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- Joseph: Well, hello, hello. Welcome back to the Who's On First Show. So happy to be back and talking baseball. My name's Joseph Lund. So happy you could be joining me as the MLB playoffs are in full swing. We got Division Series action with the NL through two games and the AL through one. I'm recording this on Monday, October 5th, right before these ALDS Game 2 matchups begin. Wanted to give you some of my thoughts on all the games we've seen so far, these six, as well as a little bit of the previews for the rest of the series and how I think they might play out. So let's get going. We got playoff ball. Want to start things off with the game that kicked off this division series. It was the Guardians and the White Sox. Guardians, the number two seed in the American League after they won the AL Central. Did not finish too many games in front of the White Sox, the number six seed in the AL. They took down the Astros in sweet fashion to get to this spot and take on the Guardians. And for so long, for the entirety of this season, it feels like, going through the start, when they signed Murakami to throughout the entire season to the postseason now. This White Sox team has continued to be overlooked. Time and time again, and I I fell guilty to this. I picked them to lose to the Astros in my postseason picks. And yet they move on. They beat the Astros in pretty dominant fashion. It didn't feel like the Astros were really in too many of those games. And then they had the kill shot in game two with that big home run. And now you're going on, you're facing the Guardians, the team that took you down in the regular season winning the division. Again, most people picking the Guardians in this one. And even coming into this game, the odds stacked against them. Guardians go with their starter, tried and true Parker Mesik. They have all the rest in the world getting the near week off from with the bye being the two seed. On the opposite side, the White Sox are going with a bullpen game. Seems like all the cards are stacked in the Guardians' favor. And yet, once again, the White Sox come out with a win. Three to nothing win. It was the Murakami home run in the top of the fourth, and then the top. Of the seventh, Colson Montgomery, the RBI double. That added the third run of insurance. That was all the White Sox needed. they went bullpen game, same format as their game one against the Astros, starting things off with Hagen Smith. He went two and two thirds, three walks, four strikeouts. After that, it was Hudson to Hicks to K to finally Grant Taylor, who went four innings pitched. He picked up the bulk of the innings, and he pitched fantastic. He was really the story of the Game for the White Sox. Didn't have a crazy lot of out offensive output. It was just the two really big swings from Murakami and Montgomery. And then the the player of the game really for the White Sox was Grant Taylor. Four innings of relief, six strikeouts, no earned runs allowed, no walks. He did an amazing job of limiting the Guardians' offense. They had nothing going all day. They hang up a goose egg. And then on the opposite side of things, Guardians had their ace. Going. Parker Mesek. The rookies been their guy all year. He'll finish in the top three, most likely, in AL CI Young voting. There's a chance he finishes top two, of course, behind Cam Schlittler. He goes four and a third, four hits, two of two runs, both of them earned. He obviously got chased out after the Murakami home run. And it was a quick outing for him. Quick leash there in Cleveland for vote, as he was out after that one mistake. Big fly from Murakami chased him. And coming into this game, the White Sox are on the bullpen game and they use less pitchers than the Guardians who went with their Cy Young potential ace. Guardians go six pitchers in total. It took five pitchers after Mesek came out. They went Espino to Sabrowski to Gaddis to Heron to finally Cade Smith in the ninth. However, that was not enough. As the White Sox win this one, and you gotta be feeling so good if you are White Sox fans right now to go get this one. Because now all of the pressure is on the Guardians. Every single ounce of pressure is on the Guardians because they have to get the bats going. This is gonna be their last game before in progressive field before heading to Chicago, and all of the pressure is on them. If you do not go get this win today for the Guardians, you are in big trouble because you're gonna be down. two going to a rowdy crowd in Chicago who has been starved of playoff baseball in the past. They finally get to back be back Soxtober. It's gonna be a fun crowd and you have to go get this one if you're the Guardians. On the opposite side It's so nice to be in a spot where you can play carefree baseball. And that's where the White Sox have put themselves now going into game two. Because if you're a White Sox fan and you say we we split those first two in Cleveland, now we're heading back home, you would take that any day. And they've already accomplished that. That now is the minimum that they're gonna get coming out of progressive field. And so all of the pressure is on the Guardians in this one. The White Sox, you either go up 2-0. And almost consider the series done, or you still get the series tied one to one, and you feel good about your results heading back home for the next two games, trying to win two