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  Speaker 1: We're tired and hired Kevin Polar for the day hosting
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  Speaker 1: FT with me and aj Aj. You did this well
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  Speaker 1: last time. What's your advice for your KP, who we
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  Speaker 1: just saw in Vegas?
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  Speaker 2: Just be yourself, brother, you know, for yourself. Not everyone's
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  Speaker 2: gonna like what you say all the time, but you
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  Speaker 2: know what, at the end of the day, be yourself
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  Speaker 2: and if you believe it and it's what your heart
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  Speaker 2: tells you to say or do, just stick with it.
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  Speaker 2: You'll be fine. I don't think you'll have I don't
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  Speaker 2: think Kevin will have a problem with that. He seems
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  Speaker 2: like the guy he'll be all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, straightforward, dude. How you doing, KP.
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  Speaker 3: I'm good, you guys good.
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  Speaker 1: Very good. And also you might hear feedback from fans
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  Speaker 1: that disagree with your takes, and sometimes they take it
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  Speaker 1: a little bit far and challenge your baseball knowledge. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think you have to remind them, but you've got
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  Speaker 1: pretty solid credentials and most of the time the people
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  Speaker 1: coming after you don't.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, that's no different than playing what I've been dealing
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  Speaker 4: with for the last you know, twelve thirteen years of
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  Speaker 4: my life.
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  Speaker 3: I'm excited for this.
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  Speaker 1: You too, aj, we didn't have you yesterday. How was Chicago?
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  Speaker 1: We'll get into the dance scene with Ken, but how
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  Speaker 1: were the Cubs? And I saw a bunch of Cubs
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  Speaker 1: homers on the game you were doing. Who did they
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  Speaker 1: beat up?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? The Red Sox Red Sox. Yeah, they beat him
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  Speaker 2: the first two games, and Crochet went out and dealt
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday. But the game I did, man, the Cubs
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  Speaker 2: could Immenaga was Nastyoga. I don't know if y'all watch it,
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  Speaker 2: but Emanaga has like this thing where he throws it
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  Speaker 2: and he just stares at the hitter after he punches
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  Speaker 2: him with the split, he just looks at him and
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  Speaker 2: then he goes It's like the weirdest thing. It's the
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  Speaker 2: coolest thing. And we showed it on the broadcast. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Emmenaga dealt. The Cubs hit four home runs, PCA hit one.
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  Speaker 2: They've hit leadoff homers back to back Bush and h
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  Speaker 2: Tucker to lead off the game. I mean that game
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  Speaker 2: was over in the first inning. It was two nothing
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  Speaker 2: in the first two hitters of the game, and you
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  Speaker 2: tell that game was pretty much over. But was look good.
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  Speaker 2: The Red Sox, though, are surprisingly good, So we'll see,
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be interesting the next ten days. The Red
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  Speaker 2: Sox last last lost last night to the Phillies on
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  Speaker 2: that weird catcher's interference play. But this next ten to
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  Speaker 2: twelve days will tell a lot about the Red Sox.
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  Speaker 1: Red Sox have a Gauntlet schedule too, and they've lost
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  Speaker 1: three out of four coming out of the break after
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  Speaker 1: the massive wind streak entering the break, what was it
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  Speaker 1: ten games for the Red Sox entering the break. The
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  Speaker 1: Brewers have been able to keep their little roll going.
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  Speaker 1: Last thing. Then we'll get to Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 2: KP.
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  Speaker 1: Did you face show to him? Anaga?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I was.
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  Speaker 4: I was gonna say when he was talking about him.
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  Speaker 4: We always talk about big pictures, how it's unique. He's
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  Speaker 4: a very small person. It's a different feel when he's
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  Speaker 4: on the mound. It's coming from a much lower angle.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 4: Obviously there's a lot of different things you try to
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  Speaker 4: do in the cage now to kind of recreate what
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  Speaker 4: that's like, facing and maybe putting the machine.
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  Speaker 3: Almost on the ground.
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  Speaker 4: He's got that true like ride heater, and then the
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  Speaker 4: split is kind of ridiculous.
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  Speaker 3: It's something you don't see a lot over here.
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  Speaker 4: It's a probably a very traditional Japanese Asian split finger.
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  Speaker 3: You don't see a lot here. It's a tough at bat.
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  Speaker 1: Is it tougher based on the size and the ride
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  Speaker 1: heater because it's coming at you from that angle and
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  Speaker 1: then it's still finishing up here with the fast ball. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's much like facing a sight arm or
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  Speaker 4: although he's not pitching from the side, he's just so little.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you're used to looking up on a mound.
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  Speaker 4: Majority of pitchers are, you know, over six feet standing
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  Speaker 4: on the mound, you're kind of looking up. You're almost
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  Speaker 4: looking eye level at him, and the ball's coming from.
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  Speaker 3: A much lower slot.
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  Speaker 4: The advice I got, because I had never faced him, was,
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  Speaker 4: you know, go up there and see a pitch or
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  Speaker 4: two to kind of pick up that arm slot. But
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  Speaker 4: he's a legitimate, you know, borderline ace, you know, and
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  Speaker 4: they're they're doing a lot of good things right now.
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  Speaker 3: It's exciting time to be a Cubs fan.
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  Speaker 2: Kevin, I have a question for you on that on
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  Speaker 2: Immanaga pitching and the way he pitches. He's ninety to
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  Speaker 2: ninety one, maybe ninety two every once in a while,
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  Speaker 2: and guys do not hit it. They don't square it up,
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  Speaker 2: they hit pop ups or they swing underneath it. Why
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  Speaker 2: is it because like I guess it's maybe because of
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  Speaker 2: what Scott said, and he throws from a lower angle
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  Speaker 2: and he really gets behind it. But we were watching
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  Speaker 2: the game in the Red Sox and they were taking
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  Speaker 2: a pitch and they were behind oh one, and then
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  Speaker 2: they had to get the split and then it's like
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  Speaker 2: oh two, and then they were like, all right, high fast,
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  Speaker 2: Why would you not just go up and say, our
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  Speaker 2: first heater I get. I'm trying to jump it, get
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  Speaker 2: on top of it and see if I can go
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  Speaker 2: deep because he's a fly ball guy.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think.
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  Speaker 4: I think because of that unique arm angle, because it
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  Speaker 4: is coming from a lower slot, you want to make
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  Speaker 4: sure to pick it up. But you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 4: hard to quote unquote get on top of a ride heater,
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  Speaker 4: and you know, most of us are trying to get
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  Speaker 4: the ball in the air when we're in the box, and.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a tough guy to square up.
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  Speaker 4: But it will be interesting to see them if they
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  Speaker 4: get in the playoffs and a team faces him a
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  Speaker 4: second time. You know, within the same week, what kind
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  Speaker 4: of sort of adjustments you can make I'd have to
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  Speaker 4: look at the numbers to see what the numbers look
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  Speaker 4: like second and third time through the order, but.
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  Speaker 2: They go down.
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  Speaker 4: Definitely a guy you don't want to get behind because
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  Speaker 4: the split is so good.
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  Speaker 2: They go down. The numbers go down. The first two
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  Speaker 2: innings is when you got to get him, and then
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  Speaker 2: the numbers are like off a cliffs. If you look
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  Speaker 2: at his numbers the first two innings, he has like
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  Speaker 2: a I don't know I had the numbers, but it
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  Speaker 2: was like a five era the first two innings and
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  Speaker 2: after that it goes to like a two. So I mean,
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  Speaker 2: if you don't get him in the first two innings,
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  Speaker 2: because then he settles in and he gets his Rojoe going,
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  Speaker 2: he's doing all this and he's throwing, he's smiling, he's
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  Speaker 2: laughing out there. And then I don't know, guys get
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  Speaker 2: mad because you're like, how the hell am I not
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  Speaker 2: hitting this little dude? But yeah, I mean, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, you played, you played a long time.
