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Two Game 5s · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Tape, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Three O tape
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presented by Sea Kick. This episode 475 I'll be your
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host Kyle Korn. I'm here with my Co host Nate
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Reyes. Nate happy Backyard Baseball
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launch day No. No, no, no, no.
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That's what I'm leading off with.
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You lead off with whatever you want.
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That's no, no, no. That's what I'm opening us up
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with. It's a big day.
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You're just, you're hurting right now.
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You're hurting. What a joke.
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What a you know what I said, I wasn't going to say it, but I'm
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going to say it. This postseason has taken a
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turn, and I'm not you. A week ago.
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A week. Ago this was the best postseason
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we were tracking for the best postseason maybe of all time.
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It was a difficult turn for you and now I'm Phillies get knocked
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out and suddenly you're no, it's not just that it's it's who the
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Phillies lost to. It's it's who just punched their
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ticket to the ALCS tonight. Like it's just.
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This one, it's, it's too much. It's too much.
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You're hurting. You're hurting.
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I hate this. I'm sorry.
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I'm not that sorry. I'm over it.
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You're going to be OK though. I mean, I think you said it best
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like a week ago I was in a great headspace, but it truthfully
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this all just happened so fast. Then in between episodes,
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honestly I'm. Still reeling from just all
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that's happened the last couple days.
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And we're, I mean, we're obviously going to get into it
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here. But like, I mean, joke, joking
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aside, like some of these storylines that I was really
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excited about have just fallen by the wayside and we'll have to
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wait till 2025. It's understandable.
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I mean, I was really, I was really pulling for a Bobby Witt
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just magical post season run and we didn't really get that.
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I think, I think that's what makes it tougher, which I I can
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feel a little bit for you. Is that you?
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I don't know if we've seen outside of like couple, I don't
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know, a couple teams, we'll get into it.
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But like, I, I think the teams that specifically just got
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knocked out, it didn't feel like it was that much of a fight.
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It didn't feel like it was that that rough of a scrap.
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You know what I'm saying? Like you didn't see their
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superstars lighted up. The Phillies did.
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I mean, their their guys showed up.
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I think Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos did who I think
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Castellanos did well. I mean, I think you guys.
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Did that's what I'm saying. I'm talking about the superstars
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for those teams that that did well for the Phillies, but you
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didn't feel that for the Royals. And it wasn't like there was
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much of a fight between the two teams.
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It just it seemed like there wasn't it much of a nail biting
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scenario. You know it, It never really
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felt magical in a way. Yeah, but I mean shout out,
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shout out to the teams that are moving on and and the fans of
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said teams. Nate, I mean tip of the cap,
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congratulations. I mean I.
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Got that prediction right too. I don't really mean it, but
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yeah, that's the other thing. Can we can we revisit that real
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quick? I was just I was just dwelling
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on my my picks. I mean, I'm there's a realistic
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chance I go over on these division series picks.
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There's a very, very real chance that happens.
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I'm O for two as it stands right now.
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So that's fun. So like I said.
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Take life for the party right now aren't.
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You real life for the party? No, but let's talk about some.
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Let's talk about some baseball, shall I?
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Let's talk. Let's talk about the two teams
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that have punched. Or two series, I should say,
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that featured the two teams that have since punched their ticket
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to the LCLCS. Let's start with the Phillies
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and Mets and then we'll get into Yankees, Royals, Phillies, Mets.
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We sort of, we sort of alluded to it.
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You sort of alluded to it. I can count on one hand and I'd
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still have some fingers leftover of the Phillies that showed up.
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Yeah, I mean, and the biggest take away for me from all this,
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and I'm sure if if you know me at all, if you know where my
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where my interests are and and who I enjoy following.
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For me, this hurts regarding the Bryce Harper narrative because
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you lose out on yet another opportunity for him to, to
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finally get that ring that he's been looking for for so long.
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And I know he's locked into Philly for what feels like
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another decade, but it's, I'm pretty sure we are, it is close
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to a decade. The, the thing for me though, is
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we're, we're going to, we're, we're quickly running out of
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years in my opinion, for him to win the ring as AMVP caliber
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contributor. I don't want to see him win a
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ring when he's 38 and he's, he's, he's like Yuli Guriel.
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I, I, I don't need to see that. I, I want him be to be able to,
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I want to be able to see him do it while he's in the peak of his
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prime. And we, we just, I was texting
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you about it the other day, three years in a row, lost in
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the World Series, lost in the NLCS, lost in the NLDS.
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So it's. Going downhill, I mean, it's
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getting worse. If things track, they're going
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to lose in the wild card round next year and then into into the
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into the unknown beyond that. I I don't, I don't want to sound
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like I'm overreacting here, but I do think the window with this
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core has has closed. Closed.
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I I think it's closed, I think. That's you.
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You're at the end of your prime with certain names, I think.
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I think a Schwarber and Nick Castellanos, AJT Realmuto, I
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think they've gotten to the end of their prime.
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Not Schwarber. I'd give you those other two
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possibly, but I think Schwarber is still going to give you close
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to 40 home runs next year. We'll see.
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I just, I, I this was something that I mentioned.
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Well, I think it was that during their tough stretch in the
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second-half where I mentioned that like, their roster just
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makes me a little nervous. Like the, I don't think the
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youth of like an Alec Baum or a Bryson Stott have like moved
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into the This is my team now kind of vibe.
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Yet I don't think they've like matured enough as that role.
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And it still feels like, and again, I mentioned like these
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older guys, like it sucks to say it, but like we're reaching the
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end of of MVP caliber, Bryce Harper.
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I don't know how much longer we're going to be able to see
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this. I don't know how much longer the
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Phillies in a Dombrowski can continue to fork over these
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paychecks. I think there's big changes
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coming. I think there's big moves
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coming. I think there's going to be some
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offloading. I think there's going to be some
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moves made. And it sucks, man, because
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you're like, this is on paper, this looks like the absolute
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team to be. This absolutely looks like the
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team that can at least get to the World Series.
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And it was underwhelming. Like all the way around it was.
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It felt flat. I mean, even that that that late
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inning win that they had in Philly at home, that I mean,
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they were scraping by by the skin of their teeth like you,
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you, you that can't be your your your shining moment of the of
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the series is you just barely scraping by at home.
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Like you, you need to take full on advantage of playing at the
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bank and for lack of a better term, like run rule these guys
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like you can't you can't just be barely scraping by.
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And then when you hit the road, you just you go, your offense
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goes missing. Like, yeah, that was just that
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was atrocious. I mean the pitching, I don't
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know the you go on the road, you lose the you lose the Aaron Nola
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game on the road, which was obviously a must win because I
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mean, if you go to game four having lost the Aaron Nola game,
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the game before that it. Yeah.
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Do say what you will about Ranger Suarez, but I, I at that
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point, if you lose the Aaron that Aaron Nola game in game
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three, I like the Mets chances of of taking care of business in
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in either one of the next two games if it gets to that.
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It just felt like the Mets constantly had a response.
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Constantly. The whole post season, it's the
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whole. Lineup.
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The whole lineup, it's everyone. Sarling Marte is just lacing
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balls to the outfield. Jesse Winker has never wears a
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jersey when they're celebrating, by the way, It's only a wife
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beater. And he's just always producing.
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He's always in the mix of whatever's happening.
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It. It's hard.
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I I, I'm struggling to fathom because it is getting past that
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point and now we are very much in this team of destiny
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conversation like it's past the point of, of logic, It's past
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the point of understanding. It's constant answers.
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I mean Longston. Look at the path that the Mets
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have have forged thus far. They did what they did in
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Atlanta on on that. What was that the the Monday?
