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Brewers brand of ball, Hear from Miz & Bauers, Rays roster shakeup? · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: FT Live off-season mode.
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  Speaker 2: They did it.
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  Speaker 1: The Milwaukee Brewers.
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  Speaker 3: I got my Brewers territory, Brewer territory shirt on today.
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  Speaker 3: Brewers Uni for Kratz. We did a post-game show last
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  Speaker 3: night that was great, so I encourage anyone that wants
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  Speaker 3: more on the instant reaction last night.
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  Speaker 1: To check it out. So we'll, of course, start with AJ.
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  Speaker 3: Actually, AJ, before we get into the game, the team,
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  Speaker 3: the whole thing, I feel like this one would hit
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  Speaker 3: home with you since you work for Fox, too. The
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  Speaker 3: way that they constructed the Bob Euchre calls, was chills
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  Speaker 3: that was really really well done it can be tricky
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  Speaker 3: to do that with someone that passed away and they
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  Speaker 3: just nailed it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah I mean everyone everyone around the Brewers crowd you
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  Speaker 4: know you I was around you a little bit whenever
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  Speaker 4: I'd go to Milwaukee and do a game and he
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  Speaker 4: was the best and to be able to have him
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  Speaker 4: be a small piece of this for the Brewers was
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  Speaker 4: huge for the Brewers community the Brewers fan base the
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  Speaker 4: Brewers announcers the Fox announcers Pat Murphy and Everyone was
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  Speaker 4: involved in this, and it was really, really special to
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  Speaker 4: see them do that. And if you're a Brewers fan,
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  Speaker 4: you couldn't be any prouder than the way they handled this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And we're going to do a lot of Brewers talk
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  Speaker 3: today on FT. So before we start, trivia question, and
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  Speaker 3: anyone listening right now can play along. I'll give you
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  Speaker 3: a few seconds to react. There are now four teams
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  Speaker 3: in Major League Baseball out of 30 that have never
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  Speaker 3: experienced a World Series title.
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  Speaker 1: Four franchises.
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  Speaker 2: So.
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  Speaker 1: Let's count to five so everyone else can think. That's
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  Speaker 1: from home. One, two, three, four, five. All right, let's
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  Speaker 1: go back and forth. AJ, you're up first.
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  Speaker 4: Well, the easiest one is the Rays. They just played
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  Speaker 4: in it.
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  Speaker 1: Boom. Kratz.
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  Speaker 2: Mariners.
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  Speaker 5: Yep.
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  Speaker 6: AJ.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to leave Kratz the simple one. I'm going
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  Speaker 4: to go Padres have never won one.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: What's the simple one?
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  Speaker 2: The simple one is the team that doesn't even– Want
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  Speaker 2: to win one. All he wants is a salary cap.
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  Speaker 2: Old Dick Monfort and the Rockies. Sorry, Rockies fans. That
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  Speaker 2: is not a knock on Rockies fans. We love you.
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  Speaker 2: You come out. Maybe the org needs to shift their
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  Speaker 2: focus and stop whining and complaining.
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  Speaker 3: There should be no more whining and complaining when you
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  Speaker 3: see what the Brewers just did. They just steamrolled the
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  Speaker 3: entire league all year and all season long.
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  Speaker 2: It's so tough. We can't pitch. We can't recover.
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  Speaker 1: They've been to the World Series, too. It's not like
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  Speaker 1: they've never won. There's one team.
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  Speaker 4: It's never been.
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  Speaker 1: To the World Series?
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  Speaker 2: The Seaman.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: The Mariners.
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  Speaker 3: They were close last year. Damn, last year had so
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  Speaker 3: many close moments. This year, the Brewers never made it close.
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  Speaker 3: The last two rounds just now, there were some close games,
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  Speaker 3: but they were not close series results last year, the
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  Speaker 3: amount of moments that could have literally swayed who won
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  Speaker 3: the world series with the world series. And then even
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  Speaker 3: the ALCS wild. So congrats to the brewers. Let's get
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  Speaker 3: into the brewers right now. Full count is fueled by marathon.
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  Speaker 3: So what did we think about this one? AJ game five.
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  Speaker 3: We were like, how are the Rays going to piece
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  Speaker 3: this together? Well, Drew Rasmussen kept them in the game
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  Speaker 3: for four innings.
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  Speaker 4: Didn't matter how they pieced the pitching together. They still
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  Speaker 4: can't hit. That has been the biggest flaw. They couldn't
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  Speaker 4: hit the Brewers. They never hit the Brewers. Even the
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  Speaker 4: game they won, they needed errors to score four runs.
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  Speaker 4: They never, ever were able to figure out the Brewers
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  Speaker 4: pitching step. Listen, piecing it together was great. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: you know, to hold them to four runs, Rasmussen pitched
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  Speaker 4: fairly well. Kelly came in. I mean, all the same
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  Speaker 4: kind of Clevenger, who was kind of nonexistent. He did fine.
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  Speaker 4: The problem is they couldn't score any runs. So the
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  Speaker 4: pitching was fine. It was just they couldn't score. And
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  Speaker 4: Miz came out and Miz was just chucking heaters at them. Heater, heater, heater, heater, heater,
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  Speaker 4: and nobody could hit it. So it was fun to watch.
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  Speaker 4: If you're a Brewers fan with the race, it's kind
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  Speaker 4: of the story of the whole World Series. They couldn't hit.
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  Speaker 4: They couldn't figure out a way to score any runs.
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  Speaker 2: I was so impressed with Rasmussen coming out there throwing
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  Speaker 2: like he did. And as much as I said it
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  Speaker 2: before game one, I didn't think they should have gone
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  Speaker 2: the route that they did. But the fact that Nick
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  Speaker 2: Martinez came back in the game they won in game
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  Speaker 2: four and gave them those two solid innings. The fact
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  Speaker 2: that Rasmussen came out and like, I just, I have
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  Speaker 2: ultra respect for dudes that are put in uncomfortable situations.
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  Speaker 2: He's had injuries, and for him to come out and say,
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  Speaker 2: you know what, I got it. Give me the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Don't take it away. At some point, he had to
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  Speaker 2: take it away, but....
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  Speaker 3: You don't need homers to win a World Series title.
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  Speaker 3: There were four in the entire fall classic.
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  Speaker 4: Four.
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  Speaker 1: Three from Milwaukee, although none from their one through six hitters.
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  Speaker 4: You know what you need, Scott? You need dudes who
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  Speaker 4: have whatever you want to call them, guts that know
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  Speaker 4: how to get hits in big situations. That know how
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  Speaker 4: to get hits in big situations. That's it for me.
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  Speaker 4: You got to have guys that aren't afraid of the moment.
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  Speaker 4: They stick to their game plan in the moment. They
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  Speaker 4: don't get outside of themselves and they are what they
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  Speaker 4: are and they know what they are and they're doing
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  Speaker 4: it to the best of their ability. So I, I,
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  Speaker 4: I love the way that the Milwaukee Brewers played. I
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  Speaker 4: love the way the Rays played. But the Brewers are
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  Speaker 4: unbelievable at knowing what they're good at and being not
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  Speaker 4: only great at it, but amazing at it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Sarah Langs posted how it was the fewest home
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  Speaker 3: runs that we'd seen in a while.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking for it on the fly here. I had it,
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  Speaker 1: and then I lost. Oh, here it is. Jorge Castillo, actually,
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  Speaker 1: from ESPN. The four combined home runs in this World
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  Speaker 1: Series were the fewest in a World Series since 1985
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  Speaker 1: when the Royals and Cardinals combined for four home runs.
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  Speaker 2: So do we think that the teams that just build
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  Speaker 2: all-around power are at home like, oh, if we had
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  Speaker 2: a shot at that series, we could have beaten them?
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  Speaker 2: Do you think they're so entrenched in their thought process
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  Speaker 2: of what a home run means and they missed the
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  Speaker 2: entire series?
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  Speaker 1: You know what? It's funny.
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  Speaker 3: I actually think some teams are bonkers enough to believe
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  Speaker 3: that their process would have beaten the Brewers' process.
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you.
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  Speaker 2: I agree.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's stupid, but good for them. And guess what?
