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Division Series SET: Braves/Dodgers Clash, is Judge back? BIG changes coming in Philly? · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, and welcome to Foul Territory. I'm your host today,
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  Speaker 1: Alana Rizzo, taking over for Scott Braun. Here with Eric
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  Speaker 1: series are we the most excited about? Let's take a
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  Speaker 1: look at the remaining playoff bracket, shall we? All right,
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  Speaker 1: so we know now that the Atlanta Braves have advanced,
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  Speaker 1: having beat the Phillies yesterday. We talked about it last night.
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  Speaker 1: Go to that YouTube show and check it out. Sox
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  Speaker 1: and Guardians, of course, an AL Central matchup, Yankees and Rays,
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  Speaker 1: and then, of course, San Diego and the Brewers. All right, Eric,
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  Speaker 1: we'll start with you. What are you looking forward to?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I got to go to Miwok A, the
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  Speaker 3: best team in baseball record-wise, the best pitcher in baseball,
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  Speaker 3: Jacob Mizorowski, going against the hottest lineup in baseball. So
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  Speaker 3: we don't even have to wait. We don't have to
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  Speaker 3: wait for game two for the best pitcher to be
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  Speaker 3: thrown out there, Guardians. I want to see the Padres
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  Speaker 3: taking on the Brewers and see that clash.
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  Speaker 2: That is a very, very good pick.
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  Speaker 3: I am.
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  Speaker 4: Listen, there's some big games going on, but I am
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  Speaker 4: more intrigued to see this White Sox team, man, to
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  Speaker 4: see if they can ride this wave against the Guardians.
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  Speaker 4: I just want to see another champagne celebration and just
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  Speaker 4: hear the boys in there go crazy. I mean, the
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  Speaker 4: stuff they've been saying, just absolutely comical. I would like
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  Speaker 4: to see this squad kind of finish what they're starting
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  Speaker 4: here right now. And I just think they have, The tools,
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  Speaker 4: they're not afraid of anything. And they are just a
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  Speaker 4: team that's just going to go play no matter who
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  Speaker 4: they play. So Guardians need to be where I think
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  Speaker 4: that's very intriguing. That's the game I'm very intrigued to watch.
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  Speaker 4: I think that series is going to be very, very special.
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  Speaker 1: All right, I'm going to talk to Murakami. Always a
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  Speaker 1: good soundbite. He is a funny guy. And congratulations to
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  Speaker 1: Will Venable. Many thinking he is the AL Manager of
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  Speaker 1: the Year. Okay, guys, lots to get to. Let's charge
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  Speaker 1: them out.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Braves and Dodgers. A big series, of course, coming up
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  Speaker 1: in the National League. The Dodgers have been waiting, having
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  Speaker 1: watch parties, waiting to see who they were going to face.
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  Speaker 1: And now they know. It's the Atlanta Braves. Congratulations to
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  Speaker 1: Walt Weiss and his crew. Eric, what do you like
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  Speaker 1: about this series? What will you be looking for? I
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  Speaker 1: know you said Padres Brewers intrigued you, but when we're
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  Speaker 1: talking Braves and Dodgers, what do you like?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, just the absolute depth of this team from
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  Speaker 3: lineup to rotation. I like the fact that the Dodgers,
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  Speaker 3: while it was never really in question, it got close
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  Speaker 3: at some point that, you know what, if they don't
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  Speaker 3: get this by how does this team's, you know, health
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  Speaker 3: in their lineup string out to me, to me, I
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  Speaker 3: don't think like the guys that struggled in September or
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  Speaker 3: the guys that were struggling in August were like just
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  Speaker 3: aging during the season. I just think they played a
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  Speaker 3: lot of games, and I think these days off helps
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  Speaker 3: this team get locked in, ready to go. I'm excited
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  Speaker 3: to see how much damage they can do against a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more tired Atlanta Braves rotation and decently used
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  Speaker 3: bullpen in the last series.
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  Speaker 1: Fraze, I want your opinion on this because there seems
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  Speaker 1: to be a little bit of a budding rivalry between
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  Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: these are teams that are perennially, at least in the
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  Speaker 1: postseason picture of the conversation, but through playoff meetings, um,
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  Speaker 1: they've had some interesting times. So in 2018, a Dodgers
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  Speaker 1: NLDS win 2020, a memorable Dodgers comeback from that three
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  Speaker 1: games to one deficit. Of course, they ended up winning
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  Speaker 1: the world series against the Rays that year. Um, Mookie Betts,
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  Speaker 1: the great catch in 2020. And then in 2021, a
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  Speaker 1: Braves NLCS upset en route to their most recent World
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  Speaker 1: Series title. So there's a lot to talk about when
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  Speaker 1: these two teams go head to head. Is there something
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  Speaker 1: in particular you're going to watch for?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Scooble is one.
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  Speaker 4: He's on a different team and he's rearing back ready
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  Speaker 4: to fire. I mean, he's one of those guys that
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  Speaker 4: You know, with the Tigers, he's their number one. Now
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  Speaker 4: you come to the Dodgers. I'm not saying he's not,
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  Speaker 4: but this is a different kind of atmosphere that he
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  Speaker 4: has to really go into.
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  Speaker 2: And for him, yeah. Do things change? No, not necessarily.
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  Speaker 4: But you're playing against a team that has beaten you
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  Speaker 4: five straight times. And that's coming in here. That has
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  Speaker 4: got a little fire up their rear end, for lack
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  Speaker 4: of better words.
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  Speaker 2: They're ready to go. They're not afraid to go to L.A.
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  Speaker 4: They are not afraid to face these big giants.
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  Speaker 2: The Dodgers have had a lot of injuries. But guess what?
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  Speaker 4: When the Dodgers, all of a sudden the playoffs come,
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  Speaker 4: the tick meter goes up, and all of a sudden
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  Speaker 4: the pressure goes on everybody else.
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  Speaker 2: I need to see Ronald Acuna Jr. get going here
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. That's another guy.
