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MLB Talk with Matt Sndyer, previewing ISU/Arizona & Iowa/Indiana, Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Our number 2 welcome back, Millery Condon, the Iowa Sports
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Radio Network, the Moines Sports Station, 106.3 KX and oh,
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wherever you're listening in the state of Iowa or in the iheart
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app. Grateful that you are.
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We'll take you until the top of the hour and then turns off and
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turn things over off the bench. Sean and Lucas too, until 5:00.
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Let's talk some baseball, By the way, bottom of the hour, Sam
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Burnaby, who announced his retirement, the four decade at
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the helm of the Iowa Cubs as their general manager, announced
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he's stepping aside. We'll talk to Sam at the bottom
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of the hour. But right now, you know what the
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music means. Matt Snyder, CBSSports.com, He
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joins us to talk about baseball's final week of the
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regular season. And Matt, there's still a lot to
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be played for. There really is wild cards up in
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the air, number one seed in the American League.
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There's still a lot to be determined.
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It's going to be a fun week, is it not?
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It it's funny that even back around Labor Day, it looked like
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man, we might not really have that many good races and even
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the Dodgers only lead the Potters by 2 1/2 games.
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Like, and you have to look obviously we'll talk about the,
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I assume the wild card race with the Mets and the Reds being tied
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and the Reds having the tiebreaker there.
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So like the Mets, Mets do not control their own destiny for a
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playoff spot for the first time probably since the first week of
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the season. I would have to check on wild
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card spots then, but that doesn't even matter then.
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But like the AL Central is the one that's blowing me away.
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The Tigers with a 14 game lead down to 1.
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The Guardians lead the season series.
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So if the Guardians win the series in Cleveland starting
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tonight they will have tiebreaker there.
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It would be the biggest collapse in baseball history.
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The the biggest one was 13 games, which was the 1951
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Dodgers. If you remember, that was the
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Bobby Thompson shot her. Wow.
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OK, yeah, the Giants win the Pennant.
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That was 13 games. Wow, that was 13.
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This is 14. And and the Guardians, by the
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way, we're back for 15 1/2. Back when it was 14, sorry,
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Trent. When it was a 14 game lead, it
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was 20 in second place. So this is incredible that the
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Mets are fighting for their playoff lives after having the
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best record in baseball in the middle of June.
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The Tigers are fighting for their playoff lives after having
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a 14 game lead in early July. The Dodgers are only at 2 1/2
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games after everybody thought why even play this season?
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They're too good, right? It's pretty awesome.
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The question. I have again, and we've had this
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conversation for the better part of, I don't know, 6-7 years now.
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Matt, how, how does Cleveland do this?
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They were dead a half dozen times this year selling pieces
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off. There's no shot.
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And here they are again. How does this organization do it
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year after year after year and doing it on just a tight, tight
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budget? It's just it's an incredibly
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well run organization. They're pitching operations are
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off the charts good. I mean, you look at it just
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right now, they bring up Parker Messick who's made six starts
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and he's 3 and O with a 2 point O 8 ERA.
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They bring him up like out of necessity for down the stretch
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and then he's amazing. They're pitching operations are
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as good as anybody in baseball. They have a few guys who can
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steal bases. They have Jose Ramirez on a very
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club friendly contract. That helps a lot and and I think
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right now, once they started winning, you get that feeling
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of, you know, it doesn't matter. Nobody thinks we're supposed to
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be here. We shouldn't even be here.
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So they have no pressure at all. Meanwhile, the Tigers are the
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ones sweating it out. We can't blow this 14 game.
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We we can't do this, we can't blow this.
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And I think that the vibes are totally on the guardian side
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right now. I mean, the vibes have to be
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wretched in the Tigers close house and I'm sure that they're
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saying all the right things to everybody else.
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Hey, we still have a one game lead.
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We've got Google Tuesday and Sunday, which is true, by the
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way. And Google threw really well
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against the Guardians last week and they still lost 3 to 1.
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So yeah, I I think deep in their heart of hearts, the Tigers are
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probably terrified that they're blowing this.
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They just wouldn't admit it publicly.
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Them and the Mets both going down in flames, which is
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unbelievable. Remember last year?
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This time last year we were talking about how hot this
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Tigers team is and what a finish to their season.
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Oh, my God, they're going to make the what a difference a
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year's make a year makes. No, no doubt about that.
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Well, so Cincinnati has the tiebreaker above with both the
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Diamondbacks and the Mets, correct.
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And of those two, you know, the Diamondbacks get the Dodgers and
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then I'm not sure they finish up with maybe the Padres, but and
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then but and Cincinnati and they have a relatively easy pathway
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plus the tiebreaker. It looks as though they're in
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the driver's seat, Matt. You would think so, yeah.
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I mean, they've got the Pirates at home.
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I would say don't mess around and just go sweep them.
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Obviously, easier said than done.
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And then they finished at Milwaukee.
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Now the Brewers. They should have clinched the
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one seed by then though, right? Yeah, they will have clinched
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the one seed. Now they'll have days off before
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the NLDS, so they'll still want to.
