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MLB killing K-zone box? Marmol talks Arenado, BOLD 2025 Predictions · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: They have ten we named them the other day to
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  Speaker 1: Alana they have ten and now ten pretty good ones.
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  Speaker 1: So if they're all healthy, they're gonna pitch every tenth day.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think certain people will be happy with that.
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  Speaker 2: Hey fan shout outs, I'm gonna do two because I
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  Speaker 2: like when people say hi to us and they're nice
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  Speaker 2: I to Debra checking in avid fan from New Zealand.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what time at the show, but whatever
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  Speaker 2: time you guys say love you, Debra.
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  Speaker 3: Twenty two hours ahead? Whoa good something like that.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if I don't know if that's right.
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  Speaker 1: It's something like that. It's like twenty hours ahead that
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  Speaker 1: actually he's already. Does that mean he's already watching the game?
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  Speaker 4: Is she already watching the Dodgers Cubs game that's coming
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  Speaker 4: in twenty two hours tomorrow?
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  Speaker 3: You'd know how it works. I'm not a traveler like you.
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  Speaker 1: It means if you go there, you can you can
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  Speaker 1: on you can actually land before you took.
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  Speaker 3: Off the same the same day. That's neat the same day.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, one more for you, Angelo said in the
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  Speaker 2: comments after yesterday's show. Since the Tigers didn't get pregnant,
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  Speaker 2: do you think the Tigers might still make it to
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs? Do you think they're screwed for this season?
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  Speaker 2: You can let me know. I watch the show every
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  Speaker 2: day doing a great job and guess what. We're not
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  Speaker 2: gonna answer that now, but we will answer it later
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  Speaker 2: because basically every guest today is relevant to a Tiger
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  Speaker 2: super fan, So stay tuned on that front. But let's
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  Speaker 2: start with a league discussion. We might be losing something
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  Speaker 2: very near and dear to our heart very soon. Let's
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  Speaker 2: charge the mound Andrelik has put out multiple articles in
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  Speaker 2: the past twenty four hours. The concerning one for me,
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  Speaker 2: Aja is that the robomb could cause an unexpected casualty
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  Speaker 2: the strike zone box. So MLB at a presentation obviously
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  Speaker 2: this is going to start this week where they'll test
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  Speaker 2: out the challenge system. You get two per side. If
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  Speaker 2: you're right, you keep it, and you can also say
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  Speaker 2: haha if you get it right. I made that up,
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  Speaker 2: but you can do that. So I'll have to give
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  Speaker 2: you a couple quotes on why the strike zone box
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  Speaker 2: might eventually get eliminated. This coming from MLB VP of
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  Speaker 2: Baseball Ops Morgan Sorti, said, the strike zone box that
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  Speaker 2: we display on broadcasts and our app probably is inconsistent
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  Speaker 2: with the way we currently do it. With the challenge system,
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  Speaker 2: you take a lot of the drama and excitement out.
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  Speaker 2: If the fan can see up front that the pitch
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  Speaker 2: was a strike, it sort of obviates the need for
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  Speaker 2: the challenge. Then there's a secondary issue, which is cheating.
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  Speaker 2: There are monitors, big screen televisions all over our ballparks
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  Speaker 2: that display the feed up the game, and it wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: be that hard if this box was up there for
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  Speaker 2: fans or anybody to yell to the players. Right, that's
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  Speaker 2: not what we want either. So they said they're going
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  Speaker 2: to test out a few ideas. One idea is show
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  Speaker 2: the box, not show where the ball is. Option two
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  Speaker 2: is show the ball but not where the box is.
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  Speaker 2: Option three is to remove some of the edges of
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  Speaker 2: the box. They said it's been done before on broadcasts,
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  Speaker 2: so the corners of the zone are seen, but not
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  Speaker 2: the entire box. And lastly, Sword said that on his
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  Speaker 2: side and his world, people are frustrated by the box
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  Speaker 2: because it doesn't totally match the way that they evaluate umpires.
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  Speaker 2: It creates a perception among fans if the strike zone
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  Speaker 2: itself is a little different than it is. Okay, that's fine,
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  Speaker 2: but what does that have to do with the ABS
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  Speaker 2: system and what could be a part?
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  Speaker 1: There's a delay. There should be a delay on the TVs.
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  Speaker 1: It shouldn't be live. So I mean, and you have
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  Speaker 1: to make that you have to do this real fast,
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  Speaker 1: don't you. They're like a quick window. You can't be
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  Speaker 1: basically okay, So it's usually on like a three to
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  Speaker 1: a seven second delay. So I mean, fans aren't gonna
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  Speaker 1: be yelling. I mean this to me sounds like they
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  Speaker 1: just don't want the box because it doesn't fit in
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  Speaker 1: their criteria of what's happening. And I also think it
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  Speaker 1: the effect umpires, because umpires, if you talk to umpires,
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  Speaker 1: will say this isn't truly the strike zone and it's
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  Speaker 1: not perfect. So when they see it, and that's kind
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  Speaker 1: of what they said when they said, Hey, this isn't
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  Speaker 1: how we evaluate umpires on this box, So how come.
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  Speaker 3: We can't get the box on the TV? That's the
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  Speaker 3: right one. That's a better question.
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  Speaker 4: I like when AJ says criteria not criteria makes me
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  Speaker 4: feel like AJ's in a happier mood.
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  Speaker 3: But have you ever listened to Lee Ilia and his rant? Yes,
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  Speaker 3: that's why you said. That's why I say it.
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  Speaker 2: That's the accident.
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  Speaker 3: What exactly what AJ said?
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  Speaker 4: I sat in the dugout in a Triple A game
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  Speaker 4: in twenty nineteen and we had an iPad that pitch
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  Speaker 4: would go in live. Whack ooh, that look like it
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  Speaker 4: was a strike. It's a strike. That's how fast it goes.
