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10/06/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Drew, Billy and Armin huddled up Tuesday game day game
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  Speaker 1: We were just chatting about, um, in addition to the
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  Speaker 1: Mason Miller was tipping.
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  Speaker 2: His pitches narrative.
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  Speaker 1: There are some Padres fans who are using the, the,
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  Speaker 1: the camera shot from behind home plate of the Churio
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  Speaker 1: walk-off hit and saying that Cronenworth got a bad, uh,
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  Speaker 1: got a bad jump, that he didn't move until the
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  Speaker 1: ball was already hitting the dirt on the infield. And
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  Speaker 1: it is weird by that way, but the ball was crushed.
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  Speaker 1: And there are people using that replay to pile on Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Cronenworth because Cronenworth made the error that helped the Brewers
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  Speaker 1: get a key run.
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  Speaker 2: The error's worse.
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  Speaker 1: He also had four plate appearances in the bottom of
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  Speaker 1: the Padres order and saw seven total pitches, went 0
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  Speaker 1: for 4, and only saw seven pitches. Zander Bogarts, who's
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  Speaker 1: a hitter or two ahead of him in the lineup,
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  Speaker 1: had four plate appearances and saw 20 pitches.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's been tough. Bogarts has been really, really tough.
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  Speaker 3: He was my guy to watch. I like that he's
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  Speaker 3: doing that little split grip, too. It's very 1960s. But
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  Speaker 3: for Cronenworth, the error, again, is, I mean, it's a
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  Speaker 3: Brewers forced error, right? Like, I mean, if that's not
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  Speaker 3: Hamilton running. Yeah, he probably runs over and tags it himself.
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  Speaker 3: I was going to say, I think he's going to
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  Speaker 3: be fine. Instead, he's got to hustle and he's got
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  Speaker 3: to be able to roll through it. But that's a
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  Speaker 3: play that dude makes. Isn't he a gold Glover or
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  Speaker 3: in that conversation?
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  Speaker 2: Pretty damn good. And the play that he made on
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  Speaker 2: Monday night was sick.
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  Speaker 3: Like that, that Rob going the opposite direction was insane. I,
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  Speaker 3: I'll be honest when the ball goes off the glove,
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  Speaker 3: I thought it was right into a defensive shift. I like,
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  Speaker 3: I thought it was right into someone's lap and I
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  Speaker 3: was more just surprised that it didn't go through, but
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  Speaker 3: I'll be honest with you. If, if somebody sitting at
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  Speaker 3: home is able to judge that better and would have
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  Speaker 3: had a better first step, I would have loved to
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  Speaker 3: see your JV baseball highlights.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's kind of ridiculous, like armchair. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: could he have been in a spot and made a
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  Speaker 4: play to catch it? Yeah, but that's very hard. You
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  Speaker 4: can't just sit there and say, well, he's the reason.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, you want to blame the error?
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  Speaker 2: Fine. At the plate, I get it.
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  Speaker 4: Listen, Brewers have made uncharacteristic errors all series, and they've survived.
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  Speaker 4: But it's not been ideal. Bryce Terang's a platinum glover,
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  Speaker 4: and he botched a huge one and gave it. That's
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  Speaker 4: just the way it goes. I mean, so I'm not
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  Speaker 4: going to sit here and say, He should have been
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  Speaker 4: there better, but we'd all be nervous if Brooke was
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  Speaker 4: in the crowd watching us.
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  Speaker 1: Interest compounds, and you pay for the sins of the
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  Speaker 1: past because Padres fans are pointing out that. In 2024,
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  Speaker 1: Jay Cronenworth at the plate in the postseason was three
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  Speaker 1: for 22 with nine strikeouts. 2025, 0 for 11 with
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  Speaker 1: three strikeouts. And so far this postseason, he's one for
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  Speaker 1: 11 with three punchouts.
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  Speaker 2: It's not good.
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  Speaker 1: That's combined three for 44 strikeouts. with 15 punch-outs in
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  Speaker 1: his last 12 postseason games.
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  Speaker 2: That's not good. I mean, if you want to find
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  Speaker 2: a villain, he could be the one. It's the small sample,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah. But there's risers and fallers, aren't there?
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  Speaker 3: Like, I mean, as much as we did laugh at
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  Speaker 3: our boy Timmy on the you need some playoff players.
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  Speaker 3: It's hard to identify which guys will be the playoff risers.
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  Speaker 3: It is a hell of a lot easier, though, to
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  Speaker 3: identify the guys that shrink in the moment, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like we point.
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  Speaker 3: To a lot of them and then there's certain guys
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  Speaker 3: that you make excuses for and apologies for. Like Lamar
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  Speaker 3: Jackson's a beautiful example of it. Again, cross sport, which
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  Speaker 3: is tough to always do.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: He's a phenomenal player. One of the best that we've
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  Speaker 3: seen play at that position.
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  Speaker 2: MVPs, all that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: He's been, he's had some of his worst games as
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  Speaker 3: a pro in the playoffs. And while it's fun to
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  Speaker 3: watch and you love them and you don't want to
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  Speaker 3: always point them.
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  Speaker 2: Out, that's kind of what we do in this. That's
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  Speaker 2: kind of what we do in sports.
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  Speaker 3: And the conversation around it is that you highlight those shortcomings.
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  Speaker 3: There are guys that a lot of times are like that.
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  Speaker 3: Aaron judge is one that gets, A great example. He
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  Speaker 3: gets the most heat for it because, rightfully so, he
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  Speaker 3: plays in New York and he's the captain.
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  Speaker 2: Of the Yankees. And hasn't won a World Series yet, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: But his falling in the postseason and his shrinkage in
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  Speaker 3: the postseason, no pause, is something that I think is
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  Speaker 3: hard to just try and either debate or ignore.
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  Speaker 4: Especially when it's such a stark difference from regular season.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's part of it.
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  Speaker 4: You get a guy that's good in the regular season
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  Speaker 4: and you expect and you... burden him with that performance
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  Speaker 4: in the playoffs. And the reality is we'll magnify the
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  Speaker 4: playoffs more than anything else in sports. That's just the
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  Speaker 4: way it is. The most important games. We magnify those performances.
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  Speaker 4: One thing we don't get usually agree on is what
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  Speaker 4: is the, I don't want to be, you know, what
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  Speaker 4: is the quote unquote science settled on that? That's a
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  Speaker 4: term people used to use all the time during COVID.
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  Speaker 4: But like, when is it, when is the, when are
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  Speaker 4: you a made man or not a made man in
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs come in terms of performance? I mean, obviously
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  Speaker 4: we look at Jackson trio now for what he's done.
