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David Kaplan on the playoff Cubs & Bears, Nick Marovets talks Cyclones & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Padres and the Cubs as they will go out of boy Dansby Swanson.
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Did you see his performance in the field yesterday?
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The 2 plays he made, I think it was the 4th inning, the infield
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was in, he went and he stole a hit and then the throw, the
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throw and the catch when he went out to shallow left center,
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caught the ball, contorted his body somehow turned around and
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and threw the ball back into the catcher.
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But just a terrific play by Dansby Swanson, who after all is
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a Gold Glover. I'm not sure he'll be one this
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year, but certainly has earned them in the past.
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And man, oh man, he looked like that at that point yesterday.
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So Cappy coming up, Centurion Stone of Iowa sponsors Cappy who
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joins us each and every week. We'll do some Cubs with Cap.
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We'll do some Bears with Cap. We'll have a fun conversation
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with Cap if we're able to run him down and get the latest on
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how he sees game #2 it will be Kittredge to start ending number
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one and where they will go after that.
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Let's get to him. He joins us from Chicago.
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Cap, what a what a city to be in.
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It's always a great city to be in.
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Probably my favorite city in the country, truth be told.
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But it's got to be extra special here today.
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Game #2 and away we go. Capra, how are you?
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I am awesome and I am going back to Vegas tomorrow.
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That's right. I forgot about that.
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Yeah. They're they're bang, bang, turn
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around, unpack, pack again and off you go.
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And you're going to see the Eagles at this fear, which will
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be fascinating. Can't wait to hear about that.
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How was, how was? Did you go to the game or you
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flew home before the game, did you not?
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I I was there from Thursday night until Sunday morning, and
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then I flew out Sunday morning at a 7:00 AM flight.
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So you'd get home and time, plenty of time to watch the
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game. Seemed like there were a lot of
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Bears fans. I know you're at the South end
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of the Strip, the Mandalay Bay area.
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Did Bears fans take over that part of Las Vegas?
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Oh my God, you can't imagine how many Bears fans were all over
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like Friday. So I was on the air at 4:00 AM
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Friday. So Thursday we got to the hotel
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about 10:45 at night. By the time I got checked in,
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got to my room, the whole deal, it was like 1120.
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So I got to be on the air at 4:00, we meet at 3:30.
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So I just stayed up all my playing blackjack.
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How'd you do? I walked out of there with their
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money. Good.
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I had I between that and then I played an 8 leg parlay on
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Saturday in the sports book. I had UCLA plus the points I had
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Kansas State was my best bet of the weekend.
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I had a whole bunch of them and my esteemed director of content
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who I work for used to be my executive producer, Danny
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Zetterman said. Dude, you got to put Kansas in
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there. They're going to crush.
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So, so I tag it, that's my 8th play and I put it in, but I put
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them in on the money line. They take the lead with, I don't
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know, 40 seconds left. And I'm, you know what?
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The parlay paid how much, $11,000.
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And they gave up a freaking score in the final seconds and
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my parlay died. What did you think of Mandalay
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Bay Sports book? It's not my favorite.
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No, it's it's fine. It's fine.
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It's fine. Yeah, I'm at the win tomorrow.
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And that's going to ratchet up significantly.
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Yeah, Oh yeah. I love the wins.
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My spot. That's my favorite hotel.
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And so I will be in their sports book.
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And I'm hoping that the Chicago National League ball club has
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advanced because I think they're going to play at noon on
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Saturday against the Brewers, which would be 10 AM in Vegas.
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And I would just go down on the sports book and watch my
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cubbies. That would be amazing.
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Cap yesterday watched most of the ball game but was heading
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home during the final ninth inning.
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So I was listening to Pat and Ron on the radio.
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And I just love baseball on the radio.
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It's so good. But at the end, they're doing
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their little, you know, kind of recap.
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And I heard Pat Hughes say this was the best Wrigley environment
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he has ever seen. He saw World Series.
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He said that crowd was as charged up as he has ever heard
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before. Now, it's been a long time since
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Wrigley has hosted a playoff game.
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But I was just shocked to hear that from not just any guy, not
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some schmoes, not, not some idiot on TikTok from Pat Hughes
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who's been around for a while. Tell us about the environment
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for people that were there because it sounded loud.
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But it sounded like it was pretty special yesterday
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afternoon. Yeah, I don't think I would Co
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sign that it was the most charged up that he's ever heard
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it because the most charged up was game five of the World
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Series when Jon Lester and Geraldus Chapman combined to
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keep it alive and get it back to Cleveland.
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That was electric. Carrie Wood hitting a home run
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to tie the game in game seven in O3 was the loudest I had heard
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it until probably Miguel Montero's Grand Slam off Joe
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Blanton in the NLCS deep into the Wrigley night in right
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field. But bases loaded.