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  Speaker 4: There's a there's certain guys that the numbers on the
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  Speaker 4: scoreboard don't jump off in terms of like the radar gun.
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  Speaker 4: And you watch him and you see the stuff and
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  Speaker 4: you're like, there's nothing crazy about what he's doing up there.
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  Speaker 4: It's not like unicorn pitches, but you know, we like
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  Speaker 4: to call those comfortable over fours. He's definitely one of
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  Speaker 4: those guys. You're not intimidated by him because the velocity
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  Speaker 4: is not high. He's not a ratic. He's around the zone.
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  Speaker 4: You feel like you know you have, You feel like
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  Speaker 4: you're not intimidated. When you seven the box, you know
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  Speaker 4: you're gonna get a good swing off. He's just one
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  Speaker 4: of those guys it's hard to square up.
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  Speaker 1: So there's a team in the division that's got them
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  Speaker 1: beat right now. Record wise, they actually have the best
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  Speaker 1: record in baseball. Let's charge the mound. Charge about make
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  Speaker 1: it eleven straight wins for the Milwaukee Brewers. They took
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  Speaker 1: down George Kirby and the Mariners last night. Kirby held
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  Speaker 1: them hitless for the first five innings. Brandon Woodriff is
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  Speaker 1: on fire right off the get go. Coming back from
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  Speaker 1: major shoulder surgery. It took some time, aj he had
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  Speaker 1: some setbacks. He was just on our show the other day,
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  Speaker 1: but it's almost as if I mentioned this yesterday. They
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  Speaker 1: picked up two number one starters in Woodriff and Misowski
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  Speaker 1: to add to what was already somewhat solid rotation, and
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  Speaker 1: then the offense has started to pick up the pace.
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  Speaker 1: So they shut out the Mariners last night, and they
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  Speaker 1: keep rolling.
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  Speaker 2: Their pitching is so good. Listen, you just mentioned I
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  Speaker 2: was in the Cubs game the other day and I
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  Speaker 2: think Ken, it was either Ken or Adam one of them,
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  Speaker 2: asked about the Brewers and councils, like They're pitching is
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  Speaker 2: just so good. It just keeps getting better. Freddy Parult
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  Speaker 2: is having an unbelievable year. McGill's having a great year
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  Speaker 2: in the back end. They just keep finding guys and
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  Speaker 2: you bring back Woodroff and Misowski as he keeps going.
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  Speaker 2: This is a daunting task. Now they hit a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: They've gotten some of their guys going. You mentioned where
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  Speaker 2: Teazes started to swing the bat, yell, he's been doing good.
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  Speaker 2: Controversi has kind of turned it around a little bit. So,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this team looks good right now, and I
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  Speaker 2: mean they're not gonna keep winning every single game. They're
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  Speaker 2: gonna lose eventually. But here's my thing about the Milwaukee Brewers.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody saw him here. Nobody saw him here last ye
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  Speaker 2: except for maybe Cratzy, But restled. You better watch out
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  Speaker 2: because if you go into a series and you get
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  Speaker 2: Freddy p Miserowski Woodrof with their bullpen in a short
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  Speaker 2: series especially, it gonna be tough to deal with.
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  Speaker 1: Excuse me, there is someone on our panel. He's an
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  Speaker 1: OG host. Who picked them to I.
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  Speaker 2: Say, except Cratzy, Oh you picked them?
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  Speaker 1: I picked them to win the division before the season started. No,
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  Speaker 1: it starts. Yeah, you're right because I broadcasted in Milwaukee
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  Speaker 1: for so many Midwest games when I was doing the
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  Speaker 1: YouTube Game of the Week. But KP for me with Milwaukee,
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  Speaker 1: it's love averages at this point that they're able to
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  Speaker 1: withstand the superstars leaving. They're able to grow pitching right,
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  Speaker 1: develop it both within and even the guys they acquire
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  Speaker 1: often turned into golds. They've done that with their bullpen.
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  Speaker 1: It's always guys that nobody's ever heard of. And then
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  Speaker 1: here comes, you know, some young position players that they
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  Speaker 1: were able to develop. So the perfect mix is going
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  Speaker 1: on here right now. Pat Murphy plays the whole. Nobody
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  Speaker 1: knows us. We're average. Joe's kind of thing really well
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  Speaker 1: with them. What do you think of Milwaukee?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's you.
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  Speaker 4: We got to start talking about them in the same
• 8:41
  Speaker 4: breadth as like the Houston Astros. It's just whatever they
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  Speaker 4: do seems to work. It's got to be a culture thing.
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  Speaker 4: It's an organizational thing. They're really good, like you mentioned,
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  Speaker 4: drafting and developing players, especially pitching. But they always find
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  Speaker 4: the guys that no one's ever heard of. And you know,
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  Speaker 4: they have guys in their bullpen that I couldn't even
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  Speaker 4: name who they are, and you go face him, You're like,
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  Speaker 4: this is the best picture I've ever seen and it's
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  Speaker 4: their seventh eighth sixth inning, their mop up guy. They
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  Speaker 4: just continue to find really good arms, really good players,
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  Speaker 4: undervalued players, guys that have just kind of bounced around
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  Speaker 4: from team to team. They find a home in Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 4: And someone's got to do with Pat Murphy too. He's
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  Speaker 4: just an awesome dude to be around. He's probably a
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  Speaker 4: great motivator. He probably keeps things light. And then you
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  Speaker 4: got some great leaders at the top in Yellie and Contrera's.
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  Speaker 4: It seemed like a great place to play, unbelievable stadium,
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  Speaker 4: great fan base. But they're obviously doing something right there.
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  Speaker 2: KP hold on. Let's slow down on the Astros comparison
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  Speaker 2: here because they got to win a World Series first
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  Speaker 2: before we can lump them because the Astros have won
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  Speaker 2: a couple. Now, I know they've done a great job
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  Speaker 2: with the Brewers getting to the postseason, but they haven't
• 10:52
  Speaker 2: had a ton of success in the postseason. So until
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  Speaker 2: they get to the World Series and win the World
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  Speaker 2: Series and go to the LCS for how many every
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  Speaker 2: years in a row, the Astros were in it until
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  Speaker 2: last year. They're good, but the Astros have been even better,
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  Speaker 2: which is what's amazing.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I totally agree with you. I went
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  Speaker 4: a little far there with the comparison.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, No.
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  Speaker 4: The point I was trying to make is just the
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  Speaker 4: s of the parts is always a greater, you know,
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  Speaker 4: kind of like the Astros. You're kind of always waiting
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  Speaker 4: for them. They have players lead, they have superstars leave,
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  Speaker 4: and then the next guy just comes in and fills
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  Speaker 4: the spot. They lose guys, it seems like every day
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  Speaker 4: and they're starting rotation and the next guy comes up
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  Speaker 4: and they're just as good. They're great, and they just
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  Speaker 4: never seem to miss a beat. That's kind of how
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  Speaker 4: the Brewers have been, at least over the last couple
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  Speaker 4: of years. But to your point, they do have to
• 11:39
  Speaker 4: go out and go a little bit deeper in the
• 11:42
  Speaker 4: playoffs to kind of be in the same and obviously
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  Speaker 4: win it, to be in the same breath as the
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  Speaker 4: Houston Astros.
