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09/16/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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Speaker 1: Drew Billion-Armond bringing it to you from headquarters, Fox Sports
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Speaker 1: Radio 920, Milwaukee 1070, Madison, everywhere on the iHeart app,
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Speaker 1: streaming live, Facebook X, and YouTube. We were all up
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Speaker 1: watching the celebration last night. We might be moving a
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Speaker 1: little slow today, might be a little foggy, but we
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Speaker 1: didn't wake up with our clothes reeking of champagne. Hunter
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Speaker 1: Baumgart did, and he joins us now live from his
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Speaker 1: hotel room in Pittsburgh. Hunter, what was it like, you
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Speaker 1: becoming a veteran at covering these celebrations? What was last
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Speaker 1: night like for you?
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I'm incredibly lucky that it has become regular in, in
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Speaker 3: my coverage of the brewers here winning, you know, for
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Speaker 3: the five years.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: You can be covering the Rockies. That's no, it's exactly right.
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Speaker 3: And every time you walk out of one of those celebrations,
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Speaker 3: you're like, you never know. Like if there's going to
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Speaker 3: be another one, you don't, you don't come into this season.
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Speaker 3: It's like, okay, are they going to, you're going to
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Speaker 3: have another one. So you definitely enjoy it as much
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Speaker 3: as you can. Definitely did last night. You know, I,
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Speaker 3: I feel like I have been a little better in
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Speaker 3: the last couple years at avoiding getting absolutely doused.
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Speaker 4: I know, you know, it's part of it a little bit.
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Speaker 3: You know, you do obviously get sprayed throughout, but I've
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Speaker 3: been able to, yeah, not totally get splashed with champagne. So,
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Speaker 3: but I did, you know, take a shower when I
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Speaker 3: got home and everything. Just wanted to make sure I didn't,
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Speaker 3: because you do smell like it when you get home.
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Speaker 5: Oh, for sure. Now, a two-parter, just the party police,
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Speaker 5: not police, just somebody. Major FOMO and stuff like that's happening.
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Speaker 5: Who had the most fun? Who was clearly having the
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Speaker 5: most fun? Slash, what that means is, who got drunkest?
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Speaker 5: In your just easiest... clear eyes for 40 minutes slash Hunter.
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Speaker 5: When did they go to the buckets of water? Because
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Speaker 5: I just love that. You could hear Yelich mentioned it
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Speaker 5: with Sophia about 15 minutes into, he's like, I think
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Speaker 5: we need more beer, more whiskey, more beer, more whiskey channel,
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Speaker 5: a little stone cold there at the moment, but it
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Speaker 5: felt like they said, we're kind of out of great
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Speaker 5: tasting light beer for Miller. So somebody just get some
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Speaker 5: buckets of water that we can dump on each other.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that is, well, the first question, I think Trevor
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Speaker 3: McGill loves to have some fun.
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Speaker 4: I'll tell you that much. He is a, you know.
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Speaker 3: He'll start the party and keep the party going, no
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Speaker 3: doubt about that.
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Speaker 5: Got a lot of room for it to go. That
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Speaker 5: frame has got a lot of room for the BAC
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Speaker 5: to fill out, too.
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Speaker 1: That's fair.
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Speaker 2: Totally.
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Speaker 3: So he likes to have fun. And then, yeah, the
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Speaker 3: water usually starts, and they did this last.
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Speaker 2: Year, too.
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Speaker 4: It starts, I don't know, maybe.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, 20 minutes in, because what they do is they
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Speaker 3: probably celebrate for 15, 20 minutes, and they go out,
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Speaker 3: they take the picture on the field, and then they
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Speaker 3: come back in. And when they came back in is
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Speaker 3: when they started doing the water. And everybody from the
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Speaker 3: PR staff to the different players, and William Contreras is
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Speaker 3: the one that started. William Contreras also very much finding
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Speaker 3: different ways to definitely.
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Speaker 4: You know, just have some fun last night.
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Speaker 3: I know the video you've probably seen of him taking
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Speaker 3: the hose from the Pirates grounds crew and then spraying
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Speaker 3: the entire team after their team photo. So he was
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Speaker 3: finding different ways to get water involved last night. No
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Speaker 3: doubt about it. But yeah, that starts. And then, boy,
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Speaker 3: that looks absolutely freezing because it's like ice water, too.
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Speaker 3: So it's like there's like ice in it. And it's
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Speaker 3: like one of those.
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Speaker 4: You know, when they did the ice bucket challenge.
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Speaker 1: I was going to say, they're doing the ALS ice
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Speaker 1: bucket challenge. Or any post-game interview after a victory.
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Speaker 6: Yes.
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Speaker 1: But it was interesting because usually that's Garrett Mitchell.
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Speaker 5: And Garrett Mitchell's like, hey, man, I'm going to have
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Speaker 5: a couple of cold beers because I'm about to be
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Speaker 5: a dad. I'm not going to be having a lot
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Speaker 5: of time to be able to do this. So I
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Speaker 5: like that he deflected that and let Wild Bill take
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Speaker 5: over his vocal Bach had more fun than any coach.
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Speaker 6: Ever had I mean he's like yeah he's one of
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Speaker 6: the players basically that was my first question because when
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Speaker 6: I saw him I'm like oh he thinks he's still
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Speaker 6: you know this is like the guy that you know
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Speaker 6: is going this is Stifler going back to the high
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Speaker 6: school party they think he's still one of the.
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Speaker 4: Guys Yeah, he did.
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Speaker 2: Definitely.
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Speaker 4: That's a good that's a good point.
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Speaker 3: He was definitely and look like, you know, he was
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Speaker 3: hanging by Yelly and Woody guys on the team when
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Speaker 3: he was there. He was a part of that 21 team. So, yeah, really,
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Speaker 3: really cool for him as well to be his first
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Speaker 3: year as a coach here to celebrate it. I know
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Speaker 3: he was obviously with the Pirates as well last year.
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Speaker 3: So maybe that means a little more to him as well. So, yeah,
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Speaker 3: he was definitely enjoying it.
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Speaker 1: Hunter Baumgart joining us, courtesy of Import Minded, your trusted
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Speaker 1: source for auto care, 27th Street, just north of 894. Hunter,
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Speaker 1: I'm wondering, because it was a two-act play last night postgame,
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Speaker 1: because you had guys kind of like in the tunnel
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Speaker 1: or on the field, and then you weren't allowed in
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Speaker 1: because they were watching the end of the Cubs-Braves game
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Speaker 1: with the plastic up on the lockers and all that stuff.
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Speaker 1: So what was that like? What were those conversations like
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Speaker 1: when they hauled players out away from the TV and
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Speaker 1: brought them out to you guys?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was exactly like last year because in St.
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Speaker 3: Louis last year, the Brewers ended up losing. The magic
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Speaker 3: number was one. Brewers ended up losing and then they
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Speaker 3: needed the Cubs to lose.
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Speaker 2: They did.
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Speaker 3: And so but that took about, I don't know, 30
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Speaker 3: minutes last year. It was it was a long time,
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Speaker 3: maybe 40, 30, 45 minutes. I mean, they they they
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Speaker 3: took it because the Cubs had started an hour later.
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Speaker 4: We had to wait longer.
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Speaker 3: So, yeah, what they did was they're like, you know,
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Speaker 3: we'll bring out a couple of players just to talk
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Speaker 3: about the game and talk about the possibility of the clinch.
