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9/30/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome to the 7 o'clock club, the huddle,
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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio Wisconsin. Drew Olson along with Dobie Maxwell.
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Speaker 1: He's in for Billy Schmidt. Billy back tomorrow. Hunter Baumgart
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Speaker 1: Thank you. And Ben Rice is a superhero for what
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Speaker 1: he did to the Red Sox last evening with Grand Slam.
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Speaker 1: what do you have four hits six rbi.
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Speaker 3: I believe so and uh i mean cam schlittler has
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Speaker 3: been fantastic too he has a 0.47 era against the
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Speaker 3: red sox in his career so far so how about
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Speaker 3: that he has just been.
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Speaker 1: Fantastic they and how it's bad enough is of the
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Speaker 1: al bad enough for red sox fans to take it
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Speaker 1: in the shorts like they did yesterday but to have
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Speaker 1: littler Tough Schlittler. To have the two guys that do
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Speaker 1: it to you be from New England, extra painful. Brian
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Speaker 1: Balaga is from Chicago, and he played for the Packers.
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Speaker 1: That was a very similar situation. That's a little bit
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Speaker 1: like Tyrese Halliburton shooting down the box.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Schlittler, six and a third last night, two hits,
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Speaker 3: no runs, ten strikeouts, one walk.
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Speaker 1: Get you the NicoletLaw.com talk and text line. Derek from
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Speaker 1: Whitewater pointing out that the Badgers are basically ranked 26th
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Speaker 1: right now. Most votes to be ranked without being ranked.
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Speaker 2: Yep, yep.
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Speaker 3: So I don't think it'll take much longer for them
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Speaker 3: to get ranked.
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Speaker 1: If they win Saturday, there's a chance they'll vault into
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Speaker 1: the top 25, which would be a nice return. It would.
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Speaker 1: And again, it'd be another momentum boost. So the Badgers
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Speaker 1: do need to win on Saturday. There's some intrigue. And
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Speaker 1: I don't know if it was appointment viewing for people,
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Speaker 1: especially after the first half when they were down 17-0
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Speaker 1: Saturday at Happy Valley, but I think this is appointment
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Speaker 1: viewing for folks. You got to see how they do
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Speaker 1: and see how they come out and see how they
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Speaker 1: handle things against Sparty. going to face a desperate Sparty team.
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Speaker 1: Much like the Packers are going to face a desperate
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Speaker 1: Buccaneers team on Sunday in Tampa. 0-3 Buccaneers, right? That's
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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. With a backup quarterback. It's like their
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Speaker 1: season's slipping away. Well, we heard about the 0-2 Falcons. Exactly.
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Speaker 1: When you face desperate teams, that's what you're going to
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Speaker 1: get the kitchen sink thrown at you. Traditionally, the Packers
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Speaker 1: fans have... I wish that game was later in the year,
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Speaker 1: but That's a destination, right? That was always, they would
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Speaker 1: go and take over. You talk about stadium takeovers. Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 1: That was always, and again, because I'm old. I'm old
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Speaker 1: enough to remember when the Packers would go to Tampa,
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Speaker 1: whether the Bucs were good or bad, it didn't matter.
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Speaker 1: It'd be 75% green and gold, and the place would be,
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Speaker 1: it was like a Packers home game. And I remember that,
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Speaker 1: and it was cool.
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Speaker 3: And then people who get pissed when Cubs fans buy
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Speaker 3: the tickets and come to games.
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Speaker 1: At AmFam, like, hey, it works both ways. You know?
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: If you dig it when your fans take over a stadium,
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Speaker 3: it can happen elsewhere.
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Speaker 2: Sure.
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Speaker 1: It's happened to a degree with Lions fans taking over Lambeau.
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Speaker 1: That hurts a little. When the Lions started to get good,
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Speaker 1: I was like, oh, man, a lot of Honolulu blue.
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Speaker 1: It wasn't to the point of what the Packers had
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Speaker 1: in Tampa. No, it was noticeable. It was definitely noticeable.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And it'll probably be that way in a week and
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Speaker 1: a half when the Bears come to Lambeau.
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Speaker 4: Probably.
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Speaker 1: Probably.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, especially considering where both fan bases are, and that
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Speaker 3: has a lot to do with it, and the confidence
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Speaker 3: level as well. But yeah, this is a, I mean,
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Speaker 3: this past Thursday was a time where the Packers should
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Speaker 3: have taken advantage of the opportunity, but this is another one, right,
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Speaker 3: where you have a backup quarterback, a team that started 0-3,
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Speaker 3: searching for answers. Try to take advantage of that. You're
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Speaker 3: not playing, the tough part about this is they're not
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Speaker 3: playing like, you know, the bills and the chiefs right now,
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Speaker 3: they're playing these teams that are not having good starts
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Speaker 3: to the year. And, and that's what I think is
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Speaker 3: probably the most frustrating for Packers fans. Like you sit
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Speaker 3: in there and you're saying, man, these aren't these, we're
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Speaker 3: not playing the best of the best so far. You know,
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Speaker 3: the Vikings are three, you know, okay. That was week one.
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Speaker 3: You had a lead and then obviously lost it. But
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Speaker 3: then you played the jets who don't seem to be
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Speaker 3: going anywhere despite a week one win over Tennessee. But
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Speaker 3: I think anybody can be Tennessee at this point. And
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Speaker 3: then week two, or week three, you played Atlanta, obviously
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Speaker 3: came in and won a game and lost by a
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Speaker 3: bunch and been in the red zone. And then you're
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Speaker 3: playing Tampa now with a backup quarterback and also 0-3.
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Speaker 3: So if they had gotten off to this 1-2 start
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Speaker 3: and man, they're playing the Bills and the Chiefs and
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Speaker 3: some of these other good teams, that'd be one thing.
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Speaker 3: But they have another opportunity to come back and say,
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Speaker 3: all right, we're 2-2 after four weeks and let's see
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Speaker 3: what we can do after that. But I think there's
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Speaker 3: just so many signs that going to be tough for
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Speaker 3: the packers in tampa no matter who's playing quarterback.
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Speaker 4: If they can win this one then you're going to
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Speaker 4: get uh michael parsons back and there's a chance josh
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Speaker 4: josh jacobs will come back somebody said 25 of their
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Speaker 4: salary cap is not playing right now.
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Speaker 3: Yeah that's pretty interesting jacobs thing is just so banks
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Speaker 3: have no idea thanks too yeah yeah yes yep yeah
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Speaker 3: that's there's no doubt those those are The margins in
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Speaker 3: the NFL are so slim that games are decided on
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Speaker 3: a few plays by a few playmakers, and you're without
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Speaker 3: two of your best playmakers.