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  Speaker 1: So what are we doing at the deadline for Milwaukee Aja,
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  Speaker 1: They could use a little more punch from the left
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  Speaker 1: side of the infield. There's not a lot of punch
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  Speaker 1: to acquire on the left side of the infield. The
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  Speaker 1: name that brought up over and over for the best
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  Speaker 1: probably bad available at the deadline as Gino Suarez, but
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  Speaker 1: they're not necessarily trading him if they're hovering around the
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  Speaker 1: five hundred mark, So it might be difficult to find
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  Speaker 1: some really suitable Plan B and C options for Milwaukee, right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Suarez is the perfect fit for the Brewers,
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  Speaker 2: isn't he one year expiring contract? They won't maybe, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we don't know what they're gonna have to give up
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  Speaker 2: because the Yankees and some other teams are really in
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  Speaker 2: on him too, So with the price, just get driven
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  Speaker 2: out of their price arrangement. Yeah, they need somebody on
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  Speaker 2: the left side of the infant. I don't know who
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  Speaker 2: that could possibly be. I really don't because Suarz is
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  Speaker 2: the name that everyone looks at. But I mean, there's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be somebody traded, and KP knows us too that
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  Speaker 2: we're not expecting it's gonna There's gonna be a shortstop
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  Speaker 2: or a third baseman or somebody that's gonna get traded,
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  Speaker 2: and you're gonna be like, wait, no one saw that.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe Kenzy's a coming, but us normal folk aren't going
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  Speaker 2: to see that coming, right, So I don't know who
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  Speaker 2: that name is, but something's gonna go down, and it
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  Speaker 2: might be like the Brewers trade from a position of
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  Speaker 2: strength and maybe a bullpen piece or a starter to
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  Speaker 2: another team to get a maybe someone that's under control
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  Speaker 2: that we haven't thought about. I don't know who that
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  Speaker 2: might be, but we'll see what they need one more
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  Speaker 2: bad at least for because I'll tell you what. There's
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  Speaker 2: a guy we haven't even talked about, Abner Rebay. Have
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  Speaker 2: you seen his numbers and his stuff he chunks up
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  Speaker 2: there every day? Are you kidding me? With that stuff
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  Speaker 2: that he throws like? That dude was unbelievable this year.
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  Speaker 2: Check out his numbers. If you haven't seen him in
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  Speaker 2: the stuff that he throws up there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I gave him an ounce of love yesterday when
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  Speaker 1: we were shouting out the bullpen that basically no one
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  Speaker 1: can name aside from possibly Trevor McGill at the back
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  Speaker 1: end closing things down. And also because you know he
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  Speaker 1: could be vocal at times and kind of speak his mind.
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  Speaker 1: But besides that, Yeah, your Reba has been a star
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  Speaker 1: for them. Mears the kid who they picked up last
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  Speaker 1: year around the trade deadline from Colorado. I mean, come on,
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  Speaker 1: most people probably saw that coming. Milwaukee very specifically targets
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  Speaker 1: a no name from Milwaukee, has good peripheral numbers. Shocker.
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  Speaker 1: Now he's really good out of the bullpen for them.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone else that we can think of, I mean, shortstop
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  Speaker 1: is even tougher to find for a first division replacement option.
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  Speaker 1: Joey Ortiz just hasn't hit.
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  Speaker 2: What about Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Right, Like I said, I.
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  Speaker 4: Feel like every every year someone gets traded or two
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  Speaker 4: players get traded that no one even knows is available.
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  Speaker 4: I would expect, you know, two or three of those names,
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  Speaker 4: you know, at the end of the trade deadline and
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  Speaker 4: you're like, never saw it coming. So maybe there's someone
• 14:27
  Speaker 4: out there that you know, none of us are thinking
• 14:29
  Speaker 4: about on the left side of the endfield, maybe a
• 14:32
  Speaker 4: team that's in it or you know, gonna wait right
• 14:34
  Speaker 4: up until the deadline to make a big move, probably
• 14:37
  Speaker 4: someone under control that you don't expect getting traded. But
• 14:42
  Speaker 4: it feels like Milwaukee's you know, it's their time to
• 14:46
  Speaker 4: kind of, you know, maybe sell some of the prospects
• 14:49
  Speaker 4: and go for it.
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: This year, they might beef up the bullpen even more
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: so too. I Mean, the thing that they have to
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: figure out aja is how to win and get deep
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: into the postseason. This group has to figure out how
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: to get through the gauntlet of the National League. They're
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: going to have to take down teams like the Phillies, Mets, Dodgers,
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: et cetera in that National League side before they could
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: even get to the World Series and think about winning one.
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: And you're right, I mean, that's the big difference between
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: the team like Milwaukee and Houston. Now Milwaukee has to
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: do it with an even lower payroll than Houston, So
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: that part's impressive for them to maintain winning every year
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: and be in contention for a playoff spot, But they
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: haven't done a lot of damage in the playoffs.
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: That was yeah, that was kind of my point, like
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: they've been great, they've been gotten, they've gone to the postseason.
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: They I mean they listen, they lost a heartbreaker to
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: the Mets last year when Peede Alonzo swinging just crushed
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: their soul when he went opo off Devin Wims pitching
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: like nobody had hit in like five years. So yeah,
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: I mean, they've had some close calls. They've had opportunities
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: to get there, but they just haven't gotten it done.
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: So how do you take that next step? I think
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: it's a cute story. It's a fun story. It's like
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: the Twins for all those years right in the Al Central.
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: They'd win the Central, they get there and they'd lose
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: in the first round, but they'd always have to play
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: the Yankees. They could never get over that hurdle. So
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: it's one of those strange things about the Brewers. For
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: some reason, as good as they are, they just can't
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: figure out how to get deep into the World Series
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: and possibly win one.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: So I'll finish with this. Jim Boden put out his
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: intel from thirty Teams around the League Notes column in
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: the past twenty four hours, and he talked about how
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: they're looking to improve the left side of the infield.
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: So he said they're among the teams who could be
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: in play for Suarez, like we mentioned, but he did
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: at least provide other names that are interesting. I don't
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: know if any of them are realistic. He said they
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: could be in play for Ryan McMahon of the Rockies.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Obviously they have to let him go. That ownership group
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: loves him. The Cardinals with noelan Arnatto and his full
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: note trade clause.
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: To me, he's not going there realistic, He's not going there.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: It would go to Houston. He's not going to Milwaukee
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: taking the money.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Milwaukee's very tight with their budget. I
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: don't think they're taking the money on that. I don't
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: think there's going to be an agreement there. Here's where
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: things get it interesting too, because he's saying, hey, they're
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: trying to find an offensive upgrade, potentially a shortstop. Joey
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: Ortiz is not hit well. He said that the Brewers
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: have been linked to two speedy Marlins infielders Xavier Edwards
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: and Otto Lopez, both under a billion years of team
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: control too. I mean yesterday, I don't.
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't be honest, I don't really know
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: much about those two guys. I mean, I've heard of
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: their names, but KP might know more. But that doesn't move.
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not a it's not a needle mover for me.
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: Maybe a slight upgrade, but I don't I think they
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: need more than a slight upgrade.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, Otto Lopez is a fantastic defender. He's having
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: a really good year. These are two Marlins players that
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: have helped them stay away from being one of the
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: terrible teams in baseball. I mean, the Marlins are better
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: than the Braves record wise. Lopez about league gabbage batt
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: ops plus at ninety eight from second base, where he
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: was elite last year and this year at the position.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: And then for Xavier Edwards, I mean, he's one of
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: the fastest players in the league. He's also right around
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: the league average with the bat three point fifty eight
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: on base percent, so he's getting on base thirty six
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: percent at the time. He doesn't that much pop. And
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: he'll steal thing about.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Murph though, I'll tell you this right now. Murph will
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: take a shortstop like Joey Ortiz that makes all the plays.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: He'll He'll listen. There are certain people out there Murph.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: I don't know how well KP's Murphy, but Murph is
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: a pitching defense and he's an old school guy, right, Yeah,
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: he loves homers. Everyone knowves homers except Kevin Sitzer. But listen,
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: the bottom line is Murph wants a guy that will
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: play shortstop and pick it. Willie Domins was great when
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: he was sitting thirty homers for him, but Joey Ortiz
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: makes all the plays defensively and whatever they get out now,
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: in order for them to upgrade, it has to be
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: a significant upgrade, right, Because Joey Ortiz is there for
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: a long time. He's under control, So they're not just
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: going to go out and be like, oh, let's go
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: get a short stop for one year. That could stunt
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: Joey Ortiz's development. They're gonna need a significant upgrade. And
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: that's why a Gino Sporez works. Maybe McMahon ar and
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: I was not going to Milwaukee. He wouldn't go to Houston.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: He's not going to Milwaukee.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and for me, it's just hard to see the
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: Marlins start to part with players that have many years
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: left of team control. But yes, even if they did
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: acquire someone like that, that's not an impact bat. Those
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: players are both brewers Ish players. For me, aj they
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: both play I mean again, like I mentioned, Lopez is
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: playing a lot of short stop this year too. They're
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: both scrappy. They do a lot of the little things well.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: But I don't think that the Marlins are going to
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: be trading away there five years of control type guys.