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  Speaker 4: I need to see him get fired up, whether he's
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  Speaker 4: leading off, batting second, whatever. He needs to set the
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  Speaker 4: tone for this Braves team. Enough of the two hits
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  Speaker 4: and busts here in this last series. The other guys
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  Speaker 4: carried him a little bit. It's time for him to
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  Speaker 4: step up, get going, and just ride that wave. If
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  Speaker 4: he goes, the Braves are going to have a really
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  Speaker 4: good time playing this team, but ultimately you got to
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  Speaker 4: go up on this Dodger team and you got to
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  Speaker 4: stay up on this team because they have a lot
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  Speaker 4: of firepower.
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  Speaker 1: If you're looking at just starting rotations, EK, you obviously,
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  Speaker 1: I would think you'd go with the Dodgers, but the
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  Speaker 1: braid is certainly a formidable club in terms of offense
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  Speaker 1: is concerned. And for age mentioned Tarek Scooble. I love
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  Speaker 1: the love affair between Tarek Scooble and Blake Snell. That's
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  Speaker 1: something for another time, but you look at Scooble and
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  Speaker 1: he had a quote with Bill Shakin, who covers baseball
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  Speaker 1: for the LA times. Now the California Post, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: But he's saying that if he does not get a championship,
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  Speaker 1: he will consider it to be a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: disappointment as far as his career is concerned. You can
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  Speaker 1: see the quote there. He said, yes, I think winning
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  Speaker 1: is the most important thing. So I think it's fair
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  Speaker 1: to say if I retire and don't have one. that
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  Speaker 1: will definitely be something that I don't know when I
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  Speaker 1: will live down. This is the best chance he has
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  Speaker 1: to get it right as a Dodger in the moment.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously the tiger is not even in the, the post-season
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  Speaker 1: picture where he goes from here. We don't know, but
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  Speaker 1: a good opportunity for Scooble to get that championship.
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  Speaker 3: It might, it might piss people off, but if they don't,
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  Speaker 3: if the Dodgers don't win the championship this year, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: maybe Tarek might go chasing it again with the Dodgers
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  Speaker 3: for next year. You know, obviously it's, We got a
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  Speaker 3: lot of time to discuss that in the offseason. But
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  Speaker 3: this is refreshing to me because the game of baseball
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  Speaker 3: rarely are people willing to put themselves out there like, well,
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  Speaker 3: this would actually diminish my career a little bit if
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  Speaker 3: I didn't win a championship. Football, I mean, you base
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  Speaker 3: the greats at the quarterback position because of a championship.
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  Speaker 3: Like different guys at different positions, you're like, well, did
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  Speaker 3: he win a championship? That's a little bit. of a diminished,
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  Speaker 3: you know, value basketball all the time. They're always judging
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  Speaker 3: the greats on championships. So I love that Scooble who
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  Speaker 3: wants to be one of the greats wants to be
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  Speaker 3: judged whether he wins a championship or not. And I
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  Speaker 3: think it's, I think it's his own words and it
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  Speaker 3: just shows it's a glimpse of how he thinks and
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  Speaker 3: how he goes about his work every day.
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  Speaker 1: All right. With the LA times guys, I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: make that correction phrase. Let's talk about the offense for
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  Speaker 1: a hot second. Um, The Dodgers, no better offense in
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  Speaker 1: the majors during the first half of the season than them.
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  Speaker 1: But they've really scuffled the last couple of months coming
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  Speaker 1: into this into the postseason, really down the stretch. How
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  Speaker 1: much does that matter? Do they flip that switch that
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  Speaker 1: you talked about?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, of course. I don't think it matters at all.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, you take, you know, for an example, Austin
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  Speaker 4: Wells struggled this year and all of a sudden he's
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  Speaker 4: starting to take off a little bit in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't matter what you do in the regular season.
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  Speaker 4: Everybody starts at zero, as we all know. Mookie Betts,
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  Speaker 4: Freddie Freeman. When you hear these names and you see
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  Speaker 4: these guys get up, and I'm not even talking about
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  Speaker 4: the big dog, as we all know, with Shohei, but
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  Speaker 4: these guys have been there before.
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  Speaker 2: These guys understand it.
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  Speaker 4: They could take these young guys by the side and say, yo,
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  Speaker 4: relax a little bit. Tarek Skubal gets out of hand pitching.
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  Speaker 4: He gets a little erratic. All of a sudden, hey,
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  Speaker 4: we got guys glassing out. Guys can settle each other down.
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  Speaker 4: I think that's the camaraderie they have, the culture that
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  Speaker 4: they have. It starts with Dave Roberts. And I think
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  Speaker 4: what they do best is they build off each other.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the old adage, hitting is contagious. Yeah, when
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  Speaker 4: Mookie gets going, Freddie gets rocking, everybody else wants a
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  Speaker 4: little love too. So, yeah, watch out for this squad.
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  Speaker 4: I'll be honest with you. I had them winning from
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  Speaker 4: day one. I just– You know, the Brewers team is
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  Speaker 4: really good, but ultimately this team has everything you need
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  Speaker 4: and more.
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  Speaker 2: So just watch out.
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  Speaker 4: Watch the first inning and see how Mookie gets going
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  Speaker 4: and Shohei and everybody else and the crowd.
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  Speaker 2: The crowd plays a huge factor in L.A.
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  Speaker 1: If you're just going off the regular season stats, which
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  Speaker 1: we're not for the postseason, the Braves certainly better. 5-1
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  Speaker 1: in terms of head-to-head matchups in the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I can't really answer that question.
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  Speaker 1: We haven't played the games for next year or anything else.
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  Speaker 3: Each year is so different than the year before.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know. I can't really answer that question. You know,
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  Speaker 5: we haven't played the games for next year or anything else.
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  Speaker 5: So each year is so different than the year before.
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  Speaker 5: So I don't really put stock into years before what
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  Speaker 5: happened or anything else. You know, this was a brand
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  Speaker 5: new team. Obviously, we had the guys that are part
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  Speaker 5: of that core group.
