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10/16/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon, Wisconsin, and welcome to the huddle. It's time
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  Speaker 1: Now, gather around because it's time to huddle up.
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  Speaker 2: You know exactly what we've got to do.
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  Speaker 4: All right? Let's go out and kick some face. One, two, three.
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  Speaker 3: We've got some big plays coming.
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  Speaker 4: What the hell's going on out here?
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  Speaker 2: Yellow Weasel.
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  Speaker 4: Quit calling the plays, all right? It is time.
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  Speaker 2: Who do you think you are? I am.
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  Speaker 3: With Drew Olsen.
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  Speaker 5: When he spoke, he commanded your attention and he commanded
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  Speaker 5: your respect.
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  Speaker 2: Bill Schmidt. That son of a gun is thick. And
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  Speaker 2: Armin Sarian. Daddy Sarian.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome to the huddle.
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  Speaker 2: Long time coming. The Brewers have had the ability to
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  Speaker 2: come back in game.
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  Speaker 4: There's the first base runner of the day for the
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  Speaker 4: Brewers and it's the speedy Bryce Durang reaching. A one-out
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  Speaker 4: walk here in the fourth and it brings up Contreras.
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  Speaker 4: Bounces into the seats. A double for Contreras. Head horn
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  Speaker 4: towards the right field corner. Jake Bowers has done it again.
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  Speaker 4: Milwaukee's cut it in half with a two-run double from
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  Speaker 4: that man. Jake Bowers delivering with another quality at bat.
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  Speaker 2: A 4-2 game in the fourth.
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  Speaker 3: There he goes.
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  Speaker 2: Not in time.
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  Speaker 4: Stolen base, Sal Freeland. Hamilton grounds one through at base
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  Speaker 4: at center field. One pitch after the storm, base Hamilton delivers.
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  Speaker 2: Bottom of the order has cut it to one for
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  Speaker 2: the Brew crew.
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  Speaker 4: A take in for ball four and Milwaukee has loaded
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  Speaker 4: them up. From down four to nothing to a 4-3 game.
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  Speaker 4: Three balls and no strikes with nowhere to put him.
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  Speaker 4: The Panthers have tied the game. They just keep on coming.
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  Speaker 2: From down four to nothing to tied up in the fifth.
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  Speaker 4: Mitchell sends a fly ball to right center field.
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  Speaker 3: Tucker's going back. It is gone.
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  Speaker 4: Milwaukee takes the lead. From down four to nothing. The
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  Speaker 4: leading 5-4 in game four. Three pitches.
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  Speaker 2: That's got a strike. Grabbed it up.
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  Speaker 4: To short for Platt. His throw is perfect.
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  Speaker 2: Ashby's one-two. Strikes him out and gets out of it again.
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  Speaker 2: Off the hand. Shadow center field. On comes Mitchell.
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  Speaker 4: It is Mitchell to make the catch. As good as
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  Speaker 4: a strikeout for Ashby, no chance for Will Smith to advance.
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  Speaker 2: 1982.
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  Speaker 4: Hamilton gets into a ball.
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  Speaker 2: Deep right field.
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  Speaker 4: David Hamilton goes yard. Something special about these Milwaukee Brewers.
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  Speaker 2: Hernandez to left center field.
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  Speaker 5: Chariot gets there.
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  Speaker 2: And for the first time in 44 years, the.
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  Speaker 3: Brewers are going to the World Series. But the bottom.
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  Speaker 1: Line is, we aim, right now, they got.
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  Speaker 3: A bunch of Hall of Famers. We got a bunch
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  Speaker 3: of gamers.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, what a montage put together by Armin Sarin. Highlights
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  Speaker 2: from Fox Sports. George Davis on the call. Brewers going
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  Speaker 2: to the World Series.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Winning the NLCS.
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  Speaker 6: Four victories away from Nirvana. And their first championship, the
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  Speaker 6: first championship in Milwaukee in baseball since the Braves in 1957.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome into the huddle.
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  Speaker 6: Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin, 920 Milwaukee, 1070 Madison. iHeartRadio up
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  Speaker 6: streaming live. Facebook, X, and YouTube. Drew Olson, Armin Sarian.
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  Speaker 6: Billy's out today, and it's killing him. But he'll be
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  Speaker 6: back for Packers OT on Sunday night on the Packers
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  Speaker 6: Radio Network. And then he'll be back in the huddle
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  Speaker 6: on Monday. And next week, we talked about how tough
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  Speaker 6: it is to wait. We've got a whole week from today.
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  Speaker 2: For the Brewers to take for game one. That was
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  Speaker 2: the amazing thing, right? That was the amazing thing about that.
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  Speaker 2: We actually had all this time to bask in the glory,
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  Speaker 2: but then it's like, okay, now we'll get it going.
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  Speaker 2: Now we watch the ALCS.
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  Speaker 6: I have yet to meet someone who has described a preference.
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  Speaker 6: Tampa won more games and is regarded as the better
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  Speaker 6: outfit as the Guardians, but the Guardians have the upper
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  Speaker 6: hand right now.
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  Speaker 2: If they win tonight, it could be Milwaukee-Cleveland. In what
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  Speaker 2: a friend of ours termed The insurance series. Yes, shout
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  Speaker 2: out to the Neils.
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  Speaker 6: Guardians played at Progressive Field and the Brewers played at
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  Speaker 6: American Family Insurance Park. And I don't know there's anything
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  Speaker 6: parallels between Tropicana. I mean, if it was still Miller
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  Speaker 6: Park and it was Tropicana Field, we'd have, like, beverages.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the thing, Tropicana has had their, you know... They're
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  Speaker 2: carved out in the orange juice industry for many years.
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  Speaker 2: But there was Florida's Natural. And there was, like, Sunkissed
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  Speaker 2: for a while. What about the Simply Natural one? So
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  Speaker 2: maybe if it's the orange juice wars, I don't really know.
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  Speaker 5: Not really.
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  Speaker 2: I really have no preference. I will say this. Tampa
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  Speaker 2: was definitely the better team this year, but that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: mean they're playing better right now. I mean, it's kind
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  Speaker 2: of in that sense of toss up. I, I haven't
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  Speaker 2: looked deep in there. Like, you know, matchup rotation, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Kate Smith's really good, obviously over there and Cleveland. That's
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  Speaker 2: a factor. Rasmussen is Drew Rasmussen. He's been up and
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  Speaker 2: down anyway in the playoffs. I don't know. I, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I agree with you. I think if there's any preference now,
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  Speaker 2: it's just based on your personal opinion about where you
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  Speaker 2: want to travel to or if you want to try
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  Speaker 2: and travel or who you want to see. It is interesting, though,
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  Speaker 2: because Cleveland, you got to deal with weather.
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  Speaker 6: I covered a World Series in Cleveland. That was a
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  Speaker 6: tough World Series when it was Cleveland and Florida.