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Speaker 4: We talked to Miz after his start. We talked to
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Speaker 4: Joey Ortiz.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: In the just outside the clubhouse there.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: And then we just waited.
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Speaker 3: Then we all kind of stood there, watched the Cubs
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Speaker 3: game and waited until that game was over. You could
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Speaker 3: hear the loud cheer erupt when Drake Baldwin hit that
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Speaker 3: one out. And we saw it first outside. So we're like, oh,
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Speaker 3: let's see how the clubhouse reacts. And then they went,
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Speaker 3: they went bonkers and then you could feel it, that
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Speaker 3: this was okay.
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Speaker 4: This is going to happen.
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Speaker 3: You saw the champagne pulled into the clubhouse, maybe bottom
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Speaker 3: of the eighth or so where they loaded it in.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: And then they put the tarps up and, and off
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Speaker 3: they went, but yeah, that is, it's different obviously than, Hey,
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Speaker 3: you know, it's especially the last couple of years that,
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Speaker 3: that has been it where it's, they don't necessarily celebrate
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Speaker 3: right away on the field.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 3: If they're, if their magic number was one last night
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Speaker 3: and they would have won, They probably would all, you know,
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Speaker 3: jumped around the mound and things like that and then
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Speaker 3: headed to the clubhouse for the celebration. But they had
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Speaker 3: to wait for the Cubs' results. And it didn't matter
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Speaker 3: how it was going to happen. You know, they were
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Speaker 3: excited to celebrate.
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Speaker 1: The Brewers' tradition. Yeah, that's fair. Have to watch another
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Speaker 1: game to then pop the corks. It seems like more
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Speaker 1: often than not that has been the case. Hunter, as
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Speaker 1: a first-time visitor to Pittsburgh, what did you think of
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Speaker 1: PNC Park? A lot of people go visit there from
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Speaker 1: Wisconsin and come away and say, that's a beautiful place.
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Speaker 1: I love the city. Love walking over the Clemente Bridge.
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Speaker 1: You're there on a special night. Brewers clinch. on Roberto
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Speaker 1: Clemente night. There's also the flashback that everybody talked about.
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Speaker 1: It was, that's where their string of 12 straight losing
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Speaker 1: seasons ended with a game of victory in Pittsburgh. So
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Speaker 1: what was your experience like in Pittsburgh and can we
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Speaker 1: get you to come home and save money for the
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Speaker 1: next round now? Or what's, what's your plan?
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 3: I am going to stay throughout the series. So we'll,
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Speaker 3: we'll still provide coverage here and see how the guys
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Speaker 3: are feeling today as they come back from a clinch night.
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Speaker 4: But yeah, it was really cool. PNC. Awesome. Yeah, absolutely.
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Speaker 4: It lives up to the hype to me.
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Speaker 3: And especially, boy, you sit there in the press box
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Speaker 3: and you look at that skyline and the Clemente Bridge
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Speaker 3: and the whole deal when you kind of look out
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Speaker 3: from behind home plate.
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Speaker 4: That's just super cool.
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Speaker 3: And it's... I don't know. For me, it was easy to... Well,
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Speaker 3: the media entrance and everything, very easy to access. Press box,
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Speaker 3: very easy to access, which is nice. Nothing too complicated.
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Speaker 3: And then also, it seems.
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Speaker 4: Like a very easy.
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Speaker 3: park to me to navigate as you're going around there
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Speaker 3: and it's not one of the things that stood out
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Speaker 3: to me is how they don't have a lot of
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Speaker 3: tall seats in the outfield so like that's and that's
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Speaker 3: why you can see the bridge and you can see
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Speaker 3: the the downtown skyline and everything like that but you
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Speaker 3: know you're so used to the outfield kind of being
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Speaker 3: built up at parks but that's just not the case
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Speaker 3: there it's it's very low and you can see right
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Speaker 3: over it you can see the river there so yeah
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Speaker 3: really really cool I think it definitely lives up and
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Speaker 3: it was just a beautiful I was 80 degrees sunny
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Speaker 3: Not a chance of rain, which is really nice. I
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Speaker 3: know rain can come out of nowhere in Pittsburgh sometimes.
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Speaker 3: So we got lucky with that, and it should be
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Speaker 3: another good one tonight.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And the press box looks like it's in the clouds.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: That video that you shot us Hunter.
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Speaker 5: That is a, that is a heck of a view
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Speaker 5: of the ants on the field and the beautiful skyline
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Speaker 5: there as well.
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Speaker 1: Getting to see Ms.
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Speaker 5: I know Adam mentioned to a couple of people in,
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Speaker 5: in the scrums last night after the game, how fitting
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Speaker 5: was it to see Ms. On the bump on a
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Speaker 5: day where they were able to clinch and you Here,
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Speaker 5: just how impressed everybody was and has been with the
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Speaker 5: season that he has had. Because Dilley said it after
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Speaker 5: the game, and he's spot on. You can have a
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Speaker 5: great team, and they do. They have a great collection
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Speaker 5: of players. But you need guys to have career years.
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Speaker 5: And somebody having the career year like him, it felt
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Speaker 5: pretty fitting that he was the.
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Speaker 1: Guy on the mound.
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Speaker 4: Definitely.
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Speaker 3: Him having a career year on the pitching side. Bowers
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Speaker 3: having a career year on the offensive side. Those types
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Speaker 3: of seasons you need in order to be.
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Speaker 4: Where they're at.
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Speaker 2: And Ms.
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Speaker 3: 1 890 RA through 28 starts. I mean, just exceptional.
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Speaker 3: When you look at that number, another good one last night.
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Speaker 3: And again, he didn't feel like he had his best
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Speaker 3: stuff last night. And, you know, he was, the good
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Speaker 3: news is that velocity was there, you know, near one
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Speaker 3: Oh four, a couple of times.
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Speaker 4: So hitting one Oh three. So that's, that's really good
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Speaker 4: to see.
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Speaker 3: And that the last two times that velocity has been there,
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Speaker 3: not that he needs to blow people away with that
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Speaker 3: because we saw him maybe in the brave start, you know,
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Speaker 3: That fastball wasn't necessarily that high, and he was able
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Speaker 3: to navigate and pitch really well, but it helps.
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Speaker 4: When you can blow people away with one Oh three,
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Speaker 4: one Oh four. It just does.
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Speaker 3: That's just, you know, and, and with the, with what
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Speaker 3: the movement he gets on his fastball and everything like that,
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Speaker 3: it made so much sense for him to be on
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Speaker 3: the mound last night for that, because he's their ACE.
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Speaker 3: He's the guy that's going to start game one of
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Speaker 3: the series. He's the guy that started opening day. He
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Speaker 3: is quickly become their best, you know, option in the
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Speaker 3: starting rotation. And for, you know, one of the best
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Speaker 3: options in baseball is the starting rotation and And so
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Speaker 3: this is his second NL Central celebration, and it was
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Speaker 3: cool to see him kind of, you know, it just,
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Speaker 3: you could tell he had more.
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Speaker 2: Experience, right?
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Speaker 3: It wasn't experiencing at all for the first time. And
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Speaker 3: a lot of these guys too, right? Lara was celebrating
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Speaker 3: for the first time last night, but a lot of
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Speaker 3: these guys are. are, and unfortunately Cooper Pratt was out
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Speaker 3: with illness. So unfortunately he could not participate in the celebration,
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Speaker 3: but you know, hopefully, yeah, hopefully he'll be able to
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Speaker 3: do so soon in the next celebration.
