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Shohei Ohtani Cleared · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the three O take
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presented by C Kick. This is episode 439.
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I'll be your host, Kyle Cord, and I'm here with my Co host
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Nate Reyes. Nate, that is me.
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I am he. How are we?
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Boom. Welcome back to the party
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everybody. I know you got something spicy
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cooked up, So what do you got? Oh no, I I'm not springing the
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surprise on you until later. In fact, I may not even give you
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a heads up that I'm going to spring it.
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On you it will not be sprung right away.
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What I do have to say, though, is I think I'm officially over
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the Billy Bean look already. Huh.
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It took, what, four episodes? That's it.
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I'm done. I want to go back to wearing, I
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guess I feel, is this what it feels like to be a kid that goes
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to private school and you have to wear like a uniform You don't
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get to you don't get to wear what you want.
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Like, this is terrible. I that I'm being subjected to
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this. It is tough.
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I've always wondered what that was like wearing that every day.
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You're, you're living it. You're, you're seeing it.
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You're witnessing it right now. This is what it's like.
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I have to wear this for another 10 episodes.
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Yeah, but what's crazy is about like, kids in the uniforms, like
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they would have to like, go to recess and then go back.
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Yeah, I'm not trying to play kickball and like.
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Kill the same thing, yeah. Not about that.
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Kill. Right, that's what they was, not
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what they would wear. Or am I just making that out?
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Didn't they some private schools had to wear kilts.
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Can somebody confirm that? I hope someone in the chat went
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to a private school and can tell us.
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I, I don't think that's accurate, but I, I would love
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for that to be the case. Somebody has some private school
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out there had to wear kilt, I'm convinced.
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Are we Speaking of being convinced, Nate?
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Let's, let's just get right into it.
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Are we are, are we convinced that this Shohei thing is wipe
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our hands clean? On, off, off we go on to bigger
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and better things. This is the least surprising
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thing ever to happen this year. I mean, talk about the most
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convenient time in Shohei Ohtani cleared the same day Tucapita
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Marcano gets hit with a lifetime ban officially.
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Last episode we talked about it. That was the rumor.
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That was the expectation. It was not official.
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But now we are on the other side of Major League Baseball handing
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down the lifetime ban. But like I said, talk about the
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most convenient timing. Hey, this guy's getting hit with
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a lifetime ban. By the way, Shohei Tan is
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cleared. We're good.
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Nothing to see here. Move.
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Along right, I know it's so insane.
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It's just it smacks in the face sometimes, doesn't it?
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It really does. It's like the national news when
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like something happens, you know what I mean?
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I remember a couple years ago or last year was like that train
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that like like fell off the rails and like spilled chemicals
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into the into the water or whatever and you're like, what
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else is going on? There's definitely something
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else that's occurring off to the side.
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Same thing, man. It's just a little cover up.
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It's the timing of I think our PR department across all massive
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news outlets and and sports have this down to AT.
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It's my hope that this is our last time really talking about
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this, regardless what side of the the conspiracy that exists
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out there, regardless what side of it you're on.
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I'm hoping that this is the last time we talk about it.
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I'm sure as investigative practices are undertaken that
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I'm sure more information, more details are going to come out
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about this as time, as time passes, as these indie film
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makers are trying to make a name for themselves and they want to,
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they want to undertake the the privilege of running a Shohei
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doc. They're going to want to get to
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the bottom of this. They're going to want to run
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some numbers. They're going to want to, you
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know, have some interviews. Details are going to come out by
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then, I'm sure. Major League Baseball is hoping
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that Shohei is well into his retirement so they don't have to
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worry about protecting their golden child anymore.
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I don't know man. I just it, it just seems too
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easy. It just seems too easy.
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Epe pleaded guilty to bank. And I'm reading directly.
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I'm reading directly from the article.
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So don't, don't, don't shoot the messenger.
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Epe pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud charges, two counts
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that carry a maximum sentence of 33 years.
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His sentencing is set for October 25th at 2:00 PM Pacific.
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Does he go to jail here or prison here?
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I should say they ship them back.
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What do you think Japanese prisons are like?
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Probably not very good actually. Could be better.
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I bet you they're better. I feel like they're better.
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Let me, let me do a quick. Let me do a quick.
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OK, just look. Up Japanese prisons, see what
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you see. I think I saw something on
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Twitter the other day randomly of like Swedish prison.
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Prison. Oh yeah, dude, it look.
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Nicer than like most apartments in New.
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York, it's like a Country Club. Yeah.
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It's like you almost want to commit a crime if you live in
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Sweden. Yeah, let's see, according to
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this first first result I find on Google, you know how that can
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go sometimes. I this could be wrong, but I'm
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going to read it anyway. The US upholds more humane
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conditions in Japanese prisons, but Japanese prisoners are safer
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than American prisoners. No Shanks, no shifts happening
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in Japan. So.
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I guess not. I would venture to say it has
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to. It has to be here, right?
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I mean. I feel like wherever you do the
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crime, yeah. That's where you do the time.
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Yeah, that adds up. Hope he goes somewhere nice.
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You know, when you fall on your sword, I feel like, feel like
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you gotta, you know, get in, get in a good position.
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Michael in the chat says what are Japanese prisons like?
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Probably have the worst punishment imaginable.
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Make you watch Japanese cartoons.
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Hey, look man, that's a big thing with people these days,
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so. That's true, a lot of people are
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in the anime. I'm not into it.
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I know a lot of people are, so I don't know, I don't know where
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Epe stands on that, but he, he might, if for some reason ends
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up in Japan, he might be destined for a, for three plus
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decades worth of anime. I, I think even if you like
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anime, that that would get real old real quick.
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So, So what do we think in terms of Shohei's track forward?
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He released a statement. He says now, well, it was
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labeled. It was decided that Shohei was,
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quote, a victim of fraud. Yeah.
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And then in response, Shohei comes out with a statement, says
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now that the investigation has been completed, this full
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admission of guilt has brought important closure to me and my
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family. I want to sincerely thank the
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authorities for finishing their thorough and effective
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investigation so quickly and and uncovering all of the evidence.
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I don't know, man, it sound, it just sounds weird.
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We were saying this when it happened, when all this news
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broke, and as, as more details became made available to the
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public, it just seemed like Shohei turned awfully quick on a
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guy that he's with every day more than his family.
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And look, I'm on record as saying that.
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I don't, I, I, I'll say it again.
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It's worth repeating. I'm of the belief that a man who
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has a montage on YouTube of him picking up trash at various
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ballparks could not be guilty of such a heinous crime.
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With that said, with that said, the way in which the, you know,
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slide my best friend to the side like he's trash, that that whole
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that whole deal raises some, raises some questions, raises
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some eyebrows. I just remember the press
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conference that he did and afterwards everyone, for some
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reason, everyone was like, you can really see the emotion.
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And I'm like where the guy has has hasn't shown any emotion
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towards any of it. So I don't know, man.
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It's I, I, I think he knew more than what he lets on.
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I think he has good lawyers. I think they got to IPA just in
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time for him to change his story.
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And I don't know, man, I think I think it was also fraud against
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that ESPN reporter that was getting the the nitty gritty.
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She was getting all the all the deets.
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She was getting the tea that was needed.
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And if it comes out 24 hours later, he's like, no, no, no,
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no. That's crazy stuff that I was
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saying. Here's the real truth, tough.
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That could have been a career making story that you just
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robbed this lady of. Could have flipped her whole
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script. To be fair, I think I think she
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she still gained from her work. I don't know, I don't know her
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name it. It brought a lot of things to
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light. Maybe.
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Well, I mean, I, I know like 3 writers names, so that's not
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saying much for me 'cause that's not an insult to her.
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I, I just don't keep track of writers names all that often.
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But it, it at least got this conversation going.
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I mean, I'm sure that things could happen behind the scenes.
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Yeah, I'm sure things are happening behind the scenes
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while this was going on and even before that that article was
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written. But at least got the
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conversation amongst the public, amongst the baseball folks out
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there, at least got that going, got the people going.
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Paul, so hard. They want to find me.
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Yeah. But this I, I think the, the,
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it's funnier the right word. I don't know if funnier is the
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right word. It's it's kind of sad.
