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One Reason Every Postseason Contender Could Win the World Series · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the three O take where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Theo Tech
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presented by Chinook Cedry this episode 565.
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I'll be your host Kyle Corn. I'm here with my Co host Nate
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Reyes. Nate.
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Casey, how are we? Sounds like a little better than
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you my friend. Just old man in it over here,
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old man in it. You said you fouled up your back
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lifting a box, how heavy it was. Like 120 lbs Nothing crazy, it's
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just was awkwardly shaped and it was on the ground I mean.
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I don't, I don't think you should be downplaying it.
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I think that's a, that's a, that's probably a pretty normal
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result. Yeah, I bet you 789 out of 10
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people probably tweak in their back trying to lift that.
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Well, I mean, what's weird is that like it, I did it like I
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think I lifted it a week and a half ago and I didn't notice it
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like afterwards, didn't notice it even a couple days out.
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It was just like kept getting worse and worse.
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And then like within the last three days it's been like
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horrendous, horrendous. That's fun.
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It's good stuff. So if you see me, I'm sitting
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weird in my chair. We'll try to keep this on
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YouTube. Please don't judge.
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Yeah, no, not at all. Well, I'll do my best to to keep
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us moving here, to keep. I mean you just let it just
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looks painful. I got the shooting pains down
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the leg and in into the shin. I don't even understand how
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you're. Sweet.
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Your position right now, it's kind of kind of strange, but.
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Dude, I was telling that I was standing there.
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I was about to shower last night because I got in the hot tub and
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so I was like going to shower before bed.
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And I'm standing there in the mirror and I'm like in my mind,
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if I close my eyes, I'm standing straight, but I look at my and
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it's like this, like my, like I'm like curved, like my belly
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button is not in the center of like my chin and my nose and
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like where your belt buckle would be like all of that should
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be centered. It's not everything's like
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twisted. It's.
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Terrible. You've got forward facing
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scoliosis essentially. It's but not like, yeah, not
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like leaning this way. It's like sideways it's.
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Crazy. Yeah, it's forward.
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Yeah. Off to the side.
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Yeah. That's not good.
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Sounds pretty painful. Speaking of pain, let's talk
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about. Let's right off the top here,
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let's talk about this Framber Valdez situation.
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We'll call it put it. Put it lightly.
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Actually, no, let's just call it what it is.
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Call a spade. Call a spade.
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Spade. This was a garbage move.
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This was a a Bush league move and I'll be honest with you, I
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didn't find out or I'll say I didn't realize that Framber
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Valdez was the hot head that he is until I started learning more
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about this little incident. There we go, Astros fans in the
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comments. Being like this is nothing new.
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It's like I I was a little surprised I didn't.
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Apparently, yeah, apparently there's people close to the the
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organization that have have kind of echoed the same sentiment.
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I'm like, as is it that bad? I mean, I could understand, you
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know, just haven't watched him pitch over the last few years.
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Like, OK, guys got a little bit of an edge to him, but I just
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thought that was nothing more than, you know, something that
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fueled his competitiveness. But clearly it goes a little too
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far at times. This was crazy.
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Can we just go ahead and make sure we're on the same page
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here? Fully intentional.
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Yes. There was nothing about this.
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There was 0 remorse after absolutely drilling your catcher
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in the stomach like that was on purpose.
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So if you're if you're just catching up, you're just hearing
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about this for the first time, basically what happened and this
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was this was in your game. So I mean, you're presumably
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you're at the very least, yeah, had it off on on the phone off
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to the side at the very least. But you're watching this.
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And the catcher, Cesar Salazar, I guess goes to pitch Com that
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gets that gets the shake from Framber.
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He then tells Framber, hey, step off, let's reset.
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You know, a very common normal, a very normal procedure if if
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you're not on the same page as a battery framer says no, I'm
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already I'm already in motion here, laces in.
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What was that a change up? Sinker 96.
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Sinker to Trent Grisham, Grand Slam into the Crawford boxes.
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The second pitch of the next AB, who I believe it was it Volpe.
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Yeah, it was Volpe, Yeah. Second pitch of the AB he
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Salazar calls for a pitch, presumably an off speed breaking
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ball. Again, Framber's like, I've got
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it, don't worry, and proceeds to to lay in a a mid 90s fastball
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straight to the ribs, completely catching Salazar off guard.
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And look, we can just go ahead and use this as a learning
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moment for people, a good teaching moment because I in in
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the comments today and, you know, sort of getting a getting
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a feel for what people's thoughts are or were on the on
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the matter. A lot of people who presumably
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aren't baseball fans, but they came across this because it's,
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you know, something that's catching the airwaves.
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People are like, he's a catcher. Shouldn't I mean, the ball is
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right there. She's a.
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Scary amount of comments that are reflecting this by the way.
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Yeah, and and look, some some people just willfully ignorant,
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but there are some like I, I've seen some people preface it with
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being like, hey, genuine question.
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I don't really know. But like he has a glove.
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He's looking at him like why? Like what's the deal there?
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For those that can't fully grasp the you know the what's?
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No, I'm not even going to, I'm not going to throw that light on
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people. No, there's people that
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genuinely want to know and like, just don't they.
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Don't know ball. I mean, I guess what they're
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trying. So that's what we're here to
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teach them. Basically, if you're calling for
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an off speed or a breaking pitch of any of any variety and that's
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what you're expecting and you think that that's what your
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pitcher is prepared to throw, but he throws a fast, a mid 90s
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fastball, mid to upper 90s fastball.
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You, you don't have time like, yeah, I'm sure if you're, if
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you're listening or if you're remotely interested in baseball,
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you've seen like those sports science videos where it talks
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about how little time you have from the release of the ball to
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when it hits the glove. You don't have.
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You don't have that kind of time to react.
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No. You do not have any sort of time
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to react, so it's. Also, as a catcher, you know
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your pitcher and you know that like if anyone's ever seen those
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like pitch overlay videos where a change up versus a fastball or
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a curveball versus a fastball, you see it like layered over
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each other. And this ball looks the same for
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85% of the way. A catcher is expecting at that
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certain point to say, OK, I called a curveball.
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I know I'm going to put my glove here because I've seen a
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curveball at this spot from this pitcher a million times and it
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ends up being a fastball. That glove is not going to move
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back up in time. It's just not going to happen.
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So that's why you get squared up.
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And the fact that Framber immediately turns around, like
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there's no, like I've seen I've anybody that's ever played
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baseball, it's like if you've thrown a ball at like a teammate
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that wasn't paying attention, the split second before it gets
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there and you realize their glove is not in the right
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position. There's like this like weird
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cringe like or like you want to say something, but it moves in
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slow motion and you can't like there is a reaction or there's
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like, Oh no, like after to make sure they're OK.
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He immediately turns around, does not react at all that there
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was no glove on this. By the way, that padding is not
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like bulletproof. OK, that still hurts a lot.
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I think he was wearing Mizuno. I didn't, I didn't go back and
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double check. I think he was wearing Mizuno.
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And I one of the comments on the video was like, Mizuno needs to
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make a commercial out of this. I'm like.
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Yeah bro doesn't even react need it.
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Ate it. Yeah, no.
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If there was any question as to whether or not this was
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intentional, the body language told you everything you needed
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to know. Yeah, 100% a hundred.
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Percent. What a sleazeball man.
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Like super. Scummy move.
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This isn't. This isn't.
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I saw some comments that were like, oh, teammates have beef
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all the time. Not at the risk of this, like
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not at the risk of injury, not even if there's a scuffle,
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that's one thing. If there's an argument, that's
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one thing. This is like full on, like
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you're, you know what you're doing, you know you're putting
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your player and your teammate at risk.