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  Speaker 4: at the ripe old age of 22, the amazing moments
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  Speaker 4: he's had in the playoffs and say, well, this guy's
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  Speaker 4: an obvious playoff clutch performer. He's a man in the
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  Speaker 4: arena that's made for those moments that's consistently come through.
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  Speaker 4: But what if he has another 15-year.
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  Speaker 2: Great career, has a great career in the regular season,
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  Speaker 2: but somehow.
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  Speaker 4: his batting average in the playoffs slumps to like two
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  Speaker 4: 30 or two 20. Like do then all of a
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  Speaker 4: sudden he becomes a guy that's not that guy. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: we say that about Yelich a lot and understandably. So
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  Speaker 4: he has had a moment for a long time in
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs, but you know, up until then, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: he had a game seven home run in the NLCS.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, he had some moments until then. So it
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  Speaker 4: was one good year in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: And that was it. So, That's the other part of
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  Speaker 2: it is you have to consistently do it.
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  Speaker 4: You have to be there and you have to show
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  Speaker 4: up time after time for people to say, okay, you're,
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  Speaker 4: you're that guy. And if you can do that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: the Derek Jeter's of the world, some guys did do
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  Speaker 4: it and you can make your, make your name that way.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, to the Christian Yelich thing, like, yes, he
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  Speaker 1: had two things are true. The, he has not driven
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  Speaker 1: in a run in a playoff game since 2018 and
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  Speaker 1: he's had chances. He also, Helped, though, Churio gets all
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  Speaker 1: the flowers, deservedly. Yellich drew the walk and stole the
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  Speaker 1: base that set the stage and scored the tying run.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt about it. No doubt about it. Manufactured
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  Speaker 3: the run. Started it.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know what was more impressive, drawing the
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  Speaker 1: walk against Miller or stealing the base on what was
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  Speaker 1: basically a pitch out with the catcher kind of cheating
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  Speaker 1: and the throw was 102. And it was about as
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  Speaker 1: quick as a pitch. Most closers aren't very fast to
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  Speaker 1: the plate, but Miller's not slow. but it was about
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  Speaker 1: as quick a delivery and pop time as you can have.
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  Speaker 1: And Yelich stole the base kind of comfortably. It wasn't
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  Speaker 1: like he was in danger because if he's out there,
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  Speaker 1: he's getting crushed.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, for sure. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: And people are waiting and lining up to be able to,
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  Speaker 3: but he stole the bag and that put pressure on.
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  Speaker 1: And then if the, if he was relaying signs, more
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  Speaker 1: power to him, but he stole the bag and set
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  Speaker 1: the stage for free look and Sanchez to walk.
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  Speaker 2: And then there you go.
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  Speaker 1: So He helped him win the game. He scored the
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  Speaker 1: tying run. It's not like he was not a factor
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  Speaker 1: in that rally.
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  Speaker 3: No, and I mean, if you go back to what
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  Speaker 3: he did in the playoffs a year ago, he was
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  Speaker 3: much better. Now, the hits might not have always been there,
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  Speaker 3: but the on-base percentage was a huge thing. He drew
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  Speaker 3: a ton of walks, and the walk is what started
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  Speaker 3: the rally here. It is, Drew, you're right, though. People
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  Speaker 3: would have been waiting and salivating to be able to
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  Speaker 3: pounce on that exact moment if he would have been out.
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  Speaker 3: And I think a lot of times RBIs are... a
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  Speaker 3: lot more happenstance than, and, and situational than fortunate timing
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  Speaker 3: than just being able to manufacture. Sworn the runs are
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  Speaker 3: also another part of it, but like, I mean, it,
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  Speaker 3: You see it all over the place. There are guys
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  Speaker 3: that are Mookie bets got hammered when he first, after
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  Speaker 3: the 2020 year in Los Angeles for not being a
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  Speaker 3: playoff player.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: Freddie Freeman had certain times in his career where people
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  Speaker 3: questioned it. He's one of the best playoff performers of
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  Speaker 3: all time. When you think about the great moments that
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  Speaker 3: he's had in the massive home runs that he's, that
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  Speaker 3: he's hit. So like, I think so much of it
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  Speaker 3: can be nitpicked and grabbed around. Like, one of the
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  Speaker 3: guys that they're staring down the barrel of is Manny Machado.
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  Speaker 3: You look at his postseason numbers, they are disturbingly good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's really good.
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  Speaker 3: And to be able to hold him down might be
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  Speaker 3: one of the most important parts if you're going to
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  Speaker 3: get through. Tonight, Brewers win if the score is nothing,
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  Speaker 3: nothing after one.
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  Speaker 2: I like that. They don't get early momentum. I like that.
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  Speaker 3: If Tatis or Machado... manufacturer run tie France makes up
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  Speaker 3: for the home run that may have gotten poked foul
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  Speaker 3: or may have went into Jackson Cheerios glove, whatever the
• 8:43
  Speaker 3: roof ball was in game one, you get out of
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  Speaker 3: the first inning with Dustin may. And it's either even
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  Speaker 3: Steven or the brewers have a lead. They will win
• 8:51
  Speaker 3: the game. It's 13 and four. According to Sarah Lang stats,
• 8:56
  Speaker 3: teams are that score first in this post season. Brewers are, uh,
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  Speaker 3: 2-0 in games that they do.
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  Speaker 2: Not score first.
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  Speaker 3: They have accounted for two of the only four comebacks
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  Speaker 3: in the 17 playoff games that we've already seen so
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  Speaker 3: far this year.
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  Speaker 2: And that is a disgusting line to navigate.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I know they haven't been as good as
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  Speaker 4: in years past, and obviously most of this year the
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  Speaker 4: Padres were kind of underachieving to the point where we
• 9:19
  Speaker 4: were talking about getting Mason Miller at the deadline because
• 9:21
  Speaker 4: they were going to be sellers, but then they had
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  Speaker 4: their big run. But that is, it just feels like
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  Speaker 4: you're always in the heart of their lineup. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: that is one tough line to navigate. And they're You
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  Speaker 4: have to do it again. That's the goal. That's the challenge.
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  Speaker 4: That's what you have to do. It's going to be
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  Speaker 4: a grind.
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  Speaker 2: It is. It's hard.
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  Speaker 1: It's designed to be hard. It's hard to win championships.
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: It's supposed to be hard. The Bucs path. They were
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  Speaker 1: down 2-0 twice. The Brewers will hit bumps in the postseason.
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: There will be adversity. Maybe tonight. That's your first take
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  Speaker 1: graphic if the Padres win tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Who's under more pressure tonight? The Brewers or the Padres?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it clearly it would be the Padres because
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: they're a game away from elimination. But the point would be, well,
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  Speaker 1: if then Milwaukee's got to go back and play.
