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Paul Skenes Debut Reaction · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Three O Take
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presented by C Kick. This is episode 432.
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I'll be your host Kyle Corwin and I'm here with my Co host Nay
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Reyes night. Happy beginning of the week.
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Happy Mother's Day. I know you guys probably aren't
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listening to this. Shout out to all the moms.
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Yeah, big shout out to the moms. Hey, it doesn't have to just be
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Mother's Day to shout out the moms.
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That's true. I'm just here to keep it, just
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keeping it real. Random love.
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Do you know, I was born on Mother's Day?
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You know, it kind of like rotates around.
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Yeah. Yeah, I was born on Mother's
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Day. Name a better gift?
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Let's I. Mean.
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Come on. I mean, Nate Reyes emerging into
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the world. I mean, I don't think Mama Reyes
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could ask for anything better than that.
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Not too. Shabby about that.
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What a gift. You're a gift.
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You're a gift to our listeners. The gift.
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The gift. The gift that keeps on giving.
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Yeah, I'll give you something. I'll give you something.
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Don't know what. You might not like it.
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You might have an You might have be given an apology this
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episode. Who knows.
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I don't know. Maybe a little teaser there.
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Maybe a little teaser of what's to come in Episode 432.
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Speaking of Episode 432, we are going to be talking Paul Skeens.
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We are going to be talking the Braves.
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Almost no hitter. That's not really no hitter.
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If you if you follow this podcast, you know exactly what
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we're referring to there. We're going to be talking a
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little bit of Mike Trout. Some developments in in that
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story that recently came about. We're going to be talking some
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Aaron Judge being back. We're going to talk.
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I had it listed as Guardian City Connect leak, but things have
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since changed. Apparently it's official.
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So we're going to talk a little bit of that and then we're going
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to possibly revisit our our running bet that we have going.
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But as I mentioned starting off the top here, let's talk some
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Paul Skein's debut as that was the story of the weekend really
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regardless what what team you follow, I think this was the
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highlight of the weekend. I do know there were some
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Mother's Day walk offs today. There were some, there's some
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some big series wins today. But Saturday, as it were Paul
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Skein's debut, the story that everyone was, was waiting for
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was the the debut that everyone was waiting for.
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And I don't know. I mean it was, it was a debut,
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It wasn't exactly Stephen Strasburg debut quality, but it
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was a it was a debut. There were some takeaways, some
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exciting takeaways. I think Libby Dunn was in was in
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attendance for for those of you that that care about these types
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of things there was a lot of a lot of triple digit fastballs
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and and there was some rain as well.
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So let's let's get into it. What were your what were your
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takeaways? Because I know you were locked
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in. I, this weekend was in Nashville
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was out of town, but I was still able to to have it up and and
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invisible, so I was able to catch the debut as well.
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Fortunately, he didn't go all nine, so I didn't have to be
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locked in for the entire game. Right.
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That's. I was kind of the same, yeah.
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So because I can, I can assure you, once the once the debut was
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over I was no longer watching the Pirates game.
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But with that said, what were your, what were your some of
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your takeaways? I did.
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I did feel bad that it was so like rainy and gloomy.
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You know, it's just a an insane day to look forward to.
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I'm going to get the negatives out of the way.
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Let's get the negatives. Out of the way.
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I've never listened to the Pirates broadcasters before, but
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Oh my, was that tough. It was tough, dude.
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Like that's knock. It's like a golf broadcasting
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kind of monotone. No excitement.
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I it was strange. You got to.
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Bring your A game on a day like that like you got to.
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You know that the like other fans are like outside of the
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Pirates are watching this game like you like not to.
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I'm not trying to sound like a Homer here because like I know
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that there's a lot of people that don't love Michael Kay.
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But like when Judge was chasing the the 60 two home run race and
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like he was aware that people are viewing these games that
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ordinarily aren't going to watch these games.
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And there's like there's a little bit of spunk.
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There's a little bit of pep in his step.
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There was no pep in the step for for the Pirates broadcaster.
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So that yeah, that was one thing that stood out.
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But overall like they kept saying they were like it's it's
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May 11th, look at this place, it's May 11th.
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You had lines out the door waiting to get into the stadium.
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You you just you had signs all over the place.
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I mean, the whole stadium was jam packed.
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We were lucky enough to give a couple fans an opportunity to
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join in. I think it was a birthday gift
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early. Birthday gift?
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Yep. For a little man.
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So, like, that made me feel great.
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I'm sure it made you feel great too.
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Like I it's just so good to see Pittsburgh and like Pirates fans
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excited about their team again. Like it's good for baseball when
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you get this and you and I got to like see and be somewhat
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attached. Obviously it happened after I
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moved. But like the easy comparison is
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the Strasbourg debut and like just the hype but like you get
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to see like a like a a fan base that you're just you're not used
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to seeing act this way really step up and and enjoy the
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moment. And like for for the broadcast
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and like everyone to just recognize this place is jamming
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on May 11th like it was somewhat of a a post season type
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environment. So that alone before the
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performance like that alone is worth noting.
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Dare I say and I I feel like maybe I'm just in a weird mood.
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I I don't know. But this?
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This just came upon me. Would it be fair to say that,
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like, there shouldn't really be a fan base?
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Unless it's like, unless we're talking like Yankees, Red Sox,
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or, you know, Dodgers, Padres, Dodgers, signs, whatever.
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Unless it's just your absolute most hated fan base.
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It's really unfair to wish a full 162 on any fan base where
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there isn't just the slightest shining moment.
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Like I wouldn't wish that upon really any fan base.
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Like I I I can really despise your team and and what your team
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represents. But we miserable for all
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collectively as baseball fans that we at least have that in
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common. That like, no matter how bad
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your team is, I think every fan base is entitled to at least
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just just a one bright spot. And it this may be it for the
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Pirates, who's to say how the rest of the season plays out.
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But this might be this might be the top of the mountain for the
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Pirate for Pirates fans. So to your point out we it was
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good to good to see that that buzz around PNC.
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Yeah, performance wise, I mean I think the biggest thing for me,
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I think he, I was right about the seven punches, by the way,
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that that was my one prediction that I got right.
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Fastball command didn't look great.
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It seemed like there was definitely some some adrenaline
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pumping, you know what I mean? There was definitely some
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overthrown fastballs. It was the first time I heard I
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I may be late to the game here. I didn't.
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I was aware of the fastball. I don't know if I was fully
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aware of the rest of the repertoire, but like this this
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splinker. It's not a pitch.
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I was waiting for you to say it. It's not a real pitch.
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Why do we need to stop? We need to stop.
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Stop the madness. Like we're We're still trying to
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wrap our heads around the sweeper movement, because that
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overnight took over baseball, and now every pitch is a
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sweeper. I don't think so, I.
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Hear it every day. Every night that I'm watching
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baseball, I hear sweeper on pitches that aren't even
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sweepers. It's a slider, yeah.
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Just call it a slider, yeah? Don't know what the obsession is
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with sweeper I I I think the I think the and I'm I'm.
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Really. Hold on.
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Hold on to devil's advocate. Like we grew up.
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Slurve was a very normal there is no animosity towards slur.
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And yeah, and I'm I, I was just about to say before you mention
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that I'm not trying to sound like an old head, but like, I
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think there's an obsession. And it's no, it's really, it's
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really I, I, I I can see this playing out generation after
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generation as baseball, as as baseball continues to age, as
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the game gets older and older and older.
