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MLB First Half check in, Bill Seals talks Cyclones & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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  Hour number two, Miller Condon, welcome back.
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  It's the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
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  Trent Condon, Ken Miller, We are here until 2:00.
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  Bill Seals covers Iowa State. He'll join us toward the bottom
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  of the hour. Trends, Plays of the day or play
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  of the day, It'll be coming up here at about 210 minutes or so
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  before 1:00. You know the All Star press
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  conferences started 4 minutes ago.
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  And Matt Snyder just texted me his apologies.
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  Yeah, All Star Press. Conference he is at, he is at
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  that right now. So yes, I was calling him up
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  there and he said, my bad, so sorry.
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  I'm at press conferences. Should I remember to tell you?
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  So maybe we can get him. Tomorrow maybe.
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  Yeah, absolutely. All Star game but figured so
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  this so this will give us a chance to correct our work and
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  see how bad we were from the first oh boy from prior to the
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  regular season we do with the football, Big 10, Big 12, NFL,
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  etc. Let me get out the notebook of
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  record. Major League Baseball being one
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  of them. We put it on the list.
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  We kind of forecast how we see that.
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  We foresee the season shaping up and then periodically throughout
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  the year and at the end of it, we take a look back and just
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  embarrass ourselves. By the way, Eduardo Perez is on
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  TV right now. He has gotten so good, I think.
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  Yeah, when when he first joined Sunday Night Baseball.
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  Not your cup of tea, right? I was.
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  Liked him on baseball tonight, but I was with you as a game
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  analyst. Yeah, it wasn't quite there.
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  Right, it is now. You know where he got a lot of
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  reps, So, and I think he improved a ton.
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  The Little League, World Series. Remember how many years he was
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  there? He did.
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  Do that a lot. And I I think in a way just
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  getting those extra because it's going from behind a desk analyst
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  on baseball tonight to being at a game, it's a different job.
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  It's a completely different job and I'm with you.
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  He has improved immensely, but a lot of times I remember as the
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  years went on, he's becoming a really good analyst and I think
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  those extra reps definitely took him down that.
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  Path. Yeah, it was a couple of points
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  this year. Just watching Sunday Night
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  Baseball. Just, you know, dawned on me how
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  much how much better he's gotten.
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  David Cone, Carl Ravitch and and Eduardo Perez got his, but his
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  old man could play. Tony was so good.
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  Part of the Big Red Machine from the 70s.
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  All right, let's get into this. So what?
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  I'm guessing we predicted every division, then we tried to come
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  up with the wild card recipients, then we would come
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  up with our World Series. We didn't go any further than
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  that, did we? That's what we have.
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  Six playoff teams, division winners, three wild card and
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  then World Series team over team.
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  Did I happen to say ask you, because I know I did some place
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  because my best bet of the whole baseball season, and I'm not
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  going to get very many rights, I'm going to hang my head on
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  this one, was the Jays over 76 1/2?
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  Oh yeah, absolutely. Because when their wind total
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  came out, I thought there's no freaking way that they've they
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  last year was an anomaly that they'll be much better.
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  But anyways, all right, so let's get to it and where are we
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  starting the American League East?
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  Is that where we start? Yep.
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  So I'm going to say that I picked.
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  You did and you're in great shape right now.
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  Two games up on the Yankees, 3 back of the Red Sox, but loaded
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  first place. I took the teams at last place
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  in the division. He.
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  Took the. Orioles.
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  I took the Orioles. I thought the young hitters were
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  going to take another step that they were going to be able to.
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  And they very well matroned. Yeah, they're going to be able
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  to piece together a pitching step.
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  There's the problem. It has been an unmitigated
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  disaster. They have given up 483 runs this
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  season, second worst in the American League.
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  Who I'm trying to think who would be.
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  Oh, because of the because of Oakland is always 1210.
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  I'm guessing the not Oakland, the A's rather, yes, uh huh,
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  they are. 551 Five. It isn't really, but they took
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  two or three from the Jays this weekend somehow.
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  All right, so the Central Division, I think I picked the
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  Royals. You did not looking good.
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  No, they're 12 back. Yeah, unless you pick Detroit,
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  nobody's looking good. I also took.
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  I also took the Royals. Did you?
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  Yes, we were all in on the Royals before the season.
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  Going down on that ship together.
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  Playoff team from a year ago. Another step.
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  They got an MVP and Bobby Witt junior.
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  Here we go. Sophomore year slump.
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  Second year slump. It's not good, it's not good.
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  And Salvador Perez does not have too many more years left, one
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  would assume. All right.
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  I know that we were in lockstep when it comes to the West
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  because we both loved the Texas. I loved the Texas Rangers.
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  I bought this one. Yeah, I bought this one with
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  you. You sold me on the Blue Jays.
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  That was an easy sell. So we got that over ticket.
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  They also sold me on the Rangers in a bunch of different ways.
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  They are scuffling. They're not even 500, are they?
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  Half game under 508 1/2 back in the division outside looking in
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  for the wild card as the Rangers are currently 3 1/2 games back
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  of even a playoff bid. Yeah, there's there's.