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That's a good point. They'll.
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Still want to play their guys, but it just feels like it's more
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spring training, you know when them necessarily have to win.
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You're just making sure that you're still in shape and you're
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getting ready for the post season and they're not going to
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overextend any arms if it goes to extras or not.
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I mean, they're not running any guys into the ground here.
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So you're looking at starting pitchers getting in their work
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and getting out of there, especially with the Woodruff
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injury right now and how they're trying to protect Mesorowski.
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Plus he hasn't even been that good recently.
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They pushed back Freddy Peralta. I I just don't know how hard the
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Brewers are going to play even if they're playing all their
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guys in that series. Meanwhile, the Mets go to
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Wrigley becomes are only up 2 1/2 over the Padres for home
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field in the wild card, so they need to win.
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Plus, you would think after losing all four in Cincinnati,
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they would have a general feeling of we need to get
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ourselves right before the playoffs.
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Then the Mets have to go to Miami, and I'm sure the Marlins
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would love nothing more than to play spoiler.
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Plus, they've won 10:50 and they're technically still alive,
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so I it it feels like everything swinging toward the Reds right
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now. It really does.
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It really does. And the Mets payroll, I mean, my
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God, for them to miss with that payroll, Yeah.
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God, I want to go back to the Brewers.
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And you mentioned Miss Oroski, who's been certainly a
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disappointment here, ERA approaching 5 over the last
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month. How does the playoff rotation
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shape up? They get a set it up in whatever
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order that they want, one through 4.
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I'm going to guess Mesorowski, Peralta, Priest or Woodruff or
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the five. But what order do you put those
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guys in? Well, Peralta's your one no
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matter what, no questions asked. That's your Easter.
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After that, if if Woodruff's OK and he can get back on the
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mound, I think he's your two. But that's the issue is he just
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went through an injury. And remember, he missed all your
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last year with the shoulder surgery and shoulders are
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tricking. They said it's not in his
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shoulder. So maybe he'll be OK if he's
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good to go. He's my #2 there.
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But I think Priester's got to be involved in the mix.
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And who would have thought that several weeks ago.
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But yeah, I think Priester might well be there too.
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And then let's see how healthy you can get Woodruff to be your
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#3 after Peralta. I do, I will say this, they're
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very good at figuring things out.
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And they have, you know, they got 5 great starts at a Logan
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Henderson. Chad Patrick, who's a rookie for
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the most part, has been pretty good this season.
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They brought his Rouse game. He was great at first.
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I trust that that front office and they're just like the
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Guardian. They're pitching operations are
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unbelievable. I think that they'll do a good
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job of figuring out. It's just a matter of the
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players going out and taking care of business, which frankly,
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it was Devin Williams who did not do it last year.
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They had that series in the Wild Card series going to the 9th and
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and Williams coughed it up that the front office will put them
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in position. Yeah, I expect the front office
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will put them in position. We'll just see if they have
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Alonzo happen to them again all. Right.
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I put it off long enough because I, I'm a little bit worried
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here. Toronto's up two.
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They've got the, you think they've got the what?
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They've got the tiebreaker. But here's the thing.
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They play the Red Sox, who still have tons to play for.
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Then they play Tampa, who like Miami, would like to what's
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would love to do to the Mets. They love to play spoiler.
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And the Yankees got the White Sox for three and then another.
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And the Royals and the Oilers. I mean, the Orioles might like
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to play spoiler, but I feel like Toronto will ultimately win it.
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But I wish they could have done better in Kansas, yeah.
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Two games and the tiebreakers like having a three-game lead
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with six to go. And the the key is I I can see
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why. I mean they were outscored.
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Was it 28 to 3 and that four-game losing streak that was
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really, really bad, but it bounced back in one Sunday and
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now they're at home and they're 50 and 25 at home.
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So even if you think these teams aren't going to roll over for
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you right now, the Red Sox are hardly playing inspired
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baseball, even though they need these games to get in the
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playoffs and the Rays aren't great.
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So I think if the Blue Jays just go out and play like they can at
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home, all they really have to do is go three and three.
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And even if the Yankees go 6 and O, well, no, three and three
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Yankees go 6 and O Yankees would win it.
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All I have to do is really go three and three and hope the
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Yankees only go 5:00 and 1:00 and then you win the tiebreaker.
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And honestly, four and two is probably more realistic.
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I think the Jays are going to get it done at home this week.
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So I can understand why you're worried, especially because of
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that four-game losing streak. They just looked so, so, so
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packed. 20 to 1 is demoralizing for anybody.
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That was nice. They're they're still in the
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driver's seat here. They again 50 and 25 at home and
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they've got 6 home games. We know the Yankees can mash,
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and Aaron Judge is being held out by Trent Grisser, who's been
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incredibly hot the last month here.