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It's crazy. I've never seen anything like
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that. Perfect example that just came
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to mind. If people want to say like,
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well, teammates get physical all the time.
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Like look at look back in the day when like Papplebone and
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Harper were going at each other's throats.
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They at least in that split second, mutually agree that
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like, OK, we're about to get it on here like let's go drop the
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gloves. But if you you're a friend of
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Valdez, you're not giving him a fair shake whatsoever.
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You completely blindsiding him. And then to your point about the
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0 remorse turn, turning your back on that guy was just so
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unbelievably scummy. Yeah, then Salazar's response,
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you by the way, he got up and threw the ball back.
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That was another instance of body language.
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Where you're going there is there is something wrong going
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on. Here and by the way, for those
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unfamiliar, I guess if we're educating non ball knowers,
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these are called cross ups. Cross ups are unintentional.
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Cross ups typically happened in the past because there was no
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pitch com of catcher was putting his fingers down and more often
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than not there were multiple signs and there was a language
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being spoken between the two of what sign to go off of to tell
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them what pitch to throw. And there were at times cross
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ups and you can go back and you can find videos of cross ups and
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watch how a catcher reacts with the expectation of one pitch and
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receiving another. You can see the, the, the
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movement of that way. This lines up with that.
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But after said unintentional cross up, 99% of the time
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there's a mound visit following to go get on the same page.
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So the body language, the fact that there was no, no mound
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visit afterwards to get on the same page, 100% intentional.
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And I got to give mad props to this catcher for not saying
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something in post game interviews and for not actually
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just throwing hands with him right then and there, or at
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least in the dugout after the inning.
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He covered for him. It's not that he didn't say he
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wasn't just like a no comment. I'm going to I'm, I'm not, I'm
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not talking to the media tonight.
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He actively covered for Framber, which says more about Salazar, I
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think in this situation than Framber.
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Like if if you're if you're going to cover for a guy, that's
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that. That tells me you're a pretty
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good teammate. Like if you're going to if
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you're going to take that from from and I don't mean that in
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like a, a, a you're rolling over kind of way, but I'm saying if
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you are physically literally going to take that and then
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after the game be like, yeah. I mean, he, he said some of the
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effect of like what? Yeah.
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You know, there's a lot of Yankees fans in here and it just
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made it tough to hear. And and I, it's I may have hit
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the wrong button. No, dude, you, you did exactly
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what you're so super. I'm, I'm sorry.
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You have like a garbage teammate in Framber Valdez, but you know,
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and then Framber after the game is like, well, you know, like it
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wasn't intentional, You know, just to mix up.
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I I take full response and they shut up.
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Dude, no you don't like. And it sucks because it's like
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he's not their everyday catcher. He's not even really I, I'll be
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straight up. I didn't know his name before
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this incident, so. Dude's been up.
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For look, no disrespect, I'm just saying I wasn't familiar.
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He's no, no, no, I'm, I'm, I'm agreeing with you.
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He's literally been up for, Let me confirm here, Caesar Salazar.
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He has played in 11 games this year, 13 at bats.
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Bros fighting for a job. So it's like, it's one thing if
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it's your everyday guy and you're I bet your everyday
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catcher would be like, Nah, we're going to chat this out
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right now. But it's tough, man.
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This guy's putting in like a impossible position.
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What is he going to do out his teammate and then cause chaos in
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the clubhouse? He's been there for two weeks.
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It's too bad, too bad. I hate that.
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I hated seeing it super skunk. Well, in the moment I didn't
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mind it. But now as like a baseball fan
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like this is just it's there's no room for this.
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It's crazy. It's a crazy thing to do.
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I'm I'm not in a a Major League front office.
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I I think that goes without saying, but how how this wasn't
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addressed by the Astros and and look, even I'm going to look
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past the whole like, what do you expect from a a terrible
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organization like the Astros? I'm not, I'm, I'm, I'm not, I'm
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simply just not involving this, the cheating scandal.
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This I'm I'm, I'm saying through the lens of looking at a
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baseball organization for what they are, how the Astros didn't
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like, dare I say, make an example out of framer Valdez.
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I understand, you know, that we're we're in the final month
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of the regular season here and there's like a lot at stake.
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But I mean, what are, what are, what are we saying to the other
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guys on that team that are, that have a, a shorter tenure or make
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less money than say a guy like Framer Valley?
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Like, what is that? What are you saying to those
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guys where it's like, Hey, sorry, unless you provide XYZ
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impacts for us, you're sort of dispensable to us.
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And if something, if you get caught up in the middle of
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something like this, whether it's this or, you know, a
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skirmish in the in the clubhouse, there's not much we
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can really do because we really need, we need the best line up
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out there. Like what are what are what are
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we saying? Come on.
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And, and I know there's some brilliant baseball minds down
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there in Houston X players and the like.
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If you've been around this game, all it took was watching that
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once. Yeah.
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And you know what happened? Yeah, and especially the amount
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of steam it's caught on social media.
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I mean, these these questions are going to continue to pour in
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until someone just comes out and says something.
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But I don't know, the winning cures all.
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So if they go out and win tonight, maybe it goes away.
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I don't know. I I got to think that this, this
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turned a lot of guys in that clubhouse off to Framework
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Valdez, like for good because like we said it, it sounds like
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that this has been an ongoing thing.
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Yeah. As it pertains to the perception
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around him, I can't imagine even a little quick winning streak
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would would make this go away. But who's to say?
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Let's talk more drama, more physicality on the baseball
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field. Giants and Rockies with a weird,
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just a very, very strange but predictable scenario.
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Rafael Devers, they're in Coors. Kyle Freeland on the mound who's
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just had a rough go of it. Let's be honest, an absolute
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rough go of it. Really any pitcher, any pitcher
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that toes the rubber there probably going to have a rough
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go of it. But when you're wearing that
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uniform and you've been there for as long as he has, it's
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going to it's going to wear on you, I would imagine.
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So he he serves one up to Devers.
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Devers puts it over the over the wall for his 30th on the air and
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made sure to made sure that he wasn't going to forget it
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anytime soon. We'll just say that Kyle
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Freeland took exception, starts barking at Devers.
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Devers doesn't even reach first base before he starts barking
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back, drops in some expletives. Freeland does the same.
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Both dugouts clear. I got to say, I don't know if I
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I I'm sure they did, but I don't.
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I didn't see the bullpens clear. That's a good point.
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Immediately, I'm fine with that. I I would prefer to have a a
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blower trigger on the bullpen entering the scene.
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Yeah, like that's a good point. Like we, we're just, we're going
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to need one of the one of the guys that are in the dugout
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maybe after a certain amount of time to give a signal, right, to
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indicate like, yeah, we could do some reinforcements out here.
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And even for this one, honestly, this one caught steam quick.
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Like this it did. This took off quick.
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Yeah, that I think they said no punches were thrown.
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There may have been like a couple of jabs, but there
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weren't. I mean, there was no like right
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hooks or anything. There was, there was some
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physicality as I mentioned, some some pushing, some shoving, more
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so than we've seen in previous skirmishes, so.
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Matt Chapman was not having any of it either.
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Matt Chapman got. A little suspension, huh?
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Got suspended for a game, was fined.
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Freeland Devers and Willie Adamas also fined.
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But the bigger the bigger issue here, as it always is with
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incidents such as this. You had a whole rant today, so
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the whole. Let the kids play thing look,
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I'm how many more times do we have to have this conversation?
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Are what are like as a as a sport?
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What are we doing? Are we, are we committing to
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this bit or not like the whole the the let the kids play thing?
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Are we are we OK with it? Because if we are, there
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shouldn't be varying degrees of acceptance.
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You know, like it. It shouldn't be like, well, if
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you're a pitcher, well, I'm. I'm fine with letting the kids
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play as long as said Kidd only admires his home run for under 4
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seconds. It's it's, it's all or nothing.
