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• 0:13
  Speaker 1: Well, I know they're playing right now, but how was
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: the route, AJ? How was the route? Sam Antonacci was
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: disappointed with himself on the route that he took with
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: two outs that led to Brian Rocchio winning the game
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: for the Guardians.
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: Listen, okay, I'm not even going to– I'm just going
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: to pull this out. Okay, you guys see this? Do
• 0:40
  Speaker 2: you guys know what these are? Do you know what
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: this is? Reservoir? Yes, I'm going to put this on.
• 0:47
  Speaker 2: It's a White Sox rosary. They went to the Vatican
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: with me. So I'm going to wear this today because, man,
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: the White Sox need to win this game today. Because
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: if they win last night, then basically the damn.
• 0:58
  Speaker 3: Wait, but tell me about the route.
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: I didn't have a problem with the route because they
• 1:03
  Speaker 2: tell him where to play and they have the card.
• 1:04
  Speaker 2: He was in the right spot. Listen, he's only been
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: an outfielder for a year now. So it's a tough play,
• 1:11
  Speaker 2: the ball slicing away from him. Rocchio hits it left-handed.
• 1:14
  Speaker 2: My problem was, Kratz and I talked about this, the pitch.
• 1:20
  Speaker 2: I'm never one to second-guess. I mean, here's Antonacci. He
• 1:23
  Speaker 2: kind of goes sideways, and then he realizes it's over
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: his head. Tough play. Okay. I mean, that's just good swinging.
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: But my question is, they threw him two sliders, and
• 1:34
  Speaker 2: he wasn't close to them. And then early in the year, July,
• 1:38
  Speaker 2: I think it was July 2nd, he had hit a
• 1:39
  Speaker 2: homer on a fastball off the same guy to walk
• 1:43
  Speaker 2: off win. If you throw a fastball there, and I'm
• 1:46
  Speaker 2: not one to second-guess guys at all, and I really
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: am sorry about this, and this is just a fan
• 1:50
  Speaker 2: being a fan, but if you throw him a fastball,
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: it can't be where he can reach it. It's got
• 1:55
  Speaker 2: to be like over. And even they said it. I
• 1:57
  Speaker 2: was watching the Guardians broadcast, and they asked, Arch, they go, Arch,
• 2:02
  Speaker 2: would you throw him a fastball? He goes, yeah, if
• 2:03
  Speaker 2: it's over his head. And they throw one about right here,
• 2:05
  Speaker 2: and he hits the double left.
• 2:07
  Speaker 4: And I was like, no!
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: And then did you see the spray chart conversation from
• 2:15
  Speaker 1: Chuck on the post-game show and how Ozzie was saying
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: he was too shallow?
• 2:20
  Speaker 3: Here it is.
• 2:21
  Speaker 1: Chuck sums it up. Jeff Agrist, who covers Chicago media.
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: Chuck Garfine, post-game, said on the spray chart for Rokio,
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: he rarely puts the ball In the corner there, if
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: he does, he's batting right-handed. This is batting left-handed. So
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: Chuck thought that Antonacci was in the right spot. And
• 2:40
  Speaker 1: Ozzie Guillen said he was not. He was too shallow.
• 2:45
  Speaker 2: No, I disagree. He's playing where the spray chart tells
• 2:48
  Speaker 2: him to play, right? Like Crouchy? And then also, by
• 2:51
  Speaker 2: the way... when there's two outs and the winning run
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: was on second, let's not forget the winning run was
• 2:57
  Speaker 2: on second. It wasn't the tying run. The tying run
• 2:59
  Speaker 2: was on third. You also have to play in an
• 3:00
  Speaker 2: area where you can throw the guy out. If he
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: hits it directly to you, you have to be able
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: to get the ball. If you're playing too deep, the
• 3:06
  Speaker 2: third base coach, if it's just a single, you wave him.
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: And honestly, if you're in the opposite field, you're the
• 3:13
  Speaker 2: left hand, you're the left fielder for a left-handed hitter
• 3:16
  Speaker 2: and nothing against Brian Rocchio, but he's not a power guy.
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: You have to take away the bloop more than if
• 3:21
  Speaker 2: he hits it over your head, Sometimes you got to
• 3:23
  Speaker 2: tip your cap and say, man, he's not supposed to
• 3:26
  Speaker 2: do that the other way. I had no problem with
• 3:28
  Speaker 2: where he's playing. I had no problem with the route.
• 3:30
  Speaker 2: It surprised him because of where you're playing. You're not
• 3:32
  Speaker 2: expecting the guy here over your head. Right. So I
• 3:35
  Speaker 2: don't know. And listen, did I really have a problem
• 3:36
  Speaker 2: with the pitch? No, I don't know the scouting reports.
• 3:38
  Speaker 2: It's just a fan. But it was a bad man.
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: It was such a tough loss. Oh, my God. I
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: got people texting me that don't even care about the
• 3:45
  Speaker 2: White Sox. Are you okay? And I'm like, no, man,
• 3:48
  Speaker 2: that was– oh, that's why. I had to bring out
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: the big guns today. I had to bring out the
• 3:51
  Speaker 2: White Sox rosary. I had to bring it out today.
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: There's going to.
• 3:54
  Speaker 4: Be a– You had it yesterday. You had it yesterday.
• 3:57
  Speaker 4: I didn't see it two days ago. I'm just keeping
• 3:59
  Speaker 4: it honest for our fans. You had it out yesterday.
• 4:02
  Speaker 4: I didn't see it the day before.
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: I did, but not on the show. Not on the show.
• 4:06
  Speaker 4: You choose.
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: Not on the show. You choose. I mean– I mean,
• 4:10
  Speaker 2: we can go full, we can go full Pope regalia
• 4:12
  Speaker 2: if we have to. I mean, we can go all everything.
• 4:15
  Speaker 2: If you guys see me disappear for a couple seconds,
• 4:18
  Speaker 2: it's because something happened in the game. So just know that.
• 4:22
  Speaker 3: Hey, one more thing before we get to a different game.
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: Did you see Tommy fam getting activated today because he
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: ran into Chris gets and told him that he was ready.
• 4:32
  Speaker 1: He told the media fam that if he hadn't run
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: into gets, he probably wouldn't have been activated until the weekend.
• 4:38
  Speaker 3: Is that how activations work?
• 4:41
  Speaker 4: Apparently.
• 4:42
  Speaker 2: Apparently they do now. He's hitting fourth, too. He's hitting
• 4:45
  Speaker 2: cleanup today. I love Tommy.
• 4:47
  Speaker 4: Go, Tommy. Yes.
• 4:48
  Speaker 2: Go, Tommy. He's hitting cleanup. He went from not being
• 4:50
  Speaker 2: active to hitting cleanup against Parker Mesa today.
• 4:53
  Speaker 3: They're having a problem with their other cleanup hitter.
• 4:56
  Speaker 2: Which one?
• 4:58
  Speaker 3: Well, the Murakami version.
• 5:01
  Speaker 2: And also Montgomery hasn't been much better. Those two guys
• 5:04
  Speaker 2: have not had a good, I would say, second half.
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: Well, we'll get the emotions from AJ as that game
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: goes on during the show, but let's get to other news.
• 5:13
  Speaker 2: I don't want to talk about it. I don't want
• 5:14
  Speaker 2: to talk about it.
• 5:19
  Speaker 3: So tell me about this, AJ.
• 5:22
  Speaker 1: Pete Alonzo hits a huge home run to tie the
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: game and then eventually the Orioles win the game.
• 5:28
  Speaker 3: They still have a sliver of a chance. At a
• 5:31
  Speaker 3: wild card. So it's meaningful for them. It means nothing
• 5:34
  Speaker 3: for the Mets.
• 5:35
  Speaker 1: It means everything for Mets fans. They are packing the
• 5:38
  Speaker 1: house for Pete's return to Queens. This was the sequel
• 5:41
  Speaker 1: to the first night, and this was a much more
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: successful night for Pete.
• 5:44
  Speaker 3: It's his 300th home run. Curtain call for Pete at home.
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: After he had already returned, pissing off some Mets players,
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: which we'll get to in a moment. Would you be
• 5:55
  Speaker 1: bothered by this, AJ? But you have to give all
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: of the context, right? It's not in a vacuum. Given
• 6:00
  Speaker 1: all the context of how Mets fans feel about this
• 6:02
  Speaker 1: season and their love of Pete and, I guess, wanting
• 6:05
  Speaker 1: him to be there for life, do you have any
• 6:08
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• 7:13
  Speaker 2: First of all, raise your hand if you've had a
• 7:14
  Speaker 2: curtain call on the road.
• 7:18
  Speaker 3: That's why I'm asking you first.
• 7:19
  Speaker 2: It's really cool, by the way, when it happens. It
• 7:21
  Speaker 2: happened to me once in Wrigley.
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  Speaker 4: It was awesome.
• 7:24
  Speaker 2: But... I love it. Listen, the Mets fans were showing
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: it wasn't a thing. It was about Pete, obviously, his
• 7:32
  Speaker 2: 300th homer. He's the all-time leader in home runs as
• 7:35
  Speaker 2: a Mets player. This was more directed at other things
• 7:39
  Speaker 2: than just Pete. And if you're a player and you're
• 7:43
  Speaker 2: mad about this, then I don't know who you're mad at.
• 7:46
  Speaker 2: Are you mad at your pitcher for giving up the
• 7:48
  Speaker 2: home run? Are you mad at the team for losing?
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: Why are you mad at the fans? The fans cheer
• 7:53
  Speaker 2: for who they're going to cheer for. When you do good,
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: they cheer for you. When you do bad, they boo you.
