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The hottest team in baseball, the Brewers with Chuck Freimund, Bill Seals talks Cyclones & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hour number two, welcome back Miller Incontinence, the Iowa
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Sports Radio Network. Trent and I take you until 2:00,
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top of the hour off the bench. Lucas Strange, Sean Roberts take
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you until 5:00, bottom of the hour thereabouts.
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We'll talk to Bill Seals. He covers Iowa State for the ON
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Three network. Let's get to a new guest on the
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program. Looking forward to this Chuck
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Freeman. He is part of the ON locked on
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network. He covers the Brewers.
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Must be a fun team to cover those this year and last year.
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And Chuck joins us for the first time.
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Chuck, they're never going to lose again.
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It's just seemingly night after night after night.
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They're kind of rendering next week meaningless From what we're
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all looking forward to how good Cubs and the Brewers are going
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to be in that five game series to start off next week.
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I don't think it's going to matter at all.
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Chuck, good to get to know you. How are you?
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Oh, great to be out with you guys.
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And it was funny. I was just talking to a guy from
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the radio station I work at and, and I said, I'm going out in an
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Iowa network and he goes, that's Cubs country out there.
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And I said, yeah, well, I maybe there's some Brewers fans in
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Iowa. We got a few little Wisconsin
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transplants that's a part of it, and northeast Iowa a little bit
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more up there, depending on what part of it you are.
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But you're right it it's definitely a Cubs stranglehold
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and a lot of frustration from the Cubs fans.
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I saw a tweet that you had sometime this week and you were
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talking about a Cubs game and and to paraphrase, he basically
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said that kind of looks like those stretches under Craig
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Council that Milwaukee had when they looked a little
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lackadaisical. Take us in a little bit and and
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deeper into that tweet, something that you saw in the
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past with Council's teams and, and somebody just sluggish times
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that his teams had when he was in Milwaukee.
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Yeah, it it kind of dawned on me a little bit last year and I and
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I put out similar tweets to that this season and last when I
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watching his team with the Cubs. And again this year, it's like
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we've seen some of the same things with Brewers teams when
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council was here. Sure, we have some good teams
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here, but games where they would just look completely flat and
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just going nowhere and you know, if they get down to nothing and
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they're throwing their arms up and and that's it.
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Like the other night, I'm watching the game Sunday night
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against Saint Louis, You know, they just a quiet night, four
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hits. And it was one of those games
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where, man, if I could hammer the live lion on the Saint Louis
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Cardinals that night, I would have done it because the Cubs,
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I've seen that song and dance before the Cubs.
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It might have been A22 game, but they were not going to win that
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game. And you know, I just, I feel
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like council's teams bad breaks go against him that stolen base
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at second base. And it's just like, God, I just,
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I've seen and I thought of me. I'm like, man, we saw some of
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that same stuff here. Just they, I just feel like when
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the Cubs hired council away, they hired the wrong guy.
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Thankfully, Pat Murphy is the better manager is the better
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manager. It's weird.
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I mean, he's got a chance. I I mean, I know it's happened
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before it had to have that you're back-to-back managers of
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the year in in a particular league.
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But I mean, how how's Pat Murphy not going to be manager of the
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year this year? Thompson maybe in Philly.
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Would that be the competition? Maybe Schilt?
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I mean, I think Pat Murphy's got to be home free as far as
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National League Manager of the Year, isn't he?
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I thought he should have been unanimous of the year last year
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and wasn't. He got most of the votes, but
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not all of them. And yeah, you know, you could
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talk about Shelton, San Diego, but look at the talent they got.
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Look at Philadelphia and look at the, you know, the billion
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dollar talent they have. And you look at Milwaukee and
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you look at all the injuries and they've even during this winning
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streak, they've had one injury after another.
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They they got guys who are producing like Trent Collins on
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this, Isaac Collins on this team who we've never even talked
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about in the in the offseason, who are who is up for rookie of
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the year now and maybe you might get some MVP votes and barely
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made this roster. The Brewers are doing it with
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guys that no one has ever heard of before and and no name guys.
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I think ESPN put out their top 50 list of Major League ball
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players, not one Brewer close to that list yet.
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They have the best team, yet they have the best team in
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baseball. You know, Trenton, I, I, I said
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that I liken them to Tampa Bay because no one knows who plays
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for the race yet. They're year after year after
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year. And it's kind of like the
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Brewers are so sorry. Trent, no.
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And taking that a step further, Chuck, help us out with this
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front office. You know, Matt Arnold, we talked
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about the Cubs front office and the frustration from the fan
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base. Milwaukee is one of the smallest
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markets in the league. They don't spend at a high
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level, but they spend a little bit.
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Is it Matt Arnold and the rest of the front office, the
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construction of this organization year after year,
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How do they do it? Well, what happened at the
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trading deadline last week was nothing.
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There was nothing or two weeks ago at the trade.