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You, we we can't. And I, I see people saying,
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well, the game policies itself, yes, that's true.
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But at the same time, we can't, we can't be having every player
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draw their own line in the sand and bike.
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Well, this is this is how far I let the kids play before I speak
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up and say something and, and make my frustration known.
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I get it. Like I said, Kyle Freeland's
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been going through it. I can't imagine you're you're
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looking forward to lacing them up each and every day if you
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play for the Rockies and especially if you have to pitch
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for the Rockies. They just lost their 100th game.
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I just lost their hundredth game relevant context here.
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Great, great point. It's I, I don't know, it's like
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I, I get it if you're frustrated, if you're Kyle
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Freeland, But at the same time, like I said, a bigger picture
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here that we have to look at is like, what are we doing as a
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sport? Are are we, are we getting, are
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we going to accept this for what it is?
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Because this is what we, this is what we're told.
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Every day is the new normal. And if you don't agree with it,
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then hit the road. OK, Well, if that's the case,
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then players and fans alike need to be on board with it.
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It can't be. Well, I'm all for it until it
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happens to me. Or if you're a fan, I'm on board
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with it until it happens to my team.
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Like accept it or don't? Sure, that's very fair, Very
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fair. This is the stance we've been
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we've had since the beginning. I think it's that's what makes
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our game great. There's unwritten rules.
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I'm not saying that you can't have fun.
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I'm not saying I'm not down for a couple bat flips every once in
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awhile, but it's I don't know, like you said, there's there's
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like a varying degree of acceptance.
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Like how long did he stand there?
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How far was that bat flip? How high was that bat flip?
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How long did he take to trot around the bases?
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Like what are what's defining it?
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And it's very subjective to like the scenario, like who The, Who
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the team, who the player is on what team and what the, you
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know, context of the season may be.
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It's like all of these kind of go into it and it's drama.
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It's drama. I do like that there's actual
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scuffle happening in this brawl, 'cause I'm, I'm all for that.
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I don't know. I mean, Devers kind of seems to
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be at the center of a lot of this.
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And I, I just, I don't know what it is about his, his attitude or
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his, his mentality. I mean, he, I don't know, I'm on
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the fence with everything. But if you were to ask me if I
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would prefer the old way or the new way, I think you know that
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answer. My first thought you you bring
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up the the point about Devers. My first thought when I saw
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this, when I saw freelance reaction was it's very clear to
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me that playing on the opposite side of the country in the
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opposite league for pretty much the entirety of Rafael Devers
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career told me that he's not familiar with his game.
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As the saying goes, this is what Rafael Devers does.
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And because of how good he is, he does this a lot.
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This isn't an infrequent thing. Rafael Devers is good.
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Breaking news. Rafael Devers is good at hitting
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a baseball. You just had you Kyle Freeland,
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just haven't seen the aftermath of it very often because you,
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like I said, you're on the other side of the country in another
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league. This is if you're going to be
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sticking around in Colorado, my friend, I hate to say it, but
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you're going to you're just going to have to get used to
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this because he's not going to change.
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This is just what this is who Raphael Devers is.
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And and truth be told, watching the home run, I've seen worse.
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I've seen worse, but I all what I what I did see was no
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disrespect towards Freeland. This is just Rafael Devers
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watching his home run. There was no look back to the
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mound. There was no look back to the
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Rockies dugout. There was no no glance over
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anybody on the Rockies defense like it was just him admiring
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his home run. And I think the frustration just
25:11
boiled over and it led to this scuffle.
25:15
So I don't know, like I said it, it, it lends itself to
25:21
discussing the bigger issue, which again, we've been talking
25:24
about for years at this point is where's does the, where does the
25:28
line get drawn for the let the kids play movement?
25:31
And unfortunately based on this, I don't think we have found, I
25:36
don't think we've we've landed on a solution for that yet.
25:40
Never going to go anywhere. Crazy as promised, I want to say
25:49
it was last episode. I said that I wanted to now that
25:54
we're in September, a little bit of A at least out here up until
25:58
probably like 11:00 AM, maybe even noon, there's a little bit
26:04
of a chill in the air because of that.
26:07
I wanted to look ahead a little bit to the postseason.
26:09
That's that's knocking. We're knocking on the door of
26:12
it. Wanted to do a little look ahead
26:17
and sort of take into account who's in who currently holds a
26:20
spot. And you and I talked last last
26:25
episode as well. I think we're on the same page
26:29
or right around the same page in believing that who's in the
26:34
field right now is who will be representing the postseason
26:38
field as it were come October. So with that said, I want it,
26:42
like I was saying, we mentioned last episode, I wanted to do a
26:46
segment where we maybe provide a reason as to why each team that
26:52
currently holds a postseason spot could win the World Series.
26:55
It's sort of our way of trying to put a positive twist on
27:00
things because, you know, we we have a tendency to be overly
27:05
negative at times. So I thought, you know, let's
27:08
try to give what, a dozen fan bases maybe something to latch
27:14
on to for the next month and possibly into October.
27:19
So with that said, Nate will be representing the American
27:23
League, which if you're doing the math at home, does mean that
27:27
he's going to have to say something nice about the Red
27:29
Sox. So I'm I'm very much looking
27:31
forward to that, which leaves me with the National League.
27:36
So how do you want to how you want to do this?
27:38
You want to alternate. You want to little.
27:40
Alt. Little Alt.
27:42
OK, I say you do you want to start it or you want me to?
27:49
Sure, sure. Where do you how do you want to
27:52
do this from like? I think I just ranked mine in
27:55
order. May I have to go back and check?
28:00
I think I just did it in terms of seating, like I think I got
28:05
Brewers, Phillies, Dodgers. Yeah, I didn't really do
28:08
seating, but. That doesn't matter, I just.
28:10
I can adjust. I just defaulted to that because
28:13
that's how I I was reading it on the on the standings.
28:17
Papa can think on his feet. No big deal.
28:21
Let's start it with the tea Grays, Detroit tea Grays.
28:29
I don't know how what your approach was to this.
28:31
So I'm just, I have like some stats, but I also had just have
28:36
like some, some gut observations, if you will.
28:42
If you're closer to the Tigers, you probably know more than I
28:46
do. That's just how it goes.
28:49
Let me, I'm glad you brought that up.
28:51
Let me just preface this by saying obviously if you were a
28:54
fan of one of these teams, you were going to have a more in
28:58
tune understanding of what's going on at this very moment.
29:03
However, as we stay on here all the time.
29:06
Some outside perspective never hurts.
29:08
Outside perspective never hurts because let's be real, you and I
29:14
have both canceled our respective team seasons probably
29:17
multiple times this year, but yet here we are.
29:20
Here we are. Both teams still kicking as are
29:23
10 other teams maybe maybe even you know, 11/12/13 that are in
29:29
the mix. It it's just bear with us.
29:35
These are these are observations that have been trending, I would
29:39
imagine for some time now. So don't be a victim of the
29:42
moment. If you're the Padres, if you're
29:44
fan of the Padres, for example, who just got swept by the
29:47
Orioles, don't be prepared to burn it down.
29:50
OK? Let just hold out hope and let
29:53
us, let us walk you through. Let us hold your hand.
29:56
I'm not better. I'm not better than anybody when
29:58
it comes to that. I'll burn it down immediately.
30:02
But. Let's let's walk through this
30:04
together. Yeah.
30:07
All right. Well, let's start it off in in D
30:09
town Detroit. I put balanced and deep.
30:16
That's kind of my observation. They have a winning record at
30:21
home. They have a winning record on
30:23
the road. They have a winning record
30:26
during the day. They have a winning record
30:27
during the night. One run games, they're 20 and
30:31
9:00. They have a winning record
30:33
versus righties. Winning record versus lefties.