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Speaker 1: Both sides of the ball. Both sides, yeah. That's hard
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Speaker 1: to overcome. We'll take your hot takes, 877-794-1973. Hot take,
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Speaker 1: to me, the best story in the playoffs this year,
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Speaker 1: and I don't know how long it's going to last.
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Speaker 1: They won yesterday, the White Sox.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: This is a team that not long ago lost 100
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Speaker 1: games three years in a row. Hard to do. Two
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Speaker 1: years after they traded Garrett Crochet, which is the ultimate
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Speaker 1: white flag there in the playoffs.
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Speaker 3: Hunter, you heard Vaughn and Bryce Wilson talking about it. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: they were just there. I think they're, you know, they're like, oh,
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Speaker 3: the White Sox ended up, you know, clinching or whatever.
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Speaker 3: And it was just a quick conversation there that I heard.
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Speaker 3: I mean, I didn't hear the whole conversation, but just
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Speaker 3: in passing. And I think it's just it is incredible
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Speaker 3: what what the White Sox did this year. And Pat
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Speaker 3: Murphy said it after that first sweep, like, hey, he
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Speaker 3: kind of called it. that, you know what, this White
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Speaker 3: Sox team, look out for them. But they were 60-102.
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Speaker 1: A year ago. One year ago, 60-102.
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Speaker 3: And it's not like they went out and got Shohei Otani. Like,
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Speaker 3: they have some, you know, and look, Will Venable has
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Speaker 3: done a nice job. I think they were kind of
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Speaker 3: searching for answers on the managerial side. And maybe they have,
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Speaker 3: talk about, you want to talk about manager of the
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Speaker 3: year and Cash is obviously up for it at the Rays.
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Speaker 3: And you could talk about some of the other teams.
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Speaker 3: If I were voting in the AL this year, manager
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Speaker 3: of the year, it'd be Will Venable. I mean, it's
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Speaker 3: how do you go from 102 losses to the playoffs
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Speaker 3: to now you're one win away from you're going to
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Speaker 3: host a playoff game if they win one of these.
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Speaker 1: Next two in Houston. They won 84 games and got
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Speaker 1: in and the team they're playing won 81 games. Right, right.
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Speaker 1: So it's not, you know. They're not the 103-win Brewers,
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Speaker 1: but they got in. They definitely got in.
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Speaker 3: And they're one game away from winning their division. I mean,
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Speaker 3: they had the tiebreaker over Cleveland. They would have been
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Speaker 3: one game better or beat Cleveland one more time throughout
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Speaker 3: the season. They would have had the tiebreaker. And so
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Speaker 3: the White Sox win this series against Houston. I mean,
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Speaker 3: they have a chance to make the ALCS because the
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Speaker 3: Guardians were just one game better than them. It's not
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Speaker 3: like the Guardians have been great. I do trust the
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Speaker 3: Guardians a little more. They've been there, done that. They
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Speaker 3: were in it last year. Steven Vogt's obviously a great manager.
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Speaker 3: We all know that. But, man, this is really impressive.
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Speaker 3: I know a few White Sox fans, my uncle and cousin,
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Speaker 3: are loving it. One of my friends from college also.
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Speaker 3: They're happy to have playoff baseball back. They haven't been
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Speaker 3: in it since 21.
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Speaker 4: Brewers Sox World Series. I know that's a big dream,
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Speaker 4: but it would be so great around here.
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Speaker 1: I would love it. Brewers Yankees World Series. Oh, I'd
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Speaker 1: love that, too. Bring it. bring it. I'd be down
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Speaker 1: for it. Brewers in the world series. Those two combined.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Pulaski high school brewers. I don't care. Yeah. Pulaski high school. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Brewers against Kettle Moraine in the world series. It doesn't matter.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: My goodness. Um, hot take. Well, no, not a hot take.
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Speaker 3: Let's do who's hot. Who's not real quick.
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Speaker 2: Well.
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Speaker 1: I got to go. We just mentioned Schlittler and Ben Rice.
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Speaker 2: Yep.
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Speaker 1: And the Padres. Padres are hot. Padres are absolutely hot,
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Speaker 1: undeniably hot. They were hot last night. They smoked the Cubs.
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Speaker 1: They're trying to close it out tonight and then come
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Speaker 1: to Milwaukee for a game on Saturday. We've been talking
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Speaker 1: about them a lot. They got some good players. They
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Speaker 1: have a good bullpen. Their starting pitcher last night went
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Speaker 1: in the seventh without giving up a hit. They're definitely hot.
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Speaker 1: Who's not hot?
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Speaker 3: I'm going to say the Harbaugh brothers right now.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Jim's 0-3. Jim's 0-3, and John lost his quarterback,
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Speaker 1: saw Jameis Winston play an ugly game that they won,
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Speaker 1: and then they went and got J.J.
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Speaker 4: McCarthy for a fifth round pick. I don't think that's
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Speaker 4: the coming Messiah.
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Speaker 1: Meanwhile, J.J. McCarthy goes to the Giants, and he'll work
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Speaker 1: his way in. The Giants are sitting at 2-1, but
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Speaker 1: they don't have Jackson Dart, and they lost their best
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Speaker 1: edge rusher, so they've had Brutal injuries, kind of what
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Speaker 1: the Packers are facing with not having Parsons and Jacobs.
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Speaker 1: Brutal injuries for them. They'll be working J.J. McCarthy in.
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Speaker 1: They're playing without Jackson Dart. So, you know, good luck.
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Speaker 1: The Harbaugh brothers to me.
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Speaker 2: Are not hot.
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Speaker 4: How do they let Saquon Barkley go? I still don't
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Speaker 4: understand that. I mean, it's a couple of years ago.
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Speaker 1: Now, but still. You're still looking back at that and
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Speaker 1: scratching your head.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: The if they had jackson dart i was looking forward
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Speaker 3: to that being kind of an entertaining team this year
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Speaker 3: with harbaugh in there yeah and jackson darp and now
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Speaker 3: dart's done for the year anybody can beat the titans
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Speaker 3: let's see titan man robert sala it's just brutal that
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Speaker 3: is just.
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Speaker 1: And the team that harbaugh helmed for all those years
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Speaker 1: and left the ravens.
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Speaker 3: Are two in one yeah ravens are just a model
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Speaker 3: of just organizational success of course harbaugh is a big
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Speaker 3: part of that but i think You have Lamar Jackson.
