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Aaron Judge INJURED, Cubs IMMACULATE VIBES, Dodgers HISTORIC NL West record | Ross & Rizzo · Ross and Rizzo Unfiltered

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  Speaker 5: and when we pick it up even more, we just started,
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  Speaker 5: saw there, the Cubbies with some high vibes there. Churchill Downs,
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  Speaker 5: Alex Bregman, active parliament, horse winning a race, and all
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  Speaker 5: the Cubs are there.
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  Speaker 4: That's a useful way to spend the off day, huh, Rossi?
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  Speaker 1: Buddy that reminded me championship teams do things fun together
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  Speaker 1: and the fact that they were in churchill downs right
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  Speaker 1: before they play the reds it took me back to
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  Speaker 1: our golf trip with lester and some of the amazing
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  Speaker 1: things we got to do like that brings a team
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  Speaker 1: together that that act of parliament feels like he brought
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  Speaker 1: those guys together in a cool way uh not that
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  Speaker 1: there are not only close but you know, winning teams,
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  Speaker 1: do fun stuff off the field.
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  Speaker 3: And everybody was there, coaches, trainers. You could see the
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  Speaker 3: whole thing. That was a really cool moment.
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  Speaker 4: It looked awesome.
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  Speaker 5: And, too, the rookie dress-up, seeing the guys dress up
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  Speaker 5: as jockeys, right? I know that's been a lost art
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  Speaker 5: in the game. But, yeah, I mean, act of parliament. Congratulations, Bregge.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, bro, Bregge, Alex Breggeman has been on fire
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  Speaker 5: in the second half. I know he didn't get off
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  Speaker 5: to a good start. But his second half numbers, Rossi,
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  Speaker 5: are MVP-level numbers. He's hitting. 305,. 384 on base,. 623 slug.
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  Speaker 4: Over 1,000 OPS, 17 homers. I mean, bro.
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  Speaker 3: Crazy. I mean, it's... He's doing it. Well, and that's what.
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  Speaker 1: I think we both know him and knew he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: going to not put up the numbers he's used to
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  Speaker 1: putting up.
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  Speaker 3: And you see now, like, what a great signing this
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  Speaker 3: has turned out to be.
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  Speaker 1: And... And he plays gold glove defense. And he's a leader.
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  Speaker 1: And he's bringing these guys together. And speaking of, like,
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  Speaker 1: guys that are absolutely raking, everything PCA touches, he touches
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  Speaker 1: Act of Parliament.
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  Speaker 3: And then he went to the Jag Day. Everything PCA
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  Speaker 3: touches is gold.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like every segment, we're just absolutely, we can't
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  Speaker 1: say enough good things about the MVP pretty much locked
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  Speaker 1: up for PCA. Bro.
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  Speaker 4: 44 home runs, most by a left-handed hitter in Cubs history.
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  Speaker 4: Hit two more, right? He's crazy.
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  Speaker 5: It's the 10th time he had a game with 10-plus bases.
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  Speaker 5: Most by a player, 25 and under ever.
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  Speaker 4: He's just doing things this year that are unprecedented, have
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  Speaker 4: never been seen, and they're rolling. They're the number one
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  Speaker 4: offense for a reason, and Bregman and P.C. are the
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  Speaker 4: reasons why.
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  Speaker 3: They're doing it, man.
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  Speaker 4: Big reasons why.
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  Speaker 3: I think it may go down. I was looking at
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  Speaker 3: some numbers.
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  Speaker 1: It may go down as one of the best seasons
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  Speaker 1: in Cubs history by the time this thing's all said
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  Speaker 1: and done.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's knocking on the door of a 10-win player. Like,
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  Speaker 3: that's insane. Insane. Like, 10 wins.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't get into war and all that stuff,
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  Speaker 1: but my gosh, what he's doing is remarkable, and it's
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  Speaker 1: so fun to watch how he's handled the whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the one thing I keep looking at, Riz,
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  Speaker 1: is like, is he going to get those three stolen bases?
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  Speaker 3: And is it even important to him?
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  Speaker 1: I think we all as fans want to see a
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  Speaker 1: 40-40 season, right, and how historic that is. But getting
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  Speaker 1: those three bags, I don't even feel like it's an
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  Speaker 1: important thing for him. He's trying to stay healthy.
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  Speaker 3: He's going to hit home runs. If he keeps hitting
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  Speaker 3: home runs, he's going to have a chance.
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  Speaker 4: To steal bags. If he keeps hitting home runs, I'd
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  Speaker 4: rather have him hit 50 than steal 40.
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  Speaker 3: Same.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like he could get those last three bags
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  Speaker 1: in his sleep, but I think as a fan, I
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  Speaker 1: want him to get those. But I feel like what's
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  Speaker 1: really important to him is he's got his eye on
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  Speaker 1: the bigger picture, which is going to the playoffs and
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  Speaker 1: making a big-time run.
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  Speaker 5: Well, bro, these next 10 days are huge for them.
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  Speaker 5: They're tied with the Phillies right now. The Padres are
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  Speaker 5: one game back. You're talking about you need to stay
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  Speaker 5: on top of your game, so it's a good thing
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  Speaker 5: for PCA because he can steal the bags. Nothing will
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  Speaker 5: look like he's just chasing numbers right so but that
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  Speaker 5: wild card race bro that's i mean phillies phillies padres
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  Speaker 5: cubs cubs cubs have the their strength their schedule is
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  Speaker 5: a lot easier than the phillies and the brewers and
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  Speaker 5: they play the red socks those last three games the
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  Speaker 5: cubs for the red socks last three games where the
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  Speaker 5: red socks will already have the locked up the second
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  Speaker 5: seed in the wild cards so hopefully they're lining up
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  Speaker 5: their rotation and kind of punting those last three but
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  Speaker 5: The NL wildcard, man.