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  Speaker 3: Milwaukee is hoping, AJ, that they continue to think that way.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody's saying home runs don't matter. But some of the
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  Speaker 3: obsessions that have grown in the sport have certainly– caused
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  Speaker 3: problems for teams and have allowed other teams to take
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  Speaker 3: pure advantage of what's going on here. Can we show,
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  Speaker 3: and then we'll get to Murph and all his fun.
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  Speaker 3: The David Adler tweet, a third of the Brewers hits
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  Speaker 3: in the world series went to the opposite field. It's
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  Speaker 3: the highest percentage of any team in the pitch tracking era.
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  Speaker 3: And that started in 2008.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: A third.
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  Speaker 3: And this is, this is perfect timing to AJ. Cause
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  Speaker 3: around that time period, maybe a little bit later than that,
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  Speaker 3: is when the obsession began, right? Pulled fly ball contact
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  Speaker 3: is the only way to win.
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  Speaker 4: Really? Three true outcomes, Scott. That was the thing, right?
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  Speaker 4: That was the money ball. Walk and hit home runs.
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  Speaker 4: We don't bunt. We don't steal bases. Now the team
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  Speaker 4: that won just showed you that, listen, home runs are
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  Speaker 4: always going to be important. But if you have nine
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  Speaker 4: guys that are just trying to hit home runs and
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  Speaker 4: not doing other things, we've seen it with some teams.
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  Speaker 4: It's hard to String together offense, and here you go.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, the Brewers, wow, the Brewers are just good.
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  Speaker 4: The Brewers were the best team. I mean, we can't
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  Speaker 4: say it enough. The Brewers were just the best team.
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  Speaker 4: And to go the other way, again, this goes back
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  Speaker 4: to what I just said. They knew what they were
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  Speaker 4: good at, and they just became great at it. And
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  Speaker 4: they knew their role from Murph to every coach on
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  Speaker 4: that staff just drilled in them, hey, do what you
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  Speaker 4: do and do it really well. And that's what the
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  Speaker 4: Brewers have done from defense to pitching to offensively hey
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  Speaker 4: you're not a home run hitter you it's okay you
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  Speaker 4: know cooper pratt to not be a 30 you don't
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  Speaker 4: have to be like i'm going to use this example
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  Speaker 4: and i and i we talked about this a million
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  Speaker 4: times anthony volpe okay that yankees like anthony volpe's got
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  Speaker 4: to be a 30 home run guy how about being
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  Speaker 4: a 15 home run guy and hitting 300 and getting
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  Speaker 4: on base and stealing 30 to 40 bases a year
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  Speaker 4: doing it that way but because certain teams and i'm
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  Speaker 4: just using that because we've talked about anthony volpe so
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  Speaker 4: many times not just picking on the yankees but You've
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  Speaker 4: got to figure out what you are. I mean, look
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  Speaker 4: at the Rays. Chandler Simpson's not going to hit a
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  Speaker 4: home run, but he was really good in this series.
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  Speaker 2: Why?
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  Speaker 4: Because he hit the ball from line to line. He
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  Speaker 4: got on base, and he caused pressure when he got
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  Speaker 4: on base. That's what the Brewers have done. They figured out, like,
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  Speaker 4: Christian Yelich, he was hitting third for a lot of
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  Speaker 4: the series. I don't know if he could hit a
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  Speaker 4: home run to left center, especially in the trot. But
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  Speaker 4: you know what he did? He got his hits. He
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  Speaker 4: went to the other way. He drove in runs. They
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  Speaker 4: just knew what they were good at, and they were
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  Speaker 4: great at it.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, that's a good segue for me because Pat Murphy
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  Speaker 3: had a little chat with Jake Bowers on the fields.
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  Speaker 1: And here's the quote that was caught. You're posting it.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to be a rich bleeper. But just remember,
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  Speaker 1: when you were on.
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  Speaker 3: That horse bleep Yankees team and you guys were all
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  Speaker 3: playing for yourself, Just remember, this is the way we
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  Speaker 3: used to do it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. That's good.
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  Speaker 3: When you win a World Series, yeah, you shoot your
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  Speaker 3: shots like that after, right? A lot of people hold
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  Speaker 3: a lot of things back, and then when one team
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  Speaker 3: wins a World Series, that's when you hear it. That's
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  Speaker 3: when you hear, I don't know if you saw McGill
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  Speaker 3: telling someone, I think it was Ben Berlander on his interview, like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: now we just get to rub it in Chicago's face.
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  Speaker 3: But in this case, this is organizational organization, Murph feeling
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  Speaker 3: as if the Yankees did not do it right with
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  Speaker 3: Bowers and with their philosophy in general.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that is about as direct of a shot
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  Speaker 1: as you can make.
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  Speaker 4: Why is everyone picking on the Yankees, Kratz? Why is
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  Speaker 4: everyone picking on the Yankees? Remember the Dodgers won? They
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  Speaker 4: picked on the Yankees. Now Murph wins. He picks on
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  Speaker 4: the Yankees.
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  Speaker 1: Why is everyone.
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  Speaker 4: Picking on the Yankees?
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  Speaker 2: I know why.
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  Speaker 3: Because I think in our sport right now, there are
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  Speaker 3: parts of the Yankees over the last five years at least,
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  Speaker 3: maybe 10, where the rest of the sport gets mad.
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  Speaker 3: And it's coaches, it's players, et cetera, right? Two years ago,
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  Speaker 3: they're looking and they're like, a team that's this clunky
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  Speaker 3: defensively and needs more athleticism and all of that is
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  Speaker 3: just not what should be a winning baseball team. In
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  Speaker 3: this particular case, yeah, the Yankees are one of many
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  Speaker 3: teams that are fly ball power, all of that obsessed.
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  Speaker 3: And I mean, Murph was also talking about some other
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  Speaker 3: things within that quote, but.
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  Speaker 1: They're, they're an easy target and crats. You know what?
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  Speaker 1: The Yankees have won a ton.
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  Speaker 3: They were the team that, and the franchise that everyone
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  Speaker 3: was jealous of for a long time. And then they
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  Speaker 3: became this version of the Yankees. So I think that's fair, right?
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  Speaker 3: You got to beat the best. And now they're not
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  Speaker 3: the best anymore for like 20 years. And yeah, They're
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  Speaker 3: going to kick them because they also are not doing what.
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  Speaker 1: The Brewers are doing.
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  Speaker 3: The Brewers and the Yankees could not be more opposite
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  Speaker 3: right now in terms of what they look like on
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  Speaker 3: a baseball field.
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  Speaker 2: I know the people in the upper tier that are
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  Speaker 2: making those decisions. I know they're having those conversations. It's
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  Speaker 2: a matter of how much are they willing to shift
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  Speaker 2: or make the players help shift that focus. They are
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  Speaker 2: You just said it, Scott. Even since 24, I think
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  Speaker 2: the team has gotten more athletic. They're moving around on
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  Speaker 2: the bases a little bit better. Yes, they still make mistakes,
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  Speaker 2: but they're more athletic. How do they make the next step?
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  Speaker 2: They do not need to be the Brewers, but you
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  Speaker 2: can be a version of the Brewers with that immense
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  Speaker 2: power that you have.
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  Speaker 3: And one more shout out here, and then we'll show Murph.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, also part of this equation is just having
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  Speaker 3: one of the nastiest bullpens that I can remember, and
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  Speaker 3: it goes beyond just two or three guys. We went
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  Speaker 3: over this a lot on the post-game show, so I
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  Speaker 3: won't spend a ton of time on it. I want
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  Speaker 3: people to check that out since it was still all
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  Speaker 3: very relevant. But a guy like Ashby had one of
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  Speaker 3: the best performances we've ever seen from a reliever, if
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  Speaker 3: not the best. Nine appearances, 18 shutout innings. Just incredible
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  Speaker 3: from their bullpen. Abner Uribe, D.L. Hall, McGill certainly was fine.
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  Speaker 1: He got the job done. JoJo Romero, yep.
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  Speaker 4: Dustin May gave him some big innings too. Like Dustin
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  Speaker 4: May has taken some heat for not being very good
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  Speaker 4: since he came over there. He gave him some really
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  Speaker 4: big innings.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, the Dustin May that currently holds the most World
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  Speaker 3: Series rings among active players tied with Mookie Betts.