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Sure, we're going to, we're going to see new things.
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We're going to see things that have been done, that have never
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been done before. But you're going to start like
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running out of things to like leave your mark with like on the
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game as it like as a as a generation.
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And so I think this generation's like, oh here's an opportunity
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where we can inject some newness into the game by just, I don't
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know, making up pitch names. Sweeper and we're a sweeper.
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Splinter and we're going to run with it.
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I Sweeper I I was willing to accept I I'm tired of it.
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But I I was willing to accept it.
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But the splinter, I draw the line at Splinter.
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What is a splinter? I is it not a but honestly
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genuine question is it not a ball with downward movement?
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A splitter, A sinker. Both.
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Both pitches have downward movement.
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Yeah, swinging over top. What do we talk?
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I would guess it it's definitely a grip thing.
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I I mean like I to me my impression of a splitter was
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definitely a slower fastball, A sinker.
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You still have fastball velocity that you're typically seeing,
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but you have a lot more of like this downward and out movement.
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A splitter, maybe a little bit more.
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It's less spin. So I I don't know, I don't know.
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I didn't really catch the velocity he was throwing that
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at. I don't know.
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Either way he looked good. The change up is that is that
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his change up? Is that what he uses as a change
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up or does he still have a change up?
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That is a curse, plunky. Yeah, sure.
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Heard of that before? That is a curveball splitter
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sinker. Yeah.
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Yeah, a screwball screwball. It's a yeah, that's what.
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That's what I was going for. It's a it's a curveball,
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splitter, sinker, screwball. That's it.
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That says cursplunky. Yeah, yeah, he is nasty.
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Don't give a Rocky is really only something you can throw
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with one of these things. If we're being honest and if
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you're not watching on the YouTube or on our live stream
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Holding a junk ball. Holding a junk ball, that's a
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Chris Plunky. Yeah, to your point, every just
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about everything else in his repertoire looked good.
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It was just the fastball command was just not there.
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And I think coming into it knowing he probably has to know
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within himself like this is my bread and butter here.
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So I'm going to rely heavy on this.
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But if if the nerves are playing any sort of factor, which you
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venture to say that they were, then maybe you're that if the
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the pitch that you're relying on the most is going to be the one
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that's affected the most because you're you're trying to hit your
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spots. Yeah, and I mean, if you think
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about it like it's it is you, obviously it's starting pitchers
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that they have their routine. They have what they're used to
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on pitch day. They this is all new, right?
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Like, and on top of all the lights, on top of all the
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attention, on top of, you know, everyone being excited for you
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walking into a new locker room. You're putting on a New Jersey,
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You're going into a new bullpen. You're talking to a new pitching
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coach. You're talking to a lot of new
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guys during this routine that you're trying to implement in a
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new place and new environment on top of being, you know, one of
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the most hyped debuts we've seen in a decade plus.
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So it's a lot going on. I wouldn't be nervous.
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I I don't think any Pirate fan in the world is nervous.
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I don't think there's any reason to be nervous.
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Like, it's still a pretty decent outing.
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Pitch count got a little high, but like, hey, you know, it's
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all good. I think there was a lot of
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excitement, blue fastballs and and he made a lot of, he made
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it. Quite a few guys look a little
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silly, say say Suzuki was like that.
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What was that? That's cool to see, man.
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It's cool to see. The thing that came to mind when
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I was watching that slider in the cursplunky that he was
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throwing was the the phrase. If you're familiar with change
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UPS, pull the string and you really only see that with change
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UPS from just about any guy that takes them out.
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But I felt that same sort of feeling watching his slider.
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Buck just absolutely buckle guys the same way a an effective
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change up down in a way or or you know tailing in on a guy's
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shins. It had that same effect, that
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same feel as I was watching it and I I realized that I'd never,
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I'd never thought to to to label a breaking pitch as something
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that could in theory pull the string the same way a change up
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does. Because they it that that slider
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was just making guys look silly. Be and I get it.
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If you're sitting on 102, you're going to look like a fool.
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I, I watched the College World Series last year and I was like,
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I I was aware, you know like enter in this the Shack meme.
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Like I wasn't familiar with your game.
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Like I knew he was good. I just this stuff to me was
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insane. Like, I I get it.
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I I get it. You throw in one O 2 and then
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you have that kind of velocity drop, that kind of movement.
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I I feel like every he's a true four pitch guy and all of them
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are plus pitches like this is going to be special.
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Just please stay healthy, take care of him.
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Extend him for a decent amount of money.
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If you can do what you need to do.
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Keep him in black and yellow, build around him.
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For the record, he reached at least 117 times.
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So of his 84 pitches, give or take a quarter of them, or 100
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plus. Yeah, I mean they already they
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they kept showing the graphic. He's of all major leaguers and
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and minor leaguers this year. He is the highest average
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fastball of everyone. I saw a lot of guys.
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I saw something. I mean, I'm it, it was just in
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passing. So I'm.
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I may just be butchering or butchering this, but it was
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something like in the first two innings of an outing or just in
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in general like this season, starting pitchers in the first
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two season or first two innings of their outings this season,
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How many of those were 100 mile an hour plus?
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And like you had a few guys in there that were like 4567,
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'cause, you know, like most starting pitchers are going to
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be like mid to upper 90s. Because we, we don't see a guy
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like Paul Skeens every day. And I think Paul Skeens total
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just in one outing, his first, his first Major League outing
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like more than tripled the rest of the list.
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Like the guys on the list just in one outing.
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So to to your point about staying healthy, I I I think
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this is special and I I certainly do not want to wish
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anything negatively upon him. But it's, you know, it's the
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same kind of concern with a guy like Mason Miller where it's
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like this is special and you just hope that a guy who's in a
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different position than a guy like Mason Miller as a starter
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who's going to give you more innings.
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You just you just hope that that that again to reference our
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friend of the pod, Dallas Braden.
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You just hope that that frame, that that build can handle that
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kind of horsepower over the course of however, however long
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he ends up going this year and really throughout the course of
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his career, because he's, he is a special guy.
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Did you by chance catch any or did you have any takeaways on
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his demeanor at all throughout the day?
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Because I I mean, I was watching relatively closely before the
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game. I was.
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I tried to catch as much of the pregame show for the Pirates as
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I could and they were showing, you know, him coming out of
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dugout, him doing his work out in the outfield.
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And then obviously throughout the game and even after his
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outing, he just seemed very what's the word, you know, just
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level headed, even keeled. He wasn't.
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You know, he's. A cool He's a cool customer, bro
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he likes. Showing very little emotion to
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the point like couldn't even really.
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I didn't even really see him crack a smile until he got the
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Gatorade bath I. Was going to say I saw a couple
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smiles before the game, like him.
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It showed him like walking into the clubhouse, he had a suit on,
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like a couple smiles as he's seeing people.
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But who? Who knows, You know what I mean?
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Like he could be the Max Scherzer type of like, don't
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talk to me during my start. Sure I am locked in, but I again
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like. I think there are names.
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And and I'm not going to sit here and say I've paid attention
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to every draft, but I think there are names where you see a
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11 and you're like, you're a different 11.
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You know what I mean? Like you're we've seen like a
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high school shortstop go 11 and you're like, he's in high
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school. You know what I'm saying?
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Like it. How is this going to translate
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seeing 95 everyday because you don't get that in high school
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this to me was like Skeens is like the most complete package
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11. And that means like not just arm
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talent. It's like a up here kind of
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thing. Like it's it's confidence.
