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Carlos Mendoza’s job is safe, May predictions, Brewers lose Woodruff · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Raise your Friday baby, Let's do it, Todd Father, Kratz Braun,
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  Speaker 1: here we go. Okay, first minute, I want you to
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  Speaker 1: give me a rundown of the topic of the month,
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  Speaker 1: Todd Father. I think it's a really good question for
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  Speaker 1: the chat to kick around to. And I'll pose it
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  Speaker 1: this way and then I'll let you take it away
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  Speaker 1: before we get to the news with Mendoza and all that.
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  Speaker 1: What is the appropriate age where it's okay for coaches
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  Speaker 1: to assist with signs stealing in baseball?
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  Speaker 2: Crazy?
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  Speaker 3: This is hard because the game has evolved and the
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  Speaker 3: game has changed. Listen, I think little league is out
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  Speaker 3: of the question. I don't think you should do that unless, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, one of those opportunities, not during regular season games,
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  Speaker 3: like once you get into All Stars. If the kids
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  Speaker 3: got his legs wide open and you could see the signs,
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a different story. I think it does
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  Speaker 3: get thrown out the door if you're in Little League
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  Speaker 3: and you got some kids that's never caught before, And
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  Speaker 3: I think that's that would be a problem for me. Cratzy,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not sure on your length. I mean, I've seen
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  Speaker 3: it done too many times. You see kids at second
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  Speaker 3: base given signs. If that's the case, then you got
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  Speaker 3: to switch them up. But you know, coaches given signs
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  Speaker 3: during regular games like that, I don't know. I think
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  Speaker 3: that's out the window a little bit. But if it's
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  Speaker 3: you know, championship games, you know, and there's an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to see something, I mean, that's just playing the game,
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  Speaker 3: right Cratzy.
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  Speaker 4: I would say in high school that's when it's and
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  Speaker 4: you do have to practice it.
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  Speaker 5: That's the part.
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  Speaker 4: Like if you get it in high school and then
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  Speaker 4: all of a sudden it's just a championship game and
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  Speaker 4: you can and you you know, you know what pitch
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  Speaker 4: is coming, like, well we've never worked on this. Coach,
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  Speaker 4: you know, put your kids in a situation to succeed
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  Speaker 4: little league, that ain't it.
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  Speaker 5: Jeff Clement, who was a.
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  Speaker 4: Big leaguer with the Mariners number four pick overall, said
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  Speaker 4: the one time he struck out in little league, I
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  Speaker 4: think it was like one or two times he ever
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  Speaker 4: struck out little his dad had the signs, and his
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  Speaker 4: dad gave him the wrong sign and he swung and
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  Speaker 4: miss and that was it.
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  Speaker 5: That was it.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know if they made it to way Sport,
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  Speaker 4: if it was like the regionals or whatever, but that
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  Speaker 4: it was a high school little league legend.
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  Speaker 5: So if Jeff Clement says, it's fine, I'm all aboard Todd.
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  Speaker 1: That was happening to you in what age group was
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  Speaker 1: the ball that you were coaching? And then what did
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  Speaker 1: the coach say to you about how he was in
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  Speaker 1: high school?
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  Speaker 3: Listen, it happened in a twelve year old game. You
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  Speaker 3: know there was a little argument. Yeah, it was a
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  Speaker 3: little argument that happened, but you know, you still don't
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  Speaker 3: know how they're getting it. I changed the signs up.
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  Speaker 3: Was he getting from the picture? Was he getting it
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  Speaker 3: from there? You know, there was a little talk about
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  Speaker 3: the whole situation. And you see that you see the
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  Speaker 3: craziest things happen at these games. Then you see some
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  Speaker 3: people that just say the craziest things and you just
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  Speaker 3: get a laugh, you know, and it's just like imagine
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  Speaker 3: going to their profession that they used to do and
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  Speaker 3: talking to them like that, you know, when they're behind
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  Speaker 3: a desk or whatever they're doing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just chirping them.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I think about, Like I want to go
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  Speaker 3: to that person's real job and just be in their
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  Speaker 3: ear the whole time. You know what I mean, like,
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  Speaker 3: just yeappen. But that's part of the game, man, That's
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  Speaker 3: part of the game. And guess what they're learning. These
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  Speaker 3: kids are learning more at a young age. It's it's
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  Speaker 3: gonna happen more even when they get older. Parents chirping,
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  Speaker 3: coaches chirping, be ready for it. And I guess the
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  Speaker 3: more they learn it now, they'll be ready for it
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  Speaker 3: when they get older.
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  Speaker 4: Then they learn how you react. They learn how you react,
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  Speaker 4: and that's that's what coaches are for, to bring these
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  Speaker 4: kids up, bring them through so that when it happens
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  Speaker 4: to them, they don't freak out. Like some five foot
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  Speaker 4: four little midget coach would freak out because you know
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  Speaker 4: he didn't get a single in the JV State All
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  Speaker 4: Star Game.
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  Speaker 2: I mean you probably see it more in high school. Cratzy,
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  Speaker 2: I would have.
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  Speaker 4: No, it's definitely more. I mean they definitely you know.
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  Speaker 4: But if the if the boys, if the boys are
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  Speaker 4: like relaying signs from second, absolutely you got to change
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  Speaker 4: it up.
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  Speaker 5: That's not me.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not in there, Like I don't have a video
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  Speaker 4: camera in center field stealing signs from Like we're not crazy,
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  Speaker 4: Like this is about just having fun and competition for
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  Speaker 4: the boys.
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  Speaker 1: You guys don't understand when a coach gets to go
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  Speaker 1: home to his wife and say, honey, I just said
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  Speaker 1: some mean words to Todd Fraser.