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  Speaker 4: Why can't we have that on the live telecast? Why
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  Speaker 4: can't we just get it right? And if you're worried
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  Speaker 4: about fans yelling, hey, hey, challenge, challenge, challenge, I get that,
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  Speaker 4: But how do you know that's not a fan from
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  Speaker 4: the other team watching the TV go hey, challenge challenges. Ah,
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  Speaker 4: I got you. It's not happening that fast. Sorry, players
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  Speaker 4: don't hear fans that fast. Players can barely hear their
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  Speaker 4: team that fast. Like, you have to make that decision
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  Speaker 4: quick on your own. You can't step out and be like,
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  Speaker 4: oh oh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. They told me to
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  Speaker 4: challenge that. No players are gonna make this decision on
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  Speaker 4: their own.
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  Speaker 3: Give it to the fans.
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  Speaker 4: And this is definitely because of the umpires. They started
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  Speaker 4: taking it away last year. I'm not sure aj if
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  Speaker 4: it was Fox or not that took away. They kind
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  Speaker 4: of took the actual lines away. They just gave us
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  Speaker 4: like a little bit of a brighter area. I they
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  Speaker 4: were trying to like sneak us on that one, to
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  Speaker 4: sneak the They tried to sneak the big lead players
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  Speaker 4: in April last year.
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  Speaker 3: Don't sneak, don't sneak, Just be honest, be honest. Put
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  Speaker 3: that box up. Let everybody see it. It's exciting to me.
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  Speaker 3: It might even expediate the process a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: Also, I'm not worried about feelings A. I'm worried about
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  Speaker 2: entertainment and what people want. I freaking love the strike
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  Speaker 2: zone box. Please do not take it away, even if
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  Speaker 2: it's a little bit different. That's fine. I can accept
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  Speaker 2: that taking away that experience for me. No, you gave
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  Speaker 2: it to me already. I've had it for years. You're
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  Speaker 2: not taking it away. And Also, if you're worried about cheating.
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  Speaker 2: In addition to what Kratz said, Okay, let's say you're
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  Speaker 2: at second base and you feel like you saw it well, AJ,
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  Speaker 2: what are they gonna do prevent you from talking at all.
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  Speaker 2: What if you're like, let's go, and that means you
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  Speaker 2: should challenge it, and all right, that means you can't, like,
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  Speaker 2: are we really gonna police it to that degree? I'm
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  Speaker 2: should just say one two. If they said challenge or not,
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  Speaker 2: then we move on right like they have a two
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  Speaker 2: to three second clock in their head, and it is
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  Speaker 2: what it is. You're gonna prevent all noise in the
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  Speaker 2: stadium at any time.
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  Speaker 3: It's first of all, the box wash.
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  Speaker 1: It's all hogwashed because the box doesn't even matter. And
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  Speaker 1: I love the box. I mean the box for the
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  Speaker 1: umpire shouldn't eve. It's not like you can see the
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  Speaker 1: box when you're up there hitting or the umpire sees
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  Speaker 1: the box on like in.
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  Speaker 3: Front of them.
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  Speaker 1: You only see this on TV. Now the keywords where
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  Speaker 1: they were worried about cheating. So now they're saying, oh,
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  Speaker 1: there's a way to circumvent the delay, right, well, take
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  Speaker 1: the box off in house feeds. Only have it on
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  Speaker 1: TV because I think it brings some to the broadcast.
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  Speaker 1: I think when you can see that dot, you can
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  Speaker 1: see where that pitch hits on the in the square,
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  Speaker 1: I think that brings them to the broadcast because it's
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  Speaker 1: a visual help for fans.
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  Speaker 3: Oh where was that pitch? Oh it is down in
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  Speaker 3: a way.
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  Speaker 1: And then they have the little Now we have the
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  Speaker 1: capability to do the little tracer where you can see
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  Speaker 1: it move this way, or it moves this way, it
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  Speaker 1: moves up and down, right, Like, this is all good
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  Speaker 1: for the fans. Aren't we about the fans? Isn't this
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  Speaker 1: game supposed to be about the fans? So when I
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  Speaker 1: watch a game, I don't know about you, but I
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  Speaker 1: like the box. I love the box.
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  Speaker 3: I think it brings something to the broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: No ft is about the fans. Mlbeus sometimes about the fans,
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  Speaker 2: often about the money, sometimes about feelings and pr That's
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  Speaker 2: why we just say it like it is. I would
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  Speaker 2: love to hear why I'm wrong on this one, like
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  Speaker 2: of course, I would love to bring on Morgan sorta really,
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  Speaker 2: anyone with the league to talk this out, because I
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  Speaker 2: just don't understand it. And I'm glad that you guys
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  Speaker 2: feel the same way. Well, ask Ken about it too.
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  Speaker 2: I'm confused. To me, it's an initiative. Hey, we've been
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  Speaker 2: trying to get rid of this for years, and crats
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  Speaker 2: them with you. I think multiple broadcasts this year kind
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  Speaker 2: of softened it graded out a little, made it less prominent,
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, what I think I remember texting you
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  Speaker 2: about it. I'm like, does it feel like you can't
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  Speaker 2: see the strikes box as much anymore? What am I
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  Speaker 2: missing here?
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  Speaker 4: I remember they were still having a dot up, you know,
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  Speaker 4: the dot. I like how the dot was. I think
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  Speaker 4: it was like an open dot if it was a strike,
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  Speaker 4: and a closed dot if it was outside of the zone.
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  Speaker 4: But it just was like I think I'm seeing a
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  Speaker 4: little like a little brighter area.
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  Speaker 3: That's cool. Just put it up there. Especially.
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  Speaker 4: I love it when you know, Aaron Judge makes the
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  Speaker 4: last out of an inning and jose Al Tuove comes
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  Speaker 4: up and like the box is like from here to
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  Speaker 4: his knees, and it's like, well, that doesn't look like
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  Speaker 4: the same box.
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  Speaker 3: I get it. It's not exact, but it's fun.
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  Speaker 4: It's a fun graphic instead of like thirty three percent
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  Speaker 4: chance that this guy is going to get a on
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  Speaker 4: base in this situation. Oh now, ninety three percent chance
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  Speaker 4: that he's going to hit a ground ball. Like, I
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  Speaker 4: don't need all those numbers. I do like the that graphic.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we're doing a poll right now, and it's
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  Speaker 2: going pretty well. It's at least three quarters that love
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  Speaker 2: the box. So they love the strikes on box.