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The Brewers did nothing at the trading deadline.
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You know, they were, they were hoping to be in on Suarez and
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and maybe a few other guys. They did nothing at the trading
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deadline. They got Danny Jansen, a backup
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catcher earlier in the week. And Brewers fans were
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frustrated. It's like, man, we got this team
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here. How come we're not fortifying
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it? Well, the Brewers have gone 10
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and O since the trading deadline.
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They find they find these guys like Lockbridge who they traded,
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you know, they were actually sellers at the day led on.
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They traded Cortez to San Diego. And they get these guys who just
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seem to fit into their system. Guys who are hungry, guys who
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don't make mistakes, guys who have a master's degree at the
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strike zone, guys who are just going out there and you know,
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they don't hit a lot of home runs but are just hungry for
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that shot at getting getting into the majors.
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You know, they don't get a lot of national publicity.
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The Brewers don't. You know, the Sunday night
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baseball schedule comes out every year and the Brewers are
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never on Sunday night baseball. Rarely are they on a national
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game. And but they're one of the best
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teams in baseball over the last six or seven or eight years.
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They've had a little trouble in the post season the last
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several. But year in year out they've
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been competitive and they've been winning this.
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And I know it frustrates Cubs fans because Chicago fans look
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to the north and they say, how come that team up in Milwaukee
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is winning games? We're killing their manager.
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We're we're spending, we're going out and getting Kyle
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Tucker. Yet the Brewers just don't look.
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And you're right when you guys said of this at the top thread,
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the Brewers just don't lose. I mean who?
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2025 and 4 over their last 29? Games, that's something.
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Who? Does that.
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Yeah, something wow and swept the Dodgers this year early in
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the six. Games six and oh.
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Yes, it's just remarkable. So I want to go back to last
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year, the final game of the year, the wild card series in
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Milwaukee. They're up.
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Was it 2 zip? They were up going into the 9th
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inning, Alonzo with the three run shot and they tacked on
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another one. At the time I thought, well, I
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just wonder if this Brewers team, if there's going to be,
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you know, what the residual is going to be of this.
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Well, obviously it's nothing. But how much do you think that
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drives them? That taste in their mouth from
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the success that they had coming at getting to where they got
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last year, having the lead, if it would have, should have.
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And of course it was Euchre's last game was we come to find
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out that, you know, he wouldn't live too long enough to see the
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2025 season. But does that drive them at all
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the way last year ended? The last several years, you
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know, they can't get out of the first round in their last six
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playoff series, they're 2 and 10.
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Their record is 2 and 10. That's pathetic considering the
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regular season record and what what has happened during the the
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post season. The bats have gone silent.
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The bats have gone silent. And this year we're seeing an
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uptick in their offense. We're seeing an uptick.
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So maybe that's not the case. You know, we there's been great
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baseball team in the past who've gone through the regular season
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and they get to the post season and they lay an egg.
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You know, the 2001 Seattle Mariners won 160 games.
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They laid an egg in the post season and we've seen that
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before. Yeah.
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You know, these guys are hungry. They got what they need though.
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Guys they need to get they need a first round buy because the
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first round wild card series has got them last several years.
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The year before they lost to Arizona and that was not good.
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So they got got to get into a longer series and and that's by
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getting in the top two seed. And right now they're in
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position to get a top two seed. They just have to finish this
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thing out. Let's jump over to Jacob
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Mesirowski after being an All Star, the tremendous start to
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his career that he's put together.
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He's on the IL. He's got a tibia injury.
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I put that in quotes were on radio.
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You can't see me making the quotes that that are talked
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yesterday. I know Arnold talked about the
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GM maybe is he going to take a rehab start, innings limit where
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they're shooting for and you don't want to waste anything in
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a rehab start, I wouldn't think. Where are we with Miss Razi and
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getting him back out there and obviously having him for October
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the most important part? Well, there's no structural
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damage. It's it's kind of a bone bruise
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on the tibia. He took a shot off the knee.
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And when it didn't respond a couple of weeks ago, they
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mysteriously also get to the ballpark and miss Roski's on the
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injured list. Like, huh?
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And yeah, you're right about wasting pitches at the AAA
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level. They're very conscious that they
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want to, they do not want to overload him this season because
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he's pitched in the minors already and he got called up
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and, and he's been great at the Major League level.
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So there's even prior to this, there's was talks about him
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maybe coming out of the bullpen missing some starts and that
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because they're getting really conscious.
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That's the way we are in Major League Baseball these days.
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We're we're managing these guys and and trying to manage their
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workload. And so I think this injury, I
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don't know how much I read into it.
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If this was a post season, he for sure would be pitching.
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I just think they're using that as a little bit of an excuse to
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give him a little bit of rest. He's been throwing boy a bullpen
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sessions, but they don't want to overload his arm.
