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Nationals Yankees preview, Reacting to your trade suggestions and more! · District Territory

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the District Territory Podcast. I'm Eric Shellhouse
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  Speaker 1: from the Bat Boys and joining me today Kevin Franzen
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  Speaker 1: of the Washington Nationals, Frandy. We put out this tweet
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  Speaker 1: the other day for our listeners. Give us one player
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  Speaker 1: you want the Nationals to trade for at the deadline,
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  Speaker 1: or one player Thents should try and move. This was
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  Speaker 1: the top reply. Had some engagement, But sell on Foster.
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  Speaker 1: Unless they string together a very solid streak before the deadline,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be an interesting week in weeks approaching, and
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  Speaker 1: we have the draft of course coming up tomorrow that's
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  Speaker 1: kind of maybe a larger looming picture. But thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: moving on from Foster, Frandy, because this is a guy
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  Speaker 1: who's pitched so terrific this season. It's hard to see
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  Speaker 1: them playing as well as they have without him or
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  Speaker 1: frankly being as successful next season without him. I'd love
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  Speaker 1: to see him. Bring him home.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, I don't know exactly how they're gonna end
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  Speaker 2: up doing this, but I do know that, uh, the
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  Speaker 2: boys are making it tough, and so moving on from Foster.
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  Speaker 2: It makes sense if you're out of it, if there's
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  Speaker 2: no chance that you could, you know, make a run
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  Speaker 2: at this thing and and and go forward with him.
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  Speaker 2: I also think that you know, every option is going
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  Speaker 2: to be there, is it selling on him?
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  Speaker 3: I mean there's other ways you could look at this too.
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  Speaker 2: You could always extend them, try to find a way
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  Speaker 2: to do that, you know, and if that doesn't happen,
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  Speaker 2: then then you could. But again, the biggest thing right
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  Speaker 2: now is they've played so well and so unexpectedly well, uh,
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  Speaker 2: that they've earned this opportunity to let this play out.
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  Speaker 3: You know, fans are going to have their their ways
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  Speaker 3: of saying you got to.
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  Speaker 2: Sell cell sell Uh, you're not gonna be buying and
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  Speaker 2: selling your your prospects on stuff. But I'll say that
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  Speaker 2: that one's safe if if they're out of it.
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  Speaker 1: If if they are out of it. And one thing
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  Speaker 1: I think we need to get straight in the Twitter
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  Speaker 1: world too. He is eligible for Rookie of the Year voting.
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  Speaker 1: People are like a little confused made with the age
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  Speaker 1: and stuff, but like, yes, he is a he is
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  Speaker 1: a rookie. He is a rookie. Another name that came
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  Speaker 1: up was Luis May, which was interesting to me because
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  Speaker 1: it is a guy that you can keep in the
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  Speaker 1: bullpen for a couple of years, but I am concerned
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  Speaker 1: for any around the package that might take for the
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  Speaker 1: Nationals to part with and how bright the future seems
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  Speaker 1: to be down on the farm.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's the part where you know less than
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  Speaker 2: a year of evaluation for guys and what you're going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to get or not get. I don't know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: Louise may Yeah, obviously heartthor and stuff, but guys that
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  Speaker 2: have like tons of control are going to be expensive exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think the package might be too heavy
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  Speaker 1: compared to what the Nats may want to part with.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think it's a ridiculous name. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's an awesome name.
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  Speaker 3: Stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: But like guys like Kyle Finnigan, Like, let's say, if
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  Speaker 2: the Tigers are out, I could see that happening. More
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  Speaker 2: you take on money than you do and it's not
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  Speaker 2: like a crazy amount of money, but it's a no commodity.
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  Speaker 2: We bring up Kyle because it's almost like a little
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  Speaker 2: bit lazy on that, but just thinking about how you know,
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  Speaker 2: you got to think about it, like where is not
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  Speaker 2: going to cost you as many prospects in return for
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  Speaker 2: a guy like him? So stuff like that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: more more or less, you wish it could be. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the Fosters would get you, the Luis Mays, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and others, but again, foster is needed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this was probably the most interesting reply I saw
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  Speaker 1: out of the bunch. But bring Robbie Ray home. I
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  Speaker 1: want to believe that there might be a spark or
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  Speaker 1: something in there that a reunion could make sense for Randy.
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  Speaker 1: But what do you think around that name Robbie Ray?