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  Speaker 1: Dustin May. Yeah, he's got some rings. He's trying to
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  Speaker 1: fill up his hand and he's still got career left
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  Speaker 1: to go. He might do it. He might fill one
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  Speaker 1: hand with five rings. Pretty impressive.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 3: So Pat Murphy is a star. And he has been
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  Speaker 3: manager of the year the last two years. Now he
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  Speaker 3: gets a World Series title. He might get another manager
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  Speaker 3: of the year. Not that he really cares as much
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  Speaker 3: about that, but it does speak to how he's able
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  Speaker 3: to take a team that has expectations publicly that are
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  Speaker 3: not as high as they should be. And here's just
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  Speaker 3: one of the many quotes that he said last night
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  Speaker 3: after winning.
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  Speaker 2: Listen up, guys.
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  Speaker 8: It goes without saying how grateful I am. I'm grateful
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  Speaker 8: to have a group like you guys.
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  Speaker 2: I really am. All of you.
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  Speaker 8: And it starts with Mark and his group. Gotta remember
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  Speaker 8: guys like Bud Seeley who got.
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  Speaker 2: This thing started. And of course, you.
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  Speaker 8: I got a little message from you. Matt Arnold and
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  Speaker 8: his front office, the Ivory Tower, putting all this together.
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  Speaker 2: Incredible. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 8: And we set out. We set out and we talked
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  Speaker 8: about Uncommon Mindset. We said in spring training, you might
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  Speaker 8: be shocked.
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  Speaker 4: We really did.
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  Speaker 8: Then we had people, we had leadership that committed to that.
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  Speaker 8: They committed to that uncommon mindset, being undaunted. And it starts, guys,
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  Speaker 8: you gotta connect this. It starts back when Robin played
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  Speaker 8: and the way he played the game. That set the
• 15:47
  Speaker 8: tone for the Milwaukee Brewers. 20-some plus years, Hall of Fame.
• 15:51
  Speaker 8: And he's still here celebrating with you guys and he
• 15:53
  Speaker 8: comes all the time because this is a connection you'll
• 15:56
  Speaker 8: remember for life. So you sent me a text today.
• 16:03
  Speaker 8: You said, look, I helped you against the Padres. And
• 16:10
  Speaker 8: I messed with the Dodgers a little bit. And then
• 16:14
  Speaker 8: you came here on your own because we had a
• 16:16
  Speaker 8: doubleheader and they actually let me catch the last three
• 16:19
  Speaker 8: innings of the game.
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: But you did it for the city.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: You did it for the state.
• 16:27
  Speaker 8: And you boys ought to be awfully proud to know
• 16:29
  Speaker 8: that you're the first ever Milwaukee Brewer team.
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: To be world champs. Awesome.
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: I love hearing the champagne bottles getting all prepped and
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: popped as they get ready to spread and go crazy.
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: That was cool.
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: And that plays to one of the conversations we had yesterday, too,
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: when you connect the franchise back. You always want to
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: do that. And he gave Robin Yount a shout out
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: and Bob Euchre when you're having a speech like that.
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: Right?
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: It's not just about this year. It's about the entire
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: history of the franchise. Super, super cool. We're going to
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: do a lot more on this, so we'll save more thoughts.
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: We'll let everyone. Yep.
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: You know, the best part of that whole video, Mark Antonacio,
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: the owner having flip-flops on and getting ready to get
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: down some champagne. He was right behind Murph, right over
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: his shoulder, standing there and flip-flops and, you know, just
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: waiting to get down. So you don't see owners get
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: to get to do that or involved in that that often.
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: So that was pretty, pretty awesome to see him like,
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: He couldn't wait. He's like, oh, you kept messing with
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: his hat. He's like, what do I do? He had
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: the Brewers World Champion. He has flip-flops on his shower shoes.
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: He was ready to get doused.
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: It's going to be a new generation of owners, AJ.
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: Did you see the Padres owners were like dancing with
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: the players. They were having a good time. I'm all
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: about it.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: I love it.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: Hey, you're in on this, right?
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: You're making the decisions on transactions. Get in on the party.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: I'm with you. That's why you're on a team.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: That's why you're on a team. Yep. To be there
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: in that moment.
• 17:54
  Speaker 6: Mm-hmm.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: Could not agree more. You don't have to stand in
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: the back. You're part of this thing. You run the operation.
• 17:59
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• 18:17
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• 18:19
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• 18:26
  Speaker 3: Father would say, a plethora. I think that's his favorite word,
• 18:29
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• 18:35
  Speaker 3: Murphy sharing a moment. Postgame, always cool.
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: Does this always happen? I feel like we usually get
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: the photos like this, AJ, but I wonder. I think
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: it happens a lot.
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: I think sometimes it's private, though, Scott.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: I think it's private.
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: I think it's more private than this. Someone just happened
• 18:51
  Speaker 4: to catch this, but a lot of times they do
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: do this and the manager will meet the other manager.
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: Usually you can sneak around into a clubhouse and just
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: see the guy for a minute and say congratulations. But
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: a classy move by Kevin Cash. He didn't have to
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: do this, but he walked over and said, hey Murph,
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: congratulations and congratulations to your organization, especially coming from Kevin Cash,
• 19:12
  Speaker 4: who's played against Murph a few times. So we showed
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: him the other day in the College World Series. Classy
• 19:16
  Speaker 4: move by Kevin Cash.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: And did you guys see how certain Rays, Cash, Rasmussen,
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: and others were pointing out not only how dominant the
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: team was, how ridiculous the bullpen was, right? There was
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: praise where, like Cashy, for example, he's been around the
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: sport for a while now, Kratz. And I don't remember
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: if you said the bullpen, the team, or both, but
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: about as impressive as he's seen.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, Rasmussen even said the same thing. Like,
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: it's one of the most impressive teams he's seen in
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: Major League Baseball, if not the best. I'm not sure
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: exactly what he said, but You're all using the same
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: corridor to leave and, like, all that stuff. And guys
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: come out. They're drinking. And the other team has to
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: walk by that locker room usually. Like, you have those interactions.
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: And none of them feel any more awkward if you
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: have won or you lost. But they're all always filled
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: with just mutual respect like you see from that picture.
• 20:09
  Speaker 9: Mm-hmm.
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah, cool sportsmanship, respectful, all of that. And I know
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: we talked a lot about it over the past week,
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: but it's not easy to see another team invade your territory.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: At least it was Brewers fans. I will say this.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: As someone who grew up in the Northeast, it could
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: be much worse.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: If you have New York, Philly, or Boston invading your.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Area, it's probably not as Midwest nice.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: I can say that. I grew up in an area that.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: If this is how filled it was, if this is
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: how filled it was with the brewers, there's not a
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: lot of people from Milwaukee like transplant down there. Imagine
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: if it were one of the other East Coast cities
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: that transplant down there. What it was, you know, yeah.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: It could have been worse. Maybe.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: That's what she said.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: We have great sound from the World Series clincher, so
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: let's keep running that. That's what he said is presented
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: by Lorraine Coe. We're going to start with the Miz.
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: I mean, he's going to win the Cy Young Award soon, officially.
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: He's got it locked already. Spoiler alert. But then he
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: also gets to pitch in the clinching game and pitch
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: well and pitch differently. We'll get AJ's thoughts on how
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: he pitched, but let's get Miz postgame on the field first.
• 21:35
  Speaker 7: What did you learn about yourself this year?
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: Just.
• 21:41
  Speaker 5: Just that I could do it. You know, I think
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: that was the biggest thing. And, you know, there's a
• 21:44
  Speaker 5: lot of self-doubt and everything. But, you know, at the
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: same time, having the support from family and, you know,
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: my teammates, it's been possible.
• 21:53
  Speaker 7: So it's been amazing. You mentioned the support from your
• 21:56
  Speaker 7: family and teammates. I'm assuming that's how you overcame a
• 21:58
  Speaker 7: lot of that. What does it mean to share this
• 22:00
  Speaker 7: moment with your family?
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: It's unreal.
• 22:02
  Speaker 5: You know, having my fiance here, it means the world. And,
• 22:06
  Speaker 5: you know, all support and, you know, hardship she's gone
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: through to get me here. It's really awesome.