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: We talked about Kyle Sowers yesterday and how that was
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: shot down, and they're not going to deal him away
• 19:35
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  Speaker 1: fo u L. That's with a big comeback win. Francisco
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Alvarez is back. He got the big ovation from the crowd.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: He had really been struggling going back to last year.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: He was a mess in the playoffs at the plate,
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: and now he's back. He was able to break the
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: hitless streak he had going on flyball to Wright that
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: I think was kind of misplayed by Chris Taylor. But anyway,
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: they had a big comeback win. Edwin Diaz shuts the door.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: What do you think about the Mats, Well.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: It was big of a win. It was for the Mets.
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: It was a tough loss for the Angels because they
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: got off to such a good start in Philly right
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: after the All Star break, and they're one of those
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: teams that's kind of just hovering right around five hundred.
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: Are they going to buy, They're gonna sell? Are they
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: going to make a real push to for a wild card?
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: But the Mets big comeback win. To your point, it's
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: just amazing when you get a little extra support from
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: your fan base, you know, maybe a little standing ovation
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: when you come to the plate. You see some players
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: get some positive results. It should be a reminder of fans.
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: It just you know, it's hard. I know what it's
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: like to be a fan of other sports and other teams.
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: But just continue to try to encourage these guys because
• 21:47
  Speaker 4: he's going to be a big part of what you
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: guys are trying to accomplish.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Hey, AJ, Paul Skeen shut down the Tigers yesterday three nothing,
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: picked up his first win since late May, and we've
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: got a little tweet to show how good he's been
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: overall since he started forty four career games players since
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: nineteen oh one with three hundred plus k's and a
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: sub to era. There's only one human and that is
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: Paul Skeen's leading baseball with a one nine one era
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: after six shutout innings, three hit, six k's yesterday.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: You know what's interesting that Tigers, first of all, skeins
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: is on a different planet. All right, let's just say
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: that right now. Did you face him KP or did
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: you miss him? Was that you had skeins itis that
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: day and.
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: You were like, no, no, he's right handed. He's right handed.
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: And there's a lot of times when you become a
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: platoon guy later in your career, like man, I wish
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: I could play every day, and then you run into
• 22:37
  Speaker 4: guys like that and you're like, yeah, well I'll sit
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: on the bench.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: Okay, but you're right. I would have been fun to
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: just say you did it. I mean like I faced
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: kersh Reddy Johnson, Like yeah, I was like I faced him.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: I didn't have much success, but at least I got
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: to face them. But the thing of a hero is
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: I mean, yes, skin shut them out. But the Tigers
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: they're kind of not doing what they were doing. They're
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: not swinging the bats, they're not scoring a lot of
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: runs right now, the Tigers, so they need to figure
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: this out. What for scoobl On Sunday night, they've been
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: lost a bunch in a row, so they need to
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: kind of get it going again. I know they have
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: still have a big lead, but they got a let's go,
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: let's go keep it going.
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Injury suck. We'll do a quick segment here on the
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: ongoing Jordan Alvarez saga with the Astros. So he spoke
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: yesterday and we still don't know when he's going to
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: come back. Here's some of the quotes from Chandler Rome,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: who covers the team for the Athletic and for Kush
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: City Territory. Great show. Check it out. Quote from Jord
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: on where the pain is in the hand, It's a
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: little bit difficult to have surgery there. That's why I
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: say I need a little bit of rest right now.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: It's an area where normally we don't get surgery in
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: that area. But I think it isn't something I'll have
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: to keep dealing with. And Chandler had asked if he
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: will have to deal with it all this year, and
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: he said, I wish not, but I don't know. If
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: I have to deal with it, it will be for
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: the rest of this season. I think I need to
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: rest it, but again I need to come back and play,
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: and I think I'm in the right direction right now
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: to come back and to play. So we got some updates, yeah,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: yesterday on your don The saga continues here. I don't
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: know how much you've followed this one, KP. But originally
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: they misdiagnosed him, and I can only imagine when you
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: get a diagnosis and then you're working your way back
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: from rehab and really you shouldn't be working your way
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: back yet, how much damage could be done.
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, it's probably very frustrating. I've been in
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: some organizations where it's happened to some players before, and
• 24:27
  Speaker 4: you know, obviously your organization, your medical staff, you know,
• 24:31
  Speaker 4: want the best for you there. Every organization is trying
• 24:34
  Speaker 4: to win, but it's unfortunate when something like that does happen.
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: But the game is in such a better place.
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: When he is playing, and the Astros are already really,
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: really good, and there's so much better with him in
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: the lineup.
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: In my opinion, he's a top five hitter in baseball.
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: With just his peer ability to hit for average and
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: use the whole field and his power to all fields,
• 24:54
  Speaker 4: he's one of the scariest hitters to be in the field.
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: In the outfield when he's coming up to that.
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: So hopefully he can heal up here quick and get
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: back on the field because I love watching him hit.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: A j So they lost these zac Paris the other day,
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: another big, big bat right, one of their top four
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: or five bats, and Ord Doan's out, Jeremy Pani is out.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: The other update was from a on field perspective. He
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: hit soft toss yesterday sixty to sixty five percent effort,
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: he said through an interpreter. He plans to hit again today.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: And he talked about the setback that he had in Florida,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: and he said he woke up on the day he
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: was supposed to face pitching his hand was so swollen
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: he couldn't even grip the bat.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Al. I want to know, how do you swing sixty
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: to sixty five percent? Explain that one to me, because
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: I didn't know there was like a sixty percent swing
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: or a seventy percent swing. I just knew one swing.
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: So maybe that's why he's way better than I ever was.
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: But yeah, this sucks for the Astros. Astros are bang up,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: but they still figure out a way to do it.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: They still figure out a way to win games. They
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: still figure out how to pitch. I don't know. I
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: mean I want to. I want you on on back
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: because he's great to watch. But yeah, just seemed to
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: keep on winning no matter who's out there. So we'll see.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: But yeah, he's got to get back. The misdiagnosis thing
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: was bad at the beginning, but they figured it out
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: now hopefully, and he can figure out how way to
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: get him back on the field.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: They draft, well, Bryce Matthews comes up. Yesterday, he was
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: the star of the show. They took down the Diamondbacks.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: Matthew's taking Zach Gallen deep. He had two home runs yesterday.
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: That's what they do. That's what they do. It's kind
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: of like, remember back back in the day when the
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: Cardinals would bring up these guys that really nobody had
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: ever heard of, and John Jay's and Descalso's and all
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: these guys. They would just fill their role perfectly and
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: do exactly what the Cardinals needed. It seems like what
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: the what the Astros do Now? They just find these
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: guys and they're like, oh, no one's ever heard of
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: Hunter Brown. Really, I mean, I know, you know, he's
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: a bad example, probably, but look at him now, you know,
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: It's like, Wow, Framber Valdas signed for ten grand He's
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: one of the best pitchers in baseball for the last five, six,
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: seven years, right, So it's just what the Astros do.
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: Dana Brown does the job. He was a scout. Let's
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: not get Dana Brown was a scout.