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You can tell that there's it's somewhat reserved, but there is
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this swagger at the same time. I'm super impressed.
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No, I'm super like I he's must watch TV, dude.
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And I love that he's immediately I I love that he's he didn't go
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lights out. I love that it wasn't 2 innings.
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It was like this perfect in between of like you got humbled
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a little bit but at the same time you didn't have all your
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best stuff. Like we're going to see a start
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from him this year. That's, you know, a dominant
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double digit strikeout, You know, one earn or less 6 plus.
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Like we're going to see that at least once soon.
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And I think it's because of what he's got up top in the noggin
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like he is a cool customer. To kind of put a bow on this,
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did you, Did you by chance see the tweet from Joey Votto after
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the fact? I did, yeah.
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I thought that was pretty cool, he said.
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Watching Skeens reminds me of facing Strasburg after his call
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up. I took a fastball in my first
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AB, looked up and saw 100 on the board.
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I thought the next pitch, the best curveball I've ever seen.
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Gulp. Same could be said about the
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change up later. I was like, and they put a
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little frowny face emoji. This beautiful game keeps moving
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forward. Yeah, and that was, what, 15
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years ago? 14 years ago.
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So yeah, man, just stay healthy, stay healthy.
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Keep the mustache clean. Did you see the real quick?
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Did you see the Livy interview? I saw, she said something along
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lines of like nothing can top this or whatever.
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I thought, you know. She started off by saying they
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missed the call for the call up. Yeah, said they were napping.
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Whatever that means. I'm not going to.
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I think we all know I'm not going to dive into their
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personal lives. That's not my place.
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But we all know what that means. Stop.
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No, stop. We're not going to put that.
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For all we know. Maybe they were napping.
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I'm just a little skeptical. Not my place to to speculate, I
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saw. A comment?
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No, I saw a comment below. That let's keep This is a family
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show. It's a family show.
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Let's keep it clean. I was like, bro, we would have
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all let it go to voicemail. OK.
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All right. On the Livvie Dunn, Paul Skeens
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thing and then we'll put a bow. This, this will be the putting
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the bow on it. Actually, I want to pull it up
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because I want to make sure I I referenced what I said because
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it was over the weekend, but it was along the lines of like the
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the comparison of this being baseball's version of of Taylor
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Swift and Travis Kelsey, whatever.
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So I said, y'all better get ready for ML.
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BS, take on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey can't run.
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Now it's here because MLB, their official account has posted
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about it on multiple occasions with, you know, Libby Dunn part
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of the mix. Meanwhile, sooner it goes like 4
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years without getting a post. Yeah, which is a whole another
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thing. And that's actually a good segue
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'cause we got to talk Braves here.
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Now look, Braves fans getting upset about the the Ozuna thing.
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And I get it. I've seen the, I've seen the
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screenshots of Post on like Ohtani and and other names
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around like even the Mets getting some exclamation points.
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To your credit though, I will say if you remove the the
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individual from the equation and if you don't know what I'm
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talking about, basically Braves fans are upset that Marcelo Zuna
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is getting little to no attention from from, we'll call
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it mainstream baseball media, specifically ML, BS, social
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media accounts. Despite having a fantastic start
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to the year I think I just saw that he's like the fastest
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Braves players since like Hank Aaron to reach 40 RB is in the
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season so elite company. But and basically what Braves
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fans are saying they're they're taking screenshots of different
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posts of of different stars around the league who are also
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playing you know Mookie Shohei other guys like that and and
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citing various posts regarding walk off wins and things like
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that. And they're comparing they're
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they're honing in on the the punctuation which I think is
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fascinating as somebody who does social media for a living
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they're they're on to something because a lot of people who
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don't necessarily understand the the art of crafting social media
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posts they just look at that and go OK so they use an exclamation
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point for a post about Mookie and they didn't for Marcelo
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Zuna. So what?
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Just just no. And I I do it for a living.
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I'm not necessarily, I'm not I'm not going to sit here and call
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myself a pros pro, but just just know that no social media post
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put out by a major organization like that is done haphazardly.
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Every post that's put out is done with intent and if there's
26:22
a period put at the end, which that.
26:24
If if you're on social media, periods of being are being
26:30
ushered out like those periods, like that's.
26:33
Pretty negative, yeah. Yeah, that's the thing.
26:36
You know, people associated with like boomers and texting like
26:39
the the way they, the way they use punctuation.
26:42
So periods are being ushered out.
26:44
So if a if a major organization who posts everything with intent
26:47
is using periods in their post, just know that it's done an with
26:53
with intent. So brace fans, you're right on
26:55
that. But at the end of the day,
26:58
bringing the individual back into the picture, you have to
27:01
understand why Major League Baseball has kind of gone radio
27:04
silent on Marcello's you know, over the last handful of years.
27:07
It makes sense. We we understand it.
27:11
With that said though, talking Braves they, Max Reed and
27:17
company I'll include almost had a no hitter over the weekend
27:21
against the Mets. Came down to a JD Martinez home
27:26
run with I believe was it. Yeah it was 2 outs in the 9th
27:30
and JD said not on my watch but look this this is just another
27:39
opportunity to remind the people if you're new to our our show,
27:43
welcome. But if you are wondering our our
27:49
thought, if you're wondering about our thoughts on no hitters
27:53
and what what constitutes a no hitter.
27:56
A no hitter is when a single individual takes the ball for
28:01
the start and then proceeds to throw 9 innings of no hit
28:06
baseball. That's a no hitter combined.
28:09
No hitter is not a no hitter. It's a no hitter, but it's not a
28:14
no hitter. If you know, you know and people
28:20
always say, what are you talking about?
28:21
That doesn't even make sense. My my response to that if it's a
28:29
no hitter, then who gets credited with the no hitter?
28:33
I said that countless times on here, but I just need to
28:36
reiterate, maybe if you forgot, or if you're new, if it's a no
28:41
hitter, if you truly believe a combined no hitter is a no
28:44
hitter, then who gets credited with the no hitter?
28:47
It's not a no hitter. It's a no hitter, but it's not a
28:49
no hitter. All right.
28:50
I need to stop saying no hitter but main takeaways here.
28:58
Continuing to move the needle forward for Max Freed who again
29:03
had a little bit of a slower start than maybe some of his
29:06
counterparts across the league. His Ace slash #1 counterparts.
29:12
But a a fantastic outing for him an an added element to the
29:20
Braves Mets rivalry. I don't care what which fan base
29:25
wants to pretend that it's not a rivalry.
29:27
We we know that these teams hate each other.
29:29
So let's not act like it's a it's a Big Brother, little
29:32
brother thing here. I mean sure, in terms of
29:34
standings it is, but you both care just as much as the other
29:38
team does. So let's it's it's not a them.
29:41
It's not them being a little brother it's that's not what
29:44
it's about. All in all, though, one of the
29:53
other takeaways from this weekend.
29:57
I mean, there's really only only so much you can say about an
29:59
almost combined no hitter. Yeah.
30:03
How do you feel about the Mets, the Mets black unis while I'm
30:06
thinking of it? What did they change?
30:11
It's like the orange they. Got rid of the they got rid of
30:13
the white, they got rid of the white in the outline.
30:17
And then they made, they made the the lettering.
30:20
I think they're still OK. I still, they're still clean.
30:23
I wouldn't say they're as clean. They're still clean.