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  Speaker 3: It's like the first down line in football.
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  Speaker 1: It's not exact, but you know what, it gives you
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  Speaker 1: something to look at for me, you know, they're like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: the yellow line isn't exact, Yeah, but it's closer damn enough.
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  Speaker 2: It enhances the experience. That is a perfect analogy. It
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  Speaker 2: enhances the experience. If you took that away right now
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  Speaker 2: from fans that are watching football games, they would be heated.
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  Speaker 2: All right, So we'll talk a bit about this.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's as cool as a little glowing puck they
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  Speaker 1: used to have in hockey.
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  Speaker 3: Though. I love that, No, I love it was okay.
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  Speaker 1: Flames and then it would go into flames when the
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  Speaker 1: guys shot it really hard, it would turn into flames.
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  Speaker 3: That was cool. That was good job Fox. I did
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  Speaker 3: like the flames.
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  Speaker 4: I did like the extra velocity, same extra velocity on
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  Speaker 4: the fastball. But the yellow line, Oh that's not Referees
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  Speaker 4: aren't like, oh, man, like, this is totally you know,
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  Speaker 4: it's totally going against what we need to do.
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  Speaker 3: Oh the rest don't care. The rest are calling the spot.
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  Speaker 4: They're not looking at the yellow line or or afraid
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  Speaker 4: of what the yellow line looks like compared to their spot.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes I don't know what I'm missing on this. One
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  Speaker 2: quick reminder before we get into what will get into
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  Speaker 2: here for the YouTube FTFAM eleven a m. Eastern Time
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  Speaker 2: on Monday is when the show will begin for the
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  Speaker 2: rest of spring training. They're like, what we do this
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  Speaker 2: every year spring training games start. We are now the
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  Speaker 2: world's pregame show. There you go, set your alarm a
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  Speaker 2: little bit earlier if you're on the West coast. Cool,
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  Speaker 2: We're now a morning show for you. Spring training games
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  Speaker 2: are mostly at one o'clock Eastern time, all of them
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  Speaker 2: in Florida and then obviously later on in Arizona. So
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  Speaker 2: this fits not only for your viewing pleasure, but also
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  Speaker 2: for us to be able to still get players on
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  Speaker 2: the show in spring training. And we have a spring
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  Speaker 2: training tour that we are doing that starts next week.
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  Speaker 2: More details on that soon. Okay, let me bring up
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  Speaker 2: this little note from Carlos Correa on how they're switching
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  Speaker 2: things up. Your former franchise, AJ is going to operate
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: spring training a little bit differently, so they're expecting to
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  Speaker 2: take batting practice on the field much more off in
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  Speaker 2: during the season, so they'll also receive more at bats
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  Speaker 2: during spring training. Do you like these decisions?
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  Speaker 3: Hell? Yeah. I was always a hit on the field. Gay,
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  Speaker 3: I was always a hit on the field. Good. Now.
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  Speaker 1: There was certain guys I played with that just didn't
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  Speaker 1: want to do it. Nick Markakis was the first guy
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  Speaker 1: who I saw just never hit on the field and
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  Speaker 1: no show, hey does it? But I was a big
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  Speaker 1: hit on the field. Guy, see where the ball goes?
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, you need a certain number of at bats
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  Speaker 1: in spring training to be ready. I'm sorry you do.
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  Speaker 1: People might say, oh, what does it matter? It matters,
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  Speaker 1: it matters, and like pitching, like Jordan Montgomery said, oh
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't ready because I didn't get enough stuff in
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  Speaker 1: spring training. Well, guess what. At bats where position players
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  Speaker 1: are fine, and it's not the same. I don't care
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  Speaker 1: if you go down a TRIPAA or the backfields and
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  Speaker 1: you get seven at bats leading off, it's still not
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  Speaker 1: the same intensity as you get in a big league game.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm all for it. Now. I'm not saying they
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  Speaker 3: need to get.
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  Speaker 1: One hundred and fifty at bats, but I always thought
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  Speaker 1: between forty and sixty. Around fifty ish was pretty good,
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  Speaker 1: and I was ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I'm also being told that the week we're in Arizona,
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  Speaker 2: which will be our first week in spring training in
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  Speaker 2: Arizona during the FT Era, we're going to be on
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  Speaker 2: at one o'clock Eastern time, Because if you're doing Arizona,
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  Speaker 2: is it three hours back or two hours back? Right now?
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  Speaker 3: It's gonna be three when we're gonna be three spring forward?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, three, it's three. March tenth to the fourteenth is
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  Speaker 2: when the show will go back, just for a week
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  Speaker 2: to the one o'clock Eastern time schedule because we ain't
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  Speaker 2: doing a show in Arizona with players showing up all
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  Speaker 2: cheery at eight in the morning. Good luck with that.
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  Speaker 2: Let's sizzle, all right. So we have some quotes from
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  Speaker 2: special guests on some of the FT Network shows that
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna slice up. We'd like to get to Cardinals
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  Speaker 2: manager Ali Marmel and now special assistant to Andrew Friedman
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  Speaker 2: Farha Anxiety, who's back with the Dodgers. But let's start
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  Speaker 2: with Ali. That episode just came out this morning on
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  Speaker 2: Cardinal Territory, and of course Katie and Trevor Rosenthal asked
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  Speaker 2: Ali about Nolan Aernata.
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  Speaker 1: He probably makes that a lot easier, so we can
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  Speaker 1: talk about him, we can talk about the veterans in
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  Speaker 1: the starting rotation.
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  Speaker 3: But I was.
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  Speaker 5: Worried zero, right, Like, I'm just being honest.
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  Speaker 6: He's a pro, so I know a lot of questions
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  Speaker 6: were asked leading into his arrival, like, man, is it
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  Speaker 6: going to be awkward?
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  Speaker 5: It's not like Nolan's a.
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  Speaker 6: Pro, And as soon as he walked in like it
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  Speaker 6: was business as usual. I mean, this is a guy
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  Speaker 6: that's a high competitor that makes other people great, so
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  Speaker 6: having him come back and walk through those doors was awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 6: I was happy to kill him a hug and welcome
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  Speaker 6: him into camp and get this ball rolling. But I
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  Speaker 6: think it was made a little bit more of a
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  Speaker 6: big deal than what it kind of turned out to be.
