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10/06/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Drew Billion-Armond huddled up Tuesday, game day, game three tonight
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  Speaker 1: in San Diego. We're getting you ready on Fox Sports
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  Speaker 1: Radio 920 Milwaukee, 1070 Madison, everywhere on the iHeart app,
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  Speaker 1: streaming live, Facebook X and YouTube. We were just chatting about, um,
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  Speaker 1: in addition to the Mason Miller was tipping his pitches narrative.
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  Speaker 1: There are some Padres fans who are using the, the,
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  Speaker 1: the camera shot from behind home plate of the Churrio
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  Speaker 1: walk-off hit and saying that Cronenworth got a bad, uh,
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  Speaker 1: got a bad jump, that he didn't move until the
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  Speaker 1: ball was already hitting the dirt on the infield. And
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  Speaker 1: it is weird by that way, but the ball was crushed.
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  Speaker 1: And there are people using that replay to pile on Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Cronenworth because Cronenworth made the error that helped the Brewers
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  Speaker 1: get a key run. The error's worse. I mean, you've
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  Speaker 1: got to find a villain. He also had four plate
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  Speaker 1: appearances in the bottom of the Padres order and saw
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  Speaker 1: seven total pitches, went 0 for 4, and only saw
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  Speaker 1: seven pitches. Zander Bogarts, who's a hitter or two ahead
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  Speaker 1: of him in the lineup, had four plate appearances and
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  Speaker 1: saw 20 pitches. Yeah, he's been tough. Bogarts has been really,
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  Speaker 1: really tough. He was my guy to watch. I like
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  Speaker 1: that he's doing that little split grip, too. It's very 1960s.
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  Speaker 1: But for Cronenworth, the error, again, is, I mean, it's
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  Speaker 1: a Brewers forced error, right? Like, I mean, if that's
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  Speaker 1: not Hamilton running. Yeah, he probably runs over and tags
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  Speaker 1: it himself. I was going to say, I think he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be fine. Instead, he's got to hustle and
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  Speaker 1: he's got to be able to roll through it. But
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  Speaker 1: that's a play that dude makes. Isn't he a gold
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  Speaker 1: Glover or in that conversation? Pretty damn good. And the
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  Speaker 1: play that he made on Monday night was sick. Like that,
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  Speaker 1: that Rob going the opposite direction was insane. Uh, I
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  Speaker 1: I'll be honest when the ball goes off the glove,
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was right into a defensive shift. I like,
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was right into someone's lap and I
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  Speaker 1: was more just surprised that it didn't go through, but
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  Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. If, if somebody sitting at
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  Speaker 1: home is able to judge that better and would have
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  Speaker 1: had a better first step, I would have loved to
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: see your JV baseball highlights. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's kind of ridiculous, like armchair. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: could he have been in a spot and made a
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  Speaker 2: play to catch it? Yeah, but that's very hard. You
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  Speaker 2: can't just sit there and say, well, he's the reason.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you want to blame the error?
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  Speaker 1: Fine. At the plate, I get it.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, Brewers have made uncharacteristic errors all series, and they've survived,
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  Speaker 2: but it's not been ideal. Bryce Terang's a platinum glover,
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  Speaker 2: and he botched a huge one and gave it. That's
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  Speaker 2: just the way it goes. I mean, so I'm not
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  Speaker 2: going to sit here and say, He should have been
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  Speaker 2: there better, but we'd all be nervous if Brooke was
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  Speaker 2: in the crowd watching us.
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  Speaker 1: Interest compounds, and you pay for the sins of the
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  Speaker 1: past because Padres fans are pointing out that. In 2024,
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  Speaker 1: Jay Cronenworth at the plate in the postseason was 3-for-22
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  Speaker 1: with 9 strikeouts. 2025, 0-for-11 with 3 strikeouts. And so
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  Speaker 1: far this postseason, he's 1-for-11 with 3 punchouts. That's combined
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  Speaker 1: 3-for-44 strikeouts. with 15 punch-outs in his last 12 postseason games.
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  Speaker 1: That's not good. I mean, if you want to find
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  Speaker 1: a villain, he could be the one. It's the small sample,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah. But there's risers and fallers, aren't there? Like,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, as much as we did laugh at our
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  Speaker 1: boy Timmy on the you need some playoff players. It's
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  Speaker 1: hard to identify which guys will be the playoff risers.
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  Speaker 1: It is a hell of a lot easier, though, to
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  Speaker 1: identify the guys that Shrink in the moment, right? Like
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  Speaker 1: we point to a lot of them and then there's
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  Speaker 1: certain guys that you make excuses for and apologies for.
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  Speaker 1: Like Lamar Jackson's a beautiful example of it. Again, cross sport,
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  Speaker 1: which is tough to always do. He's a phenomenal player.
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  Speaker 1: One of the best that we've seen play at that position. MVPs,
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  Speaker 1: all that. He's had some of his worst games as
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  Speaker 1: a pro in the playoffs. And while it's fun to
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  Speaker 1: watch and you love them and you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: always point them out, that's kind of what we do
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  Speaker 1: in this. That's kind of what we do in sports.
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  Speaker 1: And the conversation around it is that you highlight those shortcomings.
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  Speaker 1: There are guys that a lot of times are like that.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Judge is one that gets a, A great example.
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  Speaker 1: He gets the most heat for it because, rightfully so,
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  Speaker 1: he plays in New York and he's the captain of
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  Speaker 1: the Yankees. And hasn't won a World Series yet, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But his falling in the postseason and his shrinkage in
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  Speaker 1: the postseason, no pause, is something that I think is
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  Speaker 1: hard to just try and either debate or ignore.
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  Speaker 2: Especially when it's such a stark difference from regular season.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's part of it.
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  Speaker 2: You get a guy that's good in the regular season
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  Speaker 2: and you expect and you... burden him with that performance
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  Speaker 2: in the playoffs. And the reality is we'll magnify the
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  Speaker 2: playoffs more than anything else in sports. That's just the
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  Speaker 2: way it is. The most important games, we magnify those performances.
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  Speaker 2: One thing we don't get usually agree on is when
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  Speaker 2: is the, I don't want to be, you know, what
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  Speaker 2: is the quote unquote science settled on that? That's a
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  Speaker 2: term people used to use all the time during COVID.