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: He was a damn good scout for the Braves for
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: a while. That's the thing with the Astros. They deal
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: with as many injuries as anyone else, half the rotation,
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: half the lineup, and yet they're still here. So it
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: actually makes some of the other teams look bad when
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: they start pointing to who's out. All right, aj Tanner
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: Scott goes down with an injury for a Dodgers' bullpen
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: that they spent a lot of money on, and they're
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: probably going to have to spend more in money and
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: assets at the deadline. Here good news for la yesterday,
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: Oh Tani looked pretty damn good. I mean he hadn't
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: I think had a hit in the first inning since
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: he had been pitching for the last four or five starts.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: When he came back, figured that part out hit a
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: two run danger, a blast to center field. Pitched pretty
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: well after he got his I watched the start, he
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: got his sweeper was like a crappy slider for maybe
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: ten to fifteen to twenty pitches and that's where the
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: Buckston home run came and in the leadoff spot. But
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: then he figured that part out too. But anyway, Tanner
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: Scott going down, I guess could be an il situation,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: felt a sting in his forearm. He's getting an MRI today.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: What do we say about forearms? What if farms lead
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: to a lot of times Scott, they're the worst ones,
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: you know, they usually lead to the zipper, you know,
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: right to the elbow. Right. How many times have we
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: seen forearm tightness? And then two days later, in god forbid,
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: we don't want Tanner Scott because I think he's already
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: had at least one timing John, We don't we you know,
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: we don't want to hear. Anytime you hear forearm tightness,
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: that usually and then the next step is we're gonna
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: look at the elbow and it's usually not good news.
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: So let's hope he's okay. But I mean, they won
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: last night, but I mean it wasn't they didn't win it.
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: I mean, if you saw the last swing of the
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: game by Korea, they caught the ball. Like in Kirby
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: h was like, whoo, we won, Like I can't believe
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: we won. It's it's been a struggle for the Dodgers.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: We talked about the Tigers. The Dodgers are exactive and
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: killing everybody either.
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: Hey, did you guys see this exchange over the weekends
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: with Justin Berlander? I believe it was from Sunday whenever
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: Verlander pitched a couple days ago, Chad Witson took a
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: little shot. The quote that was caught on camera. I was,
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: how about you worry about getting out of the third inning?
• 29:13
  Speaker 5: Huh?
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: So, Kevin, do you think that's a lack of respect
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: for a legendary pitcher or do you think it's someone
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: who is going, Hey, I'm gonna bite back. If you're
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: gonna talk shit to me, I'm gonna go back at you.
• 29:26
  Speaker 4: I think Verlander's credential speak for themself. I thought it
• 29:29
  Speaker 4: was kind of awesome because at the end of the day,
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: as much as me and AJ might not like umpires,
• 29:35
  Speaker 4: you have to respect that they're human beings and they
• 29:37
  Speaker 4: can only take so much. And he saw his opportunity
• 29:41
  Speaker 4: he took a shot. I got a laugh out of it.
• 29:43
  Speaker 4: I'm sure maybe Verlander didn't get a laugh out of it,
• 29:46
  Speaker 4: but like I said, his credential speak for himself, and
• 29:50
  Speaker 4: I can tell you this happens more than you think.
• 29:53
  Speaker 3: It's just not always caught on camera.
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's an awesome flex by the umpire. I
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: think Verlander liked it very much, but I mean he remember,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: he remembers, so he got ejected. He pitched on Friday,
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: and the umpire held onto this until Sunday that he
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: got ejected. So Whitson was sitting there going, man, if
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: Verlander pops off, he had a good memory because he's like,
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: try to get out of the third inning next time.
• 30:19
  Speaker 6: Me.
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's a big flex on a Hall of
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: Fame guy. I don't know.
• 30:24
  Speaker 4: I thought it was great, but I mean I'm sure
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: I'm sure you've heard a lot worse behind the plane.
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: Of course, trust me, umpires listen. Umpires know how to
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: hippolow the belt. Sometimes I took my shots at umpires,
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: but they also knew sometimes like oh, you're hitting one
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: eighty right now, it's it's may no wonder you want
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: to get ejected. You don't know the strike zone anyway.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: I mean, trust me, there's a lot of things that
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: were said. Yeah on camera.
• 30:46
  Speaker 4: Yeah, to your point, I think he found a moment
• 30:49
  Speaker 4: to take his shot because there's not a lot of
• 30:51
  Speaker 4: shots you could take at Verlander in his career, and
• 30:54
  Speaker 4: he hit it. I thought it was funny. You know,
• 30:56
  Speaker 4: maybe Verlander thought it was funny too, but maybe didn't.
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: And we got a scorecard on our way out here
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: to get back from break, here's wits and called strike
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: accuracy was not great. Aj his buffer zone was extensive.
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: Hey, he was trying to get those guys out of
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: the third inning.
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• 32:29
  Speaker 1: and then I've got a verbal mentioned from a topic
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: earlier on the show. But opponents have a misrate of
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: fifty percent on pitches and the strike zone against Devin Williams.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: Over the last couple of weeks, we haven't talked about
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: as much AJ And usually when you don't talk much
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: about a closer, that means he's doing his job. Because
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: he was a very, very high subject of attention in
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: the first month of the year for the Yanks while
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: he was getting acclimated.
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: He's cleaned it up a lot. He's been throwing them
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: all really well. So I don't know that you want
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: to face him right now. O KP. You probably faced
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Did you face him? You had to face him a
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: few times.
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: He's also one of those righties where you're like, okay,
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: looking on the bench, there's got to be a left
• 33:06
  Speaker 4: handed bat available, come on, But yeah, I mean, it's
• 33:09
  Speaker 4: it's it's one of those pitches. That's how you know
• 33:12
  Speaker 4: you're one of the best pitchers in baseball when you
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: have a pitch that everyone knows you're gonna throw and
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: you just still can't hit it. I mean, everyone goes
• 33:20
  Speaker 4: up and sits on the change up. And what makes
• 33:21
  Speaker 4: him even more difficult is he still throws in the
• 33:24
  Speaker 4: upper nineties. But his pitch is the change up. You
• 33:26
  Speaker 4: sit up there, wait for it. It moves like.
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: A left handed slider and no one can hit it.
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: But you know, obviously, first time getting traded, as someone
• 33:34
  Speaker 4: that's been traded, you know a couple of times, played
• 33:37
  Speaker 4: in a bunch of different organizations, it.
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: Can be tough.
• 33:40
  Speaker 4: Probably a lot easier getting traded in the offseason, having
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: spring training to get acclimated with the new team, new teammates.
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: But it's it's.
• 33:47
  Speaker 4: Different, and he got off to a slow start. I mean,
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: he's human, he's a human being. He didn't pitch well
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: in the beginning of the year, but he's back and form.
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: And thankfully because Luke Weaver was the guy last year
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: that was called on to get you know, up to
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: nine outs you know, in the playoffs, and he's not
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: having as good of a year. So having Devin Williams
• 34:08
  Speaker 4: in the back end is invaluable for them.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, huge pickup in the offseason for the Yanks. The
• 34:13
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  Speaker 1: going through the second time in a game through the
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  Speaker 1: second time against the lineup, ninth best in baseball among starters.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: So there you go, playing to what we were talking
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• 34:57
  Speaker 1: Hot Corner Time Fresh article in The Athletic on Jim
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: Boden's Intel around the league talking to thirty teams, finding
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: out who's buying, who's selling, and who's maybe a little
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: bit of both. Things are fluid aja and changing. But
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: there's only a week to go, and for some of
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: these teams, they're not going to figure out that much.
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: Right If you have seven games, say between now and
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: the trade deadline, and you go four and three or
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: three and four, did you really learn that much? And
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: are you banking your entire season on those seven or
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: eight games. Let's show the board, though, and then we
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: can pick out some teams that we feel good about
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: or some teams that we think should go in a
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: different direction. The buyers list here and I'll read this
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: out for the podcast crowd too. Detroit, Philly, Houston, Chicago, Mets, Reds, Brewers, Yanks,
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: Red Sox, Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Blue Jays, Mariners, Sellers, Miami,
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: the White Sox, Oriols, Rockies, Braves, Pirates, Athletics. NAT's nothing
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: surprising there, and then possibly both Aja the Rays, the Guardians,
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals, the Twins, the Rangers, the Royals, the Diamondbacks
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: and the Angels.