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  Speaker 5: Is especially within the walls.
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  Speaker 2: You know, hey, I'll his job is to win. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: they didn't do anything for him this year, so aj
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  Speaker 2: if Nolan gets the hitting back on track, it's good
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: for the manager.
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: Now, this was the perfect answer from Olli Marlmoer.
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: Of course he's gonna say it's not awkward because he
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: needs him to be as good as he can if
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: he's gonna be there.
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: So yeah, oh is it awkward? Not at all? Did
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: they Did we try and trade him? Yes?
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: Would we wish you if it accepted the trade of Houston, Yes,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: but that's not gonna solve anything. It's kind of the
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: opposite of what happened with Raffi Devers, right, Like, Ollie
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: Marmle's like, we're gonna make sure he's as happy as
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: we can be mean, while the Red Sox are like, yeah,
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: I guess what, Devers, we don't really want you to
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: play third.
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: We want bragmant.
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: We signed this guy, so yeah, we're gonna figure it out,
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: but we're gonna figure it out publicly. This is this
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: is the complete opposite. And I'm sure Listen, does Nolan
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: want to be there. I'm sure he does, but he
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: also knows they're not gonna win this year, so we
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: probably would like to go somewhere else, but he can't
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: get to the places he wants to go, so he's
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: gonna have to ride it out for a little bit longer.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: And Olie Marmel I thought handled this perfectly because doctor
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Phillips people always handle everything perfectly.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: People don't know what you're talking about. They're like, doctor Phillips,
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: does everyone go to the same doctor in Orlando.
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: But a lot of us go to the same high school.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying, d J.
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: Good. All we do is when when when yep, doctor Phillips.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: A DJ Khaled is an interesting combo.
• 17:25
  Speaker 4: Throwing Wayne Brady wooh, we go for three d John Damon,
• 17:31
  Speaker 4: Johnny Damon.
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. All right, I got one more for you.
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: Ali Marmol on his staff this year. How is the
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: staff this year positioned to start that next mold of
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: next players?
• 17:45
  Speaker 6: The quick answer is that each one of these staff
• 17:49
  Speaker 6: members is extremely passionate about teaching, and that's important, Like
• 17:53
  Speaker 6: that is where they find They're like why, like I
• 17:57
  Speaker 6: love teaching, and you go up and down that list
• 18:01
  Speaker 6: and they all feel that way.
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: But I want to be super thoughtful and who we
• 18:05
  Speaker 5: brought in.
• 18:05
  Speaker 6: And why we were bringing them in And when you
• 18:07
  Speaker 6: look at our staff to your point, like it's guys
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: that love player development that aren't just leading on their
• 18:13
  Speaker 6: plane experience to teach or regurgitate what they used to do,
• 18:16
  Speaker 6: but they are truly like seeking what's the best way
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: to reach a player and with what info and drills and.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: It's just.
• 18:26
  Speaker 6: The staff we have right now. I absolutely love them.
• 18:29
  Speaker 6: Like you watch these guys work. Even today, I'll sit
• 18:32
  Speaker 6: in there watching John j do outfield drills with our guys, man,
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: and the relatability is there and the drill just I
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: just feel really good about the direction where that's headed.
• 18:44
  Speaker 6: Daniel's super relatable and how he approaches the game and
• 18:48
  Speaker 6: players and guys love him. Brent Brown, I mean, just
• 18:52
  Speaker 6: a preparation maniac. We had a meeting today and just
• 18:56
  Speaker 6: the way he addressed the guys and what he finds
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: important and how he's bringing the group together as.
• 19:01
  Speaker 5: One is awesome.
• 19:03
  Speaker 6: So you want guys that are seeking out every single
• 19:07
  Speaker 6: opportunity to maximize these players' careers, right, Like, can you
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: cultivate an environment where these players will start to do
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: things they didn't even think was possible.
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: And when you do that right, it's a heck of
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: a lot of fun.
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: I mean, really, John Jay love loves Jordan's, he likes coaching,
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: he loves Jordan's. Yeah, this is what to me, this
• 19:33
  Speaker 4: is what the Cardinals have always tried to build. And
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: if this is true, you know what they're moving in
• 19:39
  Speaker 4: the right direction because they have to connect with the players.
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: They don't have somebody to lean on. They don't have
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: a crutch of Yadi or Molina, they don't have a
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: crutch of Matt Holliday and his prime, of Lance Berkman,
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: of you know you just all the superstars of Adam Wainwright.
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: So these coaches that they brought in, the new guys
• 19:58
  Speaker 4: that are in the ORG even the last two year, they.
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: Have to step up.
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: And I said it two years ago at the beginning
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: of the season that I felt like that's the department
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: that needed to step up. And to me, it's a
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: lot of young guys that can connect, young coaches that
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: can connect with the players. Brent Brown was on here
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: after he had gotten fired from being the offensive coordinator
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: with the I think it was offensive director or something
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: like that from the Seattle Mariners. And this dude's got energy.
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: He's been with the Marlins, he's been with the he's
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: been with the Mariners.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: So can't he teach hitting.
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: We'll see, it's up to the hitters to hit, it's
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: up to the coaches to connect and get the most
• 20:38
  Speaker 4: out of them. So my biggest question is what kind
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: of background does Ali Marmel have there. It's not like
• 20:44
  Speaker 4: a real batrack. That's like super set up. Is that
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: the new Cardinals background for the rest of.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: The year, like where they do interviews in spring training?
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: Yeah, because that's not a batrack bat rack. No, don't
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: just have like an owala and a and a jersey
• 21:00
  Speaker 4: hanging there and like somebody's sunglasses.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: It looked nice, though. I really liked that backdrop. Jealous
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: of course.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: It is great, but it's random. It's not real. It's
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: not real. It's like it's a facade. So I Scott liked.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: It because it's a facade.
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: That's me.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: I love facades, Speaking of which, you've got one behind you.
