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  Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with Alana Rizzo. Alana, good to see
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  Speaker 1: you this morning, and we have an interesting question to
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  Speaker 1: tackle on the first part of our show.
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  Speaker 2: We do.
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  Speaker 3: Good to be with you as always Ken, albeit a
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  Speaker 3: little bit earlier today on Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal,
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  Speaker 3: who is the hottest team in baseball right now? Perhaps
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  Speaker 3: I'd answer that so would surprise somebody a couple of
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  Speaker 3: weeks ago.
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  Speaker 1: We do have a couple of candidates here, actually more
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  Speaker 1: than a couple even, but right now I would have
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  Speaker 1: to go with the Chicago Cubs. What is going on
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  Speaker 1: at Wrigley Field is absolutely ridiculous. It's fourteen straight at Wrigley,
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  Speaker 1: three straight walkoffs over the Reds, eight straight wins overall
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  Speaker 1: in eighteen of twenty one. And you saw last night
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  Speaker 1: again they're down in the nine six' FOUR pca hits
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  Speaker 1: a ball off his shoe tops the other way for
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  Speaker 1: two run game tying home where they went on another walk.
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  Speaker 1: Off so The cubs are one. Candidate i'll go with,
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  Speaker 1: them but we've got some other choices potentially as.
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  Speaker 3: Well we, do AND i think you know when you
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  Speaker 3: think of the next team that you're gonna Mention. Ken
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  Speaker 3: this has kind of been wired to wire. Right there
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  Speaker 3: hasn't really been another, team particularly in The Al, east
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  Speaker 3: that has given The New York yankees any sort.
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  Speaker 1: Of fits, Right And Tampa bay's playing really. Well we'll
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  Speaker 1: get to, them but The yankees are the elite team
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  Speaker 1: in The American league right. Now they've won fifteen of.
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  Speaker 1: Eighteen it's been a really impressive. Run and a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people are, anticipating of, course that once they Get
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  Speaker 1: rodin And gerrit, coleback they'll be even. Better i'm not
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  Speaker 1: so sure they can be, better and also you never
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  Speaker 1: know what you're going to get from injured pitchers when they.
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  Speaker 1: Return but certainly The yankees have proven to be to
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  Speaker 1: this point the class of the. League AND i don't
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  Speaker 1: want to take anything away from What Tampa bay is.
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  Speaker 1: Doing they've won six straight over The giants and they
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  Speaker 1: just finished off The Blue jays as. Well they're playing
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  Speaker 1: really well now that they're back at the, trap which
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  Speaker 1: seems to be a thing for. Them it was really
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  Speaker 1: uncomfortable for them At Steinberner, field no doubt about. It
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  Speaker 1: and now that they're back home in their real. HOME
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  Speaker 1: i am sure it's having a positive, effect and they're
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  Speaker 1: doing virtually everything right right. Now so THE Al east
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  Speaker 1: is looking. Interesting the rest of The American, LEAGUE i
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  Speaker 1: should say, This THE Ale east at the top is looking.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting the rest of The American, league including the rest
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  Speaker 1: of THE Ale, east not so.
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  Speaker 3: Much, yeah after the loss yesterday to The, rangers The
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  Speaker 3: New York yankees is just a half game lead over
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  Speaker 3: The Tampa Bay. Rays but of, course only three teams
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  Speaker 3: in THE Al can have a winning record above five,
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  Speaker 3: hundred The, yankees The, rays and The. Athletics i'm not
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  Speaker 3: certain many folks would have thought about. That, however there
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  Speaker 3: is a team in THE Al central that you have
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  Speaker 3: your eye on in terms of being hot as.
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  Speaker 4: Well who is.
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  Speaker 1: It i've been waiting for this team to get, going
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  Speaker 1: and it's The Kansas City. Royals now THE Al central
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  Speaker 1: is there for the, taking particularly now with The Trek schoogel.