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But after the rotation, that bullpen guys that you think are
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going to be good. Luke Weaver, who was so good a
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year ago, he's been awful. Mark Leiter, since he's come
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over, he's been bad. Devin Williams has been bad in
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the back end of the bullpen. It's crazy to say, but are the
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Yankees built to be a good playoff team?
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They still have enough talent that things could click into
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place. I mean, relievers are so
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volatile. I mean, I love their trade
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deadline, how they went out and they got Bert, who was awful,
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and then they demoted him to the minors.
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And Bednar Duvall. Like you just thought between
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Williams, Weaver, Bednar, Duvall, like they're going to
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get things figured out here at the back end, it doesn't seem
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like they will. But you still have a lot of
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talent there. I don't think you can trust
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Williams anymore, but I would give Duvall a few shots this
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week. Bednar's probably fine.
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Weaver. We've seen what he can do
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before. He'll probably get things worked
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out and you never know. I mean, I know that like the
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2023 Diamondbacks had one of the worst Bolton's in baseball
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through like August and then they got things slowly figured
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out through September and then they rode that all the way to
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the World Series. And they're Bolton was actually
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pretty good until the Rangers knocked him around a few times.
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But things can always click into place for just a few games in
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the postseason and sometimes that's all you need.
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So I do think that they have enough talent to get it right
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and they have plenty of power. They have the rotation arms
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here. If you look at Fried and Rodon,
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especially in Schlidler, though, for the most part, the way that
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he is thrown and healed, that he's back, like I do think the
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Yankees can figure out now, they could get bounced in the Wild
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Corral and I would not be surprised.
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But I also wouldn't be surprised if they won the American League.
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A lot of error there. Doing a little breaking news,
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boys in baseball. In the last 20 minutes, Major
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League Baseball has announced it will use the automated Ball
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Strike Challenge system starting in 2026.
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Each team gets 2 challenges can keep them if successful.
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The challenges can only come from the pitcher, the catcher,
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the batter. It must obviously come right
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after the pitch. No help from the dugout.
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If it does go to extra innings, each team will be awarded 1, not
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assuming they don't have any challenges left.
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So automated balls and strikes and some respects coming to MLB
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next year. Your thoughts?
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Matt Postons. I really like it, really, really
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like it. I hope that if there are any
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people who don't that they watch the All Star game and they saw
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how seamlessly they can get it, they can fix a call that could
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be a big game changing call. I mean, it happened in the night
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and we ended up going to extras, which was a swing off in the All
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Star game, but that's another story.
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Yeah, I really like it and in fact I have a prediction.
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There's going to be a game changing missed call this
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postseason and we're all going to say maybe we needed the APS.
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No doubt. That's awesome.
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Well, I'm glad it's here. I am.
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I saw Corbin Carroll went 3030 and it led me back to looking at
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Picro Armstrong. He still needs another home run
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to get to the 3030 club. Yeah, he's been at 29 and we've
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known how the back half of the year has gone.
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Is he going to get there? It just where are you right now
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as a Cubs fan leading into the playoffs, knowing they're
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basically locked where they're going to be?
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Yeah, I think he's he's actually had a lot of good swings the
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past week or so. So, you know, six games left at
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home, I think he'll get there. I know we're talking 4040 at the
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All Star break. Maybe I got a little blinded by
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how great he looked in the first half and it's kind of pumped the
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great breaks because we've talked about this before.
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Remember, I think it was heading into this season when you guys
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said what's a ceiling? And I was like 1520 homers a
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year. He was like 26 at the All Star
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break. So of course he was going to
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come back a little bit and he had a really, really bad bump.
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But overall, if you just look at where the numbers are right now
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compared to what the expectations were heading into
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the year, he's exceeded expectations this season.
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And and again, I do think that he started to look like his
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first half self there in Pittsburgh for a quick second.
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He hit some balls hard in Cincinnati that did not end up
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becoming hit. Especially I don't know if you
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saw the the Thursday game where Hunter Green had a no hitter
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going and hit the one up by a Sarah helmet at first base that
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didn't end up being a hit because by the time Biasteros
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got his bearings. He was on a.
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Second, Yep, and he had hit a line shot right at the right
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fielder earlier in the game. Did Pete Crow Armstrong and then
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he went 2 for four the next night.
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So I I think that there are enough good signs lately that
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you can't really put him in in a middle order spot anymore.
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But where where council has been hitting him 678.
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I think that's a really good, productive offensive player for
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the playoffs. A couple more things, Matt,
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we'll let you go. So since we're talking Cubs, I
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do want to get your Cal Raleigh update.
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You know, Aaron Judge, if it is, is it going to be close?
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But just Kyle Hendricks, it's not official yet, but boy, it
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sure seems like it's going to be made here any day.
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I'm not sure when his last start is, maybe tomorrow.
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But obviously what it what an integral part of the Cubs, one
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of those guys that just seemingly overachieved, right?
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He was, I know when he he first came, he was drafted like way
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back in the draft. He went back to school, then
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came out again. He was drafted by the Rangers.
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He came in the Ryan Dempster trade.
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That's how we got to the Cubs. But what?