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It's kind of sad. But the funnier take away from
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this whole betting scandal. I mean, you want to we can
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combine the show, hey, and the, the Tucapita Marcano scandal
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just combined, just lump it all into one.
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I think the funniest thing to come out of all of this news
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yesterday was the the number breakdowns of these guys in this
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in this scandal, in this side of the scandal with the two capita
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and the and the minor leaguers and all that.
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Did you see some of the numbers that were thrown around?
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What they were betting. Financially, yeah.
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So two capita was I, I would venture to say the the strongest
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of them all financially in terms of wagers and and and whatnot.
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The total amount he bet on baseball 150 grand.
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The total amount he bet on Major League Baseball was 8787
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thousand 319. His average amount per bet was
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378 numbers of Major League bets 231 bets on pirate games 25 and
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the percentage of bets he won 4.3%.
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Now I'm not a betting man, I've I've I've mentioned that before,
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but tell me, how does 4.3% stack up?
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434 point 3% of what and how do you spell his name?
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Tucapita. TUCUPITA.
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There we go 4. .3% bets 1. It's not great.
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It is not. Great, I could have made that a
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made that leap. It doesn't sound good.
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The heck? Dude played 75 games last year.
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With the pirates trying to make a name for himself.
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But the the bigger question though, is with these guy, these
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guys that aren't named Shohei Otani, do we think that they're
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just degenerates like on the side or do we think that they
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look at their careers and go, I'm not making, I'm not going to
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be making the kind of the kind of cash I'm hoping to in this
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career. Let's revert to something else
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that I'm I'm presumably a little better at.
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Turns out they're not. They're not good at this betting
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stuff. Similar to similar to Epe's
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admission via text to his bookie. 149 games.
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My man had a 589 OPS so he probably saw the writing on the
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wall, but he only had 35 strikeouts in in 220 plate
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appearances last year so it's hard to say he was doing things
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on purpose. You know what I mean?
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You probably just sucked. Well, the the more laughable
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numbers that I was alluding to. Another name that got caught up
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in this scandal or in this report rather.
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Michael Kelly, who was a pitcher for in the Oakland system.
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Actually he was. He was another big leaguer.
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He was with the A's bet a total of $99.22.
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That's more like it. That's more minor league
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activity. You know how much he won?
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How? Much. $28.30 It cost him a year
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of his career, an entire year for $28.00 Him and his, him and
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his wife, him and his girlfriend.
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Exactly. That's exactly what I was going
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to say. Him and his wife, him and his
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girlfriend, whoever going out to Chipotle.
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Boom. See you in 2026 or whenever this
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suspension begins and ends. We'll see you in another year.
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Small side of chips and guac, not the large small.
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Unbelievable. And look, this whether you're
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talking show, hey, whether you're talking to Kapita,
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whether you're talking Michael Kelly, The issue here is that
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this goes beyond guys just being idiots because the the
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legislation is out like the rules put in place to safeguard
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the league and its players from scandals such as this are well
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documented through the these players are made made aware of
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what they can and can't do when it comes to the gambling,
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betting, sports betting industry.
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The fact that they go and do it anyway tells you that they're
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idiots. And I was thinking about it all
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on the way home today and I was like, I feel like you could make
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the argument that there's a little bit more leeway with PE
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DS, little bit more Gray area with that.
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Because if a guy truly doesn't, which I, I, I don't really
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believe that guys like that you're, you're clueless enough
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or you're naive enough to take something before checking unless
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it's just a, a very clear, clearly acceptable thing that
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you're taking. Yeah, anything that you're
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unsure about? I have a hard time believing
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that those guys are not smart enough to get that checked ahead
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of time. However, this stuff is as black
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and white as black and white can be.
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I've got a a Co worker who pitched in AA, got up to AA
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between the Royals and the and the D backs, he said.
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It's happening a lot more than you think and there's plenty of
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guys and there's a few who are big leaguers now who were doing
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it in a ball often. I'm not going to.
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I'm not going to. No, of course not.
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Then and I-1. 100% mentioned current big leaguers.
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I and I get it and I'm not naive to think that it's not going on
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The that's, that's just you can, you don't have to stretch very
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far to make a leap like that. I, I would imagine that's the
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case, but it, it's, it goes beyond that for me, which was my
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original point. It's it's less about these guys
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just being a little more on the stupid side and it goes.
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It's more about them bringing into question the integrity of
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the sport that's in an industry that's already subject to
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conspiracy, speculation about things being rigged, things
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being, you know, illegitimate, whatever you want to call it.
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Sure. And they're doing not that they
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care 'cause like if if you're just going to blatantly break
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the rules, I would venture to say you really don't care about
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something like the integrity of the sport that you're playing.
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That would be my guess. But it's if it's happening
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enough if if these scandals are going to start popping up more
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and more as sports betting. We've talked about it on here
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with this in in parallel with this show.
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Hey, scandal. Sports betting is becoming
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increasingly more common and it's being it's being
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consistently or or more so promoted by the leagues
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themselves advertising sports books on site like of these with
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of these parks. With players being like the main
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promoting start in the advertising, yeah.
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So it's like if if these if this type of scandal is going to
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become more commonplace, then by default the integrity of the
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game. Is going to become is is going
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to be placed more into question than it's ever been in this
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realm of scandals. So I mean, it is what it is like
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his fans, we're going to keep watching.
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But you know, there I, I would venture to say for a majority of
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people, as time passes, as more as these scandals happen,
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there's probably going to become, there's going to be a
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creeping sense of is what we're seeing legit or is there
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something going on behind the scenes that's leading this game,
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this series, this season to go a direction that maybe it wouldn't
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have gone otherwise? I don't know, That's just my
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guess. Time will tell, Time will tell.
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It's a Am I crazy for thinking that this is going to be like
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the next generations steroids era like the is, is the sports
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gambling going to take over to where it becomes so intrusive,
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so invasive that it you can't not talk about it.
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You can't not look at the game today without looking at it
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through the lens of the impact of gambling.
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As as like the way we're digesting player performance, is
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that what? You mean?
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Yeah. And as the way as through the
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lens in which we view results, ways in which we we view
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motivations, whatever it is what fill in the blank.
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But you can't, you can't look at the 90s and I mean even early
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2000s I guess without looking at looking at things through the
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lens of PE DS. Yeah.
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With this, as again, as sports betting gambling becomes more
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more pervasive, maybe we start to wonder like how much of this
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is being driven by the effects of that?
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Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
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The same sport stuff is crazy to me.
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Same team stuff is crazy to me. Yeah, just, I mean, you're
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they'd say it. You're idiotic if you're doing
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that. Like what?
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What kind of what was his name? Pikachu.
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Bulbasaur. Yeah, Charizard, Tuka, Pita and
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Pikachu. Yep.
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Pita chip. Yeah.
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He he didn't do so hot. Didn't do so hot.
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Yeah. Adios.
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We'll see ya. We'll see ya.
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Curious to see what he does next.
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Just kidding, we'll never find out.
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We'll never know. We'll never hear that name
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again. Chupacabra.
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Chupacabra Pikachu, we got some breaking news.
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I'm going to introduce a little bit of a new segment here.
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New brief segment. Little game for my dear friend
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Nate here. I told you, I told you I wasn't
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going to give you a heads up, but I'm going to give you a
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little bit of a heads up. Going to play a little little
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guess that player. Oh, I suck at this.
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All right, 20 questions. I suck at this.
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All right, 20 questions. That helps.
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OK. 20 questions. And look, I'm going to, I'm
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going to preface this by saying I, I, I thought of the player on
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my way home today, or it was like at some point during the
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day, it just, it was the first player that came to mind.
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There was no rhyme or reason as to why this play.
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It was just who's a player that might fit the bill for, for the
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first one. I said OK, this is the guy.
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OK. 20 questions. I've got a I've got a little
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sound bite here, a minute long, so you're going to have to
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hustle. In a minute, I think 20
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questions. In a you don't have to.
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You have up to 20 questions if you so choose to use them all.
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But once this audio cuts it, once this audio drops, this
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little baseball organ music, once it drops, that's a minute
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and your time is up. And I guess at that point, if
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you haven't used all 20, I'll give you a final guess just to
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take a stab in the dark. But you get 20, you get 20
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questions, you get a minute. And we'll see how the first few
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go, like if if a minute is just embarrassingly short.