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He missed the slider that hung in the middle and he threw him
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the exact same pitch and hung again.
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And Montero didn't miss the second one and crushed it 30
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rows deep, I mean, to the top of the bleachers.
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And so that was as loud those three.
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Yes, yesterday they were into it, electric, all that.
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No, a wild card game did not get the others.
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By the way, you need to root for the Yankees if you want to watch
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that game because it'll be a 1:00 Central time start on
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Saturday if the Yankees advance. If the Red Sox advance, it's the
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night cap. It would be eight O 8 Central,
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so six O 8 Vegas time. What?
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The Brewers. The Brewers Cubs game on
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Saturday, If the Red Sox win, first pitch will be eight O 8
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Central. When did they announce that?
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I'm looking at this from the ALDSNLDS.
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This is from Major League Baseball.
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Did they just put that out? Recently.
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Yeah, recently within the last hour.
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OK, because this morning when I was on the air, I checked it and
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they said that the Brewers are expecting to play at noon.
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The Phillies game would take precedence at night.
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Yeah, this is from Bob Nightingale who retweeted, got
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the schedule somehow and tweeted out there so you'll be able to
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find him anyways. Well, some work to do.
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Obviously before that we Trent and I, when we were lining up
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talked about Dansby Swanson, his plays in the field in that 4th
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inning cap. There's AI mean this guy's won
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Gold Gloves before some people forget that he's he did have a
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couple of more errors maybe this year than some other years and
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maybe that cloud some. But boy, good God, what an
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inning he had. He was incredible though, the
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100 and whatever mile an hour rocket that they hit at him that
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he made a play on and then the looping in a little pumpback
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liner that he went out and caught kept the guy third.
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Those were two of the key plays of the game.
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Matt Shawn, the 1st inning, 112 miles an hour plus and he caught
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it to end the inning with a man on 3rd.
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So yeah, there were a number, I think it was the second inning.
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There was a number of key plays. PCA was magnificent out in the
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outfield. So the Cubs did what they had to
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do defensively. And then say as Suzuki's going
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for the the franchise record today, he's holding five
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straight games, tying the late Ryan Sandberg.
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And we'll see if, say, it can hit #6 today.
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Well, as we look at today, let's get into the matchup Game 2 and
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it's not going to be Shota at the top.
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It's going to be an opener. Kittredge, who pitched
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yesterday, he will get the top of that.
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Padres a line up, your take away.
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We'll just start right there with the decision to go with
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Kittredge to open it up. Well, I mean, Shota has had an
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ERA this year in the first inning of 7.20.
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That's not good. And so if you can limit the
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amount of times he has to face, whether it's Tatis or Machado or
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any of those dudes, then I got no issues with what Craig
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counsels doing. Look, it doesn't mean it's going
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to work, but you try. Your job as a manager or as a
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head coach is you have to put your team in the best possible
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position to win a game. That's it.
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And then they have to execute in the end.
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If I'm a back in my basketball coaching days, I can drop the
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coolest play you've ever seen. If the guy misses the wide open
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shot, I failed. It's players play, coaches
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diagram plays, that's it, and they put their team in position
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to win. It's ultimately it comes down to
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the players. Yesterday.
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I know Aaron Boone's getting crushed for taking Max Freed out
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and I wouldn't have taken Max Freed out either.
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But if the duty brings in doesn't give up the big hits and
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they does his job, no one says a word.
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In the end, the player failed. Yeah, no doubt, Cap.
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I didn't get past the fact that Kittridge is starting and I blew
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my mind. I had no idea what the plan was.
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I thought it was going to be for some reason, go to the bullpen,
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game almost conceding. And then when, you know, Trent
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said no, no, there's more to this.
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Then it made sense and I get it. I'd like to move now as well.
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How about the bullpen yesterday, Cap?
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Polencia, the Pomerantz to Kittridge to Keller.
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What an effort out of the pen. They were magnificent. 4 and 2/3
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of no run baseball, no hit baseball, no walk baseball.
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They just made big pitches in big spots.
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And then when Brad Keller punched out Dander Bogarts to
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end the game, that pitch was unhittable. 97 on the black of
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the plate mean right in the corner of the box ball.
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Game over. Thanks for coming, that was
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spectacular. That bullpen, the way that they
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have it set up and the ability, I mean, plenty.
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It was as good as he's looked, certainly since he came off the
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IL and he was just at a high level.
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Is this how it's going to be or do we have the order?
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Palencia sometime 5th, 6th, 7th, whenever they need them, 8th
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inning and then then the back end.
