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399. Answerbacks Tie It Up · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Three O Take
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presented by C Keith. This is episode 399.
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I'll be your host, Kyle Cord. And I'm here with my Co host
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Nate Reyes and Nate. Hello.
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Hello. I hate the Diamondbacks.
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You hate them. I'm just going to come right out
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and say it. It's not for the reasons that
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you would think. I don't actually have anything
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against the D backs. See.
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Don't hate them. No, I do, but not actually.
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But I do, and I'll tell you why. OK, for selfish reasons.
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OK, we mapped it out like an episode or two ago.
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Maybe three, possibly four. Ah yes, that we were going to
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finish the year, finish the season with episode 400.
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Yes, having picked the Rangers myself, thinking that they would
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make light work of the the D backs, they win the first game,
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I said OK, we're right on track here.
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And then the D backs come out and just put a good old
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fashioned Smackin sure did on the Rangers in game two, which
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now means technically my prediction.
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Still, I mean, we're still within the realm of possibility
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there. Rangers in five.
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That's what I did say. I said 6:00, so I think we're,
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yeah, I just didn't. I wish they would have broken up
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the wins a little more efficiently now because the odds
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of them went in three straight and then us being able to end
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the season with episode 4. Or recap the the finale of the
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World Series with episode 400. The chances of that are pretty
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slim now. Yeah, because now we've got for
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the whole thing. That's kind of what I was
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thinking, because otherwise I feel like we're going to have
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this weird, like, all right 30. Minute episode that has nothing
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to do with four recap in one game like game six or seven or
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something. I don't know.
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So all that to say, not the biggest fan of the Rangers right
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now. They should have just rolled
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over and died. We could just get the heck out
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of here in like 10 minutes and then just say this is 399.5 or
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you know, the next one B .5. This one's a half a one.
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I don't know. Could get creative.
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We could a could milk it. 399A and then we toss in A-399-B and
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then round it out 400. There you go.
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I'll have to say, though, game one, let's just let's go through
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the first two games here, checking in two games in game
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one. I think you said it right
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before. We hopped on the best game of
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the postseason thus far, and I would have to agree.
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Yeah, it's not close, Not close Back in, I mean, I was trying, I
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was trying to think of what the, what number two would be.
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And the fact that I have to think about it tells you where
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this postseason's been. Yeah, maybe the.
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I don't know. I couldn't even tell you.
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Maybe the Diamondbacks walk off, the walk off.
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Yeah, they hit a little walk off bloop single.
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Remember that? Which series?
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They were hosting, oh, the Phillies series.
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Pretty sure it was against the Phillies, yeah.
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Yeah. Like game three-game four, maybe
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Game 3-4. Yeah.
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Yeah, that's right. I remember now.
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OK Yeah, I'm. Yeah, Yeah, yeah.
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But even then it's like even then it's like barely 2nd place,
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barely. There's a big gap between 1st
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and it's a distant second. Yeah, Game one.
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Best game we've seen this. Best postseason game we've seen
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thus far, for sure. The Adoles Garcia game, many are
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calling it. This is the Adoles Garcia Month.
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The month, Yeah. Before we get into the actual
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gameplay, did you see there's a lot of commentary going around
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right now regarding the photo that it was.
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I actually I I included it in one of my.
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Posts that I put out the the bicep photo.
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Dude, can you explain that? Can anybody explain that?
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Explain what just the picture the the human being the specimen
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featured in that photo. Specimen is the right word.
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Yeah, I mean that is that's. What I'm saying dude, he's built
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like a middle linebacker. Like, I think, yeah, his bicep
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is definitely as big as somebody's head.
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It's nuts. I'm here for it.
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Dude's a monster, yeah. But man, what a great start for
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the Rangers though, and like I said, we'll get into it.
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Obviously Corey Seeger, Game time.
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Two run Homer, Bottom of the ninth, one out.
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Then you have the obvious walk off.
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But I think the the take away from game one was that it was a
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it had to have been a rather demoralizing loss for the Astros
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because you played your brand of baseball.
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You played it well, you played small ball.
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You had there was AI think in the same what was it?
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The same. And then you had a sacrifice
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bunt, a triple and a stolen base.
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Like that's that's D backs baseball.
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Baseball. Yeah, in a single inning.
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And yet you hold the D backs to minimal damage until obviously
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you get to the 9th and and beyond.
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But to be able to play that well right out of the gate, to play
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your brand of baseball and then drop it via walk off, that has
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to be a rather demoralizing loss.
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But clearly they had. They had enough time to bounce
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back to hit the reset button and come out swing.
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Game two, but strong way to come out for the Rangers.
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What was the Yeah for sure like the never say die.
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That team is just. I mean you you can't it can't be
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within striking distance like in this this game too I think was
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like the first. I think it was the.
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First blowout that they like, really?
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Or the Rangers really were just out of it.
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Like every game, every loss has been.
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I think it's only what their third or fourth loss.
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So they've been playing good ball.
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Yeah, the Diamondbacks, I mean, that's that's whatever.
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It's funny because like I was telling you before, we got on
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there's because they're in it. I'm surrounded by people here
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that don't typically care about baseball, that are now like
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watching the World Series for obvious reasons, 'cause, you
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know, everyone here is kind of into it.
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And I feel like I'm just, I'm surrounded by the Co workers or
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friends, like ask me questions and they're like do you think
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the Diamondbacks have pulled off?
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And I'm and I said it the last pod.
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I'll say it again, the team doesn't beat themselves like
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they don't like the Diamondbacks don't they don't play bad
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baseball. If you beat them, you beat them
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because you're playing. Well, it's not because the
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Diamondbacks gave you a dub, you know what I mean?
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Like they're not, and game one's a perfect example of.
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That exactly like you. You didn't.
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That's just how baseball goes. That's I think Torre Lavella's
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quote. It was like, it's just how the
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game goes sometimes. But yeah, like they're just,
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they're super sound, dude. Everything they do is good
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defense, good base running. They're going to hit, they're
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going to hit behind runners. They're going to move guys over.
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They're going to take extra 90s just how they do it.
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It's fun to watch, honestly it's refreshing.
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It's super refreshing. This is a better match up as
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thing. I I think as the games are going
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it's a more enjoyable match up than I think we thought coming
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in. At least I did, yeah.
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I think a lot of people have to apologize to these two teams,
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including ourselves. I mean, granted, the Siri, we're
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only two games in, so we've yet to see how the rest of it plays
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out. But at least out of the gate, I
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think it proved to be far more entertaining of a match up than
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I think people were giving it credit for.
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I think both teams, like I said, they're both playing their brand
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of baseball. The Rangers were just, I mean
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the Rangers will more like more often than not out Homer you and
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the D backs are going to out small ball you and that's what
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they did. Like you said they don't the D
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backs don't beat themselves. They they ultimately ultimately
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lost to Corey Seeger and Adoles Garcia.
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So it's like that's not beating yourself.
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That's just getting beat by very, very good hitters.
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Yeah. Absolutely.
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Yeah. I I felt a little I felt a
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little guilty that I was I was giving him a hard time and and I
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I look if you're listening to our our LCS slash World Series
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preview, I think you could if you've been listening to this
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podcast for any length of time you could probably sense that we
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weren't exactly the most thrilled about this World
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Series, that it's just been a tough postseason.