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What a piece of that 2016 World Series team.
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Back in like 2013 and 2014, Theo Epstein was stockpiling all
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these position players and everybody's refrain, the
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naysayers was who's going to pitch?
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Well, they signed John Lester before 15.
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They signed Lackey before 16. But it was the acquisitions that
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were under the radar of Jake Arietta and Kyle Hendrick that
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really brought that rotation together.
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And I think you could argue that Hendrix pitch started the two
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biggest games in Cubs history, which was game six of the NLCS
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in 2016 where he out dueled. Clayton was unbelievable getting
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22 straight out. And then game seven of the World
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Series where he was really good through 4 2/3 innings and bad.
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Probably should not have told him yet, but to start those two
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games, he's left a mark on the Cubs that will be there forever.
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Again, you could argue the two biggest starts in Cubs history
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and he threw really, really well on both of them, especially Game
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6. I mean, that was that was his
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masterpiece of his career. Ken mentioned it.
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Just took a look at the odds. This is from DraftKings How?
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Are they because what last time we looked he was like plus 480
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Cal Raleigh was. He was, yeah, Last week at this
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time when we had the conversation with Matt, that's
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what it was. Today, it's even even.
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Both are -115 are you kidding? To win the American League MVP
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in just a week later, what is he 4 off the American League record
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for homers now with 58? I just absolutely incredible
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here in the conversation we had last week.
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Just continues here, Matt Snyder.
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The divide in the rate stats is gigantic.
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Like Judge has them by 74 points of batting average, almost 200
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of OPS. But there's the element of
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playing catcher 120 * a season, it does such a number on your
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body and for Raleigh to be this much higher than any other catch
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has ever been, 48 was the record before this year to it.
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To break Mickey Mantle's record for a switch hitter is
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unbelievable. And to do it in T-Mobile,
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T-Mobile Park, which is the the most pitcher friendly park in
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baseball, at least the last three years, you've got to give
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a lot of bonus points for that. Honestly, I think I think it's
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kind of neck and neck for me right now.
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I would watch the home run totals.
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Yep, 60 doesn't hit a 50, which Judge has his 49th.
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I equated it to when you see like a 9999 price tag versus
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$100, it always makes you feel like it's a little bit cheaper.
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If Judge doesn't get to 50 and Raleigh gets to 60 and you see
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60 versus 49, that might well swing it in Raleigh's favor.
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Plus, let's say Raleigh goes absolutely crazy and gets the
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63. I don't believe this, but there
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will be a lot of people saying that's the real record now,
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right? Because the only people more
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than that are Bonds McGuire and those that might really swing it
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in his direction. So let's watch those Raleigh
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home run totals and that's what will really be interesting.
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That's fast does is there such a thing when it comes to baseball
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voting is because we hear it all the time and others East Coast
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bias is there such a thing? Maybe.
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So here's the thing. Every every BBWA chapter has
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exactly 2 votes per award. So there's only two Yankees
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Riders and two Mariners Riders on MVP.
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In theory, that should make it even.
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It's more like the Senate instead of the House of
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Representatives, right? The only thing is there are a
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lot more teams East and a lot of the people out east go to bed
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once their games are over, don't watch West Coast game.
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I also think in this day and age with the streaming, everybody
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watches everybody. I don't know.
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So I think you could argue that there is a little bit, but we do
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have some safeguards in play. I don't know, man, it's, it's
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tough to to really nail it down, but I do like that there's only
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two votes per chapter. So at least in theory, it should
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be a little balanced. It just like I said, I mean, and
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there's only four teams out West because, well, three actually,
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because both the Rangers and the Astros are in the AL West and
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they're in the central time zone.
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So you you really worry about how many people are actually
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watching all these Mariners games when they're late.
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But look, everybody can see the numbers.
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Everybody's knows what he's doing.
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So again, in theory there shouldn't be a problem there.
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Matt's not a great conversation, as always, brother.
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When we talk next Tuesday, it'll be opening day of postseason in
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MLB. Can't wait.
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Did a brother. Good stuff, Matt.
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Thank you. As always.
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We'll talk to you in a week. Thank you.
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All right. Take care, yeah.
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Good to talk to you. Matt Snyder, CBSSports.com.
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That's fascinating. So the odds are dead.
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Even dead even. I hope.
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Did you jump aboard? I didn't.
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I did. Good for you.
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Yeah. Hope somebody in our audience.
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Did too? Absolutely.
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I think we made a compelling case.
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Yeah, all the games we we he caught.
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I did not know that about the Everybody gets 2 votes like the
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Yankee beat writers get 2. So 'cause I just thought, oh,
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they'll gang up. But Snyder makes a good point.
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People in Eastern Time when they watch the game and click.
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We're going to have playoff baseball this time next week.
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Do you? Have any idea who's?
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Good. No, I don't either.
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Where we can wait, usually I have.
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Most of the times we're wrong, sure, but at least we have an
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opinion that we can take and, you know, die on that, you know?