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Speaker 1: You have Derrick Henry. I think you're going to be
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Speaker 1: all right no matter what coach you got.
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Speaker 4: Ozzie Newsome said that he'd lay the foundation there, but
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Speaker 4: it's continuing.
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Speaker 1: We mentioned that Thursday when we're at Pottawatomie for the
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Speaker 1: Thursday night huddle from 5 to 7 in the Sportsbook
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Speaker 1: Annex at our favorite place on Canal Street, we'll be
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Speaker 1: getting ready for Browns Steelers. Steelers technically in first place
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Speaker 1: in that division in the AFC North where every team
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Speaker 1: is 2-1.
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Speaker 2: Everybody.
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Speaker 1: Everybody. Everybody's got a winning record. Steelers, Bengals, Browns, and Ravens.
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Speaker 1: They're all 2-1.
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Speaker 3: Something's got to give. Well, it'll give on Thursday night
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Speaker 3: when the Steelers play the Browns. Steelers and the Browns
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Speaker 3: playing for the top spot.
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Speaker 1: That'll break the four-way tie. I want McCarthy and Rodgers
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Speaker 1: to go all the way. Yeah, I like Rodgers, too.
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Speaker 4: I still do.
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Speaker 1: I'd like them to make the playoffs. Packers, Steelers, Super Bowl.
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Speaker 1: Let's just go. Let's dream big.
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Speaker 3: I would love it. I enjoy seeing him play. It's
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Speaker 3: obviously the last year Rogers. So I'm going to soak
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Speaker 3: in every moment that I can of watching him. And
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Speaker 3: so far, so far it's been all right. And a
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Speaker 3: big win for him over Cincinnati last week.
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Speaker 1: Hunter, do you have another interview for us from yesterday?
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Speaker 1: Let's hear one. Let's do it.
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Speaker 3: Cooper Pratt talked to the media yesterday. He's playing in
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Speaker 3: his first post season. And so we talked to him
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Speaker 3: about really what, you know, what he's excited for, what
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Speaker 3: he can, he's expecting, uh, the atmosphere to be like,
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Speaker 3: how the regular season has prepared him for it. So
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Speaker 3: here's Cooper Pratt with reporters in the Brewers Clubhouse yesterday.
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Speaker 3: What are your expectations for the next month, potentially?
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Speaker 5: I mean, without baseball, I don't really know what to expect.
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Speaker 3: But I do, kind of.
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Speaker 5: I expect it to be loud. I expect it to
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Speaker 5: be exciting.
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Speaker 1: Some of the best baseball.
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Speaker 5: I've ever been a part of, hopefully.
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Speaker 2: And I respect to win.
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Speaker 5: Where's the energy and confidence in this team right now,
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Speaker 5: heading in to the NLDS?
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Speaker 6: I mean, I have as much confidence as I can remember,
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Speaker 6: and we've kind of shown that with the regular season,
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Speaker 6: but the regular season's kind of out the window now,
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Speaker 6: and now the playoffs start, and now it's real, so
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Speaker 6: everyone goes into the playoffs, 0-0, it doesn't matter how
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Speaker 6: you get.
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Speaker 5: In, it just matters how you perform over here.
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Speaker 3: What do you lean on when you're trying to get
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Speaker 3: a gauge of what this is going to be like?
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Speaker 1: I mean, you can... Not any one of the guys.
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Speaker 5: I mean, Terang, Yellich, Vaughn, all the guys that were
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Speaker 5: here in the past, they're more than happy to answer
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Speaker 5: any questions I have.
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Speaker 2: I've heard.
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Speaker 5: Comparable to when we played the Cubs here in Chicago,
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Speaker 5: but probably.
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Speaker 2: A lot more.
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Speaker 1: I hear stories about last year.
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Speaker 5: I'm just excited and looking forward to it.
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Speaker 4: What all has stuck with you about what your teammates
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Speaker 4: have told you about what postseason baseball is all about?
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Speaker 5: It's about winning, just the same as how we've played
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Speaker 5: all year. Just playing to win, game at a time.
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Speaker 5: I wish I could tell you more. I just know
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Speaker 5: that I've watched it growing up and I'm excited to.
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Speaker 2: Be a part of it.
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Speaker 5: How do you go into today with a sim game
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Speaker 5: and try to keep that intensity level up? Uh, I mean,
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Speaker 5: it's just another day. Uh, it's, it's cool getting to
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Speaker 5: watch some of these other games go on right now
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Speaker 5: and potentially see who will play, but it doesn't really matter.
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Speaker 5: I mean, we're going to have to play good baseball
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Speaker 5: their way. Every team in the playoffs is here for
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Speaker 5: a reason.
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Speaker 2: And, uh, uh, we need to remember that.
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Speaker 5: And, uh, play winning baseball.
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Speaker 3: Cooper how much does playing at Wrigley or some of
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Speaker 3: those atmospheres during the regular season help you with what
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Speaker 3: the atmosphere could be like coming up this weekend?
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Speaker 5: No I mean it was cool especially like playing in
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Speaker 5: September playing like the Phillies in September like starting to
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Speaker 5: see teams that you'll face, pitchers that you'll face in
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Speaker 5: October you'll start to see teams really competing like the
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Speaker 5: Phillies they came down to one game with the Diamondbacks
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Speaker 5: and like everyone's trying to get in and being a
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Speaker 5: part of some of those games, like the Cubs series
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Speaker 5: multiple times, playing the Phillies, playing all these good teams,
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Speaker 5: especially like late in September. It's kind of like a
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Speaker 5: mini playoff environment almost. At least that's what I've heard.
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Speaker 5: We're going to find out.
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Speaker 1: Cooper Pratt, I don't think the stage is going to
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Speaker 1: be too big for him. I don't think so. I
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Speaker 1: think he'll be okay.
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Speaker 3: What makes me excited, and I asked Pat Murphy about
16:46
Speaker 3: this over the weekend before one of the Cardinals games,
16:50
Speaker 3: just the success that Pratt and Lara have already had
16:53
Speaker 3: in those big moments right in Wrigley Field.
16:57
Speaker 1: They both hit really well.
17:00
Speaker 3: You know, Luis Lara against Duran in Philadelphia, his first
17:03
Speaker 3: at bat against him with a single. These guys have
17:06
Speaker 3: come up big. I mean, Pratt hit 280 since he came.
17:09
Speaker 1: Up in mid-June. I know.
17:11
Speaker 3: And they've just been very consistent. And the moment just
17:13
Speaker 3: has not seemed too big. So I'm looking forward to
17:16
Speaker 3: seeing what they can do in the postseason.