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  Speaker 1: And you've never technically a National, but it is it
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  Speaker 1: is cool that that person mentioned he was drafted Potomac National.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, former teammate mine. I don't see it happening. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it's not really that's.
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  Speaker 1: Expensive exactly for that reason, I think it is very
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  Speaker 1: unrealistic for the Nationals. But you know, it would be
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  Speaker 1: an intriguing move, to say the least. The Nationals did
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  Speaker 1: make some transactions in the last twenty four hours. They're
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  Speaker 1: recalling Tom Costgrove. This is the news follows Brad Lord's
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  Speaker 1: move to the IL. Of course, Brad has just been
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  Speaker 1: filthy out of the bullpen this season. But we're still
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  Speaker 1: waiting on another move. I believe Kevin, and I'm curious
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  Speaker 1: what do you think makes sense here? Probably another bullpen arm.
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  Speaker 1: I'm guessing there's you know, take your pick down at
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  Speaker 1: Triple A right now.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if it's Tom Costgrove, then he's your guy replacing
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  Speaker 2: Brad Lord. And the remove that they're waiting on is
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  Speaker 2: to open up a spot on the forty man, So like,
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  Speaker 2: what is that? Is this another sixty day il guy
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  Speaker 2: to open up that spot. We'll see should come out
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  Speaker 2: in the next hour or so.
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  Speaker 3: Bet so. I mean that's that's the stuff that you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, again came out of nowhere on this one with
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  Speaker 2: Brad Lord. Unfortunate, but left side Tighten has get it
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  Speaker 2: before you know. It's it's a strained, complete strain. So
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  Speaker 2: right now they got what six eight I think they
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  Speaker 2: got eight guys, No, six guys on the sixty day
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  Speaker 2: I l.
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  Speaker 3: So it'll be interesting.
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  Speaker 2: DJ Hurrs, Josiah Gray, ken Waldachuck, Max Cranic, Mitchell Parker,
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  Speaker 2: and Trevor Williams. Just trying to think of like they
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  Speaker 2: they might put on like a Jake Irvin if even
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  Speaker 2: though he went on his you know, start throwing live
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  Speaker 2: bullpens the other day, doesn't mean that you can't put
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  Speaker 2: him on there because it could be retro to a
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  Speaker 2: certain day. So just trying to think other moves that
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  Speaker 2: could make. That's the bit they're waiting to make, is
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  Speaker 2: what's the sixty.
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  Speaker 3: Day il move?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I just getting confuser assign I'm like, did we
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  Speaker 1: get a twenty seven man roster overnight or something like it?
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  Speaker 1: I feel like the clubhouse is pretty full. Last sweet
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  Speaker 1: that I surface the other this morning before putting the
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  Speaker 1: show together. That made me chuckle. From James Wood's mother,
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  Speaker 1: you know it's spelling is important. I take this.
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  Speaker 2: Paya wait wait wait from James Wood. Well, James would
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  Speaker 2: ah out there, James, this would mother.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. But I'm just curious, Freddy, when you're writing in
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  Speaker 1: the score book, if you keep score, are you like
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  Speaker 1: deferring by first name, last name, nickname, whatever feels comfortable
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  Speaker 1: for me? It's always a very simple wood I'm never
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  Speaker 1: worried about throwing the s on the end, but like
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  Speaker 1: I could go Woody some nights if I feel like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw in a nickname Woody.
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  Speaker 3: I have a scorecard that is all last.
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  Speaker 1: Names, all last names. Okay, so it's not complicated when
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  Speaker 1: you when it's.
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  Speaker 2: All automated it's it's it's not wasting your time writing
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  Speaker 2: in a book.
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  Speaker 1: It's twenty twenty six. It's all automated. Right, last last
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  Speaker 1: thing before we head into break here, Rice Harper saying
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  Speaker 1: to us are only supposedly at ESPN, that he wants
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  Speaker 1: MLB to let participants use metal bats in the bonus
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  Speaker 1: round of the home run derby Franny, I'm curious, how
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  Speaker 1: far do you think guys might be capable of hitting
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  Speaker 1: it if big leaguers are allowed to use a metal bat?
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  Speaker 1: Not saying that this is going to be happening Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: but that would be pretty sick one day in the future.
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  Speaker 1: I'd be a fan.