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And I think they use this injury just kind of a way to give them
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a little break, give him a little break so he could be
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fresher during the stretch run. Two more minutes, we'll let you
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go, Chuck, Chuck Freeman from lockdown Brewers is joining us.
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What did what did they find in Andrew Vaughn?
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How did they fix him? Because he was broken with the
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White Sox, A third overall pick, terrific draft that year and and
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deserved to be. Rushman goes one to Baltimore,
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Wit goes 2 to Kansas City. Here comes the White Sox.
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They take Andrew Vaughn, look like a bust, but man, he looks
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anything like that. How did they fix him in
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Milwaukee? What was interesting, they
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wouldn't have him if they didn't bring up Mizarowski because they
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brought up Mizarowski to start. They moved Savale to the
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bullpen, the volley said. He wanted to be traded because
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he wanted to be a starter. They, you know, they, they went,
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they looked down to the White Sox organization and they saw
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this kid who had been struggling and got sent down to the minors.
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He says he's made no adjustments at the plate.
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And I find that hard to believe because I, you know, I've heard
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the NF Major League MLB Network talk about that.
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He's made a few minor adjustments at the plate.
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He's had to because he's been Mickey Mantle at the plate in
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his 25 games so far. They brought him up and he's
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been unbelievable. But look at that journey.
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He's gone. He went from Opening Day start,
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first base for the White Sox, who are going nowhere all right,
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even though they've improved a little bit, going nowhere.
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He was so bad with the White Sox he got sent down to the minor
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leagues. He gets a second chance with the
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Brewers after Brewers traded for him.
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They put him down in the Miners. Reese Hoskins gets injured so
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they call him up and now you can't take him out of the line
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up. He's you cannot take him out of
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the line up. When Hoskins comes back, the big
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fella is going to be sitting off the bench in mid-september
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because this guy is your everyday first baseman going
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forward unless he goes into a mammoth slump.
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Is this one of those years where the fan base is all in?
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This is a different type of season.
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You mentioned the playoff exits and the frustration there.
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Do you, do you get that feeling that this year is different and
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the fan base are, are they getting that kind of same
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feeling right now, Chuck? And you know, I can determine
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that because right about now, win or lose with the Brewers,
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it's usually Packer season in Wisconsin.
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We're talking about the Packers. Not that they're not, but it's
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it's everybody's all in and talking about this last pre
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season game and all that. Now people are all talking about
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how are the Brewers going to do against Paul schemes tonight.
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My podcast has tripled the amount of viewers and downloads.
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It's been amazing. I mean, and hearing from Brewers
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fans all over the world, I heard from a guy in Bangkok, I heard
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from a guy in South Korea, I heard from a guy in England.
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Brewers fans ever were people who are jumping on the
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bandwagon. And one guy wrote me and told
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me, you know what, he fell in love with the logo the Brewers a
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couple of years ago. And with this witty streak, he
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ordered the MLB package and he's watching every game from
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Arkansas. So I'm telling you, I, I, I said
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kind of nonchalantly about a month, a month, six weeks ago, I
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said, well, I know the Brewers. Most of the Brewers fans are in
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the state of Wisconsin. And, you know, it's kind of a
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regional thing. And I heard from everybody and
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their sister say, hey, I'm down here in Florida sitting on my
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couch watching Brewers baseball, living and dying with these guys
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in Pensacola. It's amazing because you know,
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you know, the Packers have a nationwide fan base, Brewers
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with this run, they're starting to people are jumping on the
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bandwagon and there's plenty of room for it.
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A. Lot of fun.
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One final thing, you have a connection to the state of Iowa.
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Oh yeah, your buddy. Yes, Nick Osen, who used to be
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here at Iowa State, and not only that, TJ Otzelberger and you,
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what, You played hoops together growing up.
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I tell you, it's funny. When I was just out of college,
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I'd go to the YMCA and TJ played at high school here called
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Thomas Borg. And you know, they would come
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over and they'd play at the YMCA on Tuesdays and Thursday nights
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and the kids could shoot the lights out, you know.
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And he was, I don't remember him being as pumped up.
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I mean, the guys put on some. Looks like he hit the weight
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room a little bit, but but the guy, he was a high school coach
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here for a little bit and he just kept on moving up and
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moving up and moving up. Now he's one of the top coaches
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in the country, obviously, and he's recruiting some kids from
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the state of Wisconsin. But he's just been yeah,
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amazing. I played and this was 30 years
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ago played pick a basketball with him at the YMCA and and he
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was a great player on some terrific private.
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He played in a private school, Thomas Moore there on there, but
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he come to the YMCA and and I'd recognize that name and I'm like
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the way he just kept on moving up the coaching ranks.
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And so I've just kind of kept an eye on him.
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He probably wouldn't Remember Me again, this is 30 years ago, but
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I definitely remember him because he was a pretty good
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shooter at his high school. He worked out pretty well for
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him, no doubt about it. Good stuff.