17:18
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's going to be definitely going to be pretty cool.
17:23
Speaker 1: You don't know. Like Cooper Pratt, anybody can go hitless
17:26
Speaker 1: or anybody can get hot in the playoffs. Like I said,
17:29
Speaker 1: the case study is Austin Riley of the Braves who
17:32
Speaker 1: struggled all year and then with one swing. Probably, you know,
17:36
Speaker 1: it's not a hyperbole to say he saved the season.
17:39
Speaker 1: His eighth inning homer yesterday lifted them to victory. If
17:42
Speaker 1: they lose game one, you're up against it in a
17:44
Speaker 1: three-game series. So I don't know what's going to happen today.
17:47
Speaker 1: The Phillies are a decent outfit, too. But it's just
17:52
Speaker 1: a reminder that it's a clean slate, and you can
17:55
Speaker 1: go from hot to cold in an instant.
17:57
Speaker 4: So just enjoy it. Just enjoy the process. It's going
17:59
Speaker 4: to be a strong baseball year. Enjoy every game.
18:01
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Now, my question to you, Hunter, before we go
18:04
Speaker 1: to break and we say hello to John Greenberg, president
18:05
Speaker 1: of the Admirals, did you sample any of those menu
18:08
Speaker 1: items that they were going on? I did not get
18:11
Speaker 1: a chance to.
18:12
Speaker 2: What?
18:12
Speaker 3: No, but those looked mighty delicious. They have some great
18:16
Speaker 3: food offerings.
18:17
Speaker 1: Big Chew Burger, Brat Rangoons, monkey bread. I mean, the
18:23
Speaker 1: Oktoberfest slice, mozzarella house-made cream sauce, red onions, sauerkraut, brown mustard,
18:28
Speaker 1: and bratwurst. Oh, I'm hungry now. From Ian's Pizza. But
18:32
Speaker 1: the one I saw was the rib, the dino rib.
18:34
Speaker 1: It's a pound and a half of smoked beef rib
18:36
Speaker 1: served with barbecue sauce, pickles, and pickled red onions. Sponsored
18:39
Speaker 1: by Jimmy Walker.
18:41
Speaker 2: Oh, my God.
18:41
Speaker 1: Fred Flintstone, tip over the car rib. Tip over the car. Absolutely. Well, then, Hunter,
18:46
Speaker 1: you were too busy working and didn't get to sample
18:49
Speaker 1: the food. That might have been the case. Get a
18:51
Speaker 1: bag lunch.
18:53
Speaker 2: Wow.
18:53
Speaker 1: Classic. When we come back, we'll drop the puck. The
18:57
Speaker 1: season starts Saturday for the Admirals. It started last night
18:59
Speaker 1: in the National Hockey League. The Preds play tomorrow against
19:03
Speaker 1: the Wild. Our buddy El Jefe joins us. John Greenberg
19:06
Speaker 1: is next. You're in the huddle. Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin.
19:08
Speaker 1: Drew Olsen, Dobie Maxwell, Hunter Baumgart bringing it to you.
19:11
Speaker 2: The huddle.
19:12
Speaker 1: It's Super Sub Wednesday. We got these guys subbing in
19:14
Speaker 1: for Billy and Armin, who will be back tomorrow. Ladies
19:18
Speaker 1: and gentlemen, for the first time this season, we're going
19:21
Speaker 1: to drop the puck. Our buddy John Greenberg, El Jefe,
19:23
Speaker 1: president of the Milwaukee Admirals. I'm standing and saluting. Toby
19:27
Speaker 1: is standing up and saluting. Greeny, happy New Year as
19:31
Speaker 1: you guys get ready to start your season Saturday. How
19:33
Speaker 1: are you doing?
19:35
Speaker 2: I'm doing great. And Toby, please take a seat. At ease.
19:39
Speaker 1: Thank you, sir.
19:40
Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
19:43
Speaker 1: The private request information on the Admiral season, sir.
19:47
Speaker 2: Laughter laughter It's great to be, it's great to be back.
19:53
Speaker 1: Yeah, we are too excited. I it's sad when you
19:56
Speaker 1: say goodbye to summer, but it's great to have the
20:00
Speaker 1: overlap that we have now.
20:01
Speaker 2: Yeah.
20:02
Speaker 1: Baseball playoffs.
20:03
Speaker 2: And yeah.
20:03
Speaker 1: And October is the Admiral's call it. So greeny, I'm wondering,
20:06
Speaker 1: I was thinking about this the other day when you
20:08
Speaker 1: guys had, um, uh, the changing of the seasons and
20:12
Speaker 1: you know, it's, it's a right of winter when you,
20:14
Speaker 1: all those years you were with the brewers, um, when
20:17
Speaker 1: the truck was loaded to go to spring training, um,
20:20
Speaker 1: that's like a big deal. And then, Hey, you hear
20:22
Speaker 1: pitchers and catchers report, but I remember the truck being
20:25
Speaker 1: loaded was always like a sign that it was coming
20:27
Speaker 1: is the hockey equivalent of that putting the ice in
20:29
Speaker 1: the building for you.
20:30
Speaker 2: Oh, a thousand percent. Absolutely. Yes. That, uh, when they
20:36
Speaker 2: tell us, uh, what the date is that they're going
20:38
Speaker 2: to start the project. And, uh, you know, everybody not
20:42
Speaker 2: only puts it on their calendar, but puts a giant
20:44
Speaker 2: circle around it and it means it's getting real. So,
20:47
Speaker 2: you know, that ice starts to go in and, uh,
20:50
Speaker 2: that means the clock is really ticking towards, uh, uh,
20:53
Speaker 2: opening night, which is, uh, rapidly approaching.
20:56
Speaker 1: Opening night, Saturday on the road, correct?
21:00
Speaker 2: Saturday on the road in Rockford, right here on these airwaves, uh,
21:05
Speaker 2: with Aaron Sims back for another great season, and then
21:09
Speaker 2: back home here on the 10th.
21:12
Speaker 1: It's coming. It's here already. And the Preds open tomorrow night, correct?
21:18
Speaker 1: They do.
21:18
Speaker 2: NHL started earlier, so NHL started last night. There were
21:22
Speaker 2: four games, I think, last night, and another handful tonight,
21:26
Speaker 2: and Predators get going tomorrow against Minnesota. So it's hockey
21:30
Speaker 2: starting earlier. They've added two games to their schedule, so
21:34
Speaker 2: I've heard a lot of NFL wants to add another
21:37
Speaker 2: game and baseball obviously has got 162 and hockey has
21:42
Speaker 2: been at 82 for a long, long time and now
21:45
Speaker 2: adding two more to get to 84. People want the product,
21:49
Speaker 2: so let's give them more of it.