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Unless you've been a a fan of of these teams and even the teams
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that are getting bounced, it's hard to be excited once once
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your team gets bounced. So it's like you you get to the
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world's like you, you see teams like the Braves and the OS
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getting getting bounced and then you get to the World Series and
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you're left with these two and you're like what can we really
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expect? But to some people's credit they
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were like, you know it's refreshing.
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We have some some unique styles of baseball here.
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You got a team that just mashes and you got a team that knows
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how to play small ball take the extra 90, so on and so forth.
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So we'll see how it plays out in game one.
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I think perfectly encapsulated what what it was that they were
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talking about so. 100% I do think.
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I mean, we need to talk about I Is it just me or is gallon not
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gallon right now? There's been a couple starts in
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this postseason where it's like I'm not seeing a stuff.
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Yeah, and look, that's that's top.
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Gallon's putting himself in a tough spot because I'm sure.
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Did we talk? Was it it was the last episode
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we mentioned. Had it happened by that point
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where he was, he was throwing shade on Twitter to the Phillies
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fans talking about go get your tickets for spring training.
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And he's been saying some other things and like Seawall 2, he,
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he put out that tweet where he was talking about like, it's
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receipt season and he's taking screenshots of people.
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And I'm like, this seems to me like something you would say
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once you've already secured the trophy.
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Like let's not get it. I get it.
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You're is the D backs coming off that series against the
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Phillies. You're feeling yourself a little
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bit. I understand that.
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But also like the at that point the series hadn't even started
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yet and now it it's tied up one one.
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So like, let's let's hold off on on talking noise just just for a
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little bit. I just don't think he's been
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what we're used to and like, I think.
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You can see in my mind like, look, you throw 210 innings in
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the regular season, we've now gotten to, let's see, 11162126
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in the third innings in the postseason.
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It's probably just fatigue. That could be just this a long
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this is by far the longest or the most innings he's thrown in
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a career. So it's just it's not like
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dominant stuff, you know, like we go back to the first game,
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Milwaukee 6 innings, 2 earned runs, three walks, 4 KS.
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Like it's just it's not that's not bad.
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Next game against the Dodgers, 5 and a third two earned runs.
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Then five innings with five earned runs, six innings, 4
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earned runs. And then Friday's game, 5
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innings, 3 earned runs, five strikeouts, four walks.
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I mean, it's it's not like it's it's not bad.
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It's just you're used to seeing a little bit more of a stuff,
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yeah. And I think, I think that's
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where some of the confusion is coming into play surrounding the
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Diamondbacks, where up until game two, where Meryl Kelly and
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we'll get into it. Up until game two, where he he
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showed up. Zach Gallon and Merrill Kelly
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had not necessarily been the headlining names for this team
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in this season like that. They've given you sufficiency
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but not exactly dominance up. And like I said, up until game
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two, which speaks again to their brain of baseball.
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They figure out other ways to win when they don't have it on
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the mound. They're going to figure out ways
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to scrape across, scrape runs across the plate, and they've
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been able to do that thus far. Whether or not it's sustainable
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through the end of this thing, we've yet to see.
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But it's it's worked for them up to this point, so credit to them
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for that. Keep doing, you going, going
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back to this game. One thing I I don't know if you
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would agree with me or many other people would agree with
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me, but in watching that game, one of the more you've got your
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obvious pivotal moments. You got the Corey Seeger home
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run, but for me the more not saying more pivotal than Corey
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Seeger's home run. But one of the more pivotal
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moments for me was in the top of the fifth.
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You had Dane Dunning on the mound and you had two on.
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Yeah, like Big Chopper, The Big Chop to low and then he or Lau
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Lau, Lau Lau, Big Chopper. I don't think people realize how
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difficult that play is, or that throw is rather that mean the
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Fielding's one thing, but making that throw?
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Hitting a moving target? With a rather Bang Bang play at
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first like that, that could have been the game.
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Like if you don't, because you strand too.
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If you don't keep that game at 2 or that deficit at two, things
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could unravel very quickly. That's a strong PFP that, Yeah,
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like you, you work on that as a pitcher.
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That's not just like, oh, we just happened to successfully
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execute that play. Like, no, you've you've worked
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on on these kinds of things before and I'm glad to see it.
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It panned out for him. But yeah like I said that was
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that was a crucial moment in game one and and if you don't
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keep that at two and the rest of the game plays out the way it
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does and Corey Seeger steps up to the plate with one on but
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you're down four-game doesn't end the same way but to keep it
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at 2. Honestly in a postseason game
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and the number may be different to to you, but for me, I I feel
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like anything is is possible in the in the 9th inning.
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If you're within 2/3 is like a little dicey.
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But if you're you always hear like a bloop and a blast, like
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if you can just get somebody on and we talked about the added
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importance of 90 feet in the postseason.
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It just changes the. Whole dynamic, the most
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important exactly. So if you can just get and we
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saw the way it happened with Seger, but if you can just get a
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guy on. Well, I think that's, I think
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that's where the credit has to go to too.
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I think what was that was Leo De Taveras that that walk to get
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on, right? Yeah, but also Simeon out.
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Seeger, Speaking of Taveras, did you see that route that he took
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to the ball? On I think it's that little
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slice and dicer. What was that?
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Not good, Not good. So I'm glad to see he at least.
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He get out for it. He didn't fold there in the
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night, so. He made-up for it because like
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that's, I don't know, like as as a pitcher, like you can't, that
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can't happen. You can't walk nine guy.
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You can't walk nine guy to face Simeon Seeger like that.
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Just you can't give those to an opportunity with somebody on
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just you're not going to, it's not going to work.
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And it didn't. Also, the load.
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I don't know from my from my hitting nerds out there, it
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seemed like Seeger. He's a little toe tap guy.
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And that toe tap that he put on Seawald was like the earliest
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load up. I'm sitting dead.
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Red toe tap. And he got what he He got what
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he wanted. Launched it, knew it right away.
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On it, dude. He knew it.
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He absolutely knew it. Freaking professional hitter
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right there. That call from Joe Davis too.
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Yeah, yeah, Joe Davis is. He's stepped into that is a
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professional call. He stepped into big time.
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He's he's he's up there now also, I know it's been a minute
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since we've done our our buy, sell segment, but if I was to
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buy something, if I was to buy something this episode it would
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be, I don't know if you've seen them lately, but it's the calls
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where they remove the broadcast and it's they just let the crowd
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noise play out. Those are great.
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Love that dude. And they.
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I saw the one for Seeger's home run.
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That place came unglued. And to see to see a guy that's
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rather stoic kind of show to show that emotion.
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Yeah. And he's he's done it before and
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he did it in that very ballpark back in 2020.
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He he loves to. He loves to get into it a little
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bit when the moment calls for it and that.
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You love to see that. I do.
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You love to see that. Pretty wild.
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I mean I'd be on Cloud 9 if I just hit a Ding Dong like that
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and then in the post game coverage Derek Jeter is saying
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that I'm his favorite player moving forward.