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  Speaker 2: But like, when is it, when is the, when are
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  Speaker 2: you a made man or not a made man in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs come in terms of performance? I mean, obviously
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  Speaker 2: we look at Jackson trio now for what he's done.
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  Speaker 2: at the ripe old age of 22, the amazing moments
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  Speaker 2: he's had in the playoffs and say, well, this guy's
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  Speaker 2: an obvious playoff clutch performer. He's a man in the
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  Speaker 2: arena that's made for those moments that's consistently come through.
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  Speaker 2: But what if he has another 15-year great career, has
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  Speaker 2: a great career in the regular season, but somehow... his
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  Speaker 2: batting average in the playoffs slumps to like two 30
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  Speaker 2: or two 20. Like do then all of a sudden
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  Speaker 2: he becomes a guy that's not that guy. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we say that about Yelich a lot and understandably. So
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  Speaker 2: he has had a moment for a long time in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs, but you know, up until then, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he had a game seven home run in the NLCS.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he had some moments until then. So it
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  Speaker 1: was one good year in the playoffs. And that was it. So,
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  Speaker 1: That's the other part of it is you have to
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  Speaker 1: consistently do it.
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  Speaker 2: You have to be there and you have to show
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  Speaker 2: up time after time for people to say, okay, you're
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  Speaker 2: that guy. And if you can do that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the Derek Jeters of the world, some guys did do it.
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  Speaker 2: You can make your name that way.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, to the Christian Yellich thing, yes, two things
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  Speaker 1: are true. He has not driven in a run in
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  Speaker 1: a playoff game since 2018. And he's had chances. He also... Helped,
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  Speaker 1: though Churio gets all the flowers, deservedly. Yellich drew the
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  Speaker 1: walk and stole the base that set the stage and
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  Speaker 1: scored the tying run. Yeah, no doubt about it. No
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  Speaker 1: doubt about it. Manufactured the run. Started it. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what was more impressive, drawing the walk against
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  Speaker 1: Miller or stealing the base on what was basically a
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  Speaker 1: pitch out with the catcher kind of cheating and the
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  Speaker 1: throw was 102. And it was about as quick as
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  Speaker 1: a pitch. Most closers aren't very fast to the plate,
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  Speaker 1: but Miller's not slow. but it was about as quick
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  Speaker 1: a delivery and pop time as you can have. And
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  Speaker 1: Yelich stole the base kind of comfortably. It wasn't like
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  Speaker 1: he was in danger because if he's out there, he's
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  Speaker 1: getting crushed. Oh, for sure. Yes. And people are waiting
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  Speaker 1: and lining up to be able to, but he stole
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  Speaker 1: the bag and that put pressure on. And then if the,
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  Speaker 1: if he was relaying signs, more power to him, but
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  Speaker 1: he stole the bag and set the stage for free, free,
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  Speaker 1: like in Sanchez to walk. And then there you go. So,
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  Speaker 1: He helped him win the game. He scored the tying run.
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  Speaker 1: It's not like he was not a factor in that rally. No,
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  Speaker 1: and I mean, if you go back to what he
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  Speaker 1: did in the playoffs a year ago, he was much better. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the hits might not have always been there, but the
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  Speaker 1: on-base percentage was a huge thing. He drew a ton
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  Speaker 1: of walks, and the walk is what started the rally here. Drew,
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  Speaker 1: you're right, though. People would have been waiting and salivating
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  Speaker 1: to be able to pounce on that exact moment if
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  Speaker 1: he would have been out. I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: times RBIs are... a lot more happenstance than, and, and
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  Speaker 1: situational than in fortunate timing than just being able to manufacture.
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  Speaker 1: Sworn the runs are also another part of it, but like,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it, You see it all over the place.
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  Speaker 1: There are guys that are Mookie Betts got hammered when
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  Speaker 1: he first, after the 2020 year in Los Angeles for
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  Speaker 1: not being a playoff player. Yep. Freddie Freeman had certain
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  Speaker 1: times in his career where people questioned it. He's one
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  Speaker 1: of the best playoff performers of all time. When you
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  Speaker 1: think about the great moments that he's had in the
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  Speaker 1: massive home runs that he's, that he's hit. So like,
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  Speaker 1: I think so much of it can be nitpicked and
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  Speaker 1: grabbed around. Like, one of the guys that they're staring
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  Speaker 1: down the barrel of is Manny Machado. You look at
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  Speaker 1: his postseason numbers, they are disturbingly good. Yeah, he's really good.
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  Speaker 1: And to be able to hold him down might be
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  Speaker 1: one of the most important parts if you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get through. Tonight, Brewers win if the score is nothing,
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  Speaker 1: nothing after one. I like that. They don't get early momentum.
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  Speaker 1: I like that. If Tatis or Machado... manufacturer run. Ty
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  Speaker 1: France makes up for the home run that may have
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  Speaker 1: gotten poked foul or may have went into Jackson Cheerios glove.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever the roof ball was in game one, you get
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  Speaker 1: out of the first inning with Dustin May and it's
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  Speaker 1: either even Steven or the Brewers have a lead. They
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  Speaker 1: will win the game. It's 13 and four. According to
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Lang stats, teams are that score first in this postseason.
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  Speaker 1: Brewers are 2-0 in games that they do not score first.
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  Speaker 1: So they have accounted for two of the only four
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  Speaker 1: comebacks in the 17 playoff games that we've already seen
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  Speaker 1: so far this year.
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  Speaker 2: And that is a disgusting line to navigate. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I know they haven't been as good as in years past,
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  Speaker 2: and obviously most of this year the Padres were kind
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: of underachieving to the point where we were talking about
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  Speaker 2: getting Mason Miller at the deadline because they were going
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  Speaker 2: to be sellers, but then they had their big run.
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  Speaker 2: But it just feels like you're always in the heart
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  Speaker 2: of their lineup. I mean, that is one tough line
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  Speaker 2: to navigate. and you have to do it again. That's
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  Speaker 2: the goal. That's the challenge. That's what you have to do.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a grind.
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  Speaker 1: It is. It's hard. It's designed to be hard. It's
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  Speaker 1: hard to win championships. It's supposed to be hard. The
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  Speaker 1: Bucs path, they were down 2-0 twice. The Brewers will
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  Speaker 1: hit bumps in the postseason. There will be adversity, maybe tonight.
