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10/02/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: On the air and dominating a Thursday, taking on all
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  Speaker 2: Hello, everybody.
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  Speaker 3: What's going on?
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  Speaker 1: Drew, Billy, and Armin, as we get ready for another
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  Speaker 1: glorious weekend of overlap. We had John Greenberg on for
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  Speaker 1: his initial appearance.
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  Speaker 2: You guys were both on yesterday. El Jefe.
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  Speaker 1: Admirals open Saturday night in Rockford. Home opener a week
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  Speaker 1: from Saturday. We've got this week Badgers, Michigan State, homecoming, Brewers, Padres,
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night and Sunday afternoon following Packers, Buccaneers.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be an epic, epic weekend.
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  Speaker 4: And I mean, don't look now, but I know a
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  Speaker 4: lot of people were very, very excited to figure out
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  Speaker 4: that the Milwaukee Bucks will have their first tune-up in
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  Speaker 4: the preseason coming up on Monday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to jump on you real quick here.
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  Speaker 1: We were at Media Day, Billy, before you took a
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  Speaker 1: couple of days off, and we got to see Taylor Jenkins,
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  Speaker 1: Wes Edens, Tyler Hero, Miles Turner, a bunch of guys talking.
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  Speaker 1: It was a different, it felt different because Giannis wasn't
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  Speaker 1: in the building. The gravitational orbit that he, his force
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  Speaker 1: around him just dominated the organization for the last several years.
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  Speaker 4: It was a different atmosphere. I did appreciate, I don't
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  Speaker 4: know how you felt, Drew. I mean, because you can't
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  Speaker 4: not acknowledge it, right? Like you made the move. Now
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  Speaker 4: your core are guys that you got from the heat,
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  Speaker 4: but Wes Eden's mentioned it a couple of different times.
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  Speaker 4: He's like, I have, we have now the last three
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  Speaker 4: first round picks from the heat. We have two more
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  Speaker 4: first round picks coming and we're excited to start a
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  Speaker 4: new era. Now, can they say like, this is what
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  Speaker 4: we had hoped for? I don't necessarily think so. But
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  Speaker 4: when he mentioned that it was a relatively easy decision,
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  Speaker 4: That's where you could tell everybody knew that it was
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  Speaker 4: time to part ways. It was time to get something
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  Speaker 4: new rolling through. He called Taylor Jenkins the biggest offseason
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  Speaker 4: acquisition in the NBA.
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  Speaker 2: I love that.
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  Speaker 4: The biggest offseason acquisition in the NBA was going to
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  Speaker 4: be Taylor Jenkins. So that's a very lofty praise for
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  Speaker 4: the new lead man there for the Milwaukee Bucks.
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  Speaker 1: Well, he doesn't chop it at work like the other
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  Speaker 1: one does. And kudos during the media day. And this
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  Speaker 1: wasn't all softballs because they were asked the questions about it.
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  Speaker 1: about the gary trent jr thing john or they couldn't
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  Speaker 1: comment on going investigation but it was asked but then
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  Speaker 1: laurie nickel throwing the uh the chin music to miles
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  Speaker 1: turner like you said on a podcast that you had
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  Speaker 1: a culture where guys were late and missing meetings and
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  Speaker 1: late to planes yes and how frustrated and were you
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  Speaker 1: she basically said you know you want to you want
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  Speaker 1: you want to take take that back at all or
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  Speaker 1: where you know you said it on podcast and it
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  Speaker 1: kind of went around and he just kind of owned it.
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  Speaker 4: Right yeah man laurie uh she's For a long time, obviously,
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  Speaker 4: you worked with her for a long time, obviously, and
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  Speaker 4: she's been as gold of a standard as there is.
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  Speaker 4: She had asked the most pertinent questions, because I think
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  Speaker 4: she was the first to ask John Horse about the
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  Speaker 4: investigation as well. Jimmy O was right there. But the
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  Speaker 4: way she asked it was... Just curious. And it's the
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  Speaker 4: right way of saying it. Like, you go into that podcast.
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  Speaker 4: Did you feel like you got kind of like caught
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  Speaker 4: off guard with the question? Yeah, talking out of school.
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  Speaker 2: He's like, no. But I'm moving forward. He's like, I'm
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  Speaker 2: moving forward. I get asked about it.
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  Speaker 4: And I think it's a good way for players to
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  Speaker 4: be able to speak their minds kind of freely on it.
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  Speaker 1: There was the dominant word. You could almost be a
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  Speaker 1: drinking game. Dominant word at Bucks Media Day was culture.
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  Speaker 5: Yes. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: The C word was big. Build our culture. Build our culture.
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  Speaker 2: Build our culture. That and the other. And then the.
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  Speaker 2: Corollary was accountability.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Accountability. We're going to hold each other accountable. Accountability. Accountability.
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  Speaker 2: Culture and accountability. And how are we going to get there, Drew?
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  Speaker 2: Compete together, get better. That was... Compete together.
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  Speaker 4: Those were the team names on the scoreboard throughout the
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  Speaker 4: practice facility as well. I thought it was intriguing with
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  Speaker 4: a team that now also, like when Wes Edens was
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  Speaker 4: up there, he spoke kind of openly about how he's...
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  Speaker 4: one somewhat in the English premier league with Aston Villa,
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  Speaker 4: who he owns partially. And then I'd kind of ask
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  Speaker 4: like how different has the team building gone with the
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  Speaker 4: new salary structure in the NBA? Cause it really had
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  Speaker 4: in all reality drew as much as backing up and
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  Speaker 4: trading all your first round picks for five to seven years,
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  Speaker 4: I think kind of hamstrung them in their roster construction ability.
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  Speaker 4: It was that all of a sudden in the middle
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  Speaker 4: here of their, what you would hope to be championship window,
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  Speaker 4: The window shut on being able to just outspend people.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: Where I think that was how the Bucs had kind
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  Speaker 4: of positioned themselves of, yeah, we'll just spend a bunch
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  Speaker 4: of money. We'll go into the luxury tax. And then
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  Speaker 4: we'll pay the piper on the back end here. And
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  Speaker 4: when that second apron came in, it really limited how
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  Speaker 4: you could be able to do anything.
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  Speaker 2: For everybody.
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  Speaker 1: You would have rather been a rebuilding team when that
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  Speaker 1: went in than a team that was riding the window,
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  Speaker 1: like you said.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, because, I mean, look at the teams that are
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  Speaker 4: the best positioned right now.
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma City, San Antonio.
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  Speaker 4: Charlotte oh you could almost say timing is everything yeah
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  Speaker 4: and like they were the teams that were building at
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  Speaker 4: that point so that's a really good point while we're.