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Like if I'm Corey Zeger I'm I'm sitting I'm sitting real well is
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in is in a good spot. Big confidence boost right
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there. That's what's up.
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Like I said, that's a man you you just hated to see a game
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like that end for either team. Like that was just a a well
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played baseball game. I think.
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I mean I already mentioned it but with the D backs playing
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their, their brand of ball, I think they finish with four
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stolen bases. I believe it was 4.
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Yeah, four. And then again, just going back
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to the walk off like who else at that point?
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Who else did you think it was going to be?
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And the craziest part of that AB to me at least, was the bat off
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the ball, the swing that he took there.
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It did not seem it. Looked like that was going to
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slice foul like before the camera angle switched.
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I was like. I was maybe poking down the line
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a little bit. It didn't, yeah.
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I thought if anything it was maybe like a a slicer that that
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would have had to have been tracked a little bit, maybe come
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in on a little bit, but that it was nowhere even remotely close
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to the the warning track, much less.
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You weren't counting into the biceps, dude.
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I I think it went like three, 375 or 376 or something.
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I'm like that that no. Didn't have that swing on it.
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I agree there, sure they didn't. Definitely.
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Do we do. We need to get this man tested
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for real. Maybe.
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Possibly. Do you think he's already been
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tested? Oh yeah, for sure.
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On the other side, first, kind of first kind of hiccup from the
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game. Nate.
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That didn't didn't look like him.
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Didn't have, didn't have his stuff.
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He had. He had eight KS though.
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Yeah, which I believe I read was the most from a Ranger in a
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World Series game. Yeah, possibly.
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Possibly post season. No, I think it was World Series
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game. It's just barrels, dude.
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It's just barrels. Like not trying to lift the
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ball, Just smoking line drives all over the place.
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Hard ground balls. It's fun to watch.
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I got to give the Diamondbacks credit for that.
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Like if you're a baseball fan and you miss what old school
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baseball look like, it's them. Which honestly makes what Ivaldi
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did even more impressive to get 8K's against a lineup like that.
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It's not as when you miss lineup.
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Yeah, I mean, unless we're talking Christian Walker.
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Yikes. Tough.
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I feel for that guy, man. You can.
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Tell the body language is at an all time low for that guy.
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Haters out here, a lot of people fed up.
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I mean, I get it, dude. He.
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It's understandable. It's it's not like AI mean I
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can't. I'm not going to speak for
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Diamondbacks fans out there but like for me, if I'm looking at
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that I'm going it's nothing personal but we got to we got to
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slide you out of here because you're you are very
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transparently frustrated with yourself.
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Understandably so but like we don't have time to to have the
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mope show here like in this in this dugout and walk him back to
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the dugout. We we just can't have it.
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He's played lights out defense though.
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I mean, he's a gold blower at first.
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I know he has. The value is still there and
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he's made some excellent plays even just in these first two
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games. For sure.
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Absolutely run saving plays which like you said has its own
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value even like to the guys around that infield it it it
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makes them better knowing that they have a vacuum cleaner over
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there, over there at first. So I get it like I understand
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the trade off, but man that's tough to watch and I think he, I
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think he got a knock last night, right.
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I think he squared one up in the left.
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Center. Yeah, I think he did.
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Yeah, he got on. So who knows, maybe that it,
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like we always say it only takes 1, so we'll see how it how it
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works out for him. But then Game 2?
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What that was, that was breezing by dude.
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I blinked and it was in the 6th inning.
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OK, yeah, so we it was sub three hours, it was two, I want to say
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like 257. So it was like right around the
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three hour mark the game game one the night before was like 4
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hours and 2 minutes, which I also think is interesting that
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nobody bats an eye at that. Right.
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It's like, oh, this was the greatest game we've seen this
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postseason. Nobody thought twice about how
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long it was going. Yeah, nobody thought twice about
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it. So that was that was interesting
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to see. And I'm also glad whoever made
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the final decision to eliminate the extra Indian space runner
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rule for the postseason. Thank you.
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Genius. Yeah, like that.
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Just think of how differently we'd be viewing the result of
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that game, regardless which way it went, if it would have ended
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via the extra Indian Space Runner rule.
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I do. Sorry that it's not the same.
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Never will be. Yeah, part of me forgot a little
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bit, 'cause we'd only seen that one extra ending game.
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No, this, that was the first one.
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Oh, that was a that was a 9th inning walk off, huh?
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Yeah, Arizona's morning as the Phillies.
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Was he going to say like nothing, Just nothing coming
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that way? That's cool.
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That's fine with me. Free baseball never hurts.
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Always on board. But yeah, game two to your, to
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your point, just felt like it flew by.
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I mean, look, the you talked about Meryl Kelly, like coming
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on at the scene, Dude was absolutely commanding.
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Like doing whatever you want, whatever he wanted.
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I hadn't paid attention before, so I don't know.
26:11
I don't know if this was his first time calling his own
26:13
pitches, but he had a little pitch calm on his belt and Bro
26:18
was just doing whatever he wanted.
26:20
And it was like, it's it's that I and I'll give Smoltz credit
26:28
because Smoltz knows how to talk when it's about pitching.
26:31
And I'll give him that. Everything else about the game,
26:33
it's kind of annoying. It's super like surface level,
26:38
cliche type things you say. But when he talks pitching, he
26:41
says the right thing. And he said, like Miro Kelly
26:43
will treat that bottom line of the strike zone as if like a
26:46
cross bar in like a field goal, right.
26:50
And so he works and you could just see the whole game.
26:52
It was fastball that would sit bottom line or it'd be a sinker
26:56
that started at that and go right below.
26:58
It was a change up that would go right below.
27:00
A cutter that would dive the other way.
27:02
He had everything working, everything working.
27:06
I was impressed. Do you know how many three ball
27:08
counts he went to? Maybe one.
27:13
Yeah, I don't know. One that's crazy 1/3 ball count.
27:19
It's pretty, pretty dangerous. And that's if if you think about
27:22
it. I mean, we we've talked about it
27:24
plenty and everybody knows it at this point, but that Rangers
27:28
offense is nothing to turn your nose up.
27:30
At no for real and to be able to go after those guys that
27:35
efficiently and that effectively to.
27:39
I mean, the same way you look at what Ivaldi did strikeout wise
27:44
against the D backs in game one is it's equally if not more
27:47
impressive what Mero Kelly did reigning in that offense,
27:53
especially after a a morale boosting game.
27:57
One that it's true. Man, it's just off to hats.
28:00
Off. No one really caught a clean
28:01
barrel off of them. It was a lot of it was a lot of
28:04
weak contact, a lot of swing and Miss World Series MVP pick right
28:11
here. My guy Mitch Garver, that was
28:14
just caught a barrel. Wild, because that ball was 4
28:18
inches down and in. No idea how we got that.
28:22
No idea how he lifted that. I'm beating that into my ankle.
28:26
9 times out of 10. I think they said it was.
28:32
I may be way off here, but I thought I saw that it was like
28:37
13 inches or something. It wasn't close, they said.
28:41
It was the lowest home run of his career.
28:43
He's a nasty breaker. I have no idea how he lifted
28:46
that insane. And at that point, you know,
28:49
like, it's Miro Kelly. Just tip the cap and and move
28:52
on. Which clearly he did.