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  Well, they got a chance. They got a chance.
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  They got a chance, they're still in the hunt 3 1/2 games back,
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  you said of a player. And only one team in front of
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  them, which is the really. Yeah, OK.
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  Yeah, not out of it. No, not out of it.
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  And we, we need that one. Both of us need that.
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  One. So when it comes to the wild
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  card, I had the Yankees, you did.
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  I had. The Mariners, you did.
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  And I had, I don't know who would my third one be.
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  I don't think I took the Rays. I probably took a team from the
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  Central tell me I took the Tigers.
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  You took the twins? Dang it.
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  Not looking. Good.
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  No, no. Not looking good.
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  I had. Go ahead.
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  You've got to have the Tigers. Please save Sharp this if if we
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  if Miller and Condon do not have the Tigers at all.
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  We don't. Oh God.
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  Remember last year they were a below average.
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  Team until the last three weeks of the season.
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  They were under 500 for how long?
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  Finally got above it in August and then caught fire and.
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  Really did nothing in the offseason.
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  At least we didn't. Think well, Javi Baez, they did
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  something with him. They moved.
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  Him downfield, he's an All Star. How does that happen at this
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  point in Guy's career? I know.
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  It we don't have the time, who are your wild card?
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  Teams Houston. All right.
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  Yeah, you're in good shape there.
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  In Seattle, Yeah. And the Yankees all.
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  Right. So this sounds like three
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  playoff teams. So I.
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  Got three playoff teams? Yeah, all of them in the wild
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  card all. Right.
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  So let's go to the National League, and this National League
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  East would have given me fits and I would have taken.
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  Please tell me I didn't take the Braves, I took the Mets.
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  You didn't take either of them. You took the Phillies.
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  I did. You took the Phillies.
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  Do you feel good about that now? Well, I do now, now that you've
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  told me that I'm on the right path.
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  I had Atlanta. Did you?
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  All the injuries that they had in 2024, no way they could be
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  that unhealthy. And though they haven't been as
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  unhealthy as they were a season ago, it has not gone.
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  Well, I thought they'd fire snicker, but when?
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  When? Matt Snyder, who hopefully will
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  join us tomorrow, reminded us that this is his last year, a
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  guy that won the World Series not too long ago.
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  They're not going to jettison him, I wouldn't think.
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  I think too much of that organization to do that.
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  All right. We both took, well, I shouldn't
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  say this, I took the Brewers. You didn't.
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  I took the Cubs. You took the Cubs.
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  OK, good. I also took the Cubs.
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  So we both have the Cubs who are one game up so.
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  In the division I'm got, I was correct in picking, at least at
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  this point, all three National League division leaders, because
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  we all took the free square, got a.
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  Locked up? If you would have parlayed
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  those, you've been talking about some big money.
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  Well, Phillies are only up a half a game and the Cubs are
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  only up a game. The Dodgers are up only 5 1/2.
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  Yeah, so my wild card teams were they were the Mets.
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  No, I didn't take the Mets. Didn't take the Mets.
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  I took the Padres. You did not.
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  I took the Diamondbacks. You did take them another team
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  you talked me into. Sorry, the Diamondbacks.
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  Who the hell did I take? The Braves.
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  You did take the Braves for a wild card.
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  And who am I missing that I can't believe I didn't take the
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  Padres? It was a deep cut.
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  You were looking for somebody a little bit deeper down the
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  board. Giants.
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  Cincinnati Reds, OH. God.
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  Well, they're about 500. They're about 500 terms of the
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  wild card. They are currently 2 1/2 back.
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  OK, you got a shot. Got a shot.
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  I got you. Take Phillies.
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  Good. Diamondbacks no good and the
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  Padres. Real good.
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  So we got a couple in there. So then, did we go right to the
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  World Series world? Series 1.
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  Team over who I picked and I've got a chance.
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  I've got LA over Toronto. Now you have.
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  Darn it. That was two years ago, was it?
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  Yes, you have the Rangers over the Dodgers.
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  I was so high on Texas. I have the Dodgers, yes, over
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  the Rangers. You must have been doing a lot
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  of selling. I must have, I must have.
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  You were buying what I was selling.
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  Yeah, that's funny. Every year, right?
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  Yep. That's not bad.
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  But you think of baseball, baseball should be an easier
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  sport. It just isn't.
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  It's year after year after year. Anybody see the Giants being
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  seven games over 500? Not this year.
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  No, no, not this year. Even the Cardinals being.
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  That's the biggest surprise to me.
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  Trent is the Cardinals. I thought it was a rebuilding
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  year. I think their fans did, too.
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  I think they kind of still do, looking at the number of fannies
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  in seats, although it had to have picked up from what it was
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  early in the year. The Cardinals in their
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  attendance woes, you know, another decent story.
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  They're not going to go anywhere.
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  But I think Miami's arrow's pointing up until at least a
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  couple of weeks when they trade all their good players.
