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PCA’s EPIC weekend, Cubs make MLB HISTORY, Scherzer TURNS BACK TIME, Rizzo’s HILARIOUS Chapman story · Ross and Rizzo Unfiltered

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  Speaker 1: There's something about the warm summer air and a cold
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  Speaker 1: corona with lime that makes the roar of the crowd
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  Speaker 2: are always wherever you're sitting.
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  Speaker 1: Whether it's a weeknight game under the lights or a
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  Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon in the sun, you know baseball isn't about
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  Speaker 1: rushing around. It's about settling in, letting the game come
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  Speaker 1: to you. And nothing pairs better than an ice-cold corona.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing. So find your seat, your corona, and your lime.
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  Speaker 2: Because real fans know the only thing better than nine
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  Speaker 1: by Crown Imports, Chicago, Illinois.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to another episode of Ross and Rizzo Unfiltered.
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  Speaker 2: The baseball season has made it to September. It's September 1st.
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  Speaker 2: Hallelujah for me as a player whenever September hit, Rossi.
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  Speaker 2: It was angry August was over and the light now
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  Speaker 2: is at the end of the tunnel for the grind
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  Speaker 2: and gauntlet of the season. Man, it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a good September, Rossi.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, September, I always thought separate the men from the boys,
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  Speaker 1: and we're about to hit that month where everybody's making
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  Speaker 1: that playoff push. You're watching the standings. We're watching way more.
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  Speaker 1: But before we get into what's going on immediately, I
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  Speaker 1: want to talk about the weekend, bro. Congratulations, first of all,
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  Speaker 1: on being selected on the best 150 players in Cubs history,
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  Speaker 1: 150-year anniversary. You had a whole weekend of seeing all
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  Speaker 1: the boys, celebrating Jon Lester, Jody Davis in Chicago. Tell
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  Speaker 1: me about that, bro. You had Sunday night baseball, Reds, Cubs.
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  Speaker 1: It looked like an amazing weekend in Chicago.
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  Speaker 2: It was awesome. I mean, it started with the 150-year
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  Speaker 2: anniversary team, top 150 players. And there's never been that
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  Speaker 2: many Cubs greats all there at one time. And it
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  Speaker 2: was so cool because it was generation to generation to generation.
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  Speaker 2: And I heard Derek Lee talking about how he got
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  Speaker 2: to see his heroes that he watched growing up. And
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  Speaker 2: that was Hawk, right? And Sean Dunstan and Sutcliffe and Maddox.
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  Speaker 2: And then I'm talking about how I got to see
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  Speaker 2: my heroes there. And Derek Lee, right? Sammy Sosa played
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  Speaker 2: against Aramis. So just Billy Williams was there. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it was really special to be there and be part
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  Speaker 2: of that and that team and Have Lester there for
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  Speaker 2: his Hall of Fame induction on Sunday was really special.
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  Speaker 2: Your boys with Soriano. Alfonso Soriano. I got to hang
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  Speaker 2: out with him. Sori was holding the baby. I remember
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  Speaker 2: to this day, after games, working out with Soriano in
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  Speaker 2: the weight room and seeing his son, little Sori, right
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  Speaker 2: next to him working out. I always said to myself,
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  Speaker 2: I was 22, 23 years old, man, I can't wait
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  Speaker 2: for that day. right? Sorry. We'd be doing lunges and
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  Speaker 2: his little story would be doing lunges right next to him.
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  Speaker 2: And then now fast forward, 15 years later and Alfonso
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  Speaker 2: Soriano was holding my baby. And it was just, it
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  Speaker 2: was a whole aha moment. It was, it was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: That's awesome. Like amazing weekend. Our boy Lester got, got
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  Speaker 2: all the love. And then the game that was fun, man.
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  Speaker 2: First time in the booth. So Benetti and cowboy Jeff Brantley,
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  Speaker 2: and then Joey Votto was inside the pitch. and it
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  Speaker 2: was fun man telling the stories just the booth is
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  Speaker 2: the booth is a different beast rossi yeah i like
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  Speaker 2: the booth you uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know i listened i tuned in i thought the
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  Speaker 1: dynamic between you and joey talking hitting and approach and
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  Speaker 1: how different you guys is kind of take on different
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  Speaker 1: at bats and what y'all were looking for and then
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  Speaker 1: cowboy chiming in on like where he liked to pitch
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  Speaker 1: and and how he set guys up i thought you
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  Speaker 1: guys did a really good job and it was fun
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  Speaker 1: to It was definitely a fun dynamic list. Two great
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  Speaker 1: hitters talk hitting and approach, especially the left-on-left stuff. And
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  Speaker 1: Joey's so cerebral and can explain things really well. It
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  Speaker 1: was fun to dive into his brain and your brain
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  Speaker 1: a little bit and how different they were.
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  Speaker 2: It was cool. And you got to see our boy PCA.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck, bro? You got to watch that live. Bro,
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  Speaker 2: five homers in two days. Three homers on Saturday, which
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  Speaker 2: I think was so cool because we're all there. You
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  Speaker 2: know what was really cool? We were all pregame down
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  Speaker 2: in the cage and all the current Cubs players are
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  Speaker 2: hitting and we were just watching them hit and then
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  Speaker 2: PCA goes out and puts on an absolute show, right?
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  Speaker 2: Three home runs. I mean, bro, he's just unstoppable. I
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  Speaker 2: was talking to John Maley a lot who was my
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  Speaker 2: hitting coach and our hitting coach when we were there.
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  Speaker 2: Him and Eric Henske were so instrumental in my life
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  Speaker 2: as far as approach and just seeing Mailey talking to
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  Speaker 2: Mailey about PCA's progress and his evolution, all the maturity
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  Speaker 2: and just him talking and diving in it. Like I
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  Speaker 2: just felt, man, I just, I saw that was what
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  Speaker 2: I used to do. Right. And that's like, it made
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  Speaker 2: me happy to hear PCA's really diving in to John
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  Speaker 2: Mailey more and hear the approach, every approach, every at
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  Speaker 2: bat is, Hey Mailey, what do you got? What do
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  Speaker 2: you got? What do you got? So, It's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun to watch, man. He is no doubt on
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  Speaker 2: his way to his first MVP. The Cubbies need him.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to need his best bullets come this stretch.
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  Speaker 1: Well, like you said, we talked about this. It feels
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  Speaker 1: like every episode, but the MVP race feels like it's
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  Speaker 1: just getting more and more in his favor with Otani
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  Speaker 1: not pitching and getting pushed back again and what Pete's doing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, leading.
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  Speaker 1: All of baseball in OPS with a 9.54. What is
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  Speaker 1: going on? I mean, the numbers are insane. And they've
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  Speaker 1: got a big task ahead of them. Last night, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they got started a four-game series with the Brewers.