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  Speaker 3: That we are.
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  Speaker 5: I'd imagine this team is going to look a lot
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  Speaker 5: different next year. The guys that are kind of leaving
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  Speaker 5: this clubhouse. So we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: Guys, Ken Rosenthal, who's going to join our show in
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  Speaker 1: a little bit, had an article recently in The Athletic
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  Speaker 1: that said the Phillies need to have everybody on the
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  Speaker 1: table in terms of trades, including Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. EK,
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  Speaker 1: what do you make of Bryce Harper's comments there that
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  Speaker 1: this team is going to look very differently? Because once again,
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  Speaker 1: an early exit for the Phillies.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, yeah. Any team, if I count down here
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  Speaker 3: of names that people know, Jose Alvarado, Brooks Raley, Edmundo Sosa,
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  Speaker 3: Adolis Garcia, Alec Baum, Luis, Luis arise. Like that's a
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  Speaker 3: significant Tim Mesa was one of the only bullpen pieces
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  Speaker 3: outside of Duran use. So yeah, like they're going to
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  Speaker 3: look different. Are they built like everybody, you know, everybody
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  Speaker 3: on the next day after the Phillies lose, they're going
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  Speaker 3: to be like, Oh, burn this team down. Get rid
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  Speaker 3: of Mattingly. Get rid of Turner. Get rid of Schwarber.
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  Speaker 3: If you can't like, that's not what, That's not what
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  Speaker 3: Ken's saying in his article. Ken's saying there needs to
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  Speaker 3: be some type of shift and move. And I think
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  Speaker 3: Dombrowski was this close before the Mets panic signed and
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  Speaker 3: got Bo Bichette. Where does that contract– where did that
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  Speaker 3: contract fit in? Well, it's not there. What does it
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  Speaker 3: look like for next year? Does Aiden Miller come up?
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of stuff that the Phillies can do
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  Speaker 3: to make this team look a lot different, and I
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  Speaker 3: don't think it means– break it down, cut it down,
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  Speaker 3: make it, you know, they're going to make moves. Maybe
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  Speaker 3: Trey Turner might play center field. Maybe somebody steps in
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  Speaker 3: and then shortstop. Maybe they make a move for that
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  Speaker 3: third base position, all things that are possible for next year.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And I, I think that Louisa rise injury really hurt them, man.
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  Speaker 4: That's a staple. That's a dude that doesn't strike out
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  Speaker 4: a lot. He puts the ball in play. He's a
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  Speaker 4: menace when it comes to hitting him, getting on base
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  Speaker 4: for some of the big dogs coming up next there.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, Nothing against Trey Turner, but Louisa Rice is
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  Speaker 4: absolute dynamite when it comes to taking pitches, making the
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  Speaker 4: pitcher work a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: All right, guys.
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  Speaker 1: So far this postseason, this from Sarah Langs, the great
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Langs on X. Teams to score first, they are 8-1.
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  Speaker 1: That makes sense. Teams to out-homer opponents are 6-1. 49.3%
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  Speaker 1: of runs have been scored via the long ball, so
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  Speaker 1: almost half of the runs coming via the home run.
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  Speaker 1: Not surprising there as well. What do you make of that?
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  Speaker 1: Does that seem pretty standard to you, Todd?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess so. I mean, there's a lot.
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  Speaker 4: Actually, Scott's the best stats ever out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's been a home run. I've heard a lot
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  Speaker 2: about that.
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  Speaker 4: The home run, guys that hit more home runs usually
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  Speaker 4: are the ones that win the games.
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  Speaker 2: The scoring first, that's unique to me.
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  Speaker 4: Eight and one scoring first, usually there's maybe a hiccup
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  Speaker 4: but it seems like the teams that do score first
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  Speaker 4: score in bunches so it makes it hard for them
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  Speaker 4: to come back but um yeah 50 50 on the
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  Speaker 4: home runs that that that that's a big one right
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  Speaker 4: there so the long ball is in play so brewers
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  Speaker 4: long ball time let's go show me something.
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  Speaker 3: Or just give up less homers like you don't have
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  Speaker 3: to hit so many if you don't give too many
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  Speaker 3: up and this is This is straight into, as much
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  Speaker 3: as we talk about Wilson Contreras' comments about too much analytics,
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  Speaker 3: these numbers, I bet it's not just this postseason. I
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  Speaker 3: love that it's up here right now, but teams to
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  Speaker 3: score first. Well, why is that? Because the best hitters
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  Speaker 3: are hitting at the top of the order, so most
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  Speaker 3: likely that's what's going to happen. So what do teams do?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. This guy's not the best matchup. We're
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  Speaker 3: going to go with the dude that throws fuel and
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  Speaker 3: usually throws the seventh, eighth inning for us. So that's
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  Speaker 3: where the opener comes from. Everybody's got to swing for
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  Speaker 3: the fences. That's where this home run stats come from.
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  Speaker 3: That's what's going to be the most interesting one thing
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  Speaker 3: to watch in this entire postseason. How do the Brewers
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  Speaker 3: have success when these are the numbers that we see?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. I think, I mean, how much
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  Speaker 1: of it in the postseason, though, comes out to fundamental baseball,
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  Speaker 1: catching the ball. defending the ball, you know, more than
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  Speaker 1: the offense. I mean, all things being equal, you have
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  Speaker 1: to play the game in the field the right way, no?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and not to jump over you, Kratzy, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: look at what Spencer Jones did on a missed strike three.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely kick-started that inning. He beat the ball to first.
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  Speaker 4: Wilson Contreras, he wasn't in the right position to catch
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  Speaker 4: the ball. His foot was probably even off the bag.
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  Speaker 1: support very much. All right, guys. Tuesday's Game 1 between
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  Speaker 1: the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees averaged
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  Speaker 1: 7.3 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, making it the
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  Speaker 1: most watched Game 1 of any Major League Baseball playoff
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  Speaker 1: series in the wildcard or division round. since 2006. That's
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  Speaker 1: pretty impressive. Todd, is it because it was the two teams?