• 10:08
  Speaker 3: But you get to game five. Then the yeah, I
• 10:11
  Speaker 3: was going to say then the pucker factor really kicks in.
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  Speaker 3: And let's see how the the energy is in that place.
• 10:16
  Speaker 3: If you got to do it back to back seasons.
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  Speaker 2: Let's just win it.
• 10:18
  Speaker 3: Tonight, forget about it, give everybody an early bedtime on Wednesday,
• 10:22
  Speaker 3: and rest up for a big, big weekend.
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: That would allow me to not have to worry about
• 10:27
  Speaker 1: the doubleheader with the Rhett Miller show.
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah. We're looking at two straight naps. Two extra cams.
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: Two late nights in our last week as a morning show.
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: By the way, folks are just still hitting us on
• 10:38
  Speaker 1: the text line, 877-794-1973. We announced yesterday that this show
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: is moving from 2 to 5 p.m., daily in Milwaukee
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: and Madison, the same streaming channels that we're on all
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: the time. We are just moving there from two to five.
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: What's replacing us? Fox Sports Radio for now.
• 10:55
  Speaker 2: For now.
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  Speaker 1: For now, Fox Sports Radio. There will be a show
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: behind us from five to six. It's going to be
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: mix and match at first, and sources close to my
• 11:03
  Speaker 1: situation say it's very likely Hunter Baumgart will be manning
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: that hour of the day between five and six when
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: the brewers are done, when he's done with his beat work.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And I mean, until then a good time to be
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  Speaker 3: able to play some of the great stuff that he's
• 11:14
  Speaker 3: being able to bring in.
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  Speaker 2: And have for us.
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: And he does a baseball Milwaukee's baseball. And he's had this,
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: he's had that window for a while. He's doing pregame
• 11:20
  Speaker 1: shows all summer. Now it'll just be locked into one.
• 11:23
  Speaker 1: Tommy and Stalas hit us up. He said, I'm stoked
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: for you guys. But this is the part that I'm
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: going to miss. Hit us up early in the morning,
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: getting ready with the sweet symphonies of the huddle. I'll
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: be there with you guys in the afternoon, though. Still
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: number 21 in the 5 o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go. Love that, Tommy.
• 11:37
  Speaker 3: Also, our boy Mike and Racine said, morning, boys. Congrats
• 11:39
  Speaker 3: on the move. Excited for the crew. And he hit
• 11:42
  Speaker 3: us up about the national media asking about folks not
• 11:44
  Speaker 3: even watching the Brewers. But nothing about the Brewers being
• 11:49
  Speaker 3: on the verge of closing out the Padres.
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  Speaker 2: Go Brew Crew. I think they might be closing out
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  Speaker 2: the Padres again here tonight. I think they might be
• 11:54
  Speaker 2: finishing this deal. I did get a lesson.
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't say I learned a lesson, but a lesson
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: was reiterated to me yesterday about being precise and complete.
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: And the TLDR, too long to read. I posted the video.
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: We had the little clip of us announcing that we're
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: moving to the afternoons. But I didn't mention in my
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  Speaker 1: post that it starts Monday. And a friend of the program,
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: our buddy Jason, MVP of Sunburn Bowl 1, said, He
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: turned on the radio at 2 o'clock expecting to hear us,
• 12:23
  Speaker 1: and he's like, oh.
• 12:24
  Speaker 2: Oh, guys, come on. Same day. Sorry, Jason. That would
• 12:28
  Speaker 2: have been good.
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: He posts the video, so I had to edit to
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  Speaker 1: add that fact because I assumed people might click a
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  Speaker 1: one-minute video.
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  Speaker 2: I was wrong.
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: People are too lazy to click a one-minute video. A
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: one-minute video is about 48 seconds too long.
• 12:40
  Speaker 2: Yes, 100%. They wouldn't do it. That's why Vine had a.
• 12:43
  Speaker 3: Better shelf life than people give it credit for, man.
• 12:45
  Speaker 3: Six seconds is all you get.
• 12:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Vine was on to something.
• 12:48
  Speaker 3: That's about all the attention span we got. Six seconds.
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: Maybe the demise of Twitter is when they, for people
• 12:55
  Speaker 1: with blue checks, they got rid of the character limit because.
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  Speaker 2: You had to be more concise. You had to edit
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  Speaker 2: yourself a little bit. That was a challenge. It used
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  Speaker 2: to be half of what it is now. That was
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  Speaker 2: a tough challenge for me, you know, to be concise.
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  Speaker 3: No way.
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  Speaker 2: You're verbose.
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  Speaker 4: I had to try and combine, like, you know, words
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  Speaker 4: and numbers and letters.
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  Speaker 5: It was crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Armin likes those four-syllable words, and those take up a
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  Speaker 1: lot of characters. I was going to say, those are
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  Speaker 1: tough to be able to cram in there.
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  Speaker 2: How can I.
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  Speaker 4: Explain the entire context of the 95 Packers situation in
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  Speaker 4: just 140 characters? It was very, very difficult. But thanks
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  Speaker 4: for all the good response, indeed, from everybody that's been
• 13:30
  Speaker 4: chiming in.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate that. Again, we are. So, again, why are we
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  Speaker 2: doing this?
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  Speaker 3: Well.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, we go where we're told.
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  Speaker 1: And second of all, the Packers have a bunch of
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: night games. Your panel here is involved heavily in the
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: Packers radio network presentation, especially Packers OT.
• 13:46
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  Speaker 3: to be able to help you and be able to
• 14:06
  Speaker 3: see some people, which, again, is kind of one of
• 14:09
  Speaker 3: the best parts about doing this job. We want to
• 14:11
  Speaker 3: give you the best of us. Mike Witt on YouTube.
• 14:13
  Speaker 4: The thing I'm wondering most when you guys go to
• 14:15
  Speaker 4: afternoons is who's going to give Dolph Grief and Bucky
• 14:17
  Speaker 4: Beats the Hawkeyes on Halloween?
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: You feel that one?
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: If the Packers beat the Bears, we'll enlist Dolph as well.
• 14:24
  Speaker 2: You're going to bring him in just to get slaughtered? No,
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: I'm going to come in. Thank you.
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: I'm going to get into work very early that Monday
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: morning and just sit out front of the studio and
• 14:38
  Speaker 3: just wait out there.
• 14:39
  Speaker 4: With binoculars outside the window looking for him, saying, hey,
• 14:42
  Speaker 4: who won this weekend?
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: No, I was just going to bring a big cardboard
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: owl for him to hold him. Well, this might be it.
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: Badgers might be turning this thing around finally. Been waiting
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: for that. Maybe.
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: By the way, back to our conversation about media biases
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: and people getting inflamed.