of three. So the White Sox have put themselves in an amazing spot. Guardians, they are in a must-win. Lucky for them, they do have the pitching advantage coming into game two. For the White Sox, it'll be Anthony Kay, a starter, on the year, 10-9, a 4.44 ERA. However, in his last seven starts, 30.2. Innings pitched, 37 hits, 22 earned runs. That's a north of six ERA. And so this is the chance for the Guardians to get their bats going, which is what they have to do in this one. You gotta get them going. That cannot be a question mark for you going to Chicago. You have to get some sort of offense going today, get the carousel going, and put up some runs early. And you feel good because you have Gavin Williams on the bump. He's been great on the year. 14-8 record, a three-star. 7-6 ERA. But what's important to know, and why I really like this matchup for the Guardians, he has a 12.1 Ks per nine. That's ridiculous for a starter. And White Sox are fifth worst in strikeouts per game on the offensive side of things. They average over nine strikeouts per game. You have the pitching advantage. You got to go get your offense going. That's going to be how the Guardians can win this one. They have to tie up the series. It is do or die time in game two of the ALDS for the Guardians. Who would think we'd be in this situation? Yet here we are as the White Sox continue to defy the odds. It's going to be a fun one tonight in Cleveland. That crowd is going to bring it because they know what's at stake in this one. They have to go get this one. It's going to be really important. And there is a lot of pressure on the shoulders of Gavin Williams heading into this one for the Guardians. Then in the other AL matchup, what a job from Drew Rasmussen in this Rays win over the Yankees. Rays win it one to nothing in game one of the ALDS. All they needed was a bottom of the third inning Jonathan Aranda solo home run off of Garrett Cole. And then it was the Drew Rasmussen show, without a doubt. He goes eight innings, a near-no-hitter, only broken up by Austin Wells after seven and two thirds. Talk about that in a second. He allows one hit, no runs, none earned, two walks, ten strikeouts. Ridiculous numbers for Rasmussen. And the Yankees are a team that likes to platoon a lot. And what that means is they will play the pitching matchup to determine their lineup. And you might see a team do this with maybe one or two players. Whatever that may be, guys are pretty even offensively. We're gonna give the lefty the start against the right-handed pitcher, we're gonna give the right-handed batter the start against the left-handed pitcher. The Yankees do this to a different degree. Rasmussen, a right-handed pitcher, came into this game. He's their starter, he's their ace. The Yankees roll out a lineup with eight lefties of nine, eight of nine lefties. The one on lefty being their starting shortstop in Lombard. So they were trying to play the platoon advantage. And again, we see it time and time again. The Rays, this master analytical team, how good they are at reading the statistics. They're not a huge market team like the Dodgers or the Mets or the Yankees, but they find ways to be so consistent every year. There's a reason they are the number one seed in the AL without being the number one payroll. And so what we saw coming into this game was Rasmussen played that lefty matchup. Typically, he uses Has changed up 13% of the time in that start against the Yankees. It went up to 28% of his 101 total pitches. And he had the lefty hitters of the Yankees guessing all night, and he was limiting them to short counts, quick outs all night longs. He went eight innings using only 101 pitches. That's ridiculous numbers. And for the Yankees, it's now what are you going to do, game two, with your lineup? Because they're going to have Freddie Peralta. On the mound for the Rays, who similarly to Rasmussen, he was traded over to the Rays this year. Throughout the season, he had a 20% changeup usage. He goes to the Rays. That number goes up to just shy of 30. So you know that's going to be the game plan. The Yankees coming into this, they now know that is the game plan. They're going to go change up heavy against this Yankees lineup. And so what lineup are the Yankees going to roll out? Are they going to use some of their righty? How are they going to shift things up to get their offense going? Because they can't go down two. You cannot afford that. It's not as costly as the Guardian situation because the Yankees will be going back to the Bronx, but still so important that you have to go even the series up today. That is going to be crucial for the Yankees. It's going to be interesting to see how they use their lineup because the one big head scratcher. From how Aaron Boone managed this game was why did you never use a pinch hitter against Rasmussen? They never used a pinch hitter. You saw early how Rasmussen was gonna handle this game with his change-up usage and limiting the Yankee hitters, and they were minimal at bats where the Yankees were fouling off pitches. There was one that Jazz Chisholm had earlier in the game, and then Cody Bellinger put together a pretty good at bat, too, where they're trying to work a count and get something. Going. Other than that, Rasmussen was absolutely cruising. Why was no one off the bench, especially in a platoon heavy lineup? At a certain point, you gotta say, hey, this is not working. We gotta try