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  Speaker 1: Talking hoops and we're not ignoring the packers bucks and
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  Speaker 1: the packers offensive line additions we meaty segments on that
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  Speaker 1: early back up the youtube stream if you have to
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  Speaker 1: back it or find the podcast later you'll find the
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  Speaker 1: huddle uh wherever you find your podcast uh we did
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  Speaker 1: it we've been talking a lot about brewer's padre bill
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  Speaker 1: schroeder is going to join us next but billy was
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  Speaker 1: off after we went to media day Speaking of media comments,
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  Speaker 1: did you see what Giannis said that has the Heat
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  Speaker 1: fans all freaked out and the Bucs people like Armin
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  Speaker 1: who said.
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  Speaker 2: I hope Giannis keeps his house here and maintains ties
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  Speaker 2: to the community. Well, I think he will now. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's obvious.
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  Speaker 1: When he said yesterday, he said, I've never been a
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  Speaker 1: part of something like this. I want to leave my mark.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know when this chapter is over, if
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  Speaker 1: I'm only here for a year or two or whatever,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be, I want to leave my mark.
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  Speaker 1: So that throws in the spark of hope that he's
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  Speaker 1: not going to sign an extension with the Heat and
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  Speaker 1: he'll be a free agent and come back to Milwaukee
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  Speaker 1: after one year of enjoying the beach. He may be
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  Speaker 1: easier if he won a title there. He'd come back
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  Speaker 1: to Milwaukee and say, I've already done it. That would
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  Speaker 1: definitely be easier. And they tried to surround him with young, hungry,
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  Speaker 1: aggressive talent and a good coach.
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  Speaker 2: And it didn't work. But now they have.
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  Speaker 1: Young, hungry, aggressive talent and a good coach.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and a really, really good coach.
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  Speaker 4: And apparently a slimmed down Bobby Portis that he lost
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  Speaker 4: like 15, 20 pounds in the offseason.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. Thanks, Bobby.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know if for Giannis it was as much
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  Speaker 4: of the basketball thing or if it was the iguana thing.
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  Speaker 2: That he found in his house, and now he's... You
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  Speaker 2: love that.
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  Speaker 4: That might be why he's hesitant to re-sign or to
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  Speaker 4: hold over.
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  Speaker 6: He's freaked out about the Iguana. He said he might
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  Speaker 6: leave his house, and he said, no, they're not cute.
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  Speaker 6: Everyone told me they're cute.
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  Speaker 2: They're not cute.
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  Speaker 6: But, hey, it is interesting, and I know... Listen, maybe
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  Speaker 6: this is more wishful thinking. Maybe this is like, hey,
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  Speaker 6: is dad going to come home this week?
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  Speaker 2: Is dad going to come home next month? I'm not sure, but.
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  Speaker 6: Giannis has made all these kind of little side comments
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  Speaker 6: about how ever since he's been there about, you know, oh,
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  Speaker 6: I'm always going to bleed green.
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  Speaker 2: I'm always going to do this.
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  Speaker 6: And maybe if I'm, you know, back in Milwaukee one
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  Speaker 6: day and maybe this and a lot of fans are
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  Speaker 6: kind of reading it this way again, hearing this comment
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  Speaker 6: saying if I'm here for a year or two or whatever,
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  Speaker 6: I want to make my markets like, wow. Imagine if
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  Speaker 6: he came back in two years with this haul that
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  Speaker 6: we got for him.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness. I mean, talk about that. Like, think
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  Speaker 2: about that.
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  Speaker 6: Now, just in case we don't lose it in translation,
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  Speaker 6: because sometimes that happens. It's like, what was the tenor
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  Speaker 6: of the comment? Here's the audio if you want to
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  Speaker 6: hear what he said.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of hard.
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  Speaker 7: I've never been a part of something like this. Obviously,
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  Speaker 7: Milwaukee Bucks organization had a great history, great players played
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  Speaker 7: before me. But here it's a whole different story.
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  Speaker 2: Won a lot of championships.
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  Speaker 7: All-time great players from D-Wade, LeBron, Chris Bosh, Alonzo Mourning, Shaq.
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  Speaker 7: You can go down the line, but I just want
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  Speaker 7: to leave my mark. I just want to leave my mark.
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  Speaker 7: I want to know when this chapter is over. I'm
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  Speaker 7: going to be here for a year or two or
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  Speaker 7: whatever it's going to be.
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  Speaker 4: I want to leave my mark.
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  Speaker 7: I want to know that I have a great relationship
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  Speaker 7: with my coaching staff, my teammates, with the fans.
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  Speaker 2: That's all.
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  Speaker 7: I think I did the team that I played before.
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  Speaker 2: In this age, for him to throw that, whether I'm
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  Speaker 2: here a year or two. Or two. Oh, not one,
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  Speaker 2: not two. This is where I love Giannis.
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  Speaker 4: I think he is maybe my favorite athlete of all
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  Speaker 4: time for not only the way he plays, Drew, but
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  Speaker 4: how honest he is to a point. I think he
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  Speaker 4: has gotten potentially a little bit of a... pass on
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  Speaker 4: the way in which he maneuvers the media and the
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  Speaker 4: thought of like, well.
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  Speaker 2: He's just saying stuff. He just saying, he's being funny.
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  Speaker 1: I get the same vibes as a far.
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  Speaker 2: Drew, that's exactly it.
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  Speaker 5: Great point.
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  Speaker 1: Favre used to be like, oh, he's such a bumpkin.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, shucks.
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  Speaker 2: He knew exactly what he was doing.
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  Speaker 1: He knew the impact of things he was saying and
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  Speaker 1: what he was putting into the world. He and Bus
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  Speaker 1: Cook knew how to manipulate things into their favor.
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  Speaker 4: There's a reason why you hear the nickel defense story
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  Speaker 4: every single time that he'd be into a microphone.
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  Speaker 2: Because it would build some stuff up.
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  Speaker 1: I always said with Favre, he'd be like, standing around
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  Speaker 1: in the barns on fire, like, what are all these
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  Speaker 1: fire trucks doing here? After he kicked the lantern over
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  Speaker 1: into the haystack, the kerosene lamp into the hay.
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  Speaker 2: Bales, he's like, oh, what are all these firemen doing here?
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  Speaker 2: What happened?
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  Speaker 4: If he was the meme of the guy sitting in
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  Speaker 4: the room with the fire, he was the one that
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  Speaker 4: brought the torch.
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  Speaker 2: And Giannis has been clear.
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  Speaker 6: He won't answer questions about an extension. I'm not doing it,
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  Speaker 6: so quit asking. So quit asking. So, hey, you never know.
