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Team USA SURVIVES, Dominicans outshine Venezuela, Italy wins Pool B · Foul Territory

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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome to a special Foul Territory episode.
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Speaker 1: It is the WBC Postgame presented by Fox One. My
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Speaker 1: name is Elana Rizzo in for Scott Broun. I am
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Speaker 1: along with my friends Todd Frazier, Eric Kratz. You know
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Speaker 1: these two well, and guys, we're gonna get to Italy
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Speaker 1: and Mexico in just a bit, but we are coming
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Speaker 1: off of a really good game between the Dominican Republic
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Speaker 1: and Venezuela. This was a fun game. It was an
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Speaker 1: exciting game, and we knew you guys going into the game,
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Speaker 1: and Todd will start with you. We knew that both
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Speaker 1: these guys, both of these teams rather were advancing, but
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Speaker 1: it still doesn't take away from the excitement of this
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Speaker 1: particular game tonight. You what is your biggest takeaway from
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Speaker 1: Dr Venezuela, Todd Father.
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Speaker 2: Well, first and foremost, I mean, if there was one
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Speaker 2: game that you really wanted to go to, if you
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Speaker 2: had a chance to get on a plane, if you
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Speaker 2: weren't close enough, this was the matchup to go to anytime.
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Speaker 2: The best of Venice went and the best that a
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Speaker 2: Dominican come together and make up a game. It's truly remarkable.
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Speaker 2: I mean, listen, Dominican, they are flying on all cylinders
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Speaker 2: right now. This team is absolutely incredible. The bullpen finally
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Speaker 2: gave up a run and that was on an air
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Speaker 2: that batters are hitting. Wan Soto kicking it off this time,
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Speaker 2: I mean, one of the best hitters in the game.
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Speaker 2: Home runs are coming in the plenty, and their pitching
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Speaker 2: has been phenomenal. They're starting pitching. I mean, everybody talks
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Speaker 2: about their hitting, but their pitching has been truly remarkable.
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Speaker 2: They came, they saw, they conquered in this pool, and
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Speaker 2: everything is looking really good for this team, and they're
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Speaker 2: wearing back ready to go. They have to be the
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Speaker 2: favorite moving forward here.
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Speaker 1: It's funny we talked about it the other day and
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Speaker 1: a couple of different shows guys that maybe we weren't
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Speaker 1: given the Dominican Republic Todd and Eric enough credit, and
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Speaker 1: you know what we should be, because they are, as
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Speaker 1: Todd mentioned, just kind of flying through this pool cratzy,
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Speaker 1: and we're talking about it in the chain at biz
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Speaker 1: dot r says dr games more like a party than
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Speaker 1: a game when you can when you're playing like that,
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Speaker 1: it can be a party and up and down the
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Speaker 1: lineup crats. Guys are hitting on all cylinders. They don't
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Speaker 1: have to rely on one big bat because they're doing
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Speaker 1: it up through you know, one through nine. What's your takeaway?
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Speaker 3: My takeaway is that don't say the proverbial wee because
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Speaker 3: somebody picked the dr to win this John Now, is
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Speaker 3: it gonna get a little bit tougher for them, Yes,
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Speaker 3: But what I like to see about this unit that
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Speaker 3: is their lineup right now is the fact that, like
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Speaker 3: you said, yes, top to bottom they're doing I think
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Speaker 3: they have two guys that started tonight that have an
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Speaker 3: ops under nine oh, under eight p fifty. They have
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Speaker 3: two guys that are under eight fifty. So you sit
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Speaker 3: there and you go they are There's there's really not
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Speaker 3: many holes in the lineup right now, and so that's
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Speaker 3: one thing that they're able to do that. But to me,
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Speaker 3: it's the bats that they're taking. They're taking their shots
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Speaker 3: and advantage counts. They're doing damage, and then they're also
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Speaker 3: taking their walks. They're they're not just they're not just
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Speaker 3: swinging for the fences and hoping that they can hit
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Speaker 3: a dinger. They're hitting dingers. They're taking me at bat
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Speaker 3: the other way. And once I get to my MVP
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Speaker 3: of the game, I'll let you know who I thought
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Speaker 3: had the best at bats.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so we're talking at bats, we're talking dingers, we're
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Speaker 1: talking about just kind of moving down the line, passing
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Speaker 1: the baton. We just saw Fernando Tettis Junior's bat flip.
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Speaker 1: It's funny, guys, you've both participated in the WBC. So
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Speaker 1: when you have a batflip like that, for some reason,
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Speaker 1: it just seems more welcomed, more accepted in the World
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Speaker 1: Baseball Classic than it does just in the ho hum
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Speaker 1: game in Major League Baseball. The energy and I tweeted
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Speaker 1: this before the game even got competitive, I said, man,
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Speaker 1: watching the dr guys play Todd is so exciting. They're
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Speaker 1: having such a good time and that's a lot of fun.