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Speaker 6: Well, it's a good opportunity for them to like bring
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Speaker 6: him the stroller or like they had to do that
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Speaker 6: with Jackson all those years.
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Speaker 1: And now he's a veteran. So maybe somebody else will
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Speaker 1: get the stroller. They're all 21. Anything like that? I
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Speaker 1: was going to say, I think everyone's of age. Everyone's
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Speaker 1: of age. Everyone was able to go to the club after.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Everyone's 21. They didn't have to leave anybody back.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Thing is I'm wondering like Cooper Pratt, if he's, if
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Speaker 1: he's ambulatory, he's got to be in the lineup because
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Speaker 1: everybody else is going to be hung over. And then
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Speaker 1: I'm wondering with Logan Henderson, did he partake last night?
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Speaker 1: Because a lot of times the starter will leave the
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Speaker 1: ballpark early to go get his proper 12 hours of
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Speaker 1: sleep and stuff. Did Logan Henderson partake yesterday? Was he
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Speaker 1: flying around? Because he's got an assignment today as they
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Speaker 1: continue to try to chase that number one seed.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 3: He was definitely tame. Logan Henderson was there, but he
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Speaker 3: was definitely tame. I don't think he was going too
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Speaker 3: crazy I mean that's his personality too but um it's
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Speaker 3: fun to kind of see how all the different personalities
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Speaker 3: come out in that thing you know you have the
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Speaker 3: the you know guys who are going to be rip-roaring
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Speaker 3: and having a great time and then kind of the
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Speaker 3: guys that watch and you know I you know Yelly
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Speaker 3: I've noticed the last couple years just kind of soaking
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Speaker 3: everything in you know Woody as well um you know
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Speaker 3: Woody taking a picture with Miz really cool and Woody
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Speaker 3: and Yelly and, uh, Mark Adonacio and taking a, taking
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Speaker 3: a picture there of the guys who have been here
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Speaker 3: since the beginning, just really cool to see kind of
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Speaker 3: how the different guys react and the different pictures they take,
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Speaker 3: what means, what they want to do with that situation,
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Speaker 3: how much it means to them.
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Speaker 4: Just really cool.
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Speaker 5: Now, when you start getting to, to feel the full
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Speaker 5: grasp of it and, and Brandon Woodruff is still in
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Speaker 5: the heat of, as he mentioned, his, his rehab back,
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Speaker 5: I love the fact that those two are still here.
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Speaker 5: They still got to take their picture together as they
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Speaker 5: did last night and celebrate together.
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Speaker 1: Woody, longest-tenured brewer. I know they mentioned it to him
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Speaker 1: a tick last night.
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Speaker 5: He had said that he's daydreaming about getting that final
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Speaker 5: out of the World Series. Daydreaming about it. Could you
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Speaker 5: sense anything last night of... who could be maybe an
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Speaker 5: unsung guy. And if there was anything to, Hey man,
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Speaker 5: he is going to be back at some particular point.
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Speaker 5: Cause that would just be one of the greatest emotional
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Speaker 5: lifts you could ever get for a theme.
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Speaker 3: Oh, that would be, that would be amazing. I mean, yeah, we'll,
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Speaker 3: we'll just see with him. I mean, it's like, Hey, it's,
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Speaker 3: it's not impossible, right? If you would add the surgery
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Speaker 3: would have been impossible. It's not impossible. And so that's,
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Speaker 3: that's the really cool part with Woody and we'll see.
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Speaker 3: I mean, that, that, that who knows what the, Modern technology.
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Speaker 3: You never know what, what, what Woody can do. I
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Speaker 3: do think, you know, as far as unsung heroes, a
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Speaker 3: guy who had two RBIs last night and a guy
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Speaker 3: who has completely, and I asked Murph about this too,
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Speaker 3: like a guy who has just completely turned around. It's
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Speaker 3: Joey Ortiz. I mean that he has been so key
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Speaker 3: to their second half success. And it just, it cannot
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Speaker 3: be overlooked just because of how he obviously struggled through
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Speaker 3: the first two and a half months of the season. And,
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Speaker 3: It's not like he was just like, oh, yeah, he
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Speaker 3: was league average. No, he was well below hitting just
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Speaker 3: over 200. Now he's hitting about 300 for the better
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Speaker 3: part of the last three months. I mean, three months
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Speaker 3: ago today, Cooper Pratt made his debut. And Joey Ortiz
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Speaker 3: since then has hit about 300 and has contributed whenever
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Speaker 3: he's been in there. And obviously the defense has not
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Speaker 3: missed a step either. And so when you have that
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Speaker 3: guy doing what he's doing, And then you add in
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Speaker 3: Cooper Pratt, who's been about a league average hitter since
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Speaker 3: he came in and obviously plays good defense, get what
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Speaker 3: you are, you know, have from Bryce to rang. And
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Speaker 3: then first base, Jake Bauer is having a career year
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Speaker 3: and Vaughn still hitting around 300. And we're in mid September,
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Speaker 3: like that infield. And then you talk about, Oh yeah.
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Speaker 3: And then you have cheerio in the outfield. Then you
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Speaker 3: have Mitchell in the outfield. Then you have Louise Lara,
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Speaker 3: what he's done since July 7th, when he came up
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Speaker 3: and Sal Freelick off the bench, like, That that is
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Speaker 3: that is why the Brewers are where they are. They
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Speaker 3: are getting contributors top to bottom. There is not a
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Speaker 3: place lineup. And this is what I felt like when
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Speaker 3: the season was nearing its end last year in September,
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Speaker 3: that there was just not a hole in this lineup.
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Speaker 3: Like you could go one through nine and you could
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Speaker 3: feel good about whoever is at the plate. And I
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Speaker 3: think maybe David Hamilton is the one guy who you
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Speaker 3: feel maybe a little less right now.
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Speaker 4: But even he is contributing. He's got the speed.
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Speaker 3: He's finding a way to get on base some way, somehow,
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Speaker 3: and then he can wreak havoc when he's on base.
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Speaker 4: I think he had a stolen base last night.
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Speaker 3: So even he is, you know, when he comes off
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Speaker 3: the bench, he can be a huge weapon, especially maybe
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Speaker 3: as a pinch runner in the playoffs, et cetera. So
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Speaker 3: they have just these guys that are just all contributing
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Speaker 3: top to bottom right now. And that is what makes
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Speaker 3: a complete team. And that's what can take you far
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Speaker 3: in the postseason.
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Speaker 1: Interesting stuff. So Hunter, what does it look like now?
15:36
Speaker 1: What were they saying? Billy and I were doing the math.
15:39
Speaker 1: It looks like Miz will have one more start. Does
15:41
Speaker 1: that sound about right?
15:43
Speaker 2: Yeah.
15:44
Speaker 4: Cause they'll probably, yeah, I think so.
15:46
Speaker 3: And I mean, maybe unless like if he started Monday,
15:49
Speaker 3: then you could maybe start him or no, they don't
15:51
Speaker 3: play Monday. So no, yeah, it's going to be one
15:53
Speaker 3: more start.
15:54
Speaker 2: Yeah.