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  Speaker 2: You know, nine home runs. How about those fireworks? What?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they came out. I turned the game on
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  Speaker 2: in the second or third. I'm like, four-nothing. Or whatever
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  Speaker 2: the score was. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, it's, it's, we talk about PCA so much,
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  Speaker 1: but Alex Bregman has locked it the fuck in. And
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  Speaker 1: he is, he's the guy that, that we always knew
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  Speaker 1: he would be and started off a little bit slow,
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  Speaker 1: but what a great time for him to get hot
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  Speaker 1: for the Chicago Cubs. Say is swinging the bat really well.
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  Speaker 1: The guys behind Pete are really, you know, stepping up
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  Speaker 1: and you're not able to pitch around him because the
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  Speaker 1: guys behind him are absolutely crushing. So lineups getting deeper
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  Speaker 1: and deeper. I know.
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  Speaker 2: I love their lineup, bro. That line. Oh man. When
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  Speaker 2: I look at the Cubs lineup, it is so nicely constructed.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like every guy compliments each other. And, I mean, bro,
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  Speaker 2: they hit nine home runs yesterday. Nine. That's a franchise record.
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  Speaker 2: They hit 62 to cap off August. 62 home runs
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  Speaker 2: in the month of August. Another franchise record. Most in
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  Speaker 2: MLB history, Rossi, 62 home runs in the month. Bregman
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  Speaker 2: hits three home runs last night. He hit three home
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  Speaker 2: runs August 12th. He had two three-homer games in one month.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? Six in two days. That's
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  Speaker 1: like a whole season for me. If I got six,
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  Speaker 1: I'm jacked.
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  Speaker 2: That's insane. It's insane. So big, big, big win at
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  Speaker 2: Wrigley last night. They lose two or three to the Reds.
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  Speaker 2: They have the Brewers coming in town. Look, they control
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  Speaker 2: their destiny off the Brewers. And I was talking to
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  Speaker 2: counsel when we were interviewing for NBC, and he's like, look,
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  Speaker 2: we're chasing what's on pace to be a 100-win team.
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  Speaker 2: If we don't catch them, it's the best team in baseball, right?
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  Speaker 2: So that's one way, I guess, of looking at it.
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  Speaker 2: Because I had asked, and I want your kind of
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  Speaker 2: opinion on this, Rossi, at what point for the Cubs,
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  Speaker 2: do they really turn to the home field wildcard as
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  Speaker 2: being their prize instead of the division? Because remember, there
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  Speaker 2: was years after we won the World Series where if
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  Speaker 2: we didn't win the division, it wasn't good enough and
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  Speaker 2: it was a letdown, and then you almost take making
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs for granted.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I love that take. I think you always
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  Speaker 1: got to keep your eye on the highest goal, but
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  Speaker 1: you know, as well as I do, the best teams
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  Speaker 1: are just taking it day to day, right. And try
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  Speaker 1: to be the best version of yourself. There's time, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they need to get Dan to be back and healthy.
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  Speaker 1: That'd be a nice addition back. And the guys have,
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  Speaker 1: Nico's done a nice job at short and taking over.
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  Speaker 1: But you got to keep your eye on the day
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  Speaker 1: to day to me, once you start looking at what
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  Speaker 1: you can predict, right? Like if you keep your head
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  Speaker 1: down and doing the pitch to pitch stuff, you just
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  Speaker 1: want to be playing really good baseball and, the teams
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  Speaker 1: that are hot going into October are the ones that
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  Speaker 1: you usually bet on and having a little bit of that.
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  Speaker 1: And their offense is so good, the best in baseball, man.
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  Speaker 1: They're up and down the lineup, like you said, quality
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  Speaker 1: at bats. They've got power. They've got some speed. They
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  Speaker 1: can beat you with contact.
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  Speaker 2: They know how to play the game. They have starting
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  Speaker 2: pitching now too, bro. Yeah, yeah. You know, like Clay, Gaussman,
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  Speaker 2: Shota's got to be a little– just keep the ball
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  Speaker 2: in the park.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: They have Assad down there in AAA, which that's pretty
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  Speaker 2: head-scratching because he's such a good swing man. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: their bullpen's a little low. But, I mean, like in 15, Rossi,
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  Speaker 2: when we made the playoffs and we were the wildcard team,
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  Speaker 2: we were so happy. We celebrated like we were winning
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  Speaker 2: every single game. was like we were winning the World Series, right?
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  Speaker 2: And being in that wildcard was good enough for us. 16,
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  Speaker 2: it was the division. Then 18, we go to the wildcard.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't even celebrate because we went to a one-game
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  Speaker 2: playoff and all this stuff, so. That's why I was
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  Speaker 2: just wondering, like, I want to make sure if they
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  Speaker 2: don't catch the Brewers that they're still excited and happy
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  Speaker 2: that they're in the wild card. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: Because sometimes it can be a letdown.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I never understood the teams that didn't celebrate just
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  Speaker 1: getting in and then they were still, you know, some
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  Speaker 1: of these teams. I get it if you're 10 games
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  Speaker 1: up in the division, but celebrate every chance you get,
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  Speaker 1: I think, in baseball because it's hard. It's hard to
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  Speaker 1: make the playoffs. It's hard to get in and each
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  Speaker 1: year is unique. So, I think they'll celebrate that once
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  Speaker 1: they clinch, and I'm sure they've still got the eye
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  Speaker 1: on home field. Home field's a big deal, especially with
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  Speaker 1: the Phillies.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt, bro. The Phillies are hot. And they're playing.
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  Speaker 1: The Cubs are so good at home in that environment
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  Speaker 1: behind you. Those fans really can get to rocking, and
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  Speaker 1: it really does make a difference. And the flip side
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  Speaker 1: of that is one of these teams, especially going to Philly,
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  Speaker 1: that place could be crazy, or San Diego, whoever it is.
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  Speaker 2: Um it could be wild but a little.
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  Speaker 1: Bit of drama let's let's transition you know we lots
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  Speaker 1: of drama not no not going not knowing what was
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  Speaker 1: going on with Cattell Marte and that's kind of been
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  Speaker 1: a saga over the last you know 10 days and
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  Speaker 1: going back and forth with with him and Torrey um
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  Speaker 1: you know he was back yesterday got some boos from
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  Speaker 1: the fans uh one of the one of their premier
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  Speaker 1: players and a guy I think one of the best
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  Speaker 1: second baseman in the league this guy absolutely rakes but
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: sounds like there's a little bit of drama that we
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  Speaker 1: had some of that on our 16 team that was,
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  Speaker 1: we can, we can kind of relate to.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, this is their star player and it
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  Speaker 2: seems like these reports coming out or just, he didn't
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  Speaker 2: show up to the field. He may have been injured.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like he's done this before in the passing.
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  Speaker 2: I know he did it last year. It's documented, but
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  Speaker 2: even there's some reports coming out that he's been doing
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  Speaker 2: this and man, as a, as a player in that
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  Speaker 2: clubhouse where I see, I'm just, I, I shake my head, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like if, what are we doing? Right. We're all grinding.