• 22:12
  Speaker 7: And then last one for me, 10-year-old Jacob Mizorowski looks
• 22:14
  Speaker 7: at you now and thinks what?
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: In disbelief. You know, it's really, really cool. Just getting
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: to where I'm at and, you know, being in this opportunity,
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: it's amazing.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: Great questions from our guy Michael on the field, talking
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: to the Miz.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: So AJ, I wanted to tee you up in two ways.
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: One, the Brewers handled the Miz in the minor leagues
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: with a little bit of care, right?
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: It took him some time.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: To get up to the show, and there were a
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: lot of people publicly saying, well, why don't they just
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: make this dude a reliever if he's not fine in
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: the zone? Well, it takes some patience with a guy
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: that's six foot million. And then two, what did you
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: think of... I'll start with this. What did you think
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: of his performance in game five? Because it wasn't the
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: Miz performance you would see in July, but it's also
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: the Rays. Actually, you were the one that thought maybe
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: he'd rack up the Ks, and the Rays just... They're
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: good on the contact front.
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: That's the one thing. They will not give in on
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: strikeouts there.
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: First of all, I hope no one shook Michael's hand
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: because we had this conversation yesterday. But the thing about Miz.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: You can't just say that.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: You're going to get all kinds of weird thoughts.
• 23:25
  Speaker 4: Let's just say Michael gets a little nervous sometimes around people,
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: so he might have a little bit of a clammy
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: hand syndrome. I don't know if that's a thing. But
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: we love Michael and good job, Michael. Killer suit. But
• 23:39
  Speaker 4: the Miz, here's the thing. I'm down at a golf
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: course and I'm playing golf and people are asking me today,
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: did the right team win?
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 23:46
  Speaker 4: And then they all, everyone wants to know about the Miz.
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: What is this guy? And I say, well, he's six
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: foot eight and he's like a 12 year old kid.
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: I mean, seriously, you talk to him, he's talking about
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: Pokemon and, and he's just a fun loving guy that
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: is living the best life ever. And, he does with
• 24:04
  Speaker 4: such extension. And he, we talked about it yesterday with, uh,
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: Kurt Ho about Adam Wainwright. It's like, why don't you
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: just throw your fastball? It's still 103. And that's basically
• 24:13
  Speaker 4: what he did in this game. He just went out
• 24:15
  Speaker 4: and was like, the race can't take me out of
• 24:16
  Speaker 4: the yard. So I'm just going to challenge him with fastballs.
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: The race swung early. They didn't strike out, but they
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: also didn't do any damage off of me. He had
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: a lot of weak fly balls, a lot of weak contact.
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: So this played perfectly into his hands. Uh, He did
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: what he needed to do. He threw the ball really well.
• 24:31
  Speaker 4: He threw it over the plate. I don't know what
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: happened from last year to this year, but he figured
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: out how to grow up and throw it over the plate.
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: Whoever developed him and whoever sat down with him this offseason,
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: I tip my cap to you because you did a
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: hell of a job.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: That's a great point. His maturation from one year to
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: the next is really about just attacking the hitters and
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: throwing in the zone. There was times when You would
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: hear complaints from Milwaukee fans about, ah, too many cutters.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: Too many cutters from William Contreras. They're calling too many
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: and giving hitters a chance. Like, you're nitpicking. You're like
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: splitting hairs when you're talking about the Cy Young award
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: winner going out in the clinching game of the World
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: Series and saying, you know what? He might not have
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: his best stuff. His foot might be slipping. He can't
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: get the good grip he wants on that mound. We're
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: just going to go and attack the zone. And I
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: think that confidence and maturity happened before this season. Talking
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: to Hooky gives him that confidence that, you know what,
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: your stuff plays. Maybe Adam Wainwright did help. Adam Wainwright's
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: not a big Chicago Cubs fan either, so maybe this
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: really was just to hurt the Chicago Cubs. But he
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: just said, you throw 105. Go and throw it. It
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: seems so easy. He throws 105 and he's closer. than
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: everybody else in baseball. So it's like, oh, maybe I
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: should just do that. Simplifying it with confidence. Mm-hmm. So
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: that's Mizz.
• 26:03
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 26:03
  Speaker 4: Well, no, I've got two things. One, what Kratz said,
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: Wayno was Mizz's favorite player growing up, so they got
• 26:11
  Speaker 4: to talk in the DS, so that was why Wayno
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: helped him out or talked to him. And then two,
• 26:16
  Speaker 4: I mean, Mizz also has Carter Capps going. Remember Carter
• 26:19
  Speaker 4: Capps used to jump off the mound? I mean, Mizz,
• 26:21
  Speaker 4: when he throws the ball, his foot is like a
• 26:23
  Speaker 4: foot Off the rubber. I didn't know you could do that.
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: He's throwing, and his foot's landing, and he still has
• 26:28
  Speaker 4: the ball in his hand, and it comes off. And
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: his foot is– they kept showing it. I mean, it's
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: a good foot off the rubber. I thought you had
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: to remain in contact. I guess not in this case because, remember,
• 26:37
  Speaker 4: Carter captures to jump before he threw the ball, and
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: they made him work on it, and then he could
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: never pitch anymore. But Miz is the same way. I mean,
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: he's a good foot off the rubber from right over
• 26:46
  Speaker 4: the mound.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: It's incredible. It's incredible, and it's something that, you know,
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: like the tush push, people are going to look at
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: it and be like, oh, we need to change this rule.
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: Do we.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: No oh yeah i mean.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: Look at ms in the prior two starts like look
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: at the padres and how they fouled off pitch after
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: pitch from the miss and the delivery hasn't changed so
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: unfair advantage i don't think so let's keep the sport
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: let's also play the sport next year but Jake Bowers
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: is a great story.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: Let's hear from him, and then we'll talk about not.
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: Just his big plate appearances throughout the postseason, but also
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: I want to highlight his defense after we hear what
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: he said.
• 27:33
  Speaker 10: I just keep thinking about the city of Milwaukee and
• 27:35
  Speaker 10: how long they waited for this, and I'm so happy for.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: The people back there.
• 27:39
  Speaker 7: Those last 10 seconds before the final out was made,
• 27:42
  Speaker 7: what's going through your mind?
• 27:44
  Speaker 10: Catch the ball.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: Catch the ball, honestly. That's all I was thinking about.
• 27:48
  Speaker 10: I mean, you figure a ground ball's coming, and the
• 27:50
  Speaker 10: only thought was catch the ball.
• 27:52
  Speaker 7: What would 10-year-old Jake Bowers think of you now?
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: Oh, man.
• 27:59
  Speaker 10: I'm not too sure, man.
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: I just know.
• 28:03
  Speaker 10: I kept going the whole way through, and that's something
• 28:06
  Speaker 10: that I'll always be proud of.
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: And then last one. I'm seeing a lot of you
• 28:09
  Speaker 7: guys wearing this chain with baseball cards on it. What's
• 28:12
  Speaker 7: the backstory behind this?
• 28:14
  Speaker 10: The backstory is we went back in the clubhouse and
• 28:16
  Speaker 10: these were all waiting for us in our locker. I'm
• 28:20
  Speaker 10: assuming Tops made it.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: So shout out Tops. And, you know, yeah, pretty sick.
• 28:26
  Speaker 4: Pretty sick.
• 28:26
  Speaker 7: Will you be wearing that to the parade?
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: I'll be wearing this maybe for the rest of my life.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: I might not ever take it off.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: That's good stuff.
• 28:34
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: They made them some instant baseball cards, of course, the
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: World Series champs.
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: But actually I wanted to start with their defense or
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: with his defense. AJ and he was better in prior rounds,
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: probably at bat wise than he was in the world series.
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: But for Bowers, I mean, in game five, there were
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: a couple of plays that said out to me where
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: you're like, damn, he's getting it done. And there was
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: someone in a game, especially what was a game one
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: or game two, who really didn't get it done for
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: the race and Jonathan Ronda. He had a tough game.
• 29:04
  Speaker 3: It was game one or two. It's all stringing together.
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: But I mean, Bowers is a much better defender than him.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: Bowers made some diving plays. he had some picks. I mean,
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: he missed a couple of picks. I guarantee you, he'll
• 29:16
  Speaker 4: tell you that he should have made, uh, on some
• 29:18
  Speaker 4: Cooper Pratt, one Cooper Pratt throw against the Padres and,
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: and the Ortiz throw in game four that he probably
• 29:24
  Speaker 4: thinks he should have made, but he really showed out.