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the sellers are pretty obvious, aren't they. Yes,
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: The ones to me are they're intriguing are the buyers
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: and sellers, possibly because like the Rays do a really
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: good job of this of trying to thread the needle
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: where they'll trade somebody, but they'll get somebody back that
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: might not be as big of a name, but it
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: fits the role that they need, right. Diamondbacks are the
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: ones that, like they're they going to try and get
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: rid of Gallon to bring back some other pieces, even Texas, Right,
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: it wasn't that long ago, you know what I'm saying.
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: So I don't know. I think it's it's an interesting
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: you know. The Angels again, we talked to Jodell. What
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: are they Cleveland, Minnesota. They seem more like the seller
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: type to me, case is in a weird spot because
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: they made the playoffs last year. The sellers are pretty obvious.
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: The buyers are pretty obvious to me. The intriguing teams
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: obviously are possibly both because we just don't know what's
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: gonna happen. That's why this trade deadline is gonna be
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: fascinating because there's not as many sellers with high quality
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: products as in the past.
• 36:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah, the one team that I'm looking at that I'm
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: interested in is Cincinnati. Is there on the buyer's list
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: and with the recent success that Milwaukee's had. Obviously, Ajau
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: talked about how good the Cubs have looked and are playing.
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: Cincinnati is the third best team in that division. Are
• 37:16
  Speaker 4: they a top six team in the National League? I
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: know they're you know, maybe three or four games out
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: of a wildcard spot, But is that a team who's
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: can kind of switch to a seller maybe a buyer
• 37:29
  Speaker 4: and a seller depending on how this next week goes.
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: But it's always hard.
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: I still kind of view things from a player's perspective.
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: You know, you you you played a ton of games
• 37:41
  Speaker 4: up until this point, and you kind of feel like
• 37:44
  Speaker 4: your team's destiny is you know, based on this next week.
• 37:49
  Speaker 4: You know there's you can go oh and six in
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: April and you know it's talked about and you just
• 37:55
  Speaker 4: continue to play the games. But if you go in
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: oh and six. You know, this could be your the
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: difference in your team buying and selling, you losing teammates, friends,
• 38:04
  Speaker 4: you getting traded. So it's interesting that I've never kind
• 38:07
  Speaker 4: of viewed it from a GM perspective of how you
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: kind of view this last week leading up into the
• 38:13
  Speaker 4: trade deadline.
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: And this has to do with percentages. Most front offices
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: have a percentage of what they think a playoff appearance
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: looks like for them at the moment, and that's what
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: they play too. They look at the standings and then
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: they also look at projected totals for the rest of
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: the year. I've heard GMS on the record in the
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: past couple weeks mentioned stuff like that the Reds are
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: three and a half games away from a playoff spot
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: right now, matched with San Francisco and with the Cardinals,
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: right but they have the Cardinals as on the fence
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: kind of team where San Francisco and Cincinnati are three
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: and a half out in a different spot. I think
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: part of that, Kevin, has to do with where those
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: teams are in the bigger picture. The Cardinals came into
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: the year doing nothing and just riding the youth getting
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: more playing time, and this being an adjustment period. They
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: I think themselves probably didn't think they were going to
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: be in this spot close enough to be in playoff range.
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: They haven't played as well lately. San Francisco bought, I
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: mean they bought in the off season. They bought it
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: the when Raphael Devers was available. And for Cincinnati, I
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: think they're buying into the starting staff they have. They
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: have some great swing and miss there. There's probably one
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: or two prospects because they keep drafting pitchers high up,
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: probably one or two prospects that could make appearances in
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: the second half of the year and be a big deal.
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen Chase Burns already pop up for them.
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: Hunter Green should be back soon, I think. So maybe
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: they're looking at their staff thinking, hey, our best might
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: be yet to come, and our percentage chance is higher
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: than some of the other teams in a similar spot.
• 39:54
  Speaker 4: I mean, they definitely have with Hunter Green and the
• 39:58
  Speaker 4: emergence of Chase Burns and Dolo Like, that's a team
• 40:01
  Speaker 4: that if you can sneak into the playoffs in a
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: three game series, that's an incredibly difficult UH starting staff
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: to face. So then you got a guy like Nick
• 40:10
  Speaker 4: Martinez that you know could start coming the bullpen, but Cincinnati,
• 40:14
  Speaker 4: like you said, they do have some guys coming up,
• 40:17
  Speaker 4: you know that could fill some spots. But Cincinnati seems
• 40:20
  Speaker 4: like the perfect team that should kind of be in
• 40:21
  Speaker 4: the middle goodbye and could sell, you know, sell from
• 40:25
  Speaker 4: some areas of strength to add to some areas of weakness.
• 40:28
  Speaker 4: Knowing that they have some guys coming up. But interesting team.
• 40:31
  Speaker 4: You know, you can never count a team with you know,
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: their skip leading the way. They got a lot of
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: young talent. It's I remember going there a couple of
• 40:40
  Speaker 4: years ago, middle of summer when I was with the Braves,
• 40:43
  Speaker 4: and it was kind of the emergence of a lot
• 40:45
  Speaker 4: of their young guys and the place was sold out.
• 40:48
  Speaker 4: And I remember watching on TV when they're in the
• 40:50
  Speaker 4: playoffs too that it's such a great baseball place and
• 40:53
  Speaker 4: it's a team that I'd love to see get in
• 40:55
  Speaker 4: the postseason because I know how important baseball is to
• 40:58
  Speaker 4: that city and they have such They just have a
• 41:01
  Speaker 4: lot of young talent and they're a fun team to watch. Yeah.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: Bowden mentioned that the Reds are looking for an outfielder,
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: they want some more offense, and then they're looking for
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: some bullpen help. As is every team that's in the running.
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: And he mentioned nowt Nick Crawls trying to push chips
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: in right now, who's the GM of the team we know?
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: AJ Terry Francona is in win now mode. I mean
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: he came back to try and lead a playoff contender here.
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not coming back to rebuild. And the Reds
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: are in right, The Reds are going for it. The Giants,
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: you mentioned Giants, Giants gotta go for it. They already
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: threw all their chips in the devast trade. I mean,
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: let's not kid ourselves either. The Devastrade and some of
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: the signings they made Verlanders, those signings they made, those
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: were to win now. Buster Posey's not gonna want to
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: go through rebuild. He was brought in to help the
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: Giants try to win now. So those teams to me,
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: are going for they have to. But now what do
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: they have and what can they get? Because this is
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: a seller's market. So I don't know this Every trip
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: day line is fascinating, but I just want to know
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: what are the names that no one's talked about that
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: all of a sudden is bam.
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah. My thing is that if the Diamondbacks play well
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: enough over the next week is going to make this
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: market challenging. There are just not a lot of teams
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: with good players that you can see making a major
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: impact in the playoffs that are going to be available
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: right now. I mean, we've gone through this, Kevin. But
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: the White Sox don't have much to offer. The Rockies
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: don't have much to offer. Marlins have a little bit.
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: If they're going to deal away Sandi al Contra or
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: Edward Cabrera, sure that can be an impact starter in
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: the playoffs, and maybe they take advantage of a market
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: like this and say, hey, there's not much available like
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: what we have. I think Pittsburgh's going to trade Mitch Keller.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: I've actually been going back and forth with some commenters
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: on YouTube that think he's got too many years left
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: of team control. I'm like, I don't think that matters.
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: They're going to look at where he's at right now
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: and how there aren't starters like him available or not
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: many of them. I mean, he could be a number
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: three starter on a playoff team for me when I'm
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: making a trade right or if I was making a
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: trade at the deadline. Kevin, you're going to give up
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: some significant prospect talent if it's someone that you think
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: can start in October for you.