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  Speaker 1: Injury The tigers have an number of other injuries as,
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  Speaker 1: well and The royals for the first part of the
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  Speaker 1: season just did not. Hit pasquintino Sal perez not hitting at,
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  Speaker 1: All Bobby witt was not hot at the, start and
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  Speaker 1: finally now they're coming around a little. Bit they've got
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  Speaker 1: an excellent, rotation a decent, bullpen even Without estevez who's been.
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  Speaker 1: Injured and it's, concerning of course That reagan's has these physical,
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  Speaker 1: issues but this is a team that you would think
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  Speaker 1: is going to be a little bit better than they've
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  Speaker 1: been in the. Past they didn't do much in the,
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  Speaker 1: offseason kind of supplemented their outfield With Lane thomas And Isaac.
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  Speaker 1: Collins BUT i still expect The royals to be at
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  Speaker 1: least in playoff, contention and they're finally showing it.
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  Speaker 3: Now Bobby Witt junior a big reason for. That of,
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  Speaker 3: course he was a candidate for A dude of The.
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  Speaker 3: Week we'll get there later on in the. Show but
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  Speaker 3: there's another team ken, that even despite the fact that
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  Speaker 3: they just lost their all star, outfielder is still, hot hot.
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  Speaker 4: Hot that's The Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: Braves yes And. Atlanta, yes they just lost their first
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  Speaker 1: series of the season To. Seattle that was a good
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  Speaker 1: series For, seattle but The braves have been outstanding all season,
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  Speaker 1: long and even Without. Acuna, now as you, Mentioned, alana
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  Speaker 1: they should be. Okay And Matt olsen's having AN mvp type.
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  Speaker 1: Campaign Drake baldwin is having AN mvp type, campaign as
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  Speaker 1: The alby is the, Same Michael harris the. Second all
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  Speaker 1: these guys are playing at an elite. Level but the
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  Speaker 1: story with The braves is their. Rotation And i'll say it,
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  Speaker 1: AGAIN i was critical of them this off. SEASON i
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  Speaker 1: wondered where they were going to supplement the rotation with
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  Speaker 1: the injuries that they had To strider To schwelling back
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  Speaker 1: To Smiths. Shaver and yet here they are And Bryce
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  Speaker 1: elder has been an absolute. Revelation they are in a
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  Speaker 1: really good spot. Overall right, Now now are they going
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  Speaker 1: to sustain it with that? Rotation are they one injury
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  Speaker 1: away still from a potential. Problem, Yes but at the same,
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  Speaker 1: time give them. Credit they have done everything right so
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  Speaker 1: far this season and, Now, alana we will see them
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  Speaker 1: face The dodgers this weekend In.
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  Speaker 3: La more on, That, Ken i'd love to hear your.
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  Speaker 3: Perspective this is one of those series upcoming this weekend
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  Speaker 3: that could you could you, know be one that you
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  Speaker 3: kind of circle on the. Calendar two very good teams
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  Speaker 3: in The National. League, obviously The, dodgers the Reigning World series,
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  Speaker 3: champions The braves playing so well right, now what are
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  Speaker 3: you looking forward to with this.
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  Speaker 1: One i'm just looking forward to seeing how The dodgers
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  Speaker 1: respond to playing The, braves because The dodgers have been kind,
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  Speaker 1: OF i don't want to call it. Sleepwalking they've played
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  Speaker 1: a little bit better the last few, days but they
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  Speaker 1: haven't played to their full potential. Yet and this, series
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  Speaker 1: they are not going to Pitch otani Or. Yamamoto it's
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  Speaker 1: going to be the other three, starters san And rableski And,
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  Speaker 1: sasaki not in that. Order but we'll see how The
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  Speaker 1: dodgers fare against The, braves who have some of their
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  Speaker 1: bitter pictures going in this. Series It's, chrissale It's, strider
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  Speaker 1: and It's Bryce, Elder so that's What i'm looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to seeing just how they match. Up. Alana it's Early.