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It was Kittridge yesterday, obviously won't be today.
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And then in the back end, the way that they filled it, do you
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do you have a pretty good feel? That's about how it's going to
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look, though, with the bullpen. I think it goes day by day like
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they had five left handers in the lineup yesterday for San
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Diego against a lefty starter, and I'm imagining you're going
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to have 5 again in the lineup today against a lefty who's
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doing the majority of the pitching.
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You still have Caleb Theobar you can use.
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You still have Drew Pomeran who you can use.
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Look, you don't worry about pitch counts and you don't worry
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about managing innings. This is not July 22nd, this is
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October 1st and you're in the post season and if you win
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today, you move on to the one series against Milwaukee, which
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would just be high drama. So hopefully, hopefully they can
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get it done today. Cap We saw the Cubs trying to
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keep Red Sox fans on the Yankee Stadium.
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Will Brewers fans do the same with Was it American Family
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Insurance Ballpark now Miller Park?
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Will they try to? Keep Family Field, Yeah.
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Yeah, How will they go about it, Cap?
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Will they will? I mean, Cubs fans will get in,
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but they'll try and limit them. Do you know if that's what's
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their plan if it is Brewers Cups?
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They haven't said now during the regular season, sometimes they
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make it more difficult. And it's funny, I bought tickets
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because I have a home in Wisconsin on top of my home
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here. And so I bought them from my
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Wisconsin zip code and I was able to get them and I went to
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the game. I wasn't working that day, so I
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went to one of the games. But they can only limit them to
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the degree that they can because look, if people want to get in,
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they're going to find a way to buy tickets.
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We have a massive fan base. And in the end, they cannot stop
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you at the gate and go, are you a Cubs fan?
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No, you can't come in. You get the tickets, you're
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going to get in. So I would think there'll be a
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large collection of blue there. Josh Blackwell will be a name
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that will be remembered for a long time, certainly at this
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season that they can hang around for a while and make a push in
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December. Blackwell gets the block and
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gets I the Bears the victory 2524 over the Raiders.
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Take us into that moment and all of a sudden we're seeing field
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goals blocked off the edge after.
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Felt like that hadn't been a part of the NFL for like the
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last decade. Yeah, he apparently Scott Daly,
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the long snapper, dwells Richard Hightower, our special teams
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coordinator, they both told him that there is a tell that their
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long snapper, the Raiders, moves the ball right before he's going
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to snap it and they timed it out.
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I think Richard Hightower had timed once he moves the ball,
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how quickly he snaps it. And so Josh Blackwell did a lot
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of film study and then he timed it and he said whatever the
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number of seconds, let's say 3 seconds, a sign moved the ball.
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He's like 1001, one thousand two, 1003 gone.
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And he got it. It was awesome to see.
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Yeah, I mean, Sunday Night Football felt like the Packers
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Cowboys game, maybe the turning point in that game was the
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blocked point after for a return for a safety.
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Unbelievable cap. They're they go into their by 4,
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they go into a two and two. Your your thoughts, what still
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what still needs to improve in your mind cap for this for this
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Bears team? Like I don't think they're a
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Super Bowl team. I think they're going to contend
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for a playoff berth. But what?
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What have you seen you liked and what do you've what have you
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seen that they still need to improve on?
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Well, they got to figure out their offensive line because
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much as we maligned the tackles, you had Theo Benedett at left
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tackle in the second-half and you had Ozzie True Pillow at
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right tackle because Darnell Rice injured the interiors where
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you're paying your money. That's just a fact. 14 million
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to Jonah Jackson at right guard, 14 million to Drew dominant
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center, 17 million to Joe Tooney.
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Those guys did not play well against the Raiders.
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They have to be better. You pay for quality.
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You got to get quality. I told you, you're going to a
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super expensive steakhouse and you got, you know, some lousy
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piece of meat. You'd be like, I felt what I
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paid for. I was willing to pay for the
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best. I want to eat the best.
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So that's what has to be better. And then they've got to get more
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out of their pass rush. You Geno Smith's not going to be
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throwing the ball to the to the Bears every week.
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You're going to have to make sure you get pressure on the
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quarterback. Ben Johnson been pretty honest
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about where they are in cold. Sunday's game a mess afterwards.
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He's hard on this team, he's hard on these guys.
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He's. Hard on sideline reporters at
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halftime interview. He is too.
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He definitely has that component to it.
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Take us in a little bit, Ben Johnson.
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He just, he's a different kind of personality than I certainly
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anticipated. He's kind of a red ass, isn't
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he? Oh, he is.
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And I love it. I love it.