• 29:26
  Speaker 4: Jake Bauer showed up from a guy who was quitting, retiring,
• 29:29
  Speaker 4: and just wanted insurance to a guy who now is
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: a world series champion. And listen, as we've talked about,
• 29:34
  Speaker 4: if you followed this show enough, Jake Bowers was kind
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: of the poster child for the three true outcomes. Remember, uh,
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: What's his name? Lance Brzozowski. We'd always talk about him
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: when he was with the Yankees. And now here he
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: is leading the team in home runs that just won
• 29:47
  Speaker 4: the World Series. So Jake Bowers made some adjustments and
• 29:49
  Speaker 4: did a great job.
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I don't think Murph's wrong. I mean,
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: he's going to go get paid. He's on the older
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: side of free agents, but The fact that he's able
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: to be, he was third in the league in on-base percentage.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: That's something that I remember when he was like 19
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: or 20 years old back in like 2017, 18 when
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: I played against him in Durham. I remember this dude would,
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: he would just take a lot of pitches and I
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: felt like he was walking or he was taking to
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: walk and it looked like now he was taking till
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: he got a pitch in the zone and do damage
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: on it. Is he going to be a marquee free agent?
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: No.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: Has he turned his career around? Yes. And the fact
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: that the Brewers have gone through so many first basemen,
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: throughout the years. I mean, you're talking about before I
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: was even there. Carter, the big right-handed hitter. Then you
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: go like a Rowdy Tellez. You go Jesus Aguilar. You
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: go different guys. I mean, Travis Shaw played a little
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: bit of first base when he was there. They've cycled
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: through Reese Hoskins. They've cycled through guys. And the fact
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: that a guy was able to do what he did,
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: like Jake Bowers did this year, and then come through
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: in the earlier rounds of the postseason, and they still
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: didn't even need him in the World Series to do
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: what he did, incredible.
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that was not a position that had a guy
• 31:14
  Speaker 3: there for a long time. You know, just to use
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: a comp, since the Reds are so jealous of the Brewers,
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: they had Votto there forever. But the Brewers did cycle
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: through a ton of first basemen over the years.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: And some of them had success.
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. Some of them had– Rowdy Tellez was a
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: 30-home run guy there. Jesus Aguilar was an all-star when
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: I was there. I think Carter– why am I forgetting?
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: Chris Carter. Chris Carter was a three-true outcome guy. He had–
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: I think he had 40. I'd have to look it up.
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: He had a lot of homers, yes. They had a
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: lot of guys that had success at that position, and
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: none of them have been this long-term option at first base.
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: And Bowers might not be either. He's probably going to
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: go somewhere else in free agency.
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: Because they can find someone else.
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: They'll find someone else. They also have– They still have
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: Andrew Vaughn.
• 32:12
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: They have Vaughn. They also have a little bit of
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: a surplus that's going to begin here.
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: Andrew Fisher. What was it?
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: Andrew Fisher, I was going to say, is Fisher first
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: base or outfielder?
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: He's an outfielder. He's an outfielder right now.
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: But the outfield's getting full, too.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't crack this outfield right now, sorry, without athleticism.
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: I mean, Yelly's got DH locked down for another year.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: Dude, Fisher's ready.
• 32:38
  Speaker 4: He might come up at first. Laura, Freelick, Mitchell, Churrio,
• 32:41
  Speaker 4: there's four.
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: Made's coming next year. This team's got it. They're not
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: going to do much in free agency, newsflash. They never do.
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: They're not going to do much.
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: Why?
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: Because they already have a surplus.
• 32:53
  Speaker 3: They might grab a pitcher or two that's on the cheap,
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: but position player-wise, there's a lot going on.
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: And now they proved they don't need it. They proved
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: it to me. They proved it to AJ. They proved
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: it to Scott. They don't need it. And that's vindication
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: for them. Possibly William Contreras is gone. Obviously, you're not
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: going to talk about that the day after. Just saying.
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: Just saying.
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: Mercy, you want to trade him?
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: Well, he's a free agent after next season. In my mind,
• 33:23
  Speaker 3: I actually do think they try and get something done
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: with him.
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: They already have tried.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: I think they try again.
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: It just got a lot more expensive. Okay.
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: Maybe I'm wrong. But let's see. They're making some money.
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: I think if there's one guy that you circle that
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: you waited a little bit too long on to come
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: to his price, maybe you circle back to it.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: They could go two more years with him because he
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: has next season.
• 33:50
  Speaker 4: Oh, it's 28?
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: No, no, no, no. He would have 27, and then
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: you can qualify. You can give him a qualifying offer.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: I mean, they gave Big Woo a qualifying offer without
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: being healthy, so they wouldn't be afraid of it.
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Take a step back.
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: They couldn't agree on terms right now, and you think
• 34:09
  Speaker 3: that he would accept a qualifying offer?
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: I'm just saying. No way.
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: If he looks the way he did, He's not accepting
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: a qualifying offer.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: If you delve in, maybe he really loves it there. Yeah,
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: if he loves it there, then he'll sign up long-term.
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: They'll be like, hey, let's look at Cal Raleigh's deal.
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: That's what they'll do.
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: That's the thing.
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: Catchers are not as expensive as some other players. I mean,
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: you guys know this.
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: It's undervalued, but the market doesn't pay catchers the way
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: they pay most other positions because you guys get beat up.
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: So he's not going to cost $ 250 million.
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying. That's why I read an article
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: about it. We'll get into it another time. The fact
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: that the qualifying offer could be $ 22 million, he's not
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: making $ 22 million in a year. His brother knows that.
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: I don't even know if Cal Raleigh's making that. Will
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: Smith's not making that. So I'm just saying. I'm just saying.
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: It's a possibility.
• 35:03
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: That's fair.
• 35:03
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: Well, that is what we will be talking about all offseason.
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: Don't tell Kratz possibilities. Kratz, don't tell Scott possibilities. He
• 35:11
  Speaker 4: doesn't believe it.
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: He wants facts. Facts.
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: Strictly facts.
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm a fact guy. I'm a fact guy.
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: I don't go on that Wikipedia page with AJ's check swings.
• 35:22
  Speaker 4: I want facts.
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: I want the dictionary.
• 35:24
  Speaker 4: That was checked, Scott. That junk was checked.
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: That was as check as check gets. Yes, I learned
• 35:30
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• 35:33
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• 35:41
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• 35:45
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• 36:02
  Speaker 3: Nightingale tweeted this 20 minutes ago. He said, first trade
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: of the offseason, the Red Sox trade. Nate Eaton to
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: the A's. Let the hot stove begin. we're going to
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: cook a little extra this month too, or for the
• 36:16
  Speaker 3: next month before the lockout.
• 36:18
  Speaker 4: Thank goodness. Thank goodness. Cause I don't, I'm not looking
• 36:21
  Speaker 4: forward to the next once all this shuts down December 1st,
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: it's going to be a slow blog fest.
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: It's going to be a lot of business and legal talk. Yeah.
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: We'll have fun with it.
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we will. We're going to have fun with it, AJ.
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: We're going to make you smile.
• 36:37
  Speaker 4: I know we're going to have fun with it, but
• 36:39
  Speaker 4: there's only so many times I can say CBA before
• 36:41
  Speaker 4: I want to, Pull my hair out.
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: Better than saying NBA.
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: But it's also better than saying, oh, what's on Brewster's Million?
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: Like there's going to be only one place that's going
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: to be covering it, honestly.
• 36:55
  Speaker 4: And you can't watch Brewster's Million. I love Brewster's Million.
• 36:57
  Speaker 4: That's a great movie. Dude, don't make fun of Brewster's Millions.
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: Great movie. I'd rather talk about CBA and the future
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: of the game than watch that movie again and see
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: if he can spend a million dollars for the 33rd
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: straight day in a row.
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: That is a great line. Great movie, but a great
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: line by Kratz.
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: We're not going to run movies on this channel. The
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: mask that John Candy got, by the way, was so pimp.
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: So pimp.
