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Terminello's Take on Dodgers Elimination 10-17-26 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
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  Speaker 2: All right, well, it's another Saturday of Terminalos Takes. I
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  Speaker 2: like these Saturday catch-ups here, Louie. It's a nice break
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  Speaker 2: from everything chaotic through the week and good to hang
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  Speaker 2: out with you on a Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: How cool is that?
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  Speaker 1: It's very cool. I'm hanging out with you. Thanks, Alex.
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  Speaker 1: Good to be here.
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  Speaker 2: I know a lot about the Dodgers getting eliminated in four. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just a sweep. But real quick, I'm watching Penn State
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  Speaker 2: and Michigan, and I'm reminded when I was really little,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure you went to the kickoff classic at MetLife Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 3: One year, Penn State played USC, and now they're at
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  Speaker 3: the same conference. I never thought I'd see the day.
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  Speaker 1: That's true. Yes. All those Rose, and they played in
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  Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl.
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  Speaker 3: That's correct.
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  Speaker 1: That's so long ago, five, six years ago.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, that was what I was thinking, and boy,
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  Speaker 2: the Lions– Nittany Lions ever needed a game. It's probably
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  Speaker 2: against Michigan because they've been struggling just as much as
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  Speaker 2: Penn State has. But let's get to the issue at hand.
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  Speaker 2: We talk about the Dodgers' ownership being in chaos. Did
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  Speaker 2: that trickle onto the field? I mean, I feel like
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  Speaker 2: there's some synergy here between the Dodgers' owner and the
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  Speaker 2: team getting eliminated, swept by....
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  Speaker 1: Milwaukee? Alex, I think a couple of things happened here.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Dodgers ran the club a little bit complacent.
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  Speaker 1: They were very complacent. You know, Snell doesn't pitch. He
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  Speaker 1: only pitched nine starts or seven starts during the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: They know that they're going to be in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: They had a huge lead early on. So I think
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  Speaker 1: it's a combination of things. First of all, it's the
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  Speaker 1: law of averages, too. That ball that Will Smith hit
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  Speaker 1: the other night, I thought was a grand slam when
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  Speaker 1: he hit it, when they were down 1-0. And it wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: It was only two runs, and the Brewers came right back.
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  Speaker 1: The Dodgers have gotten old quickly, in my opinion. Mookie
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  Speaker 1: Betts is not the offensive player he was. He's still
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  Speaker 1: a marvelous athlete, plays a marvelous shortstop. Freddie Freeman, his
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  Speaker 1: power's been diminished. The second half of the year. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if.
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  Speaker 3: You think about that.
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  Speaker 2: So and firstly, he may not have ever been a
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  Speaker 2: Dodger if the agent actually provided him a contract. The
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  Speaker 2: actual truth about the Braves giving him a contract offer.
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  Speaker 2: But that's not a story for another day.
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  Speaker 1: Correct.
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  Speaker 2: But that was five years ago. So he's five years older.
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  Speaker 2: But I think the thing about Freeman was he just
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  Speaker 2: kept hitting him, right?
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  Speaker 3: So he did it in 24.
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  Speaker 1: And again, he had a good year. He had a
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  Speaker 1: good year, but his power definitely was diminished. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if he's injured. Obviously, we know Shohei Ohtani is injured.
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  Speaker 1: He has to be. I cannot believe that his performance
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  Speaker 1: is not injury-related. So we'll soon find out how injured
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  Speaker 1: he was. But he played well. And Will Smith missed
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  Speaker 1: most of the year. Teoscar Hernandez, I think, is way
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  Speaker 1: past his prime. So they all got old at once.
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  Speaker 1: And Milwaukee was determined not to let what happened to
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  Speaker 1: them last year. And they have a great defensive team.
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  Speaker 3: They came in.