28:54
But yeah, I mean, it was like when you have a, when you have a
28:58
sinker in a fastball, when you're slotting on the same,
29:03
like you're slotting in the same spot on the night and you got
29:07
guys that are trying to lay off of a sinker down.
29:11
And you? I don't know how many I saw.
29:13
I saw like 3 or 4, just fastball looking strikeouts that were at
29:17
the bottom of the zone, 'cause you think sinker down, I got to
29:20
leave it down. It was impressive.
29:23
I like mad respect. I had to.
29:26
I got to own up to that because I've been, I've been giving him
29:28
a hard time pretty much all year.
29:31
But I mean Roland, he rolling shit from Shits Creek.
29:37
He managed to to look pretty well on the other side.
29:42
I'd be a little nervous if I'm if I'm the Rangers just because
29:45
of like it's kind of seems like the pitching staff is is getting
29:49
a little fatigued. Overall, Jordan Montgomery, of
29:55
course. When I had a little three leg
29:59
parlay going and I took the over 4 1/2 strikeouts for Jordan
30:09
Montgomery, bro. Didn't even have 4 1/2 swinging
30:12
misses. Miserable.
30:15
Super efficient with the. Super efficient with the pitch
30:19
count. Like I'll give him credit for
30:21
that, but just no swinging misses.
30:23
I think he maybe had one or two. It was crazy.
30:26
The line was 4 1/2. 4 1/2 strikeouts and I took the over.
30:30
I don't know if I'd be taking that against the D backs.
30:33
We just got done talking. About I know, I know.
30:35
But I saw Jordan Montgomery last time out, and it it it looked
30:39
good, yeah, but it wasn't against the Diamondbacks.
30:42
I know, I understand. I I I don't like betting teams.
30:48
In the World Series just because you never know like I don't.
30:51
I don't like. So I took the over which hit?
30:55
I took the Jordan Montgomery. That was the only part that
30:57
didn't hit. I had a Kitel Marte hit which
31:00
was good. I think I had like a though Evan
31:07
Carter hit nice. Good.
31:09
So I had everything except the strikeouts, but yeah, just
31:14
didn't look great and and like, I think that shows.
31:18
How good Jordan Montgomery has been lately and how he's
31:23
progressed because like, even then he didn't look that good.
31:26
Most of the damage came afterwards, was mostly off of
31:29
the bullpen from what I saw. So yeah, I mean, look, it's just
31:38
he had to tip your cap. Meryl Kelly, man, commanded that
31:41
game Tempo was working in rhythm.
31:49
I like, I don't know. I'm going to have to look back.
31:51
I kind of want to look back and maybe see like a game recap.
31:54
From his last starts, I don't remember him calling his own
31:57
pitches before. I don't know.
32:00
Maybe he found something. Maybe this is?
32:04
It's nasty. Maybe we'll see it one more time
32:07
this series. Yeah, you got to think.
32:11
You got to think if there's a game.
32:15
OK. Game six or seven, he'd go 6.
32:18
I would. I would.
32:19
He would either no 'cause Sunday travel, so that's one game 345
32:27
travel day, so he could go, he could go game five on short
32:31
rest, or he could go 6 on maybe an extra.
32:35
Day or so, yeah, unless they're in like a clinch position.
32:41
Should be wild, yeah. Maybe see a.
32:45
Imagine the same game, Gallon Kelly.
32:48
But anyway, I'm just. I was impressed offensively.
32:52
Yeah, dude, it's just, you know, everybody's for the Diamondbacks
32:56
are rolling right now. Already mentioned it.
32:59
Caselle Marte having himself a postseason, extends his
33:05
postseason hitting streak to 18, a record 18 games, which snapped
33:12
a tie for the longest hitting postseason hitting streak with
33:16
the aforementioned Derek Jeter, Manny Ramirez and Hank Bauer.
33:22
He's a He has a post. He has a hit in every postseason
33:25
game he's played. You see the quote.
33:28
Let's see if I can find it real quick.
33:32
Was it just the one where he said he's not?
33:34
He doesn't think about that. Yeah, he's not even thinking
33:36
about it, dude. Just once done, which I don't
33:37
believe. Come on.
33:39
Can we stop with the I'm I'm not.
33:42
It's not even on my radar. I'm only worried, he said.
33:45
I'm worried about my my only if, he would have said.
33:48
Here's the thing if he would have said, because this was the
33:52
second part of the quote, he said.
33:53
I'm not worried. I'm just worried about winning
33:55
and getting on base. If he would have said just left
33:58
it at the getting on base thing, I'm like OK, I like that a nice
34:01
bat to ball guy we're talking about here and I believe that.
34:05
But the whole, like, I'm just here to help my team win.
34:08
Like, come on dude, that line is tired.
34:10
I hear you typically if it wasn't this kind of guy, he's a,
34:18
he's I he's AI got to impact the game somehow, someway kind of
34:22
guy. You could just tell like he's
34:25
whether it's defensively on the bases, like speed is a factor,
34:29
like he's just like, I just let me.
34:32
Impact the game in a positive way, somehow, some way.
34:34
So I'm I'm kind of there. I kind of buy it.
34:38
No, don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against Marte.
34:41
I I I'm a fan of. His I know.
34:43
I know not to any like extremely.
34:45
Tired of a quote? Yeah, just it's more just the
34:48
quote. It's all.
34:49
Yeah, and I get it. It's a easy throw down.
34:52
But I I respect the part more where he's at.
34:54
I just, I I'm worried about getting on base also.
34:57
You gotta. Remember, you gotta remember
34:59
these dudes that, like they're learning English as their second
35:02
language, like they're practicing post game interviews,
35:05
and like it's probably a little script that they just they've
35:08
gone through in their head a million times.
35:10
That's true. So that would be what I would
35:12
imagine. But either way, you're so right.
35:15
Freaking fun to watch dude. And the purple sleeve is so
35:21
sick. That's just him.
35:25
That's just a silent outcry to get the D backs to do what
35:30
everybody in the baseball world wants them to do, and that's to
35:36
wear purple A. 100% And with Longo rocking the the teal
35:43
cleats, like, you could just tell they're like they're
35:45
needing it, they're itching for it and it it can happen too.
35:50
Because I saw, I don't even remember how it ended up on this
35:55
tweet, but I did some sort of search, some Google search and
35:58
then it led me to this tweet from this reporter from back in.
36:05
It was either like 20 I guess. Yeah, I guess it would have been
36:08
2021 or something. And he was like, just checked
36:11
with MLB. The Red Sox can wear the city
36:16
connects in the postseason if they so choose.
36:18
Or it was something to that effect.
36:20
So I'm like, OK, well if the rule, unless they've changed it
36:23
since then, they can wear, I would imagine City connects
36:27
throwbacks, whatever it is. Don't show me that one.
36:29
I don't need to see that. I would love to see a black
36:34
jersey at home and then I would also like to see.
36:42
The vest, I I I'm going to assume it's the starting
36:46
pitcher's decision. I would guess whoever's
36:50
comfortable enough to throw in a vest.
36:53
So you know, those guys are weird.