something new. Go lay a bunt down. Go have a speed guy, get up there, lay up, lay something down. You have to do something. All those no-hitter rules that are in the regular season, that doesn't apply. Seventh inning, go ahead, go drag bunt, whatever that is. Those no-hitter rules don't apply, and there was there was no adjustments made from the the Yankees. This big league roster. MLB players are expected to be able to make adjustments from pitch to pitch. And yet throughout this entire game, Aaron Boone's team never made an adjustment, never brought a guy off the bench, kept those same eight of nine lefties. The only pinch hitter was Giancarlo Stanton, who hadn't had an at-bat in 138 days. He comes in in the ninth. So, Rasmussen, it was that same lineup over and over and over, and he built his confidence throughout the night. A lot of the times you'll see starters, their numbers get worse as they see their lineup more. Rasmussen continued to deal time and time again, and there was no no changing things for the Yankees. The definition of insanity: doing something over and over and over and expecting a different result. There was no change of pace for the Yankees. So it's going to be interesting to see how do they manage. Things tonight. Last thing I want to touch on with this game was the no hitter being broken up. Austin Wells gets a big triple. Take a look. So it's the top of the eighth inning. You finally break up this no-hitter if you're Austin Wells. It took the awkward bounce in in the right field wall, and he goes for three. And there are certain cardinal rules of baseball that you do not break. You always take a first step back on a fly ball. You never put the tying or game-winning run on base intentionally, and you never make the first or third out at third base. The reason for that is don't make the first out at third. You end up with runners on second, nobody out. Same thing. Two outs runner on second, much better than the inning being over, trying to extend the base and getting greedy. And Austin Wells is a big energy guy for this Yankees team. He mentioned in his press conference how he the the bats weren't going and he wanted to fire him up in a way by getting to third. And so this is the ball going to right field. And so. The Yankees third base coach puts up the stop sign. And typically in the big leagues, it's a little bit different than younger levels to where it's not as much on the third base coach to make that decision. However, the problem is the ball was behind him. When you're rounding first, heading to second, you're now rounding second, the ball is completely behind you. And so if it's a ball into the center field gap or into the left field, towards the left field corner, it's more your call. But when it's deep, pinned in the Right field corner. You have to look to your third base coach. It was an early stop sign put up, and it just right there, the Yankees lost the game. And it was a one-to-nothing lead, and yet it felt like more the entire time. And there, that out made it feel like it was a five to nothing race. And this was an insurmountable lead that Tampa Bay had that the Yankees could never come back from. All from that simple base running mistake that that that was it. And Austin Wells has been great all postseason. He's been clutch. He was clutch in the wild card series. He has been one of the best catchers in baseball in terms of ABS, especially now in the postseason. And so it stinks that this is gonna be the big blemish on his postseason record now as we get into October. But the little things are magnified in October and they're a costly mistake that you gotta leave it up to chance. See what happens with a runner on second. You know your offense hasn't been the best, but go make Kevin Cash make a decision on if he's gonna leave Rasmussen Rasmussen in. Go let the Rays get out of it. Get the pressure on them for the first time in that game. From that point on, or up to that point, it was smooth sailing for the Rays. Go make go put the pressure on them. Get yourself an offensive chance that you haven't had up to that point. See what happens. You never know. We'll talk about that a little bit later of how crazy things can happen in the postseason. So unfortunate there for the Yankees. However, if you're the Yankees, you're still feeling good. And the reason is it felt like a dominant win in a way, but it wasn't. It was one to nothing. The Rays had one real good swing on the ball from Amiranda, and that was it. Your third starter. Minimized and then your bullpen did the job. They did great as well. It was Cole to Weathers to Blackburn to Hedrick. Your entire bullpen went scoreless. You feel good about that. And you now have your ace for game two in Tampa. They got Cam Schlittler on the mount. He's gonna be, he's gonna win the Cy Young, in my opinion. I think he should win the AL MVP for the impact that he's had on this Yankees team. He has been so solid all year. He has been great against the Rays. And so you're feeling good with Schlittler on the bump. Anytime his name is at the top of the lineup card, you feel good if you are the Yankees. And they just got to go put some runs early. You got to go get some early hits if you are the Yankees. You don't want that pressure again building that happened last night. That's going to be the key to this game is getting your foot on the gas early, getting that engine going of your offense and making something