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  Speaker 2: 97. It was a hard one to pack for. Very.
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  Speaker 6: And I remember standing on the field during BP in
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  Speaker 6: Cleveland at what was then Jacobs Field.
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  Speaker 2: And the snow, like, snow was coming down. And it
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  Speaker 2: was kind of that wet, sleety snow. It didn't accumulate
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  Speaker 2: at all. Wintry mix, as our friends say. It was
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  Speaker 2: the wintry mix. And it was like, oh, my goodness.
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  Speaker 2: And it was like, they're going to play in a snowstorm.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 6: And it started to, like, you could see it, like,
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  Speaker 6: on the cage. It was on the batting cage. It
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  Speaker 6: was starting to... A little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Edgar Renteria and Alfonseca and all those young Marlins.
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  Speaker 2: I remember had like the sleeves and the neck sleeves
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  Speaker 2: and stuff. Then we went to Florida. It was 85 degrees.
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  Speaker 2: Yvonne Hernandez. Then you went to South Florida. Right.
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  Speaker 3: Crazy.
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  Speaker 2: It was a crazy series. And, you know, obviously that's
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  Speaker 2: one that goes down. But yeah, I mean, you would
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  Speaker 2: have the outdoor factor there. Obviously in Tampa, you have two,
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  Speaker 2: you know, indoor teams. Brewers could be indoor. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: two teams that could have ceiling obstruction.
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  Speaker 1: I guess.
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  Speaker 2: That's like a new thing now.
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  Speaker 6: The roof in Tampa, that's not an easy place to
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  Speaker 6: play if you're not used to it.
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  Speaker 2: No. I'll say this, though. I think it's just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what everyone's talking about now is ticket prices. I think
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  Speaker 2: if Tampa wins this series and they're down 2-1, you're
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  Speaker 2: definitely going to see that thing be an AmFam South.
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  Speaker 2: I really believe a lot of fans would try and
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  Speaker 2: travel to Tampa. They already do it for the Packers.
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  Speaker 2: Travel to Tampa. Tickets are easy to get. There are
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  Speaker 2: going to be so many fans, Brewer fans in Tampa,
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  Speaker 2: the way we're hungry for it. So that part might
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  Speaker 2: be good if you had Tampa, you know. And Cleveland,
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  Speaker 2: the tickets are more expensive.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, yes. You had that factor. The way the ticket
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  Speaker 2: market's going right now, it's about.
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  Speaker 2: Twice the price in milwaukee as cleveland and then it's
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  Speaker 2: half that in tampa that makes sense what i just.
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  Speaker 6: All right so armin um we finished the thursday night
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  Speaker 6: huddle at potawatomi and we all headed to our respective
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  Speaker 6: domiciles to watch the game and.
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  Speaker 2: I thought well this would be a cool thing to
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  Speaker 2: watch i do like watching.
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  Speaker 6: Games at home like but there's also something to be
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  Speaker 6: said for being in the crowd 16 000 people went
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  Speaker 6: to american family field to watch the game on tv
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  Speaker 6: which is It's unfathomable when you think about, we used
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  Speaker 6: to go to games in County Stadium when there weren't
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  Speaker 6: 16,000 people in the ballpark.
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  Speaker 2: For a game. Pretty awesome. And a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: I knew were there. A lot of people asked, are
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  Speaker 2: you here? Did you have FOMO at all? A little bit.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit. I mean, I knew I was comfortable
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  Speaker 2: being home. And, you know, I had to be home
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  Speaker 2: for different reasons, obviously. But I was comfortable being home because...
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  Speaker 2: I could, you know, these big games and you're a
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  Speaker 2: neurotic sports fan like me, you kind of want to
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  Speaker 2: watch it in a controlled environment, but obviously looking back,
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  Speaker 2: knowing what would have happened, it would have been nice
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  Speaker 2: to be there in the crowd for that moment. And
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  Speaker 2: the Brewers did a good job with it. 15 bucks,
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  Speaker 2: but 10 of it was a concession credit. So basically $ 5.
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  Speaker 2: So it would have been nice to be there, but
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  Speaker 2: I was, I was kind of happy to be able
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  Speaker 2: to pace around, charge my phone and, Talk through it
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  Speaker 2: with myself and things like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I'm kind of a weirdo like that. Okay. But it
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  Speaker 2: would have been cool to be there.
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  Speaker 6: Let me ask you this because it is, this is
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  Speaker 6: the second time in this run, the Brewers have clinched
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  Speaker 6: and celebrated on the road. Are you hoping that trend
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  Speaker 6: does not continue? Because that would mean they'd have to
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  Speaker 6: clinch in game six.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. In Milwaukee. That means they'd lose two.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it'd be sort of, Naive of me
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  Speaker 2: to think we're just going to go sweep again because
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  Speaker 2: we just swept the Dodgers. A lot had to go right.
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  Speaker 2: A lot had to go. You had to play well.
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  Speaker 2: Had to come back every game. So if I had a,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we have never won the World Series. The
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  Speaker 2: Brewers drew, right? And that's what we want. So I'm
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  Speaker 2: never going to sit there and say, I hope we
• 9:32
  Speaker 2: lose tonight so we can come back. I'm never, ever
• 9:34
  Speaker 2: going to do that. Not that guy. First and foremost,
• 9:37
  Speaker 2: you want to win the World Series. Would it be
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  Speaker 2: nice to win it at home? Yes, if I could
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  Speaker 2: play God. Would it be nice to lose two games there? No.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: Right, so you don't want to look at it that way.
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  Speaker 2: So first and foremost, number one, most important thing is
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  Speaker 2: that the Brewers win. It'll feel great either way. Would
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  Speaker 2: it be a magical moment to watch that dog pile
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  Speaker 2: at American Family Field? Obviously, it would be the stuff
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  Speaker 2: of dreams. It would lift us to the heavens. But
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  Speaker 2: to your point, it would be a scarier situation. But
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  Speaker 2: I assume we're going to sweep again, right? That would
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  Speaker 2: be a little naive. I would like to see, this
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  Speaker 2: is a silly fan thing in me, and Tom even
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  Speaker 2: brought it up, I would like to see one epic
• 10:19
  Speaker 2: dog pile celebration. We don't have those in baseball as
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  Speaker 2: much anymore. I don't know what it is. Now, I'm
• 10:23
  Speaker 2: hoping for a World Series. You'll see it. We did
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  Speaker 2: see a little bit from our outfielders. They had a
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  Speaker 2: big group hug. Some of it, Armin, I mean, you
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  Speaker 2: got to think about it logistically.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Like I do. Some of it is, how does the
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  Speaker 2: game end? A line drive to the gap that has snared.
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  Speaker 2: That's a good point. A strikeout. You dog pile on
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  Speaker 2: the pitcher. A walk-off hit. The guy who got the hit.