20:57
Right. I have no idea, Phillies.
21:00
They're. Without their best pitcher.
21:03
Yeah, Brewers. I don't like the Brewers.
21:07
Where are they going to? Hit Who's going to pitch?
21:11
Well, they're they're good there.
21:12
Well, they're good, but they got injuries.
21:13
The Would you think Miss Ruski's been awful LA?
21:17
That's where I'd lean. But with confidence.
21:20
No Cubs. No Padres.
21:24
No, not with that rotation. I think the Reds are going to
21:27
get in. They don't have a chance, do
21:28
they Or do. They.
21:30
Or do they? All right, Jays.
21:33
Yeah. Mariners.
21:37
You know, I like the Mariners. I do too.
21:38
Yanks no socks. No.
21:44
Cleve no, DEET, no I'm with you. So it narrows it down a little
21:50
bit. So see.
21:51
Oh man, fascinating. 6 days left in Major League Baseball.
21:54
Regular season I got a Reds ticket.
21:56
At you to do what to. Win the National League.
21:59
This was like, I don't know, three weeks ago we were talking
22:01
and they're like 3 back at the time just because I didn't like
22:04
love any. It was, I think it was right as
22:05
the Wheeler injury was happening within that couple of days of
22:08
that. So I was like that you were
22:10
bitching about the Dodgers like you do every week.
22:13
And I'm like, you know what if they get in?
22:14
Yeah, but. You'll miss it.
22:16
If they get in, crazier things have happened.
22:22
They got star power. I like the staff.
22:25
I, I don't love any of those guys, but they're all, they're
22:27
all solid, right? Yeah.
22:30
Worth a shot at that price. Feeling better?
22:32
Speaking of prices, on August the 9th you could have got Asia
22:36
Wilson to be the MVP. 100 to one?
22:39
No way. 100 to one at the Westgate apparently.
22:43
Isn't that crazy? We'll take.
22:46
We'll talk to Sam Burnaby on the other side.
22:47
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22:49
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23:01
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23:05
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Circus sports sponsor those. All right, working on Sam
23:10
Burnaby. He is in Chicago and apparently
23:13
he's meeting. He thought he'd be done during
23:15
the lunch hour, but maybe he lasted a little bit longer.
23:18
I will promise you this. If we don't get Sam today, we
23:20
will rebook him tomorrow because I want to speak with him.
23:23
Had a few people text me once they've learned that Sam was on
23:27
the show and asked them, asked me to relay a personal message
23:31
on the air to Sam. So I'll do that.
23:32
But we will get Sam Burtaby, if we're not today, tomorrow,
23:35
promise. Because what we have tomorrow,
23:37
Matt Rudy, Mitch Holtis, David Kaplan.
23:41
So this time tomorrow we could get Sam, right.
23:43
We don't have anything at 1:30, do we?
23:45
No, I don't think so. I don't.
23:46
Think so, either. So we'll do that.
23:48
If indeed his meeting has run on Kyle Conradi, Matt Campbell made
23:53
official he is going to be out. Likewise Jace Gilbert.
23:56
So the kicking spot comes down to a freshman, Trent Condon,
24:03
Chase Brown. Yeah.
24:04
Chase Smith, Come on down. Chase Smith.
24:06
Chase Smith, beg your. Part Chase Brown is running back
24:08
for the Bengals. Yeah, former Lion kicker.
24:12
Never know. I don't think a real deep leg
24:15
and it's not just well, he can't anticipate kicking anything,
24:18
maybe more than a 45 yarder. I wonder if that I wonder what
24:21
the what Campbell would feel comfortable sending him out
24:24
there for. The question was asked today.
24:26
It was asked today. He wouldn't, he wouldn't
24:28
answered. Of course not.
24:29
Yeah, no, of course. Wouldn't be willing to go down
24:31
that door. Glad somebody asked him that.
24:34
But also another component kick offs, right?
24:37
Yeah. And so just booting it in there
24:41
coverage unit got to be more buttoned up.
24:43
What kind of distance are you getting?
24:45
What kind of coverage is it going to be?
24:46
Maybe he can't get it in into the end zone, but it's on a line
24:49
drive and he just miss hits it. All of a sudden that's a line
24:51
drive that's grabbed at the two and the guy gets a whole lot
24:53
more room making his way up. I mean, there are a lot of
24:56
components that go into this in a game that what's the.
24:59
Point spread at is it move? Do you know?
25:01
Did you look? There's been, it's around a
25:02
touchdown. I mean, that's where it's been
25:04
basically since the beginning and I'll get a look at where it
25:07
is today. But is this?
25:10
I see I was still favoured 7 1/2.
25:13
Do you feel confident that this is a surefire 6 1/2 basically
25:16
across the board for no? I and I said as much before the
25:19
season started, I just thought that this was going to be a
25:21
tougher game than it would appear when the schedule come.
25:24
There's AW, there's AW, there's an L there's a Arizona was one
25:27
of those ones. You just you know, right in that
25:30
they can win that game. I'm not like they should win the
25:32
game. It's at home.
