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10/12/26 - Hour 2 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Now, gather around because it's time to huddle up.
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  Speaker 3: We know exactly what we got to do.
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  Speaker 4: All right?
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  Speaker 3: Let's go out and kick some shit. One, two, three.
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  Speaker 3: We got some big plays coming. What the hell's going on?
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  Speaker 5: When he spoke he commanded your attention and he commanded
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  Speaker 5: your respect bill.
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  Speaker 1: Schmidt that son of a gun is thick and armin
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  Speaker 6: They are shutting down the kitchen at Saz's very soon,
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  Speaker 6: so you've got to get here quick.
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  Speaker 3: Get here quick and get some food in you.
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  Speaker 6: And they'll turn it out because the food here is spectacular.
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  Speaker 6: They're running some shuttles. It's going to be a fabulous afternoon.
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  Speaker 6: You can't have a nicer day in October for 4
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  Speaker 6: o'clock baseball.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I know the unseasonably warm, almost uncomfortably warm
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  Speaker 2: for somebody that advocates for October as much as I do.
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  Speaker 2: This is almost too nice. This is going to wreck
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  Speaker 2: the curve now of people expecting you to get like
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  Speaker 2: a couple of 80-some degrees.
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  Speaker 6: Billy wanted to put on his Uggs and his chunky
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  Speaker 6: sweater and have a pumpkin spice latte.
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  Speaker 4: I was going to say.
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  Speaker 3: And now it's too hot.
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  Speaker 6: Now we need umbrella drinks today because it feels like we're,
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  Speaker 6: you know, heading for the beach.
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  Speaker 2: You know what? I have not seen a koozie because
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  Speaker 2: nobody needs one. You almost want the cold moisture as
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of coolant.
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  Speaker 6: And you drink fast enough that it doesn't get warm anyway.
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  Speaker 3: So it's like, what's the point?
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  Speaker 6: So last night's game and today we mentioned how quickly
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  Speaker 6: sports comes at you because last night going in, I thought,
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  Speaker 6: and I think a lot of people did, Must win
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  Speaker 6: for the Brewers.
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  Speaker 3: You have to win when Miz is on the mound.
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  Speaker 6: If you lose with Miz on the mound, it'll be
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  Speaker 6: so deflating, it's going to take the air out of
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  Speaker 6: you for the rest of the series.
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  Speaker 3: You're going to be hosed.
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  Speaker 6: Today, I look at this and I say, it's a
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  Speaker 6: must win for the Dodgers. They can't go down 2-0
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  Speaker 6: with the Brewers looking like a wagon like they are.
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  Speaker 2: And now also the process of it, Drew, if you
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  Speaker 2: go and get Yamamoto today, and by all accounts, get
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  Speaker 2: Yamamoto means what? Score three runs across six innings? Make
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  Speaker 2: it a thick quality start instead of a dominant seven
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  Speaker 2: and a third inning?
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  Speaker 6: In the four-game sweep last year in the NLCS, the
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  Speaker 6: Brewers scored one run in each of the four games.
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  Speaker 6: They doubled their single-game output last night with two. We
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  Speaker 6: talked about how hard it was to score runs, but
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  Speaker 6: we could get into the scooble trade that the Brewers
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  Speaker 6: didn't make.
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  Speaker 3: The guy pitched, and they beat him. He got the L.
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  Speaker 3: He gave up both runs. He pitched great. But ultimately
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  Speaker 3: lost it.
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  Speaker 6: But he gave up two runs, and he lost. So
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  Speaker 6: the Brewers slayed the dragon there. They beat the Dodgers,
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  Speaker 6: showed they could beat them in October. And today the
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  Speaker 6: tenor has changed. Now Brewers have a different lineup today.
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  Speaker 6: They've got Freelick and Yellich playing. David Hamilton is playing
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  Speaker 6: for Ortiz today. So they've got a little bit of
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  Speaker 6: a different dynamic. There were things that played out last night.
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  Speaker 6: We mentioned how the planets aligned. Bryce Terang's home run
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  Speaker 6: to tie the game put wind in their sails.
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  Speaker 2: It made it– Woke the crowd up significantly.
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  Speaker 3: At that point, they were down 1-0, and it felt
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  Speaker 3: like 5-0. Yep, totally did. I'm glad you felt the
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  Speaker 3: same way.
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  Speaker 6: And Miz, because Miz had been shaky and had a
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  Speaker 6: 30-pitch inning or whatever. The double plays really helped them.
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  Speaker 6: The Dodgers, you know, that's one of those tip your caps.
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  Speaker 6: They turned three double plays. The Dodgers lead the world
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  Speaker 6: at hitting it into double plays.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: And, I mean, when it's Hernandez in the moment, right,
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  Speaker 2: Pajas beats you, and I think in the second inning
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  Speaker 2: there's many people saying, all right, If Freddie Freeman, Shohei Otani,
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  Speaker 2: Mookie Betts, Kyle Tucker, even I'll take, is going to
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  Speaker 2: deliver the RBI that.
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  Speaker 3: Puts him up.
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  Speaker 2: But when it's the guy that was awful in the
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  Speaker 2: playoffs a year ago in Pahez and one of their
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  Speaker 2: $ 800, 000 guys, that's going to be a tough one to stomach.
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  Speaker 2: And Hernandez has been awesome in post-seasons past. He ends
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  Speaker 2: up grounding into the one that's turned perfectly by Pratt
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  Speaker 2: and gave you a chance to stay in it. And
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  Speaker 2: throughout the night, Drew, I was wondering this because we
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  Speaker 2: talked about it a lot, and The playing close games,
• 4:51
  Speaker 2: the record in close games, does that show that you're.
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  Speaker 3: A better team?
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  Speaker 2: This team played a ton of close games. Their bullpen,
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  Speaker 2: you wonder where their leverage innings are going to go.
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  Speaker 2: Hard to say that many innings they play aren't high
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  Speaker 2: leverage innings. They don't play a lot of games with
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  Speaker 2: four to five run cushions. So whoever they were going
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  Speaker 2: to deploy had a lot of action in there.
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  Speaker 3: And I thought, I mean, D.L.
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  Speaker 2: Hall throughout this playoffs, they ultimately get to where you
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  Speaker 2: want to go. you're going to celebrate and remember a
• 5:18
  Speaker 2: lot of big deal hall moments. I thought last night
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  Speaker 2: was another one to be able to get Ms out
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  Speaker 2: of that last jam was, was massive.
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  Speaker 3: And Ashby looked filthy.
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  Speaker 6: Ashby looks to me like if they started him, he'd
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  Speaker 6: be one of the best starters in the league.
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  Speaker 3: Cause he's just that good. His mix of stuff.
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  Speaker 6: So things went their way. I mentioned the bunt when
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  Speaker 6: the Brewers scored, what ended up being the winning run.
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  Speaker 6: They get the lead off hit by Mitchell Cooper Pratt
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  Speaker 6: bunts and you're bunting.
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  Speaker 3: And it's like, people say, Oh, you're bunting the post season.
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  Speaker 3: That's what they do. Well, the Brewers do that a
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  Speaker 3: lot during the year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: But Cooper Pratt got it down. They get Mitchell to second.