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I wish he was a coach here in Wisconsin.
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Chuck Freeman, thank you for doing this.
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Chuck. Appreciate it.
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We'll impose on you again as we get close to the playoffs.
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I just hate to say it. I just was looking so forward to
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that series next week. I'm not sure it's going to mean
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a whole lot the way these Brewers are going, but they face
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skeet tonight. We'll see.
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It's sports after all. Chuck, thanks for doing this.
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Appreciate it. Go ahead.
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Baseball's a funny game. It's going to happen, don't you
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know? Yeah.
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They're just, you know, the dog days of August and then the
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September and all that. We'll see who emerges.
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But hey, man, I I I know people have contacted me and I, when I
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said I was giving their show. You guys are the tag team
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champions of the state of Iowa. Anytime you guys want me on your
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show man, give me a ring. You probably shouldn't have said
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that because we will. Thank you, Chuck.
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Good to talk to you. Sure.
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Yep, Chuck Freeman as we take a look at one of the stories of
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baseball. Yes, no doubt.
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Fan base was kind of they were down in the mouth.
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I mean, Great Council left them at the altar.
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Yep, so and not just left left for your.
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Division Right, right, right. 100 miles away.
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Where? You feel like little brother.
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Yes, you have the behemoth of Chicago.
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You're the the second city. Yep, all.
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The publicity that surrounds the Cubs.
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The financial aspect, on and on and on.
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Where would pet you know, if Council?
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I should have asked him this If Council.
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And it's hypothetical. So no, a true answer.
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Council doesn't leave. Where's Murphy?
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Is he still there, waiting his turn?
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Maybe because I mean he's an older.
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Guy, you know, he's, I think he's late 50s, early 60s, got to
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be. So you would think that probably
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nobody and especially today's environment, 20 years ago, yeah,
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you take a guy a shot on the veteran guy.
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Now it's about getting a young guy, right, Getting a guy in his
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40s, getting a guy that was a former major leaguer.
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Recently, that's what we've seen more and more that the old way
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of just wait your turn. It'll happen eventually.
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It's kind of off the board. You'll probably be sitting there
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and as the bench coach. I'll I'll give you the starters
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because they're really good, but Priester's been unbelievable
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Woodruff since he's been back. Peralta's had a terrific year.
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Devin Williams is, you know, Glon, thankfully.
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Look what he's doing for the Yankees.
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McGill gets the gig. But other than that trend,
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Kristen Yelich was was carving out a Hall of Fame career.
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I think he's back, but he's, you know, he's not what he once was.
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He's still good, don't get me wrong.
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William Contreras of the two Contreras brothers, I think
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that's the one, right? I think you won him.
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He's good. Wilson's had a heck of your got
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a World Series ring. Yeah, he mentioned Isaac Collins
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of the year. He's having unbelievable.
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But who are these guys? Well, Jackson Churio, we knew
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about him because of the contract, because of the
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contract, and he's been really good.
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Tarango Free like those kind of players were they're they're
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probably going to be OK. You know that they've been more
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than. Oh my God.
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When you start stacking those up, well, that's how you have.
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The and best record things come from behind victories.
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Yes, night after night. Was it Saturday?
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Night, the ridiculous comeback they had one of the nights.
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One of the nights on the weekend.
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Just remarkable that the way that ended last year, they're a
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2 zip going into the 9th, about to advance out of the wild card
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series and Pete Alonso it's a three run bombed on the opposite
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way. Yikes.
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All right, so you don't think it's going to matter next week?
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It's still going to matter. Do you think it will?
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Well, yeah. You know where the Cubs are.
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For the next 3. Yes, you're Blue Jays.
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Drowning who? Hasn't been playing very well
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outside of against Colorado. They needed that game on.
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They needed the getaway game on Sunday and came from behind to
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get it. Then it's the pirates after
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that. OK, keep going.
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They go four and. 60 Pat Murphy's my age 66 answer your
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question. Thank you Baseball Benny, the
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researcher for the Miller and Condom program.
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Are the Cubs going to be in a spot, though we get to Monday,
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that they have to win four out of five?
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I think they're in that spot now.
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Because even going three and two, you pick up a game, pick up
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a game. And at that point, I mean, then
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it's all of a sudden August 20th, you're looking around
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saying we're still 5 1/2 back and it's August 20th.
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It's getting late early, it's getting later.
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Might this Brewers rotation be as good as there is in the
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National League? Well, it's.
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Better than the padgers, It's it's.
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Better than the Dodgers. Padres are OK Better.
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The Phillies would be maybe the only other.
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I think the Brewers might have the best rotation in the
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National League. And if we have.
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Mizuroski No innings limit, just who comes out.
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For Mizuroski they only need 4. Is it cantana?
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Yes. I I think it's preacher's been
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really good. Pretty significant.
