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MLB Draft Day: Cardinals take Liam Doyle with No. 5 pick · Cardinal Territory: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

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Speaker 1: The Saint Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves, five to four.
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Speaker 1: They finished the first half fifty one and forty six,
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Speaker 1: five games over five hundred, and they've landed one of
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Speaker 1: the most highly regarded pitchers in this year's draft class.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Cardinal Territory. I'm your host, Katie Woo.
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Speaker 1: Let's recap what was a very busy and very long
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Speaker 1: Sunday here at bush Jam, and it's still going. We'll
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Speaker 1: start with the game itself, a game that began a
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Speaker 1: little after one pm local time and ended a little
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Speaker 1: after eight pm, so that was super cool. The Cardinals
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Speaker 1: braved through two very lengthy rain delays. I think we
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Speaker 1: were up to almost five hours of delays, and as
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Speaker 1: manager Olie Marmele said when that game finally ended, if
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Speaker 1: you're gonna wait that long for a game, you better
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Speaker 1: win it, and that they did. Jose Fermen was the
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Speaker 1: hero in this one. He smacked a go ahead, two
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Speaker 1: run homer in the seventh inning, the first homer of
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Speaker 1: his major league career. That's always special, especially when it
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Speaker 1: gives your team the lead, and the Cardinals really needed
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Speaker 1: to end the first tap on a good note. The
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Speaker 1: last thing you want to do is head into the
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Speaker 1: All Star Break getting swept, especially by a team like
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Speaker 1: the Braves that has just simply not had a good season.
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Speaker 1: So they played a very winnable series. The Cardinals lost
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Speaker 1: by one run both Friday and Saturday, and I was
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Speaker 1: off on Saturday, but I firmly believe they were going
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Speaker 1: to win that game. A ninth inning and eighth in
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Speaker 1: y collapse that just was pretty unusual for filmmaton at least.
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Speaker 1: So two very winnable games Friday and Saturday put you
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Speaker 1: in a spot where you felt like you absolutely had
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Speaker 1: to win today's game, and they were able to do
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Speaker 1: so despite what was just a very grueling, grueling time
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Speaker 1: at the ballpark. But in between all those raindelays, we
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Speaker 1: had plenty of things to talk about, because, in case
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Speaker 1: you hadn't heard, with the fifth overall pick in the
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five MLB Amateur Draft, the Cardinals selected left
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Speaker 1: handed pitcher Liam Doyle out of the University of Tennessee,
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Speaker 1: and this was a very exciting pick. I think for
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Speaker 1: those of you unfamiliar with Liam Doyle, I'll go ahead
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Speaker 1: and read you some stats off the Cardinals press release.
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Speaker 1: He's twenty one years old, recently completed his junior season
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Speaker 1: with the Volunteers. He made nineteen appearances, seventeen starts, went
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Speaker 1: ten to four with a three point two zero ERA.
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Speaker 1: And this is the most exciting part, a school record
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Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty four strikeouts across ninety five and
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Speaker 1: two thirds innings pitched. He led the nation with a
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Speaker 1: strikeout per nine innings rate of fifteen point four, three
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Speaker 1: second overall in the country in strikeouts collegiately. And when
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Speaker 1: you ask scouting director Randy Flores what sticks out about
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Speaker 1: Liam Doyle, here's what he'll say. We have a little
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Speaker 1: recap up of the day on the athletic Here's what
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Speaker 1: Flores told media when he spoke to us a couple
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Speaker 1: of hours ago. When we saw that Liam Doyle could
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Speaker 1: be in play, as the draft board unfolded, everyone was excited.
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Speaker 1: Doyle has a very unique fastball. Not only is the
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Speaker 1: shape unique, the velocity is a level above his peers.
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Speaker 1: There are a range of outcomes of any player, and
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Speaker 1: his range of outcomes includes an extremely high floor and
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Speaker 1: the ceiling is through the roof. So let's talk out.