30:37
They are only one game under 500 against one division and it's AO
30:44
W the rest they're above 500 on. They are 5 and 6 in extra inning
30:49
games. They're top ten in all of Major
30:54
League Baseball in on the pitching side.
30:56
Strikeouts, walks, home runs given up, earned runs given up,
31:02
saves, ERA On the hitting side. They're also top ten in OPS
31:08
batting average. Home runs, runs, hits, walks on
31:13
base percentage. They're just balanced.
31:17
They don't have a ton of holes. They're a very good ball club.
31:22
That's my observation. That's why I think that they
31:26
couldn't go on a very deep run because they don't really have
31:33
too much of an Achilles heel, just a solid ball club.
31:38
So that's why I feel like they could maybe win it even though
31:43
they're three and seven in the last 10, because I'm not
31:45
reactive. Again, yes, thank you.
31:49
And I could be victims of the moment here.
31:50
Well, I'm glad you started there because I sort of took the same
31:55
approach with with my team leading off the National League
31:59
here, the Milwaukee Brewers. Same approach worded slightly
32:05
different. My theme for the Milwaukee
32:08
Brewers here, my one reason that the Milwaukee Brewers could win
32:11
the World Series is their general dominance, specifically
32:18
in how it manifests in their record splits, which you already
32:21
have have utilized as evidence for your Detroit Tigers.
32:25
However, with the Milwaukee Brewers, who slightly better
32:28
record than even the Tigers best team in baseball, 40 and 29 on
32:35
the road. Now why is that important?
32:39
Because what really matters in the postseason?
32:42
Home field advantage. So if you're the Milwaukee
32:45
Brewers making a deep run in October, even if and when you
32:50
have home field advantage, you are going to have to play on the
32:54
road. And if you are 40 and 29 on the
33:00
road, I would feel very at at peace if I'm a Brewers fan and
33:09
and that time comes that you have to hit the road for an NLCS
33:13
game or I mean, DSCS, whatever it may be, they're 43 and 30
33:18
versus teams over 513 games. That's solid.
33:25
Over teams over 500, both of those by the way, the 40 and 29
33:31
on the road, the 43 and 30 versus teams over 500, those are
33:34
both best marks in baseball. And lastly here for the Brewers
33:40
and looking at their splits, 31 and 19 versus current post
33:46
season teams. So of the 11 other teams that
33:50
we're going to discuss or 10 remaining, you know, well, 11 in
33:54
total, you've already covered one, but eleven other teams here
33:57
in the mix that we're talking about 31 and 19.
34:00
Granted, they lost. It was I think they lost one to
34:04
the Phils and then one to the Jays coming into today.
34:09
But again, not reactive, not victim of the moment.
34:12
This is. This is just the overall scope
34:14
of things. So that's the Brewers all.
34:17
Right, good deal. Let's head up to the Great White
34:21
North. Talk about them blue yays.
34:26
I have one word here. It's pesky.
34:31
They just refuse to strike out. Tell me more.
34:37
It's annoying. It's really annoying.
34:40
They have the second fewest strikeouts in all of baseball.
34:45
Coming into today. They had 938 strikeouts total as
34:49
a team. Guess who was in first place?
34:52
I was going to ask, do you have that by chance?
34:53
Who is that? I'm the.
34:54
Royals. Really.
34:56
At 9:37. So based on how tonight goes,
35:02
the Jays could go ahead and and go ahead and just make this
35:05
outdated already. Good to.
35:07
Slide into first place, they just don't strike out.
35:11
That was something I noticed the last series that obviously I
35:14
watched the Yankees a lot. The last series that they face
35:16
them in Toronto is just they don't help you out with that.
35:21
And in today's game where that's what you see majority of the
35:24
time, it's just not there. And one guy that I was like, you
35:29
know, I wonder if someone if there's like one guy that really
35:35
stands out and just like everyone else is below average
35:38
and hides this guy. Not really.
35:42
Addison Barger is their most, most strikeouts on their team
35:46
with 106. We're talking about normalizing
35:52
at least one or two guys on every roster with finishing the
35:56
season in that 180 to 200 range. No one's even close to that.
36:00
No one's going to be close to that.
36:03
In my mind, I don't know why I thought like Vladimir Guerrero,
36:06
junior, like power hitter, he's got to strike out a lot.
36:10
No, no, he doesn't. Probably going to finish below
36:14
100. Yeah, dude, he averages 93 a
36:20
season. That's his average Vladimir.
36:23
Guerrero Junior Are we talking about the same guy?
36:26
Yeah, dude, Crazy, crazy. This this dude savant in
36:34
strikeout rate better be. They're all just really good at
36:42
putting the ball in play. It's hanging a.
36:44
Lot the chart. Like literally off the chart if
36:47
that's the case. Pull it up again Stats Vladimir
36:53
Guerrero junior currently has 83 strikeouts this year.
36:59
In how many games? He has played 133 games.
37:06
He averages overshot it. He averages 91 strikeouts a
37:10
year. Just shed a little light on that
37:14
and like. I I would have never.
37:17
Guessed Me neither. Me neither.
37:20
It's impressive. And I know it's not like this
37:22
crazy thing where you're like, well, are they going to win the
37:24
World Series? Because that like maybe, maybe
37:29
if it's a team that refuses to strike out and just it's an
37:33
entire team buying into that. You look at this entire team,
37:37
it's nuts. Springer is is at 87 strikeouts,
37:43
Beau Bichette 89, Barger, Like I said, the leading the crew at
37:48
only 106, which is like, I don't know, in today's game, nothing.
37:53
It's just it's very impressive. They lead all of baseball and on
37:57
base percentage, they lead all of baseball and batting average.
38:00
They lead all of baseball and hits.
38:02
This is just a team that puts the ball in play.
38:04
When you're talking about the postseason, you're talking about
38:07
trying to find a way to get through these starting
38:10
rotations, get through these bullpens, especially in the
38:13
longer series. You're trying to wear this other
38:16
pitching staff down. This is the this is the recipe.
38:20
This is how it's done. I'd be excited if I were a Blue
38:24
Jays fan. Pesciness.
38:29
I like that. Not bad.
38:31
Wow, I learned some. I mean, hopefully I learned
38:34
more, but right off the top here, I'd I'd learned something
38:37
about Vladimir Guerrero Junior. As did I that's I figured that
38:41
was a big hole in his game and it is not.
38:44
Most strikeouts he's ever had. 2022 is an All Star by the way.
38:49
Finished with 116 yeah, and this isn't like this isn't like.
38:56
Oh, he must have like missed a lot of other games elsewhere in
38:59
his career Nope, Since twenty 21161 games 160 games, 156
39:05
games, 159 games and this year 133 games.
39:08
It's not for lack of lack of plate appearances.
39:12
Why that's? I don't know why I'm so.
39:14
Because you're so. Used to seeing a.
39:16
Swings all the time, but like it's clear that he just he
39:19
shortens up, puts the ball the other way, keeps the ball in
39:23
play. I mean, it's again, if you're
39:26
not into that and you're and you're just a new age Homer and
39:29
you're just like, I love, I love Ding dongs, I love strikeouts.
39:32
That's it. That's my kind of baseball
39:35
getting good for you. But if you like baseball, it's
39:40
it's refreshing to see. And when you see an entire team
39:42
buy into this, it's cool to it's cool to see.
39:46
So I have respect for the way they go about it.
39:52
Well, I'm thinking of it. I had the idea earlier.
39:56
I want you to as we once we finish this, we need to pick a
40:00
team from the other league that we that our minds were a little
40:06
changed the most on. OK, I like that.