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  Speaker 2: Gets it.
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  Speaker 6: Or the guy who scores the winning run gets it
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  Speaker 6: when he scores.
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  Speaker 2: It's usually how it ends. That's a good point. So
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  Speaker 2: a pop-up and a fly-out are the two best ways
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  Speaker 2: because usually the catch and then everyone goes to the middle.
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  Speaker 2: But if it's a strikeout, do you hug the pitcher?
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  Speaker 2: How do you do it? You saw Contreras. No one
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  Speaker 2: went to the mound.
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  Speaker 6: Contreras went to his knees and then went out and
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  Speaker 6: kind of hugged Ashby.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. The outfield embrace. They embraced. And then the guys
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  Speaker 2: got together from the bench when the bullpen jumps on.
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  Speaker 2: It did look like Fox was trying to find somebody
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  Speaker 2: going nuts. They showed Bowers. He's just smiling and kind
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  Speaker 2: of jogging in. It was. It really felt like they
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  Speaker 2: expected to do that.
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  Speaker 6: But it's also what Jake Bowers said after the game
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  Speaker 6: was that what stood out to him last year, he said,
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  Speaker 6: I don't know if anybody else noticed it, but the
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  Speaker 6: Dodgers were very kind of ho-hum when they beat them
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  Speaker 6: when they swept them last year.
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  Speaker 2: That's the first thing he told the panel. So he's like,
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  Speaker 2: we have more to do. Our job is bigger. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to enjoy it, obviously, but our job is bigger.
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  Speaker 2: And that's, I think, how they really think of it,
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  Speaker 2: and they wanted to carry themselves in that situation.
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  Speaker 6: They were able to drop the hammer a little bit
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  Speaker 6: with the party because they don't have to play for
• 11:46
  Speaker 6: a week.
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  Speaker 2: And I had people ask me, are they flying home tonight? Like, no, because.
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  Speaker 6: Nobody took, nobody was packed as confident as they may
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  Speaker 6: have been going into last night with Shane Drone pitching
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  Speaker 6: in the bullpen.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Like they, you don't, cause there's a chance you might
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  Speaker 6: play another game. So if you win, you're going to
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  Speaker 6: celebrate and stay in LA and have, they had the
• 12:04
  Speaker 6: party probably at the hotel.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And the other thing is they didn't need to, it
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  Speaker 2: wasn't like they had a game the next day here
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  Speaker 2: and all that stuff.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So they knew they had plenty of time to get back.
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  Speaker 2: No reason to rush it. They were going to fly.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: They had to change their flight cause they, you know,
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  Speaker 6: the plans were to play all the games, but. So
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  Speaker 6: they were able to enjoy themselves and, you know, get
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  Speaker 6: as hammered as they wanted to.
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  Speaker 2: And still flatten it.
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  Speaker 6: Now they've navigated this layoff before, but there have been
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  Speaker 6: teams hurt by this layoff. I'm thinking about the year
• 12:30
  Speaker 6: that Detroit made the World Series and had a layoff
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  Speaker 6: and waited and St.
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  Speaker 2: Louis clubbed them.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard. Is that correlation? Is that causation? That's just it.
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  Speaker 2: But the Brewers can rest their bullpen, get everybody sharp again.
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  Speaker 2: We're a team that relies on pitching. So I think
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  Speaker 2: it's great to have rest for your arms.
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  Speaker 6: Brewers have navigated this before, though, because they did it
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  Speaker 6: last year. They did it this year. I mean, they
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  Speaker 6: didn't hurt them. They won the first two against San Diego.
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  Speaker 6: They won the first two against Chicago last year after
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  Speaker 6: a laugh. So they have some familiarity with the concept.
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  Speaker 6: Of what it takes to get ready to play. But
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  Speaker 6: it is unusual and maybe not ideal to have a
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  Speaker 6: week off. A week is a long time.
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  Speaker 2: It is what it is. Yeah. Those wondering, and I
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  Speaker 2: know a lot of people ask me because I track
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  Speaker 2: these flights. But they are coming back now as we speak.
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  Speaker 2: The team or whoever scheduled it had mercy on them.
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  Speaker 2: to leave at 11.30 Pacific time. So they got time
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  Speaker 2: to sleep a little bit or at least get some
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  Speaker 2: rest or some downtime to get ready. They're flying two planes, Drew.
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  Speaker 2: They do that in the playoffs a lot. Family and staff.
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  Speaker 2: Family and team. So one bird is right behind the
• 13:34
  Speaker 2: other and they're on their way home. The first one's
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  Speaker 2: going to land. Probably, it looks like about 420 and
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  Speaker 2: the second one, 520. So one's just chasing the other. 420,
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  Speaker 2: how opportune. So 420, how opportune. And we're right at
• 13:47
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• 13:49
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• 14:10
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• 14:12
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• 14:15
  Speaker 2: a cigar, but he was enjoying it a little bit
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  Speaker 6: Now, we talked to Tom Hardicourt earlier, and he's kind
• 14:49
  Speaker 6: of the brewer's historian. He's written several books about the brewers,
• 14:52
  Speaker 6: and it's just a great resource of a guy who
• 14:55
  Speaker 6: covered Robin Yount, you know, and Paul Molitor.
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  Speaker 2: Indeed. Indeed. And he goes all the way back because
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  Speaker 2: he started in 85.
• 15:02
  Speaker 6: He wasn't around for the World Series, but he has
• 15:04
  Speaker 6: a lot of Brewers institutional knowledge. Another buddy who I
• 15:07
  Speaker 6: was corresponding with is my pal Dan Needles, Rain Man,
• 15:11
  Speaker 6: who was the sports director for many, many years at
• 15:14
  Speaker 6: WISN 12 here in Milwaukee. And he just pointed out,
• 15:19
  Speaker 6: and this is a good one for you, Armin, because
• 15:20
  Speaker 6: it's one of those Armin facts.
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: My favorites, yes.
• 15:24
  Speaker 6: Hard to believe, considering the Packers are the most successful
• 15:26
  Speaker 6: pro sports franchise in Wisconsin. But of the state's big three,
• 15:30
  Speaker 6: Green Bay now has the longest drought since playing for
• 15:33
  Speaker 6: the championship.
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and it doesn't even feel that long because we
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: think of it as in our recent memory, but it
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: has been 15, 16 years. 2011 was the year that they,
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: and that was the 2010 season. And of course, the
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: Bucs won it in 2021, and now the Brewers are
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: playing for the championship in 2026. Well, you could look
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: at this two ways. I choose to look at it
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: as a very positive. Our longest drought now is only
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: 15 years. What a wonderful renaissance. What a halcyon days
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: that we've enjoyed here. The glory days, as Bruce said.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: The way it times out is that the Packers went
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: to 2011, won the Super Bowl. Ten years later, the
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: Bucs won. Yep, exactly. In five years, maybe? In five years.