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  Speaker 1: You know, just that long-time rivalry, in your opinion? Or
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  Speaker 1: just the popularity of the game that we love so
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  Speaker 1: much in general?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a little bit of both.
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  Speaker 4: Kratz is funny. I think it has to deal with
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  Speaker 4: who is playing for sure. Two big marketable cities. I
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  Speaker 4: think the Cam Schlittler talk with him and the back-and-forth
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  Speaker 4: battle between You know, the people in the New England
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  Speaker 4: area letting him know that he doesn't care. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: Sonny Gray letting people know that he didn't like playing
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  Speaker 4: in New York. It made for some good little, I guess,
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  Speaker 4: comedic value towards the games. But, you know, anything that
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  Speaker 4: deals with Yankees, it seems to go a little bigger. L.A.,
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  Speaker 4: you know, there's some big marketable cities. So Boston-Yankee rivalry
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  Speaker 4: up here on the East Coast. goes long ways and
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  Speaker 4: there's a lot of people that used to live in
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  Speaker 4: the east coast that live down south they are going
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  Speaker 4: to warmer weather that are definitely still going to be
• 16:28
  Speaker 4: watching these games so it's all over it's all over
• 16:31
  Speaker 4: the world for sure so i think a little bit
• 16:33
  Speaker 4: of both but you know i think the camp schlittler
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: thing plays plays big part in that too.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: A little drama a little drama for your mama is
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: that what you're saying like no look the game is
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: broken We need to have a cap because the game
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: is broken. It's never been more, wait a minute. No,
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: 20 years. It's the largest viewership in 20 years. Like,
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: let's continue this on. Let's keep it going. I don't
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: care if it was Red Sox, Yankees. It's not even like,
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: like that doesn't, that doesn't matter. People wanted to tune
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: in because the game is at such a great place
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: and it's a great product to watch right now.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: Let's see how you guys did yesterday. We're starting at
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: zero in the season. Looks like everybody hit. Good job.
• 17:28
  Speaker 5: Nice.
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: It was crazy that we all had the same line.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: Most of you, yeah, except for Pap, right?
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: That's good. Pap and Pap is in fuego right now. Yeah.
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah. He's always out on his own. He's constantly rogue.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: Where are we going today? What are you guys doing
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: in terms of who you're picking?
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Go ahead, Crotty.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: I am taking the Rays tomorrow. The Rays' first five
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: innings to be up by a run. I think the
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: Rays are going to jump out on top of the Yankees.
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: Garrett Cole, I think it's going to be a low-scoring game.
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: I think Drew Rasmussen is– nasty and he's going to
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: be in there for the first five so I'm going
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: first five the Rays are going to be winning by
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: a run or more and that's paying minus 102 okay so.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: That would get out of the red if you will
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: if you win today um all right what about.
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: You you can have that first five I think Cole
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: Garrett Cole with a little more day's rest And the
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: guy throws a lot better.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: I've seen it before.
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: I think they're going to beat the Tampa Bay Rays. And, again,
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: I agree, low-scoring game. I think both guys are going
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: to go into the seventh inning, and we're going to
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: see which bullpen can take care of business. I think
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: the Yankees are going to find a way to win
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: a close one, 2-1, 2-0, 3-2, that kind of game.
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: So give me the Yankees to steal game one going
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: up 1-0.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: All right, so you guys are sticking with the AL
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: in terms of that series, Yankees-Rays. I'm going National League, Padres,
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: Milwaukee Brewers. I'm taking Padres on the money line just
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: straight up to win game one on Saturday. That's plus 180.
• 19:13
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• 19:33
  Speaker 1: is time now for In the Weeds. It is Yankees.
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: It is Tampa Bay. Cole over Carlos Rodon in game
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: one for the ALDS. Chris Kirshner rather tweeted, the Yankees
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: are generally get criticized for being too analytical, but this
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: is a decision that plainly goes against the numbers. Todd,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: you're a Yankee guy. What do you make of it?
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: Yeah, this is a hard decision because of how good
• 19:58
  Speaker 4: Carlos Rodon has been and what he did to the
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: Rays the last time he faced them. The dude, 16 starts,
• 20:06
  Speaker 4: three runs or less. In 16 straight? I mean, you
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: can't really be better than that. And that was the
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: decision even in the wild card. Does Carlos Rodon get
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: one of these starts? No, the Yankees are going to
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: stick to their guns. They're going to get Garrett Cole
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: game one and then still kind of unsure. I'm sure
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: it will be Schlittler, if I'm not mistaking. I mean,
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: I don't know why you wouldn't go Schlittler game two
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: so he can come back and get game five if needed. Yeah,
• 20:35
  Speaker 4: it's a tough one, but They have all the riches.
• 20:38
  Speaker 4: It's a great thing to have. I don't mind Carlos
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: Rodon in the bullpen. I don't mind Will Warren in
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: the bullpen. What happens if, you know, one of these
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: guys can't get through three innings? Then you have a
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: Carlos Rodon, but he deserves it. Rodon deserves to get
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: one of these starts.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Will he get it?
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: I don't think so, but, you know, they carried, what,
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: 10 pitchers in the wild card and 16 position players.
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: That will definitely turn. Two guys are going to be
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: left off, so... position-wise, in my opinion.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: We'll see. We'll see.
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: But it's Cole's time. From what I'm hearing and what
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: I'm seeing, this was always the game plan of them
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: moving forward.
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks like Schlittler in game two, Max Fried
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: will go in game three. I mean, that's an embarrassment
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: of riches as far as a starting rotation is concerned.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: The Yankees are stacked. EK, does it surprise you considering
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: game one is such a momentum game, such a statement game?
