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Wednesday 5pm hour 06/24/26 · Ron Verb

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  Speaker 1: Hey, it's Ron Verb, and I'll be bringing the heat
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  Speaker 1: every afternoon at 3 on 570 WKBN.
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  Speaker 2: Kyle Manzardo leads off the second inning, swings and misses
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  Speaker 2: at an off-speed pitch from the opener still out there.
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  Speaker 2: Left-hander Chris Murphy with Eric Fetty warming behind him in
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  Speaker 2: the pen. We'll see how the Sox play it with
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  Speaker 2: a right-handed hitter, Reese Hoskins, waiting on deck. Here's the 0-1.
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  Speaker 2: That's swung on and missed for strike two. But then
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  Speaker 2: you have a left-handed batter in Khalil Watson after that,
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  Speaker 2: so maybe they try and get two innings out of Murphy.
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  Speaker 3: Just make him a starter, then, if he's going to
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  Speaker 3: keep going. This bugs you, doesn't it? It does a
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  Speaker 3: little bit. You're starting to pick up on that. He's
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  Speaker 3: five innings into the game, and he's opening up for Fetty.
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  Speaker 3: If this doesn't go extra innings, Fetty's not going to pitch.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 0-2. down low one and two and for
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  Speaker 2: whatever reason when Fetty has started this year he has
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  Speaker 2: struggled in the early innings so they may have found
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  Speaker 2: the sweet spot with him coming on after an opener
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  Speaker 2: not so much strategy wise but effectiveness wise for him
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  Speaker 2: as the one two is lifted high in the air
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  Speaker 3: Here he comes.
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  Speaker 2: Peters battling a little bit with that. And here comes
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  Speaker 2: Will Venable. So that is it for the opener, Chris Murphy.
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  Speaker 2: Short leash on the starter. Eric Fetty will come on
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  Speaker 1: Hey, it's Ron Verb, and I'll be bringing the heat
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  Speaker 1: every afternoon at 3 on 570 WKBN.
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  Speaker 2: Right-hander Eric Fetty has come on to pitch for the
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  Speaker 2: White Sox with one out, and the base is empty
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  Speaker 2: facing Reese Hoskins here in the second inning. And Hoskins
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  Speaker 2: looks at a pitch up high for ball one. So
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  Speaker 2: the opener, Chris Murphy retired all four batters he faced.
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  Speaker 2: Now Fetty takes over and He's a starter, so he'll
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  Speaker 2: go as long as he can. Next pitch, outside for
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  Speaker 2: a ball. He's a coward.
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  Speaker 3: Can't pitch the first inning. Good job for the Guardians,
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  Speaker 3: knocking out the starter and getting to the bullpen. Let's
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  Speaker 3: see if he scores some runs.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 2-0. And that's up high, 3-0. Betty, 2-6
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  Speaker 2: on the year with an earned run average of 4.46.
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  Speaker 2: This is game number 16, seven times they've used an
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  Speaker 2: opener ahead of him. coming into play today, and his
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  Speaker 2: next pitch is low and in for a ball. And
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  Speaker 2: I will say, in a lot of cases when they
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  Speaker 2: do this with an opener, they'll let the normal starter
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  Speaker 2: begin with a clean inning and not come in mid-inning.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying. It kind of contradicts itself to
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  Speaker 3: keep him, to bring that guy back out to face Manzardo,
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  Speaker 3: just because he's a lefty the next inning. That's why
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  Speaker 3: he's no longer just an opener.
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  Speaker 2: Khalil Watson steps in, takes a strike on the outside corner.
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  Speaker 2: What a night last night for Watson. First Major League
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  Speaker 2: home run, two hits, and almost, almost tied the game
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  Speaker 2: with a long drive to left late, but it was caught.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the pitch, and it's down low. Good power to
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  Speaker 2: the opposite field in his last at-bat. Left-handed batter with
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  Speaker 2: real good pop. It's starting to settle in at the
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  Speaker 2: Major League level. A weekend to his major league career.
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  Speaker 3: I wonder if that, I mean that does have to
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  Speaker 3: be a little tough on the pitcher to have two
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  Speaker 3: different routines from as a starter and with an opener.
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  Speaker 2: 1-1, misses outside. 2-1 the count.
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  Speaker 3: There's no way you're throwing the same amount of pitches
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  Speaker 3: as you are to start a game than you are
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  Speaker 3: when an opener goes because you don't know how long
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  Speaker 3: that inning is going to be.
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  Speaker 2: The 2-1. Swung on. Pulled foul. It is interesting. The
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  Speaker 2: Sox have used it quite a bit, not only with Fetty,
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  Speaker 2: but with some others. And I just feel that it
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  Speaker 2: obviously gives them the best chance to win. That's why
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  Speaker 2: they're doing it. And they've had some pretty good success
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  Speaker 2: with it.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, listen, that's the main goal of any decision
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  Speaker 3: book you make. To win games. The 2-2 is upstairs
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  Speaker 3: for a ball. At least it should be.