• 37:23
  Speaker 3: There's some poaching going on, and there will be. When
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: a team is good, the rest of the league goes,
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: how are they good? Let's steal their people. Brewers executive
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: Matt Klein is the focus of the Astros GM search,
• 37:34
  Speaker 3: according to multiple sources, for Chandler Rome, who reports on
• 37:38
  Speaker 3: this team for The Athletic and, of course, hosts crushed
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: city territory, part of the FT network.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: He said, no deal.
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: Finalized or agreed upon, but Klein is the Astros choice.
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: And AJ, there was a picture of him with Jim
• 37:50
  Speaker 3: crane on some like red carpet thing. So this has
• 37:53
  Speaker 3: been rumored for weeks where they're like, yeah, he's probably
• 37:56
  Speaker 3: just waiting until the world series is done.
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: And that's respectful.
• 37:59
  Speaker 3: Let him enjoy the ride here and then keep the
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: conversations going. So we'll see if the Astros end up
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: taking someone from the brain trust, the ivory tower of
• 38:08
  Speaker 3: the brewers.
• 38:08
  Speaker 4: And also did the brewers, the new raise, Are the
• 38:11
  Speaker 4: Brewers the new Rays?
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're the new Brewers. The Rays don't have a
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: World Series.
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: True.
• 38:20
  Speaker 4: Matt Arnold also came from the Rays. But remember how
• 38:22
  Speaker 4: for so long everybody wanted to, oh, we need people
• 38:24
  Speaker 4: from the Rays. We've got to have a guy from
• 38:26
  Speaker 4: the Rays. We've got to have a coach, a manager,
• 38:28
  Speaker 4: a front office guy from the Rays. Well, the Brewers
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: become the new team that everybody goes to and says,
• 38:32
  Speaker 4: how did Matt Arnold, how did Mark Antonaccio, how did
• 38:35
  Speaker 4: Thad Levine, how did all these guys do this to
• 38:38
  Speaker 4: where they are today? now being poached left and right.
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: And it's just, if you get the Rays on you forever,
• 38:44
  Speaker 4: you could get a job. Now, if you get the
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: Brewers on you, can you just get a job automatically?
• 38:47
  Speaker 4: Kind of like driveline. If you went to driveline, it's like, Jared,
• 38:50
  Speaker 4: if you went to driveline, you get a job.
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: You get a job.
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: It helps.
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: Also, well, here's another one, AJ.
• 38:57
  Speaker 3: The White Sox hired Matt Roth, scouting director, coming over
• 39:02
  Speaker 3: from the Brewers, assistant director of domestic scouting.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: There you go. There we go.
• 39:08
  Speaker 4: Everyone wants to be the Brewers. It's a copycat league.
• 39:10
  Speaker 4: What do the Brewers do? How do they draft so well?
• 39:11
  Speaker 4: How did they find this person? How did they do this?
• 39:14
  Speaker 4: It's smart. I can't believe the White Sox went outside
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: the organization, though. It's crazy that they would do such
• 39:18
  Speaker 4: a crazy thing like that.
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: Here's the problem.
• 39:21
  Speaker 3: I'm going to tell you the problem specifically with the
• 39:23
  Speaker 3: White Sox, because I looked at their list on how
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: big every staff was behind the scenes.
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: This guy's going to come over.
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: The first thing he is going to say and should
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: say is when they ask him, how do we be
• 39:32
  Speaker 3: the Brewers?
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: You need a much bigger staff. You need a.
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: Much bigger staff. You're not nearly as big as what
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: Milwaukee has. What's going to be the reaction there? He's
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: going to be like, yeah, our international scouting staff, we
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: need about 20 more.
• 39:48
  Speaker 4: People here but they signed they signed murakami so they
• 39:51
  Speaker 4: signed murakami they signed.
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: Murakami he was international by accident.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: Thank you david keller.
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: In the weeds is presented by the fox one app
• 40:07
  Speaker 3: we've been putting teams to bed throughout october and the
• 40:12
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• 40:15
  Speaker 3: the last one standing the race So let's talk about
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: the Rays from a roster construction standpoint and where they're at,
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: how they built, what they put together this year, some
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: of the promising pieces. It wasn't the best postseason for
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: Junior Caminero, but he's going to be a part of
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: this team for a while. There's some other young names
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: that are exciting that should be part of this team
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: for a while. Even Liam Hicks, actually, who had a
• 40:37
  Speaker 3: great regular season and a pretty good postseason, should be
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: part of this team for a while.
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: He's got a ton of team control.
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: AJ, on the other side, there are pitchers that could
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: move on. Freddy Peralta is going to be a free agent.
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: He wants to come back. He's not coming back unless
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: he takes a ridiculous discount. They're not going to pay
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: him what some other teams pay him. And then in
• 40:57
  Speaker 3: this article by Cody Stavenhagen in The Athletic, he even
• 41:01
  Speaker 3: mentioned someone like Drew Rasmussen. He said he's on a
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: club option for next year. So obviously that's going to
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: get picked up. But then he's a free agent after
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: next season. And next season also might be shortened. You
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: know what the Rays do well, just like the Brewers?
• 41:13
  Speaker 3: They trade away assets while you've got a chance. So
• 41:16
  Speaker 3: I don't know how his value will look if teams
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: are worried about what next season looks like, but better
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: to get something because I think that's a possibility that
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: they look to shop him.
• 41:27
  Speaker 4: Absolutely, it's a possibility. Depending on what happens to the CBA,
• 41:31
  Speaker 4: he could be one of the most valuable pitchers out
• 41:33
  Speaker 4: there with a year or so, a year left on
• 41:35
  Speaker 4: his contract. And so I think the Rays do a
• 41:38
  Speaker 4: really good job of figuring out exactly when to move
• 41:40
  Speaker 4: a guy and getting a good package and getting what
• 41:42
  Speaker 4: they can for him. The Brewers do it also. So, yeah,
• 41:44
  Speaker 4: I think there's a real possibility Drew Rasmussen moves on
• 41:47
  Speaker 4: because he can get you some stuff now. He can
• 41:49
  Speaker 4: get you some stuff to keep you going. And, yes,
• 41:52
  Speaker 4: I will say this, Scott. One thing you did hit
• 41:53
  Speaker 4: on about the Rays, that some of their stars did
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: not perform. Yondi wasn't as Yondi. Aranda didn't have a
• 42:01
  Speaker 4: great postseason. Junior didn't have a great postseason. And, yeah,
• 42:04
  Speaker 4: Liam Hicks did okay. but their stars didn't show up
• 42:07
  Speaker 4: when they needed them to. For sure.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: I don't know where else you can go with these conversations. Obviously,
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: you trade Rasmussen before the season starts. You have an
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: opportunity that the team that picks him up can't give
• 42:27
  Speaker 2: him a qualifying offer, so there's extra value there. All
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: that stuff is always– the Rays do a great job
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: of looking ahead and and getting that value out of there.
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: But from the outside, you go, what do they want
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: for Drew Rasmussen? Do they say, we love pitching, we're
• 42:43
  Speaker 2: going to continue to just hit on our pitching, and
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: that's what we're good at? Or do they roll the
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: dice for that one lineup piece? I'm not saying I
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: know who it is, but that one lineup piece that
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: would have helped them during this World Series? Because they
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: obviously didn't need it until then, because they were playing
• 43:00
  Speaker 2: against a team in the Yankees who they can shut down.
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: because their offense doesn't handle their pitching. A team in
• 43:07
  Speaker 2: the Guardians who never hit. And then they ran into
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: a good team in the Brewers, and they didn't hit. So,
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: who knows?
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: And I don't think anyone was matching up with the Brewers' bullpen,
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: but there was a pretty glaring difference between the Rays'
• 43:24
  Speaker 3: bullpen and the Brewers' bullpen. And surprisingly, I know the
• 43:27
  Speaker 3: Rays like to give you different looks and arm angles here,
• 43:30
  Speaker 3: there wasn't enough velocity in there for a team that,
• 43:33
  Speaker 3: you know, you figure would have more of that.
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: So you, it's not easy to find that.
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: And the Rays aren't buying high priced relievers in the
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: free agent market, but I'm sure they'll work on their
• 43:42
  Speaker 3: bullpen a little bit.
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: That's something that definitely could have been better in the post.