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  Speaker 1: That's your first-take graphic if the Padres win tonight. Who's
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  Speaker 1: under more pressure tonight, the Brewers of the Padres.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and it clearly, it would be the Padres cause
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  Speaker 1: they're a game away from elimination, but the point would be, well,
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  Speaker 1: if they, then Milwaukee has got to go back and
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  Speaker 1: play game five. Then the, yeah, I was going to
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  Speaker 1: say then the pucker factor really kicks in and, and
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  Speaker 1: let's see how the, uh, the energy is in that place.
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  Speaker 1: If you got to do it back to back seasons.
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  Speaker 1: Let's just win it tonight, forget about it, give everybody
• 10:20
  Speaker 1: an early bedtime on Wednesday, and rest up for a big,
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  Speaker 1: big weekend. That would allow me to not have to
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: worry about the doubleheader with the Rhett Miller show. Yeah.
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: We're looking at two straight naps. Two extra cams. Two
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: late nights in our last week as a morning show.
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: By the way, folks are just still hitting us on
• 10:38
  Speaker 1: the text line 877-794-1973. We announced yesterday that this show
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: is moving from 2 to 5 p.m., daily in Milwaukee
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: and Madison, the same streaming channels that we're on all
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: the time. We are just moving there from two to five.
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: What's replacing us? Fox Sports Radio for now. For now.
• 10:56
  Speaker 1: For now, Fox Sports Radio. There will be a show
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: behind us from five to six. It's going to be
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: mix and match at first, and sources close to my
• 11:03
  Speaker 1: situation say it's very likely Hunter Baumgart will be manning
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: that hour of the day between 5 and 6 when
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: the Brewers are done, when he's done with his beat work. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and I mean, until then, a good time to be
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  Speaker 1: able to play some of the great stuff that he's
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: being able to bring in and have for us. And
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: he does baseball, Milwaukee's baseball. He's had that window for
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: a while. He's doing pregame shows all summer. Now it'll
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: just be locked into one. Tommy and Stalis hit us up.
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: He said, I'm stoked for you guys, but this is
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  Speaker 1: the part that I'm going to miss. Hit us up
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: early in the morning. Getting ready with the sweet symphonies
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  Speaker 1: of the huddle. I'll be there with you guys in
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  Speaker 1: the afternoon, though. Still number 21 in the 5 o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go. Love that, Tommy. Also, our boy Mike and
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: Racine said, morning, boys. Congrats on the move. Excited for
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: the crew. And he hit us up about the national
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: media asking about folks not even watching the Brewers. But
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  Speaker 1: nothing about the Brewers being on the verge of closing
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  Speaker 1: out the Padres. Go Brew crew. I think they might
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: be closing out the Padres again here tonight. I think
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: they might be finishing this deal. I did get a lesson.
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't say I learned a lesson, but a lesson
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  Speaker 1: was reiterated to me yesterday about being precise and complete.
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: And the TLDR, too long, didn't read. I posted the video.
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: We had the little clip of us announcing that we're
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: moving to the afternoons. But I didn't mention in my
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: post that it starts Monday. And a friend of the program,
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: our buddy Jason, MVP of Sunburn Bowl 1, said, He
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: turned on the radio at 2 o'clock expecting to hear us,
• 12:23
  Speaker 1: and he's like, oh. Oh, guys, come on. Same day. Sorry, Jason.
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: That would have been good. He posts the video, so
• 12:30
  Speaker 1: I had to edit to add that fact because I
• 12:33
  Speaker 1: assumed people might click a one-minute video. I was wrong.
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: People are too lazy to click a one-minute video. A
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: one-minute video is about 48 seconds too long. Yes, 100%.
• 12:41
  Speaker 1: They wouldn't do it. That's why Vine had a better
• 12:43
  Speaker 1: shelf life than people give it credit for, man. Six
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: seconds is all you get. Yeah, Vine was on to something.
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: That's about all the attention span we got. Six seconds.
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: Maybe the demise of Twitter is when they, for people
• 12:55
  Speaker 1: with blue checks, they got rid of the character limit
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  Speaker 1: because you had to be more concise. You had to
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: edit yourself a little bit. That was a challenge. It
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: used to be half of what it is now. That
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  Speaker 1: was a tough challenge for me, you know, to be concise.
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  Speaker 1: No way. You're verbose.
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  Speaker 2: I had to try and combine words and numbers and letters.
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  Speaker 1: It was crazy. Armand likes those four-syllable words, and those
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  Speaker 1: take up a lot of care. I was going to say,
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  Speaker 1: those are tough to be able to cram in there.
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  Speaker 1: How can I.
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  Speaker 2: Explain the entire context of the 95 Packers situation in
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  Speaker 2: just 140 carry?
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  Speaker 1: It was very, very difficult. But thanks for all the
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: good response, indeed, from everybody that's been chiming in. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate that. Again, why are we doing this? Well, First
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  Speaker 1: of all, we go where we're told. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And
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  Speaker 1: second of all, the Packers have a bunch of night games.
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  Speaker 1: Your panel here is involved heavily in the Packers radio
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  Speaker 1: network presentation, especially Packers OT. Yes. And those night games
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  Speaker 1: made a tough turnaround. And this lets us do some
• 13:52
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  Speaker 1: Let's us be a little bit more available and free
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  Speaker 1: to be able to help you and be able to
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  Speaker 1: see some people, which, again, is kind of one of
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: the best parts about doing this job. We want to
• 14:11
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  Speaker 2: The thing I'm wondering most when you guys go to
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: afternoons is who's going to give Dolph Grief and Bucky Beats.
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: The Hawkeyes on Halloween? You feeling that one, William? If
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: the Packers beat the Bears, we'll enlist Dolph as well.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to bring him in just to get slaughtered?
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  Speaker 1: No, I'm going to come in. Thank you. I'm going
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: to get into work very early that Monday morning. Crush
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  Speaker 1: his show. And just sit out front of the studio. Wait.
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  Speaker 1: And just wait out there.
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  Speaker 2: With binoculars outside the window looking for him, saying, hey,
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  Speaker 2: who won this weekend? No, I was just going to
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: bring a big cardboard owl for him to hold him. Well,
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  Speaker 2: this might be it. Badgers might be turning this thing
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  Speaker 2: around finally.