36:55
I think I saw some D backs fan post something about.
36:59
That's like Gallon's favorite jersey is the.
37:03
Throwback Well, that's not going to matter because we're going to
37:05
see him here. In fact, that's what I'm saying.
37:06
So it's like if if it. Was up to the pitcher.
37:09
Yeah, Fox, he's just going to have.
37:10
To he Fat needs to take one for the team.
37:12
Just, I mean, he's already a vibe.
37:14
Like can we just let's just add to the list of fat seems like a
37:21
fat seems like a black jersey guy I.
37:24
Wouldn't hate it. In fact, they may have.
37:27
Let's see, they may have already announced the D backs do a great
37:31
job of announcing the jerseys. Let fans know ahead of time.
37:39
Now they have, they don't have it out yet, so probably,
37:42
probably do it tomorrow morning. But yeah, please, just for all
37:49
that's good, give us the purple and teal.
37:53
Just one game. Just one.
37:56
Just one. Did.
37:59
How about that? We didn't even, we didn't even
38:02
reference it. The Speaking of the purple and
38:07
teal, going back to that 2001 team, did you see that post I
38:15
put out about that, that tweet from that Chris guy talking,
38:21
drawing the comparison or the parallels to the O One team?
38:25
The bird thing. Yeah dude, so, so Chris
38:28
Middleton on on Twitter on X says So.
38:32
You mean to tell me, and this is ahead of Game One, but he's
38:36
going back to it anyway, he says.
38:37
So you mean to tell me Our ace hit a bird in 2001 and our ace
38:40
hit a bird in 2023? All the dates of the World
38:43
Series games in 2001 are the same as the dates in 2023.
38:48
The All Star Game was in Seattle in 2001 and 2023, and George
38:54
Bush threw the first pitch in 2001 and 2023.
38:59
There's a lot going on there. I mean, if the D backs are going
39:07
to do it, they've got, they've got history on their side.
39:13
That's all I'll say. It's hard for me to see it, but
39:17
sure. Well, let me ask you this.
39:18
Do you think now that we've got two games in the books, we've
39:24
got a Rangers win, we've got AD backs win, we've got a Rangers
39:30
doing what they do in game one and also the D backs doing what
39:38
they do in game one? And then you got the D backs
39:40
taking the winning Game 2 with. What we've seen so far?
39:45
Do you see any other scenario? Other than this going 7.
39:54
Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I think I could definitely see.
40:04
It's just tough, dude, because like this Rangers offense, like
40:07
you can see that it could go quiet, you know what I mean?
40:10
Like they could get pretty quiet and it could carry over a little
40:14
bit. It's such a it's such a Pekin
40:19
Valley type offense. So maybe Diamondbacks come out
40:26
and and snag the first game back here in Chase.
40:33
I don't know. I don't know if I can imagine.
40:38
I don't know if I can imagine the Diamondbacks winning two of
40:42
three. I don't know what it is.
40:47
But this is the same D backs team that took six and seven at
40:51
the bank. I agree.
40:53
Like we can't lose sight of that for sure.
40:57
We're not even AI mean. We're not even a week removed.
41:04
From that, I was talking about a Rangers team that's only lost
41:07
three games. Yeah, but like, that game too,
41:12
is not exactly pretty. It was not.
41:16
And that could have a little bit of, I mean they're I I think
41:18
they got, I think they're blessed with a travel day hit
41:21
the reset button a little bit but like like you said, that
41:24
could have a little bit of a carryover effect.
41:28
How lame is it that both games are inside?
41:33
I mean I've I've have I not said this before it like for the
41:36
postseason I if you have a heart, I think it's one thing if
41:43
you're there and you're like inside this loud environment
41:46
it's better. But on TVI want to see frigid
41:49
people. I want to see people with you're
41:51
not going to see. Frigid people in either
41:53
location, I understand. I'm just saying like sometimes
41:57
it can get a little. Chilly.
41:59
What is 78 degrees here right now?
42:01
So. But in what's what's it like in
42:03
Dallas right now? Probably the same.
42:06
I hear what you're saying. Oh shoot, it's a little little
42:10
chilly. 40 It's 45. Look at that.
42:13
See. OK, yeah, but that's far from
42:16
frigid. I don't know.
42:18
Playing baseball and 45 isn't warm.
42:20
It's. But I'm saying I want to see
42:21
fans all bundled up. I like that.
42:24
It's going to be. High 70s a week from today.
42:28
So I I don't think it's exactly going to be getting frigid.
42:36
What was I saying? What were we just talking about?
42:41
Indoors. Outdoors.
42:43
Yeah, like if you have a park that has a retractable roof.
42:51
You're going to have to have that thing closed for the
42:53
postseason. I got to assume it's going to be
42:55
open one of these nights. It's freaking gorgeous here.
43:01
It's perfect right now. Yeah, but it's easier.
43:05
It's I think, I mean let's be honest I don't know how much of
43:10
A an impact of the marketing of a closed roof has, but like when
43:15
I see. As a as an impartial party here
43:19
when I see the tweet come out from the D backs we're in it for
43:22
any any retractable roof team. For that matter when I see the
43:27
post come out that says the roof is closed make it loud or or
43:32
something to that effect. I'm like all right, I can buy
43:35
that and I would be if I was a fan going to the game I'd be
43:38
like all right time to bring a little bit of the juice.
43:43
So I'm I I. Look, I've made it clear.
43:47
I don't. I don't believe in in
43:48
retractable roofs. I think they should be outlawed
43:51
as the same with artificial turf.
43:55
But if it's there, if you got it, close that baby up.
43:59
Let's get the decibels up. So you don't think there should
44:02
be any roof? Or you should think there
44:04
shouldn't be retractable roofs like Are you OK with domes or
44:09
the roof just stays forever? Sorry, I should have clarified.
44:14
I I meant you don't like roofs at all.
44:18
Yeah, but at the same time, oh, here's OK, here's a dream
44:24
scenario. And I'm sorry, I'm just kind of,
44:26
I'm working this out on the fly here, I can tell.
44:28
I haven't really. I haven't really put much
44:30
thought on this, but this is good.
44:32
This is good. I think the dream scenario would
44:37
be to have a retractable roof that's used minimally.
44:44
But also is over natural grass OK?
44:50
And I know the science behind that problem doesn't make sense,
44:54
right? Is it?
44:58
I think so. I think you're right, yeah.
45:01
Because I've seen, I've seen grass stains, yeah, before,
45:05
Yeah. I think it's possible that.
45:09
And I say the the roof used minimally because I just like
45:18
Seattle. I don't know.
45:22
Going back to this dream scenario, only use it to ward
45:26
off rain. Don't be like, oh, it's like
45:28
it's like a little chilly out. Let's close it up.
45:30
No, like, only used to keep games from being cancelled.
45:35
Because I don't. As much as I hate domes and
45:38
roofs, I'd rather see baseball played.
45:40
And if that means closing it up for a night, whatever.
45:45
But keep it open 99% of the time and give me natural grass and
45:48
I'll be fine. Fair enough.
45:50
I feel like that's a more than fair compromise.
45:54
How do you feel about us getting into November here soon?