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  Speaker 6: I feel so about it.
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  Speaker 2: God, they get you.
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  Speaker 3: They'll get under your skin, bro, I'm telling you, and
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  Speaker 3: they bring that trophy home. I tell my kids it's
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  Speaker 3: not about listen. I'd be lying to you if it
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  Speaker 3: wasn't about winning. I don't care what anybody says when
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  Speaker 3: it comes to competitive sports.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to win.
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  Speaker 3: And if you say that we just want to go
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  Speaker 3: out there and compete, you're lying to yourself. But it's
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  Speaker 3: not the end all be all, is what I'm saying everybody.
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  Speaker 3: You don't always need a trophy. Did you learn something
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  Speaker 3: in that game? Could you've done something better? How could
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  Speaker 3: you've helped your team out? Was my body language great?
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  Speaker 3: Did I make the pitch I was supposed to throw
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  Speaker 3: on the two count when the kid hit the RBI double?
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  Speaker 3: Whatever it is. Then we work on it the next
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  Speaker 3: week and hopefully we get better from there. That's the
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  Speaker 3: way I look at it.
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  Speaker 5: Yep mm hmm.
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  Speaker 6: I could talk about this stuff for hours. I'm not
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  Speaker 6: even kidding.
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  Speaker 2: I love it. We got to get Ken Golden on here.
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  Speaker 2: Next we'll get him back.
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  Speaker 1: On text them, We'll do whatever. The next phraser Friday is,
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  Speaker 1: let's let's run it next week. Okay, let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: the team that gets talked about honestly too much.
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  Speaker 6: Charge that we are charging the mound.
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  Speaker 1: And for some of you that are sick of hearing
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  Speaker 1: us talk about the Mets, then tell them to stop
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  Speaker 1: making themselves newsworthy. You know, there was actually a time
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  Speaker 1: period with this show where I felt like Mets fans
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  Speaker 1: would write in and be like, you're not talking about
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  Speaker 1: us enough. It wasn't this year, it was last year.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, now we're not doing that. So let's go
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  Speaker 1: over the latest news that broke us before the show.
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  Speaker 1: And yes it is news because Alex Cora and Rob
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  Speaker 1: Thompson were both fired in the past week, and for
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  Speaker 1: many people following the Mets, you would think there might
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  Speaker 1: be a change there too. They're ten and twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: they just lost a series to the Nationals. They just
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  Speaker 1: had I would say, a disaster nightmare homestand that they
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  Speaker 1: thought was going to be an uptick for them against
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  Speaker 1: what looked at what was looked at as weaker competition.
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  Speaker 1: Then they had been facing prior no, no, no, Kratz
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  Speaker 1: was not in them. Then they had been facing prior
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  Speaker 1: exclusive from Anthony Tacomo. The Mets are backing Carla Smandeza
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  Speaker 1: despite the ten and twenty one start. They don't view
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  Speaker 1: him as the problem. They intend, they do not intend
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  Speaker 1: to make a change. So that is news because there
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  Speaker 1: are some people that are thinking, basically on a game
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  Speaker 1: by game basis, Todfather that Mendy might be gone. And
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  Speaker 1: yesterday Luke Weaver gives up the big homer to CJ.
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  Speaker 6: Abrams.
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  Speaker 1: They lose another one, and they drop a series to
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  Speaker 1: the Nationals, and you know, not much is looking up
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  Speaker 1: for them. Luis Robert hits the Shelflindor's already hurt, the
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  Speaker 1: rotations starting to get really sloppy.
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  Speaker 6: So what do you think about this decision?
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  Speaker 1: And what do you think about them finally kind of
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  Speaker 1: delivering a message, because I do think that it's really
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  Speaker 1: tough for the whole team plus the manager, to be
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  Speaker 1: walking on eggshells not knowing anything. So they did, now
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  Speaker 1: tell him you're good. I don't know how long, but
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  Speaker 1: you're good for now.
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  Speaker 3: So it was in quotes that it said, it's not
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  Speaker 3: a managerial problem. I mean, I assume that was from Colin.
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  Speaker 6: Probably not.
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  Speaker 1: I'll get it for you while you're talking, guys.
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  Speaker 2: I don't. I don't want to.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to say something out of place, whoever
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  Speaker 3: it was from. Like, let's take that quote right there.
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  Speaker 3: It's not a managerial problem. You don't hear that very
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  Speaker 3: often nowadays because first blame always goes to the manager.
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  Speaker 3: And listen, managers are to blame, for sure, but guess
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  Speaker 3: what the product is the players, And they got to play,
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  Speaker 3: and they got to perform, and they got to act
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  Speaker 3: like they want to be there, and they got to
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  Speaker 3: want to play the game and win. And I'm not
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  Speaker 3: saying that's not what they're doing, but you see the
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  Speaker 3: antics some times, you see you know, situational hitting stuff's
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  Speaker 3: not getting done. They're ten and twenty one. Yeah, of
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  Speaker 3: course it's not the manager all time. You know, most
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  Speaker 3: managers don't even get to pick their lineup. So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: of course it's not the manager of all time. But
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  Speaker 3: there's part of it that is. But I do believe,
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  Speaker 3: and I agree with them, it's the players.
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  Speaker 2: Man.
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  Speaker 3: You can blame injuries all you want. Everybody gets injured,
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  Speaker 3: but you're playing against teams that you're supposed to win,
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  Speaker 3: supposed to beat. You got one Soto on your squad man,
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  Speaker 3: you got Lindor, You brought in some new products that
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  Speaker 3: aren't just you know, they'll do good one day and
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  Speaker 3: not another. You went on a monster losing streak. All
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  Speaker 3: that plays in the factor. And my last point, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it's not the manager's problem. Ten and twenty one. Well,
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  Speaker 3: let's see in two weeks where they're at and next thing,
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  Speaker 3: you know, something's got to give, right, That's how it
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  Speaker 3: usually goes. And I give credit to one guy, the Melendez, MJ.