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  Speaker 2: This one is scoreless. Top of the second. Cloud cover
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  Speaker 2: again here on the south side, and there is a
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  Speaker 2: chance of showers later, so kind of a race to
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  Speaker 2: get this one in. We're in the window.
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  Speaker 3: Reverbial window.
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  Speaker 2: Do you hear that anywhere else but at the ballpark?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, we got a window.
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  Speaker 3: The hair on my neck just stood up hearing that.
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  Speaker 3: The 3-2.
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  Speaker 2: Outside, ball four. So Fetty has come on and walked
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  Speaker 2: the first two batters he's faced, and the Guardians have
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  Speaker 2: something brewing here with one out in the second.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying. If he still struggles with his
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  Speaker 3: first inning, now you're just going to struggle with your
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  Speaker 3: first inning in the second inning.
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  Speaker 2: Daniel Schneeman will bat. Left-handed hitter.
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  Speaker 3: Pitching an opener feels more like a Band-Aid to the
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  Speaker 3: problem instead of fixing the actual problem.
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  Speaker 2: Fetty trying to work through it here in the second.
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  Speaker 2: Here's his pitch. And it's swung on and tapped foul
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  Speaker 2: at home plate. Fetty, veteran pitcher, signed as a free
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  Speaker 2: agent this offseason. Second go-round with the White Sox. He's
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  Speaker 2: now 33 years of age. From Las Vegas, played at
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  Speaker 2: the same high school, was a teammate of Bryce Harper.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 0-1. Down low, 1-1. There's a high school team, huh?
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: He pitched here in Chicago in 2024 after a stint
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  Speaker 2: in Korea. Came over here and pitched really well for
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  Speaker 2: the White Sox. The 1-1. Called strike on the outside corner.
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  Speaker 2: And it's now 1-2 on Schneeman. Actually looked like he
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  Speaker 2: went too far on an attempted check swing. Hoskins at second.
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  Speaker 2: Watson at first. No score. Fetty from the stretch. The
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  Speaker 2: 1-2 pitch. Swung on. Popped him up. Foul. Third base side.
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  Speaker 2: A look by Vargas, but he's out of room. That
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  Speaker 2: the count on Schneeman. Here's the pitch. He swings, loops
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  Speaker 2: it foul again to that third base side, and again
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  Speaker 2: it's out of play. Schneeman batting 213 with six home runs,
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  Speaker 2: 26 driven in. Two of those six home runs, grand
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  Speaker 2: slams for Schneeman this year.
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  Speaker 3: No, it's a little too late with two strikes right
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  Speaker 3: now probably, but is there... How often do the Guardians
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  Speaker 3: kind of maybe put runners in motion, hit and runs?
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  Speaker 3: Do they try too much when the offense is struggling?
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  Speaker 2: The 1-2 is swung on, bounced to the second baseman,
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  Speaker 2: my drop, to the back for one. Montgomery to first
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  Speaker 2: double play.
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  Speaker 3: Said it too late.
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  Speaker 2: Side retired. Guardians threatened but do not score. We head
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  Speaker 2: to the bottom half of the second inning. Guardians nothing,
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  Speaker 2: White Sox nothing.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, it's Ron Verb, and I'll be bringing the heat
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  Speaker 1: every afternoon at 3 on 570 WKBN.
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  Speaker 2: Kyle Teal leads things off for Chicago. Left-handed hitting catcher
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  Speaker 2: just activated from the injured list. Playing games for the
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  Speaker 2: first time this season at the major league level, and boy,
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  Speaker 2: they loved his season a year ago, so they are
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  Speaker 2: glad to have him back in the fold right into
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  Speaker 2: that cleanup spot. Tanner Vibing lets it go, and his
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  Speaker 2: pitch is on the inside corner for a strike. No,
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  Speaker 2: he can hit a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: He had a real good year last year.
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  Speaker 2: Was hurt in the WBC. Pulled a hamstring playing for
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  Speaker 2: Team Italy.
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  Speaker 3: Those espressos. Yeah. They got him.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 0-1. Outside and low. Is that what the
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  Speaker 2: espresso is? cause a hamstring issue, do you think?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. I know they would take him after
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  Speaker 3: the home runs.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 1-1 pitch. And it's a breaking ball down low.
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  Speaker 2: And it hit him. Caught him on the foot or
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  Speaker 2: the leg going by.
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  Speaker 3: Bailey says he doesn't think so. He's waiting for the
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  Speaker 3: Cleveland to challenge maybe.
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  Speaker 2: Steven Vogt looking over Toward the phone to see if
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  Speaker 2: Gunnar Wilhelmi says challenge. No, they do not.
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  Speaker 3: So it hit Batsman. Probably just hit, let's see here.
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  Speaker 3: Probably just hit either a piece of his jersey or
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  Speaker 3: something where it didn't really make a sound.
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  Speaker 2: Did that hit him? You're not sold, huh?
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  Speaker 3: I'm watching it. I can't even see it on the slow-mo.
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  Speaker 3: So interesting that Cleveland gave up on that real fast.