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: No, I mean, if you're leaning on Carlos Rodon because
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: he's left-handed, I don't think the Yankees feel like they're
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: putting their best team out there overall. I don't think
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: they're going to throw Garrett Cole out of the bullpen
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: after he missed the entire season last year. So I
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: think there's part of that. I also think like, man,
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: what an embarrassment of riches to be able to say– Yeah,
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: you know what? Rodon might be a better matchup, but
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: Cole is... To me, you're going Garrett Cole. I'm going
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: Garrett Cole every time. I don't care what... It's like
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: one of those things when you look at a scouting
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: report and you go, this guy really hits sliders. Well,
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: I throw 80% sliders, so am I not throwing a slider?
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: You got to go your best versus their best, and
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: Garrett Cole is up there. He's proved he's earned this spot.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: Not that Carlos Rodon hasn't, but Man, this is why
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: you signed this guy. This is why Cashman said it
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: was his white whale when he signed him. And this
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: is his spot. I think there's more value for the
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: entire Yankees team to have him start and Rodon available
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: in case something happens, when something happens, whatever it is.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: The extra day off, guys, allows you to bring your
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: game one starter back for game four if need be.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: So that's part of the decision-making process, I'm sure. But
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: what a weapon it would be to have Rodon coming
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: out of the bullpen. Obviously not what he's used to doing,
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: but obviously still a very good pitcher. All right, so...
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: we may not see Aaron judge in the, in the DS. Uh,
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Jeff Paston had an article that dropped earlier that his
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: status is up in the air. Um, and it's unlikely
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: to be decided until shortly before the series begins on Saturday.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: So some of the, some in the organization want him
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: to play others wary of him, wary of him further
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: aggravating the injury. Um, I mean, this is getting, uh, it's,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: he's your best bat and if he can go, don't
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: you have to let him go?
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: For sure. Um, Most definitely.
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: And now this is, excuse me, not only him, you
• 23:46
  Speaker 4: got the big G as well, Stanton. I know he
• 23:48
  Speaker 4: was on the roster in the wild card. Is he
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: a guy that gets moved off the roster knowing that
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: there's other guys that can play better defense? Their decisions
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: are so hard because you have a lot of great
• 24:01
  Speaker 4: guys you can pick from. Yeah, if Aaron Judge is 60%
• 24:06
  Speaker 4: or even 50%, I think he's a dude that you,
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: that you put in there. I know calf strains are
• 24:13
  Speaker 4: a pain in the butt. I know when Mike Trout
• 24:15
  Speaker 4: went through, whatever the grade they gave him, I don't
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: even think they even came out and gave it. I
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: think it should have said a mild strain or whatever
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: it is. If he says he can go, I'm putting
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: him out there and being cautious with him. I DH him.
• 24:28
  Speaker 4: You might have to move Ben Rice, you know, back
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: to first base and somebody else might, you know, like
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: Garcia might have to wait his turn a little bit. Goldsmith,
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: same thing. So, This is a tough one. I know
• 24:40
  Speaker 4: Aaron Judge wants to be out there. He's talked about it.
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: He wanted to be out there in the wild card.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: He thought he could.
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: Another week off, if they can find a way to win,
• 24:48
  Speaker 4: I think that would be huge too. So if he's on,
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: it changes everything for this team. If he's not, then
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: Stanton probably stays on there again. So we'll see moving forward.
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: How much of a disconnect is there? Because I love
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: watching interviews, what guys are saying, what Booney says, and
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: they're just not meeting eye to eye. But the reality
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: is I think everybody in each situation is saying exactly
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: what they're supposed to say. If you have a player
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: who's like, don't know if I can go, and they're
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: like 70%, then what kind of player is that? And
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: if an organization's like, run him out there. I don't
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: care how hurt he is. We play hurt in this organization.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: Then what kind of organization is it? So everybody's saying
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: the right thing for the Yankees. I guess the focus,
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: because they said it, they said, They don't want to
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: aggravate it more. The focus is we're planning on doing
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: big things. We're planning on making it to the ALCS.
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: We're planning on making it to the World Series, and
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: we want him. Do they make it without him? Do
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: they get by the best team in the American League
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: without him? I don't know, and that's why I'm not
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: sure it's good to sit him out. To me, he
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: was disappointed he came out of the first game he
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: played after his 80-whatever, 81- day rehab that he had
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: for his rib. Like it is a, it is like,
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: they're not, they're not seeing eye to eye on these
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: injuries and what he feels like he can play and
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: what the organization feels like is the best team to
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: put out there.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: Isn't that the point though, that the Rays are not
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: the Red Sox phrase that this is going to be
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: a lot harder than the wild card round was for
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: these Yankees. And if Aaron judge is a 50% Aaron
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: judge or a 60% Aaron judge, I'm putting them in there.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, agreed.
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: I mean, you think about the three-headed monsters of the
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: Rays who they have there. I mean, starting out with
• 26:48
  Speaker 4: Diaz and, you know, moving forward with the group that
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: they got. It's hard to get by them one time,
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: two times, three times in a game without one or
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: two of those guys doing some damage.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: Aranda, I mean.
• 27:04
  Speaker 4: These– it's just– They are so quietly good. It's like
• 27:09
  Speaker 4: disturbing sometimes just how you sit back. How is this
• 27:12
  Speaker 4: team doing it? Well, they got great culture. They got
• 27:15
  Speaker 4: good camaraderie. And I think they just play the game
• 27:18
  Speaker 4: the right way. So, yeah, it's just it's hard to
• 27:22
  Speaker 4: figure out when they get on base. They cause so
• 27:24
  Speaker 4: much havoc and they will take the extra base and
• 27:27
  Speaker 4: they will do the little things, get the bunt down
• 27:29
  Speaker 4: and actually score and maybe leak out a bunt.
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: That was a sack bunt and a hit. seen it
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: done before.
• 27:35
  Speaker 4: They are very baseball savvy team and they're quietly taking
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: the AL by storm.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: All right, guys. Um, I tell you, it's going to
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: be an interesting, uh, I guess I should have kind
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: of circled this one too, as far as a series
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: that I'm interested in saying, because it is going to be, um,
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: all right, your last hot take for this one, the
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: Rays and Eric, we'll start with you, the Rays and
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: the Yanks. What's your, what's your, what's your hot, what's
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: your X factor, I guess.
