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9/30/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome to the 7 o'clock club. The Huddle,
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  Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio Wisconsin. Drew Olson along with Dobie Maxwell.
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  Speaker 1: He's in for Billy Schmidt. Billy back tomorrow. Hunter Baumgart
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  Speaker 1: manning the controls. And he's monitoring the NicoletLaw.com talk text
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  Speaker 1: line 877-794-1973. Hunter gets a day off from the Brewers
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  Speaker 1: Can't not notice it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Hunter's a superhero for coming in and bailing us out today.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. And Ben Rice is a superhero for what
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  Speaker 1: he did to the Red Sox last evening with Grand Slam.
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  Speaker 1: what do you have four hits six rbi.
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  Speaker 4: I believe so and uh i mean cam schlittler has
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  Speaker 4: been fantastic too he has a 0.47 era against the
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  Speaker 4: red sox in his career so far so how about
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  Speaker 4: that he has just been.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic they and how it's bad enough is of the
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  Speaker 1: al bad enough for red sox fans to take it
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  Speaker 1: in the shorts like they did yesterday but to have
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  Speaker 1: littler Tough Schlittler. To have the two guys that do
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  Speaker 1: it to you be from New England, extra painful. Brian
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  Speaker 1: Balaga is from Chicago, and he played for the Packers.
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  Speaker 1: That was a very similar situation. That's a little bit
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  Speaker 1: like Tyrese Halliburton shooting down the box.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Ouch.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Schlittler, six and a third last night, two hits,
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  Speaker 4: no runs, ten strikeouts, one walk.
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  Speaker 1: Dominant.
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  Speaker 3: Dominant.
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  Speaker 1: Well, he can share it with Ben Rice because they
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  Speaker 1: tag-teamed it. For sure. That's all the Yankees needed was
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  Speaker 1: Get you the nickelalaw.com talk and text line. Derek from
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  Speaker 1: Whitewater pointing out that the Badgers are basically ranked 26th
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  Speaker 1: right now. Most votes to be ranked without being ranked.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, yep.
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  Speaker 4: So I don't think it'll take much longer for them
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  Speaker 4: to get ranked.
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  Speaker 1: If they win Saturday, there's a chance they'll vault into
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  Speaker 1: the top 25, which would be a nice return. Sure would.
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  Speaker 1: And again, it'd be another momentum boost. So the Badgers
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  Speaker 1: do need to win on Saturday. There's some intrigue. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if it was appointment viewing for people,
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  Speaker 1: especially after the first half when they were down 17-0
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  Speaker 1: Saturday at Happy Valley, but I think this is appointment
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  Speaker 1: viewing for folks. You got to see how they do
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  Speaker 1: and see how they come out and see how they
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  Speaker 1: handle things against Sparty. You're going to face a desperate
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  Speaker 1: Sparty team. Much like the Packers are going to face
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  Speaker 1: a desperate Buccaneers team on Sunday in Tampa. 0-3 Buccaneers, right?
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. With a backup quarterback. It's like
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  Speaker 1: their season's slipping away. Well, we heard about the 0-2 Falcons. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: When you face desperate teams, that's what you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get the kitchen sink thrown at you. Traditionally, the Packers
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  Speaker 1: fans have... I wish that game was later in the year,
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  Speaker 1: but That's a destination, right? That was always, they would
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  Speaker 1: go and take over. You talk about stadium takeovers. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That was always, and again, because I'm old. I'm old
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  Speaker 1: enough to remember when the Packers would go to Tampa,
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  Speaker 1: whether the Bucs were good or bad, it didn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: It'd be 75% green and gold, and the place would be,
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  Speaker 1: it was like a Packers home game. And I remember that,
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  Speaker 1: and it was cool. And then people who get pissed
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  Speaker 1: when Cubs fans buy the tickets and come to games
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  Speaker 1: at AmFam, like, hey. It works both ways. You know?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: If you dig it when your fans take over a stadium,
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  Speaker 1: it can happen elsewhere.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: It's happened to a degree with Lions fans taking over Lambeau.
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  Speaker 1: That hurts a little. When the Lions started to get good,
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  Speaker 1: I was like, oh, man, a lot of Honolulu blue.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't to the point of what the Packers had
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  Speaker 1: in Tampa. No, it was noticeable. It was definitely noticeable.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And it'll probably be that way in a week and
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  Speaker 1: a half when the Bears come to Lambeau. Probably. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Especially considering where both fan bases are and that, that
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  Speaker 4: has a lot to do with it and the confidence
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  Speaker 4: level as well. But yeah, this is a, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: this past Thursday was a time where the Packers should
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  Speaker 4: have taken advantage of the opportunity, but this is another one, right?
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  Speaker 4: Where you have a backup quarterback, a team that started Oh,
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  Speaker 4: and three searching for answers, try to take advantage of that.
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  Speaker 4: You're not playing. The tough part about this is they're
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  Speaker 4: not playing like you know, the bills and the chiefs
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  Speaker 4: right now, they're playing these teams that are not having
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  Speaker 4: good starts to the year. And, and that's what I
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  Speaker 4: think is probably the most frustrating for Packers fans. Like
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  Speaker 4: you sit in there and you're saying, man, these aren't these,
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  Speaker 4: we're not playing the best of the best so far.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the Vikings are three and oh, okay. That
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  Speaker 4: was week one. You had a lead and then obviously
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  Speaker 4: lost it. But then you played the jets who don't
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  Speaker 4: seem to be going anywhere despite a week one win
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  Speaker 4: over Tennessee. But I think anybody can be Tennessee at
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  Speaker 4: this point. And then week two, or week three, you
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  Speaker 4: played Atlanta, obviously came in and won a game and
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  Speaker 4: lost by a bunch and been in the red zone.