45:59
It still bugs me that we're playing the World Series in
46:01
November. Yeah, I agree.
46:03
And I'll be honest, I'm quickly approaching.
46:07
Like I I think we've done this podcast long enough now to have
46:11
like a a rhythm and like a feel for where we're at in the year.
46:16
And I feel like I'm very quickly approaching the time where I'm
46:19
like OK, right. We need to we need to step away
46:22
from the mic for a little bit. We're getting to that like
46:24
Burnout Point where it's like OK, we we need to get, we need
46:27
to make it through the through the end of the World Series and
46:30
then we'll we'll reconvene. But I heard this.
46:36
I heard this. It was I don't know like a
46:39
TikTok on on like some radio show.
46:41
I couldn't even begin to give it credit for who or where it was
46:46
about. There was still people
46:48
complaining about like the first round by for the division
46:52
winners and stuff like that and how the week off is you know not
46:56
an advantage at all. The idea was that they wanted to
47:01
go back to A1 game wild card. I'm not for that.
47:05
I like the three-game wild card. I'm totally OK with the way that
47:09
is. The better part of his idea was
47:13
the Division Series 5 game set. Still keep it all in one city,
47:20
keep it in that division winner city.
47:23
No travel days just and don't have a travel day for that wild
47:29
card winner either. Go play the next day, no off
47:33
day. Even if it's a three-game you
47:35
take all three. You got to go there and play in
47:38
that next city the next day And that to me would be a true
47:42
advantage that would feel like it that like that week off would
47:46
then kind of be balanced back to that division winner having the
47:52
advantage all in the city all five if you need them all at
47:56
home. And I get that that's like, all
47:58
right, it doesn't spread the love amongst cities and fan
48:02
races, whatever. This would, I think, balance the
48:05
scale a little bit. Like, imagine the Diamondbacks
48:08
having to go to Milwaukee, win all three in Milwaukee, or two
48:15
or three in Milwaukee, and then have to go to LA and see the
48:18
whole series in LA. Little bit of a different
48:24
scenario. I like it.
48:27
And I think I brought, I think I brought this up after the first
48:30
round kind of wrapped up and we were talking about all the
48:32
people complaining about the structure and I but I can't
48:35
remember where you stood. Well, I mean you kind of
48:38
clarified just now, but between having a A3 game Wild card
48:44
series and a A5 game Division series, would you still prefer
48:52
that over going back to the one game?
48:56
But having a best of seven for the DSI wouldn't hate 7.
48:59
To be honest, I wouldn't hate it.
49:02
And to be fair, I have been to A1 game Wild Card.
49:07
I've been to two. They're electric, they're
49:11
electric because it's like it's all or nothing.
49:15
It's here tonight and the crowd is all about it.
49:19
There's no leaving early. There's none of that.
49:21
Like it is like sell out, leave everything we have on this
49:27
field. I can't argue against the live
49:29
thing but again like it is weird to have your entire season do
49:35
that. Maybe maybe there's some type of
49:38
balance. Like maybe there's some type of
49:40
balance where like the instead of the the lowest division
49:47
winner. So like let's just grab the
49:50
American League for this example.
49:52
So we had O's. Bye, we had Astros by right, so
50:02
let's grab the twins. We'll say instead of them
50:06
playing the third seed wild card, let them play the first
50:12
seed Wild card and make that like a three-game set.
50:24
And then the bottom two teams is just a one gamer.
50:27
The bottom two wild cards as the worst division winning team.
50:30
You get the top, the worst division winning team.
50:33
You play a three-game wild card set the two bottom wild card
50:37
guys, that's just a one and done.
50:39
Yeah, because I I think, I mean, that'd be neat.
50:43
You get a little best of both worlds there.
50:45
Yeah, yeah. But I I think the intention or
50:49
I'm just speculating at this point, but I I think.
50:53
I'm guessing Major League Baseball's intention for the
50:55
Wild Card was to treat it like a play in game.
50:58
So, like, get if that's what you wanted it to be, stay with the
51:02
One Gamer. Get back to that and like, yeah,
51:05
I mean, I've said it before, I don't, I don't imagine the fact
51:08
that a once like you have, you have your camps for both because
51:11
like they're in my mind. Like there isn't that much of A
51:14
of an advantage between the first wild card spot and the
51:19
last wild card spot. Yeah, that should be a bigger
51:22
advantage. Yeah, like, hey, you won the top
51:25
wild card spot. You didn't win your division,
51:26
but you won the top wild card spot.
51:29
I think you deserve a three-game set, whereas the bottom two
51:32
guys, just a one and done the best of both worlds.
51:37
I'm here for that. But I mean, if you eliminate, if
51:41
you keep the Division Series in house and don't let it travel to
51:43
the other city, I understand like how much you're removing
51:49
from like season tickets and stuff.
51:50
But you can take a a good four or five days away from travel
51:55
crap and off days and we're getting this thing done in
51:59
October versus creeping into the first week of November.
52:04
Speaking of getting it done in October, we have yet to mention
52:07
what Tommy Pham has been doing. Respect, dude.
52:14
I mean, I was thinking about it today.
52:17
I'm like yet another situation. Yet another individual where I
52:22
feel like I'm slowly starting to come around on.
52:25
I'm like at least with Tommy Pham you kind of know what
52:29
you're getting. Like you're going to get an
52:30
outspoken like possibly rather arrogant at times kind of guy.
52:38
But he is very clear about that and he'll let you know.
52:41
And I'll be honest when I saw the the nugget about.
52:46
Him going four for four in game two, having a chance to become
52:49
the first ever 5 for five guy in a World Series game.
52:55
I'm like, Tori, what are we doing?
52:58
Guy? What are we doing?
53:00
I think everyone's awareness. Yeah, yeah.
53:03
And then you, you you hear on that?
53:07
You you see that comment that he made on that Instagram post with
53:11
that nugget I think was included about the becoming the first
53:15
possible five or five. And he was like, no, dude, I
53:18
just wanted to give my guy, Jace Peterson, his first World Series
53:22
AB like stop, stop with his narrative and I'm like he's the
53:26
one that went to Tori. He went to Tori and said let's
53:28
get Jason. So I'm like, you got to respect
53:32
that. I have nothing but respect for
53:34
that move. And like, at this point,
53:36
people's could be arguing like, oh, he's just, he's just making
53:39
that like, what? What would he gain from making
53:42
that up? Like, I I genuinely feel like
53:44
that's more than likely the conversation that took place.
53:48
And I got to respect him for that.
53:50
But that dude's been getting it done.
53:51
He had a he had a bop in game one, didn't he?
53:56
Or was it? Yeah, it was game one, yeah.
54:02
Tell you what, man, Yeah, he's doing stuff against righties
54:04
now, which tells you he's locked in.
54:07
Yeah, his cuz I read he's been like a like a only against
54:11
lefties for like right the last few years.
54:14
Now all of a sudden he's popping off dumb back pick on on second
54:21
base yesterday. Yeah.
54:22
Did you see, I mean, I won't repeat it, but did you see Mike
54:26
Maddox's comment is you could very clearly make out, yeah, I
54:31
agree. What are you doing?