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  Speaker 2: Melendez. I love watching this kid play. He hits the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Well, give him credit all day. He's going out there
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  Speaker 3: not worrying about the outside noise and just playing. Kudos
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  Speaker 3: to him. Man, I like this young man playing this game.
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  Speaker 1: And just a quick note, it was David Stearns who
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  Speaker 1: said they do not view this as a manager problem
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  Speaker 1: and don't intend to make a change. That's the president
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  Speaker 1: Baseball Operations for the Mets.
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  Speaker 4: So basically, what you're saying is exactly what I said
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  Speaker 4: about the Red Sox firing Alex Kora, and exactly what
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  Speaker 4: I said about the Phillies firing Rob Thompson, even to
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  Speaker 4: the point where John Middleton essentially said as much. He
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  Speaker 4: was crying when they had to let him go. Rarely
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  Speaker 4: is it the manager's fault. You want to see an
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  Speaker 4: example of a big league manager maybe not making a
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  Speaker 4: right choice and his team is in the dumps, like
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  Speaker 4: the Giants. They're not scoring runs, okay, whatever, they're not
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  Speaker 4: scoring runs, But you let a writy in to face
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  Speaker 4: Kyle Schwarber to tie the ball game up. Like now,
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  Speaker 4: we're talking about like decisions, like decisions to face a lefty,
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  Speaker 4: decisions to throw with two open bases to a guy
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  Speaker 4: who's already three for three and he's a triple short
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  Speaker 4: of the cycle. You like, that's like maybe not like
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  Speaker 4: seeing the game. Rob Thompson wasn't doing anything like that,
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  Speaker 4: shouldn't have been fired. To me, Mendy's not doing anything
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  Speaker 4: like that. How many times has Mendy forgotten the outs
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  Speaker 4: when he's played shortstop for the Mets? How many times
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  Speaker 4: has Mendy gone to field a ground ball instead of
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  Speaker 4: covering second base? And I know I'm banging the drum
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  Speaker 4: with Lindor here, but like he's supposed to be one
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  Speaker 4: of the guys in the clubhouse that's leading that team.
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  Speaker 4: And I did see when they scored the other day
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  Speaker 4: yesterday he was out on the bench. Same couldn't be said.
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  Speaker 4: Juan Soto said he really didn't talk to his teammates
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  Speaker 4: much when he was hurt. So am I saying there's
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  Speaker 4: an issue in the clubhouse. I don't know, But am
• 11:00
  Speaker 4: I saying any of this stuff that's going on, any
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  Speaker 4: of the fact that Devin Williams didn't really do real
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  Speaker 4: well in New York when he was at the Yankees. Yes,
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  Speaker 4: he turned it around towards the end, but you went
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  Speaker 4: and made those signings and now you're kind of dealing
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  Speaker 4: with it like you had good players in Nemo. You
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  Speaker 4: had good players in Pete Alonzo. You went and said,
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  Speaker 4: you know what, we're trading Nemo. We're going for defense
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  Speaker 4: with Simeon's not working out right now. Jorge Polanco didn't
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  Speaker 4: look great when he was playing, and now he's hurt.
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  Speaker 4: And you went and got bobashett As kind of a
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  Speaker 4: oh crap, we didn't get Tucker, so we got a
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  Speaker 4: quick go get somebody that was gonna go to the Phillies.
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  Speaker 4: And so you say you kind of made your bed
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  Speaker 4: and you got to sleep in it. But all this
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  Speaker 4: is not Mendy's fault to me, and I'm biased because
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  Speaker 4: I really like Mendy, I really like Rob Thompson, I
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  Speaker 4: really like Alex Cora.
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  Speaker 5: But it's it's not their fault.
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  Speaker 4: The players have to play better and maybe a little
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  Speaker 4: bit more hungry. And I love that Todd brought this up.
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  Speaker 4: I know I've been long here, but MJ. Melendez didn't
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  Speaker 4: have a guaranteed big league job like he was with
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  Speaker 4: the Royals before. Now he came over here, he's got
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  Speaker 4: to reestablish himself. Sometimes, re establishing yourself being hungry, like
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  Speaker 4: Todd said, maybe that gets the most out of players.
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  Speaker 4: So maybe there's a little bit of comfort there firing men.
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  Speaker 4: He ain't gonna make it worse, ain't gonna make it better.
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  Speaker 4: Like you gotta make sure the players are ready to
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  Speaker 4: play every single day, and right now, that's aying doing it.
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: Here's what happens too, when you're not playing well, Fans
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  Speaker 1: will start to pick out like a minuscule move in
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  Speaker 1: a game and be like, see if he didn't press
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  Speaker 1: this button at this time, then we're twenty one to
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  Speaker 1: ten right now, it's so tired, dude. Like the amount
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  Speaker 1: of stuff I saw from last night's game, acting as
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  Speaker 1: if it's his fault is embarrassing.
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  Speaker 6: That the reason that the okay.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta Bay are not.
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  Speaker 1: They got they got four runs. They should win that
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  Speaker 1: game every time. But why is he pitching Todd? Why
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  Speaker 1: is he pitching in that spot?
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  Speaker 4: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: But that's the nature of where we're from here in
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  Speaker 2: the Northeast.
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  Speaker 3: There's there's always when you're losing, there's an excuse or
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  Speaker 3: a problem, and there they always find one.