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Yeah, the doubleheader. Doubleheader of the regular
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season. You then go on to do what you
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did in Milwaukee down to the final inning, the final out.
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Final out, yeah. You do what you did there and
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now you just mention it. What many thought was the team
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to be coming into this postseason, your division rival.
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You handle them at home. Don't even push it to 5.
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And now you're on to the NLCS. I say what you will about the
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Mets. You either hate them or love
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them at this point. You can't.
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You You have but no option except to at least entertain the
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concepts or the idea that they're a team of destiny.
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You don't have a choice. And I and honestly, I thought
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that I, I thought that for a good bit about the Tigers, but
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the way they're playing it is not inspiring that same level of
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like, whoa, keep an eye on this team for the rest of the
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postseason because if they like, if they go on to it, like we'll
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we'll get into it. They got a Game 5 on deck here.
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Even if they get in. It.
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They they just don't have that team of Destiny feel and I know
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that that gets thrown around a lot, especially by me, but.
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I just I it's everything you. Can't hate it.
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You just can't hate what the Mets are doing right now.
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Yeah, you you got to respect it. And when you take into account
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what their starter, I mean, Shawn Manaya nails.
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What the hell, Jose? Cantana.
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I mean, I, I, I know. What?
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How did this? What?
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If you told me I don't. Know where they if you like
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what? Where is this coming from?
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That's what I'm saying. If you told me back in February
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that there's a there's an eliminated bat, Phillies got
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their backs up against the wall in elimination game.
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There's they're they're trying Aaron Dole out there up against
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Sean Manaya. It's laughable.
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I'm saying, OK, who are we pitching in Game 4, like, and
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then who, who are we lining up for the NLCS?
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Yeah, and here we are, the Mets lining up there pitching for the
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NLCS. It doesn't make any sense.
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It really doesn't. Yeah, I and they've, they've let
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Pete Alonzo get hot. You know what I mean?
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Everybody. 'S let him.
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They've let him get hot. They've let him figure it out.
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I was worried about what that that two out home run in
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Milwaukee was going to do back really truly against the wall
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and it's just like slowly brought him back and now he's
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like comfortably hitting home runs to right field.
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What did he have in this series? Didn't he have three?
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He had three in this series. Believe so, yeah.
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Lindor I numbers wise, if you were to break down and look at
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numbers and that's what I, that's what we were doing when
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we had an MVP conversations for the NL.
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And it was a little silly considering the type of year
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Otani had. But I, I will say, like, out of
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respect of watching him play and like, I, I understand why Mets
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fans are, you know, bringing that to the table as a
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conversation. You can see it numbers wise.
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I'm like, yeah, I mean, you're still, you know, you're not in
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the Otani neighborhood yet. But this is what MVPS do.
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This is what I mean. He What was That was the calmest
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Grand Slam I've ever seen out of a player.
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Say what you will, I know that like there's a, there's, excuse
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me, an evolution in, in celebration and the way guys
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handle themselves on the field. But I, I just don't know.
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I don't know how you can look at what Francisco Lindor after that
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grand did after that Grand Slam and think that there's anything
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colder than that. Men's heartbeat stayed the same
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before the pitch, during the pitch and after the pitch.
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It just stayed the same. I mean, you got on one hand, you
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got Jesse Winker stripping down naked at home plate.
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Wife beater only for sure. It just makes so much sense that
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he's a wife beater guy too, by the way.
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We're talking about apparel, by the way.
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We're not getting into like his personal life.
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I, I don't know. I don't, we're not speaking on
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that. But yeah, I mean, you just had,
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I mean, we've already listed a handful of guys.
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You, you had players, you had, you had Mets show up.
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You had players, whether they are stars or not, they showed
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up. Philly, we talked about it with
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Philly. Outside of Bryce Harper, Nick
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Cassianos in this series, the rest of the lineup was 13 for
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113, for 100. I'm sorry, but that's not going
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to cut it. That's not going to cut it the
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being the best team in the postseason on paper coming into
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it's not going to that. That doesn't matter.
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Having the best home field advantage in the postseason and
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an insanely incredible noteworthy record at home in the
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postseason at the bank. That doesn't matter.
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What matters is the fact that outside of two guys in your
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lineup, they went 13 for 100. I mean, I'm looking at it right
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now and I that it just doesn't even seem real.
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That seems like something like a 130 batting average for an
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entire lineup. Seems like some sort of
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historical stat that you would have found talking about like
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the 1856 Cleveland Spiders or something.
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No, we're talking about the 2024 Phillies.
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That's what we're talking about. Big payroll, big players, big
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players. That's tough, man.
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It's really a tough look. It's really a tough look.
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I think it's one thing for a team of Destiny to come in with
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vibes. It's a whole another thing to
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get buzz sawed that series didn't feel.
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I don't think anybody in Queens was nervous at any point.
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I think, I think if there were any nerves from Mets fans, I'm
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sure like to some degree there were there, it's probably just
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Mets fans realizing and understanding their track
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record, their their post season history.
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They're going OK, how is this going to?
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How is this? Yeah, How is this going to go
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wrong for us this time? But then you get to a point in
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that series, or at least I hope they got to a point in that
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series where they go, we're in the driver's seat now because
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this is not the Phillies team that we were promised.
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And you know, rightfully so. Like they, I mean, how many
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times can you say it? They just didn't show up.
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And I, I texted you after the game.
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I was like, I'm, I'm kind of I'm, I'm getting to the point
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where I'm just over with this. I'm over this Phillies team now
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because it's like you gave us you you gave us a good run back
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in 2022. And then he kind of he didn't
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get quite as far last year. Yeah, quite as far this year.
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And it it's just getting to a point now.
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It it it's the same thing that I asked about the Orioles team
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when they got bounced by Kansas City.
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Where you go at what point? Like how many more falling
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shorts from the Phillies is it going to take before we start
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asking the question of maybe this isn't?
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Maybe this Phillies team isn't cut out for a World Series like
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we think they are? It's very true.
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I don't know and I know I'm harping.
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I'm harping a lot on the Phillies right now.
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The bets are the team in advance.
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But it was just this was just one of those examples where I, I
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think myself and probably a lot of other people just did not see
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this series going this way. So it's still a little bit of a
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shock to the system, but good for the Mets, though, For real.
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I mean, couple notes I think. Did you see the post game
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interview with Castellanos? Just threw like a lot of respect
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towards the Mets. Yeah, I caught some of the
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quotes. Very.
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Like a very classy interview. Very classy interview.
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Yeah, I felt good about that. I I just, I think I I don't
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know, just only seeing him play. I felt like it was more Machado
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esque then then not. And this felt I was like, whoa,
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my man's oh, man, speaking. Well, he's classy.
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He's giving credit where credit is due.
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And he I think he hit the nail on the head.
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He's like, you know, do I do I think they're a better team?
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No. But they they outplayed us.
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They played better. My other No.
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How do you feel? How do you feel about the Mets
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crying? Did you see that?
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I did, yeah. How?
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How did? What did you think there?
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I don't, you know, the second the game was over, I, I sensed
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that there was just a lot of like, it might sound weird to
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some people, but I just sensed that there was like a lot of
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emotional release where it was almost like there was this
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monkey on their back that you, you couldn't really define what
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the monkey was, but it just felt like there was this release
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where they're like, OK, we haven't won the World Series
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yet, but we, we took out the, the Phillies of all teams and we
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can just like ride these good vibes into the NLCS.
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And there just seemed to be this collective sigh of relief, not
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just amongst the players or not just only amongst the players,
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but amongst the fans as well. And I, I, I don't know, like
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what the mindset is there. Like, I don't know if they're
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still kind of feeling like, hey, we're just kind of, we're just
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happy to be here at this point. Or if they legitimately believe
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at this stage in the game that they can, they can run the table
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with this thing. I.
