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Cubs survive, MLB Playoff thoughts, Cy-Hawk talk, Lee Sterling's Weekly Picks & Matt Snyder on baseball · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hi, good afternoon. Welcome Miller and Condon on a
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Thursday, the Iowa Sports Radio Network back at it for the next
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6 hours of Iowa based program and thank you for starting your
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afternoon with us. Trent Condon, Ken Miller, we
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will talk sports with you until 2:00.
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Here's what's coming up. We got a busy program today.
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We will start with our buddy Lee Sterling, paramountsports.com.
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Lee will join us. He was perfect last week.
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Nine in one the last two weeks, so the winners he's given us.
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That's unbelievable. Well done.
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Lee Sterling. Maybe we should we should follow
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along tail Lee a little bit because he's been on fire.
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So 9:00 and 1:00 we will talk to Lee Sterling at the bottom of
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the hour and then Matt Snyder. Did we get Matt?
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I forgot to check the guest list.
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Yep, CBSSports.com. Royal Pines on MLB.
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He will join us the latest on Major League Baseball.
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Couple of big ones tonight, 1:00 tomorrow.
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One team has punched their ticket.
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The other series continue on. So Matt Snyder at about 12:45,
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at 1:00, where you're going to. I've got a busy 1:00 hour.
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We're going to start with the head coach of the Iowa Wild.
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Gary Cronin will join us. Well, Greg Cron, a bigger
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pardon, Greg will join us for, you know, a few minutes, talk
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about what lies ahead as the Wild opening night is now 48
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hours away. They drop the puck downtown Des
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Moines, keep wanting to call it the well and old habits die
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hard. But it's not.
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It's the CC. It's the slice.
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Is that what we've called it? I, I won't.
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I'm not ours, but yeah. I I hadn't heard that one.
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I actually like it. Do you?
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I mean, what's Casey's known for?
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Pizza. You can't call it the pizza.
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No. What do you go together?
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What do? How do you get your pizza?
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Get the slice. Yeah, get the slice.
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Get the slab. I was at the Casey Center this
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weekend. We're doing what Adam Sandler,
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you went to that show went. It was excellent.
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Was it really had a great time Yeah.
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Is our anniversary happy anniversary of my life of she's
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with me for 13 years. Had a girl officially.
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She's the same terrace, the same that she is.
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So I've never. I mean, so he's a comedian, yes.
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And he sings too, right? Absolutely.
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Yep. And but you were glad you went.
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Ohh, it was excellent. Really, really enjoyed.
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And you had some, like, some belly laughs, like, Oh, yeah.
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Yeah. Really.
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Yes, I, I mean Adam Sandler movies, my era, you know,
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growing up in the 90s. I don't dislike him.
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I don't want people to think that, yeah, just don't.
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Different areas, right? Yeah, it would be like Belushi
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for you if you're still with us. You know, something like that.
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Sailor the Sandman was at the top of the list and really
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excited. That how many was it sold out?
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It was packed. Was it really Now?
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They had the curtains up for the upper level, but everything
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else, Yeah, it was full. I'll be damned.
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And a good time. Good for you.
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What time does it start 7:30? And was over by when?
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We were home by 10. Little dinner beforehand.
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Yep, stopped over to Jethro's, had herself a little grub and
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then made the short walk over to what What do you call it?
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The slice? The case?
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It's not. Me, I mean, I, I'm I'm borrowing
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that, but I thought, I thought, I thought it fit.
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Anyways, good stuff. So we will talk to Greg Cronin,
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the Iowa Wild head coach. Then we'll talk to Frank Schwab.
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We always, we've talked a lot to Frank Schwab.
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If you listen to the program, he covers the NFL for
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yahoosports.com. But this is one week in
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particular that you can count on Frank coming on because he's a
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Wisconsin grad. So with Wisconsin and I was set
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to battle each other on Saturday night, we will have Frank Schwab
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on, and then we'll go West to Stephen M Simple, his regular
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spot. We'll talk to Sip.
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They'll fly out tomorrow to Maryland to take on a pesky
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Terps team, and then Trenton will make some pics before we
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slide on out of here just before 2:00.
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So a busy program, I guess. We're going to have to do the
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chicken coop early in the show tomorrow.
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Find time tomorrow or maybe we could even double dip next week.
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But we. We have flexibility with that.
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I like that kind of things. All right, So anyways,
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yesterday, baseball, 4 series. Unbelievable drama, I thought,
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especially in the Cubs game. Especially in the Cubs game.
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That's the one that moves the needle here.
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Heck of a game. Cubs trying to cling to that 4th
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4-3 lead, and by gosh, they were able to do it.
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Good pitching out of the bullpen.
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Kittridge gave up a run, but Thielbar was terrific and Kelt
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was unbelievable in his spot as he comes out, gets the final out
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of the 8th inning and then shuts them down in the 9th.
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Palencia, I like what they're. I like the way he's come back
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off his little downturn. I've spent some time down here,
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went back up and he's been fantastic.
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Pomeranz Tayon is Tayon, right? He's a, you know what?
