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Dodgers One Away, Jays Fight Back · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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All. Starts right now.
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this episode 577 I'll be your host, Kyle Cord.
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I'm here with my Co host and I resonate.
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Casey, how are we? I, I need to do something.
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I, you know, I'm actually going to, I'm going to roll my seat
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back, OK? I'm, I'm going to, I'm going to
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get down here. I'm going to get down on the
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floor and I, I am, I'm going, I'm going to bow down to the
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Dodgers. I bow down to the Dodgers and
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all things that are Los Angeles. There is no team greater.
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There is no fan base greater. There is no collection of
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athletes better than what we are witnessing for the Los Angeles
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Dodgers right now. The Dodgers will win this World
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Series. The Dodgers will win next year's
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World Series, and quite possibly every other World Series after
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that. How dare you?
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How dare you ever think other than what you just spoke?
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Is that what you clowns want? My goodness, I'm so Murray.
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Is the only Dodger fan I've ever liked.
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I, I, I just can't like I, I, I don't, it doesn't actually upset
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me. I'm obviously I'm being a little
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facetious here. It, this, this whole Dodgers
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thing. I, I know there's others,
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there's other games we got to talk about here, but let's just
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start with Dodgers, Brewers primarily just because I was, I
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was reading through some comments just now before we
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hopped on and boy, I tell you what, the victory laps, man, the
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victory laps. Like, do people do people not
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understand that we're all just guessing?
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Like nobody. I say that I feel like I have to
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say this every year, but for some reason people seem to
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forget at the end of the day, anybody that makes series
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predictions or really any predictions, you're just
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guessing. You don't actually know.
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So for you to hit, hit us up with the how's your predictions
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looking or this aged like milk. It's like it's always, it's
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always funny to me. It's always the people that you
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you don't hear from until after the games are played.
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It's like, well, sure would have loved this, this sort of
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boldness beforehand. But alas, odd to say Dodgers up
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three games to none, one game of win, one win away from the World
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Series, second straight and giving us no reason to believe
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otherwise, that this would be the first repeat since the since
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you were New York Yankees, I, I. We, we knew it after the
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Yamamoto start. I mean, when that was this, when
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you have snow, I said it when you have snow, go 8 strong.
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I said if if Yamamoto follows it up with a deep start and that
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bullpen gets a chance to have some rest and the day off with
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the travel back to LA, I don't think the Brewers can overcome
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that. And sure enough, you saw a very
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strong bullpen performance out of the Dodgers tonight.
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Yeah, I mean, I the last episode I I was like did is this one of
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the best post season starts we've seen like in years,
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meaning Blake Snell start because it what was it?
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He went, was it? 8 and 13, right?
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Yeah. Was it one hit?
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Am I crazy? Is it one hit allowed either way
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given the circumstances? You know, post season, higher
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stakes and all that. One of the best starts I think
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we've seen in in the post season, the recent memory.
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And then Yamamoto comes out and throws A throws ACG like you
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can't you can't come, you can't come back from that.
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When this Dodgers team is clicking on all cylinders the
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way they are, when their bullpen is looking the way like that
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was, that was one of the big question marks like who who you
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going to give the ball to? They specifically in the ninth,
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they figured that out, I guess. One hit 10 KS for snow, by the
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way. It it's, it's insane when this
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team is clicking on all cylinders, there's nothing you
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can do. However, on the flip side,
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Brewers a run a game, a single averaging a single run a game.
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Yeah, it ain't going to work. I understand it's the Dodgers
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and that you you're faced with the somewhat unfortunate task of
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going up against names like Snell, Yamamoto, Glass now, but
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this is the this is the NLCS. You're going to have to figure
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out a way to get a little more creative with your run
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manufacturing because this is not going to cut it.
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And I hate to say it, it's over. Just going to go ahead and say
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it's over. There's not really any excuses.
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Like I get you can tip your cap to good pitching performances,
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but the reality is like it's the post season, like it, it's not
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going to matter. You know what I mean?
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Like you're you're going to face good pitching, like you have to
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kind of fight your way through it.
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You got to try and figure it out.
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There's no excuse and you got to be able to pick yourself up off
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the mat. I mean, I get losing 2 at home
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is is a tough one to swallow, but like, you got to win out,
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man. You got to win out.
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It's not it's not happening. It's just not happening.
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If, if they if it was, I mean, you know, bias playing into it
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here for sure. I just don't believe that we're,
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we're going to see it'll happen eventually, but I'm never, I am
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never going to pencil in a team to come back down three games to
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none. Will it happen eventually?
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Sure. But until I see it happen again,
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I'm never going, no matter who it is.
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I'm not going to pencil in a team that's down three games to
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none. However, even more so, I'm most
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certainly not going to pencil in the Brewers as a team that can
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come back three-game down three games to none when you're going
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up against this Dodgers team and this and this era of Dodgers
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team. Yeah.
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Is Abner your rebate their only reliever?