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  Speaker 3: He's fast.
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  Speaker 6: But you're bunting there and giving up an out to
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  Speaker 6: set up Luis Lara and Joey Ortiz. That's how you
• 5:54
  Speaker 6: draw it up, right, Skip? That's how you draw it up.
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  Speaker 6: And Lara gets the hit and drives in the run. Now,
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  Speaker 6: the Brewers had chances. They could have delivered a knockout blow.
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  Speaker 6: One of the things that I was thinking is, like,
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  Speaker 6: bases loaded, lefty, Mitchell. Why don't you have Sanchez there?
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  Speaker 3: And Murph's thinking defense. Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 6: But it's like, well, you've got Freelick could go to
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  Speaker 6: center and Lara could stay in right. Or Lara could
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  Speaker 6: go to center and Freelick could go to right. I
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  Speaker 6: thought maybe they would hit center. But he stayed with Mitchell.
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  Speaker 3: Mitchell hit a grand slam earlier this year in September,
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  Speaker 3: the first one for the Brewers this year. So I
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  Speaker 3: get it.
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  Speaker 6: Against the lefty, you had seen Terang hit the lefty.
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  Speaker 6: That was my one thing, like, strategically that I thought, wow,
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  Speaker 6: I was a bit surprised. He deployed Uribe early, but
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  Speaker 6: that's because of the way the game went with Miz
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  Speaker 6: going short.
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  Speaker 3: For sure. And then Ashby. And it worked.
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  Speaker 6: Now, the Dodgers are telling themselves– They're high leverage guys.
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  Speaker 6: Every time we see them, it's more familiarity.
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  Speaker 3: It helps the hitters.
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  Speaker 6: But those guys have been good, and they've been doing
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  Speaker 6: it all year, right? And that's been the Brewers' blueprint.
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  Speaker 6: And my thing with the Dodgers is they didn't play
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  Speaker 6: a bad game.
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  Speaker 3: They didn't do anything. No, they played a game that
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  Speaker 3: they plan on winning in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 6: There was a play that Muncie, the backhanded play, could
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  Speaker 6: have maybe made. It went as a hit. That would
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  Speaker 6: have been a solid play. I thought it was a
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  Speaker 6: straight-up hit. I had people texting me because I dabbled
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  Speaker 6: in scoring.
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  Speaker 3: And they said, that's an error, isn't it?
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  Speaker 6: I'm like, no, it was a do-or-die hop. backhand plus
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  Speaker 6: sure he was running.
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  Speaker 2: And he's i was gonna say it's good you have
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  Speaker 2: to make it on the one scoop otherwise you're not
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  Speaker 2: getting them so i saw.
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  Speaker 6: The same thing so but the dodgers executed their plan
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  Speaker 6: they got they just didn't get the big hit now
• 7:21
  Speaker 6: the brewers that needed a big had a big hit
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  Speaker 6: opportunity to get a big hit just blow the game
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  Speaker 6: open and kind of relax a little bit it didn't
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  Speaker 6: happen and that doesn't usually happen in the playoffs right
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  Speaker 6: but again i keep going back to the brewers don't
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  Speaker 6: have to be perfect they can win when ms doesn't
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  Speaker 6: have a great start they proved it twice now the
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  Speaker 6: Padres yeah yeah they're four and one in the playoffs
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  Speaker 6: they're three and one when giving up the first run
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  Speaker 6: which is amazing which is again a.
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  Speaker 3: Stat that you generally don't see.
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  Speaker 6: No most teams don't do that so this team does
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  Speaker 6: feel like it's wired differently and I do feel like
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  Speaker 6: pressure is going to be on the Dodgers a little
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  Speaker 6: bit like they're capable of putting up a 10 spot
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  Speaker 6: like very quickly very quickly and the Brewers might break
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  Speaker 6: through and hit a bomb or two and The ball
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  Speaker 6: travels on a warm day like this.
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  Speaker 3: Who knows?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, Logan Henderson, I think they've won. I
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  Speaker 2: think he's 11-0 in home starts. Or the team is
• 8:08
  Speaker 2: 11-0 in the games that he starts at American Family Field.
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  Speaker 2: So all they've done is win when he's been on
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  Speaker 2: the mound. And for them to be able to get
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  Speaker 2: Yamamoto at least frazzled early and get back to the
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  Speaker 2: Dodger bullpen, I think he can turn the exact same
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  Speaker 2: way around, Drew. The Brewers, yes, used a lot of
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  Speaker 2: their high leverage, guys.
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  Speaker 3: You saw Scott the same way for L.A. last night.
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  Speaker 2: And the only thing I was wondering is, was the
• 8:33
  Speaker 2: lineup going to come back around where Yelich was going
• 8:36
  Speaker 2: to pinch hit for Vaughn in that whatever seventh or
• 8:39
  Speaker 2: eighth inning. But when Scott's or when the lefty was
• 8:41
  Speaker 2: on the mound, both times that Vaughn came back up,
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  Speaker 2: it didn't play and it worked out. Like I thought
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  Speaker 2: Murph in the first hour, if you heard it, he said,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that I'll do it again. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know that I'll not play him again, but I'm glad
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  Speaker 2: I didn't. And for Vaughn throughout the playoffs, he's been
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  Speaker 2: your pinch hit cat. He's going to have to be
• 9:01
  Speaker 2: again throughout this series, and I thought getting him, Drew,
• 9:05
  Speaker 2: four at-bats in last night's game, whether or not, obviously
• 9:08
  Speaker 2: a lot better that you win, and he delivers your
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  Speaker 2: first hit, but I thought getting him into a rhythm,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to need that bat, and I thought you
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  Speaker 2: had to be able to steal him four at-bats in
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  Speaker 2: one game, and that was a good part of last
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  Speaker 2: night as well.
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  Speaker 6: I have friends who are big Dodgers fans, and they're
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  Speaker 6: worried about their offense, especially the big guys. Otani doesn't
• 9:25
  Speaker 6: look right. Betts looks a little worn down. Will Smith
• 9:29
  Speaker 6: looks a little like there's something there that he's not himself.
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  Speaker 2: And he missed, what, three and a half, four months
• 9:34
  Speaker 2: throughout the year? Otani not being the same. Again, anybody
• 9:38
  Speaker 2: got some wood around here that they want to tap
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  Speaker 2: on real quick? Oh, there's some Dodger fans. They're not
• 9:41
  Speaker 2: going to help us out there. They're not going to
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  Speaker 2: help us out trying to keep Otani down. But he's
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  Speaker 2: so good, and you feel like one swing could change
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  Speaker 2: every fortune that he has. But he hasn't hit a
• 9:51
  Speaker 2: homer since the middle of August. And I think he's
• 9:54
  Speaker 2: got like five or six different injuries if it goes
• 9:57
  Speaker 2: to his knee or.
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  Speaker 3: His hip, his back, his neck.
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  Speaker 2: Uh he's a he's a phenomenal player but you know
• 10:02
  Speaker 2: at some point he's not going to get held down
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: for too long the more Kyle Tucker comes up in
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  Speaker 2: big spots though oh yeah I'll tell you, the more
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  Speaker 2: confident I'm going to be. Last night as he strolled
• 10:16
  Speaker 2: in there, I know he had the 10-pitch walk arm
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  Speaker 2: early in the game.