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  Speaker 2: I think it is one of Bryce's many tremendous ideas
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  Speaker 2: that he's had. And how far do I think? I
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  Speaker 2: actually don't even care about. How far I care about
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  Speaker 2: do they have a choice of what year, what model
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  Speaker 2: they can use?
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  Speaker 1: That that would you know? Yes? Great question?
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  Speaker 2: And how many of the metal bats can they break
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  Speaker 2: just by pure impact?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think? Do you think they have a better
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  Speaker 1: shot using those older, those BB cores or about like.
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  Speaker 2: The minus five when I was in high school in
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  Speaker 2: two thousand. Yeah, those bats.
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  Speaker 1: keeping track of all those numbers these days. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: do you think I don't. I'm not. We're not scientists here,
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  Speaker 1: but physics wise, I feel like you could hit it
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  Speaker 1: harder with a metal bat than you could with a
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  Speaker 1: wooden mat.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think the impact that you'd see like one thirties.
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  Speaker 2: I think you get close to that.
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  Speaker 1: open later today. Let's take a quick look at the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees and where they stand in the American League East.
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  Speaker 1: They're three and seven in their last ten, not playing
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  Speaker 1: the best ball of late, but it is still good
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  Speaker 1: for the top spot in the American League wild card standings.
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  Speaker 1: But Frandy, I still have our pitching preview brought up here.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, it's a unique circumstance with Carson palm Quiz
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  Speaker 1: coming out first, but last time out he was solid,
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  Speaker 1: one inning, no runs, no hits to have a walk
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  Speaker 1: in the process against Houston. Ryan Weathers took the loss
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  Speaker 1: last time, but he's three and seven with a four
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  Speaker 1: to two nine this season. What are you looking for
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  Speaker 1: for the Nats against Ryan Weathers later today after the
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  Speaker 1: day off yesterday, before they head into the break.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you need to see him get away early, because again,
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  Speaker 2: the Yankees last year twenty six to eight, that's they
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  Speaker 2: outscored him in a three game series sweep at Yankee Stadium.
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  Speaker 3: That's got to be fresh on the guy's minds too.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's last year, but like just how quickly
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  Speaker 2: things can change if you aren't paying close attention.
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  Speaker 3: Are you paying more attention.
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  Speaker 2: To the break or you know, I I I find
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  Speaker 2: it awesome when you play a team like this, you
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  Speaker 2: can't let your can't let your mind go, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and get to that that off or that that break
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  Speaker 2: part before anything. The Yankees look they they have struggled
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  Speaker 2: of late, but that's like at any point in time,
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  Speaker 2: like last yesterday, uh, you know, putting up what ten
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  Speaker 2: twelve spot on on the Rays taking two or four
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  Speaker 2: there split the series there in Tampa. At any point
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  Speaker 2: in time they can get a lot come alive. And
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  Speaker 2: that's the scary thought, right, only positives And it's not
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  Speaker 2: a positive for baseball, but a positive if you're NAT's
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  Speaker 2: fan or a player is Aaron Judge is not in
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  Speaker 2: the lineup, but Ben Rice is, and Ben Rice is
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  Speaker 2: having one hell of a year. He's been fantastic. He's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be in the Derby, which is even better. But
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  Speaker 2: the dart with Dartmouth kid. I think that's the part
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  Speaker 2: that you look at. You're going Ivy leagueer, what is
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  Speaker 2: he that good?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yes, he's phenomenal. He is phenomenal.
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  Speaker 2: He's he he would be like the ideal what we
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  Speaker 2: look for as in that like what they're trying to
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  Speaker 2: build great swing decisions, a lot of power, you know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: just work avs, work the picture. That's what he does
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  Speaker 2: and they have the ability to do that. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we look at schedules, we look at everything, and I
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  Speaker 2: think that that's the biggest thing for me is you
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  Speaker 2: can't take them, you know, for granted, doesn't matter what
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  Speaker 2: they are. And they're you know, twenty nine unearned runs
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  Speaker 2: since June twentieth. Great got hit the ball hard. Make them,
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  Speaker 2: you know, field the ball, do all that stuff and
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  Speaker 2: we'll see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think people need to also keep in hindsight
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  Speaker 1: how competitive the East is in what has been a
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  Speaker 1: very lackluster competitive league this year. I'd say this is
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  Speaker 1: probably your most competitive American League division and they're still
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  Speaker 1: good for a four and a half game lead in
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  Speaker 1: the wildcard right now. Like you said, those bats can
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  Speaker 1: come alive at any moment. It's pretty exciting though. I
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  Speaker 1: think the ball should be flying all weekend. It's kind
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  Speaker 1: of all this part, folks not always great. But if
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  Speaker 1: you're headed to the ballpark, I think it'll be fun.