54:33
What are you doing anyway? And then I don't know if you saw
54:36
but he Tommy Pham like there's a tweet that had the video of Mike
54:43
Maddox's like, lip reading thing.
54:46
And then I think he just put like the receipts emoji or
54:48
something. So I'm like Rangers, be careful.
54:54
Like, be careful. Don't don't lose this World
54:56
Series because you woke up Tommy Pham.
54:59
Of all people I know, Tommy Pham is definitely in in in the
55:04
comments, though, that guy's. He's aware.
55:07
I'll give him credit. He he doesn't bury his head in
55:09
the sand after games like he he wants to know like what's being
55:12
talked about and. Look, all joking aside, I
55:16
respect an athlete, especially professional athlete at this
55:19
point in time. Like with this, with society the
55:22
way it is now and just the the volatile things that people can
55:26
say with really no basis whatsoever and the fact that he
55:30
doesn't shy away from that. He's like, no, like, I want to
55:33
know what what's being talked about.
55:35
Like I want to know what people are saying, and if I so choose,
55:38
I'll gladly use whatever it is that they're saying out there
55:41
to. Possibly serve as an advantage
55:45
for me in the few in games to come, so credit to him for that.
55:51
I did read that it was hit, which I had no idea, but this
55:55
was his third four hit game in the postseason, this postseason
56:01
or overall in career. His his career, which tied
56:06
Albert Pujols for most in Major League history.
56:09
I'm sorry, ALNL. History, whatever that means.
56:13
Still don't know what that means.
56:15
Yeah, but yeah, Tommy Pham, credit to him.
56:19
D backs then. I think the names I I I think if
56:23
if there's a take away from these first two games I think
56:26
for the D backs it's that the names that you would hope would
56:31
start. Yeah.
56:32
I was going to say Corbin Carroll is like really starting
56:35
a role now. I I yeah start since game seven
56:38
is the Phillies. He's like, he's back catching
56:41
him at a hot time. Yeah, I see what you're saying,
56:45
Avalon Goria had that with that double down the line.
56:50
RBI knock Yeah, he's got AI Think a couple hits already,
56:53
Yeah. Which for his sake, if they do
56:57
end up winning this thing, I hope that he he has something to
57:01
show for it after the series is over.
57:03
Like I want to see him have at least like.
57:06
You know a handful of hits a few RB is here and there that he can
57:10
look back and be like I at least can I mean he he's he's
57:13
certainly contributed to this team's overall success this year
57:16
and and helping them get here just with his leadership alone
57:20
but specifically in the World Series especially with the way
57:23
his his first one did back with back with Tampa.
57:25
I think that was what O eight. I think he went one for 20.
57:33
I believe in that World Series, so.
57:35
For him, I think it's, I think I read it's 15 years later for
57:38
him. If he can.
57:41
Yeah, that would make sense. Oh wait, yeah, 15.
57:43
So for him to be able to return to the World Series 15 years
57:46
later and actually, you know, have himself a little bit of a
57:49
series, I think would be huge. I'd love to see that.
57:53
By the way, I'm going to call a a clutch Christian Walker home
57:59
run. I'm just going to tell you right
58:01
now, it's coming at some point. I don't.
58:06
It's IA clutch 1A real clutch one.
58:11
It's going to wipe away all the wrongdoing so far.
58:15
Are you saying that because you believe in Christian Walker or
58:18
you just getting tired of people rolling over on him?
58:20
I like Christian Walker, so I don't know.
58:23
Anything against Christian. I'm not ready to sell.
58:26
I like him. People suddenly forgot he's, you
58:29
know, a 30 and 100 guy and a big reason why you're here now.
58:33
So I. I applaud your belief in him,
58:36
but I'm telling it to you. The body language is it's cool.
58:39
It's fine. Say what you will, it's coming.
58:43
It's coming. Big clutch one.
58:47
What about a guy like Marcus Simeon, man, he, I mean, he's,
58:50
he's been, yeah, he's been a he's been a, you see?
58:56
Anything you see anything big from him the next few games?
58:59
I don't know that play up the middle that he played, that that
59:03
the glove, that back end that was like up the middle shortstop
59:06
side, Yeah, that he made, you know, that was impressive.
59:13
Yeah, but I mean, there's guys like that throughout the league
59:16
where regardless how they're feeling at the plate, you know
59:20
you're going to get that consistency with the glove.
59:22
And I think he's very easily one of those guys.
59:25
Yeah, but like we're going to need, we're going to need a
59:30
little something. From you little something.
59:33
Marcus, come on, we're going to call you a top three second
59:35
baseman. You're going to need to show up
59:37
a little bit because Katel Martez is casting a large.
59:40
Show though that's the thing. I mean the the regular season he
59:44
had, what did he lead like? I think he led his team in war.
59:49
He led the American League in some some form of hitting.
59:54
I don't even remember what it was some statistical category
59:57
he. I think he led the American
59:59
League in so. It's not like he's had a down
1:00:02
year and it it's not like it makes sense that he's he's
1:00:06
having these struggles this late in the year but.
1:00:10
See, I'm kind of on the opposite side.
1:00:14
Gonna need a little something. I think he played well, but I'm
1:00:19
not freaking out like everyone else. 29 home runs, hundred
1:00:25
RBI's, 162 games played. Props showed up every day.
1:00:31
270-6826 OPS. It's solid.
1:00:38
Don't get me wrong, it's solid, but like, I'm not.
1:00:40
I mean, there's a second baseman, yeah.
1:00:42
I'll take that. It's solid, but like, I wish I
1:00:47
remembered what category it was because I'm almost positive
1:00:51
there's some category that he led the American League in.
1:00:54
He had a big war. I think he had a 7.4.
1:00:57
Yeah, maybe it was war. I don't know if he led he.
1:01:00
But when you're playing every day, and maybe it was AL second
1:01:03
baseman, maybe that's what it was.
1:01:04
Yeah, but I agree he needs to show up and do a little
1:01:08
something. Yeah, those are two guys, I
1:01:11
think 11 from each team that are going to have to going to really
1:01:15
need to do something to change the odds, to slide the odds into
1:01:23
their respective teams favor. If they if one does and the
1:01:26
other doesn't, that could be the difference.
1:01:30
If both decide to show up over these next potential five games,
1:01:36
then it's just up to the rest of the team to play their brand of
1:01:39
baseball, Going back to the brand of baseball thing, and
1:01:42
then you just let the chips fall as they may.
1:01:45
But. I just want a long, strong,
1:01:49
competitive World Series. Yeah, give me back to game one.
1:01:54
Game two is I don't. I don't want that.
1:01:57
We had. We had plenty of that.
1:01:59
That's all this postseason. Give me back to game one.
1:02:02
Give me a couple more game ones. I agree.
1:02:05
Let's end. Let's end this year on a on a
1:02:07
high note. Works for me.
1:02:11
Any other takeaways from first couple games?
1:02:15
Game three? We've got Max Scherzer on the
1:02:17
bump and Brandon. Fought.
1:02:22
I did hear this take. I don't remember where.
1:02:24
I don't really remember sources very well.
1:02:27
I did hear this. Take that like we're half as
1:02:29
much crap as we've been giving shows that.
1:02:31
We got to remind ourselves that like, this is kind of his rehab.