15:54
Speaker 3: It'll be probably be one more start. Probably that Tuesday
15:58
Speaker 3: game in Philly, I would think. And then they'll, they'll
16:01
Speaker 3: taper them unless they give them like an inning or
16:03
Speaker 3: something on that Sunday, just to, kind of you know
16:06
Speaker 3: see see what they want to do because i'm sure
16:08
Speaker 3: they're going to be manipulating next week hopefully the hope
16:11
Speaker 3: would be that you're you've clinched the one seed by
16:13
Speaker 3: that last series against st louis it's going to probably
16:16
Speaker 3: be harder to do that uh unless the dodgers and
16:19
Speaker 3: and you know it depends on the results obviously but
16:21
Speaker 3: it's probably going to be harder to do that uh
16:24
Speaker 3: depending on what the dodgers do just because you're only
16:26
Speaker 3: a couple of games up on them but You're looking
16:29
Speaker 3: good for the bye, obviously. And look, they only need
16:31
Speaker 3: four wins in their last 11 to set the franchise record.
16:35
Speaker 3: They only need six to get to 100. They're playing
16:38
Speaker 3: really good baseball right now, too. And everybody wants to.
16:41
Speaker 3: The whole thing, right, is you want to peak at
16:43
Speaker 3: the right time. Brewers really are playing well right now
16:46
Speaker 3: here with less than two weeks left in the season.
16:48
Speaker 5: Yeah, a lot of their key hitters are starting to
16:51
Speaker 5: swing the bat a little bit better as in the
16:52
Speaker 5: last three, four weeks. If you look at it, we
16:56
Speaker 5: were also wondering. You think that they'll do any more
16:59
Speaker 5: of these before the playoffs? Is there a toast if
17:01
Speaker 5: they get to 100? Is there anything else?
17:04
Speaker 1: Clinch the number one? We just give a fist bump
17:07
Speaker 1: to each other in the locker room? Or what do
17:09
Speaker 1: we got? Clinching a bye isn't worth the champagne, Selly.
17:13
Speaker 2: No.
17:13
Speaker 5: But the 100 games, a nice toast. Maybe the one seed,
17:16
Speaker 5: we get a little add a baby. What do we got, Hunter?
17:19
Speaker 5: Are we just waiting until we clinch that DS series?
17:22
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, well, I think the champagne is done
17:24
Speaker 3: until the DS series, but I do, I do think
17:26
Speaker 3: there could be a little bit of a speech. I
17:29
Speaker 3: don't know if it's necessarily one that we are privy
17:31
Speaker 3: to or necessarily one that is a toast, but maybe
17:33
Speaker 3: it's Murph, you know, talking to the team and we
17:35
Speaker 3: get kind of the secondhand message from Murph and, and
17:38
Speaker 3: the players.
17:39
Speaker 4: But I think it, it, Look, if you're the best team.
17:41
Speaker 3: In franchise history outdoing yourself from last year, I think
17:44
Speaker 3: that's something to celebrate and acknowledge at least.
17:48
Speaker 4: And 100 wins, I think, is the same thing.
17:51
Speaker 3: And look, I mean, it's just again, I was just
17:54
Speaker 3: thinking about this last night and four straight division titles.
17:57
Speaker 4: Nobody's ever done it in the NL Central.
17:59
Speaker 3: And to lose what at that time was considered your best,
18:03
Speaker 3: the best manager in baseball and And the executive that
18:06
Speaker 3: kind of built the first part of this run in
18:10
Speaker 3: David Stearns. And then last night, you clinch. And the
18:13
Speaker 3: Mets crowd is chanting Fire Stearns. And the Cubs blow
18:17
Speaker 3: a lead late. Like, I just... It's unbelievable.
18:21
Speaker 4: The way this has turned.
18:23
Speaker 3: And quite impressive how the Brewers just did not miss
18:27
Speaker 3: any beat.
18:28
Speaker 4: And for the third straight year.
18:30
Speaker 3: Without those guys, Murph and Arnold just... took it to
18:35
Speaker 3: them again. And it's not like they're just winning these
18:37
Speaker 3: divisions by a game or two. They're coming out there
18:40
Speaker 3: and they're winning this division by like 10 games. And
18:44
Speaker 3: it's just, it's incredible. It's, it's just absolutely incredible what
18:47
Speaker 3: the Brewers have not missed a beat on how, how
18:50
Speaker 3: they obviously got it right with Pat Murphy as the
18:53
Speaker 3: manager to after council and the way Matt Arnold and
18:57
Speaker 3: that staff has put together guys who play Murph style
19:00
Speaker 3: of baseball and are okay with whatever, you know, Murph
19:03
Speaker 3: style of baseball is, and then are contributing top to
19:06
Speaker 3: bottom throughout the 162 game season of the playoffs. Amazing
19:10
Speaker 3: what this organization continues to do.
19:12
Speaker 1: Well said Hunter.
19:12
Speaker 2: Yeah.
19:13
Speaker 1: Well said Hunter. Enjoy yourself. Have you found a good
19:16
Speaker 1: lunch spot there? You're becoming a resident of Pittsburgh. I almost,
19:19
Speaker 1: I'm glad they clinched in that you were there to
19:21
Speaker 1: cover it for us, but almost wish you were going
19:23
Speaker 1: on to Baltimore. So you could see that park too.
19:24
Speaker 1: It's fabulous. Great press box.
19:27
Speaker 4: It does look like it. Does look like a cool spot.
19:29
Speaker 1: My favorite.
19:29
Speaker 2: Yeah.
19:29
Speaker 3: And then we've got we got the pregame show at 430, 430.
19:34
Speaker 3: My time zones are all mixed up at 430 Central
19:36
Speaker 3: Time coming up today. And we'll do that here from Pittsburgh.
19:40
Speaker 3: You'll hear from the pregame comments of Pat Murphy. We'll
19:43
Speaker 3: spin through as well. Some of the sound from the
19:48
Speaker 3: clinch as well, but 4.30 with the pregame show from Pittsburgh.
19:51
Speaker 2: Outstanding.
19:51
Speaker 1: Now that's playing the hits. Outstanding. Hunter, go get yourself
19:55
Speaker 1: a nap, get a nice lunch, and be back at it.
19:57
Speaker 1: We'll be listening to the pregame show tonight. Thanks for
19:59
Speaker 1: joining us.
20:00
Speaker 5: Thanks, man.
20:00
Speaker 4: Thank you, guys.
20:01
Speaker 2: You bet.
20:02
Speaker 1: Hunter Baumgart provided our boots on the ground. Great work.
20:05
Speaker 5: Not going to go have a bunch of pierogies here
20:07
Speaker 5: for the for lunch. But if there was a city
20:12
Speaker 5: to soak up some booze from last night, may you
20:15
Speaker 5: throw some coleslaw and some fries on one of them sandwiches?
20:18
Speaker 1: Oh, they got starches, man.
20:20
Speaker 2: You kidding me?
20:20
Speaker 5: They're going to be able to soak up some of
20:22
Speaker 5: that booze from last night.
20:24
Speaker 1: They'll be okay. So good.
20:26
Speaker 2: Amazing.
20:27
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20:29
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Speaker 1: is Bill Schroeder rock. Did you have FOMO? Like the
20:59
Speaker 1: rest of us would have been nice to been in
21:00
Speaker 1: that clubhouse with the champagne spraying, right?
21:03
Speaker 2: Yeah, but, you know, Kate was pouring champagne over my
21:06
Speaker 2: head in my house last night. So, you know, I
21:09
Speaker 2: guess it's all good. You know, she did actually was
21:12
Speaker 2: in the garage. She didn't want to get the carpet wet. Right.
21:14
Speaker 2: But what a great night. What a great night. It's funny.