30:29
Yeah, I mean, I that's just another instance of why fix it
30:35
if it's not broken. And here we have Andrew in the
30:38
chat. Santa is one of the biggest
30:39
Braves fans and your fan base, I wasn't even slightly excited
30:42
about the combined. No, no.
30:43
The almost combined no, no. Andrew.
30:47
Yeah. So there you go.
30:47
It's it's take, take that as you will.
30:52
It's it's certainly an encouraging step forward for
30:57
that staff. Like that's a great take away.
30:59
Andrew can. Get paid, dude.
31:01
If he can stay on this, he's going to get paid.
31:04
If he can keep this going, I'm a little confused as to why the
31:08
Braves aren't like. Why aren't there bigger
31:13
conversations there? There might be some concerns
31:17
with a. Little butthurt about the
31:19
injuries, I think maybe. Well, I mean, I don't know if
31:22
I'd call it butthurt. I would just call it like a
31:25
smart business, smart business move to maybe proceed with
31:30
caution when dealing with a guy like Max Reed.
31:33
I mean, I I look, I'm not. I'm not.
31:35
I'm not Alex Anthropolis here. But even to to dumb it down to
31:40
the level of like, fantasy baseball, I'm I like there.
31:44
There really no stakes there. All things considered, like
31:47
comparatively to major like running an actual franchise,
31:50
there's really no stakes in running a fantasy baseball team.
31:53
But even somebody like me is hesitant to to like look for a
31:58
trade for a guy like Max Reed because it's like how like how
32:01
much how much you were going to get out of him, Like can he stay
32:05
healthy. So it's like if if that's how
32:07
like a fancy baseball owner and I'm not saying I'm every fantasy
32:11
baseball owner, but like for me if I if that's how I'm thinking,
32:14
it's possible that you know they're thinking the same way
32:16
when dealing with millions of dollars in multi year future.
32:21
I I spent a lot of hours on my line up so I think it's the
32:26
same. You're right.
32:28
The stakes, the stakes are, you could argue, higher.
32:31
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like a lot of bathroom visits
32:34
have have been filled with line up time, so.
32:40
I'm keep I mean we we've got some good prizes down like
32:45
waiting for the waiting for the final four that's all I.
32:47
Do I did grab a little nugget that I saw.
32:52
It's maybe a little bit of an ESPN nugget, but it is what it
32:55
is. Max Freed is the first Braves
32:57
pitcher with two 6 plus inning, no hit bids in a three star span
33:06
in a single season since Kevin Millwood of 1999.
33:09
So hot lately you like to see it.
33:15
And again, it's like, I think it's the best case scenario when
33:21
Strider goes down, somebody that has that stuff, somebody that
33:26
can step into that, that one one role, right?
33:34
Like you're feeling pretty good. Like it's not too many teams out
33:38
there could be like you just lost a potential Cy Young winner
33:43
this year and then you have the blow softened by a Max Reed.
33:51
I think it's kind of nice Braves fans stay winning, dude.
33:54
Like that's they have nothing to complain about.
33:57
Ever so. Speaking of complaining, I have
34:02
AI have a slight complaint. Or really it's a question, is
34:06
Paige in the other room streaming like 64 movies at
34:10
once? Because you're, I got to say,
34:13
your Internet. That's crazy.
34:16
I mean it's like 3 pixels. I'll show you.
34:22
You look like a Minecraft. Character.
34:24
Oh boy, I don't think I'm going to have to switch internets.
34:29
I mean not to draw attention to it.
34:31
But it's popping off right now when you do the test popping
34:35
off. It doesn't make any sense.
34:37
I don't know what's going on with your Internet.
34:39
But I don't know either. I have 590 megabits per second
34:43
going right now. That means nothing to me.
34:46
I I don't know if that's good or bad.
34:49
That's, that's fast. I think we got some, got to have
34:53
some nerds in here that know what that means.
34:56
That's fast. I'll take your word for it.
34:59
Upload speed of 30 also fast. Doesn't make any sense.
35:04
I don't know what's going on. Anyway, I just needed to address
35:07
it. Needed to address it.
35:10
To answer your question, I think it's either Hawaii Life on Hulu
35:15
or there's a Disney Plus classic Disney movie going on back
35:22
there. One of the two I can understand
35:24
it. I I can't judge.
35:26
Yeah. I respect it.
35:31
Mike Trout Some recent developments over the weekend
35:36
regarding his injury that apparently he still doesn't even
35:40
know how he got like we're how many weeks deep into this now I.
35:44
Don't know, I'm not very. Months, it feels like.
35:50
Apparently was given. Yeah, he was given the option to
35:56
DH for the rest of the year and he said no, I'm going to opt for
36:04
the surgery. I I don't necessarily feel one
36:11
way or another towards it, but I felt like it was worth
36:14
addressing, worth bringing up. Because I just feel like the
36:19
Angels as a franchise have had some, I don't know, like is
36:27
intimate the right word, like things deserving to stay behind
36:31
closed doors. Conversations of that nature
36:36
made public. And I just feel like this was
36:40
something that maybe was better off left unsaid, where it's
36:46
like, OK, we process the fact that we're losing out on Mike
36:50
Trout of, well, swinging Mike Trout as he was off to a a a
36:57
rather hot start, at least in the home run category.
37:03
We'd process as as Angels fans, as baseball fans.
37:06
We had all kind of collectively process the fact that, all
37:09
right, we lost that on this guy yet again.
37:12
And then to come back and hear that OK, he was given a choice.
37:17
He said I don't want to play. It's it's I don't know.
37:21
I'm, I don't want to compare him to Anthony Rendon.
37:23
But it's just it's it's giving me Anthony Rendon vibes where,
37:28
you know, I'm I'm, I'm not expecting him to play.
37:30
Like if the tear is that bad of the meniscus I'm not going to
37:35
sit there and be like why is he out there playing.
37:37
But I don't know. I just feel like this was going
37:41
back to my original point this. I feel like this would have been
37:43
left better unsaid because now it's like, whoa, where's where's
37:49
his effort? Where do his efforts really lie?
37:51
And like does he actually want to be out there playing if given
37:54
the opportunity to play at a a lesser availability as a DHI?
38:04
Don't know. It just it's it feels weird to
38:06
me and I hate that this came out.
38:14
Does that make sense? Does like what I said makes
38:16
sense or am I? Am I going crazy?
38:18
Yeah, I mean I understand. What am I missing here?
38:25
I don't know. That he that there was an option
38:28
to not do surgery and and play like half OK or do surgery and
38:37
you're for sure out like what am I missing here?
38:39
What what was like the actual like how did this get out?
38:44
Was this a tweet? Was this like a leaked per
38:47
source type thing? You know.
38:50
Like I looked up passing. I didn't see anything from
38:52
passing. No, let's get to the bottom.
38:54
How confirmed was this? Where did where?
38:58
I remember seeing something about it, but I don't know if it
39:02
was from like a legit source, you know?
39:04
What I mean, he put, he put out the post.
39:06
He put out the tweet or may have been on a story as well, I don't
39:09
know. But he put out on May 4th, so a
39:13
week or week in a day or so. Plus he said thank you for all
39:18
your sport encouragement. The surgery on my knee went well
39:21
and I'm focused. I'm now focused on speedy
39:22
recovery. Looking forward to getting back
39:24
out there as soon as possible. So that was on the 4th.
39:27
And then I I don't know. I it must have been reported
39:32
because it, as you know, Mike Trout is not active really, on
39:36
social media, except tweeting plain emojis when they're going
39:39
on a road trip. So we when that was happening.