• 7:57
  Speaker 2: That's just the life of a professional athlete and someone
• 8:00
  Speaker 2: in the spotlight. So I understand where they're like, man,
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: I've never really– and Sean Mania said, man, I've never
• 8:05
  Speaker 2: really seen anything like this. But to get mad– you
• 8:08
  Speaker 2: can't be mad at the fans. The fans are showing
• 8:10
  Speaker 2: their love and support of the Mets, but they're also
• 8:13
  Speaker 2: showing their displeasure at certain people in the Mets organization
• 8:16
  Speaker 2: who they wanted to bring Pete back. And listen, say
• 8:19
  Speaker 2: what you want. I saw Britton DeRolli wrote about Pete's
• 8:22
  Speaker 2: not a legend. He is a legend to Mets fans
• 8:24
  Speaker 2: because he showed up every day. Did he have good
• 8:26
  Speaker 2: years and bad years?
• 8:27
  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: He has their all-time home run record. I mean, if
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: he's not a legend, is Darryl– I mean, I guess,
• 8:31
  Speaker 2: you know, Darryl Strawberry, I think, who he beat, is
• 8:33
  Speaker 2: he a legend? Because, you know, Pete broke his record.
• 8:36
  Speaker 2: So if Darryl Strawberry is a legend, isn't Pete a legend?
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  Speaker 2: So I don't know. I just feel like the fans
• 8:42
  Speaker 2: did what they did. His first at bat, he got
• 8:43
  Speaker 2: a great ovation. They played the montage. Pete tipped his hat.
• 8:46
  Speaker 2: After that, it kind of settled down. But then when
• 8:48
  Speaker 2: a guy hits his 300th homer against an organization he
• 8:51
  Speaker 2: spent most of his career with, They showed their support, man.
• 8:54
  Speaker 2: It was kind of cool. I'm not going to lie. Listen,
• 8:57
  Speaker 2: I'd be like, damn, I'm kind of jealous though. And
• 8:58
  Speaker 2: when I go on the road, I don't get an
• 8:59
  Speaker 2: ovation like that.
• 9:01
  Speaker 3: I thought it was awesome. It was awesome.
• 9:03
  Speaker 1: And Sean Mania spoke about it post-game. I think he
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: was representing quite a few others. So here's what he said.
• 9:09
  Speaker 4: Nothing but respect for him.
• 9:10
  Speaker 5: And, you know, I love him to death. But, you know,
• 9:14
  Speaker 5: as a team, as the 2026 Mets, I know we
• 9:17
  Speaker 5: have definitely underperformed. But, you know, we are– the, the,
• 9:22
  Speaker 5: the guys in here work their ass off every single day. Um,
• 9:27
  Speaker 5: and you know, to have that kind of reaction to
• 9:31
  Speaker 5: an opposing player, you know, it could be anybody.
• 9:33
  Speaker 4: Um, it's crazy to me.
• 9:35
  Speaker 5: Um, you know, I've, again, I've got nothing but respect
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  Speaker 5: for Pete, but, um, yeah, I've just never seen anything
• 9:42
  Speaker 5: like that before.
• 9:43
  Speaker 4: Um, and yeah, I.
• 9:46
  Speaker 5: Know the guys in here, we are grinding our butts
• 9:50
  Speaker 5: off and, stuff like that happens, but yeah, it's just,
• 9:55
  Speaker 5: I've never seen anything like that before. It's kind of crazy.
• 9:58
  Speaker 4: I've never seen it either. I'm sure the feeling was
• 10:01
  Speaker 4: probably a little bit of embarrassment, but also like, come
• 10:05
  Speaker 4: on guys. Like, come on fans. Like get behind us.
• 10:09
  Speaker 4: I loved it because it had a twofold meeting.
• 10:11
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 10:11
  Speaker 4: They loved Pete. They love, they still love him. There's
• 10:14
  Speaker 4: going to be people that will forever be like, Oh,
• 10:17
  Speaker 4: Pete Alonzo is my favorite player. But they also had
• 10:20
  Speaker 4: an opportunity to kind of push it back in the
• 10:25
  Speaker 4: face of the front office. And that was their chance
• 10:29
  Speaker 4: to let it out. Shamanaya, I think he's speaking for
• 10:35
  Speaker 4: the guys in the dugout. They're a little pissed about it.
• 10:39
  Speaker 4: But you know what? You don't like it? Play better.
• 10:42
  Speaker 3: I'm with you, man.
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: So let's talk this out. David Lennon from Newsday joining
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: us right now. David, thank you for the time. Give
• 10:49
  Speaker 1: us your context and your take on if this all
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: makes sense, where the fans stand, where the Mets players stand.
• 10:55
  Speaker 6: Well, I'll tell you what, guys. Are you familiar with
• 10:57
  Speaker 6: the movie The Perfect Storm, when the weatherman is standing
• 11:00
  Speaker 6: at the board and explaining the cold front coming in
• 11:03
  Speaker 6: from the north and the other warm weather coming down
• 11:05
  Speaker 6: from the south? What we've witnessed the past two days
• 11:08
  Speaker 6: at Citi Field has been the perfect storm. Up here,
• 11:12
  Speaker 6: you have the Mets season, a disaster, a colossal disappointment,
• 11:16
  Speaker 6: supposed to be a World Series favorite. Down here, you
• 11:20
  Speaker 6: have Pete Alonzo's incredible season, shaking off the first month,
• 11:24
  Speaker 6: up 35 home runs, 100 RBIs, doing Pete Alonzo stuff again.
• 11:29
  Speaker 6: Coming in the other direction, you have the front office
• 11:31
  Speaker 6: led by president of operations, David Stearns. David Stearns is
• 11:36
  Speaker 6: one of the most disliked sports GMs in this city
• 11:40
  Speaker 6: in quite some time. And you have all these things
• 11:43
  Speaker 6: converging together. And that's why you got something you've never
• 11:47
  Speaker 6: seen before last night. A curtain call by an opposing player.
• 11:52
  Speaker 6: Not only that, guys, and you did point that out,
• 11:54
  Speaker 6: maybe that's not that too unusual. The circumstances are what
• 11:58
  Speaker 6: makes it a little unusual. Save situation for Kodai Senga.
• 12:03
  Speaker 6: Converted closer, trying to get a feel for the job.
• 12:05
  Speaker 6: Had been perfect before that point. Home run ties the game.
• 12:10
  Speaker 6: Team going nowhere, but still, you guys know, AJ, Eric,
• 12:14
  Speaker 6: there's a lot of pride. These guys want to win
• 12:16
  Speaker 6: night in and night out. Tough blow to take. And
• 12:19
  Speaker 6: then I have to admit, being in the press box
• 12:20
  Speaker 6: last night, when we saw Pete come out, we were like,
• 12:25
  Speaker 6: he's doing a curtain call. It was kind of a shock.
• 12:28
  Speaker 6: And then one other point, too, to follow up. You know,
• 12:30
  Speaker 6: acknowledge the fans, which Pete does. He's beloved here. Media, fans,
• 12:34
  Speaker 6: everybody loved him. Right after that, you heard the Fire
• 12:38
  Speaker 6: Stearns chants crack up. And that's what showed you the
• 12:41
  Speaker 6: underlying current to what's been going on here. In addition
• 12:45
  Speaker 6: to the love for Pete Alonzo... which of.
• 12:47
  Speaker 4: Course is genuine.
• 12:48
  Speaker 6: One of the most beloved players I've covered in nearly
• 12:51
  Speaker 6: a quarter century around the team. But there is that
• 12:54
  Speaker 6: undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the front office led by David Stearns.
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  Speaker 4: Great analogy. And pretty good movie too, so I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 7: I'm a fan.
• 13:06
  Speaker 4: You kind of hit it here, but I want to
• 13:08
  Speaker 4: kind of expand on it a little bit. Which was
• 13:12
  Speaker 4: the driver more for this reaction? their love of Pete
• 13:18
  Speaker 4: or their hate for David Stearns. And if it's the latter,
• 13:22
  Speaker 4: does it move Steve Cohen to say, to do something
• 13:26
  Speaker 4: that he said, no, no, he is coming back. Maybe
• 13:30
  Speaker 4: I see what the fans are saying because Stevie Cohen's
• 13:33
  Speaker 4: one of the owners that really is trying to engage
• 13:36
  Speaker 4: with fans.
• 13:38
  Speaker 6: I mean, the fans wanted to get the owner's attention
• 13:41
  Speaker 6: and David Stearns attention and they've got their attention at
• 13:44
  Speaker 6: this point.
• 13:45
  Speaker 4: It's unavoidable.
• 13:47
  Speaker 6: I think we heard fire Carlos Mendoza chants a couple
• 13:50
  Speaker 6: of days before he was let go at the end
• 13:52
  Speaker 6: of June. So listen, the fans are the paying customers.
• 13:57
  Speaker 6: They pay a ton of money to come see this team.
• 14:00
  Speaker 6: If they're upset with the direction the team is heading,
• 14:04
  Speaker 6: if homegrown stars that they love to come out and
• 14:07
  Speaker 6: pay money to watch are disappearing from the roster, that's
• 14:12
  Speaker 6: a valid concern. I mean, it, Teams are not built
• 14:16
  Speaker 6: around one player, obviously. David Stearns had a plan this
• 14:19
  Speaker 6: winter to remake the roster, kind of a fresh start
• 14:22
  Speaker 6: after the disappointment of last year. So in Pete's case, listen,
• 14:29
  Speaker 6: I think that Pete is really kind of the lightning
• 14:33
  Speaker 6: rod for everything that's gone wrong for the team this year.