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  Let's hope that's not the case. Can he just build something up
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  for once before? Well, they did a couple of
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  times. They built it up and then very
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  quickly. Who's the most disappointing
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  team? You can't say Colorado because
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  they were destined to disappoint.
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  Who's the most disappointing team in the National League is
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  the Braves. Oh, it's got to be the Braves,
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  Absolutely. Yeah.
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  I think it's Outland. I think it's a fight for second
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  most disappointing team. And out of that group, would it
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  be Arizona? Yes.
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  Yeah, I think it would. Two years ago in the World
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  Series, took a little dip back in that, but this is the year
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  and they just have never been able to gain traction throughout
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  the course of the year. Same question in the American
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  League. Orioles are on that list,
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  absolutely. Well, for you they are.
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  You saw you sniffed it out. Well, because of the the
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  rotation, I just could never buy it.
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  The Royals on that list. Maybe.
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  And the Twins? Yeah, Well, or Cleveland.
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  We kept waiting for that fall to happen and and it just kind of
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  like Tampa. Right.
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  How do they keep doing? It How do they keep doing it?
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  I think maybe the Texas Rangers might be as disappointing as
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  anybody in The American. League and if we get to the end
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  of the year, could be the Yankees.
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  Did you see Max Reed over the weekend?
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  Yeah. The blister game with the
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  blister. That's the fourth time in years
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  that he has had a blister that has popped up.
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  I mean, I'm sure it's just one of those things that gets
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  calloused over and you're good and after a while that wires
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  down again and that thing pops. But if they have Max freed out
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  for any extended period of time, even a couple of weeks with the
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  way this rotation currently. Sits Are they going to make the
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  playoffs? I tried to tell you last week on
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  meet and I tried to talk you into betting against 505 to 1 to
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  not make the playoffs. Plus 520 on the no for them to
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  make the playoffs. They got the best record in the
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  wild card right now, but Boston's 110 straight, I mean,
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  it's obviously I don't think they'll keep up anywhere close
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  to that pace. Seattle's playing well.
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  Tampa keeps hanging around. I still think Texas is not of a
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  trend. And maybe it's wishful thinking.
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  When I look at my open wagers on on my betting accounts, maybe
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  it's wishful thinking, but I I really believe there's there's
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  more talent there. They've got one of the best
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  managers in baseball in Bruce Bochy.
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  They do. Pitching staff is banged up.
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  They're going to get some of their guys back, I would think.
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  And if they do, I mean, I get the Corey Sager's just an IL
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  trip waiting to happen. He's kind of like Buxton in some
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  ways. Marcus Simeons, You know, when
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  the Jays let didn't, didn't resign him, I was kind of in
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  mourning. I thought, what, what are they
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  doing? Spent some money.
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  This guy's good. He's been awful.
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  I I got a couple of things here to make the playoffs.
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  Just get in that Yankees bet that you mentioned that was 5 to
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  1 a week ago. You can get the New York Yankees
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  now on the no side of making the playoffs at plus 625 at circus
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  sports. So even better odds than it was
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  a week ago. Well, you know what, I might be
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  looking at DraftKings. It might have been a better
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  price at Circa to begin. Regardless, Yeah, and that's
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  usually the case normally, yeah, I got you a free roll right
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  here, OK. What am I going to do?
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  You're going to pick one of these two teams for our regional
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  audience to make the playoffs? You can bet the Kansas City
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  Royals at plus 550 or the Minnesota Twins at plus 350,
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  basically. They're dead even right?
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  For the most part, they're half a game apart.
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  Yep, standings are incredibly similar but you're just looking
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  at them. What are you more willing to
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  wager better price with the Royals or the Twins team?
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  Here's why I'd argue the Royals a the price, yeah.
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  Better price. Plus 550, that's pretty
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  significant. I mean, almost.
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  We're talking getting close to double odds.
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  But also the twins aren't doing anything at the deadline.
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  Best case scenario is they do nothing.
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  What? Do you think the Royals are
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  going to do? Maybe they can do something.
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  But but if they do something, I think they're more likely to
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  sell, don't you? The Twins could be the same kind
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  of boat. I we know the twins aren't doing
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  anything financially. They were in playoff, they were
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  leading playoff races in division, division race the last
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  two years in to do anything. Now ownership trying to sell the
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  team. So we know they're not doing
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  anything. Could the Royal, they come out
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  hot in the second-half, they get back in there, they're a game
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  back in the wild card. I could see the Royals spending
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  or we know the Twins are not. They have six games left against
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  each other. Here's the final Force 5 Series
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  for the Twins. Three with Arizona, probably out
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  of it at that .3 with the Yankees fighting for a spot,
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  fighting for a division. Four with Cleveland, probably
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  out of it. Three with Texas, I think
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  they're fighting to get back in it.
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  And then Philadelphia at Philly to end the year.
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  It's not easy. You know them and the Mets are
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  going to come down the stretch. Here's what the Royals have to
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  wrap it up. This is their final five series
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  of the year. They're at the Phillies, home
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  for Seattle. OK.
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  Home for the Blue Jays 3. Playoff teams.
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  Then they finish on the road, but all on the West Coast.