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  Speaker 6: And maybe, yeah, is it maneuvering?
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  Speaker 5: Is it?
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  Speaker 2: You're right. Giannis knows by now.
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  Speaker 6: This isn't the 2014 Giannis where he's still learning the language.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, you know, obviously he knows what he's saying
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  Speaker 6: these days.
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  Speaker 1: Time for our current electric superhero of the day, brought
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  Speaker 1: to us by callcurrent.com. I got one of my nominees.
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  Speaker 6: Ooh.
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  Speaker 4: Oh let's hear it is uh ryan fitzpatrick i like
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  Speaker 4: fitzy come on shirt on or shirt off shirt on
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  Speaker 4: okay he's like you know the stats are stats but
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  Speaker 4: there's a there's context they provide context and they can
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  Speaker 4: open a window and they're supposed to like not be
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  Speaker 4: just all right that's what it is We mentioned Joe
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  Speaker 4: Burrow and his 1-34 record when trailing in the final
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  Speaker 4: eight minutes of an NFL game.
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  Speaker 1: But Fitz drilled down, whether he did it or a
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  Speaker 1: researcher did it. And he was on this pod, and
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  Speaker 1: he said, there are 27 times when Joe had the
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  Speaker 1: ball under four minutes but had the ability to tie
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  Speaker 1: the game or take the lead. And he accomplished that
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  Speaker 1: 18 of the 27 times.
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  Speaker 5: Whoa.
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  Speaker 2: Which is a pretty good rate of four minutes. And
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  Speaker 2: they still lost the game. Still lost.
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  Speaker 1: So, so is that, is that a damning stat for him?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, man.
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  Speaker 1: If what about a quarterback who couldn't win on Monday
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  Speaker 1: night until he did.
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  Speaker 2: Until he did. And then, and then, you know, said
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  Speaker 2: who you'd like that.
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  Speaker 4: I just, there's, there's a lot to the borough thing
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  Speaker 4: in Cincinnati has had, listen, he is not free of
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  Speaker 4: blame in how their team is built.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 4: Like, I mean, like when push came to shove of
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  Speaker 4: who are they going to pay? They're going to pay
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  Speaker 4: him and his two best wide receivers. Well, instead of one,
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  Speaker 4: and then let's backload it with a young rookie, like
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  Speaker 4: a Matthew golden or somebody else in the first or
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  Speaker 4: second round and try to build up here and spend
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  Speaker 4: some money on the defense. Like, no, this is how
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  Speaker 4: we're built. This is how we're going to, this is
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  Speaker 4: how we're going to do it. So he's not free
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  Speaker 4: of blame. I think in how they sit, But that
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  Speaker 4: is damning on what their outfit has been because he
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  Speaker 4: has been so good and just unable to close the deal.
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  Speaker 4: Seems like there would be a really, really good defense
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  Speaker 4: that one of his other former LSU teammates is a
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  Speaker 4: part of. That would be an interesting one. They sure
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  Speaker 4: need a quarterback. You want to talk about a team
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  Speaker 4: and a guy that would if he ended up forcing
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  Speaker 4: his way out? How about Minnesota just chomping at the
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  Speaker 4: bit to try to get into the Joe Burrow business?
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  Speaker 2: That would be interesting. That would be a big coup
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  Speaker 2: for them.
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  Speaker 4: Because if I'm Burrow and I'm going to do any
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  Speaker 4: kind of manipulating to where I'd want to go, that
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  Speaker 4: would be the answer. That would be the only place
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  Speaker 4: that I'd be interested in going. I ain't going to Dallas.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not going anywhere else. I'm not going anywhere else
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  Speaker 4: in the AFC, to be honest.
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  Speaker 2: They're stacked talent-wise, right? I mean, that's, yeah. I mean, that's, boy,
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  Speaker 2: I don't like that. You put that thought in my head.
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  Speaker 5: Now, Bill.
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  Speaker 4: Head there with those weapons in an indoor facility with
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  Speaker 4: that coach?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, 100%.
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  Speaker 4: That's the one that he would have circled big time
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  Speaker 4: if he would go somewhere.
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  Speaker 2: At the offseason. Why are you doing stuff like that
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  Speaker 2: to me? All right. Oh, man. That would stink.
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  Speaker 6: All right.
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  Speaker 2: It's already bad enough. They're already leading the division. That's
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  Speaker 2: the thing. It's bad enough they're winning now with what
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  Speaker 2: they have there.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's a good point, though. It's definitely going to be
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  Speaker 2: a landing spot. Now, we talked about.
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  Speaker 4: Giannis and learning the language and being comfortable with it.
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  Speaker 2: I got a nominee for the superhero. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: What about one that one young man that is still
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  Speaker 4: learning the language, but pretty good on the cuts last night.
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  Speaker 4: The Chicago White Sox celebrated their first series win since
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  Speaker 4: 2005 and their prize from Japan. Morikami after the game
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  Speaker 4: with another gem into the microphone.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, guys, tell me, what are you feeling right now?
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  Speaker 5: 100.
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  Speaker 2: 100, not 1,000 this time?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, 100.
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  Speaker 2: I am Japanese. It's early in Japan. They're celebrating with you.
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  Speaker 2: Anything you want to say to them?
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  Speaker 5: Same, hi.
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  Speaker 6: Same, same.
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  Speaker 5: Same. Yeah, he's drunk.
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  Speaker 2: He's drunk. Last night, but he's drunk. Yeah. You told
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  Speaker 2: me you didn't need him. I'm drunk. Yeah, yesterday, maybe hungover,
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  Speaker 2: you know?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Tomorrow hungover.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, yesterday.
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  Speaker 4: Tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, sorry.
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  Speaker 5: I don't speak English. You don't need the translator.
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  Speaker 6: Congratulations.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I think there's more. Somewhere I
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  Speaker 2: got to get some more.
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  Speaker 4: He does another interview with Connor McKnight, I think, on CHSN.
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  Speaker 4: But that one was about as good as it gets
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  Speaker 4: right there with NBC Sports. I have another minute of
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  Speaker 4: the other one that you were just mentioning.
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  Speaker 2: Let's hear a little bit. Why not, right?
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  Speaker 5: Wait.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go. Connor McKnight, former Badger, graduated from the
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  Speaker 2: University of Wisconsin.
• 14:20
  Speaker 3: Mooney, Kenzo, this is your second time in one of these.
• 14:23
  Speaker 3: What'd you learn from your first one?
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: No, I'm drunk.
• 14:28
  Speaker 5: Oh my god.
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: You guys came in here with a mission. You knew
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: you could do this against the Houston Astros. How does
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: it feel to have finally done it?