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Look, I did not have a problem with how he handled the halftime
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interview because I thought that she had made this declarative
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statement. The way you hear her question,
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you can't hear, do you? You hear, you have to chase what
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you're doing. And if I was the coach, I'm in
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game mode like people, friends of mine who aren't in the
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business, they're casual sports fans.
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Why did he have to be such a jerk to her?
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Couldn't he just have, you know, listen to her statement?
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I said, you got to remember something here that dudes in a
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fish ball. He's trying to win a football
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game. His mind is going 9,000,000
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miles an hour about how they can come back from a really lousy
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offensive performance in the first half.
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It's the last thing he feels like doing is that interview.
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And you really get nothing out of it.
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I mean, do you really learn anything?
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Does he go, yeah, we're going to be trying to bomb on the first
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play of the second-half? No, Nobody gives you anything.
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So why they feel like they have to do these.
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I've had to do those. I've had to be the announcer
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that's doing the sideline. And I remember a Missouri Valley
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coach, he was down 30 at the half.
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It was Greg Lansing, the old coach in Indiana State, and
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we're doing the game of the week and I got to go and I know him,
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He's a friend of mine. And here he comes.
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And I'm like, Greg, what did you tell your team?
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Because I was taught at ESPN. It's what, how and why?
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Because if you ask this open-ended, you know, yes, no
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question, you're not going to get an answer.
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Your team has to be better on the offensive line.
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Yep, we do. How about why did your offensive
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line struggle the block in the run game?
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How will you repair your lack of blocking in the first half?
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What do you have to do differently to control Max
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Crosby? She didn't do any of that, so
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I'd be critical of her performance.
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And I understand people being disappointed that Ben showed
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his, what was the word trait, you Red Hat?
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Yeah, it's red because his mind's 1,000,000 miles an hour.
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Like, in 50 seconds, we're kicking the second-half off.
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I'm trying to win a football game.
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So both of them fell on their sword.
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Both said it could have been handled better.
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We move. On yeah, absolutely.
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Well, last year I tried last week, rather I tried to steer
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your steer you or some of your staff to reraw and Mandalay Bay
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going to do the same this week. I'm sure you've been there.
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If you stayed, the wind before downstairs to SW Steakhouse
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doesn't get much better than that cap you've been.
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So I was at SW last Friday, I took Jonathan for dinner and I'm
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at SW tomorrow. Nice.
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Pretty good, isn't it? Oh my God, that's my favorite
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restaurant in Vegas. Yeah, it's certainly on the
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list. It's certainly on the list.
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No doubt about it, Kappa. Enjoy Vegas my.
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Go ahead, my wife's birthday, we're going to sit by the
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waterfall. Like the waterfall?
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Yeah, Oh, you romantic you. And then take her to the Eagles.
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You're going to have a blast. Good stuff, Kappa.
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We'll talk to you in a week. Thank you, pal.
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All. Right, have a great.
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Trent's plays of the day still to come.
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Miller and Condon on Des Moines Sports station 106.3 KX&O.
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I'm Miller Condon 1:30 I was Sports radio network trends,
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plays of the day still to come. So game in Cleveland.
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Game 2 of this Wild Card series. Detroit and Cleveland, It's one
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apiece bottom of four. Looked like it was going to be
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two. One so help me out with this
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because I don't have sound and I saw they went to replay.
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So bases loaded. Yep, 2 outs 2 outs got you.
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Javi Baez at the plate hits one ground ball back up the middle.
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Base Knock yes. Run scores from 3rd.
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One apiece. And the runner from second also
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looking to score the throw though goes to 3rd, the runner
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from first base. Not the home, they were going to
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come down 3rd. Yep, cut him down at third.
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Yep, called safe. He was actually out.
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He went to the replay booth and they they overturned the call.
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And they got it right. He was out there.
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So not only do you get the third out and get out of the inning
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the board, that runner from second that was trying to score.
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Was he not hustling? I didn't think so.
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Didn't we just see this this past weekend in a game?
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It's it's. Unbelievable.
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So 2 awful things. You're not hustling all the way
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home. No, it's not Game 161.
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It's the second game of a Wild. Card, yes, on top of it. 3rd out
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at 3rd. I mean, that's one of the first
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baseball adages that you will learn.
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Ever make the third or third out of third base?
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And you have two blunders there. How many times does that come
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back to bite A-Team? Instead of 21 runners at the
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corners and two outs, it's one, one out of the inning.
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Guardians to the play. And it's remains 1 apiece, 2
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out, bottom of four. Let's talk some cyclones, shall
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we? Nick Meyerowitz joins us locked
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on cyclone network. Hello, Nick Trenton, Ken, thanks
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for coming on. How are you?
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How are you guys doing? Doing OK I.