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: Been waiting for that. Maybe. By the way, back to
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: our conversation about media biases and people getting inflamed. Big Papi,
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: he was on the Padres train. He jumped off. Now
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  Speaker 1: he's like, the Brewers are going to win and the
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  Speaker 1: Padres are done.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: And people in San Diego are... He's got to get
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: the money cannon back on. People in San Diego are
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: now pissed because he's saying that they can't come back.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: He flipped on them. That jerk doesn't believe in us.
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: Gotta cry about it. Here's the thing, people. When guys,
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: and we've done it too, when you make... We do
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: it every Thursday at Pottaway. Yeah. We make predictions. It's
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: not like I'm staking my life on anything. We do
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: it because we have to do it, and you just
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: throw it out there. I guarantee you, it's like, Derek
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: Jeter and Alex Rodriguez and Big Papi, they don't care
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: if their predictions are right. They don't even care about
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: their predictions. It's just chum. Yeah, I disagree. I think everybody,
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: and this is where we will far disagree. People in
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: this business care more about being right than anything else. No,
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: I totally disagree. No, they don't. I just saw a
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: guy say, can the Rams go undefeated? And they're not
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: owning that. Like, this whole thing is like... He's not
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: going to own it when he's wrong, but when he's right,
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: he's going to tell everybody about it. But they just
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: don't put a lot of thought into, like... And maybe,
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: but if you're on a panel of five guys and the,
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: and like you see it on Thursday night football, Monday
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: night football, and the first four guys pick, you know,
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: one team, you might just pick the other team just
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: to be contrarian. And just in case you're right. And just,
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: you know, because if we're doing picks, I don't really
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: care that much. Yeah, I totally disagree. You're talking about
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: people's opinions on national television. Maybe you are right, Drew.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: You've seen way more and talked to way more people.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: That's the way I do it. I think social media
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: is increased that too. But again, I think that's more
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: of the beat writer in you where you just want
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: the story. This is opinion-based. This is I want to
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: be right. This is where I want to showcase all
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: that I know about the situation. Maybe, maybe, maybe not.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: I've done stuff like that where it's like, well, it
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: makes for better television if you have at least somebody's right.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: I would. I think it makes for better television when
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: everybody's wrong and then they go and pull up the graphic.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: I think a lot of analysts especially, they have an
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: ego in them and they also have this idea that
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: I have to show my.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: Worth in terms of knowing the game and being able
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: to know what's going on. You think that, but there's
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: no accountability if you're wrong. But I agree. But where
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: does that come into not being right or wanting to
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: be right? That would only further the argument that you
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: care more about being right when you don't talk about
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: being wrong. And that's the thing. That's why I credit
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: guys that give me a culpos when they're wrong. I
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: have a lot of respect for that. Did Derek Jeter
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: spend 40 minutes looking at stats and matchups and breakdowns
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: trying to see who's going to win? Like, no. It
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: might not be the same with every guy. I've heard
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: of that guy.
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: I mean, Derek Jeter, I don't know how to explain
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: because he looks surprised every time he has to talk.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: That is true. That is very true.
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: I mean, he was a great player and all this stuff,
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: but he does not sound like he has anything to offer.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: So maybe he's a different situation. Maybe he's just waiting
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: to get off TV. But I think guys do shows
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: every day. I mean, they'd like to be.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: You'd like to be. That's where you should listen to
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: guys that actually watch and talk about the games. Like Pierzynski.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: They do foul territory, him and Kratz, every day. They
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: watch all these games and talk about it. They know
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: what they're talking about. Trevor Pluth does a phenomenal show
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: with John Boy on Talking Baseball because he watches games
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: and knows it. These guys are three Hall of Famers
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: that want to go out and it's better to have
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: them on TV.
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: Sure.
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: But yeah, I disagree. I do believe that they want
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: to be right because they'll let you know when they are.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: Big Papi has flipped. He's on Milwaukee now, and Padres
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: fans are mad at him. It is what it is.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: You wouldn't have flipped if he wanted to be right.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: And social media has changed this too. We're going to
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: get to Hunter, but social media has changed this too.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: Now that you have, you can get a, the sender
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: receiver model has changed. Now that fans, listeners can actually
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: respond and point out when you're wrong.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: A lot of people like to make sure they're not
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: because they're worried about that. They don't want that smoke online.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: I'm telling you. So, but social media is also where
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: I just went to breakfast today, a place down the
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: street that we all like. And, The pancakes were awesome.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: And then people, why do you hate waffles? Well, I
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: agree with you. What's the matter with French toast? French
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: toast is way better. It's just stand opposed. It's just,
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: it's what all was, was letters to the paper.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Like, yeah, when people didn't care as much, but it
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: was like, now that people are going to try and
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: embarrass you, if you're wrong on, on social media, So
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: they're worried about that because they think it's going to
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: cost them a job because someone doesn't think they know
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: what they're talking about.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: And they're therefore bad analysts. I think that's how some
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: of these guys think. If you think those guys lose
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: any sleep about picks, I'm sorry, man. Orlovsky wants people
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: to know that he knows football. Orlovsky's got different. He's
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: not the Hall of Famer that those other guys are. Well,
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: they're the guys on TV. They're just chirping, having fun.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: I mean, how much stuff does Barkley and Shaq and
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: those guys say that's wrong? Those guys, yeah. There are
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: some guys that really don't probably care as much as others.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: They don't care that much. Barkley talks about his picks
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: every day. I don't know how you don't think he
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: likes being right. Well, he likes being right, but he
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: also doesn't care when he's wrong. That's my thing. I
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: would totally disagree. I don't know how that happens. I
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: think he might care less than some other guys. I
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: don't think he does. I don't think he loses any
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: sleep at all. about that. All right. Hunter Baumgart is
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: going to join us if we can wake him up
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: in the land of fish tacos and 96 degree temperatures
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: and game three of the NLDS Brewers and Padres next
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: year in the huddle Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Drew, Billy,
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: and Armand bringing it to you, the Tuesday edition of
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: the Huddle, game day edition of the Huddle, game three
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: of the NLDS this evening in San Diego. And we're
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: joined by our current electric superhero of the day. He's
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: battling the temperatures. He's battling an early wake up on
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: the West Coast. It is Hunter Baumgart. Hunter, thank you
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: for joining us.