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: Big Papi, he was on the Padres train. He jumped off.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: Now he's like, the Brewers are going to win and
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: the Padres are done.
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. And people in San Diego. He's got to get
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: the money cannon back on.
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: People in San Diego are now pissed because he's saying
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: that they can't come back.
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: He flipped on them. That jerk doesn't believe in us.
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: You've got to cry about it. Here's the thing, people.
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: When guys, and we've done it too, we do it
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: every Thursday at Pottaway. We make predictions. It's not like
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: I'm staking my life on anything. We do it because
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: we have to do it. And you just throw it
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: out there.
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: I guarantee you, it's like.
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez and Big Papi, they don't
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: care if their predictions are right.
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: They don't even care about their predictions. It's just chum. Yeah,
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: I disagree. I think everybody and this is where we
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: will far disagree. People in this business care more about
• 15:41
  Speaker 3: being right than anything else.
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: No, I totally disagree.
• 15:46
  Speaker 4: No, they don't.
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: I just saw a guy say, can the Rams go undefeated?
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: They're not owning that. This whole thing is like.
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: He's not going to own it when he's wrong, but
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: when he's right, he's going to tell everybody about it.
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: But they just don't put a lot of thought into.
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: And maybe, but if you're on a panel of five
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: guys and the, and like you see it on Thursday
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: night football, Monday night football, and the first four guys pick,
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: you know, one team, you might just pick.
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: The other team just to be contrarian. And just in
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: case you're right. And just, you know, because if we're doing,
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: they don't really care that much.
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: Much yeah i totally disagree you're talking about people's opinions
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: on national television maybe maybe you are right drew you've
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: seen way more and talked to way more people i
• 16:21
  Speaker 3: do it i think social but again i think that's
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: more of the beat writer in you where you just
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: want the story this is opinion based this is i
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: want to be right this is where i want to
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: showcase all that i know about the situation maybe maybe
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: maybe not i i've done stuff like that where it's
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: like well it's like makes for better television if you
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: have you know at least somebody's right and like oh
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: so you know.
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: I I would.
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: I think it makes for better television when everybody's wrong
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: and then they go and pull up the graphic.
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: I think a lot of analysts especially, they have an
• 16:48
  Speaker 4: ego in them and they also have this idea that
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: I have to show my.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: Worth in terms of knowing the game and being able
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: to know what's going on. You think that, but there's
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: no accountability if you're wrong. But I agree.
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: But where does that come into not being right or
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: wanting to be right? That would only further the argument
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: that you care more about being right when you don't
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: talk about being wrong.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: And that's the thing.
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: That's why I credit guys that give me a couple
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: is when they're wrong. I have a lot of respect.
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: Did Derek Jeter spend 40 minutes looking at stats and
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: matchups and breakdowns trying to see who's going to win? Like, no.
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: It might not be the same with every guy.
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: I've heard of that guy.
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: I mean, Derek Jeter, I don't know how to explain
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: because he looks surprised every time he has to talk.
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: That is true. That is very true.
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: I mean, he was a great player and all this stuff,
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: but he does not sound like he has anything to offer.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: So maybe he's a different situation. Maybe he's just waiting
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: to get off TV. But I think guys do shows
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: every day. I mean, they'd like to be. You'd like
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: to be right.
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: That's where you should listen to guys that actually watch
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: and talk about the games like peers in ski. They
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: do file territory, human crats every day. They watch all
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: these games and talk about what they're talking. Trevor Pluth
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: does a phenomenal show with John boy on talking baseball.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Cause he watches games and knows it.
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: Sure.
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: These guys are three hall of famers that want to
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: go out and it's better to have them on TV.
• 18:05
  Speaker 5: Sure.
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: But yeah, I disagree. I do believe that they want
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: to be right because they'll let you know when they are.
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: Big Papi has flipped. He's on Milwaukee now, and Padres
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: fans are mad at him.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: It is what it is. You wouldn't have flipped if
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: he wanted to be right. And social media has changed
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: this too. We're going to get to Hunter, but social
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: media has changed this too. Now that you have, you
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: can get a, the sender receiver model has changed. Now
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: that fans, listeners can actually respond and point out when
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: you're wrong.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: A lot of people.
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: Like to make sure they're not because they're worried about that.
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: They don't want that smoke online.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: I'm telling you.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: So, but social media is also where I just went
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: to breakfast today, a place down the street that we
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: all like.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: And, The pancakes were awesome. And then people, why do
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: you hate waffles? Well, I agree with you.
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: What's the matter with French toast? French toast is way better.
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: It's just stand opposed.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: It's just, it's what all it was, was letters to
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: the paper.
• 18:56
  Speaker 4: Like, yeah, people didn't care as much, but it was like,
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: now people are going to try and embarrass you. If
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: you're wrong on social media, So they're worried about that
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: because they think it's going to cost them a job
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: because someone doesn't think they know what they're talking about.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: And they're therefore bad analysts.
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: I think that's how some of these guys think.
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: If you think those guys lose any sleep about picks,
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, man.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: Orlovsky wants people to know that he knows football.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: Orlovsky's got different. He's not the Hall of Famer that
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: those other guys are. They're just chirping, having fun. I mean,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: how much stuff does Barkley and Shaq and those guys
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: say that's wrong?
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Those guys, yeah. There are some guys that really don't
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: probably care as much as others. They don't care that much.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: Barkley talks about his picks every day.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: I don't know how you don't think he likes being right. Well,
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: he likes being right, but he also doesn't care when
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: he's wrong. That's my thing. I would totally disagree. I
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: don't know how that happens. I think he might care
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: less than some other guys. I don't think he does.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: I don't think he loses any sleep at all. about that.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: Hunter Baumgart is going to join us if we can
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: wake him up in the land of fish tacos and
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: 96 degree temperatures and game three of the NLDS Brewers
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: and Padres next year in the huddle Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Drew, Billy,
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: and Armin bringing it to you, the Tuesday edition of
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: the Huddle, game day edition of the Huddle, game three
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: of the NLDS this evening in San Diego. And we're
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: joined by our current electric superhero of the day. He's
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: battling the temperatures. He's battling an early wake up on
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: the West Coast. It is Hunter Baumgart. Hunter, thank you
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: for joining us.
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: Absolutely. Good morning, guys. How are you?
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: Good morning. Better now.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: It's a nice chipper wake up there in the San
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: Diego area. Now, did you go or were inside the hotel?
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: I'm glad you're not doing what I did that got
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: me kicked out of the little area in Fort Myers.
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: Don't go out on that patio and wake everybody up.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: But in the early heat yesterday, did the elevator music
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: put anybody to sleep or did the sauna that was
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: Petco Park in San Diego keep everybody awake for that
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: workout last night?