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  Speaker 1: May no one should get too excited about anything happening just.
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  Speaker 1: Yet and that includes the teams that, stink and that
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  Speaker 1: includes the teams that fire their managers. Prematurely but at
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  Speaker 1: the same, time at the same, time it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be interesting just to see these teams on the field
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  Speaker 1: with each. Other let's face, it The cubs are The
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  Speaker 1: cubs right. Now they're really. Hot The, PHILLIES i do
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  Speaker 1: expect to be in the mix. Eventually but this is
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  Speaker 1: with all due respect to The padres and all the
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  Speaker 3: Podcast so let's talk a little bit about The Houston,
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  Speaker 3: astros a team ken that keeps getting hit right in the.
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  Speaker 3: Mouth they've been really well, offensively kind of at the
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  Speaker 3: top five and many offensive categories that. Matter they're pitching
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  Speaker 3: has been, horrible but the injuries are also really problematic
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  Speaker 3: for this, team the latest Being Carlos.
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  Speaker 1: Korea The astros major league leading fourteen players on the
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  Speaker 1: injured list fourteen and now they've Lost. Korea panya is still.
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  Speaker 1: Out we all talked about their infield glod all springing
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  Speaker 1: into the early part of the. Season guess, what they
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  Speaker 1: don't have an infield glood anymore because they've Lost corea
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  Speaker 1: for the. Season and this is a team, that in
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  Speaker 1: my mind would have contended with The mariners for THE
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  Speaker 1: Al west title if they had stayed, healthy if they
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  Speaker 1: had any semblance of. Health but they're not there and
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  Speaker 1: the rotation is an absolute. Mess they're going to Bring
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  Speaker 1: Tatsuya ami back to the rotation next, week even though
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  Speaker 1: on his rehab assignment he hasn't been very. Good so
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  Speaker 1: it's just an unfortunate turn of events for The. Astros
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  Speaker 1: what can they. Do all they can do is keep,
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  Speaker 1: playing which is what they will intend to, do of,
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  Speaker 1: Course but at the same, time with so many players,
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  Speaker 1: OUT i believe it's four members of their opening day,
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  Speaker 1: lineup not Including, panya who was not in the opening day.
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  Speaker 1: Lineup it's just a hard way to go about. It
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  Speaker 1: and The astros right now are really compromised.
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  Speaker 3: Physically at, least nobody's really running away with the. Division
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  Speaker 3: just four games separates last from. First let's talk a
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  Speaker 3: little bit about The Los Angeles. Dodgers we were having
• 9:06
  Speaker 3: a Conversation ken With Clint pisias And Katie wu On dodgers'
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  Speaker 3: territory about what are The dodgers going to do When
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  Speaker 3: Blake snell returns he's close to coming, back and who's
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  Speaker 3: going to be the odd man?
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  Speaker 4: Out and she And Justin, robleski what's the situation?
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  Speaker 3: Now they may not have to worry about, That, ken
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  Speaker 3: Because tyler glasnow leaving his outing yesterday early with some back.
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  Speaker 4: Issues what more can you tell?
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  Speaker 1: Us, well he said he had tall man back. Issues
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  Speaker 1: i've got short man back, issues so it's not exclusive
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  Speaker 1: to any SIZE i guess back. Issues but he does
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  Speaker 1: not expect to miss any. Starts he expects not to
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  Speaker 1: go on the injured. List now we know how The
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  Speaker 1: dodgers do. This they will slow play. Him they will
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  Speaker 1: probably put him on the injured list, anyway just to be.
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  Speaker 1: Safe it's an easy move for. Them but if they
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  Speaker 1: don't do, it and When snell comes, back it comes
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  Speaker 1: down To Emma chian Or Roki. Sasaki Justin robleski is
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  Speaker 1: leading The National league an. Er they're not going to
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  Speaker 1: remove him from the, rotation and, frankly they're not going
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  Speaker 1: to Remove sasaki. Either they want to commit to. Him
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  Speaker 1: he has been a little bit better his last two. Starts,
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  Speaker 1: actually his last start In Saint louis wasn't bad at.