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Speaker 1: But they were also doing exactly what they needed to
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Speaker 1: do to make a point and to win this ball game.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's one thing to have fun and there's one
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Speaker 2: thing to play. Well, how about doing both. I mean,
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Speaker 2: it's a culture, it's an atmosphere. If you ever play
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Speaker 2: in the Dominican Republic, you understand the grit and the
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Speaker 2: grind that these guys come up in. All they want
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Speaker 2: to do is play baseball twenty four to seven. They'll
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Speaker 2: do whatever it takes, and guess what, when they do,
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Speaker 2: they have the most fun. And I think a lot
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Speaker 2: of people, a lot of countries can learn from this
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Speaker 2: baseball players as well. I don't care what age you are, eight, twelve,
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Speaker 2: twenty four fifty. The energy these guys bring, it's contagious
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Speaker 2: and I truly believe that. Call it crazy, call it
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Speaker 2: old fast or new fashion. I love every second of this.
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Speaker 2: The crowd is in the game, every pitch, the music
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Speaker 2: is playing. This is how life should be. I mean,
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Speaker 2: I'm dancing in the seat right now thinking about the music.
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Speaker 2: I mean, let's go.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a lot of fun, and obviously these two
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Speaker 1: teams have a lot of passion, a lot of energy.
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Speaker 1: It's the music, it's the pomp, it's the circumstance, it's
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Speaker 1: the personality that kind of gets to you know, finally shows.
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Speaker 1: As Mark Uino from the Mets Up podcast comments of
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Speaker 1: the atmosphere at Lone Deep Hill Park for the Venezuelan
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Speaker 1: and versus DR game is absolutely insane. Keep in mind
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Speaker 1: this crowd is eighty percent DR fans. Obviously they are
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Speaker 1: in Miami. That's a big deal. It's it's very much
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Speaker 1: a Latin culture there. Obviously, if Cuba was there, that
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Speaker 1: would be a big thing as well. Most of a
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Speaker 1: lot of folks in southern Florida Miami are of Cuban descent.
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Speaker 1: So people get all over this and they love it
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Speaker 1: and they appreciate it and it's fun. And this is
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Speaker 1: a team, guys, or two teams I should say, Eric,
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Speaker 1: and a game that you're kind of paying attention to
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Speaker 1: because we knew they were advancing. But this could be
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Speaker 1: one of the teams that ends up in the final.
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Speaker 1: And I believe it, Kratz, that were you saying that
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Speaker 1: the dr was going to to be the champion of
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Speaker 1: this World Baseball Classic? And why do you feel that way?
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Speaker 3: Just about how the lineup is constructed, About how the
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Speaker 3: fact that you know you have I.
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Speaker 4: Mean, we first go to the Juan Soto swing.
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Speaker 3: You have different types of hitters that are not just
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Speaker 3: that all or nothing type of hitter. And to me,
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Speaker 3: it's about it's about how do you mesh how do
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Speaker 3: you meld as a lineup to navigate through the fact
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Speaker 3: that they're going to see the best pitching in the
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Speaker 3: world from here on out.
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Speaker 4: They're not. They're not afraid of it at all to me.
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Speaker 4: To me, it's different.
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Speaker 3: You attack the Dominican Republic lineup way different than you
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Speaker 3: would say, you know, the greatest show in America, the
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Speaker 3: American's lineup US is a lineup that is, you know,
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Speaker 3: showed that, hey, you know what they they're pitching can
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Speaker 3: be hit. The Italians took it to them, But that
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Speaker 3: lineup to me, is just destructed different. I'm not saying
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Speaker 3: one is better, one is worse. It just feels like
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Speaker 3: the way that the dr batters feed off of each other.
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Speaker 3: It gives you a problem as a pitcher because you
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Speaker 3: have a guy like Juan Soto who controls the zone
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Speaker 3: incredibly well. A guy like Vladimir Guerrero also controls the zone.
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Speaker 3: Two guys that walk more than they strike out, and
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Speaker 3: they're batting back to back. So you sit there and
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Speaker 3: you go with two guys that have four hundred on
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Speaker 3: base percentage. One of them is gonna get on now
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Speaker 1: You mentioned one Soto of course you mentioned Vladimir Gurer Junior,
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Speaker 1: but you think about one Soto Todd that goes has
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Speaker 1: a two run home run that gave the DR a
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Speaker 1: two to nothing lead. Cold tell Marte, of course, a
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Speaker 1: home run three to one DR. Vladgerer Junior a home
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Speaker 1: run four to one DR. You also have Nato to
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Speaker 1: teach Junior with that three run home run. We talked
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Speaker 1: about it, the batflip seven to three, the Dominican Republic,
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Speaker 1: the four and zero and pool play, and because of that,
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Speaker 1: they will now face Korea in the quarterfinals. Venezuela still alive.
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Speaker 1: No worries there. They're going to face Japan. That's a
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Speaker 1: tough draw. They're going to face Japan the quarter finals. Well,
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Speaker 1: let's talk about the DR Todd Father against Korea in
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Speaker 1: the quarterfinals. I would imagine your pick is still the
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Speaker 1: Dominican What do you like about that matchup in terms
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Speaker 1: of favoring the DR.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, there's a couple things. I mean, we talked about
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Speaker 6: it before.