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  Speaker 1: People like offense. If you're in the outfield, bring your
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  Speaker 1: bring your glove because balls might be flying out in
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  Speaker 1: your direction. But Saturday, take a look at Saturday, Cam
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  Speaker 1: Schlitler and Michael Michaels. Excuse me, Cam Schlitzler and Miles
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  Speaker 1: Michaelis that's gonna be the matchup. I'm really excited for
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  Speaker 1: Schlittler and James Wood to kick off that game. That's like,
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  Speaker 1: I know it's a full twenty four hours away, but
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  Speaker 1: that's what I think I'm building up the most excitement
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  Speaker 1: and anticipation too in this entire series. Franny, how do
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  Speaker 1: you expect the Yankees to try and neutralize James in
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  Speaker 1: this series? Is it how every other team has been
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  Speaker 1: doing it this season? Just throw up four and let
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  Speaker 1: them walk down to first base? Or is there a
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  Speaker 1: way to try and get around him in this lineup?
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  Speaker 3: I think they're gonna they're gonna challenge him. They did
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  Speaker 3: last year.
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  Speaker 2: Like I don't I don't sit there waiting for the
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  Speaker 2: Schlitzler and and you know James would ab and competition
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  Speaker 2: because it's like you're going up against alsa young leader
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  Speaker 2: right now. Yeah, Like he's one of those guys that
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  Speaker 2: you just don't you know, James on a heater.
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  Speaker 3: We love that part. We just don't.
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  Speaker 2: You just don't find comfort in facing a guy like
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  Speaker 2: that hundred thirty much strackouts this year. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: like just almost a sub two e R. A guy
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  Speaker 2: throws eighty eight percent fastballs right when he's four seamer
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  Speaker 2: and two seamer in a in a cutter. He's special
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  Speaker 2: and so I'm interested to see what's gonna happen there.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's just gonna be a fascinating game to watch, too,
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  Speaker 1: because it's two totally different kind of starting pitchers. Miles
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  Speaker 1: Michael is kind of pitching and reverse this season and
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  Speaker 1: playing soft into contact versus a guy that's just filth
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  Speaker 1: swing and miss. It'll be fun to watch.
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  Speaker 3: Franny.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you're familiar with these fan pages
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  Speaker 1: on Instagram or you've ever seen them before, but they
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  Speaker 1: were just it amuses me that the players will interact
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  Speaker 1: with these pages. Daleen Lyle fan Club. This is one
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  Speaker 1: of about three Dayly and Lyle fan pages on Instagram.
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  Speaker 1: Justin Lawrence liked and replied to his story graphic he
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  Speaker 1: made of Justin Lawrence headed to the All Star Game.
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  Speaker 1: But Franny, I know you're not on social media quite
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  Speaker 1: as much, do you have any thoughts on those fan
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  Speaker 1: page accounts if you've seen them before, they post, you know,
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  Speaker 1: daily just what that player has been up to. And
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  Speaker 1: would you have liked that as a player, you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of just like a daily fan page updates or
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  Speaker 1: would that have been creepy, a little too much?
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  Speaker 3: Cool? Too much?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, but.
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  Speaker 2: If it's only on the field, then I'm fine. If
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  Speaker 2: it gets to off the stuff, off the field stuff,
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  Speaker 2: then yeah, that's greety. Right on the field, absolutely, I'm
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  Speaker 2: in I just I think it's hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: And this one dates back to a couple of weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: but James wood Glazer shouting out Miles Michaelis is his
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  Speaker 1: favorite follower for protecting the guys during the brawl, or
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: not the brawl, but the incident that happened in Boston
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  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. I just think it's so
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  Speaker 1: funny the possibility that Miles might have been tapping through
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  Speaker 1: his social media that night and see, hey, he was
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  Speaker 1: shouting me out for protecting the boys.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's I think it's one of the cooler
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  Speaker 1: things of social media. And I know there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of bad size social media too, But when we can
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  Speaker 1: have moments like that to bridge the fans and the players,
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  Speaker 1: to bring them closer. Special moment for that fan, you
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  Speaker 1: know they're gonna remember that that Miles follows up for
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  Speaker 1: the rest of their life.