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: My X Factor? I got crushed because my X Factor
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: was somebody and they were like, that's not an X Factor.
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: So my hot take for this series, my hot take
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: is it's going to come down to a Spencer Jones
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: at bat or play in the field. That's going to
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: decide the series.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: I'm sticking with Ben Rice.
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: If Ben Rice stays hot and Bellinger can find a
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: way to stay kind of even keeled, this Yankee team
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: will find a way to win this five-game series for sure.
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: All right. Are you taking them in five, or do
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: you think they get it done sooner than that?
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: It's hard.
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: I think they do win the series. I think they're
• 28:45
  Speaker 4: going to squeak one out in Tampa, and I could
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: see them winning in.
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: Four at home.
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: It is time for all smiles presented by Lorraine Co.
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: Those smiles. You guys are so beautiful when you show
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: your pearly whites. Look at that. Look at phrase. Great,
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: great smile. All the chiclets in a straight line. I
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: tell you who is smiling kids. That is Tori Lovello,
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: the skipper with the Arizona Diamondbacks. It has just been
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: announced that he is going to return. as the manager
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: of the Snakes on a two-year deal. So, Todd, we'll
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: start with you. Good for Torrey. He's a guy I
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: admire a lot in this game. Looks like he's coming
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: back for at least two more.
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is great.
• 29:29
  Speaker 4: You always want to reward good people. I like Torrey, too,
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: whenever I played against him or saw him around. Always
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: a great guy to talk to. I've heard nothing but
• 29:38
  Speaker 4: good things about the guy. This Diamondbacks team's got to
• 29:43
  Speaker 4: find a way they'll get going. I mean, listen, Marte,
• 29:46
  Speaker 4: where would they be if Marte, you know, absolutely or
• 29:50
  Speaker 4: just played some of those games, you know what I mean?
• 29:52
  Speaker 4: So not to take it out of that being the
• 29:55
  Speaker 4: only reason why they didn't make the playoffs. I think
• 29:58
  Speaker 4: it's going to be Devon. I think Torrey's going to
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: find a way to get these guys going and get
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: a little more jolt into them. I know that West
• 30:04
  Speaker 4: out there is tough with the Dodgers and the Padres.
• 30:09
  Speaker 4: So we'll see what they can do, what they can
• 30:11
  Speaker 4: come up with and try and make that wild card
• 30:13
  Speaker 4: next year. But congratulations to him and his staff. This
• 30:17
  Speaker 4: is really cool. Big reward again.
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think he deserved it. I think
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: the opening and some of the rumors about him possibly
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: getting a job somewhere else, Seattle, there's an opening there.
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: You know, most likely Philly, there's going to be opening. So,
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: you know what? It's always nicer when you go to
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: contract negotiations to say, well, I could go here. How
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: much did you like me? And ironically, it all really
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: just runs parallel with Mike Hazen's contract, which I think
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: he signed before last season. And, So they're there together.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: We know how great of friends they are. We know
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: the things they've been through in their life together. It's
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: well documented. And to me, I thought Torrey Lavella with
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: the stuff that he had to deal with, the fact
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: that he was in the West, had this team made
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: the playoffs, had they beaten the Phillies out, manager of
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: the year in the NL would have been a tough
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: competition between him and Pat Murphy because the Cattell Marte stuff,
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: I disagree with Todd. I think it did affect this team.
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: And I think it is on Cattell Marte to come
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: back next year and be like, you know what? I
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: got to change some things. Because I think Torrey Lavelle
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: did so many things to try to keep that together,
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: to try to keep the other 25 guys on the
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: roster saying, why are you spending so much time on
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: this guy? I know he's our superstar, but... And so, yeah,
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: good for the Diamondbacks for bringing him back. Good for
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: Torrey Lavelle for not saying, you know what? I'll just
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: take whatever you guys got. I'm sure there's some Good
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: negotiations till this finally got taken care of.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: You're way nicer than me. I know that he's their superstar.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: I know he has money tied up, but I would
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: cut bait with Cattell Marte and move forward without him
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: because there's 26 men in that clubhouse. It shouldn't all
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: be the focus on one guy just because he's your superstar.
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: This is not the first time Cattell Marte has pulled
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: these types of shenanigans. So Dan Wilson is gone. Joe Espada,
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: for all intents and purposes, is gone as well. But
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: it doesn't look like Torrey Lovello or the Diamondbacks need
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: to be looking for a new manager anytime soon. Yesterday,
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: Torrey spoke to the media about how he decompressed once
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: the season ended.
• 32:33
  Speaker 6: I took Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wednesday to just
• 32:37
  Speaker 6: answer zero questions. I mean, I had people in this
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: room text me. I apologize for not texting you back.
• 32:42
  Speaker 6: I just went radio silent. I just told myself I
• 32:44
  Speaker 6: had to, I had to emotionally unplug a little bit.
• 32:48
  Speaker 6: And I wanted, I wanted to just take time for
• 32:51
  Speaker 6: myself and my wife. We watched Ted Lasso first episode
• 32:56
  Speaker 6: to the last episode in two and a half days.
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: So that's where I was.
• 33:00
  Speaker 6: And when it came time to discuss it, you know,
• 33:03
  Speaker 6: I opened up the discussion with Mike and To me,
• 33:06
  Speaker 6: it was a situation that I wanted to be back here.
• 33:10
  Speaker 6: And both parties were interested in that, and I just
• 33:12
  Speaker 6: felt like it was the right thing to do. I
• 33:15
  Speaker 6: had a lot of emotion leading up to that last game.
• 33:18
  Speaker 6: I had a lot of thoughts leading up to that
• 33:19
  Speaker 6: last game. You guys can probably only imagine what it
• 33:22
  Speaker 6: had been like for me personally. Even though it wasn't
• 33:25
  Speaker 6: a personal situation, I wanted to make sure I made
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: it about the team.