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Good morning, guys. How are you?
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: Good morning. Better now. That's a nice chipper wake up
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: there in the San Diego area. Now, did you go
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: or were inside the hotel? I'm glad you're not doing
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: what I did that got me kicked out of the
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: little area in Fort Myers. Don't go out on that
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: patio and wake everybody up. But in the early heat yesterday,
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: did the elevator music put anybody to sleep or did
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: the sauna that was Petco Park in San Diego keep
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: everybody awake for that workout last night?
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: Yeah, the Padres did to the Brewers what the Brewers
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: did to the Padres. Remember the workout right before game
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: one on last Friday, you had the Brewers playing some
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: elevator music while the Padres did their portion of the
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: workout on the field. And the Padres did exactly that
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: to the Brewers yesterday. Only difference now is the Brewers
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: have a 2-0 lead in the series compared to, you know,
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: an 0-0 series going in on Friday.
• 21:19
  Speaker 5: But yeah, it is hot. I can attest to that.
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: You know, it's different though. Obviously, there's like no humidity there.
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: So that's what's really nice. And so it's not oppressive
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: because of that. It's just obviously really warm. So that'll
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: be something you battle throughout tonight, probably.
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: It gets cooler at night, but it's not that cool.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it looks like it'll be down to 80, though,
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: for game time, or like 85. So I guess it'll
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: cool down a little bit for the night, and I
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: guess it probably won't affect anybody too much. It's still
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: hot for pitchers. As anyone talked about it or made
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: an issue, coaches, players, Hunter?
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: Not really.
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: Dustin May pretty much brushed it off yesterday when we
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: talked to him. And, you know, he said, I don't
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: really sweat a lot. So I don't, I don't really,
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: luckily you don't have that issue.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: And so Kyle Harris feels good about it.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: Which is shocking with that beard and hair that you don't,
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know how you don't just sweat
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: all the time.
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: Small glands. Yukon Cornelius on the mountain and the clinching
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: game for the Brewers. Hunters brought to us by Community
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: Roofing Quality, working at an affordable price, communityroofing.com. So what
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: are your first impressions of the ballpark, the stadium, the
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: setting and, Because you were in there, and it was quiet.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: It was just almost like a museum. And then tonight
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: is going to be the belly of the beast.
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's going to be quite different tonight. It's interesting
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: to go in there, and there's no fans in there
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: during the workout yesterday. And you're thinking to yourself, you're
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: kind of looking around like, this thing is going to
• 22:41
  Speaker 4: be just wild tomorrow when all these fans get in there.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: So it's going to be quite an environment.
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: And Pat Murphy was talking about it a little yesterday, like,
• 22:51
  Speaker 4: when he was the interim manager of the Padres, he's like, well,
• 22:53
  Speaker 4: we didn't have that atmosphere because we didn't really have
• 22:56
  Speaker 4: anything to, anything to, you.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: Know, cheer about.
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: And now it's, they're such in a different place and
• 23:01
  Speaker 4: the organization is such in a different place where they
• 23:03
  Speaker 4: built it up to something that obviously the town is
• 23:06
  Speaker 4: in a frenzy for, and you see the decorations all
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: over town and, and, and much like Milwaukee, that is
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: kind of the theme of what everybody's talking about here,
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: which makes a lot of sense. But, Yeah, it's going
• 23:18
  Speaker 4: to be quite an environment, and obviously they picked Dustin
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: May for a reason, right? A guy who's pitched in
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: nine postseason games, a guy who's pitched on this mound
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: a lot after being with the Dodgers for as long
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: as he was, and a guy who's dominated the Padres
• 23:31
  Speaker 4: this year. And it makes sense that you go with
• 23:34
  Speaker 4: that guy. Obviously, you're hoping that he's better than the
• 23:36
  Speaker 4: September version of himself. May was talking yesterday about Basically,
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: over this last week, it feels like I've kind of
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: worked on some things and feel better. It feels he's
• 23:47
  Speaker 4: in a better place now than he was when the
• 23:50
  Speaker 4: season ended, and hopefully that.
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: Comes to, as he would say, to fruition coming up tonight.
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: Now, looking at Mike Vassallo's game notes for Game 3,
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: the one number that is not very nice is that
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: the Brewers are 6-23 all-time on the road in the playoffs,
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: riding a current average. 11-game losing streak on the road
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: in the playoffs. But streaks are definitely meant to be broken.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: I said it earlier on, Hunter, that if the Brewers
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: get out of the first inning, either with a lead
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: or in a nothing-nothing tie. they win the game here
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: tonight to keep and quell the excitement. And also maybe
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: more than anything, get may into a rhythm. How long
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: do you expect that he could go here tonight? What's
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: your backup plan? Because I think many people just have
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: Bobby Gasser penciled in for game four. But is there
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: a possibility, maybe smelling some blood in the water, that
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: they go and try to pounce with him tonight? Or
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: Chad Patrick still hasn't played, hasn't been a part of this?
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: Who do you think is the next man up after May?
• 24:54
  Speaker 4: They're in a really good spot. They have all their
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: length guys ready and available, right? Shane Drohan, Chad Patrick,
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: Robert Gasser, they're all Kyle Harrison. All their length guys
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: are there and ready, and they haven't really had to
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: use them at all. in the first couple of games.
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: And so that really sets you up. Well, I think
• 25:09
  Speaker 4: if you would have asked Pat Murphy at the start
• 25:11
  Speaker 4: of the series, okay, you're going to Miz and Henderson,
• 25:14
  Speaker 4: and then you're going to have all your length guys
• 25:16
  Speaker 4: available and haven't pitched yet going into game three. I
• 25:19
  Speaker 4: think you would have absolutely taken it because then you
• 25:21
  Speaker 4: can be, you know, then you can have a short
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: leash on Dustin May if you need to.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: So I think they will.
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: I don't think they're going to, you know, if he's
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: clearly doesn't have it early, I think they will get
• 25:31
  Speaker 4: somebody up pretty quick. whoever that may be, whether it
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: be gas or Patrick draw. And it probably depends on
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: where you're at in the lineup and, and those sorts
• 25:38
  Speaker 4: of things. Game four is probably going to be worried about,
• 25:41
  Speaker 4: you know, afterwards, if you're in a position.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: Especially Hunter's wife, I just froze on us. We lost
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: on her for a second. Yeah, that'll happen. Somebody upstairs
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: definitely complained about this jerk talking about the baseball game
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: coming up on five 30 in the morning there. I
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: think we got you back on her. You got us buddy.