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  Speaker 4: And then you're playing Tampa now with a backup quarterback
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  Speaker 4: and also 0-3. So if they had gotten off to
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  Speaker 4: this 1-2 start and man, they're playing the Bills and
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  Speaker 4: the Chiefs and some of these other good teams, that'd
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  Speaker 4: be one thing. But they have another opportunity to come
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  Speaker 4: back and say, all right, we're 2-2 after four weeks
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  Speaker 4: and let's see what we can do after that. But
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  Speaker 4: I think there's just so many signs that It's going
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  Speaker 4: to be tough for the Packers in Tampa, no matter
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  Speaker 4: who's playing quarterback.
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  Speaker 5: If they can win this one, then you're going to
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  Speaker 5: get Michael Parsons back, and there's a chance Josh Jacobs
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  Speaker 5: will come back. Somebody said 25% of their salary cap
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  Speaker 5: is not playing right now.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty interesting. The Jacobs thing is just so... Banks,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 3: Banks, too.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're good.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no doubt.
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  Speaker 3: Those are....
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  Speaker 1: The margins in the NFL are so slim that games
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  Speaker 1: are decided on a few plays by a few playmakers,
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  Speaker 1: and you're without two of your best playmakers. Both sides
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  Speaker 1: of the ball. Both sides, yeah. That's hard to overcome.
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  Speaker 1: We'll take your hot takes, 877-794-1973. Hot take, to me,
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  Speaker 1: the best story in the playoffs this year, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't know how long it's going to last. They won yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: the White Sox.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: This is a team that not long ago lost 100
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  Speaker 1: games three years in a row. Hard to do. Two
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  Speaker 1: years after they traded Garrett Crochet, which is the ultimate
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  Speaker 1: white flag, they're in the playoffs. Hunter, you heard Vaughn
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  Speaker 1: and Bryce Wilson talking about it?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they were just, I think they're like, oh, the
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  Speaker 4: White Sox ended up clinching or whatever, and it was
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  Speaker 4: just a quick conversation there that I heard.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't hear the whole conversation, but just
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  Speaker 1: in passing.
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  Speaker 4: And I think it's just, it is incredible what the
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  Speaker 4: White Sox did this year, and Pat Murphy said it
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  Speaker 4: after that first sweep, like, hey, he kind of called it. Uh, that,
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  Speaker 4: you know what this white Sox team look out for him,
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  Speaker 4: but they were 60 and one Oh two a year ago,
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  Speaker 4: a one year ago, 16, one Oh two. And it's
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  Speaker 4: not like they went out and got Shohei Otani. Like
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  Speaker 4: they have some, you know, and, and look, we'll Venable
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  Speaker 4: has done a nice job. I think they were kind
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  Speaker 4: of searching for answers on the managerial side and maybe
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  Speaker 4: they have talked about, you want to talk about manager
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  Speaker 4: of the year and cash is obviously up for it
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  Speaker 4: at the raise. And you could talk about some of
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  Speaker 4: the other teams. I, if I, if I were voting
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  Speaker 4: in the AL this year, a manager of the year,
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  Speaker 4: it'd be Will Venable. I mean, it's, it's, it's how
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  Speaker 4: do you go from 102 losses to the playoffs to
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  Speaker 4: now you're one win away from, you're going to host
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  Speaker 4: a playoff game. If they win one of these next two.
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  Speaker 1: In Houston, they won 84 games and got in and
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  Speaker 1: the team they're playing one 81 games.
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  Speaker 3: Right. Right.
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  Speaker 4: So it's not, you know, They're not the 103-win Brewers,
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  Speaker 4: but they got in.
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  Speaker 1: They definitely got in.
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  Speaker 4: And they're one game away from winning their division. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they had the tiebreaker over Cleveland. They would have been
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  Speaker 4: one game better or beat Cleveland one more time throughout
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  Speaker 4: the season. They would have had the tiebreaker. And so
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  Speaker 4: the White Sox win this series against Houston. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they have a chance to make the ALCS because the
• 9:03
  Speaker 4: Guardians were just one game better than them. It's not
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  Speaker 4: like the Guardians have been great. I do trust the
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  Speaker 4: Guardians a little more. They've been there, done that. They
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  Speaker 4: were in it last year. Steven Vogt's obviously a great manager.
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  Speaker 1: We all know that.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, but man, this is really impressive. I, I know
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  Speaker 4: a few White Sox fans, my uncle and cousin, uh, are,
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  Speaker 4: are loving it. Uh, one of my friends from college also, uh,
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  Speaker 4: just they're happy to play out baseball back. They haven't
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  Speaker 4: been in it since 21.
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  Speaker 5: Brewers Sox World Series. I know that's a big dream,
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  Speaker 5: but it would be so great around here.
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  Speaker 1: I would love it. Brewers Yankees World Series. Oh, I'd
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  Speaker 1: love that too.
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  Speaker 3: Bring it.
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  Speaker 1: Bring it. I'd be down for it.