40:09
So be thinking about that OK for me.
40:12
Next up, the Phillies. You might have seen this one
40:16
coming for me regarding or in in terms of my reason, but it's
40:21
simple home field advantage, assuming they can hold on to the
40:29
National League East, you're going to have that home field
40:33
advantage. You're going to see more of what
40:39
we've already seen out of the bank and it's it's nothing short
40:44
of electric. I believe that I still we still
40:48
we have to get up there for a game.
40:50
We sure do. But what's going to be what's
40:54
going to be interesting about this year in particular, I think
40:57
is buzz surrounding multiple narratives.
41:01
So the fan, there's going to be a a certain air at Citizens Bank
41:06
this fall. I do believe some of these
41:10
narratives include Kyle Schwarber's MVP caliber season.
41:16
OK. Like, this isn't just like, oh,
41:18
Schwarber had like a good year. He put up like 3540 homers.
41:23
This. Is a different a different year
41:26
for Kyle Schwarber because and as we've also seen, there are a
41:31
few players in baseball they can put a charge into a ballpark in
41:35
the post season with a like a a home run than Kyle Schwarber.
41:39
And like a predictable need it right now kind of way almost
41:44
more often than not, which is crazy.
41:46
You're sitting there going, man, how cool would it be if this guy
41:50
hits a home run? And if it's Kyle Schulberg,
41:52
chances are it's probably happening.
41:53
That's that's what we're talking about here.
41:57
The continued pursuit, obviously, of our sweet young
41:59
prince's first ring. That's going to, that's all.
42:03
There's also going to be buzz surrounding that Yohan Duran's
42:09
arrival for the Phillies, the closer entrance, all of all of
42:15
what that entails going to be another layer to this.
42:20
I think there's going to be a rallying around the absence of
42:24
Zach Wheeler. I think it's going to be a hey,
42:26
let's let's go out and win one for Zach, especially given I say
42:30
given the year he's had, he had it's it's copy and paste.
42:33
I feel like for Zach Wheeler almost every year.
42:35
So that's not necessarily different, but obviously not
42:37
having him for this post season run.
42:41
I think there's going to be some rallying around that.
42:43
Another thing and what is my final point to this home field
42:47
advantage for the Phillies? 35 come from behind wins this
42:51
year in baseball, which is 6 most in in all of baseball.
42:56
So it's only going to further add to the buzz, add to the home
43:00
field advantage, because if you're a fan, the expectation
43:06
that a wins never really out of the question, only adds to their
43:11
engagement, their involvement in the game that's before them.
43:14
So we, we talk about the bank and the postseason all the time,
43:17
but it's, it's worth, it's worth reiterating as we embark upon
43:21
yet another postseason at the bank.
43:23
Very good, very good, very very good.
43:28
Also, I may have a little bias here, but I mentioned this
43:32
before the deadline because I don't know if anyone has kept
43:36
track of this, but I like Harrison Bader and he's a vibes
43:41
guy and I'm just letting you know he shows up in the
43:45
postseason and there's a little electric factory going on.
43:49
He's got that thing and he's got a nice mullet going right now.
43:55
Like a deep, deep curly mullet going.
43:59
Well meant regarding vibes. The only thing that I'm missing
44:04
from this red October picture for the Phillies is I feel like
44:10
there's some some something's off between Cassianos and and
44:17
Philly. Rob I I don't like that.
44:19
I'm going to need them to sit down over a cold one.
44:23
Work this out this. Is what happens.
44:24
We got a bunch of vets, you know, it's this doesn't take the
44:28
limelight, you know what I mean? This doesn't doesn't change the
44:31
narrative of what's going on there.
44:34
It's all One Direction. I'm.
44:35
Going to need them to iron that out.
44:37
All right, fair enough. Hit the ground running.
44:40
All right, well, I'm going to kind of just get this one out of
44:42
the way. It's somewhat of a layup.
44:45
I'm going to slide down to Texas and talk about the Houston
44:49
Astros. This one's smacking your right
44:52
in the face. Why would they win?
44:54
Because that's what they do. They have experience.
44:57
It's pretty straightforward when you have a lot of guys that know
45:02
what to do in those big moments. They don't shy away from it.
45:05
I know it's annoying. I know we're sick of.
45:07
It go ahead. Sorry, just calling a quick,
45:11
quick T here real quick a wild way to preface your bit about
45:17
the Astros here. I don't know if you even realize
45:19
what you just said. You know, just hit you just hit
45:21
you square in the face. It seems like a little, well,
45:26
too soon. Whoops.
45:28
That's just an observation. Anyway, continue.
45:30
Whoops. That's it, man.
45:32
It's just experience. Altuve 105 postseason games.
45:37
Correa 85 postseason games Jordan 60 Jeremy Pena 26
45:44
Christian Walker Be the first one as an Astro, but he's got 17
45:48
under his belt. Aforementioned for Amber Valdez,
45:51
17 postseason starts. They just have a lot of guys
45:55
that have been there and done that, and you've got this young
45:59
group that's kind of going along with them that it's going to be
46:03
their first ride. I'm not going to sit here and
46:06
say that like, this is better than past Astros teams, but I
46:12
just think that like, don't necessarily count them out
46:15
because they're just used to doing this.
46:18
They're used to winning and having the experience in those
46:21
moments does play a factor. In a world where we're so in
46:26
love with analytics, the heartbeat of a player that's
46:30
been there, done that means something.
46:33
And they got a few of them. So no, it's a little bit of a
46:37
layup, but that's what I'm going with.
46:42
Next up for me, Los Angeles Dodgers and my reason that they
46:48
could win it all is that their offense can cover their holes in
46:54
their pitching. They're very, very obvious holes
46:57
that they have when it comes to pitching.
47:02
Believe it or not, Nate, this was news to me.
47:06
Even Dodgers still with down years from a few of their stars
47:12
for their standards, still a top three offense in baseball. 3rd
47:17
in runs scored, third in OPS, second in homers, second in
47:23
walks. And you think wow, they just got
47:26
big boppers. It's not just that Nate.
47:29
They're 6th even an average. If that's if that's your metric
47:32
of choice, they can still hit for average. 6th best team
47:37
average in baseball. It's Shohei and then everyone
47:42
else as we know, but I I bet you didn't know that Will Smith is
47:47
having a heck of a year 17 bops. He's hitting.
47:54
He's he's accumulated 4 1/2 war already to show his 5.6 Mookie
48:03
Betts has started to turn a corner.
48:05
I think I, I think I was, I think I saw that his August was
48:11
the best month of the season for him so far, which is saying a
48:15
lot because you have to take into account the very, very
48:18
sluggish start that he had and really sluggish year all
48:20
together. It just hasn't been a great year
48:22
for Mookie. However, turning a little bit of
48:24
a corner in August, Dodgers can only hope that it carries that
48:28
momentum carries in the September.
48:29
But if you can get him back, Freddie Freeman, who was
48:32
actually the last standing representative in the National
48:37
League of of hitters that were at 300 or or higher for average.
48:43
Think he just dip dip down but little bit of a down year for
48:49
Freddy. But.
48:53
But but my point is, is even with these down years, they're
48:57
still a top three offense in baseball.
48:59
So once the bright lights turn on, and a lot of these guys who
49:03
to your point about the Astros, a lot of these guys obviously
49:09
have post season experience, once those bright lights turn
49:11
on, if they're able to step into their former selves, if they're
49:17
having a down year, a top three offense is going to get a lot
49:21
better. Yeah.
49:22
And you talk about some of those guys that have down years, like
49:24
there's something to when you look at the scoreboard and it
49:27
just resets and it's just a clean slate in a way.
49:32
And there's guys that know how to lock in.
49:33
So per use, let's be nervous about them.