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  Speaker 2: They came with a vengeance. And, you know, the guy
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  Speaker 2: that had a redemption series. And I know I talked
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  Speaker 2: about this last year with you, but Bryce Terang, if
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  Speaker 2: he only wore it in that last year, that could
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  Speaker 2: have been a different series. But this year, he actually
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  Speaker 2: came back strong. Churio and Yellich, who's, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: the first ever Milwaukee captain. I don't know if people
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  Speaker 2: know that by now. And then Jake Bowers, former Yankee,
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  Speaker 2: doing his thing in Milwaukee. you know, when he was
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  Speaker 2: in New York, he had that kind of power too.
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  Speaker 2: Like he was a home run hitter here for a
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  Speaker 2: little while, while he was here.
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  Speaker 1: And his story is interesting. Obviously he's played for a
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  Speaker 1: lot of teams. Two years ago, he was going to
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  Speaker 1: retire about 199 with the Brewers. He told the Brewers
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  Speaker 1: that he's done. And then a couple of months after
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  Speaker 1: he retired, his wife said, we're pregnant. And he said,
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  Speaker 1: I need the help. He even talked about it on
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  Speaker 1: the post game with the Fox boys about, yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: came back for the health insurance.
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  Speaker 2: And then Contreras, yeah, that's interesting. And then Contreras, of course,
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  Speaker 2: the longtime catcher for them. And, you know, Gary Sanchez is, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you could tell how IMT was.
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  Speaker 3: But also the other fascinating.
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  Speaker 2: Thing is, and as people pointed out, Miz only won
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  Speaker 2: five innings in the only start he made this series.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't know if they're just still holding him
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  Speaker 2: back a little bit or what, or if they battered
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  Speaker 2: him a little.
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  Speaker 1: No, Alex, it's the way major league pitching is in 2026.
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  Speaker 1: We've talked about it. I don't get it. I don't
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  Speaker 1: like it. But the Brewers did a great job of
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  Speaker 1: manipulating and managing their staff. They have a great staff,
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  Speaker 1: and Murphy's an excellent manager. And, you know, the thing is,
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  Speaker 1: let's go back to the Dodgers. Strugel. Okay, game one.
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  Speaker 1: He pitched only five innings. I mean, you know, media
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  Speaker 1: has the Mets connected to Strugel. The Mets have never
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  Speaker 1: said that we are interested in Struble. Yes, I know
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  Speaker 1: if they did, it would be considered tampering.
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  Speaker 3: Probably financially can afford him above other teams.
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  Speaker 1: Right. So that's why the media says it. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure the Mets will talk to him. But Alex, you
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  Speaker 1: want to know something? I wouldn't. If the Mets don't
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  Speaker 1: go after him, I wouldn't be upset.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and I could tell he was under pressure in L.A.
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  Speaker 2: Like even in that first in that half a season,
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  Speaker 2: he was with them. You could just tell it was
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  Speaker 2: getting to him. He didn't win his first start with
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  Speaker 2: the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 1: He's also now been in that dugout. He's been in
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  Speaker 1: that clubhouse. Obviously, these guys are smart. As he evaluates, okay,
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  Speaker 1: if I sign here for five or six years, yes
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  Speaker 1: and I know, allegedly, the Dodgers have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: prospects that are coming up. But again, they're prospects. But
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  Speaker 1: does he look around and say, all right, that is
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  Speaker 1: getting old. Freeman's 36-37. Teoscar Hernandez may not be here
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  Speaker 1: next year. Oh, Matt Muncy is definitely, you know, not
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  Speaker 1: the productive who he once was. So I wonder how
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  Speaker 1: that's going to affect Schuble. So we'll see. I mean, again,
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  Speaker 1: they won't. They made the playoffs 14 years in a row.