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: I got you.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: That's the marine layer out there. That's what happens. It
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: messes with the atmosphere and the Wi-Fi or something like that.
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Hotels are tough. We got you back.
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: We got you back. We were talking about the abundance
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: of pitching that the Brewers have and options. They got options.
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: They do.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: They have a lot of them, and I figure they're
• 26:24
  Speaker 4: in a good spot. So I don't think it's going
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: to be a long leash for May, but I'm hoping
• 26:29
  Speaker 4: he can do what he did earlier this season to
• 26:32
  Speaker 4: the Padres, right?
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: He had a complete game shutout in June.
• 26:35
  Speaker 4: He threw seven one run innings against the Padres on
• 26:38
  Speaker 4: this mound for Milwaukee in August. So like he's been
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: good against this team. Uh, the other outing was six
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: innings of two runs. So a one, two, three ERA
• 26:48
  Speaker 4: against the Padres this year. So you really, you like that.
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: And then we'll see what that does. Nick Pavetta has
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: been good for the Padres too. That's what the birds
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: are going to face tonight.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: All right, Hunter. Um, Who can step up? I know
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: Murph talked yesterday about Freelix contributions. Yelich hasn't had an
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: RBI in the postseason since 2018, but he was at
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: the center of that rally, and the stolen base was huge.
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: His walk got things started. He got the first hit
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: in Game 2 to kind of break the seal. Yeah,
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: so who else is on your radar as someone who
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: we might not expect that could play a role that
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: would help the Brewers spray some champagne in that visiting
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: clubhouse tonight?
• 27:28
  Speaker 4: Yeah, we saw Cooper Pratt kind of play a little
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: bit better, at least offensively. I think he had some
• 27:34
  Speaker 4: better at-bats in Game 2 than Game 1, kind of
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: got the jitters out of the way in Game 1.
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: And I feel like him and Lara, I'd be interested
• 27:43
  Speaker 4: to see how they do as the series go on
• 27:45
  Speaker 4: and the postseason goes on because now they have that experience.
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: Now they have that experience being in front of that
• 27:52
  Speaker 4: type of crowd. Now the road is a lot different.
• 27:54
  Speaker 4: You know, last year when the Brewers went on the road,
• 27:56
  Speaker 4: they had a 2-0 lead, obviously, against the Cubs. That
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: was the first road game in the playoffs for Terang, Freelick,
• 28:04
  Speaker 4: and Ortiz, right? A lot of that lineup, that was
• 28:07
  Speaker 4: the first road game for them because when they had
• 28:10
  Speaker 4: made the postseason, they had played in that wildcard series, 23-24.
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: And so they hadn't played a road game since 21.
• 28:15
  Speaker 4: The organization hadn't, and a lot of guys weren't on
• 28:17
  Speaker 4: that team. So I just wonder how that affects them.
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: And look, that affected them last year at Wrigley Field.
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: That environment was wild. And I expect nothing different coming
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: up tonight. So I am interested to see what those
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: guys can do and if maybe they are able to
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: settle down a bit because they have those two games
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: under their belt.
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: So those are a couple guys. Also, Garrett Mitchell. I'm
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: interested to see what he can do.
• 28:43
  Speaker 4: I feel like he's just kind of on the cusp
• 28:45
  Speaker 4: of really– helping this team in the postseason, and I
• 28:50
  Speaker 4: feel like he can unleash it at any time.
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: Hit that bell for Hunter getting a Garrett Mitchell in here.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: There you go. Billy's on that. That's what I'm talking about. Now,
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: one other California cat that I'm excited for. He was
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: my pick to click a couple of minutes ago when
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: we did this with Jake Bowers. It was after the
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: San Diego series. I don't know if it was in L.A.
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: or still in San Diego when he said, we need
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: to chill out a little bit. I need to chill
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: out a little bit. He hasn't necessarily been cooled off
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: since that point, but he's dealing with like 14 injuries
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: and just missed one with a wall scraper on Sunday.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: What's your belief in that spot? And have we now
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: seen it's going to be pinch hitter bust for Andrew Vaughn?
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: And that first base job is Jake Bowers here in
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: the playoffs and we'll figure out when you can see 28. Yeah,
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: I think so.
• 29:44
  Speaker 4: Just because, you know, the other place you could put
• 29:47
  Speaker 4: him in is DH, but I just don't see them
• 29:50
  Speaker 4: putting in Vaughn over Yelich. I just don't, from what
• 29:52
  Speaker 4: Pat Murphy has said, you know, Pat Murphy's actions, I
• 29:55
  Speaker 4: just don't necessarily think that Yelich is not going to
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: be in the starting lineup for a playoff game. And so, yeah,
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: Vaughn is your pinch hitter then. Cause I don't think
• 30:05
  Speaker 4: I lefty righty doesn't matter. I don't think you can
• 30:07
  Speaker 4: take Bowers out of the lineup either.
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: And so, yeah.
• 30:10
  Speaker 5: And that's fine. Vaughn gives you a really good pinch
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: hit appearance.
• 30:13
  Speaker 4: Almost every time that guy steps to the plate, like
• 30:16
  Speaker 4: even the one against Mason Miller, like it was, it
• 30:18
  Speaker 4: was still a decent at bat and he battled and
• 30:20
  Speaker 4: got some pitches on a Miller in that, in that
• 30:22
  Speaker 4: frame or in that at bat.
• 30:24
  Speaker 3: So, I think that is the case with him. Yeah.
• 30:26
  Speaker 5: Bowers, you know, he's so good, obviously all regular season long.