49:40
All right? Where are we at as far as
49:42
rankings go? So I got all the current
49:45
division leaders going right now.
49:48
I guess we'll pop over to the Yankees, even though they're
49:54
tied with the Red Sox as far as games back, there's a slight
50:00
difference in win percentage, so we'll just go there.
50:04
Another obvious 1. I don't know if I'm going to
50:06
change anybody's mind but their offense, that's why.
50:12
Probably why they'd win. Stan just hit one over the train
50:15
tracks in Houston. So, yeah, probably good, good
50:17
timing for that. Yeah, dude, this is again kind
50:21
of similar to the Dodgers. It's just like that kind of hole
50:24
that kind of covers up some holes when you can just bludgeon
50:28
teams. They have 22 games this year
50:32
where they've scored ten or more runs.
50:37
Well, I'm going to pull out some stats and it's all of baseball.
50:40
It's not just AL. They are first in OPS, home
50:44
runs, runs and slugging. They are first in all of
50:50
baseball and walk percentage with 10.1.
50:54
The next closest in the American League is Seattle with 8.8.
51:02
They currently have five guys with 20 or more home runs and
51:08
there's three of them knocking on the door.
51:12
Volpe with 19, Wells with 19 and Stanton was at 17 before
51:17
tonight. He is now at 18.
51:19
So there's a good chance that that lineups going to finish
51:21
with eight guys with 20 or more home runs this season.
51:30
There's a lot to like about the offense.
51:34
It can get cold, but it can very, very, very much get hot
51:40
and hotter than pretty much any other offense in baseball.
51:43
So that's going to be the deciding factor is will they be
51:49
cold or will they be hot? And I'm here to live and die by
51:54
the sword. The Chicago Cubs, similar to
52:05
your take on the Tigers, I'm taking the same approach with
52:10
the Cubs. They're well balanced and they
52:14
have depth. Not to the same degree, I would
52:19
say, as the Tigers. Tigers I think are a noticeably
52:23
better team, but they're doing it on both sides of the ball.
52:29
Top ten in all of baseball and run scored so the production is
52:33
there and also top ten in baseball and runs allowed from
52:41
the the positive side. Obviously.
52:43
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They're not just, they're not
52:47
just run up the scoreboard. That's not what I'm saying.
52:52
Even with even with a significantly cooled off, PCAI
53:03
read today that the Cubs have 5 hitters with at least 3 1/2 B
53:07
WAR. So it's not that you it's not
53:10
like while the sky is falling, PCA has cooled off.
53:13
It's not well, Kyle Tucker has not been the guy we thought he'd
53:17
be. It's not the case at all.
53:21
They're having, they're having pedestrian well at at this point
53:27
in time right now playing at a somewhat pedestrian level.
53:31
Kyle Tucker, as we've talked about, has picked it up, but not
53:35
the PCA is not on the tear that he was to start the year.
53:38
Kyle Tucker is not on the tear that he was on prior to get into
53:44
Chicago, But Michael Bush, Dansby Swanson, Nico Horner are
53:50
all holding it down. So you don't have, if you're
53:52
the, if you're a Cubs fan, you don't have to look at just one
53:55
guy and say, well, this is how we're going to live and die.
53:57
You you're able to spread the wealth a little bit.
53:59
You've got, you've got depth there.
54:01
You've got multiple players contributing to the overall
54:07
effort and you don't have to rely on a Kyle Tucker to go 3
54:12
for five with two homers and six RB is on the night to win games.
54:16
You can you're you're like I said, you're top ten and run
54:19
scored. You're able to produce, you're
54:21
able to manufacture, you're able to play small ball.
54:24
So because of that, you can wrestle a little easier and if a
54:30
guy goes down next man up. This is the kind of team that I
54:33
feel like is built to do that pretty well.
54:35
Can't say that for all teams. But if you're the Cubs, I think
54:38
I think you're OK there. And then, you know, pitching,
54:43
you're not you're sort of missing like the guy, but you do
54:52
have depth. If to me, you really, you really
54:57
want to have you, you really want to go to one of two ways.
55:00
You either want to have a a 1-2 punch and some guys that can can
55:06
pick up the slack on the back end, or you just need guys that
55:11
you can rely on you. You have depth and rotation that
55:14
can carry you in a longer series.
55:16
If you're lacking in that 1-2 punch when maybe other teams
55:19
only have that and nothing else. We'll see how it goes for the
55:23
Cubs, but being well balanced I think is going to benefit them
55:27
well should they make a run. Like that all right guy, now
55:33
it's your time to the Red Sox. I'm going a little bit more
55:39
specific versus like a team wide thing.
55:45
I've got two guys in mind. I put the lefty Lasers with Cy
55:52
Young votes, specifically Geraldus Chapman and Garrett
55:56
Crochet. Two names, 2 very important
56:00
pieces when it comes to the postseason.
56:05
Geraldus Chapman currently sitting at 28 saves.
56:08
I was looking at numbers over his career.
56:10
He's literally matching what he was doing 1213 years ago in
56:15
Cincy. It's kind of insane.
56:18
In certain categories, better. In certain categories, better
56:24
5.5 K to walk ratio, which is tied for the best in his career.
56:28
And we all know the ERA is sitting at a flat one right now,
56:33
which is better than pretty much every other year He's had
56:37
Garrett Crochet, kind of some obvious stats here 'cause you
56:42
know, he's recently transitioned in his career to a starter.
56:46
But career high innings, strikeouts and WAR.
56:51
And some little Nuggets here. No Red Sox Cy Young winner since
56:55
2016, which was who report saw very good.
57:02
And the last one to even get a Cy Young vote was native ALDI in
57:07
2021, and he finished fourth in Cy Young votes.
57:12
So the reason I bring this up is because there's a good chance
57:14
both guys are going to get Cy Young votes and to have one as
57:18
your ace and 1 as your closer to really kind of bookend the way a
57:23
game can go in a postseason, it's pretty impressive.
57:27
So pretty easy to look at those two and just be like, yeah,
57:32
these are big reason why you could see that.
57:35
And for a team that's, you know, witnessed, you know, World
57:40
Series rings with guys that are willing to, I mean, this you're
57:43
looking at, well, Chris Sale not too long ago, who is willing to,
57:48
you know, start games and finish games.
57:50
And you're looking at, you know, dominant closing, you know, by
57:54
Kenley Jansen back in the day. And it's just like it.
57:56
This is this is a lot of the same recipe that you've seen in
58:02
the Red Sox in the past. So there you go.
58:05
There's your positive stuff, jerk.
58:08
Hey, much appreciated, although I think Garrett Crochet
58:12
unfortunately cost himself any actual chance at a Cy Young with
58:17
his start yesterday against the guards.
58:21
Gave up seven I think. Yeah, it's all right.
58:25
Still get votes. Tough.
58:27
Oh, get. Votes, I mean Scoobles, it's
58:30
it's Scoobs man, unfortunately, but.
58:34
I'm just saying any sliver of a chance that he had, I think is
58:37
now out the window. You can't can't absorb A7.
58:40
No votes since 2021 is like, that's kind of crazy.
58:45
You haven't had a pitcher earn a single vote in the Cy Young
58:47
category in Four Seasons, so the fact that you're going to have
58:52
two this year, that's a big deal.
58:53
To give you a glimpse as to the state of our pitching over the
58:57
last handful of years, Our Opening Day starter two years
59:01
ago is now on staff with the team they're currently playing
59:05
in Corey Kluber. That's kind of just to you know,
59:10
put it into perspective what what we've been dealing with.
59:13
Sure, any who's Next up for me, San Diego Padres.
59:19
Speaking of a staff the and let me just say I'd I know I
59:26
mentioned it earlier, I don't want Padres fans freaking out.