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  Speaker 1: They won in Division XIII out of those 14 years. Alex,
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  Speaker 1: the only year they didn't win in Division, they won
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  Speaker 1: the most games out of the 14. 106, and the
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  Speaker 1: Giants won 107, and then the Dodgers beat the Giants
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: And that came out of the final weekend, I believe,
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  Speaker 3: a few years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Now, here's the other thing that's interesting is, in a
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  Speaker 2: New York perspective, This also means the Yanks are the
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  Speaker 2: last team to three-peat, so that's safe for now. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I would say that the Dodgers not three-peating
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  Speaker 2: and what the Yankees did, 98-99-2000. Is it one of
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  Speaker 2: those things we may never, ever see again?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see it again. That's one thing we'll see again.
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  Speaker 1: I think we'll see that again. I mean, there are
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  Speaker 1: certain things in baseball that, well, we won't see again.
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  Speaker 1: But I think that's still viable. In my lifetime, the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees have done it. The Oakland A's did it in 72, 73,
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  Speaker 1: and 74. Fantastic team. Like the Yankees, a three-peat. And
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  Speaker 1: the Dodger team was, you know, just that. They were fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, they're still going to be, depending on
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  Speaker 1: how this ownership stuff comes, they should still be formal
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  Speaker 1: moving ahead. And that affects Struble. Again, everybody said, oh,
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  Speaker 1: the Dodgers are going to sign Struble. Yeah, I would
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  Speaker 1: say they're the front runner. I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 2: You know, what's interesting is the Brewers, speaking of lifetime,
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  Speaker 2: first time ever in my lifetime, that they're going to
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  Speaker 2: the World Series.
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  Speaker 3: So that's kind of special to see that for them.
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  Speaker 2: And having been there in 2005 for a a science project.
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  Speaker 3: I got to see Milwaukee a little bit for a week.
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  Speaker 3: Nice city.
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  Speaker 2: Like I actually liked that city. And I was thinking
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  Speaker 2: of Laverne and Shirley, which was based in Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 1: One of my favorite shows, Alex. I love that sitcom.
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  Speaker 3: And I would say the Brewers did it their way
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  Speaker 3: as the song goes, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, they have a great defensive team and a lot
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  Speaker 1: of credit is going to David Stearns, who finally got
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  Speaker 1: a team to the World Series. 11 out of that
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  Speaker 1: 25 guys David Stearns directly has a hand on that roster.
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  Speaker 1: So now we just got to do it in Queens.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll see.
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  Speaker 4: Speaking of Mets, did you know that, I won't get
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  Speaker 4: into the stat about how they're the last team to
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  Speaker 4: blow every lead in a postseason series and then loses
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  Speaker 4: four games.
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  Speaker 2: That's a stat I saw by Jason Stark, the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 2: I guess had a lead in every one of them,
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  Speaker 2: blew each game. But The Mets had a chance to
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  Speaker 2: hire Pat Murphy in 2019.
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  Speaker 3: Did you know that?
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  Speaker 1: I did not know that.
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  Speaker 2: According to Dugout Forever, one of the social media apps,
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  Speaker 2: they were in the running to hire Pat Murphy. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, they elected for Carlos Beltran before the disaster.
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  Speaker 2: And then the rest is history. But, yeah, Murphy was
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  Speaker 2: on the short list for them. And I guess he's
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  Speaker 2: 65 years old. Hey, you know, he's still got it.
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  Speaker 1: And I think they will be favored in this series. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if Tampa wins... You know, the game was postponed last
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  Speaker 1: night because of rain. We don't have to worry about
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  Speaker 1: it because, and I'm not counting the 2020 World Series
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  Speaker 1: that was played at Arlington. You know, the COVID World Series.
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  Speaker 1: This will be the first World Series that will be played.
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  Speaker 1: totally indoors.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, in 2008, the World Series was there with the
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  Speaker 2: Tampa Rays. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. But they played Philly, and Philly was an outdoor game.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that's true.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know what's funny about that? And I guess
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  Speaker 2: it might be colder in Milwaukee, so they might have
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  Speaker 2: the roof on.
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  Speaker 4: But, you know.
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  Speaker 2: After what happened in game one against San Diego, maybe
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  Speaker 2: the roof will be open.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: It depends on the weather. I'm glad you brought that up.