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Didn't love the tears. Yeah, I and I say all that to
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say that I feel like it's a little early for that.
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It's like you haven't won anything yet.
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But I could understand. I could understand like there's
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been a lot of like the you got to remember, these boys are.
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Run down. I understand one guy.
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Sure. I saw three or four guys crying.
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These guys, these guys are, these guys are tired, man.
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They've been say to Will about the Mets.
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They've been grinded. They've been on the road.
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They've been, I get. It Rd.
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Warriors just just interesting, that's all.
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That's that's one of my takeaways there.
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Let's let's talk about another New York team that's punched
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your ticket. TLCS.
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The Yankees, No, I'm just kidding.
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So the question has to be asked is this is are are we looking at
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a situation, Captain Phillip style, where you're up in the
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navigational room of the ship and you see Giancarlo Stanton
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kick open the door and say I'm the captain.
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Now this is your first question after they win the series.
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This is your first. This is me.
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This is me giving credit to Giancarlo Stanton and
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recognizing that your superstar. Yeah, this is you falling into
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the only thing Bob Costas and Ron Darling could talk about.
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Literally the only thing. I'll say the same thing about
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Bobby Witt on the other side of the field.
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You have two, You have the top 2 MVP candidates in the American
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League on the same field for four games and neither of them
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showed up. This was me.
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This isn't me like picking a fight with Aaron Judge or Yankee
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fans. This is me.
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Like, sure. Kind of like backhanded giving
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Giancarlo Stanton a compliment. But like, he showed up.
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Yeah. And so I'm asking, like, is, is
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this at least for the remainder of this run that they're on?
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Like I told you, I told you. If you I watch a lot of
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baseball, when, when I see certain things from Aaron Judge,
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when I see certain takes, when I see certain swings, I I can tell
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when it's coming. I can tell when it's coming.
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It's coming. He's fine.
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Like I'm real. I'm genuinely not nervous.
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I'm genuinely not worried. It's coming.
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It's a tough little stretch. I get it.
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I think it's very tough that past post season stats are being
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carried in and it's already an immediate narrative three games
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in that he's already dealing with.
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I get it. But it I'm not saying it's not
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happening. But that goes beyond three
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games, though. He's A2.
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He's a 2O3 hitter. In the postseason, he's had 13.
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I'm not going to sit. Here and say that 2019-2020 1
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judge is the same as this Aaron judge.
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No, so I'm not going to look at old numbers.
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I don't care. I don't care about any of those
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numbers. I see a struggle starting off
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because this first round by BS is not an advantage.
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I'm I'm with you on that one. It's.
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Insane to make a team take five days off for the first time
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since spring training. This is not an advantage.
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And you're you're going to see, did you already see one?
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You're going to potentially see two, maybe three more teams that
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are also going to get bounced from after having that first
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round bye. It's tough, dude.
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It's hard to sit there and just expect sixty home runs.
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Aaron Judge to be the same after taking five days off.
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I'm not stressed. I think it was a tough first few
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games. It's definitely a lot of
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pressure on him and you saw Bobby Witt act the same way the
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first couple games, especially New York, like he was very much
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kind of just out there feeling for it.
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Didn't really have a sense of discipline in any way.
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But I think the the last two games for Aaron Judge looked
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different. He's talking 2 fly balls of the
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track, talking a smoke line drive right at Bobby Witt.
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I mean, those are, those are very close to being a very
27:33
different narrative than Game 3. I, I think there's good takes.
27:39
Had a double tonight. I think there's good swings.
27:42
I'm not stressed, really not worried.
27:44
Giancarlo Stanton, look out when he gets hot.
27:48
I'm a little bummed that they're not playing until Monday.
27:51
Yeah. Like it's, that's the only thing
27:54
that I'm a little bummed about is that he's he's probably cool
27:57
off. Is it really Monday?
27:58
Yeah. Because Game 5.
28:01
Has to happen for the Tigers and Guardians on Saturday and then
28:04
there's a travel day, October 14th.
28:06
That's. Monday Crazy.
28:08
Huh. Wow.
28:11
Yeah, it's wild. So anyway, well, I, I think, OK,
28:15
maybe we maybe. We don't agree here, but I think
28:17
we can agree that this was probably the the least eventful
28:22
match up of the division series, correct?
28:27
Yeah, probably, probably again like it just didn't feel like
28:33
there was much mini nail biting opportunities I think.
28:40
As the Yankees fan. Seeing how this Yankees team has
28:44
lost games this season, I saw a lot of things that were like
28:48
starting to feel that way in this series, but.
28:52
Overall, there wasn't. Like this, you know.
28:56
Tie game or? You know, down 1 bases loaded
28:58
and you know, some crazy play happening.
29:00
There wasn't really any kind of momentum on the royal side that
29:06
made it close. But I told you man, like good
29:10
pitching, good defense, job well done.
29:13
I had, I got to double check, but I think I had Quichero,
29:17
Quattro, Quattro, Quartaro, whatever you, however you say
29:22
his last name, I had him. I had him winning the Ale
29:27
Manager of the Year, I thought for the season that I had.
29:32
That you had I. Thought I had.
29:35
Did you have Stephen? Vote.
29:38
I still have it in the notes. Let me see.
29:46
Do I still have it in the? Notes.
29:48
I mean, what he did this? This post season is.
29:53
I mean, OK, I do I. Do I do?
30:00
I do. I do.
30:01
I do. Is it quotero?
30:03
Quotaro. Quotaro.
30:06
Is that how you spell it? QUATRARO, because that's how I
30:13
wrote it. I thought it was the RT.
30:17
I can't. I'd never get it right.
30:19
Yeah, I had him too. We had him.
30:21
OK. I had Craig counsel.
30:22
The other side. Yikes.
30:23
Anyway. Just going to say I mean, it's
30:25
just like a job well done. They talked about it many times
30:27
in the broadcast like, you know, losing 106 games or whatever
30:31
last year to to get into the postseason and winning the
30:34
division like or at least be winning the wild card spot the.
30:42
I think there's a lot of good. Things that are happening, I
30:44
think they got to continue to add and build around it and and
30:48
just keep going. Things could have been a little.
30:52
Bit different, you know, like if if a Bobby Witt performs and a
30:56
Pasquantino is fully healthy, doesn't have, you know, coming
30:58
back with a finger that doesn't even work.
31:01
Like I mean, they had a couple balls.
31:02
In the track tonight where you know, and they said on the ball
31:05
was out, by the way, Yeah, they said it on the broadcast like
31:08
maybe a different night. This game looks a lot different.
31:10
And I mean, you could say that about anything at any point,
31:14
like what if, what if, what if? But there was just really no
31:17
point for me at least watching these games where I felt like
31:21
the. Dodger, or.
31:23
The Dodgers, the Royals were, were capable of stacking
31:32
together runs at any point. It was just like at the very at
31:36
the very most, what you're going to see is them maybe tied up or
31:39
something. But like tonight, for example,
31:41
the night they get eliminated, at no point, even even when the
31:44
IT got a little shaky for the Yankees on the mound, 'cause
31:48
there was a couple of those instances, you know, runners get
31:51
on and and all that that no point was I like.
31:55
This royal team is. Not only going to tie it here,
31:57
they're going to, they're going to take the lead late in the in
32:00
the game. I I just didn't feel like there
32:01
was that they I didn't feel like they were capable of that
32:05
momentum at this point. And it it I think it just speaks
32:09
to what I said earlier about this just feeling like it was
32:12
the least eventful matchup of the four matchups.
32:18
Yeah. And it's not like the.
32:18
Yanks like really went out and like shined that much, you know
32:21
what I mean? They left them, They didn't
32:23
runners on base. Like, yeah, exactly.