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I feel like every time I'm watching a Brewers game, if a
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starter isn't in, Abner is just biting the bullet for the for
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the Crew. Well, when you when you, what
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was it game one when you had the question mark, you're like, I
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don't know if I if I agreed with that move and to which I said.
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I thought he was closing down their games.
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I thought he was their closer. Now he's just in all the time.
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Well, he's he's he's their high leverage guy.
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They haven't exactly had maybe the high leverage situations
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that have favored their side. But if if they if Pat Murphy
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feels he's one of their better options and high leverage
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situations and you're scratching and clawing for everything you
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can get in this series, you're probably going to see him more
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often than not. So I mean, have you have you
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sort of shown your hand in that regard like it I mean, you've
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given you've given some of these some of these Dodgers hitters
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multiple looks at them now. So I.
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Mean that's what I was saying. That's what you're done.
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You know what I mean? Like at a certain point, like I
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get, I get being a stopper, I get being a high leverage guy,
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but like I don't know it's going to come down in the offense.
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Like that's that's the biggest part to this.
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You know, when I get back-to-back dominant
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performances, but it's like you got to do something, you got to
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pull up something together. You want to hear something
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crazy? I let me find this note and
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they're not working the count. Like if you let back-to-back
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starters in today's game, go 8 plus on you like it.
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It's just you got to work account like you got to I don't
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know whatever. I don't know ball.
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I don't know why I even try to speak on it.
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I'm an idiot. The Dodgers are the greatest
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thing to ever exist. This is the greatest team to
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ever this. This Dodger team would beat The
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Avengers. This Dodger team, I feel like
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all Dodgers fans are Avenger fans.
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Is it? Do you feel that way as well?
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Do they just all love Marvel? Yeah, no disrespect.
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Big, big film industry out there in LA, but a lot of movies being
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made, I'll say it, hot take, Marvel sucks.
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I'm I'm just OK. Well, we're not on the
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superheroes. We're not going down this road.
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Stop. We're not going down this road.
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40. 5 movies later, we're not going down this road.
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Can I, can I get to my Can I get to my point?
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Well, actually before I. Excited about it?
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Stop before I get to my point talking about and you and I have
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talked about it maybe even like in our in our live stream the
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other night or last night. Props to Dave Roberts for I mean
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has doesn't appear as though he's had too much of A of a a
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difficult task ahead of him in this series just because the
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Brewers have all but laid over or, you know, late rolled over.
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But with with letting guys go, giving guys their moments, their
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opportunities to, you know, do what they do.
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I feel like he's he's, he's done that well.
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And maybe he's, he's giving a little bit more of the reins
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this time around and, and it's, it's working out for him.
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I don't know, maybe maybe I'm overthinking it just because I'm
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trying to give credit here, but maybe it's less about him and
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just more about how bad the Brewers have been playing.
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I don't know but. It's probably a combination.
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Probably a combination of both, But you mentioned the offense
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for the Brewers. I saw this note earlier tonight.
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This is crazy. Christian Yelich hit a run
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scoring double in game one of the 2018 NLCS.
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In the 25 postseason games he's played since, how many runs do
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you think he's driven in 25 games?
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25 games just on the. Phrasing of the question.
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I'll give him 50. Oh.
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My. Christian Yelich has had 0 RBIs
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since his run, scoring double in game one of the 2018 MLCS.
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And I understand they're, we're at this weird, we're at this
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weird juncture where it's like, well, you know, the fact that
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you're getting anything from Yelich at this point, given the
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way his career's gone, like anything should be considered a
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bonus. But it's like, no, I feel like
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Christian Yelich over the last, you know, couple seasons has
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earned himself the dignity that I feel is owed to him to be
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like, no, we can expect contributions out of this guy.
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Is that fair to say? Like I'm not just going to be
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like, no, you're, you're, you're immune to this conversation that
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you're like anything you can get anything you can offer
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offensively as a plus, you're, you're off to the side.
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Let's look at the rest of these guys.
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Like no, you're sorry, Christian, you're, you're in
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this mix too. Like you, you need to be held
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responsible. And that's sort of like a
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backhanded compliment. Like I'm saying, like I'm I, I
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do expect more out of you, you know, I don't know.
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I think it's very difficult. The way pitchers can reinvent
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themselves is interesting. I just, it's I think it's almost
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impossible for hitters to be able to do that.
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You know, and not like we're talking about like an all time
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great power hitter by any means, but just these these injuries
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and the surgeries and the time out and like I, I don't even
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want to pull numbers, but I feel like we were kind of excited of
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like him somewhat turning it around, but it still isn't like
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up to par. It's just.
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But up to par enough that, like I said, we, it's fair of us
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Brewers fans, baseball fans have the expectation that he's going
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to contribute offensively and he just hasn't.
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I mean, nobody in this line up has has really done much again
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because they're averaging to run a game.
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And that's what sucks, man, because like we came into this
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series excited for the way they play ball, excited for the way
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they're able to score runs. Solid ball club, obviously one
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of the best teams in baseball this year.
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And it's just like to fall on your on your face, like it's
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such a flat performance. It's hard to watch.