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Though, right? I mean, the difference between
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the two, the the Brewer staff. I like the Brewer staff
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immensely. Yeah.
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Here's how the Phillies would stack up.
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Sanchez. Great.
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Great year, Wheeler. Terrific.
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Lizardo And then Ranger Suarez, No.
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Yeah. When's NOLA coming back?
20:21
Well. And yes, that that changes the
20:23
equation immensely. Taiwan Walker, I mean, come on.
20:27
No, he's brutal. Yeah, it's the Brewers both in
20:31
terms of top four, what you need in the play offs and in terms of
20:34
depth. Give me Milwaukee.
20:36
Don't look. Now the Padres are one game
20:39
behind the Dodgers. We'll take a time out clone
20:44
conversation next. Bill Seals covers then that's a
20:47
cool story about DJ and Chuck Freeland who joined us to talk
20:51
Brewers take a time out clones next Miller and Condon Iowa
20:56
sports radio network. I'm Miller Condon welcome back
21:05
1:30 on a Tuesday Iowa sports radio network.
21:07
Trent Condon, Ken Miller with you here until 2:00, top of the
21:12
hour. Turn things over to to Alec
21:16
Bussey. Just reading Alec Bussey to Sean
21:18
Roberts and of course I forget about they're on the blank Lucas
21:23
strain. They will come in, take you from
21:25
2:00 until 5:00 reading a tweet. We'll get to our buddy Bill
21:30
Seals momentarily. Scott Saylor just tweeted this
21:32
earlier this morning. This team from Worcester that's
21:35
coming into play tonight, take down the icubs.
21:38
First trip to Iowa by Massachusetts baseball team
21:41
since the Salem Witches in 1887. Played the Des Moines Demons.
21:47
Witches versus Demons. Wild.
21:50
That is a note for diabetes, right?
21:53
There it is. Let's get to our buddy Bill
21:55
Seals. He covers Iowa State.
21:57
Hello, Bill Seals, how are you? You had the coordinators today.
22:00
Mauser and Haycock just got through with those.
22:03
So let's pick a side of the ball.
22:05
Let's start with the offense, start with Taylor Mauser.
22:07
First of all thank you for doing this for us as they I guess when
22:11
will they start to begin implement their K state week?
22:15
Are they going to wait until No they can't because they
22:18
Wednesday is a travel day. When does the the game plan
22:22
start to go into effect? Will it be Wednesday?
22:24
When did they start that? Well, I think that that that
22:28
transitions already kind of started.
22:32
Yeah, there were a few questions about K State asked today that
22:35
both coordinators and got the impression that that's kind of
22:39
under way a little bit and and they've started to to move into
22:42
that mode. Yields just some comments from
22:45
Haycock about Avery Johnson and and Heisman candidate there.
22:50
Wonder what to expect there. K State always going to have
22:53
good running backs, so I think they going into this game, they
22:59
know what Farmageddon's mean. Iowa State's been able to come
23:02
out on top a few years in a row here, but fully expecting a
23:07
tough match up over there between these two teams, Ken
23:10
mentioned. The Wednesday departure, taking
23:12
off just a couple of days before the game actually begins.
23:15
When you kind of look at the process, what they're doing and
23:18
the thought process behind it, I personally thought maybe they'd
23:21
head over a little bit earlier, get acclimated time, change
23:25
everything that goes along with it because school's just
23:27
starting. You're going to be able to
23:28
figure everything out on that front and and there would be
23:31
more time to kind of stretch out your wings.
23:33
Were you surprised about the Wednesday departure time for
23:35
Iowa State? Maybe a little bit, but Matt,
23:39
Matt's gotten into this quite a bit in the, the preseason and
23:43
his availabilities and consulting with he did a little
23:48
bit with some college coaches, but it sounds like he went out
23:51
to what, New England with Grable, Philadelphia Eagles.
23:57
He's already got a good relationship with Nick Siriani.
24:00
I believe they were roommates. Yeah.
24:02
At Mount Union. Mm hmm.
24:03
So he can fight it in Siriani a little bit.
24:05
And I I think they've gone to more of a professional like an
24:10
NFL team's approach to when they go overseas.
24:13
And I think that's why you're seeing just the quick turn
24:16
around and and Matt wanted to get them back.
24:19
I believe they come back on Sunday and with the time change,
24:23
they'll be back here in pretty good shape on time wise on
24:27
Sunday to kind of get ready for a game week prep for South
24:31
Dakota. What did you?
24:33
Make of Mauser he brought up Eskelsen.
24:35
We know soul in Townsend, etcetera.
24:38
But Dominic Overby, I don't know if he went out of his way to
24:41
mention him, but he certainly was a part of his answer.
24:44
What didn't in your mind? What does that mean?
24:46
Overby, obviously a big target, 6 foot 46 foot 5.
24:50
Looks as though he might have caught their eye this fall.