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  Speaker 1: When I was watching them celebrate, look how close they
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  Speaker 1: were to being gone against San Diego. That Saturday night,
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  Speaker 1: the home run that wasn't because it hit the— Hit
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  Speaker 1: the guard rail up there. And then if Mason Miller
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  Speaker 1: had closed out one pitch away from closing them out,
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  Speaker 1: the Brewers could have been down two zip. Yeah. At best,
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  Speaker 1: the three. It shows you how close, you know, things are.
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  Speaker 1: But the Brewers are good.
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  Speaker 3: The Brewers are fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. The Brewers are good. And there's a reason why
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  Speaker 1: they had the most wins in the major leagues.
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  Speaker 2: And in their franchise history, too, by the way. 100
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  Speaker 2: plus wins, first time ever.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a little number stat for you. Just one of
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  Speaker 1: those little number connections. The Braves, when they played in
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  Speaker 1: Milwaukee from 53 to 65, they won one World Series
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  Speaker 1: in 1957. This is the 57th year of the Milwaukee
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  Speaker 1: Brewers franchise. So if you want to play one of
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  Speaker 1: those little number type relation type of that's a little number.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and of course, we want to talk about spirits
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  Speaker 2: and Bob Uecker passing before this year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Uecker's definitely with them. And a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Of people had Uecker jerseys and placards in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I mean, he's beloved. So I feel like
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  Speaker 2: they're doing it for Uecker for sure. And you know
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  Speaker 2: my story with him. I saw him outside of Shea
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  Speaker 2: Stadium and he said, great run because of the Dynamets
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  Speaker 2: dash at Shea.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 2: I saw you running around there, young fella, and I
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  Speaker 2: thought fella meant girl.
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  Speaker 3: Because I had long hair at the time. I said,
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  Speaker 3: I'm a boy, and he laughed hysterically.
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  Speaker 1: But again, who didn't you meet?
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  Speaker 2: But he was very nice, and we got him to
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  Speaker 2: sign the Book of Wit, and I do miss him
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  Speaker 2: because of his... And if anybody wants to watch something special,
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  Speaker 2: his Hall of Fame speech is really quite up there,
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  Speaker 2: so I want people to check that out.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Louis.
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  Speaker 2: On the other side, now, You mentioned the Guardians and
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  Speaker 2: Rays and this whole rain situation, and they played on
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  Speaker 2: Thursday one. But I didn't know the Guardians back in
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  Speaker 2: the 90s, when they were the Indians, made it a
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  Speaker 2: two out of three World Series and lost both of
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  Speaker 2: them in 95 and 97. So they've come close to
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  Speaker 2: breaking 48, but they haven't gotten there yet. Maybe this
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  Speaker 2: is the year.
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  Speaker 1: And Alex, the teams in 95 and 97 were much
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  Speaker 1: better than this team. Much better.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they had so many more stars. They did. I
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  Speaker 3: think told me how to be on one of those teams.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And I mean, they really had a good team,
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  Speaker 1: you know, uh, uh, man, this.
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  Speaker 3: Team feels like it's J Ram or nothing. You know
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  Speaker 3: what I mean? And Stephen Kwan plays.
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  Speaker 1: This team isn't great offensively. They have great pitching. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Gavin Williams pitched, pitched a great game the other day.
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  Speaker 1: Alex comes out after 70 pitches. The guy was dominant, dominant. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: That guy's a stud. Even in this day and age
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  Speaker 1: of babying pitchers, that guy's a stud.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're going to play straight through. Now, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if they're going to take a day off now.
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  Speaker 1: No, I don't think so. I think they're playing straight through.
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  Speaker 3: So what I'm thinking is we could still see a
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  Speaker 3: seven-game series with this.