39:43
So that's really all, all we've heard about.
39:45
But so it must have been reported.
39:46
And like, again, ultimately it's not a huge deal because if if
39:51
and when he comes back this year, like we'll forget this
39:54
even happened. It's just it's it's for me at
39:57
least. I'm not saying I'm not speaking
39:58
for everybody. For me, at least, it just it
40:02
speaks to the whole MO of the angels that seems to be
40:10
conversations being made public that really shouldn't be made
40:15
public handlings of injuries in just the weirdest of ways.
40:22
I I don't know, like why? Why was Mike Trott even given
40:26
the option? And like if you're the angels
40:29
and he has a torn meniscus, Like if if he's if it's bad enough to
40:32
where he can't play and we know this dude's history, why is he
40:37
even being given the option to DH?
40:38
Who? Who is that benefiting?
40:41
I've had a torn meniscus and that sucked.
40:45
So the biggest decision, the biggest decision and like here's
40:50
where things could be affected long term.
40:53
And I'm saying this from first hand experience because like I'd
40:55
literally, I had a bucket handle tearing my meniscus.
40:57
I did it playing baseball. They give you 2 options with the
41:01
meniscus, unlike the other tendons.
41:04
It's either fix it and repair it, but you have a longer
41:10
recovery time. Like you have to be off of it.
41:13
You can't really like, you have to be immobilized, like there's
41:17
not. It has to be repaired.
41:19
It takes time or it's scoop it out.
41:23
You don't technically need the meniscus.
41:25
Let's just scoop it out and that is where the long term issues
41:30
come in. My doctor where I was lucky
41:35
enough to do like the I had a the Bronco surgeon when I was in
41:38
Denver and he was like you're I mean you're going to have
41:43
arthritis if we if we scoop it out like that's coming.
41:46
But like if you're going to continue to be an athlete and
41:48
trying to do stuff like it could feel like crap quicker than you
41:53
think. So that's what I'm curious of is
41:55
if he does do the surgery like is it repaired or are they
41:59
scooping it out. But overall with this yeah I
42:05
agree this is all weird. Like I don't understand.
42:10
I know different tears are different for different people
42:13
but like I I don't know dude I couldn't walk.
42:17
Like I just trying to pull my cleat off and it felt like
42:21
someone was pulling my leg off. It was.
42:23
I don't know. He was quoted as saying it was
42:27
an option that in regards to giving the option to DA, she
42:32
said it was an option that they put out there, they being the
42:35
team, it would have been just maintaining the pain level of
42:39
it. I said the day I got the MRI and
42:42
it showed that it was that I was in a lot of pain.
42:47
It would have been a tough Rd. for the rest of the year to bear
42:50
that. And for people saying, well, to
42:56
my question, like, who is that benefiting?
42:58
If he's just the agent, like yeah, and he's he's on one leg,
43:01
who is his benefiting? I have the answer for you 'cause
43:04
you go, well, it would benefit the team because Mike Trout was
43:07
playing so well. Got a little nugget here for
43:09
you. In 1518 career games he has been
43:16
the DH only 81 times and is hitting 214.
43:21
So you're that's that's multi level there.
43:25
One, you're getting a guy who doesn't perform the same when
43:32
he's just TH and he had. He's one of those guys that has
43:35
to be fully immersed into the game on both sides of the ball
43:38
to be fully there, it seems. 81 games is a is a fair amount of
43:42
exactly sample size. Yeah, and not all guys are,
43:46
yeah, not all guys are like that.
43:48
Some guys like just being ADH and that's where they that's
43:50
where they they they focus. I mean, look at look at what
43:53
Shohei's doing. But you're not only getting the
43:55
guy who's clearly worse as ADH, you're getting a guy who's going
43:59
to who would be ADH on one leg. So I don't know it's.
44:04
Just what I That's what I was trying to ask of like like why
44:08
was this question asked? Was this a question that, like
44:13
what? Was this some type of report
44:15
that was leaked out of the Angels organization to a
44:19
reporter? Like, why was this ever on the
44:21
table? Because like otherwise, the
44:23
Angels have no need to come forward with this.
44:26
If he does opt for the surgery, it's like, don't say there was
44:30
another option. It is.
44:31
It's not. I don't think it's important or
44:33
relevant or productive. You want to talk about?
44:39
Your surgery. You want to talk about
44:42
productive. We have arrived at this point in
44:49
the program where I think me, the listeners, no need to
44:58
collectively come together. We need to band together to
45:02
demand an apology from Mr. Nate Reyes.
45:07
No. Addressed to Mr. Joe Adele?
45:12
No. At what point is the apology
45:15
coming? Because he he deserves it.
45:18
He deserves the Albert Pujols. I'm not about to he which was.
45:21
Wild, wild how we didn't get an apology.
45:26
I think you maybe had said something, but it was the most
45:29
half hearted. Sarcastic.
45:31
Yeah, it was the most half hearted, sarcastic apology in
45:34
the history of apologies. And that's saying something
45:36
because we've seen some pretty bad apologies out there.
45:40
And Joe Adele's a bonehead. I'm not apologizing to anybody.
45:44
I'm not. He's like Enter.
45:46
He's like the. Enter the Conor McGregor meme,
45:48
I'm. Apologizing to nobody.
45:52
I get that, what happened, But he's like the best player on the
45:57
team, which is sad, but I mean, he's in the mix, he's in the
46:02
conversation. Have you seen, Because all we're
46:04
seeing is highlights of him hitting and we all knew we could
46:07
hit. Have you seen him play defense?
46:09
Have you seen him run the bases this year?
46:12
It's insane what he does on the base paths.
46:15
It's. Hard.
46:17
To watch, I don't care about that.
46:20
I demand an apology. I demand 260, No 64.
46:29
He's in 264. He has seven home runs, 18
46:34
ribbies, an OPS of 873, and he has an OPS plus of 142.
46:39
And he's just heating up. He's just heating up this this
46:44
man Nate has been. If If you're unfamiliar with
46:47
this, Nate has been hating on Joe Adele for years.
46:53
For years. So random too, like I don't even
46:56
know that much about him, I. Don't.
46:57
Yeah, there was just, I don't know what it was.
46:59
There was just a day where Nate picked up his banner.
47:03
He's like anti Joe Adele banner and was like I'm going to fly
47:06
this for as long as I live and 'cause.
47:08
We were like, we kept hearing about him and then I was like,
47:10
what? What's so special?
47:11
I'm not seeing it and I didn't. He was.
47:13
Like for the first couple of call UPS?
47:14
He's not a top prospect. I'm done hearing about it.
47:19
This guy stinks. I think that's when we went to
47:22
the Angels Stadium in spring training.
47:24
I think that's what it. Was it may have been yeah he may
47:27
have been little influenced by by our visit I don't know.
47:30
But it it was so unnecessary. Like it if passing.
47:34
Like, yeah, I don't really think Joe Dell's all, like, great, I
47:37
wouldn't Me and the listeners wouldn't be demanding an
47:40
apology. But you have been actively
47:42
rooting against this guy. Like, actively rooting against
47:45
this guy and now he's playing he's playing adequate ball.
47:50
So like, what more is this? OK, let me ask you this
47:53
question. At what, at what point, what,
47:57
what level of performance would warrant an apology?
48:00
Because you you didn't. You barely apologized to a a a
48:04
shoe and Hall of Famer and Albert Pujols.