• 14:37
  Speaker 6: Fans hated when they didn't try to resign him. So
• 14:41
  Speaker 6: we knew him coming back here was going to be
• 14:43
  Speaker 6: a scene. And really the first night kind of went
• 14:46
  Speaker 6: as planned. You know, the Mets had a good tribute
• 14:49
  Speaker 6: video for him. Pete was emotional on the field. You
• 14:51
  Speaker 6: could tell as he watched it. He got standing ovations
• 14:54
  Speaker 6: when he came to the plate. There was an early
• 14:56
  Speaker 6: fire storage chant, which everybody expected. Then it kind of
• 14:59
  Speaker 6: settled down and Pete would get the standing ovation after
• 15:01
  Speaker 6: standing ovation. But I think they were really waiting for
• 15:05
  Speaker 6: number 300. And we were kind of curious what would
• 15:07
  Speaker 6: happen next. when he did hit it out, and it
• 15:10
  Speaker 6: was inevitable, Pete was going to be here for three games,
• 15:13
  Speaker 6: he was going to hit a home run. I mean,
• 15:14
  Speaker 6: that was absolutely going to happen. So when it did,
• 15:17
  Speaker 6: I think everything bubbled up, and there was a lot
• 15:20
  Speaker 6: of frustration that was vented during that time, in addition
• 15:24
  Speaker 6: to the adoration for Pete.
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: Is the frustration warranted? Is the frustration warranted towards David Stern,
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: Stevie Cohen, whatever? Because now we're hearing stories where, yes,
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: Stevie Cohen offered Pete Alonzo a contract, but he got
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: more after he did the one year and then he
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: signed with the Orioles, right? So is it warranted at
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: David Stearns? Because this really wasn't a David Stearns decision, right?
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: It was more of a Stevie Cohen at one time. Again,
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: Yeah, AJ, I think the difference here in one part
• 15:53
  Speaker 6: that I left out of my weather map is that
• 15:56
  Speaker 6: if the Mets were playing well, if they were in
• 15:59
  Speaker 6: contention right now, this doesn't happen. You know, the fans
• 16:04
  Speaker 6: are squarely behind the team. They're squarely behind David Stern's
• 16:08
  Speaker 6: plan to remake the roster. And they've moved on. Pete
• 16:12
  Speaker 6: would have got his tribute video. There would have been
• 16:15
  Speaker 6: plenty of applause. You would have seen the signs, plenty
• 16:17
  Speaker 6: of number 20 jerseys. But it wouldn't have turned into
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: the kind of the combustible thing it is right now.
• 16:23
  Speaker 6: And listen, AJ, you brought it up. I mean, Pete
• 16:25
  Speaker 6: Alonzo was a free agent a couple of years ago
• 16:27
  Speaker 6: when the Mets made a pitch to him. It was
• 16:30
  Speaker 6: a good offer to stay. I understand why he didn't
• 16:33
  Speaker 6: take it. He wanted to play out free agency, see
• 16:36
  Speaker 6: how it went. So that's how the game's played. You're
• 16:40
  Speaker 6: becoming a free agent. You want to see what your
• 16:42
  Speaker 6: market value is. You'll take it from there. And at
• 16:44
  Speaker 6: that point, I think the Mets were feeling a little
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: scorched by what happened with them on the first go-round
• 16:50
  Speaker 6: with Pete. Steve Cohen made it happen for him to
• 16:53
  Speaker 6: come back the first time he hit free agency with
• 16:55
  Speaker 6: the one-year deal. This time around, when he was determined
• 16:58
  Speaker 6: to do it again, I think they felt they weren't
• 17:01
  Speaker 6: going to be in the market for him. They weren't
• 17:03
  Speaker 6: going to go to five years, maybe three. So when
• 17:06
  Speaker 6: they knew other teams were going to go to five,
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: especially when the Orioles took the lead, they backed off.
• 17:11
  Speaker 6: And then it became done much quicker than any of
• 17:14
  Speaker 6: us would have expected.
• 17:14
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• 17:43
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• 17:45
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• 18:17
  Speaker 4: Isn't it also ironic that Mets first baseman, I think
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: I had the stat right, have 48 RBIs and 18
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: home runs. And Pete has 36 home runs and 100 RBIs.
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: So while they didn't think he was worth that amount
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: of money, how do the Mets get there from here?
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: Get to... Pete type of numbers from here with what
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: they've already done. And they also still have Jorge Polanco
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: for next year or whoever else they're going to teach
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: to play first base.
• 18:49
  Speaker 6: I'll add two other things to that for you, Eric.
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: One is F war.
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: I think for the Mets six first baseman there, I
• 18:55
  Speaker 6: think is negative 0.3 Pete's over four. So you see
• 19:00
  Speaker 6: what as one person and the other thing Pete plays
• 19:03
  Speaker 6: every day. The Mets' first base situation has been an
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: injury-riddled mess for the entire year, trying to figure out
• 19:10
  Speaker 6: who's going to be there. Polanco didn't last the first
• 19:12
  Speaker 6: two weeks, only made a couple of starts there. Mark
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: Vientos got hurt. They were trying to rotate a number
• 19:18
  Speaker 6: of other guys in there. So they're really back to
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: square one. Polanco signed for another year at $ 20 million.
• 19:25
  Speaker 6: They've shown little to no desire to use him at
• 19:28
  Speaker 6: first base. Obviously, he had the ankle injury this year.
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: But going forward.
• 19:33
  Speaker 6: You know, he's a guy that's barely played first base.
• 19:35
  Speaker 6: So how do you make that investment in him for
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: next year?
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: You're paying him.
• 19:39
  Speaker 6: But playing him at first base seems like a stretch
• 19:41
  Speaker 6: at this point. So it's pretty incredible that they had
• 19:45
  Speaker 6: this supposed plan to replace Pete. They didn't come close.
• 19:49
  Speaker 6: I mean, not even in the same ballpark for that.
• 19:51
  Speaker 6: And now they have to do it all over again
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: for this next offseason while being treated to Pete's comeback here, which,
• 19:58
  Speaker 6: I mean, reunion here or homecoming, whatever you want to
• 20:01
  Speaker 6: call it, which is really a giant L for them
• 20:04
  Speaker 6: in any way you look at it.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: David, did anybody get Steve Cohen's reaction? I mean, I
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: know we saw Sean Minaya and he's probably spoke for
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: all the players. And listen, as a player, I get
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: what Sean Minaya is saying, but also at the same time,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: I'm thinking, damn, that was really cool, man. I hope
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: one day they do that for me when I come
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: back here. I mean, it doesn't happen very often. So,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: I mean, I thought that was pretty cool. I think
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Piazza got a couple when he got one, when he
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: hit the couple home runs against the Mets when he
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: came back. So, I mean, I think there's been a
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: couple of people that have happened too. So has anyone
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: talked to Steve Cohen? Has anyone talked to David Stearns
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: about this situation?
• 20:36
  Speaker 6: Well, Steve has been around. He was on the field
• 20:38
  Speaker 6: and he actually talked to Pete before Monday's game. So
• 20:42
  Speaker 6: they just kind of had a short little interaction. And
• 20:44
  Speaker 6: Steve wasn't around yesterday. He's not around all the time.
• 20:48
  Speaker 6: And he'll speak to the media occasionally. This is not
• 20:52
  Speaker 6: one of those times or hasn't been. You know, you
• 20:54
  Speaker 6: never know today, possibly. But David Stearns has not been
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: seen around the ballpark these past couple of days.
• 21:01
  Speaker 7: I don't blame him for that.
• 21:02
  Speaker 6: I can see why he's keeping a low profile. He
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: does address the media once a homestand, which, you know,
• 21:08
  Speaker 6: not many GMs do, if any others. And I'm not
• 21:12
  Speaker 6: sure if he's going to do that this time around.
• 21:13
  Speaker 6: He may wait until the end of the season and
• 21:16
  Speaker 6: do kind of a season wrap up this time. So
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: going back to Mania for a second, and I mentioned
• 21:21
  Speaker 6: this before, I do think the circumstances had a little
• 21:24
  Speaker 6: bit to do with it, just like I mentioned with
• 21:26
  Speaker 6: the game on the line, because I talked to Lindor
• 21:28
  Speaker 6: before the game, you know, but he was he's on
• 21:31
  Speaker 6: the verge of 300 as well. Just about, hey, you know,
• 21:34
  Speaker 6: would it be funny if you, you know, got there
• 21:36
  Speaker 6: before Pete did? And he kind of laughed a little.
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: And he's like, you know, I'm happy for Pete when
• 21:41
  Speaker 6: he gets it. I'd prefer it not to happen here.
• 21:45
  Speaker 6: But if it does happen here, I'd like it to
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: happen a solo shot when we're up 10 runs. You know,
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: so they didn't want that to be a factor in
• 21:54
  Speaker 6: what they were trying to do, which every day you
• 21:56
  Speaker 6: step on the field is to try to win a game.