• 21:24
  Speaker 7: You like that?
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: That's real. That's like a trophy case. I mean, oh, sorry,
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: thousand MLB hit you want to see that?
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: Oh boy, you're saying that like that that it's a
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: fake baseball it's not even a real No.
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: I'm saying the background, it's all real stuff. They had
• 21:42
  Speaker 4: one cleat in the background, understand.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: I'm just saying it's it's a mock setup of the dugout,
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: just like AG's got the mock clubhouse kind of vibe
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: going that's all. I mean. It's aesthetics. That's pretty.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: It's not supposed to look like a clubhouse. Got mine
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: supposed to look like man came in and destroyed.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: It's man cave with all of your baseball stuff in it.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Whatever you want me to call it. But it's nice.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: I appreciate it.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: Meanwhile, well, there's football stuff in here, but we're not
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: allowed to talk about other sports, so I mean we
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: can't show that that's true.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: That's true. Yeah, Well sometimes we have a manager on
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: and he's looking at his phone like this, and all
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: we get is a nostril. So I appreciate Ali for
• 22:19
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• 22:23
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• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Far anxiety. Let's now he's got pressure. Let's see what
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: his back backdrop looks like. He was on Dodger's territory
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: because he's back with the Dodgers.
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 23:30
  Speaker 8: Having had the pitcher and catcher kind of player review
• 23:34
  Speaker 8: meetings a couple of days ago, this came up with
• 23:36
  Speaker 8: a number of players, players coming back from injury, players
• 23:39
  Speaker 8: who have the ability to start. But given the depth
• 23:43
  Speaker 8: of the starting pitching, you know, especially with Kursh coming
• 23:47
  Speaker 8: back just the most recent edition and you know, one
• 23:49
  Speaker 8: of the deepest pitching cut charge I think I've ever seen,
• 23:52
  Speaker 8: and certainly other people have ever seen, there's gonna have
• 23:56
  Speaker 8: to be some flexibility a lot of these players we
• 23:58
  Speaker 8: talked about in terms of getting them stretched out early
• 24:01
  Speaker 8: in the season and then seeing where the team need is.
• 24:04
  Speaker 8: Does the starting pitching thin out a little bit where
• 24:06
  Speaker 8: you need guys to continue to get stretched out, does
• 24:09
  Speaker 8: the starting pitching look really good, and some of these
• 24:12
  Speaker 8: guys may have to fill in the bullpen because obviously
• 24:14
  Speaker 8: there's been a conversation about some of the relievers maybe
• 24:17
  Speaker 8: being a little bit behind early in the season, guys
• 24:20
  Speaker 8: who pitched a ton last year and just wanted to
• 24:23
  Speaker 8: bring them back steadily and make sure that they're put
• 24:26
  Speaker 8: in the best position from a health standpoint. So I
• 24:29
  Speaker 8: think as you look at this, it's just always a
• 24:32
  Speaker 8: good idea to have a lot of pitching and to
• 24:34
  Speaker 8: be flexible as that plan plays through. I think one
• 24:37
  Speaker 8: thing from a strategic standpoint that you have to keep
• 24:41
  Speaker 8: in mind when you're doing a six man rotation, especially
• 24:44
  Speaker 8: early on when Shohy probably is not going to be
• 24:46
  Speaker 8: a part of that, is you've got a seven men bullpen,
• 24:50
  Speaker 8: and that means you just can't match up strategically this
• 24:53
  Speaker 8: way you would with a full pen and with pitchers
• 24:56
  Speaker 8: more stretched out, So you might see more multi inning
• 24:59
  Speaker 8: relievers in the season because you just need guys to
• 25:01
  Speaker 8: pick up bigger chunks with a shorter pen and with
• 25:04
  Speaker 8: the starters maybe not fully stretched out.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: Wait, I might be messing up the math here, but
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: don't they have the advantage with the Otani rule that
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: they can still have the right number intact? Okay, so
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: is he just talking about the beginning of the season until.
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: If they have seven starters? He's saying if they have seven.
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: I thought I heard it as if they have seven
• 25:28
  Speaker 4: starters instead of six, would be okay, you still have
• 25:31
  Speaker 4: the same number of relievers. But he was saying starters
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: aren't going to be built up enough. Plus some of
• 25:38
  Speaker 4: their bullpen guys who pitched a lot because none of
• 25:40
  Speaker 4: their starters pitched a lot. Some of their bullpen guys
• 25:43
  Speaker 4: pitched a lot.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: So they're gonna have a seven man rotation. I thought,
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: it's six. We don't know, Okay, we don't.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: I mean, it all depends on who's healthy and who's not.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: I mean, they have ten we named them the other
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: day to Alana, they have pen and now pretty good ones.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: So if they're all healthy, they're gonna pitch every tenth day.
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: I don't think certain people will be happy with that.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: No, No, that would be a lot. I don't think
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: Blake Snell would be happy with a seven man rotation.
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: I don't think Blake sne will be happy with six
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: man Blake snow Wance on ball every fifth day.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: He does. I think that is true.
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: I think that's me.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: But what's gonna be interesting, though, is do you have Sazaki,
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: Yamamoto and show Hey all have.
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: Pitched in six man rotations a lot? Right? Remember we
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: had Joe Madden.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: He said one of the big problems they had with
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: show Hey when he was in Anaheim was that they
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: had to find a six starter because show Hey dictated
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: they needed a six guy and most teams can barely
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: find five. So yeah, I mean, Blake Snell's gonna want
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: to pitch every fifth day. Glassnow, I mean, I don't
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: know where glassnow stands, but I assume he'd want to
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: pitch every fifth day. But you have three starters once
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: show He comes back that are used to their a
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: lot pitching in six men rotations pretty much their whole career.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: So how is again, it goes back to Dave Roberts.