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When it's all said and done and I don't know how it's going to
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shake out, but I'm looking more forward to next year.
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Tayon's one of those guys. He's a 3A four maybe in a
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perfect world, if you got that much talent, he's a 5.
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But he's he's a, he's a good player.
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Trent. They've got to find a spot for
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Jameson. Tayon, he was really good
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yesterday and preschool was not. No, he was not.
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And you can see maybe the environment got to him.
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We talked about and been great. A kid that grew up a Cubs fan in
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that environment felt like he got to him.
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I mean, he grew to 1 right away to Bush and and it was on from
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there and. My PCA had a big hit.
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He needed that in the worst way. No doubt.
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You couple that with their usage of the bullpen and they used
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kind of their long arms too, so it wasn't the highest leverage,
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but you got to see a couple games because it got too tight.
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Played the what pitch? 3 innings I think in that game.
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Cronid and Patrick came in again.
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So now you get a couple more looks at those guys.
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I mean, that has to be helpful at minimum.
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Is it weird? Have they announced yet?
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Because when I was looking this morning.
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Matthew Boyd and and Peralta. Is it official though?
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Well, I'm, I'm, I'm just looking at ESPN.com, right?
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Because not official. Neither of them.
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Neither of them as of this morning when I was looking, I
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don't remember what time it was. What would Murphy do?
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Merseroski? I don't think so.
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Is it more of a piece together? The thought process from the
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Milwaukee side, as I understand it is get through this game, you
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get Peralta not just for game one, potentially for three games
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pitching. I mean, this is old school,
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right? 1/4 and seven like it used to be
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for starting pitching with your ace.
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Set that up for the NLCS because regardless of who it is, you're
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going to need Freddy. Get there before that.
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You got to get there before that.
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That's the other component. So how do they feel going
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forward? That's the thought I I was
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shocked that Boyd hadn't officially been announced when I
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look, but I just don't know if you'd seen anything today if
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it's official because it's up on the apps and things like that,
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but the. Official.
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But to be fair, Colin Ray was named the starter before.
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Was it this time last week? And of course he didn't start.
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Matthew Boyd started on short rest and we know that one not
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well, right? So I mean, I guess you got to
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keep checking back to your point, Trent.
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Yes, I and with the late first pitch, eight O 8, just the six,
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are you? Surprised by that?
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It's the cups. It was the Dodgers.
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It's the Dodgers. That's very true.
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And just the. That's a one O 8 start time,
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right? The one O 8, no three O 8.
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Three O 8 here, one O 8 there. Oh, I thought it was a three
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3:00 Pacific. OK, that's better then.
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But you have shadows a start time that isn't very weird.
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Yes, it is weird that they did this, but I don't know prime
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time. Get the Cubs in there, I guess
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is the thought process behind it or they just said, you know
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what, we'll give each of them a prime time game, each gets an
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afternoon game and go that direction if we get a game 4.
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So here we are. If it's Peralta, big advantage,
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Mel. I agree.
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If it's not, though, if they're trying to piece it together,
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you've seen some of these arms. They use some of their long arms
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yesterday. You know what and, and and along
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those lines, I think during the broadcast, who's ever good,
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who's ever doing that game and I don't I don't know who the play
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by play guy is. He mentioned that he thought
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Quintana was going to be today's starter.
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So maybe they are kind of going back and forth as to how they're
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going to how they're going to play this.
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That is something that would make sense, right?
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Because they had to use Cantani yesterday because Priesta was so
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bad. You have to go that direction.
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It's I will be very surprised if it's not Peralta, but I'm just
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waiting and holding on there to see if it is because the
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environment was outstanding. It was tremendous.
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That first inning was so much fun, but then he fell into the
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same old Cubs. Yeah, couldn't get a hit,
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couldn't get a hit, couldn't get a hit.
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And as it's getting tighter and tighter and it's 4/3 and who's
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going to deliver a big one? Tucker caught stealing.
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I mean, he was dead meat. Yeah, and it just didn't happen.
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Alex Faust is the name of the broadcaster, along with Ron
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Darling. OK, I mean, I love Darling.
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I listen to Darling all the time on the Mets broadcast along with
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Keith Hernandez and Gary Cohen, right?
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Yeah, Gary Cohen darling, and Keith Hernandez is up for a
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contract extension. I hope he I hope he signs
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because he's that's a really good, that's a really good trio.
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OK. This is confirmed from a
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Milwaukee I believe beat reporter.
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Yes, beat reporter on the Brewers, Adam Mckelvey.
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Freddie Peralta will start Game 4 for the Brewers.
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And does he go a step further and say who the Cubs are going
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to It is Matthew Boyd. I don't have that.
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I'd have to look at Boyd, but yeah, I have the Peralta part of
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that one and the same thing here.
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I mean, we're back to regular rest now.
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Yeah, he is. He would be.
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Yep. So I, I got to believe it's
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going to be him. And then if, if indeed the Cubs
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do advance, they will play on Saturday for that one.