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  Speaker 4: That's going to be a fun. It's going to come
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  Speaker 4: down to the wire. I know we've been talking about it,
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  Speaker 4: but it's going to be a fun one to watch.
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  Speaker 3: It's so fun.
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  Speaker 1: And like home field advantage in the postseason, especially when
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  Speaker 1: you're talking about Philadelphia. I know the Cubs hold the
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  Speaker 1: tie break there. So, you know, they don't want to.
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  Speaker 4: Go to Philly. Bro, all three. Like, think about this.
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  Speaker 5: The home field can be in San Diego or In
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  Speaker 5: Philly or in Chicago, those are three legitimate home field advantages.
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  Speaker 3: No doubt.
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  Speaker 4: Especially playoff time.
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  Speaker 1: Well, especially like you talk about Phillies and Cubs, like
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  Speaker 1: nobody wants to go to the West Coast, right? Like
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to go all the way to the
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  Speaker 1: West Coast to play. Central's not as bad, but the
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  Speaker 1: Phillies don't want to have to do that. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be... It's going to be exciting, man. I'm so
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  Speaker 1: glad we're doing this podcast. More down here in the
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  Speaker 1: stretch and every day to the playoffs. But this Friday,
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad we're jumping back here on this Friday and
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  Speaker 1: getting this edition in because there's a lot going on.
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  Speaker 5: Let's talk about some greatness. The Dodgers win the NL
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  Speaker 5: West fifth straight year, 13 out of 14 seasons, Rossi.
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  Speaker 5: It's one of the greatest division runs of all time
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  Speaker 5: next to your Bravos.
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  Speaker 4: I mean... it.
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  Speaker 5: Like what how how do they just keep do i
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  Speaker 5: know they've been spending a ton of money lately but
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  Speaker 5: 10 years ago they.
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  Speaker 1: Weren't yeah well i think the thing that gets it
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  Speaker 1: we always talk about the money but the thing that
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  Speaker 1: gets overlooked their minor league system has been really contributed
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  Speaker 1: they've had guys come up and do pajes and will
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  Speaker 1: smith and they've added these guys obviously they spend a
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  Speaker 1: lot of money and go get the right free agents
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  Speaker 1: and spend on the pitching but they've had some guys
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  Speaker 1: come up and really contribute or make the right trades
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  Speaker 1: with their minor league system. Vargas, it's with the White Sox, like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being able to move him and get the
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  Speaker 1: right pieces that they need to fill in. But what's
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  Speaker 1: crazy to me, Riz, is the one year that they
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  Speaker 1: didn't make it. They won 106 games and finished second
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  Speaker 1: to San Francisco, who won 107. So, like, it's not
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  Speaker 1: for lack of what they've.
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  Speaker 3: Done on the field.
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  Speaker 1: It's just, you know, one team, one organization had a
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  Speaker 1: better year, but 13 out of 14 in all 14
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  Speaker 1: years in a row in the postseason, that's just unheard of, man.
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  Speaker 1: And back in the days, I mean, the Braves had
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  Speaker 1: Glav and Maddox, Smoltz, Chipper, Bobby Cox as a Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Famer.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that's all Hall of Famers.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Jones, like six Hall of Famers on that staff
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  Speaker 1: is amazing.
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  Speaker 3: And we may look back on the Dodgers, and obviously
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  Speaker 3: there's going to be a lot of Hall of Famers
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  Speaker 3: coming out of that group.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of Hall of Famers coming out of that group.
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  Speaker 5: I love Dave Roberts. when they were popping champagne and celebrating,
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  Speaker 5: saying that we're the hungriest team, right? And he's like,
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  Speaker 5: we're going for history, right? They know that they have
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  Speaker 5: a three-peat on the horizon if they can pull this
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  Speaker 5: off again, which it's, you know, they won 7 out
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  Speaker 5: of 10. I remember we talked a few weeks ago
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  Speaker 5: about they were struggling and what's going on with the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 5: And I remember saying, don't worry, their strength is scheduled.
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  Speaker 5: They got the Rockies coming up. They'll get in their
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  Speaker 5: groove they're professionals and they've won 7 out of the
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  Speaker 5: last 10 but bro their Otani's knee is an issue
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  Speaker 5: but it's not that big of an issue Doc said
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  Speaker 5: if there was a playoffs now he'd be playing but
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  Speaker 5: their Blake Snell came out of the game you know
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  Speaker 5: these are the guys that they were kind of It
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  Speaker 5: seems like they were grooming or just kind of putting
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  Speaker 5: along to the playoffs. And now that they're not fully
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  Speaker 5: healthy going in is starting to cause a little bit
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  Speaker 5: of concern for me because this team was built for October.
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  Speaker 3: I think I'm in the same boat as you, man.
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  Speaker 1: It's like you thought you would just hand the third
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  Speaker 1: title to them to start the season and even really
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  Speaker 1: halfway through, you're like, okay, they're going to get Glassnow back.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to get Snell back. They're going to get
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  Speaker 1: some guys healthy. Mookie's not going to be that bad
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  Speaker 1: the whole time. But, you know, Diaz is not returning
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  Speaker 1: or is returning, but not as a closure.