• 20:56
  Speaker 5: Yeah, the Padres did to the Brewers what the Brewers
• 20:58
  Speaker 5: did to the Padres. Remember the workout right before game
• 21:01
  Speaker 5: one on last Friday, you had the Brewers playing some
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: elevator music while the Padres did their portion of the
• 21:08
  Speaker 5: workout on the field. And the Padres did exactly that
• 21:11
  Speaker 5: to the Brewers yesterday. Only difference now is the Brewers
• 21:13
  Speaker 5: have a 2-0 lead in the series compared to, you know,
• 21:17
  Speaker 5: an 0-0 series going.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: In on Friday.
• 21:19
  Speaker 5: But yeah, it is hot. I can attest to that.
• 21:22
  Speaker 5: You know, it's different though. Obviously, there's like no humidity there.
• 21:26
  Speaker 5: So that's what's really nice. And so, like, it's not
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: oppressive because of that. It's just obviously really warm. So
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: that'll be something you battle throughout tonight, probably. It gets
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: cooler at night, but it's not that cool.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it looks like it'll be down to 80, though,
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: for game time, or, like, 85.
• 21:44
  Speaker 4: So I guess it'll cool down a little bit for
• 21:46
  Speaker 4: the night, and I guess it probably won't affect anybody
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: too much. It's still hot for pitchers. As anyone talked
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: about it or made an issue, coaches, players, Hunter?
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: Not really.
• 21:55
  Speaker 5: Dustin may pretty much brushed it off yesterday when we
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: talked to him and, you know, he said, I don't
• 22:00
  Speaker 5: really sweat a lot. So I don't, I don't really,
• 22:02
  Speaker 5: luckily you don't have that issue. And so Kyle.
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: Harris, which is shocking with that beard and hair that
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: you don't, I mean, I don't know how you don't
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: just sweat all the time.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: It's a small glance.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: Yukon Cornelius on the mountain and the clinching game for
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: the birds hunters brought to us by community roofing quality,
• 22:16
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• 22:20
  Speaker 1: your first impressions of the ballpark, the stadium, the setting and,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: Because you were in there and it was quiet.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: It was just almost like a museum. And then tonight
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: is going to be the belly of the beast.
• 22:32
  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's going to be quite different tonight. It's interesting
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: to go in there and there's no fans in there
• 22:36
  Speaker 5: during the workout yesterday. And you're thinking to yourself, you're
• 22:39
  Speaker 5: kind of looking around like, this thing is going to
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: be just wild tomorrow when all these fans get in there.
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: So it's going to be quite an environment. And, you know,
• 22:47
  Speaker 5: Pat Murphy was talking about it a little yesterday, like,
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: when he was the interim manager of the Padres, he's like, well,
• 22:53
  Speaker 5: we didn't have that atmosphere because we didn't really have
• 22:56
  Speaker 5: anything to, anything to, you know, cheer about. And now it's,
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: they're such in a different place and the organization is
• 23:02
  Speaker 5: such in a different place where they built it up
• 23:04
  Speaker 5: to something that obviously the town is in a frenzy for,
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: and you see the decorations all over town and, and,
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: and much like Milwaukee, that is kind of the theme
• 23:13
  Speaker 5: of what everybody's talking about here, which makes a lot
• 23:16
  Speaker 5: of sense. But, Yeah, it's going to be quite an environment,
• 23:20
  Speaker 5: and obviously they picked Dustin May for a reason, right?
• 23:22
  Speaker 5: A guy who's pitched in nine postseason games, a guy
• 23:25
  Speaker 5: who's pitched on this mound a lot after being with
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: the Dodgers for as long as he was, and a
• 23:29
  Speaker 5: guy who's dominated the Padres this year. And it makes
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: sense that you go with that guy. Obviously, you're hoping
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: that he's better than the September version of himself. May
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: was talking yesterday about.
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: Basically, like, you know, I over this last week, it
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: feels like I've I've kind of worked on some things
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: and feel better. It feels he's in a better place
• 23:49
  Speaker 5: now than he was when the season ended. And hopefully
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: that comes to, as he would say, to fruition coming
• 23:55
  Speaker 5: up tonight.
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: Now, looking at Mike Vassallo's game notes for game three,
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: the one number that is not very nice is that
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: the Brewers are six and twenty three all time on
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: the road in the playoffs, riding a current average. 11
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: game losing streak on the road in the playoffs, but
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: streets are definitely meant to be broken. I said it
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: earlier on Hunter that if the Brewers get out of
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: the first inning, either with a lead or in a nothing,
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: nothing high. they win the game here tonight to keep
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: and quell the excitement. And also maybe more than anything,
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: get may into a rhythm. How long do you expect
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: that he could go here tonight? What's your backup plan?
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: Because I think many people just have Bobby Gasser penciled
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: in for game four. But is there a possibility, maybe
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: smelling some blood in the water, that they go and
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: try to pounce with him tonight? Or Chad Patrick still
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: hasn't played, hasn't been a part of this? Who do
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: you think is the next man up after May?
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: They're in a really good spot. They have all their
• 24:55
  Speaker 5: length guys ready and available, right? Shane Drohan, Chad Patrick,
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: Robert Gasser, they're all Kyle Harrison. All their length guys
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: are there and ready, and they haven't really had to
• 25:05
  Speaker 5: use them at all. in the first couple of games.
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: And so that really sets you up. Well, I think
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: if you would have asked Pat Murphy at the start
• 25:11
  Speaker 5: of the series, okay, you're going to Miz and Henderson,
• 25:14
  Speaker 5: and then you're going to have all your length guys
• 25:16
  Speaker 5: available and haven't pitched yet going into game three. I
• 25:19
  Speaker 5: think you would have absolutely taken it because then you
• 25:21
  Speaker 5: can be, you know, then you can have a short
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: leash on Dustin may, if you need to. So I
• 25:25
  Speaker 5: think they will. I don't think they're going to, you know,
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: if he's clearly doesn't have it early, I think they
• 25:31
  Speaker 5: will get somebody up pretty quick. whoever that may be,
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: whether it be gas or Patrick throw. And it probably
• 25:35
  Speaker 5: depends on where you're at in the lineup and, and
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: those sorts of things. Game four is probably going to
• 25:40
  Speaker 5: be worried about, you know, afterwards, if you're in a position.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: Especially Hunter's wife, I just froze on us. We lost
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: on her for a second. Yeah, that'll happen.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: Somebody upstairs definitely complained about this jerk talking about the
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: baseball game coming up on.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: Five 30 in the morning there. I think we got
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: you back on her. You got us buddy.
• 26:02
  Speaker 5: I got you.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: That's the marine layer out there. That's what happens.
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: It messes with the atmosphere and the Wi-Fi or something
• 26:11
  Speaker 4: like that.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: I don't know. Hotels are tough. We got you back.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: We got you back. We got you back.