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And it'll either be at night or it'll be right in the middle of
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the afternoon. So if you're a Cyclone fan or if
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you're a Hawkeye fan, you're going to have to make a
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decision. If you're a Cubs fan and want to
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see, want to see both Dave Roberts, we talked about him
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yesterday when we were talking about Pat Murphy and Dave
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Roberts. Did he do boy Kershaw?
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Did he do Kershaw dirty, bringing him out, sending him
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back out for the 8th inning? That's not dirty doing him
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dirty, that's helping your team. That's being a good teammate
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that's wearing it. No, I'm not saying that Kershaw
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didn't want to go out there, but Kershaw didn't have.
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He's not a relief pitcher, You know what I mean?
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You know what I mean? The last memory that Dodger fans
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are probably, well, maybe he'll pitch again, but I don't know.
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I don't know. It was weird, The other one that
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maybe the best part about that thing was seeing Sandy Koufax
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stand up and cheer for when Kershaw came out of the bullpen
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entrance onto the playing field. Yeah, I thought they stuck with
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him a little bit too long. But, you know, hindsight being
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what it is, you know, here's the bottom line.
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We got another game today. And as a guy that doesn't care
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who wins this series, I'm all for it because more sports is
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good for business. As it's getting out of hand,
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that's what you do. I mean, you just, you have to do
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that. That's part of being a
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professional and things aren't going well.
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So be it. You got to help your team.
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I'm not going to feel bad for Clayton Kershaw.
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No, he's he's made hundreds of millions of dollars.
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He's going to be a Hall of Favor.
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Yeah, I that's not going to be a lasting memory for me.
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A relief performance in the NLDS when they're getting blown out.
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It just kind of goes hand in hand with what I think about
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with Clayton Kershaw. He's terrible in the postseason.
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He always has been, yeah, even at his peak.
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That is the narrative that is there, and it was the same guy
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again last night. Even old him, same thing.
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Yep, decent in the 7th inning, but boy oh boy, the 8th inning.
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Got away, You're Blue Jays. Oh, we're going to get.
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To them, they moved on about that, a bullpen game.
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This is a fun team. Yeah, this is a fun team.
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Who do you want to see as a fan? You don't.
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You mean of of Seattle or Detroit?
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Right. Scuba goes in Game 5 tomorrow,
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Yeah, so they will be depleted and at best you're going to get
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only twice. Yeah, I don't know, I maybe
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Detroit, the Seattle's. There's something about this
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Seattle team. You got home field against both
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you. Do so.
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It's going through Toronto. There's no concern.
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How about this? The Tigers win yesterday was
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their first win in Comerica in over a month in.
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No, well, they were so crappy down the.
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Stretch. So I read that this morning on I
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talk about a lot, the Yahoo Daily newsletter, which is just
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a great recap of kind of everything going on.
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Second week of September. That is their first win it at
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home since September 6th. My God.
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Against the White Sox, the last time they won a game.
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At home when was psyhawk? Around that time I.
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Think it was. It might have been.
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It was that day, I think it was. That day seems like a lifetime
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ago. Wow.
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They got lost the final game of that series against the White
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Sox. Swept by the Guardians in three,
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swept by the Braves in three, went on the road, and then,
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well, that was it. But still, that's wild.
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A calendar month for a team a game away from the ALCS.
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Didn't win a game at home in a month.
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I I think to answer your question, I, I think as a fan, I
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would, I would rather see the Tigers and the Blue Jays play.
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Sure, you got to deal with Scubal, but you know what?
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The Jays got some dudes too. This is Savage, this rookie,
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He's unbelievable. He's again, he, he's, he's going
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to, there's going to come a time that he's not going to be
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unhittable as he seemingly has been since he since he got the
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opportunity. I mean, this is a guy that
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started in Abel. He stopped at every level.
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So, but we'll see where it goes. We'll see where it goes.
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Do you remember our picks for the World Series back in March?
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Do you have your notebook with I?
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Have always, every day. It's always here.
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I I almost don't want to do this.
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The world. Series because yeah, I almost
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don't want to do this. It's you think it's that bad?
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No, I don't. No, it's a complete opposite.
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You had the Rangers no over the Dodgers.
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No, I didn't didn't have the Blue Jays. 2025, it's right
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here. I thought I had the Blue Jays
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over the Dodgers. Two years ago, God.
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So I was ahead of time. You were ahead of.
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Time. There you go.
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I had the Dodgers over the Rangers, and you talked me into
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the Rangers and the Dodgers. We both lost a lot of money on
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both of those teams. Our our baseball.
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Picks were awful. Awful, awful.
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Yeah, just terrible. I'm going to do my own research
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next year, yeah. Because we both, I did talk into
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it too, because I was strong on the Rangers and I'm a stronger
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on the Diamondbacks and neither one of them saw the post season.
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Hello John, how are you? Guys, I got to talk about
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Clayton Kershaw all right, as as a Giants fan, I love that
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Clayton Kershaw has pitched like 447 innings against the Giants.
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His ERA is 2 point O 8. He has the best ERA of any
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pitcher against a particular team with a certain number of
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minimum innings that you can go back, you can add in the guys
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from the 60s and his and his ERA is still better than anybody's.