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I feel like. It is I maybe can I maybe expand
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it, but I'm also not going to make it too easy on you.
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So we're going to, we're going to test the waters here, but I
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wanted to. Join in if you're in the chat.
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Yeah, if if you're, if you're in the chat or if you're listening
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or watching or whatever, go ahead and go ahead and play
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along. This, this will be a fun little
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fun little activity here for us. I'm going to, I'm going to, like
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I said, I, I think I'm going to maybe make this a, a thing
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moving forward just a little. Drop it in.
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Hit you up, mate. Once we get enough of a rhythm
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with this segment, I'm just going to hit you with it.
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I'm going to, I'm going to hit the music and we're going to go
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right into it. I only hit the sirens.
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Yeah, well, no, that's just, that was just the breaking news
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of the the segment being introduced that I, I came up
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with today. But I did want to preface it by
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saying that you're going off of my knowledge of this player, as
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well as what I can easily access in a timely fashion on baseball
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reference. So if you're asking questions
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that are outside of that purview, I may not be able to
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help you. So think of me as like a
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lifeline in that sense. But just know that on who wants
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to be a millionaire, sometimes those life lines don't always
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work. Are we ready?
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Have I have I prefaced enough? Do we we we know what we got.
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OK, so again, I've, I've got baseball reference on this
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individual pulled up, but just know that I can help you out
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with my own knowledge or what I find on here in a timely,
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somewhat timely fashion, hopefully.
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So you get a minute and you get up to 20 questions.
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I'm going to try to keep track of both, OK.
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In fact, try to keep track of yourself if you can, how many
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questions you got? All right, you ready?
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Yeah. All right, here we go.
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Active or retired. Retired Hall of Fame.
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No position player or pitcher. Position player,
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infielder, or outfielder. Infielder, I didn't put the
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edited version of this file in, so you're getting more than a
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minute here, so you're lucky I realized it wasn't 60 seconds.
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Keep. Going retired, not a Hall of
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Famer infielder. What was the other question?
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I didn't remember, did he play for more than one team?
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Yes, it's. Not like that narrows it down
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very much. Did he start his career in the
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90s? Secondly, no, no he did not
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start his career in the 90s. He started his career in the
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80s. Yes.
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Retired, not a Hall of Famer. This is so tough.
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I don't. A minute is crazy.
28:20
We can make some changes. We'll we'll make some changes.
28:23
It's a it's a trial run. It's a trial run.
28:25
Yeah. Also I can't tell how loud the
28:28
music is so I made it. Was loud at first but it's not
28:30
that bad, Gold Glove or no Gold Glove.
28:40
Gold Glove. Batting title or no batting
28:43
title? No batting title.
28:47
Sorry, career in the 80s, not a Hall of Famer.
28:52
I'm just going to start burning through questions.
28:54
Then shortstop. Shortstop.
29:04
Did he play for the Indians? He did.
29:07
Did he play for the White Sox? He did.
29:20
I think I got it. How many questions you had I I
29:24
wasn't keeping track. I'm at 12.
29:26
OK? Is it Omar Vasquill?
29:30
It's Omar Vasquill. Let's go.
29:32
Well done. Well done.
29:34
Definitely not a minute, but that's OK.
29:36
That's not a minute. Like I said, that was that was
29:38
on me. I preface it.
29:40
I I friggin talked up this whole segment didn't even have the
29:44
right freaking audio clip queued up.
29:45
It's fine. How long?
29:48
Did we know how long that was? I don't even know.
29:51
It was about halfway over. I think it was a minute or I
29:54
think it was a 3 minute clip, so a minute and a half I think.
29:59
That makes me feel a little better.
30:03
Yeah, I'm looking at it right. There I I the right audio files
30:07
right there. That was the one I was supposed
30:08
to queue up. Queued up the wrong one.
30:10
What a shame. Well done though.
30:12
Well done. Thanks.
30:13
I'm normally not. Good at those.
30:14
I suck at the ones like you see on Twitter or like they show in
30:19
between innings or like name that player and they show like
30:22
career stats and the teams they played for.
30:24
And when I'm terrible at it, I don't know why.
30:29
The 20 questions help. Though.
30:33
Yeah, those. Those Immaculate grid things,
30:39
I'm terrible at that too. My brain goes.
30:41
Into like brain paralysis. I'm like, hey, I don't even know
30:44
what team logo that is. My brain just shuts down.
30:47
Couldn't couldn't tell you. I don't know how people do that
30:50
Shout out to the people that can actually do those successes.
30:52
Well, now we got to. Run it back.
30:54
I got to be able to run it back with you so I may have to may
30:58
have to rotate. I don't know, I might, just
31:03
might just put me on the spot. I just.
31:04
Make. I mean, I've.
31:05
Got I've got the the the audio queued up over here.
31:08
I might that's fine. I'm just going to drop that one
31:10
ever. That's totally fine.
31:12
I'm. So pissed I.
31:13
Didn't have the right file queued up.
31:15
That would have made it so much more intense.
31:17
It's fine. It's alright.
31:20
Let's. The the Hey, the All Star voting
31:23
opened today, Yeah. Cute and by the.
31:28
Way that perfect game in New York is no longer.
31:32
So I watched. Won't need to be talking about.
31:34
That. But yeah, let's talk about
31:36
instead. Let's talk about some, some All
31:39
Star voting our way too early All Star ballots.
31:44
Let's just run through this the way majorleaguebaseball.com has
31:49
this set up. Let me pull up my ballot.
31:51
Here. Let's start at first.
31:54
Base. EW, I'm not a fan of what?
32:01
I'm looking at already, let's see here.
32:05
Yeah, the National League. National League's interesting,
32:09
by the way. Did you see that before we get
32:12
into this? Did you see that?
32:15
That nugget from. Today about how there's entering
32:18
today there's only four National League teams over 500.
32:21
Yeah. What is that about?
32:22
What are we doing? I saw somebody.
32:24
Say, well, it's because the American League Central decided
32:27
to take over baseball. Like, I don't know how that's
32:31
relevant. It's not.
32:34
Not sure how that's. Connected.
32:37
Oh, and even worse, I posted that that nugget to Facebook.
32:41
So I'm going off on a little bit of a rabbit trail here.
32:44
I posted that to Facebook and somebody literally said.
32:50
And I quote it's. Almost as if the teams would
32:52
benefit from a 9th hitter in the lineup.
32:56
My brother. The National League has had ADH
32:58
for it's been a while three years been a.
33:02
While not sure what sports you're watching.
33:04
But it's not baseball. But yeah, this All Star ballot.
33:08
Let's start at first base. You got your ballot pulled up.
33:11
I do. I think.
33:15
American League's pretty simple, no?
33:18
Yeah, Mount Castle. Wrong.
33:20
We're going. Josh Naylor Now are we going?
33:24
Are we going Mount Castle? Yeah, you're.
33:27
Right is Mount Castle. But is he, how many ABS does he
33:33
have? Because I there for a minute I
33:35
thought he was platooning. But has he, has he taken over
33:38
that role? I don't know.
33:39
I thought he was hurt a little. Bit but him and O'hearn have
33:42
been going back and forth there, right?
33:44
That's what I'm saying, I thought.
33:45
He was platoon a little bit. How many?
33:47
How many ABS? Let's see, Josh Naylor still got
33:52
10. Jacks, dude.
33:54
Yeah, Five OPS, 95% of. Them are against the Blue Jays,
33:59
it seems. Yeah.
34:00
Oh. Canada 210, yeah, maybe 210 ABS.
34:07
No. Wow.
34:08
He actually has more ABS than Josh Naylor.
34:10
How about that? Yeah, I, I think I'm going
34:12
Mountie. I mean, there's there's.
34:15
A little bit of a gap between home runs and.
34:19
And RB is but he's. Also hitting sixty points
34:21
higher. Yeah, and he's got an OPS. 14
34:24
points higher, So yeah, I'm taking Mountie National League.
34:31
Meow, meow, I know my. I know my pick.
34:40
It's gotta be Oh B Harp. Yeah, yeah, boy.
34:45
Bryce Harper getting the nod? Yes, sure.
34:49
Useful getting the nod. Second base for the American
34:53
League. Woof woof.
35:00
Not good. Oh my, not even Simeon.
35:03
Man, do you know Simeon's rocking a 763 OPS?