24:55
I think so. Kenny Overby played a little bit
24:59
as a freshman. They definitely wanted to
25:01
preserve that red shirt. So he's back.
25:04
Eskelsen, the one they burned his red shirt, just with how
25:08
important he was on special teams, he got a lot of of reps
25:12
over there. So I think they really like the
25:14
receivers that are even coming back.
25:16
But I still think it was a no brainer for them to to need to
25:20
go out into the transfer portal and bring in a chase so well.
25:24
And Xavier Townsend. So I think between the four, I
25:28
just mentioned that Daniel Jackson's another one, Eli
25:31
Green's the name that comes up pretty frequently.
25:34
He's actually he's healthy kind of battling some things last
25:38
season. So it's still a a very deep
25:41
position group and I would expect a lot of guys to play
25:44
there just like they usually like.
25:46
And we, we, we're going to see the targets spread out a lot
25:50
more this season too. They, they played a lot of wide
25:52
receivers a year ago, but what, 85%, maybe 80% of the targets
25:58
went to two guys. Let's.
26:01
Go to the guys that are going up against the practice over that
26:03
defensive backfield. We know John Tez Williams is a
26:05
stunt. He's an excellent cornerback.
26:08
Jeremiah Cooper has been a playmaker his whole career, but
26:11
he's still got three other positions to figure out.
26:13
And there's guys that they brought in the portal like Trey
26:16
Bell and then all those safeties that we've seen glimpses of.
26:19
We've seen the little Jameson Patton, we've seen a little
26:20
Neil, we've seen a little bit of James and Smith and and now Ben.
26:24
You got Nagoya also kind of getting into the mix.
26:26
When you look through the depth of that safety spot, those other
26:29
spots at the cornerback overall, who do you think we're going to
26:32
see the most of coming up here in what, 11 days?
26:37
Well, I think what we'll start, we'll start with safety and, and
26:40
one, I think the revelations of this, this fall camp has been
26:44
Jameson Patton. He was a guy I think coming out
26:47
of the spring, I probably, I, I would have said maybe Tayshawn
26:51
James is going to be that boundary safety stepping in for
26:55
Belik Burdon. But gosh, Jameson Patton has
26:58
really turned it on in the summer and into the fall camp.
27:02
He's probably the most vocal leader of those safeties that
27:05
they've got. Obviously Jeremiah Cooper's back
27:08
there as well. He's kind of more of a show it
27:10
on the field type of leader. But Patton's just been
27:14
incredible, I think this fall. So I think between he, Tayshawn,
27:18
James, even Cam Smith's name's been brought up a little bit.
27:22
But as we've seen with Iowa State, they like to play a lot
27:25
of guys back there. But the bottom line is was you
27:28
weren't going to get Beau Freehler off the field much in
27:32
the last several years. Even Malik Verdon when he was
27:35
healthy, he was going to play a lot.
27:37
So I think that that's that's an interesting battle though
27:40
between those guys. I think Cooper starts at at one
27:44
obviously going to return at his spot and then and Mark Marcus
27:48
Neal, he's a thumper that is going to be a multi year starter
27:52
at Iowa State. I think that starts this year.
27:54
So shifting over to cornerback. I, I think that I had it maybe
28:01
as a little bigger competition between like a Trey Bell and a
28:05
Benny Nagoya, maybe even Quinton Taylor a little bit earlier.
28:10
We're going into camp and I think that now that we're what,
28:14
3 weeks, then I think this is Trey Bell's job, opposite of
28:18
John, says Williams. He's going to start.
28:19
I think Nagoya kind of badly timed injury.
28:24
He has missed out on a few practices.
28:26
I guess he's back now, but I think Trey Bell solidified his
28:30
role as a starter opposite of John, says William.
28:33
I wanna go. To the defensive depth,
28:36
defensive line depth. But just one quick one on on
28:39
Patton. Did did he does he have he's a
28:43
true junior, I guess is where I'm going right.
28:45
He played more than four-game. That's what I thought.
28:48
That's too bad in some respects. All right, so let's go to the
28:52
defensive line depth. Haycock.
28:54
I'm sure he's meant he's he's hit all the right notes.
28:56
Amir Hawk, Dominic Orange as as a wag, as a Wagyu.
29:00
They they they think they have something there.
29:02
They felt they maybe underutilized him last year.
29:05
Is there enough depth there? Do you think is Haycock maybe
29:08
concerned about the depth on the defensive front or is he
29:11
satisfied in your mind? I think.
29:15
He's probably satisfied on paper.
29:18
I think they've got the depth, maybe not the experienced depth
29:22
as far as playing at Iowa State. They went out to the portal and
29:26
got 3 defensive lineman or defensive ends to come in and
29:31
and play. So so that's sorting its way
29:34
out. I think that I think Tomatola
29:37
Mcdonough's probably a little bit ahead of Von Troy Malone
29:41
right now. I'm probably going to see the
29:44
Yale transfer, their start at that Leo Rush on the opposite
29:49
side as the AGU, the one who who would have thought?