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: So it goes in increments and we're shaving it a
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: little bit. I'll take it. I mean, the generation that
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: now growing up, let's say you're a teenager or a
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: little older, you're blessed to have seen all those. I mean,
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: maybe you weren't as much in consciousness, but in your 20s,
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: if you were. You're a YouTube guy.
• 16:33
  Speaker 6: I have no memory of the Bucs winning their first
• 16:37
  Speaker 6: championship against the Bullets other than I heard the record
• 16:40
  Speaker 6: of Eddie Doucette's call when they won and stuff.
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: There's not a lot of video of that. No, I
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: think I did watch something on YouTube. It was a
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: game four or post game with ABC where Oscar is
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: coming in with Kareem and it was pretty awesome. And
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: this image of Johnny Mac getting up on the bench
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: and cheering after they swept. So there is some of
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: that on YouTube. But, you know, the NBA is interesting
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: because you think so much about Celtics, Lakers in late
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: 60s and early 70s, and then the memory of the
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: 80s NBA with Lakers, Celtics, and kind of, you know,
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: reviving things and all that. But the Bucs were dominant
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: in that early 70s, mid-70s where You know, there wasn't
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: as much fanfare around it, but those do exist on YouTube.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: But that would be the only one. I mean, there
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: was obviously a lot more, I think there's a lot
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: more documentation, so to speak, of like the ice pole,
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: for instance, and Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II,
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: even though those were a few years before the Bucs'
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: first championship. But you don't hear about the Bucs' 71 title,
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: or you don't see it as much. It's not as
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: revered an American sport as those first early Super Bowls.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: Didn't have those guys back for the 50th anniversary when.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: It would have been nice to have Johnny Mac's been around.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: I mean, that would have been nice, you know, obviously.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: And Kareem's been around sometimes. But, yeah, you're right. But
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: what a blessing now to have the Brewers in the
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: World Series to snap that drought. That it's real. It's true.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: It happened. And we're sitting here talking about it in
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: a sweep. Because there are moments, you know, early on
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: that even the most optimistic and faithful of us thought
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: it was going to be hard to come back down 4-0,
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: when it seemed like the Dodgers had the momentum after
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: Otani inexplicably pimped a homer. I don't care. Listen, he's
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: got to get his team fired up. He's had a
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: long drought. I'm sure it was cathartic for him, but
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: it was a little bit like, wow. I mean, he's really...
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: Don't be the celebration police, Armand. You're bigger than that. No,
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: I was just surprised to see it, but it was...
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: It wasn't over, okay, at that point. But he needed
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: to fire his team up.
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: I mean.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: Got no problem with it, just like I had no
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: problem with Abner celebrating in the sixth.
• 18:47
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I was going to say, when Wild Bill pimps
• 18:50
  Speaker 6: a home run for 35 seconds around the bases, you
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: can't really fault Otani.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: No, I just usually. He felt like he'd climbed a
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: mountain because he's been stumbling around. That's the point, right.
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: He's been in the desert and he found a lake
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: of fresh drinking water.
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: He's just like Abner when you expect it. I didn't
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: expect it because he's so demure usually. That tells you
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: how much he's been struggling and how much, yeah, how
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: much it meant. It's shown to me how desperate they
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: were for a moment actually. And they were, and they
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: had it and it didn't last long. Thankfully they got pounded.
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: The brewers took it to him.
• 19:23
  Speaker 6: The brewers were the better team and it wasn't close
• 19:25
  Speaker 6: just as it wasn't close when the Dodgers swept the brewers,
• 19:28
  Speaker 6: you know.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: You bludgeoned them. You bludgeoned them to death with small hits,
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: with small cuts, with small hits. They hit seven homers
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: in four games. I'm talking about the moments, though, taking pitches,
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: taking walks, a stolen base, just the boa constricting. It
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: was all that, though, but the seven homers were also
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: the difference. The biggest difference, and I'm glad we point
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: that out because so many people want to make it
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: a narrative about small ball or not. You still need
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: to slow down. in the playoffs to be successful. You do.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: And the Brewers did it at the most opportune times.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: You do.
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: And, and the home runs Murph always likes to say,
• 19:57
  Speaker 6: home runs are thrown, not hit. And, and, And to
• 20:02
  Speaker 6: bolster that case, it's the long at-bats and the pressure
• 20:05
  Speaker 6: of base runners and all that stuff.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: Fighting back to full counts, getting pitches to hit, those
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: type of things. Yeah. That's the bowl constrictor part of it.
• 20:12
  Speaker 6: And moving runners because, again, when you get a guy,
• 20:15
  Speaker 6: I had someone, I was talking about how big Churio's
• 20:19
  Speaker 6: productive outs were when he was 0 for 5, but
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: he twice moved Hamilton from second to third and Hamilton scored.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: And some nozzle on X is like, well, Hamilton could
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: have scored from second on that hit. Yeah, but that's
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: not the point.
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: Having him on third, pitchers are less likely to try
• 20:37
  Speaker 6: to spike a breaking ball because they don't want a
• 20:39
  Speaker 6: wild pitch and it changes their approach to everything.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: And the stress is different. The stress is different.
• 20:45
  Speaker 6: Plus, if it's less than two outs, you can score
• 20:47
  Speaker 6: on a fly ball and any number of ways that
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: are outs, you can score. That's again, I've dialed back
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: on social media because I don't need to argue with
• 20:57
  Speaker 6: people who There was one guy.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: I retweeted that. That's what Twitter, that's what it's about.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: I retweeted a stat.
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: There was a stat from OptiStats or something about Robert
• 21:06
  Speaker 6: Gasser being the first rookie to do this.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: And this guy's like, he's not a rookie. It's like, yeah,
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: he is.
• 21:12
  Speaker 6: Sure, he debuted a couple, he pitched like two games
• 21:14
  Speaker 6: one year and four games the next, and then he
• 21:17
  Speaker 6: got hurt. But he didn't cross the threshold of appearances
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: or service time. So he was still eligible this year
• 21:22
  Speaker 6: for rookie of the year. The guy's like, well, I
• 21:24
  Speaker 6: don't care about that.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: Well, okay. You do you. But he was a rookie.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: You don't care about being wrong.
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: A rookie.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: Well, Drew, those are the type of fans and people
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: on social media that you just say, what are you high?
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: Those are the ones. Yeah, those are the ones. Those
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  Speaker 6: voice of the Packers. He joins us next. Packers playing
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: Sunday Night Football. They've got the stage to themselves now.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: Thankfully. Thankfully. And we'll talk to Wayne next. You're in
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: the huddle. Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Back on the huddle.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. It's Drew and Armin today. Billy
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: Schmidt is.
• 22:16
  Speaker 6: Off attending a wedding. in Rhinelander and we are happy
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: to be joined by the voice of the Packers and
• 22:21
  Speaker 6: our good friend Wayne Larrabee.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: Wayne great to see you and.
