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Previewing the Biggest Homestand of the Season · Bucco Territory: A Pittsburgh Pirates Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everybody?
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to another episode of Bucko Territory, presented to
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  Speaker 2: you by the Foul Territory Network.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noahiles. Joining me as always is.
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  Speaker 2: My pal and co host Platinum Key aka Mark Josh
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  Speaker 2: Harrison will be on this show later for his weekly segment,
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  Speaker 2: Jay Hey Now, But first Mark and I are gonna
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  Speaker 2: break down what's going on in the world of Pirates baseball.
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  Speaker 2: They made a bullpen move. Dennis Santana's out. Ron Mayor
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  Speaker 2: not chi Oh Mayor not.
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  Speaker 1: Chio is in h You will see him pitch.
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  Speaker 2: I probably pitch this weekend for the Pittsburgh Pirates as
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  Speaker 2: they have a massive home stand that begins this weekend
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  Speaker 2: Yinserpalooza against the Chicago Cubs. They play six games at
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  Speaker 2: panc Park over the next six days and they are
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  Speaker 2: against two teams currently oad of them in the National
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  Speaker 2: League wildcard standings. So Mark, before we get into the
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  Speaker 2: big week ahead, let's talk about Ron Maranaccio.
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  Speaker 1: He's a new Pirate, new bullpen guy. You've been wanting
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  Speaker 1: bullpen help. You got it? Are you satisfied? No?
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  Speaker 3: Not yet? I mean it is an improvement, which not
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  Speaker 3: really saying much given the state of the bullpen. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean he's Ron Manonaccio pitched for the Yankees for
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  Speaker 3: a couple of years then was dfa'd by them. So
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  Speaker 3: it's a bit ironic that a guy who we picked
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  Speaker 3: up from the Yankees as a DFA, Dennis Santana, is
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  Speaker 3: the DFA for another guy from the Yankees, although he
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  Speaker 3: was not in the Yankees previous at his last stop.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, he's had a pretty concerning year. The thing
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  Speaker 3: that jumps out to me is the one point four
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  Speaker 3: to five whip for Maronaccio. This is a guy who
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  Speaker 3: was traded for basically like slightly above cash considerations. I'd
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  Speaker 3: say that's where you put like your bonus draft alone. Okay, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: so so yeah, just acquiring him for basically nothing, so
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  Speaker 3: you'll see if like the Pirates can help his fastball,
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  Speaker 3: which is his primary pitch and pairs that with a changeup.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm not exactly thinking we just found our brand
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  Speaker 3: new closer or anything. But you know, maybe this is
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  Speaker 3: someone that Bill Murphy can work with and they see
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  Speaker 3: something that they can improve, and maybe that slight improvement
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  Speaker 3: can get him back to where he was in twenty
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  Speaker 3: twenty two. And he had a pretty good year, or
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  Speaker 3: your thoughts on this deal.
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  Speaker 2: Or yeah, I just kind of think it's ironic that
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  Speaker 2: this is how Dennis Santana goes considering this is who
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  Speaker 2: Dennis Santana was when they found him, right, he was
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  Speaker 2: the guy no one else wanted not to be that
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  Speaker 2: harsh for our new palern here, But like that's the reality.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this guy got dfad by a team that
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  Speaker 2: you know is falling out of the playoff race, and
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  Speaker 2: there's kind of clear and space for him. And and
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying it's a bad pickup, because as underwhelming
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  Speaker 2: as these numbers look, both above surface and below, it's
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  Speaker 2: still a better alternative than Dennis Santana. He's been that
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  Speaker 2: bad this year, So yeah, I mean overall, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I think I've expressed expressed how I've enjoyed covering Dennis
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  Speaker 2: and how I think the Pirates gave him every opportunity
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  Speaker 2: that he needed to prove himself and he just didn't.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, I think he just lost his confidence completely
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  Speaker 3: because he started the year looking great and blew a
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  Speaker 3: save and completely fell apart after that. And so I
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  Speaker 3: hope he figures it out somewhere. I think a change
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  Speaker 3: of scenery could be good. Big fan of Santana's still
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  Speaker 3: tough to see, but yeah, and one little stat on
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  Speaker 3: Ron Marnaccio that I did, like, uh, he can go
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  Speaker 3: multiple innings. He's done that seventeen times this year. So
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  Speaker 3: if you need bulk innings out of the bullpen, that's
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  Speaker 3: another option to go to. But not exactly something that's like,
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  Speaker 3: oh look at this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm curious to see how they use him.