59:29
I've seen way too probably honestly more so from Padres
59:33
fans and any of these other teams that may be outside of the
59:35
Yankees. A lot of Padres fans calling to
59:39
burn it down, saying we can't hit, we can't throw.
59:44
Relax. OK, you have to look at the
59:50
season in its entirety. Sure, how you how you've played
59:54
recently matters, but we talk all you and I talk about this
59:58
all the time. You honestly more than me, but
1:00:00
you talk about the importance of stacking wins.
1:00:03
You know, padding, I hate to say it, padding stats because
1:00:07
there's going to be ups and downs.
1:00:09
So Padres have obviously been dealt a handful of downs as well
1:00:14
as UPS. With that said, though, 4th best
1:00:17
team ERA in baseball. And if you're going, OK, that's
1:00:20
great. But that was a lot of.
1:00:21
The first half of the season that may be true, but since the
1:00:26
trade deadline they had the 8th best team ERA.
1:00:32
Not to mention you're also getting Michael King back within
1:00:34
the week. Not to mention you have the best
1:00:38
bullpen in baseball sitting at a three O 9.
1:00:42
You already had a great bullpen and they got better at the
1:00:46
deadline. Sure.
1:00:48
So no need to panic. And just as a little cherry on
1:00:52
top, I saw Mason Miller out of the pen today.
1:00:54
Had an Immaculate ending on nothing but sliders. 9 sliders.
1:01:04
9 sliders. All right.
1:01:07
That sounds like a heck of a of a dinner, if we're being honest.
1:01:11
It does. I could go for that.
1:01:15
What kind of slider? Just a straight up?
1:01:16
Would you just go straight up? Yeah, I mean, if you're trying
1:01:21
to make 9 sliders work, I don't think you can get too too
1:01:24
carried away, you know? When you hit me with those,
1:01:26
those Buffalo chicken sliders, that's nice.
1:01:32
That's a nice touch. I already ate so I'm I'm going.
1:01:40
To make spaghetti after this. Not sliders unfortunately.
1:01:46
What do you got? I'm up.
1:01:51
Think we got? One left, yeah, round her out
1:01:55
with the with the Mariners. Look, this kind of a, it's kind
1:01:59
of a weak take. This ain't very spicy.
1:02:01
It's their rotation. I've mentioned it coming into
1:02:04
the season. I'm mentioning it all the time.
1:02:09
It's insanely deep. And maybe not one of them
1:02:13
particularly is having like a dominant season, but when you
1:02:18
run down the list and you're in the other dugout and you're
1:02:22
like, I got to deal with this guy tomorrow and then this guy
1:02:25
the next day and then this guy the next day, it's tough.
1:02:29
Brian Wu, Luis Castillo, George Kirby, Logan Gilbert, all sub 4
1:02:35
eras this year, by the way. So it's not like they're having
1:02:39
a ton of clunkers. Sure, not going to see any Cy
1:02:43
Young's out of this group. But the truth is, this is what
1:02:49
wins series. This is what shows up in the
1:02:52
postseason. Kind of have it on the back end
1:02:57
too. So this is not a team I would be
1:03:03
excited to face. And if they managed to sneak out
1:03:08
the division, I'd be really scared of them.
1:03:10
But if they managed to get out of the wild card round and get
1:03:14
into the DS and we get into these longer series, this
1:03:20
rotation, I'm going to go ahead and guess is going to outlast
1:03:24
most rotations. Which goes back to the point I
1:03:28
said where if you're a team you, you'd really hope for one of two
1:03:32
options. You'd either want a 1-2 punch or
1:03:36
just some, you know, some guys that can get the job done, but
1:03:39
you have plenty of those. Seems like the Mariners have the
1:03:43
best of both worlds where they've got the elite stuff at
1:03:46
the front end, but it kind of just carries through the
1:03:49
rotation. There's not, I mean, there's not
1:03:51
too many weak spots there. So see, to your point, something
1:03:56
we, I feel like most people are familiar with, but it doesn't
1:04:00
change the fact how good it is and how, how beneficial that's
1:04:03
going to be in October. So.
1:04:05
Just not interested in facing them.
1:04:13
But big dumper better start hitting if he wants to win MVP.
1:04:18
Yeah. How'd you get that in there?
1:04:22
It's been a while. That seems like a shot.
1:04:27
Yeah. Seems like an unnecessary shot.
1:04:33
Yeah. Speaking of shots, look, you
1:04:38
know, I, I said we're, this is supposed to be a positive
1:04:40
segment. I, it's, I'm going to be, I'm
1:04:43
going to be positive here. I'm going to I, I, I had to look
1:04:47
man, and I'll be honest with you, it, it, it took me a while
1:04:50
and the only real place I could, I could arrive at was the
1:04:57
potential boosts. Well, I won't say potential more
1:05:03
so for one of these guys than the other, because one of them
1:05:05
has already sort of established himself in the early going here.
1:05:09
But for the Mets, it's the rookie arms and Nolan McClain
1:05:19
and Jonah Tong. Look, they're rotate.
1:05:22
I'm just going to call it like it is.
1:05:25
The Mets rotation sucks. Atrocious, hideous.
1:05:33
Fill in whatever synonym you want.
1:05:35
Whatever descriptor you want, it's bad since the All Star
1:05:40
break. Kodai Senga 656 ERA.
1:05:46
David Peterson five O 2 ERA. Sean Manaya 583 ERA.
1:05:54
Their rotation sucks and look Nolan McClain.
1:06:01
I I had him. In the I had him in the segment
1:06:04
later on, but you know, well, let's just talk about it right
1:06:06
now on the year 4 and O28 KS with an ERA of 137 and a .776
1:06:16
whip. Sheesh.
1:06:20
He's dealing. And he's.
1:06:24
Do the. Teams, he started.
1:06:27
Against the Mariners. The Braves, the Phillies and the
1:06:32
Tigers. Real deal.
1:06:36
He's dealing. According to Optus.
1:06:38
Stats the second MLB. Pitcher to go 4.
1:06:43
And O with a sub 15 and 25 plus strikeouts over his first four
1:06:47
career starts since ERA. Became an official in both
1:06:51
leagues in 19. 13 The other was Fernando Valenzuela in 1981.
1:06:58
You're. Going to need.
1:07:00
That help? You're also going to need help
1:07:03
from Jonah Tong. If Jonah Tong can prove that, he
1:07:06
is something worth carrying on a postseason rotation, which I
1:07:14
don't think the Mets have anything to lose.
1:07:15
They don't have many. Choices to go with either.
1:07:18
I just I heard today that they're talking about putting
1:07:20
Kodai Singh on a on a minor league assignment.
1:07:24
So if that's what we're doing, I don't really think you got many
1:07:26
options to work with here. So Jonah Tong very much could be
1:07:30
a big part of this post season run should they go on one.
1:07:34
But had a good debut against the Marlins, went five innings, gave
1:07:38
up just six hits, one earned. And if you're counting at home?
1:07:44
As a 15 point pay in. Fantasy.
1:07:46
I did pick him up for his debut just to see, you know, what
1:07:49
we're working with. And, you know, I was pleasantly
1:07:51
surprised. So going up against the Reds on
1:07:54
Friday and his next start. So we'll get a a taste of, you
1:07:58
know, post season esque caliber baseball.
1:08:02
You know, the Reds are knocking on the door.
1:08:03
So we'll see what what Jonah Jonathan can do on the road in
1:08:08
that ballpark. I think we'll learn a lot there.
1:08:11
But yeah, if if the Mets are going to make a go at this thing
1:08:15
they're going to need, they're going to require some heavy
1:08:19
lifting from their rookies on the bump.
1:08:22
Very good, very good. I was just looking.