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  Speaker 1: All he's showing, signs SO i would Expect shane would
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  Speaker 1: go to the bullpen unless they make the move With glass,
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  Speaker 1: now which is another classic. Case write a lot of
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  Speaker 1: these things working themselves, out and teams always finding ways
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  Speaker 1: to maneuver their roster because injuries do.
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  Speaker 3: Occur, Ken you'll never have enough, pitching regardless of how
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  Speaker 3: many pitchers you, sign there's never. Enough speaking of pitching
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  Speaker 3: injuries or just injuries in, general that are a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Weird Matthew, BOYD i, mean this one is a bit
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  Speaker 3: of a freak. Injury The cubs are doing, great but
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't come without the loss of.
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  Speaker 1: Him, Right matthew boy was playing with his children when
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  Speaker 1: he tore his. Meniscus, now if it was any player
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  Speaker 1: But Matthew, boyd who is one of the most straight, laced,
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  Speaker 1: nicest honest people in the, GAME i would say this
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  Speaker 1: injury sounds, suspicious but it's not. Suspicious It's Matthew. BOYD
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  Speaker 1: i totally believe it happened this. Way but for The,
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  Speaker 1: cubs it's a big loss and they already were dealing
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  Speaker 1: with a thinning. Rotation Remember Kate horton out for the.
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  Speaker 1: Season Justin steele has had a setback in his, recovery
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  Speaker 1: so we don't know exactly when we're going to see.
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  Speaker 1: Him they've Got, Imanaga they've Got, Cabrera they've Got, Tyone
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  Speaker 1: they've Got Colin ray And Javier asade now can move
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  Speaker 1: to the, rotation but Without, boyd and we don't know
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  Speaker 1: how long he's going to be out. Yet it could
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  Speaker 1: be six, weeks could be. Longer they're in a perilously thin.
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  Speaker 1: State so The, cubs as hot as they, are this
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  Speaker 1: is a genuine concern for, them and already there is
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  Speaker 1: talk understandably so that they will need to go out
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  Speaker 1: and get a starting, pitcher at least one at the.
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  Speaker 3: Deadline, yeah it's tough for them obviously with the thinning
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  Speaker 3: rotation in the setback That Justin steele has suffered in
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  Speaker 3: terms of his return as.
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  Speaker 4: Well but The cubs are doing well right.
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  Speaker 3: Now as we just talked about in terms of the
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  Speaker 3: hottest team going In Major League. Baseball all, right, guys
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  Speaker 3: get those questions in For Ken rosenthal because we will
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  Speaker 3: be back right after this With grill And. Ken i'm
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  Speaker 3: not sure THAT i like the fact that you were. Grilled,
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  Speaker 3: also hopefully there's no scars on. That welcome To grill And.
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  Speaker 3: Ken everybody gets your questions in so we can Ask
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  Speaker 3: ken his thoughts on your. Topics maker one sixty, First
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  Speaker 3: cubs using all their luck In? May how many nail
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  Speaker 3: biting losses are they do? Now, Basically, ken do you
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  Speaker 3: believe in baseball luck and are The cubs using all
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  Speaker 3: of theirs In?
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  Speaker 1: May it's a great question a. LOT i do believe
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  Speaker 1: things tend to even out over one sixty. Two, however
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  Speaker 1: The cubs are clearly a good, team AND i love
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  Speaker 1: their defense in. Particular they're getting contributions pretty much one
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  Speaker 1: through nine in the. Lineup the pitching is going to
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  Speaker 1: be a. Question so they're, lucky maybe a little bit right.