32:25
They they left so many people on base.
32:28
The Royals. I said this is a team that
32:30
doesn't beat themselves. They walked a lot of guys.
32:33
But you can counteract it with, like, you know, the Yankees led
32:36
the league in walks. So is that the Yankees, you
32:39
know, forcing that stuff to happen?
32:41
Or is that the Royals just kind of handing stuff over?
32:44
And, you know, it's probably a combination of both.
32:46
But overall, I mean, Gerrit Cole got another opportunity to kind
32:53
of redeem himself after a rough start in Game One.
32:59
Weaver. Seems to be very comfortable in
33:03
the closer role. I got to give props to Clay
33:06
Holmes just kind of going out there whenever he's asked to and
33:10
he's done really well so yeah, but my biggest props, I have one
33:17
prop that I got to send and it's the biggest one.
33:23
Shout out my wife. I surprised her with an idea,
33:29
something that I don't think I realized quite well.
33:34
Is that I don't. Know if she's like had the
33:37
opportunity to really like learn baseball through me and I was
33:42
like, I think it happened so fast and I talked with the lingo
33:47
we talked with and I think a lot of it just goes over her head
33:51
and she's sitting there and she's not really understanding
33:52
like why it's a big moment or why I'm reacting in certain ways
33:56
so my idea. I I think I saw.
34:00
This get a get a couple. Books, man.
34:02
There you go, got. A couple books.
34:04
We talked about it. This is like a fun, fun thing to
34:10
do. And I was like, you know, I
34:12
think this will be a good way for her to not just learn, but
34:16
have something to do while she's watching the game.
34:19
And understand what? Some of this stuff means, but I
34:22
mean, look at this first book, dude.
34:25
I mean, that's a clean, looks good.
34:28
That's a clean book. That's good.
34:30
And Sharpie. Most people recommend.
34:34
Pencil. It's like, well, she's got a
34:36
whole box of Sharpie markers that she, you know, she want to
34:40
have fun with. Hey, who knows if they're going?
34:42
To win the whole thing. You might be able to frame that
34:44
by the way. Yeah, so I was like, you know,
34:49
good idea. Just like that you.
34:50
Just order that on Amazon. Real fast, it's 8 bucks.
34:53
Just get a couple couple books. I like that.
34:55
Learn how to do it. So yeah, shout out my wife.
34:59
She loved it. She said she wants to do it the
35:00
rest of the games. So I'm like, all right, I'm in
35:03
Nate just out here doing. The most.
35:05
Got to respect it. Any other thoughts on the series
35:08
before we move on to Cleveland and Detroit?
35:13
Oh, jazz. Chisholm, shut up.
35:15
Please stop talking. Keep your mouth shut.
35:17
Please just keep your mouth shut.
35:21
Don't need any of that now. Literally did nothing.
35:26
After saying that too. So yeah, you're not that guy
35:30
yet. Last, last thing.
35:32
On that on that series, another riveting benches clearing brawl
35:36
between the Royals and and Yanks tonight.
35:40
Real, real exciting that was. I mean that.
35:43
Was massive, it was. Again, jazz coming over and just
35:47
like stirring the pot, by the way.
35:50
Talk about props. Yeah, Jazz definitely needed to
35:54
keep his mouth shut. But, you know, tip of the cap.
35:57
Anthony Volpe handled that situation very well.
36:00
Very well, yeah. I mean all.
36:04
Things considered, it really wasn't a thing to begin with.
36:06
Wasn't a thing. But jazz made it a thing.
36:08
But hindsight looking back on it like.
36:11
He could have made that a thing the same way Jazz made that a
36:14
thing. But he he handled it very well.
36:16
So I I will say. That was a, that was a later
36:20
slide. It was a spikes up slide.
36:21
It was a deep into the play kind of slide.
36:26
Volpe ate it and. It wasn't like a shove tag.
36:29
It was just like a, you know, we fell into each other and like,
36:31
well, he swatted. He swatted.
36:32
The the tag attempt let me confirm that.
36:36
Tag right here in the chest and then pat you on the back.
36:39
Send you on your way, Glaber coming in saying no, no, no, no,
36:43
no. Come on, let's go.
36:44
We're good. It's jazz.
36:45
That's what I'm saying like there's.
36:49
Just. Just provide.
36:52
Just just produce. Provide good defense, good
36:56
defensive series, but produce something at the plate before
37:00
you just. Unnecessarily.
37:02
Give what did you say last time? Bulletin, Bulletin board
37:05
material for the material, Yeah. For the Royals, so.
37:08
Yeah, we don't need any of that. Yep, Yep, Yep.
37:10
Any who's? Let's talk about these game
37:13
fives. I would say the best.
37:17
The best phrase in sports, but it's.
37:21
Not it's game. 7 But it's basically what we got with these
37:24
game fives and quite honestly. Not feeling it.
37:33
I don't know, man. Well, no.
37:34
I was just going to say, quite honestly, I don't know how I
37:37
feel about this for the Tigers because I I just feel like if
37:41
you were going to do this, you needed to put them away tonight,
37:44
in my opinion. School School will come back out
37:51
I. I know, and I'm probably going
37:54
to. I'm probably going to.
37:57
Eat my words here. But like how many times can you
37:59
go to that well before before it bites it?
38:02
This will be his. Third start of the postseason
38:05
already, is that right? Yeah.
38:11
Wild card round, yeah. Game 2 of this.
38:16
Series I believe. Yeah, Nails in Houston, nails in
38:22
Cleveland. Yeah.
38:25
Man, like do you get what I'm saying?
38:27
Though like I I know, I know he has shown up every single time
38:32
they've given him the ball it seems, but like a bullpen looks.
38:36
Gassed. Their bullpen looks.
38:39
Gassed, but this has got to be a 7-8 inning start from school
38:45
bull I think. Which I mean.
38:49
He's, I mean, he's he, he's shown no signs of slowing down.
38:54
But like you got to think behind closed doors, he's probably a
38:57
little gas too. I mean he's, I mean big year.
39:00
Too a huge year. Do we have the probable for
39:04
Cleveland? So I found something out today.
39:09
I I was trying to trying to track down some numbers and did
39:14
you know that you can't just typeguardians.com and expect to
39:20
go to Let's get you like Galaxy. The Guardians or what?
39:23
No, it goes like. Let me see here.
39:27
Oh, like parental? Guardians.
39:29
No, It takes you to like. I'm out of Guardians.
39:32
It says this domain. Is available for sale on
39:34
GoDaddy. Not sure why that's available.
39:37
So you think, OK, time for us to make some money?
39:40
Let's take a go. Well.
39:44
So here's my here's my thought process.
39:45
Here's my thought process. Yeah.
39:47
I mean, we, we, we make that deal.
39:50
We can talk. We'll talk numbers with with the
39:52
guards. Yeah, but no.
39:55
So I was like, oh, duh, I left out Cleveland.
39:58
You go to Cleveland. If you remember when this whole
40:01
name change thing happened, the Cleveland Guardians are like a.
40:09
Like a roller. Yeah, yeah.
40:10
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Roller Derby.
40:12
Team. So I'm I'm looking for probables
40:15
and like home Rd. splits and I end up on a roller Derby
40:19
website. Not sure.
40:21
Not sure I like I like that in a split.
40:28
What do we got today is 11th. What do you know?
40:35
What like the process or like the point of roller Derby?
40:41
Is it a race? I think racing.
40:44
I think so, yeah, I believe. So TBD by the way, versus
40:48
Google, OK. Yeah, man, Guardians offense
40:55
seems to be starting to like heat up, especially tonight.
41:01
You know, certain guys showing up like you.
41:02
We were waiting on J Ram and he got a hold of one.