25:33
The fan base is going to be going absolutely.
25:35
You know what, it's under the lights, it's going to be a white
25:39
out atmosphere is going to be phenomenal.
25:41
One would assume Roccobecht is still the quarterback and he
25:46
finds ways to win games more often than not.
25:49
So we'll see it it it sounds like they're getting Burkle's
25:52
going to be back, floor is going to be back.
25:54
They've missed both of those guys.
25:56
So I I think they're going to I think they're going to be fine.
25:59
There was an issue that I want to touch on because you know me
26:03
and it drives me crazy. This is just a text from Sam.
26:08
Sorry, but I'm hung up. I'll, I'll, I'll read during the
26:12
break. Devin Damfier.
26:15
Yes, yeah. Utah quarterback.
26:18
I don't know if Wittingham meant to say this at his press
26:21
conference yesterday, but he did say it that his quarterback did
26:24
not practice last week. That was a conference game.
26:28
Yes. There was an injury report put
26:30
out Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
26:33
Not once did the quarterback who made it to the press conference
26:37
and we were told in the press conference was banged up and was
26:40
far from 100%. His name did not appear on the
26:43
injury report. What is the designation that we
26:46
have to have? Questionable.
26:48
But was he questionable? Was it he didn't practice?
26:50
He didn't. We knew.
26:52
Here's the thing. Slow down.
26:55
He was. He didn't practice, but we knew
26:57
he was going to play on Saturday.
26:58
He's not going to practice, but we know he's going to play on.
27:02
He won't. Be 100%.
27:03
You don't have to put questionable on that.
27:05
If you know a guy is going to play, that's not questionable,
27:07
he's going to play. I think we're getting into a
27:10
little bit of that Gray area. So do you think that the winning
27:14
ham is usually in this in his favor?
27:17
No, I just think that. I do and I and I, you know what?
27:20
I kind of give him credit for that.
27:22
If your feed your theory is right and now.
27:26
He was never questionable because we knew he was going to
27:28
play Saturday. Yeah, he didn't practice because
27:30
he's banged up, but we knew he was going to play Saturday.
27:33
That's not questionable. That is probable.
27:36
He doesn't need to be on the injury list because we knew he
27:39
was playing Saturday. Well, and this will come this to
27:41
no surprise, but I I emailed the Big 12 conference offices
27:46
because this pisses me off. But do you understand where I'm
27:48
coming from? I.
27:49
Do. And that makes me kind of like a
27:51
wedding ham in a different light, Like, well done, coach.
27:53
Right. Yeah, I think that's the way you
27:56
get around it and that's the way I'd look at it.
27:59
See, I would want it if you're in the NFL, don't you have to
28:03
know if if, if, if a guy it says practice or no practice, that's
28:08
a problem? Yes.
28:10
And they don't have that in college.
28:11
They don't have that in the Big 12.
28:14
You want another layer now I do you want another layer to get
28:18
after it? Oh, you tricky Kyle Winningham.
28:21
You. I think you.
28:21
I think he's figured his way around this thing.
28:25
Now, if you go into an awesome Dampier re aggravates whatever
28:29
the injury was warming up on Saturday, it doesn't.
28:32
This was not. This was not a guy that was
28:34
anywhere close to 100%. But he re aggravates in pregame
28:37
and then doesn't go. Now you're setting yourself up
28:40
for trouble because if that comes out, then you got some
28:44
issues, right? He didn't practice, then he
28:46
didn't play. He was never on the injury
28:48
report. That would be a problem, but
28:51
that would be if I'm waiting. He started.
28:53
That's what, that's what the hell he's gonna die on.
28:55
That's what his. Excuses He was never
28:56
questionable, he. Wasn't.
28:57
Because we knew he was playing Saturday.
29:00
I think this is a chem problem. And probably Matt Campbell,
29:03
maybe he's going to get this clip sent to him absolutely.
29:06
So that condoms on to something there he's got oh, if there's.
29:10
Another coach in the conference that'll use it to his benefit.
29:13
It's going to be him. You know what?
29:14
I gave him a loophole. You did.
29:16
You did Just when I thought Campbell set the bar when it
29:19
comes to being. This, well, Whittingham has been
29:22
so much. Worse than Campbell by Yeah,
29:24
absolutely. I mean the the gun rising.
29:26
He's he's still. Question.
29:28
We went through that for two years.
29:30
Garbage. Absolute garbage.
29:32
And what was Who was Campbell's guy?
29:34
Was it Downing? Was he the offensive lineman?
29:36
There was week to week starting in Week 2 and then never played
29:39
again. Week to week.
29:41
Yeah, week to week. But now that he has, it does
29:45
sound like Berko's going to be back.
29:46
God damn it. Gosh darn it.
29:47
Rather, I thought it was on skinny.
29:49
I think that's OK, I can say. That I think so.
29:52
Not my best moment, but anyways. That's all right, let's go from
29:58
Arizona, Iowa State. I think it's a good ball keep
30:02
that Arizona defense too is playing well now.