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  Speaker 4: Brewers in the World Series. Those two combined.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Pulaski High School Brewers. I don't care.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's cool.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Brewers against kettle brain in the world series. It doesn't matter. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: My goodness. Um, hot take. Well, no, not a hot take.
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  Speaker 1: Let's do who's hot. Who's not real quick.
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  Speaker 1: them out at donovanjorgensen.com. Who's hot?
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 1: I got to go. We just mentioned Schlittler and Ben Rice.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: And the Padres. Padres are hot. Padres are absolutely hot,
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  Speaker 1: undeniably hot. They were hot last night. They smoked the Cubs.
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  Speaker 1: They're trying to close it out tonight and then come
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  Speaker 1: to Milwaukee for a game on Saturday. We've been talking
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  Speaker 1: about them a lot. They got some good players. They
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  Speaker 1: have a good bullpen. Their starting pitcher last night went
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  Speaker 1: in the seventh without giving up a hit. They're definitely hot.
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  Speaker 1: Who's not hot? I'm going to say the Harbaugh brothers
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  Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, Jim's 0-3. Jim's 0-3, and John lost
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  Speaker 1: his quarterback, saw Jameis Winston play an ugly game that
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  Speaker 1: they won, and then they went and got J.J. McCarthy
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  Speaker 1: for a fifth round pick. I don't think that's the
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  Speaker 1: coming Messiah. Meanwhile, J.J. McCarthy goes to the Giants, and
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  Speaker 1: he'll work his way in. The Giants are sitting at 2-1,
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  Speaker 1: but they don't have Jackson Dart, and they lost their
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  Speaker 1: best edge rusher, so they've had Brutal injuries, kind of
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  Speaker 1: like what the Packers are facing with not having Parsons
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  Speaker 1: and Jacobs. Brutal injuries for them. They'll be working J.J.
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  Speaker 1: McCarthy in. They're playing without Jackson Dart. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: good luck. The Harbaugh brothers, to me, are not hot.
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  Speaker 1: How do they let Saquon Barkley go? I still don't
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  Speaker 1: understand that. I mean, it's a couple years ago now,
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  Speaker 1: but still. You're still looking back at that and scratching
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  Speaker 1: your head.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: The if they had jackson dart i was looking forward
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  Speaker 4: to that being kind of an entertaining team this year
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  Speaker 4: with harbaugh in there yeah and jackson darp and now
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  Speaker 4: dart's done for the year anybody can beat the titans
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  Speaker 4: let's see titan man robert sala it's just brutal that
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  Speaker 4: is just and the team.
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  Speaker 1: That harbaugh helmed for all those years and left the
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: ravens are two.
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  Speaker 4: In one yeah ravens are just a model of just
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  Speaker 4: organizational success of course harbaugh is a big part of
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  Speaker 4: that but i think You have Lamar Jackson. You have
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  Speaker 4: Derrick Henry. I think you're going to be all right
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  Speaker 4: no matter what coach you got.
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  Speaker 5: Ozzie Newsome said that he'd lay the foundation there, but
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  Speaker 5: it's continuing.
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  Speaker 1: We mentioned that Thursday when we're at Pottawatomie for the
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: Thursday night huddle from 5 to 7 in the Sportsbook
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  Speaker 1: Annex at our favorite place on Canal Street, we'll be
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  Speaker 1: getting ready for Browns Steelers. Steelers technically in first place
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  Speaker 1: in that division in the AFC North where every team
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  Speaker 1: is 2-1.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody. Everybody's got a winning record. Steelers, Bengals, Browns, and Ravens.
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  Speaker 1: They're all 2-1. Something's got to give. Well, it'll give
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday night when the Steelers play the Browns.
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  Speaker 4: Steelers and the Browns playing for the top spot. That'll
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  Speaker 4: break the four-way tie. I want McCarthy and Rodgers.
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  Speaker 1: To go all the way. Yeah, I like Rodgers, too.
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  Speaker 3: I still do.
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  Speaker 5: I'd like them to make the playoffs. Packers, Steelers, Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 5: Let's just go. Let's dream big.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, dream big. I would love it. I enjoy seeing
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  Speaker 4: him play. It's obviously the last year Rogers. So I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to soak in every moment that I can of
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  Speaker 4: watching him. And so far, so far it's been all right.
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  Speaker 4: And a big win for him over Cincinnati last week.
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  Speaker 1: Hunter, do you have another interview for us from yesterday?
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  Speaker 1: Let's hear one. Let's do it.
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  Speaker 4: Cooper Pratt talked to the media yesterday. He's playing in
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  Speaker 4: his first post season. And so we talked to him
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  Speaker 4: about really what, you know, what he's excited for, what
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  Speaker 4: he can, he's expecting from, the atmosphere to be like,
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  Speaker 4: how the regular season has prepared him for it. So
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  Speaker 4: here's Cooper Pratt with reporters in the Brewers Clubhouse yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: What are your expectations for the next month, potentially?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, without baseball, I don't really know what to expect.
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  Speaker 3: But I do, kind of.
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  Speaker 2: I expect it to be loud.
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  Speaker 1: I expect it to be exciting. Some of that's baseball.
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  Speaker 2: I've been a part of, hopefully, and I expect to win.
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  Speaker 2: Where's the energy and confidence in this team right now,
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  Speaker 2: heading in? I mean, I have as much confidence as
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  Speaker 2: I can remember.
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  Speaker 1: We've kind of shown.