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  At the Angels? Nope, might be hanging around.
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  And at the A's and that goofy ballpark.
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  I like the final two series but I'm not sure I can get.
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  But are they even going to be there with six to go?
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  It's. The twins, Trent, at the end of
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  the day, I think it's the twins. Because they have something
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  elite with the bullpen. They do, they do.
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  And they're the bats are starting to come to life a
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  little bit, a little bit. Walner's hitting the ball,
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  Larnick's hitting the ball. By the way, Correa got carried
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  off the field. Was it Friday?
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  Did he play? Did he play yesterday?
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  He was, yeah. He did, yeah.
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  So it wasn't as bad as it looked.
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  Yes, ankle injury and yeah, he played yesterday, went 2 for
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  four to wrap things up and a 2 to one loss.
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  No, he was covered at second base and he got it.
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  It looked bad at the time. In fact, the Twins fans thought
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  it was a dirty slide. Oh yeah, it's the bullpen trend
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  that that elevates your Twins above the above the.
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  I know the Phillies are very interested and they've Duran.
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  Both Duran and Jax, they've been scouting.
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  Yeah, they've had multiple scouts at a ton of twins.
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  If the Phillies go out and improve their bullpen, they've
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  got and they've really got, they got a good chance to begin with.
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  I think that this elevates the me.
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  What's their World Series price? To win the World Series, the
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  Philadelphia Phillies at Circus Sports is +1050.
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  I didn't think they'd be that high.
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  Mets plus 1150, of course. The Dodgers plus 210.
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  The Cubs Cubs are what, 6? 12:50 are they?
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  Really. Triple digits.
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  Yes 12:50 for the Cubs to win the World Series.
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  Win it all. Brewers Plus 2150.
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  I got a bunch of tickets. I bought them over the weekend.
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  Did you? Yeah, I did.
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  Yeah, would you rather have the Brewers a + 2150 or the Yankees
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  a + 975? I'd.
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  Rather have the Brewers. I don't have the Yankees on one
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  ticket, not one. Not one, not even an under
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  window. Nothing.
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  Nothing. They're kind of my Chiefs.
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  You know, when I throw them, throw one team out.
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  I threw the Yankees out of every ticket this year.
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  Mine. Best odds to win the World
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  Series from the American League Tigers plus 825.
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  Yankees plus 975. Really.
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  Where's Houston? +1050.
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  Well, we'll see. It's, I don't know if the
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  Phillies improved their bullpen, I might take AI might take a
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  gamble that they're going to do that before because if they, if
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  they do out, go get an elite closer because that's the
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  biggest Achilles heel is their bullpen.
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  And just the depth of their bull.
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  I think they're 24th in the majors in bullpen.
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  How many blown saves have they got?
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  They've got to have as many as any of the other quote good
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  back. Miller and Condon, Iowa Sports
• 18:24
  Radio Network. I'm Millery Condon.
• 18:44
  Welcome back. 1:30 on a Monday. Coming up top of the hour off
• 18:48
  the bench come Sean Robertson. Lucas Strain talk sports with
• 18:52
  you for three hours. They take you until 5 overtime
• 18:55
  Iowa 5 until six. Bill Seals, he joins us press
• 19:00
  conference tomorrow. TJ Otselberger and the men's
• 19:02
  basketball, of course. Bill was in Frisco for Big 12
• 19:05
  Media Days. We'll recap that.
• 19:07
  Bill Trenton, Ken, thank you for coming on.
• 19:09
  Appreciate it. I want to start basketball wise
• 19:11
  with you and we've we've all seen the pictures on the
• 19:15
  Internet about Joshua Jefferson. There's a cast on his right arm
• 19:18
  and what does it mean is that you got a broken arm.
• 19:20
  How did it happen? Blah, blah, blah.
• 19:22
  I guess so. I don't guess.
• 19:24
  I know he was in Newton. It was the grand Marshall.
• 19:27
  Scott Reister tweeted out yesterday.
• 19:29
  Of course, news director or sports director rather at KCCI.
• 19:33
  The Jefferson told him that there is no break and he expects
• 19:37
  the cast to come off in less than two weeks.
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  What what's going on there, Bill?
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  Any Intel What what happened to Jefferson and and how severe it
• 19:46
  potentially is? Well, yeah, I think that the the
• 19:50
  news that it's not a a break is, is certainly good for the Iowa
• 19:56
  State roster. But yeah, I think I, I believe
• 20:00
  it was that it, well, it was in in practice that he sustained
• 20:04
  that. And we we all know how physical
• 20:07
  things go this time of the year in practice.
• 20:09
  But it's, it's been a good thing for Iowa State I think, and been
• 20:14
  a big part of the success that they've had, you know, when they
• 20:17
  get into February and March. So I I think it's it's.
• 20:21
  If you're going to have something like this happen, this
• 20:23
  is the time of year to have it happen.
• 20:26
  It sounds like he'll be back up and rolling though here in two
• 20:30
  to three weeks. Get him back out there.
• 20:32
  Obviously we've talked about some of the injuries and what
• 20:34
  the roster is going to shake out next year.