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  Speaker 2: Lead off base runner for Colson Montgomery. The pitch. And
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  Speaker 2: it's on the outside corner for a strike. Montgomery, big power,
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  Speaker 2: big kit for a shortstop. 20 home runs, 46 runs
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  Speaker 2: batted in. Former first-round draft pick for the White Sox.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 0-1. Swung on and a blast one. High
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  Speaker 2: and deep to right. If it stays fair, maybe, but no.
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  Speaker 2: Caught at the wall. In fair territory by Watson.
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  Speaker 3: That ball took forever to get down. I thought Watson
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  Speaker 3: played it well, too. He almost kind of, he knew
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  Speaker 3: it was coming into him. He knew it wasn't going out.
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  Speaker 3: He was camped under it. He kind of slow played
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  Speaker 3: the catch to see if he could get the runner
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  Speaker 3: to tag a little bit off and maybe leave early,
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  Speaker 3: but got the throw in real fast. Wasn't able to
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  Speaker 3: tag up, so good play by Watson, too.
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  Speaker 2: So one down in the inning. A little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a deep. It is 335 down the line. That ball
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  Speaker 2: went 334 as he was right up against the wall
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  Speaker 2: to make the catch.
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  Speaker 3: Morning track power, we call that. With 20 home runs.
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  Speaker 2: Chase, my draw off the batter. Here's the pitch. And
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  Speaker 2: it's inside for ball one. Mr. Montgomery's on the phone.
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  Speaker 2: He asked if you'd step outside. Discuss warning track power.
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  Speaker 2: Please tell him I'm busy. My draw. Another solid young
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  Speaker 2: player for the White Sox. They have a slew of them.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 1-0. And it's on the outside corner for
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  Speaker 2: a strike. This team broke the major league record for
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  Speaker 2: losses in a season just two years ago.
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  Speaker 8: 121 losses.
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  Speaker 2: But they have turned it around quickly. Here comes the
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  Speaker 2: 1-1 from Tanner Bybee. Fastball strike on the outside corner, 1-2.
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  Speaker 3: Real good sequence from Bybee right there with the slider
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  Speaker 3: kind of in, starting at the hitter to freeze him
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  Speaker 3: on the inside, and then that 2-seam away probably looks
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  Speaker 3: just like a mile away to the right-handed hitter, and
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  Speaker 3: it comes back to the play. There's never a time
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  Speaker 3: to swing at it.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the 1-2 pitch. Low and outside. Went with a
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  Speaker 2: slider that time, and it's 2-2 on my draw in
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  Speaker 2: this scoreless game, bottom of the second inning.
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  Speaker 3: I do love how they've added so many different names
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  Speaker 3: to the pitches up there now.
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  Speaker 2: Sweeper, Slurve.
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  Speaker 3: Slider, cutter, curve, knuckle curve, everything comes up now.
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  Speaker 2: The 2-2 is looped down the right side. Fair ball.
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  Speaker 2: On his way to third, motoring there is Teal. Holding
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  Speaker 2: at first base is Mydra as Watson was able to
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  Speaker 2: get to it quickly. And it's first and third now
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  Speaker 2: for the White Sox with one out.
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  Speaker 3: Well, kind of the same pitch they threw that started
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  Speaker 3: outside and came all the way back to the outside
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  Speaker 3: of the plate for a strike. This one caught too
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  Speaker 3: much of the plate and a good piece of hitting
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  Speaker 3: kind of by Maidra to kind of get jammed and
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  Speaker 3: just fling it down the right field line, stay through it.
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  Speaker 3: He had seen it before, so now he's kind of
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  Speaker 3: diving in on it. And then good play by Watson,
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  Speaker 3: kind of keeping him at first base to keep that
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  Speaker 3: double play in order right now.
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  Speaker 2: Now Braden Montgomery, the right fielder. Here's the pitch from Bybee.
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  Speaker 2: And it's on the outside corner for a strike. Talked
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  Speaker 2: about it a lot. Garrett Crochet was traded to Boston
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  Speaker 2: in the offseason prior to last year. And the haul
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  Speaker 2: that the White Sox got back, absolutely tremendous.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure they miss him, but they're not trading back.
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  Speaker 2: The 0-1 on the outside corner for a strike. It
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  Speaker 2: included the batter right now, Montgomery. Bidroth at first base
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  Speaker 2: and Teal at third base. It's remarkable.
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  Speaker 3: Three starters.
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  Speaker 2: And they feel three starters that can be a real
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  Speaker 2: cornerstone for this ball club. And we mentioned 121 losses
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  Speaker 2: two years ago. 41 wins. They're at 41 wins today
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  Speaker 2: in June. That's a mentally tough season.
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  Speaker 6: 121 losses.
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  Speaker 3: That's not even getting lucky. Now the 0-2 from Bybee.
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  Speaker 3: Up high for a ball. You know, I mean, that's
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  Speaker 3: not even like just a couple stuff going your way
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  Speaker 3: one night or anything like that. Oof.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they tried to make the best of it, made
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  Speaker 2: some moves that are paying off now, which is hard
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  Speaker 2: to do at the time. Here's the 1-2. low and
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  Speaker 2: in for a ball. 2-2. And we had Will Venable
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  Speaker 2: on the warm-up show tonight or today. And that was
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  Speaker 2: a move that has really worked out well. They brought
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  Speaker 2: him in to start last season and he has done
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  Speaker 2: great work managing this ball club. And they've made some
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  Speaker 2: great additions player-wise too.