48:06
So is Joe Adele going to have to go on to be like the next Willie
48:11
Mays to maybe get a consideration from you years
48:14
down the road? I don't know.
48:17
If he hits 260 or. Above with.
48:24
Over. 850 OPS. In over 20 jacks this year then?
48:34
I'll apologize. Those are my stipulations.
48:37
Well, he's well on the way. He's well on the way to that.
48:39
'Cause he's hitting 264, he's got an 873 OPS and he's how many
48:43
jacks? You say 20?
48:46
OK, well. He has nearly.
48:48
Seven. And it's middle.
48:50
It's. I've also seen this guy look
48:51
like Giancarlo Stanton at times. So like.
48:53
I I know where the the streaks are are coming that's I just
48:58
yeah. Well if you're if you watch if
49:01
you've ever watched the guy try and run bases like there's
49:05
literally clips of Ron Washington being like what Oh I
49:09
get it. I in.
49:10
Fact we may have even referenced in one of those incidents on
49:14
here recently I I so I get that I'm not.
49:18
I'm not trying to justify the rest of his game.
49:20
I'm just saying I'm not apologizing till the end of the
49:23
season. OK, well, I'm.
49:25
Not even going to remember it by the end of the season, so unless
49:28
I make some sort of put some sort of you write it down,
49:30
there's any angels. Fans in here?
49:33
Doubtful, but if there are any in here, OK, feel free to mix
49:36
in. You know, write it down.
49:38
Keep. The receipts.
49:39
Hey, talking about keeping receipts.
49:42
There's some haters out there of Aaron judges that need to need
49:47
to acknowledge the receipts a little bit.
49:49
They need to. They need to put some Yankee
49:51
fans too. Yankee fans.
49:53
Yeah, they need to come. They need to step forward and
49:56
admit their, admit their faults and their wrongs here.
50:00
Because I hate to say it, but Aaron Judge is back.
50:06
Yeah. Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep.
50:10
Do you care to expand? It was.
50:13
Just a matter of time. And I again like.
50:20
I don't know what that point I don't think.
50:22
It's fair to say there's a universal point where if you
50:25
miss spring training time, you get this much time in the
50:28
regular season and at that point you should be who you are.
50:32
I know I said like last week that like my rule is by the end
50:36
of May, I think we kind of see who you are for the year as a
50:40
hitter, even as a starter. Like you're you're at that point
50:44
like 1011 starts in like I think we see who you are.
50:48
So I don't think it's. Fair to say.
50:52
Like, hey, he missed a chunk of spring training, but he had all
50:56
of April to figure it out and he still didn't figure it out.
51:00
I I don't know. I don't think there's a rule.
51:02
The truth is the guy just. Didn't seem right his.
51:06
Timing was a little off. It wasn't anything different
51:09
mechanically like he he hasn't changed anything.
51:14
I think I saw something. They did a breakdown on MLB
51:16
Network where like over the last three years what is slugging
51:20
percentage was with pitches in the middle of the of the of the
51:24
zone and the slugging was like 12113 hundred.
51:31
Like all of them were above 1000, which is insane for just
51:34
slugging, not OPS, it was just slugging of pitches down the
51:38
middle. This year it was like slugging
51:40
was like in the four hundreds with pitches down the.
51:44
Middle and. You see the drop off and you're
51:47
like, that's still. Crazy, Because that's still not.
51:50
Even that bad, You know what I'm saying?
51:52
And then all of a sudden you you saw him flip a switch.
51:56
There was all it takes. When you catch him starting go
51:59
the other way. When you see home runs the other
52:02
way, it it. He'll work his.
52:05
Way up, because early in the season was a lot of rollovers.
52:08
It's this stat that we all know. He's leading the league in
52:11
double plays and it's just roll over the shortstop, roll over
52:14
the shortstop, and all of a sudden you'll watch ground balls
52:16
in the second baseman, then the line drives over the 2nd
52:18
baseman, then a home run to right field and then you'll
52:21
sprinkle in a absolute tank job that was 470 to left center.
52:27
And you're like, I think you're. Back, Sir.
52:31
And it's been against some dudes, It's been against, it's
52:34
been against some guys. Why am I blanking on who we did
52:38
last week? It's a really good starter.
52:44
Who's this? What was the series before the
52:45
Rays? It was in Yankee Stadium.
52:48
I don't remember Tigers. It was.
52:52
Scubal That's who it was. It was scubal once.
52:55
He took schoolyard to right field.
52:59
It was like all right then then, then it's just been poured on
53:02
since. Then yeah, like all the guys,
53:08
all. The all the Yankees fans that
53:09
are like, you know, move Soto down to the three spot, switch
53:13
them, get judged some more protection like all this stuff,
53:17
you know, it's just, it's just been pitch selection.
53:20
It's just been getting on time and making pitchers pay for
53:25
those pitches in the middle. I don't like randomly.
53:31
Inserting tangents like this. But I know I'm going to forget.
53:37
About it, But you mentioned you mentioned dudes, and I'm not
53:44
saying this guy. Is a dude, I think.
53:46
It's well documented that the career has has taken a dip and
53:51
we don't know if it's coming back up, but we are all about
53:55
accountability on this podcast and I won't speak for you, but I
53:59
got to put the hand up and acknowledge because we we kick.
54:04
Him when he's down. He had a good outing today, so
54:06
we have to acknowledge it. Alec Manoa, There you go.
54:09
I was wondering. If this was coming because like
54:12
if you're pushing me for an apology I I don't know that's
54:17
like that's been. A lot.
54:19
No, no, no, no. The Joe.
54:22
The Joe Adele. Just slander.
54:25
It's very pointed, very targeted for some reason.
54:29
I don't know why, don't know where it came from, don't know
54:31
what it sent from. But this we're both on the same
54:34
page. Like I don't have anything
54:36
against Joe Adele. I mean, I I agree with you on
54:38
certain certain points about his career trajectory and all that,
54:43
but collected you and I are both on on board that Manoa's all but
54:50
washed. So I think, I think we both have
54:54
to maybe put our hands up on this one and say, you know, I
54:57
got it, let's get a good start. He had a good.
54:59
Start. He had a good start.
55:02
Hey, all but that. And I think it's just a.
55:05
Three run shot that he gave up in the 7th like that was like
55:08
the only blemish. But why am I seeing and?
55:11
I'm saying I'm. Asking this 'cause I certainly
55:13
didn't spend any time driving down the road today watching an
55:17
Alec Manoa start. Even if I wasn't on a 10 hour
55:20
road trip, I I wasn't going to tune into an Alec Manoa start.
55:22
But why am I seeing that he he gave?
55:26
Up three runs but. None of it.
55:28
He had Nowhere in runs was it a? Was it a home run?
55:32
Could have been I. It was a home run, I for sure
55:36
know that. Trying to remember who hit it.
55:40
Who are they facing? Who they play?
55:42
Am I losing my mind? How?
55:44
Can you how can you give up a? The only thing is I can think of
55:47
of. Like if there's two outs and
55:50
there's an error. Like.
55:55
Oh, it's Well, it's possible it wasn't.
55:56
After that doesn't doesn't do. It I thought I saw the
56:00
highlight. Who do you?
56:02
Who'd they face? Twins.
56:08
Oh, the team, Yeah. Sorry, I I.
56:10
Blanked out. The twins.
56:11
Yeah. Yeah, they're playing twins.
56:12
Carlos Santana. Yeah.