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  Speaker 4: Sasaki has a blister.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, just little things. And you know how it is.
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  Speaker 3: You want to be in that.
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  Speaker 1: Hitting on all cylinders at the back end of the
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  Speaker 1: season to go into the post season. And they are,
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  Speaker 1: are winning baseball games, but it doesn't feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and like Dave even said, he's still, still their best
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  Speaker 1: baseball hasn't been played yet.
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  Speaker 4: I agree.
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  Speaker 5: And, and the experience too, like they've won, they've been there,
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  Speaker 5: they've done it. They've won the last game of the season.
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  Speaker 5: They played in game seven last year. They're, they're fully back.
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  Speaker 1: So, Um, I was about to say, you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: not that easy to flip the switch, but you were,
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  Speaker 1: you were a switch flipper, uh, self-proclaimed Rossi. I can
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  Speaker 1: flip on the switch at any time. So, um, I'll,
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  Speaker 1: I'll save that comment because those guys might be able
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  Speaker 1: to do that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I will.
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  Speaker 5: Well, Rossi talking about is when Rossi played and gets
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  Speaker 5: to the field, he was on right away intensity the
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  Speaker 5: entire day to where being an everyday player, uh, you
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  Speaker 5: had to really conserve your energy until the last moment.
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  Speaker 4: So he'd be, there'd be times where he'd be yelling
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  Speaker 4: at me, Hey, let's go 44. I'm like, relax.
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  Speaker 5: And I looked at him one day and I go, Rossi,
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  Speaker 5: I go, I'm a switch player. I can, I go,
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  Speaker 5: I can turn it on and off at any time.
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  Speaker 5: If I need to be on right now, I just
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  Speaker 5: turn the switch on and I go.
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, Riz, lock it in. He goes, I'm always
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  Speaker 3: locked in. I'll be there when it matters, Rossi.
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  Speaker 4: I'll be there when it matters.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking a little bit of a down news, Aaron Judge
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  Speaker 1: dealing with some, you know, I think they've said lower body,
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  Speaker 1: leg injury, or, you know, something's bothering him.
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  Speaker 3: Had to keep him out a little bit. What's your
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  Speaker 3: level of concern on that?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, not good.
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  Speaker 5: Anytime he comes out of the game, I feel like
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  Speaker 5: you know he's hurting. His comments after the game, saying
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  Speaker 5: just being smart, don't want to jeopardize the future of
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  Speaker 5: the season. But look, the Yankees need Aaron Judge to
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  Speaker 5: be healthy. And him coming back and not doing any
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  Speaker 5: rehab games, I agree with. It's Aaron Judge. If he
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  Speaker 5: didn't want to go on rehab, he doesn't go on rehab.
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  Speaker 5: He gets to make those. He's earned that kind of call.
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  Speaker 5: The only thing that I kind of scratch my head
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  Speaker 5: at is him playing four games in a row. He
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  Speaker 5: played two, had a day off, then played four in
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  Speaker 5: a row. Where it's like, look, we're just trying to
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  Speaker 5: get Aaron Judge, and this is my fan hat on only.
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  Speaker 5: I just need Aaron Judge healthy for the first round
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  Speaker 5: of the playoffs.
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  Speaker 4: And all of October.
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  Speaker 5: I do not really care about his personal success these
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  Speaker 5: next 10 days. I just want him healthy and hopefully
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  Speaker 5: he gets rolling for the playoffs. So him going down
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  Speaker 5: and dealing with an injury, hopefully it's hopefully for the
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  Speaker 5: Yankees sake and for his sake that it's nothing, nothing major.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. That's such a fine line from a manager's perspective.
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  Speaker 1: You're trying to keep him on this kind of rehab schedule,
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  Speaker 1: but get him, as many at bats as possible, right?
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  Speaker 1: Like we, he started a little bit slow. It's that big,
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  Speaker 1: big home run. And, and, you know, we talked about
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  Speaker 1: the numbers last episode of him. Once he got in
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  Speaker 1: his rhythm, he's going off. So I think just trying
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  Speaker 1: to get those reps and, and in the box and
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  Speaker 1: trying to play with that a little bit is always
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  Speaker 1: a little tricky and not knowing how the body's going
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  Speaker 1: to react.
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  Speaker 4: Well, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And he hit the home run to a Minnesota, which
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  Speaker 5: is a great sign, but Rossi, like, Let's go back
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  Speaker 5: to 2021. Say I got hurt early in the season
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  Speaker 5: or later in the season, right?
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  Speaker 4: And I'm coming back.
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  Speaker 5: I look good. You and I have a great relationship.
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  Speaker 5: Him and Booney have a great relationship. How are you
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  Speaker 5: going to tell, as the manager, your superstar player who
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  Speaker 5: has earned everything, every right to kind of bark demands, no,
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  Speaker 5: you're not playing. How hard is that to save the
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  Speaker 5: player from himself?
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  Speaker 4: Or can you? I think that Honestly, I.
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  Speaker 3: Don't I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Well, like you said, like going back to our situation,
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  Speaker 1: like if you come into me, that's the hard. Those
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  Speaker 1: are the hardest conversations, especially when you have a tight
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  Speaker 1: relationship like me and you or him and Booney. It's
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  Speaker 1: like I know you want to be in there. I
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  Speaker 1: know you feel great, but we're playing for the big picture.