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  Speaker 3: Also, just because like he's got he's got your back, no.
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  Speaker 1: Matter what exactly magic michaelis. Before we take another break
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  Speaker 1: really quickly, I just wanted to show off. This is
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  Speaker 1: a painting that I picked up earlier today and bought
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: after the World Baseball Classic. It is Italy and Great Britain. Yeah,
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: done by Andy Brown, the official artist of Team Great
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: Britain for those of you that were tuned into that story.
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  Speaker 1: And if you look at the bottom right corner down
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  Speaker 1: behind home plate, the guy in the blue, hey, that's
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: yours truly, mister from the Bat Boys. That is me
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  Speaker 1: in the home plate club when I was watching that
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  Speaker 1: day with my videographer Mo He's on the left also
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  Speaker 1: got the same painting. But that's really really incredible work
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  Speaker 1: by Andy.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I just want to give him a big old shout out.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he just absolutely crushed it with this piece.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous Italy and.
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  Speaker 2: Great I don't get how they do it. Man, stuff
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  Speaker 2: that we like we dream of being able to do.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: You're like, yeah, that's easy. No, it's not try it. No,
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  Speaker 2: I do not have those steady hands. That's why I
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: need a tripod when I'm down there on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Right interviews, Yeah, take Yeah. When we come back, we'll
• 17:31
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• 17:34
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  Speaker 1: Once the Nationals get back from the All Star break,
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: it'll be a roadchairp a West Coast road trip for you, Fhranny,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: out to the No Name Athletics and then Colorado after that.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: But pop over to the National League's standings. The Nationals
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: are seven games back. Look at that six game win
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: street for the Marlins, two in a row for the Mets,
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: two in a row for the Braves, and of course
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: the Nats and Phillies coming off wins as well. They
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: are just four games back of a wild card spot,
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: chasing the Marlins, Philly's not it up there, and then
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: the Cubs just ahead of them. Franny, The Yankees are
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: the Yankees and the Nationals are the Nationals. But what
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: do you think would be the biggest key this weekend
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: to feel good about themselves? You know, I think win
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: the series, win the series right, two of three? Any way,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: that you can find a way to do it.
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: Yep, win the series. That's it. That's it. That's the
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: name of the game.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Always yeah, yeah.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: The break into the break, you know, gets the rest after, right.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: I just think that, you know, most important play consistant baseball.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: Can't give away free outs, can't give away free nineties,
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: grind away and you know, show them what you've been
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: doing for the last uh what three months here, you know,
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: three plus months, which is being a damn good offensive team,
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: getting better defensively, run the bases, put pressure on everybody.
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: So yeah, they have an opportunity to do something special.
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: But again, it's all about Game one tonight, and I'm
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: excited about that.
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be a fun night over at the ballpark.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: Think the think the weather is gonna be kinder to us,
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: and it has the last couple of days in DC hopefully,
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: But now it seems like a time to get into
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: the giveaway today it is a Pedro Severino patch card.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: Shout out to Pedro man, He's the one that got
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: the love and passion for baseball, starting me and Liam
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: back in the day. So fill out the form down
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: in the description and we will pick one of you
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: to be the winner of that. They'll also probably be
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: a question in there pertaining to next week's lead off episode.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: I really don't know if that is going to be
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Sunday or Monday or Tuesday. Kevin, We'll figure it out.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna be you will be into an All Star break.
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: You will be in Philly, though.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: I will be doing the Derby and All Star Game
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: for serious exam.
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: Hell yeah, I will see you up there, Billy and Spencer.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Spencer will be enjoying a break, but he will be
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: back as well. Anything you want to toss him before
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: we head over to the ballpark, suit, Franny.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: If the fans out there there listening to this, if
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: you got two outs in the ninth inning and your
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: team's winning, get on your feet and get loud.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: Just get it started in the ninth inning, Mats fans.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: And if they're chipping back in the seventh inning, you.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: Know what if it happened, if there's no outs, two
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: strikes on a guy, get up, let's go.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: We got in the second and the second levels too,
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: and the third levels too.
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: I hate feeling like I got to sit in the
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: one hundreds to get on my feet let's get routy
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: this weekend. That's until next week. See you later.