley out of the lineup. And actually tell this team something replace that a great deal of money on a couple of guys. Who really didn't do a whole lot to help this team is being played pretty well coming down the stretch granted they weren't playing -- anything except second place which had locked up. But the point was that they've started to look like a pretty decent baseball game. But they put some guys out there who could actually catch the baseball and who ran after they get he had. Analysts say it's difficult concept to assimilate -- and don't. -- hustling team who can catch the baseball will probably do pretty well and that's one of the things that they have to look at you've got to move Fukudome deck to right field. He's a minus center fielder played -- right fielder he's got to get him back there. Somehow you got to hope that the Lakers Soria are gonna get a whole lot better and explained to him. At the warning track means you've got ten steps ten feet left twelve feet left whatever it is. Not to just pull up and let the ball go over your head as if they can do that and get a better fielder who can really go get an alligator Alley immaculate short bit because."

" With which coached at Milton Bradley get into it."

" I believe. It would be departed on Joshua I believe I don't know for sure -- them. And yet I don't think I don't know if that was the first. One of these things. You know but it was the one that finally. Finally -- called an end to it but. You know it's funny how much you can put up with -- guys. And how much you can deal with a guy who is less than a model citizen if he's hitting 3035 at driving 110 runs. Because he -- you know and and I just go back. Not too long ago and obviously it was a yet turned out to be wanna they wanna be who. The worst chapters in club history coincidentally was hitting 6063. And 66 home runs. We didn't hear about it and he -- that he left the game early. We heard about that -- when they needed to trade him. And if you believe that's the worst thing it's -- ever did as a member of the Chicago Cubs I got some houses down here to tell you."

" It's -- we will visit. When we come back -- apparently I was well we. We -- are we doing other segments. -- okay okay. I was under the impression that we were. Okay we'll come back in no lawn alive and well we will be tough to play -- deadline at least one -- quickly as we can solve your problem. That's all we need to do I but I don't know you just individual my and then my other problems that would take more than Steve I don't know I really that was good -- Who had a couple more things are run by a hard -- probably did you PCB got a 162. Games and you can you know when the start date is show there's going to be some cold games to start the year. How can you solve the bad cold post season baseball problem."

" Clutch difficult thing to do and it's something that is not going to be particularly the embraced by ownership. Because there was one point -- you guys -- 154 games and they also at that point played Sunday doubleheader. Affectionate -- you hit some time off and you expect this season. You know would be a little bit older but you begin the season around. The third -- September I don't think they wanna give up 81 home date so I think that's a critical importance has quite obviously. For the teams that generate the high revenues Obama because -- most of the time. They Yankees. The Red Sox. Teams like that that that. Really covered -- of the 81 -- have a hard time convincing their owners -- what they're paying him salary. They had a cut back to 76 home -- just seventy private. So I don't know what the answer they just know that them. That first series although this year it seemed to work out pretty well for the first time game theory that the most dangerous. And it played actually they don't go into the middle of November so. I don't have -- entered Tibet."

" Guys just you know I mean I love the game it and just what it gets down to elect a World Series was last year endorse this Yankee series is shaping up police in New York. I mean -- it just isn't baseball to me anymore it's just uncomfortable. It -- you know this snow on the ground over the Rockies were already snowed out of a game and this -- the brunt of the playoffs as well but he."

" It's a big building and catch a break here because the weather's going to be terrible and it's dark. And -- three man rotation that Joe Girardi is gonna go with sabathia Burnett. And have had it probably will grow into a four man rotation won't be all. He they departed -- Chad Gaudin might get this start in the fourth game assuming that. That is interrupted by weather which it appears it's going to do in some way shape or form so. Detriment rotation might go out the window I think that's the advantage of the Angels."

" And briefly on the White Sox front as well -- to see you know is down in the Arizona Fall League as well. What are they looking at and what are the expectations. For some of these guys to -- improve their chances of being in the major leagues next year or soon."