21:51
Speaker 1: Does that change your schedule at all, Greeny?
21:55
Speaker 2: Moves things up, certainly. We start October 3rd is early
22:01
Speaker 2: training camp. We had a preseason game last weekend. So
22:05
Speaker 2: we were playing hockey in September also with, uh, the
22:08
Speaker 2: exhibition games, but, uh, you know, it's, it is a
22:11
Speaker 2: little bit earlier. We've got five home games in October,
22:14
Speaker 2: which is, uh, the most we've had in quite a while. Um,
22:18
Speaker 2: you know, it does allow us to spread it out
22:20
Speaker 2: because it's still ending about the same time in April, but, uh,
22:23
Speaker 2: we're still playing 72 in our league and, uh, uh,
22:27
Speaker 2: you know, can't wait to see what, uh, what happens
22:30
Speaker 2: on the journey this year.
22:32
Speaker 1: What, um, You guys obviously are tied to the Preds
22:36
Speaker 1: being the top affiliate, and they've had some turnover at
22:40
Speaker 1: the top. How does that affect things? How does kind
22:42
Speaker 1: of the new regime feel?
22:46
Speaker 2: Well, it's different for sure, just kind of the mindset
22:52
Speaker 2: that they have there. I will say that it's the
22:56
Speaker 2: first time that somebody named Poyle or Trotz has not
22:59
Speaker 2: been involved in the Predators back in 1998. And so
23:04
Speaker 2: to get some different blood, some different mindset in there,
23:07
Speaker 2: Chris McFerland coming from Colorado, you know, a total winning tradition.
23:13
Speaker 2: And the conversations we had with him right after he
23:16
Speaker 2: got the job, and I give him enormous credit that
23:19
Speaker 2: he had gotten hired, and the next day he called us.
23:23
Speaker 2: I still remember communicating. All of a sudden I see
23:26
Speaker 2: my phone ringing and it's at nickel. Who's the general
23:28
Speaker 2: manager for our team. And he goes, Hey, I got
23:31
Speaker 2: somebody here who wants to talk to you. And it
23:33
Speaker 2: was Chris McFarland. And he just wanted to introduce himself
23:37
Speaker 2: and talk about what he wants to do here. And
23:40
Speaker 2: that's when, uh, which is music to our ears, of course, uh,
23:45
Speaker 2: And he also said he's going to be more present
23:48
Speaker 2: in Milwaukee. So I know he's already got plans to
23:51
Speaker 2: be at a couple of our games in October, which
23:54
Speaker 2: I will say that's not been the norm by any means.
23:57
Speaker 2: But he wants to see these guys that are playing here.
24:00
Speaker 2: And it'll be great to have Chris here to be
24:04
Speaker 2: able to get his own two eyes on everything. And
24:08
Speaker 2: lots of new people from the NHL that are here,
24:10
Speaker 2: Jamie Langenbrunner, Rob Blake. Those guys are all in the
24:15
Speaker 2: hockey administration now, so he's got a great expertise.
24:19
Speaker 1: McFarland came from the Avalanche, had some success. Wasn't he
24:22
Speaker 1: the GM when they won a cup?
24:25
Speaker 2: Yeah, he sure was under Joe Sackick. Joe Sackick, the
24:28
Speaker 2: head of hockey operations, and Chris was the GM. This guy,
24:33
Speaker 2: he's got a ring, and that's what we all want.
24:38
Speaker 1: When you're I know like some teams have that, like
24:41
Speaker 1: a president of hockey ops and then a GM. And
24:43
Speaker 1: now with the Preds, he's both right. So that's two
24:48
Speaker 1: hats in essence.
24:51
Speaker 2: Yeah. He's got, he's got both hats on and that's
24:53
Speaker 2: why it's so important that he surround himself with a
24:57
Speaker 2: lot of, a lot of expertise, be able to get
25:00
Speaker 2: a lot of differing opinions on things and, You know,
25:04
Speaker 2: he's a listener and he's a guy who could also
25:06
Speaker 2: be decisive. You know, he made trades right away. He's
25:11
Speaker 2: had to make some difficult decisions here with the roster
25:13
Speaker 2: that they have there. And I don't think he's done. So,
25:17
Speaker 2: you know, we've got a lot of players down here
25:19
Speaker 2: and he put some guys through waivers that were surprising
25:23
Speaker 2: that have really been NHL players. And so, you know,
25:26
Speaker 2: it's going to be an interesting year for sure. And
25:29
Speaker 2: I hope people will come and check us out because
25:31
Speaker 2: we're going to have quite a look to us this year.
25:34
Speaker 1: Well, what does it say that when the new regime
25:36
Speaker 1: comes in, often they change, they make sweeping changes and stuff.
25:39
Speaker 1: And one of the things that they notably did not
25:41
Speaker 1: touch was Carl Taylor, right? Because like, that ain't broke.
25:45
Speaker 1: Let's not, let's keep that rolling.
25:48
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. None of our coaches changed, which was great,
25:52
Speaker 2: and Carl's back, and I think Carl's excited about the
25:57
Speaker 2: fact that Chris is going to come down here and
25:59
Speaker 2: watch these guys. Sometimes you're the head coach of the
26:02
Speaker 2: team at the top minor league level. They just let
26:06
Speaker 2: you do your thing and file your reports and do
26:10
Speaker 2: what needs to be done. It's time to call somebody up.
26:13
Speaker 2: They've got an eye of who they want, but they're
26:14
Speaker 2: just looking for your endorsement here. Now it's going to
26:17
Speaker 2: be more of a collaborative effort to know who the
26:20
Speaker 2: right guys that need to take that next step are.
26:22
Speaker 2: So I think Carl's really excited about it. And Greg Rollo,
26:26
Speaker 2: who's our associate head coach, he was actually on the
26:30
Speaker 2: bench this year at the Gretzky-Helinka tournament up in Canada,
26:34
Speaker 2: which was a great feather in his cap to be
26:36
Speaker 2: able to be part of that and made it to
26:38
Speaker 2: the gold medal game against Canada. And unfortunately ended up
26:43
Speaker 2: with a silver medal, but he was still really honored
26:45
Speaker 2: to be part of that as well.