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  Speaker 2: We're all here. And, um, our best player is, is
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  Speaker 2: acting like almost a prima Donna in a way, right?
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  Speaker 2: Where it's like, ah, I don't feel like coming to
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  Speaker 2: the field today. What, what do you mean? You know
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  Speaker 2: how many times I didn't want to go to the
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  Speaker 2: field in August? That's not even, you know what I mean? Right.
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  Speaker 2: I'm with you. So I put my, I put my
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  Speaker 2: manager hat on.
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  Speaker 1: I think about Tori Lovello and what he, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you have your star player, any player, you, you
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  Speaker 1: gotta have their back.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: And as much as it may frustrate you, he's not
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  Speaker 1: going to say that stuff publicly. And, um, your teammates
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  Speaker 1: may be pissed, uh, but you know, as well as
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  Speaker 1: I do, like you can be mad, but his family, right. And,
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  Speaker 1: and when your brother comes back and comes back home
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  Speaker 1: and has gotten in trouble and done some dumb stuff.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to put your arms around them and love
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  Speaker 1: on them and try to get on this. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they're in the middle of a playoff chase trying to
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  Speaker 1: get into, to October, uh, right there at the wild card,
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  Speaker 1: that last team and fighting it out with, with the
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  Speaker 1: Padres and in their division. And, um, you hate to
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  Speaker 1: see that stuff happen and you hate to see guys
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  Speaker 1: get that mentally down and, and God.
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  Speaker 2: It pisses you off. I'm sure.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, they held serve for a little while and, um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from a manager standpoint, you try to have
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  Speaker 1: those tough conversations. I know Torrey really well, and he's
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  Speaker 1: loving on him.
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  Speaker 2: I know Mike Hazen really well as well. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he has the best reputation in the league, I feel like.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and none of this stuff's going to phase, like,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Hazen. Mike Hazen's dealt with some shit in his day.
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  Speaker 1: You know, his wife, you know, told him a lot
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  Speaker 1: of stuff, passed away.
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  Speaker 2: Like, you know, no.
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  Speaker 1: Nonsense, I'm sure, from them, but also, like, hey, let's
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  Speaker 1: help this young man out and try to get him
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  Speaker 1: back in the right frame of mind to help us
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  Speaker 1: win some baseball games and kind of, work through some
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  Speaker 1: stuff in the offseason as best we can.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah, it sucks, man. I like what you said about,
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  Speaker 2: which is true, right? You go into a clubhouse and
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  Speaker 2: you're brothers. So if someone does make a bonehead, if
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  Speaker 2: someone pops off to the media or does something stupid
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  Speaker 2: off the field, you come in and you say, dude,
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  Speaker 2: what the fuck are you doing, right? Like, in a
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  Speaker 2: brotherly way, you talk about it, you fight about it,
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  Speaker 2: and then you get over it in literally the same
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  Speaker 2: five to seven minute breath, five to seven minute conversation. Which,
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  Speaker 2: You know, you roll your eyes. You saw some of
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  Speaker 2: their players just be like, yeah, it is what it is.
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  Speaker 2: This is what he does. Right? Rolling their eyes at it.
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  Speaker 2: But then he comes in. He says some things to
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  Speaker 2: the media. I guess maybe lost in translation. Do you
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  Speaker 2: have a message to the fans? He said no. He
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  Speaker 2: didn't have a message to the fans, but that could
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  Speaker 2: have been lost in translation. But then after the game, Rossi,
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  Speaker 2: he's talking to the media, wearing a hat, saying the
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  Speaker 2: bridges I burned today. light the path tomorrow, whatever it said. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: The bridges I burn light the way.
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  Speaker 2: Right. So, uh, may the bridges I burn light the way.
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  Speaker 2: Come on. Come on, man. Like you're in the casino
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  Speaker 2: while your team's grinding, when all this stuff's going on,
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  Speaker 2: then you're wearing this hat. Like I, what, what are
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  Speaker 2: we doing? Yeah. I don't know. I don't, it's, it's hard.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard. I, I want to always be pro player.
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  Speaker 2: But this one's really hard for me to just, from
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  Speaker 2: the outside looking in, saying, what? It just doesn't make sense. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully his explanation to his team when he addresses those
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  Speaker 1: has some passion and some sincerity behind it. It's always hard,
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  Speaker 1: especially when you have a translator talking to the media,
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  Speaker 1: to feel the genuine authenticity of the messages. But, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you. I root for players. you know, as
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  Speaker 1: a manager, you put on those hats and it's just
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  Speaker 1: those tough conversations and trying to get inside somebody's brain
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  Speaker 1: and have them communicate with you, especially when it's just
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  Speaker 1: the dude, right?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you hear he doesn't want to be in
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  Speaker 2: Arizona anymore. What I do know for sure is when
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: you have something like this with mixed reports and no
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  Speaker 2: one knows what's going on. The only real people who
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  Speaker 2: know are in that clubhouse. There's so many things throughout
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  Speaker 2: our careers that things that were said to the media
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  Speaker 2: were like, yeah, that's not even close to what's going on.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we dealt with Tommy LaStella. Remember the Tommy LaStella
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  Speaker 1: stuff in Chicago?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they sent him down. He was our best pinch hitter.
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  Speaker 2: And they sent Tommy down, and the whole team was pissed.
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  Speaker 2: And Tommy said, I'm not going down. I'm going home.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: I'm out. If you're going to send me down. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: And then we got mad at Tommy, and I loved him. Right, right, right.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: But again, it was like Tommy came back, dressed the team,
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: and then we were all hugging him, loving him, and
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: so excited he was back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: such a big part of our group. There's just so
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: much more that goes into it. Rossi, let's get into
• 17:12
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• 17:19
  Speaker 2: let's go. Max Scherzer. Turning back the clock, young man.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: Oh, man.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: 42. 42, bro. Jeez. Bro, I'm rooting for the old
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: guys all the time. He was nasty, man. I mean,
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: one hit.
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: 42 years old and 34 days became the oldest pitcher
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: to have 10 Ks and allow one hit since Nolan
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: Ryan in 1991. There's only two guys that have done that.
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: That's pretty good company.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: Is that good? That's pretty good company. That's really good.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: It's always nice to see the old guys. They're rolling, too,
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: Blue Jays. Game and a half back. They need him.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Final wallet card. Yeah. His interview after the game, they
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: were like, oh, were you surprised? He's like, no, I
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: always knew I could do this. I'm like, Max, you've
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: been hurt for the last five years, it seems like.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: But that's his edge, bro. He is so competitive. He's
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: so competitive. I love it. Screaming at the manager coming
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: out in the sixth saying, I'm going back out. There's
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: some of those guys you're like, I wish I would
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: have played with that guy.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: His intensity is like one of those, like, I would
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: have loved because, you know, I was an angry player, too,
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: and needed to go to that level.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: So, Um, it's fun to watch him kind.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: Of compete and talk to himself and reminds me a
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: little bit of Jake PD when he's, when he's motherfucking
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: himself on, on the, on the mound, just trying to
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: psych himself up to get nasty.