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Speaker 1: Let's talk about that fastball because it is his most
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Speaker 1: dominant weapon. I mean, it is truly one of the
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Speaker 1: reasons why. And we'll get into this. Liam Doyle is
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Speaker 1: projected to be one of the quicker fast track quick risers,
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Speaker 1: however you want to talk it prospect in the majors.
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Speaker 1: Doyle was named the SEC pitcher of the Year, and
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Speaker 1: he tore up the opposition with his fastball. Since ninety
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Speaker 1: six ninety nine regularly topped out at one hundred and
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Speaker 1: one miles per hour. He struck out over forty two
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Speaker 1: percent of batter's faced this year and that's super exciting
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Speaker 1: because when you have a chance to draft high below
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Speaker 1: swing and miss from the left side, you take that.
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Speaker 1: And there were a ton of impressive lefty collegiate arms there.
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Speaker 1: To me, Doyle is the one that is the most
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Speaker 1: exciting because of that aforementioned fast track possibility to the
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Speaker 1: major leagues. Here's a message, or not a message, an article,
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Speaker 1: A snippet from Keith Law, our top prospect draft evaluator,
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Speaker 1: on why he believes Liam Doyle could be a very
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Speaker 1: quick riser through a minor league systems Out the fastball first.
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Speaker 1: I'll read it. Doyle's fastball may be the best in
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Speaker 1: the class this year in terms of how it plays,
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Speaker 1: which should at the very least let him get through
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Speaker 1: the miners quickly. Now Here is where Keith Locke kind
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Speaker 1: of speculates or hypothesizes on what that track record could
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Speaker 1: look like. Law said a team could take Doyle in
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Speaker 1: July and either try to call him up as a
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Speaker 1: reliever in September if they're contending, or more likely and
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Speaker 1: maybe more responsibly, put him on the same path that
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Speaker 1: Chase Birds or Paul Skemes took eyeing a Junish call
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Speaker 1: up next year. Now we know this about the draft.
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Speaker 1: Major league teams do not draft for major league need
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Speaker 1: you draft for what's available. But when you think about
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Speaker 1: the skyrocketing costs of starting pitching on the market, and
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Speaker 1: you have an ability to take someone that many project
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Speaker 1: across the board, whether you get your evaluations from the
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Speaker 1: Athletic Baseball America ESPN that say he could be a
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Speaker 1: number two starter very soon, you take it. And that's
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Speaker 1: exactly what Flow was talking about when he spoke to
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Speaker 1: us earlier this evening. I asked him about if there's
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Speaker 1: any consideration about the market and starting pitching and why
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Speaker 1: you would need to maybe lean towards developing it instead
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Speaker 1: of going out and acquiring it because it's so expensive,
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Speaker 1: and that's exactly what he said. He said there is
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Speaker 1: risk in this pick, but I think for upside you
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Speaker 1: have to swallow that risk. Acquiring swing and miss. Acquiring
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Speaker 1: one hundred and one miles per hour with that unique
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Speaker 1: fastball on the free agent market is very expensive, and
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Speaker 1: we know the Cardinals have never really been in the
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Speaker 1: market for such lucrative acquisitions. So to be able to
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Speaker 1: have someone, especially with the organization focusing on drafting and developing,
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Speaker 1: reverting back to what they were really good at, this
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Speaker 1: is such a fun pick. We'll have a chance to
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Speaker 1: talk to Liam Doyle very shortly. I think he's going
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Speaker 1: to zoom with reporters within the next hour, so very
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Speaker 1: excited to get to know a little bit about what
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Speaker 1: he's about. If you would like to know about Liam
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Speaker 1: Doyle and you're not quite sure because the draft, MLB
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Speaker 1: draft is not like NBA or NFL, where you know
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Speaker 1: these players because you see them every day and you
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Speaker 1: know they're usually not major league ready. If you would
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Speaker 1: like a little snippet on who Liam Doyle the pitcher is,
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Speaker 1: just google Lian Doyle celebrations and you will see a
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Speaker 1: very fiery person who is not afraid to express his
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Speaker 1: emotions on the mound. Gives me a little bit lance
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Speaker 1: Lynn Chris Carpenter vibes. Just a really fun pick. And again,
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Speaker 1: something that I think has been not usual for the
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Speaker 1: Cardinals this is they had a chance to really do
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Speaker 1: something here with a number five pick, and they're thrilled
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Speaker 1: about it. And again, for those of you who need
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Speaker 1: a refresher, this is the first time in Cardinals franchise
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Speaker 1: history where they've had back to back years with a
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Speaker 1: top ten pick. They obviously took JJ Wetherholt number seven overall.