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It sucks. And like I I was excited to see
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a Dodger team that's going to come in and just be like, we're
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going to do it our way and almost just did the complete
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opposite. And I was hoping for true
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competition. I was hoping for like, hey, you
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guys can bop. But like watch us do it our way
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and they're not doing anything. I wouldn't line up.
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Is showing up. Eyes, I mean, talking about
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manufacturing runs or at least giving yourself the chance.
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I saw a tweet from our guy, your guy Justin Havens yesterday, or
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maybe it was earlier today. Coming into the game.
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Yeah, entering Game 3. And I don't know how this note
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is adjusted based on how game three went.
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Can't imagine being too much different.
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But entering Game 3, the Brewers did not register a single plate
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appearance with a runner in scoring position off of Dodgers
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starting pitcher. So.
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I'm going to cut it. So they're not even giving
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themselves the like. Not only are they not scoring
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runs, they're not even giving themselves the chance.
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And they're, I mean, I would, I'm curious to see how many
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walks. Well, based on that it can't be
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can't be much. All right, let's see.
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But we had three walks in game one for the Brewers.
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We had one walk in Game 2 for the Brewers.
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We had three walks in Game 3. It's a 7 / 3 games.
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Yeah, and all those three walks were against Glass now, by the
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way. And I talked about how the
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bullpen for the Dodgers, like if they had rest, no walks.
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Vesia tonight trying and Banda Roki Sasaki.
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They gave up one hit the rest of the game tonight.
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The bullpen. No walks, one hit.
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I mean, that was to your point, that was the most predictable
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outcome we could have. We could have expected tonight,
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the bullpen just coming in and and mopping up because of the
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rest. Basically three days off, 4 days
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off so stupid man. Look, I don't I but no let's
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starting pitching isn't that big of a deal.
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It's not that important. Crazy dude.
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This is the recipe to winning I. If, if it was, if that was, and
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if it was inevitable that the Dodgers were just going to March
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their way to the World Series again, I just would have at
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least hoped for a more competitive series.
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Yeah, I know. This is the biggest non series
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we've seen in some time. Like this isn't even remotely
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close. And I'm not trying to, you know,
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blow this out of proportion, but like, we're not talking about
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some Cinderella team that just backed their way into it.
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Like you said, the Brewers were one of the best teams, if not
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the best team in baseball this year.
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And this is what we're getting from you one step short of the
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World Series. And and I'm the Dodgers are just
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really good. Like, I get it.
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I hate to say what they I mean, they kind of they lucked out
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with the Phillies series ending that way.
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I'm just going to say that. And like I said, I don't know
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how that could have gone. But like it does change things
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of how that ended and then how the Brewers are basically just
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laying down for you. It's just this is kind of a joke
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of a road so far in the Reds. By the way, you got the Reds and
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the wild Carter. Like, come on, I was hoping the
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Brewers would just give them a little bit of a run for their
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money. Like it the baseball fan in me
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wanted them to to do it their way to show that like there's
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multiple ways to win a game. Then now you seem like an idiot
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if if that's something that you supported, because it's just
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like, no, the Dodger way is the best way.
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It's like. I'm like, I'm not even, I know,
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I kind of, we kind of jumped, jumped out of the gate with,
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with being a little facetious about Dodgers fans.
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But look, I get it. I'm, I'm not, I'm not upset for
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the people dancing on the grave of our series prediction pigs.
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I, I, I would do the same thing because I, I have to imagine if
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you're a Dodgers fan. 95% of your existence as a Dodger fan
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is probably having to fight back against people that are
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constantly telling you how much they can't stand you and your
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team. So I get it.
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I I get it when Dodgers fans are a little extra chirpy in the
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comments, or they're, like I said, they're running victory
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laps or they're dancing on the graves of serious prediction
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graphics. I get it.
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Time they're the same fans that were miserable about their team
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that we're like we're choking it and and worried about the last
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few months and just play it like they're they're just as
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critical. That's what I'm saying.
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That's that's what's annoying, is that like if you say these
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things to a Dodger fan about the overall 2025 season coming into
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the postseason, they'd be like, yeah, I kind of agree with you.
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This ain't it. Like that.
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They're not that impressive this year.
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And then they're just like, flip the script, you know what I'm
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saying? And just be like, you're a loser
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forever thinking, you know, it's like, OK.
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Most Dodger fans were just as miserable watching their team
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struggle this year. No, I mean, I I think there's AI
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think there's a happy medium. I think you, like any rational
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Dodgers fan, you would be able to have that conversation with
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and be like, look, these are the XY and Z are the reasons why I
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think that maybe this isn't the year.
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And I feel like they were very valid reasons, particularly this
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year. Yeah, but I get it.
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On the other hand, when you put pen to pay the proverbial pen to
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paper and you say I'm taking the Brewers in this series, then
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it's like, OK, you, you maybe felt a certain way about reasons
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XY and Z as to why you didn't think the Dodgers could do it.
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But you're really putting your money where your mouth is when
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you pick the Brewers. So just sit tight and wait for
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the Dodgers to do what they're inevitably going to do.