• 20:36
  What are you kind of chasing tomorrow?
• 20:38
  Is there a particular storyline you're still trying to get
• 20:40
  answers for when you get some availability?
• 20:44
  Well, yeah, we, we don't, I, I don't think we know yet the
• 20:47
  players that we're going to get tomorrow.
• 20:49
  So once we do know those that that'll be certainly a focus
• 20:54
  with, with TJ when we get him the the last time that we had an
• 20:58
  availability, Dom Plata wasn't in in town yet from Germany.
• 21:03
  So that'll be a a big topic of conversation and, and how he's
• 21:09
  getting ramped up. So yeah, there will be several
• 21:12
  storylines that that we're chasing tomorrow.
• 21:14
  And yeah, always this time of year it's, it's like it's good
• 21:19
  to dig into these and and find it to find out how things are
• 21:23
  going in, in practices. He operates etcetera.
• 21:27
  Do you think Pleeta will be available tomorrow potentially?
• 21:31
  Well, that that would be that would be good timing for sure
• 21:35
  since he just showed up. Dominic Nelson, we got him the
• 21:38
  last time and he had just showed up, although a couple weeks
• 21:42
  before report date he had gotten there.
• 21:44
  So definitely would be very timely and TJ is listening.
• 21:50
  We want to talk to Dom tomorrow. How's that?
• 21:52
  Make that happen. Absolutely expectation level for
• 21:57
  this team. You know, last year got off to
• 21:58
  such a high watermark and we're talking Final Four, We're
• 22:01
  talking even more than Final Fours with this team at
• 22:04
  particular points of last season.
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  What do you feel the expectation level is with this squad as we
• 22:09
  make our way through the summer? Well, I think it's still
• 22:12
  somewhere in that neighborhood of this is going to be a top,
• 22:16
  probably 15 to 20 ish type of team going into the preseason
• 22:21
  that they've certainly gotten a lot of attention on a national
• 22:26
  scale. And now they've gone to the NCAA
• 22:29
  tournament four years in a row. They've got that respect across
• 22:34
  the board across the country. So I would expect that they'll
• 22:37
  open a top 15, top 20 team. But then again, when you're
• 22:41
  talking about the Big 12 and and just how deep it is and and all
• 22:46
  of the other, you know, incoming classes and then transfers the
• 22:50
  teams are bringing in, we'll see where 15 or 20 nationally sits
• 22:55
  in the Big 12. It might be, you know, maybe in
• 22:59
  that 4 to 6 range as far as the Big 12 goes, because we know and
• 23:03
  it's going to start at the top with Houston, with every
• 23:06
  everyone they've got coming back and Ash, BYU is going to be good
• 23:10
  again, Arizona, Kansas, It's it's going to be another tough
• 23:15
  conference this year. Yeah, I throw Texas Tech into
• 23:17
  the mix as well. They're going to be a major
• 23:19
  payout in the, you know what with Toppin coming back,
• 23:22
  etcetera. Well, it's going to be
• 23:23
  fascinating. And Bill, I think we'll get A at
• 23:27
  least somewhat of a barometer when when they head out to Las
• 23:30
  Vegas, right? I mean, that tournament and, and
• 23:34
  some of the teams that are participating, et cetera, that's
• 23:37
  going to be incredible to watch. I know that true TV is going to
• 23:41
  broadcast both of Iowa State games, St.
• 23:43
  John's on Monday and then the turn around about 24 hours later
• 23:48
  to take on a Greg McDermott and Creighton, two really good
• 23:52
  teams. I mean, St.
• 23:53
  John's are a lot of love for them to potentially be a Final
• 23:56
  Four team this year. They spent a whole bunch of
• 23:58
  money prior to the, you know, the July 1st NIL, new guidelines
• 24:04
  being in place. They sunk megabucks into it.
• 24:09
  Mike Propoli. What's the what's the water pro?
• 24:13
  Vitamin Water. And there's one other one that's
• 24:14
  really popular now, pro something.
• 24:17
  Anyways, this is what this guy owns.
• 24:19
  He invented him. So he's got unlimited funds.
• 24:23
  But that that's a pretty good back-to-back day right here.
• 24:25
  I've got it in front of me right now.
• 24:27
  Iowa State plays 3:30 in the afternoon, our time on Monday on
• 24:32
  TRU TV, and then they come back the next day against Creighton,
• 24:36
  1:30 So pretty pretty. I mean, that's, that's pretty
• 24:41
  good. back-to-back days, right, As far as kind of figuring out
• 24:44
  where your team fits with some of the upper echelon of college
• 24:47
  hoops. Chris Creighton's going to be
• 24:48
  good too. Oh yeah, yeah, well, and then
• 24:51
  they'll get a they'll get a look at Creighton as an exhibition
• 24:54
  game about what a little over a month before that they play
• 24:58
  Creighton and Northwestern and exhibition game.