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Speaker 2: The lineup they construe each and every time they go
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Speaker 2: out there. Let's not forget the atmosphere, guys, this is
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Speaker 2: we talked about it before.
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Speaker 6: Korea is coming back in here.
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Speaker 2: With the atmosphere that Dominican Republic have, it's going to
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Speaker 2: be very hard to hear themselves. Think it's gonna be
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Speaker 2: hard for them, you know, to understand things because when
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Speaker 2: something happens, it's going to get blown out of proportion
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Speaker 2: and it's going to be big. Don't let Dominican Republic
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Speaker 2: score early, and don't let them score often, because it's
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Speaker 2: going to be game over in the first inning if
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Speaker 2: that does happen.
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Speaker 6: One.
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Speaker 2: On the upside for Korea, they're very poised, they're very disciplined.
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Speaker 2: At the same time, they're very happy to be there.
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Speaker 2: And they played a very hard Japanese team too as well,
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Speaker 2: so they're battle tested. But again that Dominican public has
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Speaker 2: the tools, has everybody there. And one guy I'm looking
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Speaker 2: forward to now in these big games. He was zero
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Speaker 2: for five today, but he's still one of the most
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Speaker 2: prolific hitters is Manny Machado. It's going to be his
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Speaker 2: time to step up and lead this team to as well.
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Speaker 2: Don't think he has to put it all on his back,
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Speaker 2: but watch out for him taking off here coming moving forward.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Manny Minchado a little quiet today, but that's okay.
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Speaker 1: His teammates rallied around him kind of, you know, picked
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Speaker 1: up where he left off. Ranger Suarez Eric Kratz will
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Speaker 1: start for Venezuela against Japan and Yoshinobu yam Mimoto. So
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Speaker 1: let's talk about that quarter final matchup. Venezuela facing off
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Speaker 1: against the defending champion Japan. They've won this thing three
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Speaker 1: different times. Could Venezuela pulling up, Oh, for sure, they
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Speaker 1: definitely can, but they need to get something from the
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Speaker 1: bottom of their lineup.
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Speaker 3: You cannot continue to get nothing out of four of
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Speaker 3: your guys from the bottom of your lineup. Are they
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Speaker 3: gonna switch it around? Are they gonna have to pinch
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Speaker 3: hit and match up? I don't know, but the best
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Speaker 3: case scenario for them is that they can get Yoshinobu
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Speaker 3: Yamamoto's pitch count up and possibly get into maybe a
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Speaker 3: weaker spot of Japan's bullpen. I don't know their bullpen
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Speaker 3: very well, but I'm pretty sure they're not gonna quite
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Speaker 3: bring it like Yamamoto is. So to me, I think
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Speaker 3: Venezuela's is in a good spot with Ranger Suarez facing them.
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Speaker 3: I think it is a matchup that Ranger throws things
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Speaker 3: that I throws pitches that I feel like a lot
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Speaker 3: of Team Japan hitters, the guys that I know of
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Speaker 3: struggle with even to the point where you saw Ranger Suarez,
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Speaker 3: Christopher Sanchez and Haysus Wizardo shut down show Heo Tani
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Speaker 3: who doesn't handle for some reason. It's it's actually an
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Speaker 3: there's a number and I don't know what the number is,
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Speaker 3: but lefties that face Sho Heo Tani at this certain
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Speaker 3: angle they don't do as well. But to me, like
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Speaker 3: Japan is you talk about battle tested Japan, it just
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Speaker 3: they figure out how to win this tournament because they're
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Speaker 3: playing together way more. They're prepared. They're not like they
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Speaker 3: don't have blips in the radar. They don't have you know,
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Speaker 3: chances where it's like, oh, you know, I'm just still
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Speaker 3: trying to get my feet under me. They're playing and
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Speaker 3: practicing together, so they're just fundamentals.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think ultimately the left on left matchups,
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Speaker 2: that's the keys there are. You're throwing a lefty that
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Speaker 2: has been there before and understands, you know, this type
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Speaker 2: of game and atmosphere too. So listen, put everything aside,
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Speaker 2: put the names out of it.
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Speaker 6: It's go time.
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Speaker 2: It's the time win, or go back to spring training,
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Speaker 2: or go back to your country and get ready for
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Speaker 2: your season. The pressures are going to be unbelievable, and
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Speaker 2: I'm here.
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Speaker 1: For all this, no doubt. I love the World Baseball
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Speaker 1: Classic for a variety of reasons, and Eric kind of
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Speaker 1: teased it at the beginning of the show. Guys, but
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Speaker 1: time now for our MLB Rivals Player of the Game,
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Speaker 1: and we're talking about this game specifically the Dominican Republic
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Speaker 1: versus Venezuela. Is so many different guys that you can
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Speaker 1: choose from Eric specifically on the dr just because there
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Speaker 1: were so many guys offensively getting the job done. But
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Speaker 1: e K will start with you. Who is your MLB
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Speaker 1: Rivals Player of the Game?