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And that's why they're taking their victory laps right now.
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They're up three games to none, one went away from their second
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consecutive World Series and I'd be running laps too if I were
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them. Whatever.
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Enough about that. Let's go.
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Let's. Play better, just at least make
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it competitive. I just want to watch a good ball
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game. It's what did I say?
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They were at home this year in the regular, so it was like 51
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and 29. The Dodger.
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I have no reason to believe this thing is extending a single game
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beyond what's necessary. Give me a good ball game. 52 and
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29 at home this year. Math let you down for a SEC.
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True. Yeah, wasn't even thinking about
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that. Yeah.
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I almost kind of forgot for a second that, yeah, it's all
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right, it's all right, it happens, It's late.
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It is late. It's late.
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You've been up longer than I have today moving over to the
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American League. I mean, it's no look,
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objectively, this has just been a better series, just given the
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fact that the series is tied to two.
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But somehow, and this is somehow the games individually, they
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Yeah, like this isn't, this isn't us complaining.
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It's just it's an observation. Like the games just haven't been
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great. Like if you're a fan of the Blue
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Jays, last two games have been fantastic.
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If you're a fan of the Mariners first two games, we're
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fantastic. So here we are with a tied
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series, two games of 2 after Toronto's eight to two win
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tonight. But if you look at each
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individual game, they're just also not very competitive.
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So it's like could. We just name.
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Game for the last. 3rd of the game yesterday exactly.
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We played the chain. Nothing to talk about the chain
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name game. I think it was actually it was
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close to like an hour and a half.
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I went back and checked. I think it we were pushed like
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an hour and a half with that, but.
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Yeah, it was. Y'all still watch by the way, so
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shame on you. What's that say about you?
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Says more about you guys than it does US.
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No, I'm just kidding. We love having you all on the
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chat, hanging out with us during our live streams.
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Yeah, man, I like, I love the fireworks element of it.
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The fact that we're just seeing bop after bop.
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And it's not just from, you know, 789 like we're seeing
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Vladdy, we're seeing Julio, guys like that.
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We're seeing star homers from star player, star caliber
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players. This it does seem like they got
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a chance to wake up and I don't know what it was.
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Maybe it was the trip, maybe it was the length of the flight.
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I don't I don't know, but they figured it out.
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And you're right, like their their lineup is showing up.
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They're doing it on all facets, even on the defense too.
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Even on the bump star of the show tonight was 41 year old Max
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Scherzer, which I'm sure we've all seen the run in with John
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Schneider on the bump tonight. That was that was fantastic.
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Did you hear didn't like that? Did you hear?
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No. Did you hear what they said on
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the broadcast it. Was on mute for me.
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They apparently, I'm sure it was a little tongue in cheek, but
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apparently they got to Schneider during the game and got a little
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a little Q&A from him about it. And he said, I've been waiting
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for that all season. So honestly, I'd have a hard
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time believing that he didn't like it.
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I I bet you he was kind of hoping for that.
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Like just make my job easier, man.
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Like don't make me make me go back to the dugout so I don't
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have to make this decision because you got to think a
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manager that gets gets yelled at like that.
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It's very infrequent. We've only seen it a handful of
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times. Saying I get what you're saying.
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I get what you're saying. He was at like 73 pitches and I
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know it's his first start in a month plus, but like he's at 73
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pitches to a Hall of Famer. Like I don't know how to, I
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don't know what lens I want to look at it.
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Like, are you trying to do, are you trying to get this out of
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him? If so, you're a genius.
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Are you legitimately wanting to go to the bullpen in that
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moment? Oh, so your question in the
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motivation for coming out in the first place?
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Yeah, like, I don't really truly understand it.
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Like it he's up five and had a guy on 1st.
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Hey, nothing, nothing wrong with the little little firing up the.
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Boys, I Maybe that's what it was and it had to be.
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If that's the case, fine. But when Scherzer's walking back
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and yells at him again, when he's writing in his in his notes
27:42
and Schneider doesn't even look up, I'm like, I don't know, It's
27:49
hard to say. I I probably lean towards the
27:53
side of giving him the credit of doing it on purpose, but then at
27:58
the same time I'm just like, I if is that what it is, that all
28:02
it takes the Scherzer just feel straight up disrespect.
28:07
It's like, bro, this is arguably one of my final postseason
28:11
starts. I'm at 73 pitches and I'm
28:17
dicing. Why are you here?
28:20
Like it? It was 5/2 at that point.
28:23
I think it was They're only. 5/1.
28:26
Was it 5? Well, he ended up giving up. 2/5
28:29
or 6/1? He gave up two and I don't think
28:32
he gave up anything after that mound visit.
28:34
So I I think it was 5/2. I don't know.
28:39
Either way, there was the lead was fine.
28:41
Well, no, but that's what I'm saying.