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  Speaker 3: Taking over for Grady.
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  Speaker 2: Now the 2-2. Swung on. Popped up foul. Out of play.
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  Speaker 2: Third base side.
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  Speaker 15: Right?
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  Speaker 3: Wasn't Grady Sizemore the interim for a little bit?
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: Did a nice job here. They were happy. I think
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: he was surprised how much he enjoyed managing. Now he's
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: on the coaching staff for the Minnesota Twins. Doing some
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: good work there too. Here's the 2-2 from Tanner Bybee.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: Just missed outside for ball three.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: Grady's the reason more or less I moved to second base.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: So I came up, I was drafted as an outfielder,
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: and a healthy grade of Sizemore was going nowhere at
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: the time.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Payoff pitch from Tanner Bybee.
• 19:21
  Speaker 8: Here it is.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: There goes the runner at first. The pitch is a strike.
• 19:24
  Speaker 16: The throw down is safe at second base. It looked
• 19:29
  Speaker 16: like a great slide by Mydroth to elude the tag
• 19:33
  Speaker 16: at second.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: The runner at third state. My fault, my fault.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: I thought Rokio would be a little bit more animated
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: for that challenge if he got him there.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: Okay, it looks like we still are going to challenge.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: So the Guardians will challenge. They feel that Roquio did
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: apply the tag, and we'll see.
• 19:52
  Speaker 7: Cleveland is challenging the safe call at second base.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: That's Marv Hudson, who I think he's out. He's out.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: The other night, Marv, by the end of the game,
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: that wild game on Monday night, he got on there
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: and said, On the last play of the game, Cleveland's
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: challenging everything.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's challenging all of it.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: They had the option of a plate block.
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: This is a real big strike them out, throw them out,
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: I think they're going to get for us.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: The strikeout completed.
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: I never know with New York. There's some plays I
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: would have put my entire contract on. This one's an
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: easy one.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Let's go.
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: And it was overturned or never went my way, and
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: I was just like, ouch. What are they seeing that
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: I'm not? Look at all the angles they have. They're
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: showing a picture of New York up here at the
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: stadium with all these different angles.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Well, it certainly won't overshadow the good throw by Bailey.
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: He's really been throwing well since being acquired from the Giants.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: He was always considered one of the better defensive catchers
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: in the game. I wonder how much the ABS system, though,
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: has taken away the art of framing. to where people
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: can just challenge. Like, there is an art where you
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: can steal strikes.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Well, they say where it comes into play now, hitters,
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: if they know the reputation that Patrick Bailey has, they
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: might be less likely to challenge.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: Interesting. But also, if he's that good of a framer,
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: that good of a strike stealer, wouldn't you be more
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: likely to challenge then?
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: Maybe.
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: Here we go.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: After review, the call on the field is overturned.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: The runner's out.
• 21:37
  Speaker 16: Boone.
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: Quiggle will retain their challenge. We're ready.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: Did you get him earlier?
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: So, the side is retired on the strike him out,
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: throw him out, double play. We remain scoreless after two
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: in Chicago.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: Hey, it's Ron Verb, and I'll be bringing the heat
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: every afternoon at 3 on 570 WKBN. Third inning.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: Patrick Bailey leads things off for the Guardians. Scoreless game.
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: He's facing right-hander Eric Fetty. Here's the pitch. And Bailey swings,
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: taps it to third. Backhand stop by Vargas. And he
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: throws across the diamond in time for the out. One pitch,
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: one down. Jim Rosenhaus along with Jason Kipnis joining us
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: here in Chicago with Hammy. Off for the remainder of
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: the road trip, which ends here today. And Tom will
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: be back on Friday when the Guardians play. Open a
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: new homestand against the Mariners Friday night. With a 7-10 start.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: Number nine hitter Stephen Kwan steps in. No score in
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: this one. Here's the pitch. And it's in there for
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: a strike. And this is the Hyundai Grand Slam giveaway inning.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Karen Rusko of Parma is our contestant today. Here's the 0-1.
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: Down low. 1-1. If the Guardians hit a Grand Slam
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: here in the third. Karen Rusco of Parma wins a
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: Hyundai Kona, courtesy of your Northern Ohio Hyundai dealers. The 1-1.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: Swung on, line, left side, based it in the left field.
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: Kwan's aboard with a leadoff single.
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: That was a vintage Kwan swing right there. Hitting it
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: where it's pitched, not doing too much with it, staying balanced.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: Bad path looked a lot better that way. You can
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: tell it's gotten a little longer times, a little bit
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: more dip in the barrel than I'm accustomed to seeing.
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: Normally he's so direct to the ball and so fun
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: to watch. But that swing looked like it there.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: So top of the lineup now and Travis Bissano will
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: step in. He struck out to open the game today.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: What a road trip it's been for him though as
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: he swings and misses for strike one. The big rip. Hitting.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: 357 on the trip with three home runs and seven
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: runs driven in. A lot of that on Saturday night
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: in Houston. Two of the home runs, five of the
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: RBIs in a career night. A four-hit night for him
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: in Houston. Throw to first. Diving back in is Kwon.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: I'm going to say career night for Bazana. All 49
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: games worth.