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Speaker 3: Easy runner up Fernando Tatis, but I'm going to go
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Speaker 3: with Vladimir Guerrero. When you have a guy that can
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Speaker 3: hit a two iron out to left field and then
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Speaker 3: the next at bata take the base hit to right
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Speaker 3: field against a guy that I didn't think was a
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Speaker 3: was a real great matchup for Vladdie. Like to me,
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Speaker 3: he's just shown so many things that we saw in
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Speaker 3: the playoffs. I think a lot of people knew it,
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Speaker 3: but maybe he unlocked something different this past year in
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Speaker 3: the playoffs, in the World Series. It just seems like
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Speaker 3: he's stayed that locked in. Can he do it for
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Speaker 3: the season, I don't know, But tonight I'm going with
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Speaker 3: Vladimir Guerrero Junior.
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Speaker 1: All right, Vladimir Guerrero Eric picks at the top of
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Speaker 1: the thirty had that solo shot to give the Dominican
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Speaker 1: a four to one lead. Todd Father, who is your
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Speaker 1: MLB Rivals Player of the game?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that was the pick right there, But
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Speaker 2: if there was one, ed, Yeah, Fernando Tattoos Junior. I mean,
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Speaker 2: this guy, he's locked in. He's the straw that stirs
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Speaker 2: the drink. He's that kickstarter, and when he goes day go,
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Speaker 2: he's leading off the games. He's fantastic, looks comfortable, and
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Speaker 2: he is enjoying this World Baseball Classic like nobody else.
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Speaker 2: So again, three RBIs I mean as a leadoff guy,
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Speaker 2: can't ask for anything better?
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Speaker 4: All right?
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Speaker 1: Of course, two position players would pick a position player
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Speaker 1: to be their player of the game. I thought Saniel
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Speaker 1: Contera did a nice job as well. Perhaps a player
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Speaker 1: of the game for other reasons, But we're going to
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Speaker 1: put a bow on the Dominican versus Venezuela. Of course,
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Speaker 1: both of those teams advance a reminder in the quarterfinals
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Speaker 1: that the Dominican Republic will play Korea on Friday and
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Speaker 1: Venezuela will play Japan on Saturday. Let's take a moment
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Speaker 1: now as we get ready to talk about Italy versus Mexico.
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Speaker 1: All right, guys, so this is the game that a
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Speaker 1: lot of people had their eyes on for good reason,
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Speaker 1: because all of the kerfuffle that happened yesterday with Team
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Speaker 1: USA not knowing what the hell was going on in
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Speaker 1: terms of whether they punched their ticket or not to
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Speaker 1: the quarter finals. So Italy going up against Mexico, whichever
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Speaker 1: team won was automatically going to advance. The US needed
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Speaker 1: Italy to win, and certainly, as soon as Italy made
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Speaker 1: it to four runs, we thought we had a lock,
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Speaker 1: and they did so. Going back to Italy and Mexico,
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Speaker 1: let's talk first, of course, about Aaron Nola pitching for
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Speaker 1: Team Italy. Five shutout innings, eric four hits and five k's.
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Speaker 1: Nola did exactly what he needed to do.
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Speaker 3: He did he was spinning that curveball and when he
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Speaker 3: got behind an account. He was running that two seamer back.
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Speaker 3: I think Philly fans should be excited because last year
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Speaker 3: you were seeing a lot of eighty nine to ninety
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Speaker 3: two when he was right before he went on the il,
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Speaker 3: and even when he came back, that.
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Speaker 4: Velocity wasn't quite there. He was popping some ninety fives.
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Speaker 3: He was sitting consistently ninety two ninety four, and he
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Speaker 3: had the Mexican hitters a little flummixed. I think early
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Speaker 3: they sat there and they went, Okay, it's fine, We're
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Speaker 3: gonna get to Aeron Nola. And all of a sudden,
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Speaker 3: when you have a pitch count, when you have a
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Speaker 3: pitch limit of sixty five pitches in tournaments like this,
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Speaker 3: you're like, you know what, I'm definitely gonna We're gonna
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Speaker 3: get him out by the fourth inning. And for Aaron Nola,
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Speaker 3: to me, the game was over. Besides, when we get
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Speaker 3: to the MVP of the game, that's when the game
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Speaker 3: was over. But when he got out of that fifth inning,
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Speaker 3: when he got through the fifth inning, he had traffic
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Speaker 3: runner got thrown out, and then he got a big
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Speaker 3: round ball out and he was done with the sixty
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Speaker 3: five pitches. That is where Italy Like, to me, that's
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Speaker 3: where the game was. The game was over at that
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Speaker 3: point because they didn't have to go into the softer
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Speaker 3: underbelly of their bullpen, which you saw give up a
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Speaker 3: few runs to a really good US lineup the night before.
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Speaker 3: So when Nola gave him that distance, that was massive
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Speaker 3: the for the squad.