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  Speaker 1: I think we might. It's interesting to see tonight the
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  Speaker 1: guy I'm going to focus on is Caminero. Because Junior
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  Speaker 1: struck out all four times the other night. And in
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  Speaker 1: a short series, that can get into your head. And
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  Speaker 1: before you know it, the series is over. You're done.
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  Speaker 1: You're gone. So that's one thing I'll be looking at tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Cleveland starting, you know, these openers. And they're going to
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  Speaker 1: probably pitch eight guys.
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  Speaker 2: And last week on this podcast, you said Freddie Peralta
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  Speaker 2: is actually a good pitcher. He got them that game
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  Speaker 2: two victory. I mean, he helped get them that game
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  Speaker 2: two victory.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, absolutely. He pitched excellent on Monday night. Probably his best, well,
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  Speaker 1: definitely his best game of this year. And probably his
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  Speaker 1: best game, because he's been in a lot of playoff
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  Speaker 1: games with Milwaukee, probably his best playoff game that he's
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  Speaker 1: ever pitched. But again, he only went six innings.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I could, in fact, hold on one second. Should
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  Speaker 3: I offend people right now, Louie? Because I'm thinking of
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  Speaker 3: something here.
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  Speaker 1: Hang on. You know, it's your show.
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  Speaker 2: So when they were about to be renamed, I said,
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  Speaker 2: let me get this keepsake.
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  Speaker 3: And I still have it. I think it's Indian. So
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  Speaker 3: there you go.
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  Speaker 1: I still have it because.
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  Speaker 2: It's.
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  Speaker 1: A beautiful uniform, Alex. It really is. It's crisp. It's clean.
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  Speaker 3: I always loved the blue uniform, too.
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  Speaker 2: The blue Indian uniform was really great. Now the new
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  Speaker 2: ones and the twins one was always good too, but
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  Speaker 2: then they had to make it modern.
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  Speaker 1: It's very weird, but you're right.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, the last time they won in 48
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  Speaker 2: was Bob Feller's era. And I'm sure you, well, I
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  Speaker 2: guess you didn't see him pitch, but no, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: I did not. No, Alex, I did not see him pitch.
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  Speaker 1: But obviously I, Larry Doby, I knew very well because
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  Speaker 1: he worked for the Nets and I was very good
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  Speaker 1: friends with him and his family and, And actually, Larry
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  Speaker 1: Doby Jr. still wears old Indians apparel. He doesn't wear
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  Speaker 1: Guardians apparel. And I'm good friends with his son. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Larry Doby Sr. played with Feller. He was
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  Speaker 1: on both the 48 team and he was on the
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  Speaker 1: 54 team. The 54 team, which was heavily favored to
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  Speaker 1: beat Willie Mays and the New York Giants. And Willie
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  Speaker 1: Mays made that great catch at the polo grounds in
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  Speaker 1: Game 1. which turned the series around. Dusty Rhodes hit
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  Speaker 1: a home run right down the line in right field.
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  Speaker 1: I was one year old, so I don't remember it.
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  Speaker 1: To win the game in the bottom of the 10th,
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  Speaker 1: and then they just swept them. You know, in these series,
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  Speaker 1: like Milwaukee, you win game one, sometimes that momentum carries
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  Speaker 1: you and it's over before you can blink an eye.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see how much of a rest they have, by
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  Speaker 2: the way, because as we say, if this goes seven,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to have a bit of a stretch.
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  Speaker 3: And in general, they are because.
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  Speaker 2: the series won't start until October 24th.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Now, one thing, I'm glad you brought up rest.
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  Speaker 1: I would be a little worried that the Brewers have
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: eight days rest. So I wonder how Murphy's going to
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: handle that. I'm sure they'll do something. No, he's going
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: to do it.