28:43
If it five one versus 52, if it's 5/2, I could to your point
28:50
about was it just a fire up the boys or was it a legitimate
28:54
concern? I could, I could understand
28:56
where he'd be coming from. If, if you're dealing with Max
28:59
Scherzer of all guys, which you know, we've seen him, if he, if
29:03
he, if he gets hung up on something, it could snowball
29:07
real quick. So maybe he was coming out there
29:11
thinking like, maybe, maybe we do make a change here so we can
29:15
keep this lead intact and we don't let this thing just
29:18
crumble before our very eyes. But like knowing Max Scherzer,
29:23
you, you're not calling to the pen on your way to the mound.
29:27
You made it all the way to the mound to see what he has to say.
29:31
What do you think of Max Scherzer where 73 pitches is
29:34
going to say? You know what I mean?
29:40
I, I think he knew that. I think he knew what was going
29:43
to happen. So I think you're right.
29:45
I think it, it probably fired him up.
29:47
It fired the boys probably something to to build off of
29:51
moving forward because that's what they need.
29:54
They need starting depth. That's I mean, that's what's
29:57
going to keep this Blue Jays team rolling.
30:00
His depth in the in the rotation.
30:05
Yeah. Who are you laughing at?
30:08
I can't share it, it's not appropriate.
30:10
But I saw there's this meme. I I was looking up some Max
30:16
Serger stuff and it's this picture just of this psycho and
30:24
it says he's just screaming and he's like, give me harder
30:27
battles. And then it's a picture of Jesus
30:29
and he's like WTF? That's just so funny.
30:33
The psycho face is hilarious actually.
30:39
You got to see it. Let me throw this up here.
30:44
I. Thought he just said it was
30:45
inappropriate. No, no, no, just the the, the
30:49
psycho part, like that kind of that kind of wash yours when
31:00
Schneider came out there. Dude, yeah, he's, he's an
31:05
interesting cat man. I wouldn't want to mess with
31:07
him. Crazy, but I wouldn't.
31:09
Mess with him, but I mean, look, props, props around, props for
31:17
you're having your first start in a month plus on the road.
31:21
I'm I that's crazy. I I forgot that that was a
31:24
thing. I don't think I said September
31:27
6th, September 9th, something like that.
31:29
Yeah, I completely forgot that he had been on the shelf for
31:32
that long. Being 41 years old, you know
31:39
it's a big deal. Was it weird that more pitchers
31:45
don't do that? No, I think, I think it happens
31:52
enough at exactly the appropriate amount.
31:55
And it only happens from, well, maybe not every single time
31:59
'cause I think there are some instances where it's like shut
32:01
up. Like if it's a Carlos Rodin,
32:04
it's like shut up, shut up. The same that came to mind.
32:06
It was like, you haven't earned that shut up.
32:08
Yeah. So I can't say I can't.
32:10
It's not 100% success rate, but I think, I think we this is not
32:15
a thing that's become over saturated.
32:17
This not a thing it's become watered down, fortunately,
32:20
because if it did, then it would lose.
32:21
It's it's lose. I mean, lose it's magic.
32:24
Like, my favorite one is the Mike Mussina one.
32:27
Yelling at you, Tori. That's a great 1.
32:28
And that's pushing how long? 25 years ago.
32:32
Yeah. Like where he's pointing at him.
32:36
Joe just immediately takes a step backward.
32:39
Like that's, yeah, that's about it.
32:42
There's not too many circumstances where it goes
32:44
down. Who?
32:49
Who are some others that I was thinking of?
32:53
Also, that's more, that's a better move at home, by the way,
32:57
if that happened at the Roger Center.
33:01
Oh. Yeah, dude, that would have, oh,
33:04
that would have melted faces. That would have just been
33:07
unbelievable. Trying to think which did
33:10
Schilling do it? There's some others, but yeah,
33:12
that to answer your question, I think, I think it happens at
33:17
just the appropriate amount. Fair enough.
33:22
But yeah, man, this Blue Jays offense the last two nights,
33:25
holy cow. Comes in bunches.
33:29
I don't understand what like what switched what what, you
33:35
know, like what flipped be honest, like myself included.
33:42
There are people out there that try to overanalyze dissects, you
33:48
know, like, oh, was there like a, was there a, a, a hitters
33:53
only meeting? And you know, they made a, a
33:55
philosophical switch after game two.
33:58
It's like, no, sometimes it's your hitting coach coming in and
34:03
and sitting everybody down and be like, you all suck and
34:06
everybody out there thinks you all suck.
34:08
How about you give me, how about you give our fans a reason to
34:11
think otherwise? And they just look at they
34:13
sometimes you just look around the locker room, the clubhouse
34:16
and go, it's on us now. Like, no, more like if, if we
34:20
want a chance at a World Series, it kind of falls on us and that
34:24
sometimes that's all it takes it.
34:26
Brings it to a point, because I am curious of like if I'll fall
34:31
trap to those, I'll fall trap to those reports of like, I like
34:39
hearing those things. I like hearing that if, if a
34:42
coach does say something because like how often do we hear
34:48
managers or coaches being like, they know, they know the, you
34:51
know what I mean? Like they know, they know the
34:53
pressure of this. They know of course they know
34:55
that everyone knows that, but it still takes that whatever that
35:01
word is, and it could be the exact opposite.