• 21:58
  Speaker 6: You know, you guys know that. And I think that's
• 22:00
  Speaker 6: where it hurt. And these guys, despite their record, they've
• 22:04
  Speaker 6: done much better since the trade deadline. I think they're
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: about eight over 500 since then, which is pretty decent
• 22:09
  Speaker 6: for that stretch. So, you know, like when I said,
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: you know, they've been grinding. They've had a couple of
• 22:14
  Speaker 6: things to feel good about. A couple of young outfielders
• 22:16
  Speaker 6: with Carson Bench and A.J. Ewing, maybe a couple of
• 22:18
  Speaker 6: things to build on there. So I can understand where
• 22:21
  Speaker 6: the hurt feelings are. I mean, Lindor mentioned it the
• 22:24
  Speaker 6: other day, too, on Monday. You know, Pete got all
• 22:27
  Speaker 6: those ovations. Jonah Tong, a young pitcher who's trying to
• 22:29
  Speaker 6: make his way here, pitched his best game in the majors,
• 22:32
  Speaker 6: six innings, two runs. And he got booed, you know,
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: when Pete walked. So Lindor was like, hey, I get it.
• 22:38
  Speaker 6: You know, give all the love to Pete. But, you know,
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: our guy did pretty well, too.
• 22:43
  Speaker 7: So I can.
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: Understand why the Mets, who have been kind of fighting
• 22:47
  Speaker 6: for their lives all year, now are feeling underwater again.
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: And I understand kind of the gut reaction to that.
• 22:53
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they're fighting against winning. They're fighting against fans. They're
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: fighting against now. Cheers from fans. But here's– I need
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: your fan– I know you're not a fan, but I'm
• 23:04
  Speaker 4: saying the fans' perspective of what Pete– here's what Pete
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: said after the game about Mets fans not really having
• 23:11
  Speaker 4: a team to cheer for right now.
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: I know it's frowned upon or whatever, but you can
• 23:16
  Speaker 7: always have a second team. You can always root for
• 23:17
  Speaker 7: the Orioles, guys. So go O's. I mean, American League team,
• 23:22
  Speaker 7: you know, separate. But again, yeah, so if you want
• 23:27
  Speaker 7: to have a second secondary team, you can always root
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: for the O's.
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: That was before the game. Sorry, that was before the game.
• 23:33
  Speaker 4: What do you think the fans' reaction to that will be?
• 23:37
  Speaker 4: Because their beloved son, Pete Alonso, said it.
• 23:43
  Speaker 6: Well, I'll tell you what, as hard as it has
• 23:45
  Speaker 6: been for the Mets and playing in front of home
• 23:47
  Speaker 6: these past couple of two days, you know, Mets fans
• 23:50
  Speaker 6: are extremely loyal. And the reason why they feel like
• 23:53
  Speaker 6: they do is because they feel burned by their team.
• 23:57
  Speaker 6: You know, they're scorned, they're hurt, and they're kind of
• 24:00
  Speaker 6: lashing out in the only way they can. I know
• 24:02
  Speaker 6: a couple of way that people have explained it by saying, listen,
• 24:06
  Speaker 6: you know, I'm not going to get David Stearns and
• 24:07
  Speaker 6: Steve Cohen to respond to my emails. I don't have
• 24:10
  Speaker 6: their phone number. So what I can do is show
• 24:13
  Speaker 6: up at the stadium and voice my displeasure that I
• 24:16
  Speaker 6: don't like the way things are going. So this is
• 24:18
  Speaker 6: kind of their outlet. You know, are they going to
• 24:20
  Speaker 6: ditch the Mets to be fans of the Orioles? No,
• 24:22
  Speaker 6: of course not. So I think that, you know, what
• 24:25
  Speaker 6: they're doing here is, you know, they want better things
• 24:28
  Speaker 6: for their team. Clearly Pete was a part of some
• 24:32
  Speaker 6: tough times here too. I mean, Pete didn't win a
• 24:34
  Speaker 6: world series here. You know, not many Mets, not many
• 24:37
  Speaker 6: Mets alumni have. So, It's not like he was a
• 24:40
  Speaker 6: long tradition of a World Series team or even teams
• 24:43
  Speaker 6: that made the playoffs a lot, but they kind of
• 24:45
  Speaker 6: latched on to him. Polar Bear, a beloved nickname, won
• 24:49
  Speaker 6: a few home run derbies, just kind of a lovable guy.
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: He's a fan favorite and a beloved figure here. The
• 24:57
  Speaker 6: other part of it, too, is that they'll be back
• 25:01
  Speaker 6: on board when the team does turn things around. I
• 25:03
  Speaker 6: know things look pretty bleak at the moment, but this
• 25:07
  Speaker 6: was really a chance that not only to show love
• 25:10
  Speaker 6: for Pete, but to really kind of, you know, be heard,
• 25:14
  Speaker 6: to show up and say, listen, you know, you guys
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: got to fix this. You promised to fix this team.
• 25:19
  Speaker 6: You spent a ton of money to do it. And
• 25:22
  Speaker 6: you've left us no choice right now, but to cheer
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: for an opposing player, which is pretty radical. And I
• 25:28
  Speaker 6: think that's what Minaya was saying. That's what Craig Albernaz
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: was saying. You know, it was really such a strange,
• 25:37
  Speaker 6: unique situation that people had a hard time wrapping their
• 25:40
  Speaker 6: brain around it, unless you're a Mets fan and unless
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: you're Pete Alonso. It was really just kind of a
• 25:46
  Speaker 6: special affection between those two. And really, I don't think
• 25:50
  Speaker 6: it's too strong to stay hatred between, you know, the
• 25:53
  Speaker 6: architect of the team that put this together.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: And by the way, this was a huge win for
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: the Orioles. It kept them in the wild card race.
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: So let's not, let's also not forget that. And you
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: saw that on the excitement on Pete Alonzo when he
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: hit the home run and threw the bat and said,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: you know, some words you're not, we're not allowed to
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: repeat because we're on television. But I mean, there was
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: a lot. And then, and then, I mean, I know
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: it's all about Pete right now, but I mean, the
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: Orioles won the game. Kobe Mayo had an inside the
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: park home run on a ball. AJ Ewing, you can argue,
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: Maybe could have, should have, whatever, caught, whatever, right? But,
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: I mean, there are positives. I'm going to get away
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: from Pete. I'm sorry, David. But there are some positives
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: for the Mets, right? Their outfield has as bad as
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: first base has been. Benj and Ewing have been great
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: for them, right? Lindor's come back to his normal year. Obviously,
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: Soto is Soto. So there has been some positives for
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: Mets fans. They just need to find some pitching.
• 26:43
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, Bo Bichette, you know, has turned into
• 26:45
  Speaker 6: more of a Bo Bichette than we knew before that.
• 26:48
  Speaker 6: So obviously a big decision coming up with that with
• 26:50
  Speaker 6: his opt out situation. So, yeah, I mean, if you
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: watch this team for the past couple of months, I mean,
• 26:55
  Speaker 6: you could see some things coming together. I mean, infield wise,
• 26:59
  Speaker 6: aside from first base, you know, we saw like you
• 27:01
  Speaker 6: mentioned with Lindor, you know, he missed over two months.
• 27:04
  Speaker 6: with his calf strain. So it took him a while
• 27:06
  Speaker 6: to get back up to speed again, but defensively, he's
• 27:09
  Speaker 6: looking better now. He's looking more like the kind of
• 27:12
  Speaker 6: MVP type of Lindor, you know, seven home runs in
• 27:15
  Speaker 6: the past 14 games or so. So the young outfielders
• 27:18
  Speaker 6: look like they could be a part of this team's
• 27:20
  Speaker 6: core going forward. They could be two guys that could
• 27:23
  Speaker 6: be as beloved as Pete, maybe going forward, if they
• 27:26
  Speaker 6: stick around and continue to perform like they have. I
• 27:28
  Speaker 6: think Carson Bench in a couple of days is going
• 27:30
  Speaker 6: to be able to pass Pete Alonzo's rookie record for
• 27:33
  Speaker 6: hits in a season. So they're kind of, I'm not
• 27:36
  Speaker 6: going to say they're going to be the next Pete
• 27:37
  Speaker 6: Alonzo's in the fans' eyes, but they could work their
• 27:39
  Speaker 6: way to that measure. You know, some of the problem
• 27:43
  Speaker 6: areas for the Mets, second base, I don't think Marcus
• 27:45
  Speaker 6: Simeon certainly hasn't had the year he was hoping for.
• 27:48
  Speaker 6: The pitching staff is going to need a little renovation again. Obviously,
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: Tarek Skubal is going to be on the radar for
• 27:54
  Speaker 6: this team. That would be a quick fix. And Steve
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: Cohen obviously has the money to do things like that.
• 27:58
  Speaker 6: So there has been reasons lately to feel better about
• 28:02
  Speaker 6: this team, but man, guys, It took such a huge
• 28:05
  Speaker 6: U-turn for these past two days to all of a sudden,
• 28:09
  Speaker 6: you know, have Pete show up and do what he
• 28:11
  Speaker 6: did in that fashion, make history. You know, Alonzo hit
• 28:16
  Speaker 6: the bulk of those home runs at Citi Field. So
• 28:19
  Speaker 6: I could see fans saying, hey, we're trying to congratulate
• 28:21
  Speaker 6: him for what he did for us, since we saw
• 28:24
  Speaker 6: most of them. I mean, right off the bat last night,
• 28:27
  Speaker 6: and Senga went down, you know, 2-0 on the count.
• 28:29
  Speaker 7: It was kind of like, just.
• 28:32
  Speaker 6: put him on at this point because something bad is
• 28:34
  Speaker 6: inevitably going to happen. And of course the splitter just
• 28:37
  Speaker 6: didn't get far enough down the ghost fork. And we've
• 28:40
  Speaker 6: seen Pete do that a million times. I mean, let
• 28:42
  Speaker 6: 414 feet off the facade and left field. I mean,
• 28:45
  Speaker 6: we have, that's burned into our memories for people who
• 28:48
  Speaker 6: have watched him his whole career. So we kind of,
• 28:50
  Speaker 6: we kind of felt that one coming, not the curtain call,
• 28:53
  Speaker 6: but we certainly felt the, uh, the 400 foot shot on,
• 28:56
  Speaker 6: on its way for sure.