56:20
Yeah, yeah. Four hits.
56:21
No. One runs.
56:24
Did he? Who the heck did he hit it off
56:29
of? What's happening here?
56:31
You mean who hit it off of him? No, Carlos Santana hit.
56:35
It. I just want to see why.
56:40
Was it off of? Him.
56:42
And if so, please hold. Let me Let me mute this puppy.
56:45
No commercials here. No free ads.
56:48
No free ads. Not in this.
56:49
Place Do you see the cornrows? Braids I did.
56:56
I hate it. Hey man, whatever.
56:59
Whatever works. Man, whatever you got to do to
57:02
to get the mojo back. I mean, I yeah, I'm not going to
57:04
1st and 3rd. There's a 2O count 2 outs off of
57:08
Manoa. Three run shot.
57:14
I don't know either way. All in all, pretty good day.
57:18
Pretty good bounce back. So I I'm on record now.
57:21
I can't. I can't be held against me.
57:22
I'm on record now is acknowledging that Alec Manoa,
57:25
despite our our many grievances, had a good outing.
57:29
It looked like a backup. Slider that was like 3 inches
57:33
off the plate and he pulled the right center.
57:36
So not even like that. You can't even be upset about
57:40
that. Whatever they.
57:42
Still lost. Can't stand the Blue Jays
57:44
anyway. Can you stand the Guardian City
57:50
Connect Unis? Unpopular opinion.
57:55
I kind of like them. Dude.
57:56
I kind of like them, dude. I kind of like them.
58:01
No gradient color fade and. No colored pants.
58:04
How about it? And I got to.
58:06
Say like this is a weird like. I mean, I'm not saying people
58:11
that didn't play baseball can't have the same opinion.
58:13
But for me, it it it goes back to like something I would have
58:17
liked when I was playing out of war.
58:19
That happened. But the piping, yeah.
58:22
Like it's very it's very like, oddly specific.
58:24
But the the, the I saw that a lot of people were comparing it
58:28
to the piping that they used in the Major League movie.
58:30
That's exactly what I. Thought the second I saw it.
58:33
Dude the like the. Second, I saw it the tricolor.
58:36
Whatever. Piping.
58:37
Oh, that looks clean. That looks clean.
58:39
I would have liked to see my only.
58:41
Issue is, I would have liked to seen a different hat logo.
58:45
Yeah, agree. You can't.
58:47
That's, that's that's such a cop.
58:48
Out because that's the same. That's the same C, right.
58:52
It's no different than the other CS they put on.
58:55
Yeah, yeah, their other. Hats.
58:58
I'd like to see in something in like I understand PR wise if you
59:02
don't want to go back to like an Indian reference, but like you
59:05
could have thrown in something for the slot the spiders in
59:07
there, you know what I mean? Like something could have been
59:11
done with the We've talked about that, the spiders.
59:14
Were the spiders? Were cheeks.
59:16
Man, I know the spiders were booty.
59:19
Meat. I don't know.
59:20
Still something of. Of Cleveland.
59:22
But the sea. Yeah, wasn't a fan of the sea,
59:24
but the the overall jersey. Worked for me, the overall
59:30
uniform. The pants, the piping is is
59:33
great. The.
59:35
Piping's top tier. Hey, we're all about
59:37
accountability this. Episode.
59:38
You know, Nike has been whoever, I don't care anymore.
59:42
Whoever's responsible for making these fucking fanatics.
59:45
Whoever's truly at the end of the day, responsible for
59:48
designing these things. Nike fanatics.
59:51
I blame AI some 12. Year old over in.
59:54
China. I don't know dude.
59:55
They got some shady business going on in Nike.
59:57
I don't know who's designing these these uniforms but they've
59:59
been it's been L after L it seems for the majority of these
1:00:03
uniforms. But you know this this most
1:00:06
recent drop the Guardians they they they they did well.
1:00:11
Also, I didn't know Kid Cudi was from.
1:00:13
Cleveland so learned something new there, too.
1:00:15
They lean. They lean into that all.
1:00:17
The time they really they make that known.
1:00:20
You only. Have so many, You know what I
1:00:21
mean? It's either.
1:00:22
Braun or somebody. Else I can't name anybody.
1:00:26
From Cleveland, I guess. The Kelsey brothers, I think.
1:00:30
Hold on. Standby one of my One of my
1:00:33
favorite actors is. Wait, no, he's not from.
1:00:40
Cleveland Why is he a Cleveland fan?
1:00:42
Tom Hanks. I remember watching a game last
1:00:45
year where they had him up in the booth and he was talking.
1:00:48
He was talking. Is he and he?
1:00:53
That's that's right. He also like voiced.
1:00:55
He was in the when they unveiled the Guardian's team name.
1:00:59
He was, I think, one of the voiceovers for that video.
1:01:02
I don't. There's some sort of connection
1:01:06
there I. Don't know, but yeah, they were
1:01:08
Tom Hanks movie. Go.
1:01:12
I'll save him, Private Ryan. I mean, you can't.
1:01:14
You can't top that. But yeah, my my only question
1:01:18
about the the jersey, it's not really a complaint, it's more of
1:01:21
a question. I saw that they were trying,
1:01:22
they they were with certain elements of the uniform, trying
1:01:28
to draw connections to the guardians of the OR the Indians
1:01:31
of the 90s. And I'm like the piping gave.
1:01:35
Me that feel? No, but like they, I think they.
1:01:38
Actively, were they? They included that in their
1:01:41
verbiage that like they're trying to make.
1:01:44
It wasn't like speculation. I think they actively said that
1:01:47
they were like trying to draw connections in or parallels to
1:01:49
the 90s. But I'm like.
1:01:53
That's not like a city connect. Thing though, like I'm I'm all
1:01:56
for it because the 90s Indians were elite.
1:01:59
So I'm not, like, hating on the fact that you're trying to like
1:02:01
bring that era back through these uniforms, but it's like.
1:02:06
Because of me. Going, my juice is flowing a.
1:02:08
Little bit with the some names that are just oh man some Tommy
1:02:13
days. Albert Bell, Manny Ramirez.
1:02:15
The team was elite. But yeah, I'm just like, that's
1:02:20
not really like a city thing. It's more of like a franchise
1:02:23
thing. I don't know it it wasn't a
1:02:25
complaint. It was more of just a question.
1:02:26
That's all. Also, like I don't know if I've
1:02:29
said. This before, but like, did the
1:02:31
sponsorship patches really need to be on those two?
1:02:35
Can we relax? Yeah, they do.
1:02:39
You and I both. Know that they have to be on
1:02:41
there. And it's silly.
1:02:43
To even ask. So are we done?
1:02:49
Was that like or is it just Yankees A's that are like,
1:02:52
boycotting them? I.
1:02:57
Think it's we. I mean we got to be close,
1:03:01
right? What are we missing have?
1:03:06
The Cardinals done one. I don't think the Cardinals done
1:03:09
one. I I usually can find like a
1:03:15
checklist when I search it. I can't seem to find one right
1:03:19
now, but. But yeah, we, I mean, we got to
1:03:25
be close. There's maybe like one left this
1:03:30
year. I feel like it's the Cardinals.
1:03:35
It, yeah. Yeah, I think you're.
1:03:37
Right. I think the Cardinals Yeah, we
1:03:39
haven't. Seen one from the Cardinals yet?
1:03:42
Unless I'm losing my mind. And I think after that we got to
1:03:46
be, got to be nearing the finish line.