21:18
Speaker 2: You know, the guys are just sitting there. You know,
21:20
Speaker 2: I watched the end of the Brewer game. Then I
21:22
Speaker 2: flipped over to the Cub game and I saw Baldwin
21:24
Speaker 2: hit that home run. And, man, you know, exciting times.
21:27
Speaker 2: You know, Pittsburgh. I tell you, I'm so happy for
21:33
Speaker 2: these guys. Pat Murphy and Matt Arnold and the entire organization.
21:38
Speaker 2: What they have done is historic. No team has ever...
21:41
Speaker 2: won four straight Central Division championships, and the Brewers can
21:45
Speaker 2: say they've done that.
21:46
Speaker 1: It's so funny because B.A. wasn't in Pittsburgh for the clinch,
21:49
Speaker 1: but he was there for the clinch because he was
21:51
Speaker 1: in the booth calling the Braves and Cubs. So he
21:54
Speaker 1: was actually there for the actual clinch.
21:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, right. Well, I'll tell you, it's like now the
22:00
Speaker 2: Brewers need to keep winning. I know that's a Pat
22:03
Speaker 2: Murphy thing where he's not going to take the foot
22:06
Speaker 2: off the gas. I mean, they have a two-game lead
22:08
Speaker 2: over the Dodgers and for home field throughout the playoffs.
22:12
Speaker 2: And that's huge. I mean, I think that that's another goal.
22:15
Speaker 2: So they've knocked off two of the three goals to
22:19
Speaker 2: get into the post season. So they've got one more
22:21
Speaker 2: and that's to get that home field. But, you know,
22:24
Speaker 2: I was kind of bummed, you know, me and BA,
22:25
Speaker 2: we've been, we've been at this a long time. It
22:27
Speaker 2: would have been good for, you know, he and I
22:29
Speaker 2: to be in Pittsburgh, but that's kind of the way
22:30
Speaker 2: it goes, you know? So, But nobody roots more for
22:35
Speaker 2: the Brewers than me and Brian. So it's good that
22:38
Speaker 2: they're able to do that.
22:39
Speaker 5: Rock, it would be so unfair to compare and ask
22:43
Speaker 5: you to compare and contrast all the different ones. But
22:45
Speaker 5: when you guys were waiting in that tunnel in 08,
22:48
Speaker 5: waiting for the final out to go and the celebration
22:51
Speaker 5: to clinch, then fast forward almost 20 years and it's
22:54
Speaker 5: become just commonplace. Can you put into perspective just the
22:58
Speaker 5: changes in the organization you've seen? I mean, you've seen
23:01
Speaker 5: all of it from, you know, the 106th loss season
23:05
Speaker 5: that they still haven't hung the banner, as Drew mentioned.
23:07
Speaker 1: Maybe when they went 100, they'll.
23:08
Speaker 2: Put that one up.
23:09
Speaker 1: But you've seen such a.
23:11
Speaker 5: Shift in the organization, and now this is common.
23:13
Speaker 1: And kids that are, you know, teenagers right now know
23:16
Speaker 1: nothing different.
23:17
Speaker 2: I remember, I forget what year it was. I think
23:20
Speaker 2: it was a couple years or a year before the
23:22
Speaker 2: Brewers actually went to the postseason where they clinched a
23:24
Speaker 2: 500 record. Yeah. for the first time, and that was
23:28
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh, actually. And I remember that was an emotional thing.
23:31
Speaker 2: You know, they won the first of a three-game series
23:33
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh, guaranteed a 500 record, and then they lost
23:37
Speaker 2: the next two. Unfortunately, weren't able to get that winning record,
23:40
Speaker 2: but things have changed dramatically. You know, it all started
23:43
Speaker 2: with Doug Melvin and the C.C. Sabathia trade, and You know,
23:47
Speaker 2: David Stearns and Matt Arnold, these guys, I mean, it's
23:50
Speaker 2: amazing what they're able to do on a shoestring budget. And,
23:54
Speaker 2: you know, it's unprecedented. I mean, you know, just because
23:58
Speaker 2: you have money doesn't mean you're going to win games. But,
24:01
Speaker 2: you know, the process and the program that these guys
24:04
Speaker 2: have put together has been incredible. And you think about it,
24:08
Speaker 2: you know, what the Brewers have done so far this
24:10
Speaker 2: year with one of the youngest teams in the big leagues,
24:13
Speaker 2: you have to really be encouraged. not just for this year,
24:16
Speaker 2: but going forward. It's going to be a lot of fun.
24:19
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're going to be good for a while. Bill Schroeder,
24:21
Speaker 1: Brewers TV, joining us here in the huddle. Rock, my
24:24
Speaker 1: favorite picture last night of all the montages and all
24:27
Speaker 1: the pictures was Woody and Yellich kind of enjoying it together,
24:31
Speaker 1: the original, the OGs. And I was telling the boys earlier,
24:34
Speaker 1: this run that the Brewers are on, I'm calling it
24:36
Speaker 1: the Yellich era since 2018 when he arrived and won
24:39
Speaker 1: the MVP. It has been the golden age of Brewers baseball,
24:42
Speaker 1: no question.
24:43
Speaker 2: No kidding. What is it? Seven out of eight years
24:46
Speaker 2: in the season. I think that's what it is. And
24:48
Speaker 2: four straight division titles. And, you know, it's, you know,
24:51
Speaker 2: he still is the guy, you know, Woody has a lot,
24:54
Speaker 2: you know, he's a big leader in that clubhouse with
24:56
Speaker 2: those pitching staff. And it's really unfortunate that he's not
25:00
Speaker 2: able to be out on the mound. Good news that
25:02
Speaker 2: he's not going to have surgery and he's going to
25:04
Speaker 2: try and rehab and get back at some point. But,
25:07
Speaker 2: you know, Christian, you know, he's come up with big
25:09
Speaker 2: hits recently, you know, so he's, You know, you're talking
25:11
Speaker 2: about two of the pillars that, you know, Pat Murphy
25:13
Speaker 2: likes to call them, the two pillars of that organization
25:16
Speaker 2: and that team. And they have a lot to say
25:18
Speaker 2: about what goes on and the culture and the climate.
25:22
Speaker 2: You know, guys coming over. I mean, those are the
25:24
Speaker 2: two guys that walk them on open arms, the young
25:26
Speaker 2: kids that are coming up. And, yeah, good to see it.
25:30
Speaker 2: Good to see how all these guys have been really
25:33
Speaker 2: enjoying what's been going on. I mean, it was kind
25:35
Speaker 2: of a foregone conclusion that they were going to win
25:37
Speaker 2: the division. They had that big lead. But it was
25:41
Speaker 2: kind of funny in the way that, you know, everything
25:43
Speaker 2: was really quiet in that clubhouse. You know, I watched
25:46
Speaker 2: that postgame show to the end, which incidentally, I think,
25:49
Speaker 2: you know, Dillard and Levering did a heck of a job,
25:52
Speaker 2: you know, filling time and doing that postgame job. I
25:55
Speaker 2: thought that they were fantastic. And then Sophia doing what
25:58
Speaker 2: she's doing. I mean, in that clubhouse getting drenched every
26:02
Speaker 2: two seconds. So I thought that that coverage was fantastic.
26:06
Speaker 2: From the guys in the truck, it really showed you
26:12
Speaker 2: the commitment that everybody in this organization has put forth.
26:17
Speaker 2: It's been so much fun. We've all been so blessed
26:20
Speaker 2: to be able to watch this team over the years.