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Speaker 1: Now they have Liam Doyle, largely regarded as one of
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Speaker 1: the best left handed pitchers available in this draft class,
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Speaker 1: and again many believe his bash track to the majors
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Speaker 1: is a legit possibility. So Cardinals will make four picks
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Speaker 1: total tonight. The draft is three rounds. This in Day
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Speaker 1: one and then Day two begins at ten thirty Central time.
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Speaker 1: They already made their second pick, number fifty five overall.
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Speaker 1: Let me pull it up because I just thought it
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Speaker 1: just came through. Oh and they also just their seventy second.
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Speaker 1: Things are picking up. So with the their fifty fifth pick,
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Speaker 1: In the draft, the Cardinal selected outfielder Ryan Mitchell from
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Speaker 1: Houston High School, and then with their third pick, they
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Speaker 1: selected right handed pitcher Tanner Franklin, another volunteer. So clearly
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Speaker 1: Saint Louis Legend Tony Battello, the head coach of the
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Speaker 1: Tennessee Volunteers, having some impact with this draft. We'll break
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Speaker 1: down a lot more about Liam Doyle as we get
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Speaker 1: to know him a little bit more over the next
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Speaker 1: week or so. Uh, And we're gonna get to talk
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Speaker 1: to Liam Doyle in exactly twenty minutes, So this is
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Speaker 1: Get after it all, Right, let's pivot to the major
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Speaker 1: league roster. Before Sunday's game, the Cardinals activated Evon Herrera
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Speaker 1: off the injured list but placed Lars Newpar on it.
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Speaker 1: I'm going to read the official uh I don't know
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Speaker 1: diagnosis because it's very long and I don't really know
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Speaker 1: how to pronounce it. He was based on the ten
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Speaker 1: day injured list with a left coastal chondril sprain. So
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Speaker 1: for those of you who are not doctors like myself,
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Speaker 1: that is essentially the same rib cage area that's plagued
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Speaker 1: him for the last couple of weeks, just unable to
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Speaker 1: play through it. The hope is he'll take four days
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Speaker 1: off for the All Star Break and miss the minimum
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Speaker 1: amount of time, or maybe a little bit over. Cardinals
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Speaker 1: don't believe it'll be something that'll wipe him out for
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Speaker 1: a month, but he certainly needs a couple of weeks
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Speaker 1: to heal from that. The ribs, the cartilage over there,
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Speaker 1: it's a very tricky place. But the good news for
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals is out of von Horrera picked up right
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Speaker 1: where he left off. He was a DH hit second
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Speaker 1: today and the Cardinals had a really short bench. Nolan
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Speaker 1: Ronado is still dealing with that right index sprain. He
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Speaker 1: was not available today. Nolan Gorman, after his big day
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Speaker 1: on Saturday, had his backlock up. He was unavailable today.