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: Statement still holds true.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: But a really good rookie season going for Bazana. Here's
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: the 0-1. Swung on, and there's a tapper slowly hit
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: to the second baseman by drop to the back for one,
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: but Bazana's flying down the line, and Montgomery, the shortstop,
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: doesn't even throw to first. Two down in the inning,
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: Bazana at first now.
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: Hit too little softly to kind of turn it on
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: double play, though, but hit right at the guy, nothing
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: you can really do. He seems just a little out
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: in front right now today, but Travis, that he has
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: these first two games of this series. He kind of
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: looks giddy. He kind of wants to do damage on
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: the ball, but sometimes you have to make sure that
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: you're letting the ball travel, even more so than.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: Now Brian Rocchio steps in. He struck out his first
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: time up, and he swings and misses for strike one.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: They're coming out swinging right now. There's a lot of
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: first pitch swings of some of the bats so far,
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: so you can tell that that's what they've talked about
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: a little bit. Team approach. They're not waiting around for
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: two strikes. They're probably talking like, hey, we're We're giving
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: up too many early strikes in the count where we're
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: not doing damage. We're just letting them get ahead of us.
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: So let's be ready to swing for the first pitch on.
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: It's 0-1 on Rokio with Pazana at first. No score.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: Long set. Now the pitch. Swung on. Foul back into
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: the screen. And it's 0-2 on Rokio. A switch hitter.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Had it from the right side. First time up against Murphy.
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: The opener. And now Fetty, a right-hander. He came on
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: last inning. Two outs. Fetty from the stretch. Here's his pitch.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: And it's swung on. Loop toward the third baseman. Making
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: the catch. Have a little humpback liner as Vargas' side retired.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: As Rocchio's retired. And we'll head to the bottom of
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: the third inning. No score from Chicago. Swung on line
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: toward the gap and left center. Kwon dives and made
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: that catch!
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: What a play by Kwon!
• 26:24
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• 28:05
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• 28:13
  Speaker 2: Tristan Peters will lead things off for Chicago in a
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: scoreless game, bottom of the third inning, facing Tanner Bybee.
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: Here's the pitch, and it's up high for ball one. Peters,
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: left-handed hitting outfielder. Batting. 289 with three homers, 24 driven in.
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: Former Tampa Bay Ray picked up in the offseason. The
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: 1-0 down low, 2-0. That's the thing with the White Sox.
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: They have all these young players who are reaching the
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: major leagues and contributing, but they've made some nice moves
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: on the fringes, acquiring players, veteran players to plug in
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: who've had really good years.
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: I think you need that for a structure of a lineup.
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: The 2-0 is chopped to first. Nice easy hop for
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: the first baseman, Manzardo. Steps on the back for the out,
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: one away.
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: Just for the structure of a team, I think you
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: want that blend of rookies coming up who are bringing
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: that excitement, that energy, that everything's new to them for
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: the first time. You want those guys who have been
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: to it before to kind of steer them in the
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: right path and talk to them about everything. You want
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: those kind of journeymen who are excited to have any
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: opportunity at all. Everybody should be excited about any opportunity
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: they get in this league. So much fun to put
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: on in the uniform.
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: Here's Jacob Gonzalez, and he takes a pitch down low.
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: Now this is one of the young prospects, former first-round
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: pick not too long ago, 2023, 15th overall. Here comes
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: the 1-0 pitch. And it swung on and skied high
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: in the air to right. Going back initially, Watson, now
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: he has to charge in, and he makes the running catch.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: Not that far from the infield. My goodness.
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: I think he thought that was just an infield fly
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: ball right off the bat. He almost kind of took
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: his few steps slow, walking a little bit. He didn't
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: realize that whether it was the wind or something was
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: going to blow that a little bit further out than
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: he thought. And he was almost playing back on the
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: warning track. He was playing real deep and right. So
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: he kind of then turned on those burners and came
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: in real hot for that one. Made it a little
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: bit harder than it needed to.
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: Two up, two down.
• 30:17
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: Sam Antonacci steps in. Popped a short his first time.
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: Pitched to him. Outside for a ball. Hey, go back
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: to that. Just the joy of putting the uniform on
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: in the big leagues.
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: Every day. Every day. Again, my perspective hasn't changed too much.
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: I think maybe it's even grown in my love for
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: the game. But it was an honor to wear a
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: jersey every day. Guaido misses down. Listen, I never played
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: for money. I never played for a contract. I just
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: loved playing under the lights in front of big crowds.
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: I thought it was just the coolest thing in the world.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: I think now it's like if you ask me right
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: after I retired.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: The 2-0 pitch. Swung on. Popped it up. Foul. Third
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: base side. Maybe a play for Schneeman. Runs out of room.