30:04
Not the stiffest of competition that they played to this point.
30:08
Why not good Weber State and then that just wreck of a
30:13
program right now at Kansas State.
30:15
This will be a step up for them certainly on defensive.
30:17
But here's a couple numbers for you for Arizona.
30:19
OK, 7th in the country right now in total defense, 222 yards a
30:23
game. Really. 13th in passing yards
30:25
allowed game at 113, thirtieth in the country and rushing yards
30:28
at 96 points per game, giving up 8.76 in the country of 1/3 down
30:34
defense. Opponents are getting through 22
30:37
1/2%. That's 8th in the country.
30:40
Again, competition. Put that in there.
30:42
However, this Arizona, it's not just Fafita.
30:45
No, no, there's more. Defense is playing one.
30:47
They do, and they got some guys that can catch the football,
30:49
too. This is gonna be a good game.
30:50
This is gonna be a fun game. Meanwhile, what happens in in
30:53
Iowa City in the middle of the afternoon?
30:55
My I got a couple of different minds here, my mind of just
30:59
watching football, Indiana cruises.
31:01
Yep. My gambling mind though, it must
31:06
be something completely different.
31:08
Why? Because everybody in the
31:10
country. Is on.
31:12
They are calling this free money.
31:15
I've seen it nationally, I've seen it locally, I've seen it
31:18
from Hawkeye fans, I've seen it from Hoosier fans.
31:20
I've seen it from every single as we.
31:22
All watched them pound the crap out of what we thought was a
31:24
pretty good Illinois team. But it's week to week, I know.
31:28
This is the first time they've gone on the road.
31:29
Do they have a buy after this? The Hoosiers, yes.
31:33
Indiana. After they they do I think.
31:35
They're off before they go to Oregon, right?
31:38
So it's not a trap per SE because they got the buy.
31:41
In between but a let down, maybe you got national TVA full house,
31:47
a top ten team got the win that you couldn't get a year ago
31:51
against the top ten team you've never been on the road this
31:54
year. You know.
31:56
Mendoza played an environment like this.
31:58
I don't know who Cal played last year in the ACC, no.
32:02
Problem I don't know. 2024 Cal football Let's let's see the
32:07
environments that young Mr. Mendoza went into a season.
32:11
Ago. That's good.
32:11
I'm glad you were glad you went down this path.
32:13
Well, they went to Auburn in Week 2 and won that game, so
32:16
that's a good environment. Absolutely.
32:17
Went to Florida State when Florida State was off to a slow
32:20
start, Yeah. Went to PIT.
32:23
No, no. Went to Wake Forest, no.
32:26
No. 28,455. Billionaire way game though.
32:29
The Auburn game is good. That was a good one.
32:31
Yep. And he played well in that game,
32:32
did he? Well, they won.
32:33
They won at Auburn, which was a huge eye opener a year ago.
32:37
This will be different though. Indiana.
32:40
None of these guys I. Wish it wasn't on Peacock.
32:43
Same and we got a little problem with our Peacock.
32:47
You do. So we got Peacock, I don't know,
32:50
four or five years ago, three years ago, whatever it was for
32:54
Tara's grandma, because she was a daily watcher for decades of
32:59
Days of Our Lives and soap opera at that time, it went away from
33:05
NBC and it became a Peacock exclusive.
33:08
So is it? Is it off the air now?
33:09
It is, yeah, and it has been for a number of years.
33:11
So in order for her, though, to continue to watch it.
33:14
But that was that was a soap opera when I was a kid.
33:15
Oh, absolutely. Been around forever.
33:18
And that was her daily watch. Well, they're still making the
33:20
show. It's just only on Peacock.
33:22
So we got it for but for whatever reason we all got
33:26
knocked out of our account. We don't know what the password
33:30
is. It's still logged in, but there
33:33
is no way if we would change the password that grandma's going to
33:36
know how to do it and we really don't want to do it.
33:38
So I think I might just sign up for like a one month trial.
33:40
Why don't you? And then just.
33:41
How much is it 10 bucks? 10 bucks just bite the bullet
33:44
and just have it for Saturday. Well, you don't.
33:45
We don't. We need it for for Big 10 hoops
33:48
as well. We will, and we have our.
33:49
Subscription, but by then you'll have seen grandma.
33:51
We'll see a grand at this point, we'll get everything buttoned up
33:53
and we'll have everybody signed in but don't want to mess with
33:56
days of lives so it's worth it for 10 bucks to be greatly.
33:59
Happy you're you're 100% right. All right, let's see if we can
34:02
make some of our betters happy. You did yesterday.
34:06
You were on Detroit yesterday. Give you credit.
34:08
Took the points. That was a good football game.
34:11
That was a really good game. DEET.
34:13
Where's DEET rank in the NFC? Are they above Green Bay in your
34:17
mind now? No, because he can't.
34:19
Because they played head to head.
34:20
Yeah, he can't erase that. That's tough to do, but can't
34:25
wait for the rematch. Closer than you'd think, though.