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: And he did this, I saw before one of the
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: other series, they did intra-squad games.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: I think they're going to do that during the week.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you got to, but it's still not
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: the same. I just hope, and I don't really, I
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: have no skin in the game. but I just hope
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: they didn't lose their edge.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: Well, we'll see what happens, but yeah, eight days, a
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: week from now, eight days or nine days from Thursday,
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: it's just, it's a lot. All right, real quick in
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: this sort of condensed version today, how are the Giants
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: underdogs against the Saints tomorrow? I understood they tied against
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: the Commanders and it was a crappy game.
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: But like how? The Saints are bad this year.
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: Well, the Giants haven't played anybody that's been good this year. Well,
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: I shouldn't say that. They did. They played the Rams
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: and they lost. I was surprised, Alex, when I saw that.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: One of my buddies who works for the Giants, I
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: was talking to him last night. He was surprised. He says,
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: how can we be underdog? I said, well, I don't know.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: I guess they're trying to, Vegas is trying to manipulate
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: the betting system. The money coming in, I really don't know.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: I think the Giants will win tomorrow. It's going to
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: be another tight, you know, it's going to be another
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: close game, Alex. The travesty at the end of that
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: game for Washington last week, I mean, not, and again,
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: that doesn't guarantee him victory. The 43-yard or 42-yard field
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: goal can still be missed. Could have been blocked. But
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: the fact that they went from 55 seconds and didn't
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: get the kickoff or just as ridiculous that that happened
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: in this day and age. News about a half hour ago,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: 45 minutes ago, Jalen Hurts is on the IR with
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: a blood clot. So he's going to miss the next
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: four games.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: And look, football aside, I'm actually very concerned with him
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: because a blood clot is something you don't want.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: To screw around with.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: So believe me, you're a fan that's happy about this
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: has really doesn't understand it.
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: Like a blood clot could be fatal. So we got
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: to pray for him a little bit here.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: A member of my family died of a misdiagnosed blood clot.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: He died in one day because they misdiagnosed it. So, yes, it's, it's,
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: it's big news, but it, The Eagles are in trouble.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: They have a ton of injuries. No Barkley. Barkley's backup,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Will Shipley from Clemson, he's out for a long time.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Donta Smith, I don't know when he's coming back. They
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: have so many injuries. They might be done. And it's
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: not because of Sirianni. Sirianni now, I mean, last week, Sirianni.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: should have got them to the finish line and not
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: allowed a 59-yard field goal. Yeah, that was wild. Yeah,
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: that was wild. And the week before against the Rams,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Sirianni should have been able to guide them home, even
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: with the injuries, because they were up 10. But as
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: I told you in the past, the NFC East is
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: wide open. It's wide open for any of the four
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: teams to get in.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Well, the Giants are in first with 3-1-1. And by
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: the way, can we stop the London weekly games? I
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: get once or twice a year, but almost every week
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: now it's getting out of control.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: Well, Alex, it's going to be 16 eventually. It's going
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: to be 16. I totally agree with you on the
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: international comments you just made. I saw that, um, yeah,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: the NFL might be, uh, might be biting off more
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: than they can chew. Not so much. They get their money, but,
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: and I don't know if they care about ratings, but
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: the nine, these nine 30 games are cutting into the
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: pregame shows, which usually got higher ratings.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: And, uh, they're also cutting into soccer for some, uh,
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Wake up that early.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: I mean, bars are open in the city for soccer strictly.
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: Oh, my God. There's so many soccer bars in the metropolitan,
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: especially in Manhattan and in the metropolitan area. Yeah, so
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: another interesting day. I'm interested to see if the Chargers
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: continue to lose, which I think they will. Their roster
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: is not as good as it was last year or
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: the year before. Just wondering. if Jim Harbaugh and the
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: Chargers would separate. I don't know. I haven't heard anything.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: Just curious.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: Well, I always say the Herbert Harbaugh dynamic. I always
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: thought that could have something, but it just does not.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: Speaking of Harbaugh, do you think he watches his Michigan
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: team play?
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: I wonder if these guys.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: Who formerly coached in the college level flip on the
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: game during their Saturdays or if they're focused on their game.