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: I think if you asked me after I retired, my
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: answer would have been a little different, but I probably
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: would have been lying through my teeth where I said
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: I probably didn't like the game or didn't miss the
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: game and all those answers. But I think it's because
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: I wanted to keep playing so bad. I've seen guys
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: who were, I didn't think they were better than me
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: and they were still playing, so I was mad at
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: the game. But now that years have passed and I
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: know for a fact I can't be playing anymore, it's
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: easier for me to say and realize how much I
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: enjoy playing this game.
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: Here's the 2-1. Swing and a miss. 2-2 the count.
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: on Antonacci.
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: Because you don't get to play forever, and I think
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: that's what makes it beautiful. I think you can only
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: get a certain amount of time to play this game,
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: and you hope you do everything you can to stretch
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: it into as long as you can, but father time
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: starts calling for everybody at some point.
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: Now the 2-2. Swung on, looped foul, out of play,
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: third base side again.
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: I think that's why, I mean, you know this, or
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: a lot of maybe more Clevelanders would know this about me,
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: where it's like they've heard of If I would maybe
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: throw a helmet here or a bat here or there
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: or two, I just wanted to be good or wanted
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: to do well so bad that because I just wanted
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: to make sure that I kept playing for so long.
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: There are times I for sure gripped it too tight
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: and that might have been counterproductive, but yeah.
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: The 2-2, swung on, line drive up the middle, base
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: hit into center field. Antonacci reaches on a two-out single.
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: There was that room behind the The Guardian's dugout that..
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: You do know about the room. The remodeling?
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: The remodeling, I think they saved a portion, at least
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: a wall with some dents in it. As a memento.
• 32:48
  Speaker 3: There was one time I think I took a bat.
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: It wasn't my bat. This is something you should never do. Well,
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: you should never really throw a bat or anything like that,
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: but I just found the worst looking bat I could find.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Miguel Vargas, the batter. With Antonacci, a threat to run
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: at first. Here's the pitch.
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: Up and in. And I was one of those guys,
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: I'll be throwing a little tantrum down there or something
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: or slamming stuff or taking off a wood door with
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: my bat. You could tell me a joke and I
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: would laugh in the middle of it. So I literally
• 33:16
  Speaker 3: got it out of my system and right after my
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: last slam, I was ready to joke and be back
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: in the game and all that stuff. So I really
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: was kind of getting it out of my system. Not
• 33:23
  Speaker 3: that it's an excuse.
• 33:25
  Speaker 17: The 1-0.
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: In there for a strike.
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: But I couldn't find one of my bats.
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: And we have an ABS challenge from Vargas.
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: But I couldn't find one of my bats, so I
• 33:36
  Speaker 3: was like, okay, well there's some BP.
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: That was a ball.
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: And I just start going to town on this helmet rack.
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: And I was like, thank God there's this crappy bat
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: right there. And then later I'm down there looking at
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: the bat again on the computer or something like that.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: Here's the pitch to Vargas. After a long hold by Bybee,
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: here it comes, up and in. Snap throw to first,
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: back safely, and to notch.
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: And we believe this is going to be the second
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: Ryan Rayburn name drop where we mentioned yesterday, but Ryan
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: Rayburn comes down to the inning later, almost grabs him
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: by my jersey, goes, hey man, if you're going to
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: take a bat and slam some stuff, I'm fine with that,
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: but take your own bat. Why'd you use my gamer bat?
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: And I'm already like, it's out of my system, and
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: I'm just like, that's your gamer bat, Ryan? I was like,
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: this is the big leagues. We can get you better
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: bats than that.
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: It's The 3-0 swung on, lined in the left, a
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: face hit. Moving up 90 feet, Antonacci, he'll hold at second.
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: Back-to-back singles now with two down, a couple of men
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: on for the White Sox in the third of a
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: scoreless game.
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: He didn't find it as funny. I mean, obviously, he's
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: got over it. We all have boxes of bats down there,
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: and we've got better ones, but moral of the story,
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: don't touch anybody else's stuff if you're throwing a little
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: kid tantrum down there.
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: That's rule number one.
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: That's definitely, yeah. Don't hurt yourself. Don't touch other people's stuff.
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: Respect the environment to a degree.
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: Andrew Benintendi, the batter. Pitch to him. Tried to check
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: his swing. Couldn't do it. Strike one.
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: And was it never punch with your throwing hand?
• 35:14
  Speaker 7: No.
• 35:15
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• 35:19
  Speaker 2: Owen won the count. Here's the pitch. Inside. Ball one.
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: I should know this, but did you ever play in
• 35:36
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• 35:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Kinston.
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: In Durham? Kinston. They would have been in AAA at
• 35:41
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• 35:42
  Speaker 3: They would have been in AAA, so they were the
• 35:43
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• 35:45
  Speaker 11: Oh, yeah.
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: Here comes the 1-1. Swung on. Cued slowly to third.
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: Up with it.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: Schneeman.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: Short way to second. In time for the out, Rokio covering,
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: side retired. Bybee works out of the jam. Three complete
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: in Chicago on a sunny late afternoon. No score. And
• 36:09
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• 36:11
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• 36:13
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• 36:21
  Speaker 2: Guardians, White Sox, no score. Fourth inning now. David Fry
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: leads it off. First pitch swinging. Bounces one to short.