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And of course he never had to play them in postseason, right?
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So they never, they never got to take advantage of that loophole.
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And he just just put them in a box and and you know, locked him
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up every single time. So I hope it doesn't make me a
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bad person that when I saw, I didn't actually watch the game,
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but I saw that line score and I was like, yes, I'm down with
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that. I am.
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I am completely down with that. Love seeing Toronto do their
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thing. Love seeing the Yankees out of
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it. Pulling hard for the Brewers.
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Pat Murphy was coaching ASU when I was out in Phoenix covering
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that team. He was, he was the coach there.
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He's a great guy. So I'd love to see them when I
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know you have a lot of Cubs fans that listen, but that that would
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not like that. But.
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Overall, it's been, you know, it's been pretty entertaining.
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No, it's been great. You've been great, John.
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Good to hear from you. Thanks very much.
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You know what I thought about that coming in, because we make
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such a big deal of how cool that.
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Well, maybe I do, but you come along with this, how cool the
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Stanley Cup Playoffs are. Yes, absolutely.
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Right. It just elevates the sport to
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another level. So does Major League Baseball.
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Yeah. Don't, don't you think?
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Oh, I'm right there. And we both leave love games one
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through 162. But this just takes it to
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another level. October baseball.
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There's a reason why they call it with that it's different.
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It's a feeling that you just don't get.
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It's the tenseness. The crowd shots, though, We
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don't get the crowd shots because of the pitch clock like
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we once did. True.
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Yeah. Still, even last night, watching
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the end of the Cubs game and then the beginning of the
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Phillies Dodgers with my daughter as she wasn't allowed
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to watch what she wanted last night.
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Good. Sometimes she got.
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And but she was into it like she was enthralled, really
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interested in and keeping an eye on things and, and watching.
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We talked about, you know, bunt where you go and she's playing
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softball and kind of understanding the game at a
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deeper level. But she was locked into it and
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she said this is different than when the Twins play.
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This is different than when the Twins play.
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And it absolutely was it. And you get that feeling.
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I do want to mention one thing, as we talked with Clayton
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Kershaw and the woes in the postseason, It was 2020.
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It was all weird, but that postseason he was outstanding.
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Was he? He won two games of the World
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Series when they won a World Series.
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And though I like to give our friends John Bowenkamp crap
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about it's not a real World Series, it was a World Series.
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He won two games there. That's.
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The play in the regular season. 60 or 60?
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Was it 60? Yeah.
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The because that year I was just looking at the the Dodgers, they
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went 43 and 17. The Dodgers did that season, but
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in that postseason, Kershaw went four and one in his five starts,
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a 2.93 ERA, 37 strikeouts and two wins in the World Series.
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Yeah, that's that's pretty darn good.
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So he has that moment and I'm going to guess for many Dodger
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fans, that's going to they're not going to have the thought
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process that we do about all the failures.
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When they're thinking about those, remember that there's one
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there's at least that moment that that playoff run that they
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can point to and say it wasn't all bad and we got our first
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World Series since 1980. Nine.
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Yeah, that fairpoint. You know what else it is?
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There's something about the the the Major League playoffs and
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we'll go to break right after this.
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And I don't want hockey to change because I love that it
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starts in the middle of April and they don't ward the Cup
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until the middle of June. But October you're done.
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I mean, these things move along, right?
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You got the wild card. That could be two games.
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Then you're divisional, you win 3 and you move on.
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It, it, it, it identifies and it's, it's champion within four
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or five weeks. So there's something to be said
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Win at KX and o.com so quickly. On the local front, who are you
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more confident with this week? Of the Iowa or Iowa State.
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Who are you more confident is gonna get a win on the road?
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Hawkeyes go into with Madison Boulder for the Cyclones.
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Who do you feel better take? Is it either or either or?
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Cuz I think more confident. OK, I'll say this.
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I think you like both of them. Huh.
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I do, but I think I like Iowa better because I think Gronowski
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is going to play. Listening to Kirk last night, I
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didn't listen, but I saw the reports of what's his radio show
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that he does on Wednesdays. Whatever it is, he basically
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came out and said Gronowski is going to be the guy.
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Let me find the exact quote here 'cause I'm pretty sure I Kirk
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Farren's on Hawk Talk last night.
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Here's his quote. Right now.
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It's realistic that he'll get to play.
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Nothing is written in ink right now, but we'll see how the rest
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of the week goes. Some room for optimism.
20:05
He's going to play. He's going to play.
20:07
And if he's going to play, he's going to start.
20:10
On the Iowa State side, I saw something pretty concerning the
20:13
last three years. After Iowa State lost their
20:16
first game of the season, they went on the road as favorites
20:20
and they lost all three of those games.
20:22
Really, that's a trend. 3 consecutive years.
20:26
Lose game #1 go on the road as a favorite and they lost all
20:30
three. Read into that what you will,
20:33
but that was a little bit of an eye opener for me.
20:36
Those Colorado teams got a lot going on.