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  Speaker 4: He's had some good at-bats.
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  Speaker 2: Out of all the guys in that lineup, I was
• 10:24
  Speaker 2: much happier to see the $ 240.
• 10:27
  Speaker 3: Million Kyle Tucker than Kike Hernandez again.
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  Speaker 7: I agree, but that's just because they have such a
• 10:33
  Speaker 7: difficult lineup.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, we still have to remember this is a lineup.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned him. Kike Hernandez is batting ninth in this lineup.
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  Speaker 7: He could probably bat in a cleanup role or a
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  Speaker 7: high leverage role on most other teams. It's a deadly lineup. But, yes,
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  Speaker 7: they are somewhat getting older, but it was a 2-1 game.
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  Speaker 7: I don't want to put too much into it, but
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  Speaker 7: they did kind of slide in the second half in
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  Speaker 7: terms of offensive prowess. But then again, yes, this is
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  Speaker 7: a team that at any time could go nuts, as
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  Speaker 7: we know, with the way their lineup's talented.
• 11:00
  Speaker 6: The Brewers lineup today, Churrio, Teran, Contreras, Bowers, Yelich, Mitchell, Pratt, Freelick, Hamilton.
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  Speaker 6: behind Logan Henderson. And Logan Henderson's been, you're right, Bill,
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  Speaker 6: he's been tough at home. Hopefully the crowd will be
• 11:14
  Speaker 6: at a fever pitch. Now, a couple other things from
• 11:16
  Speaker 6: the game. And they've won when he started.
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  Speaker 2: That's just one of those stats that, again, like quarterback wins,
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  Speaker 2: people want to argue is not a stat.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they counted for a reason.
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  Speaker 6: I think starting pitcher wins absolutely count to me because
• 11:28
  Speaker 6: they don't pitch enough.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, games are the swung in the bullpen.
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  Speaker 3: They don't get the decisions as much.
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: But your record when a guy starts and that's another
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  Speaker 6: one that Doug Melvin was big on. Like how what's
• 11:38
  Speaker 6: your team's confidence when the guy plays?
• 11:40
  Speaker 3: What is it?
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  Speaker 2: How do they perform? How ready are they? How up
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  Speaker 2: are they for a game? And he keeps them active.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, like that was another thing Miz did last
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  Speaker 2: night where, I mean, you have one of the best defenses,
• 11:49
  Speaker 2: if not the best defense in baseball behind you use it. Now, ultimately,
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  Speaker 2: it was the biggest reason why he got out of
• 11:54
  Speaker 2: those jams last night.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: So it wasn't the normal miss start nor was it
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  Speaker 6: against the Padres either. But again, the bullpen was lights out.
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  Speaker 6: So the Dodgers have concerns about their bullpen and their
• 12:04
  Speaker 6: offense right now. Starting pitching like they're going to run
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  Speaker 6: another guy out there that was the World Series MVP.
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  Speaker 6: They're going to run another Cy Young guy out there.
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  Speaker 6: They have an abundance of starting pitching riches.
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  Speaker 2: Let me run this one by you and see how
• 12:16
  Speaker 2: tinfoily this hat is. You already have them back up
• 12:20
  Speaker 2: on their heels. You mentioned it. You got the game won.
• 12:23
  Speaker 2: Yamamoto is... and probably should be revered as one of,
• 12:28
  Speaker 2: that postseason he put together last year, is one of
• 12:31
  Speaker 2: the greatest of all time. And instead of honoring him
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: by making him not only your game one starter in
• 12:38
  Speaker 2: every single playoff series he did, you bring in this fancy,
• 12:41
  Speaker 2: cool left-hander from Detroit, Armin, and you give him the
• 12:44
  Speaker 2: ball in game one, you move Yamamoto back to game
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  Speaker 2: three in series number one. So I'm trying to manifest
• 12:51
  Speaker 2: a little bit of frustration, throw that off the game
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  Speaker 2: a tick, because he's so good.
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  Speaker 3: He's so electric, and he's so.
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  Speaker 4: Systematic on the mound. He's got the notebook, too, and everything.
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  Speaker 2: He knows exactly how he wants to attack you, that
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  Speaker 2: if there's any way. that four hits could be strung
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  Speaker 2: together against this guy. I'll be very excited to see it,
• 13:13
  Speaker 2: and maybe that throws the wrench into his plan that
• 13:15
  Speaker 2: he's always putting perfectly crafting together.
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  Speaker 7: And the thing is, I think he's been their best starter.
• 13:19
  Speaker 7: His whip is under. 9, I think. It's ridiculous. But
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  Speaker 7: he's definitely the guy they need on the mound tonight
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  Speaker 7: to try and get this split. So if you can
• 13:26
  Speaker 7: find a way to get him. or get the win
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  Speaker 7: in his start, boy, would that be a coup going 2-0. Now,
• 13:32
  Speaker 7: these are the dreams you have, right? You might want
• 13:33
  Speaker 7: to keep them right there, but it would be pretty fantastic.
• 13:37
  Speaker 7: But Yamamoto has been fantastic this year. So, Billy, yes,
• 13:41
  Speaker 7: let's kind of farm discontent in that clubhouse.
• 13:44
  Speaker 4: Let's try and do that.
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  Speaker 3: That'd be nice.
• 13:46
  Speaker 2: I don't know. Listen, if there's any way that I
• 13:48
  Speaker 2: could make there and manufacture some frustration, I'm willing to
• 13:53
  Speaker 2: look dumb for the cost. I'm willing to throw one
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: of those ridiculously hot takes out here on a game
• 13:58
  Speaker 2: balls and kicks to the balls Monday, not even a
• 14:00
  Speaker 2: hot take hump day, if it means.
• 14:02
  Speaker 3: The Brewers go to L.A.
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: Up 2-0. Drew, I don't know how they quantify the
• 14:06
  Speaker 2: ESPN analytics. Have the Brewers had a 56.2% chance of
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: going up? 2-0 and getting a win here today.
• 14:15
  Speaker 6: It's interesting because even though they won game one and
• 14:18
  Speaker 6: they won three or four at Dodger Stadium just not
• 14:20
  Speaker 6: that long ago, Fangrass has them at like 48% to
• 14:24
  Speaker 6: win the series.
• 14:26
  Speaker 3: They still like the Dodgers. I get it. I get it.
• 14:30
  Speaker 2: But I want to say it was I want to
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: say there was a thought at one point that you'd
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: possibly have a team be favored by ahead of the
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: Dodgers to win the World Series.
• 14:42
  Speaker 3: Yesterday, Matty V said on the broadcast.
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: 67.3% of teams that win game one go on to
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: win the World Series. Well, at the Pottawatomie Sportsbook, you
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: bet big, bet bold, and bet above the rest, you'd
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: find right now that I believe it is an even split,
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: Armin Sarian, right, on future odds to win the World
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: Series with the Milwaukee Brewers and the L.A.
• 15:02
  Speaker 3: Dodgers.
• 15:02
  Speaker 4: Yeah, to win it.
• 15:04
  Speaker 7: Now, the series market has the Brewers as a minus favorite.