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: By the way, David, the third coolest 300th homer I've
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: ever seen in my life because Paul Canerco and Jermaine
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: Dye did a back-to-back one time when I was on deck.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: So not taking anything away from Pete, but the third
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: coolest 300th homer I've ever seen. It would have been
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: cool if Frankie would have hit it in the same
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: game and one did it in the top, one did
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: it in the bottom. But it was an awesome moment.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: And the one thing that I also want to say is, like,
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: as far as the hate for Stearns, the Mets fans
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: also look at Freddy Peralta and say, man– The Rays
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: got him. He had a couple of bad starts. They
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: literally tweaked like the smallest thing in his delivery. And
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: now Freddie Peralta is back to the Freddie Peralta he
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: was in Milwaukee. Yeah.
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: I mean, you kind of saw that coming too, right?
• 29:39
  Speaker 7: I mean, the Rays.
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: Just love to get their hands on a pitcher like that.
• 29:42
  Speaker 6: A guy that obviously has the ability to be a
• 29:45
  Speaker 6: front of the rotation guy again, and obviously a distressed
• 29:49
  Speaker 6: asset at that point. I think just with, with Freddie,
• 29:53
  Speaker 6: I think when, when things started to go south for
• 29:55
  Speaker 6: a little hit for him and flushing, and we've seen
• 29:57
  Speaker 6: it a million times, guys, it's tough to pull yourself
• 30:00
  Speaker 6: back up, you know, when the building's going against you,
• 30:04
  Speaker 6: when you're 10 games under in the standings. So I
• 30:07
  Speaker 6: think that's what Peralta ran into. Once he got into
• 30:09
  Speaker 6: a change of scenery, he got knocked around, I think,
• 30:11
  Speaker 6: in his first couple starts in Tampa Bay. But once
• 30:14
  Speaker 6: they had a chance to work with him, now he's
• 30:17
  Speaker 6: turned into the pitcher that they were hoping for, and
• 30:19
  Speaker 6: really what the Mets were hoping for when they first
• 30:21
  Speaker 6: got him. And we thought that was a great trade
• 30:23
  Speaker 6: when they traded for Peralta when it turned out to,
• 30:25
  Speaker 6: you know, not work out for the Mets. They traded
• 30:28
  Speaker 6: Clay Holmes. He's done a great job for the Cubs.
• 30:30
  Speaker 6: Even David Peterson, who they ditched really early. He's had
• 30:33
  Speaker 6: a couple of tough starts for the Cubs, but he
• 30:35
  Speaker 6: kind of saved the Cubs when they were really going
• 30:37
  Speaker 6: through their tough stretch when the rotation was decimated. So
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: there's a couple of Mets pitchers performing well elsewhere at
• 30:42
  Speaker 6: this point. But I will say one thing I've learned
• 30:45
  Speaker 6: being around the Mets for a long time, and there
• 30:47
  Speaker 6: has been some outliers here. They're really skilled at worst
• 30:51
  Speaker 6: case scenario. And I think that's what we saw yesterday.
• 30:54
  Speaker 6: the past couple days at Citi Field, the worst possible
• 30:59
  Speaker 6: thing that could have happened with Pete happened, and I
• 31:02
  Speaker 6: think that's what really kind of sent them reeling the
• 31:04
  Speaker 6: other night.
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: By the way, can I give their kudos to the
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: Mets broadcast crew? I'm sure you were– I don't know
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: if you were listening to it, but Keith and Ron and– Jesus, Gary. Literally,
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: I'm watching this game, and I'm watching because it's the
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: ninth inning, and they said when it got to 2-0,
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: they're like, just throw him four splits in the dirt,
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: don't throw him one he can reach. And I'm telling you,
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: the next pitch was the one he– it was like
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: they knew what was going to happen. And like you said,
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: it was unbelievable. They literally said, just throw him four splits,
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: put him on first. He's not going to steal second, right?
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: He's going to take three hits to score him. And whammy,
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: he throws the one he can reach. And it was
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: like Nostradamus out there. It was unbelievable.
• 31:44
  Speaker 4: They nailed it.
• 31:45
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, you just saw that coming. I mean,
• 31:47
  Speaker 6: once you're down 2-0, Just put him on. I mean,
• 31:49
  Speaker 6: he's not going to steal a base and get himself
• 31:52
  Speaker 6: into scoring position. So, yeah, you know, listen, it didn't
• 31:56
  Speaker 6: work out great for the Mets. You know, Minaya actually
• 31:58
  Speaker 6: voiced his displeasure about it. But that's what the Mets
• 32:01
  Speaker 6: fans came to see, right? That's what they paid to
• 32:03
  Speaker 6: park their cars for. That's the ticket they bought. They
• 32:06
  Speaker 6: wanted to see Pete hit number 300. Unfortunately for the Mets,
• 32:10
  Speaker 6: it happened in a situation where it wound up costing
• 32:12
  Speaker 6: them the game. So win for Pete, loss for the Mets.
• 32:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and huge win for Mets fans. I mean, that
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: was fun.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: That was entertaining. And that is the ultimate peaceful protest
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: to show how you're feeling. Perfectly stated. Great to have
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: you on. Really enjoyed the conversation, David. Check out all
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: of David's work in Newsday and give him a follow
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: on X, Twitter, whatever.
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: David, thanks, man. Hope you had fun.
• 32:36
  Speaker 7: Yeah, my pleasure, guys. I had a great time.
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: Here we go. SeatGeek looking ahead.
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• 32:52
  Speaker 1: It's time to look at this weekend at this point.
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: Blue Jays, Rangers, anyone? Pretty big deal. Life support.
• 33:01
  Speaker 3: Toronto. Toronto got whooped yesterday.
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: They looked awful. They didn't play well.
• 33:07
  Speaker 4: You think they're cooked?
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: They have the tiebreaker over Cleveland, by the way.
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: The Blue Jays?
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 33:13
  Speaker 4: Who cares? They're playing the Tigers and they're not winning.
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: No.
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: You know what's a sneaky, sneaky game? I think it's
• 33:21
  Speaker 4: actually a Fox game starting up, but you go to
• 33:24
  Speaker 4: the Phillies-Mets this weekend. Guess who wants the Phillies to lose?
• 33:28
  Speaker 4: Every Mets fan ever. Guess who wants the Mets to lose?
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: Every Phillies fan ever. And they're playing this weekend. I
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: think it's a four-game set. So you got a shot at...
• 33:38
  Speaker 4: You got a shot at knocking your rival team out
• 33:42
  Speaker 4: of the playoffs and their pitching staff, which has been
• 33:45
  Speaker 4: their superpower, not really doing it. Jesus Lizardo was their best, IL.
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: Wheeler goes tonight, so you don't have them to face
• 33:55
  Speaker 4: the Mets. Nola's stepped up and done really well. Sanchez
• 34:00
  Speaker 4: has given up back-to-back games where over four runs, like
• 34:06
  Speaker 4: The Phillies are reeling a little bit, and you have
• 34:08
  Speaker 4: a chance to put them away if you're the Mets.
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: By the way, there's a couple good series, by the way. Braves, Astros,
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: big series. Speaking of playoff, and Yankees at Diamondbacks. That
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: could end revenge for 2001 if you're a Yankees fan.
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Get them back for Luis Gonzalez.
• 34:28
  Speaker 4: Half the team hasn't even been born. But who would
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: have thought Yankees, Diamondbacks, at the end of September would
• 34:35
  Speaker 4: have been one that I want to go and watch.
• 34:36
  Speaker 4: But absolutely. Like, it's totally there.
• 34:40
  Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
• 34:41
  Speaker 3: That one's a vibe.
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: By the way, you know how the Marlins often are just, like,
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: not quite there, but they're okay, and then they're pesky,
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: and then they ruin seasons for other NL East teams?
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: That's what the Mets have the opportunity to do. Not
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: ruin it, because the Phillies falling completely out would be
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: pretty crazy, but They completely.
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: Ruined the Orioles season yesterday. They completely ruined the Orioles season.
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: Just saying.
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: Completely ruined Pete Alonzo's. They didn't ruin Pete Alonzo's season
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: at all.
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: They made his life. That's one you'll never forget.
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: If you're just joining us, by the way, we spent
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: plenty of time on it at the top of the show.
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: But let's talk.
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• 35:36
  Speaker 3: Clinching the NL Central coming up next. Here we go.
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: Brewer territory is pumped. They did a live show actually
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: last night after they clinched the division. It's four straight
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: division titles. And you can keep stretching it out. It's
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: like five of six and six of eight and all that.
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: I mean, this team has really dominated the regular season
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: in the National League Central for the past decade. AJ
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: and the brand of baseball that they've been doing over
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: the last few years, especially with Pat Murphy is really different.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: And Murph talked about that post game and in the
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: celebration with his team, kind of like keep doing you.
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: It's very different.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: College style. Don't say that to Murph. Cause Murph will
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: get super angry if you say that to Murph. But
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: I love it.
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: I think it's awesome.
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: I think what Pat Murphy has done is awesome. And they,
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: people should study it really for the way he handles things,
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: the way he talks about to players and, The way
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: he treats people, it's awesome. And everyone thought, oh, they
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: lost Craig Council. Oh, no, they're not going to be
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: able to keep doing this. They kept doing it with
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: Matt Arnold. They lost David Stearns. Matt Arnold steps in, right?