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Speaker 1: All right, he did it on the pitching side, But
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Speaker 1: how about Vinnie Pasquentino on the position player side. He
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Speaker 1: was todd the barista in the dugout prior to this game,
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Speaker 1: but he came up massive three home runs, the first
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Speaker 1: home run, first three home run game in World Baseball
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Speaker 1: Classic history. Vini pass Quentino, My god, I mean, you
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Speaker 1: love watching him, you love his energy, I love how
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Speaker 1: he plays just in general. But three home runs, let's go.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely fantastic.
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Speaker 2: This guy coming through big time, not afraid of the
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Speaker 2: big moment. He's the one that's given the expresso shots.
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Speaker 2: So he said, you know what, I'm a little tired.
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go him three different ways so I can
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Speaker 2: get my energy up. And guess what, this guy will
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Speaker 2: not be sleeping well tonight because his energy is going
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Speaker 2: to be out the roof. Absolutely beautiful. This team is clicking.
18:45
Speaker 2: They look really good no matter who's playing. I know
18:48
Speaker 2: they had a big injury Keller last night, it didn't matter.
18:51
Speaker 2: They came through and Anna they helped you say out tremendously.
18:56
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, they absolutely did. And you have to
18:59
Speaker 1: love what they were able to do undefeated in pool play.
19:03
Speaker 1: It's super cool what team Italy is doing. Obviously, Ned
19:07
Speaker 1: Coletti a shout out to him. He was the assistant
19:10
Speaker 1: general manager for the San Francisco Giants, and of course
19:12
Speaker 1: he was the general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers,
19:15
Speaker 1: kind of the architect of that team for quite some time,
19:18
Speaker 1: and then goes on to put together a four to
19:20
Speaker 1: you know, a four win team in Pool B. But
19:23
Speaker 1: Vinnie pas Quentino had a lot to say after this game, guys,
19:28
Speaker 1: and also kind of given a little bit of a
19:31
Speaker 1: kind of a shout out, but kind of like a
19:32
Speaker 1: you're welcome to Team USA.
19:34
Speaker 6: Take a listen, go ahead.
19:37
Speaker 4: Yes, I'm calfinated, I'm beat up right now, so just yeah,
19:42
Speaker 4: we're in a good spot. That was unbelievable.
19:45
Speaker 3: Huh, You're welcome to USA.
19:48
Speaker 2: We were thinking of you guys over at your hotel
19:51
Speaker 2: we were thinking of you guys.
19:52
Speaker 6: So glad you guys could join us.
19:54
Speaker 4: In the party here.
19:56
Speaker 1: You gotta love it, you gotta love it. I love
19:58
Speaker 1: his attitude every damn. We needed Italy badly, we needed
20:02
Speaker 1: them badly, and I'm good on them. Are good on USA.
20:05
Speaker 1: I guess for Italy Todd to get out early and
20:07
Speaker 1: not make it as much of a like, we're not
20:09
Speaker 1: sweating it as far as if you're a USA fan,
20:12
Speaker 1: you're not sweating it because Italy kind of shook command
20:14
Speaker 1: early in this game.
20:16
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's what that's what they've been doing. And
20:18
Speaker 2: you saw it yesterday against Team USA. Came out a
20:22
Speaker 2: couple of home runs, kept padding onto that lead and
20:25
Speaker 2: there led to a couple more runs and that was
20:28
Speaker 2: basically it ate nothing. Oh my god, you're like this,
20:31
Speaker 2: this game is going to be a ten run role
20:33
Speaker 2: in USA is going to be out. So ultimately they did,
20:37
Speaker 2: they did, They helped USA out. Sometimes you need a
20:40
Speaker 2: little help from your brethren's over there, like Cratsy would say,
20:44
Speaker 2: and you know, you just keep on moving forward.
20:47
Speaker 6: But now you can breathe.
20:49
Speaker 2: If your Team USA you appreciate that, you remember that,
20:52
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Speaker 1: Eric, let me ask you this. So, Vinnie pass Quentino
22:02
Speaker 1: did not have a hit in this tournament up until
22:04
Speaker 1: that point, and all of a sudden he goes from
22:05
Speaker 1: hitless to three home runs in the game and is
22:08
Speaker 1: such it has such a dominant performance. How does that happen?
22:13
Speaker 3: I mean, as Charlie Manuel says, water levels out good
22:18
Speaker 3: hitters figure out how to get hits. And you know what,
22:25
Speaker 3: he was able to do it in different ways, obviously
22:27
Speaker 3: pulling the ball, obviously staying back on a couple breaking balls.
22:32
Speaker 4: It happens like he played three games.
22:35
Speaker 3: Like people freak out when somebody doesn't do well in
22:37
Speaker 3: these tournaments, because all you have, and I want to
22:40
Speaker 3: pull up his numbers here, all you have are the games.
22:44
Speaker 3: You know, it's the ultimate sample size. So right now
22:47
Speaker 3: Vinnie Pasmentino is hitting.