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Guess I want to start with you, you know, secondary wise, you
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know, Trent made a good point because I'm not, I'm not saying
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that as a gloom and doom I but it's not good news when you
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learn first of when you lose both of your starting
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cornerbacks. But Trent pointed out that, you
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know, I would say he's kind of seen this last year, right?
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All their linebackers, one after another, one gets hurt, then
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another gets hurt and soon they're down to their 6th and
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7th guy, guys that never expected to see the field at
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all. So Campbell is clearly building
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depth, but no John Tez Williams, no Jeremiah Cooper.
22:06
What's Iowa State up against as they try to go forward without
22:09
their two starting corners? Yeah, I mean the.
22:13
The one thing I want to I'm I'm curious why Matt Campbell is
22:16
playing starters up practically 33 minutes or three minutes.
22:20
Left in the game. Like I want to know the decision
22:23
making behind that, but I guess I don't get to ask those
22:26
questions. So we're sitting in the same
22:27
boat there. But I do think there is enough
22:29
depth there. Matt Campbell talked about all
22:31
offseason where he thought depth was in secondary, came up over
22:35
and over. Trey Bell has been a real bright
22:37
spot. Benny and Goye, David Coffey,
22:40
Quentin Taylor, like we have guys in the secondary.
22:42
It's just going to be can they step up as we step through the
22:46
season? Like there is no return for
22:49
Cooper or Janta. So you just got to get the job
22:52
done now and maybe that helps. Things too kind of that week
22:55
after week what's going to happen am I going to lose my job
22:57
when he comes back no you you guys are going to be the guys
23:00
sink or swim Yep and you're. Going to get the.
23:02
Opportunity, you mentioned coffee.
23:04
Do you know what the injury was that he was dealing with?
23:06
I know Campbell mentioned earlier in the week that he is
23:09
back at practice now and backup practice is one thing, being
23:13
game ready is another. What can you fill us in there?
23:16
Because, you know, we've kind of gone into this field, like
23:18
obviously Trey Bell's going to get one spot.
23:20
Likely it's going to be Taylor and Nagoye fighting for that
23:22
other spot. But what can you tell us about
23:24
coffee? I actually don't know.
23:26
Too much about what happened with coffee.
23:28
I It's good news that he's back and I trust Campbell with the
23:32
fact that he's healthy. But at the same time,
23:35
everybody's week to week if they're not indefinitely out.
23:37
So I am not apprehensive, but I want to see it on the field, if
23:41
that makes sense. I want to see.
23:43
Nagoya on the field, is he ready to step into those shoes from
23:46
offense to defense, they've kind of, you know, taking it easy on
23:50
him, kind of easing him into that spot.
23:51
Is he ready to go, do you think, Nick?
23:54
I do actually. And obviously we've seen this in
23:56
the past with guys like DP, but Matt Campbell talked this
24:00
offseason about he played DB in high school.
24:03
And obviously the hands are there.
24:05
And one of the real strengths of transitioning from offense to
24:07
defense is that you know how offenses work, you know what
24:10
they're trying to target in certain defensive coverages and
24:13
stuff. And that mental side could be a
24:15
real leg up for being goy. And I think that's really the
24:20
kind of key for this whole defense is it's veteran LED.
24:22
They understand the game of football, not just out there
24:25
kind of a bunch of athletes running fast, like they know
24:29
what's going on on the field. And that I think is an
24:31
advantage. And we'll see that in Benny and
24:33
Goye. I want to jump.
24:34
Over to a guy that we talked about a ton during the summer
24:37
time and then into the season. Where is Chase Soel?
24:41
Where where after this guy, he was going to be the next big
24:44
wide receiver that's going to come in and hit the ground
24:46
running and there's going to be no step back.
24:48
There was we found out he was injured.
24:49
He was banged up during August camp, didn't get a whole lot of
24:52
practice time. Is this what the anticipation
24:54
should be? Not that he's going to go for
24:56
150 plus yards every single game, but that they do have that
25:00
traditional bonafide #1 receiver.
25:03
Do you see so well in that in that role now going forward I.
25:07
Do in some. Respects, but I also think
25:09
they'll still continue with that kind of diversified attack.
25:11
Obviously with the tight ends and Brett Eskelson and what he's
25:14
been. I'd like to see Dom Overby step
25:16
up a little bit more. We talked on Locked On Cyclones
25:19
this week about where is Rocco in the Heisman conversation.
25:23
I think after the Cincinnati game, there's a real shot he's
25:26
at the top. Of the Big 12 as.
25:28
Far as that goes, I think Cincinnati secondary is kind of
25:30
weak, or at least their weakest position, so look out for a
25:34
chase. So well, 250 yard game, just
25:37
some thing ridiculous it seems I talked with Jeff Carr.