41:07
Well. You say heating up.
41:09
It quite literally would have had to have happened tonight for
41:14
that, for that to be true because you look at the two
41:17
games prior to that, they had gone 20 straight innings without
41:20
going to run. Yeah, and that's, that's what
41:23
I'm saying of like to to be able to force a Game 5 when you're
41:27
when you're going through that kind of stretch, it's
41:30
impressive. You know, that's a good point
41:34
and I think David Fry got into one tonight.
41:36
Like some of your role guys, you'd have to start stepping up
41:40
player of the game and and that's that's what would make me
41:45
nervous if I'm a Tiger fan. So the guardians are starting to
41:48
get a little little little moving.
41:54
Jay ran from the right side tonight, too, you know, so it's
41:58
like. Going to be facing school.
42:02
Staying on the right side, maybe I can get into another one.
42:08
David Fry. I mean, like you, you got to
42:10
rely on your righties. That's that's.
42:13
That's who we should have our eyes on in the Guardians
42:17
offense. David Frye was.
42:19
Doing a little bit of everything tonight he had the he had the
42:21
two run bomb and then he had that squeeze in the 9th, which I
42:23
just love to see like I don't I I the you say all you want, like
42:27
you win post season games by out Homer and the other team.
42:30
I get all that, but also it's nice to sprinkle in sprinkle in
42:33
a little bit of small ball. You know, it's about time.
42:36
I. Was I was waiting for a moment
42:38
like that? I was waiting for a little
42:39
something something scratch. That.
42:41
Scratch that. Run across.
42:42
I love that. Big time of that that.
42:45
Proved to be, you know, can we relax with these these game
42:50
times? Why is every game dealing with
42:53
shadows? Every single game has the most
42:56
insane shadows going on. What time is that game on?
43:01
Saturday. Game on Saturday between Tigers
43:06
and guards 8:00. 8:00 PM Eight. Eastern good yeah yeah hey you
43:14
soon. Yeah, good.
43:16
Should be after the right six. Oh yeah, no, they'll.
43:23
Be No No 7. Central that should be after
43:30
that should be after the definitely after the shadows.
43:33
The shadows have just been kind of crazy, man.
43:35
And like. Speaking.
43:37
Speaking of. Crazy.
43:38
You know who else been crazy? I need to.
43:40
I shot him out last episode. Rhys Olson.
43:44
He. It the tiger, I said it last
43:47
episode of the Tigers go on to do something.
43:52
They owe that man a lot of. Credit he went went 4 deep only
43:56
gave up one run tonight and then like you said the the the
44:00
bullpen it. Just seems to be.
44:03
The well that they're, they're going to and it, I mean, that's
44:05
what they got to do. You just got to the the the
44:09
philosophy for the Detroit Tigers in 2024.
44:14
Trot Tariff School. Out there figured.
44:17
Out for the next. Four days and then trot tariff
44:19
school out there again, right? Correct, Correct.
44:26
Keep those guys, you know on the offensive side.
44:28
Hot Riley Green got to do your thing.
44:34
I saw Mckinstry. Slapped one out to.
44:37
To left, you know, there's there's names in there that can
44:43
produce Torkelson needs to be Torkelson of what was that two
44:47
years ago had like 30 plus bombs two years ago that that
44:51
Torkelson needs to show up and you got to get some offense
44:55
going. I know that this is what I'm
44:58
saying though. Like on the counter side, like
45:00
you're going to Game 5 probably because one of the best offenses
45:04
in baseball went scoreless for 20 innings.
45:08
That's a props, you know, props to your pitching.
45:11
But at the same time you can't. Expect that to be the narrative
45:14
of the entire series. You got to show up offensively.
45:18
So good Game five. I told you I mentioned this a
45:24
few times, it's not the sexiest baseball.
45:27
There's not a ton of. Superstars on the field compared
45:30
to other teams right now, but it's good, clean fun when you
45:36
watch these two teams play. They match up well, they play
45:39
the game hard, they play the game well.
45:42
It's good ball. You sound like a parent.
45:46
Trying to choose. I feel like a parent after
45:50
school. Activities for their child.
45:52
It's good. Clean, fun, good.
45:53
Clean fun. They're not up at the grocery
45:56
store. That's right.
45:58
Skateboarding. Like, that's right.
46:00
Hanging out like hooligans. Yeah.
46:03
Doing the monkey bars. Good clean fun.
46:05
Good clean fun. Yeah.
46:07
It was a game Spiral 1. That like kids would always get
46:10
stuck in the middle one. Yeah, game.
46:12
Five between the Guardians and Tigers.
46:14
Good clean fun. That needs to be the the preview
46:18
headline for the article coming out tomorrow morning.
46:21
Well. Obviously TBS doesn't know what
46:24
they're doing, so I can I can headline.
46:29
Any day of the week. I'm free.
46:31
Hit me up TBS you need some help.
46:35
Last thing on. This Guardians Tigers series big
46:40
time. Big time moment for Emmanuel.
46:43
Class A coming in there needed. That getting that same was that
46:47
four or five outs that was. Five.
46:51
It was 55. Yeah.
46:55
Yeah, with the. Sword to end.
46:57
It on 100 goodness different needed that.
47:06
He needed that for sure. Dodgers.
47:08
Padres. Man, what a series.
47:13
This is such a good series, dude.
47:15
This is the series we needed seven from.
47:17
Yeah, quite honestly, I concur. I'm glad you concur.
47:23
Game three, one run game. The I mean, this was sort of a
47:31
mess on the mound between Bueller and King.
47:34
Did not did not have good showings.
47:38
Bueller not surprising whatsoever.
47:40
Michael King, though, getting getting beat up a little bit
47:44
kind of caught, caught me by surprise just the the way it had
47:47
in the in the fashion that it happened.
47:49
Especially when you consider Mookie Betts was was in the mix
47:52
there, who had been struggling mightily but has two home runs
47:59
in the last two games. Could have had three, Almost
48:05
could have had three. Yeah, dude, I love this series.
48:12
I mean, how do you feel about this?
48:13
How do you, I mean, I know we've we've pretty much documented the
48:18
state of this Dodgers team with their injuries and all that and,
48:21
and they're they're pitching trouble.
48:24
But like, what does it say about a Dodgers team?
48:26
If if Mookie Betts can be a huge different difference maker in
48:30
game five and and assuming they win that as a result moving
48:34
forward like having Mookie Betts in the postseason is a.
48:39
Bonus for the. Dodgers.
48:40
Given his his track record, yeah.
48:45
Yeah, just stay alive. You know, I think that's their
48:49
mentalities that like, how do we stay alive and somehow advance
48:52
and get Freddie back? But that's the depth that.
48:57
They have, that's the roster they have.
48:59
It's the line that they have. It's, you know, leaning on some
49:02
of these guys. What was it?
49:07
Was Game 4 yesterday that Will Smith got into, got into one
49:11
right when deep center field. Yeah, Oscar continues to.
49:18
He's going to get paid. He's going to get really.
49:21
Really paid. I feel like him and Santander
49:25
are going to get a pretty. Similar numbers.
49:29
AAV wise, it's a very good year. I love the bet on myself years.
49:36
You know I'm a. Bet on myself and show
49:38
everybody. I love when it works.
49:41
So fun. Yeah, man.
49:46
I think it just comes down to pitching.
49:48
It's just are they rolling Yamamoto back out?
49:51
What do we, what do we got? I believe that's.
49:54
The last. That's the last I saw, yeah.
49:59
Comes down to that. Garbage.
50:03
I got to be real. I, I, I can't, I can't be
50:07
anything else, guys. I got to give it to you my way.