happen and then being able to make adjustments. And you're still feeling good if you're the Yankees. Going into this one, you can split, then heading back to the Bronx. If you get the win, it's just important to get the win. They're feeling better than the Guardians, but still gotta go get this one today in Tampa. That's gonna be another fun one to watch. So now let's get to these National League series. And they have been two amazing series so far. Brewers Padres is what we'll start with. Obviously, game one ended in a crazy way, but let's Let's go through it. Top of the second, Campu Sano gets the RBI single. Then Cronenworth with the RBI fielder's choice. Bottom of the third, it was the Churrio two-run home run. That evened things up. Then William Contreras had the go-ahead solo home run, one of the hardest hit balls he's ever hit in his MLB career. Just shows you how strong he is. 113 off the bat. And that was the difference as the Brewers won it 3-2. However,. There was the big controversy that now everybody is talking about. It was Ty Francis at bat with a runner on in the ninth inning. Take a look. So there you see the cause of all of that controversy surrounding this ball hit by Ty France. The metrics on it, a 49-degree launch angle, 105 miles per hour off the bat, and it hits off the roof at American Family Field. This was something, and they talked about it a lot on the broadcast, how it was not at all expected that the roof would impede a potential home run. And that's what Adam Amin. And then it was AJ Prozinski and Adam Wainwright. That's what they talked about a lot on the broadcast and how they all thought it was home runs. And Wainwright played plenty of games there with his time on the Cardinals. And then Prozinski with the MLB career he had. He seen many games there. And so it was interesting getting their take as they all thought it was a home run. And just looking at it. And there's been so much speculation around this ball. I was looking at the stat cast metrics on it, and Ty France's name in baseball savant, which is where all these metrics are held, was his search requests were up over two 250%. That's how much this ball hit has been scrutinized and looked at over and over and over. All these people coming up with their assumptions. At the end of the day, I'm not a Physicist, I don't know what would happen, but I think it was a home run. I really do. Just looking at it, how that ball was flying with the fact that it hit off the roof and still managed to land at the warning track. Well, it hadn't reached its apex, well, it hit the roof. I think it's tough to say, but I think it would have been a home run. A lot of people were talking about how similar balls of that trajectory. are not typically home runs, however it's a it's a s incredibly wide range from balls landing in the 200 feet to some were saying over 400 is where it was projected. I would say it was a pretty similar ball flight to a home run that Munatakamurakami hit earlier in the year. That was 49 degree launch 103 off the bat. And just looking at it, I think it was a home run. We'll never be able to tell And that's just how the cookie crumbles for the Padres, which is really unfortunate. you're gonna see over the offseason a lot of changes made and how the league is gonna go about this in the future. and that's what a lot of the Padres players talked about in the post-game pressers. Ty France said off the bat, and he's he's hit so many that in his career he knows what a home run feels like and looks like he really thought it was gone. but a lot of Padres players and Craig Stammon talked about how they just wish there was a way to definitively know. And with all the technology and statistics that we have in this game, they think there should be a way to know. I agree. another thing a lot of them talked about was how in Tampa Bay, their roof is a little bit lower, so it comes into play a lot more than in Milwaukee, but they have a system where if it hits a certain ring, And there's three rings on the roof. If it hits the third ring, it's a home run. If it hits a third ring in fair territory, it's a home run. That's how they evaluate things. I would assume a similar system is going to be put in place in Milwaukee and we will come up with a better system for this. If it's not, in terms of projecting ball flight and the projected trajectory of things. I think that will all come in the future. But just kind of unfortunate. And we're not able to tell, and so we're just left with a what if, and the Brewers ultimately end up getting the win. So now let's move on to game two, the Sunday game. Another great game back and forth. Michael King started things for the Padres. He went five innings pitched, three hits, just one earned run, six strikeouts. Another great performance from King on the opposite side. Logan rem Logan Henderson for the Brewers. five innings pitched, two hits. Two runs, only one earned and four strikeouts. So two near-identical stat lines for the starting pitchers. Game went on like that for a while. It was back and forth close before we finally get to the ninth when Jackson Churio steps up to the plate with the Brewers down three to two, and the best closer in the world is on the mound. And this is what Jackson Churio does. There you go. What an at bat Yeah, what an at-bat from Jackson Churio, just 22 years old, facing a guy that throws plus 100 mile an hour fastballs. He's so