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: I mean, it just shows how exhausted he was, in
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: my opinion.
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: We talked about it yesterday.
• 33:36
  Speaker 3: We talk about the travel. Oh, travel in the postseason
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: is so tough. Never have I ever met anybody who's like, oh,
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: I'm so exhausted in the postseason. You're running on this
• 33:46
  Speaker 3: natural adrenaline high that only gets exasperated, multiplied when you
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: get to the stadium. And then when the game starts,
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: you just start just– everything is just bubbling at a
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: different level. Think about that in Torrey's case where he
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: had to deal with all of this crap It would
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: have been exhausting if he had to deal with the
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: Quetel Marte stuff if they were losing, if they were
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: not a good team. They were trying to make the players.
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: They were pushing. Every game, he's like, who do I
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: need up here? Who's ready? He's definitely a very intentional manager.
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: That's why he's good at what he does. That's why
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: he gets a lot out of his roster. When you're
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: intentional and you put your emotions out there and you
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: invest in people, it's draining when you don't always feel
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: it come back to you. So good for him. Go,
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: go watch some Ted Lasso, maybe just the original series.
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: You know, I'll save my, I'll save my critiques for
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: another show on the last season, but tremendous. Ted Lasso
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: is actually a really, really good show to watch. If
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: you want to know how to be a coach of,
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: of men, of women, of, You know, kids, whatever it is,
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: because it's not about the X's and O's as much
• 35:06
  Speaker 3: as it's about the relationships.
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: It's all about managing personalities. And that's what you have
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: to do in part of the X's and O's and
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: putting together a lineup and those types of things. You
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: have to be a psychologist as well. And I think
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: Lovello is one of the best at doing that. You
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: talk to guys that have played for him. Todd, you
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: mentioned playing against him. They love the way that he communicates.
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: He's a straight shooter. And Tori Lavello, I just think,
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: is a good baseball guy. But you're right, Eric. They
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: do need to get past the hump and get further
• 35:35
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• 35:57
  Speaker 1: right back. It is time now to slap hands. Fabian Ardaia,
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: who writes for The Athletic, covers the Dodgers in conjunction
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: with our friend Katie Wu. The Dodgers will start Tarek
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: Skubal in game one of the NLDS. Multiple sources with
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: knowledge of the situation have told The Athletic. I have
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: heard this as well. So this is a choice. Carrick Scoble, obviously,
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: in game one. It looks like it's going to be
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: Blake Snell in game two. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Todd Frazier, in
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: game three. Do you like this? Do you like the
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: rotation if it is set up this way?
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: I thought you were going like his whole name, Yoshinobu Yamamoto,
• 36:49
  Speaker 4: Todd Frazier.
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: That would be a really cool name. Listen, what's your name?
• 36:55
  Speaker 4: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Todd Frazier. That just rolls off the tongue.
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: I don't care who they throw, honestly. They could throw Yoshimoto,
• 37:05
  Speaker 4: Todd Frazier, and I think they're still going to be fine.
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: This team is set for anything. They have, like you said,
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: embarrassment of riches. Their staff is really good. I love
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: Blake Snell. I absolutely love him on the mound. I
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: want him to be healthy. I think Skubal's the right
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: play here. See what he does. Get 12 to 15
• 37:24
  Speaker 4: strikeouts every game. What say you, Kratzy? Yeah, what say you? Dodgers,
• 37:30
  Speaker 4: watch out. This team gets hot at the right time,
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: and it's usually– wait, hold on.
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: Tomorrow. Okay. Ready to go.
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: Again, is Blake Snell the better choice over Yamamoto? Does
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: it line up better for rest? How is that? Tarek Skubal, 100%.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: And for every team who's at home, every team who
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: has a struggle with their starting– Pitching in the postseason,
• 37:58
  Speaker 3: just everybody needs to know that Tarek Scuba was available
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: to all, to all this season in July. You knew
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: where you were in July. It's not like an off-season
• 38:08
  Speaker 3: acquisition where you had to pay him the full $ 30 million.
• 38:11
  Speaker 3: It's not like, you know, you had to give up
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: some of your prospects. But you know what? The best
• 38:16
  Speaker 3: team who everybody's all, wah, wah, the Dodgers, they went
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: and got him, and now he's their best pitcher. That's
• 38:22
  Speaker 3: why you throw game one. You throw your best pitcher.
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: That's why I'm confused. why Yamamoto is not out there
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: in game two, but hey, in Dave Roberts, you trust.
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: You would take Tarek Scoble over Yamamoto just in general
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: on principle, or you do think Scoble is better than
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: Yama overall?
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: Oh, man. I mean, I guess they've both shown that
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: they have, that, that, that they have, you know, given
• 38:52
  Speaker 3: up runs in the post season. I don't know. I can't,
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: I hate sitting on the fence, so I need to
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: have an answer.
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, get off. Scoop was better. I think Scoop was better. Why?
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: I'm going to say Yamamoto is better because he has
• 39:07
  Speaker 3: done it longer, but Yamamoto did give it up against
• 39:11
  Speaker 3: the Phillies last year in his one bad postseason start,
• 39:14
  Speaker 3: but I'm still going Yamamoto.
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but he also posts every fifth or sixth day
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: and was going to come out of the bullpen in
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: the 18 inning game. And was the World Series MVP.
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: I mean, I chose, I don't know.
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: Easy, easy.
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: Homer. No, I'm just saying. He chose Scooble. You got real,
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: you put your.
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: Hair to the side. Hey, hey, did you see the
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: face that just came out of his mouth? Oh my God.
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: Sheesh, you got really angry, Alana. I don't know what happened.
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: Scott never gets this mad at me.
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: I love it.
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: Because his Mets are never in the postseason anymore. So
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: how could Scott get mad at you for this?
• 39:53
  Speaker 6: All right.
• 39:55
  Speaker 3: What? What?
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: What phrase?
• 39:57
  Speaker 4: What?
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: To button it up.