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: What's been one constant has been Christian Yelich there for
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: most of it. So maybe he deserves some really credit.
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: If you ask Murph, he'll tell you how much credit
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: he deserves for being a leader on this team. It's awesome. Congratulations, Brewers.
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: I just really hope you get to the World Series once.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: Just please, because these fans are unbelievable. I want to
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: see Bernie Brewer slide down the slide, and I want
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: to see the sausage races at the World Series, all
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: that fun stuff. But they've got to get to the
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: next level, which is the World Series.
• 37:06
  Speaker 4: Milwaukee will be flooded with tears if the Brewers make
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: it to the World Series. They have become like– they've
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: become just– Constantly just, oh, okay, we didn't quite make it.
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: Didn't quite make it. I think this is the year.
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: And yes, Christian Yelich has been there since 18. Him
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: and Big Wu, we played together that year. And he
• 37:29
  Speaker 4: is that guy that I think makes that locker room
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: understand you got to go out every single night and
• 37:36
  Speaker 4: ball out no matter how your cuerpo feels, no matter
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: how your body feels. The fact that he's got a
• 37:41
  Speaker 4: picture right here that we're looking at, Christian Yelich, and Vogue, Vogelbach,
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: his ex-teammate who hit a couple of big homers during
• 37:50
  Speaker 4: some of those runs. That's hilarious.
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: Wait, keep that up for one sec. Clint, go back
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: to it. I want to finish the segment with that.
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: So Christian Yelich, who's making a lot of money, right?
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: His contract's over, I think, 200 mil when they re-signed him?
• 38:02
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: This is the smallest market in baseball. Christian Yelich era.
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: And he's had his ups and downs, but man, he's
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: had some good spots for them. And also just as
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: a team leader. Nine seasons, eight postseason appearances, six NL
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: Central titles. They've got a four-peat going right now. I mean,
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: second most wins in the National League. This is a
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: successful franchise. Can they figure it out in the playoffs?
• 38:26
  Speaker 3: Good stuff.
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: Congrats to the Brewers. Hey, the Dodgers beat the Reds
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: behind Yamamoto. Seven innings, one hit, walks, seven Ks, no
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: runs in that one. So he's getting himself ready for
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: another October. An amazing, amazing individual and also what he
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: did last year in October. So get ready in case
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: he's needed on like no rest. I'm sure he'll be okay.
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: We've reached that point in the season two, Kratz, where
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: we're going to have divisions getting wrapped up. Either a
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: win today for the Dodgers or if the Padres lose,
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: then the Dodgers get their 13th division title in wrapped
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: up in the last 14 years.
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: I've been on both sides where you win and you
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: celebrate or you stand there and you watch and you celebrate.
• 39:10
  Speaker 4: Both are fun, but it's way better for the Dodgers
• 39:12
  Speaker 4: to clinch on the field, win it, not have to
• 39:15
  Speaker 4: go and watch, see if the Padres can eke out
• 39:18
  Speaker 4: a win or if they're losing or they're winning and
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: then you go home, you don't celebrate, hope they clinch it.
• 39:24
  Speaker 4: But 13 out of 14, that's impressive.
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: It is.
• 39:28
  Speaker 4: It is.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Not quite the Braves where the Braves win 14 in
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: a row, division titles in a row. You want to
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: know the difference?
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: What?
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: You want to know the difference? The Dodgers have three
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: World Series. The Braves had one in all that time.
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: That's what's unbelievable.
• 39:42
  Speaker 4: It's crazy.
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, very similar.
• 39:45
  Speaker 4: If you make it 14 times, you would think it
• 39:48
  Speaker 4: would be more than three, which is still way better
• 39:51
  Speaker 4: than one that the Braves got. It shows how hard
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: it is. It has nothing to do with all the
• 39:58
  Speaker 4: other crap that people talk about. It's hard to win
• 40:01
  Speaker 4: a World Series.
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: You play to win a game.
• 40:04
  Speaker 3: Very similar, though. You're right.
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: Very similar amount of cracks during a long time period,
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: a decade and a half for both sides. Sometimes the
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: Dodgers had to play a wild card round where We
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: didn't have that when the Braves had their run. Hey,
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: we've barely talked about the Nationals in the last month
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: and a half since they fell off. They also sold
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: at the deadline, but Spencer Nussbaum, who is part of
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: our district territory crew and also writes for The Athletic,
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: put in his latest article how much improvement we've seen
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: from the Nationals' farm system.
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: I mean, look at this, Kratz.
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: The winning percentage of the minor league squads went up
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: a ton. I know that's not everything, but home run
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: rate up a ton. Walk to strikeout, still pretty similar.
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: Weighted runs created plus, so ballpark adjusted offense, strikeout rate
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: up big. They need to fix the pitching, right? I mean,
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: the offense actually has been amazing in terms of development
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: with some of their players at the major league level.
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: They need to fix the pitching. Look at the bottom
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: section there. ERA pitching 19th and 25 to first in 2026.
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: So they scrapped things and started a new plan with
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: their pitching program. And at least in the minor league level,
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: it looks like it's working.
• 41:09
  Speaker 4: I heard the minor league level, it was, there was
• 41:13
  Speaker 4: so much low hanging fruit For the people who were
• 41:16
  Speaker 4: making the new decisions that it wasn't like this. Whoa,
• 41:20
  Speaker 4: what an amazing, you know, break it all down. They
• 41:23
  Speaker 4: just were like, wait, you guys don't do this. You
• 41:26
  Speaker 4: guys don't have that. Like, what are, are we serious?
• 41:30
  Speaker 4: Like this is super low hanging fruit and it's, they've,
• 41:33
  Speaker 4: they've seen huge dividends from it.
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: Do you know why?
• 41:37
  Speaker 4: Do I know why they didn't have that stuff? Yeah.
• 41:42
  Speaker 4: Probably because the other regime didn't want it. Or ownership
• 41:46
  Speaker 4: wouldn't buy it?
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: No, Rizzo said. Rizzo said they wouldn't buy it for him.
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: He said they wouldn't give it to him.
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: These front offices, most of them use the same stuff.
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: And then when they pitch it to their ownership group
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: for budget, they either get a yes or a no.
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: Mike was pretty adamant that he was getting a no
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: for a long time. Then they scrap him, right? They
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: hire someone else who says we have to have this.
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: And then they're like, cool, we'll give you your toys. No,
• 42:10
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  Speaker 1: lot going on with the Astros, AJ. First off, they
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: need to win games because Texas is still chasing them hard.
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: And they did that. Hunter Brown did his thing. It
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: was the Jordan Alvarez, Jeremy Pena show. No one else
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: drove in a run. No one else even had a
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: hit on the team. They also learned before the game
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: that Carlos Correa won't be back. So he was trying
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: to rush himself through and play some second base, maybe
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: in addition to third, and it's not going to happen,
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: but they've gotten this far without him.
• 43:52
  Speaker 3: They'll be okay.
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, this is, this is not something that
• 43:55
  Speaker 2: was unexpected. He had surgery on his left ankle. He
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: was trying to rush it back. It didn't work out,
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: but I mean, yeah, would it have been nice to
• 44:04
  Speaker 2: have Carlos Correa?
• 44:05
  Speaker 4: Sure.
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: But it wasn't something they were counting on. So I think,
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: I think the bigger story is Hunter Brown pitched really
• 44:10
  Speaker 2: well last night and and kind of looked like Hunter
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: Brown of old. And they need him. He's way more
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: important to them than Carlos Correa trying to come back
• 44:18
  Speaker 2: and be injured. Not that Carlos Correa is a bad
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: player in any means, but with what they have right now.
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: Because as a player and as a coaching staff, you
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: always focus on who's on the team that day. You're like, oh, yeah,
• 44:28
  Speaker 2: it'd be great if Carlos comes back. But you never
• 44:30
  Speaker 2: want to get your hopes too high because then if
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: something like happens, then you're kind of like, ah, I
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: wasted my energy thinking about that.
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: Did you see with Brown Kratz, he's got a new slider,
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: a mid-September slider change.
• 44:41
  Speaker 3: Did you see this? Let's run it.
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: So Brian McTaggart with the tweet, and this is the
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: quote from Brown on his new slider, which he unleashed
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: in the game last night.
• 44:52
  Speaker 3: I got a new one, Stromy. That's Brad Strom.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: Long time pitching whiz in the game. Taught me that one,
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: and it was pretty good. He told me I've got
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: to think of a name for it. Kind of brought
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: out the cutter again and then started throwing this downer
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: slider thing, half curveball.
• 45:09
  Speaker 4: I mean, Brent Strom, yes, he's been known to make
• 45:13
  Speaker 4: some significant changes with pitchers. Not all just on pitches.
• 45:17
  Speaker 4: Maybe the grip of your pitches, too, helped. But look,
• 45:21
  Speaker 4: this is why teams should bring in consultants or halftime
• 45:25
  Speaker 4: pitching coaches like Brent Strom is. I think it's just
• 45:29
  Speaker 4: been for half the year, too. But pitchers are always tinkering.