disciplined. He takes a couple sliders. He gets Mason Miller to challenge him with the fastball. And that is the knockout punch there from Churio with the walk-off single. As the Brewers win it, and they now have all the momentum. The series is going back to Petco, which the Padres like. But at the same time, you're down two. And now you gotta sweep them. You like that two of them are in Petco if you're a Padres fan, but it's gonna be a major uphill climb to get back into this one. And coming into this series, there were narratives kind of about both of these teams and how they were gonna manage this series and how they were gonna play playoff baseball. And It almost seems like these two teams have flipped the projected roles that they were gonna have with the Brewers. It was gonna be relying on their amazing starting pitching and relying on the NL Cy Young favorite favorite, Jacob Mizarowski. He only goes five innings in the first game. That's all they got out of him. He goes, actually, check that. Four innings pitched, four hits, two earned runs, six strikeouts. So it was not nearly the dominance that we expected. From Mizarowski. On the opposite side of things, Robbie Ray puts up an excellent start for the Padres, only allowing that two-run home run to Jackson Churio in the third inning. And then you expected this amazing performance from the Padres bullpen. That was what all the talking points were about coming in to the postseason into this series. Something I've talked about a lot, of how you feel really comfortable. If you're a Padres fan, when you get into the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth innings with a lead. And that has not been the case. Adrian Morahone, their best lefty out of the pen. He gets the loss in game one after he gave up that home run to Contreras. Then in game two, Mason Miller goes a multi-inning save opportunity, ultimately gets ends up with the blown save. And so now. What's it gonna be for the Padres moving forward as they head back to Petco? And then on the opposite side of things, the Brewers bullpen has been absolutely locked down. And they've always had an amazing bullpen, just not to the extent and the hype that this Padres bullpen has gotten with how dominant they have been throughout the year. And they've relied a little bit more on the home run ball. Something a little bit uncharacteristic. Of a Milwaukee team and how they've gone about this year. No guy with 30 plus home runs on this team. But they've relied a little bit on the home run ball. They've still been balanced and manufacturing runs, but they have all the momentum going into this one. And they have the Padres on their heels looking for the kill shot in Petco tomorrow as the Padres look to stay alive. That's gonna be another fun one. And the Padres, tough blow in games one and two. The Game one with the controversy. Then game two, you get the blown lead. You feel like you had two wins ripped from your hands, and now it's going to be a tough uphill battle in games three through five, looking for a major comeback. Then the final series to talk about Braves versus Dodgers. This series tied up at one. Game one. Dodgers took it five to three. Tarek Scuble on the mound starting for the Dodgers. There was a lot of talk. Would it be Yamamoto? Would it be Snell? Bra Dave Roberts goes with Tarek Scuble. He wanted to get him a postseason start at home. This is his seventh postseason start of his career. The previous six were all on the road. And yeah, whoa. Scuble talked a lot about in his press conference how much fun it was to be pitching at a postseason home crowd for the first time in his life. He fed off on of that and put up a great performance. Six innings pitched, two hits, only one earned run allowed on a solo home run by Sean Murphy. And then the reasoning, Yamamoto will now go game three, so they can get him on the road because they like his road numbers and his stability and the consistency they bring him on the road in game three at Atlanta. Then it was Blake Snell announced for game two, who we'll talk about in a little bit. But it's Scooby who goes six. From there it was Brock Stewart Alex Vesia, and then Tanner Scott and Evan Phillips, who split time to finish out the ninth inning with Phillips getting the last out. And it was early home runs for Dodger for the Dodgers that gave them the win. Two-run home run from Teoscar Hernandez, two-run home run from Kyle Tucker, and a solo shot from Max Muncie, the five runs on the board. For the Braves, it was the solo home run from Murphy, and then a ninth-inning, two-run home run from Ozzie Albys to cut the lead. Down to two. However, the Dodgers still walk away with the win on this one. A set the tone game for the Dodgers. How are they gonna look coming back from that week off with not playing a wild card? They looked fine, and maybe wasn't the dominant fashion that a lot of people expected, and that carried over into game two. Blake Snell on the mound for the Dodgers, and he was shaky from the start. Really lacked fastball command. and with that could not get the chase rate up. He's someone who relies on being outside of the strike zone and looking for the chase. However, he had nothing going in the zone early on. Snell's final line, three and two thirds, three hits, one earned run, five walks to only four strikeouts. He was all over the place. Could not establish the fastball. He couldn't get ahead in any counts, couldn't