• 39:58
  Speaker 4: I saw Skubal live in Cleveland a year ago and
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: just blew me away. And I think he had, what,
• 40:06
  Speaker 4: 14 strikeouts. And it was just with no offense. Honestly,
• 40:10
  Speaker 4: now he has offense. That's why I give him the
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: upper hand of being mad. But listen, it's 1A, 1B,
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: and it's 1A, 1A. I don't care who throws first
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: for them. I would just– and, you know, what Lizardo
• 40:22
  Speaker 4: did to the Braves in five innings or whatever it was,
• 40:26
  Speaker 4: shut them down.
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: Another lefty that throws hard.
• 40:28
  Speaker 4: So I like Skubal starting game one.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: I think that played a factor too. Not a big one,
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: but a little one.
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: This rotation is disgusting. I mean, it's good no matter
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: who you throw out there. I think it's going to
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: be good. Moving on, Joey Ortiz is progressing in the
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: right direction. Pat Murphy said he's still dealing with some pain.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: This is from Kurt Hogue. But the Brewers are planning
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: on him being available. That would be a good thing, correct, gentlemen?
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: You want this guy?
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: He doesn't start every game. So, yes, you want him, but,
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: I mean, he's not going to– He's not going to
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: be out because you're going to have Cooper Pratt out
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: at second, Ortiz at third. But you know what? Yeah,
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: obviously you need him. I think the Brewers' superpower here,
• 41:19
  Speaker 3: the fact that they're the best team in the National
• 41:21
  Speaker 3: League statistically-wise, is their depth. So if their depth is
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: not intact, how do they run the best team out
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: there for all nine innings, all five games?
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: Spot on. Spot on.
• 41:37
  Speaker 4: You got to spend there, though, like camaraderie. You need
• 41:41
  Speaker 4: that type of dude in the bench, too. So, yes,
• 41:43
  Speaker 4: for sure.
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: This did not age well. John Clark, reporter for NBCS Philly,
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: tweeted this. Wouldn't see this many empty seats in Philadelphia
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: talking about the recent wild card matchup between the Braves
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: and the Titans. How about this? Ben Taylor had this
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: to say. You will this weekend.
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: I mean, tremendous.
• 42:06
  Speaker 4: Hey, Kratzy, I said it, though. I was watching this game.
• 42:10
  Speaker 4: I said it out loud to my son. I'm like, man,
• 42:13
  Speaker 4: there's just– I wasn't saying it demeaning, but I was
• 42:15
  Speaker 4: just like, there's nobody at these day games here. I
• 42:18
  Speaker 4: guess everybody's working.
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah, somebody's got to make the money to pay for
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: the tickets. Goodness sakes.
• 42:25
  Speaker 2: For goodness– for John Golly gee, yeah, for sure.
• 42:29
  Speaker 3: Tell you what. Two o'clock games are not that easy
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: to get to. Come on, like, I don't care if
• 42:35
  Speaker 3: it's Atlanta– Philly, people were like, oh, we'll take a
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: day off, like all that stuff. I get it.
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: Different fan base.
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: But it's definitely different. Atlanta fans have seen a lot
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: of postseason. Atlanta fans will show up. Don't worry about it.
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: They'll be there.
• 42:51
  Speaker 2: Just like the Houston fans, they said. They're a little entitled, right?
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I tell you– That did surprise me a
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: little bit. I get it's an earlier game. I completely
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: get it. But Dykin Park had a lot of empty seats.
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: And I know people say it all the time about
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium. I get it. That stadium is an absolute
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: bitch to get in and out of, though, and the
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: traffic in L.A. is crazy. So I do get it.
• 43:11
  Speaker 3: They are at the Dodgers game. You just can't get
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: into your seat right from the start of the game.
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: Something is holding you up.
• 43:21
  Speaker 2: You've got to know Alana Rizzo. If you don't know Alana,
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: you ain't getting in, dawg.
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: It is insane. It is a very difficult park to
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: get in and out of. Guys, remember to check out
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: our White Sox merch, including our Celebrate for T-shirts. What
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: the hell? For Sean shirts.
• 43:36
  Speaker 3: Celebrate for Sean.
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Yeah, okay. Wow. Good thing I know how
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: to read. Sell a bit for Sean's shirts and all
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: post-season merch at FoulTerritoryShop.com. We will be having all new
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: merch all post-season long. Check it out. There's a ton
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: of really cool designs and new things there. So check
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: it out, FoulTerritoryShop.com. All right, Eric, it is time now
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: to see what you are wearing on your head.
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: Nice.
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: A little bit of, as AJ called it yesterday, Tom
• 44:11
  Speaker 3: Brady hat. This black hat. This black Rays, Tampa Bay
• 44:16
  Speaker 3: Rays hat, for everybody listening, it's so sick. It's got
• 44:19
  Speaker 3: a black ray rolling across the bottom. This series, in
• 44:23
  Speaker 3: my opinion, is going to be electric between the Yankees
• 44:27
  Speaker 3: and the Rays.
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: I agree. That's a nice hat.
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: I like it.
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: Not necessarily 312, but I do like that hat. Oh, yes,
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: of course.
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: Shocking. Shocking.
• 44:38
  Speaker 4: I just happened to find it. I just found this.
• 44:41
  Speaker 4: just crawling across the ground. I'm like, well, I might
• 44:43
  Speaker 4: as well wear it.
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: Let's go.
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: That's pretty sick too, though. That's a nice hat. Let's
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: does a good job. I'm digging these hats.
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. For sure.
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: Well, happy DS weekend, everybody. Enjoy all the different series.
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: Looking forward to seeing what happens over the course of
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday. I believe Scott is back on Monday.
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: So for everybody here at foul territory, obviously Todd Frazier
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: or Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Todd Frazier, Eric Kratz, and our entire
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: Foul Territory crew. I'm Alana Rizzo. Have a great weekend, guys.
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: We'll see you on Monday. Take good care.
• 45:18
  Speaker 3: See you.