• 45:33
  Speaker 4: They're always, I even think some hitters, not some, a
• 45:37
  Speaker 4: decent amount of hitters tinker. and they think there's just
• 45:40
  Speaker 4: this massive, massive change, if you go out with a
• 45:43
  Speaker 4: new pitch or a new swing and you have success immediately, yeah,
• 45:48
  Speaker 4: it's my new pitch. I love this. Why? Because I
• 45:51
  Speaker 4: did good. So good for him, but this team needs
• 45:56
  Speaker 4: him desperately. I don't know if there's a pitcher on
• 46:00
  Speaker 4: any team besides maybe like a Miz who that if
• 46:05
  Speaker 4: they're going to make the playoffs and have any success,
• 46:07
  Speaker 4: the team needs more than Hunter Brown. I think Hunter
• 46:11
  Speaker 4: Brown even more than any other team.
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because it's been a bad season on the pitching
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: front for the Astros, right? They are very top-heavy on
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: that front, and Hunter Brown is part of that. Of course,
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: Josh Hader is part of that, right? There's a few
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: guys that can shut down anyone, AJ, but you don't
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: feel great when it gets lengthy for them.
• 46:29
  Speaker 2: No, you don't, because after After Hunter Brown, you're going,
• 46:34
  Speaker 2: who's going to give us five innings? Because right now
• 46:36
  Speaker 2: the Astros are five innings. That's why their bullpen has
• 46:38
  Speaker 2: kind of started to wear out because a lot of
• 46:40
  Speaker 2: those guys, Sousa and Blue Ball and some of those
• 46:42
  Speaker 2: guys have really started to have to pitch so many innings.
• 46:45
  Speaker 2: Abreu is even starting to wear out after all this time. So, yeah,
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: they need a guy that they can count on in
• 46:49
  Speaker 2: game one if they get there to give them five, six,
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: seven innings.
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Christian Javier pitching better lately. So maybe
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: he kind of reemerges, right?
• 47:01
  Speaker 4: Five innings.
• 47:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah, five innings.
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, Hayden Wesneski's pitched pretty well for them in
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: the second half. Lambert was good for them eating innings,
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: but then has had his struggles more lately. So there's names,
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: but yeah, nobody you feel like, all right, here we go,
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: game two, run it, baby.
• 47:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, agree.
• 47:22
  Speaker 3: Agree.
• 47:23
  Speaker 4: And that's what you're fighting for right now to get– now,
• 47:26
  Speaker 4: they'll get in. If Jordan does what he did last night,
• 47:30
  Speaker 4: if Jordan comes back from this month-and-a-half slump, malaise that
• 47:35
  Speaker 4: he's been in, if he can carry this team offensively,
• 47:39
  Speaker 4: they'll get in. Make it to the playoffs, sorry, teams
• 47:42
  Speaker 4: are just going to be like, eh, I'm good. We're
• 47:46
  Speaker 4: just not going to let Jordan beat us. There's not
• 47:48
  Speaker 4: going to be, well, we'll try to go after him.
• 47:50
  Speaker 4: It's just not like that's not how the playoffs work.
• 47:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you have some streaky guys.
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: We were just looking at the OPS leaders, of course.
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: Alvarez way in front of anyone else on his team,
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: well above 1,000. But Paredes, Christian Walker, Dalton Barshow, all
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: streaky dudes.
• 48:09
  Speaker 4: Peña.
• 48:11
  Speaker 2: They've had some dudes that have had some decent years, though.
• 48:13
  Speaker 4: That's offensively.
• 48:14
  Speaker 2: I mean, Christian Walker has kind of bounced back. Alvarez, obviously,
• 48:18
  Speaker 2: when Peña' s been on the field, he's been pretty good.
• 48:21
  Speaker 2: Altuve's not as good as he once was, but he's
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: still a solid player.
• 48:27
  Speaker 3: Yep, I agree.
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: No, offense hasn't been the problem. I mean, offense knows
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: the drill. They know the task at hand each evening.
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: You have one of the worst team ERAs. Go get them, boys.
• 48:39
  Speaker 3: Go score six. Right now they're hanging on.
• 48:41
  Speaker 4: Score till the ninth and once Hunter Brown's out of
• 48:44
  Speaker 4: the game. Yep, right.
• 48:46
  Speaker 3: Haters got your back.
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: All right, so you're going to be able to see
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: the Astros and the Royals on Thursday with AJ. Who
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: else do you have on there, AJ? Who are you
• 48:55
  Speaker 1: working with?
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: I believe it's Adam Amin, Mr. Amin and myself.
• 48:59
  Speaker 3: Ah, nice. DJ Adam Amin, spin it.
• 49:01
  Speaker 4: DJ Adam Amin.
• 49:03
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: Phillies and Mets will also be on the Fox One
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: app on Thursday. So if you're looking for those games,
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: go get them and never miss a moment.
• 49:10
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• 49:10
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• 49:10
  Speaker 1: Is the NL.
• 49:21
  Speaker 3: Wildcard okay?
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: I feel like we spend so much time crapping on
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: the American League side, but all of the teams lost
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: last night.
• 49:30
  Speaker 3: I know it's just one night, but.
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: Do we feel, Kratz, as if anything could be shaken
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: up over the next 10 days or so?
• 49:38
  Speaker 3: This is the current picture.
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: This is the bracket that MLB has birthed us from
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: a few years ago. And now that we used to
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: paint the playoff picture nice and simply. Let's look at
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: the right side, please. So we have the Padres and
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: the Braves scheduled to match up. And the Padres are
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: still clear of the Diamondbacks with a tough loss in
• 50:00
  Speaker 1: extras yesterday. Estuary Ruiz, who's not much of a bat,
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: cleared the bases yesterday. And the D-backs are still two
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: and a half back of San Diego. They would face
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: the Braves. The Padres would. Winner of that one faces Dodgers.
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: Phillies and Cubs would match up. And then the winner
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: of that one would go up against Milwaukee. And we're
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: also still trying to find out, Kratz, if it'll be
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: Philly or Chicago that will be hosting that game too, right?
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: And it's a game and a half lead for Chicago
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: over Philly. So they've got the.
• 50:29
  Speaker 3: Home game right now.
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: Phillies are only up a game over San Diego. So
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: that could actually start to switch what this bracket looks like.
• 50:38
  Speaker 4: That's the part that could switch. And as a fan,
• 50:40
  Speaker 4: you're like, who would you rather face? Do you want
• 50:43
  Speaker 4: to face the Cubs in the first round on the road?
• 50:46
  Speaker 4: They could possibly play the Padres on the road in
• 50:49
  Speaker 4: San Diego. Nobody, in my opinion, nobody wants to play
• 50:53
  Speaker 4: the Padres on the road in a three game series
• 50:56
  Speaker 4: where you had to play all three at home. That
• 50:58
  Speaker 4: would be a tough environment for anybody. If it stays
• 51:01
  Speaker 4: like it is, I think it'll be a good series.
• 51:04
  Speaker 4: But then you're also like, OK, do you want to
• 51:06
  Speaker 4: play the Braves first and then take on the Dodgers
• 51:09
  Speaker 4: right away? That's a tough road. The Brewers are the
• 51:12
  Speaker 4: best team in the National League, in my opinion. So
• 51:14
  Speaker 4: is that the tough road? This could all definitely change.
• 51:17
  Speaker 4: I feel like I can say the Diamondbacks are kind
• 51:22
  Speaker 4: of on the outside looking in. And the fact that,
• 51:24
  Speaker 4: you know, is the National League wildcard OK? Well, the
• 51:27
  Speaker 4: fact that the three teams lost to two of them,
• 51:31
  Speaker 4: lost to Pretty crappy teams. Actually, three teams because there's
• 51:35
  Speaker 4: four available. The Cubs, you know, they lost to the Braves.
• 51:39
  Speaker 4: That was a good game by the Braves. Three two-run homers.
• 51:42
  Speaker 4: But you had the Phillies losing to the Nats when
• 51:45
  Speaker 4: they were tied and they were going to the bullpen,
• 51:47
  Speaker 4: which is like, okay, well, it's the Nats' turn to
• 51:49
  Speaker 4: blow this game. And it was subsequently the Phillies' turn
• 51:52
  Speaker 4: to blow the game. And then you had the Diamondbacks
• 51:55
  Speaker 4: losing to the Marlins, who aren't awful, but they are
• 51:59
  Speaker 4: what they are. And then the Padres, how– You can't
• 52:03
  Speaker 4: lose games that are supposed to be wins for those teams.
• 52:07
  Speaker 4: So in my opinion, yes, this is going to shake
• 52:10
  Speaker 4: up around a little bit. I think the Phillies could
• 52:16
  Speaker 4: possibly be the sixth seed. Just how the season's going,
• 52:20
  Speaker 4: just how they were hot, now they're not, just how
• 52:24
  Speaker 4: it's kind of going out. And if they're the sixth seed,
• 52:26
  Speaker 4: they have to play Atlanta, and that will be a–
• 52:30
  Speaker 4: Drag them out, knock them out, whatever the saying is,
• 52:33
  Speaker 4: fight the whole three games.
• 52:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and that would, of course, be in Atlanta.
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: The Phillies do have the tiebreaker over the Padres, so
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: that helps.
• 52:43
  Speaker 4: And the Cubs have it over the Padres, too.
• 52:45
  Speaker 2: Everyone has it over the Padres, apparently.
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: Well, the Diamondbacks and the Padres are hot. Diamondbacks are
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: definitely on the outside looking in. They still have a
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: sliver of a chance. They're two and a half games back.
• 52:58
  Speaker 3: So what is it?
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: Most likely a day two in the last column.
• 53:01
  Speaker 3: I don't have that part.
• 53:02
  Speaker 2: In front of me. Yeah. I think it's two or
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: three in the last column. Yeah.
• 53:04
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 53:05
  Speaker 4: Either way.