• 25:00
  So this is going to be a pretty a pretty salty non conference
• 25:04
  schedule, though. You know, a lot of a lot of
• 25:06
  folks will still talk about the buy, you know, the buy games
• 25:09
  that they they will get against a lot of the slappies and hill
• 25:14
  that Newton November, December. But you know, they're going to
• 25:17
  go play Mississippi State on a neutral court.
• 25:20
  They're they're going to go out and play in that players era 3
• 25:24
  four teams. They're going to play out there
• 25:26
  really good at Purdue, they'll host Iowa.
• 25:30
  So this is and then then the resume is going to be bolstered
• 25:33
  in the Big 12 as well with everyone that they'll play in
• 25:37
  the the conference season. So this is going to, they're
• 25:40
  going to have a good resume going in, coming out of the
• 25:43
  schedule if they can put together another successful
• 25:46
  year. Body armor.
• 25:48
  Body armor, that's, that's another role.
• 25:51
  There's a little bit of money, I certainly point.
• 25:53
  Six he he was paid by Coca-Cola. For that, that's good work if
• 25:58
  you could get it, Absolutely. Bill over to some football as we
• 26:01
  put a recap back on a Big 12 football Media days, we heard
• 26:05
  obviously from the Commission, we heard from all the different
• 26:08
  teams. Give us an Iowa State nugget,
• 26:10
  maybe something that our listeners haven't heard yet that
• 26:13
  you were able to pull away last week down in Texas.
• 26:16
  Well, I think, well, injuries certainly were that did come up
• 26:22
  in the time that we had with with Matt Campbell down there
• 26:25
  and then talked about, you know, maybe some preventative measures
• 26:29
  going into this year. And and it didn't take him long
• 26:32
  to bring up one of their new their their new hires that they
• 26:37
  made Joe Resendez. I think I'm pronouncing that
• 26:40
  last name right, but comes with a lot of professional background
• 26:44
  and multiple sports. So he's worked in the NBA,
• 26:49
  worked in the UUFLXFL, that conglomeration.
• 26:53
  So I mean, even talking to some players down there as well,
• 26:57
  they're singing his praises. So I think that was one of the
• 26:59
  big tidbits to come out of that and put together a story last
• 27:05
  week about that. I thought that was one of the
• 27:07
  bigger, bigger notes to come out of that.
• 27:10
  You know, it was nice to get into some detail on on some
• 27:13
  breakout players as well. I think we've talked a lot about
• 27:17
  Marcus Neil. He's one of them on that side.
• 27:22
  I think he's going to be one of those starting safeties they got
• 27:25
  to replace too. Neil's going to likely be one of
• 27:28
  them. And he was one that that Matt
• 27:30
  brought up down there. River Peppers too.
• 27:35
  He loves River Peppers. But you know, we've talked so
• 27:40
  much guys, about Carson Hansen of Bahama and and how that
• 27:44
  playing time is going to be divvied up.
• 27:45
  But gosh, when Peppers I asked Matt about the breakout players,
• 27:50
  that was the first name he brought up.
• 27:52
  So gosh, it seems like he's going to find the field somehow.
• 27:55
  And what's that mean for Dylan Lee?
• 27:58
  Yeah, a lot, a lot of good stuff though to come out of that.
• 28:00
  We got Matt the three different times.
• 28:03
  One time I think everybody watched that nationally if they
• 28:06
  had had that broadcasted and then a couple times off to the
• 28:09
  side. So a lot of good stuff and a lot
• 28:12
  of coverage from last week up on my up on my site.
• 28:15
  Cyclonereport.com 1/3 media Yeah, I heard you asked the
• 28:18
  question. I was glad you did.
• 28:19
  I like when they you know give us a nugget or two a name to
• 28:22
  watch a potentially in River Peppers was hard to forget the
• 28:25
  name in the 1st place but but yeah, Campbell does love him.
• 28:28
  So let's go to Evan Jacobson. When we saw that I was state
• 28:33
  flipped. I want to say Wake Forest tight
• 28:35
  end late last week. What does that do if anything to
• 28:40
  are are they bracing for Evan Jacobson or they lost another
• 28:43
  tight end that they were in on went to the SEC Evan Jacobson
• 28:48
  any lean What does it mean that the Wake Forest kids coming to
• 28:51
  Iowa State after originally committing to Wake Forest any.
• 28:54
  Correlation there. From what I understand, that was
• 28:58
  a separate type of a deal that when when they missed out on Ian
• 29:03
  Primer, they pivoted to they they pivoted to the Drake Devon
• 29:08
  kid out of Overland Park, KS got a commitment from him.
• 29:12
  So this was a separate deal than Evan Jacobson.
• 29:14
  He's most definitely going to be a take if they can land him.
• 29:19
  I, I think at this point, Notre Dame probably less of a
• 29:22
  consideration. They've got two guys.
• 29:24
  I'm not sure they'll take three at that tight end position.
• 29:27
  So that leaves you with Texas A&M, Stanford, I think those are
• 29:31
  probably the other two top contenders right now.