50:13
I really want Mets. Padres I mean, if we're looking
50:16
at like just dynasty and vibes and excitement, I I want that.
50:25
I need that. I think if the Dodgers advance,
50:29
I think the Mets, I genuinely think the Mets roll through
50:32
them. I need Mets, Padres and what was
50:40
I'm, I apologize because some of these games are kind of a, a
50:44
weird time of day for the West Coast and like, I'm still, you
50:49
know, working and I'm now having a job where I can't not at a
50:53
desk. So I'm not able to watch games
50:56
the way I used to. Cease came out.
51:00
For game. 3. For a couple innings, right?
51:05
No game four, he came out for a couple innings.
51:08
Now you're getting. Me confused, I thought he was.
51:12
Game 4 was cease. Game 4 was Cease.
51:15
Threw an inning and 2/3 and then.
51:17
Came out right when it wasn't. Like what?
51:19
What was that? What was the game plan there?
51:24
Like what was that about? Was that like just in?
51:25
Case. It's hard to say I.
51:28
Mean he'd given up. Three at that.
51:30
Point he'd given up the the Mookie Homer and then meanwhile.
51:35
On the flip side, you've got. You've got which I again.
51:41
You go back to. To use the example, you go back
51:44
to February, you said, you tell me, hey, Padres are going to be
51:48
trotting out Dylan Cease. And on the other side.
51:54
Or the Padres it. Does say Dodgers, Padres.
51:56
Are going to be rolling out Dylan Cease.
51:57
On the flip side, Dodgers are going to be rolling out Ryan
51:59
Brazier for a bullpen game. In an elimination game for the
52:04
Dodgers. Score.
52:05
Honestly, swap that score. That's what I'm.
52:09
Saying like it's. Weird.
52:11
Not only do the Dodgers go out and win the game, they secured
52:15
their largest shutout postseason win in franchise history.
52:18
Yeah. Inter Asante man, just like we
52:22
all. Saw coming I.
52:24
I don't understand, so weird, hey.
52:29
So you Darvish, I just don't understand.
52:31
I mean, that's a really quick update though for Dylan C so.
52:35
I don't what. Was that about regarding
52:39
Yamamoto I? I the update that I did see and
52:42
I had to confirm he's going to be part of the plan, but that
52:46
apparently. The bullpens are going to play
52:47
a. Role.
52:47
So I don't know. I think everybody's got their
52:49
spikes on. I think sure, yeah.
52:51
But it's just a matter of who's. Who's getting the ball first?
52:54
Yeah, yeah. I'm still.
52:58
Just I just don't understand the.
53:00
Quick hook on cease, Is it like to piggyback?
53:04
Him with you, Darvish like. I'm I'm a little confused there.
53:09
I don't know. Not the, not.
53:11
Like he was lights out, not like it.
53:13
Was like a weird thing, the poem, but it definitely was
53:17
quick like crazy, yeah. I mean, maybe.
53:23
She'll just looking at that going maybe.
53:27
We maybe we try our luck with the.
53:29
Pen see if we can somehow pull this out.
53:31
Maybe they can hold it down for us, but worst case they punted.
53:35
And what's weird? Is that like, no, but you're
53:37
that's what I'm that's why I mentioned the bullpen.
53:38
You're you're if you pull if you pull a guy like see he's as good
53:41
as he is, You're not you're not throwing in the towel with the
53:44
guys that you have in the in that pen Yeah, to be great pen
53:48
so like. That's that's what I'm saying is
53:49
maybe it. Was like a quick hook and a
53:52
situation where worst case we can we can keep him in the in
53:56
the chamber for game five if we need to, yeah.
54:00
Yeah, I suppose. And he maybe.
54:03
She'll maybe have commented. On the on the reason and I, I
54:05
just didn't catch that. So I'm just giving you my best,
54:08
my best guesstimate. Me neither.
54:12
How do you feel about the Padres chances?
54:14
Rolling back into I feel good. Into Dodger Stadium.
54:18
I think I feel good. I feel good.
54:21
Well put aside what you. Want to have this?
54:23
And this will be. This will be this game.
54:26
I I For some reason, I'm feeling like this game is solely going
54:30
to weigh on Manny Machado's performance.
54:36
If he doesn't perform. Versus if he does that, I just,
54:41
I feel like he's going to be The X Factor.
54:45
It's on him. You know who my X Factor?
54:46
Is. Yeah, Sea Geek, The No.
54:54
Yes, but no. No, Sea Geek is not the they're.
55:00
Not the, the, The X Factor. They're, I mean, they're the
55:02
established superstar. Like we don't need to.
55:05
You can you know what you're getting out of them.
55:07
The X Factor for me is the X-Men himself, Xander Bogarts.
55:11
Because you look at what he's done at Dodger Stadium, he's had
55:15
his moments there, especially in the postseason.
55:19
Yeah. I could have a big AB or two.
55:24
It feels like. Based on the earlier in the
55:28
series, it feels like this almost had to come back to LA,
55:33
you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I mean, that's what I'm
55:35
using because. Baseball fans?
55:37
Yeah, between fans and and. Pro, Far and Tatis like it just
55:42
felt like it had to come back to LA.
55:44
It feels like it's going to be the rowdiest game of all time.
55:50
But I think that what the Padres are.
55:52
Able to do. Shows that like it doesn't.
55:57
Bother them, it almost feeds them so.
56:03
I feel good, I really. Do and I think you.
56:07
Darvish, I mean. Look great when he threw so like
56:11
I I don't know yeah, I would say of the two game.
56:15
Fives and I kind of mentioned earlier this is.
56:22
If you were. The if you were the Tigers, No,
56:24
for sure. For sure.
56:26
Well, I mean, win or go home? Games or or.
56:29
Must see TV regardless, but the Tigers for me were the team was
56:35
the team that. Needed.
56:37
To get it done at home. I'm not saying they can't do it
56:42
in Cleveland. But on the flip side, you go to
56:45
go to the NL, look at this Padres Dodgers matchup.
56:49
Would it have? Been great if the Padres had
56:51
done at home. Sure, but I I'm like, you were
56:54
just saying I'm not necessarily worried about them in Dodge
56:58
Stadium. And I know there's probably
56:59
Dodgers fans that are probably going.
57:00
What are you talking about? Well, I mean, look at what they
57:03
did the last time they were there.
57:06
Yeah. Should be fresh in your memory
57:07
still, I don't think I don't think they're all that concerned
57:10
with with the external narratives that are going on
57:12
right now and it's. Going to be good ball.
57:18
Man, Machado, that's that's. Going to be the one.
57:23
The. Weight of the game.
57:25
Falls on his shoulders. Obviously other guys are going
57:28
to perform, other obviously guys are going to show up.
57:31
Zander Bogart's is going to have a Zander.
57:33
Bogart's going to have a huge bat, but I think I.
57:36
Foresee either a Manny Machado, you know, swing and miss, fall
57:41
down type strike out to end the game.
57:43
Again, shout out for sale. Or big moment and just
57:51
absolutely. Silences LA in the sea of blue
57:58
and white. I mean that that's, I mean
58:02
that's. That's cinema for sure, no
58:04
doubt. But it it almost just seems too
58:06
obvious, seems too easy, seems too easy to.
58:09
Pick. That's why.
58:09
That's why I'm rolling my guys. Xander Little little sneaky AB
58:13
to maybe put the nail, maybe not put the nail in the coffin, but
58:16
give him a little bit of a cushion.
58:19
We'll see. All right, we'll see.
58:23
We'll see. All right, so how are we doing?
58:25
This now that we've we've. Covered the matchups we're the
58:28
next time I I think I had it lined up for us to cover the
58:38
just game ones of the the LCS or the LC s S so.
58:46
We're not even going to really have a chance.