35:07
Yeah, I. Still might lean his direction
35:10
though. I I mean.
35:13
Prob yeah. What about this Massey kid?
35:16
How many ABS has he had with the Royals?
35:21
Let's see here also. Brandon Drury's still in the
35:24
league. Yeah, they had to throw
35:27
somebody. On there a. 102 ABS so.
35:31
Half the ABS. That's the aforementioned first
35:34
baseman we just looked at. I guess Simeon.
35:44
Yeah, Simeon taken Simeon. National League.
35:50
I was curious where they would. Put a rise?
35:52
Yeah, we're going to revisit this.
35:54
For for those listening, for those watching, we are a plan is
35:57
to revisit this as we approach the conclusion of the All Star
36:03
voting because as we mentioned, this is this is this is super
36:06
early. Although it's not that early.
36:09
We're only like a month or so out from the All Star game, so I
36:12
mean, some of these names are going to have to step it up a
36:16
notch if they want to overtake these picks, but.
36:19
Give me Katel Marte, 833 OPS, 12 Jacks hitting 276.
36:33
Nolan Gorman's been. Playing pretty well too, but
36:36
hitting 230. Where are you going?
36:40
I'm going Katel. I don't.
36:43
Know man. Louis Sorais I.
36:47
Feel like is gonna get it just because he's he's been in the
36:50
news a lot more. I don't I gotta go with my
36:59
conscience and my conscience is telling me Katel Marte, that's
37:02
that's who I gotta go with. There you go.
37:05
Third base for the American League.
37:09
Sheesh, man, I know my pick. It's basically just.
37:14
Two guys here. Basically just Jose.
37:18
Ramirez endeavors. Devers is hitting. 16 points
37:23
higher he has three fewer home runs.
37:27
Has basically. A 2026.
37:31
RBI is fewer. Yeah, I know the 50.
37:34
Eight ribs. The J Ram is crazy.
37:37
Yeah, that's like otherworldly. When you look at the rest of the
37:40
league, my goodness, I mean, he's on.
37:42
Pace for like 150 RBISI know people don't care about that
37:44
anymore, but I kind of no that's say.
37:48
What you will about batting average, RBI should never go
37:51
anywhere because if you're like, if you're producing runs as a
37:56
hitter that carries weight, that carries value, RBI should never
38:00
go anywhere. I don't know.
38:01
I don't know why I don't see the thing.
38:02
It's it's. A it's a it's a young man's
38:06
opinion, you know, it's the new generation that.
38:10
Just want to victimize. Everything.
38:14
I don't know. Man, I'm just like I discredit.
38:17
Yeah, I got to go diverse. But why though the 956?
38:25
OPS. Yeah, that's pretty.
38:28
That's that's lethal. How about Royce Lewis?
38:32
Rocking a 3083 OPS. Is mine not up to date?
38:39
I don't think our numbers are up to date.
38:42
I'm looking at a 2514 OPS for Royce Lewis.
38:46
To be fair, he's played like two games.
38:48
Yeah, he's hitting 750. How about that?
38:50
Good for Royce Lewis, I see him hitting six. 100 How are we on
38:53
the same website with different numbers?
38:56
Couldn't tell you. I'm not going to dispute it
38:58
though. Clean it up though.
38:59
We're we're. Living our own truths.
39:01
Here we're living in our own our own realities.
39:04
Yeah, I'm going to Evers National League.
39:08
Oh, surprising name here. Surprising.
39:12
Name. I think so.
39:16
And are you? Talking Ryan.
39:18
Ryan McMahon. Yeah.
39:20
Ryan McMahon, Future Yankee. Oh, OK.
39:24
Not here to speculate that shortstop.
39:29
I mean is is the easiest pick on the on the on the board.
39:33
Yep, Yep. Yep, it's, I mean my good.
39:37
OK, well, maybe not the easiest, but actually, no, it's
39:40
definitely the easiest. It's easiest.
39:42
Yeah, what are we talking about here?
39:44
National League shortstop. For the record, that was Gunnar.
39:49
Henderson nationally shortstop. Pretty easy it is.
40:01
Are we looking at the same list of shortstops here?
40:03
Yeah, the MOOC man. Guy was playing out of his mind.
40:08
Yeah. Catcher shout out Mason win for
40:12
an 805 OPS. That's pretty surprising, yeah,
40:15
Mason win having. A a quality season having a
40:20
quality season catcher oh. The ageless wonder.
40:26
I I know. Dude, how about it?
40:29
It just keeps going. Sally Perez, It's not just the
40:32
pop he's. Hitting 315.
40:34
Yeah, according to my my sheet. Mine too.
40:36
Mine too. Weird.
40:38
Can I? Can I throw?
40:39
In an honorable mention, not Adly.
40:43
Connor Wong. I'm not saying over.
40:47
Adly, I'm just saying, I, I, I want Connor Wong.
40:49
It's a good story as the resident Sox fan to get his
40:52
shine. It's a good story, I will say.
40:54
He's got quite the highlight reel this year defensively too.
40:58
He's hitting. 3/22 I honestly don't even know if he's at the
41:01
point of being being deemed qualified a qualified hitter yet
41:06
but and I think his OPS has tapered off a little bit but his
41:09
I think his OPS was in the 9 hundreds like a week ago.
41:14
And he's hitting 3/22. So I just want to give some up
41:17
kind of long, but yeah, I I might have to go.
41:19
I think we got to go. Sally Perez here.
41:22
Mr. Sally. National.
41:25
League. This one feels pretty easy.
41:28
Too. Unless I'm over.
41:31
Overlooking some names here. Oh.
41:37
Wilson Contreras. Will Smith.
41:39
I mean, it's got to be, I mean, William.
41:42
Contreras, what did I say? Wilson.
41:46
Wilson doesn't look too bad either, but I don't know what
41:48
are you talking about. It was 9. 49 OPS yeah, I don't
41:51
think he's. Played a lot, I think he was
41:53
missing some time. Why did I think?
41:56
Why? Did I think younger bro was
41:58
popping off way more than this? William Contreras hitting three.
42:03
13/8 bombs, 864 OPS. Give me Will Smith nod to my
42:10
fantasy team. 3 outfielders. Well, American League's pretty
42:17
easy for the first two, at least.
42:23
Judge. Soto.
42:28
I mean, you probably could just go the.
42:30
Third one, Kyle Tucker. Now I that's what I'm.
42:32
Thinking yeah, goodness, 979 OPS, 19 jacks, I mean.
42:40
No more than like what, a week or two ago, we're talking about
42:43
this being like a three-way race for, well, I mean throw Gunner
42:46
in there, but we're at three out of the four top MVP candidates
42:50
the. 12 Jenny being on here. Yeah, that's.
42:56
That's not a good look. It's criminal.
42:59
All right. National League.
43:01
Wait, let me go back. I gotta.
43:03
Find Tucker again. There he is.
43:04
OK, National League it's. Weird, man.
43:11
You got got a bunch of positional shifts that you got
43:13
to keep in mind for this year. You're not going to find Mookie
43:15
in your outfield, so take that. Into account when you're.
43:18
Running through your ballot, right?
43:23
Oh man, the NL. Outfield is looking a little,
43:26
it's pretty light. Huh.
43:31
Cushion Yelich. 3O99-O. Five OPS.
43:38
Yeah, dude, Yelich. Has to be one of the top three.
43:42
Yeah, I. Agree.
43:44
Revenge season Tati. Tatis is in my.
43:50
Consideration Tatis is in there. He's in the mix.
43:58
Yo jerks and Profar, can we? More so than Tatis.
44:01
What are we talking about? I completely forgot to show him
44:04
as I I agree I. Scrolled right by.
44:07
That's a no brainer. I saw a tweet the other day
44:14
where? It was like.
44:17
Jerks and Profar. Asked to replace Juan Soto jerks
44:21
and Profar essentially becomes Juan Soto.
44:24
Guys played out of. His mind This year it's been
44:26
nuts on a. One year deal.
44:28
On a one year deal, who's that third?
44:32
Who's that third outfielder, though?
44:36
Goodness, dude. Oh, that's.
44:37
What I was saying, who's this Ramos guy with the Giants see
44:40
qualify he's in three O 4 or the 918 OPS.
44:47
I'll see. He's got 90 A BS.
44:56
No, I'm going to say. No, I'm not.
