 I'd be remiss if I didn't ask you about a guy who was your teammate Jacobi Ellsbury now from the outside looking in You know the media can't get that close. He seemed like a very nice guy who did not seem again Correct me if I'm wrong you were his teammate that baseball was like breathed to him. It wasn't the world to him It was his job. I don't think there was that kind of passion. Tell me what you thought of Jacobi You know listen Jacobi when he played was one of the most dynamic guys in baseball Unfortunately when you have a speed guy, you know, he's a speed guy. He did have that one year We had a bunch of home runs that is second in the MVP when you have a speed guy and One small injury happens Then you fall apart and I think that his frustration the reason you didn't see the passion and you didn't see You know a guy that really wanted to get back on the field is that even at 80 percent Jacobi Ellsbury was not a good player That's the problem and you know power hitters sometimes or even a you know a pitcher that loses a little bit on its fastball At 70 80 percent they can still be effective, you know if I pulled my hamstring I could still catch the ball at first base and still had a home run or a double in the gap I'd be okay Jacobi Ellsbury as soon as he has a little bad hip or his foot's hurting a little bit his speed's taken away He's not good as an outfielder because he didn't have a good arm He doesn't hit for power He didn't really walk that much because because teams weren't you know necessarily afraid of him You know hitting the ball deep or hitting a ball in the gap So his game completely fell apart and and I just think that Unfortunately that type of player as soon as he's off the field and he's not a hundred percent is is just He doesn't have any value and I think he saw a guy that realized he didn't have any value And it hurt him personally no player wants to be embarrassed out there And I do feel bad for Jacobi Ellsbury because injuries really robbed him of a of a solid career Good stuff mark. We appreciate you coming on always fun guys. Thanks a lot. That's Mark to share the mark to show I will tell you this The only exception I ever took with Jacobi and again. He was a nice guy nice man It was a wild card game. You remember this sure and he didn't it wasn't a lot of it wasn't in the lineup and he just accepted it and I'm telling you he was on the active roster Which means that he was healthy enough to be on the active roster and he didn't start a game that was a must-win game To me I'm flipping over Joe Giordi's table. I'm going into his office. I'm playing this game He didn't to me outside looking in never had that fire and and one thing I would say I think that every team should learn from this If you're closest competitor your biggest rival Let's you sign somebody They know something that you don't know and Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe laid this out So the Yankees paid him a hundred and fifty three million dollars And I think they got like a war. I'm rounding it off of 20 out of him And over that time the guy that took over for Jacobi Ellsbury in Boston Was Jackie Bradley, Jr. Who has been paid a total of a I think 25 million and had a higher war than Jacobi or had over that time the Red Sox knew something and I mean and then you could come right back. Well, they let them sign Johnny Damon Johnny Damon helped them win a World Series true. Wait wait boss. There are exceptions But for the most part if the Yankees let somebody sound the Red Sox like the Yankees never let the Red Sox get Bernie Williams George Stein were to stepped in right and gave a last-minute offer He would not let Bernie go to the Red Sox Red Sox easily let Ellsbury go to the Yankees