26:48
Speaker 1: John Greenberg, president of the Milwaukee Admirals, friend of the
26:50
Speaker 1: program joining us here in the huddle, Drew Dobie and
26:53
Speaker 1: Hunter bringing it to you. Green, I know from back
26:56
Speaker 1: in my day covering the Admirals at that time in
26:59
Speaker 1: the International League, we're affiliated with Vancouver. And when it
27:01
Speaker 1: got to be the dog days of the season and
27:03
Speaker 1: you're playing, you know, on that Sunday. and you're playing
27:07
Speaker 1: three games in three days, and you're playing on a Sunday,
27:09
Speaker 1: and the guys are dragging it a bit. Nothing put
27:11
Speaker 1: wind in the sails and put a little pep in
27:13
Speaker 1: the step like having management in the building. That's when
27:17
Speaker 1: you got the effort, when guys wanted to. It was
27:21
Speaker 1: a big deal, and I think that is a big deal. Now,
27:24
Speaker 1: are you getting any? Did you get players assigned? I
27:27
Speaker 1: thought it was an interesting dynamic. The guys that are
27:30
Speaker 1: the last cut, the last guys that you get sent
27:32
Speaker 1: to you guys, are the guys that were the closest
27:34
Speaker 1: to making the team. And sometimes their attitude can be like, Ooh,
27:37
Speaker 1: they can be disappointed or bewildered. Or did you get
27:40
Speaker 1: anybody like that? And obviously Carl's dealt with that in
27:43
Speaker 1: the past. And what is that dynamic like getting everybody
27:46
Speaker 1: together and, you know, getting your team settled at the
27:49
Speaker 1: beginning of the season?
27:51
Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly, you know, the guys that are there at the,
27:55
Speaker 2: at the training camp, you know, the guy like Tyson Jost,
27:58
Speaker 2: who played all last year in the NHL for the
28:01
Speaker 2: predators and hasn't played in our league and, In a
28:04
Speaker 2: few years, he didn't even have a contract. He went
28:08
Speaker 2: to training camp with the Predators as a tryout. And
28:12
Speaker 2: so that's how hard it was this summer for some
28:15
Speaker 2: of these guys to get jobs. And so he's excited
28:19
Speaker 2: to be playing. And a lot of times it's the
28:21
Speaker 2: message that gets sent when they tell you that you're
28:23
Speaker 2: getting sent down from Nashville. And then that message also
28:27
Speaker 2: gets reiterated when you're here. for that first day you'd
28:30
Speaker 2: sit with carl and sit with scott nickel and they
28:32
Speaker 2: will tell you you know what's expected and i have
28:37
Speaker 2: rarely seen players who are uh so down about the
28:42
Speaker 2: whole thing that they just don't perform you know this
28:45
Speaker 2: is this is the test for your professionalism and you
28:48
Speaker 2: need to show that you belong at the next level
28:50
Speaker 2: and the guys who do that who come here and
28:54
Speaker 2: and really turn it up a notch or show that
28:57
Speaker 2: they really are NHL players, you'd be able to tell
28:59
Speaker 2: pretty easily the difference between one of those guys and
29:03
Speaker 2: somebody who is a young player who just, you know,
29:06
Speaker 2: is trying to get experience. It could stand out like
29:09
Speaker 2: a red thumb. So I expect good performances out of everybody.
29:13
Speaker 2: I will say we have a lot of different guys. So,
29:16
Speaker 2: you know, that trying to get, you know, some gelling
29:19
Speaker 2: amongst the group is, it takes time, but hopefully, you know,
29:24
Speaker 2: You know, these performances will be, you know, really, you know,
29:27
Speaker 2: really good for all the guys that have been sent
29:29
Speaker 2: down here and hopefully they won't be here very long.
29:31
Speaker 2: You know, as much as we want them to stay
29:33
Speaker 2: here all the time, we know that they're trying to
29:35
Speaker 2: get back to Nashville.
29:36
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's one of the cool things is seeing those
29:38
Speaker 3: guys then perform at the top level of hockey. Greeny,
29:43
Speaker 3: quick question for you about, you mentioned him earlier, but
29:46
Speaker 3: Aaron Sims back for another year, just one of the
29:48
Speaker 3: honestly best voices in the country of hockey. I'm sure
29:52
Speaker 3: you can speak.
29:53
Speaker 1: To that a little bit.
29:53
Speaker 3: He'll be back on Fox Sports 920 in Milwaukee for
29:56
Speaker 3: all the Admirals games.
29:58
Speaker 2: Absolutely. Best in the business. We're so lucky to have him.
30:02
Speaker 2: He really belongs at the next level. We've been fortunate
30:05
Speaker 2: that he's wanted to stay here. His family is here.
30:09
Speaker 2: His wife's got an awesome job here. The kids are
30:13
Speaker 2: all growing up. That's to our benefit. Whether it's Aaron
30:20
Speaker 2: doing the games on radio or when he has to
30:22
Speaker 2: switch over to TV with Murphy and Gilder, then Matt
30:25
Speaker 2: Menzel jumps in, and Jeff Orlowski is going to be
30:28
Speaker 2: pressing all the buttons there in the studio. Exciting for
30:30
Speaker 2: all of us. It's good to have him back in
30:34
Speaker 2: the saddle as well. So I think we're going to
30:37
Speaker 2: have an awesome broadcast, and Aaron is so fun to
30:41
Speaker 2: listen to. He's extraordinarily knowledgeable. He's funny. He's a tip
30:45
Speaker 2: on pop culture, all those types of things. So you
30:49
Speaker 2: get a great broadcast. I would put him up against
30:51
Speaker 2: literally anybody.
30:53
Speaker 1: Admirals open their season at Rockford Saturday night, and then
30:56
Speaker 1: the home opener October 10th against Grand Rapids, which was
31:00
Speaker 1: a pretty good outfit, as I recall. Those were some knock-down,
31:02
Speaker 1: drag-out games you had against Grand Rapids last year. Greeny,
31:06
Speaker 1: what's new in the building? You guys are always changing
31:09
Speaker 1: things and tweaking things for the fan experience. When folks
31:11
Speaker 1: walk in for the home opener on October 10th, 6
31:15
Speaker 1: o'clock face-off, what are they going to see? What's different?
31:18
Speaker 2: Well, the physical structure of the place is not going
31:23
Speaker 2: to be a whole lot different. It's going to be
31:26
Speaker 2: very clean. We've been pushing to make sure that everything
31:30
Speaker 2: has been mopped and cleaned and dusted within an inch
31:33
Speaker 2: of its life. But the place will be ready for fans.
