This week, actor Mark Consuelos walks us through the fifth episode, Alfonzo Guzman-Chavez.
I drew a diagram back at the house.
I needed to figure this stuff out.
Credit: Ray Mickshaw/Fox
I really wanted to understand what we were trying to accomplish, even if it took me a while.
There are so many factors.
I started reading through the manuals of sabermetrics.
I must have read it 30 times.
I dont understand this.
This makes absolutely no sense.
But I just kept on going and going and going.
As general manager, you have to be obsessed with the details in the mix.
You have to know what the make up of the team is.
Its a big deal.
Thats the one thing I realized.
That does work, but now, with sabermetrics and the math, it all factors in.
Its that thing where you fake having something and next week you get it.
So each scene this toothache gets worse and worse and worse.
I want to track this.
There are only two things worse than dental pain.
Aside from foot pain and childbirth, I would probably rank it up there.
Not knowing what childbirth feels like, I would say its right there.
Im so in love with her.
We laugh because we never really have scenes together.
We kind of just walk past each other.
I havent had anything since the one scene where I welcome her to the team.
We played a lot with the idea.
That just doesnt happen especially if youre a rookie.
Again, Oscar has a toothache and hes really, really pissed off.
Hes got this boss and the ownership just crushing him.
And then you have a rookie walking directly into your office and tells you that you better do something.
At that point, it was the wrong place at the wrong time.
I hope he can stay.
But she tells me, Ive got pull.
Ive got leverage, and youre going to do this.
Of course, Oscar flips.
He says, No.
I will not take this from one more person at this time.
That was the impetus for the scene.
Executive producer Paris Barclay directed the episode.
Its never a question of, Do we have this?
Did we get that?
If you know youre moving on, youve got it.
He got what he needs.
I think thats a testament to them and to him.
With actors who keep the ball in the air, you already feel in good hands.
Josh and I hit it off almost immediately.
Hes an amazing guy, and hes got such a great sense of humor.
Kelly played John Stamos assistant last year.
I always joke with her, asking, Whos better: Stamos or Consuelos?
She lies, saying, Of course you, Mark.