58:47
To do our our predictions, that's true.
58:52
So how do you want to do this? Because I I want to make sure.
58:54
It's on record so that I can be wrong yet again, as I have been
58:59
so far for this. That's going to be one of those.
59:02
Weird things. So Monday we're going to have
59:06
because we're going to have game.
59:07
Two of. The.
59:08
NLCS done, but only game one of the ALCS done what?
59:14
Yeah. NLCS.
59:17
Starts Sunday. All right, so tomorrow.
59:26
Friday, game five of the NLDS. Saturday game five of the AALDS
59:33
Sunday NLCS starts. And then both Monday, oh,
59:41
they're. They're both playing.
59:43
I see what you're saying. Yeah, a little.
59:45
Weird. OK, yeah, so that's annoying.
59:50
Now I'm going to be in Miami for that too, so.
59:52
I'm going to be nice. It's.
59:56
Going to be a late night. Late night in.
59:57
Miami. So how do you?
1:00:02
No, I'm just probably going to be watching the office in my
1:00:04
hotel room. That's why I was laughing.
1:00:08
No worries about me. OK, so how do you want to do
1:00:10
this then? Do we just go like hypothetical
1:00:13
pics here because. I mean it's it's something to
1:00:17
hypotheticals, not. Knowing how these game fives end
1:00:19
up, because you could say, well, like, based on what we know now,
1:00:22
but what if, what if? I mean, God forbid, what if
1:00:25
Shohei Otani goes out in game five and tears his ACL round in
1:00:29
first base? Yeah.
1:00:32
So you're saying? Predictions for.
1:00:34
The CES. Based on like 3 different.
1:00:39
Outcomes. Oh my gosh, unless you're
1:00:45
picking. Unless you're picking both teams
1:00:47
that are already in, then it's easy.
1:00:49
It it doesn't matter. Well, one of those I know who
1:00:52
you're going with, so that that takes care of one thing.
1:00:55
Yeah, I got Yanks and 6:00. Don't matter where they're
1:01:00
getting regardless, just 'cause I you're dreaming of a.
1:01:11
Subway just 'cause I need. It I need.
1:01:14
I need Padres Mets going 7. Oh dude there.
1:01:23
There is like this weird kind of like hopeful dream that if the
1:01:29
Padres and Yankees are in the World Series, that I'm going to
1:01:32
San Diego. Like, there's like this.
1:01:36
Oh, I don't think my wife it all agrees.
1:01:40
It's like she's not even aware of these plans, but it.
1:01:44
Feels. Like feels good kind of maybe a
1:01:48
thing, but at the same. Time Subway Series.
1:01:52
Man, been a long time, been a long time since we had that.
1:01:57
So I mean, I hate to say it. But I would love any of those
1:02:02
matchups and the storylines that they bring with them between the
1:02:06
Yankees, Mets, Yankees, Padres or Yankees Dodgers.
1:02:11
Yeah, I mean, Yankees. That's true.
1:02:13
Yankees, Dodgers. Rob Manfred is is pee in his
1:02:17
pants. Oh, yeah, he's pee in his pants.
1:02:19
And Bob Costas is just sitting next.
1:02:21
To him, just soaking it all in the historian himself, is he
1:02:28
done? By the way, or is.
1:02:30
He done calling games or is do we know his schedule?
1:02:34
I think he's done. I mean, he sounded like he's.
1:02:36
Done. Fox takes over from here, right?
1:02:38
Yeah. That's huge.
1:02:42
That's big. No TB.
1:02:45
SCS wise. Yeah.
1:02:49
Monday, the Yankees game is the Yankees game is on TBS.
1:02:53
I'm looking at it right now, yeah.
1:02:56
It is enjoy that it is this is. Insane.
1:03:01
Enjoy that it'll listen to Ron Darling again.
1:03:04
Well, maybe they'll call an audible.
1:03:05
Maybe they'll. They need to.
1:03:08
Yeah, they they have to. Give me the other.
1:03:11
One, give me, give me Jeff Francour.
1:03:13
Love Jeff Francour. I think he does a great job.
1:03:17
Where's Don Orsilo been, by the way?
1:03:19
He's usually ATBS guy. I don't.
1:03:22
Know vacay? I'm not sure what is that about.
1:03:25
Maybe he's on. Radio for the.
1:03:26
Pods. Sometimes they do that right.
1:03:30
Yeah, Yeah, that's a good. Idea.
1:03:32
Actually, I might just start listening to John.
1:03:33
Sterling put that thing on mute, listen on the radio.
1:03:37
Is he back, by the way? Has he been back for these?
1:03:39
Games he's been doing playoff games, yeah, wow.
1:03:41
Yeah, that's cool. Good for him.
1:03:43
All right, so you're going. You're going Yankees in six
1:03:48
regardless who they play, right? Actually.
1:03:51
No, I'll say Yanks in six if it's Cleveland, Yanks in five if
1:03:55
it's Detroit. OK, 6.
1:04:01
If it's Cleveland, 5. If it's Detroit, yeah, OK.
1:04:06
And then NLCS. Yeah, I'll be honest.
1:04:09
With you at this point. I thought the I thought the
1:04:12
Royals would be like the sneaky team to take out the Yanks.
1:04:15
But like at this point, I'd, I'd, I have, I probably have
1:04:19
them over Cleveland and Detroit. As much as it pains.
1:04:25
Me to say. Yeah, but NLCS don't act like
1:04:32
this is a growing moment. I'm not like you're not winning
1:04:34
me over on anything. I'm just being a being a realist
1:04:38
here. And honestly, if that if if you
1:04:41
knew what was good for you, you wouldn't want me to be saying
1:04:43
that because the the rate that these division series picks are
1:04:46
going for me by me going with the Yanks, It's a good point,
1:04:50
not not a good. Not a good.
1:04:52
Outcome. No, I'm gonna stick.
1:04:53
I'm gonna stick with it. You're doing this on purpose?
1:04:55
Yep. Yep, can't say I you.
1:05:01
Know. Don't respect the strategy?
1:05:02
Go. Do what you got to do.
1:05:05
I will. Say the NL.
1:05:06
The NL side of things truly feels the more dominant side.
1:05:13
But this is where we get into. These multiple outcomes how how
1:05:16
we do in our predictions based on games, we don't know yet.
1:05:18
So it's going to be the Mets versus the Padres or the Mets
1:05:22
versus the Dodgers. I mean I.
1:05:32
You want to record. Again, like later.
1:05:33
You want to record? What do you want to do?
1:05:38
Not over the weekend. No, I no.
1:05:40
Simple. OK, Yeah, it's simple for me.
1:05:42
I know, I know my outcomes here. I'll make my predictions because
1:05:45
I'm going to be travelling this weekend.
1:05:46
I won't be in until like Sunday night, so it'll be too much of a
1:05:50
mess and we have to have you underwater.
1:05:52
Like how are you going to? Be able to get down there yeah,
1:05:55
I'll be fine. I'll be fine Finally, the
1:05:57
Tropicana. OK, getting the tear down that
1:06:00
we needed. Stop.
1:06:02
Stop. You're.
1:06:03
Falling right in line with those people that were making just
1:06:05
tasteless jokes. There was first responders in
1:06:09
there by the. Way, man, people are good.
1:06:11
People are good, right? That's what I'm hearing.
1:06:13
I feel like people like prepared.
1:06:15
They got out of town, they knew this was coming.
1:06:19
The evacuations happened. I think this one's much better
1:06:23
than all the stuff going on in North Carolina.
1:06:25
That's really, really brutal. Anyhow, this is just a just a
1:06:30
Tropicana joke to so well if. If we're sharing Tropicana
1:06:35
jokes, which I don't, I don't agree with by the way, but this
1:06:39
is a a joke that I did hear, Was it me that said?