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: But they ran into something that they don't trade can work.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: They ran into something that they don't see. Look what
• 43:53
  Speaker 2: the Rays face all year in the American league East
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: Homer Orioles, Homer, Red Sox, Homer, Yankees. They could pitch
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: to that because of all the different guys' angles. And
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: the Brewers came in with, I don't know, whatever that
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: one tweet said, you know, the shallowest bat path, taking
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: the ball to the opposite field. It kind of negates
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: what they did really well. If a guy can take
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: the ball to the opposite field and isn't pulling off
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: the ball, all of a sudden your league-leading change-ups don't
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: necessarily play to every batter.
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: That's a great point. the Brewers are nothing like the
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: rest of the American League East. And AJ, it's tricky.
• 44:33
  Speaker 3: If you're the Rays, you have to build your roster
• 44:36
  Speaker 3: to make the postseason in the best division. So they
• 44:40
  Speaker 3: clearly found a formula this year that worked to be
• 44:42
  Speaker 3: the best team in the AL East and the best
• 44:44
  Speaker 3: team in the American League. But it was not the
• 44:46
  Speaker 3: right fit against the Brewers.
• 44:49
  Speaker 4: Who was the right fit against the Brewers? Tell me,
• 44:51
  Speaker 4: because nobody seems to be able to figure them out.
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: I think I think they had the best chance. I
• 44:57
  Speaker 3: really feel that way. We watched the Padres at the
• 45:00
  Speaker 3: end of the year. They were clicking.
• 45:03
  Speaker 2: I was there.
• 45:03
  Speaker 4: I watched them play in the Brewers. Every game was great.
• 45:05
  Speaker 4: Every game was close. They had a chance, but the
• 45:08
  Speaker 4: Brewers figured it out because Ashby, McGill, Jojo Romero, and
• 45:12
  Speaker 4: the same guys, D.L. Hall, Uribe, it was a plethora
• 45:14
  Speaker 4: of riches. So where do the Rays go from here?
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 45:18
  Speaker 4: The Rays have always been it. an organization that seems
• 45:20
  Speaker 4: to figure it out. However they figure it out, I
• 45:23
  Speaker 4: don't know how sometimes they figure it out, but they
• 45:25
  Speaker 4: always seem to figure out something, and they seem to
• 45:27
  Speaker 4: be ahead of the curve. This year was the change-up
• 45:29
  Speaker 4: thing that they threw. They threw all these change-ups, and
• 45:31
  Speaker 4: everyone's like, oh, we don't see this many change-ups. But change-ups,
• 45:34
  Speaker 4: you were big back in the early 2000s, late 90s.
• 45:37
  Speaker 4: So I don't know what they go to next, but
• 45:40
  Speaker 4: they did prove one thing. If you play the game
• 45:43
  Speaker 4: right and you have Kevin Cash and you really pitch
• 45:45
  Speaker 4: and you really play defense, you can go really deep
• 45:47
  Speaker 4: into the game. You have a couple stars, Caminero, Yandy.
• 45:50
  Speaker 4: Whoever else you want to throw in that list, you
• 45:52
  Speaker 4: can be a really good baseball team. They're really good.
• 45:54
  Speaker 4: They just ran into the best team. Again, I'm at
• 45:57
  Speaker 4: a golf course, and I have people saying, did the
• 45:59
  Speaker 4: right team win? I said, the best team won. The
• 46:02
  Speaker 4: best team all year won the World Series. Isn't that
• 46:04
  Speaker 4: what it's supposed to be? The best team won.
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 46:07
  Speaker 3: And they have Chandler Simpson, who is unique, and I'm
• 46:10
  Speaker 3: glad that they gave him the chance because he's been
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: great for them. His defense has improved significantly, and he
• 46:16
  Speaker 3: is a difference maker on offense.
• 46:17
  Speaker 2: He made some plays.
• 46:18
  Speaker 4: Man, he did make some plays. That play where he
• 46:21
  Speaker 4: ran into the wall was sick.
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: Oh, my God.
• 46:24
  Speaker 2: It was. The one where he jumped?
• 46:25
  Speaker 4: The one where he jumped or the one where– yeah. No,
• 46:28
  Speaker 4: the one he jumped out and, like, faced in the wall.
• 46:31
  Speaker 4: That was sick play.
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: It was.
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: And Aranda's really good, too.
• 46:35
  Speaker 3: They've been on him for years just trying to figure
• 46:37
  Speaker 3: out the defensive fit a little bit more, but the
• 46:39
  Speaker 3: bat really plays.
• 46:40
  Speaker 4: He was a catcher. Did you know he was a catcher, Graz?
• 46:43
  Speaker 2: No.
• 46:44
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Aranda? They tried to make him a catcher.
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: With that swing, sheesh, no way you can catch him.
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: When you have a smooth swing like that, they're like, sorry,
• 46:55
  Speaker 2: no more, no more.
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: Bring him up, bring him up.
• 47:01
  Speaker 2: He made a jump offensively. Last year when he was
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: an all-star, it was like, whoa, this guy could win
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: a batting title. And then he added power and he
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: kept the same smooth bat path. He made a jump.
• 47:13
  Speaker 2: So it's not all bad. It's just bad today because
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: your team won.
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 47:19
  Speaker 3: And I just want to mention Nick Martinez was the
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: heart and soul. They should try and get him back.
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: I know it'll be tough too, but he's 36.
• 47:25
  Speaker 3: He's probably racking one year deals at this point. They
• 47:27
  Speaker 3: did pay him, I think 13 and change, maybe some
• 47:30
  Speaker 3: incentives in there, but I would, I would have a
• 47:32
  Speaker 3: conversation with him and see if you can talk them
• 47:34
  Speaker 3: into coming back.
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: Some guys do want to live in, in that area.
• 47:36
  Speaker 1: It's beautiful.
• 47:37
  Speaker 3: And that is a selling point, just like Arizona, Charlie Moore.
• 47:41
  Speaker 3: There's a selling point with Florida, no, no income tax,
• 47:44
  Speaker 3: all that, you know, Arizona has some of that and
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: they do have a little bit of tax.
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: Florida has none of it. So that can help try
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: and grab a guy.
• 47:51
  Speaker 2: Two years, 30 million. They can easily do that for him.
• 47:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I totally agree. Martinez was the guy. He was
• 47:57
  Speaker 3: a leader in that clubhouse. I would try and bring
• 48:00
  Speaker 3: him back.
• 48:00
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 48:01
  Speaker 3: Props to Fox and Fox one covering the world series.
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: We're giving our thanks to some of our sponsors today,
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: capping off just a, an awesome run here just now
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: this month, Fox one had the world series and, They
• 48:13
  Speaker 3: also have college football, big game on Saturday that I
• 48:17
  Speaker 3: can talk for hours about, but I'll let the big new.
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: Kickoff handle it, Wisconsin and Iowa. And then NFL on Sunday. Florida, Georgia,
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: that's right. Are you going, AJ?
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: Duh. Oh, yeah. There you go.
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: So AJ's got Florida, Georgia, good NFL slate. So stream it.
• 48:37
  Speaker 3: Start your Fox One three-day free trial today at foxone.com.
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: Hey, we're back.
• 48:42
  Speaker 3: World Series champions with the best combined regular season and
• 48:46
  Speaker 3: postseason records in the wildcard era. Kyle Glazer posting this.
• 48:53
  Speaker 3: 98 Yankees, 125 and 50. But look at the Brewers
• 48:57
  Speaker 3: on this list, guys.
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: 114 and 61.
• 48:59
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's one of the more dominant seasons we've
• 49:04
  Speaker 3: seen from a team in the 21st century.
• 49:07
  Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
• 49:08
  Speaker 2: That's dominant. It is.
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: 103 wins.
• 49:14
  Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, the Yankees won 114 to 98. Red
• 49:17
  Speaker 3: Sox in 2018 won 108 games. Astros in 2022 won
• 49:21
  Speaker 3: 106 games. I also saw a stat about the bullpen.
• 49:24
  Speaker 3: It looked like this was basically the best bullpen performance
• 49:27
  Speaker 3: in World Series history besides the 2022 Astros.
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: The 2022 Astros bullpen. Damn.
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: Look at their numbers too, right? It was before our show.