20:38
They really do. There's there's a lot happening
20:41
there and with Dion, with his health, what they're going
20:44
through and you just wonder kind of about the mental state of
20:47
that team of where they're going to be.
20:49
But just thought that trend was at minimum an interesting one,
20:53
not a one off three straight years this has happened.
20:55
We'll see where it goes. Going to be I I would I would
20:59
lean. I I think they'll both win.
21:01
But if I had to only pick one. This is what Jay Scott just
21:04
tweeted at us, then maybe there's something to this.
21:06
Word is when we're talking about why the Phillies and the Dodgers
21:10
are playing early today, don't forget it's playing later on
21:13
tonight. Eagles.
21:14
The Eagles, Yeah. Yeah, right.
21:16
I mean, Eagles and Phillies going up against each other.
21:18
No thanks for Philadelphia fans. But what a night it is for
21:21
Philadelphia fans potentially, right?
21:23
How many games does does Philly do?
21:25
Philadelphia fans see their team win twice, once or none.
21:30
Well, I think they'll beat the Giants.
21:31
I do too. They'll maybe trickier than you
21:34
think. Really.
21:35
What's? The number 7 1/2?
21:36
Yep, you think you're so you're. I'm grabbing, I'm grabbing the
21:39
Are you? Oh, absolutely.
21:41
I'll be grabbing the points in this one.
21:42
Divisional game, short week. I don't forget Philadelphia lost
21:47
last week. They got to be a little bit PO
21:48
D. I like the Dodgers again.
21:50
I liked them last night. The splits on the road at
21:55
compared to home for Christopher Sanchez pretty significant.
21:58
He's a hell of a pitcher. He's great, but he's even better
22:01
at home and he's still good on the road.
22:03
But that's one that I'm keeping my eye on, on that front.
22:06
So if it goes to a Game 5 on Saturday, it would be Otani for
22:11
the Dodgers, right? Yeah, I think it would be.
22:14
I think it's Otani. I don't know who'd counter for
22:17
Philadelphia. Man, what a time of year.
22:22
Lee Sterling will join us next year.
22:24
Hot Lee Sterling. Exactly, He'll have the 9:00 and
22:26
1:00 in the last two weeks. Well done, Lee.
22:30
Be a lot of ears pricked up when Lee.
22:32
Sterling joins us, Matt Snyder on Major League Baseball, Miller
22:35
and Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
22:40
Hi, Miller and Condon, welcome back, Iowa Sports Radio Network.
22:43
Let's get right to him, the red hot Lee Sterling
22:46
paramountsports.com Five and O last week, 9 and one in the last
22:51
two weeks. They're called him the stove
22:54
because he's. Hot.
22:55
He is. Hello, Lee Sterling.
22:57
You are hot. How are you?
22:59
I'm good, I'm good. Just yeah, it this time of year
23:06
with baseball, playoffs and hockey starting and basketball
23:10
starting in less than two weeks, sometimes I'm not.
23:13
I'm not leaving the office till 12:31 in the morning.
23:15
So makes it a little easier though when you're winning.
23:18
Not that it does. Let's get into the games, Lee,
23:21
and see if you can continue this incredible streak that you've
23:23
been on with us as these free plays for everybody, along with
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the plays over at paramountsports.com.
23:29
Let's open up in the Big 12. BYU undefeated, getting a little
23:34
bit of buzz. Bareback Meyer, He has been
23:36
tremendous here as of late. Lane 2 1/2 against Arizona.
23:40
Yeah, so this Arizona team I would only consider backing at
23:43
home. So the quarterback Noah Fafita,
23:47
13 touchdowns, just three interceptions.
23:50
My alma mater's transfer, Ismael Mahdi, almost 400 yards and
23:55
averaging 6 yards a carry here. Cougars are on the road for the
23:59
third time in fourth four weeks here.
24:02
Kind of pretty big look ahead next week with Utah game.
24:06
So I just think this BYU team may be getting a little
24:11
stressed. They give up 24 points to a
24:13
really bad West Virginia offense.
24:16
It has no quarterback at all here.
24:18
I like Zone at home here 3128. All right, the Buckeyes and
24:23
Illinois, this is a is it the early game?
24:25
I believe it is on on Fox on Saturday morning.
24:28
Ohio State, those Buckeyes undefeated, Illinois bounced
24:31
back. Big number, though.
24:33
Ohio State better than two touchdowns 14 1/2.
24:37
Yeah, and and and Illinois look good offensively last week.
24:40
I'm a little concerned about their defense.
24:43
I am anything you know that plays Ohio State.
24:45
They're they're two receivers, probably the best in the country
24:49
here. Ohio State since that lost to
24:52
Michigan last year, 9 and O straight up 8 O and one against
24:57
the spread. So I just think that this team
25:00
right now in a roll first time that they played each other
25:04
since 2017. I was a little shocked at that.
25:07
I mean, statistically, Minnesota was the number one team in total
25:11
defense until last week. So they laid a number on them,
25:15
almost 500 total yards here. So Ohio State, they might have
25:19
three or four players on their team offensively and defensively
25:22
that should be in the Heisman top ten.