• 14:39
  Speaker 3: How does it feel to watch all you guys celebrate?
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: 100. Oh my god! I feel so good!
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: Mune, you guys are headed on to Cleveland, but you
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: get to celebrate tonight. Who needs a shout-out for what
• 15:01
  Speaker 3: they've done the last two games, in your opinion?
• 15:03
  Speaker 5: Chase Midas. He's so good.
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: Oh my god, Val, Chiquito.
• 15:14
  Speaker 5: Little Chiquito.
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: Small.
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: I just, this guy's electric. I can't get enough of it.
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: I need to save all that for games and kicks.
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: Don't let me forget. I don't know what part. 100, 1,000,
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: whatever it takes. You guys want me to say I'm in.
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: I love it. Whatever the best one is.
• 15:30
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• 15:32
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• 16:01
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• 16:06
  Speaker 2: You got to love it. I think the translator there, too,
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: has got to have the best job in the world.
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: I mean, really. I mean, you just get to be
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: in these champagne celebrations. It's pretty nice.
• 16:14
  Speaker 6: And you have to translate the questions, but it doesn't
• 16:16
  Speaker 6: matter anyway, because whatever Murakami says is going to be
• 16:19
  Speaker 6: what he wants to say.
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: He answers in English, even though he's asked in Japanese.
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: He's spitting bars, man.
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: I will also say the Daniel Day Montessert is how
• 16:29
  Speaker 4: I pronounce our guy.
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: First off, he's got great pipes. His tone is phenomenal.
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: The being able to remember 37 seconds of what somebody says, Drew.
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: I mean, you're transcribing time. You probably were pretty good
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: at about 15, 16 second increments. That blows my mind
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: when they rattle off 45 seconds worth of what the
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: guy just said.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: That is crazy how good they are. It's amazing. I
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: wonder what those guys make. Man, that's an awesome gig.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: Pretty good gig.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: Would you rather be a translator or a bullpen catcher?
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 17:01
  Speaker 6: That's a great question. Probably you get a jersey. You
• 17:04
  Speaker 6: don't get a jersey for a translator. You get gear,
• 17:06
  Speaker 6: but you.
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: Don't get a jersey. You don't get a number.
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: See, but it also depends, Drew. What's the better hang?
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: And maybe this is a better question to ask Rock.
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: I don't know how much time he spent out in
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: the bullpens.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: A lot.
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: Is the dugout the better hang or the bullpen the
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: better hang?
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: They're both their own subcultures. Right. They're their own beast.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: That's the, that's the real question. It's rhythm.
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: But the bullpen is like bullpen is the firehouse. It's
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: why they're called firemen. They just sit out there and
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: nothing's going on. You're sitting around watching TV, making chili.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: And all of a sudden there's an alarm and everybody's
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: scrambling and let's go.
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: As long as I don't have to take, as long
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: as I don't have to wheel out the, the suitcase
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: with the snacks out to the bullpen every game, I
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: think I'd say bullpen catcher.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a better view from the dugout for sure.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's true.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: But less adult supervision in the bullpen. More interaction with
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: fans around the rail. It's a little bit more leisurely.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: You get to be the rock star. You get to
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: walk around and stuff.
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: Yes, 100%.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: You get to walk around a little bit.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's its own thing. They're both their own thing. Now,
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: the clubhouse has its, you know, the dugout. You can
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: go right up the tunnel and they got all the snacks.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: That's true. You're close enough. All the stuff, you know.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: Not out there on your island.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: Check your emails and check your texts.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: And all that.
• 18:13
  Speaker 4: I mean, especially if you're in a certain location, good scenery.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: The bullpen, there's probably a lot less adult supervision. Bullpen
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: coach ain't worried about it.
• 18:19
  Speaker 6: No doubt.
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: It's a good question for Rock. Along with how the
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: brewer's going to do in this tough matchup. By the way, callcurrent.com,
• 18:25
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• 18:28
  Speaker 1: told the boys, it's like when you're looking for a
• 18:30
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• 18:32
  Speaker 1: And you drive around for a week and you see
• 18:33
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• 18:35
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• 18:37
  Speaker 2: Everywhere.
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: And our friends from Current Electric were just in with
• 18:41
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• 18:43
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• 18:43
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• 18:47
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• 18:49
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• 19:05
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• 19:06
  Speaker 1: as the Brewers now know their opponent Saturday night, American
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: Family Field. Brewers Padres, we welcome Bill Schroeder. Rock, Brewers Padres,
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: we knew it was going to be tough. They obliterated
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: the Cubs and San Diego's on to Milwaukee.
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, everything's pretty much set except for the
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: Phillies and Braves. What a comeback for Philly. Yesterday with
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: those three solo shots, I guess. I'd say Schwarber and
• 19:32
  Speaker 5: Harper tie it up and then boom. Went boom. It's
• 19:36
  Speaker 5: been great so far. You know, I think the American League,
• 19:40
  Speaker 5: I mean, it's all interdivisional matchups, right? Tampa Bay Yankees. And,
• 19:46
  Speaker 5: you know, we'll see who the Dodgers play, but it's
• 19:49
  Speaker 5: not going to be much easier. I mean, San Diego,
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: one of the hottest teams in the big leagues to
• 19:52
  Speaker 5: end the season.
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: Yeah, the only team maybe hotter would be the Brewers.
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: I think they've won, what, 20 of 26 now since
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: the start of the month. Rock, it's been funny because
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: Brewers fans, obviously there's a lot of consternation when the
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: Cubs come to town, not only because of the fans
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: and everything that happens around the stadium.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: Last year, that.
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: Rose people's blood pressure to an uncomfortable level. I think
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: there are a lot of people that felt like there
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: might have been months and years off their lives in
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: a Brewers Cup playoff series that didn't want to see
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: it this year, but you almost can argue that it
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: would have been a better result for the crew because
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: this Padres team can hit, and they got a back
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: end to the bullpen. Obviously, Miller's the headliner, but their bullpen,
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: as good as their lineup.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Is, is just as good.
• 20:37
  Speaker 5: Yeah, and the travels wouldn't have been so bad, right?
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: Milwaukee to Chicago instead of Milwaukee to San Diego, but anyway,
• 20:43
  Speaker 5: there's a bunch of days off. That's not going to
• 20:45
  Speaker 5: be an issue, but Padres are tough. The Brewers, that's
• 20:49
  Speaker 5: probably the I think National League is very competitive this year.
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: I mean, there's a lot of good teams. I mean, Philly, Atlanta,
• 20:58
  Speaker 5: they're going to go right down to the wire tonight.