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: How's Dave Roberts going to handle this? Because this is
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: why he's gonna get paid the big bucks.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: Hey, I want to shout out a veteran who's still
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: going strong, but this is going to be his last
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: season in the big leagues. So Jesse Chavez is back
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: in camp with the Rangers. Are Buddy Gared Sandler, who
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: covers the Rangers on a daily basis, said it's the
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: fourth stint for Chavez with the organization, with the chance
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: of making it his third MLB stint if he makes
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: the team. He said, two plus MLB stints with five
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: MLB teams where he shows back up and he's like, yeah,
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: I know where to go. I don't need anyone to
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: show me around. Four times with the Braves, three times
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: with the Angels, two times with the Rangers, two times
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: with the Blue Jays, two times with the Cubs. Kratz
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: he's challenging you in a different way. He is trying
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: to become the maybe next part of FT in the
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: future where he's like, you know, Kratz has become a superstar.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: I think the best way for me to develop my
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: media career some days to just know everyone. And then
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: if I'm away from a team for too long, I
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: better go back because there's going to be new players.
• 27:56
  Speaker 4: At least fans won't be at least fans won't be
• 27:59
  Speaker 4: pissed off like they were pissed off at Nick Madrigal
• 28:01
  Speaker 4: for coming into the team with the wrong bag. Although
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: Jesse all he needs is his sunglasses and his glove
• 28:10
  Speaker 4: and he just rolls into camp and he's like, you
• 28:13
  Speaker 4: guys want me to pitch? Or are you just going
• 28:14
  Speaker 4: to save me for the season? Like this dude's been
• 28:17
  Speaker 4: doing it. Maybe sometime when he comes on, we'll tell
• 28:21
  Speaker 4: the story in two thousand and nine spring training about
• 28:25
  Speaker 4: when we got meal money and with the Pirates. He
• 28:28
  Speaker 4: was kind of a fringe guy and he did something
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: for some extra meal money. So we got to get
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: We gotta get Jesse at Javez on here.
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: Do you know him?
• 28:39
  Speaker 4: I mean that was the last time I played with him.
• 28:41
  Speaker 4: But he's one of those dudes. It's so chill. Every
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: time you see him. He's just like, Hey, what's up, bro?
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: I want to get him on the show. We haven't
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: talked to him.
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: I would love to. I would love to. I don't
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: have his number or anything like that, but I'm sure
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: we could reach out.
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: I don't think he's on socials, so I don't think
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: I can DM him, but we'll work on it. I'm sure,
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: you know, it's not as difficult as Wan Soto's number.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: I'm sure we can get a hold of Jess Chavez.
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: We should ask Kainley if he had talked to one
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: so if he had his new number.
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: Did we ask him about that when we.
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: Had him on the last time? Oh? Did we?
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 29:20
  Speaker 5: I thought so.
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: I thought so because comedy hasn't lost anybody. Oh, that's right,
• 29:29
  Speaker 4: that's right. He did say that said he has no
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: friends except.
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: Craps, bet MGM futures. We're going through player props Zach
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: Gallin one hundred and sixty three and a half strikeouts.
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: Will he go over or under that? Figure?
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: A J.
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: Prizinski, You're up.
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna go over that.
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: He had one fifty six last year, but the two
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: previous he had two twenty one ninety two. He's a
• 30:04
  Speaker 4: free agent at the end of the year. I'm going
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: over that.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: I too him going over that? Are you going over that?
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah?
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: There you go.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: I mean for the same reason.
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he missed a few starts last year too, So
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: I feel like a lot of this is just playing
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: the health game. Some guys are gonna miss some time,
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: but man Gowan's been pretty damn durable. Yeah, and he's
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: getting close to free agency. He's got a lot in
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: the Arsenal feels like the kind of guy who sometimes
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: will just switch up the game plan and it makes
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: him even better. I'm not too concerned about him. He
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: knows he needs to punch tickets too, you know what
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: I'm saying. Kratz like he he's very self aware of
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: what's coming ahead, what gets valued in free agency. He's
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: gonna get a share of punchouts.
• 30:51
  Speaker 4: It's gonna be motivated. He's gonna be very motivated, and
• 30:54
  Speaker 4: it's gonna be a good team. So they're gonna keep
• 30:56
  Speaker 4: him out there if he's pitching well, and if you're
• 30:58
  Speaker 4: worried about injuries, don't even don't even don't even go
• 31:02
  Speaker 4: with any of these props, because that's that's equal for anybody.
• 31:06
  Speaker 4: Zach Allen's gonna be out there because it's his free
• 31:09
  Speaker 4: agent year, So we'll pitch through some stuff.
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: He'll get them strikeouts.
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred and forty eight innings last year, the
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: year before, two, ten, year before one, eight four. I'm
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• 31:49
  Speaker 2: let's talk about the question that we posed on some
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: ft social accounts and give you some hot takes. You
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: did bold predictions yesterday. We're doing power rankings tom by
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: the way, but hot takes. Gavin will start. He said,
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: the padres and giants will be closer than people think.
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: Closer to what closer to what each other?
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: That's that's to each other in the standings.
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: I mean, what is closer to what? Closer to each
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: other in the standings? I mean, what are they going
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: to be close closer to the moon.
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: I mean, sure they're going to be closer to just
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know. I don't know, crowd,
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: you take this one because I don't know what they're
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: going to be closer to.
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: The mean means close in the standing.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: I think they're going to be Close're probably gonna be
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: close to each other.
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: Those two will be closer. I thought they meant they'll
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: be closer to the Dodgers, but that doesn't make sense
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: because they would have said the Diamondbacks. So they think
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: the Padres and Giants are pretty close. I don't think
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: that's too hot. I mean, if the Giants perform a
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: little above expectations, the Padres go a little blow, they're
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: gonna end up in a similar spot. I don't see it,
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: but it could happen.
• 33:03
  Speaker 3: It's like a lukewarm take.
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, uh oh, I'm up next. Dodgers don't win the
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: World Series. And the reason I brought this up is
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: that we haven't seen back to back winners in a long,
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: long time quarter century. And I was on my friend
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: Jody max radio show last weekend. Jody McDonald's been on
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: for a long time solo show talking about the Dodgers,
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: and I'm like, but you take the field, right, like
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: betting odds, you take the field, not the Dodgers. He
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: was like, oh, no way, It's like Dodgers are winning
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: the World Series. I'm like, whoa, okay, so what do
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: you guys do Dodgers of the field day?