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 43:19
  Speaker 4: I mean I think back to maybe my real first
• 43:21
  Speaker 4: experience of you know, when I was in Toronto in
• 43:26
  Speaker 4: twenty fifteen. We went out and made a bunch of
• 43:29
  Speaker 4: big trades. You know, we acquired David Price and we
• 43:32
  Speaker 4: gave up our two two best left handed pitching prospects
• 43:36
  Speaker 4: and Daniel Norris and Matthew Boyd. And it was like
• 43:40
  Speaker 4: the craziest thing I'd ever seen. But you brought in
• 43:42
  Speaker 4: David Price, and you know, that's a guy who's going
• 43:44
  Speaker 4: to start game one or two for you in the playoffs.
• 43:46
  Speaker 4: It's the price of doing business. It's the price of
• 43:50
  Speaker 4: you know, putting yourself in a position to try.
• 43:53
  Speaker 3: And go win the whole thing.
• 43:54
  Speaker 4: And unfortunately for us, it didn't work. But you know,
• 43:57
  Speaker 4: it wasn't from a lack of effort from the front
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: office putting all their chips in.
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: It didn't work to win a World Series, but it
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: worked to ignite that city, and I think it kind
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: of changed the complexion of the franchise the way that
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: they went for it. I remember, you know, back then,
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: covering all of that so was that your rookie year.
• 44:16
  Speaker 4: It would have been my It would have been my
• 44:17
  Speaker 4: first full season. I started opening Day. But kind of
• 44:20
  Speaker 4: like to AJ's point, you know earlier X Y and Z,
• 44:23
  Speaker 4: you never know what you're going to get x Y
• 44:24
  Speaker 4: and Z. I mean, when you know you're getting a
• 44:26
  Speaker 4: David Price or a Troy Tulowitzki, you got to go
• 44:31
  Speaker 4: for it, and sometimes you know, years later the trade
• 44:34
  Speaker 4: ends up looking terrible. You know, you think about a
• 44:37
  Speaker 4: James Shield for a Fernando Tatis, but at the time,
• 44:40
  Speaker 4: Fernando Tatis Junior was just an X Y and Z.
• 44:42
  Speaker 4: And you know, we talk about those couple instances where
• 44:46
  Speaker 4: you traded a player like James Shield for Frnando Tatis,
• 44:49
  Speaker 4: but there's a million others where you know, you end
• 44:52
  Speaker 4: up getting the better end of the player who's a
• 44:54
  Speaker 4: proven commodity, and these prospects never really make it. So,
• 44:57
  Speaker 4: I mean it's a hard balance for any GM. But
• 45:00
  Speaker 4: but you know, as a player, from a player's perspective,
• 45:03
  Speaker 4: when you when you put yourself and your team in
• 45:06
  Speaker 4: that situation to you know, have the GM, you know,
• 45:09
  Speaker 4: go out and and try to acquire players, it's definitely
• 45:12
  Speaker 4: that shot in the arm you need this time of
• 45:14
  Speaker 4: year where you know you're entering August and you've been
• 45:17
  Speaker 4: at it for five six months, and you know, things
• 45:20
  Speaker 4: started to get repetitive and tired, and you know, the.
• 45:22
  Speaker 3: Dog days of August kick in.
• 45:24
  Speaker 4: But you wake up in the morning and you're you
• 45:27
  Speaker 4: look at text messages and you look at, you know,
• 45:29
  Speaker 4: things on Twitter that Blue Jays just acquired Troy Tulowitzki
• 45:33
  Speaker 4: and David Price. You're never more excited to go to
• 45:35
  Speaker 4: the field.
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: Kevin, do you remember the year before what the Blue
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: Jays did that?
• 45:40
  Speaker 6: Well?
• 45:41
  Speaker 3: Well I do, yeah.
• 45:41
  Speaker 4: I mean I was kind of a player who was
• 45:43
  Speaker 4: up and down in twenty fourteen and we were maybe
• 45:47
  Speaker 4: a game or two, you know, out of a wildcard spot,
• 45:51
  Speaker 4: and this was pre expanded playoffs. I wonder how different
• 45:55
  Speaker 4: it would have been if, you know, more teams got in.
• 45:57
  Speaker 4: But we didn't do anything we sell or trade, and
• 46:01
  Speaker 4: we kind of just phisited off the rest of that year.
• 46:03
  Speaker 4: And you know, talking to Alex a couple of years later,
• 46:06
  Speaker 4: he learned a lot from that, just kind of from
• 46:08
  Speaker 4: the morale standpoint of, you know, he didn't do his
• 46:11
  Speaker 4: job to kind of, you know, push us over the
• 46:14
  Speaker 4: edge and push us towards the finish line, and you know,
• 46:17
  Speaker 4: we did a complete one eighty the next year, and
• 46:19
  Speaker 4: you know, I keep talking about David Price and Troy
• 46:22
  Speaker 4: tu Lwitski. We also went out inquired La, Troy Hawkins,
• 46:25
  Speaker 4: Mark Low, Ben Revere. Like it was a full overhaul
• 46:29
  Speaker 4: of our roster, and it energized the entire team. It
• 46:32
  Speaker 4: energized that city. And you know, ultimately we didn't win
• 46:35
  Speaker 4: the Ultimate prize, but it was a hell of a run.
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Bautista ripped him at the deadline because you guys
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: were in the running. And and Thopolis spoke after about
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: it years later and how he learned a ton from
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: that time period and how you know, he felt like
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: he let the team down that one year, and he
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: was like, I was going to make up for it
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: the next year. And I would say, David Price and
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: Troy Tilwiski as your ads, that certainly makes up for it.
• 47:00
  Speaker 4: So the problem is, that's why I was interested asking
• 47:03
  Speaker 4: Ken about the Braves because I feel like, you know,
• 47:06
  Speaker 4: ever since twenty fifteen, you know, when he pushed all
• 47:10
  Speaker 4: the chips in, you know, that's all he's ever done
• 47:12
  Speaker 4: is win, And now they're in a position where they're
• 47:16
  Speaker 4: underachieving to say the least. You know, what does he do?
• 47:19
  Speaker 4: You know, does he have that other kind of mode
• 47:20
  Speaker 4: where he can you know, sell off some pieces. You know,
• 47:23
  Speaker 4: he's been all go for the last you know, eight
• 47:26
  Speaker 4: or nine years, just acquiring talent and acquiring and trying
• 47:30
  Speaker 4: to improve his team. Does does he have it in
• 47:33
  Speaker 4: him to you know, throw in the white flag and
• 47:35
  Speaker 4: kind of try to rebuild the farm system.
• 47:37
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: It sounds like he doesn't want to rock the boat
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: much and most of these players are under control for
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: a long period of time, So it sounds like marcel
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: A Zuna Ryce el Iglesias I think will be moved.
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: I know his ra is not great, but most of
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: the rest of the numbers for him and the stuff
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: for playing out the same way. So maybe he moves
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: on to another team and has a big final couple
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: months of the season. Let's start with the Phillies walk
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: off win thanks to catchers interference, said Mundo Sosa, pulls
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: it off. Heads are shaking, yes, Aj.
• 48:14
  Speaker 2: These are happening a lot more and more and more
• 48:16
  Speaker 2: and more and more and a more. I mean the
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: base of reloaded with no out so they're probably gonna
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: score anyways, but just it was the first time in
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: fifty four years or something a game that ended like this.
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: I don't know, it's a weird it's a weird thing.
• 48:30
  Speaker 2: It's and then they had to review it, which was
• 48:32
  Speaker 2: even stranger. So it's like, oh, he said it and
• 48:34
  Speaker 2: they didn't want to call it, and then they reviewed
• 48:36
  Speaker 2: it and they found it. So I mean, good win
• 48:38
  Speaker 2: for the for the old Phillies.
• 48:42
  Speaker 4: I feel like Pheel, you should have to take a
• 48:44
  Speaker 4: full swing for it to be interference. I don't know
• 48:46
  Speaker 4: Catcher's perspective if it's any difference a guy taking a
• 48:49
  Speaker 4: full swing or you know, trying to lay off a pitch.