• 22:25
  Speaker 6: We're going to talk Packers in a second but first
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: I want to get your reaction to the Brewers going
• 22:29
  Speaker 6: to the World Series.
• 22:33
  Speaker 5: It's awesome Drew I'm telling you I was watching last
• 22:35
  Speaker 5: night Otani hits that three run homer I'm thinking well
• 22:39
  Speaker 5: They've got two, three to make one anyway.
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: So let's go.
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: And I figured they'd be on to the next game,
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: but boy, that team just kept coming back. And I
• 22:47
  Speaker 5: think that game personified the way they played the entire season.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: You know what?
• 22:52
  Speaker 5: They just keep coming at you. They keep putting the
• 22:54
  Speaker 5: ball in play. Doesn't really matter what you've done. You
• 22:56
  Speaker 5: might be leading by three or four runs. They're going
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: to keep coming at you. And the beauty of it
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: is they put the ball in play. And actually in
• 23:03
  Speaker 5: this series, they out Homer the Dodgers, if I'm not mistaken.
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: Is that true?
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: They did seven to one.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: So, I mean, they can play the long ball. We're
• 23:13
  Speaker 5: all wondering, you know, on a podcast, you and I
• 23:14
  Speaker 5: were talking about, hey, can they hit enough home runs
• 23:17
  Speaker 5: in the postseason? Well, they hit enough home runs. It's
• 23:20
  Speaker 5: going to be interesting. It's just so great for Milwaukee. And,
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: you know, my friends on the Brewers are those broadcasters,
• 23:28
  Speaker 5: you know, and I'm just really happy for them.
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: It's fantastic. And, Wayne, we avoided the conflict.
• 23:34
  Speaker 6: The fact that it's not coming back for a game six,
• 23:37
  Speaker 6: we avoided a head-to-head conflict on Sunday night with your
• 23:40
  Speaker 6: broadcast and.
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: The Brewers' broadcast. It would have been at the same time.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: We don't have that now.
• 23:45
  Speaker 6: But so many thoughts raced through my head last night,
• 23:48
  Speaker 6: including Commissioner Selig. When the Packers first started doing family
• 23:52
  Speaker 6: night on Saturday night, Commissioner Selig came up to me
• 23:55
  Speaker 6: at Hardcore in the press box, and he's like, they
• 23:57
  Speaker 6: drew 50,000 people to watch a practice game?
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: And Tom said, yeah, bud, that's more than you're going
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: to draw all weekend. Oh, geez. And there's room for everything.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: Everybody's got bandwidth.
• 24:10
  Speaker 6: But the competition here for eyeballs is real in the
• 24:15
  Speaker 6: current landscape.
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: And obviously, these games can coexist.
• 24:19
  Speaker 6: But I thought it was fascinating that we avoided that
• 24:22
  Speaker 6: dilemma of people like.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: What am I going to watch? And what am I
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: going to listen to? And how do I consume both
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: games at the same time?
• 24:28
  Speaker 5: You know what I was thinking though, Drew, if there
• 24:31
  Speaker 5: was a conflict, if the two teams are playing at
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: the same time, you know, I'm just thinking about all
• 24:36
  Speaker 5: the people in, uh, uh, M-Fam Field, who would have
• 24:40
  Speaker 5: had probably transistor radios listening to the Packers while they're
• 24:43
  Speaker 5: watching the Brewers game.
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: That would have been interesting to gauge.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: That's right. They would have listened to you and Larry Moore.
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: That would have been great. For sure.
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: And yeah, people looking down and watching it on their phones.
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: And well, I covered the Brewers when they were bad.
• 24:54
  Speaker 6: And on Sunday home games, you'd hear cheers going up randomly.
• 24:57
  Speaker 6: It's like, oh, the Packers must have scored again because
• 25:00
  Speaker 6: we didn't know. You're watching a baseball game and all
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: of a sudden the crowd is cheering and going crazy.
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: And it's like, oh, that's something. What a phenomenon. What
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: a time.
• 25:09
  Speaker 6: Wayne, the lead story right now is that Josh Jacobs
• 25:13
  Speaker 6: has been removed from the exemplist. We were wondering when
• 25:15
  Speaker 6: this is going to happen. We got word from New
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: York today. And he will be, after this game, removed.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: From the exemplist.
• 25:22
  Speaker 6: What do you think that means? And when will he return?
• 25:24
  Speaker 6: He has to get back to practice. He's been working out.
• 25:26
  Speaker 6: But what is the immediate future hold for Josh Jacobs?
• 25:31
  Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, it's interesting, Drew, because I read the
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: article in The Athletic. Matt Schneidman, the outstanding reporter, had
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: the article there. And it mentioned that, okay, he's coming
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: off the exempt list, but it didn't say that he'd
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: be able to play. And then I read Brian McIntyre's
• 25:45
  Speaker 5: statement from the NFL office. He'll be eligible to play
• 25:49
  Speaker 5: in the Detroit game. But he also mentioned, The investigation
• 25:53
  Speaker 5: is ongoing by the league, and so they could make
• 25:57
  Speaker 5: a ruling. It led me to believe that, okay, Josh
• 26:01
  Speaker 5: could come back, play a game or two, and then
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: the league makes its determination and decides how many games
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: he's suspended for. Now, he has served six games. That's
• 26:09
  Speaker 5: the code of rule. that they use for domestic issues,
• 26:16
  Speaker 5: that it's usually six games.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: But it could be more. I don't know. But I
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: do know this.
• 26:21
  Speaker 5: Apparently, from what the league office said, he's going to
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: be eligible to return to the roster and practice.
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: On the 19th of October. So, yeah, technically, he'd be
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: able to play in the Detroit game.
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: Do they want to bring him back on turf? Is
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: that a consideration? Is it easier?
• 26:37
  Speaker 6: Could they bring him back and only give him 10 carries?
• 26:41
  Speaker 6: We talk about it with offensive linemen, the way they're
• 26:43
  Speaker 6: bringing Zeitler in kind of slowly and the way they're
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: working guys in and guys coming off injury.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: And Micah Parsons is a guy that we've been watching
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: and things like that.
• 26:51
  Speaker 6: So you've talked about it, and it's something that has
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: hit with me throughout this fall is players can come back,
• 26:57
  Speaker 6: but they're not back until they've actually had time to acclimate.
• 27:00
  Speaker 6: And we're seeing it with Devontae Wyatt and Tucker Kraft.
• 27:02
  Speaker 6: that now they're getting back to where they were before
• 27:05
  Speaker 6: their injuries. Does Josh Jacobs come in and is he
• 27:08
  Speaker 6: Josh Jacobs right away or does it take a ramp up?