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  Speaker 2: Santana was throwing in high leverage roles, so excuse me, h.
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  Speaker 1: We're recording early more.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't tell, but Santana is throwing in high
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  Speaker 2: leverage roles so.
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  Speaker 1: Or it kind of was. Anyway, I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna throw this guy in that same.
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  Speaker 3: No, I would think, like, seem yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it just seems like they got another reliever without
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  Speaker 2: a distinct role. It's just a whole bunch of arms
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  Speaker 2: that you don't feel confident in. Right exactly, Well, they're
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  Speaker 2: gonna need to have some confidence this week, mister platinum key,
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  Speaker 2: All right, Mark This is a big home stand, biggest
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  Speaker 2: one of the years.
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  Speaker 1: You look at it, biggest.
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  Speaker 2: One, and I think a long time, and I feel
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  Speaker 2: like I've said that a couple times on this show,
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  Speaker 2: but this one, the Pirates season will be different, yes,
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  Speaker 2: for better or for worse, by the end of this
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  Speaker 2: home stand. They start it today, we're recording the morning
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  Speaker 2: of July twenty fourth against the Chicago Cubs, a team
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  Speaker 2: that has a four and a half game lead over
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  Speaker 2: them for the top National League wildcard spot. In this series,
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  Speaker 2: you have Jared Jones, Paul Skins, and Braxton Ashcraft probably
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  Speaker 2: your hottest pitcher on the team, and then your.
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  Speaker 1: Two all stars on the mound. So that's a pretty
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  Speaker 1: big setup there.
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  Speaker 2: And then after the Cubs leave, you have the Arizona
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  Speaker 2: Diamondbacks coming into town for a three game set. The
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  Speaker 2: Arizona Diamondbacks are currently one game ahead of the Pirates
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  Speaker 2: for the final wildcard spot.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean, I know you remember it.
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  Speaker 2: The last time these two teams played a very meaningful
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  Speaker 2: series of Pancy Park, it was a couple of years
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  Speaker 2: ago around this exact same time, so and that obviously
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  Speaker 2: did not go well. So you look at it, Mark,
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  Speaker 2: I mean what are you hoping to see? Let's start
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  Speaker 2: with this Cub series. What are you hoping to see?
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  Speaker 3: You gotta get two wins. You just have to. With
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  Speaker 3: this starting rotation that the Pirates are pitching against the Cubs,
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  Speaker 3: I mean I almost feel like you I want like
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  Speaker 3: a sweep. Obviously, I don't think that's too out of
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  Speaker 3: the question, because I think both the Cubs and Diamondbacks
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  Speaker 3: are teams that this Pirates team is set up to beat.
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  Speaker 3: Match well, yeah, these are the two top defensive teams
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  Speaker 3: and they rely on their defense, and so if you
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  Speaker 3: can't play defense when like as Berlin Valdez a saying
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  Speaker 3: home run or when Nick and Zalez the Saint balls
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  Speaker 3: in the gap, your defense doesn't matter. So I feel
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  Speaker 3: like the Pirates matchup against these teams well, not like
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  Speaker 3: they're pitching. Is either team has pitching that's like too
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  Speaker 3: crazy right now. Cubs are really banged up. So I
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  Speaker 3: think if you take if you go four and to
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  Speaker 3: this home stand, that is massive and anything better than that.
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  Speaker 3: You're feeling really confident after this, and I think that's
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  Speaker 3: achievable because I really do believe in this team. I
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  Speaker 3: think they're getting hot at the right time, even if
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  Speaker 3: we're talking after a tough loss, as my cat jumps
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  Speaker 3: up here. But yeah, what about you, what are you?