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: So, Ed, we were talking about the pitching, the abundance
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: of pitching that the Brewers have and options.
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: They got options.
• 26:22
  Speaker 5: They do. They have a lot of them, and I
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: figure they're in a good spot. So I don't think
• 26:26
  Speaker 5: it's going to be a long leash for May, but
• 26:28
  Speaker 5: I'm hoping he can do what he did earlier this
• 26:31
  Speaker 5: season to the Padres, right? He had a complete game
• 26:33
  Speaker 5: shutout in June. He threw seven one run innings against
• 26:37
  Speaker 5: the Padres on this mound for Milwaukee in August. So
• 26:41
  Speaker 5: like he's been good against this team. Uh, the other
• 26:44
  Speaker 5: outing was six innings of two runs. So a one, two,
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: three ERA against the Padres this year. So you really,
• 26:51
  Speaker 5: you like that. And then we'll see what that does.
• 26:54
  Speaker 5: Nick Pavetta has been good for the Padres too. That's
• 26:56
  Speaker 5: what the birds are going to face tonight.
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: All right, Hunter.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Um, Who can step up? I know Murph talked yesterday
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: about Freelix contributions. Yelich hasn't had an RBI in the
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: postseason since 2018, but he was at the center of
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: that rally, and the stolen base was huge. His walk
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: got things started. He got the first hit in game
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: two to kind of break the seal. Yeah, so who
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: else is on your radar as someone who we might
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: not expect that could play a role that would help
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: the Brewers spray some champagne in that visiting clubhouse tonight?
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: Yeah, we saw Cooper Pratt kind of play a little
• 27:30
  Speaker 5: bit better, you know, at least offensively. I think he
• 27:33
  Speaker 5: had some better at bats on in game two than
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: game one, kind of got the jitters out of the
• 27:39
  Speaker 5: way in game one. And I feel like him and Laura,
• 27:42
  Speaker 5: I'd be interested to see how they do as the
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: series go on and the postseason goes on because of
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: now they have that experience. Now they have, you know,
• 27:49
  Speaker 5: that that experience being in front of that type of crowd.
• 27:52
  Speaker 5: Now the road is a lot different. You know, last
• 27:55
  Speaker 5: year when the Brewers went on the road, they had
• 27:56
  Speaker 5: a 2-0 lead, obviously, against the Cubs. That was like
• 27:59
  Speaker 5: that was the first road game in the playoffs for Terang,
• 28:03
  Speaker 5: Freelick and like Ortiz.
• 28:05
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 28:05
  Speaker 5: A lot of that lineup. That was the first road
• 28:08
  Speaker 5: game for them, because when they made the postseason, they
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: played in that wildcard series, 23, 24. And so they
• 28:14
  Speaker 5: hadn't played a road game since 21. The organization hadn't.
• 28:16
  Speaker 5: A lot of guys weren't on that team. So I
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: just wonder how that affects them. And look, that affected
• 28:22
  Speaker 5: them last year at Wrigley Field. That environment was wild.
• 28:25
  Speaker 5: And I expect nothing different coming up tonight. So I
• 28:29
  Speaker 5: am interested to see what those guys can do and
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: if maybe they are able to settle down a bit
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: because they have those two games under their belt. So
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: those are a couple guys. Also, Garrett Mitchell. I'm interested
• 28:42
  Speaker 5: to see what he can do. I feel like he's
• 28:44
  Speaker 5: just kind of on the cusp of really– helping this
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: team in the postseason, and I feel like he can
• 28:52
  Speaker 5: unleash it at any time.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: Hit that bell for Hunter getting a Garrett Mitchell in here.
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: There you go.
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: Billy's on that.
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about. Now, one other California cat
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: that I'm excited for. He was my pick to click
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: a couple of minutes ago when we did this with
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: Jake Bowers. It was after the San Diego series. I
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: don't know if it was in L.A. or still in
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: San Diego when he said, we need to chill out
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: a little bit. I need to chill out a little bit.
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: He hasn't necessarily been cooled off since that point, but
• 29:22
  Speaker 3: he's dealing with like 14 injuries and just missed one
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: with a wall scraper on Sunday.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: What's your belief in that spot?
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: And have we now seen it's going to be pinch
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: hitter bust for Andrew Vaughn. And that first base job
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: is Jake Bowers here in the playoffs and we'll figure
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: out when you can see 28.
• 29:42
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think so. Just because, you know, the other
• 29:46
  Speaker 5: place you could put him in is DH, but I
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: just don't see them putting in Vaughn over Yelich. I
• 29:52
  Speaker 5: just don't, from what Pat Murphy has said, you know,
• 29:54
  Speaker 5: Pat Murphy's actions, I just don't necessarily think that Yelich
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: is not going to be in the starting lineup for
• 30:00
  Speaker 5: a playoff game. And so, yeah, Vaughn is your pinch
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: hitter then. Cause I don't think I lefty righty doesn't matter.
• 30:07
  Speaker 5: I don't think you can take Bowers out of the
• 30:08
  Speaker 5: lineup either. And so, yeah. And that's fine. Vaughn gives
• 30:12
  Speaker 5: you a really good pinch hit appearance. Almost every time
• 30:14
  Speaker 5: that guy steps to the plate, like even the one
• 30:16
  Speaker 5: against Mason Miller, like it was, it was still a
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: decent at bat and he battled and got some pitches
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: on a Miller in that, in that frame or in
• 30:23
  Speaker 5: that at bat. So, I think that is the case
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: with him. Yeah. Bowers, you know, he's so good, obviously
• 30:28
  Speaker 5: all regular season long. I have a feeling he's, he
• 30:31
  Speaker 5: could be, he could be a key here, whether it's tonight,
• 30:34
  Speaker 5: whether it's tomorrow, whether it's in the, in the next year,
• 30:36
  Speaker 5: whatever it is, he's going to have, I feel like
• 30:39
  Speaker 5: he's going to have a post-season moment just because he, his,
• 30:42
  Speaker 5: you know, his mental state has been such in a
• 30:44
  Speaker 5: good spot this year. And that has helped him so
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: much at the plate. And I feel like that can only,
• 30:49
  Speaker 5: you know, carry to the carry into the post-season and,
• 30:52
  Speaker 5: and hopefully, you know, he, The defense hasn't been as
• 30:55
  Speaker 5: good as probably he'd like it. He'd probably tell you that,
• 30:57
  Speaker 5: that the defense in the first two games for him
• 30:59
  Speaker 5: has not been up to the par that he's usually had,
• 31:02
  Speaker 5: and that's why you like him out there as well.