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: So great outing. Welcome back.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Max, uh, passes Gaylord Perry for ninth all time and strikeouts.
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: That's absolutely insane. Over 3,500 strikeouts.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Is that?
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: He's a punch of my ticket a time or two.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: That's for sure. That is for sure. It's great. 42, 42. That's,
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: that's impressive. I'm 30. I just turned 37 or I'll see.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: And I, so I was in the, um, we were
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: down in the cages at Wrigley and someone goes, I
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: think you'd have to traject right now. The machine that's
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: that all these guys hit off of before the game.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: I'm like, no, I can't. It hurts watching these guys play.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: And Max doing it at 42. How old were you?
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: You were, what, 39 when you retired? 39, yep. Hatcher.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know if you know this.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: He's like the oldest guy ever to go deep in
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: game seven. But it's not about me. But I was
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: just at 39 years old.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: Wow. You know what? I did know that. I did
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: know that. All right. Enough about me. Let's get into
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: the Orioles. Orioles go out and they claim Luis Robert Jr.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: from the Mets. The Orioles are right there in it.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: They're one game back of the final wild card. They
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: trade Adley Rutschman. the deadline to the Red Sox. And
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: then they go on this run. I feel like all
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: the pressure there's a lot of expectations on the Orioles,
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: and then they sell at the deadline, and I feel
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: like it was an exhale. All right, let's just go
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: play instead of trying to live up to these expectations.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: And they've been rolling. They're 7-3 in their last 10.
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: This team could be a little scary if they get in.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Well, the fact that they're willing to continue to push
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: and pick up a guy like Luis Roberts Jr. and
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: still try to get the potential out of him. I mean,
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: you know, he was one of the best players in
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: baseball when he's with the White Sox.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: And I don't know. 38 home runs in 23, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: I mean, this dude, this dude is was I mean,
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: we saw him. I remember managing against him like he
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: could float in the outfield. Power hit run tool was
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: was off the charts. Trying to get him back to
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: the version that he was would be a big, huge
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: pickup for the Orioles. The fact that they're still trying
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: is pretty impressive. One game back of the wildcard spot,
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: 7-3 in their last 10.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Feels like their manager, Greg.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: Albinath, is just hitting his stride and getting the feel
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: for his team. I always think it takes a little
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: bit longer, first-year managers, to get that pulse of the
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: team and put your stamp on it. It feels like
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: They've hit that kind of stride here after the trade deadline.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: Pete Alonzo smoking cigars in the dugout, which I love, right?
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: It's a long season. Go in, enjoy, right? Probably firework night.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: But he had 1,000 OPS in August, nine home runs
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: in August. That's a big month out of him. He's
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: doing what he does every year. He's putting up his...
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: The back of his baseball card will look like the
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: same as it has the last seven, eight years. So...
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: I mean, he's the guy they, that's who they went
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: out and got, right. They went out and got that.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: That's what they expected when they went out and got
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: them in the leadership talking to, I've done two Orioles games,
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: talking to their manager, their coaches, like he, he's been
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: a real leader for them and exactly what they've needed in,
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: in this, this group that, um, you know, the Orioles
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: have always kind of been an underdog story and they've
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: got a real middle of the order bat with a
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: lot of young guys. And Gunnar Henderson is one of
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: my favorite guys I've ever been around with the WBC. And, um,
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: they've got real talent there and, I mean, Colt, let's
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: get a highlight real quick.
• 22:08
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• 22:14
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• 22:18
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• 22:31
  Speaker 2: McCarthy. McCarthy. Oh, what a play.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: There's walk-off homers, and then there's walk-off plays like this.
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: What a catch. McCarthy, sorry, bro.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: What a big moment just got taken away from you.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Colton Cowles are going up. I mean, what's going on
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: with the outfielders right now? Because the play from Nemo
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: last week, robbing the homer. was amazing. Colton Cowles are
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: here saving the game. We had a bunch on the weekend.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: Bellinger. Bellinger's throw. Oh my gosh.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: I came up out of my 1-0, kept the lead
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: for the Yankees. I came up out of my chair
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: when I was watching that live. And Bellinger's one of
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: my favorite players that I've ever managed. And he, like
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: the throw there, right on the money. You love to
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: see real fundamentally sound baseball. And belly with that throw
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: to save the lead for the Yankees, and they go
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: and win one-nothing behind Cam Schlittler.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: You know what I used to say to guys all
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: the time at first base when they'd get on? I'd
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: be like, bro, can we just collude as a league
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: and just stop with these diving, insane plays through the
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: first seven innings of the game? No diving. No diving
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: plays on the infield. No diving in the outfield. Let
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: our guys get our hits. Pitchers won't like it, but
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: hitting's hard enough. And then come to seventh, like the NBA,
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: come like midway through the fourth, they start really playing defense.
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: Like the NBA. You know? That's what I used to
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: say all the time. All the offensive players loved it. Pitchers. Yeah,
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: they were fired up. Man, these guys, bro, they're so good.
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: And the information and the analytics of where to position
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: outfielders and infielders, it's just– it really– I love the
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: athleticism that this shift of the infield– like guys have
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: to be athletic again. And we're seeing plays on a
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: nightly basis and showcasing how athletic these guys are. Yeah.
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: Get rid of the shift and the pitch clock have
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: been a game changer in baseball. It's just, you know,
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: to watch, like you said, the athleticism, I remember doing
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: some little league world series that just ended for ESPN,
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: but doing some back in the day. And when you
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: see these kids just show off their, their defensive skills,
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: it's so much fun. And when you see it, this
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: big league level, that's why the Cubs are so fun
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: to watch their offense. But, Watching them, you know, Pete
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: and Center, their defense is insane. Talking about good defense,
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: Sadon Raffaella makes an amazing catch for the Red Sox
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: in that last game.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Would have kept it tied, but, like... No. It was
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: a no catch. Yeah, I know. Yeah, yeah, I know
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: what they called it. That was a catch, bro. That
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: was a catch. I know. I mean, look, I mean.
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: That's tough, man. He knows his reactions. The fact that
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: there's not enough evidence to overturn it. Watch this right here.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: That's in the glove.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: I think the hard part are probably what made them
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: leave the same.
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: That's a catch for sure. My man Lou Maloney.
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: In Boston to call now. And I'm with him in
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: real time.
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: That's a catch. And I know.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: The play stood. You see when it's super slow where
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: the ball might have snow-coned to the ground.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: I think that's why they were inconclusive. What if that
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: happened in October? That's always my question. What if that
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: was a game deciding October? If you ask anyone as
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: a catch, I'm sure if you even ask the Yankees guys,
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: they're like, how did we get away with that one?