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  Speaker 3: What are you looking for this series?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean I agree with what you said there. It's
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  Speaker 2: you gotta go for in too. You gotta win both series.
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  Speaker 2: It even if because like if you sweep the Cubs,
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  Speaker 2: but then you go one and two against the Diamondbacks,
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  Speaker 2: you kind of lose a little bit of ground, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: or vice versa, like if you get swept and then
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  Speaker 2: you see, like you gotta come out with a better
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  Speaker 2: record than you came in.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, overall, like.
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  Speaker 2: You going three and three, if you go five hundred
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  Speaker 2: on the road for the rest of the year, that's fine.
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  Speaker 2: Five hundred on the road is fine. It just means
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  Speaker 2: you have to have a winning record at home if
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  Speaker 2: you keep adding to your win total and subtracting from
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  Speaker 2: your lost total in your own ballpark and just play
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  Speaker 2: five hundred ball. Because they've been a fine team on
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  Speaker 2: the road all year, you're probably gonna make the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: But these are the games that you need to win
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  Speaker 2: at home because you look, the rest of their home
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  Speaker 2: competition is very weak. You have the Mets, the Red Sox,
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  Speaker 2: are the hottest team in baseball. But then the Tigers stink,
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  Speaker 2: the Giants aren't good, the Angels. You get one more
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  Speaker 2: series at home against the Cardinals and the Brewers, but
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  Speaker 2: also the Royals, so every other team that I just mentioned.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you got two playoff teams, three if you
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  Speaker 2: include the Red Sox.
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  Speaker 1: So this is it. This is These are the home games.
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  Speaker 2: These are the most important home games until we get
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  Speaker 2: into late September and the Brewers and the Cardinals play
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  Speaker 2: six of their final nine home games of the year.
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  Speaker 1: This is huge.
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  Speaker 2: So and if I could circle one game, I do
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  Speaker 2: it every time he's on the mound, gotta win the
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  Speaker 2: scene's day. Yep, you're three to zero in his last
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  Speaker 2: three and he's pitching against Shoda, who absolutely owns this team. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: no team, no active pitcher in baseball has better stats.
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  Speaker 2: And I can say that pretty confidently without even looking
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  Speaker 2: at other numbers, just because I've covered so frustration.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and Shoda has not been good this year.
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  Speaker 2: He has like a Yeah, he's six and eight with
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  Speaker 2: a three nine to one run average hunter nine strikeouts.
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  Speaker 2: He's gonna pitch well against the Pirates, That's what he
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  Speaker 2: does now. To the Pirates credit, they have have a
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  Speaker 2: lefty masher in their lineup that Showda has yet to face,
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  Speaker 2: So let's see if that adds anything.
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  Speaker 1: But if you win the Scheme's day, you beat Shoda Showda.
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  Speaker 2: The Cubs are going into this series thinking that is
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  Speaker 2: the game that they feel most confident they can win
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  Speaker 2: because of Shoda Monaga. So if you win that game
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday, you win, and then all you gotta do
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  Speaker 2: is win one of the other two.
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  Speaker 1: And Jamison Tywne is a guy who has not pitched.
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  Speaker 2: Weelve against the Pirates, and you get him on the
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  Speaker 2: bump Sunday against Braxton or Jared Jones tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Like this is again we set it for the.
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  Speaker 2: Last home stand, especially like the Brewers series, it was like,
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  Speaker 2: this is the this is the pitching setup that you
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  Speaker 2: would want, right right, this is the exact pitching.
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  Speaker 1: Setup that you're gonna want. You're probably gonna.
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  Speaker 3: Get Jared Jones twice this month, maybe, yeah, like if
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  Speaker 3: they make the playoffs, not in the same order, no, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: but yeah, those three are gonna be the top for
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  Speaker 3: it right now. Maybe not with Bubba Chandler coming into
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  Speaker 3: his own, but yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's it's exciting. I mean, so, I guess
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  Speaker 2: before we wrap this up in these six games, who
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  Speaker 2: needs to be their best player?