• 31:05
  Speaker 5: So hopefully he's able to improve that a little bit
• 31:08
  Speaker 5: as well.
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he had a wall scraper. He's been close.
• 31:10
  Speaker 4: Speaking of defense, Hunter, just in general, the Brewers' defense
• 31:13
  Speaker 4: hasn't been what we've come to expect. They've been able
• 31:15
  Speaker 4: to survive it both ways, but do you expect this
• 31:18
  Speaker 4: team to finally– you know, play a clean defensive game.
• 31:21
  Speaker 4: I mean, it's been a little surprising to see the
• 31:23
  Speaker 4: errors and things like that.
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: Good thing they've survived it. And not covering first.
• 31:26
  Speaker 4: Not covering first. That was kind of an awkward play
• 31:28
  Speaker 4: as well. You know, thankfully, Ashby got out of that one.
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: You know, they picked themselves up, but they'd be well
• 31:35
  Speaker 4: off to not put themselves in those situations again.
• 31:38
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's the thing. Like, again, I just, the only
• 31:42
  Speaker 5: way I feel like they're going to lose a series
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: here is if, I mean, you know, the Dodgers or
• 31:47
  Speaker 5: the Dodgers maybe, but otherwise, I don't know. I feel
• 31:50
  Speaker 5: like the only way they're going to lose a series
• 31:51
  Speaker 5: is if they beat themselves and they do those types
• 31:53
  Speaker 5: of things, right. And they commit a series of errors and,
• 31:56
  Speaker 5: and you obviously that was, you know, tied at the
• 31:59
  Speaker 5: season high for errors on Sunday. And that's just not
• 32:01
  Speaker 5: what you see from this team. Just, they're so good
• 32:03
  Speaker 5: fundamentally that when, when, you know, when it's a, they
• 32:08
  Speaker 5: don't just, they just don't commit errors, whether it be
• 32:10
  Speaker 5: physically or mentally, right. The mistakes like that are just
• 32:13
  Speaker 5: weird to see. So, They were able to win a
• 32:16
  Speaker 5: game despite that, which I think is huge. And now
• 32:19
  Speaker 5: since it's so rare for this 2026 version of the
• 32:22
  Speaker 5: Brewers and really any recent version of the Brewers, but for,
• 32:26
  Speaker 5: for the 2026 Brewers to commit that many errors, you don't,
• 32:30
  Speaker 5: I just don't think it's going to happen necessarily again.
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: And so the Padres may have lost, you know, the,
• 32:34
  Speaker 5: the ability to take advantage of a game where the
• 32:37
  Speaker 5: Brewers were off their game and especially the first two. So,
• 32:40
  Speaker 5: It is a different animal, though, on the road. So
• 32:42
  Speaker 5: I do wonder if that plays in a role at all,
• 32:45
  Speaker 5: because we have seen kind of the rust, I think,
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: in the first game defensively a little bit kind of
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: need to be kicked off. And then game two was
• 32:53
  Speaker 5: just a kind of uncharacteristically poor game defensively. Do you
• 32:57
  Speaker 5: then in game three, is it poor because you're on
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: the road? I don't necessarily think so. I feel like
• 33:02
  Speaker 5: their defense improves tonight.
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: Speaking of defense.
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: This is one that if you can get Murph to
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: the side, I don't know if it's a podium question
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: or not. And I will ask you, cause you're watching
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: the workouts. Are Vaughn and Freelick taking ground balls at
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: third base before games?
• 33:16
  Speaker 5: Vaughn is.
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: Vaughn is. Well, that tells me because they hit for Pratt.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: They hit for Hamilton. Yeah.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: He's went in and ran for Sanchez. So if that game,
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: if they'd only scored one run and tied that game
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: and gone to extra innings, you're looking.
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: At Vaughn at third base.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: Either Vaughn or Freelick because they don't have anybody else.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: Lara's the only player they had left on the bench.
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 33:39
  Speaker 5: Well, no, I think so. I think Vaughn is a
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: possibility at third base. It's not going to happen unless
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: it's an emergency, but I think, yeah.
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: Extra innings is an emergency. Yeah, it'd be the emergency.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: And he's at least played the position, you know?
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so I'm just wondering if Freelick's an option there
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: or if he's even– done it.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: They remember in spring training, like they tried to, that
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: was hot. That was a hot thing.
• 34:01
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: I don't, I have not seen.
• 34:04
  Speaker 5: Okay. Yeah. I haven't seen him necessarily taking ground balls
• 34:07
  Speaker 5: a third. I think that would be more of an outlier,
• 34:09
  Speaker 5: but I do think Vaughn is if you're in a
• 34:11
  Speaker 5: situation like you were on Sunday night, I think that
• 34:14
  Speaker 5: is a possibility. And I mean, part of what the
• 34:16
  Speaker 5: Brewers do too, is they move everybody around in that
• 34:18
  Speaker 5: infield and you kind of take grounders at different positions
• 34:21
  Speaker 5: just so you're ready for anything. Uh, so, which I
• 34:23
  Speaker 5: think is smart to do. And you kind of see
• 34:25
  Speaker 5: the different views of the, of the field and everything
• 34:27
  Speaker 5: like that, especially on a road park. So that's what
• 34:30
  Speaker 5: they were doing a little bit yesterday, but yeah, I,
• 34:32
  Speaker 5: I think that I don't think he'll start a game there,
• 34:34
  Speaker 5: but if you're in a situation like you were in
• 34:35
  Speaker 5: the ninth inning and then you had to go to
• 34:37
  Speaker 5: the 10th on Sunday bond is possibility.
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: Uh, you've gone to your head last chance. You had
• 34:41
  Speaker 3: to have one of those guys go into extra innings,
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: Ryan Braun over at third base or Andrew Vaughn over
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: at third base.
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: Cause he played it.
• 34:49
  Speaker 4: I mean, not well, but he played it, you know?
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: He was he was a yikes over there at third
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: base though that was his whole rookie year right closing your.
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: Eyes either way yeah you're holding your breath that's for
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: sure either way classic all right hunter go out and
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: get yourself a nice uh nice you know lunch fish
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: tacos are delicious.
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: The sunrise is in an hour there yeah all right
• 35:10
  Speaker 4: so you can thank us for thank you for the
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: sunrise thank.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: You are you uh walking distance to the ballpark Yeah,
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: I am.
• 35:17
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: That's a good spot to be. There's a lot of
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: activity around there. It's going to, you're going to see
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: it building. I know you got, you got to get
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: to the ballpark early to cover these games because of
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: the pressers and stuff, but you'll, you'll feel it as you,
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: as you're walking around, you'll feel that something big is
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: going to happen.
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: For sure.