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: If you get away with a couple during the season,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: you're feeling good about it, but The one thing I
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: would say is, like, you know, that broke the tie
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: break in the favor.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Of the Yankees. Bro, that was a massive series. That
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: was a massive series. Yeah, and that catch.
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: I know they blew them out after that, but who
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: knows how things would play out.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: That series, though, going into it, the Red Sox were
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: really hot, and I feel like for the Red Sox,
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: that was kind of like their gauge meter, right? A
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: lot was leading up to that series. But for the
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Yankees as well, if the Red Sox come in there
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: and beat the Yankees, they, I feel like, just completely
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: deflate that team.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: Where the Yankees held serve. They won three out of four,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: which was huge. I saw a lot of Red Sox
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: fans or people chirping about the Yankees, how they lined
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: up their pitching, and the Red Sox maybe didn't line
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: up their pitching as well. But that's just the way
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: the season goes, right? So, um, that last game, a
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: lot of more drama in the league. I do. That's
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: why I love August. Cause all the drama comes out.
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: All the guys were pissed off, angry August. And it
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: was on full display the last week of August. Um,
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: jazz Chisholm steals second and third and a six run
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: ball game in the eighth where I know I played
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: for Booney. Six runs is not officially too many or
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: too many runs to conceive. Um, In the eighth inning,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: they're down. I could see why the announcers were mad.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: I mean, they went overboard for sure, Rossi. But what
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: do you got on Jazz stealing those bases?
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: Man, I was a big proponent of when I managed, like,
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: take any free base they'll give you. Like, I would
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: have no problem. You're trying to take care of your
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: own stuff. And if you're not holding me on, it's
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: free game to go. Like, you've already said, I'm conceding
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: this base.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: I don't care. So, like, I don't know what everybody's
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: so upset about. Well, yeah, but you can't– if they
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: were up 10, you can't do that. Six is like,
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: all right.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: Well, you just want to stay out of the double–
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: even if you just stay out of the double play, like,
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: who cares? If I get to score– even if you're
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: up 10, if I get to score four or two
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: and two and you've got to get up an extra
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: bullpen guy, even getting him loose– Like, I don't get, like,
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: I'm not here to help your feelings. You know, this isn't,
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: you know, the unwritten rules are.
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: That wasn't an unwritten rule, in my opinion. I agree.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Being up six, because if they go out and hit
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: a two-run, three-run homer, and then Booney has to get
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: Bednar up, and their bullpen was already short four games
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: in three days, you know. And then what was really
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: the icing on the top is when Jazz gets a third,
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: the Red Sox pull their infield in. Yeah, I didn't
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: get that. Don't tell me you're conceding the game and
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: then you're going to pull your infield in with a
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: runner on third, less than two outs.
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: And how many times have we talked about, like, just
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: giving a pitcher another run on their ERA just pisses
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: him off a little bit more and sends him with
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: a negative vibe or that one pitcher with a negative
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: vibe and now he's pissed off and, like, that shit
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: can carry over and, you know, now you go in
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: and one of the guys is pissed that he gave
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: up a run when– he really did his job and
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: shouldn't have, just because the manager chose not to do something. Yeah,
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: so anytime you send negative vibes to the other dugouts,
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: send them, baby.
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: That's what I do. I remember when I'd be playing
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: first base and we'd be in an out-of-hand ball game
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: or we're up, say the closer's in and we're up
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: three and there's two outs and there's a runner on
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: second or a runner on first, two outs. I still
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: wouldn't play off the bag because I told Booney, I
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: told Joe, I told you, I did not want that
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: run to score. And if he just steals an innocent base,
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: gets to second, and then a guy has a blue pit,
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: then your pitcher is pissed off. To where if I'm
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: holding him on, I play the odds. There'd be times
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: where I would go back and play behind him. But
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: I'm playing the odds. Is this guy really going to
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: hit me the ball at this moment in this game
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: with who's on the mound? So, I mean... The announcers,
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: the WEI guy who was saying hit Austin Wells.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: You know, Jazz Chisholm doesn't play that. If it wasn't
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: Jazz who did it, I don't think you'd get the
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: same reaction from the Red Sox radio, right?
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: I think he rubs people the wrong way a little
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: bit that aren't down with his way of playing.
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: You can't say it's Marcus Stroman. No, no. Well, here's
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: the thing. You can't say Austin Wells, you should fight
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: Jazz Chisholm. Like, what are we doing?
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: I know you're emotional. He did come out and apologize, but. But, well,
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: here's my problem with the apology. This is just me. Like,
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: you said what you said. Like, it was an emotional reaction. But, like,
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: as soon as any blowback comes from social media and, again,
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: you get to take your emotions out and have a
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: day to sleep on it. But, like, you said what
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: you said. Like, the apology to me is, like, that's
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: just somebody up top going, hey, you need to apologize.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: Like, just own what you said. Angry August. Angry August.
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: Everyone's in it. I mean, the.
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: Announcers are traveling these teams. You know, they're traveling these teams.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: They're on the grind, too, bro. Yeah, they're on the grind, man.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: They love their players.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: And, you know, I just, you know, we got to
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: apologize anytime you hurt people's feelings here lately. And I'm
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: just like, Just own it and move on, you know,
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: unless your job's a jeopardy.
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: Go get fired. Well, it's good. It's in a setup
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: for a nice, hopefully, three-game series in the Bronx. That
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: would be sick. Red Sox Yankees in the Bronx. They
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: had it last year. So, I mean, look, I remember
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: the great Tim Buss, who we do our Tim Buss
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: Ball Bag Questions of the Week, which you can send
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: in to rossandrizzo at gmail.com. But he said, you don't.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: really find out who you are and who real teammates
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: are or coaches until about midway through August. That's when
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: the real season starts. That's what he always says. Because
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: everyone is pissed off. You've been around the guys for
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: 150 days, if you're including spring training. And now these
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: last six weeks of the season, you really find out
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: who the real ones are and who the people are
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: just cashing it in are. So it's, you see a
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: lot of drama around the league and I love it.
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: I love it. It's good for entertainment. It's good for
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: the program.
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: Let's get into the rankings now that we're in September.
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: September 1, we're starting to get to the, we got
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: this last month, and who are your teams, bro? Give
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: me your American League top couple teams. Give me your
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: National League few teams, ranking them. Because there's a lot
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: of teams that, I mean, Dodgers don't look real good,
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: and I know everybody on paper wants to keep going
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: back to them, but The offense has struggled a little bit.
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: Who you got in each division? Who's your horses? For
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: the AL, it's got to be the Rays. They just
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: haven't been talked about enough because they're a smaller market,
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: but they just keep doing it, man. They have good pitching.
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: They have guys you've never heard of that are just
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: throwing 100 out of their bullpen. The only thing with
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: the Rays is that they don't play these big primetime games,
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: so that could hurt them maybe in October because they're
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: not used to all that noise. because they just go
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: under the radar. And then you got Yankees, Red Sox.