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: That's going to be a great game. But, you know,
• 21:03
  Speaker 5: I agree with you. I think that the Brewers handled
• 21:06
  Speaker 5: the Cubs much better than the Brewers handled the Padres.
• 21:10
  Speaker 5: The Padres won four of seven in the season series
• 21:14
  Speaker 5: this year. Did not fare very well in that San
• 21:17
  Speaker 5: Diego West Coast swing, but You never know. It all
• 21:21
  Speaker 5: starts from scratch. A lot of times wild card teams
• 21:26
  Speaker 5: keep playing and they don't have a lot of days off,
• 21:28
  Speaker 5: particularly the hot teams. It's kind of an advantage, but
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: we'll see how America is going to have these guys
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: ready to go. I would imagine they're eager to go.
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: They've been working out. They had Monday off, but they
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: hit it hard starting Tuesday, so It's going to be fun.
• 21:46
  Speaker 5: It's going to be fun. I will say this. I'm
• 21:49
  Speaker 5: not going to miss the Cubs fans at American Family
• 21:51
  Speaker 5: Field this year.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: No.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: A lot more Brewers fans when Game 1 fires up
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: on Saturday at 730. Bill Schroeder, Brewers TV, joining us here.
• 22:01
  Speaker 5: Talking about heartburn. Every time the Cubs come in town
• 22:04
  Speaker 5: and those fans come in, I'll tell you, It's the
• 22:06
  Speaker 5: same in Wrigley Field, though. I mean, the Brewer fans
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: travel extremely well, too. I think both fan bases can
• 22:14
  Speaker 5: say the same.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: You notice it when you got your headphones on, Rock,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: but what's it like when you're in the stands? Because
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: you're in the stands for these games. You're among the unwashed.
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: You're among the common folk like us.
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: I know. I mean, we have our, you know, the
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: Brewers give us two tickets. I bought two extras. You know,
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: I treat some of my my friends and my family,
• 22:32
  Speaker 5: the tickets, you know, and our tickets are down kind
• 22:35
  Speaker 5: of the right field line a little bit. Still good seats.
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: I mean, it's not a bad seat, you know, in
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: the house. But you're right. I mean, it's a much
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: different thing. You know, I think I told you guys
• 22:46
  Speaker 5: a couple of weeks ago that, you know, when I
• 22:48
  Speaker 5: watch a game, when I'm not doing a game, I
• 22:50
  Speaker 5: am a full-blown rabid fan. And I say things out
• 22:54
  Speaker 5: of my basement that I would never imagine saying on air. But,
• 22:59
  Speaker 5: you know, it's kind of different, you know, I mean,
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: when I'm in the stands over there at the ballpark,
• 23:04
  Speaker 5: you know, you sign autographs, people come up, you know,
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: every now and again, somebody might buy me a beer,
• 23:09
  Speaker 5: which isn't the worst thing in the world, but, uh, know, I, I,
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: down the right field line, I'm, I'm right by Kurt
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: in the, you know, the booth, the tap brew, the
• 23:17
  Speaker 5: local brew place over there. He takes, he takes good
• 23:20
  Speaker 5: care of me. So Kate ends up driving home from those.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: That's amazing. That's exactly it. Well, I might owe you one.
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: Cause a rock at one point during the year, you
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: had left a, a cameo. My, my brother-in-law drunkenly at
• 23:33
  Speaker 4: Summerfest might've bought it for our three-year-old and You recorded one,
• 23:36
  Speaker 4: and that little guy watches it damn near every single
• 23:38
  Speaker 4: day to fire up for the game. So I might
• 23:40
  Speaker 4: owe you one for as much as we've heard it.
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: You can tell, though, there's going to be obviously a
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: lot of juice for a start. What about a postseason
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: start that the Miz is starting? We didn't get this
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: last year because he was kind of a wild card
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: and a question mark going in. Now he's their best player,
• 23:58
  Speaker 4: and it feels like the most sure thing you have.
• 24:03
  Speaker 5: Best pitcher in baseball. Best starter. I mean, sure, Q
• 24:06
  Speaker 5: and Cy Youngboard wouldn't have this year. I can't imagine
• 24:09
  Speaker 5: anybody even going to be close this year to what
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: the Miz has done. I mean, it's just been incredible.
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: He picked out of the bullpen last year, did very
• 24:17
  Speaker 5: well out of the bullpen last year. He's always handled
• 24:23
  Speaker 5: all the pressure. I mean, his heart rate is very low.
• 24:26
  Speaker 5: I mean, he really has a good sense of calming
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: things down, slowing things down. But I would say That
• 24:32
  Speaker 5: first pitch on Saturday, is it possible that he might
• 24:36
  Speaker 5: hit 106 miles an hour with that first pitch? I mean,
• 24:39
  Speaker 5: he is going to be ramped up. I mean, my concern,
• 24:42
  Speaker 5: if anything, is going to be for him to be
• 24:44
  Speaker 5: able to relax a little bit, you know, throw strikes,
• 24:47
  Speaker 5: which he's been able to do all season long. And
• 24:50
  Speaker 5: there's no reason to think he's not going to be
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: able to do that. But, you know, first start for
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: him in the postseason, that's a big deal.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: Talking to Bill Schroeder, Brewers TV. It is a big deal. And, Rock,
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: that changes game one. And as we just saw and
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: we've seen in these first-round three-game series, you've got to
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: win game one. Three of the four, they didn't see
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: a game three, and we got one game tonight. How
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: important is it for Brewers to win when missed pitches?
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: Even though you've got Henderson in game two, winning game one,
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: to me, is still pivotal. Not as critical in a three-gamer,
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: but still pivotal in a five-gamer.
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: Well, more pivotal in the three-game, I think you were
• 25:26
  Speaker 5: speaking of.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: It's always important in a five-game series. That's going to
• 25:31
  Speaker 5: be a big deal for sure. I mean, Burr is
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: going to have home field advantage throughout the playoffs. That's
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: another big deal. So they played very well at home
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: this year. I mean, 103 wins. I mean, what do
• 25:44
  Speaker 5: you say? And I think that if Pat Murphy had
• 25:46
  Speaker 5: his drive, he would not have wanted his team to
• 25:48
  Speaker 5: have a weak ball for sure. I mean, because they
• 25:51
  Speaker 5: were as hot as any team, just like the Padres.
• 25:53
  Speaker 5: I mean, you're talking about maybe two of the best finishes,
• 25:56
  Speaker 5: you know, in all of baseball when you're talking about
• 25:58
  Speaker 5: San Diego, you know, and Milwaukee in the regular season.