25:39
Seems like they can kind of slow you down to 10 to 15 yard range.
25:43
But if you pop off the top, you're going to be just fine.
25:45
So I wonder if Iowa State will try to stretch the field that
25:48
way and what we saw last week against Arizona Chase so well is
25:52
that guy I kind? Of looked at.
25:54
His first few games is as if it was Joe Bro with the Bengals
25:57
right when he missed his training camp.
25:59
It takes weeks one through 3 to really get up to speed.
26:03
Now Chase so well is up to speed for the Cyclones and I think we
26:06
can see a lot more of him moving forward well if you're the
26:09
quarterback. On the team that's six and O,
26:11
you're going to get some love from the Heisman voters or or
26:14
betters, if nothing else. Not sure where he'll fit, but
26:17
coming out of the Big 12, he's got to be toward the top of that
26:20
list. Canton picnics, if indeed they
26:23
do get the six and O. So what worries you about this
26:25
Cincinnati team? I'm not sure if you had a chance
26:27
to watch the Cincinnati Kansas game.
26:30
Kansas and Daniels seem to do some damage through the air.
26:34
So maybe so well does have one of those games.
26:36
What worries you about the Cincinnati squad?
26:39
I think the. Biggest thing?
26:40
For me is I just? Struggle to feel, really.
26:43
Confident when Iowa State's facing a semi mobile quarterback
26:46
and I think on some level we were really looking at a similar
26:50
guy as Rocco, right? Like it's not necessarily like
26:53
source, we can run all over you. That's not their game plan.
26:56
It's somewhere in there, but it's not their bread and butter.
27:00
But I worry about his ability to stretch plays, get outside the
27:03
pocket. I want to see what we saw last
27:06
week, a couple spots highs, linebackers flowing out to the
27:09
nine tech like I want to see the linebackers really step up in
27:12
this one. Obviously with the secondary
27:14
banged up as well. If that happens, I feel good
27:17
about this. But you are on the road.
27:19
You're in Nifford Stadium, which I know a lot of people think is
27:21
like, oh, it's Cincinnati. It's no big deal.
27:23
But I think it's actually going to be a tough environment to
27:26
play in. It's it's it's really the same
27:29
as all the other games for Iowa State so far this season.
27:31
Get up, get the first punch in and roll with it from there.
27:34
You're if you can shut them down early.
27:36
I think Iowa State's the strongest, so we got our.
27:39
First extended look at Chase Smith and not kicking extra
27:42
points in South Dakota when he was called in, but no in in a
27:45
real environment here against Arizona, 1 field goal knocked it
27:49
in from 34 yards away. I don't think this is going to
27:52
be a guy we we don't have to worry about Braden Aubrey
27:54
territory for him. But what have you seen out of
27:56
the freshman? What you see from him both
27:58
kicking and also, you know, those kickoffs and how this is
28:01
going to look and change Obviously with Canardy out,
28:04
looks like for another couple weeks of minimum.
28:07
I'll try. I'm actually kind of surprised
28:08
you're even willing to say Karate's name.
28:10
Yeah, yeah. But.
28:13
No, I, I. Think we'll see some aggression
28:15
kind of around that 4045 yard line just to get inside of that
28:19
35 actual kick range for for chase.
28:24
I think that's what they're going to be gunning for.
28:26
So I think that's a positive for Iowa State.
28:28
It's not going to be when Mauser spoke on the whole kicking
28:32
situation, he said we're once we cross the 50, we're we kind of
28:35
know we're in field goal range. And to me it sounded like he was
28:39
OK with settling like for three, let's line up the ball where can
28:43
already wants to kick it from. We walk away with points.
28:46
That's the win. I want this team to be a little
28:48
more aggressive. I think they're capable on
28:50
offensive doing that. And so I wonder if this will
28:53
result in a more explosive but at least more aggressive offense
28:58
and in the middle of the field and that will result in more
29:00
points. But I feel good about Chase
29:02
kicking it, especially after getting one in game.
29:04
You know, obviously suiting up is different than doing it in
29:07
practice under the lights. It's going to be a big deal.
29:09
So confidence is there, but I'd like to see the offense more
29:11
aggressive, too. Yeah, I love the fact that he
29:13
was. Able to get out there and
29:14
actually kick a field goal and he was meaningless for the most
29:18
part. I mean, no, no pressure at that
29:20
time of the football game. I like the fact that Campbell
29:22
didn't send him out there right after the first touchdown.
29:24
They went for two, so he had a little bit of wiggle room if,
29:27
you know, if he wasn't ready. We'll see where it goes.