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  Speaker 1: We're playing for the long run. It's like taking taking
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  Speaker 1: out a pitcher, you know, at 80 pitches when you
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  Speaker 1: you're really focused and they're cruising. You're focusing on the
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  Speaker 1: long run. you know, early on and trying to talk
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  Speaker 1: them off. You know, you guys are competitive. We're all,
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  Speaker 1: we want to compete. Those are the toughest conversations because
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  Speaker 1: you have that relationship. But at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: that's what the manager's paid for. Like you're making the
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  Speaker 1: toughest decisions and you got to sit them down and
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  Speaker 1: they'll be pissed, but hopefully they see the big picture
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  Speaker 1: at some point. And, you know, when, when, when you
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  Speaker 1: guys get mad at us, it's not a good feeling.
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  Speaker 3: It's not a good feeling when you're pissed off.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, a serious question though. Is that what the manager
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  Speaker 5: gets paid for? Is that all front office? Because as
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  Speaker 5: a player, you think it's just coming from the front
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  Speaker 5: office and the manager has to wear it type stuff.
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I think too, like, you know, your medical team,
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: like they've been.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: Around a lot longer than we have.
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: And I still have that player mentality where it's like
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: the player comes into my office, you know, you want
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: to give them what they want, especially like, hey, I
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: don't want this off day.
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: I'm rolling.
• 16:11
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• 16:13
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• 16:16
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• 16:19
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• 16:22
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• 16:24
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• 16:29
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• 16:31
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• 16:34
  Speaker 1: A lot of times it's just medical team going, hey,
• 16:36
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• 16:38
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, hopefully for the game of baseball, it's just a
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: A few days, if that, and he's back full strength
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: because the Yankees definitely need him, especially with the Red
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: Sox and that wild card round.
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: That's going to be electric. It's lined up to be
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: at Yankee Stadium.
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: I'll be on that call at NBC, which I'm excited about.
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: That's going to be fun.
• 17:53
  Speaker 4: Very cool.
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: I'll tell a quick story.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger, he was having an MVP caliber season my
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: last year, and I kept trying to find days off
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: for him. And he was all fine with it before.
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: And just like, Hey Cody, you got off in two days.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: We're going to, we're going to let you, you know,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: just breathe for a bit. You've been playing, you've been
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: stealing bags, whatever.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: You're having a great season.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: And he's like, yeah, no problem, Rossi. And then the
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: next day he gets four hits. He's like right in.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: My office after the game. He's like, bro, I don't
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: need a day off. I'm fine. I was like, all right, bro,
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: you got it. You're like, you're the man you're you're rolling.
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: And I trust you. I probably err on the side
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: of trusting players.
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: There's there's, I think that's how you get to become,
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: you know, kind of that label of like a player's
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: manager versus just, um, some guy just kind of kind
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: of play it by the book. But, um, those are
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: the funny stories you come in and guys are, guys
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: are like, I don't need a day.
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: I'm like, all right.
• 18:44
  Speaker 5: Well, bro, it's what you said, like kind of remember when, uh,
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: Buck Showalter years ago said, um, a guy hit a
• 18:53
  Speaker 5: triple and they came down and said he ran too
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: much in the game. So you have to sit them
• 18:57
  Speaker 5: the next day for injury prevention. It, For me, it's
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: like that's what we've bred now is, oh, guys need
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: off days.
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: No, no, no.
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: If you're a dude and you want the respect of
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: your peers, you play every day. So from the player's perspective,
• 19:12
  Speaker 5: it's like guys who look for those off days, oh,
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: I need a day here or there.
• 19:17
  Speaker 4: No, no, no. Here you go. A little pat on
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: the ass.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: They need an off day where they're not running the
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: bases because their ass is getting out, you know?
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: Like, let them work on the swing for a day.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: We just had, I just did Mets, and I did
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: Mets and Orioles in New York, and Pete Alonzo plays
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: every single day in post, and he leads all of
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: baseball in RBIs since 2019, his rookie year, and games
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: played because he posts every single day, and that's a,
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: that's such a, from guys that have played, that's such
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: a respected staff because that's your dude, that's your horse.
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: He's posting every day.
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about you pencil him in
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: the middle of the lineup and go about your business.
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: And you know, that guy is.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: Giving you a quality at bat and can bring damage
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: every single night. Like that's such a, such a great
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: thing to have on your team. Yeah. Yeah.
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: Pete Alonzo hasn't missed a game since 2023. So that's
• 20:11
  Speaker 5: a really, really good run of health. A team we
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: have not talked nearly enough about is the Tampa Bay Rays,
• 20:21
  Speaker 5: and specifically Junior Caminero, making, in my opinion, a late
• 20:25
  Speaker 5: MVP push with the numbers that he's putting up. They
• 20:29
  Speaker 5: just are coming off winning their sixth in a row.
• 20:31
  Speaker 5: He had two walk-offs last week. His stat line right
• 20:35
  Speaker 5: now is. 277. with a. 363 on base,. 535 slug,
• 20:40
  Speaker 5: 41 home runs, 96 RBIs, leads Jordan by one home
• 20:45
  Speaker 5: run and behind three RBIs, Rossi. This MVP race, I
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: thought a month ago was just Jordan all the way
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: locked up, but now you have Cam Schlittler. What he's
• 20:57
  Speaker 5: doing in the pitching front has been epic this year,
• 21:00
  Speaker 5: but Junior Caminero, bro, I might have him over Jordan
• 21:04
  Speaker 5: right now for the MVP.