• 15:07
  Speaker 7: The Dodgers are plus 110 now in the series market.
• 15:10
  Speaker 7: The World Series future you.
• 15:11
  Speaker 4: Might be right on, though.
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: I'm not really sure. Okay, so it did flip to
• 15:14
  Speaker 3: plus 110 for the Dodgers.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: Well, it was earlier when I looked. I haven't looked
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: in the last hour. Plus 110 for L.A., minus 140
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: for Milwaukee. Well, I thought you were trying to get
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: the best number.
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry. I thought you were sharp.
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: But in the midst of this fight to try to
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: get back, Drew, you go up 2-0 and send them
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: back to L.A. that way in that banging center field speaker.
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: Give yourself a chance to let.
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: Doubt creep in. That's for sure. No question. No question.
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: Jake Bowers. I know.
• 15:42
  Speaker 4: Do you want to hear Jake? Did you guys want
• 15:43
  Speaker 4: to hear Jake Bowers here? I didn't know.
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: We'll be doing that in the next segment of the program. Oh, good.
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: Next time. Yeah.
• 15:49
  Speaker 6: We're going to hear Jake Bowers in the next segment
• 15:50
  Speaker 6: of the program. We can't talk to Hunter Baumgart because
• 15:53
  Speaker 6: contractually he is not allowed to join.
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: Us live from the ballpark this close to the first pitch.
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: I'm so worried about this plucky little show hanging out.
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: Oh, man.
• 16:01
  Speaker 7: I imagine like little guys in black suits hovering around
• 16:04
  Speaker 7: Hunter to make sure he doesn't.
• 16:05
  Speaker 8: Make a call.
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: You know, it's kind of funny when you think about that.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: He's got Secret Service on him, if I can only
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: imagine here.
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: We got a robust crowd here out on the patio.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: Wojo strolls in from the Milwaukee Admirals.
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: That's when you know it's going to be an exciting party.
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: But out of all the jerseys that we've seen here today,
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: I think maybe the most impressive, and I didn't get
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: a chance to ask the young man rocking the Wisco
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: Lara jersey.
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: If Drew, he had that one before last night.
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: Or if that was a sixth-inning purchase after the bottom
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: of the fifth-inning base hit. I don't know what the
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: stat cast number was. That was the cleanest base hit
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: of the night. It felt like the cleanest hit of
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: the night, the best contact for the Brewers at least.
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: On the night.
• 16:49
  Speaker 6: The Dodgers did not have an extra base hit last night,
• 16:52
  Speaker 6: which is a good formula to follow.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: It's a winning model, yes.
• 16:54
  Speaker 6: And the double plays, they hit into three double plays.
• 16:57
  Speaker 6: They lead the world hitting into double plays, and that's.
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: Been a frustration for them all year.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Amen.
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: But it also means you've got guys on base a lot.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: Right, if you get the first guy on in an inning,
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: you're going to have a much better chance of rolling through.
• 17:08
  Speaker 6: First and second, it's a great situation, but it's also
• 17:10
  Speaker 6: ripe for double plays, and that's one of the things.
• 17:13
  Speaker 6: The Brewers were, again, flawless on defense last night for
• 17:16
  Speaker 6: the most part, and challenges weren't that much of a
• 17:19
  Speaker 6: factor last night either.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: No, the Brewers had, I was going to say they had,
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: and maybe utilized them a little bit more late, but
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: it felt like Contreras held on to them decently long
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: into the night. Only one dodger in the lineup tonight
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: with multiple hits against henderson it's otani he also does
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: have two k's uh but the brewers multiple hits against
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: yamamoto in his career two for 11 shurio jake bowers
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: and sal freelick each two for seven sal with an
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: rbi in there drew so let's see figuring out those
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: numbers remember uh it did start with a bang i
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: believe it was a solo shot from shurio last year
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: you're right off yamamoto to give you a one nothing
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: lead so you're right tack on run is going to
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: be Probably at a premium.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: Everything matters in the playoffs. It's just incredible.
• 18:03
  Speaker 7: I thought Contreras baited Will Smith into taking his own
• 18:07
  Speaker 7: challenge at the plate. Did you guys remember that one?
• 18:09
  Speaker 7: Or was it the reverse? William Contreras was at the plate,
• 18:12
  Speaker 7: and he faked like he was going to go to
• 18:13
  Speaker 7: the challenge. So then Will Smith was like, I'm going
• 18:15
  Speaker 7: to do it first.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: And then he lost the challenge.
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: I don't know if you guys caught that at all.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: You're not going to fire me. I'm going to quit first.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: I like that deal. Yeah.
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: He plays that like a string.
• 18:24
  Speaker 7: You know, William Contreras, he conducts those things, the psychology
• 18:28
  Speaker 7: of challenges with other hitters and catchers.
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: So good times.
• 18:31
  Speaker 6: Speaking of psychology, how about the Uribe Selly coming off
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: after that third?
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: Oh, God, that was beautiful.
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: It was a big out.
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: Oh, that was beautiful.
• 18:39
  Speaker 6: If you're not used to him, if you're not watching
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: him all season as we do, you might say, what's
• 18:44
  Speaker 6: the guy doing?
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: It's the middle innings. What are you doing? But that's him, man.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: I just love his manner. If he was playing for
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: another team, I might get upset. But I absolutely love
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: watching you.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: I saw one Dodger account last night say, it's just
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: ridiculous behavior in the sixth inning. And even Reds fans
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: were jumping on this guy, saying, what did he do wrong?
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: Isn't it the playoffs? Sorry, aren't you supposed to show
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: a little bit of excitement?
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: What does everybody say during the World Baseball Classic?
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: What do they love? The emotion and the fun? Excitement.
• 19:11
  Speaker 6: That's Uribe.
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: He's having the World Baseball Classic in October.
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: What's funny about that is he's done much worse.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: Oh, that's fair, yeah.
• 19:19
  Speaker 7: All he did was pump a fist and yell. I mean,
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: he didn't drop the X.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Little did they know I was hitting a DX right
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: there in the living room.
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: He could have rolled dice.
• 19:27
  Speaker 6: He wasn't rolling dice. He wasn't doing any of that stuff.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Although I did have to be quiet last night. The
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: kiddo was asleep, so there was a lot of quiet
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: fist pumping.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: Oh, that's pressure.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: A lot of the Euchre lawnmower celebrations, Drew, every hour.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: You just got to find creative ways.
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: Spectacular.
• 19:42
  Speaker 4: Hey, when you yell Laura in my house, things are different.
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: Yeah, things are different. Oh, okay.
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: When we come back, we're going to hear from one
• 19:52
  Speaker 6: of the Brewers' MVPs this year offensively, Jake Bowers, was
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: at the podium today before the game.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Oh, and he delivered.
• 19:57
  Speaker 6: Interesting conversation. We're going to spin through that when we
• 20:00
  Speaker 6: come back. We're live at Saz's on the patio.
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: Folks are catching the shuttles to get to the ballpark.
• 20:05
  Speaker 6: This is the spot, and so is the huddle, Fox
• 20:08
  Speaker 6: Sports Radio Wisconsin. The huddle back on the air in
• 20:15
  Speaker 6: our new time slot, 2 to 5 p.m. Drew Olsen,
• 20:18
  Speaker 6: Bill Schmidt, Armin Sarian.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: I'm Drew.