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  Speaker 2: Why did you do this? Why do that? That's just
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  Speaker 2: it's it's it's part of who we are. I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: That's just the way this is when it comes to
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  Speaker 3: New York area and Philadelphia area sports. That's just the
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  Speaker 3: way we see it. And it's hard because when you're
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  Speaker 3: part of it. Sorry Scott, I know I interrupt you.
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  Speaker 3: But when you're when you're part of it and you've
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  Speaker 3: been through it, you're like, you gotta be kidding me,
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  Speaker 3: this is what's gonna happen. But when you've never been
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  Speaker 3: through it and you don't understand fully all of what
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  Speaker 3: goes on in a baseball game, and a team and
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  Speaker 3: everything else. Yeah, it's easy to go to the bar
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  Speaker 3: the next day or the barbershopping. Can you believe this
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  Speaker 3: guy they put him in? He threw this pitch. Well,
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  Speaker 3: you know how hard it is that pitch. So that's why,
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  Speaker 3: that's why we're all professionals, you know, and everybody's a
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  Speaker 3: professional in their own profession per se.
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  Speaker 4: I would say, I would say, just specifically the Luke
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  Speaker 4: Weaver comment. I get it, like what you know, Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 4: why are they putting this guy in? Please, don't have
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  Speaker 4: a reason for why a team loses without what you
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  Speaker 4: would have done in that situation. Who you would have
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  Speaker 4: gone to. Because maybe Mendy even thinks the same way. Man,
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  Speaker 4: Luke Weaver's not pitching real well. But you know what
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  Speaker 4: I gotta do. I gotta use somebody. I got to
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  Speaker 4: back my guys. I got to be able to say, hey,
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  Speaker 4: you know what, Luke Weaver's not going well, we need
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  Speaker 4: you to start stepping up. We need you to be
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  Speaker 4: that guy that's gonna lock down the seventh eighth inning.
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  Speaker 4: Possibly they went and got Luke Weaver because he filled
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  Speaker 4: in as a closer for the Yankees when weren't going well.
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  Speaker 5: With Clay Holmes. So like Mendy's thinking the same thing.
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  Speaker 4: Mendy's not oblivious because I know Mendy, he is an
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  Speaker 4: incredible baseball mind. He understands, he sees what's happening on
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  Speaker 4: the field, not like all managers. Not all managers see
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  Speaker 4: what's happening on the field. Some of their coaches have
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  Speaker 4: to see what's happening on the field and tell them
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  Speaker 4: what's happening.
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  Speaker 5: He sees it. He has to.
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  Speaker 4: He has to try to get the most out of
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  Speaker 4: his twenty six man roster that he has on a
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  Speaker 4: day in and day out basis. And you know what,
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  Speaker 4: if Luke Weaver's not in a high leverage we need
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  Speaker 4: to win this game, keep this lead. The Mets are
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  Speaker 4: more cooked than their ten and twenty one record, because
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  Speaker 4: who are you going to.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I saw like, oh, they should have Weaver
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  Speaker 1: in the seventh, and then Raley should have pitched in
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  Speaker 1: the eighth.
• 15:53
  Speaker 4: So you want so you want Weaver to face a
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: different part, Like he's not just guessing who is gonna
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: go in.
• 16:03
  Speaker 5: They don't know if they're gonna do well, but.
• 16:05
  Speaker 4: They're saying this is where he best slides into their lineup.
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: To be able to get the biggest outs. We talked
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: about closing yesterday, and what that animal is closing is
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: a different animal. I don't care what part of the lineup
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: you're at. It is a different mindset. We hit on
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: it yesterday. You gotta have, you gotta have, you know,
• 16:27
  Speaker 4: a memory of a goldfish like short memory. Just get
• 16:31
  Speaker 4: get over it and get back at it, or else
• 16:35
  Speaker 4: the game will eat you alive. And not everybody can
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: close games, but teams think that they can. And I
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: commend the Mets saying, oh yeah, we need a closer.
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: They kind of thought Devin Williams wasn't gonna be wasn't
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: gonna be their closer. I think they thought Edwin was
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: gonna come back, and they were building a vaunted bullpen,
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: and now all of a sudden, maybe Devin Williams is
• 16:58
  Speaker 4: in that. Like if I were to ask David Stearns
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: a question, I would say, it's circulated that you wanted
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: to bring Edwin Diaz back with who's hurt right now?
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: I get that, But were you looking at Devin Williams
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: as more of a set up guy? Now all of
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: a sudden, he's not as nervous If you're worried about
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: him being nervous in New York. He can be that
• 17:17
  Speaker 4: setup guy in New York and Edwin who has locked
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: down the ninth inning in in Queens for a long time.
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: He can stay in that role. Now everybody shifts to
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: it a little bit tougher.
• 17:30
  Speaker 6: Role top father.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: All week when we were running some of the Seaki
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• 17:38
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• 17:41
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• 17:59
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  Speaker 2: on that, but not yet.
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  Speaker 6: Stay tuned.
• 18:06
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• 18:09
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• 18:21
  Speaker 1: But there's anything this weekend that looks like nice and
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: juicy for you guys in terms of a series. I mean,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: this could be your chance Todd father for a minute,
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  Speaker 1: since refast for it in a super chat about what
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: you're thinking about the Yanks right now going up against Baltimore.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Baltimore's fifteen and sixteen. So they've been fine. See to me,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: that's a team where like they have not hit their
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: stride at all.
• 18:40
  Speaker 6: It's fine.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: But if you hang around, if you're fifteen and sixteen,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: that's fine. Like, this is a team that I think
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: could win seven eight games in a row at some point.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: So you know, there's still a lot I think to
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: be determined with Baltimore until with some guys coming back
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: and their rotation is much less settled than what the
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Yankees is right now.
• 18:57
  Speaker 6: But your thoughts on those two matching up this weekend.