1:08:27
George Kirby gave up a fart start.
1:08:29
Tonight, yeah, but still, you know, points.
1:08:38
I'm not reactionary. No, you're not reactionary, but.
1:08:43
Maybe you change your mind on one of these teams, or maybe you
1:08:47
were influenced on one of these teams.
1:08:49
Yeah. Could I?
1:08:51
Something stood out for me. And I, I think it was starting
1:08:56
the shift before this episode, but I think it really has
1:09:00
shifted now. Was that like, is the Brew crew
1:09:04
ever really like going to do their thing come post season
1:09:09
time? And I started to have a new
1:09:12
mindset. But like, once you were talking
1:09:13
about how they are against teams over 500, like they just, they
1:09:18
beat good teams. It's hard to go against that
1:09:22
man. And I, I freaking love Pat
1:09:26
Murphy. Like I think he's got to be the
1:09:29
coolest manager. And I, I like that.
1:09:34
Like, you know, he's ASU guy from over here.
1:09:37
I just, I, I like what the Brewers are cooking up.
1:09:40
And for the first time, pancakes.
1:09:42
Actually let's let's go ahead and say ever in the history of
1:09:45
this podcast that Nate would be in on the Brewers.
1:09:50
So wow. Yeah.
1:09:53
So I appreciate the assist on that.
1:09:55
Well, maybe you. Maybe you were a pro Brewers guy
1:10:00
when it came time for the post season last year and they're
1:10:02
going up against the Mets, but maybe that was more by default.
1:10:05
Yeah, that's by default. Possibly.
1:10:08
Stupid Devin Williams should have known then.
1:10:12
You know. Should have seen the signs.
1:10:15
There's red flags everywhere. Anyway that changed your mind on
1:10:19
anybody? Well, I feel like I kind of
1:10:22
cheated. Because it made me think of it
1:10:27
right after you. Were done talking about them,
1:10:29
but the blue. Jays talking about the
1:10:31
scrappiness of the Blue Jays talk and and you brought up a
1:10:34
great point about wearing down these arms in crucial postseason
1:10:42
Indians if you can chip away at that get into their bullpen as
1:10:46
early as you can that's. Invaluable.
1:10:51
And if these numbers. That you're sharing with me are
1:10:53
factual and I I believe that they are.
1:10:56
It's been a lot of time then. I'm.
1:11:00
I'm I've got no other choice but to you know, I'll, I'll say it.
1:11:05
I've already eaten crow on this for my take about the Blue Jays
1:11:07
earlier this year. But I'll just go ahead and say
1:11:09
it. I'm, I'm excited to watch the
1:11:14
2025 Blue Jays in the postseason.
1:11:17
Yeah. I said it.
1:11:21
Are we growing? Are.
1:11:22
We growing is that growth, growth Juan Soto.
1:11:33
I didn't have AI. Didn't have a a segue there, so
1:11:36
I just jumped right into it. Juan Soto over it coming into
1:11:40
today, Wednesday, Juan Soto hitting 316, seven homers, 20
1:11:48
ribs and an OPS at 12:13 from Gingrich Sports on Twitter.
1:11:55
If Juan Soto gets to 40 homers, 30 swipes, 100 RB is this year,
1:12:00
it would be one of the most complete seasons since 2040.
1:12:04
Homers, 30 swipes, 100 RB is 100 runs and a hundred walks has not
1:12:10
been done this century. The only time it's happened
1:12:13
Bonds in 96 and 97, Bagwell in 97 and 99, and we were talking
1:12:21
about him. Having a down year.
1:12:24
For his. Standards.
1:12:26
I know that's. Just crazy.
1:12:27
I had no idea he was. Sniffing 30 swipes.
1:12:34
So sort of bigger picture and for those Mets.
1:12:36
Fans that are like why? How is Juan Soto not the reason
1:12:40
that the Mets would would go on to win it all?
1:12:44
Juan. Soto's Juan Soto we you.
1:12:47
Know, I I was trying to look elsewhere to see like, OK, like
1:12:51
where else can we look for some, some positivity to latch on to?
1:12:56
You're a Mets fan. And that would I've found that
1:12:58
in the arms of your rookies. But if, if Juan Soto keeps it
1:13:02
up, he's going to he'll, he'll shine once again in the post
1:13:07
season. I have no doubt.
1:13:09
But yeah, just want to give a little, little credit to the
1:13:13
kid. Another name.
1:13:15
That's already been mentioned on this program.
1:13:20
George, Herman, Ruth. No, George Springer.
1:13:26
Honestly kind of the same as of late it seems.
1:13:29
George Springer over the last two weeks hitting 412, seven
1:13:34
homers. He actually homered tonight
1:13:37
before we hopped on. So throw this out the window.
1:13:40
Let's let's call it 8 homers. Well, let me finish the line
1:13:45
here coming into the day. 7 homers, 12 ribs, 1363 OPS over
1:13:50
the last two weeks. Wait, that 412?
1:13:51
Really. Six out his last 45 games.
1:13:58
Coming into the day, 66 hits according to opposite.
1:14:01
Sets 66 hits, fifty runs scored, 39 RBIs, 16 homers, 9 swipes.
1:14:07
The only other get this the only other.
1:14:11
MLB players to reach all of those.
1:14:13
Numbers over a 45 game span in a single season are George Herman,
1:14:18
Ruth in 1920 and Lou Gehrig in 1931.
1:14:23
It's good company. It's good.
1:14:26
Company. It's crazy not.
1:14:28
To mention just having a a. Career year in general.
1:14:33
That's what I'm saying bro. Saw saw a tweet.
1:14:35
From MLB Network, he's in his. 12th year in the big leagues,
1:14:39
his three O 5 average. Career best 26.
1:14:42
Again, coming in today. 26 homers, 4th most in his career,
1:14:45
396 on base career best, 550 slug, third best in his career,
1:14:50
16 swipes, tied for second most in his career.
1:14:53
The Scrappy Bunch. Sure is.
1:14:57
Dear. Lord man, it's so annoying.
1:15:02
I hate him. Oh, that plate, Rodgers and is
1:15:07
going to be. Popping dude, it is going to be
1:15:11
popping all right, I know you you need to you need to you need
1:15:17
to get horizontal. So let's let's wrap this thing
1:15:19
up. You got anything else for the
1:15:20
folks That was good. That was fun way to bring the
1:15:22
number exercise. Thank you.
1:15:24
Thank you did. Did some research, Shout out
1:15:28
work for taking the hit today while I did that research, that
1:15:36
also my stats are now outdated. The Yankees now have six guys to
1:15:44
have 20 or more home runs in their in their lineup this year.
1:15:49
Austin Wallace just went yard. So how about that?
1:15:52
Yeah, other than that. I'm going to go make some
1:15:56
spaghetti and lay. Down a dream, honestly.
1:16:01
Yeah, Yep, that's what I do. See ya.
1:16:08
Oh, real quick, real quick. Just keep an eye out.
1:16:11
We had a little interview with a special guest recently.
1:16:15
This is our first mention of that publicly.
1:16:17
So keep an eye out. I don't know.
1:16:19
I don't know when we're going to drop it.
1:16:21
Whatever feels right when when you're thinking.
1:16:24
I don't. Know, we'll see.
1:16:27
We'll see. I just drop it from the clouds.
1:16:28
Who knows, we'll see. Might just wake up one day, say.
1:16:31
Today's the day clouds. But keep an eye out for that
1:16:34
bonus pod. It's a good one.
1:16:37
It's a good one, definitely. Want to check this one out.
1:16:40
Yeah. Don't.
1:16:43
Go chasing curveballs. We love you and AS.
1:16:45
Always looking forward to talking more baseball with you
1:16:47
guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.