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  Speaker 5: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: You know a guy who was one of their best
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  Speaker 3: players and hasn't been lately. I'm gonna say Brandon Law
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  Speaker 3: really really needs to step it up. He's been struggling lately.
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  Speaker 3: And if they can get his bat back hot again,
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  Speaker 3: because we've seen what he can do where I mean,
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  Speaker 3: how many two home run games has he had this year?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's like three or four already. So if
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  Speaker 3: we can get at home yeah, and if we can
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  Speaker 3: have another one of those just big low performances, that
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  Speaker 3: would be massive.
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  Speaker 1: What about you, I'm gonna go Valdez. They've faced two
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  Speaker 1: leftiest the first few days of this series. That's you need.
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  Speaker 2: You need him to show up, and I mean, to
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  Speaker 2: his credit, like he has almost exclusively showed up.
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  Speaker 1: That's all. Yeah, So keep riding that hot hand.
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  Speaker 2: We need to see the lefty masher mash some lefties
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  Speaker 2: if this team is going to.
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  Speaker 1: Gain some ground.
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  Speaker 2: So we're gonna take another quick break when we come back.
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  Speaker 2: We will wrap up today's show with our weekly Friday segment.
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  Speaker 2: Jay haynaw here on Bucko Territory.
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  Speaker 8: All Right, here we go. This week's j HA Now
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  Speaker 8: segment is going to highlight none other than Jacob Gonzales.
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  Speaker 8: You know, we we've we've talked about, you know, Jacob
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  Speaker 8: a little bit, just about the acquisition of you know,
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  Speaker 8: we needed to address something when Conor got hurt and
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  Speaker 8: here he is, and you know, like his first week action,
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  Speaker 8: I think he's got a ops, like a thousand, uh,
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  Speaker 8: I think two home runs and playing all shortstops. So
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  Speaker 8: filling the void of what you know was the major
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  Speaker 8: attention once you know, Connor got hurt, so has has
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  Speaker 8: stepped in and as I said, man, he was playing
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  Speaker 8: a little bit of first base I think with the
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  Speaker 8: White Sox. So a guy that yeah, yeah, so, a
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  Speaker 8: guy that's you know, played a few other positions just
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  Speaker 8: you know, looking for an opportunity. And you know, within
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  Speaker 8: his first week has made his presence felt and uh
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  Speaker 8: it's been nice to see and uh, you know it'll
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  Speaker 8: be you know, pretty cool to see what happens, you know,
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  Speaker 8: with his first home stand coming up, because you know,
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  Speaker 8: I think he opened up on the road, so you know,
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  Speaker 8: pretty cool. And you know, I wanted to highlight somebody
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  Speaker 8: one different and too. You know, he's been here for
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  Speaker 8: a short amount of time and as you know, has
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  Speaker 8: some big hits. So kudos to Jacob Gonzalez and keep
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  Speaker 8: it rolling, man.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Only seventeen at bats with the Pirates so far
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  Speaker 3: for Jacob Gonzalez, and he's really left an impact. And
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  Speaker 3: I'll be really interested to see how the Pirates utilize
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  Speaker 3: him once Connor returns here coming up in September, because
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  Speaker 3: he does have that utility aspect to his game where
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  Speaker 3: he can play just about anywhere in the infield and
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  Speaker 3: like the corner outfield. So having that kind of flexibility
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  Speaker 3: is going to be really really nice once Connor takes
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  Speaker 3: short stop back over and you never know. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: we've seen plenty of injuries this year already, so having
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  Speaker 3: a guy that can fill in anywhere, you know, even
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  Speaker 3: if it's like we have like both O'Hearn, like O'Hearn
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  Speaker 3: goes down and we still have Horwitz out, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you got your first basement right there. So it's valuable, yes, yes,
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  Speaker 3: And I mean it's it is only seventeen at bats
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  Speaker 3: with the one thousand ohps, but he's doing a multitude
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  Speaker 3: of ways. He's batting two ninety four and having good
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  Speaker 3: at bats. He just looks like a ballplayer. The defense