29:29
Good stuff. Is Nippert Stadium the oldest
29:32
stadium in the conference? Has to be right?
29:36
That's over 100 years old. I don't have the stats.
29:39
Specifically on on how long it's been around, but I do know it's
29:43
one of the most recent stadiums to have someone sleep over in
29:46
it. Just this last week GFED slept
29:48
there and I feel like that's worth bringing up.
29:50
It's pretty neat. Did not know.
29:52
That Nick good stuff. Locked on cyclones for for Nick
29:56
locked on cyclones daily podcast, right?
29:59
It's every day Monday. Through Friday, good stuff you
30:01
can find. It on the part of the locked on
30:03
network. Nick, thanks for jumping on
30:04
appreciate it. Thanks for having me.
30:06
Guys, Yeah. Good to talk to Nick Berevitz.
30:08
On Iowa State, locked on cyclones.
30:10
That thing's old, Trent. It is.
30:12
Oldest Stadium. I Nippert Stadium what year 19
30:19
what early 19 it was. Attendance record surface open
30:25
in 19/15/19. 15 I would think so.
30:29
Has to be a lot of. Renovations.
30:31
Throughout the years, yeah. Because it.
30:33
Recently expanded because I think this it uses it's like
30:37
31,000 or something rings a bell for a long long time up to 40
30:41
now they're. Up to 40, maybe some of that.
30:43
Kelsey Money helped out with the with the renovations of that
30:47
stadium. That's a cool building.
30:50
Nippert Stadium, ESPN two 11:00 Saturday morning.
30:54
Or if you're driving around and you're in central Iowa on the
30:58
flagship for the Cyclone Radio network, 100.3, the bus point
31:03
spread their cats favored 1 1/2. Yes, two, one and a half one.
31:08
Somewhere in that vicinity. I'm looking right?
31:11
Now at Wager Talk, there has been, I would guess, a couple of
31:15
substantial bets on on Cincinnati really. 95.
31:20
Percent of the money listed at Wager Talk is on Cincinnati in
31:25
this game, while the tickets basically split 51% in
31:28
Cincinnati. So that normally that'll tell
31:31
you there are big, big bets and that's not everyday Joes.
31:37
That is a betting syndicate. That is something along those
31:40
lines, a service play that was sent out that would tell you
31:43
that's why you see so much and that decided advantage on the
31:46
Cincinnati side. It's one and. 1/2 everywhere.
31:50
There is one out there. Chris Andrews at the South
31:52
points down to 1, but everybody else is at 1 1/2.
31:56
Do you like, is there a college game you like more than the
31:58
others this week? Maybe not even from a betting
32:00
perspective, just viewership wise, yeah.
32:02
If you want to watch one. Game other than the 1 you know,
32:04
Iowa State Cincinnati for work related purposes Miami FL state
32:09
move your needle. It absolutely does.
32:10
Sandy, Alabama. That one is just.
32:13
Intriguing because of the storylines.
32:14
I mean, last year, Yeah. What happened?
32:17
Pavia, of course. It's just worth the price of
32:19
admission go really well or really poorly because that's
32:22
what you get out of Diego Pavia, the Florida State Miami game.
32:26
Now this is a product of my age, us in the 80s and early 90s.
32:31
Yeah, everybody. Yes, from kids in Osage all the
32:35
way through. He had one of the two.
32:36
Yeah. And even Florida really wasn't
32:38
part of that makes, at least for us, you're either fan of the you
32:41
or Florida State. I was a Florida State guy.
32:43
I had the Florida State jacket. I love Charlie Ward.
32:46
I thought that Casey Walton was going to be a stud in the league
32:48
like Bowden and his Seminoles. Year after, year after.
32:51
Year top five every single season.
32:53
So I was a Florida State guy growing up.
32:55
There's just something special about that rivalry for me.
32:58
But I'm sure it's also a product of my age, right?
33:00
That's it was just such an important game from like 8797.
33:05
It was who, every single year, if seemingly determined who was
33:08
going to be in the national championship.
33:10
Right does. Michigan State, Nebraska in the
33:13
middle of the afternoon interest you at all?
33:15
No, that's where I'll be because that's the final two games for
33:18
the Of course you're a Oscar fan.
33:19
Well, I want to see Michigan State.
33:21
Because I'm not sure when I watch Michigan State again, I
33:23
watch where they play. Iowa, I got enough of Michigan
33:26
State against USC. No, I'll watch it.
33:28
I'll have it on because what is what else?
33:30
Is in the middle of the afternoon.
33:32
Vanity, Alabama. That's middle of the afternoon
33:35
Texas, Florida, Middle of the afternoon.