1:02:34
Like he's the postseason has been his rehab.
1:02:38
You're gone for what, Month and a half.
1:02:41
Typically you get a couple rehab starts in the minor leagues.
1:02:44
So, like his rehab starts have been against like the Houston
1:02:48
Astros. So it's like not, but I thought
1:02:51
he had a couple. Didn't he have a couple SIM
1:02:53
games in there to I mean they they built.
1:02:55
Them up a little bit I guess SIM games but like overall, you
1:03:00
know. So he gave him a little crazy.
1:03:02
He did look better last time out.
1:03:03
It's still a short leash in my mind.
1:03:05
So what's tough is that like you saw Martine Perez yesterday.
1:03:09
You saw Dane Dunning yesterday. Is John Gray still alive or
1:03:13
what's the story there? He would.
1:03:14
He Is he not on the roster? He No.
1:03:16
He threw, did he not? Did he?
1:03:21
It just makes me game one. It makes me wonder what the
1:03:25
situation is. Who is coming in after a
1:03:29
possible short start from Scherzer?
1:03:33
And then what do you do game four?
1:03:37
Are you going short rest? I'll be interested to see if we
1:03:43
see maybe an extended outing. And I say extended, I mean it.
1:03:47
It's not going to be more than two innings I would, I wouldn't
1:03:51
imagine, but we have yet to see spores in games one or two have
1:03:56
yet to see. Yesterday.
1:03:57
No. Not in game two.
1:04:00
No. No.
1:04:02
And then you attack on a travel day I.
1:04:05
Mean the long middle relief type outing from him.
1:04:09
You're going to need something the Rangers like.
1:04:10
Their bullpen is just not good, so if you're not getting length.
1:04:16
If you're not getting length out of Scherzer and then game four,
1:04:20
it's either a short rest or a bullpen day.
1:04:22
Like I don't. I don't understand what the game
1:04:25
plan is. There.
1:04:29
We shall see. I tell you what, Scherzer.
1:04:31
Could short rest on native ALDI? Yeah, Scherzer could certainly
1:04:37
do wonders for that staff if he could give them.
1:04:41
Something. Give me 5.
1:04:42
Strong. Give me.
1:04:43
Yeah, I was going to say 5. 3 earned runs or less and I'm
1:04:47
you're getting a very big standing up.
1:04:51
I agree. I I believe it can happen.
1:04:54
Like you said, we've been given, we've been giving him a lot of
1:04:57
crap. But I like he's not, he's not
1:05:02
dead. He just has not been very good.
1:05:05
That's all I'll say, but it's it's it's within the realm of
1:05:08
possibility for Max Scherzer of all people to be able to give
1:05:12
you a five with maybe 3 earned runs.
1:05:16
Like that's very much a realistic possibility.
1:05:18
I think so. I think that's that's a fair
1:05:20
ask, and I think Bruce Bocci would have quite the sigh of
1:05:24
relief if he could have the conversation with Scherzer in
1:05:28
the dugout after the 5th saying. Also comes down to really like
1:05:32
the Rangers need to score in the first three innings, Like you
1:05:35
have to get Scherzer some support.
1:05:37
You got to score, cannot afford to get shut down.
1:05:41
You can't afford fought to to get settled in.
1:05:45
You can't afford pitch count to be in good shape.
1:05:47
Like you need to either attack early, make him throw a lot of
1:05:50
pitches, something to give Scherzer somewhat of a chance,
1:05:55
but the offense has to pick it up.
1:06:00
I just wish for. Give me a Scherzer CG, OK?
1:06:05
I just wish, for Scherzer's sake, that he could have gone up
1:06:08
against anybody other than arguably Arizona's best pitcher
1:06:14
right now. They're hottest guy, I would
1:06:16
agree. We'll see.
1:06:21
Do you Are we throwing prediction outs on that or yeah,
1:06:27
I mean we won't. They won't hear from us until
1:06:36
after 3-4 and five anyway. So we can go, we can go
1:06:39
predictions for 345 and then we can maybe reconvene after that.
1:06:44
What do you? Got for outcomes for each game.
1:06:54
I'm kind of like changing my script as I'm as I'm like
1:06:57
everything I've said for this episode, I'm, I feel like I'm
1:06:59
trying to. And maybe switch things up.
1:07:03
I don't know. I I guess I got to stick to my
1:07:06
prediction. I still have Rangers in six.
1:07:09
So give me a Rangers response. Game three.
1:07:20
Yeah, give me a Rangers response.
1:07:22
Game three. Yeah, I think they take two out
1:07:28
of three, two out of the Rangers.
1:07:31
I. Middle game going to the
1:07:34
Diamondbacks, I was going to say the same exact thing.
1:07:36
I see the pendulum swing back and forth every game.
1:07:41
I see the Rangers coming out in game three with the response,
1:07:44
like you said, I see the D backs locking it in for game four,
1:07:49
riding the momentum of the crowd.
1:07:51
Hopefully they'll they'll be bringing it all three games.
1:07:55
I see them picking up the middle game and then I see the I see
1:07:58
the pendulum swinging back game five.
1:08:00
And then they take that back to Texas.
1:08:03
And then from there. And I I won't say that it's a
1:08:07
done deal being back home because like I said we saw what
1:08:10
the D backs did at the bank 6:00 and 7:00.
1:08:12
So I'm not I won't put it past them but we'll just have to let
1:08:16
it play it out let it play out at that point.
1:08:18
But I I kind of like the the idea that the pendulum swings
1:08:23
back, that'd be nice game, this series.
1:08:24
Because it it seems like if there was a series for that to
1:08:27
happen, it'd be this one. And I think we saw it.
1:08:30
We saw that first hand games one and two, so.
1:08:33
Brings for it'll be good. Yeah.
1:08:36
Cool. Look at us going an hour and a
1:08:38
half on two games. Look at that recap. close.
1:08:41
We're like hour 10. Sheesh.
1:08:46
Anyway, unless you got any other takeaways, we will see you guys.
1:08:52
Let's see, game three, Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
1:08:56
Travel day, Thursday. So who knows?
1:08:59
We could see you guys. Wait.
1:09:01
Wait, wait, wait, wait. What day is it?
1:09:03
Sunday. Yeah, yeah, you're right.
1:09:04
You're right. Travel day Thursday or 3345
1:09:07
Travel Day Thursday? Yeah, so who knows.
1:09:09
Based on how this goes, season could be over.
1:09:11
Next time you hear from us, that's true.
1:09:15
Chances are probably not, but we'll see.
1:09:17
I. Don't think it will be, but it
1:09:18
could be. Other than that, though, we
1:09:21
will. We'll link back up with you guys
1:09:23
at some point later in the series.
1:09:24
Yeah, for sure. It's all it's all got.
1:09:28
Weather getting better. It's getting a lot cooler
1:09:31
outside. You guys are hanging out more,
1:09:34
you know, doing more things. It's not as hot.
1:09:36
Some of you are getting snow. Doesn't matter what kind of
1:09:40
excuses you have, you still don't go chasing curveballs.
1:09:43
Love y'all and as always, looking forward to talking more
1:09:45
baseball with you guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.