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: He might be, but he's probably focusing more on The
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: game with the Chiefs tomorrow, and obviously that's going to
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: be a tough game for them. But no, you're right.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: They probably look at them. The players definitely do at
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: their old college team.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: It's funny, the Raiders, I was not really in tune
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: with the NFL as much as I normally am last week,
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: but I know that the Raiders lost the Chiefs. The
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: Chiefs look like they're back is the point. The Chiefs
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: are back. They didn't miss a stride. Maybe last year
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: was just a little bit of an off year, but
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: this year they're... That's all it was.
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: Full force. So we could run into an Alan Mahomes
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: rematch again. We'll have to see.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Oh, I think you're right.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: Hey, you know, in some hockey news, I got a shout-out.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: Molly Walker reposted me. I mean, how cool was that?
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: I simply tagged her because finally, Mr. Lafayette is earning
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: his seven-year contract and seven, eight goals, but the 6-0...
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Loss of the Devils.
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: Okay, it's one loss.
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: Sullivan, who I think is a great coach, and that's
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: why he's making all these things happen. He's got to
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: sort of calm it down and say, okay, let's not
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: let this turn into an avalanche.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: Because look, they don't have Igor. So maybe Ranger fans
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: are like, oh my God, they got shut out 6-0.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: It was 7-1. Or 7-1, but still. They were losing
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: 6-0 and they ended up losing 7-1. Again, I still
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: can't figure out what's going to happen with the Rangers.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: It's still too early since the Shostakovich injury. We'll have
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: to watch. But I can tell you one thing, and
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: it's something we talked about in the past. Watch the
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: Sheldon Keefe situation. I really, I don't know if he's
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: going to make it past American Thanksgiving. Here the Devils
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: had their best game of the season, murdering the Rangers
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: the other night. They played today. And really, nondescript 42
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: loss to the, to the capitals. Um, they, they have
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: a lot of talent, Alex, maybe some of that, they're
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: not getting the most out of that talent, you know,
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: team up. That guy's gotta be a 35 goal scorer and,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: and a difference maker. Um, I think that the devils have,
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: are in a little trouble. I really do. Their goaltending
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: is questionable. Um, You've got the Hughes brothers. Yes, Luke
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: is signed for eight years. But again, they might say,
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: you know what? Get me out of here. I don't
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: think so, but something's missing. And now we're three years
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: removed from that upset of the Rangers when the Rangers
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: blew that 2-0 lead.
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: Oh, I remember very well.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: And that's when it looked like the Devils were going
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: to really take off. And they've been in neutral since
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: then or reverse. So keep an eye on the devil situation.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: I know in this metropolitan area, the media doesn't focus
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: on them. They really don't focus on any of the
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: hockey teams, which is unfortunate. That's why we'll talk about it, Alex.
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: But watch that. Watch the devil situation. New general managers. Hey,
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: I got to get Sheldon Keefe out of here. Who
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: would they bring in? I don't know. I don't know.
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: But look at the Flyers. Nine games without a win.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: They haven't won a game. The Kings haven't won a
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: game either, but they've only played five games. They're not
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: going to get rid of Taka after he did such
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: a good job last year, I don't think. But we
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: know how these hockey coaches get fired so quickly. The
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: only league where coaches get fired quicker is the Premier
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: League in England, the soccer league.
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: I mean, look, he brought them back. Oh, my goodness.
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: Brooksie's rival. Tortorella.
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: He brought Tortorella.
• 25:56
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: He brought Vegas all the way. And then he gets fired.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: I don't understand. Again, there must have been a reason
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: for that because he only signed a deal through the
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: end of the playoffs. Unlike, say, Pete DeBoer, the Islanders,
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: who signed a multi-year deal, even though he only coached
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: the last four games. The Islanders, Alex, they don't have
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: enough speed, in my opinion, especially on the back. The
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: only guy on the back line who has any type
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: of speed, well, not any type of speed, the guy
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: as fast as could be on skates is Schaefer, and
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Tony D'Angelo is a good skater, but Pellick and Pulak,
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: they play well together, but the NHL is becoming a
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: speed league. I wouldn't be surprised to see Matthew George
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: make a major move in season. I don't think the
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: Islanders are making the playoffs.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Well, I got a couple of minutes here before I
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: got to wrap, but I got to.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Say the.