25:24
They are that talented, that explosive here.
25:27
So there's different levels. I think it's Ohio State, Oregon
25:31
and Miami, 123 and right now pretty much everyone else.
25:35
Sometimes you got to lay it if you want to play it.
25:37
Ohio State, 3821. Let's stay in the Big 10 and go
25:40
to a huge matchup. Top 10 showdown.
25:43
Oregon, Indiana. It doesn't feel like a Big 10
25:46
game, but here it is in a monster one.
25:48
Lot of steam early in the week on Oregon.
25:50
Down now 7 1/2 point favorite at home against the Hoosiers.
25:55
OK, so here's what's interesting.
25:57
I just saw one possible, you know, pre draft thing where they
26:03
had, you know, they picked the top 32 players in what order and
26:07
I was shocked. They had Fernando Mendoza going
26:11
#1 Now I think this kid is good. I think he's talented.
26:17
But how about this? This year so far they went to
26:21
Iowa, they scored 20 points. And in the games last year on
26:26
the road, these are games on the road.
26:29
They got whipped at SMU 38 6 when he was at a Cal 6 points,
26:34
only scored 15 in a 1715, lost the pit and 14 to 9 to 2 and 10
26:41
Florida State. So there's a big difference in
26:44
his home production as as far as on the road here.
26:47
Dante Moore, 1200 yards, 14 touchdowns, just one
26:52
interception. And I think the offensive and
26:54
defensive lines here for the ducks #1 best in the country
26:58
here. I like Oregon.
27:00
I think they win this game by double 3727.
27:03
All right, let's get to the two needle movers.
27:05
We'll start with Rocco Beck leading his Cyclones into
27:08
Boulder Folsom Field to take on the Buffs.
27:11
Cyclones about 3 point favorite. Yeah, and the Buffaloes, you
27:16
know, they just don't classify as even a good team as far as
27:20
statistically on offense or defense.
27:22
And it shows here. Colorado 11, four and one
27:26
against the spread since Deion Sanders took over at home.
27:29
So they are a tough out here. You know, I think I would say it
27:34
looks good. But that defense now little
27:37
worried about them. But 3 1/2, I mean, three points
27:40
now, that's not a whole lot to lay.
27:42
I think the better team will win this game.
27:44
Not going to be easy, though. Iowa State, 30 to 24.
27:48
Let's stay in the state. The Hawkeyes, they go on the
27:50
road. Also like Iowa State, they make
27:52
their way up to Madison. Looks like Mark Gurdowski
27:55
reading between the lines. Sounds like he's going to try to
27:56
give it a go coming off that knee sprain that he sustained
27:59
against Indiana Hawkeyes. They are a 3 1/2 point favorite
28:03
in Madison. Yeah, and and what what's really
28:07
perplexing, I'm watching they get first drive by Wisconsin was
28:10
the thing of beauty. I mean, you could tell they had
28:13
eight or 10 plays. And then after that they're
28:15
looking at that call sheet and they're like, not much we can do
28:19
here. And and then at the end it it's
28:21
not often you see a coach just absolutely, I thought quit on
28:25
his team in this program as a whole.
28:27
But that's what we saw from Luke Fickle in their game against
28:30
Michigan with Michigan driving with A2 score lead.
28:33
Fickle kept all his time outs in his pocket and, and, and just
28:37
let the game in. Sure, you know, it was a long
28:39
shot to come back, but you know, why will this team believe in
28:44
him? I think if he doesn't believe in
28:46
them. So the whiskey offense here is
28:48
going to have to get going here. And I think the Iowa offense has
28:51
improved here, even on the the road.
28:53
I think they're the right side. I think this Wisconsin team is
28:56
done. Could be the end to Luke Fickle.
28:58
They lose a couple more in a row.
29:00
I like Iowa here, 2817. Your game of the week and it is
29:04
the game of the week, particularly in the NFL.
29:06
The Chiefs, the 2 1/2 point favorite over the lines.
29:08
Lee, if the audience wants more information on this, again,
29:11
you're 9 and one in the last couple of weeks.
29:13
You're on a terrific role. How did they reach a
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paramountsports.com, obviously, but how else Lee.
29:19
Yep, just call that number right now.
29:21
I'm going to give this game away to the 1st 10 callers, call
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The game is on me and we don't call it October, we call it
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October. There's games every single day
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We'll talk to you in a week. Thanks, Lee.
29:58
OK. Yep, keep it going.
29:59
Lee Sterling, paramountsports.com, nine and
30:02
one Matt Snyder on Major League Baseball.
30:04
He joins us next Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio
30:07
Network. Mary Condon, welcome back 12:45
30:26
I was Sports Radio Network matt.snyderhecoversbaseball@cbssports.com
30:33
Hello, Matt Snyder, got your your passport ready to go as you
30:36
follow the World Series north of the border.
30:38
Maybe one series to go, but have you been to Roger Center?
30:43
No, nor have I. No, I have not.
30:47
Well, what you haven't? You got to get there.