22:49
Speaker 4: One eight eight.
22:51
Speaker 3: His ops is eleven hundred. Before tonight he was hitting zero.
22:56
Speaker 3: So like you have one good game in a four
22:59
Speaker 3: game tournament, it and you're good, but you have three
23:04
Speaker 3: stinkers all of a sudden, It's like ah. Man, that's
23:07
Speaker 3: what's so beautiful about international baseball. These tournaments that are
23:11
Speaker 3: put together by WBC, by the you know, the WBC
23:16
Speaker 3: contingent that has even some of the qualifier tournaments. Todd
23:20
Speaker 3: and I both have played in those, and it's like
23:23
Speaker 3: it's just something that you don't get to experience, and
23:27
Speaker 3: they mean so much because you're getting to represent your country,
23:31
Speaker 3: whether it's little, you know, little baseball country like Brazil,
23:36
Speaker 3: large country, little baseball heritage, or it's the United States,
23:41
Speaker 3: or it's the national sport in Japan. Like these players
23:46
Speaker 3: are representing their teams. And so for Vinnie Pasquentino, maybe
23:50
Speaker 3: during the year he might have gone to a dark place.
23:53
Speaker 3: Oh man, I'm three games. I had no hits to
23:55
Speaker 3: start the season. It's terrible. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.
23:59
Speaker 3: You don't know, oh what you're doing. You know you
24:01
Speaker 3: stunk early, but you know that the next day you
24:04
Speaker 3: could get one ground ball roller to the right side
24:08
Speaker 3: that scores the winning run and you, guys advance.
24:11
Speaker 4: That's the beauty of international baseball.
24:14
Speaker 1: It's the beauty of this game. And you have to
24:16
Speaker 1: have a short memory, as you guys know better than
24:18
Speaker 1: anybody having played the length of time that you did.
24:21
Speaker 1: It's Ted Lasso of courses that goldfish have to have
24:23
Speaker 1: short memories, and that's what you have to have as
24:25
Speaker 1: a player. Moving forward to the quarterfinals, we talked about
24:29
Speaker 1: the Dominican and Venezuela. Moving on to their next opponents.
24:32
Speaker 1: Will you take a look at this opponent for the
24:34
Speaker 1: USA coming up? Todd And it's USA versus Canada, which
24:38
Speaker 1: is always what you want, right especially in hockey, but
24:41
Speaker 1: now we get to do it in baseball. And usually
24:44
Speaker 1: the US and Canada are in the same pool to
24:47
Speaker 1: begin the tournament, and obviously they weren't this time, so
24:51
Speaker 1: Canada advancing. Today they did a nice job beating Cuba.
24:55
Speaker 1: So Cuba has been eliminated and Canada moves on. And
24:57
Speaker 1: now the USA will play Canada to on Friday with
25:02
Speaker 1: Logan Web on the mound. How do you like their chances?
25:06
Speaker 2: I like their chances a lot for Team USA. I
25:09
Speaker 2: think now it was a little bit of a gut check,
25:11
Speaker 2: a little bit of a worrysome atmosphere. I think they're
25:14
Speaker 2: gonna come together even more, put their best foot forward
25:17
Speaker 2: and have a really good dominating performance. Don't hey, don't
25:19
Speaker 2: get me wrong. This Canada team has been playing well.
25:22
Speaker 2: They beat a really good Puerto Rico team, they beat
25:24
Speaker 2: a really good Cuba team. They had to pretty much
25:27
Speaker 2: win both of those games to kind of solidify them
25:31
Speaker 2: getting into the quarterfinals. It's probably the best group they've
25:34
Speaker 2: had in years. But they're gonna play USA and these
25:38
Speaker 2: dogs are gonna hunt. He man, these boys are ready
25:40
Speaker 2: to go. I think if you're USA, you're very happy
25:43
Speaker 2: right now where you're at, But don't take this team lightly.
25:46
Speaker 2: Go out there and when you when you have them down,
25:49
Speaker 2: keep them down and keep herarning back. I'm home for
25:52
Speaker 2: really good pitching performance from Team USA coming up this game.
25:57
Speaker 1: And I know you guys have discussed it at length
25:59
Speaker 1: on Foul Territory and I'm not trying to, uh, you know,
26:02
Speaker 1: belabor this point, but I did want to ask for
26:04
Speaker 1: those of us that are listening right now that maybe
26:06
Speaker 1: didn't watch you guys on Foul Territory today with the
26:08
Speaker 1: whole mix up with Mark de Rosa, who I have
26:12
Speaker 1: a tremendous amount of respect for I think is a
26:13
Speaker 1: very good baseball mind. Okay, but the mix up of
26:16
Speaker 1: like they, oh, we already punched our ticket. Well, now
26:18
Speaker 1: we know that Team USA is in right initially, so
26:22
Speaker 1: we need to do how do you approach this? Let
26:24
Speaker 1: me be the first to congratulate Mark Durosa TM USA
26:27
Speaker 1: for punching their tickets to the quarterfinals. We love it, guys,
26:29
Speaker 1: and we can we can poke fun. But there's a
26:32
Speaker 1: lot of reasons that that whole thing was a mess.