31:37
Speaker 2: We just had the preseason game last Saturday night and
31:40
Speaker 2: had almost 2,000 people there, which was just unbelievable. That
31:45
Speaker 2: never happens. you know, a lot of times you play
31:47
Speaker 2: these games and you might have four or 500 people
31:50
Speaker 2: and you're like, okay, well, all we're trying to do
31:52
Speaker 2: tonight really is to dust things off. And all of
31:53
Speaker 2: a sudden there were 2000 people there and they were
31:55
Speaker 2: making noise and having fun. And it was a great,
31:57
Speaker 2: it was a great sign for what's to come. And
32:00
Speaker 2: I would tell you for that game on October the 10th,
32:04
Speaker 2: no baseball playoffs that day. So that is a American
32:08
Speaker 2: league only that day brewers will not be playing. So
32:11
Speaker 2: please come on out and, and support us as well. And,
32:16
Speaker 2: the energy that we have in the building, fans make
32:19
Speaker 2: a huge difference.
32:20
Speaker 1: That building rocks.
32:22
Speaker 2: Yeah. With people, with people in it. Absolutely. You know,
32:25
Speaker 2: and I think you're hearing it now. If you watch
32:29
Speaker 2: that Padres game last night, it's a little late for
32:32
Speaker 2: you boys, but that place was just electric, was electric.
32:36
Speaker 2: And I expect that American family field will be the same.
32:39
Speaker 2: And I want Panther arena to be the same as that.
32:41
Speaker 2: So let's come out and have some fun.
32:44
Speaker 1: That would be epic, yeah. I mean, yeah, Brewers fans,
32:47
Speaker 1: come on. Make that the warm-up. Because what a weekend.
32:53
Speaker 1: You've got the Admirals home opener, Packers, Bears, and hopefully
32:56
Speaker 1: Brewers game one of the NLCS. Trifecta. That would be amazing.
33:00
Speaker 1: That is not a bad 24-hour period. No, it's not,
33:02
Speaker 1: is it? Not a bad 24-hour. Obviously, you guys are
33:05
Speaker 1: rooting for the Brewers. Greeny, are you still sporting Brewers
33:08
Speaker 1: patches on the uniforms this year and stuff?
33:11
Speaker 2: We are, yeah, we are indeed great partners. We're talking
33:13
Speaker 2: about doing some big things for next year already with
33:18
Speaker 2: the baseball team and wonderful relationship there that I'm very
33:22
Speaker 2: proud of has been going on for now year 22. So,
33:26
Speaker 2: you know, it's going to be great to celebrate them
33:30
Speaker 2: and be part of what they're doing again next year
33:34
Speaker 2: as well.
33:34
Speaker 4: Greeny, I was in a thrift store not long ago,
33:36
Speaker 4: and I found some What's Brewing magazines, a stack of them,
33:38
Speaker 4: and they were cheap, and I bought them.
33:39
Speaker 1: I'm reading them, saying, this is a great article, written
33:42
Speaker 1: by John Greenberg. There you go. You're an author, and
33:45
Speaker 1: I liked the article, and then I found out it
33:46
Speaker 1: was you, and I liked it more.
33:49
Speaker 2: That's very kind. That's very kind. That was a lot
33:51
Speaker 2: of fun back in the day. Yeah. to write those
33:54
Speaker 2: as a, as a fun feather in the cap and, uh,
33:56
Speaker 2: you know, to have a little journalism stuff, uh, tied
33:59
Speaker 2: to my career. I, I'm really happy about that. Drew
34:02
Speaker 2: is certainly a huge part of me getting into, uh,
34:05
Speaker 2: into the journalism side. That's the story for another day, but, uh, um,
34:09
Speaker 2: it was one of the great job interviews of all time. So, uh,
34:12
Speaker 2: which I'm sure was huge. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
34:18
Speaker 1: If we had more time, that would be a classic. Well,
34:20
Speaker 1: Greeny best of luck on the dawn of the season.
34:21
Speaker 1: You're going down to Rockford Saturday. I imagine.
34:25
Speaker 2: I am indeed. So I'll be, I'll have the Brewers
34:27
Speaker 2: game in my ear and we'll be, you know, tuned
34:31
Speaker 2: in and for that, but try to get two points
34:34
Speaker 2: out of Rockford on Saturday.
34:35
Speaker 1: And then we'll talk to you next week before the
34:37
Speaker 1: home opener. And when can we expect some concert announcements?
34:40
Speaker 1: Are those forthcoming?
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Speaker 2: Uh, yes, I actually anticipate, uh, two next week. So, um,
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Speaker 2: you know, we're, yes, we've, we're very proud of the
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Speaker 2: shows that we've got lined up for this year. They're
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Speaker 2: going to be a lot of fun and, uh, um,
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Speaker 2: you know, well, I think we're going to be rolling
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Speaker 2: two of them out next week. So we should be
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Speaker 2: able to talk about those then.
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Speaker 1: Phenomenal. Greeny, best of luck on the dawn of the season.
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Speaker 1: We will catch up with you next week. Look forward
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Speaker 1: to having you on every Wednesday.
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Speaker 2: It's great to talk to you guys.
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Speaker 1: All right. John Greenberg, El Jefe president.
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Speaker 3: Your milwaukee admirals in action you'll hear aaron sims that
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Speaker 3: is the breaking news of the day pipe nation the
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Speaker 3: bomb squad can rejoice oh yes that is breaking news
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Speaker 3: pipe bomb is back producing the admirals he'll be back
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Speaker 3: we've missed him so much he's back at it he's
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Speaker 3: gonna be back part of our team again yes there
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Speaker 3: is no one like.
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Speaker 1: Him There is no one. No one like him. No
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Speaker 1: one like him.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would guess at some point he'll make an
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Speaker 3: appearance on this show.
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Speaker 2: He'll hear him here. He will.
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Speaker 1: He'll hear him.
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Speaker 2: Yes, indeed.
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Speaker 1: We are super excited to have him back. One way
35:44
Speaker 1: or another, we'll have to bring back our heavy metal
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Speaker 1: breaks and stuff. Every time I hear him, I think
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Speaker 1: of him. Me too. How can you not? The Polish
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Speaker 1: Pipe Bomb, Jeff Orlowski, back. The Bomb Squad, rejoice. He's back.
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Speaker 1: That's the best breaking news we're going to have this week,
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Speaker 1: I think.
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Speaker 3: I think so. You can hear him at intermissions. during
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Speaker 3: the admirals games.