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  Speaker 1: Now they're a little bit charmed At Wrigley, field but
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  Speaker 1: they're also. Good so, YES i can't imagine them staying
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  Speaker 1: this hot all year. Long they're not going to win
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  Speaker 1: every game At Wrigley field the way they have the
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  Speaker 1: past few, weeks but they're a pretty good, team all.
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  Speaker 3: Right Video Game nation twenty six has this question in
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  Speaker 3: regards to The, Astros, ken do you think The astros
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  Speaker 3: trade Your Don alvarez when we get closer to the trade?
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  Speaker 3: Deadline and what do you think his trade value.
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  Speaker 1: IS i can't imagine them trading Your Don. Alvarez he
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  Speaker 1: is one of their. CENTERPIECES i do expect that at the,
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  Speaker 1: deadline if they are unable to, recover then you'll See
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  Speaker 1: Christian walker Or Estoch parades. Go and we've been talking
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  Speaker 1: about those guys and one of them getting traded for
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  Speaker 1: quite some time now it hasn't. Happened and, YES i
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  Speaker 1: know they're, depleted but at the, deadline if they're out
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  Speaker 1: of it and it's going to be difficult to be
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  Speaker 1: out of it in The American league as we've. Seen
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  Speaker 1: then perhaps they make the move, Then so, yes The
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  Speaker 1: astros could be. SELLING i just can't imagine. It including
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  Speaker 1: your don.
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  Speaker 3: All, right great listener and viewer Of dodgers'. Territory she's
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  Speaker 3: also here on fair. Territory Elisheva jones wants to know
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  Speaker 3: is expansion team In vancouver a real. Possibility, actually we're
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  Speaker 3: going to get to her other question here in a.
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  Speaker 3: Moment what is your overall Opinion ken of THE abs so?
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  Speaker 4: Far elisheva with a couple of questions in the.
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  Speaker 1: CHAT i don't see how anybody can say it's anything
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  Speaker 1: but a. Success AND i Know i've written about how
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  Speaker 1: it's Put umpires in somewhat of a bad, spot and it.
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  Speaker 1: Has but overall it's working and it's working. Beautifully. Now
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  Speaker 1: the one NEGATIVE i will point out is the walk
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  Speaker 1: rate is. Up it's up a, lot and that is a.
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  Speaker 1: Concern obviously baseball is worried about balls in play for a. While, now,
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  Speaker 1: well now with THE abs strike, zone you're seeing this
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  Speaker 1: increased walk rate AND i don't know how healthy that.
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  Speaker 1: Is now part of it might be an, adjustment but
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  Speaker 1: part of it also is a pitcher is no longer
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  Speaker 1: getting certain stre that he might have with a big
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  Speaker 1: lead late in the, game all of these, things so
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be something that we have to. Watch but,
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  Speaker 1: overall it's hard to, say again anything but positives ABOUT.
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  Speaker 1: ABS i love.
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  Speaker 3: IT i think it's very, important And i'm sure you
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  Speaker 3: agree with this. Too you got to be sure about
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  Speaker 3: when you're using it early on in a, ballgame maybe
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  Speaker 3: not the most, sense if it's later in the, game
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  Speaker 3: if there's runners on in a key. Situation just be
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  Speaker 3: methodic about how you use your. Challenges back To Elisheva
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  Speaker 3: jones's question for a second is expansion. Team is an
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  Speaker 3: expansion team In vancouver a real? Possibility or maybe you
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: don't know much about The vancouver, situation but where would
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  Speaker 3: you think the coolest expansion city could.
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  Speaker 1: BE i would Say vancouver is a long, shot AND
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  Speaker 1: i know they're. Trying but if you're The Seattle mariners
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  Speaker 1: AND i know the cities are relatively, close you're going
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  Speaker 1: to fight, that just As seattle is going to Fight.
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  Speaker 1: PORTLAND i would expect the same thing to me right,
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  Speaker 1: now IF i had to project and this is just
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  Speaker 1: an educated, guest nothing. More maybe it's not even. EDUCATED
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  Speaker 1: i would Say nashville is the team in The, east
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  Speaker 1: And Salt Lake city would be a. Favorite perhaps in The.