26:34
Speaker 1: But Eric, let me ask you this, what is the
26:37
Speaker 1: mindset need to be for d Row and all of
26:41
Speaker 1: Team USA not just him as the manager, but all
26:43
Speaker 1: of Team USA going up against Team Canada.
26:48
Speaker 6: I mean the.
26:51
Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm gonna say the coaching staff. De Row
26:53
Speaker 3: and the coaching staff, they they've made their mistake and
26:59
Speaker 3: there's no more of the you know what, we're going
27:02
Speaker 3: to cruise through this one. I think it's going to
27:07
Speaker 3: it's gonna haunt them. You know, it's gonna make their
27:09
Speaker 3: decisions be more concrete, their decisions more like playoff type
27:14
Speaker 3: of decisions if they're able to make those. With the
27:16
Speaker 3: pitching changes, and I think the lineup is going to
27:19
Speaker 3: be that solidified lineup which they feel is the best
27:22
Speaker 3: lineupbout you know, I'm not sure where they think that is,
27:25
Speaker 3: but I think Bryce Harper's in there. I think Paul
27:28
Speaker 3: Goldschmid can come off the bench. They got him in
27:30
Speaker 3: the at bats. But to me, the team, the team
27:34
Speaker 3: has to understand that they are two separate units. They
27:39
Speaker 3: got the pitchers and they got the hitters. The hitters
27:42
Speaker 3: have to figure out how to continue to drive guys
27:45
Speaker 3: in whatever way that's possible. They have got to have
27:48
Speaker 3: team at bats. I don't feel like against Italy they
27:50
Speaker 3: had team at bats. I felt like Michael Lorenzen made
27:54
Speaker 3: pitches against them, And I think you're I'm not sure
27:57
Speaker 3: who they're going to see. Maybe somebody can tell me
28:00
Speaker 3: who they're gonna see. With Team Canada, I'm not sure.
28:03
Speaker 3: But if they can have team at bats, now, all
28:07
Speaker 3: of a sudden, somebody that it lives on the corners
28:11
Speaker 3: has to come over the middle of the plate. And
28:13
Speaker 3: that's when US does the most damage. If you're facing
28:15
Speaker 3: the team that just throws a billion and they're just
28:18
Speaker 3: trying to shotgun shell the entire strike zone, that's when
28:22
Speaker 3: Team USA is gonna take advantage and they're gonna put
28:25
Speaker 3: together good at bats because it almost is like they
28:27
Speaker 3: lock in better against guys that throw harder but.
28:31
Speaker 4: Don't necessarily command the zones.
28:33
Speaker 3: Michael Lorenzen put on you don't even have to watch
28:36
Speaker 3: How to Pitch to Team USA. Just go watch, Just
28:40
Speaker 3: go watch Michael Lorenzen's outing. He showed the blueprint of
28:43
Speaker 3: how to beat that team and that lineup needs to
28:46
Speaker 3: figure out how to control the zone to push even
28:51
Speaker 3: the slower pitchers back in the zone.
28:53
Speaker 1: Yeah, Michael Lorenzen is the best thing that's happened to
28:55
Speaker 1: the Colorado Rockies. And sometime, if you're just joining us,
28:57
Speaker 1: let's take a look at the BRAC if you will,
29:00
Speaker 1: in terms of who has advanced and where we're going next.
29:03
Speaker 1: As far as this, we've talked about it at length,
29:05
Speaker 1: but we know that the Venezuelan team will play Korea
29:09
Speaker 1: on Friday, that again is in Miami on FS two,
29:12
Speaker 1: and then the United States and Canada on Fox at
29:14
Speaker 1: eight pm that is also on Friday. And then March fourteenth,
29:19
Speaker 1: that is, uh, Puerto Rico will go up against Mexico
29:23
Speaker 1: or Italy excuse me, rather if I could get my
29:24
Speaker 1: flags right, and then Venezuela going up against Japan on
29:28
Speaker 1: March fourteenth, also in Miami. So again all of the
29:32
Speaker 1: action shifts to Miami, and to Houston. It is done
29:35
Speaker 1: in Puerto Rico, it is done in Japan. But this
29:39
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30:09
Speaker 1: All Right, guys, so we talked about it. Are players
30:12
Speaker 1: of the game for Venezuela and the Dominicans? I'm going
30:16
Speaker 1: to ask you the same exact question, and Todd I
30:19
Speaker 1: will start with you for MLB rivals. Who is your
30:22
Speaker 1: player of the game for Italy and Mexico?
30:28
Speaker 2: I mean, this has gotta be the second answer for
30:33
Speaker 2: kra and I. I mean this might be the hardest
30:36
Speaker 2: one out there. I mean, Vinnie Pasquortina three home runs.
30:40
Speaker 2: I don't care who it is, Absolutely mammoth shots, Absolutely
30:46
Speaker 2: mammoth person.