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: Jay, I always take the field. But by the way,
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: the fact that we have stop Ron.
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: Tired. She usually tired Tuesday, but it's tired Wednesday. We
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: don't even know what you said because.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: You exactly the athlete. The best thing ever happened because
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: it hasn't happened in a while. But Aj, you had
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: like a three second glitch right when you were in
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: attack mode. So the world didn't get it.
• 34:17
  Speaker 4: The Internet. The Internet saved Scott Braun. He went, Scott,
• 34:21
  Speaker 4: you know what and nothing it was. It was tremendous timing.
• 34:28
  Speaker 4: Thank you Internet.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: A man. I yeah, I.
• 34:33
  Speaker 4: Gotta take the field. I don't even think it. I
• 34:35
  Speaker 4: don't even think I'd blink at it. I take the
• 34:37
  Speaker 4: field easy.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: That's why I was surprised. I was like, Jody, really,
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: he said it with such confidence. No, I would not
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: take the field.
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: It's so hard to win the World Series. It is
• 34:49
  Speaker 4: so hard. They're going to be a great regular season team.
• 34:52
  Speaker 4: It is hard to win the World Series. It's hard
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: to make it through all the rounds of the playoffs
• 34:59
  Speaker 4: that we have in baseball, with as many games as
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: there is. It's just it's difficult to do.
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a tournament that creates upsets too, So keep
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: that in mind. You right, for some people saying that
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: it was a soft take, You're right it was. I
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: guess it was a soft take at the time. It
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: was the night that I was on that show. I
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: threw it out there. I'll take that one to soft take.
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: But guess what, there's also plenty of Dodger fans that
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: watched this show there and to now hate me for
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: the rest of the year. How dare I say twenty
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: nine other teams might beat their team, but.
• 35:32
  Speaker 3: We hate all those teams too.
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: We hate loved you all.
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: Hold on, I'm gonna say what I was gonna say
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: now earlier. The fact that we have Scott ron giving
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: his own takes as a hot take is tired. It's
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: only tired Tuesday. It's tired Wednesday that Scott put his
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: own take in there. All right, let's just establish that.
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: Well, the reason I did it is because.
• 35:51
  Speaker 3: You guys, I know, because you're on a radio station.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: No, not that you just you didn't reply to the
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: Instagram that we came up with. Our feelings were hurt
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: and so the one.
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: Why would I reply, Tom, It's not people get my
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: takes all the time. Nobody wants to hear Scooter Brown's
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: takes on the Dodgers. We want This was for the fans, Scott,
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: This is for the fans. Okay, we're here for the fans,
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: not for you.
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's called one of them. I didn't play one
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: per minute. Thank you. After Brayon, we had Splatt who
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: said Lodolo Nicolodolo wins cy Young, Reds win the Central.
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: I think Reds win the Central is lukewarm, but Lodolo
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: winning cy Young, I would say, is pretty hot.
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: AJ that's also unrealistic. Why because he can't stay healthy.
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: I love Nick Gladola. This dude's filthy, nasty, dirty, whatever
• 36:45
  Speaker 3: you want to call him. He's got ter school of potential.
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: But gosh darn, I need to see him pitch thirty
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: times in a season and then I'll get excited. Maybe
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: to Tito can come in and change it, but man,
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: for me, this is probably this is one of the
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: hottest takes of all time because if Nicolodolo wins the
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: cy Young. The Reds definitely making the playoffs and win
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: in the century more than more than just the playoffs.
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: And that's all to Derek Johnson. He said he has
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: had a full health offseason with no foot injury that
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: he had to work out through.
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: It's a chance, but they win. He wins the cy Young.
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: This team is they're doing what the Tigers did last year.
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: They're pushing. They're pushing it. The best teams in the
• 37:24
  Speaker 4: National League to win the world, to win the National
• 37:27
  Speaker 4: League for sure.
• 37:28
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• 37:30
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• 37:33
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• 37:36
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• 38:29
  Speaker 2: All right, two more Adam A's win the Al West.
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: The Sacramento As win the Al West. That's pretty hot.
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: I mean for them to compete as one thing, But
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: you think they have a shot at the division?
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: It's hot top to hot take.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: Aj hot take or Luke No, I think they have
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: a chance because the Oscars are gonna be down. We
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: don't know what we're gonna get from the Rangers because
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: of there's some of their bang up guys again, and
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: the Mariners are the Mariners. So I think the A's
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: have made some nice moves.
• 38:59
  Speaker 3: I don't.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: I think they actually do have a chance. So I
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: wouldn't say I mean this is a warm take. I
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: wouldn't go hot, but I think they do have a chance.
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: Okay, And then last year, Bill, and.
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: They're gonna have fans behind them in Sacramento because the
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: Sacramento people are gonna come out and support them, not
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: that the true Oakland fans didn't, but it's gonna feel
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: different because they're in a fifteen thousand seed stadium with
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: fifteen thousand people there probably every night.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and even though Manford again said yesterday twenty twenty eight,
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: there's probably going to be people that are taking scanning
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: tickets at the gate going be nice. Maybe they'll stay
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: all right. One more Bill says the White Sox will
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: win a World Series before the Cubs and the Rangers
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: make the playoffs. That is simzling.
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: This is idiotic. Whoever wrote, I don't know, Bill, sportsman guy,
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: you're an idiot. Sorry, because the White Sox ain't winning
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: the World Series in the next five years. The Cubs
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: should make the playoffs this year and the Rangers are
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: favored to win the West, so I mean, come off
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: before they the playoffs we're talking about.
• 40:01
  Speaker 6: He was.
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: Pandering to his best, most favorite FT host. He wanted
• 40:09
  Speaker 4: a j to butcher his name. He wanted you to
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: butcher his name. He knew you were gonna say, Bill Persons,
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: sports guy, whatever his name is.
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: That was good.
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: That was good.
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: That was the perfect way to finish.
• 40:25
  Speaker 4: That was That's that's a hot That is what a hot.
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: Hot takes and idiotic takes are different. Like you can
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: have a hot idiotic.
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: Right, that was volcanic nuclear You're insane. But if it happens,
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: we'll bring this back up. And I don't know.