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: Raise Yankees, Red Sox in the top. And then these
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: bottom three, four teams that are all fighting for this
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: last wild card spot, the Central. I like the White Sox, man.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: They seem like they have a little bit of magic.
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: If they can get a home playoff series, I think
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: they can maybe make it to the DS and even
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: go beyond that. Who knows once they get in. But
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: sleeper team for me, I think. Shout out Will Venable.
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: Shout out Will Venable, our guy. Sleeper team is the
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: Orioles right now. They're playing with just house money. They
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: seem to be playing really free. So we'll see how
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: that plays off. And then the NL, look, the Dodgers
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: are number one. People can say what they want, but
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: the Dodgers are coming off two World Series championships. Virtually, like,
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: no hangover either. Okay, they're struggling for a few weeks.
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: Who cares, right? I know they care, but this is
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: what the Dodgers– They're built for October. You got Glasnow back.
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: You have Snell back. Otani's going to be back. Otani's
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: slumping right now. Otani's been pretty bad offensively, which his
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: bad is better than everyone else. It's only a matter
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: of time before he goes off. Mookie's a big game player.
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: Then you have Kiki, who's going to just turn into
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: Babe Ruth in the playoffs. If you're a Dodgers fan...
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: Don't worry. They'll be just fine. It's hard to win
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: the World Series, but they will be ready come October.
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: So they're number one for me. Then it's Brewers Braves.
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: I mean, the Braves are legit, bro. That performance by
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: Chris Sale, bro, going complete game shutout versus the Dodgers
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: was sick. Hitting 100. I love him.
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: Speaking of turning back the clock, talking about an old
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: guy's performance, that performance is right up there with Scherzer's,
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: if not better, and against the team.
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: I'm with you. I think we differ.
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: Paying attention to the Dodgers and those guys, I don't know.
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: I shouldn't say this, but they just look old right now.
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: The Dodgers have the fourth easiest schedule, though. They have
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: the fourth easiest schedule. So that's perfect for them. All
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: they need to do is just... They don't need to
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: do anything, honestly. They've done it. They literally walk the walk.
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: They've done it.
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: Well, and the Phillies and Cubs, who I would put
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: above the Dodgers right now, just in this moment, have
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: got the second, third hardest schedule to finish out the season. Obviously,
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: the Brewers, I'm like more Brewers, Braves, Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers, bro.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: I'm like... They're scuffling. You know what I mean? It's... Dude,
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: the National League playoffs is going to be must-watch television.
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: Every pitch. It's going to be... The National League is
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: going to literally come down to inches every single play. Yeah.
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: It's going to be really good. And the Yankees need
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: to get judged back.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: The Yankees, I feel like, if he can come back
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: and be in rhythm and timing and, you know, be
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: a version of the guy, you know, that's a long
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: time off to come back and be dialed in offensively.
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: But if he gets enough plate appearances that he feels
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: good and comes from the box, man, the Yankees are
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: going to roll this offseason.
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, their pitching is deep, man. They're– This is September baseball, bro. Remember,
• 37:06
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• 37:08
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• 39:11
  Speaker 1: Hey, speaking of fun, I want to mention... Tully, for
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: the Red Sox, hugging. Did you see the swinging butt.
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: Of the guy who was hitting? Dominic Canzione. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: And he goes over, and he's waiting on him, and
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: they just hug. That brought back the memory of YouTube.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: down Freddie Freeman in Atlanta in a rundown.
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: Going, Frederick, Frederick. Dude, totally. You were the king at it.
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: We already talked about the hand sanitizer the other day.
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: But, my gosh, like, the guys that can have fun
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: and compete their tail off, but also just– make these
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: moments within the game exciting. I always thought Adrian Beltran
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: and these guys, Beltran, did a good job of making
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: the game.
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Beltran. Adrian Beltran, Carlos Beltran. Carlos Beltran, there we go. Yeah, yeah.
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: He's old, sorry, guys. He's old. He was a teammate
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: of mine. I should get it right. But, yeah, when
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: those guys.
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: Would go out there and have fun and just make
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: these moments, it just makes me laugh when I.
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: Watch the game. It's so cool. The Red Sox, too,
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: coming off a tough three out of four losses to
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: the Yankees. They walk off yesterday versus the Mariners. Trevor
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: Story getting Roman Anthony back and Trevor Story back. That's
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: big for this team. You know what I mean? Let
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: them get their feet wet.
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: And they got some hits in the Yankee series, and
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: they came back ready to go. That lineup has gotten
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: even deeper.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: If Crochet can come back and pitch out of the bullpen,
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: I mean, dude, this is going to be Get your popcorn, Rossi.
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: Let's go. We're almost in playoff baseball.
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: I feel like we should be. We're knocking on the door.
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: We've still got a whole month left. It's going to
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: have a lot of drama. We're going to start doing
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  Speaker 1: more shows.
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: We'll get to talk about it even more. It'll be good.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait. It'll be really good. Let's get into
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: our Tim Buss ball bag questions of the week. Bussie. Again,
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: you can ask questions via YouTube comments or email us
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: at rossandrizzo at gmail.com. We really do. This is probably
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: my favorite segment. I love answering the fan questions. We
• 41:20
  Speaker 2: got an email from Chris Blair.
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, let me get this one.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: This is for you.
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: Chris Blair, Rizzo, how did you and Aroldis Chapman squash
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: your beef when you joined the Cubs in 2016? What
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: I'm referring to is when you charged the whole Reds dugout,
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: by the way, in an iconic moment. And you talked
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: about this a little bit on air on Sunday night
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: with Votto and some of the back and forth. Tell
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: us that story and what you found out about Aroldis
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: after the fact.
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I did charge them. We were playing,
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: I believe we were playing four games in five days.
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: We had a make-up game, and it was a four-game series.
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: And I was, I don't know what I was thinking.
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: It was the dog days of July. It was right
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: before the All-Star break, and Aroldis throws over Nate Schrold's head.
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: Go at him. We have this beef. I find out literally...
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: that day after the game, Hey man, you know, he's
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: a boxer, right? Like he boxed in Cuba. I was like,
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: Oh fuck. He's going to kill me. He's a giant.
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: He's literally like next time I face him, he's going
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: to drill me. He throws a hundred. It's already the
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: most terrifying at bat ever facing him. Um, so it's,
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: it's actually a funny story. We were at the all-star
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: game in Minnesota, literally a week later, both on the
• 42:36
  Speaker 2: national league. So we squash it right away. Right. um
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: at the all-star game we come up hey poppy like
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: how you doing we dap up he to the moment
• 42:47
  Speaker 2: he has a translator we're talking he's all right cool
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: like awkward you know still don't like him because he
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: strikes us out every time and every single time we
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: go to cincinnati they always get the free pizza the
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: uh you know what i'm talking about in cincinnati roses
• 43:02
  Speaker 2: the roses if they strike out 11 they would get
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: free pizza. And from 2012 to 2021, but really 2012
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: to 2014-15, every single time the Cubbies would roll through Cincinnati,
• 43:18
  Speaker 2: at least two out of the three games, they were
• 43:20
  Speaker 2: getting free pizza, right? Chappie would come in. If there'd
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: be nine punch outs in the game, he'd punch out
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: the side. If there was 10, like it was clockwork.