35:03
It doesn't have to be hey, everyone thinks you suck.
35:07
It doesn't have to be the hey, the whole world's against us,
35:10
you know, hype talk it it could be you mean it could be funny,
35:17
you'd be weird, you know what I mean?
35:20
It's the it's the golden thong. It's the throwing the bats in
35:24
the clubhouse. It's the, you know, is it anger?
35:28
Is it funny? Is it like something to just
35:30
kind of switch it up to where it's either you got to lock in
35:35
or you got to relax? Yeah, yeah, the the humor is is
35:39
equally a factor as much of a factor here because sometimes
35:42
you. Sometimes that works.
35:44
Yeah, like in pressure situations in this game.
35:47
And you, you can press and you, I mean, pardon my French, but
35:52
your butt hole can get a little tight.
35:53
And so sometimes it takes a manager.
35:56
A tight sphincter. Yeah, sometimes it takes the
36:00
manager coming in and being like, you'll need to chill out,
36:03
like go, go watch a, a, a comedy or something.
36:10
Like take a take a mental break, step away from from what's going
36:15
on right now and just hit the reset button and we'll come back
36:19
tomorrow and we'll be right back on track.
36:22
Yeah, and that's, I mean, that's probably more common than people
36:26
realize it. I would say it's more common
36:28
than the opposite because it's not a entirely physical game,
36:33
right. Like it it's it's so mental, you
36:37
know, you look at football and it's like, all right, I just
36:40
kicked in a new gear and now I'm stronger, faster and I'm more
36:44
motivated. You know what I mean?
36:45
Like I can I can find that extra gear.
36:48
I can blow up this offensive lineman to get to the
36:50
quarterback. Like there's that extra umph
36:55
that you can sometimes have baseball still baseball if you
36:58
come in with that more often than not, it's not going to
37:00
work. You can't be this bull in a
37:01
China shop. I'll run through everybody
37:04
mentality like it just sometimes it works.
37:06
But like more often than not, this game is too mental to be
37:09
that way. So it's like, yo, let's just
37:11
chill. Let's just relax.
37:13
Let's do something weird. Let's watch a movie in the
37:16
clubhouse. Let's play video games.
37:18
Let's like I love hearing those weird funky stories.
37:21
Let's play funny music. You know what I mean?
37:24
Someone play some Hannah Montana and loosen it up in here.
37:27
Shout out best of both worlds. I mean.
37:32
I mean, I could name the hits all day.
37:33
That would get me to chill. That would get me to chill out.
37:41
I don't know if they're still doing the same thing, but they
37:45
said in during the Yankees series that Schneider was only
37:48
bringing one hat because he changes his hats after losses.
37:54
And I asked the question. I wondered if they got special
37:59
permission, permission to for the for the baby Blues.
38:04
Maybe there's something with that did that, you know what I
38:06
mean? Like this special hat, like they
38:08
have their each team has their thing.
38:10
So who knows what got him into gear.
38:13
Also not in a hitter's ballpark, by the way.
38:16
And I know that we see we see some wall scrapers.
38:18
We're like, man, I don't know if that's a home run everywhere.
38:21
It's not a particularly big ballpark.
38:23
It's just it doesn't play to that size.
38:27
I mean, how many times did we hit this on the live stream last
38:30
night? Too many crazy.
38:35
I mean, they're it was crazy and they kept it up tonight, man.
38:39
I mean, even even the ball that like Vladdy hit, I think was was
38:44
sort of a wall scraper but. Yeah, I wonder, right?
38:47
Still, still putting it out, man in a in a challenging park to
38:51
hit in. But you got to think going back
38:53
to the Jersey thing, you got to think that if they're able to
38:58
win their third in a row, go up three games to two, obviously
39:04
assuming they're they're still wearing the Blues tomorrow, you
39:06
got to think Game 6 back in Toronto.
39:09
Yeah, you got it right. I don't hate to play.
39:16
I mean, you'd have no choice. You'd have to if obviously with
39:22
the with the caveat that they adopt to that version of
39:25
superstition. Maybe maybe they don't, but I I
39:28
feel like they. Would uniforms.
39:29
They have great uniforms. They have really good uniforms.
39:34
I don't think they get talked about enough.
39:37
You got to keep, you got to stick with what's working.
39:40
And right now these Blues are working.
39:42
So just something to think about.
39:46
Not a sermon, just a thought. Who's who's probable is
39:50
tomorrow. We got I saw it today.
39:57
Was it? Gossman and Bryce Miller back to
39:59
the top. Bryce Miller.
40:00
Yeah, that's the one I saw earlier.
40:02
Yep, Yep, Yep. Man, oh man.
40:10
What's? Up, Mariners.
40:11
Time to show up, man. Yeah, time to time to show up at
40:14
home like this is could be your last home game.