30:49
Come. On I hear you.
30:50
I hear you maybe one day I've seen him here a bunch of times I
30:53
mean here in in the states anyways, so leave that series.
30:56
But let's get to what's still left to play and obviously the
30:59
one that moves your needle and the needle bump most of the
31:01
listeners is the Cubs as they try to extend this thing and get
31:05
it back to a game five in Milwaukee.
31:09
The key to this is what I mean Ian Hap.
31:11
But some of the bats slowly come alive.
31:13
Maybe HAPS not quite there yet, but Tucker started to wake up.
31:17
PCA had a big hit yesterday. What's the key to getting to a
31:20
Game 5 in your mind, Matt? Yeah, I think they need to get
31:25
to Freddy, Freddy Peralta. I mean, if you look at the the
31:29
back end of the Brewers bullpen, they didn't have to use any of
31:32
those guys yesterday at all. So and then that is a testament
31:37
to guys like Jose Quintana and Chad Patrick who are normally
31:42
starters and came out and gave the Brewers some great, great
31:46
work and relief. So now you're sitting there
31:48
looking at your eBay. McGill didn't even get used at
31:52
all yesterday. So you know, they didn't get
31:56
used, I don't think in game one. I know in Game 2 they got used,
31:59
but then there was a day off then, you know, so they they
32:03
haven't had much work at all. So those guys are rested and
32:06
could probably go 3 innings between the two of them maybe.
32:11
So I kind of feel like you need to get Freddy Peralta early like
32:14
the Cubs have done so far in the series with runs in the first.
32:16
But just one solo home run is not going to be enough.
32:19
When you hit a three run home run in the first, that's not
32:21
going to be enough when you when you score four in the first,
32:23
you've got to keep tacking on. And the other thing is I feel
32:27
like Boyd needs to throw zeros up there because I know that the
32:31
formula that it seems like Council and the Cubs want to do
32:33
is. And, and again, I know they used
32:35
those five relievers yesterday, Pomeranz, Field bar, Keller,
32:40
Kittridge and Palencia. And they probably will say they
32:45
can get 5 innings out of those guys.
32:46
Again, I just don't think it's quite as sure of a of a thing as
32:50
the Brewers back in guys. And we've seen Keller have a
32:52
few, like very close, we'll say near misses.
32:57
Plenty gave the three bombs to Jackson Terrio in Game 2.
33:01
Kittredge, he gave up a home run.
33:03
He's got knocked on a little. So those guys are not so thick.
33:05
If you get boy to throw up zeros for five innings in the Cubs
33:08
score four runs, OK, now you're talking.
33:12
Just not sure how that's going to come together, though.
33:14
My hunch is this is the end of the line today.
33:17
With a Boyd we saw it didn't go well in three days.
33:20
Rest back to normal, rest here on top of it back at home.
33:23
Definitely an advantage you'd feel like on that part of it.
33:27
Why are we feeling about Boyd in this when he confident that at
33:30
minimum, you know, he can give them a couple times through the
33:33
order and be certainly better than what we saw on Saturday?
33:36
I think he'll be a lot better than we thought Saturday, which
33:38
is not a high bar, but then again, you could say like, oh
33:41
man, he could have been out of that first inning with two runs
33:44
allowed if Nico made a routine play that Nico can usually make
33:47
with his eyes closed. I do think Boyd will be better
33:51
this time, but again, not saying a ton.
33:55
Maybe similar to game one of the wild card round or something
33:58
where he pitched into the 5th. He gave up, I believe one run
34:01
there. I I think you can expect
34:03
something similar there. I just think Freddie Peralzo is
34:06
going to be just good and then the Bolton Brewers will win the
34:08
Bolton battle, but I do think Boyd is going to be a lot
34:11
better. Sanchez V Glass now Phillies,
34:14
Dodgers as the Phillies try to get this back where they'll
34:17
play, where they'll face Ohtani in all likelihood on on Sunday.
34:22
So let's get to this one. Phillies made the Schwarber home
34:25
run change totally. I mean, I know that we thought
34:28
that the Aaron Judge home run in game three changed that series
34:32
to change it for one night. We'll see if Schwarber's home
34:34
run changes it for one night or actually extends it, but my God,
34:38
did he get all of that baseball? There was there was a Home Run
34:44
Derby there and I don't think anybody hit it over really like
34:48
steel partition over the top of the of the outfield stands there
34:53
that that was so that the measurement was 455.
34:57
I know that a lot of people react like like that because
35:01
we've heard of something like 480 to dead center.
35:03
Like you got to keep in mind it's down the line, it's 330
35:06
down the line. So 125 feet over the fence.
35:11
That just sounds ridiculous to have it be that far over a
35:16
fence. And it was a little bit
35:18
reminiscent of the home run against you Darvish and the
35:21
Padres and Petco Park that went into the upper deck there.
35:23
Because I've never seen anybody else hit it into the upper deck
35:27
and Petco Park like that. So it's just, man, what more can
35:31
you say? My fellow Hoosier, it's really
35:34
really fun to watch him do his thing in the post.