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're tired of everybody cheering every time somebody punches out.
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: It gets louder and louder because they know they're getting
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: a free pizza. It's like in the minor leagues when
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: they had the beer batter of the game. The beer
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: batter of the game if you strike out. Yeah, I
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: strike out like 25 sip beers or something. You're getting
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: heckled in the on-deck circle. I was in High Desert
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: one time and I got picked for the beer batter competition.
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: punch out guy i'm as a hole hitter so like
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: it was a good chance and as soon as i
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: stepped foot on on the odd egg circle they're start
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: they're like ross i'm about empty i'm about empty let's
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: go bro imagine imagine if the big leagues.
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: Did that oh my gosh that would be like for
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: say like the sixth inning if this batter strikes out
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: everyone gets four dollar beers instead of 24 beers back
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: back in your minor league days they were 25 cents
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: now yeah this guy's Yeah, they couldn't do that now. But, bro,
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: so then we get to the All-Star game, and we're
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: in the shower, and it's just me and Chapman in
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: the showers. And Chapman's just standing there with his arms crossed,
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: staring at me, right? And I feel him. I'm like, oh,
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: my God. He's going to kill me. Like, he's going
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: to kill me naked. Like, this is where I die.
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: So I'm, like, washing myself. I'm facing the wall, and
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: I just feel him staring at me. And I turn back.
• 44:49
  Speaker 2: And just give him like a, what's up, Poppy? How
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: you doing? And he just gives me this little smile
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: and chuckle. I'm like, he's going to kill me. And
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: then when he gets traded over, I mean, it's water
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: under the bridge two years later. But, I mean, Chappie
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: was one of my favorite teammates. He did anything for
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: the boys. He hung out all the time. I love
• 45:08
  Speaker 2: seeing him everywhere we go. And now after the fact,
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: and the fact that he's still doing it is just,
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: he's first ballot all-famer in my opinion.
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: Well, there's always those guys on the other team that
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: you hate. You're like, oh, my God, I hate this
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: freaking guy.
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: And then he's on your team, and you're like, oh,
• 45:23
  Speaker 2: my God, I love this guy. Well, that's why I
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: try not to judge anyone that I think from afar
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: that rubs you the wrong way because there's been too
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: many guys you play with where then they become your
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: best friends. All right, next one. Good job, Chris. Corey Whitaker.
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: Going back to the 2021 season, how much did the
• 45:47
  Speaker 2: trade of you, Darvish, and Caratini affect the psyche of
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: the team going into the season? I've heard you guys
• 45:52
  Speaker 2: say how much a big trade acquisition can boost the team,
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: but does trading away important players have the opposite effect? Absolutely.
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: You were the manager of that 2021 team.
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember when Jed called me and told me
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: we were trading Darvish. After 2020, I think there was
• 46:09
  Speaker 1: just some payroll stuff that they were trying to to
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: clean up from there. And I wasn't real privy to
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: all that, but I think the, you know, you get
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: it sometimes it sucks. I mean, that was him and Kyle.
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: I'm just going to say Carl every time, but the professor,
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: you know, where our two best pitchers in 20 and
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: the ones that made starts for us in the post
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: season that year and helped us win the division and.
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: Like crazy season, big season, crazy, crazy.
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah. But, you know, we still got out there and
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: grinded and we had those guys taking the bump. And
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: when you lose your horse, you know, it's, it, it's
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: never a good sign and, um, them kind of trading
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: him over. And then the Caratini part of that is,
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: was a big one too, because he was such a
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: good dude and look at the career he's had, uh,
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: being kind of that, that hybrid, uh, not really a
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: starter all the time, but not really a true backup.
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: This guy, this guy's a real bat and a great teammate.
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: And so, You lose some of those guys that are
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: the boys and you go to battle with, and they're
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: good players, it definitely can take effect. And starting pitching
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: is everything. Starting pitching, those guys that you can rely on,
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: the horses, they're hard to come by.
• 47:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love Darvish. Darvish, I love getting to know him.
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: I've been to his house for dinners. We've gone out
• 47:26
  Speaker 2: to dinners. We hung out a lot in the car.
• 47:29
  Speaker 2: the hotel after games. So that was tough for me.
• 47:32
  Speaker 2: And then Caratini too, man. Caratini was just an ultimate professional.
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: Always loved it. Always happy. Always asking questions. Always picking
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: my brain and just other guys' brains. Ross, you remember
• 47:45
  Speaker 2: when Alec Mills threw the no-hitter? Yeah. In Milwaukee. In Milwaukee.
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: And Alec Mills was on league minimum. Caratini was catching.
• 47:56
  Speaker 2: And Caratini catches a no-hitter. So I'm messing with Caratini saying,
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: Hey man, you're going to get a fossil watch. Cause
• 48:01
  Speaker 2: when you throw a no hitter, usually the pitcher gets
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: you a, um, a nice watch, get you a nice watch,
• 48:08
  Speaker 2: a Rolex or something. Right. So I bought Caratini, a
• 48:13
  Speaker 2: fossil watch. And then, and what also you do is
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: you get an engraved. So instead of getting it engraved,
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: I got like a label maker and just put the,
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: I put the thing and I, and I, and I,
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: Mess with them saying, hey, this is from Alec from Millsy.
• 48:33
  Speaker 2: And I saw Caratini recently. We were doing a game
• 48:36
  Speaker 2: on Sunday Night Baseball. And I go, hey, bro, you
• 48:38
  Speaker 2: still have your fossil? He was dying laughing. He's like, yep,
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: still have it. That's sick. I got a nice one
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: from Marietta. When you trade these guys away, you're in
• 48:47
  Speaker 2: the trenches with them. It's always hard because they become friends. Yeah, yeah. Thanks, Corey.
• 48:55
  Speaker 2: Good question. Good question. Luke. One more. Yep. McCalick, I believe.
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: Email from Luke. Rossi, it was said Shota may have
• 49:04
  Speaker 2: been tipping his pitches over the season. What do batters
• 49:07
  Speaker 2: look for to gain the advantage? And also, I'll add
• 49:10
  Speaker 2: to that, what do you do as a manager if
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: your pitchers are tipping?
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the first thing when you find out
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: that's a possibility, your pitching coach is doing a deep dive.
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: And usually you have a guy on staff that is
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: good with that or with all the technology we have,
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: the information can come down of what may be a
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: little bit different. So when you find that stuff out,
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: you try to You watch the game in situations where,
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: how is this guy sitting on a breaking ball in
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: this cow after this sequence? And, you know, maybe hitting
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: a breaking ball, especially veteran guys. And every team is
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: trying to gain an edge. If you're not trying to
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: gain an edge, like, you know, that's just, you know,
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: you're not going to be around really very long. Because
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: any little edge.