• 20:21
  Speaker 6: Billy's here with me at Saz's on the patio. Folks
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: are getting ready to take the shuttle to American Family
• 20:25
  Speaker 6: Field for game two of the NLCS. Armin Sarian back
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: at headquarters. He is manning the NicoletLaw.com talking text line 877-794-9000. 197.3.
• 20:35
  Speaker 6: And the YouTube.
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: Comments are hot as well, guys. So thanks to everyone
• 20:39
  Speaker 7: for chiming in. We've been a little busy, but we
• 20:40
  Speaker 7: see all your comments, and we'll get to them as
• 20:42
  Speaker 7: soon as we can.
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: So thank you.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed.
• 20:45
  Speaker 6: So the bones of the show, it's a different time slot,
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: but we still have the same fixed pieces like our
• 20:52
  Speaker 6: current electric superhero of the day.
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: Amen. Should it be Jordan Love? Should it be Trevor McGill?
• 20:57
  Speaker 6: Should it be Aaron Ashby? Or should we just split
• 20:59
  Speaker 6: the baby and give it to all of them?
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: Well, that's probably a better idea. I was going to
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: roll with Jordan Love, if you guys don't mind. 25
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: of 31, 369 yards passing for the Packers signal caller.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Two TDs, both to Christian Watson. The 43-yarder to start,
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: and then the 53-yarder right after what should have been
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: a deep one to J.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: Michael Sturdivant.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: About Drew as clean of a game, I think, as
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: we've seen Jordan. The most in command we've seen him
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: all year long. Crazy what happens when my man doesn't
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: get knocked on his hind parts. Five, six, seven, twelve
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: times a game.
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: And the deep ball.
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: You know, we talk about how the Brewers don't hit
• 21:41
  Speaker 6: a lot of home runs. Jordan Love hit a couple
• 21:43
  Speaker 6: home runs yesterday. It's like explosive plays are home runs.
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 21:49
  Speaker 6: And he was, what, six of eight on passes of
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: longer than 20 yards, which is incredible.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: And four completions over 40 yards. First time a Packers
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: quarterback has done that since 03 in Brett Favre.
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: I believe in a Raiders game. That is superhero worthy,
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: just like our friends at Current Electric. Call current.com.
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: They've got superheroes on the side of the van, superheroes, techs.
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: Inside the van and inside your home.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and Drew, if you look out at this patio
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: and you see all these beautiful lights on this patio
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: right here, you're thinking, man, I wish I could do
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: that in my backyard. You know who could probably help
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: you out with that? The superheroes at Current Electric. Call current.com.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: Could have your patio looking this nice to where you
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: might actually have to start a shuttle going.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: To and from the brewery.
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: There were plenty of days this year when Jake Bowers
• 22:30
  Speaker 6: was a superhero for the Milwaukee Brewers.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: He was one of the more consistent guys.
• 22:34
  Speaker 6: Through the dark times when they were struggling, he was
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: the bat that consistently came up With big hits. And
• 22:40
  Speaker 6: Jake Bowers was at the podium earlier in the pregame.
• 22:45
  Speaker 6: And we want to spin through this because it's kind
• 22:46
  Speaker 6: of a cool conversation with a guy whose story is incredible.
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: He came close to retiring and he's just rejuvenated himself
• 22:53
  Speaker 6: here in Milwaukee. Let's take a listen to what Jake
• 22:55
  Speaker 6: Bowers had to say before game two of the NLCS.
• 22:58
  Speaker 9: Jake, thanks for your time. I wonder, playing with Trevor
• 23:01
  Speaker 9: McGill and going back to high school, can you describe
• 23:05
  Speaker 9: your connection to him and how long you've been friends
• 23:07
  Speaker 9: and teammates with him in different contexts?
• 23:10
  Speaker 10: Yeah, Trev, it's funny because in a lot of ways
• 23:14
  Speaker 10: Trev's the same exact guy he was in high school,
• 23:20
  Speaker 10: which is goofy, doesn't seem to care a lot what
• 23:25
  Speaker 10: people think about him, which is, you know, I think
• 23:28
  Speaker 10: a real admirable trait. And, yeah, I mean, we didn't
• 23:31
  Speaker 10: get to spend much time together in high school. He
• 23:33
  Speaker 10: was a couple years older than me, and then he
• 23:36
  Speaker 10: left early and went to college. But it's just funny, man, like,
• 23:40
  Speaker 10: the game of baseball will kind of bring you full
• 23:42
  Speaker 10: circle in a lot of ways.
• 23:43
  Speaker 9: And then growing up in Southern California, how important was
• 23:47
  Speaker 9: Dodger Stadium to you as a kid going there, and
• 23:49
  Speaker 9: do you have any memories of being at particular games there?
• 23:52
  Speaker 10: Yeah, I went to my first Major League Baseball game
• 23:55
  Speaker 10: at Dodger Stadium. My parents brought me there. So definitely
• 24:00
  Speaker 10: some very early memories of Dodger Stadium. Played my high
• 24:04
  Speaker 10: school state championship game at Dodger Stadium.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: Lost, obviously.
• 24:08
  Speaker 10: Got swept last year out of Dodger Stadium. So not
• 24:12
  Speaker 10: a whole lot of positive memories at Dodger Stadium, but
• 24:17
  Speaker 10: hoping to make some for sure.
• 24:20
  Speaker 9: And then just finally for me, Murph had talked about
• 24:22
  Speaker 9: just the toe injury and managing it for you. What
• 24:25
  Speaker 9: goes into that every day just to get yourself ready
• 24:27
  Speaker 9: to play? And have you had any different accommodations with
• 24:30
  Speaker 9: your cleats to make sure that you can be as
• 24:33
  Speaker 9: healthy as you can be.
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: On the field? Yeah, yeah.
• 24:36
  Speaker 10: It's a lot more time in the training room. for sure.
• 24:38
  Speaker 10: I think in the past I was a guy who
• 24:44
  Speaker 10: would just get in the weight room and get ready
• 24:45
  Speaker 10: for the day and go about business, but this year
• 24:49
  Speaker 10: it's been I'm here probably an hour before the clubhouse
• 24:54
  Speaker 10: is even open to make sure I can get everything
• 24:56
  Speaker 10: in the training room and do what I need to
• 24:58
  Speaker 10: do to be ready to play.
• 25:00
  Speaker 8: Go to Adam, third row on the left.
• 25:02
  Speaker 11: Jake, to follow up on you and Miguel, do you
• 25:04
  Speaker 11: see similarities in the path that brought you here and
• 25:08
  Speaker 11: where you were at in your careers, and to be
• 25:11
  Speaker 11: at that point in your career.
• 25:13
  Speaker 8: How does that change.
• 25:14
  Speaker 11: Things for a player?
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.
• 25:19
  Speaker 10: It's not easy to bounce around from team to team
• 25:23
  Speaker 10: and still believe in yourself, maybe, the way that you
• 25:28
  Speaker 10: need to to succeed in this game.
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: And for him.