• 30:29
  Speaker 4: I have a feeling he's, he could be, he could
• 30:32
  Speaker 4: be a key here, whether it's tonight, whether it's tomorrow,
• 30:35
  Speaker 4: whether it's in the, in the next year, whatever it is,
• 30:38
  Speaker 4: he's going to have, I feel like he's going to
• 30:39
  Speaker 4: have a post-season moment just because he, his, you know,
• 30:42
  Speaker 4: his mental state has been such in a good spot
• 30:45
  Speaker 4: this year. And that has helped him so much at
• 30:47
  Speaker 4: the plate. And I feel like that can only, you know,
• 30:49
  Speaker 4: carry to the carry into the post-season and, and hopefully,
• 30:52
  Speaker 4: you know, he, The defense hasn't been as good as
• 30:55
  Speaker 4: probably he'd like it. He'd probably tell you that, that
• 30:57
  Speaker 4: the defense in the first two games for him has
• 30:59
  Speaker 4: not been up to the par that he's usually had,
• 31:02
  Speaker 4: and that's why you like him out there as well.
• 31:05
  Speaker 4: So hopefully he's able to improve that a little bit
• 31:08
  Speaker 4: as well.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he had a wall scraper. He's been close.
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: Speaking of defense, Hunter, just in general, the Brewers' defense
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: hasn't been what we've come to expect. They've been able
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: to survive it both ways, but do you expect this
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: team to finally– play a clean defensive game. I mean,
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: it's been a little surprising to.
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: See the errors and things like that. Good thing they've
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: survived it. And not covering first.
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: Not covering first. That was kind of an awkward play
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: as well. Thankfully, Ashby got out of that one. They
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: picked themselves up, but they'd be well off to not
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: put themselves in those situations again.
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the thing.
• 31:40
  Speaker 4: Again, the only way I feel like they're going to
• 31:43
  Speaker 4: lose a series here is if, I mean, you know,
• 31:47
  Speaker 4: the Dodgers or the Dodgers maybe, but otherwise, I don't know.
• 31:50
  Speaker 4: I feel like the only way they're going to lose
• 31:51
  Speaker 4: a series is if they beat themselves and they do
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: those types of things, right? And they commit a series
• 31:55
  Speaker 4: of errors and, and you obviously, that was, you know,
• 31:58
  Speaker 4: tied at the season high for errors on Sunday. And
• 32:01
  Speaker 4: that's just not what you see from this team. Just,
• 32:02
  Speaker 4: they're so good fundamentally that when, when, you know, when
• 32:07
  Speaker 4: it's a, they don't just, they just don't commit errors,
• 32:10
  Speaker 4: whether it be physically or mentally, right? The mistakes like
• 32:13
  Speaker 4: that are just weird to see. So, they were able
• 32:15
  Speaker 4: to win a game despite that, which I think is huge.
• 32:18
  Speaker 4: And now since it's so rare for this 2026 version
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: of the Brewers and really any recent version of the Brewers,
• 32:25
  Speaker 4: but for, for the 2026 Brewers to commit that many errors,
• 32:29
  Speaker 4: you don't, I just don't think it's going to happen
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: necessarily again. And so the Padres may have lost, you know, the,
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: the ability to take advantage of a game where the
• 32:37
  Speaker 4: Brewers were off their game and especially the first two. So,
• 32:40
  Speaker 4: It is a different animal, though, on the road. So
• 32:42
  Speaker 4: I do wonder if that plays in a role at all,
• 32:45
  Speaker 4: because we have seen kind of the rust, I think,
• 32:47
  Speaker 4: in the first game defensively a little bit kind of
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: need to be kicked off. And then game two was
• 32:53
  Speaker 4: just a kind of uncharacteristically poor game defensively. Do you
• 32:57
  Speaker 4: then in game three, is it poor because you're on
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: the road? I don't necessarily think so. I feel like
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: their defense improves tonight.
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: All right. Speaking of defense. This is one that if
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: you can get Murph to the side, I don't know
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: if it's a podium question or not. And I will
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: ask you because you're watching the workouts. Are Vaughn and
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: Freelick taking ground balls at third base before games? Vaughn is.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: Vaughn is. Well, that tells me because they hit for Pratt.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: They hit for Hamilton. Yeah. He's went in and ran
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: for Sanchez. So if that game, if they'd only scored
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: one run and tied that game and gone to extra innings,
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: you're looking at Vaughn at third base. Either Vaughn or
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: Freelick because they don't have anybody else. Lara's the only
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: player they had left on the bench. Yeah.
• 33:38
  Speaker 4: Well, no, I think so. I think Vaughn is a
• 33:42
  Speaker 4: possibility at third base. It's not going to happen unless
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: it's an emergency, but I think, yeah.
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Extra innings is an emergency. Yeah, it'd be the emergency.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: And he's at least played the position, you know? Yeah,
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: so I'm just wondering if Freelick's an option there or
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: if he's even– done it. They remember in spring training,
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: like they tried to, that was hot. That was a
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: hot conversation. Yeah. I don't, I have not seen.
• 34:04
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: I haven't seen him necessarily taking ground balls a third.
• 34:08
  Speaker 4: I think that would be more of an outlier, but
• 34:09
  Speaker 4: I do think Vaughn is if you're in a situation
• 34:12
  Speaker 4: like you were on Sunday night, I think that is
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: a possibility. And I mean, part of what the Brewers
• 34:17
  Speaker 4: do too, is they move everybody around in that infield
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: and you kind of take grounders at different positions just
• 34:21
  Speaker 4: so you're ready for anything. which I think is smart
• 34:24
  Speaker 4: to do, and you kind of see the different views
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: of the field and everything like that, especially on a
• 34:28
  Speaker 4: road park.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: So that's what they were doing a little bit yesterday.
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: But yeah, I don't think he'll start a game there,
• 34:34
  Speaker 4: but if you're in a situation like you were in
• 34:35
  Speaker 4: the ninth inning and then you had to go to
• 34:37
  Speaker 4: the 10th on Sunday, Vaughn, it's a possibility.
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: You had to have one of those guys go into
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: extra innings, Ryan Braun over at third base or Andrew
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: Vaughn over at third base? I was just going to
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: say that.
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: Because Braun played it. I mean, not well, but he
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: played it. He was yikes over there at third base, though.
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: That was his whole rookie year, right? You're closing your
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: eyes either way. Yeah, you're holding your breath, that's for sure.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: Either way.
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: Classic.
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: All right, Hunter, go out and get yourself a nice lunch.
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: Fish tacos are delicious.
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: The sunrise is in an hour there. All right, so
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: you can thank us for.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: Getting up for the sunrise. Thank you. Are you walking
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: distance to the ballpark?
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I am.