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  Speaker 2: That with the regular season, but the regular.
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  Speaker 1: Season is kind of out the window now, and now
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs start, and now it's real.
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  Speaker 2: So if everyone goes into the playoffs 0-0, it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: matter how you get in. It just matters how you
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  Speaker 2: perform over here.
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  Speaker 1: Who do you lean on when you're trying to get
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  Speaker 1: a gauge of what this is going to be like?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I mean, you can lean on any one of
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  Speaker 2: the guys. I mean, Terrain, you know, all the guys
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  Speaker 2: that were here in the past, uh, they, they, they're
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  Speaker 2: more than happy to, to answer any questions I have
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  Speaker 2: to just, uh, I, I've heard, uh, comparable to like,
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: like when we played the Cubs here in, in Chicago, but, uh,
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: probably a lot more hear stories about last year. I'm
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: just excited and looking forward to it.
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: What all has stuck with you about what your teammates
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: have told you about what postseason baseball is all about?
• 15:04
  Speaker 3: It's about winning.
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: It's the same as how we've played all year. Just
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: trying to win game at a time. I wish I
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: could tell you more. I just know that I've watched
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: it growing up and I'm excited to.
• 15:18
  Speaker 3: Be a part of it.
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: How do you go into today with a sim game
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: and try to keep that intensity level up?
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: Uh, I mean, it's just another day. Uh, it's, it's
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: cool getting to watch some of these other games go
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: on right now and potentially see who will play, but
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: it doesn't really matter. I mean, we're going to have
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: to play good baseball their way. Every team in the
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: playoffs is here for a reason. And, uh, uh, we
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: need to remember that. And, uh, play winning baseball.
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: Cooper, how much does playing at Wrigley or some of
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: those atmospheres during the regular season help you with what
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: the atmosphere could be like coming up this weekend?
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: No, I mean, it was cool, especially like playing in September,
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: playing like the Phillies in September, like starting to see
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: teams that you'll face, pitchers that you'll face in October.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: You'll start to see teams really competing like the Phillies.
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: They came down to one game with the Diamondbacks and
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: like everyone's trying to get in and being a part
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: of some of those games like the Cubs series multiple times,
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: playing the Phillies, playing all these good teams, especially like
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: late in September. It's kind of like a mini playoff
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: environment almost. At least that's what I've heard. We're going
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: to find out.
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: Cooper Pratt, I don't think the stage is going to
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: be too big for him. I don't think so. I
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: think he'll be okay. What makes me excited?
• 16:45
  Speaker 4: And I asked Pat Murphy about this, uh, over the
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: weekend before one of the Cardinals games, just the success
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: that Pratt and Laura have already had in those big moments, right. In,
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: in Wrigley field, they both hit really well. Uh, you know,
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: Luis Lara against Duran in Philadelphia, his first at bat
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: against him with a single. These guys have come up big.
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: I mean, Pratt hit 280 since he came up in mid-June.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: I know. Impressive.
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: They've just been very consistent, and the moment just has
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: not seemed too big. So I'm looking forward to seeing
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: what they can do in the postseason.
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely going to be pretty cool. You don't know.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: Like Cooper Pratt, anybody can go hitless or anybody can
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: get hot in the playoffs. Like I said, the case
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: study is Austin Riley of the Braves who struggled all
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: year and then with one swing. Probably, you know, it's
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: not a hyperbole to say he saved the season. His
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: eighth-ranking homer yesterday lifted them to victory. If they lose
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: game one, you're up against it in a three-game series.
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: So I don't know what's going to happen today. The
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: Phillies are a decent outfit, too. But it's just a
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: reminder that it's a clean slate, and you can go
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: from hot to cold in an instant.
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: So just enjoy it. Just enjoy the process. It's going
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: to be a strong baseball year. Enjoy every game.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: Now, my question to you, Hunter, before we go to
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: break and we say hello to John Greenberg, president of
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: the Admirals, did you sample any of those menu items
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: that they were going on? I did not get a
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: chance to.
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: What?
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: No, but those looked mighty delicious. They have some great
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: food offerings.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: Big Chew Burger, Brat Rangoons, monkey bread. I mean, the
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: Oktoberfest slice, mozzarella house-made cream sauce, red onions, sauerkraut, brown mustard,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: and bratwurst. Oh, I'm hungry now. From Ian's Pizza. But
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: the one I saw was the rib, the dino rib.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: It's a pound and a half of smoked beef rib
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: served with barbecue sauce, pickles, and pickled red onions. Sponsored
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: by Jimmy Walker.
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: Oh, my God.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Fred Flintstone, tip over the car rib. Tip over the car. Absolutely. Well, then, Hunter,
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: you were too busy working and didn't get to sample
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: the food. That might have been the case. Get a
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: bag lunch.
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: Wow. Classic.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll drop the puck. The season
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: starts Saturday for the Admirals. It started last night in
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: the National Hockey League. The Preds play tomorrow against the Wild.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: Our buddy El Jefe joins us. John Greenberg is next.
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: You're in the huddle. Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Drew Olsen,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: Dobie Maxwell, Hunter Baumgart bringing it to you.