• 25:33
  Speaker 10: For him to do that, to go from team to
• 25:35
  Speaker 10: team and then end up as one of the game's
• 25:38
  Speaker 10: top closers, it's been awesome to watch. And I think
• 25:43
  Speaker 10: the one thing that he does really well is the
• 25:47
  Speaker 10: guy believes in himself. He wants the ball. He wants
• 25:50
  Speaker 10: the ball in the biggest spots. And he wants to
• 25:54
  Speaker 10: get it done for the team. So there's a lot
• 25:56
  Speaker 10: to draw from that for sure.
• 25:57
  Speaker 8: Go to Steve in the middle.
• 26:00
  Speaker 12: Logan Henderson entering the night has just been remarkably consistent,
• 26:03
  Speaker 12: three runs or less every start he makes. Just from
• 26:05
  Speaker 12: your perspective, what is it about him that's enabled him
• 26:09
  Speaker 12: to be as steady as he's been just throughout his.
• 26:11
  Speaker 8: Career so far?
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know.
• 26:14
  Speaker 8: I don't know.
• 26:15
  Speaker 10: I don't know what the secret sauce is, man, but
• 26:17
  Speaker 10: he's in the clubhouse right now chopping it up with
• 26:20
  Speaker 10: some of the guys like he doesn't have one of
• 26:23
  Speaker 10: the biggest starts of his life tonight. And that, I think...
• 26:29
  Speaker 10: reflects when he's on the mound. You can just feel
• 26:33
  Speaker 10: it when you're on defense. You can feel the poise.
• 26:36
  Speaker 10: You can feel that the pressure doesn't get to him.
• 26:39
  Speaker 10: You can feel that he's just focused on executing a
• 26:43
  Speaker 10: single pitch at a time, which is super impressive for
• 26:47
  Speaker 10: a guy who's as early in his career as he is.
• 26:51
  Speaker 8: Stay in the second row towards the right.
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: Good morning. So, Yamamoto has been really dominant in the
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: playoffs in his young career.
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: What changes are you going to make against him?
• 27:01
  Speaker 10: That's a good question. That's a good question. Yeah, I
• 27:07
  Speaker 10: think Yamamoto, it's such a big pitch mix. There's a
• 27:13
  Speaker 10: lot that you have to try and deal with. And
• 27:15
  Speaker 10: I think you can fall into the trap of trying
• 27:18
  Speaker 10: to guess along with him. And so I think we
• 27:20
  Speaker 10: got to do as best as we can to simplify
• 27:24
  Speaker 10: the game plan. And Just trust ourselves, trust our eyes,
• 27:30
  Speaker 10: and trust that we have an approach that can be
• 27:33
  Speaker 10: successful against them.
• 27:36
  Speaker 8: We'll go to Dice.
• 27:37
  Speaker 12: No. Okay.
• 27:38
  Speaker 8: We'll go up to Hazel on the top right.
• 27:46
  Speaker 10: What do you tell younger players about how different October
• 27:50
  Speaker 10: baseball is, and do you see some pitfalls?
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: What are some pitfalls?
• 27:55
  Speaker 13: Younger players or newer players into post-season baseball fall into?
• 28:01
  Speaker 10: Yeah, I would say, I would say it's not any different. Um,
• 28:07
  Speaker 10: as far as the game on the field, there's nothing
• 28:10
  Speaker 10: about it that is different from a spring training game.
• 28:15
  Speaker 10: Even I think when you look at what's different, a
• 28:18
  Speaker 10: lot of what's different is the outside noise. Um, Instead
• 28:24
  Speaker 10: of having five, six beat reporters in the clubhouse pregame,
• 28:29
  Speaker 10: you're sitting in this room doing a full-on press conference
• 28:33
  Speaker 10: like you're playing NBA 2K or something like that. But
• 28:40
  Speaker 10: it's really just about getting yourself to the point where
• 28:44
  Speaker 10: you can realize that it is the same game, and
• 28:47
  Speaker 10: I just need to do my best to settle into
• 28:50
  Speaker 10: it and be myself.
• 28:55
  Speaker 14: Come here to the left second row jake murph has
• 28:57
  Speaker 14: talked a lot about the the clubhouse culture that you
• 29:00
  Speaker 14: guys have and how it's kind of helped a lot
• 29:02
  Speaker 14: of the young players come up and yesterday i mean
• 29:05
  Speaker 14: set up luis lar to come through with the game-winning
• 29:07
  Speaker 14: rbi can you just kind of talk more about how
• 29:10
  Speaker 14: lara has uh you know adjusted and settled into uh
• 29:14
  Speaker 14: to the big leagues and just being able to come
• 29:16
  Speaker 14: through in that.
• 29:16
  Speaker 10: Moment yeah sometimes i think it can be a little
• 29:20
  Speaker 10: bit tricky um navigating a major league clubhouse for the
• 29:25
  Speaker 10: first time. I think what this group does really well
• 29:29
  Speaker 10: is we give everybody the space to be themselves while
• 29:35
  Speaker 10: also holding everybody accountable. Um, and that means holding Laura accountable.
• 29:42
  Speaker 10: That means holding William Contreras accountable. That means holding Jake
• 29:46
  Speaker 10: Bowers accountable. Um, it's, it's from top to bottom. The
• 29:51
  Speaker 10: standard is the standard. And if you're going to be here,
• 29:55
  Speaker 10: you're going to live up to that. And, uh, Laura's
• 29:57
  Speaker 10: done a great job, man. Laura's done a great job of, uh,
• 30:00
  Speaker 10: fitting into it, knowing what he needs to do to
• 30:04
  Speaker 10: prepare each day, knowing that he can't get down on
• 30:09
  Speaker 10: himself because there's going to be an opportunity for him
• 30:11
  Speaker 10: to come through. You've seen him a few times this
• 30:15
  Speaker 10: year come up in big spots, whether it be offense
• 30:18
  Speaker 10: or defense, and get the job done for us.
• 30:21
  Speaker 8: Stay on the left, third row.
• 30:23
  Speaker 10: Jake, what do you attribute your improved success against left-handers
• 30:26
  Speaker 10: this year to? I think a lot of it just
• 30:33
  Speaker 10: has to do with getting the opportunity to see them
• 30:35
  Speaker 10: more often. And then I think I've really focused on
• 30:41
  Speaker 10: developing an approach that gives me the best chance. You know,
• 30:46
  Speaker 10: some of these guys, you know, obviously it's not easy,
• 30:49
  Speaker 10: whether it be high arm slot coming from behind you or,
• 30:54
  Speaker 10: you know, someone throwing from the side, but Yeah, I
• 30:58
  Speaker 10: think a lot of it has to do with just
• 30:59
  Speaker 10: comfortability of just getting those at-bats and getting an opportunity
• 31:03
  Speaker 10: to see what I can do against them.
• 31:05
  Speaker 7: JP?
• 31:06
  Speaker 9: Jake, I wondered yesterday, certainly you're locked in and you're competing,
• 31:11
  Speaker 9: but there has to be a moment where you're saying,
• 31:12
  Speaker 9: I'm batting cleanup in game one of the National League
• 31:15
  Speaker 9: Championship Series and reflecting on the journey you've taken to
• 31:17
  Speaker 9: get there. Are there people in your life that you
• 31:19
  Speaker 9: think were most impactful in helping you through this long
• 31:23
  Speaker 9: walk of baseball.