• 50:00
  Speaker 2: Especially against a pitcher. That's all I did. As a hitter,
• 50:02
  Speaker 2: all I did. And with Shota, I know Shota throws
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: a split. So I'm looking just to take fans away.
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: a little insight of what I would look. First off,
• 50:10
  Speaker 2: before the game, we're going to have maybes. If we
• 50:13
  Speaker 2: don't have a full tip on him, maybe he does this.
• 50:16
  Speaker 2: So there's already a few cues that you're looking at.
• 50:18
  Speaker 2: So right when the game starts, I'm looking at glove positioning.
• 50:21
  Speaker 2: I'm looking at his forearm. I'm looking at the way
• 50:24
  Speaker 2: he grips the ball. I'm already looking at all these
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: potential cues. So with Shota, I know he throws the
• 50:31
  Speaker 2: nasty split. Does he grip his split right away? Because
• 50:34
  Speaker 2: a lot of guys who throw nasty splits have to
• 50:37
  Speaker 2: pre-grip it Because they can't get to it in the
• 50:40
  Speaker 2: glove or they have to dig too much. So I'm
• 50:42
  Speaker 2: looking at that. If he does do that right away,
• 50:45
  Speaker 2: then I'm looking at, okay, does he wear sleeves? If
• 50:47
  Speaker 2: he grips it right away, I'm looking right at the forearm.
• 50:50
  Speaker 2: I'm looking like right here. Because then a lot of
• 50:52
  Speaker 2: guys will move the ball in the glove. But if
• 50:55
  Speaker 2: they don't move their, if this forearm muscle doesn't move,
• 50:57
  Speaker 2: that means he's not really moving the ball. So there's that,
• 51:01
  Speaker 2: that little cue can tell you if he's going to
• 51:05
  Speaker 2: throw a split or not. And guys do it all
• 51:07
  Speaker 2: the time. So, I mean, I remember that's all I did.
• 51:10
  Speaker 2: Me and Judge were in the dugout. Golf height, guys
• 51:15
  Speaker 2: breathing too much. There's so many things. Squeezed versus flared, right?
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: Like a lot of guys change up, we'll flare it.
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: The other part that I think is new on the
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: back end of my career, and once they started implementing
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: the pitch comms, Guys at second base are trying to
• 51:33
  Speaker 1: get in the glove if you're able to see anything.
• 51:36
  Speaker 2: Totally.
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: Just a little bit wider where the height is, how
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: you can see. You get a back camera angle where
• 51:43
  Speaker 1: you'll see.
• 51:43
  Speaker 2: The grip, maybe like this or like that.
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: I mean, guys are trying every angle they possibly can
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: to get just a slight advantage. Hitting is extremely hard,
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: and if you can pick up something on the opposing pitcher.
• 51:54
  Speaker 2: You're the plus. There was one year Kevin Galsman was
• 51:56
  Speaker 2: moving his pinky every time he was throwing a fastball,
• 51:59
  Speaker 2: and you saw it in his glove because he was
• 52:01
  Speaker 2: so over it. So you saw his pinky get off
• 52:06
  Speaker 2: his split. And those are my only hits off Kevin
• 52:09
  Speaker 2: Gosman in my career. The year I had a– you
• 52:11
  Speaker 2: know what I mean? Oh, it's a fastball.
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: And there's nothing more frustrating as a manager in a
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: team that like knowing that you gave something away. And
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: so when we talk about like just worrying about your
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: own team and yourself and your group, that's the stuff
• 52:26
  Speaker 1: we're talking about. It's like just have all your stuff
• 52:29
  Speaker 1: buttoned up. and all the details, and giving away no advantage,
• 52:34
  Speaker 1: and then go play that way. When you feel like
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: you're giving something away, and you didn't lose just on
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: your talent, and that day's play, you lost on not having, or.
• 52:43
  Speaker 2: Giving away something to the other team. It drives you crazy. Rossi,
• 52:46
  Speaker 2: what did I do if.
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: A catcher set up inside early? You were having everybody
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: scream out of the dugout. You were like, hey, Larry! Yeah,
• 52:57
  Speaker 1: if a catcher set up early, yep. Do you set
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: up early inside on me? You're basically telling me what
• 53:04
  Speaker 1: pitch is coming in the count. And if I know
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: the pitchers sitting inside and I hear the come on
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: Riz from the dugout, I can just start doing the
• 53:10
  Speaker 1: math in my head what he's going to throw me.
• 53:12
  Speaker 2: In that count. So those are little things where you
• 53:16
  Speaker 2: have to be buttoned up and clean it up throughout
• 53:20
  Speaker 2: the game.
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: Some good stuff today.
• 53:22
  Speaker 2: I love the Tim Buss ball bag questions of the week.
• 53:27
  Speaker 2: This is my favorite part of our show is, answering
• 53:29
  Speaker 2: the question.
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: Mine is my blue chew ad read mine's my blue
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: chew ad read.
• 53:34
  Speaker 2: Uh next next week rossi and i will be coming
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: to you not live but we will be coming to
• 53:41
  Speaker 2: you from ireland going on a little golf trip together
• 53:44
  Speaker 2: can't wait for that rossi we gotta we gotta we
• 53:48
  Speaker 2: gotta put some money up on We need to. We
• 53:50
  Speaker 2: need to get the fans. We need a nice wager.
• 53:52
  Speaker 2: We need to chime in of, like, what the bet
• 53:54
  Speaker 2: should be. Yeah, what should our bet be? What's going
• 53:57
  Speaker 2: to make you uncomfortable, Rossi? Your pocketbook would definitely make
• 54:03
  Speaker 2: me uncomfortable, bro. That's for sure.
• 54:05
  Speaker 1: And we're about even golfers, too, so we're not giving
• 54:08
  Speaker 1: strokes to anybody.
• 54:09
  Speaker 2: We're about the same. He kicks my butt sometimes. We'll
• 54:12
  Speaker 2: have to keep our scorecards, and we'll sign them, and
• 54:15
  Speaker 2: we'll take pictures, and we'll divvy it up at the
• 54:18
  Speaker 2: end to show everyone. That'll be good. Well, good show, man. Yep.
• 54:21
  Speaker 2: That was a good one. Thanks, everyone. God, that flew by.
• 54:23
  Speaker 2: Thanks for the questions.
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 54:26
  Speaker 2: Next week, we'll be coming to you from Ireland. And
• 54:28
  Speaker 2: then the week after that, we're going to start probably
• 54:33
  Speaker 2: twice a week with our coverage going into the playoffs,
• 54:36
  Speaker 2: the September stretch. And then once October hits, it's on, Rossi.
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: I can't wait for October. Thanks, everybody, for tuning in.
• 54:44
  Speaker 2: We love you guys. And keep those questions coming.