29:54
I think he played just under 200 snaps last season and he's the
29:58
most experienced DM they've got coming back and they need a lot
30:03
more snaps out of him at that strong side edge and coaches to
30:07
tell you too. I think they they thought he
30:09
should have played maybe a little more last season than he
30:12
did and he's he's going to get the chance to play a whole lot
30:16
more this season. The night behind him, Cannon
30:19
Butler, another one of those transfers.
30:22
He's a strong side guy from you and IA team captain, a name I
30:26
think a lot of listeners around the state probably pretty
30:28
familiar with. He'll slot in behind Eziago and
30:32
probably put play a fair amount of snaps as well.
30:35
Does it kind of feel? Like 3 guys for two spots on
30:38
that offensive line with Dylan Barrett, Brendan Black and
30:41
Boniface. And did I see a note from you,
30:43
Bill, on the message board over at Cyclone Report that Boniface,
30:47
this is going out. We can read those now, a little
30:49
tight end look that we're getting.
30:51
Yeah, yeah. How about that?
30:53
That was certainly newsworthy coming coming out of today's
30:58
press conference with Mauser. But yeah, they they used a
31:01
little bit of that type of guy last year and James Neil and
31:05
Neil had been a tackle. It started they had Jalen Travis
31:09
and still want to get Neil on the field and and James Neil and
31:12
played a lot as kind of that flex out that sixth guy, that
31:17
tackle eligible guy they never threw the ball to.
31:20
But I I think Boniface sounded like he could be that guy and
31:24
they're still going to go maybe heavy in some formations with
31:27
six O lineman on the field. You know it strikes.
31:30
Me Bill, when it comes to the tight end position, we, we know
31:32
Bramer's his, his ability, at least we think we do.
31:36
Unfortunately, injuries have prevented him from, you know,
31:38
really showing the world how just how good he can be.
31:41
But every time Bramer's names mentioned, Burkle's right there
31:44
with him. And yes, he might have been one
31:46
of the stories of the 2024 Cyclones from a positive
31:50
perspective coming out of nowhere the him and the
31:52
linebackers were forced into action, but Bramer and Berkel
31:55
seem really joined at the hip. And I think today Mauser both
31:59
referred to both of them as that Charlie Koehler type of clone.
32:03
Not one over the other, but both of them in the same sentence.
32:06
They love both of them. Yeah, they're they're kind of
32:09
interconnected. Like you always heard Higgins
32:12
and Knowles name even a little bit too.
32:15
We we heard that from some positional coaches as well.
32:21
You know, during the even like before the season started about
32:24
how they well and even Campbell brought up the leadership
32:27
qualities of both Berkel and Bramer and how they've kind of
32:31
supplanted Higgins and Knowle as far as those two guys leading
32:35
the offense. So they're they're kind of done
32:37
getting the vibe like they're one A1B.
32:40
They're they're going to be the field a lot.
32:42
And when Iowa State goes 12 personnel and then I think
32:46
you're also going to see Cooper Alexander, Tyler Moore, you
32:49
know, Tyler Moore, I think might be that Steve O clots type of
32:53
guy as well too. If they want to trot out like a
32:56
a full back or an F back or whatever and, and, and have him
33:00
play a similar role as clots. So certainly a lot of
33:03
versatility in that tight end room.
33:06
And then they they can still go 13 personnel like Mauser likes
33:11
to go a lot. And that, you know, that's his
33:13
position that he coaches as well, no?
33:15
Doubt about a bill seals cyclonereport.com part of on
33:18
three media course you'll recap all the press conferences today.
33:22
And so what's the schedule going forward to get Campbell one more
33:25
time before they fly out of here on Wednesday?
33:28
And is that it, Bill, do you know?
33:31
That is, yeah, we'll have Campbell and then some players
33:34
on Thursday and they'll have that, they'll have that
33:39
availability for us on Thursday and then that's it.
33:44
They travel overseas Wednesday. From what I understand, they
33:47
will have a brief little media availability on Thursday over in
33:53
in Dublin. I think they have a a
33:55
walkthrough or some kind of practice over there Thursday.
33:58
So some of the local media over there and I think they'll
34:01
probably put that up on the up on the cloud for media to
34:06
download and stuff too. So going to be a little more
34:08
they get over to that one. Good stuff.
34:10
And then they're right back here and I think the coaches show
34:13
goes on Monday night. So unbelievable.
34:15
Here we go. September 6th, they'll be
34:17
playing their third game. Remarkable.
34:19
Bill Seals, cyclonereport.com, part of On Three Media.
34:22
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for our buddy Bill Seals who joins us every week.
34:28
Bill, thank you, buddy. Appreciate it.
34:30
Yep. Thanks guys.