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  Speaker 1: West Salt lake has a strong. Bid it is not
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  Speaker 1: as proximate to some of these other. CITIES i Guess
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  Speaker 1: vegas it would, be but that to me would make more.
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  Speaker 1: Sense and it seems like they have their act, together
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: not that these other cities. Don't but The mariners are
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: going to. FIGHT i would Think vancouver And portland And
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: Salt lake would be more of a compromise.
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: OVERALL i Want nashville. KEN i had a conversation the
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: other day With Brad. Paisley i'm name dropping. HERE i, Said,
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: hey if a team goes why don't you buy a
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: team In nashville and Then i'll be your sideline.
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: Reporter and he said he would do.
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: It he said that he needs to get a group
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: of owners together, though to bring a team To, nashville
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: and then maybe we can all go to a live
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: concert after. That all?
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: Right talking about The White.
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: Sox joshi AND h THREE q wants to know do
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: The White sox make the playoffs this? Year and are
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: they as good as their record would, indicate given them
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: being in the absolute bottom of the league the last few.
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: Years they're making improvements ken.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: They, are and they're in a figiving, division THE Al,
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: central so it's not out of the. QUESTION i don't
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: see it happening just yet or this, year but they're
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: really interesting And Colson montgomery as well As murakami And Miguel,
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: vargas they've got some interesting players in their lineup. Now,
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: NOW i had a scalt pointed out to me yesterday
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: that he Thinks, murakami with his high strikeout, rate eventually
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: teams are going to figure him out and he's going
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: to struggle more than he. Has, okay but he's done
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: pretty well so far and he's shown somewhat of an
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: ability to make. Adjustments they're pitching, too is kind of.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: Interesting it's maybe not top of the, line but this
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: is a better. Team it's a more competitive, team there's
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: no doubt about. That credit To Will. Vennable and you
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: see their rotation right. There Noah schultz rough start is lil,
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: one but he has shown. Something SO i kind of
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: like where they are considering all that they have done
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: in recent. Years as far as the. LOSING i Like.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: Antonacci he's a guy that we saw in The World
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: Baseball classic With Team. Italy he's come up now he's
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: making a bit of an. Impact so they're an interesting,
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: team which you can't say they were. Before they were
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: interesting in these previous, seasons but not in a good.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Way now they're kind of fun to.
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: Watch AND Aj pierzinski keeps bringing up that The White
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: slacks are the only team that have gotten To Jose
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: soriano all season. Long leave it To aj to bring
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: up that that. Fact all, right, guys thank you so
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: much for your questions here On grill And. Ken we
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: will be right back with Our dude And dork of
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: The week after.
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: This i'm the, dude so that's what you call, me.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: The dude, ABIDES i love, it all. Right we Appreciate
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  Speaker 3: ken we'll start with.
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: You who's your due to The?
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: Week The Troy tiger's manager A. J, hinch and he's
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: by due to The, Week, alana because he is maybe
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: the last honest man in. Baseball when from Ber valdez
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: did what he did the other, night Hitting trevor's story
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: what was pretty clearly an intentional. Act Aj, hinch unlike
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: almost every other manager in this, situation did not excuse,
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: it did not cop, out did not Defend valdez in any. Way,
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: instead what he said was, this and you see it right.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: There we play a really good brand of baseball. Here
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: that didn't feel like. It i'm not judging, intent BUT
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: i know when you go out on the field in those,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: confrontations you usually feel like you're in the. Right it
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: didn't feel good being out. There that is as well
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: said as a manager can say it without completely burying his.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: Guy but he made it clearer that this was not.