• 35:31
  Speaker 5: I mean, the energy is definitely, you know, through the roof,
• 35:34
  Speaker 5: you could kind of feel it yesterday and obviously there
• 35:37
  Speaker 5: it's going to be amped up today. I'm cool. I'm
• 35:40
  Speaker 5: excited to see this atmosphere, see what it's like. Hopefully it's,
• 35:43
  Speaker 5: maybe even a little cooler than they expect by the
• 35:45
  Speaker 5: game time when the sun's going down. And, hey, let's
• 35:49
  Speaker 5: see if the Brewers can win this thing in three
• 35:51
  Speaker 5: and snap this long drought of not winning 11-game losing
• 35:54
  Speaker 5: streak in the, as you mentioned, the road playoff losing
• 35:59
  Speaker 5: streak of 11 games. So let's switch that around tonight
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: and not make this thing go any longer than it
• 36:04
  Speaker 5: needs to.
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: Sounds good to me. Thanks, Hunter.
• 36:07
  Speaker 5: Thanks, guys. Pre-game show at 7.30 tonight on Fox Sports 920.
• 36:11
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: Outstanding. Thanks, Hunter.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: Hunter Baumgart, our current electric superhero of the day for
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: making the trip, getting up early yesterday, joining us on
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: the way to the airport today, joining us as.
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: We wake him up for his hit. Callcurrent.com. Superheroes are
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: going to be over at my parents' house tomorrow. Outstanding.
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: So callcurrent.com, place to get your house winter ready and
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: save 200 bucks in the month of October, Drew.
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: Fantastic. Thought Pops would want to do it himself. He's smart.
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: He's smart. The electrical, I'm going to leave up to
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: current electric. Exactly. I'll do some of the other stuff.
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: I'll move for electrical. I'll leave that to the pros. Right.
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: You're in the huddle.
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Drew, Billy and Armin bringing it
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: to you. The huddle closing ceremonies already.
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: Check the box.
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: When we slide down the back of the dinosaur today,
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: it's our last Tuesday in the mornings. Moving to next week.
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: Club no longer going up on a Tuesday morning.
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: Just.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: Into the happy hour huddle. 2 to 5 p.m.
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: The huddle moves to the afternoons on 920, 1070 and
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: all of our streaming outlets.
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: Looking forward to. How long will the adjustment be for us,
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: you think? Good question. Because I'll still probably be getting
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: up early. I get up early on weekends now. It'll
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: take time. It'll take time.
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: Listen, I end up getting up whenever the two human
• 37:29
  Speaker 3: alarm clocks get up. So probably still pretty early. However,
• 37:34
  Speaker 3: I will start stretching the bedtime for myself quite instantly.
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: Now, Thursday night.
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: Monday night football, I anticipate Monday night I'll probably be
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: up until about 1130.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: My wife likes to go to bed early, and she's like,
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: can we keep doing this? Because I like that the
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: house is shut down early. Whereas before, I'd be up
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: watching TV, playing guitar, screwing around.
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, my PS5 is going to get a lot more
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: of a workout now, which I'm excited about.
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: That's easy to say when you don't have to get
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: up as early, though.
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: You know what I mean?
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: Like, oh, let's just go to bed earlier.
• 38:02
  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's easy to say when you don't have to
• 38:05
  Speaker 4: make sure you're watching stuff at.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: Night and get up that early. So it'll be better.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: When we'll adjust, I'm not sure. But you're right. On
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: Saturday morning, it's 545, 6 o'clock.
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: And I'm looking to fry some bacon or do something
• 38:19
  Speaker 4: because I need to do something because I'm up and
• 38:21
  Speaker 4: at them.
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: You know, that's the thing. Sun's coming up. I got
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: cakes on the grill on the griddle. Like, let's go. Like,
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: can we mess around here?
• 38:27
  Speaker 4: How early can we cut the grass? You know, so
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: but now it'll take a few days. It'll take a
• 38:32
  Speaker 4: few days. But I was lamenting to Billy that I
• 38:35
  Speaker 4: lost my ability to have my hero complex for getting
• 38:39
  Speaker 4: up so early kind of fed. Now it's like, well,
• 38:42
  Speaker 4: you know, you could always kind of side eye everybody
• 38:44
  Speaker 4: because you got up so early for work. You know,
• 38:46
  Speaker 4: the real blue collar stuff that I like to.
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Propagate. And I can't do that anymore. No,
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: not going to hurt you.
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: No, unfortunately, I'm just another guy bum sleeping in another
• 38:56
  Speaker 4: bum sleep.
• 38:56
  Speaker 3: You can't put on that fake reflective vest and go
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: hang out with the guys a quick trip and try
• 39:00
  Speaker 3: to act like your blue collar.
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: No matter what you do in life, if you get
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: up that early for work, you can't think of yourself
• 39:04
  Speaker 4: as a bomb, at least, you know. But now that
• 39:07
  Speaker 4: that hero complex is gone, you know, boy, Armin, you
• 39:10
  Speaker 4: get up that early for. Oh, yeah.
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: Well, yeah. You know, you just.
• 39:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: But now I got to get up at the crack
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: of noon. Yeah. Yeah, that will be a nice thing.
• 39:19
  Speaker 3: I am very, very excited for that adjustment because it
• 39:21
  Speaker 3: has been a definite, definite change. Now, I'm excited to
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: also be able to watch throughout all of Thursday night,
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: Monday night football. Now, I guess we get to watch
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: the Falcons potentially again on a primetime game. They're on
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: Sunday night football. They were unreal last night. We thought
• 39:38
  Speaker 3: that was bad. Now it might be good to watch them.
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe makes feel maybe a tick better.
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: The run game, though, that the Green Bay Packers are
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: going to face coming up this week, Drew, Not much
• 39:48
  Speaker 3: different than that Atlanta one that just went all over
• 39:52
  Speaker 3: New Orleans last night.
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: Five TDs on the ground? My goodness. Come on, Brewers.
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: Let's keep this thing rolling so we don't have to
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: think right away. Who was president the last time the
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: Packers had a rushing touchdown?
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: Well, currently, they're going for their fifth straight game if
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: they don't get a rushing touchdown this week, Drew, which
• 40:11
  Speaker 3: would be the second longest streak to start a year
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: in Packers history.
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: They've been playing football for a while. Yikes.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: Well, tomorrow we're back at it. We're going to take
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: a nap. We're going to watch the game. Maybe there
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: will be a champagne celly tonight.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: Late night. Come on.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: In San Diego. Put this thing to bed. Finish it
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: and get Hunter and yourselves on the plane home. If not,
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: we'll be looking back at game three and looking ahead
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: to game four because that's the way we roll. Thanks
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: for hanging out with us. Our last Tuesday show in
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: the mornings. We'll see you at 5 a.m.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: Tomorrow. Peace.