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: The huddle.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: It's Super Sub Wednesday. We got these guys subbing in
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: for Billy and Armin who will be back tomorrow. Ladies
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: and gentlemen, for the first time this season, we're going
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: to drop the puck. Our buddy John Greenberg, El Jefe,
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: president of the Milwaukee Admirals. I'm standing and saluting. Toby
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: is standing up and saluting. Greeny, happy New Year as
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: you guys get ready to start your season Saturday.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: How are you doing? I'm doing great. And Toby, please
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: take a seat.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Thank you, sir.
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: The private request information on the Admiral season, sir.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: Laughter laughter It's great to be, it's great to be back.
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we are too excited. I it's sad when you
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: say goodbye to summer, but it's great to have the
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: overlap that we have now.
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Baseball playoffs.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: And yeah.
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: And October is the Admiral's call it. So greeny, I'm wondering,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: I was thinking about this the other day when you
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: guys had, um, uh, the changing of the seasons and,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: you know, it's, it's a right of winter when you,
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: all those years you were with the Brewers, um, when
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: the truck was loaded to go to spring training, um,
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: that's like a big deal. And then, Hey, you hear
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: pitchers and catchers report, but I remember the truck being
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: loaded was always like a sign that it was coming.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Is the hockey equivalent of that putting the ice in
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: the building for you?
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: Oh, a thousand percent. Absolutely. Yes. That, uh, when they
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: tell us, uh, what the date is that they're going
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: to start the project. And, uh, you know, everybody not
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: only puts it on their calendar, but puts a giant
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: circle around it. And it means it's getting real. So,
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: you know, that I starts to go in and, uh,
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: that means the clock is really ticking towards, uh, uh,
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: opening night, which is, uh, rapidly approaching.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Opening night, Saturday on the road, correct?
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: Saturday on the road in Rockford, right here on these airwaves, uh,
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: with Aaron Sims back for another great season, and then
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: back home here on the 10th.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: It's coming. It's here already. And the Preds open tomorrow night, correct?
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: They do. NHL started earlier, so NHL started last night.
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: There were four games, I think, last night, and another
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: handful tonight, and Predators get going tomorrow against Minnesota. So
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: it's hockey starting earlier. They've added two games to their schedule,
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: so I've heard a lot of, you know, NFL wants
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: to add another game and baseball, you know, obviously it's
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: got 162 and hockey has been at 82 for a long,
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: long time. And now adding two more to get to 84.
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: So it's people want the product. So let's give them
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: more of it.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: Does that change your schedule at all?
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: Greeny moves things up. Certainly. You know, we, we start,
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: you know, October 3rd is early training camp. You know,
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: we had a preseason game. last weekend. So we were
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: playing hockey in September also with, uh, the exhibition games, but, uh,
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: you know, it's, it is a little bit earlier. We've
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: got five home games in October, which is, uh, the
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: most we've had in quite a while. Um, you know,
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: it does allow us to spread it out cause it's
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: still ending about the same time in April, but, uh, uh,
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: we're still playing 72 in our league and, uh, uh,
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: you know, can't wait to see what, uh, what happens
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: on the journey this year.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: What, um, you guys obviously are tied to the Preds
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: being the top affiliate and they've had some turnover at
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: the top. How does that affect things? How does the,
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: the kind of the, the new regime feel?
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: Well, it's, it's different for sure. Just the kind of
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: the mindset that they have there. I will say that
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: it was the first time that somebody named Poyle or
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: Trotz has not been involved in the Predator back in 1998.
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: And so to get some different blood, some different mindset
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: in there, Chris McFerland coming from Colorado, you know, a
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: total winning tradition. And the conversations we had with him
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: right after he got the job, and I give him
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: enormous credit that he had gotten hired, and the next
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: day he called us. I still remember communicating. All of
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: a sudden, I see my phone ringing, and it's Scott Nickel,
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: who's the general manager for our team. And he goes, hey,
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: I got somebody here who wants to talk to you.
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: And it was Chris McFarlane. And he just wanted to
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: introduce himself and talk about what he wants to do here.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: And that's Wynn, which is music to our ears, of course.
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: And he also said he's going to be more present. uh,
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: in Milwaukee. So I know he's already got plans to
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: be at a couple of our games in October, which, uh,
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: I will say that's not been the norm by any means,
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: but he wants to see these guys that are playing here. And, uh, uh,
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: it'll be great to have Chris here to be able
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: to get his own, you know, two eyes on everything and, uh,
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: lots of new people from the NHL that are here,
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: Jamie Langenbrunner, Rob Blake. Those guys are all in the
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: hockey administration now. So he's got a great expertise.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: McFarland came from the Avalanche, had some success. Wasn't he
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: the GM when they won a cup?
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah. He sure was under Joe Sackick. Joe Sackick, the
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: head of hockey operations, and Chris was the GM. So
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: it was this guy. He's got a ring, and that's
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: what we all want.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: When you're I know like some teams have that, like
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: a president of hockey ops and then a GM. And
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: now with the Preds, he's both, right? So that's two
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: hats in essence.
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah. He's got, he's got both hats on and that's
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: why it's so important that he surround himself with a
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: lot of, a lot of expertise, be able to get
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: a lot of differing opinions on things and, He's a listener,
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: and he's a guy who could also be decisive. He
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: made trades right away. He's had to make some difficult
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: decisions here with the roster that they have there, and
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: I don't think he's done. We've got a lot of
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: players down here, and he put some guys through waivers
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: that were surprising that had really been NHL players. It's
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: going to be an interesting year for sure. And I
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: hope people will come and check us out because we're
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: going to have quite a look to us this year.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Well, what does it say that when the new regime
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: comes in, often they change, they make sweeping changes and stuff.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: And one of the things that they notably did not
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: touch was Carl Taylor, right? Because like, that ain't broke.