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think this is gonna be. It's a new month.
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: I think everybody's kind of recharging up. All right, let's
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: put everything in the past. You know, I remember when
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: the first day each month came around when I was playing.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: I'm like, all right, forget about it.
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• 19:33
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• 19:37
  Speaker 3: can I can see the Orioles coming out hot, maybe
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: like a ten and two, ten and four kind of
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: deal their first fourteen to fifteen games and go from there.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: So it's I can see the Blue Jays doing it.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: They're getting hot too, like this Al East. Eventually he's
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: gonna get real sticky and we'll see, you know who
• 19:55
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• 19:57
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• 20:00
  Speaker 3: So a lot of decisions to be made with the Yanks.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: If they keep on cruising and keep on mingling together,
• 20:05
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  Speaker 6: It's seeky.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: It is, in fact May. Welcome to May, Major League Baseball.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: And let's do some predictions. So Kratz, I'm gonna let
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: you run through your list first of what you expect
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: to happen, and you can throw in a bold take
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: or two and go down the line for us, what
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: did you select?
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: Hard It's hard to select a best surprise for May
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: because I think they're already doing it. I think my
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: best surprise is the Reds. I just don't think everybody
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: realizes what the Reds are you talk about? Is there
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: room for improvement? I don't think Hunter Green's coming back
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: in May. But if he, you know, even if when
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: he starts getting closer, that's another improvement on the pitching staff.
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: Lodolo will be back in May. This team hasn't even
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: really hit as a team. Yes, Scott's Scott's best friend,
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: Ellie De la Cruz and Sal Stewart are killing it.
• 21:17
  Speaker 5: But now you start seeing Spencer Steer.
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: I think I'm gonna keep i'ma I'm gonna keep saying
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: Matty McClain's gonna do awesome. So the Reds are gonna
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: be my surprise. At the end of May, people will
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: be like whoa okay in a good NL Central. My
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: biggest disappointment is going to be the Twins. I just
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: think that their starting rotation is gonna start being put
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: in spots because their bullpen is no no good, So
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: they are going to, you know, start to maybe come
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: back down to Earth, even though they're I think fourteen
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: and eighteen or something. I just think when we look
• 21:50
  Speaker 4: up at the end of the May, they're they're gonna
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: be sellar dwellers if if the Royals ever figure out
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: anything and maybe pass them. Best moment from May is
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: gonna be Cam Schlittler's No Hitter. I think hitters love
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: warm weather. I feel like Cam Schlitzler hasn't even unlocked
• 22:08
  Speaker 4: what he can do yet, and he's going so deep
• 22:10
  Speaker 4: into games No Hitter locking it down for Cam Schlitzler
• 22:14
  Speaker 4: Aaron Judge Boring Player of the Month because I think
• 22:19
  Speaker 4: Jordan's gonna win it for April and Judge is just like,
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: oh yeah, I had a pretty decent April too, but
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: I guess I gotta do more in May and then
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: with my Pitcher of the Month and Rookie of the
• 22:29
  Speaker 4: Month is Nolan McLean. I think somebody as competitive and
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: athletic as Nolan McLean is sees his team losing and
• 22:37
  Speaker 4: is gonna start rounding, not just in de form, like
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: he hasn't even really pitched that much in his career,
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: but he's gonna round into form in the sense of
• 22:45
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna be the guy. It's gonna be me, it's
• 22:48
  Speaker 4: gonna be freddie p. I see what Clay Holmes is doing,
• 22:52
  Speaker 4: but I have the ability to take this team when
• 22:54
  Speaker 4: I pitch to the next level. I don't think the
• 22:56
  Speaker 4: Mets are gonna be that much better. I think Nolan
• 22:58
  Speaker 4: McLean is gonna have as may watching his stuff and
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: watching how he can pitch on some nights when he
• 23:04
  Speaker 4: doesn't have one of his pitches, like that's when you
• 23:07
  Speaker 4: start looking at guys and you're like, WHOA, that's that's different.
• 23:11
  Speaker 6: I love it.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: I love it, Christy, I love that.
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: I gotta be honest, I don't agree with you on
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: a lot of things, but that was that was really good.
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: You put some thought to that, And can I do
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: one comment on the part that I thought really stood
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: out to me? Right at the jump is talking as
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: much as we can about the Reds. And the only
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: thing I'm going to throw out here for May that
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: I throw out all the time before Todd Feather does
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: his list, is that I think run differential is one
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: of the dumbest, laziest stats in the game.
• 23:41
  Speaker 6: We have so many brilliant minds.
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: We basically have guys that overthink things and girls that
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: overthink things in front offices that are looking at the
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: game like a stock market. And then often I'll hear
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: smart people just be like, well they're Pythagorean record based
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: on their run differential. I'm like, that's it. You're going
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: up for run differential. The Cincinnati Reds are twenty and eleven.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: They're run differential minus three. They've been winning some tight games.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Why because their bullpen's freaking fire and this this, this happens.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: And yes, does the offense need to pick it up
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: a little bit and provide some support for Sal and
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: for Ellie. Yes, But to me, Kratz, I don't think
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: I look at their record and say, you know what,
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: this has been a farce. This ain't true. The minus
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: three is not true. I mean, the Cops are plus
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: thirty five. The Brewers are plus thirty eight. Yeah, watch
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: the Reds games. You're not watching every game being like, ah,
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: they should lose this game. You're like, nah, they're up
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: by a runner two and here comes the lights out
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: bullpen guy or two and the game's over.
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: Don't cherry pick certain games. Watch how they win certain games.