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: To get to that point?
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.
• 31:27
  Speaker 10: I mean, there's a lot of people that I can
• 31:31
  Speaker 10: give credit to. A lot on the staff here, for sure.
• 31:37
  Speaker 10: But also, I was thinking a lot about my wife.
• 31:43
  Speaker 10: You know, we have two kids, and so she's holding
• 31:47
  Speaker 10: it down at home by herself a lot of the time,
• 31:50
  Speaker 10: which is a lot. Those kids, they're a blessing, and
• 31:54
  Speaker 10: we love them, but man, they're, they're a handful. So, uh,
• 31:59
  Speaker 10: for her to do that and for her to allow
• 32:00
  Speaker 10: me the opportunity to come here and kind of keep
• 32:03
  Speaker 10: going and just support me any way she can. It's been, uh,
• 32:10
  Speaker 10: it's been crazy. It's been crazy to see her growth
• 32:14
  Speaker 10: as a woman and a mom.
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: And, um, yeah, yeah.
• 32:20
  Speaker 10: So I was standing out there last night, listening to
• 32:21
  Speaker 10: national anthem and, uh, I was thinking about her and just,
• 32:29
  Speaker 10: you know, she stuck by me this whole time when
• 32:33
  Speaker 10: it wasn't always easy. I wasn't always the best husband.
• 32:37
  Speaker 10: I wasn't always the best father.
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: And, yeah.
• 32:44
  Speaker 8: Steve, second row in the middle.
• 32:46
  Speaker 12: You had talked about the accountability in the clubhouse, but
• 32:48
  Speaker 12: I'm just wondering with Murphy specifically, what does he do
• 32:51
  Speaker 12: that enables him to kind of get the best out
• 32:53
  Speaker 12: of veterans like yourselves and also the 21, 22 year
• 32:57
  Speaker 12: olds in the clubhouse? Is there, I mean, how does
• 32:59
  Speaker 12: he kind of set himself apart from other managers you've
• 33:02
  Speaker 12: played for in that regard?
• 33:05
  Speaker 10: Yeah, I think, um, I think that culture of accountability starts,
• 33:10
  Speaker 10: starts with him. Um, he has a way of communication
• 33:15
  Speaker 10: that is, uh, it's very unique and he tells you
• 33:21
  Speaker 10: what you need to hear, even though you might not
• 33:23
  Speaker 10: always want to hear it. Um, but he's, he's not
• 33:27
  Speaker 10: scared to say it. He's not scared to, uh, to
• 33:30
  Speaker 10: have some guys maybe not like him for a little bit, but,
• 33:34
  Speaker 10: you know, I think that accountability starts with him and,
• 33:40
  Speaker 10: and he holds the standard. He set the standard and, um,
• 33:45
  Speaker 10: Like I said, you're going to live up to it,
• 33:47
  Speaker 10: and I think you've seen what it's done for some
• 33:51
  Speaker 10: guys and their careers, myself included. And so I think
• 33:56
  Speaker 10: you see what a positive thing it can be for
• 33:58
  Speaker 10: guys as players, and I think that's what kind of
• 34:02
  Speaker 10: permeates down a little bit into the clubhouse that makes
• 34:07
  Speaker 10: us want to lift each other up.
• 34:10
  Speaker 8: Jake, we'll do two more. Sophia, front right, and then
• 34:12
  Speaker 8: we'll finish on left side.
• 34:14
  Speaker 13: JB, we talked about a bald Aaron Ashby after game four,
• 34:18
  Speaker 13: but just the way that he's pitching and the bullpen overall,
• 34:22
  Speaker 13: what does that do for you guys? Not just on defense,
• 34:23
  Speaker 13: but even maybe just the impact offensively, right? With just
• 34:26
  Speaker 13: how locked in this group has been in the post season.
• 34:31
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 34:31
  Speaker 10: I think there's something to be said for, uh, for
• 34:34
  Speaker 10: getting a clean ending on defense and being able to
• 34:36
  Speaker 10: come back in on offense and, and try to get
• 34:39
  Speaker 10: something going. Um, Yeah, last night's game, I mean, even
• 34:45
  Speaker 10: the Padres series, it seems like this is about as
• 34:50
  Speaker 10: deep of pitching in a postseason that I think, I.
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: Mean, I can remember.
• 34:56
  Speaker 10: So, you know, those guys down there are really good
• 35:00
  Speaker 10: at what they do and executing pitches, and so it's
• 35:03
  Speaker 10: been fun to play behind them, for sure.
• 35:07
  Speaker 8: We'll finish up the fourth round left.
• 35:09
  Speaker 9: Jake, what have you enjoyed about the environment here in
• 35:11
  Speaker 9: Milwaukee in the postseason, and what type of impact does
• 35:13
  Speaker 9: that have on you and the guys?
• 35:17
  Speaker 10: Yeah, it's been a lot of fun. It's been a
• 35:18
  Speaker 10: lot of fun playing in front of these fans. You
• 35:21
  Speaker 10: can feel how much they want it, and that makes
• 35:25
  Speaker 10: us want it just as bad for them. So we'll
• 35:31
  Speaker 10: just keep playing for each other, keep playing for the fans,
• 35:35
  Speaker 10: and we'll see where it ends up.
• 35:37
  Speaker 8: All right, Jake, please.
• 35:39
  Speaker 3: That's Jake Bowers. He is the family man. Father, husband.
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: A little personal there. He's one of those guys you
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: don't hear a lot from.
• 35:51
  Speaker 6: You hear his post-game walk-offs and stuff, but his story
• 35:53
  Speaker 6: about how he's thinking about retiring and just He's tired
• 35:57
  Speaker 6: of beating the bushes.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: Well, and he had the quote of the year, right,
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: that maybe helped turn the tide after the Padres series.
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: I think we all need to chill out and to
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: be able to come through with that one. Hey, man,
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: that's some real stuff. And when a lot of guys
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: in the professional sports landscape, Drew, get married, Leroy Butler
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: used to always tell me, that guy's going to have
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: a career year.
• 36:20
  Speaker 12: That's right.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: Why?
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: Everything's straightened out. Everything's calmed down. You get a good
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: woman in your life, and life's going to be a
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: lot more simple. when they are able to handle and
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: help out. See, I'm getting some love right over here.
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: And his wife didn't even make him nod and give
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: me that kind of love. But you are able to
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: then solidify a lot of things in your life that
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: are kind of up in the air and not always
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: the easiest thing. And to be able to spotlight her
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: in that moment, that was pretty cool.
• 36:43
  Speaker 4: Pretty cool.
• 36:44
  Speaker 7: And how about, you know, we always talk about taking accountability.
• 36:47
  Speaker 7: He stepped up to the mic and said, hey, I
• 36:48
  Speaker 7: wasn't always the greatest, and she stuck through me.
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: That's pretty cool, huh?
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: Holding himself accountable, yeah. Pretty good.