• 48:51
  Speaker 4: But probably not the most exciting way to end a
• 48:56
  Speaker 4: game for the people in the stadium. Obviously everyone's going
• 48:59
  Speaker 4: home because the Phillies won and they were the home team.
• 49:02
  Speaker 4: But at least, you know, you're kind of witnessing something
• 49:06
  Speaker 4: that doesn't happen every day.
• 49:07
  Speaker 3: Like you say, it's been.
• 49:08
  Speaker 4: Fifty years, so maybe a story to talk to your
• 49:11
  Speaker 4: kids about on the way home from the game or
• 49:13
  Speaker 4: your buddies.
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: Even longer than fifty years, like fifty five ish. And
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: I think this was the only other time it happened.
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: It was Dodgers beating the Reds August first, nineteen seventy one,
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: and Jason Stark, who lives for this stuff, tweeted about
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: how it was one of the strangest innings you'll see.
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: He said, zombie runner, four, pitchwalk, wild, pitch, intentional walk,
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: walk off, catcher interference. I just want to throw this
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: out there. We mentioned Gino Suarez's name, AJ The run
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: that he's gone on right now with thirty six home
• 49:49
  Speaker 1: runs is insane. I just want to make sure we
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: give him enough credit. It's not like we're going to
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: do a ten minute segment on him. But ten home
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: runs in his last fifteen games, five in his last three,
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: seven in his last six. I mean he's picked up
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: right where he left off in the first half.
• 50:02
  Speaker 2: When he's hot, he's hot. I mean, when he's hot,
• 50:04
  Speaker 2: he's one of the best. You know, he can go
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: through a slump, as we all know, you know where
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: he goes a couple of weeks without hitting a homer,
• 50:11
  Speaker 2: but then those two weeks that he makes up for it,
• 50:12
  Speaker 2: he hits like fifteen homers. So this is why he's
• 50:15
  Speaker 2: so valuable. Plus his defense is pretty good. He hits homers.
• 50:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, he fits in perfect with the Yankees, but
• 50:21
  Speaker 2: he also fits in perfect with the Brewers, and he
• 50:23
  Speaker 2: fits in perfect with some other teams. So the bidding
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: war on Geno Suarez is going to be one to watch.
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks like the Cobs would be interested to
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: maybe not getting enough offense from the rookie match Shaw.
• 50:33
  Speaker 2: Yet he's doing better. He's doing better.
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's doing better. He's doing better. But Kevin Gino
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: Suarez is on pace for the deserves the eight homers.
• 50:42
  Speaker 4: I mean not even this year, but the guy's got
• 50:44
  Speaker 4: over three hundred career home runs. I mean, he's one
• 50:47
  Speaker 4: of the sneakiest best power hitters during my time during
• 50:52
  Speaker 4: my playing career, and I remember coming up in the
• 50:55
  Speaker 4: minor leagues playing against him. You know, he was kind
• 50:58
  Speaker 4: of just like a utility infielder for the Tigers, and
• 51:01
  Speaker 4: he turned himself into a legitimate power hitter and probably
• 51:04
  Speaker 4: the best player to be traded at the deadline.
• 51:07
  Speaker 1: Yep, let's hit it, let's slap and there's your chat.
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: BCC logo and giveaway winner is Mitch. Mitch is the
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: user name good job on trivia and we did a
• 51:33
  Speaker 1: little randomized drawing out of the top ten scores. Mitch,
• 51:37
  Speaker 1: you win a jersey on MLB shot up to four
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: and dreda Bucks it's the jersey of your choice. Congratulations
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: at m I C H on chat bcc AJ gave
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: the shout out this morning foul Territory dot chat. We'll
• 51:51
  Speaker 1: do one more this week, and if you have questions
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: for us about the trade deadline, that is the spot
• 51:56
  Speaker 1: reply to one of our posts on there. Let's finish
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: with this fan going for the Jack Kagle on baseball.
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: I'm sure you liked this one.
• 52:05
  Speaker 4: AJ.
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: Did you get to see this?
• 52:08
  Speaker 3: Oh?
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  Speaker 6: Did?
• 52:09
  Speaker 2: And the Royals beat the Cubs. It was a glorious
• 52:11
  Speaker 2: steak CAGs and this guy did you? I don't know.
• 52:15
  Speaker 2: We got to show this because it's one of the
• 52:17
  Speaker 2: funniest things I've ever seen. And then when they took
• 52:19
  Speaker 2: his legs and made the sea for the Cubs, it
• 52:21
  Speaker 2: was perfect. But CAGs goes deep by the way. Wind
• 52:25
  Speaker 2: must have been blown out and this guy, yeah, what
• 52:28
  Speaker 2: are we doing?
• 52:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, no one was hurt. That's why they have the basket. Kevin,
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: you know about it.
• 52:33
  Speaker 3: I was going to say, is that the reason for
• 52:35
  Speaker 3: the basket.
• 52:37
  Speaker 2: It is, believe or hey, it's.
• 52:40
  Speaker 4: A great feeling when you hit a ball just right
• 52:43
  Speaker 4: into that basket because it's not going out anywhere else
• 52:46
  Speaker 4: obviously a much smaller field, and you know, the basket
• 52:49
  Speaker 4: actually hangs over the fence. I've I've hit one in
• 52:51
  Speaker 4: there before and been very thankful for the basket. But
• 52:54
  Speaker 4: I don't know the reason they have it except for,
• 52:56
  Speaker 4: you know, keeping this fan off the field and making
• 52:59
  Speaker 4: a see.
• 53:01
  Speaker 2: No, that's exactly why they built it. Whenever they built
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: the basket was because fans were falling on the field,
• 53:06
  Speaker 2: and so they legit put that up there to keep
• 53:08
  Speaker 2: the fans from falling on the field. Because but that
• 53:11
  Speaker 2: Cubs thing, if someone doesn't make a shirt out of that,
• 53:14
  Speaker 2: they've missed an opportunity. Whether you would like the cub
• 53:18
  Speaker 2: If it's for.
• 53:19
  Speaker 4: The amount of beers drinking out there, I get, I
• 53:22
  Speaker 4: get the basket.
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: Yep, exactly. Let's keep the fans safe. More baskets, please,
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: and more moments like this. I'm sure there are merch
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: shops all over Chicago doing their best quick work to
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: put that together, to try and make that logo a
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: T shirt.
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: And next time he goes to the club. Can't can
• 53:40
  Speaker 2: wear that shirt next time he goes to the club.
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: He should. I agree, he should. He needs more tire, Yeah,
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: it would, it would. If you don't know what we're
• 53:47
  Speaker 1: talking about. Look earlier in the show and uh Dodger's
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: territory is tonight postgame show from Milana and Clint. So
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: after Otanian company try and get themselves on track, which
• 54:00
  Speaker 1: they did yesterday, but keep themselves on track against the Twins,
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: then you can hear from them. We'll talk about the
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: Twins more tomorrow. Rumors circulating that they'll start to listen
• 54:10
  Speaker 1: on some people that team has not lived up to expectations,
• 54:14
  Speaker 1: although I didn't think they were going to be good,
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: so maybe for some people it did live up to expectations.
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: With our last thirty seconds, here a shout out to
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: one of our co founders, our executive producer CEO behind
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: the scenes, Mark Wiener, turning twenty one today, Happy birthday.
• 54:31
  Speaker 1: It's so nice that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song for you, Mark.
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: Enjoy it and aj great stuff from KP today.
• 54:41
  Speaker 2: Huh, it was awesome. By the way, did Mark take
• 54:42
  Speaker 2: the day offer his birthday to speak?
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: I think he's watching right now.
• 54:47
  Speaker 2: Good job KP.
• 54:49
  Speaker 3: Thank you guys. It's a pleasure. Can't wait to do
• 54:51
  Speaker 3: it again.