33:37
Penn State. You see, boy, how far has CBS
33:39
fallen and when CBS was appointment TV at 2:30 in the
33:42
afternoon. Good God.
33:45
Well, take a time to pony up, though.
33:47
When? They had a great deal they did.
33:49
The SEC said. You know.
33:50
What? I think we should get a little
33:51
bit more. No, we got a deal, you know.
33:54
Whoops. We will come back Trent's plays
33:58
of the day. What are we doing baseball wise?
33:59
It's still one a piece. We seem to be a break or my TV
34:02
is frozen. I just came back from break.
34:04
Is it still one a piece? It is one a piece as we go to
34:07
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34:41
Miller and Condon welcome back. Final segment here.
34:45
Little CCR to bring us back into it.
34:48
Good stuff. Boy, these guys were good.
34:50
I like Fogerty I. Do too still.
34:51
Doing it and his sons, I think our son, but it just I think
34:56
they just released a new album. Not even the new stuff, but boy,
34:58
that old stuff was unbelievable. We got a hell of a baseball game
35:02
in Cleveland, Detroit and Cleveland won a piece and you
35:05
will probably follow these things.
35:07
I know, although you don't bet totals too much in baseball, but
35:10
how was significant? I know when the NBA playoffs get
35:12
here I mean the totals just go crashing down because they play
35:15
defense in the playoffs opposed to the 82 game regular season.
35:20
How much did the number drop in in MLB game totals?
35:23
Do you have any idea? Well, at the run I see Padres.
35:27
Cubs is 6 1/2 today and normally there's 7.
35:29
And a half eight sitting there, somewhere in there. 7 1/2 for
35:32
red. Sox Yankees Tonight 8 1/2 For
35:34
Dodgers Red. So yeah, those are definitely
35:37
doubted if you would have taken just blindly taken the unders
35:39
yesterday, you had a three in one day.
35:40
Yeah, the late game was the. One you lost right 5 homers out
35:43
of the Dodgers. They flipped that switch.
35:45
Ken tried to tell you. I hope you're right.
35:47
So. Real quick.
35:48
Well, I just don't. I don't mean to say that I don't
35:50
want to talk about this. Jack Dreyer.
35:52
You, you. You called his games.
35:54
Yes, I remember when I showed up.
35:56
To a chance to game, yeah. And Barta and Stephis goes, and
35:59
we got this freshman. He's pretty good.
36:01
This is his freshman. Show he's in 9th grade, He's in
36:03
9th grade. And he's throwing, you know,
36:05
upper 80s at the time. He's a lefty.
36:06
I'm like, oh, he's good. Yeah.
36:08
But never. How big was he then?
36:10
He was gangly. He's all arms and legs at that
36:14
point. He wasn't super tall by any
36:15
means that he's maybe 6-1. But yeah, you could all right.
36:19
But you don't know I, I certainly, I'm not a scout sure
36:22
to turn into this to be a backbone.
36:25
Yes, of that bullpen. What a big inning last night.
36:29
What a big inning. Got that ball four that got
36:31
swung at to get out of the inning.
36:33
Just huge. He's a lefty boy.
36:35
Lefties were the story of the day yesterday.
36:37
No doubt about it. Don't have any?
36:39
Props for today I do have that was your only your loss
36:42
yesterday of memories. By the way, great handicap on
36:45
the WNBA, laying the 9 all day long.
36:48
You know, I really had him there.
36:50
Seriously, I watched most of the second-half and every single
36:54
time it looked like the Aces were going to pull away.
36:58
The Fever had a response and then another injury hits and it
37:02
just, I don't know how they did it.
37:04
Credit to Stephanie White and that team, even in that
37:06
position. I was absolutely incredibly
37:09
impressed doing that, what she did.
37:11
But we got a lucky one on that one.
37:14
It'll come. It'll you know.
37:15
What? It'll come around again, Jeff,
37:16
Right. You'll you'll lose a
37:17
heartbreaker somehow. I think you lost that game
37:20
anyways, what are you playing today?
37:21
Just playing the Cubs and the. Yankees.
37:22
That's it, that's it. Had Bybee.
37:25
So we hit the strikeout over, but I also had him over 14 1/2
37:29
outs. Oh, nice.
37:30
And. It didn't get the outs though.
37:32
Because he got pulled before he got passed that number.
37:35
Yeah, we were one out away from hitting the number for Bobby. 14
37:39
1/2 outs. He got 14 in the game, so we'll
37:41
take an L there. But we got to win with the over
37:44
5 1/2 strikeouts. I am on the Guardians.
37:46
But yeah, just two plays of games that'll be happening.
37:48
Padres, check me. Cubs.
37:51
Did they say Cubs? Cubs, Cubs and the Yankees.
37:56
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