• 27:12
  Speaker 5: I think you would have to have him on a
• 27:14
  Speaker 5: pitch count. And I mean, a pretty significant low pitch count,
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: I would think, if he comes back. And, you know,
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: you mentioned Detroit and I've said this and I've started
• 27:23
  Speaker 5: to hear other people talk about it as well. That
• 27:25
  Speaker 5: might be one of the last places you'd want to
• 27:27
  Speaker 5: bring an injured player back or a player who hasn't
• 27:29
  Speaker 5: played much back because, It seems like every time the
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: Packers go to Detroit, they lose a player or two.
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: And it's not just a hamstring and he's going to
• 27:38
  Speaker 5: be out two or three weeks. No, it's usually a
• 27:40
  Speaker 5: season-ending injury. This is where Wyatt went down last year.
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: They lost a number of players in years past on
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: this particular field.
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: I don't know why, but I do know this.
• 27:51
  Speaker 5: Detroit annually is one of the most injured teams in
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: the field, in the league, and they play on that
• 27:56
  Speaker 5: field every week.
• 27:58
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• 28:10
  Speaker 6: while all of us have been paying attention to baseball,
• 28:12
  Speaker 6: you've been doing that as well as preparing to broadcast
• 28:15
  Speaker 6: a Cowboys game. What have you seen from the Cowboys?
• 28:18
  Speaker 6: Is this game going to be the shootout that people expect?
• 28:21
  Speaker 6: What are the guys with the star on their helmet
• 28:23
  Speaker 6: bringing to the party on Sunday night?
• 28:26
  Speaker 5: Yeah, they're bringing a really good offense and an offensive
• 28:29
  Speaker 5: line that just got Tyler Smith, their left guard back,
• 28:36
  Speaker 5: and he's a big key to the running game for them.
• 28:39
  Speaker 5: They haven't run the football very well, but they have
• 28:41
  Speaker 5: an excellent running back in Javante Williams, and people are
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: perplexed as to why they haven't run the ball well.
• 28:46
  Speaker 5: I can tell you why the Packers haven't run the
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: ball well. They haven't had Josh Jacobs. Well, the Cowboys
• 28:51
  Speaker 5: have had their 1,200-yard rusher, and they still haven't run
• 28:53
  Speaker 5: the ball well. Part of it is the injury factor.
• 28:56
  Speaker 5: on the offensive line. So, you know, Tyler Smith is back.
• 28:59
  Speaker 5: He came back last week. He should be better even
• 29:02
  Speaker 5: this week. And their offensive line is one of the
• 29:04
  Speaker 5: better lines in the league. Now, where they have made
• 29:07
  Speaker 5: their money this year has been in the passing game
• 29:09
  Speaker 5: of those two great wide receivers. And we're going to
• 29:11
  Speaker 5: see the two best tandems of wide receivers in pro
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: football today, at least if you believe statistics, okay? Matthew
• 29:19
  Speaker 5: Golden and Christian Watson lead in a number of yards
• 29:23
  Speaker 5: by a combination of wide receivers on the same team.
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: Right behind them, not very far behind them, are the
• 29:29
  Speaker 5: Cowboys tandem of CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. So this
• 29:33
  Speaker 5: could be just, I mean, for Sunday night football, under
• 29:36
  Speaker 5: the lights and all that, if the weather's good, this
• 29:38
  Speaker 5: could be a heck of a shootout.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: And they seem inconsistent to me i mean there's always
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: great players in the cowboys but why they can't string
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: together the the consistent performance is probably perplexing for them
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: and a lot of cowboys fans wayne it's hard to
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: know what to expect from them week to week.
• 29:52
  Speaker 5: Yeah you know i was at packers practice today and
• 29:54
  Speaker 5: the nbc crew was there mike terrico chris collinsworth And,
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: you know, it's interesting because the Cowboys have talent on defense,
• 30:03
  Speaker 5: but that's where they've really struggled, Armin, in all factors
• 30:06
  Speaker 5: of defense. And you're sitting here saying, how are they
• 30:09
  Speaker 5: struggling against the run? Kenny Clark's a heck of a player.
• 30:12
  Speaker 5: Quinn and Williams is even better, especially against the run.
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: How are they struggling against the run? Now, in the corners,
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: you know, the cornerbacks, they've had injuries at safety. They've
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: had injuries defensively. in their secondary. That's been a big factor. But,
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: you know, I'm struggling with the figure. I think the
• 30:28
  Speaker 5: Cowboys are better defensively than they played. Now, whether they
• 30:32
  Speaker 5: play that way on Sunday night, who knows? It's a
• 30:34
  Speaker 5: week to week league, but I do know this, they've
• 30:36
  Speaker 5: had extra time and they are the healthier team coming
• 30:40
  Speaker 5: into this game.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: They are the healthier team. Keyshawn Nixon was on the
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: injury report.
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: He's back.
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: He hasn't missed many games since in his time.
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: He's not going to miss this one.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not.
• 30:51
  Speaker 6: What about Brandon Cisse, though? I'm a little leery about
• 30:54
  Speaker 6: his availability.
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: No, I think, Drew, he'll be fine.
• 30:58
  Speaker 5: He'll be starting as well in that regard. Now, Jonathan
• 31:03
  Speaker 5: Ford is not going to play. He's been ruled out.
• 31:06
  Speaker 5: They're down to, I think, four defensive linemen or tackles.
• 31:10
  Speaker 5: And they came into the scene. They kept seven of
• 31:13
  Speaker 5: those guys. And thank God they did, you know, because
• 31:17
  Speaker 5: now they're down to, you know, the basics. But at
• 31:20
  Speaker 5: any rate, you know, I think the Packers off of
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: that Bears game, we're all hoping that that might be
• 31:25
  Speaker 5: the watershed that, as you mentioned, in a way that
• 31:28
  Speaker 5: may be the turning point of the season that really
• 31:31
  Speaker 5: sparks a run for the Packers. We'll see. And it
• 31:34
  Speaker 5: would have to start with this game against Dallas. But
• 31:36
  Speaker 5: the Cowboys guys going into the season, they had high hopes, too.
• 31:40
  Speaker 5: And to be 2-3 right now, coming off a disappointing
• 31:43
  Speaker 5: loss at home to a team that was winless going
• 31:45
  Speaker 5: into Texas Stadium or AT & T Stadium, they're certainly
• 31:52
  Speaker 5: looking to turn that around.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: A lot of people expect this game to be close.
• 31:56
  Speaker 6: I know Las Vegas does as well. And in close games, Wayne,
• 32:00
  Speaker 6: sometimes field goal kickers can be the difference. If you're
• 32:03
  Speaker 6: looking at Trace Mack, what's your level of confidence after
• 32:06
  Speaker 6: last week? He bounced back from tough times in camp.
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: Looked fine was that a blip on the radar or
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: are we are there some potholes in the.