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: Up with it Montgomery. Throws him out at first. One pitch,
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: one down. And the Guardians continue to be aggressive against
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: Eric Fetty.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: You can tell that. They definitely have talked about swinging
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: first pitches here. Still got to make it a strike.
• 36:45
  Speaker 3: But no one's getting beats. I do like that. Nobody's
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: really late. I like the fact that, I mean, it's
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: not having success too much yet, but I like the
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: fact that they're at least on time and if not early.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: Kyle Manzardo, the batter, flying to center his first time up.
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: Here's the pitch. And it's on the inside corner for
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: a strike. He was the last batter to face the opener,
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: Chris Murphy. Murphy retired the four batters he faced. Then
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: Fetty comes on and they'll let him go as long
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: as he can. Here's the 0-1. Up and in. 1-1
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: the count on Manzardo. No runs, one hit for the Guardians.
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: No runs, three hits for Chicago. A 1-1 pitch on
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: the outside corner for a strike. Good changeup. Step up
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  Speaker 2: down low to Manzardo, and the count's now 2-2. Final
• 38:02
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• 38:06
  Speaker 2: The 2-2 swung on, and that's looped to shallow center.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: That'll get down for a base hit. Manzardo aboard with
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: a one-out single.
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: Good job staying through a changeup right there. I think
• 38:19
  Speaker 3: he had thrown it a couple times in that at-bat already,
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: and that one caught the most of the plate that
• 38:23
  Speaker 3: he could do something with, at least. The other one
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: almost looked like he wanted to challenge it on the
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: outside part. He didn't agree that it was a strike.
• 38:30
  Speaker 3: But this one was a little bit closer and able
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: to stay through for a single up the middle. Good
• 38:34
  Speaker 3: piece of hitting.
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: Now Reese Hoskins, who walked his first time up. Bright
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: sunshine now here in Chicago. The pitch inside for a ball.
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: And what that means, we have the late-day shadows starting
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: to become a factor. They're pulling over the first base
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: side of the infield just inside the foul line. So
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: the hitter's in shadows. The pitcher is in sunshine. A
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: 1-0 in there for a strike. One and one.
• 39:02
  Speaker 3: Maybe that's why they're swinging early. You get the most
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: at-bats before the shadows come and all that stuff.
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: So explain for the fans, why is this such a
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: challenge when you have shadows figuring in?
• 39:12
  Speaker 3: It just enters another dimension to the difficulty in hitting
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: a baseball. I think when it comes..
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: The one-one, swing and a miss.
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: When you're trying so hard to pick up the seams
• 39:22
  Speaker 3: of a ball or to pick up the pitcher's arm
• 39:25
  Speaker 3: rotation or the hand slot, if it's bright, if the
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: sun's beating... down on it, it kind of gives that
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: glare and you can't pick up the seams anymore at all.
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: If it's the shadows, now it's going from maybe brightness
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: to a shade, and it's changing the element of what
• 39:38
  Speaker 3: you're trying to see right there, and it's just making
• 39:41
  Speaker 3: it harder.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: The 1-2, that missed upstairs, not by much.
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: Instead of your brain being able to process the spin
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: of a ball in the daylight, I think in watching
• 39:50
  Speaker 3: that the whole way into a strike zone. Now it
• 39:51
  Speaker 3: has to process it. Now it crosses over to a shadow,
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: and you're like, okay, is it still doing the same
• 39:57
  Speaker 3: thing as it was? You kind of just have to
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: fill in the blanks from what it changes from right
• 40:00
  Speaker 3: to dark.
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: The 2-2. Swing and a miss. Strike three. Hoskins down
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: on strikes for the second out in the inning. Still
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: no score. We're in the fourth. Top half. Khalil Watson
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: will step in. That's the first strikeout for Fetty.
• 40:21
  Speaker 3: Now, some guys can wear glasses. I think that kind
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: of alleviates a little bit of their eyesight, and it
• 40:24
  Speaker 3: helps them kind of keep it one shade throughout to
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: some degree. I wasn't that guy. I couldn't really wear
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: glasses or never did too much when I hit.
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: Pitch to Watson, down low and outside. Watson walked his
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: first time up. It's amazing, after getting that first hit
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: in his major league career Monday night, How relaxed he
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: has been since. And he swings and drills one high
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: and deep to right center. But moving over, making the catch,
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: the center fielder, Peters. Well struck by Watson, but he's retired.
• 41:03
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• 41:06
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• 43:10
  Speaker 2: Kyle Teal leads things off for the White Sox. Bottom
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: half of inning number four, and he takes a fastball
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: strike from Tanner Bybee. Teal was hit by a pitch
• 43:21
  Speaker 2: his first time up. Former first-round draft pick of the
• 43:25
  Speaker 2: Red Sox, but came over in that Garrett Crochet trade
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: that has worked so well for Chicago. The 0-1, breaking ball.
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: He tried to check his swing, couldn't do it. It's 0-2.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: No score in this one. This one shaping up similar
• 43:43
  Speaker 2: to last night. Great pitching from Parker Messick and Sean Burke,
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: the starters.