35:36
Season. Didn't he break the Didn't he
35:38
break the? Was it at Wrigley Field he broke
35:41
something with a home run or it ended?
35:43
Up hit it over. He hit it over the board.
35:45
It was like right over the board and below that Budweiser logo.
35:50
And I've never seen anybody do that since.
35:53
So it's and The funny thing is his first career playoff game
35:57
was at PNC Park against Garrett Cole.
36:00
First inning, he had an RBI single.
36:02
So the Cutler up won nothing right away.
36:04
His second at bat, he hit one into the Allegheny.
36:07
So he just, no matter what venue he's in, in the playoff, you're
36:11
going to see something, just some kind of gargantuan home
36:15
home run. Matt, let's jump over to Game 5
36:18
tomorrow. Scuba gets the ball, but it's in
36:20
Seattle and it's George Kirby. Now.
36:22
This hasn't been vintage George Kirby this season.
36:25
Still had a good start his first time out in the playoffs.
36:28
Which way of leaning with the Tigers and the Mariners?
36:31
Yeah, I'm going to go with the Mariners actually.
36:34
I like them at the plus money there.
36:37
I just Google I think is going to deal.
36:40
I just think it's going to be a really, really low scoring game
36:43
and I'm going to trust the Mariners to get the job done
36:45
because they are the better team and they've been the better team
36:48
for quite a while. The Tigers, kudos to them for
36:50
battling back yesterday. Once they were down 3, nothing.
36:53
I kind of thought they were going to go quietly.
36:54
They did not. They proved me wrong.
36:55
Good job. But I think the Mariners are
36:58
going to find a way to scratch and claw and get it done at
37:01
home. Wouldn't be surprised if the
37:03
Tigers win, obviously, because they have school.
37:05
But I think Kirby's going to hold down that Tigers offense,
37:07
which yesterday notwithstanding, is still pretty punchless.
37:12
So yeah, I'm going to go with the mayors to get the job done
37:15
there. But it's going to be a good one.
37:17
It's going to be close. It's going to go down to the
37:18
wire. Who gets the blame for the
37:20
Yankees getting knocked out in fours?
37:21
John Schneider Mean. Oh yeah, I'm sure Aaron will.
37:26
So here's the thing on that. Like, we talked about it in
37:29
early August and I said, yeah, I thought they should have fired
37:32
Aaron Boone. And I I don't think this series
37:36
was Boone's fault at all. But at some point, that doesn't
37:39
really matter, right? Like.
37:40
You could have put a. Lot of you could have put a lot
37:43
of the World Series at his feet last year between the game one
37:46
decisions that how sloppy they were in Game 5 because that was
37:50
just representative of how sloppy they've got under Aaron
37:53
Boone for a year. And at some point, that catches
37:56
up with you, and it did catch up with them.
37:57
And we still see the sloppiness in the field and on the bases.
38:02
And it's been what, 8 years now? One World Series, no World
38:08
Series, championships. At some point you're the
38:10
Yankees. He's had plenty of chances.
38:13
You probably need another voice in there.
38:15
Again, I don't think anything past like the middle of August
38:18
was necessarily Boone's fault. And they were playing really,
38:22
really well down the stretch and kind of bad luck on the draw and
38:26
the playoffs because they tied the Blue Jays for the best
38:28
record. And maybe this should have been
38:29
the ALCS, but they got out played by the Jays pretty much
38:33
throughout the series except for the second-half of game three.
38:37
And and I don't think that was Boone's fault.
38:39
But again, it's that's the job. And you've had eight years on
38:43
the Yankees job without winning the World Series championship.
38:46
I don't even think Girardi had that long and he won one.
38:49
So maybe it was right around there.
38:51
But anyway, I I would be good with it.
38:55
I'm just my only. The only thing I have is when
38:57
people go crazy during the series about how much Boone's
39:00
messing everything up. I don't think he messed anything
39:02
up on that series at all. I think they just got beat.
39:05
I'm with you, Matt Snyder, CBSSports.com.
39:07
Matt, hopefully your schedule allowed you to join us on
39:10
Tuesday. We'll be in the Championship
39:12
series by then, and we'll be down four teams.
39:16
Good stuff. Thank you, buddy.
39:17
Appreciate you coming on. Thank you, Matt Snyder,
39:19
CBSSports.com for Matt. Take care, bud.
39:21
Yeah. Bye.
39:21
Bye. Matt Snyder's We check in on
39:24
MLB. Good stuff.
39:25
Double header on Monday for sure.
39:29
Yes. So the American League
39:32
Championship Series will start on Sunday, correct?
39:34
Sunday game one in. Toronto TBD.
39:37
OK, and then they're back and then the NLCS starts.
39:40
So the NLCS would play stand alone Tuesday.
39:43
Yes, good stuff. Greg Cronin is the head coach of
39:46
the Iowa Wild. He kicks off hour 2.
39:49
Matt Schwab, Matt Schwab, Frank Schwab is here as well.
39:52
So a simple Miller and Condon Iowa Sports Radio Network.