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Speaker 1: So they really had, I think what nine ten players
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Speaker 1: to go and that was not easy by any means. Again,
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Speaker 1: factory into the range, So not what you want. The
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Speaker 1: Cardinals are banged up. This break could not be coming
9:51
Speaker 1: at a better time for anyone, including myself. So as
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Speaker 1: we look forward to what the Cardinals look like in
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Speaker 1: the second half. We know there will not be a
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Speaker 1: new bar. Maybe a Jordan Walker. We'll see. He homewred
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Speaker 1: yesterday was yesterday Saturday, Yes, for Double A springfield, which
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Speaker 1: is a great sign. But again this is a major
10:07
Speaker 1: league hitter, so he you know, homering in Double A
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Speaker 1: loses a little bit of the glory. We're looking more
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Speaker 1: or less. And we said this in the last episode
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Speaker 1: on the approach, on the pitch selection, on how he
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Speaker 1: feels overall, the results are just an added bonus. Not
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Speaker 1: quite sure what this means for Nolan Arnado. The last
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Speaker 1: conversation I had with him was that he was really
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Speaker 1: hoping that some rest would be able to excuse me
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Speaker 1: one second, gotta get to that. Like I said, gure's
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Speaker 1: just a lot going on. This is a crazy way
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Speaker 1: to end the first half. But back to Nolan, Arnado
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Speaker 1: was hoping that the next few days just away from
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Speaker 1: baseball to give him a chance to reset. This is
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Speaker 1: a guy that has historically avoided the injured list throughout
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Speaker 1: his career. I think he's only been on it three
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Speaker 1: times in his over twelve year tenure in baseball, so
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Speaker 1: not something that he really is crazy about. He wants
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Speaker 1: to play there every day, but he did acknowledge on
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Speaker 1: Friday when he left the game early, that the index
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Speaker 1: spring or the index finger spraing was made making it
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Speaker 1: hard to throw, It is making it hard to hit,
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Speaker 1: and he just couldn't play baseball like this. It's just
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Speaker 1: not looking like good baseball all around. So keep your
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Speaker 1: fingers crossed, fan Nolan Ronado. The Cardinals could certainly, especially
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Speaker 1: when you think about how important the next two weeks
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Speaker 1: are leading into the trade deadline. They can't afford to
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Speaker 1: lose him. The back thing for Nolan Gorman that's always
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Speaker 1: been an on and off issue. Again, hope is that
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Speaker 1: with rest he'll be fine. But it's no secret that
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals here are running on fumes. So I'm not
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Speaker 1: sure what this means. Who's going to replace a new
11:28
Speaker 1: bar every day in left field or listens in a
11:31
Speaker 1: nice job becoming a corner outfielder. And again, maybe this
11:34
Speaker 1: opens the door for Jordan Walker, but we'll see. What
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Speaker 1: I do know about this Cardinals team is that we
11:39
Speaker 1: lean into the thick of it after the draft. The
11:43
Speaker 1: All Star Game will be super great in Atlanta. We
11:45
Speaker 1: love that fun celebration. But I think as major league
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Speaker 1: executives are tuning in to what's going on. There hasn't
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Speaker 1: been just a lot of traction, and that's because there
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Speaker 1: are so many bubble teams, the Cardinals included, that are
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Speaker 1: going to impact the trade deadline, but the major already
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Speaker 1: of these bubble teams. As I pull up the wild
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Speaker 1: card roster one moment, please let's just go through them,
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Speaker 1: because there's a ton in both league both leagues. The
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Speaker 1: National League has a bunch of players in wild card contention,
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Speaker 1: all separated by six and a half games, the Brewers,
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Speaker 1: the Mets, and the Padres. As we close out the
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Speaker 1: first half, they would have the wild card spots. The
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Speaker 1: Giants are a half game out, the Cardinals are a
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Speaker 1: game and a half, and the Reds are two and
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Speaker 1: a half. Diamondbacks kind of lingering, looking like they're probably
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Speaker 1: might sell at forty seven and fifty five and a
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Speaker 1: half games out of the wildcard. So you're looking at
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Speaker 1: six teams kind of all in the bubble on if
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Speaker 1: they can make the play, if they can make the postseason,
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Speaker 1: if they should push for it. Then you look at