44:58
Yeah, I'm not. Voting for that Sorry I.
45:02
Don't know dude, is it? Is it?
45:04
Tatis like, I hate to say, but like, is, is that just the
45:07
default #3 I'm not really seeing much else that's Tay Oscar's.
45:12
Got a 774 OPS with 12 jacks. Tatis, you got 10 jacks hitting
45:19
so if. Anything.
45:20
It's it's Tay Oscar over Tatis. This is this is Slim Pickens
45:32
over here in the NL. Yeah, it's ugly.
45:34
What's going on? I'm going the water to ask her
45:36
by default, not because I want to.
45:39
Yeah, I agree. DH.
45:46
Bro is David. Frye going to get the nod over
45:48
Jordan Alvarez My. Lord bro, do your thing.
45:53
That's what I'm saying, man. Kevin Pilar's got a 967 OPS,
45:59
just need a little more time. There just need a little more
46:01
time. Brent Rooker is in the
46:03
conversation. Pretty stacked.
46:07
Stan's got 15 jacks. Yeah, yeah, I I don't care.
46:15
I'm going. I think I'm going.
46:17
David Frye. Jordan's on my fantasy team.
46:19
I'm going David Frye. I don't even care.
46:20
I'm going David Frye. I don't even know how well.
46:23
Hold on, Look at ABS. Look at ABS.
46:25
Look at ABS. Yeah, 'cause I mean, I can't
46:27
say. Ramos isn't in, but David Frye
46:29
is. He's got 111 ABS.
46:32
What's our threshold here? Like do you have that at least
46:34
100? What's?
46:35
What's Brent? Rooker's ABS 'cause that's my
46:38
vote. I'm actually taking Brent Rooker
46:40
over your Dong. Brent Rooker's got a. 100 and
46:42
7912 Jacks hitting 279 at 9:27. OPS compared to an 842 to your
46:51
Dong. Give me Brent Rooker walking it
46:54
in beep. Even more so than.
46:58
David Fry, Yeah. 'Cause I don't, it's just more.
47:02
ABS you got like 60 more ABS, doesn't it?
47:04
That's fair. Yeah, the Rookman might.
47:09
Be might be the move and then National League.
47:12
I don't even need to look. Pretty cut and dry.
47:14
Here, Yeah, Although I tell you what, man, Marcel's.
47:19
I think he's maybe. Cooled off a little bit.
47:21
I'd have to, I'd have to double check on that, but he's giving
47:25
Shohei a run for his money. The three O 9 is.
47:28
Impressive to me for for Azuno, truly.
47:31
Yeah, that's impressive. That's what jumps out.
47:35
That's what jumps out to you right away for sure.
47:37
That's. Legit, like good, good for him
47:40
'cause it's like it's not just pop there, but Shohei is Shohei
47:45
and. Kind of All Star game is he
47:48
gonna have. Him in it.
47:50
That's true. Cool.
47:54
Yep, good stuff. There you have it.
47:56
There you have it. Are you submitting you're going
48:00
to sign in? I don't.
48:02
Need to sign in that's. Already good they go.
48:05
Dang, get that MacBook, Yeah. Buddy, here we go.
48:15
I'm doing my civic duty as an American citizen, placing my All
48:19
Star vote. Come back tomorrow to in the
48:24
Constitution. All right, let's let's switch
48:27
gears here. I'm glad we glad we got to run
48:29
through that. I I would venture say there's
48:32
probably only going to be a handful of names that maybe get
48:35
switched up there. I feel like some of those races
48:37
weren't even close. Some majority.
48:40
Of those. Races weren't even close.
48:41
I would say yeah, I concur. Voted.
48:48
Let's talk about how bad these. White Sox have been goodness 12
48:53
straight losses entering Wednesday.
48:56
Where are we at tonight? I.
48:58
Think we're recording right during the?
48:59
Middle of the game. Oh, they're up five one against
49:01
the the cubbies, but I guess tongue.
49:04
Sir, we're here to end streaks that may not matter 'cause the.
49:06
Cubs came back I believe last night to win the game so.
49:12
I'm not not. That not that concerned.
49:19
Can I share some numbers here? Yeah.
49:24
Major League ranks. For the Chicago White Sox, which
49:27
by the way, in case you're wondering, like, oh, Kyle, Nate,
49:32
can I ask a question? What was the last day that the
49:35
Chicago White Sox won a game? I have the answer for you.
49:37
It was May 21st. That's a long time that's.
49:43
Been a while. That's.
49:45
It's been a minute Major League ranks for the Chicago White Sox
49:49
entering Wednesday Run scored fewest in all of baseball runs
49:56
allowed. Second most in baseball.
50:00
Walks allowed Second most in baseball WHIP, Second worst in
50:06
baseball Home runs. Hit fewest in baseball.
50:10
Home runs allowed most in baseball Batting average worst
50:21
in baseball on base percentage Worst in baseball Slugging
50:29
percentage Worst in baseball OPS worst in baseball.
50:41
Positive news for some White Sox fans, though.
50:44
What? You have some.
50:46
Attractive trade pieces that are all but out the door and Luis,
50:50
Robert and Garrett crochet. What's that?
50:55
Contract look like. Luis Robber is.
50:59
Definitely intriguing, but the injuries are an issue.
51:02
I'm going to look up this contract.
51:08
Can I be honest with? You for SEC?
51:10
Oh, very. Tradable.
51:13
Yeah, extremely tradable. It's the it's the value that
51:16
you're getting in return that's the most intriguing take away
51:19
from from that name if he can stay healthy.
51:22
From here to the deadline, that's a huge deal.
51:27
Set to be. A free agent.
51:29
Oh, there's back-to-back. I can't remember.
51:32
When you trade somebody to the club, options go with.
51:38
Like to all the terms. Of the contract oh today.
51:42
I would venture to say, I mean that's baked into the contract.
51:47
The club option. In 2026 for 20 mil.
51:54
Same thing in 2027 unrestricted for Louise Robert.
51:59
Unrestricted Robert. I'm taking that unrestricted
52:02
free agent in 2028 at the age of 30.
52:08
Can I? Can I be honest for a SEC?
52:12
True. I don't.
52:15
Oh, he's a Boris. Client too.
52:18
I don't know what it. Is Boris client.
52:22
We'll get into that. I don't know what it is about
52:26
Garrett Crochet, but I. I don't know if that.
52:32
That trade pieces is valuable in my opinion.
52:36
Like I it's not as valuable to me.
52:39
It's not as enticing. There's something about Gary
52:41
Crochet that I just can't quite put my finger on.
52:45
But similar to a Jordan. Montgomery and I may be I may be
52:49
walking back a take, or I may be contradicting to take from the
52:53
offseason, but Jordan Montgomery never really did I.
52:59
Want him on the Red Sox? This offseason, yes.
53:02
Sure did, but. I.
53:04
I saw whether I said it or not, I know how I felt.
53:07
So don't, don't say that I'm, I'm going revisionist history.
53:11
I know what I I know what I felt and it, it may sound convenient
53:14
now, but this is how I actually felt.
53:17
I didn't feel like Jordan Montgomery that we saw last year
53:20
was going to be the Jordan Montgomery that you were going
53:22
to get for the whatever length of contract that he was going to
53:26
receive. Yeah.
53:27
Did he have a good year last year?
53:28
Yes. Did you have a good postseason?
53:30
Yes. That's what did it.
53:32
That's the reason he biased of the of the postseason.
53:35
But if you. Look at the rest of his career.
53:38
He's just like, he's just middle of the road, just.
53:41
Not. Sexy no, and I for some reason,
53:45
and I think Gary Crochet is in a certainly a little bit of a
53:48
different situation, much younger and he's put up a 309
53:52
over his career. But I there's just I, I can't
53:54
explain it. I don't it's more of a gut thing
53:55
than anything. There's just something about
53:58
that where I, I feel like what he's, what he's put up to this
54:02
point, I just don't know if if it's sustainable and I don't
54:06
know if it's a situation where he's putting up numbers right
54:08
now that are going to cause A-Team to maybe overpay.
54:13
And then lead. Themselves to maybe regret that
54:17
decision down the road. Crochet.
54:20
Yeah, he's still in control for three.
54:22
More years purely, this is. His first year as a.