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Speaker 1: That's right we're gonna close up shop next it's been
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Speaker 1: a quick sprint here with doby sitting in for billy
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Speaker 1: hunter in for arman closing ceremonies next in the huddle
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Speaker 1: fox sports radio wisconsin uh we're nearing the finish line
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Speaker 1: the wednesday edition of the huddle fox sports radio wisconsin
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Speaker 1: drew wilson along with doby maxwell who is in for
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Speaker 1: billy schmidt and hunter bomb guard filling in for arman
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Speaker 1: today we're back at it tomorrow the whole band is
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Speaker 1: back together And, uh, it's a double header for us.
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Speaker 1: Double header day. We will be here at 5. AM
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Speaker 1: and at Pottawatomie at 5.
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Speaker 2: PM.
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Speaker 1: The Thursday night huddle gets you ready for Thursday night football.
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Speaker 1: And we'll talk Packers bears and we'll have a blast, uh,
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Speaker 1: talk some baseball playoffs as well. Hopefully there'll be a game.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I would hope there'll be at least to be determined
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Speaker 3: to game threes. That's to be determined by what happens today. But, uh,
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Speaker 3: be another interesting day of full slate of baseball today
36:52
Speaker 3: in the wild card round brewers await their fate they'll
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Speaker 3: open saturday night uh if it's the cubs 325 right
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Speaker 3: and if it's the padres seven exactly yep yep so
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Speaker 3: well yeah so yep if it's the cubs 330 on
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Speaker 3: saturday or no three three okay if it's the cubs
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Speaker 3: it's three o'clock on saturday if it's the padres it's
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Speaker 3: 7 30 on saturday either way they'll play at three
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Speaker 3: on sunday yep that's that's the way it's gonna go
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Speaker 3: uh packers play the Buccaneers at noon on Sunday at noon.
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Speaker 1: So that's another one of those double headers. You can't
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Speaker 1: attend both in person, but you can, unless you can teleport,
37:27
Speaker 1: but you can watch both back to back. Give that
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Speaker 1: about four years. AI will make that happen. Yeah, probably.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 3: Probably.
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Speaker 1: Dobie, you got anything to promote? I need to tell
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Speaker 1: people about Iron Jock. We love Iron Jock here. Paul
37:38
Speaker 1: Hanson's a friend of the show. In fact, right now
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Speaker 1: off your purchase of $ 50 or more. Iron J O C.
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Speaker 3: Code huddle for 35% off.
37:48
Speaker 1: What a deal. Yeah. You got any shows coming up?
37:52
Speaker 1: Anything cooking? Nothing around here.
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Speaker 4: I would love to. I'm in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Saturday.
37:56
Speaker 4: That's kind of a long commute for huddle fans. But
37:59
Speaker 4: I will be around. There's the show and there's the business.
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Speaker 4: And I need to get better at the business. People say, God,
38:05
Speaker 4: you're really funny. How come I never heard of you?
38:06
Speaker 4: Because I'm driving to Fort Wayne on a Saturday night
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Speaker 4: to pay my rent.
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Speaker 5: Yes, yes, yes.
38:11
Speaker 1: I have a job, not a career. Yeah, well, that's true.
38:14
Speaker 1: What do you do? That's true. You are, well, comedy gigs.
38:17
Speaker 1: You were the prototypical gig economy guy. Before people started
38:21
Speaker 1: driving Uber and DoorDash, you were in the gig economy.
38:24
Speaker 1: You get paid for a gig.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: Well, most people drive 8 to 10.
38:28
Speaker 4: 30 to 45 minutes to work an 8 to 10
38:30
Speaker 4: hour shift. I drive 8 to 10 hours to work
38:32
Speaker 4: a 30 to 45 minute shift.
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Speaker 1: I'm still working. Backwards. That's how it works. Oh, that's
38:38
Speaker 1: just classic. That's classic. But you were just in Vegas.
38:41
Speaker 1: I mean, that's like... Brad Garrett's Comedy Club, MGM Grand. Man,
38:45
Speaker 1: that's so awesome. So much fun. You know, in these
38:47
Speaker 1: fractured times, and it used to be that sports was
38:50
Speaker 1: the refuge. Sports was like the oasis for people. And
38:54
Speaker 1: I don't know how we got away from it now
38:56
Speaker 1: that there's pressure.
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Speaker 2: People.
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Speaker 1: You, stop watching the Packers on a regular basis.
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Speaker 3: I care too much. Yeah, because it's just too much pressure.
39:05
Speaker 3: That's actually probably a good idea for people with mental health.
39:08
Speaker 3: But I listen to your postgame, and I love it.
39:09
Speaker 3: The thing is, though, everybody needs comedy.
39:12
Speaker 1: We all need to laugh because it's like, damn, this
39:16
Speaker 1: is heavy stuff happening in the world. You're worried about
39:19
Speaker 1: our AI overlords taking over. stress relief you know and
39:22
Speaker 1: people aren't finding they're not finding the relaxation and the
39:26
Speaker 1: joy in sports it's more about oh my god what
39:28
Speaker 1: if we don't win There's this whole thing permeating. I'm
39:32
Speaker 1: guilty of that because I work in the sports media
39:33
Speaker 1: industrial complex. And here I am saying, if the Badgers
39:37
Speaker 1: don't win Saturday, well, what does it mean that they beat?
39:40
Speaker 1: That game Saturday, the end of that game was incredible.
39:43
Speaker 1: It's why we watch sports. There was joy. And it
39:46
Speaker 1: was like, that was like, You know, you can't script it,
39:49
Speaker 1: and you have to see it live because it's not
39:52
Speaker 1: the same if you see a replay or highlights or anything.
39:54
Speaker 1: You have to be in it and watch it and invest,
39:56
Speaker 1: and you invest watching the game when they stunk early,
39:59
Speaker 1: and then when you see them win, it's an incredible ride.
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Speaker 1: That's what the Brewers are signing up for. So I'm
40:04
Speaker 1: guilty of that too, but, man, let the word of
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Speaker 1: the day just be find the joy wherever you can
40:09
Speaker 1: find it, right? Don't obsess. Preach it, Reverend Olsen. Yes, yes,
40:13
Speaker 1: don't obsess it. All right, Dobe, safe travels. Enjoy Fort Wayne.
40:17
Speaker 1: You'll be back. You're on speed dial. Armin and Billy
40:20
Speaker 1: are back tomorrow. Hunter will go back to his brewer's duties.
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Speaker 1: We will see you then. We'll see you at 5 a.m.,
40:26
Speaker 1: and tomorrow's our doubleheader. See you at Pato as well.
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Speaker 1: As Billy would say, peace.