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  Speaker 3: has been I mean, I can't think of anything to
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  Speaker 3: say negatively about it. It's just been really really good
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  Speaker 3: to watch. So I think that's a great jahy Now
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  Speaker 3: pick because he has just kind of he's easy to
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  Speaker 3: fly under the raider radar. You know, he's not like
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  Speaker 3: the s Maryland Valdez, you know, mashing homers everywhere, Jake Maingham,
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  Speaker 3: flying with his hair like on fire, like we've mentioned
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  Speaker 3: in the past times. But this is a guy that
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  Speaker 3: is really going to help this team continue to win,
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  Speaker 3: especially in this playoff stretch. So I know a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people wanted to, you know, get more bullpen help earlier,
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  Speaker 3: but I think addressing this knee with Jacob Gonzalez really
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  Speaker 3: helped with this road trip because we already saw what
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  Speaker 3: he can bring with that solid defense and then the
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  Speaker 3: bat as well. So yep, great timing. I'm glad they
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  Speaker 3: got shortstop addressed first, and uh yeah, I think that's
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: a wonderful ja Hey Now segment. Do you have anything
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  Speaker 3: to cap this one off? Josh?
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  Speaker 8: No, As you said, you know, cover short stop and
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  Speaker 8: you know, let's let's go get some bullop and help.
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  Speaker 3: I love it. Yeah, yes, sir, all right we need
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: more help, yeah, because pirates just made a trade this
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  Speaker 3: well a small trade this afternoon, so uh but no,
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: and I will cover all of that in the first
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: segment here. So all right, well, Josh, get back to
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  Speaker 3: your family, Thanks for hopping on here for your ja
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  Speaker 3: Hey Now segment, and we'll kick it back over to
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: Noan and I here we'll do.
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  Speaker 1: Mark any final thoughts before we're done here.
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  Speaker 3: I'm just so happy to see Bubba Chandler continue to
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  Speaker 3: shove Yep. Kind of stinks that he got pulled. Can
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  Speaker 3: finish the seventh, but I'll take a really strong six
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  Speaker 3: point one innings pitched again, just looking phenomenal, pitching really
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  Speaker 3: really well. So I love the ceiling of Bubba Chandler.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like we haven't even started to scratch it.
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  Speaker 3: So excited to see where he goes. Do you have
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  Speaker 2: Nope, just it's the most excited I've been to go
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  Speaker 2: to the ballpark all year. I Mean, this feels like
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: it's not a playoff series, but it's it's.
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  Speaker 3: With the Ins Blues. Big clubs come into town, like, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it's a big one, absolutely rocking. I should be hope
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  Speaker 3: it should be sold out like yeah, also I.
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  Speaker 1: Got one more Yeah, one more final thought.
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  Speaker 2: Noah Wiley is throwing out the first pitch on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: That is actually who I'm named after. Way, Yes, my
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  Speaker 2: mom loved the show er in the nineties. So everyone
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  Speaker 2: thinks it's a biblical name. It is not.
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  Speaker 1: I'm named after.
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  Speaker 3: Noble the Bible. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, So I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Like, I don't know if I want to, like try
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  Speaker 2: to meet him or just.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, your mom would go crazy if you got
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  Speaker 3: a picture with him.
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  Speaker 1: I mean I gotta get the bobblehead for her for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so we'll see. We'll see. I don't want to.
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  Speaker 2: You don't like to ask for certain privileges when you're
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: in the media, especially when you're the call this.
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  Speaker 3: If you explain the story behind it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see.
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  Speaker 2: If I happen to bump into him in a hallway
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  Speaker 2: by positioning myself in all yeah, where I know he's
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  Speaker 2: going to be, maybe that will happen.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see.
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  Speaker 2: But I have my top priority this weekend is watching
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  Speaker 2: some exciting baseball, and if I run into the guy.
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  Speaker 2: I'm named after so SE's flat t Aka Mark. I'm
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