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: Acceptable so for all that Aj hinch due to the.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Week, Yeah Joe madden has also said. Often he said
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: it yesterday On Foul. Territory can you praise in public
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: you critique in. Private that was the best WAY i
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: think Aj hinch could have handled that. SITUATION i agree with,
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: you all. Right My dude of The week is a
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: bunch of. DUDES i was born and raised In, colorado
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: AND i covered The Colorado rockies for five. Seasons And
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: Mark rasum and his grounds crew At Course field are
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: hands down the best grounds crew in the Game. Colorado
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: it is not uncommon For colorado to get a Late
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: april Early may. Snowstorm that's exactly what. Happens so The
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: dodgers are The dodgers of The rockies and The mets
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: were going to have to have a double. Header but
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: you can see the time lapse there in terms of
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: what course field look like basically around twelve forty five
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: in the, afternoon and then what it was like right
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: before game. Time So Mark, rasm good on, you sir
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: for continuing to be the best in the. Game colorado
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: has unbelievably unpredictable. Weather it could snow three feet and
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: then be seventy degrees later on in the. Afternoon So,
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: ras you are my dude of the, week.
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• 21:24
  Speaker 3: ken who do you have for your?
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: Dork, well it's a pretty large, Collection, alana and it's
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: basically the Entire american league outside of The yankees And.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: Rays the Entire american. League there are only two teams
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: above five hundred in this. LEAGUE i just mentioned, them
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: The yankees And. Rays cleveland and The a's are at five.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: Hundred so what is going on here and why aren't
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: these teams any better? Now injuries are part of, it
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: With detroit in, particular and of Course. Houston But seattle
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: hasn't played to the capability though they just had a
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: good series against The. Braves maybe they're coming Around Brandon
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: donovan's coming. Back The orioles have, been despite their wins
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: In miami the last two, nights a. Disappointment and of
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: course The Red sox have already fired their. MANAGER i
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: know they just Swept. DETROIT i want to see, more
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: on and on and. On the entire league has been
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: weak save for The yankees And. Rays so the Entire
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: American league outside of those two. Teams dorks of The, Week, yeah.
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: The junior circuit pretty.
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: Weak can pretty week so far in twenty and twenty. Six,
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: okay my dork of the week is from Bar, Valdez
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: so the other side of the equation of Your dude
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: of The week From bervaldez intentionally Hitting trevor's story with
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: a four seam. Fastball he only has thrown one all. Season,
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: ken that was the one all, season a four seam.
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: Fastball he's thrown two four steam fastballs in the last
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: two years, twice both times in the armpit of the.
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: Opposition the reason that he is my dork of the
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: week not only because it was, intentional but because he
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: was getting lit up like A christmas tree by The
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: Boston Red. Sox and if he didn't like, it pitch,
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: better or cover your ball in the glove. Better if
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: they are in fact relaying signs the legal way of
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: relaying signs of a guy's on second base and he's
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: telling the batter what's, coming so be. It you could
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: tell when they had the benches clearing. Brawl AND i
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: say that lightly that he couldn't wait to get out
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: of the.
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: Game.
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: Ken he could not wait to get out of the
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: game because he just didn't have it yesterday a couple
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: of days, ago and then in the clubhouse through his
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: interpreter says that he didn't think it was fair that
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: he was. Injected he couldn't wait to be injected because
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: he was absolutely getting lit. Up, obviously he gives up.
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: Home you, know he was giving up the home. Runs
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: he didn't like. It Trevor story got. Beamed Wilson contreras
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: took exception to it from Ber, valdez who already has
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: a narrative about. Him ken that he's not necessarily the
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: best teammate in the. World spent the off season trying
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: to convince teams otherwise that he actually is a.
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: Good teammate and a good. Person so he is dork
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: of the week.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: And he doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, alone
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: and not after last season when he crossed Up salazar
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: and did what he did with The. Astros so when
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: a guy Like framaveldas pleads innocence and situation like, this
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: after he has now two of these major, incidents people
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: are not going to buy, it and people.
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: Didn't one hundred percent. Correct, well, guys that's going to
• 24:24
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• 24:24
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