26:22
Speaker 2: I think this might be the year that they get
26:25
Speaker 2: over the top.
26:26
Speaker 5: Hat tip to Brewers TV because this year in the
26:29
Speaker 5: inaugural maiden voyage for you guys, it's been an incredible product.
26:34
Speaker 5: And it's been really, really good to be able to see. Now, Rock,
26:37
Speaker 5: as you mentioned, it feels maybe a little different. It
26:41
Speaker 5: feels like at this point in the last three to
26:42
Speaker 5: four years, this is when somebody would be announced to
26:45
Speaker 5: be out for the playoffs.
26:46
Speaker 1: This would be the time.
26:47
Speaker 5: That you find out of a debilitating injury or somebody
26:50
Speaker 5: goes on a terrible run. Instead, Yelich has hit nearly
26:54
Speaker 5: 300 in the last 30 days. Feels like they're starting
26:56
Speaker 5: to maybe get hot at the right time. Am I
26:59
Speaker 5: just got too many brewer-colored glasses on here?
27:02
Speaker 2: Does it feel like.
27:03
Speaker 1: They're starting to peak a little bit?
27:04
Speaker 2: Everybody's hitting right, right now. I mean, I really, I mean,
27:09
Speaker 2: tell me, show me a guy that's really not been
27:10
Speaker 2: swinging the bat. Well, I'll tell you who I really
27:12
Speaker 2: feel good for is Joey Ortiz. I know how great
27:15
Speaker 2: he has been since the beginning of July. I mean,
27:18
Speaker 2: you know, you got Contreras is swinging the bat. You
27:20
Speaker 2: got to rang. All these guys have been, been on
27:23
Speaker 2: a heater right now. And you think about, you know,
27:25
Speaker 2: Garrett Mitchell, what, you know, finally he's been able to
27:28
Speaker 2: stay healthy. And this is what the, this is the
27:30
Speaker 2: production that the Brewers had anticipated. If he's able to
27:33
Speaker 2: stay healthy, cheerio and, I'd say a Laura. I mean,
27:36
Speaker 2: this guy has really burst onto the scene. Has any
27:38
Speaker 2: big hits and, you know, one of the best outfielders
27:41
Speaker 2: in the big leagues. It's been a lot of fun
27:43
Speaker 2: to watch. But, yeah, I think that this is a
27:46
Speaker 2: special group of guys, you know, led by, you know,
27:51
Speaker 2: Pat Murphy and the way he's able to, you know,
27:53
Speaker 2: get these guys on the same page. And, you know,
27:56
Speaker 2: he's not afraid to give them a hard time and
27:59
Speaker 2: he's not afraid to pat them on the back, too.
28:01
Speaker 2: So it's just kind of a tough love with Murphy.
28:04
Speaker 2: At times, but it seems to be working.
28:07
Speaker 1: The game last night, Rock, was just such a quintessential
28:10
Speaker 1: Brewers game. Had they not had the outburst in the sixth,
28:13
Speaker 1: Miz probably would have pitched maybe another inning. But the
28:17
Speaker 1: small market rally. They dodged a bullet when the Pirates
28:21
Speaker 1: kind of ran into, ran themselves out of a bases
28:23
Speaker 1: loaded situation.
28:25
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, right.
28:26
Speaker 1: You know, just, and then the bullpen, he replaced Miz
28:29
Speaker 1: and here comes like Ashby and Hawthorne wicked stuff. And
28:33
Speaker 1: then McGill closing it out. It's like, that was like
28:35
Speaker 1: the blueprint, wasn't it? That felt like if you could
28:38
Speaker 1: almost put that in a time capsule and say, this
28:39
Speaker 1: is how the Brewers played in 2026.
28:41
Speaker 2: Yeah.
28:41
Speaker 1: Let me ask you a question.
28:44
Speaker 2: Did your heart stop for a minute when the trainers
28:46
Speaker 2: came out and looked at Mizorowski? Yes. It was something
28:49
Speaker 2: in his eye, but I'm thinking, oh, my goodness, please
28:52
Speaker 2: don't have him get hurt here. So, you know, so
28:56
Speaker 2: when they were putting the stuff in his eyes, I said,
28:59
Speaker 2: thank goodness that he's okay. But, you know, the starting rotation,
29:04
Speaker 2: I mean, you got, you know, Logan Henderson, he's really
29:07
Speaker 2: stepped up and, you know, drawn and, you know, those
29:10
Speaker 2: kind of guys. So, you know, the bullpen has been fantastic.
29:12
Speaker 2: Now tell me, I think Aaron Ashby has pitched in
29:15
Speaker 2: like half the games this year, hasn't he? I mean,
29:17
Speaker 2: this guy, if they're missing some time with that shoulder problem,
29:21
Speaker 2: I mean, the guy has been incredible. He pitched two
29:23
Speaker 2: good innings yesterday, and he rebate back. Pitching has been
29:29
Speaker 2: the reason why the Brewers have the best record in
29:32
Speaker 2: the big leagues, and offense comes and goes. Defense has
29:35
Speaker 2: to be there every day. Pitching has to be there
29:37
Speaker 2: every day, and it pretty much has. Tell me what
29:41
Speaker 2: better infield there is in all of baseball. I don't
29:44
Speaker 2: think you can find one right now. You know, when
29:45
Speaker 2: you got, you know, Pratt over there and you got
29:48
Speaker 2: Ortiz and Bowers and Terang. I mean, it's been, it's
29:51
Speaker 2: been a lot of fun to watch these guys. They
29:54
Speaker 2: can score a lot of runs, but then they can
29:55
Speaker 2: win a two to one game as well.
29:57
Speaker 1: Oh, as for Ashby, yes, he pitched his 71st game
30:00
Speaker 1: last night. In 83 innings, he's got 111 strikeouts.
30:05
Speaker 2: I mean, nasty. I mean, that curveball he throws, I
30:07
Speaker 2: don't know how anybody hits it. I mean, it's just
30:09
Speaker 2: got to be the best curveball in the big leagues.
30:11
Speaker 2: If not, it's up there. It's a snap dragon. They
30:14
Speaker 2: call it the Uncle Charlie. You know, it's not the–
30:18
Speaker 2: it's the Lord Charles curveball, if you will. So, great stuff. Yeah. Yeah.
30:24
Speaker 2: I mean, you can't look for it because you can't
30:26
Speaker 2: hit it anyway. But, you know, the bullpen has been fantastic. And,
30:31
Speaker 2: you know, you can't give Matt Orwell and Mark Ananasio,
30:35
Speaker 2: the way they've been able to manage this organization over
30:37
Speaker 2: the years has been brilliant. Amazing.
30:39
Speaker 1: Well, Rock, I know you're going to be back in
30:41
Speaker 1: the chair at Citizens Bank Park next week.
30:44
Speaker 2: Yeah.
30:45
Speaker 1: And then for the final. So you got the final six, right?
30:48
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yep, I do. I'm going to Philly.
30:52
Speaker 1: I don't know if there'll be a champagne, Sully, but
30:53
Speaker 1: you might be in a chair when the Brewers clinch
30:57
Speaker 1: the number one overall seed or the first round buy,
30:59
Speaker 1: which would be good, and 100 wins. You could be
31:01
Speaker 1: in the seat for all those. What do you think
31:03
Speaker 1: those mean? Those are the only goals left now is
31:05
Speaker 1: to get a buy, finish with the number one seed,
31:08
Speaker 1: and see if maybe they can put 100 wins up
31:10
Speaker 1: for the first time in franchise history. Those are all things, Rob,
31:14
Speaker 1: you mentioned in 2005 when they were celebrating not having
31:17
Speaker 1: a losing season.