• 32:13
  Speaker 5: Road yeah well you know we'll see i mean this
• 32:17
  Speaker 5: game will tell us a lot about where trey smack
• 32:20
  Speaker 5: is at um i have told you before and we
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: saw it during camp i i think the mental aspect
• 32:26
  Speaker 5: of of that kid i think he's got the makeup
• 32:30
  Speaker 5: that's the thing i would have to say yes the
• 32:31
  Speaker 5: makeup uh to survive down times and He went through
• 32:35
  Speaker 5: a little patch. He left seven points on the board
• 32:37
  Speaker 5: against the Bears. Didn't matter in the outcome of the game,
• 32:40
  Speaker 5: but certainly matters in his psyche. And that's something to
• 32:43
  Speaker 5: keep an eye on this weekend. Now, on the other hand,
• 32:45
  Speaker 5: we were also talking about this at practice. And Matt
• 32:48
  Speaker 5: LaFleur is talking about this at his press conference. And
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: by the way, Matt had a Brewers cap on at
• 32:53
  Speaker 5: his press conference today. Had a great statement about the
• 32:56
  Speaker 5: Brewers and how much he admires the organization.
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: He could call Murph coach, but, you know, that's a
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: football coach.
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: Murph's a manager. We all know that. We knew what
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: he was talking about. So I didn't correct him.
• 33:09
  Speaker 5: Not that I'm allowed to.
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: But no, I mean, Brandon Aubrey.
• 33:15
  Speaker 5: Indoors, in good conditions, you get the ball to the,
• 33:21
  Speaker 5: I don't know, 45-yard line of your opponent, maybe. And
• 33:24
  Speaker 5: he can line up a 63-yarder and pop it through
• 33:27
  Speaker 5: like most people hit 30-yard field goals. So he's a
• 33:30
  Speaker 5: huge weapon in the kicking game, in the field position game.
• 33:34
  Speaker 5: And that's what Matt mentioned today. So this is going
• 33:36
  Speaker 5: to be a field position game this weekend. Now, the
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: weather conditions, whether it's cold, windy, that kind of thing,
• 33:43
  Speaker 5: the wind was whipping. I mean, it had to be
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: a three and a half club wind today at practice.
• 33:49
  Speaker 5: And so, you know, that can have a factor as
• 33:52
  Speaker 5: to whether Aubrey is the weapon that he could be.
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: But if it's calm, if it's nice and Lambeau Field
• 33:57
  Speaker 5: on Sunday night, Brandon Aubrey is a huge weapon. The
• 34:00
  Speaker 5: other factor this game and And I think somebody mentioned
• 34:03
  Speaker 5: it to Matt earlier at his press conference, and that is,
• 34:07
  Speaker 5: you know, this is going to be a field position game,
• 34:08
  Speaker 5: but it's also going to be a ball control game.
• 34:11
  Speaker 5: You want your offense on the field. You want to
• 34:13
  Speaker 5: give Dallas as few reps as you possibly can because
• 34:17
  Speaker 5: that's an explosive offense that can score from anywhere on
• 34:19
  Speaker 5: the field.
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: I like that.
• 34:21
  Speaker 6: On the way out, you mentioned field position, and we
• 34:23
  Speaker 6: were just getting used to having Sky Moore providing a
• 34:26
  Speaker 6: boost in field position and starting yard lines for drives.
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: What does his absence do to the Packers?
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it has an impact. There's no doubt.
• 34:37
  Speaker 5: You know, Bo Melton will do the kick returning, I
• 34:39
  Speaker 5: would imagine, and maybe the punt returning as well, although
• 34:42
  Speaker 5: they like Matthew Golden returning punts.
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: We'll see. I don't know. I wouldn't risk him back there.
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: I thought about that, too.
• 34:50
  Speaker 5: Personally, I wouldn't, but, you know, they feel that explosiveness
• 34:54
  Speaker 5: he has that maybe he can make a play as
• 34:57
  Speaker 5: a punt returner, but We'll see how it works out
• 35:00
  Speaker 5: and what they decide to do in that regard. But
• 35:03
  Speaker 5: missing Sky Moore, boy. And Drew, he's been everything we
• 35:06
  Speaker 5: had hoped he would be. The advantage he gives them
• 35:09
  Speaker 5: in the kicking game. And the Packers also have some
• 35:12
  Speaker 5: of their offense. And now with Jaden Reed out, a
• 35:15
  Speaker 5: lot of what Jaden Reed was going to do in
• 35:17
  Speaker 5: the Packers offense, Sky Moore is being prepped to do
• 35:20
  Speaker 5: that kind of stuff. And now he's down for a
• 35:22
  Speaker 5: week or two. So that has an impact on both
• 35:25
  Speaker 5: the special teams and the offense.
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: I wondered about that.
• 35:28
  Speaker 6: We were just getting used to how refreshing it was
• 35:30
  Speaker 6: to have good field position to start a drive because
• 35:32
  Speaker 6: they just didn't get anything out of the return game
• 35:35
  Speaker 6: in recent years.
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: And now it's taken away. We had this nice toy
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: and it was taken away, Wayne.
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, come on.
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: Come on.
• 35:45
  Speaker 3: What did we do wrong, Drew?
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: That's right.
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: We're just getting used to this.
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: It's going to be a fun night.
• 35:50
  Speaker 6: I'm looking forward to Sunday night.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: It's a good matchup. Always a lot of juice. There
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: was a lot of juice in the.
• 35:55
  Speaker 6: Building for the Bears game, and the Packers provided a
• 35:57
  Speaker 6: lot of that by jumping out ahead.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: There's going to be some juice always with the Cowboys.
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: Always.
• 36:01
  Speaker 6: When Jerry Jones is in the building, there's always juice.
• 36:04
  Speaker 6: There's always animosity and juice. It's going to be great
• 36:07
  Speaker 6: to watch this. Wayne, have a great weekend. We'll see
• 36:09
  Speaker 6: you Sunday night.
• 36:10
  Speaker 3: You got it, guys. Take care. See you Sunday.
• 36:13
  Speaker 6: Wayne Larrabee, the voice of the Packers, joining us, brought
• 36:15
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• 36:17
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• 36:21
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• 36:26
  Speaker 2: Join us for next week. Yeah, that's exciting. Another Wayne date.
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: Sometimes we get a treat like that, and it sure
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: is a treat, so I'm excited for that one.
• 36:33
  Speaker 6: It is a total treat that I get to be
• 36:35
  Speaker 6: on the Beyond the Booth podcast with Wayne Larrabee.
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: On a regular basis.
• 36:39
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• 36:41
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• 36:44
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• 36:47
  Speaker 6: dropped some bombs about the, about the playoffs coming up.
• 36:50
  Speaker 6: And it was like, he actually, he's always on point.
• 36:52
  Speaker 6: He always nails it. And Andrew Brandt is always a treat.
• 36:55
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• 36:59
  Speaker 6: When we come back, we're going to close up shop.