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: Let's keep that rolling.
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely. None of our coaches changed, which was great.
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: Carl's back, and I think Carl's excited about the fact
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: that Chris is going to come down here and watch
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: these guys. Sometimes when you're the head coach of the
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: team at the top minor league level, they just let
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: you do your thing and file your reports and do
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: what needs to be done. It's time to call somebody up.
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: They've got an eye on who they want, but they're
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: just looking for your endorsement here. Now it's going to
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: be more of a collaborative effort to know who the
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: right guys that need to take that next step are.
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: So I think Carl's really excited about it. And Greg Rallo,
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: who's our associate head coach, he was actually on the
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: bench this year at the Gretzky-Helinka tournament up in Canada,
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: which was a great feather in his cap to be
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: able to be part of that and made it to
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: the gold medal game against Canada. And unfortunately ended up
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: with a silver medal, but he was still really honored
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: to be part of that as well.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: John Greenberg, president of the Milwaukee Admirals, friend of the
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: program joining us here in the huddle, Drew Dobie and
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: Hunter bringing it to you. Green, I know from back
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: in my day covering the Admirals at that time in
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: the International League, we're affiliated with Vancouver. And when it
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: got to be the dog days of the season and
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: you're playing, you know, on that Sunday. Um, and you're
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: playing three games in three days and you're playing on
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: a Sunday and the guys are dragging a bit, nothing
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: put wind in the sails and put a little pep
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: in the step, like having management in the building. Like
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: that's when you got the effort, when guys wanted to,
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: it was, uh, you know, it was a big deal.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: And I think that is a big deal. Now, are
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: you getting any, um, did you get players assigned? I was,
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: I thought it was an interesting dynamic. The guys that
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: are the last cut, the last guys that you get
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: sent to you guys, are the guys that were the
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: closest to making the team. And sometimes their attitude can
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: be like, Ooh, they can be disappointed or bewildered. Or
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: did you get anybody like that? And obviously Carl's dealt
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: with that in the past. And what is that dynamic
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: like getting everybody together and, you know, getting your team
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: settled at the beginning of the season?
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly, you know, the guys that, uh, are there
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: at the end of training camp, uh, you know, the
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: guy like Tyson Jost, who played all last year in
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: the NHL for the predators and hasn't played in our
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: league and, In a few years, he didn't even have
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: a contract. He went to training camp with the Predators
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: as a tryout. That's how hard it was this summer
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: for some of these guys to get jobs. He's excited
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: to be playing. A lot of times, it's the message
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: that gets sent when they tell you that you're getting
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: sent down from Nashville. Then that message also gets reiterated
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: when you're here. for that first day you'd sit with
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: Carl and sit with Scott Nichol and they will tell
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: you you know what's expected and I have rarely seen
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: players who are so down about the whole thing that
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: they just don't perform you know this is this is
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: the test for your professionalism and you need to show
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: that you belong at the next level and the guys
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: who do that who come here and and really turn
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: it up a notch or show that they really are
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: NHL players, you'd be able to tell pretty easily the
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: difference between one of those guys and somebody who is
• 29:04
  Speaker 3: a young player who just, you know, is trying to
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: get experience. It could stand out like a red thumb.
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: So I expect good performances out of everybody. I will
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: say we have a lot of different guys. So, you know,
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: that trying to get, you know, some gelling amongst the
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: group is, it takes time, but hopefully, you know, These
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: performances will be really good for all the guys that
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: have been sent down here, and hopefully they won't be
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: here very long. As much as we want them to
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: stay here all the time, we know that they're trying
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: to get back to Nashville.
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's one of the cool things is seeing those
• 29:38
  Speaker 4: guys then perform. at the top level of hockey. Greeney,
• 29:43
  Speaker 4: quick question for you about, you mentioned him earlier, but
• 29:46
  Speaker 4: Aaron Sims back for another year, just one of the
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: honestly best voices in the country of hockey. I'm sure
• 29:52
  Speaker 4: you can speak to that a little bit. He'll be
• 29:53
  Speaker 4: back on Fox Sports 920 in Milwaukee for all the
• 29:56
  Speaker 4: Admirals games.
• 29:58
  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Best in the business. We're so lucky to have him.
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: He really belongs at the next level. We've been fortunate
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: that he's wanted to stay here. His family is here.
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: His wife's got an awesome job here. The kids are
• 30:13
  Speaker 3: all growing up. That's to our benefit. Whether it's Aaron
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: doing the games on radio or when he has to
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: switch over to TV with Murphy and Gilder, then Matt
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: Menzel jumps in, and Jeff Orlowski is going to be
• 30:28
  Speaker 3: pressing all the buttons there in the studio. Exciting for
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: all of us. It's good to have him back in
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: the saddle as well. So I think we're going to
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: have an awesome broadcast, and Aaron is so fun to
• 30:41
  Speaker 3: listen to. He's extraordinarily knowledgeable. He's funny. He's a tip
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: on pop culture, all those types of things. So you
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: get a great broadcast. I would put him up against
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: literally anybody.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: Admirals open their season at Rockford Saturday night, and then
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: the home opener October 10th against Grand Rapids, which was
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: a pretty good outfit, as I recall. Those were some knock-down,
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: drag-out games you had against Grand Rapids last year. Greeny,
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: what's new in the building? You guys are always changing
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: things and tweaking things for the fan experience. When folks
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: walk in for the home opener on October 10th, 6
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: o'clock face-off, what are they going to see? What's different?