• 29:34
  And I got, gosh, I got to think that Iowa State's in the lead
• 29:38
  here. I've kind of had that feeling
• 29:39
  now for a a few weeks at least since the Notre Dame news kind
• 29:44
  of broke with them getting primer and then another tight
• 29:47
  end. I think Iowa State's in the lead
• 29:49
  here And I it's still, I've been talking about weekly with Evan
• 29:54
  getting an update kind of where he's at.
• 29:56
  It's still looking mid to late July on a decision there.
• 29:59
  But I think again, Iowa State in the lead there.
• 30:02
  If for some reason that doesn't happen, I think the Cyclones
• 30:06
  pivot to another local kid, Braden Hoban.
• 30:10
  I believe that's the pronunciation for his last name.
• 30:13
  He's out of Grandview. Christian camped up at Iowa
• 30:16
  State was catching everything thrown to him and was really
• 30:19
  impressive. But I think at that point, maybe
• 30:23
  not as much of A consideration as Iowa State had four on the
• 30:26
  board there at that tight end they were looking at.
• 30:28
  So I think it's Evan Jacobson one right now as far as a
• 30:33
  priority. And if that for some reason
• 30:35
  doesn't happen, they don't land him, then they pivot to a a
• 30:38
  local kid. I think they can get him, and he
• 30:41
  is also. He's committed to South Dakota
• 30:43
  State right now, but I think Iowa State thinks they can flip
• 30:47
  him away from that commitment. Speaking of past catchers,
• 30:49
  couple of guys debuted in the new top 300 for the 2026
• 30:54
  recruiting class. Milan Paris from Ohio and also
• 30:57
  Jeffrey Roberts, a kid from Ames that we haven't talked a ton
• 31:00
  about. I'm not sure if your paths have
• 31:03
  crossed during football season. What can you tell us about
• 31:05
  Jeffrey Roberts? Well, yeah, he is one that's
• 31:08
  kept a very low profile. I don't, I don't think me or
• 31:11
  Alec Bussey, any of us have talked to him.
• 31:14
  I don't think anybody at Cyclone Fanatics talked to him.
• 31:17
  He just doesn't want to talk to the media, but you know that
• 31:21
  that doesn't speak to his production on the field is a big
• 31:25
  play threat. Caught 38 passes, almost 1000
• 31:29
  yards. So you do the math there, that's
• 31:31
  about 26 yards per reception. So a big play threat also can
• 31:36
  play some special teams. Scored 12 touchdowns through the
• 31:41
  air last year for for an Ames team.
• 31:44
  So I think he's kind of that maybe going to be that inside
• 31:48
  that slot guy. But then Mylan Paris, that 6
• 31:52
  foot 5-6 foot six, that kind of that tall Hakeem Butler, Jayden
• 31:58
  Higgins type of build and he's going to be that ex receiver.
• 32:02
  And then he's one that a couple other programs tried to flip as
• 32:06
  well. You'll remember after they got
• 32:08
  that late January commitment from Paris, MD and Michigan
• 32:13
  State came calling and and offered him, but he stayed firm.
• 32:16
  So a couple of nice additions and I think when Iowa State and
• 32:21
  wide receivers that's kind of getting, you know, the words out
• 32:24
  nationally right now with what they've done at that position
• 32:27
  and they're going to get it. They're going to get a lot of
• 32:29
  respect. And I know with that, before we
• 32:32
  moved on to Arm 3 arrivals, it was kind of they were kind of,
• 32:36
  you know, middle of the road like 3 star recruits.
• 32:39
  But I think more eyes on these kids now with more analysts with
• 32:43
  the Arm 3 and Rivals merger. And I think the consensus now,
• 32:47
  they really love those two kids heads out of this.
• 32:50
  ISU class, I'll ask you this. I'm not sure what you know what
• 32:54
  you did after the media days, if you're able to rub elbows.
• 32:57
  I know that you know, Trent and I keep referring to last year
• 32:59
  Big 10 media days when we had that gathering at circle the
• 33:03
  media members and we'd pick their brains, etcetera.
• 33:06
  Any consensus on what kind of you know, the non quote Iowa
• 33:10
  State media, how they feel about the cyclones this year?
• 33:13
  Did you happen to, you know, bump, bump into any other Big 12
• 33:17
  reporters that cover other schools and, you know, get their
• 33:20
  thoughts on on how they see Iowa State?
• 33:23
  Yeah, they I was only down there for one day.
• 33:25
  I had to I had to get back up for some family stuff on
• 33:28
  Wednesday. So just was there the Iowa State
• 33:32
  day. But I think a lot of as far as
• 33:36
  from outsiders go, I think they continue to to be amazed by the
• 33:40
  the work that they've done in this NIL era.
• 33:44
  That one when we had breakouts with the coach, head coach and
• 33:49
  players, Matt faced a lot of questions, I think from the the
• 33:53
  national media, how he's been able to keep it up and and win a
• 33:57
  school record 11 games and what's gone into that.
• 34:00
  So I think that that would probably number one thing right
• 34:04
  there is the coming off of last season, how they do it.
• 34:07
  Rocco back, he went through the the juggernaut last week of
• 34:11
  everybody getting him on a a national scale.