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: They were facing Sandy al Contra, and I know this
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: is cherry picking a certain game. He was dominant. You
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: know what they did really well that game. They weren't
• 24:48
  Speaker 4: afraid to get into a two strike count against the
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: guy who doesn't necessarily have that wipeout two strike pitch
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: and he wants to go all nine. They got his
• 24:57
  Speaker 4: pitch count up. Sandy didn't want to come out of
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: the game. I probably would have said, no, don't take
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: him out of the game. And then as soon as
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: they brought the reliever, I don't know who they brought in,
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: doesn't really matter. You just saw the at bats that
• 25:10
  Speaker 4: they were taking the rest of that or earlier in
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: that game, punch them through the finish line. And it
• 25:16
  Speaker 4: was like, as soon as soon as they got the
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: extras or as soon as they got the runners of
• 25:19
  Speaker 4: scoring position in ninth ending. It was like, this team's
• 25:22
  Speaker 4: gonna get the job done, and so it doesn't show
• 25:24
  Speaker 4: up in your stats, but it shows up in a
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: W column, which is where the Reds are, which I
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: think is kind of an extension of Tito. It's kind
• 25:31
  Speaker 4: of an extension of DJ Johnson. Derek Johnson. They're pitching
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: coach like, this is what they created as a Reds
• 25:37
  Speaker 4: organization and they're.
• 25:39
  Speaker 5: Seeing it come to fruition right now with this team.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: Very good, very good.
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: Let's jump into my May predictions. I was really sitting
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: down trying to figure this out. You know this, I'm
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: not very good at, you know, necessarily predicting you know
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: what's going to happen. You know, maybe I might be
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: good at picking who's going to win and lose during
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: some games. But I feel like the Blue Jays are
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: going to be the biggest surprise in May. We haven't
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: really seen them really kickstart where they need to be.
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: They're only six games out flat Garrow Junior is going
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: to have a really good May. The team's coming along
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: a bit, a couple of wins last month at the
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: end there to get them kickstarted. I see them pushing forward.
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: They they have a fourtuitous month of May with the schedule,
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: I see them getting right back into the race and
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: you know, maybe pushing forward and pushing right behind the Yankees.
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: There.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: I could see the Blue Jays finally getting going here
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: a little bit. Biggest disappointment the Marlins. They're right there.
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: We know they're they're far behind first place in six
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: and a half, but I do see that kind of
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: trickling even further down. They came out hot. You know,
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: they're they're winning games that they, you know, not necessarily
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: should win. I'd be like the Marlins are going to
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: eventually be down a little further in the NL East.
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: Big moment, I'm saying ten plus home runs from Judge.
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: I mean, we've seen it be four, but this can
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: ultimately get to twelve or thirteen. I think he's gonna
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: get absolutely hot, and when he hits home runs, they
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: come in bunches. He had back to back to back
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: in three straight games in Texas. He'll be your player
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: of the month eventually when that happens. Could see him
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: get a bunch of RBIs. On the same page. Cam Sweitler,
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: he has been fantastic. I see him being the pitcher
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: of the month and if then no hitter comes, that
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: will hit automatically Cratzy. So that's how I see with
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: you and JJ weatherholt Man. There's a lot of talk
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: about a lot of rookies. He's getting some love, but
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: he's gonna get a lot more love. This is gonna
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: be a big month for him. I had a monster
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: home run against Skeens, the lead off the art. I
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: think it was the lead off the game. If I'm
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: not mistaken, and he's got a sweet left handed swing,
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: there's my rookie of the month.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: I'll at me beauty.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: I want to make fun of him for anything. Kratz
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: and as your chance last call.
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: No, I really didn't pay attention to anything he said
• 27:55
  Speaker 4: because it looks exactly like ours. It looks exactly like mine.
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: I couldn't agree more with a lot. And I was listening, Todd.
• 28:03
  Speaker 4: I'm really good at two things. One of them is listening, but.
• 28:08
  Speaker 5: The other the.
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: Other thing that I gotta say about Cam Schlitzler. I mean,
• 28:13
  Speaker 4: if we talked about the Reds, you gotta go watch
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: a game. You have to go watch a Cam Schlitzler game.
• 28:19
  Speaker 4: Don't watch the game for stats, don't watch like oh
• 28:22
  Speaker 4: I wonder if he's going to strike out because everyone thinking, Okay, Boston,
• 28:25
  Speaker 4: he had that little TIFFs and then he had like
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: what twelve strikeouts in the playoffs against him. Just watch
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: how he navigates a lineup, Watch how he executes his pitches,
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: and the different demeanor that he has on the mound,
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: a different demeanor where you know, if you're not if
• 28:40
  Speaker 4: you're in a Yankees fan, you might be like, I
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: don't like that guy.
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: I don't like the way he stands on the mound.
• 28:45
  Speaker 4: If you're a Yankees fan, or you're a or you're
• 28:48
  Speaker 4: a fan of competitiveness, this dude wants to go out
• 28:51
  Speaker 4: there and stay out there.
• 28:53
  Speaker 5: There's some dudes.
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: Where you see him, they get to the fifth thing
• 28:55
  Speaker 4: and they start looking in the dugout. They're like, Hey,
• 28:58
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna get my ninth strike out here, but I've
• 29:00
  Speaker 4: given you everything I got. He's coming back out for
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: the eighth inning. He's coming back out for the seventh
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: in a tougher outing, Like he has stuff that can
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: get him through bad outings. So I kind of want
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: to turn the game on when to see, like, does
• 29:13
  Speaker 4: Cam Slitler does he got the stuff tonight? Like this
• 29:16
  Speaker 4: might be CG. This might be you know, like I said,
• 29:19
  Speaker 4: no hitter, that's a shot in the dark. But it's
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: like it's just different watching a guy like that with
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: that kind of skill set, but also that same competitiveness.