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: Well, the physical structure of the place is not going
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: to be a whole lot different. It's going to be
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: very clean. We've been pushing to make sure that everything
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: has been mopped and cleaned and dusted within an inch
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: of its life. But the place will be ready for fans.
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: We just had the preseason game last Saturday night and
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: had almost 2,000 people there, which was just unbelievable. That
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: never happens. you know, a lot of times you, you
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: play these games and you might have four or 500
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: people and you're like, okay, well, all we're trying to
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: do tonight really is to dust things off. And all
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: of a sudden there were 2000 people there and they
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: were making noise and having fun. And it was a great,
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: it was a great sign for what's to come. And
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: I would tell you for that game on October the 10th,
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: no baseball playoffs that day. So, uh, that is, uh,
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: America's only that day brewers will not be playing. So please, uh,
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: come on out and, uh, and support us as well. And,
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: the energy that we have in the building, fans make
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: a huge difference.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: That building rocks.
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah. With people, with people in it. Absolutely. You know,
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: and I think you're hearing it now. If you watch
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: that Padres game last night, it's a little late for
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: you boys, but that place was just electric, was electric.
• 32:36
  Speaker 3: And I expect that American family field will be the same.
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: And I want Panther arena to be the same as that.
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: So let's come out and have some fun.
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: That would be epic, yeah. I mean, yeah, Brewers fans,
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: come on. Make that the warm-up. Because what a weekend.
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: You've got the Admirals home opener, Packers, Bears, and hopefully
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: Brewers game one of the NLCS. Trifecta. That would be amazing.
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: That is not a bad 24-hour period. No, it's not,
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: is it? Not a bad 24-hour. Obviously, you guys are
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: rooting for the Brewers. Greeny, are you still sporting Brewers
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: patches on the uniforms this year and stuff?
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: We are, yeah, we are indeed great partners. We're talking
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: about doing some big things for next year already with
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: the baseball team and wonderful relationship there that I'm very
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: proud of has been going on for now year 22. So,
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: you know, it's going to be great to celebrate them
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: and be part of what they're doing again next year
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: as well.
• 33:34
  Speaker 5: Greeny, I was in a thrift store not long ago,
• 33:36
  Speaker 5: and I found some What's Brewing magazines, a stack of them,
• 33:38
  Speaker 5: and they were cheap, and I bought them. I'm reading them,
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: and I said, this is a great article, written by
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: John Greenberg.
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: There you go.
• 33:44
  Speaker 5: You're an author, and I liked the article, and then
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: I found out it was you, and I liked it more.
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: That's very kind. That was a lot of fun back
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: in the day. Yeah. to write those as a fun
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: feather in the cap and to have a little journalism
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: stuff tied to my career. I'm really happy about that.
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: Drew is certainly a huge part of me getting into
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: the journalism side. That's a story for another day. It
• 34:09
  Speaker 3: was one of the great job interviews of all time,
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: which I'm sure was huge. Oh yeah.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah. If we had more time, that would be
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: a classic. Well, Greeny, best of luck on the dawn
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: of the season. You're going down to Rockford Saturday, I imagine.
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: I am indeed. So I'll be, I'll have the Brewers
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: game in my ear and we'll be, you know, tuned
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: in for that, but try to get two points out
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: of Rockford on Saturday.
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: And then we'll talk to you next week before the
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: home opener. And when can we expect some concert announcements?
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: Are those forthcoming?
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: Uh, yes, I actually anticipate, uh, two next week. So, um,
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: you know, we're, yes, we've, we're very proud of the
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: shows that we've got lined up for this year. They're
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: going to be a lot of fun. And, uh, um,
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: you know, well, I think we're going to be rolling
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: two of them out next week. So we should be
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: able to talk about those then.
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: Phenomenal. Greeny, best of luck on the dawn of the season.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: We will catch up with you next week. Look forward
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: to having you on every Wednesday.
• 35:05
  Speaker 3: It's great to talk to you guys.
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: All right. John Greenberg, El Jefe president. Of your Milwaukee
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: Admirals in action. You'll hear Aaron Sims. That is the
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: breaking news of the day. Pipe Nation. The Bomb Squad
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: can rejoice. Oh, yes. That is breaking news. Pipe Bomb
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: is back.
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: Releasing the Admirals. He'll be back in the building. We've
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: missed him so much. He's back at it. He's going
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: to be back part of our team again.
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: There is no one like him. There is no one.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: No one like him. No one like him.
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I would guess at some point he'll make an
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: appearance on this show.
• 35:38
  Speaker 3: You'll hear him here.
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: He will. You'll hear him. Yes, indeed. We are super
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: excited to have him back. One way or another, we'll
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: have to bring back our heavy metal breaks and stuff.
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: Every time I hear him, I think of him. Me too.
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: How can you not? The Polish Pipe Bomb, Jeff Orlowski, back.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: The Bomb Squad, rejoice. He's back. That's the best breaking
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: news we're going to have this week, I think. I
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: think so. You can hear him at intermissions. During the
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: Admirals games. That's right. We're going to close up shop next.