54:26
Starter too. So like this is all new
54:28
uncharted territories. It looks good so.
54:35
Far. Third, most strike out some.
54:39
Baseball, I think he's, it's a big blows.
54:43
Whip. It's a big ask.
54:45
And that's The thing is that like I, I think the, the White
54:48
Sox hold all their cards. They're like in control,
54:52
dominating. You can ask pretty much whatever
54:54
you want, especially in a position where like you, rebuild
54:59
isn't even sufficient, but you need whatever it takes to to get
55:05
this thing flipped around. I just don't know if.
55:09
Any team is going to be willing to offer that.
55:12
We're talking. Like.
55:16
Multiple top ten prospects. With the with the.
55:22
Ceiling that he has and. And like the.
55:28
The control aspect, he had to give up a lot to get him.
55:32
I don't see anybody doing that since it is his first year as a
55:34
starter. Well, that's the thing.
55:36
It's. Like the these teams that are
55:38
going to be interested in him as an addition are kind of in a
55:41
tight spot because you haven't had a, a full season of, of, of
55:47
this being extrapolated out to know like, OK, what is what is
55:50
his body's response to this kind of workload?
55:53
And is this something that we can build on and continue to add
55:58
to in seasons that come? So like if, if you're going to
56:02
need a guy in a pinch or or down the stretch, certainly seems
56:07
like an attractive name to go after in that regard.
56:11
But it's just what does this look like after this year?
56:14
Like how is his body going to respond physically to this new
56:19
format, if you will, as a as a pitcher, as a starter?
56:22
So that'll be interesting. Boxing champ.
56:25
Tommy Pham will be will be in a different uniform at some point
56:29
I think too. Which, by the way, did he?
56:31
Got sent to the IL with like a stubbed toe or something.
56:35
Did you see that? Could have been.
56:37
The path that he took sledding into Contreras the other day,
56:41
No, it wasn't a. Stubbed toe it was.
56:43
Something with his toe, though, wasn't.
56:47
It I think that was the corresponding.
56:48
Move to bringing Luis Robert back actually.
56:56
What was Fame's? Injury.
56:58
Oh, it was a ankle sprain. Yeah, They got to move, dude.
57:02
Like I I hate to. Shake.
57:05
They've been around a long time. And I understand, but like you
57:09
hear Chicago, no one in their right mind thinks White Sox, no
57:13
one. It's it's in like, I don't think
57:17
it's in a very good part of town.
57:19
Like it there's, there's multitude of reasons why they're
57:22
not getting people into that park.
57:24
Just leave the Cubs, run that city.
57:31
Just go. They just get a fresh start.
57:34
This is what is happening. What happened in Moncada?
57:38
What that guy fell off so hard. Yeah, there's a lot of promise
57:45
there. Lot of promise, I think, Eloy.
57:48
'S freaking hamstrings are held together by duct tape and
57:51
chicken wire 'cause that man is destined for IL like once a
57:57
month. I was thinking about that.
58:01
I think yesterday that I I. Still stand.
58:04
By that, the white the Chicago White Sox did not.
58:08
Get made fun of. Enough for that whole like, hey,
58:12
Eloy died. That was absurd.
58:15
I. That was that might have been
58:17
when things started to go. That may have been it.
58:20
You want to talk about unserious franchises, I think that's when
58:23
they they took on that that moniker because that that was a
58:27
joke. And I like I said, I don't think
58:30
they I don't think they wore it enough for that.
58:33
They've ruined. Benintendi that.
58:36
Poor guy. I mean that poor guy.
58:40
Rolls into town sporting a 23, thinking it's going to be a
58:44
fresh start in a in a new pair of socks if you will pun
58:48
intended and it it has not worked out he I'm pretty sure
58:54
he's still on pace for like the worst war ever.
58:57
It's a complete. Mess may or may not matter to.
59:00
To some people, but take that as you will.
59:03
But it's worth noting. I mean, it's a complete.
59:05
Mess. You got to be pretty bad.
59:08
To rack up that kind of year thus far, and not to mention
59:13
they have one. Of the worst broadcasters ever.
59:15
Oh, don't even get me. Started give me the A's
59:18
broadcaster over this guy. Nope.
59:20
No, absolutely not. Absolute I will.
59:26
Take I will take this guy every day of the week, twice on
59:29
Sundays. What's her name?
59:32
Give her some time. No, it's not I promise you I say
59:37
this from the bottom of my heart.
59:38
This is not like a woman versus man thing.
59:42
She is objectively not good and I'm sorry but like if you if you
59:48
think that they're. Nate, we're going.
59:51
To you know, I may have to compile some some calls for next
59:54
episode in case you haven't heard so I.
59:57
Know it's so true it's so she rough she.
1:00:01
Used to do like the like the. I don't even know what they call
1:00:04
it in baseball. It's like the sideline reporter,
1:00:07
right? You know what I mean?
1:00:08
She used to do that for the Rockies and and my stepdad Rob
1:00:12
used to make fun of her because he loves Seinfeld and I.
1:00:16
Don't know if you ever saw. The episode where Jerry goes on
1:00:18
a date with the girl that has man hands and they go to like
1:00:22
eat lobster and it just shows like the manly his hands just
1:00:26
cracking open crag, crab legs and lobster tails.
1:00:30
It's hilarious. But anyway, he he calls her man
1:00:32
hands. She used to the hands.
1:00:35
You should just like, absorb the microphone when she was doing
1:00:38
her sideline stuff. Any who Jenny Kavanagh is the
1:00:42
name. It's.
1:00:43
Yeah, I'm sorry. Like I, I.
1:00:45
Really tried. I really tried.
1:00:47
I gave her the first call. Hey, no, you need to support her
1:00:50
for the. Next 10 episodes, get out of
1:00:51
here. Now I'm supporting the product
1:00:53
on the field. It's unconditional.
1:00:56
Nope, that's. Encompassing.
1:00:58
It's encompassing of the entire franchise.
1:01:00
It all falls under one umbrella. That was not part of the bet.
1:01:03
That was yes, it is part of the bet.
1:01:04
It absolutely was not part. Of the bet it was I had to wear
1:01:07
this for every episode until the All Star break.
1:01:09
That was the bet. There was no fine print.
1:01:11
There was no fine print. Unwavering loyalty.
1:01:16
Disagree. Disagree.
1:01:19
Wholeheartedly disagree. Yeah, I tried to give her
1:01:24
benefit of the doubt. Like, I thought maybe the first
1:01:26
call that was that went viral, I was like, I, you know, just had
1:01:29
a rough day. Like, I'd probably fall asleep
1:01:31
halfway through the game if I had to call those games, but
1:01:34
it's. It's they've.
1:01:36
Added up and it's not good. It is not good.
1:01:39
Anyway, I'm not going, I'm not going to spend time bragging on
1:01:41
her. She's she's living her dream.
1:01:44
And that's that's great. You know, you know who is living
1:01:50
their living their dream and that's Scott Borris.
1:01:53
But at what cost? Jordan Montgomery and.
1:01:56
Blake Snell might be the two worst pitchers in baseball.
1:02:02
And Blake Snell isn't. Even.
1:02:04
Healthy, healthy. And available to defend his own
1:02:07
honor. He's on the IL Whether that's
1:02:09
whether it's legitimate or not, who knows.
1:02:12
Could be could be phantom, who knows.
1:02:14
But that that groin doesn't look like it's fun.
1:02:16
So I'm going to I'm going to err on the side of yeah, probably is
1:02:19
legitimate. But with the way this year's
1:02:20
gone. I don't know man.
1:02:24
That's. It would be understandable.
1:02:27
If maybe you threw you, you, you made the you made the pitch,
1:02:31
made the follow through and he go, Oh yeah, groin doesn't I'm
1:02:34
feeling too good. I do that walking.
1:02:37
Up the stairs, so I'm going to have to hit I'm.
1:02:39
Going to have to hit the shelf again, yeah?
1:02:43
But Jordan? Montgomery especially, I'd I
1:02:45
wanted to mention him or look at him specifically because of his
1:02:50
start today. I don't know if I don't know if
1:02:52
you caught that. Dropped him from my fantasy.
1:02:55
Squad, I picked him up just on a, you know, just maybe off
1:02:58
chance he he decided to turn things around.
1:03:02
Dropped him halfway through his. Start atrocious.