• 34:14
  So I think Rocco also, so even though maybe a little
• 34:18
  underperforming on some of those preseason polls, I talked to him
• 34:21
  a little bit about that and he's got a chip about that, no doubt.
• 34:25
  But yeah, I think the receivers, the injuries that they sustained
• 34:30
  last year, getting past that, losing some guys on the
• 34:34
  defensive side of the ball, I mean that those are kind of
• 34:37
  that's kind of all the buzz I think about Iowa State from an
• 34:40
  outsider's perspective going into this year.
• 34:43
  Keep Ben Bramer in bubble wrap when he's not on the field.
• 34:46
  Yeah, it's so important to the team.
• 34:48
  I mean, 167 catches. I keep bringing it up because
• 34:51
  it's true. Gone from last year's roster so
• 34:54
  somebody's got to pick up some of the slack.
• 34:57
  I think he's got a chance to do it.
• 34:58
  Bill Seals, cyclonereport.com part of on three media.
• 35:02
  He'll have a full recap of T JS availability tomorrow And who
• 35:06
  knows, maybe the youngster from Germany plead will be a part of
• 35:10
  it. We will find out.
• 35:11
  Bill. Thanks for doing this as always.
• 35:13
  We will. Well, we probably won't talk to
• 35:15
  you next week. We're going to be in Las Vegas.
• 35:17
  So maybe we'll double dip you this week at some point.
• 35:20
  Bill Seals. Thanks for jumping on Bill.
• 35:22
  Appreciate it. Thanks guys.
• 35:24
  Have a good one. Yep, good to talk to you, Bill
• 35:25
  Seals. As we check in on Iowa State,
• 35:27
  we'll check in on Trent's play of the day.
• 35:29
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  Miller and Condon, Iowa Sports Radio Network.
• 35:42
  All right, Miller and Condon, welcome back.
• 35:44
  Final couple of minutes here on a Monday Home Run Derby tonight,
• 35:52
  couple of WNBA games. We'll get 2 WNBA games tonight.
• 35:59
  Who you betting in the Derby? I bet Byron Buxton because it's
• 36:02
  a Homer pick, so I'm going to throw 1 you did on him, plus
• 36:06
  875. The price you can find at Circa
• 36:09
  Sports and I'm going to play the hometown guy, Matt Olson also
• 36:14
  plus 875. So we're going to jump on both
• 36:17
  of those guys. I might play around with a few
• 36:19
  other things. Name the finalists and a couple
• 36:21
  of those long shot. They've got that available.
• 36:22
  At Circa, Not at Circa. I haven't seen it.
• 36:25
  I think I saw it at FanDuel. Maybe, if memory serves, they
• 36:28
  had it and maybe dabble in that market and see if we can hit a
• 36:31
  lottery ticket so he can lose it come baseball.
• 36:33
  Yeah, it starts back up right. No WNDA play tonight.
• 36:36
  I didn't love anything Minnesota pretty.
• 36:40
  Big price. Chicago's playing a better if I
• 36:43
  had to. Make a bet you would take the 10
• 36:45
  1/2. I would take the sky.
• 36:46
  They're playing. Maybe they're starting to figure
• 36:49
  it out with that young group. Of course, what they have inside
• 36:51
  with Greece and Cordosa and Van Lithe, yeah.
• 36:54
  Those two should be better, yes. Right, the Valkyries, they're
• 36:59
  laying 2 1/2 against the Mercury tonight.
• 37:01
  I just think it's a good number. Didn't see anything there.
• 37:03
  So I think it's going to be Home Run Derby there.
• 37:05
  Might eventually get a Sky wager in there, but that'll be it.
• 37:10
  Do a quick draft. Who do you want?
• 37:12
  Derby? Rooker.
• 37:13
  Rooker Just. Because I bet him pre season.
• 37:16
  Lead the league runs. And he's not even close.
• 37:18
  Are you going to bet him to win tonight plus 950?
• 37:21
  I don't. Think.
• 37:22
  I mean, what's the odds I can win this thing two years in a
• 37:24
  row? 5050 Either we're will or you
• 37:26
  won't. I'm going to bet I won't, so
• 37:30
  I'll probably I'm not there's. Have an awesome you got buddy in
• 37:33
  there. Babble, I'll put them and
• 37:35
  somebody to him and somebody to win the Super Bowl.
• 37:38
  Oh. Gonna try to get a big.
• 37:39
  Big yeah. Maybe throw the Ravens or the
• 37:41
  Bengals quarterbacks. Good.
• 37:43
  I'm going to watch another cup of episodes of it tonight.
• 37:45
  I think so. I'm going to watch Southpaw.
• 37:47
  It's so good. Watch Southpaw if you if you're
• 37:50
  listening, you didn't hear the beginning of the show.
• 37:53
  Southpaw's so good. I'll do it after baseball
• 37:56
  tonight. SE poke against Des Moines
• 37:57
  Lincoln, sub semifinals 96.9 FM 7:00.
• 38:02
  Good stuff. Well, enjoy that.
• 38:04
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• 38:08
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• 38:12
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