1:06:44
It somebody. Else said it, I'm just passing
1:06:45
along it wasn't even really a joke.
1:06:47
It was more of an just an observation.
1:06:49
So I'm I'm in the clear there. They just said, so basically
1:06:55
what this means is day games out outdoor day games for the Rays
1:07:01
in 2025. And they showed a, they showed a
1:07:04
Photoshop rendering of the, the roof completely gone.
1:07:08
I'm like, chop didn't actually actually didn't look like too
1:07:11
bad of a ballpark with the roof gone.
1:07:15
It is. Weird, that wasn't me.
1:07:17
Again, that wasn't me that said. That I I think the chop jokes
1:07:19
are tasteless. There's people, people whose,
1:07:22
whose, whose livelihoods depend on that place, on that building.
1:07:26
They'll figure it out. I suppose, but.
1:07:30
Anyway, back to this pick. Back to this pick.
1:07:35
It's easy for me. If it's the Padres coming out of
1:07:44
this game five, I'm putting the Padres in.
1:07:51
Well, if it's the, yes, if it's the.
1:07:53
Dodgers. I'm going.
1:07:55
Mets, that's the same thing, yeah.
1:07:58
I'm the same way, fully the same way, 1000.
1:08:03
Percent. So we're going to have the same
1:08:04
picks. Yet again, yeah.
1:08:06
We. We.
1:08:06
We. We.
1:08:07
Split up for. The Division Series picks, but
1:08:09
we had same picks for the wild card.
1:08:10
Now we're going to have the same picks for the LCS.
1:08:12
Yeah, I don't love it. I don't love it.
1:08:15
You have like a game prediction. Does that matter?
1:08:18
A game? Oh.
1:08:19
Like in, in how many? Yeah, if it's Mets, Dodgers, how
1:08:28
many? Games Mets in I go 5 Whoa, whoa.
1:08:43
That's fast. Well, it I I.
1:08:47
The Padres, I think just on like, just objectively are
1:08:50
better, right? Now at least like I'm not
1:08:54
talking about on. Paper.
1:08:55
I'm not talking about payroll. Whatever I'm talking about right
1:08:57
now, I think the Padres are a better team than the Dodgers.
1:09:02
So I think they would they would give them a.
1:09:04
Better fight, but the if the Dodgers make it to the LCSI just
1:09:08
don't. I don't see them putting up as
1:09:10
much of a fight as Padres would. Who has home field advantage?
1:09:14
Of it's Padres, Mets. It'd be just overall the Padres.
1:09:23
Because they. Had the first, they had the top
1:09:25
wild card. Spot.
1:09:27
Yeah, because that's what we were trying to figure we're.
1:09:29
We're trying to figure out the seating for the last two.
1:09:32
Yeah, seeds on. That one sick.
1:09:34
Game. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:09:36
Double header game. Yeah, yeah.
1:09:38
I hate this freaking. Playoff format.
1:09:44
They need to fix it. They need to fix this.
1:09:46
This first round buy thing they tell me I'm wrong.
1:09:49
It needs to be fixed. It's a mess all.
1:09:52
Right, so. I'm going to say, yeah, I mean,
1:09:56
same thing. If the Dodgers win it, give me
1:09:58
the give me the Mets in six. I have more respect for the
1:10:02
Dodgers than you do. If it's.
1:10:07
I'm just firing from the hip. I've been, I've been wrong just
1:10:10
about everything I said. I'm just firing from the hip.
1:10:12
I've been. Wrong.
1:10:13
I'm just. But this is not my postseason.
1:10:15
So am I. If you haven't, if you can't
1:10:17
tell, I'm not even putting a dot.
1:10:19
It's going to be. The Padres.
1:10:20
The Padres are going to win tomorrow and Machado is going to
1:10:24
do his thing. End of the World Series, Padres.
1:10:30
Go into the World Series. Nate is in San Diego sitting
1:10:33
there. What you think I like it?
1:10:40
On the ale side, I'll tell my wife that's the plan.
1:10:44
Good luck. Good luck I.
1:10:46
Had I had. Mets over the Dodgers in.
1:10:53
Five, if it's Padres, I got the Padres in six.
1:10:59
And then on the American League side of things, doesn't matter.
1:11:04
Whoever comes out of the Tigers Guardians series, I'm going to
1:11:09
go 6 for both. All right, give me one more
1:11:15
game. On the NL side.
1:11:19
No, I'm going. Regardless who comes out of
1:11:22
series, I'm going 7 because all three of those teams are.
1:11:29
At least what we've seen the last.
1:11:31
Two days. They're not necessarily clicking
1:11:33
on all cylinders, so I think that's going to be just like a
1:11:36
scrappy claw to the end. Run it out to a full seven games
1:11:43
kind of series for either team. OK, OK, so there you have it.
1:11:52
I'm lost. I lost track.
1:11:54
I don't know where we're at. It's simple.
1:11:57
It's simple. Yankees in seven, regardless who
1:12:01
comes out of the Tigers Guardian Series.
1:12:02
OK, so that's the American League side.
1:12:04
National League side. If it's the Mets and Dodgers,
1:12:08
it's Mets in five. If it's the Padres, it's Padres
1:12:13
in six. Go to bed if it's the Dodgers.
1:12:19
It's it's Mets and Mets in six if it's the.
1:12:25
Padres it's. Padres in seven I'm just doing
1:12:28
the same thing I'm adding a game for the Padres for both if the
1:12:34
if it's yeah no, yeah, yeah, yeah if it's Dodgers oh, you
1:12:40
said 6 for the. I have Mets in six.
1:12:44
If it's Padres, I have Padres in seven.
1:12:46
I got you OK. We're on the same page.
1:12:48
Doesn't matter. Excellent, anyone?
1:12:50
Care. I don't think anyone cares.
1:12:53
I like having this stuff on record, so I'm.
1:12:54
Not going to remember when I wake up.
1:12:58
I'll remind you the only one. I know I'll send you a.
1:13:00
Text A Yanks I send you AI. Send you the graphic before I
1:13:03
post it and make sure we're on the same page.
1:13:05
I I I added your pics correctly. We're doing it again or you're
1:13:11
just waiting until. Friday and Saturday are done
1:13:14
before you post that. I'm social media free right now.
1:13:17
It's kind of nice. Except TikTok I got sometimes I
1:13:20
got to. Learn.
1:13:21
I got to wait. Till the LC s s are set.
1:13:23
Before I post it, obviously, right?
1:13:27
Duh. Come on, delusional.
1:13:29
Use your head. Go to bed at 4:00. 30 Let's get
1:13:31
out of here. Oh, good, good stuff, good
1:13:36
stuff, good stuff. I was going to talk about
1:13:38
something, but I don't remember what it was.
1:13:41
Where you can make another chop joke.
1:13:43
Classless, classless dude. Not even going to give you the
1:13:47
chance. Not even going to give you the
1:13:50
chance. Blowing the roof off that thing.
1:13:53
Stop. I don't know you.
1:13:56
Let's just let's get out of here.
1:14:02
Don't go chasing curveballs. No hurricanes.
1:14:04
Stop. OK, Stop.
1:14:06
Enjoy. The game fives and get geared up
1:14:09
for some some high quality LCS action.
1:14:12
It's going to be it's going to be good.
1:14:13
I have hope that this post season can be redeemed.
1:14:17
I was a little let down with the way with the way the last couple
1:14:19
days have gone, but I, I, I have back in guy I have.
1:14:24
Hope yet? Get get back in.
1:14:29
Anyway, we love you all and as always, looking forward to
1:14:30
talking more. Baseball with you guys soon.
1:14:32
Until next time, say filthy.