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: That's crazy, bro. That's absolutely nuts. Um, I'm, I'm with you.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: I think it's, he has definitely flown under the radar.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: And, uh, I think that's just being in Tampa, but
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: like you said, Tampa is got a phenomenal team, uh,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: and they've proved it. And, you know, they just clinched and, and,
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: you know, clinch a playoff spot with his walk-off home run.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: How cool was that?
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: But, um, you know, your Don's Alvaro, when you, when
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: you compare, it's like, You know, Caminero 279 to 311
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: for Jordan on base, 363 versus 427. Like, Slug is
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: 535 to 590. He leads Caminero, Jordan does, in every
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: offensive category except for one home run. And I think
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: the great thing about Junior is he's doing it at.
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: 22 years old. You know, Jordan's 29.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: But RBI is 96 for Caminero, 99 runs.
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: It's 120-point difference in OPS. That's a big gap. That's
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: a big gap.
• 22:06
  Speaker 4: Bro, the Astros are a 500 team, right? This is
• 22:12
  Speaker 4: an MVP race. Junior plays third. Exactly.
• 22:15
  Speaker 5: So, a defensive player, like, what do we just paint–
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: Jordan can win the Hank Aaron Award.
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: He's the best hitter. I love your debate here, but
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: I think he's still leading in war.
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: I probably agree, too. I agree, too, Jordan. I know
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: you do.
• 22:31
  Speaker 5: When you really want to have a debate about it,
• 22:35
  Speaker 5: I mean... Bro, Junior is having a hell of a year, man,
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: and the Rays are a real threat.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: Listen, Caminero, like Polymarket right now, only a 6% to
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: the yes on Polymarket.
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: So a $ 10 trade.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Gets you back $ 138 if you think he can steal
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: the MVP from Jordan. So go check out a little Polymarket.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: That's a good bet.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: Very nice plug. If you're in the boat with Riz.
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: I mean, go make some money. Let's throw some money down.
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: You know what I would do if I was.
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: Like, you know, this is good for the pod of
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: me and you debating and not always agreeing on everything.
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: But if.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: If it was Aaron Judge versus Junior Caminero, you would
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: be like, bro, all the numbers are different.
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: Like, this is my boy. He deserves the MVP.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Of course.
• 23:22
  Speaker 4: Exactly. Oh, I got no skin in the game on
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: these two. I got no skin in the game. Right, right, right.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: I don't either, but I like being down here, both
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: of us in Florida. You're in New York now, but
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: Florida guys, I love the Rays and what they're doing.
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: And I think they're going to, man, they got a
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: really good chance to be in the World Series to me.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: They're good, man.
• 23:40
  Speaker 4: Ladies and gentlemen, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers,
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: if we have a World Series of the two smaller
• 23:48
  Speaker 4: markets in our league, can save baseball in 2027. I've
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: been thinking about that.
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: I've been wanting to say that on here.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I was like, bro, I think the commission may have
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: an absolute heart attack if those two end up in
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: the World Series.
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: But we'll see. They deserve it. I mean, they are
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: the two best teams in baseball.
• 24:08
  Speaker 5: All right, let's get to some topics that we talked
• 24:11
  Speaker 5: about on our last episode, Rossi, which I've been excited
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: to talk about today. Who is on that paper chase?
• 24:18
  Speaker 5: It's the end of the season. Guys have incentives. Guys
• 24:21
  Speaker 5: are trying to get to big milestones that will ultimately
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: make them a lot of money. One of the coolest ones, Rossi,
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: we have a whole list here. Shout out to Chris Tran,
• 24:31
  Speaker 5: our producer, pulling these up. Max Muncy of the Dodgers
• 24:35
  Speaker 5: has said, what I think is the best incentive. Every
• 24:39
  Speaker 5: single plate appearance he gets $ 35, 000 after 400 plate appearances.
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: He's currently at 527. So it caps out. I think
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: I caps out, but I think it caps at like
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: 4 million or something, but he's made already three plus million.
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: Just think about that. You have, you have your base salary, right?
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: And then you hit an incentive and you're like, Oh,
• 25:02
  Speaker 5: that bad.
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: That's a $ 35, 000. That's 35.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: I got 35. Like I just made, I got four
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: batches made a hundred grand. Yeah. This game. Like that's,
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: that's pretty cool. And it's funny. Like, putting our player
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: hat back on.
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: There's those guys when you're in the playoff race, probably
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: not thinking about that as much as trying to have
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: your good at bats. But when you're out of it
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: and you got these types of at bats going on,
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: you're like, I got to post every single day. Like
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: there's no, there's no taking one off. Like I'm getting
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: this money at the back end. You try to find,
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: I think organizations can do a really good job of
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: having these incentives to, especially on, on veteran players at
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: times that just pushing them to the finish line. Sometimes
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: when you're out of it, That can always help. Anything
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: that turns on our competitive juices always helps at the
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: back end.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: Of a long season.
• 25:53
  Speaker 5: I'm a huge believer in incentives, especially for veteran players
• 25:56
  Speaker 5: like you said, that gets them going more. I want
• 26:00
  Speaker 5: to say a strikeout wouldn't feel as bad, making $ 35, 000
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: in that bat.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: In the middle of it, you would like it. I
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: remember I learned this from Dusty Baker. He would go
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: around to players and The last week's like, hey, do
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: you have any incentives I don't know about? You need innings,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: talking to guys individually, and he would try to help
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: these guys get.
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: That, and I tried to do that when I managed. Pro.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you want to try to get these guys any
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: little thing you can and be on their side, make
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: that extra cheese.