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Speaker 1: the American League. You have the Yankees, the Red Sox,
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Speaker 1: and the Mariners with the top three spots. Right now
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Speaker 1: and then this is super fascinating to me. You have
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Speaker 1: a group of one, two, three, four, five six teams
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Speaker 1: in the wildcard race for the final three spots, and
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Speaker 1: five of them have records under five hundred. The Rays
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Speaker 1: are the closest to sneaking into that wildcard spot at
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Speaker 1: fifteen forty seven. They are a game and a half out,
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Speaker 1: but the Rangers are a game under five hundred. The
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Speaker 1: Angels are two, the Twins are two, the Royals are three,
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Speaker 1: the Guardians are three, and the Guardians, representing the lowest
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Speaker 1: on that level, are just four and a half games
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Speaker 1: out of the wildcards. So again, a ton of bubble
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Speaker 1: teams that are really impacting and congesting the trade deadline,
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Speaker 1: which makes it really hard for the industry to know
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Speaker 1: what exactly is going on here. So I would expect
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Speaker 1: over the next two weeks as we kick off play,
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals will start. We'll start the second half in
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Speaker 1: Arizona on Friday against the Diamondbacks. You're going to see
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Speaker 1: over the next ten days teams really start to make
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Speaker 1: a decision on if they're buyers, sellers, or holders. Not
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Speaker 1: every single bubble team is going to stay in this race,
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Speaker 1: and that could be the Cardinals, who knows, But eventually
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Speaker 1: teams are going to taper out and then the market
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Speaker 1: will take place. And as I talk to agents, executives,
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Speaker 1: fellow reporters across the industry, we are all expecting an
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Speaker 1: insane final seventy two hours before the trade deadline, so
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Speaker 1: we paid. I know there hasn't been a lot of
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Speaker 1: traction going on, not a lot of news, not a
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Speaker 1: lot of rumors. That will change. It will just make
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Speaker 1: for a very crazy, hectic week as we head into
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Speaker 1: the deadline, which is scheduled for July thirty first, at
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Speaker 1: five pm Saint Louis time. And I don't really have
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Speaker 1: a lot of updates as to who the Cardinals could
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Speaker 1: be trading or who they couldn't be, because again, they
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Speaker 1: haven't really decided their path or the direction they're going
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Speaker 1: to take. I will say, in talking to various executives
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Speaker 1: across the league, they have a ton of players that
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Speaker 1: teams are interested in. So if they do decide to sell,
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Speaker 1: I believe one executive told me they could be a
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Speaker 1: real lynchpin for the industry. The problem is that I
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Speaker 1: don't think the Cardinals are very inclined to sell at
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Speaker 1: the moment, especially if they're just a game and half
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Speaker 1: out of the wild card race. So I don't know, guys,
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Speaker 1: You know, I've decided I don't really love hearing my
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Speaker 1: as we head into the second half, I for one,
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Speaker 1: would not have had the Cardinals five games over five hundred,
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Speaker 1: and I think all around, it's been a much more
16:15
Speaker 1: exciting first half. And I know Bernie and I talked
16:17
Speaker 1: about this on last episode. I understand your apathy. I
16:21
Speaker 1: understand the messaging has probably impacted your view over this organization,
16:25
Speaker 1: and I get it. And I had a couple of
16:26
Speaker 1: conversations with some people within the organization and we all
16:29
Speaker 1: came to the same conclusion. You were told at the
16:31
Speaker 1: end of the twenty twenty four season that in twenty
16:34
Speaker 1: twenty five, essentially the focus and priority would not be
16:36
Speaker 1: on winning ball games. It would be about drafting and developing.
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Speaker 1: And I firmly believe this is the right path for
16:41
Speaker 1: the Cardinals to take going forward. I think what they're
16:43
Speaker 1: doing is smart. I know it doesn't make for the
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Speaker 1: most compelling baseball and it certainly is a frustrating time
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Speaker 1: to be a fan, but I think the organization long
16:50
Speaker 1: term will benefit immensely from this. And I think I'm heavy.
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Speaker 1: I was having a hard time understanding why there was
16:57
Speaker 1: such a disconnect over the cardinals surprising success, and it's
17:00
Speaker 1: because you all were conditioned to expect not a good season,
17:04
Speaker 1: and you you know, the Cardinals didn't spend in the
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Speaker 1: off season. They likely aren't going to make any impact trades.