• 29:28
  Speaker 4: And that's why I like watching Nolan McLain pitch too.
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: That's a good point, right, Sometimes you see that guy
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: out there and it's almost like a kid waiting for
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: the bell to ring in school.
• 29:43
  Speaker 6: Right on a pitch count ninety one? Do they still
• 29:47
  Speaker 6: want me to go another batter or not?
• 29:49
  Speaker 4: You're worried about the pitch count, not even like like
• 29:52
  Speaker 4: Cam Schlitler, He'll have like a seven or eight pitch
• 29:56
  Speaker 4: seventh inning and you're like, as a manager, I'm sitting
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: there going, well, that just proved to me that you
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: want to be out there instead.
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: You see some dudes that are in the seventh inning and.
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: They're like empty the tank, slider, slider, it's strikeout pitch
• 30:12
  Speaker 4: from pitch one. Well, nobody's ever struck out on the
• 30:15
  Speaker 4: first pitch of an at bat, Like I may have
• 30:17
  Speaker 4: looked like I had struck out on the first pitch
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: of the bat, but like it doesn't happen, and so
• 30:21
  Speaker 4: pitchers that know how to navigate innings at different times
• 30:24
  Speaker 4: of the game.
• 30:26
  Speaker 5: Like, that's why I like watching the pitch.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and he's so young. It's it's gonna be good.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. Do you think the Tigers are
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: going to be okay? So yes, I mean Hobby Bye
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: is not playing that well and then hits the shelf
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: with the awkward slide with the ankle thing and he
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: goes on the IL. It's the pitching. So Miyes exited
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: his last start. He's on the IL with the ad
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: doctor strain. Other guys that have been out, I mean
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: Erlander is still on the shelf. They've lost rees Olsen.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: I think Jackson job should come back. What end of
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: this year perhaps or later this year. Troy Melton was
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: great for them in the playoffs and then went down.
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: So like some nice exciting arms that they just are
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: not having right now, or that they don't have on
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: the big league roster. So do you think there's enough
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: depth there? And krats You're probably gonna say yes, because
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: you can hang around in that division.
• 31:20
  Speaker 5: Right, that's the easy answer.
• 31:23
  Speaker 4: But I would also have to know enough about what
• 31:26
  Speaker 4: these guys that they'll bring up and be able to
• 31:29
  Speaker 4: put in Kider Manteo. I was really impressed with his stuff. Like,
• 31:34
  Speaker 4: are injury is going to keep hurting this team? Yeah,
• 31:38
  Speaker 4: I mean injuries can hurt any team. But they went
• 31:41
  Speaker 4: out and got Frambervaldez. Maybe it was because they're not
• 31:44
  Speaker 4: going to re sign Trek Skoogle, but you know they
• 31:47
  Speaker 4: went out and got him, and now you've got a
• 31:49
  Speaker 4: year of both of those guys together, Like this is
• 31:52
  Speaker 4: this is it. This team's got to push. This team
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: has to hit too, like they can't. They can't use
• 31:57
  Speaker 4: the excuse of you know, up and down offense. We
• 32:00
  Speaker 4: lost Hobby well, like Hobby was an all star in
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: the first half and then a no star in the
• 32:05
  Speaker 4: second half.
• 32:06
  Speaker 5: So like, to me, it's really going to be on
• 32:09
  Speaker 5: the younger guys.
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: When I say younger, I mean Torko Sin he's kind
• 32:12
  Speaker 4: of becoming.
• 32:13
  Speaker 5: More of a vet.
• 32:14
  Speaker 4: Col Keith has to be able to be a guy
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: because McGonagall seems like he's going to be the guy.
• 32:19
  Speaker 4: And to me, the most scary thing for the Tigers
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: was when Trek Scoogle called Dylan Dingler out and started
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: like massaging his elbow and like shaking his arm and
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: you're like, what, like you don't ever see pitchers like
• 32:35
  Speaker 4: come back from that?
• 32:36
  Speaker 5: What was it like a cramp? Like we can't have
• 32:40
  Speaker 5: you cramp.
• 32:40
  Speaker 4: And in the fifth, sixth inning, then he went out
• 32:43
  Speaker 4: and just struck the side out in his last inning
• 32:45
  Speaker 4: of work. So, as a Detroit fan, you dodged that
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: bullet right there. You dodged a bullet because Trek finished
• 32:51
  Speaker 4: that game.
• 32:54
  Speaker 6: Yeah yeah, and then it was you know, yeah, yeah,
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: you're always going to hold the arm, oh boy. Yeah.
• 33:03
  Speaker 4: And even besides it, he's like he's like here, Dylan,
• 33:07
  Speaker 4: he's like, hold my glove, and he like held his
• 33:09
  Speaker 4: glove and he's like, yeah, I would love that when
• 33:12
  Speaker 4: comes on again, he was like, you mean this glove
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: that's a myth. That's a myth.
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but here he doesn't have a mit. Mine's better
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: who mine is better?
• 33:25
  Speaker 5: Heirs?
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: Thank you?
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: Uh Brandon Woodruff scary Velocity readings yesterday there crats not
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: just the readings.
• 33:36
  Speaker 5: Not just the readings. What I mean you watch when
• 33:39
  Speaker 5: he was throwing.
• 33:39
  Speaker 4: It looked very like he was I'm never gonna say
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: what the injury could be. It just looked like he
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: was like holding something back and he wanted to stay
• 33:52
  Speaker 4: out there, and I think he knew it. I mean,
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: when you start seeing eighty threes, eighty four, eighty six
• 33:58
  Speaker 4: was the highest during that like stretch of where it
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: looked like something was wrong. I I'll be honest, I
• 34:06
  Speaker 4: don't even know how, Like the hitters were sitting there like, okay,
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: I was ready for ninety seven and so how am
• 34:12
  Speaker 4: I gonna be able to hit this? And you just,
• 34:15
  Speaker 4: I like my heart ached when I saw him walk
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: off the mound like that's that was tough for me
• 34:21
  Speaker 4: because big lose one of my guys.