40:20
I mean, look, I, I feel like the tone of this, you know, part of
40:25
the pod tonight where we're talking to ALCSI feel like a lot
40:28
of the tone has understandably favored the Blue Jays just given
40:33
the recency here. But I'm not in, in no way shape
40:38
or form of my writing off the Mariners here.
40:40
Like no no no this could this could easily go 7.
40:46
No, Yeah, yeah. I'm going to need especially I
40:50
did. The way what we saw at the Tiger
40:53
series and and how we have seen the lows with the Blue Jays,
40:58
like the lows can can come and get you every once in a while.
41:01
So yeah, yeah, I could see that series going long.
41:05
I'm just needing like, I need other names to start showing up.
41:09
Like, it's neat. Jorge Polanco is doing his
41:11
thing. It's cool.
41:14
It's not an expected name, but like yo, Josh Naylor Gino, come
41:20
on now. On on the Mariners side, on the
41:24
Brewers. On the Blue Jays side, though,
41:27
you got guys like Andres Jimenez back-to-back.
41:31
Game rolling, yeah. That's what I'm saying,
41:33
back-to-back games, having some moments.
41:34
It's cool to see guys like like him sort of showing out in the,
41:38
you know, fill in the fill in the voids or fill in the gaps, I
41:43
should say, between guys like Vladdy and and Springer and
41:47
things like that. Addison Barger having having
41:49
some moments as well, making some plays out and and write
41:53
some great plays and write. Josh Naylor getting hosed.
41:57
Yeah, that too. Pissed me off dude.
42:01
So sick of seeing that. You know, if people want to sit
42:05
here and say if you know what, I'll even shout him out.
42:10
Who was that guy that I was talking?
42:12
I was talking about Dave Norwood.
42:16
Dave Norwood on our LCS predictions graphic.
42:21
Called a stupid. He said he said three and O take
42:28
you suck dodge. They was giving me Michael Scott
42:32
vibes when what was that scene? Oh, he was he was roasting
42:40
everybody in the office. He's like he's like Jim, you
42:43
suck. Gumby has a better body than
42:46
you. Boom, roasted.
42:48
I was reading I was reading this comment in that in that tone
42:52
where Dave Dave Norwood shot him out and he says 3 no take you
42:56
suck. Dodgers sweep Friday at home.
42:58
You're dismissed. Get a new line of work.
43:00
You have no clue about baseball. And I know we just got done
43:02
talking Blue Jays, Mariners, and that was about that comment was
43:05
about Dodgers, Brewers. But it speaks to what I was
43:09
about to say and that if people can sit there and say that stuff
43:14
all they want, well, you, you don't know which teams to pick.
43:18
You don't know ball. Go, go ahead.
43:21
Go ahead and say that for all of eternity.
43:25
But I and I may not know who to pick for the LCS, but what I can
43:33
tell you is that I understand the fundamentals of baseball and
43:37
when I see. Hosed at third with two outs.
43:40
Should not be getting hosed at third with two outs they teach.
43:44
This in. Little League.
43:46
Yeah, again, another instance of a run.
43:49
Oh, down, just missing, not counting.
43:54
Like he was lucky the run got in.
43:57
You're down South. I may not know who to pick in
43:59
the LCS, like I said, but I know not to get thrown out of third
44:04
with two outs. I know I, I understand the
44:07
fundamentals of baseball. I can, I can, we can talk that
44:09
all day and we we don't we don't need to go down this rabbit hole
44:12
with baseball IQ and at the Major League level, I feel like
44:16
is at an all time low. It's horrendous, but we move
44:21
forward. Who going to go ahead and say
44:28
you've got Dodgers in four at this point?
44:32
Oh, that was borderline a rod. Did you catch that?
44:35
Dodgers Dodgers in four. We have.
44:45
Does it matter or I know you're looking up the?
44:47
Problem. Oh, she's pitching.
44:48
Does it matter? So Dodgers and four, it's
44:54
Peralta. No, no, not Peralta.
44:59
Who is it? I saw it earlier.
45:02
Is it listed? No, undecided.
45:06
Maybe it's just projection. I thought I saw a name, I can't
45:08
remember who it. Was for the whole team in the
45:11
clubby out there, yeah. See what works.
45:17
So Dodger and four, I mean, honestly, does it really, would
45:24
it really matter if you knew the Brewers were thrown out there?
45:26
Doesn't really matter. I mean, I'm I'll give the
45:28
Brewers the game tomorrow. I think they win tomorrow
45:30
because I don't think you get a ton of length out of show.
45:34
Hey. But you've got to raise a pen.
45:38
And getting the chance to see that pen tonight, you know, like
45:42
you got to see four of those arms tonight.
45:45
I think they I think they get into it a little late, but it's
45:48
going to come down to, you know, they, they've kind of held the
45:52
offense at Bay, you know, they've held the Dodgers offense
45:54
at Bay. It's just you got to be able to
45:57
respond. So I'll give the Brewers their
45:59
their one tomorrow. I can't I after what I've seen I
46:09
I just can't. I get it.
46:11
And I'm tired. I'm, I'm not, I'm not going to
46:13
subject myself to the the backlash from Dodgers fans.