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Speaker 1: There's some definitely some fatigue with the president baseball operations,
17:13
Speaker 1: and to some extent, the manager, and essentially you were
17:16
Speaker 1: as a fan base, we're told from ownership, hey, we're
17:19
Speaker 1: not going to spend money on this team. We're gonna
17:21
Speaker 1: like try to win, but our money is not going
17:23
Speaker 1: to be put where our mouth is, and we're going
17:24
Speaker 1: to focus on the long term outlook of this team.
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Speaker 1: If we win, great, And I know Cardinals fans are
17:30
Speaker 1: sitting here thinking, well, if the message wasn't that they're
17:32
Speaker 1: trying to win, why should we why should we reward
17:35
Speaker 1: them for doing something they weren't trying to do in
17:37
Speaker 1: the first place. I understand, I get it, and if
17:39
Speaker 1: I was a fan, I would probably feel the same way.
17:42
Speaker 1: But I do think as we sit here on July
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Speaker 1: thirteenth that the Cardinals, you know, the probability of them
17:49
Speaker 1: going on and having like a twenty eleven year that's
17:52
Speaker 1: not very high. And if I'm sitting here now, I
17:54
Speaker 1: do probably think they're very similar. The season trajectory is
17:57
Speaker 1: probably going to be very similar to twenty twenty four,
18:00
Speaker 1: or they're in it a little bit up until the
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Speaker 1: final couple weeks of the season. But I still think
18:05
Speaker 1: that there are some really excited pieces to look forward to.
18:08
Speaker 1: Whether that's Brendan Donovan, whether it's Matthew Libertore, take your
18:12
Speaker 1: pick of some of these young guys. Victor Scott the
18:14
Speaker 1: second still a defensive star out there. Just try to
18:17
Speaker 1: enjoy it because it could have been so much worse.
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Speaker 1: I didn't think the season was going to be like
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three status, at least I hope not. But
18:24
Speaker 1: to be able to sit here as we head into
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Speaker 1: the All Star break and talk about the Cardinals playing
18:27
Speaker 1: competitive baseball, that was not something I had on my
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Speaker 1: personal twenty twenty five, said Louis Cardinals Bingo card So
18:34
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on in the second half.
18:36
Speaker 1: I know it's been frustrating the season, and I know
18:38
Speaker 1: the messaging changes all the time. Trust me as someone
18:41
Speaker 1: who is responsible for delivering said message. It is very
18:44
Speaker 1: hard to keep up. And if you feel like you
18:46
Speaker 1: are being gas lit or you have commitment issues with
18:49
Speaker 1: the organization, I hear you. I totally do. But something
18:53
Speaker 1: I've tried to tell myself as we head into crunch time,
18:55
Speaker 1: if you will, of the season, is that it's best
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Speaker 1: to just try to enjoy it because it's such an
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Speaker 1: unpredictable sport and this has been such a roller coaster
19:04
Speaker 1: season so far. If we focus on the long term picture,
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Speaker 1: I think this is the right step for the organization.
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Speaker 1: So let's just enjoy the ride, no matter where it goes. Wow,
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Speaker 1: so mature, so calm, See what like eighteen hours at
19:17
Speaker 1: the ballpark does for me in one day. I've lost
19:18
Speaker 1: my mind, all right, Cardinal Territory, friends and family. I
19:21
Speaker 1: gotta jump off this one a little early because we
19:23
Speaker 1: have Liam Doyle in exactly nine minutes, and I would
19:25
Speaker 1: like to personally get to know the newest Saint Louis Cardinals.
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Speaker 1: So hopefully next next week we'll definitely have more information
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Speaker 1: on him, We'll have more of a background. We're working
19:33
Speaker 1: on getting a couple of very special guests in the
19:35
Speaker 1: next two weeks, so that's exciting and I hope to
19:38
Speaker 1: stick around for it. Have a safe and happy All
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Speaker 1: Star break. We'll still have three episodes for you next week.
19:42
Speaker 1: There are no days off here. You know this by now,
19:45
Speaker 1: so there's always thanks for watching and sticking with me
19:47
Speaker 1: throughout the first half. Let's hope the second half is
19:50
Speaker 1: just as fun, if not more, And yeah, it'll be
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Speaker 1: safe the new time