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: Getting on that paper chase, baby. Get on that paper chase.
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: Max Scherzer gets a million dollars at both 75 and
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: 85 innings pitched. He's currently at 72 and two-thirds, so That's.
• 26:43
  Speaker 5: Pretty much a lock. He doesn't need a million dollars,
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: but he's got plenty of money. But hey, as long
• 26:51
  Speaker 5: as he stays healthy. Goldschmidt needs 35 plate appearances, which
• 26:55
  Speaker 5: I don't know if he'll get that with the way
• 26:57
  Speaker 5: the Yankees kind of construct.
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: Their roster right now for a $ 500, 000 bonus.
• 27:02
  Speaker 5: Matthew Boyd needs five innings pitch, 5.5 and a quarter
• 27:05
  Speaker 5: for $ 100, 000. Got 100,000 at each of 80, 90, 100,
• 27:14
  Speaker 5: and 110 innings pitched. His final incentive is at 120
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: innings pitched.
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: He's getting there.
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: Just a normal outing for him. That'll get it. He'll
• 27:23
  Speaker 5: probably have two more outings, right?
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: Well, one topic we talked about, yeah, he'll probably have, what, two?
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: We got nine games left, so he'll have a couple
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: more starts, it feels like.
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: I don't know when the last.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: Time he started, but one of the things we already
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: talked about, Ozzie Albies, Matt Olsen, Pete Alonzo, PCA, all
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: going for 162-game season, posting every single day. We know
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: we love that, and good luck to those guys. don't
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: sit them, don't clench and sit them. Let those guys
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: put every day. You played, how many seasons, you had
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: one or two seasons 162?
• 27:58
  Speaker 4: I played 160 one year. I led the league that year. 160.
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: And the days you have off and you get in,
• 28:06
  Speaker 5: you're pissed off as a player, but then you're like, fuck,
• 28:08
  Speaker 5: at least it's a game played because at the end
• 28:10
  Speaker 5: of the year, it's just all about GP, games played.
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: I love that.
• 28:15
  Speaker 4: We have some big milestones, guys. Chasing big milestones.
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: Ben Rice needs two home runs for 40, eight RBIs
• 28:23
  Speaker 5: for 100.
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: The season he's had, back-to-back seasons now.
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: Really establishing himself as just a premier left-handed hitter in
• 28:31
  Speaker 5: our game. Hunter Goodman needs two home runs for 40.
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: Let's go, Hunter.
• 28:37
  Speaker 4: From a catcher, right?
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: No doubt.
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: And a catcher in cores. Your body, man, has to
• 28:45
  Speaker 4: take a beating.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, watching him make the all-star team and, like,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: what he's doing, the homers, the power out of that position,
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: so cool. It just reminds you of, like, how hard
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: that is from Cal Raleigh last year. Like, really just
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: an epic season from Hunter Goodman on a bad team
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: and still putting up those kind of numbers. We're rooting
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: for him to get two more to get to 40.
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: Our man, friend of the program, Kyle Schwarber, needs five
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: homers to get to 50.
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: Need you, Schwarbs. Let's put that.
• 29:13
  Speaker 4: That would be back-to-back 50 homer seasons.
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: That's crazy, bro. What a slugger. What a slugger.
• 29:19
  Speaker 4: He is a beast. Bobby Witt, eight bags for 50.
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: PCA needs three more for 40, which 40-40 club would
• 29:30
  Speaker 4: be insane just to add on to his MVP season.
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: Fernando Tatis needs five to get to 40. Chris Sale
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: needs 10 Ks to get to 200 strikeouts. And Paul
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: Skeens needs 15 to get to 200. That is definitely reachable.
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: They probably both have two starts left, depending on how
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: they set up the– or the Braves set up the
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: rotations for the postseason. But those guys on the paper chase,
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: numbers chase, some milestones– that will be on the back
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: of your baseball card for the rest of your life.
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: Those are really cool numbers.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: And really a lot of these guys, some of these
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: guys you're talking about Hall of Famers at the back
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: end of that. So it's nice to be able to
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: rip off some of those cool stats when they're talking
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: about you.
• 30:11
  Speaker 5: Who do you think on all those from the incentives
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: to the guys going from milestones, which one do you
• 30:16
  Speaker 5: think is career wise the biggest for that player?
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think the Hunter Goodman, right, just
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: really bursted on the scene this year. I mean, 40
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: home runs out of the catching position we talked about
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: at Cal Raleigh and how much that got talked about
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: last year and obviously more than 40. But on a
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: bad team and in that position in Coors Field, it
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: feels like, you know, that's one, like the biggest milestone
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: for him. And the other one, I just think a
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: root for the young players to put those up early.
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: I think Ben Rice is in that category because he's–
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: I would say carry the Yankees, but he's been the
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: stabilizing force that stayed in that lineup in the middle
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: and putting up really good numbers after a decent season
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: last year, but really took a big step forward this year,
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: and he's fun to watch play.
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: What about you?
• 31:04
  Speaker 4: No doubt. I mean, I agree with you with the
• 31:06
  Speaker 4: Hunter Goodman. I'll go.
• 31:08
  Speaker 5: I like Chris Sale, him getting the 200 strikeouts, right?
• 31:10
  Speaker 5: He had a bunch of injuries in Boston.
• 31:13
  Speaker 4: They trade him. He's revived himself. He won a Cy Young.
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: I mean, he's like fine wine, bro. the Braves are
• 31:21
  Speaker 5: going to need him heavily in October.