30:47
Speaker 6: This kid is doing what he does best.
30:49
Speaker 2: And we Cratzy kind of hinted on it, struggled in
30:52
Speaker 2: the beginning, came through their fearless leader strikes again, now
30:57
Speaker 2: not with the Express, but with his bat. The lead
31:01
Speaker 2: this team to go four and ero in that pool.
31:03
Speaker 2: You know, no matter what they do from the here
31:05
Speaker 2: on out, that's truly remarkable.
31:10
Speaker 4: I can't pick.
31:12
Speaker 3: I can't pick vinnp So I got to highlight somebody else,
31:15
Speaker 3: and we already highlighted Aaron Nola, John Birdie.
31:20
Speaker 4: John Birdie doesn't have a job yet.
31:21
Speaker 3: John Birdie, I think is hitting over four hundred in
31:24
Speaker 3: the WBC, So maybe not the MVP of this game,
31:28
Speaker 3: but definitely their most valuable hitter, coming up with big hits,
31:34
Speaker 3: stealing bags like and I think it was two for three, Yeah,
31:37
Speaker 3: two for three with a walk, just putting together pro
31:40
Speaker 3: at bats, and you know, I think, I think if
31:43
Speaker 3: they're going to do anything, he has to continue to
31:46
Speaker 3: be that kind of table setter in front of the
31:48
Speaker 3: big boys.
31:50
Speaker 1: I appreciate MV Rivals for being a part of the
31:53
Speaker 1: show and supporting us here on foul Territory. But let
31:56
Speaker 1: me ask you, guys, this the strongest espresso shot you
32:02
Speaker 1: have ever had. I'm Cuban, and I'm also Italian.
32:05
Speaker 6: Okay.
32:06
Speaker 1: My father is Italian. My grandparents were born in Sicily.
32:09
Speaker 1: My mom was born in Havana, Cuba. So I had
32:11
Speaker 1: like the second I came out of my mom, I
32:14
Speaker 1: had my ears pierced, and I had an espresso shot.
32:17
Speaker 1: So what is the most the strongest espresso or coffee
32:21
Speaker 1: that you have ever had? Taught?
32:24
Speaker 2: Well, listen, it was like this big, and I the
32:28
Speaker 2: only I don't drink much of it. I'm not a
32:30
Speaker 2: big coffee drinker. I'm starting to get in the expresso
32:34
Speaker 2: a little bit more. The most potent and the most
32:38
Speaker 2: electric one I ever had was basically a shot, and
32:40
Speaker 2: it was at the Miami Marlins clubs. Yes whatever whatever
32:45
Speaker 2: those clubbies made, I tell you right now, I took one.
32:49
Speaker 2: I went two. Five minutes later, I went, Who's ready
32:54
Speaker 2: to play? My eyes got locked in, and I'm telling
32:58
Speaker 2: you I had to have an other one the next day.
33:01
Speaker 2: Was That's the only place I know where that expresso
33:05
Speaker 2: got me got me ready to rock?
33:07
Speaker 4: Yep, yep.
33:09
Speaker 1: All right, what about you, Eric, I'm telling you he's
33:14
Speaker 1: not wrong. The Miami the Visiting clubhouse in Miami.
33:18
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, he just yeah, yeah, they they basically
33:23
Speaker 3: they cook it right there.
33:24
Speaker 6: They got there.
33:25
Speaker 3: The guy that made it for me is was Cuban
33:29
Speaker 3: and he had his little I don't even know what
33:31
Speaker 3: you call.
33:32
Speaker 4: I'm sure there's a name for it, but it's like
33:33
Speaker 4: a tin. It looks like a pot.
33:36
Speaker 1: But it's like, no, it's the it's the Yeah, is that.
33:42
Speaker 4: What it's called. Okay, I didn't know what it was called.
33:43
Speaker 1: But the machine itself is the But then you have
33:48
Speaker 1: like the Cuban coffee, and then you have the foam
33:51
Speaker 1: and the whole thing. But thea is that like it's
33:53
Speaker 1: it's that silver like little coffee pot with the black handle,
33:57
Speaker 1: and it's insane.
34:01
Speaker 4: Look you'll watch. I did it on the day.
34:06
Speaker 3: I wasn't playing because I'm like, I don't drink coffee.
34:09
Speaker 3: I don't drink I don't have I don't have a
34:11
Speaker 3: lot of caffeine. I don't like the taste of coffee.
34:14
Speaker 3: It's actually delicious.
34:16
Speaker 4: It was actually delicious, like it felt like they said
34:20
Speaker 4: it's authentic.
34:22
Speaker 2: I started talking Spanish after I had my second sip
34:25
Speaker 2: of the thing.
34:26
Speaker 6: I'm like, more than bubble, let's go. It was my
34:30
Speaker 6: voice changed. I'm like, what is calling on here.
34:32
Speaker 1: That's yep, that's the that's Thefito effect. That is the
34:36
Speaker 1: Coesito effect. Guys, to be with you. The WBC is
34:42
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