46:19
Oh, heard you on the pod saying it would go 5.
46:22
What an idiot. So, Dodger.
46:25
You know what? Dodgers in four.
46:26
Honestly, Dodgers in three. Maybe the Brewers wake up
46:28
tomorrow. They say we're good.
46:30
We don't. We'll just we'll we'll make our
46:32
way home. Don't worry about us.
46:35
We'll see you in 2026. Yeah.
46:38
I think that's the only acceptable answer.
46:40
The Dodgers fans will. See the only thing?
46:43
How about the? How about the remainder of this
46:46
ALCS? Where how you feeling about
46:48
that? I don't even know, dude.
46:52
I don't even know. I mean.
46:56
It is interesting, I will say as you as you ponder the momentum
47:01
swings have have come in in, in pairs.
47:04
It it's not just like a, it's not like we're exchanging blows
47:08
here. It's like, no, we're Mariners
47:10
going to jump out two games and then here come the Blue Jays
47:14
swinging it back the other way. That's, I mean in A7 game series
47:17
That's it makes it tough to forecast the rest of the series
47:22
I feel like. Yeah, yeah.
47:25
I don't know. I really don't.
47:28
I mean, let's just keep the trend going.
47:30
We'll just say the away team keeps winning.
47:33
Yeah, there's only there's been one home win this in either
47:37
series, and it was the Dodgers tonight.
47:38
Yeah, I'll take the I'll take the Blue Jays winning the last
47:42
game in Seattle back to the Rogers Centre.
47:47
I think it goes seven. I think the Blue Jays take it in
47:51
seven. So.
47:54
You're going Jays, Mariners, Jays.
47:59
Yeah. You said Jason 7.
48:03
Right, yeah, the mayor, I mean, I'm switching it up.
48:05
I mean, I was I initially had the the the Mariners taking it.
48:10
I don't know, it's just their offense.
48:11
It's not doing it for me. Like I don't get me wrong, I
48:17
think I think Blue Jays pitching is solid, but it's they're not
48:23
great. I wouldn't say they're a top
48:26
five staff in all of baseball and like they're, I don't know.
48:33
You don't need to though when when you're putting up. 2000%
48:37
what was it, 100% right? 21 runs over the last two.
48:40
Games, you're not wrong at all, it's just I'm disappointed in
48:44
the Mariners offense like that. That line up has to get longer
48:48
fast. Especially at home like I just,
48:51
I was, I was really hoping for the T-Mobile effect here, but it
48:54
just has not mattered at all. I know the rally shoes lost its
48:59
luster. Backed.
49:02
Yeah, fix it. close the roof. close the roof, get loud.
49:11
Possibly, possibly last game. You got you mean joking aside,
49:16
you got to think that's a conversation that they're having
49:18
being like all right, like we need to switch up the vibes here
49:20
like what are what are what are controllables here?
49:24
Well, enclose. The roof and you also got to
49:26
remember it's like it's it's 22. I know losing back-to-back
49:29
games, it feels like it's miserable, but like look what
49:32
the other team just did. They lost back-to-back games and
49:34
now they're back in it. It's not over.
49:38
Get it going. If you're the Mariner, send
49:40
yourself back to Toronto on a happy flight.
49:42
Take Game 5. Be huge, be huge.
49:49
If the roof is closed, I might switch my votes.
49:52
That's fair. It's a big factor for me.
49:54
It's a game time decision then I won't hold you to it.
49:57
I appreciate that we'll. Wait and see.
49:58
That's a valid concern, valid observation that you're wanting
50:04
to make. Thanks.
50:05
I'm with it. All right, there you have it.
50:07
They're the rest of the predictions for the rest of the
50:10
series. I guess next time you'll hear
50:14
from us. Well, we'll see I guess.
50:19
Maybe. Maybe one more check in maybe
50:23
possibly, but otherwise. These blowouts continue.
50:30
Yeah, we'll see. We shall see if the.
50:36
Dodgers. I mean the Dodgers are in prime
50:40
position if they get their series over and done with and
50:43
get to chill. Prime position.
50:52
Unbelievable. Yeah, on that note, real quick
50:57
there, it's different getting getting some down time when
51:03
you've already played three series worth of high leverage
51:07
baseball. Yeah, not pre playoffs.
51:11
Correct. Yeah, that there's a huge
51:13
difference there. So I'm with you, if the Dodgers
51:16
can can sew this thing up and rest even more specifically that
51:24
staff. Yeah.
51:26
Good luck. All right well, we'll we'll
51:32
we'll be playing some live streams coming up soon.
51:35
We're we're not done with those yet.
51:36
We'll. Get some World Series ones,
51:38
yeah. For sure we'll we'll get
51:41
something lined up for that. So keep an eye out for that.
51:43
But otherwise good, good, good chat.
51:49
That's all I got. Don't go chasing curveballs we
51:52
love. You all as always, looking
51:53
forward to talking more baseball with you guys soon.
51:55
Until next time, stay filthy.