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: Gladly, yeah, Gladly, are you kidding me? For the clubs,
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: the Cubs and Rangers make the playoffs? Like what im
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: is gonna make it this year? It's not both.
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: Bill, we will find you and we will take you
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: out to a steak dinner. A couple other takes from
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: the chat, Our Superstar super Chatter ref said Yankees will
• 41:08
  Speaker 2: win the World Series this year. They have unfinished business
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: with La I could see it, but ref, that ain't
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: a hot take. Yankees made it to the World Series
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: last year.
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: Now, if he would have said the Marlins we're gonna
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: make win the World Series this year because they were mad, I.
• 41:23
  Speaker 4: Can that would be a really hot take. It also
• 41:25
  Speaker 4: be like Bill sportsman guy, But.
• 41:28
  Speaker 3: That's an idiotic take. That's not hot. We gotta we
• 41:33
  Speaker 3: gotta specify true.
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: M by the way, chance, Yeah.
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: I know ref's listening. He didn't you go to the
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: players thing last night? So I hope he had a
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: great time.
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: Yes he did, and yeah but he met someone what
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: was it?
• 41:55
  Speaker 3: Now?
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: Someone told me earlier that he met someone that buddies
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: with you and had a good combo. You saw that,
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: crats oh Mike Myers, Yeah, yeah, Mike Myers.
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: I love Mike Myers. We did fantasy football together one year.
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: I love Mike Myers. But you know what people say,
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: I'm not as bad as people think.
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: But I'll say this. I want to know how it
• 42:12
  Speaker 3: was the player? What was the thing? The players? Players, playmakers, classic,
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: play makers classic, That's what it was.
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: That is correct.
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: You want tickets, you want tickets from must and got
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: to go, so I want to hear about it.
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: That is a good call. MJ said. Angels have a
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: chance to make the playoffs.
• 42:29
  Speaker 3: I mean everyone has a chance. So you're saying there's
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: a chance.
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: If it's hot, take up to day the Angels will
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: make the playoffs. Then that's hot. Yeah, there you go,
• 42:43
  Speaker 2: and someone else they can't find who it was brought
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: up that they think, Oh, that was our account. I
• 42:51
  Speaker 2: have a freeze button for aj like Buffalo Wild Wings
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: commercial where you're like, wishes he.
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: Can't, he can't.
• 43:00
  Speaker 4: Producer lady sometimes wishes, does she had one for Scott?
• 43:05
  Speaker 4: She has one for a j Oh last one A.
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: That's right, Hey, I can't help it.
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: I can't help it if our guests say something good
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: right at the end and I got to add something
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: to it, because I mean, I think it brings it
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: adds stuff to the conversation.
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, for the love of the interview. Oh, here's a
• 43:21
  Speaker 2: good hot take on the way out, Ryan said, Laddie
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: gets traded into the Giants at the deadline and the
• 43:26
  Speaker 2: Giants make the playoffs because of it. I don't know
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: if that's hot that's created though I.
• 43:33
  Speaker 3: Like that. I don't know if.
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: I don't know if I would have picked the Giants,
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: But I think I like that take, and then the
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: Giants can sign them and keep them.
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he ain't gonna want to hit there there, but
• 43:44
  Speaker 3: no there is.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: Tomorrow's guest list is fire Buck Showalter, Katie wu heath Bell.
• 44:10
  Speaker 3: What old heath Bell little territory? Is he gonna slide into.
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: The interview, ask him, I mean he still got it.
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: He's got a lot of personality. I listened to him
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: on Friar Territory. He is good. The Padres show the
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: new one that we've got. Of course, Katie Stars Cardinal Territory.
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: We got a lot for Buck show Walter to cover,
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: of course, with some spring training drama. I'm getting on
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: a little Mets talk of course. All right, let's show
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: this Paul Skiens footage because he just doesn't feel like
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: his rookie year was good enough. So he's experimenting with
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: two new pitches this spring, a cutter and a running
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: two seamer. We have the two seamer footage. I believe
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: Adam was stepping in for a little live BP.
• 45:06
  Speaker 3: If not, we can we know how it goes now.
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: And then O'Neil CRUs the Fraser one might not have
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: been working, but it's just nice to see ball.
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: By the way, we'us what is on the back of
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: what's on the back of the Pirates catcher?
• 45:21
  Speaker 4: Like?
• 45:21
  Speaker 3: Is that what MLB came out with you?
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: We're like, we're gonna put this logo gigantic so everyone
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: knows that they're MLB.
• 45:27
  Speaker 3: What are we doing that is ginormous.
• 45:30
  Speaker 4: That's like some of the minor leaguers I played with
• 45:32
  Speaker 4: the tattoo that they got on their back before they
• 45:35
  Speaker 4: made it to the big leagues.
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: Hobby Bias has one right here on the back of
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: his neck. Yeah, well he was a big leaguer. That's
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: way different.
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: Shout out that. Yeah, you know, krats hats with a
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: minute despair. I feel like I know what we've got today.
• 45:53
  Speaker 3: Nice maybe one of my favorite.
• 45:55
  Speaker 4: I mean, we have two tigers on the show today,
• 45:58
  Speaker 4: Tommy Kinley, Cody Dave, Damon Hagen. I mean this is
• 46:03
  Speaker 4: producer Ley's favorite logo is a tiger logo.
• 46:07
  Speaker 3: I think she likes this one.
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, she uses that as an emoji.
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: The old school one, not this one, but it's similar
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: to this one.
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: By the way, before before we go, I didn't get
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: to mention this the other day, but uh, prayers to
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: Bobby Jenks and his family. Uh, he's going through some stuff.
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: I kind of knew about it before I was told him.
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: We didn't really going to talk about it. But he's
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: going through some cancer battles. So Bobby, you know, praying
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: for you. I hope you get a better bell for
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: you and your family.
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, thinking about you, Bobby. There's a story about it
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: if you want to learn more about the fight he's
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: going through right now. And he's in Portugal in the
• 46:41
  Speaker 2: hospital out there, So thinking about just sending thoughts and
• 46:44
  Speaker 2: prayers to the Jenks and we'll see everyone tomorrow