• 53:05
  Speaker 3: So look, my thing is lost column. Oh, it's three
• 53:09
  Speaker 3: in the last column.
• 53:10
  Speaker 2: And if, and if San Diego wins one game, I
• 53:12
  Speaker 2: think they win the season series. So it's really four games.
• 53:17
  Speaker 3: I thought I had the season series as tied.
• 53:20
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 53:21
  Speaker 2: Oh, is it tied? Oh, but the last series, don't
• 53:23
  Speaker 2: forget is San Diego at San Diego.
• 53:26
  Speaker 3: Correct.
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: I mean, I think there's a chance the Diamondbacks end
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: up three out heading to San.
• 53:32
  Speaker 3: Diego where they have to sweep them in San Diego.
• 53:36
  Speaker 1: And that would be a four-game swing kind of, right?
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: Because you'd be three back, then you'd tie them, and
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: then you'd win the season series based on that series.
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: So you're hoping if you're– I mean, think about it.
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: If you're two back, does it even make a difference, right?
• 53:52
  Speaker 3: So if you're two back– You still got to win
• 53:54
  Speaker 3: all three.
• 53:55
  Speaker 2: You still have to sweep them.
• 53:56
  Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah.
• 53:57
  Speaker 4: We don't know what the tiebreaker is between them two.
• 54:01
  Speaker 4: You know who's cheering for that? You know who's cheering
• 54:03
  Speaker 4: for that series meaning something? Every other team in the
• 54:06
  Speaker 4: National League because what are the Padres really good at?
• 54:09
  Speaker 4: Because I think it will end up being the Padres
• 54:11
  Speaker 4: that get in. What are the Padres? The bullpen. You
• 54:14
  Speaker 4: watch a Padres game. All they talk about, these dudes
• 54:18
  Speaker 4: are gassed. Like how are they going to get them
• 54:20
  Speaker 4: a break? Mason Miller's off. They have a lot of depth.
• 54:24
  Speaker 4: but they are gassed, and they have their top three guys,
• 54:28
  Speaker 4: and it is that time of year. If you go
• 54:31
  Speaker 4: into that series and you're only up a game, you're
• 54:33
  Speaker 4: only up two games, you have to play those three
• 54:36
  Speaker 4: games like it's a playoffs, and then you get one
• 54:40
  Speaker 4: day off, and then the boys roll back out three
• 54:43
  Speaker 4: days straight.
• 54:46
  Speaker 3: Adrian Morejon.
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: Have you seen him in innings? He's up to, what
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: is he? I know he passed 80 already. 81 and
• 54:55
  Speaker 1: two-thirds innings.
• 54:58
  Speaker 2: He's a free agent. He's a reliever.
• 55:00
  Speaker 3: And a free agent coming up.
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're getting their money's worth out of the last
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: season of Adrian Moriarty.
• 55:05
  Speaker 2: Much like the Astros have done to Brian Abreu.
• 55:09
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. True, true.
• 55:11
  Speaker 4: I didn't even think about that. You'd think Craig Stammen
• 55:13
  Speaker 4: would be different. You'd think Craig Stammen would figure out
• 55:16
  Speaker 4: a different way, and he's like, there's no other way.
• 55:20
  Speaker 4: You wear it or you get cut.
• 55:23
  Speaker 2: And he's been pitching really good, so they want him
• 55:25
  Speaker 2: out there as much as possible. By the way, I'll
• 55:27
  Speaker 2: tell you what I'm rooting for right now. We've already
• 55:29
  Speaker 2: discussed this.
• 55:30
  Speaker 4: I'm sorry.
• 55:30
  Speaker 2: I'm biased. Call me crazy, but I'm rooting for Milwaukee
• 55:32
  Speaker 2: Cubs so I don't have to get on an airplane.
• 55:34
  Speaker 2: I can just drive back.
• 55:35
  Speaker 3: And forth, back and forth, back and forth. Everyone's really
• 55:37
  Speaker 3: worried about your travel schedule.
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 55:40
  Speaker 2: I'm glad that everyone is as worried about a travel
• 55:41
  Speaker 2: schedule as I am. Listen, would I love Milwaukee, Philly?
• 55:44
  Speaker 3: Sure.
• 55:44
  Speaker 2: Would I love Milwaukee? Actually, if it was LA, San Diego,
• 55:48
  Speaker 2: I might get that, which also would be awesome because
• 55:50
  Speaker 2: I've done that series and it is.
• 55:52
  Speaker 3: That's easy travel.
• 55:53
  Speaker 2: So listen, I'm not lying. I'm selfish. I want the
• 55:57
  Speaker 2: easiest travel for me. And you know what's not easy travel?
• 55:59
  Speaker 2: Milwaukee to San Diego. That's not going to be easy travel.
• 56:05
  Speaker 3: Not a lot of flights, not a lot of routes
• 56:07
  Speaker 3: like that.
• 56:07
  Speaker 4: I want AJ to come to Philly. That's what I want.
• 56:10
  Speaker 4: I want AJ to come to Philly.
• 56:11
  Speaker 2: Last time I was in Philly, the Mets whooped that
• 56:13
  Speaker 2: ass in the playoffs, so I don't know that you
• 56:14
  Speaker 2: don't hope for that.
• 56:16
  Speaker 4: Oh, I don't care. I don't care who wins.
• 56:19
  Speaker 2: By the way, last time I was in Philly for
• 56:21
  Speaker 2: the playoffs, oh, we went to this best Italian restaurant.
• 56:24
  Speaker 2: I can't tell you what it was called, but it
• 56:25
  Speaker 2: was like outside of a house. It was, oh, so good.
• 56:28
  Speaker 3: That was just someone's.
• 56:31
  Speaker 2: House. I don't know what it was called, but it
• 56:32
  Speaker 2: was so good. Right next to the highway? I probably
• 56:37
  Speaker 2: had some adult beverages at the time. I couldn't tell
• 56:39
  Speaker 2: you how I got there because I took a car
• 56:41
  Speaker 2: and they... You were game prepping. It was our whole crew.
• 56:48
  Speaker 3: That's how they prepare. Broadcasting is tough.
• 56:52
  Speaker 2: We went to some great restaurants in Philly. I think
• 56:55
  Speaker 2: we went to Morimoto. We went to Nobu. I think
• 57:01
  Speaker 2: we went to Quality Meats in New York. We had some.
• 57:08
  Speaker 4: Quality.
• 57:09
  Speaker 2: Quality places.
• 57:10
  Speaker 3: All right. Let's get to the meats in Milwaukee. They
• 57:13
  Speaker 3: keep winning division titles.
• 57:14
  Speaker 2: Carnivore.
• 57:14
  Speaker 3: That's next.
• 57:15
  Speaker 2: Carnivore.
• 57:16
  Speaker 4: Great place.
• 57:17
  Speaker 2: Carnivore. I know Kratz is in there.
• 57:18
  Speaker 4: Great place.
• 57:19
  Speaker 2: They put your name on the menu when you go
• 57:20
  Speaker 2: in there. Oh, love that place.
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: Hey, for tomorrow's show Thursday, Pedro Martinez joining us.
• 57:36
  Speaker 3: That'll be fun.
• 57:39
  Speaker 2: Sweet.
• 57:39
  Speaker 4: That's awesome.
• 57:41
  Speaker 3: Yeah. AJ reporting live from Houston tomorrow.
• 57:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Love Petey.
• 57:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Are you staying at the hotel with the Texas-shaped pool?
• 57:53
  Speaker 2: No, I've stayed in that before. I've ridden that ride before. Yeah.
• 57:57
  Speaker 3: It's cool to watch from your hotel room.
• 57:59
  Speaker 4: It really is. It's cooler to be, yeah.
• 58:01
  Speaker 3: The lazy river they have.
• 58:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 58:03
  Speaker 4: Because it doesn't get any sun because the hotel is
• 58:05
  Speaker 4: so big. You don't get any sun.
• 58:07
  Speaker 2: I think that's the Marriott. Is that the Marriott? It's
• 58:09
  Speaker 2: a Marriott or a Hilton. No, I'm in a different one.
• 58:11
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 58:12
  Speaker 7: Yes.
• 58:13
  Speaker 4: I don't know.
• 58:14
  Speaker 3: All right, people.
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: Clark Schmidt's back for the Yankees after like over a year.
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: Could be a big bullpen piece. Junior Cameron Arrow took
• 58:20
  Speaker 1: 40 seconds to go across the bags and we loved
• 58:23
  Speaker 1: all of it with his.
• 58:24
  Speaker 2: Second walk off in a week. That was so awesome.
• 58:26
  Speaker 2: That was so awesome. You know what the best part
• 58:28
  Speaker 2: about that is when he hit the home run, he
• 58:30
  Speaker 2: knew the game was over, and his whole team came
• 58:33
  Speaker 2: out and gave him a high five down the first baseline.
• 58:36
  Speaker 2: That was so awesome. Good for you.
• 58:38
  Speaker 4: No, he threw his bat, and you see Jose Mesa Jr.
• 58:42
  Speaker 4: ducked because he threw his bat once he got to
• 58:44
  Speaker 4: the first base. That was the coolest part.
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: Junior Caminero is the best of winter ball vibes, and
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: he's bringing it to Major League Baseball.
• 58:53
  Speaker 2: We had this whole conversation with him. Remember when we
• 58:55
  Speaker 2: had him on? He was awesome. We were like, this
• 58:57
  Speaker 2: is great, man.
• 58:58
  Speaker 3: Big fan. MVP candidate.
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: We'll get into that at some point. We'll see you Thursday.
• 59:05
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• 59:12
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