• 26:01
  Speaker 5: They were both red hot. So the Brewers had a
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: great September, so did San Diego. But game one is
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: going to be exciting. You know, think about it. The Brewers,
• 26:09
  Speaker 5: Very young team. Padres, not so much. They've got some
• 26:12
  Speaker 5: young players, but they have a bunch of guys maybe
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: a little bit longer in the tooth than they've been there,
• 26:17
  Speaker 5: done that before. So we'll see how these guys are
• 26:19
  Speaker 5: able to respond on a first game divisional series. A
• 26:23
  Speaker 5: lot of these guys have never been through it before.
• 26:26
  Speaker 5: So it's going to be fun to watch.
• 26:28
  Speaker 4: Rock is you go through a season. Sometimes it's the
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: moves that you don't make that end up being the
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: biggest ones. Both of these teams, at least there were
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: conversations around them shipping off their closers. McGill in the pre-season,
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: in the beginning of the year, felt like his name
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: popped up all the time. He's been nails for the crew.
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: And it felt like the biggest lift the Padres got
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: in their year was not trading Mason Miller at the
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: deadline or the young man that comes before him because
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: their bullpen is really, really good. Sometimes as much as
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: we want to look at the acquisition, it's doubling down
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: on the guys you got. And it feels like that's
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: what has kind of carried San Diego to this spot.
• 27:04
  Speaker 5: Man, no doubt. I mean, it's good decision making, right?
• 27:07
  Speaker 5: I mean, who knew how hot they were going to
• 27:09
  Speaker 5: be at the end of the year? They feel Mason Miller.
• 27:12
  Speaker 5: one of the top relievers in all of baseball. He's
• 27:15
  Speaker 5: a guy that can throw triple digits up, up at you.
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: He threw, had a couple of strikeouts last night and
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: you know, he's, he's a tough one to, to get
• 27:23
  Speaker 5: runs off of. I mean, one runs, one thing, two
• 27:26
  Speaker 5: or three runs is going to be pretty much impossible
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: against that guy. So it's going to be important for
• 27:30
  Speaker 5: the Brewers, you know, to get off to an early league,
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: get to the starter. A lot of times in September,
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: it was just the opposite. You know, with Stan, the starter,
• 27:39
  Speaker 5: they're going to be good. Then get to the bullpen,
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: you know, like Philly and teams like that. But how about,
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: how about the decision by Matt Arnold, not to trade
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: Logan Henderson? I mean, That whole Scooble thing, I mean,
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: that was a big deal. Everybody was thinking, let's get Scooble,
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: let's get Scooble. But the key piece to that deal
• 27:57
  Speaker 5: that Detroit wanted was Logan Henderson and how great he'd been.
• 28:01
  Speaker 5: I mean, plus you have him for a while. Scooble
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: was going to be a rental, but that was a
• 28:06
  Speaker 5: great decision. You're right. I mean, some of the biggest
• 28:09
  Speaker 5: decisions you make are the moves that you don't make,
• 28:12
  Speaker 5: and that was a big one for Matt Arnold, for sure.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: Rock, Billy mentioned Xander Bogarts, and the guy's got to
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: step up, and we always say it, and it's cliche,
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: but the best player's got to play in big games.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: The Cubs just went down, and Bregman and Pete Crow
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: Armstrong were 0 for 15 in the two games. Hard
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: to win when your big guys don't come through at
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: all in those spots. I want to ask you, one
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: of the Brewers' big guys going to this series and
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: this run is William Contreras.
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: He's been hot lately, but Rock, Sunday....
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: I mean even friday night was the classic with him
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: diving into first base and then he challenged a palooza
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: when he went like five for five with his challenges
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: he's so much fun to watch that sometimes you forget
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: how much fun it is to watch him yeah he could.
• 28:57
  Speaker 5: Be he could be kind of uh one of the
• 28:58
  Speaker 5: maddening i mean the whole thing you know murph pulled
• 29:02
  Speaker 5: about for not running out of the ground ball you
• 29:04
  Speaker 5: know trey turner booted it and William wasn't running all
• 29:08
  Speaker 5: that well. You know, I mean, if anybody on the team,
• 29:10
  Speaker 5: you can understand not busting it down the line every
• 29:12
  Speaker 5: single time. It's a guy that catches, you know, 140
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: games a year. I mean, something like that. But anyway.
• 29:18
  Speaker 5: You know, that whole thing with Murph pulling him out,
• 29:20
  Speaker 5: that was a good thing because, you know, what that
• 29:23
  Speaker 5: says is he doesn't play favorites. I mean, he's going
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: to do that to Pratt, and he's going to do
• 29:27
  Speaker 5: that to William Contreras. And, I mean, that speaks volumes,
• 29:30
  Speaker 5: you know, in that clubhouse, you know. But that whole
• 29:34
  Speaker 5: thing that, you know, he running down the first base
• 29:36
  Speaker 5: like diving headfirst. Murph could have handled that one of
• 29:39
  Speaker 5: two ways. I mean, Murph could have said, quit showing
• 29:41
  Speaker 5: me up. I mean, that's not cool. But we've got
• 29:44
  Speaker 5: a shot of him right away. He was smiling. He
• 29:46
  Speaker 5: thought it was funny and played it really well. So
• 29:49
  Speaker 5: it could have gone both ways in that situation. And
• 29:52
  Speaker 5: then on that A.B.S. challenge, I mean, he tapped his
• 29:55
  Speaker 5: head and walked right into the dugout. And that pitch
• 29:57
  Speaker 5: was not That's obvious of a strike. It was just
• 30:00
  Speaker 5: like maybe a quarter of an inch on the plate.
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: William can give you heartburn sometimes out there, but he's
• 30:09
  Speaker 5: a key component. When he's swinging the bat well, the
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: Brewers are much better off for sure.
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: His challenges in that game were epic, too, one of
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: which came with two strikes and two outs, and he
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: was approaching almost to the dugout when the thing showed
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: that it was strike three.
• 30:24
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: That was so funny.
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: That's what I was talking about.
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 30:27
  Speaker 5: That's what I was talking about. Yeah. You're talking about
• 30:29
  Speaker 5: being really confident on the pitch that was barely in
• 30:31
  Speaker 5: the strike zone. I think the width of a stitch,
• 30:35
  Speaker 5: it was a strike by. Yes. He was like, could
• 30:38
  Speaker 5: you imagine what would have happened if that was a ball?
• 30:40
  Speaker 5: He had to turn around and go back. But what
• 30:44
  Speaker 5: a risk that is to take that risk. But it
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: worked out for him.
• 30:47
  Speaker 4: Kid yesterday for the Phillies started to painter the pitcher.