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: Rangers has given the city a little.
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: Life right now after what happened with the dart injury,
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: the Yanks getting knocked out, but There is three days
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: left till the banner raising on Tuesday night when I
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: turn 35. I don't know where I'll be, but I'm
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: excited to see it no matter where I'm at because
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: it's history. The Knicks are raising a banner in my lifetime.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: I never thought I'd say that.
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: Well, that's a great birthday present, Alex, and happy birthday.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: Let me be the first to wish you happy birthday
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: on the one leg of Alex Garrett Media. You deserve it. Uh,
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: enjoy the day. And there's milestone birthday. We're not going to,
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to tell you what it is. You can,
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: if you want, but it's a milestone birthday.
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: It's 35 and, uh, five-year cycles, Milwaukee bucks one in 21.
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: Maybe the Brewers in 25 and 26. Oh yeah. Hey,
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: one last note. It's being a basketball. I saw your buddy,
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: Chris Carino's in Georgia. Is he calling the game on
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: radio or TV today?
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Oh, he's calling the game on radio.
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: Oh, Very cool.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: I'm sure he'll be doing Brooklyn Nets Bowl. And look,
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: the Nets are going to be something to look at
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: now with Julius Randle in town. They got some pieces there.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but this is year one because they tanked the
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: last two years. You know how I feel about tanking.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: But this is the year when they're going to try
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: to figure out with these young guys who stays, who goes.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: Does Julius Randle, because he only has one year left
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: on his deal, is he traded at the trade deadline?
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: but they've got to start winning games, and they're well-coached,
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: and at least there'll be a little bit of interest
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: in looking at them. It's going to be interesting to
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: see how the NBA regular season plays out, especially now
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: they put some of these new anti-tanking rules in. So
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: we'll see.
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: And I know who's going to be the first in
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: line to get tickets to an NBA Cup game. It's
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: going to be Lou Termello. He's the biggest fan of
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: the NBA Cup. Well, again, if they want to, and
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: I said this before. I believe they're raising two banners.
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: I think they're raising an NBA Cup banner as well
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: on Tuesday.
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Oh, so they changed their mind?
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: I could be wrong on that, but I don't know.
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: They said they would not raise a Cup banner. Maybe
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: they will. But if they want to make the NBA
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: Cup somewhat legitimate... I would do it over condensed, over
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: a two-week period. You know, you play a group play,
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: then you play the semifinals and finals. Do it over
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: a two-week period and get it over with. But now, oh,
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: is tonight, oh, tonight's a game that's in, is a group,
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: is a group game play for the Cup. Just had
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: it like on a Wednesday night, you know.
• 29:50
  Speaker 3: And all we know about it is through the court change, okay,
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: that's how I know.
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, right, that's right. So, I mean, if they condensed
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: it into a solid two-week, two-and-a-half-week period, I think there
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: would be some interest, again.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: Well, Lou Terminello, I know we go a little longer,
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: but tonight I've got to run, do some family stuff.
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: But always love having you. Love your take on the
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: Dodgers and that ownership story.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: We've got to follow that. Yeah, well, now that the
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: season's over, that's going to start coming to fruition.
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: Where there's smoke, there's fire.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. And we'll see what happens in football this weekend,
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: see how many guys get hurt.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: Caleb Wolfe is back for my dad's Bears, who did
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: not win against the Packers, but we'll.
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: Have to see.
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: All right, Lou Terminello, always a pleasure.
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: We'll do this again, maybe even before next Saturday. I
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: want to get some NFL recap with you.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Okay, buddy. Thank you so much for having me.