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00:00Now, another team that you played for and quite familiar with the ballpark, we have
00:06a number of subjects to touch on here.
00:08Talk to San Francisco Giants, another one of those teams that made significant moves
00:13in the offseason, and over the last couple of years, they've really tried to hit a home
00:17run, so to speak, by trying to get Aaron Judge and Carlos Correa.
00:20They landed on Michael Conforto and Jorge Soler and Matt Chapman.
00:24Nothing against those players, but the Giants certainly have not been as good as they would
00:29like to be, and there's certainly some pressure on them to win this year, too.
00:33You played in that ballpark.
00:34You understand what it's like to have to play there.
00:36I mean, you had success hitting there.
00:38Is there just something about the city or the park why they can't land these mega free
00:43agents?
00:44Well, I think, you know, they tried to help out by bringing the fences in.
00:51When I played there, the fences were a little bit bigger.
00:53You brought the fences in, changed the bullpens from being down the third base and first base
00:58lines to in the outfield.
01:01Those are things that kind of help, but the ballpark itself is an intricate ballpark.
01:05The wind, when I was there, would always blow in from right across the field, so the lefties
01:12would have a—except for Barry, of course—would have a hard time trying to get that ball to
01:18carry for them in the right direction because the wind would always push it out towards
01:21the field, so you would get more guys that would hit those triples, and trying to bring
01:28in a lefty power hitter is going to be tough there in that ballpark.