• 30:50
  Speaker 4: He walked like all the way to the foul line.
• 30:52
  Speaker 4: And he's like, you know what? I'm going to walk
• 30:53
  Speaker 4: right back to the mound because that's going to be
• 30:56
  Speaker 4: embarrassing if this thing's not a strike.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: Just in case.
• 31:01
  Speaker 5: Yeah, incredible, incredible stuff. I think this postseason is going
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: to be great. I think whoever the Dodgers play, that's
• 31:06
  Speaker 5: going to be epic. I mean, again, a lot of
• 31:09
  Speaker 5: times wildcard teams, you know, they blow through the playoffs
• 31:12
  Speaker 5: because they keep playing and every game is important. And,
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: you know, for those teams, I mean, you know, every
• 31:18
  Speaker 5: game toward the end of the season was important just
• 31:20
  Speaker 5: to get in. So we'll see how it works out.
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: Hopefully the Brewers are going to be ready. I'm going
• 31:24
  Speaker 5: to be– I'm ready to go for Saturday. I can't wait. Absolutely.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to face the White Sox right now.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: They've got a head of steam going, and they've got
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: the Pope behind them.
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: That's true. Yeah, they've got the fear of God in you.
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: That'll be it. Yeah, right, yeah. Hey, Rock, Billy has
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: a question. Go ahead, man.
• 31:39
  Speaker 5: I'm sorry.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: No, go ahead.
• 31:40
  Speaker 5: No, early in the season, when the Brewers played the
• 31:43
  Speaker 5: White Sox, and the Brewers took them apart, Merced at
• 31:46
  Speaker 5: that point in time, Be careful of the White Sox.
• 31:49
  Speaker 5: They're going to be a team to contend with. Everybody
• 31:51
  Speaker 5: thought he was crazy when he said that, but look
• 31:53
  Speaker 5: where they're at now. Incredible stuff. Murph has a way of...
• 31:59
  Speaker 5: He can read tea leaves. He's been really good.
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: That's right. Rock, Billy asked a question.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: We have to bounce off of you because... You're going
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: from the booth to the stands. What's it like in
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: big games and just on a normal night going from
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: the dugout to the bullpen?
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: Which is the better hang?
• 32:15
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: And when for a high level game like this, for
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: these like big, exciting, what's it like in the bullpen
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: in the early innings? And where's the better play? If
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: you had to pick, where's more fun to sit in
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: the dugout or the bullpen?
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: The bullpen is just more relaxing. It's kind of a
• 32:31
  Speaker 5: community in and of itself down there. Not every pitcher
• 32:37
  Speaker 5: is engaged throughout the whole game. Long relievers, they pay
• 32:42
  Speaker 5: attention early. Closers, McGill, Uribe, they kind of do their
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: own thing throughout the game, and then 7th, 8th, 9th inning,
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: that's when they start focusing and they start using the
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: rubber bands and things like that. But I will say this,
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: back in Old County Stadium, I spent a lot of
• 32:57
  Speaker 5: time in that bullpen out there. Baseball was good for
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: a hot dog and a soda back in those days.
• 33:02
  Speaker 5: I'm not quite sure what it's been like these days.
• 33:06
  Speaker 4: I was going to say, the snags and the fun
• 33:08
  Speaker 4: with everything else might be a lot better in the bullpen.
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: As Drew said, a lot less adult supervision, too, in
• 33:13
  Speaker 4: those middle of July days. I think I'd be a
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: lot better with it.
• 33:16
  Speaker 5: I'll tell you that the dugout is intense. I mean,
• 33:19
  Speaker 5: it's really intense down there. You got guys, you know,
• 33:21
  Speaker 5: coaches walking up and down, getting guys ready. Guys are
• 33:24
  Speaker 5: going back into the cage, you know, hitting, getting ready
• 33:27
  Speaker 5: for a pinch hitting opportunity. But the bullpen, completely different,
• 33:31
  Speaker 5: much more relaxed. I remember when I was playing, you know,
• 33:34
  Speaker 5: starters would go down to the bullpen and just hang out.
• 33:36
  Speaker 5: They didn't want any part of the dugout because of
• 33:39
  Speaker 5: the intensity there.
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: That's true.
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: And they go down there just kind of kick back, right?
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: Who would you rather sit next to, a guy who
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: doesn't think he's going to get in the game or
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: a guy who just struck out for the third time?
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the answer.
• 33:48
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that would be me. That would be me.
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: Oh, classic.
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: Rock, we'll see you at the ballpark. It's going to
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: be a blast. Do you have any juice? You got
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: any field access? Will we see you milling around the
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: field during BP and stuff?
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 34:04
  Speaker 5: Well, I'm going to have a credential. I'm going to
• 34:06
  Speaker 5: leave the guys alone a little bit, but I think,
• 34:08
  Speaker 5: you know, I'll be down there probably every now and again,
• 34:11
  Speaker 5: probably real early and then bug out once the stands
• 34:14
  Speaker 5: start going up.
• 34:15
  Speaker 4: I was going to say, better question is, will people
• 34:17
  Speaker 4: see Rock walking around the concourse or walking around the
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: parking lot? Because if you do, the man would like
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: a bratna.
• 34:23
  Speaker 5: Oh, yeah.
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: I mean, you hand the man a sausage and help
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: him out during the tailgate.
• 34:27
  Speaker 5: Yeah, but I don't have a baseball for you. I'll
• 34:30
  Speaker 5: do a selfie with you, though.
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: There you go. That's worth it. That's worth it. No
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: doubt about it. In the parking lot, it is. No doubt.
• 34:37
  Speaker 5: Rock, we'll see you at the yard.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: It's going to be fun. See you Saturday.
• 34:40
  Speaker 5: Thanks, guys. Looking forward to it. Can't wait.
• 34:42
  Speaker 6: All right.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: Bill Schroeder, Brewers TV. Can't wait. Going to be fun.
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: Man, as a Brewers fan that has listened to that
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: guy my entire life, to hear him enjoy and get
• 34:54
  Speaker 4: excited to be able to crack open a cold one
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: and enjoy the playoffs, oh, that's awesome.
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: Not much better than that.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: Relish this, because this is part of the 10%, the
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: buildup and the excitement. Today, tomorrow, and then through the
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: day Saturday until the first pitch. And again, word to
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: the wise. If you're going to the game, I know
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: tailgating is awesome. It's going to be sunny and warm.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: Get in the park, man. You want to be there
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: to go nuts when Miz is walking from the dugout
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: to warm up for the first pitch, like when he's
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: making his walk.
• 35:21
  Speaker 4: They'll line up on the foul lines this week. That
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: is part of that ticket for game number one.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: It is, absolutely.