31:19
Speaker 2: Is that what it was, 05?
31:20
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so.
31:22
Speaker 2: I remember I had tears in my eyes after that
31:24
Speaker 2: game when they guaranteed themselves a 500 season. I mean,
31:27
Speaker 2: that's how rough that stretch was with the Brewers, which
31:33
Speaker 2: for me and a lot of Brewer fans, it makes
31:36
Speaker 2: this so special the way they have been able to
31:38
Speaker 2: play because We went through some really tough times with
31:41
Speaker 2: this organization, and now you flip it around and it's
31:45
Speaker 2: seven of eight years in the playoffs. But, yeah, I
31:48
Speaker 2: think that all those goals are good. I think they've
31:52
Speaker 2: reached a couple of them already, but I think the
31:54
Speaker 2: ultimate goal for these guys is to win a World Series. First,
31:58
Speaker 2: get in the World Series, beat the Dodgers, and get
32:03
Speaker 2: into the World Series and win a World Series. I
32:04
Speaker 2: think anything less than that, I think for this group,
32:07
Speaker 2: is going to be a disappointment.
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Speaker 5: That's how most Brewers fans are going to feel, and frankly,
32:13
Speaker 5: they've earned the right to have those kind of prognostications
32:19
Speaker 5: and expectations.
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Speaker 2: By the same token, don't dwell on what's coming up
32:23
Speaker 2: in the future. Don't dwell on, well, let's see what
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Speaker 2: they do here. Let's enjoy what these guys have been
32:28
Speaker 2: able to accomplish as such a young group of guys.
32:31
Speaker 2: I mean, you've got 21-year-olds, 22-year-olds. You've got a young
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Speaker 2: pitching staff, and this is just the beginning for these guys,
32:37
Speaker 2: I believe.
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Speaker 1: I'm with you there. It's been what a ride.
32:42
Speaker 2: What a ride. Incredible.
32:43
Speaker 1: And Miz will have, like, one more start, and he's
32:45
Speaker 1: got a chance to pass, well, Higuera and, like, move
32:48
Speaker 1: into the single-season strikeout standings. He's going to be charging
32:54
Speaker 1: up there, rocking it. We were saying it's kind of
32:57
Speaker 1: fitting that he pitched last night to see him because
32:59
Speaker 1: the Cy Young guy was on the mound for the clincher.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, 15 wins in the season. I mean, that speaks
33:06
Speaker 2: for itself. I mean, if he doesn't win the Cy
33:08
Speaker 2: Young Award, I'm not quite sure, you know, why. I mean,
33:11
Speaker 2: you've got to have an investigation there. I mean, there
33:14
Speaker 2: hasn't been a more dominant pitcher in all of baseball
33:16
Speaker 2: than Jacob Mizorowski. So I think that, you know, one
33:20
Speaker 2: more start. You know, I think that for me, I
33:23
Speaker 2: think he's clinched that Cy Young Award. I mean, I
33:25
Speaker 2: can't imagine anybody else passing him right now. So, you know,
33:30
Speaker 2: we'll see how it goes. But, yeah, you know, Pittsburgh
33:32
Speaker 2: has given the Brewers a lot of trouble this year,
33:34
Speaker 2: and it's kind of fitting that they would be celebrating
33:38
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, who have been giving them
33:40
Speaker 2: some trouble this year. So, you know, they still have
33:43
Speaker 2: two more games with the Pirates, and then they've got
33:45
Speaker 2: to go into Baltimore and then Philadelphia. They've got a
33:49
Speaker 2: lot of boxes to check still.
33:50
Speaker 5: So how hard is it for the boys to get
33:52
Speaker 5: up here for the game here today, or do they
33:54
Speaker 5: just go and eat as many pierogies And Hermione's Brothers
33:58
Speaker 5: Sandwiches is possible to soak some.
33:59
Speaker 1: Of that up from last night, Rock.
34:00
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know. Well, yeah, Drew and I, we have
34:03
Speaker 2: a story about the Hermione's Brothers Sandwiches. I'd rather not
34:09
Speaker 2: share on the air. I think I've told that in confidence.
34:12
Speaker 2: But anyway, it's a great sandwich, but it's tough to
34:17
Speaker 2: process at times. But anyway. In every way.
34:26
Speaker 4: The bridge is long.
34:27
Speaker 2: All right. Yes. What was the question? I forget the question.
34:32
Speaker 5: Good food, good place to try to cure a hangover.
34:36
Speaker 1: There's a lot of carbs in that city. That's right.
34:39
Speaker 2: I think you're asking, I mean, is it tough for
34:41
Speaker 2: these guys to get up for games? I mean, they're 21,
34:43
Speaker 2: 22 years old. Yeah, that's a beer, right? So, anyway,
34:47
Speaker 2: it's going to be interesting. I think Murph's going to
34:49
Speaker 2: keep these guys going. I mean, I don't think there's
34:52
Speaker 2: any chance that he's going to take the foot off
34:54
Speaker 2: the gas. That's just not in his nature. And he
34:58
Speaker 2: wants to keep winning games. And I think that they
35:00
Speaker 2: want to get that home field advantage throughout the post season.
35:03
Speaker 1: If they play a hangover game today and throw the
35:04
Speaker 1: ball around and have some, a bunch of bad at
35:06
Speaker 1: bats and stuff, he's going to have the ass. Oh,
35:08
Speaker 1: he's going to have him running.
35:10
Speaker 4: Yeah.
35:11
Speaker 2: But you know what, but you know what, you can
35:13
Speaker 2: understand why it might happen. So they deserve their night
35:16
Speaker 2: last night and we'll see how it goes.
35:18
Speaker 1: That's why Cooper Pratchett lead off tonight because he's the
35:21
Speaker 1: guy who wasn't there. He was sick and, Now he's
35:24
Speaker 1: in the hotel room. He's the one guy who's sober.
35:26
Speaker 1: He had the real illness. We need him to go
35:28
Speaker 1: three for four tonight.
35:29
Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember Treblehorn one game at the end of
35:33
Speaker 2: the season in Baltimore put everybody's name in the hat.
35:36
Speaker 2: They played their position, but that's the batting order in
35:39
Speaker 2: which they As he pulled the names out of the hat.
35:42
Speaker 2: You remember that, Drew? He did that in Baltimore. We'll
35:46
Speaker 2: see how it goes.
35:47
Speaker 1: Hey, some of the best nights when the Brewers weren't
35:49
Speaker 1: good were after the annual team party on the road
35:51
Speaker 1: when everybody was hungover. Those might be some of the
35:53
Speaker 1: best games they played. Show and go.
35:55
Speaker 6: Yep.
35:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's amazing how just getting through the game, you
35:59
Speaker 2: have some of your best games. Just get through these
36:02
Speaker 2: nine innings because I'm not feeling that great. I think
36:05
Speaker 2: Mert's going to have them playing good today. It's going
36:09
Speaker 2: to be awesome.
36:09
Speaker 1: Rock, thanks for joining us. Look forward to next week
36:11
Speaker 1: when you're in the chair in Philly, heading home, enjoying
36:14
Speaker 1: time with the fam and going to that fine park
36:17
Speaker 1: and then closing it up. It's going to be a blast.
36:19
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, bud.