1:03:05
I love the mid start. Drops they just seeing that
1:03:08
update come across my phone is the best put up -17.
1:03:12
Points. He went two innings, gave up
1:03:15
seven hits, six earned runs, three walks in just one K and.
1:03:21
Got hit with the. Fattest L gave up a gave up a
1:03:23
Grand Slam to Wilmer Flores, I believe today, and that was
1:03:29
following. I think he I think it was a
1:03:32
there was another home run mixed in there as well.
1:03:35
So on the year, I think he's him and Blake Snell.
1:03:41
I I saw a tweet today that said that between the two.
1:03:46
Let me pull it up, make sure I got the right one here.
1:03:50
Combined. Have thrown 70 innings.
1:03:53
Shout out David Lorilla on Twitter So Jordan, Montgomery
1:03:56
and Blakes now have combined to throw 70 innings and allow 61
1:04:00
runs so far this season. Oh my 70.
1:04:06
Innings. And 61 runs so far this season.
1:04:11
Wait, I don't think Jordan Montgomery.
1:04:14
'S had a scoreless outing, yet I.
1:04:18
Don't believe so. Let me check.
1:04:21
He has not. He has not.
1:04:24
Wow, his last 18 innings. According to dbac.
1:04:29
Stats Info on Twitter His last 18 innings, 31 hits, Twenty
1:04:35
runs, 20 earned runs, three home runs, nine walks, 12 KS, a 10
1:04:42
ERA, and a 2.22 WIP. My.
1:04:46
Lord the Bor I. Tweeted it out today.
1:04:50
The Boris client holdout needs to be studied.
1:04:55
I mean this is. It was the most predictable
1:04:58
thing, but it still needs to be studied like this needs to be
1:05:00
addressed. This needs to be talked about.
1:05:04
I mean this is the. He left, didn't he?
1:05:07
Oh yeah, he dropped he. Dropped worse like right away.
1:05:10
One I think wants to see. I don't actually had he made his
1:05:13
first start before, I don't think he did.
1:05:15
I think he's like really close after the signing, yeah, I
1:05:18
think. He dropped like a week and was
1:05:21
like, I refuse to pitch under the name Scott Boris.
1:05:25
No thanks. And for good reason, man.
1:05:27
I think this is a prime example like both of these guys
1:05:30
combined. It's it's just a prime example
1:05:36
of the importance of spring training.
1:05:37
And we can talk about whether it should be shortened or you know
1:05:41
what, what time of the year that it starts, what time of the year
1:05:45
it ends, how much time there is between spring training and
1:05:47
their actual the actual season. But at the end of the day, this
1:05:52
underlines the importance. Of spring training.
1:05:56
Yeah. Especially for pitchers, Yeah,
1:06:00
because even though. Blake and Jordan can be have
1:06:04
have proven to be inconsistent at various times, maybe maybe
1:06:09
snow a little bit more than Montgomery.
1:06:11
I think Montgomery's, what you see is kind of what you get, but
1:06:13
he still had those windows of, of inconsistency that led to him
1:06:17
kind of bouncing around at times.
1:06:22
I, I think even with that in mind, I still don't think that
1:06:26
they have these starts. I think you can just about
1:06:31
solely attribute what's happening with those two to
1:06:35
missing spring training. It's not just that.
1:06:38
Man, it's not just like the the preparation, it's about like
1:06:41
being settled in with your family, you know what I mean?
1:06:43
Like moving into a house, getting your family OK, like
1:06:47
just getting some type of of stability before just being
1:06:52
thrown into the deep end of the pool.
1:06:54
It's not just like game reps It's not just live a BS.
1:06:58
It's it's a multitude of things that like they're human being.
1:07:03
But I did pull some hats. Are you stats?
1:07:05
Are you wearing your stat hat? Do you have it on right now?
1:07:08
I'm prepared for what you're. About to lay out on the table
1:07:11
your stat hat. OK.
1:07:12
So, so far this year, Jordan Montgomery.
1:07:16
A 290. Four expected batting average
1:07:19
ranks bottom 6% in the league. 14 point. 4K percentage, bottom
1:07:27
8% in the league. The Sinker.
1:07:33
In 2023, averaged 93 miles an hour, this year down to 91.
1:07:42
The Sinker. Was used 42% of the time last
1:07:46
year. Now down to 30. 3% of the time
1:07:52
the curveball used 22% of the time last year, now up 31%.
1:08:02
The whiff percentage on the curveball last year was at 37%.
1:08:07
It is now down to 24% if you ask me.
1:08:15
Why mess with what we're doing here?
1:08:17
I understand moving to the new staff, new pitching coach, new
1:08:20
catchers, but like shouldn't some of the philosophy remain
1:08:25
the same based on the your success from last year?
1:08:30
I don't know. And this isn't some young.
1:08:33
Buck coming up through the system, he's he's been around
1:08:36
the league for a minute. He, he knows at this point in
1:08:38
his career what's working and what has the potential to
1:08:41
continue working as he gets older and deeper in his career.
1:08:46
I don't know. I mean, I, I, I think yes, it
1:08:48
goes back to missing spring training.
1:08:49
But to your point, mixing it up philosophy wise, pitch selection
1:08:53
wise, I don't know if that's the answer to like hitting the like,
1:08:58
is that their version of hitting the panic button?
1:09:00
Like we didn't get the preparation we're looking for.
1:09:02
So let's try to mix up our game plan to accommodate that.
1:09:06
I I don't know, but it, it just seems like for him being in the
1:09:10
league, as long as he has maybe a fall back to what you know, as
1:09:15
you continue to get your feet, feet under, under you with a
1:09:18
short screen. But get that?
1:09:20
What? Why are we using the curveball
1:09:22
so much? Using the curveball as often as
1:09:25
you're using your sinker. That math Don't math.
1:09:31
For me. Speaking of math, not Mathen,
1:09:39
how do we feel about the Miami Marlins eating 24.6 million?
1:09:51
What is that contract? First of all, Avasail Garcia.
1:09:54
Whose idea? Was that let?
1:09:57
Me pull that up real quick. 53 mil four year deal.
1:10:04
Just before the lockout. What part of his game brought
1:10:12
that idea to the table? I could be wrong, but let.
1:10:20
Me see here he's 33. Best season looks like 2021.
1:10:36
No, you go back to 2017. He was an All Star 885 OPS.
1:10:43
He's just an average guy. He's a career average 100 OPS
1:10:47
plus. Career 7:30.
1:10:51
Three OPS. Averages 21.
1:10:57
Home runs a year. I don't see it.
1:11:02
Yeah, literally 100 on the. Dot OPS plus where?
1:11:06
Where was the just a dumb move? I mean he signed before.
1:11:12
The lockout, as I mentioned. In his 2020.
1:11:17
One season he put up 29 bombs, 86, So that was the Milwaukee
1:11:21
deal. The Brit in the the.
1:11:25
In the Marlins traded for him. Is that what you're telling me
1:11:29
'cause he was in Milwaukee in 2020 and 2021?
1:11:31
No, but when it that. He would have signed as AI think
1:11:34
he signed as a free agent in 2020.
1:11:37
Two with Miami. Yeah, here's a here's a free
1:11:40
agent. Yeah, before the 2022 season.
1:11:42
Yeah, what a horrendous. Lack of scouting.
1:11:52
He's been on the IL multiple. Times with the Marlins.
1:11:54
Just not a good story there. It's a terrible contract.
1:11:58
Not a good. Not a good stay in Miami.
1:12:02
Yeah, really not much more to add there.
1:12:04
Just wanted to note yet another team deciding it's better off to
1:12:08
just eat the contracts and, and move along.
1:12:10
You know, I'm, I'm OK with that. I I, I think I like that a
1:12:14
little more these days. Let's just hand up
1:12:16
accountability. On that team and that I can
1:12:18
appreciate, some hand up accountability I appreciate.
1:12:21
That Miami, like, just eat the money.
1:12:25
You got plenty of it. All these teams, you got plenty
1:12:28
of it. Whether or not you want to admit
1:12:29
it or not, you got plenty of it. So just eat it and and move on.
1:12:32
Let go of the dead weight. That's it.
1:12:34
The much better. Much better approach, it's much
1:12:37
more of an enjoyable product for your fans.