34:31
Have a good one. Yep, good to talk.
34:32
To you, Bill Seals, cyclonereport.com So I ran into
34:35
Brent Bloom over the weekend. Oh yeah, yeah, he's going to
34:37
join us from Ireland I think on the Thursday.
34:40
Oh great. They're taking, there's two
34:42
planes going players on one and kind of the support personnel in
34:45
another and I think they had to get permission at I don't know
34:48
if it's a different size plane that's coming into Des Moines
34:51
International Airport, you would think well.
34:53
Just got to have got to have more gas, yeah.
34:56
Because it's a non stopper, it's not flying.
34:58
To Lubbock, No, you're. No, and you're not.
35:00
You don't have to touchdown and change planes in Chicago.
35:04
So yeah, pretty cool opportunity for the team and and the fan
35:08
base too. No, there's. 13,000 exactly
35:11
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Miller and Condon, Iowa Sports Radio Network.
35:26
Sorry, Condon. Final couple of minutes here of
35:29
our program. Top of the hour.
35:30
Lucas Strange, Sean Roberts, come off the bench, take you
35:33
until 5. Are you going to be ready?
35:35
Tomorrow night for. The reveal.
35:38
Taylor's new album I Didn't Know.
35:40
This was Taylor, yes. I don't know if I'll watch the
35:44
podcast. Yes.
35:45
You'll just wait for the Twitter reaction.
35:47
Yeah, Which? Will be massive, yeah.
35:50
How many? Shared the tweets how many
35:51
records how many Internet records will this break tomorrow
35:56
it's 03 response was the best response all of them all of them
36:00
yeah it's going to be huge good for them so before we get.
36:02
Into my picks of the day, Yes, Did you?
36:04
Make them yesterday, by the way, two and two, OK.
36:06
We got off to a great start and then it went back the other way.
36:09
But two and two before that though.
36:13
Last shot for Hard Knocks tonight.
36:15
Yeah, for me, too busy night. Cubs, Blue Jays.
36:18
That's very important. But it should.
36:20
Be over because it's a six O 5 first pitch so you're going to
36:23
be in. Good shape there.
36:24
Going to watch skins against the brew crew.
36:26
Watch my twins get throttled again.
36:29
Got a? Lot of baseball.
36:30
Going on, however, Padres. Giants is good, yes.
36:35
They better have this episode raring to go.
36:36
I'm with you. Oh, and do I give it the full
36:40
time? That's kind of the question.
36:41
That a whole hour you mean because I want to watch more of
36:45
any given Saturday the SEC Netflix program Yeah I'm up to.
36:48
Episode 6 Episode 5 Jim, who tweeted at us that you're going
36:51
to have a tear in your. He was right, and this is the
36:53
one that. I have up next and because of
36:55
that I've been kind of waiting for that time, the family.
36:57
I shouldn't have said no. Do you have hard docs?
37:00
Better get it right tonight. Yep, or you're out.
37:03
I kind. Of feel the same way because the
37:05
baseball's really good. Next Tuesday, the Brew Crew and
37:07
the Cubs are playing. That's right.
37:09
All right, make some picks. Well, we're going to fade.
37:11
Thomas Hatch, who apparently is going to start.
37:13
I've never heard of him. Thomas down the.
37:14
Hatch if you please, over 5. And a half runs for the Yankees
37:18
tonight against my God forsaken Minnesota Twins, plus one of
37:22
Thomas Hatch against. You Rodon?
37:24
Yes, Rodon. Is getting the ball for the
37:26
Yankees. I like the Cubs tonight.
37:28
I'm going to grab the plus one O 8 against your Blue Jays, Ben.
37:32
Brown's aware that he's starting.
37:34
Well, that's a problem. Maybe they'll they'll trick him,
37:36
yes. Let's.
37:37
Get an opener before Ben Brown and not tell him that he's going
37:40
to come to the game. It seems to work because out of
37:42
the bullpen he was tremendous last week.
37:44
Give me the Brewers never pet against the streak -125 against
37:47
Skeens, and I got one in the West tonight.
37:50
I'll take the Sparks. They're playing well when
37:52
they're healthy. A much better team in the
37:55
playoff hunt against the Liberty to just struggle to cover games.
37:59
Speaking of the. WNBA my neighbor came, he's into
38:01
it, said he was watching the fever the other night and
38:04
Caitlin jumped off the bench to you know, and she grabbed her
38:07
groin she got. Like stepped on it looked like.
38:10
Is that what it was? Is.
38:12
She going to play again this year?
38:14
Doesn't feel like it's an easy answer, does it?
38:17
Doesn't. I'm with you.
38:18
We'll see you tomorrow. Cappy's with us.
38:20
Look forward to that. Talking about the kid umpire
38:22
with capper Lucas Range. Sean Roberts are coming off the
38:25
bench next. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
38:29
Network.