• 37:02
  Speaker 6: Time flies when you're having a good time and it's
• 37:04
  Speaker 6: good times right now in Wisconsin. for sports fans, for
• 37:07
  Speaker 6: Brewers fans, for everybody. People are high-fiving total strangers. It's
• 37:11
  Speaker 6: an Armin Sarian type of time. It's my type of time, man.
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: High-fiving strangers, hugging and talking. And I'm working the Admirals.
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: I'm at the Admirals game hosting. I'm hugging anybody that
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: wants to hug me. Go see Oktoberfest. Are you wearing
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: like a later hoser or are you just going to
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: wear a normal Admirals jersey? I told Greeny and Woj,
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: I will wear whatever you want me to wear, but
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: I don't know if they have something for me. I've
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: got my Admirals jersey ready because it's the first one
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: I wore. But I'll do it. Is it okay if
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: I bet against you in the Steinholding contest? Absolutely. Actually,
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: you know what? I'm not even going to let me participate, Drew. Yeah, well,
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: you'll be calling the action. You'll be holding a microphone. Right,
• 37:47
  Speaker 2: that's what I'm going to be doing.
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: Oh, good.
• 37:49
  Speaker 6: We'll be back to close up shop next. You're in
• 37:51
  Speaker 6: the huddle, Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Drew and Armin taking
• 38:13
  Speaker 6: you to the finish line on a Friday in the
• 38:16
  Speaker 6: good lands.
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: Last minute words, 877-794-1973. Do we have a favorite text
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: of the day? Did anybody give you one?
• 38:24
  Speaker 6: Any spitting any bars there on the NicoletLaw.com talking text line?
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: We've just had so many wonderful ones. It's hard to
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: get them all in. Great day to be alive in
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: the state of Wisconsin, says Tristan, obviously. What's more surprising,
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: said James Caprellian. that the Brewers, one of these swept
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: and demolished the Dodgers in four Armenian power for sure. James,
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: you're not the James Capone that pitched for the A's,
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: are you? Probably not. I was surprised that they swept.
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: I believe we could win. But the sweep was pretty impressive, Drew.
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's probably one we'll always remember. And then
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: David wanted a Jeff Juden story. You have one for
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: a minute?
• 39:00
  Speaker 6: Just the famous one of him playing with KB's band,
• 39:04
  Speaker 6: KB's Midlife Crisis on the stage at Summerfest.
• 39:06
  Speaker 3: And he was.
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: drumming his guitar and rocking out but he wasn't plugged
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: in yeah i like that that's that was a great
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: one um tristan wants us to be able to exercise
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: our demons from the seattle 2014 nut punch starting i
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: mean i don't think anything will ever stab that wound
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: but it'd be sure it would sure help to get
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: our own championship here in town. So that'd be pretty good. Yeah.
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: I mean that, of course he's referring to as a championship. Yeah.
• 39:32
  Speaker 6: As, as again, noted historian, Dan needles pointed out that
• 39:37
  Speaker 6: no matter who plays in the world series, it will
• 39:39
  Speaker 6: be a franchise that changed names.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Yes, that's true. Pilots to brewers, Indians to guardians, uh,
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: And Devil Rays to Rays. And that's a great point.
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: Although they still wear those throwbacks. They do.
• 39:51
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: And then obviously the Brewers, one of two teams now
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: to win the pennant in both leagues. Astros being the
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: other one. Yeah. So there you go. It's true.
• 40:01
  Speaker 6: I hate to relegate it to this, and I don't
• 40:03
  Speaker 6: want to piss anybody off because we love our listeners
• 40:04
  Speaker 6: in the 608.
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: Shout out, Madison.
• 40:07
  Speaker 6: But we haven't spoken a lot this week because of
• 40:10
  Speaker 6: the Brewers about a huge matchup at the Rose Bowl Saturday.
• 40:14
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 40:15
  Speaker 6: With the Badgers playing the Bruins. The winner of that game,
• 40:19
  Speaker 6: some say, is going to wake up on Sunday morning
• 40:23
  Speaker 6: and tell themselves they have a chance to make the
• 40:24
  Speaker 6: college football playoff.
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's a position I don't think many Badgers
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: fans expected to be in. So I think everything's turning
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: up right now in our sports landscape.
• 40:33
  Speaker 6: And then the Badgers coming off their bye. UCLA's coming
• 40:36
  Speaker 6: off a nice win at Oregon.
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: And then.
• 40:40
  Speaker 6: The next week, up against game two of the World Series,
• 40:43
  Speaker 6: the Badgers will be playing USC in a primetime game.
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: Yes, and that'll be another big one.
• 40:49
  Speaker 6: So we haven't forgotten about Badger football, and it's still
• 40:52
  Speaker 6: a going concern, and it could get even spicier. There's
• 40:56
  Speaker 6: something about it, Armin. I don't know if you buy
• 40:58
  Speaker 6: into this theory. You probably do. That winning is contagious.
• 41:02
  Speaker 6: And not only within a franchise, but within a city
• 41:05
  Speaker 6: and a market. Like, oh, all of a sudden, our
• 41:07
  Speaker 6: teams are good again. And it's like, saw it happen
• 41:09
  Speaker 6: with the Badgers back in the early 90s and the Packers, right?
• 41:12
  Speaker 2: The kind of dovetailed... Yeah, I think the idea of
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: it's great. Does it always work? Maybe not, but I
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: think there is something. And then the Brewers Ascension coupled
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: with the Giannis arrival in Ascension, right? Right, and you're
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: seeing LeFleur wear the hat today, the Brewers hat. I mean,
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: everyone is sort of rooting for each other, moving times
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: and stuff like that. It's cool to see us unite.
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: That's what we do all around these parts. We unite,
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: we commune, we're a community where we gather. We like
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: to help each other out. We do. It's been a
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: great week. I mean, I don't know, like, Last night
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: was so joyous. And you think about the agonizing moments
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: we've gone through as a market. Last night was so
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: joyous that it seems like a month ago that we
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: were at Pottawatomie. It was last night for the Thursday
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: Night Huddle. Hard to believe. I know everybody had a
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: hard time sleeping last night, right?
• 41:58
  Speaker 6: Because it was like you just had to stay on.
• 42:00
  Speaker 6: And I stayed until the bitter end of the Fox
• 42:02
  Speaker 6: Sports 1 coverage.
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: Those moments, you have to soak in every moment you can, Drew.
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: You do. Indeed. It was epic. It was epic.
• 42:08
  Speaker 6: And it's only going to get better. Sunday night football.
• 42:11
  Speaker 6: We'll be back at it Monday at 2. Talking Brewers,
• 42:14
  Speaker 6: talking Packers, Cowboys, talking Badgers.
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: We're going to have some fun. We'll see you then.
• 42:18
  Speaker 5: Peace.
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: Thank you.