• 35:30
  Speaker 6: The Brewers have earned that right to enjoy these couple
• 35:32
  Speaker 6: days and have that moment.
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: Time to close up shop here for our Thursday, the
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: morning edition. Don't forget the Thursday night huddle tonight. Pottawatomie
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: Sportsbook 5 to 7 broadcasting live. If you're not coming
• 35:44
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• 35:47
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• 35:49
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• 35:52
  Speaker 1: of course, Philly's Braves for all the Tostitos. Big W
• 35:56
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• 35:58
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• 36:01
  Speaker 2: Back to close up shop next.
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: You're in the huddle. Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. We have
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: covered a lot of ground today talking about the Brewers
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: and their now set matchup beginning Saturday night against the
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: Padres in the NLDS. We talked Packers, Buccaneers with their
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: revamped offensive line. The loss of Jaden Reed, which will sting.
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: Paging Sky Moore to the white courtesy telephone. Ooh, time
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: to play, boy. Until Savion Williams comes back.
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: Former second-round pick could be a lot worse. You get
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: Savion Williams in there. He can run some jet sweeps,
• 36:28
  Speaker 4: A-gap runs that Armand loves.
• 36:29
  Speaker 5: Oh, yeah.
• 36:30
  Speaker 6: This guy had stepped in with some nice production when
• 36:33
  Speaker 6: they needed it to a little bit.
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: Cinderella stories.
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: Sports isn't built on, you know, modern sports isn't built
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: on sentiment, but I do love the Kevin Zeitler arc. Like,
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: bring him back here, a dude playing in his 15th
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: year in the league, coming in to help out his
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: homestay team that he grew up with the posters on.
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: The walls, you know, in the Favre era. Always love
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: that jersey now. And sorry, he's got to have more
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: juice than Rick Wagner did when you brought him in.
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: I imagine he does.
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: He's played at such a high level for so long.
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: And he's going to be better than anybody. And then
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: it's going to be as the existential question is. yeah,
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: you're happy that the Packers made these moves, but people
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: were clamoring for these moves in March and April.
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: That's the difficult thing to get over, Drew.
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: This could have been done even because, again, I don't
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: think Kevin Zeitler wanted to go through six weeks of
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: training camp.
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: In all reality, he's 35, 36 years old.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: If you can make the same money and skip it,
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: It is a veteran move.
• 37:28
  Speaker 6: 100%.
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: It's the Harrison Smith thing.
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: It's the move.
• 37:31
  Speaker 4: When you're that age and the season is as long
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: as it is, save the refs that you have.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: Tomlinson, probably the same way.
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: But even if this is done on August 20th, you
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: have three to four weeks to be able to give
• 37:45
  Speaker 4: some information. Understand for the young players, the Packers clearly
• 37:49
  Speaker 4: wanted to give these guys a run.
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: They gave them a run.
• 37:53
  Speaker 4: And realized that was a brutal run. So now we're
• 37:55
  Speaker 4: going to go try to fix the plane in midair.
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: There's a lot worse things that you could do, but
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: it could be a lot better if you would have
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: had him for three games. You missed the playoffs by
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: one game. This will be a damning deal as to
• 38:06
  Speaker 4: why you ended up being on the outside looking in.
• 38:09
  Speaker 6: It's that same thing, that same debate will go on.
• 38:12
  Speaker 6: It's the outlook you have. It's like you can rip
• 38:15
  Speaker 6: on them for putting themselves in this position, but the
• 38:18
  Speaker 6: flip side is you have to at least give them
• 38:20
  Speaker 6: some credit for trying to solve their problem while they can.
• 38:23
  Speaker 6: Maybe it's too little too late, but, you know, you
• 38:25
  Speaker 6: can also do nothing. There have been a lot of
• 38:28
  Speaker 6: years where Packers fans have said, we have to go
• 38:30
  Speaker 6: out and get somebody. We have to go out and, well,
• 38:32
  Speaker 6: they've gotten everybody they can. So we'll see if it works.
• 38:35
  Speaker 6: This is, you know, time will tell. Will this be just,
• 38:38
  Speaker 6: you know, it won't work and it doesn't matter? Or
• 38:40
  Speaker 6: will this be the first chapter in the America's Game
• 38:43
  Speaker 6: documentary for the Super Bowl champion Packers?
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: You never know. I mean, that's what's great about this game.
• 38:48
  Speaker 6: That's what's great about sports is that it's going to
• 38:50
  Speaker 6: unfold in front of you and you just don't know.
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: I saw some some folks saying that.
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: Did Jordan love demand the Packers fix their offensive line?
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: Yes. Because nobody else watching said, you know what? I
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: think it's fine. We're good. Everybody said, we're good.
• 39:09
  Speaker 4: Milt Hendrickson and Goody and Russ Ball were all hanging
• 39:12
  Speaker 4: out saying, what's the problem?
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: What did you guys see? Quarterbacks only been hit 30 sometimes.
• 39:18
  Speaker 4: No, they desperately needed their $ 220 million quarterback to knock
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: on the door of the GM and say, you need
• 39:24
  Speaker 4: to fix this.
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: Come on. We're good. What are we talking about? But
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: I do. The number one.
• 39:30
  Speaker 4: One thing, though, Drew, that is going to be enhanced.
• 39:32
  Speaker 4: And this is where Zeitler is going to be a
• 39:33
  Speaker 4: huge part of it. You look at how good he
• 39:35
  Speaker 4: was with Detroit a couple of years ago, how good
• 39:38
  Speaker 4: they were in short yardage a couple of years ago,
• 39:41
  Speaker 4: running behind him on that right side. I think of
• 39:43
  Speaker 4: a Thursday night game in particular where they end up
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: getting a first down against Green Bay. They ran right
• 39:48
  Speaker 4: behind that number 70. Once Jacobs comes back, if he
• 39:51
  Speaker 4: comes back, but I do believe it'll be a win,
• 39:53
  Speaker 4: I think they're going to be able to run the
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: football a little bit. And as much as pass blocking
• 39:58
  Speaker 4: is paramount to be able to hold yourself up and
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: keep Jordan Love's back off the grass, you got to
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: be able to get your feet in the ground and run.
• 40:06
  Speaker 4: And I do think Zeitler's going to help them even
• 40:08
  Speaker 4: more into the run game.
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. Yes, absolutely. And he's going to get a huge
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: pop when he runs out. All right.
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: We're going to do it at 5 a.m.
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: Again tomorrow.
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: But more importantly, more immediately, 5 o'clock tonight, the Thursday
• 40:20
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• 40:21
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• 40:22
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• 40:43
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• 40:43
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