• 49:38
  Speaker 3: It was right before our show existed, right? We started
• 49:40
  Speaker 3: existing in 23. So we didn't look at the game
• 49:44
  Speaker 3: the same.
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: Way before that. But, yeah, pretty crazy.
• 49:52
  Speaker 4: Nice.
• 49:52
  Speaker 2: 2005 White Sox, by the way. That was against the Phillies, too.
• 49:55
  Speaker 2: They didn't quite make the adjustment.
• 49:58
  Speaker 3: No, the Phillies did not adjust to Abreu. That's how
• 50:01
  Speaker 3: Montero got rich for life. Hadn't done much before. Had
• 50:05
  Speaker 3: the big little run. Presley was great.
• 50:09
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 50:10
  Speaker 2: No hitter.
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: Good little run.
• 50:12
  Speaker 3: No hitter for Christian Javier and company right on the
• 50:15
  Speaker 3: combined no, no.
• 50:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 50:17
  Speaker 3: That was a special run for Houston in 2022.
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: And that was a redemption season for them.
• 50:23
  Speaker 3: In terms of, you know, you had a couple of
• 50:25
  Speaker 3: years before that, the scandal actually coming out and then
• 50:27
  Speaker 3: everyone's like, oh, they're just a phony.
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: And then they won in 22.
• 50:29
  Speaker 3: And it's like, all right, we don't have anything to
• 50:32
  Speaker 3: make fun of on this one. The world said, so
• 50:35
  Speaker 3: they just won.
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: I would say.
• 50:42
  Speaker 3: We have a system set up right now that's, besides
• 50:46
  Speaker 3: the reseeding, we can have a conversation about that.
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: Our system right now is pretty solid.
• 50:50
  Speaker 3: I mean, the two best teams, and really, what, the
• 50:52
  Speaker 3: four best teams, the bi-week, or the bi-round teams all
• 50:55
  Speaker 3: made it through. The system is set up to reward
• 50:58
  Speaker 3: you for your regular season performance to give you an
• 51:01
  Speaker 3: edge in the postseason.
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: It's working.
• 51:04
  Speaker 2: Crazy, right?
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: For one year, soon after that, it wasn't working, and
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: everyone freaked out.
• 51:10
  Speaker 4: Oh, my God.
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: I want to play an extra round so I don't
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: stop screaming.
• 51:14
  Speaker 9: Not anymore. I like AJ Brzezinski.
• 51:32
  Speaker 4: Hands up if you do. If you don't, give him
• 51:34
  Speaker 4: the double bird. I think that's the double bird.
• 51:38
  Speaker 9: He hates you, AJ.
• 51:39
  Speaker 4: He hates you.
• 51:40
  Speaker 9: AJ, he hates you.
• 51:43
  Speaker 2: Oh, he loves you. He loves AJ. Dang it.
• 51:45
  Speaker 9: I don't think that's the sign language for it, but
• 51:47
  Speaker 9: thank you.
• 51:47
  Speaker 7: Nice.
• 51:49
  Speaker 3: That's DJ Kitty and his relationship with AJ continuing those
• 51:53
  Speaker 3: little lovable furries.
• 51:55
  Speaker 4: By the way, that was from Jay Spandalo, who's the
• 51:57
  Speaker 4: Fox PR guy. He ran into DJ Kitty again. He
• 52:00
  Speaker 4: was the one speaking in that. So he sent that
• 52:02
  Speaker 4: to me last night. I figured we could continue our
• 52:06
  Speaker 4: love affair.
• 52:06
  Speaker 2: Love affair?
• 52:07
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: Does he even have five fingers to show the middle finger?
• 52:13
  Speaker 2: He doesn't, right?
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: He has four?
• 52:15
  Speaker 4: All you need is three, though, Scott.
• 52:17
  Speaker 3: Right, but if he has four, what's the middle one?
• 52:23
  Speaker 2: He doesn't have fingers, Scott. Let's keep the show paused.
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: That was cute. Thanks to everyone behind the scenes. We
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: were on the road in Milwaukee.
• 52:37
  Speaker 3: We had We had a little bit of action at
• 52:40
  Speaker 3: the Trop, so good work by everyone behind the scenes
• 52:42
  Speaker 3: with the FT fam.
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: For everyone wondering what changes, nothing. This month, if you're.
• 52:48
  Speaker 3: Watching us on TV, we're still on TV, 1 to
• 52:50
  Speaker 3: 3 Eastern. I will give one clue that we might
• 52:53
  Speaker 3: change a little bit of timing when we get to
• 52:56
  Speaker 3: the lockout, but we're still bringing shows to you every
• 52:58
  Speaker 3: single day.
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: That is a promise.
• 53:01
  Speaker 3: Every single day coverage, and there will be more moves.
• 53:05
  Speaker 3: I think that's a safe bet too, A.J., I don't
• 53:08
  Speaker 3: know how many, but there will be more moves than
• 53:10
  Speaker 3: you see in any other Novembers besides the November heading
• 53:13
  Speaker 3: into the last lockout. I can't speak to that one,
• 53:16
  Speaker 3: but there is more activity during this time period to
• 53:18
  Speaker 3: get stuff done.
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: More transaction moves. So there's two. One is Tatuya Mai.
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: John Heyman tweeted is opting in. Duh. That was probably
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: my biggest miss of the year. I thought he would
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: be better. I mean, Guys, for me, part of it.
• 53:35
  Speaker 3: Too, and he said it himself, he severely struggled to
• 53:39
  Speaker 3: even adjust to the American culture. And that's something that
• 53:45
  Speaker 3: gets overlooked sometimes. So we'll see how he looks in 2027.
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: Here's a big one.
• 53:50
  Speaker 3: This one coming in. I'm seeing this in the rundown
• 53:53
  Speaker 3: right now. Who tweeted this? Or maybe I can see
• 53:55
  Speaker 3: this on the fly here.
• 53:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 53:58
  Speaker 3: Bob Nightingale, among others. Adam Jude just put it up.
• 54:01
  Speaker 3: The Mariners have declined Bryce Miller's option. Bryce Miller had
• 54:05
  Speaker 3: a $ 6 million option for 2027. Oh, it was an option,
• 54:10
  Speaker 3: though he remained under club control through 2029. He'll now
• 54:13
  Speaker 3: reenter the arbitration process. Okay, I misread that. They also
• 54:16
  Speaker 3: declined their $ 9 million option they held on Victor Robles.
• 54:20
  Speaker 3: I think Robles will be a free agent. Andres Munoz
• 54:24
  Speaker 3: has a $ 9 million option. They keep that.
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, I was going to say, they're cutting Miller?
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: No freaking way.
• 54:34
  Speaker 4: They don't think he's going to make $ 6 million, so
• 54:37
  Speaker 4: they're like, we'll take our chances in arbitration. So clearly
• 54:40
  Speaker 4: their number will be lower than $ 6 million when they
• 54:42
  Speaker 4: go to file.
• 54:44
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 54:44
  Speaker 3: So Bryce Miller's staying, but he'll make less. Andres Munoz staying.
• 54:48
  Speaker 3: Victor Robles not staying. Remember, he was a good story.
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: Big prospect.
• 54:53
  Speaker 4: Big.
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: He was supposed to be a superstar. He was ranked
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: ahead of Acuna.
• 54:58
  Speaker 3: And then he actually had some success with the Mariners,
• 55:00
  Speaker 3: but he's had some injuries and all that, so he'll
• 55:02
  Speaker 3: hit free agency.
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: He'll still play next year, but he'll... He'll not make
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: $ 9 million.
• 55:06
  Speaker 2: He had like 100 at-bats, and DiPoto was like, extension.
• 55:11
  Speaker 2: He was like, me? Sure, I'll take it.
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that one didn't really work. Yeah.
• 55:19
  Speaker 3: But we'll be doing that every day. Lots of transaction
• 55:21
  Speaker 3: news coming up. Dodgers territory is live.
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: Come on, AJ. Where did we get to see what
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: the Wilcox do?
• 55:29
  Speaker 3: Free agents.
• 55:30
  Speaker 4: Where will Victor go? Make the thing. Make the front end, producer.
• 55:34
  Speaker 2: Lady, please.
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: Where will Victor go?
• 55:37
  Speaker 2: Jerry Reinsdorf is on the clock.
• 55:44
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