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: They were both very sharp.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: Here's the 0-2. Swung on, and that's looped to shallow center.
• 43:54
  Speaker 16: Leaping attempt, and a catch by Rokio. Going up the
• 43:58
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• 44:00
  Speaker 3: Broken bat, not much on it, but the placement was
• 44:02
  Speaker 3: there for the hitter to get a good signal, but
• 44:04
  Speaker 3: Rokio with a great first-step read on that ball going
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: back immediately. Timed up his jump perfectly.
• 44:11
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you how after this pitch. It's on its
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• 44:43
  Speaker 2: And it was a ball. So 1-0 the count on Montgomery.
• 44:52
  Speaker 3: Questionable challenge there a little bit then. Kind of goes
• 44:55
  Speaker 3: against what we were saying about them earlier.
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: Here comes Bybee's 1-0 pitch. Swung on. Popped it up. Foul.
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: Back behind home plate and out of play. Just above us.
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: Almost.
• 45:08
  Speaker 15: Almost.
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: You want one to come in here?
• 45:11
  Speaker 3: Always.
• 45:12
  Speaker 2: You do. Always. All right.
• 45:15
  Speaker 3: And I expect you to catch it.
• 45:18
  Speaker 2: Well, you might be disappointed. I'm just going to say.
• 45:25
  Speaker 2: Here comes the 1-1. Down low.
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: 2-1-1.
• 45:31
  Speaker 2: The track record is not good.
• 45:34
  Speaker 3: I can tell you right now. Yeah, but now I'm
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: finally in a position to be like, well, why didn't you.
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: Catch that ball?
• 45:39
  Speaker 3: That's true.
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: Funny how that comes full circle. Here's the 2-1. Swung on,
• 45:47
  Speaker 2: popped up, and that's out towards shallow left. Under it
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: is Rocchio, who makes the catch for the second out
• 45:54
  Speaker 2: in the inning. I never questioned. He made an error?
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: That is tough.
• 45:59
  Speaker 3: That's the toughest play I've ever seen.
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: You make an error. I can't believe that. They gave
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: him an error.
• 46:04
  Speaker 3: Other turntables.
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: Two up, two down here in the fourth. We're joined
• 46:11
  Speaker 2: by Jason Kipnis here in Chicago. Chicago kid, this is fun.
• 46:16
  Speaker 2: You get to stay at home.
• 46:16
  Speaker 3: This is nice.
• 46:20
  Speaker 2: Chase Mydroth, the batter. Here comes the pitch from Tanner Bybee.
• 46:28
  Speaker 2: And it's up and in. A little chin music. And
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: you always like coming here. This was your spot. Fun
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: to see it jumping a little bit again.
• 46:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. I don't want them to win any of
• 46:39
  Speaker 3: these games versus Cleveland. I don't want them to win
• 46:41
  Speaker 3: the division or anything like that. But as a Chicago native,
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: it is fun to have the White Sox being decent again.
• 46:47
  Speaker 2: I will say that. It's hard to not say that.
• 46:49
  Speaker 2: The 1-0 on the outside corner for a strike. and
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: they had 28,000 here on a Tuesday night last night,
• 46:56
  Speaker 2: and those folks were into the game.
• 46:58
  Speaker 3: I mean, just any city's more fun when their teams
• 47:02
  Speaker 3: are doing well, their sports teams are doing well.
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: Here's the 1-1. Swung on, blasted high, but fouled down
• 47:08
  Speaker 2: the left side and out of play.
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: It gives a good rivalry between the Sox and the Cubs.
• 47:14
  Speaker 3: So yeah, everybody knows I do a little bit of
• 47:19
  Speaker 3: marquee TV with the Cubs too, but it's just It's
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: just because I live here, Cleveland people. It's just because
• 47:24
  Speaker 3: I live here. I wanted to stay in the game,
• 47:25
  Speaker 3: and it's closer to me. Otherwise, I would do Cleveland
• 47:27
  Speaker 3: full-time if I could or chose to. I don't know
• 47:30
  Speaker 3: if they would have let me, but.
• 47:32
  Speaker 2: Here's the 1-2. Outside and low, 2-2. And you did
• 47:38
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• 47:42
  Speaker 2: 2016 club.
• 47:42
  Speaker 3: I've been back a couple times. I always try to
• 47:45
  Speaker 3: find my way back. I love it there.
• 47:50
  Speaker 2: Here's the 2-2 pitch. Swung on. Popped it up. Foul.
• 47:54
  Speaker 2: Upper deck. First base side. Two down. Base is empty
• 48:00
  Speaker 2: here in the fourth inning. No score. Two-hour, 40-minute rain
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: delay today. That's why we're playing now. If you're driving home,
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: drive time back in Cleveland. Great to have you with us.
• 48:15
  Speaker 2: Here comes the 2-2. Swing and a miss. Strike three.
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: Got him to chase. My drop down on strikes to
• 48:23
  Speaker 2: retire the side. The second strikeout for Tanner Bybee and
• 48:26
  Speaker 2: we'll head to the fifth. Guardians nothing. White Sox nothing.