get the chase rate he was looking for. From there, the Dodgers needed Brock Stewart, Chris Bubic, Edgardo Enriquez, Edwin. Diaz, Alex Vesia, and Roki Sasaki. And then on the opposite side, it was a lot of talk coming into this game of would the Braves use a bullpen game or go with Chris Sale? They elect to use a bullpen game. They wanted Chris Sale on regular wet rest coming up on Tuesday to be throwing at home. So Ray Kerr gets the start. He goes two and two thirds innings pitched, two hits, no earned runs, one walk, four strikeouts. His is an amazing story that they talked about a little bit on the Broadcast. No offers out of high school, so he played junior college baseball, grew to not love the sport, was struggling a lot, and quit the sport entirely, moved to Alaska, where he worked at a gas station and at a 7 Eleven making ends meet. Then a mentor of his told him he should give baseball one more try. he re enrolled at a local junior college, had an amazing year, figured some things out with his mechanics, and was signed by the Mariners out of junior college to A one year minor league contract. And now it's blossomed into this major league career he's had, going from team to team. And now an incredible two starts as a bullpen opener for the Braves here in the postseason. One against the Phillies, one against the Dodgers. After that, it was Grant Holmes to Dylan Lee, then Robert Suarez, Didier Fuentes, and Rizel Iglesias. And again, this one the Dodgers go with their Cy Young winning starting pitcher, and they use more pitchers than the Braves in their bullpen. Pen game. Dodgers use seven pitchers to get through nine innings as they get the loss. They just could not get in rhythm. It seemed like the bullpen was out of sync after the Snell start. They never got back into things, and it's another loss for the Dodgers. Michael Harris with the big game, he had the RBI double to make it three to one, as well as a triple with two outs. came around to score on a wild pitch. That one made it two to one. Dodgers get solo shots. From Freddie Freeman and Max Muncie. However, that is not enough as they drop game two, three to two. And now again, this is a series where both teams are feeling good going into game three. With the Braves, you like your chances with Chris Sale now going into game three. You're heading back to Atlanta with a one-to-one series tie. They can go pick up game three, and then you have a chance to clinch in Atlanta. And you got to feel good with how your bullpen's pitch. And especially you gotta give your flowers. It was the pivotal moment in this game was when Robert Suarez came into the game with runners on first and second, no outs, and got out of that. Then after that, it was Didier Fuentes who came in. A 20-year-old pitcher. He's trying to be a starter, can't get into the rotation, so he's bent out of the bullpen. He goes three and two thirds innings pitched, allowing just one hit. Crazy numbers from the 20-year-old deserves a lot of credit in this one. And John Smoltz on the broadcast talking a lot about how pivotal that outs, the three outs that Robert Suarez got there to kind of stop any sort of offensive carousel getting going for the Dodgers with runners on first and second after the walk, and then it was an Otani single. and Suarez got through the heart of the order there with no runs allowed. And then on the opposite side, I mentioned how the Braves are feeling good, getting the split, going back to Atlanta. On the same time, the Dodgers also. Feeling good in this series. You're the favorite. You would have liked to get both games at home, but you get the split. And the Dodgers did not play well at all in game two, especially on the pitching side of things. And they lost 3-2. It was a one-run game that they were in to the last out. And so you gotta be feeling good if you're the Dodgers because now you have Yamamoto going, but you have to get an offense going that is not just home runs. That has been the entirety of the Dodgers offense so far. They are yet to score a run in in open field of play. It's been all home runs with two from Muncie, one from Tucker, one from Tayosker, and one from Freddie Freeman. You have to get the offense going early, especially now being the away team. You gotta go get something in the first string of couple hits together, get something going. That's what they have been lacking so far through the two games. They have not played well and yet they come away from that one and one and they're feeling good with Yamamoto on the bump. That is an a game three that I am the most excited for. That will be so fun to watch with Chris Sale and Yamamoto. Expect a pitchers duel. I want them to both have long starts with low earned run counts. That's going to be a really fun game to watch if you are a fan of excellent pitching And that will kind of round out all I wanted to talk about when it comes to these four division series. We got some great baseball going on and still plenty more to play. October, not even close to being done. We got so much playoff baseball coming up in the future. I'm so excited to be talking about it. But that's all I got now on these division series games. Again, two more American League games tonight with the Rays and Yankees and Guardians and White Sox. And then some more NL games tomorrow. Thanks. So much for tuning in. I'm Joseph Lund, and thanks for tuning in to the Who's On First Show. We'll see you later.