1:12:41
Lastly here weekend series to watch.
1:12:48
Originally, I wasn't. Even going to bother coming up
1:12:50
with the weekend series to watch cause the only series I want to
1:12:52
watch is the one you're going to be covering because talk about a
1:12:55
a showdown. But we remembered that the
1:13:01
London series is in fact this weekend.
1:13:04
I don't, I just don't feel like it's being promoted enough.
1:13:10
Maybe it is and I'm just maybe it's kind of.
1:13:13
Slipped under my nose. I don't.
1:13:14
Know I just the only the only coverage I've I've seen or the
1:13:18
only news I should say that came out of that whole series preview
1:13:23
and promotion today was that did you see that like it was like a
1:13:27
Hawaiian shirt or like a collared shirt that had both
1:13:31
teams logos on it as something. That you could.
1:13:34
Buy in the team store and I'm like we're already off to a
1:13:36
horrendous start with this. Seems like a British thing.
1:13:41
Somebody. Somebody.
1:13:42
Encapsulated that perfectly they they posted the picture of that
1:13:45
shirt in the team store and they said This is why we started the
1:13:47
American Revolution that's right that and.
1:13:50
Because they have beans and toast for breakfast, I mean.
1:13:54
Who does that? Yeah.
1:13:57
Baked beans. Insane.
1:14:01
Insane. But yeah, that series is a A2
1:14:06
gamer. Game one being on this Saturday
1:14:09
at 1:10 PM Eastern. That's Ranger Suarez and Sean
1:14:13
Manaya going up against one another.
1:14:14
That'll be on Fox. Game 2 will be on ESPN on
1:14:18
Sunday. They're actually switching.
1:14:21
Switching home teams for the series.
1:14:22
I think they I think they usually do that for the series
1:14:25
now, don't they? I think so.
1:14:26
I. Think they give each team a A?
1:14:28
Run at it. So New York, the Mets will be
1:14:30
the home team on Saturday. The Phillies will be the home
1:14:32
team on Sunday, so it'll be the Mets.
1:14:36
At the Phillies, 10. AM Sunday on ESPN Jose Cantana
1:14:40
versus Taiwan Walker. I'm good.
1:14:46
Saturday's. Probably you're good, definitely
1:14:48
not watching. That Sunday, Yeah, if you want
1:14:50
to TuneIn. And then just say you caught
1:14:52
some of the London series. Yeah, check out.
1:14:55
Saturday's game. Do it on Saturday, the one we've
1:14:58
all been waiting for. The LA Dodgers are going to New
1:15:02
York. Face the Yankees series starts
1:15:06
Friday. Just a heads up, that is an
1:15:09
Apple TV game, so do what you need to do set up your trial,
1:15:13
steal people's logins. Actually, I don't even think you
1:15:16
can do that. Huh, 'cause it's like the Apple
1:15:18
ID thing. I think if you let.
1:15:20
Me see. I think if you.
1:15:25
Google. Just.
1:15:30
If you need a trial, I, I, I may have mentioned this before.
1:15:34
If you need a trial, go to MLB.com and just do a little
1:15:36
digging. You'll, you'll see it on there.
1:15:38
They're throwing, they're giving away like two-month trials for
1:15:41
Apple T VS Like if you need to catch this game or maybe your
1:15:45
team's going to be on Apple TV in the coming weeks, dig around
1:15:49
on there. If you haven't done the trial
1:15:50
already, it should be there for you.
1:15:52
Yeah. Yep, Yep, Yep.
1:15:54
Game one, you got Yamamoto going against Poteet.
1:15:57
This is a spot start for the Yanks just 'cause they lost
1:16:01
Clark Schmidt last week. So Poteet is, I think, only made
1:16:05
three starts this year. Two starts maybe, but that's
1:16:09
game one on Friday, Saturday, 4:30 Pacific.
1:16:15
You got Gavin Stone going against Nasty Nester.
1:16:20
That's on. Fox and then Sunday. 4:00 PM
1:16:26
Pacific that's. Definitely.
1:16:27
Sunday night baseball, Yeah. Well, it's on ESPN.
1:16:32
So I'm going to say, yes, this is the one to watch.
1:16:36
Sunday is the definitely the one to watch.
1:16:38
Catch your catch your Sunday night baseball.
1:16:41
It's glass now versus heel. Yeah.
1:16:47
Two. Very much dominant pitchers at
1:16:50
the moment. It's just going to be, it's
1:16:54
going to be fun man. It's going to be good amount of
1:16:56
stars on one field like Freddy, Mookie, Ohtani, Judge, Soto all
1:17:03
hanging out, all playing against each other.
1:17:07
This is big time. This is a good series.
1:17:12
I love it, can't wait. The wife and family want to go.
1:17:14
To the lake on Saturday. And I'm like, I don't know.
1:17:17
I don't don't know if I can make it.
1:17:20
Is that the first time? I've heard you say your wife.
1:17:23
That might be the first time I've heard you say that.
1:17:25
How about it? It feels pretty cool to say.
1:17:27
I'll say that. How about it?
1:17:28
How about? It clap it up for Nate.
1:17:30
No, we'll be. Back in time for that.
1:17:31
We're good. We're good.
1:17:32
We can go to like, clap it up for Nate.
1:17:35
I'll allow it, married man, big chirps.
1:17:40
Hey, shout outs, Christopher on the chat says hey guys, how's it
1:17:44
going Christopher? Hey, that's.
1:17:48
Literally as I, as I. Post that he he says acknowledge
1:17:51
me while we're acknowledging you.
1:17:54
Welcome to the three outside, Christopher.
1:17:56
That's you're you're now forever a part of history.
1:18:00
How about it? Hey.
1:18:05
Sister-in-law hit us. With the trivia question, the
1:18:07
weekly trivia question, I was wondering if we were.
1:18:10
Due what do we got? I'm on fire today out of
1:18:12
curiosity. Do you know what year the first
1:18:15
MLB World Series was? No dude.
1:18:19
MLB World Series 19 O One. No.
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Was it not? No, I don't think the.
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First World Series came around until I want to say the Teen 19
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O3 dude. It was I was only two years off,
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really good for. You, you cheated cheating for
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her. Hey, she's the one who reaches.
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Out to me. I've called her on it.
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I said you you shouldn't. To be fair, my success rate
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before I started bringing these questions on to the podcast when
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I was just doing it like by myself pretty low.
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My no, my, I was crushing it. I was crushing it.
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Yeah. And I called her on it.
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I was like, what are you doing? You can't be, you can't be
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hitting it. And she's like, well, you're
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like, you're the go to baseball person that I know that is going
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to know these things. I'm like, it's not how trivia
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works. And she goes, that's fine.
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So I just kind of, I just like whatever wild that she can have
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her. Phone during trivia?
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Where is this trivia being done? Prison.
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I don't know. We need to tighten up.
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Whoa, dude. Japanese or American?
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I don't know. I don't know which which.
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Which prison allows phones for weekly trivia?
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Couldn't tell you. Dang dude, we need.
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To tighten up the the standards or whatever trivia, do I take a
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stance? Do I just say like, I'm not
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going to answer your trivia anymore because absolutely not
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this. Is great content.
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I mean, I just went into a. Whole spiel earlier about Shohei
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and this whole gambling thing about the integrity of the game
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and we're we're that's fair. We're compromising some
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integrity here. I hear you.
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It's a trivia. Game though but I'm questioning
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if she's texting you on some. We gotta we gotta believe she's
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looking up answers on others. You said it, not me.
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I think. I think that's very much in the
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in the realm of possibilities I'm going to clear myself.
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Of of those accusations, it's family.
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So you gotta do what you gotta do well.
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We'll see, but again, I was only two years off and I know that
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really doesn't matter in trivia, but.
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For out of the amount of. Years.
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I think that's pretty good for my Peace of Mind, yeah.
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I can. I can lay my head down at night
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knowing that I was pretty close. That's all that matters.
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That's. All we got.
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That was a chock full, chock packed episode.
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That's how we do it. That's how we do it.
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Let's have a good weekend, everybody.
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Let's ignore work as. Much as we can the next few days
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and have a good weekend, all right.
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Simple as that. While you're at it, don't go
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chasing curveballs. We love you all and as always.
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Looking forward to talking more baseball with you guys soon.
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Until next time, stay filthy.