" Well look pretty slow them from there is there's a lot of guys that we shut down here last year the next. It it to the major leagues this year Gordon Beckham is one of those guys Tommy Hanson another one again and Sean west. There're a number of guys that did it and by the way. 49% of all the guys on the playoff teams. 88 playoff teams court were. -- former members of the Arizona Fall League -- guys come down here they get a look. Basic difference really good pitchers actually for most organizations. And they get up for the big league very quickly if Evan Longoria down here he became the rookie of the year the next year. Courtesy goes they want him to get more bad pitches one and they get more comfortable actually gonna do now. He's playing for the Peoria javelinas -- a couple of games they haven't had a chance to -- The White Sox ballclub yet but the TJ Redford who had a terrific year led a double in doubles. Looks like he's got a chance to be a middle infielder and I. There is some talent that is a lot of White Sox pitchers that have come down that I will see before this is over but. It's a terrific league. Because it. It short they end by Thanksgiving. You get a year do you play against the best of the best -- of the best players from every Major League organization. Come down here and they're young guys who played in eight double -- occasionally and AAA and they had every -- and the guy's been hurt. In the Major League and and you can get to -- your skill to get them try to get a whole lot better so. We'll have to see exactly how it breaks down but I guarantee you would get some of the guys that we're gonna watch this here. As a kid and -- Mike Stanton from the Florida Marlins another way. -- do you looks like. Another Mike stand but this -- the Giants and good and he's not a pitcher he's big hitter with its."

" I -- I think there were -- Mike Stanton who were pitchers."

" hit Cabrera will be remember the last candidates spent day you know years and years and years in the big leagues but -- there's a lot the other the -- Is that. We'll see in the not too distant future. And they're gonna make their mark down here and there's a lot of you know a lot of teams close the end. There's like every team has to pitching coaches every -- a couple of getting coaches -- A manager in different guys stand. So every you know you get to play against the guys you're gonna feel a Major -- it's pretty pretty entertaining."

" I guess the other guy know for sure -- I'll bet that's their way or whatever White Sox are the only -- pitchers out -- he'll be --"

" Philly but I gotta -- those events so this fall league but I'm betting on that would."

" But you know -- too much what's surprising is that actually Richie Garcia and Steve Palermo both former. Major League umpires and they do the same thing I'd check out to new and general managers and their assistant you've done here. They watch the umpire. For guys that are going to come up through the minor league so they're scouting the umpires while everybody else is getting the players then that should look at that interest that."

" Giving -- a quick percentage chance that baseball experience replay. -- The -- the use of replay."

" I think -- expanded a little bit I hope it -- never done on the strikeout I think in itself would be ridiculous you know like the tennis thing where they have that. That little video that showed you're executive ballclub has the best I'd. I don't I don't I don't like that idea at all how I think if you can do it quickly and don't that they can't do -- quickly but -- they can do it quickly I think -- you can expanded. To a certain amount of things for instance. That play where you'd trap or catch a ball in the outfield umpires sometimes for the channel line drive. Get get out there quickly enough to see that something that you can see an instant replay you think he -- you can see it immediately. So. And I don't think it's gonna happen now. But I think eventually it will I just felt that they leave the strike zone completely alone. You have to have that human element back there again and enjoy having the umpires and I think you'd be surprised guys if you ever did have something electronic. You would see a curveball there is this -- dutrow big enough curve ball -- hit the front corner of the plate. And by the time catcher caught it it would be afoot you have to outside it would actually be a strike. And the fans would go out of their mind that damage came over a strike. And you know but on the catcher caught it maybe -- at least any any other batter's box it. So I don't think we really need that."

" Yeah anyway we will let you go but quickly the word I'm looking for as well I mean I don't mind you know just -- just I think what is the legacy of football games. What -- seems so obvious. What's right."

" I I agree I agree with Hewitt and it's gotta be done with all. Oh with Lewis threw it repeatedly in my than if they can do that."

" I think they've expanded the election may get a better game."

" I -- the real -- next week my friend enjoy the fall league."

" Thank you take care in that have a good week --"

" To Steve Stone these scores baseball expert."