34:28
So if you power rank the NFC, Philly won Green Bay 2, Detroit
34:32
3. Something, something's off with
34:34
this Philly team. I know they're three and O
34:37
something's not right. Rams were taking it to him for a
34:40
long stretch of that game. And they took it to him last
34:42
year in the playoffs. I Something stinks in
34:45
Philadelphia. So who's the best team in the
34:47
NFC? Still a Green Day.
34:51
Yeah, Philly, Philly, Yeah. At the end of the day, Philly, I
34:53
don't I the Niners are unbeaten. It's a fake 3 and O I'm sorry,
34:57
it's a fake 3 and O they don't deserved.
34:58
Well, they are three and O, but they're not a three and O
35:01
unbeaten. Team The Bucks are three and O,
35:03
but that offensive line is awful.
35:05
They're just holding all over the place.
35:07
And how? They they play each other.
35:08
Philly in Tampa play this week at Tampa.
35:11
Is worse going to be back? That game is in.
35:15
Tampa, yeah. Nude game.
35:17
His work's going to be back. Let's see what he's does.
35:20
He's still. He's questionable still.
35:22
We'll see. All right.
35:23
Mr. Is that a Kyle Whittingham questionable?
35:27
Now I feel bad that I shouldn't have sent an e-mail to the Big
35:31
12 offices. Yeah, you did the right thing.
35:34
You said you were going to enforce it.
35:35
Now what are you going to do? Let me know the Miller and
35:38
Condon glad you're with us. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
35:41
Network. Hi Miller and Condon, welcome
35:44
back. Iowa Sports Radio Network
35:45
trends, plays of the day, circus sports sponsor, sponsors, those
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those coming up momentarily. So this might be coincidence or
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it might not be coincidence with the Eagles playing Tampa this
35:56
week. Do you remember the story in the
35:58
in training camp in August about the 465 LB defensive lineman
36:02
from he was a Gator play for Florida.
36:05
They brought him as an undrafted free agent, but they wouldn't
36:07
let him this until he reached a certain threshold.
36:10
OK. They wanted him to lose weight.
36:12
He was 465. I mean, huge man, right?
36:15
Guess who they signed today? Oh, really?
36:18
Now Todd Bowles says, well, it's not because of the tush push.
36:21
Uh huh. Uh.
36:22
Huh. You put that big of a man. 465
36:26
lbs. Just lay down.
36:27
When the ball snaps, just lay down, remember?
36:29
The old thing, I think it was maybe Jerry Tarkanian said
36:33
something about Kentucky getting in trouble in Ball State's.
36:35
The one that. Yeah, that was awesome.
36:36
Did you see who got a penalty for the Tush push on the
36:39
weekend? No.
36:40
Who? The Saints?
36:42
We're not. We're not going to punish for
36:43
offsides, the Eagles, but everybody's watching closer.
36:46
Saints, you're going to get a penalty.
36:48
Oh my God. Well, we'll see where this goes.
36:51
With what? Probably just a coincidence
36:53
Strand. I don't think there's anything
36:55
to it. All right, let's get to your.
36:56
Place take him a while to get out there in the field it.
36:58
Will be plays of the week Plays of the day rather circus
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sponsors. We got three games, we got 2IN
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baseball and one in the WNBA. Let's start there.
37:09
Hey, can Caitlin? Come back.
37:10
No, she can't. She's ineligible.
37:13
How about that surprise series win?
37:16
She is ineligible. I'm going to go though with the
37:18
Mercury tonight. I think they bounce back and
37:20
hang around against the links. I'm getting 7 1/2 to play with
37:22
and we'll take maybe need every single one of them.
37:25
We're going to grab it there. 630 the tip off in that one to
37:28
baseball we go well, the Twins are playing so let's go against
37:32
them, though the Rangers have their own set of.
37:35
Issues they really. Do hopelessly out of it.
37:37
Zebby Matthews though has not been good.
37:39
Patrick Corbin on the other side also not very good, though
37:41
better a bounce back here for him this season.
37:44
I will leave the -131 with the Rangers and wrap it up the big
37:48
one in the AL Central. Where are you going Give?
37:51
Me, the Guardians, plus money plus 137 money.
37:56
Scubble, he'll pitch well tonight.
37:59
Any baseball game. I don't think he's pitching all
38:01
of them. I will take the Guardians plus
38:03
1:30. What?
38:04
If Detroit doesn't make it, if the Mets hilarious 2 are just
38:08
incredible collapses some intrigue in the final week of
38:12
MLB's regular season. 6 days to go and a week from today the
38:16
playoffs start and we are absolutely clueless as to who we
38:20
like at this point. All right, that's going to do.
38:22
Like, that's right, another day it ends and why with Miller and
38:26
Condon, we're going to give way to off the bench.
38:30
Lucas and Sean take you in till 5:00 overtime Iowa, 5:00 to 6:00
38:34
tomorrow at six the first quarter with Heather and Alec,
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