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's a beast and he's he's talking about the
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: arms dead like I've never had that problem. Dead arm
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: like I know Roldis Chapman would get that every once
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: in a while. And he was throwing ninety two. You're like,
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: I still wish I could throw ninety two. But I
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: guess it's something that happens, and I hope there's nothing
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: more to it, because yeah, he's he's upstanding gentlemen. I
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: used to hate fam he get on the mound. I'd
• 34:49
  Speaker 3: look at him. I just want didn't want to look
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: in his eyes. It's like one of those like one
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: of those dudes where you want to be about to
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: be over really quickly.
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: I don't know why he scared me.
• 34:59
  Speaker 6: He did, yeah with that heater. So we'll see how
• 35:02
  Speaker 6: it goes.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: For Milwaukee, They've got the miz pitching tonight. Kyle Harrison
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: has been fantastic, one of the better performers in baseball
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: right now. They've really got something, I think with Chad Patrick,
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: and we'll see how Brandon Sprott does. He'll get definitely
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: some extended time and maybe permanent time if you can
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: get on a roll himself and be in the rotation.
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: So they seem to be what top three right now.
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: Kratz in being able to blossom pitchers with stuff into
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: what they truly can become.
• 35:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I'm trying to they fit somewhere in
• 35:40
  Speaker 4: that Like Dodgers Mariners conversation, I think I think the
• 35:47
  Speaker 4: Rays are still just in my ignorant opinion, I would
• 35:51
  Speaker 4: say the Rays are probably still top. But then you
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: start talking about two teams like the Mariners who created
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: their entire rotation, they created their bullpen for the most part,
• 36:02
  Speaker 4: and then the Dodgers, while everyone's gonna hate on him
• 36:04
  Speaker 4: for spending money on their rotation like they they they've
• 36:09
  Speaker 4: developed some too. I mean, just justin Robleski, just alone
• 36:13
  Speaker 4: is an incredible story for the Dodgers, and they had
• 36:16
  Speaker 4: the ability to do that and they've done it well.
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: So I think I think the Brewers are right in
• 36:21
  Speaker 4: there where they are. Are they two? Are they four?
• 36:24
  Speaker 4: Are they three? I don't know, but they're right in there.
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: And they do it with some dudes that you're like, what,
• 36:29
  Speaker 4: I didn't even know that guy was still playing and
• 36:31
  Speaker 4: then he's coming out of the bullpen pumping fuzz and
• 36:35
  Speaker 4: just hitting the strike zone.
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So many people thought Kyle Harrison he was ever
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: going to find it was going to be here, and
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: so far it looks like he's unlocked something with Milwaukee.
• 36:48
  Speaker 4: Or maybe or maybe the Red Sox just didn't take
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: the effort to figure out what he had. I mean
• 36:54
  Speaker 4: we even heard what, you know, he kind of went
• 36:56
  Speaker 4: through with the Red Sox and it seemed like it
• 36:58
  Speaker 4: was a oh wait a minute, exactly like what just happened. Hey,
• 37:02
  Speaker 4: it's our way or the highway. I think it was
• 37:05
  Speaker 4: a change up. They really wanted to throw his change
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: up or something like that. I shouldn't speak out of turn,
• 37:09
  Speaker 4: but it was. It was a very it was a
• 37:11
  Speaker 4: very poignant like nah, like I wasn't mession and it
• 37:16
  Speaker 4: didn't really matter if I wasn't messing with what they
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: were saying. And that's what the Brewers do really well.
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: They go to you as a person, They tell you
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: what you're good at, what we think would work, and
• 37:27
  Speaker 4: then they let you figure it out and they just
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: get behind you one so you know, don't forget to
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: invest in the person.
• 37:36
  Speaker 6: No, No, my way or the highway is much better.
• 37:39
  Speaker 6: Everybody should do something.
• 37:41
  Speaker 4: That's tired all walks of life, not just sometimes.
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: That's what Cratty's model was. When we played for Temuos.
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
• 38:04
  Speaker 6: We did it.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: We fired Kratz, so he's gonna have to pick up
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: another odd.
• 38:07
  Speaker 6: Job just for now.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 38:11
  Speaker 6: Fun fact.
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: I mean most people probably know this if you're listening
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: to this show regularly, but Kratz is a high school
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: baseball coach. It's a real I mean, he's not spending
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: nine to five all day, but he's a committed baseball coach.
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: That's an everyday thing. It's fun for him. He's loving it.
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: But he's a hustler too. That that Eric Kratz.
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: He is for sure, and he's got a good little
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: ball club there in Pennsylvania. We'd love to see his
• 38:34
  Speaker 3: team keep continually big great. He talked about it. He's
• 38:38
  Speaker 3: had some opportunities to win some titles there, and you
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: know he's good. Keep building a nice club man. He
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: knows what he's doing. Good for you Kratz.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: I will say, for as much as we have fun
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: with him and you make fun of them, I wouldn't
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: necessarily clear the benches and try to go after Eric Kratz.
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: On the other side, you better check yeah, check him
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: on a couple of brawls in the miners and even
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: in the majors when he's old and two dudes at
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: one time and breaking fingers just by holding.
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: Them back up. He's like, oh, sorry, excuse me, next guy,
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: and the guy's like.
• 39:08
  Speaker 6: Oh, I bet I was just trying to hold you back.
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Do not mess with Aeric Kraft in high school baseball.
• 39:20
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