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: For sure. For sure.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: And you root for, he's been around a long time and, uh,
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: I don't know how it's sale.
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: He's gotta be like, you know, get to be, uh, mid.
• 31:33
  Speaker 4: Thirties, at least mid to.
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: Late thirties, right?
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, I mean, when you see the way he's 37,
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: when you, when you see the older guys just continue
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: to put up just, you know, top tier league numbers, uh,
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: it's fun to watch and, and he's, He's kind of
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: that gritty guy that you just root for, and I'm
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: here close to Atlanta, so I get to see him
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: I like that man.
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: And he's 231 for 3,000 strikeouts.
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: Let's go, Chris.
• 32:01
  Speaker 5: That'll probably happen next year, honestly. Rossi, this has been fun.
• 32:06
  Speaker 5: Thank you, everyone, for tuning in to Ross and Rizzo
• 32:10
  Speaker 5: on Filter. We're coming at you again twice next week
• 32:13
  Speaker 5: as we ramp up for playoff coverage. Follow us, follow
• 32:17
  Speaker 5: along with us. We appreciate you subscribing, going on YouTube,
• 32:20
  Speaker 5: leaving comments. And at the end of every show, Rossi,
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: we do our TimBus mailbag slash ball bag questions of
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: the week. So we got a couple of good ones
• 32:31
  Speaker 5: this week. And this is probably our favorite.
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: Part of the show.
• 32:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.
• 32:37
  Speaker 4: Let me read this first one. Yeah, you start it off.
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: Okay, I'll do an email from Richie Williams.
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: Guys, just wondering who were each of you guys' favorite
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: players growing up?
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: We'll start with you, Riz.
• 32:49
  Speaker 4: Fuck, Rossi.
• 32:51
  Speaker 5: I know 95% of our audience isn't going to know
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: who your favorite player was because it's probably still black
• 32:57
  Speaker 5: and white television.
• 32:59
  Speaker 3: That's messed up, bro. That's messed up. There's always a
• 33:01
  Speaker 3: dig at my age on that.
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: My favorite player was....
• 33:10
  Speaker 5: Gary Sheffield and Alfonso Soriano growing up. Gary Sheffield was
• 33:14
  Speaker 5: with the Marlins, had the bat waggle, right? And I
• 33:18
  Speaker 5: just love Soriano, so I got to play with Soriano.
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: I was in spring training with Sheff, and he's an
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: absolute beast. But he hit a ball. When his name
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: pops up, there's like two stories. He hit a ball
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: off Eric Gagne, tried to sneak a 99-mile fastball by him.
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: And it was a line drive off the center field wall.
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: And it took like two seconds. And I thought I
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: was going to knock the wall down. One of the
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: hardest balls I've ever seen hit. Jeff had serious juice.
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: He's probably one of the more well-rounded players.
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: Like speed, power, defense. Like he was really good.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: I grew up in Tallahassee and the Braves were on
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: all the time. So it was like the Dale Murphy,
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: Eddie Perez, the catchers, obviously.
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: I was a big Pudge Rodriguez. I could catch and throw.
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: I loved watching Pudge Rodriguez throw guys out, but probably
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: just the Braves guys, Eddie, Charlie O'Brien. That's going to
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: be a throwback. A lot of people won't know, but
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: I loved his catching style. And when he was with
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: the Braves in Montreal for a little bit, and he
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: was kind of a journeyman.
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: So I just loved his style. So shout out Charlie O'Brien.
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: Let's go. What a drop. What a name drop there.
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 34:28
  Speaker 5: We got another email from Tony. Tony's been hot on
• 34:31
  Speaker 5: the show. I think this is a repeat question ask.
• 34:35
  Speaker 5: How do you think the 2016 Cubs fare in today's
• 34:38
  Speaker 5: game with the addition of ABS pitch clock, universal DH,
• 34:41
  Speaker 5: and otherwise? Outside of Schwarber, since he was hurt, who
• 34:45
  Speaker 5: would have been the best option for an in-season DH?
• 34:49
  Speaker 3: Oh, good question. Great question. Well, the 2016 Cubs were
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: really good.
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: Greatest team of all time.
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: Outside of the backup catcher, we had a really good squad.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: Man, my first inclination was to go to Jorge Soler, right? Like,
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: I think Georgie was a beast, especially lefties. He hit,
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: he raked lefties for us already, but he had big-time power,
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: turned out to be a World Series MVP with the Braves, like,
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: I think he was coming to his own.
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: Um, I may be blanking on some guys, but.
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: Like, that's the first one that popped in my head
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: was Schwarber out. Uh, maybe if Schwarber was the DH,
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: he wouldn't have got hurt.
• 35:31
  Speaker 3: It wouldn't be playing left field.
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: So, uh, that was my, my, uh, that was kind
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: of my rebuttal to Tony, but, um, that's who I would.
• 35:38
  Speaker 3: Probably go with. Uh, George Solaire.
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: I think, I think first off that 2016 team plays
• 35:45
  Speaker 5: with any team. I think maybe the VLOs from that
• 35:49
  Speaker 5: team aren't up to date with the, starting pitching velocity
• 35:52
  Speaker 5: and the back-end bullpen velocity that there is now. But
• 35:56
  Speaker 5: the chemistry there was obviously.
• 35:57
  Speaker 4: I'm a little biased.