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: It's been a quick sprint here with Dobie sitting in
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: for Billy, Hunter in for Armin. Closing ceremony is next
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: in the huddle, Fox Sports Radio Wisconsin. We're nearing the
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: finish line, the Wednesday edition of the huddle, Fox Sports
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: Radio Wisconsin. Drew Olson along with Dobie Maxwell, who is
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: in for Billy Schmid and Hunter Baumgart filling in for
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: Armin today. We're back at it tomorrow. The whole band
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: is back together. And, uh, it's a double header for us.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: Double header day. We will be here at 5 a.m.
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: and at Pottawatomie at 5 p.m. The Thursday night huddle
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: gets you ready for Thursday night football. And we'll talk Packers, Bears,
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: and we'll have a blast, uh, talk some baseball playoffs
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: as well. Hopefully there'll be a game.
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: I would hope there'll be at least to be determined
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: to game threes. That's to be determined by what happens today. But, uh,
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: be another interesting day of full slate of baseball today
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: in the wild card round brewers await their fate they'll
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: open saturday night uh if it's the cubs 325 right
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: and if it's the padres.
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: Seven exactly yep yep so well yeah so yep if
• 37:05
  Speaker 4: it's the cubs 330 on saturday or no three three
• 37:08
  Speaker 4: okay if it's the cubs it's three o'clock on saturday
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: if it's the padres it's 7 30 on saturday either
• 37:13
  Speaker 4: way they'll play at three on sunday.
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: Yep that's that's the way it's gonna go uh packers
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: play the Buccaneers at noon on Sunday at noon. So
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: that's another one of those double headers. You can't attend
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: both in person, but you can, unless you can teleport,
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: but you can watch both back to back. Give that
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: about four years. AI will make that happen. Yeah, probably.
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: Probably. Dobie, you got anything to promote? I need to
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: tell people about Iron Jock. We love Iron Jock here.
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: Paul Hanson's a friend of the show. In fact, right
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: now at ironjoc.com. If you use the code huddle, you
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: get 35% off your purchase of $ 50 or more. Iron
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: J O C. Code huddle for 35% off. What a deal.
• 37:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: What, uh, well, you got any, any shows coming up? Anything, uh,
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: cooking around here?
• 37:53
  Speaker 5: I would love to. I'm in Fort Wayne, Indiana, uh, Saturday.
• 37:56
  Speaker 5: That's kind of a long commute for, uh, huddle fans,
• 37:58
  Speaker 5: but I will be right here. There's a show and
• 38:01
  Speaker 5: there's the business and I'm just, I need to get
• 38:03
  Speaker 5: better at the business. People say, God, you're really funny.
• 38:05
  Speaker 5: How come I never heard of you? Cause I'm driving
• 38:07
  Speaker 5: to Fort Wayne on a Saturday night, Saturday, pay my rent.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes.
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: I have a job, not a career. Yeah, well, that's true.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: What do you do? That's true. Comedy gigs. You were
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: the prototypical gig economy guy. Before people started driving Uber
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: and DoorDash, you were in the gig economy. You get
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: paid for a gig.
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 38:26
  Speaker 5: Well, most people drive 30 to 45 minutes to work
• 38:30
  Speaker 5: an 8 to 10 hour shift. I drive 8 to
• 38:31
  Speaker 5: 10 hours to work a 30 to 45 minute shift.
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: I'm still working. Backwards. That's how it works. Oh, that's
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: just classic. That's classic. But you were just in Vegas.
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's like- Brad Garrett's Comedy Club, MGM Grand. Man,
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: that's so awesome. So much fun. You know, in these
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: like fractured times, and it used to be that sports
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: was the refuge. Sports was like the oasis for people.
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: And I don't know how we got away from it
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: now that like there's pressure. People- You, stop watching the
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: Packers on a regular basis. I care too much. Yeah,
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: because it's just too much pressure. That's actually probably a
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: good idea for people with mental health. But I listen
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: to your postgame, and I love it. The thing is, though,
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: everybody needs comedy. We all need to laugh because it's like, damn,
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: this is heavy stuff happening in the world. You're worried
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: about our AI overlords taking over. You know, and people
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: aren't finding, they're not finding the relaxation and the joy
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: in sports. It's more about, oh my God, what if
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: we don't win? There's this whole thing permeating. I'm guilty
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: of that because I work in the sports media industrial complex.
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: And here I am saying, if the Badgers don't win Saturday, well,
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: what does it mean that they beat? That game Saturday,
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: the end of that game was incredible. It's why we
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: watch sports. There was joy. And it was like, that
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: was like, you can't script it. You have to see
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: it live because it's not the same if you see
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: a replay or highlights or anything. You have to be
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: in it and watch it and invest. And you invest
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: watching the game when they stunk early. And then when
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: you see them win, it's an incredible ride. That's what
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: the Brewers are signing up for. So I'm guilty of that, too. But, man,
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: let the word of the day just be find the
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: joy wherever you can find it.
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: Right?
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: Don't obsess. Preach it, Reverend Olson. Yes, yes. Don't obsess it.
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: Dobe, safe travels. Thanks for having me. Enjoy Fort Wayne.
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: You'll be back. You're on speed dial. Armin and Billy
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: are back tomorrow. Hunter will go back to his brewer's duties.
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: We will see you then. We'll see you at 5 a.m.,
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: and tomorrow's our doubleheader. See you at Pato as well.
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: As Billy would say, peace.