36:21
Speaker 2: Thanks, guys. Thanks for having me, and this team has
36:23
Speaker 2: been magical this year. It's been a lot of great moments,
36:26
Speaker 2: and it's just the beginning, I believe.
36:28
Speaker 1: More to come. Thanks, bud.
36:31
Speaker 2: All right, guys. Thanks.
36:32
Speaker 1: Bill Schroeder, Brewers TV, joining us here on the program.
36:35
Speaker 1: What good stuff. I love it. Kate poured champagne on
36:39
Speaker 1: his head in the garage. Keep the carpet clean.
36:41
Speaker 6: You're not saying that the Pirates is a sneaky good
36:43
Speaker 6: bet today, are you, Billy? Is that what you're saying?
36:45
Speaker 5: Pottawatomie Sportsbook, that might be an interesting one right now.
36:48
Speaker 5: That would be an interesting one.
36:50
Speaker 1: Plus 112. Speaking of Pottawatomie Sportsbook, make your plans now
36:54
Speaker 1: to hang out with us. The Huddle, Thursday Night Huddle,
36:57
Speaker 1: live from Pottawatomie Sportsbook in the Annex. We'll be doing
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Speaker 1: it from 5 to 7 tomorrow night. Make your investments
37:02
Speaker 1: on the Brewers. There's a Brewers day game on Thursday,
37:05
Speaker 1: so you can maybe get there early. I was going
37:07
Speaker 1: to say, pregame and join us at five. Leading into
37:10
Speaker 1: Bill's Lions on Thursday night football, which is a pretty
37:13
Speaker 1: good tilt as well. Hey, man, we're going to be
37:16
Speaker 1: back to close up shop already. You're in the huddle.
37:18
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Closing up shop on a Wednesday.
37:22
Speaker 1: Hot take hump day. Big, big Brewers day. Victory Wednesday.
37:26
Speaker 1: Tomorrow we'll be on to.
37:29
Speaker 1: Trying to get a buy, trying to get the best
37:31
Speaker 1: overall record, trying to get to 100, and working our
37:34
Speaker 1: way towards Packers and Jets, J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets.
37:39
Speaker 5: Ooh, the Green Bay Packers are now just a 3.5-point
37:42
Speaker 5: favorite over at the Pottawatomie Sportsbook. That line has moved from,
37:45
Speaker 5: I believe they opened at 4.5-point favorites over the Jets.
37:49
Speaker 1: Interesting game.
37:50
Speaker 5: A lot of people nationally, Drew, watching that film, watching
37:53
Speaker 5: that All-22 game. Moore came away impressed with the J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets,
37:58
Speaker 5: and how Aaron Glenn's squad performed in game one of
38:01
Speaker 5: his second season.
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Speaker 1: So there's a lot to it, a lot of news.
38:05
Speaker 5: And the little bit of news yesterday that we necessarily
38:08
Speaker 5: didn't talk about in terms of the Packers was the
38:11
Speaker 5: Josh Jacobs situation that is going to be as sealed
38:16
Speaker 5: as possible because the former ex-girlfriend or the ex-girlfriend and
38:20
Speaker 5: father Victim in the case identifies that she wants the
38:27
Speaker 5: video fully sealed and does not want it for her
38:29
Speaker 5: own protection. That might, again, expedite this process of when
38:33
Speaker 5: we see Josh Jacobs onto the field sooner rather than later, maybe.
38:37
Speaker 1: That very well could be. That's an interesting development. I mean, listen, they...
38:43
Speaker 1: They need somebody drew.
38:44
Speaker 5: And as bad as it sounds, I know the offensive
38:47
Speaker 5: line is what everybody was eyeing up and watching yesterday.
38:50
Speaker 5: And Adam Stenovich was asking, answering questions about during coordinator conversation, but.
38:55
Speaker 1: They did have on the few plays that they had
38:58
Speaker 1: blocked up. Well, they had some holes to be able to.
39:02
Speaker 5: To run through, and I think Josh Jacobs is going
39:04
Speaker 5: to make a difference once he's in that backfield to
39:06
Speaker 5: at least alleviate some of the problems that this offensive
39:09
Speaker 5: line has had. But, make no mistake about it, they've
39:11
Speaker 5: got to get a hell of a lot better. I
39:13
Speaker 5: think they've got to stick to the run a bit more.
39:14
Speaker 5: That's just my opinion.
39:15
Speaker 6: I know it's easy to, it's hard to say that
39:17
Speaker 6: when it's not working, and you're like, well, we have
39:19
Speaker 6: to move the ball and try and win this game, but,
39:21
Speaker 6: you know, you'd think that would pay dividends at some point.
39:23
Speaker 6: Maybe see maybe see Caleb at some point, run the ball.
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Speaker 1: I'm not really sure. Yeah, maybe.
39:27
Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Maybe you think so. I would like to see him
39:30
Speaker 5: running the football and not returning kicks, but that's just me.
39:34
Speaker 1: We mentioned that we're going to be a Pottawatomie sports
39:36
Speaker 1: book in the annex coming up on Thursday for Thursday night,
39:40
Speaker 1: live five to seven leading into Thursday night football. Great
39:42
Speaker 1: game this week with the lions and bills, and you
39:44
Speaker 1: can make your investments on the brewers. If you'd like.
39:46
Speaker 2: Yeah.
39:47
Speaker 5: And I mean, if you're, if you're walking up to
39:48
Speaker 5: the Pottawatomie sports book on Thursday night, are you not
39:52
Speaker 5: taking the bills opening up that brand new stadium?
39:55
Speaker 1: Beautiful, shiny new stadium. I already had that pick ready
39:59
Speaker 1: for my own personal pick. Well, in a minus two
40:01
Speaker 1: 35 money line, that's an arm and sorry.
40:03
Speaker 2: And bet.
40:03
Speaker 1: If I've ever seen one right there, I don't know
40:05
Speaker 1: about that.
40:05
Speaker 2: See, I know.
40:06
Speaker 1: Oh, you're laying the points.
40:07
Speaker 2: I might take the points.
40:08
Speaker 1: I mean, come on. We're there to play a little bit.
40:10
Speaker 2: Aren't we?
40:11
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not taking Ms.
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Speaker 6: Minus 10,000 for the Cy Young either. Who's got $ 10?
40:17
Speaker 1: Who wants to win a dime?
40:18
Speaker 5: Well, if you got $ 10 and you want to try
40:20
Speaker 5: to take a stab at winning $ 250.
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Speaker 1: Brewers and Red Sox World Series. I like that.
40:26
Speaker 5: The Caleb Durbin Kyle Harrison Bowl for a seven gamer.
40:29
Speaker 5: That little $ 10 investment could turn into $ 250. Sign me up.
40:32
Speaker 1: Sign me up. Thanks to Bill Schroeder. Thanks to Hunter Baumgart,
40:36
Speaker 1: our current electric superhero of the day, for providing us
40:39
Speaker 1: with all that good stuff today. Videos and checking out
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Speaker 1: his socials. It's been wonderful. Back at it tomorrow. Tomorrow
40:46
Speaker 1: will be a more normal day. First half of a doubleheader.
40:49
Speaker 1: 5 o'clock clubbers hope to see you at Pato as well.
40:51
Speaker 1: See you at 5 a.m. and 5 p.m.
40:53
Speaker 2: Tomorrow.
40:53
Speaker 1: Thanks for hanging out with us. This has been The Huddle.
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Speaker 2: Peace!