• 35:58
  Speaker 5: But I think one of the underrated things about that
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: 2016 team is Joe got all of our outfielders and
• 36:06
  Speaker 5: infielders at bats, right? So with a universal DH, it
• 36:12
  Speaker 5: almost could have hurt us as a team, keeping everyone
• 36:14
  Speaker 5: fresh and happy because– he always had guys kind of
• 36:19
  Speaker 5: moving in and out, but also playing every day where
• 36:21
  Speaker 5: they felt like they were playing every day.
• 36:22
  Speaker 4: So sure. Yeah. The, the Solaire one would have been great.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: The other one that just popped in my head and,
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: and my manager thoughts is like, it'd probably be a
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: DH platoon between Solaire and Chris Coghlan. Chris Coghlan gave
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: us really good at bats when he came back after the,
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: the trade deadline.
• 36:38
  Speaker 4: Totally.
• 36:38
  Speaker 3: Or, uh, yes.
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: Or I think he, I think he got moved before that, but, um,
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: I think Chris Coghlan gave quality at bats. He was
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: a really good piece for us. Started games. in the postseason.
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: He was a quality AB, former Rookie of the Year.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: Shout out Chris Coghlan, Jorge Soler, probably a platoon situation.
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: There, right, rights, and left.
• 36:57
  Speaker 4: Totally.
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: Last email from Andrea Azzo, I think you say, how
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: you pronounce that. I'd love to hear Anthony Rizzo discuss
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: his preparation for.
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: The Chicago Marathon. I saw you post something on your
• 37:12
  Speaker 3: story today where you're grinding.
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: You already did like 17.2% pounding a Coke, getting some
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: of that sugar in your system?
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: No, bro. I was just trying to fucking survive.
• 37:25
  Speaker 5: Ran 20 miles yesterday. It's still hot up here in
• 37:29
  Speaker 5: New York. It was a grind, bro. I appreciate the question, Andrew.
• 37:37
  Speaker 5: The preparation for the marathon, I run three or four
• 37:39
  Speaker 5: times a week. Um, do one long run a week
• 37:43
  Speaker 5: in the long runs. I just did my longest run,
• 37:45
  Speaker 5: which is 20 miles. And bro, I, that long run
• 37:51
  Speaker 5: killed me. Like I was, I got back around.
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: Was it mental? Was it like, what was the mental?
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: It's not, I don't, I don't know. I don't know
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: if it's mental, if it's physical, I don't know. Right.
• 38:02
  Speaker 4: I'm in a dog days of training. I'm running solo.
• 38:06
  Speaker 5: Right. It's a lot better when you run with people.
• 38:08
  Speaker 5: So on the actual day of the marathon, it'll be
• 38:10
  Speaker 5: a lot more fun. But my legs are heavy. My
• 38:15
  Speaker 5: glutes were on fire. Your hammies start grabbing on you,
• 38:20
  Speaker 5: your back, everything. And you just got to get it done. Literally,
• 38:24
  Speaker 5: I literally just say one step at a time, one
• 38:27
  Speaker 5: step at a time. What got me through yesterday was
• 38:30
  Speaker 5: a little bit of Rufus DeSoul, Inner Bloom and Underwater.
• 38:34
  Speaker 5: When I was really grinding, I would just play those
• 38:35
  Speaker 5: songs back to back that I just keep running until
• 38:37
  Speaker 5: the end of these songs.
• 38:38
  Speaker 4: And they're like 12 minutes. Nice.
• 38:40
  Speaker 5: But- you got a lot of carbs the night before
• 38:44
  Speaker 5: hydration is key.
• 38:46
  Speaker 4: And then just go and just take a step. Yeah.
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: That's impressive, bro.
• 38:51
  Speaker 4: That's impressive.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: I saw your, I saw your, uh, your posts and
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: you looked like, like, Oh man, he's grinding.
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: He's in the middle.
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: No, bro.
• 38:59
  Speaker 5: It's, it's, uh, I'm excited for it. October 11th, bank
• 39:03
  Speaker 5: of America, Chicago marathon. Um, if you have it in,
• 39:07
  Speaker 5: you can donate. It's all going to, uh, my foundation,
• 39:10
  Speaker 5: which we raise money for pediatric cancer directly to families.
• 39:14
  Speaker 4: So have a lot of support. My wife's running it,
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: my brother, my sister-in-law.
• 39:18
  Speaker 3: Shout out Jake Arrieta.
• 39:19
  Speaker 5: Jake Arrieta is running it, who is a beast. We
• 39:22
  Speaker 5: ran in Chicago a few weeks ago. So I'll definitely
• 39:26
  Speaker 5: be prepared. I don't think I'm going to have the
• 39:27
  Speaker 5: best score, but any score is a good score, right?
• 39:31
  Speaker 5: Any time finishing is a good time. So as long
• 39:33
  Speaker 5: as I finish, I'm going to be happy.
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: That's impressive. That's impressive. I'm jealous. My body would fall apart.
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 39:41
  Speaker 4: Yep. So, Rossi, why don't you close out the show
• 39:43
  Speaker 4: for us?
• 39:44
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: Thank you guys for your questions and our Timbus ball bags.
• 39:50
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• 39:56
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• 40:00
  Speaker 1: Rizzo at gmail.com. That's Ross and Rizzo gmail.com. Thank you
• 40:05
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• 40:07
  Speaker 1: doing this two times a week, Tuesday and Friday next week.
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: Tune in and there will be every day in the
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: post season. Thank you guys so much for tuning in.
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: We're having a blast doing this and we appreciate the love.
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: Till next week, peace.