1:03:53
Oh, here we go there. We go, Nope, that's last year.
1:03:57
Keep going, move forward. Oh, here we go.
1:04:00
Yeah, we got Cardinals on May 20th, so that's coming up.
1:04:06
Oh, that. It had the Guardians listed at
1:04:08
on May 17th, So that was for sure a leak.
1:04:11
And then just like, good for the organization recognizing the
1:04:14
leak and just being like, whatever, let's just release it
1:04:16
early. Yeah, we got Cardinals May 20th,
1:04:22
Blue Jays May 30th. Oh, OK.
1:04:25
Twins. June 14th.
1:04:27
Dodgers June 21st. Oh, right, the Dodgers are
1:04:30
doing. Like a revamp or whatever, yeah?
1:04:33
Good. Good on them for recognizing
1:04:35
that the 1st. The first attempt sucked.
1:04:39
Not good. Hey, Speaking of.
1:04:41
Sucked. The A's have been talk about
1:04:45
booty meet. The A's have been straight booty
1:04:48
meet since we started this little wager.
1:04:52
Let me check what the latest is. They are currently, they're.
1:04:55
Halfway through their. 14 game stretch and they.
1:04:59
Are two and five. So some quick math here.
1:05:09
They would have to go. Five and two this week.
1:05:14
How you feeling pal? How you feeling pal?
1:05:23
Well. Let me let me check who.
1:05:25
Who? Who do we?
1:05:27
I'll say we The Who do we? The Oakland A's have coming up
1:05:30
Astros, Do they? Really.
1:05:34
Yep, starts, starts Monday. And then we got the Royals on
1:05:42
the road. Oh man.
1:05:45
We're on the. Road for the next six games.
1:05:51
That's like 90. Percent.
1:05:53
Of the remainder of the wager, we got three against the Astros
1:05:57
on the road, four against the Astros on the road.
1:05:59
Oh shoot, we're on the road for the I keep saying we the A's are
1:06:03
on the road for the next seven games.
1:06:06
For the remainder of the wager 4 in Houston, three in Kansas
1:06:10
City. I'm.
1:06:12
Toast, dude. I'm going to be wearing this.
1:06:14
Gold polo and this green visor, Billy Bean style.
1:06:17
What episodes is that going to be?
1:06:21
That's going to. Be a lot of episodes.
1:06:23
Dude. All right, let's see.
1:06:24
So this is my favorite. Wager we've ever done.
1:06:27
I know. I had to sing episode one of
1:06:32
this three, I think. Yeah, dude, don't.
1:06:34
Go back to that if you please, please, please, please, please.
1:06:37
Please don't. He brought it back.
1:06:40
All right, so let's just say, I mean, I know they're gonna have
1:06:43
probably an off day sprinkled in there, right?
1:06:45
So let's just say by next. We'll just say we'll know
1:06:53
officially. By by the 2nd recording next
1:06:56
week so we'll we'll put that at the 22nd so 10 so 10 days we'll
1:07:01
know we'll know for sure and I'll I will have ordered the
1:07:04
thing by then so we'll I will we could we could know by
1:07:08
Wednesday. Because they play Monday,
1:07:12
Tuesday, Wednesday if they. Lose all three.
1:07:14
That'll be 5:00 Pacific Time. That's true.
1:07:18
We could know by. Wednesday, we could find out.
1:07:20
During recording Wednesday, if they go for three, let's just
1:07:23
for hypothetical. Let's just say they they run the
1:07:26
course here, they run, they run it for a week 7 and O.
1:07:31
We know by the we'll know. By the we'll know, I'm saying.
1:07:35
If they took it to, if they took it to five, they took it to the
1:07:39
14th game, like as the decider. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:07:43
We'll know by the 20. 2nd So I will I will begin wearing it by
1:07:46
if I lose by the 26th the our recording on the the the 26th so
1:07:52
that'll be that'll be 1234567891011. 12/13.
1:08:05
Give or take 13 episodes. Possibly 14 if they just.
1:08:12
Poop the bed. That's so.
1:08:15
Delightful. And if you don't know what I'm
1:08:18
talking. About go.
1:08:19
Go check out my my Twitter account the the the apparel.
1:08:25
The outfit. Is is on there.
1:08:27
You'll see it what I what I will have to wear if the A's don't
1:08:30
step up their crap over the next week 13 episodes.
1:08:37
That is awesome. This is my favorite bet.
1:08:40
This is a good bet. We need to.
1:08:42
We just need to. Keep it rolling after that, like
1:08:44
we need to come up with something new.
1:08:45
Like, I'm gonna, we probably do. I'm going to become a degenerate
1:08:48
by season's end. It's going to, it's going to be
1:08:50
bad. Yeah, a degenerate.
1:08:53
That looks like Billy Bean with no eyebrows 'cause that's going
1:08:55
to be the next. OK.
1:08:57
All right. Well.
1:08:59
Don't. Know if we can top that one.
1:09:02
All right. So quick thing before we get out
1:09:05
of here, I If you're listening to this and you're a fan of a
1:09:08
team that maybe has a a dude or a storyline going on right now
1:09:14
that has has yet to be addressed by us, I do apologize.
1:09:18
Been a lot of lot of moving parts, lot, lot of traveling, at
1:09:21
least on my behalf. And obviously Nate's still
1:09:25
somewhat fresh off of the honeymoon.
1:09:29
He's getting a little little more into this.
1:09:31
I'm easing. I'm easing back in.
1:09:32
Easing back into it but. There there's certainly some
1:09:36
some dudes around the league right now that I just didn't get
1:09:38
a chance to to pull numbers on this weekend, 'cause I was in
1:09:43
Tennessee for the whole weekend. So I do apologize for that, but
1:09:47
I've I you have my word. I will be bringing some.
1:09:50
I'll be bringing some nugs. Next episode we're going to
1:09:53
we're going to talk about some dudes.
1:09:55
We're going to talk about some dudes on on Wednesday.
1:09:58
I like it. You got anything else for the?
1:10:00
People before we get. Out of here, Yeah, dude, just.
1:10:03
Another shout out to moms. Just another big shout out,
1:10:06
especially baseball moms. I think you and I have an
1:10:09
obvious soft spot there. Moms that just they never missed
1:10:14
a practice. They never missed a game, always
1:10:17
had the Gatorade. Never.
1:10:19
Failed to get the grass. Stains out of the out of the
1:10:22
pants. Like just big shout out to the
1:10:24
moms and yeah, man, that's that's I love every year seeing
1:10:32
what MLB does in the in the pink socks, pink batting gloves,
1:10:36
wristbands, bats. The fact that they've
1:10:38
incorporated it into, you know, the hats and everything with the
1:10:41
pink under the brim, pink around the logo.
1:10:44
Like it's it's the best man. It's the best Mama, I love you
1:10:49
and don't go chasing curveballs. Happy Mother's Day.
1:10:53
It's. All the mothers out there.
1:10:55
Happy birthday to to Papa Corwin.
1:10:59
Hello. How are you, Dad?
1:11:00
There's. Every now and then we.
1:11:01
Get we get some overlap like you were talking about the day moves
1:11:04
around a little bit so some days it it falls on the same day so
1:11:06
big day for the the for the corwin parents.
1:11:11
So my love to them. I love them both.
1:11:14
And again shout out to all you mothers out there.
1:11:18
We love you all and as always, looking forward to talking more
1:11:20
baseball with you guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.