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: Okay. That's a good spot to be. There's a lot
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: of activity around there. It's going to, you're going to
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: see it building. I know you got, you got to
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: get to the ballpark early to cover these games because
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: of the pressers and stuff, but you'll, you'll feel it
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: as you, as you're walking around, you'll feel that something
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: big is going to happen.
• 35:30
  Speaker 3: For sure.
• 35:31
  Speaker 4: I mean, the energy is definitely, you know, through the roof,
• 35:34
  Speaker 4: you could kind of feel it yesterday and obviously there
• 35:37
  Speaker 4: it's going to be amped up today.
• 35:39
  Speaker 3: I'm cool.
• 35:39
  Speaker 4: I'm excited to see this atmosphere, see what it's like.
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: Hopefully it's, maybe even a little cooler than they expect
• 35:45
  Speaker 4: by the game time when the sun's going down. And hey,
• 35:49
  Speaker 4: let's see if the Brewers can win this thing in
• 35:50
  Speaker 4: three and snap this long drought of not winning 11-game
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: losing streak in the, as you mentioned, the road playoff
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: losing streak of 11 games. So let's switch that around
• 36:02
  Speaker 4: tonight and not make this thing go any longer than
• 36:04
  Speaker 4: it needs to.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: Sounds good to me. Thanks, Hunter.
• 36:07
  Speaker 3: Thanks, guys.
• 36:08
  Speaker 4: Pre-game show at 7.30 tonight on Fox Sports 920.
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: All right. Outstanding.
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: Thanks, Hunter.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: Hunter Baumgart, our current electric superhero of the day for
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: making the trip, getting up early yesterday, joining us on
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: the way to the airport today, joining us as we
• 36:20
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• 36:24
  Speaker 1: to be over at my parents' house tomorrow.
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: Outstanding.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: So callcurrent.com, place to get your house winter ready and
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: save 200 bucks in the month of October, Drew. Fantastic.
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: Thought Pops would want to do it himself. He's smart.
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: He's smart. The electrical, I'm going to leave up to
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: current electrical. Exactly. I'll do some of the other stuff.
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: I'll move furniture. I'll leave that to the pros. You're
• 36:44
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• 36:51
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• 36:56
  Speaker 1: Check the box. When we slide down the back of
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: the dinosaur today, it's our last Tuesday in the mornings.
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: Moving to... Next week. Club no longer going up on
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: a Tuesday morning, just into the happy hour huddle. 2
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: to 5 p.m. The huddle moves to the afternoons on 920,
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: 1070 and all of our streaming outlets. Looking forward to.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: How long will the adjustment be for us, you think?
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: Good question. Because I'll still probably be getting up early.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: I get up early on weekends now. It'll take time.
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: It'll take time. Listen, I end up getting up whenever
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: the two human alarm clocks get up. So probably still
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: pretty early. However, I will start stretching the bedtime for
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: myself quite instantly. Now, Thursday night, Monday night football, I
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: anticipate Monday night I'll probably be up until about 1130.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: My wife likes to go to bed early, and she's like,
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: can we keep doing this? Because I like that the
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: house is shut down early. Whereas before, I'd be up
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: watching TV, playing guitar, screwing around. Yeah, my PS5 is
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: going to get a lot more of a workout now,
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: which I'm excited about. That's easy to say when you
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: don't have to get up as early, though. You know
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: what I mean? Like, oh, let's just go to bed earlier.
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's easy to say when you don't have to
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: make sure you're watching stuff.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: At night and get up that early. So it'll be better.
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: When we'll adjust, I'm not sure. But you're right. On
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: Saturday morning, it's 545, 6 o'clock.
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: And I'm looking to fry some bacon or do something
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: because I need to do something because I'm up and
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: at them.
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: That's the thing about it. You said sun's coming up.
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: I got cakes on the griddle. Cakes on the griddle.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: Let's go.
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: How early can we cut the grass? But now it'll
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: take a few days. It'll take a few days. But
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: I was lamenting to Billy that I lost my ability
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: to have my hero complex for getting up so early
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: kind of fed. Now it's like, well, you could always
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: kind of side-eye everybody because you got up so early
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: for work. You know the real blue collar stuff that
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: I like to propagate?
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: No, I can't do that anymore now. Not going to happen. No, unfortunately,
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: I'm just another guy bum sleeping in. Another bum sleeping out.
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: You can't put on that fake reflective vest and go
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: hang out with the guys at Quick Trip and try
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: to act like you're blue collar.
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: No matter what you do in life, if you get
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: up that early for work, you can't think of yourself
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: as a bum at least. But now that hero complex
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: is gone. Boy, Armand, you get up that early for, oh, yeah, well, yeah,
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: you know, you just got to do it.
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: Now I got to get up at the crack of noon. Yeah. Yeah,
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: that will be a nice thing. I am very, very
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: excited for that adjustment because it has been a definite,
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: definite change. Now, I'm excited to also be able to
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: watch throughout all of Thursday night, Monday night football. Now,
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: I guess we get to watch the Falcons potentially again
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: on a primetime game. They're on Sunday night football. They
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: were unreal last night. We thought that was bad. Now
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: it might be good to watch them. Yeah, maybe makes
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: feel maybe a tick better. The run game, though, that
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers are going to face coming up
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: this week, Drew, Not much different than that Atlanta one
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: that just went all over New Orleans last night. Five
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: TDs on the ground?
• 39:55
  Speaker 3: My goodness.
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: Come on, Brewers. Let's keep this thing rolling so we
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: don't have to think right away. Who was president the
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: last time the Packers had a rushing touchdown? Well, currently,
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: they're going for their fifth straight game if they don't
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: get a rushing touchdown this week, Drew, which would be
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: the second longest streak to start a year in Packers history.
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: They've been playing football for a while.
• 40:17
  Speaker 5: Yikes.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: Well, tomorrow we're back at it. We're going to take
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: a nap. We're going to watch the game. Maybe there
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: will be a champagne celly tonight, late night. Come on.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: In San Diego. Put this thing to bed, finish it,
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: and get Hunter and yourselves on the plane home. Let's
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: do it. If not, we'll be looking back at game
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: three and looking ahead to game four because that's the
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: way we roll. Thanks for hanging out with us. Our
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: last Tuesday show in the mornings. We'll see you at
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: 5 a.m. tomorrow. Peace.