• 36:54
  Speaker 7: Not to look too far in the future, but a
• 36:55
  Speaker 7: year like this has to keep him going. You would
• 36:57
  Speaker 7: think with the Brewers or somebody else, will the Brewers
• 37:00
  Speaker 7: hang on and make a deal with him?
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: I don't know, but.
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: We'll see. We'll see, yeah. That's a question for down
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: the road. Oh, I know. I'm not trying to do
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: next year on contracts. There's a lot of time for that, yeah.
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: Not any of that right now.
• 37:10
  Speaker 6: Game two is going to start in just about 25
• 37:13
  Speaker 6: minutes or so.
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: We're here at Saz. It's beautiful on the patio.
• 37:16
  Speaker 6: The shuttles have been running, taking fans to the ballpark.
• 37:20
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• 37:21
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• 37:24
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• 37:26
  Speaker 3: hear from Packers coach.
• 37:26
  Speaker 6: Matt LaFleur, his press conference this afternoon up at Lambeau Field.
• 37:30
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• 37:35
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• 37:37
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
• 37:51
  Speaker 6: Back on the huddle live from Saz's Drew Olsen, Bill
• 37:54
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• 37:57
  Speaker 6: the ankle bracelet today. Couldn't get out to join us.
• 38:00
  Speaker 3: Couldn't enjoy the heat dome.
• 38:01
  Speaker 6: Someday, Armand, you'll be able to come and join us.
• 38:04
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• 38:19
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• 38:36
  Speaker 6: When we move forward, we're going to hear from Matt LaFleur,
• 38:40
  Speaker 6: his press conference, not live, but his press conference from
• 38:42
  Speaker 6: Green Bay earlier. Plenty to talk about with the Packers,
• 38:44
  Speaker 6: their best game in a long time.
• 38:46
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• 38:47
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  Speaker 3: Billy, who's hot, who's not? Who's hot?
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: Packers wide receivers, Christian Watson, six grabs for $ 1. 43. Six
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: for 123 for Matthew Golden yesterday, but so was Jamar
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: Chase over on the Cincinnati side. Six grabs for 77
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: yards and maybe the greatest touchdown you'll see all year long.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: He was one of four TDs from Joe Burrow. He
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: was definitely hot yesterday. Four touchdowns, no picks. 31-24 win
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: over the Dolphins. Drew, Malik Willis is in the not category.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: The overall numbers don't sound nearly as bad as it
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: was in the first half, where he was one of
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: seven with two picks. At halftime yesterday, he had a
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: quarterback rating of. 6.
• 39:48
  Speaker 3: I didn't think that was possible.
• 39:50
  Speaker 8: Of. 6.
• 39:51
  Speaker 6: Actually, Armand Billy told me that, and I'm like, that's
• 39:55
  Speaker 6: like taking the SATs and spelling your name wrong.
• 39:57
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 39:59
  Speaker 7: And I love Malik because the contributions he had to
• 40:02
  Speaker 7: the Packers will always be big and important.
• 40:04
  Speaker 3: For sure.
• 40:05
  Speaker 4: In that role, he starred in that role.
• 40:07
  Speaker 7: But there was a lot of people that got so
• 40:09
  Speaker 7: excited seeing that, they always said, well, maybe he could
• 40:11
  Speaker 7: be more.
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: Well, why don't you say Charles in Arkdale's name if
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: that's who he's talking about?
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: I told you, Charles.
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry.
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: He wasn't a starter. He's a good backup. He's not
• 40:21
  Speaker 4: a starter. Good for him.
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: He got paid.
• 40:23
  Speaker 4: Maybe him and Hatfield turn around. I don't see it happening.
• 40:26
  Speaker 6: The Dolphins aren't going to be on our hot category
• 40:28
  Speaker 6: for Donovan Jorgensen anytime soon, but I want to ask you, Billy,
• 40:30
  Speaker 6: who's hot, who's not? How about the clock management at
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: the end of the Commanders-Giants game?
• 40:34
  Speaker 3: Oh, my gosh.
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: Nick Sirianni and Dan Quinn not hot. Goodness gracious. Only
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: to outdo the Eagles were the commanders and Dan Quinn.
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: Yikes. Oh, my goodness. To not get a field goal
• 40:47
  Speaker 3: attempt up.
• 40:47
  Speaker 6: Now, the Packers had a little snafu in their last
• 40:50
  Speaker 6: two series, basically, at the end of the first half yesterday.
• 40:53
  Speaker 6: So we're doing that in the kicking game. And I
• 40:54
  Speaker 6: imagine when we hear Matt LaFleur, that's going to come up.
• 40:56
  Speaker 6: Because it didn't really come up in the heat of
• 40:57
  Speaker 6: the game yesterday. Like, what the hell happened at the
• 40:59
  Speaker 6: end of the first half?
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: Like, what were you doing?
• 41:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and everything was, his post game was also kind
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: of marred by he had just gotten the news about
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: Javon Hargrave, which was then confirmed here today. But I
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: am excited to hear how he walks that one through
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: because it was cumbersome to say the least.
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: Not taking a timeout after a sack will flabbergast me forever.
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: all time.
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: With 31 seconds to go and another one. So you
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: still have the time out to stop the clock, Drew,
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: to go get a field goal win.
• 41:25
  Speaker 6: First and 10 and you're already at the opponent opposing
• 41:27
  Speaker 6: 48 and you don't do anything in, what, you take
• 41:31
  Speaker 6: 13 seconds off the clock, something like that?
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: It was like, what? And they chewed it through.
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: And the other part, when you go back and look
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: at it, this is the interesting, the one that I'm
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: excited to hear how LaFleur answers it. The laissez-faire lining
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: back up, like we don't understand the clock is rolling
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: and And now by the time you take this snap,
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: I think there were 13 seconds left on the game
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: clock when they take the last step. Golden took like
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: 12 to 13 seconds to get lined up in the
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: midst there. So that was far from hot, but the
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: commanders took their last snap in formation, broke the huddle
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: with 54 seconds to go. They then ran out of
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: time and ran one play and lost one yard.
• 42:13
  Speaker 3: That's just abysmal.
• 42:14
  Speaker 2: But you know what? Jaden Daniels did say, That information
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: maybe has to come from the top.
• 42:20
  Speaker 3: But it all does start with me.
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: That's a way of taking some accountability, it seemed like,
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: but also throwing your head coaches squarely under the bus
• 42:27
  Speaker 2: as you possibly could.
• 42:28
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• 42:45
  Speaker 6: First pitch is coming up. We're at Saz's on the patio.
• 42:48
  Speaker 6: Armand's back at headquarters. I mean, we're having a banner
• 42:52
  Speaker 6: day on this great Victory Monday.
• 42:54
  Speaker 3: Will it be a Victory Tuesday tomorrow? I just have to.
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: I had my victory chicken as help for the cause,
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: so we'll see.
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: I witnessed it. It was one of the highlights of
• 43:03
  Speaker 3: my day so far, I've got to say. We will
• 43:05
  Speaker 3: be right back.
• 43:06
  Speaker 6: We're going to hear from Matt LaFleur in his press
• 43:07
  Speaker 6: conference as we move forward live from Saz's. It's the
• 43:11
  Speaker 6: Victory Monday edition of the Huddle, Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin.
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: We'll be right back.