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Diamond Dreams Miami Up & In – Episode 121 - Dodgers Repeat as Champs! Free Agency begins · Diamond Dreams Miami Up & In

• 0:25
  So, Mike, last Saturday night, I'm out at a friend's house playing dominoes.
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  We got a nice, you know, a couple of tables, some games going on. Lots of fun.
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  Lots and lots of fun. They have a TV there in the backyard, kind of like right
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  behind you in my backyard.
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  And the World Series is on. And I left, I don't know, like, closer,
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  close to 11, around there.
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  And I left and went home, and I'm like, the Blue Jays got this.
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  This is done. Done, done, done.
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  Get home, put on the TV. I'm like, wait a minute, the game's tied?
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  What the hell did I miss? I missed Miguel Rojas' home run.
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  Unbelievable, by the way. And then, you know, we know the rest.
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  To the Los Angeles Dodgers back-to-back champs.
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  And Mike, you know, everybody, everybody uses the term super cliche.
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  Football is a game of inches.
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  Football, a game of inches. What was it?
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  The Tennessee Titans Super Bowl that time. Kevin Dyson reaching out.
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  Almost. Nope. Eli Manning, they got with a helmet, catching the ball in the
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  helmet. Julian Edelman.
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  Yeah, game of inches. Yeah.
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  Baseball is a game of inches.
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  Isaiah Kiner-Falefa, IKF, taking the small lead at third.
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  By the way, there's video now. If you observe, the third base coach walks up
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  to him and with his foot draws a line and goes, that's where you're taking the
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  lead. And that's where IKF stood.
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  Yeah, so both have a blame. Bro, you're at third. Yeah, you don't want to get picked off.
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  We saw how the game ended, the last pero.
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  Correct, but. Inches. No, no, I'm with you.
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  That was the difference between Toronto being champs today and the Dodgers. I agree.
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  I agree. And, you know, if that third base coach did that, he needs to be fired.
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  Yeah. Because even when I'm coaching third in Little League and you have a runner
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  on third, it's very simple.
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  If that third baseman's off 10 feet, you're off 10 feet.
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  Yep. Because we both have to run back to the bag with a perfect throw from a
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  pitcher, with a perfectly executed play.
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  It's probably not going to happen in the league. So 10 feet against you, 10 feet against me.
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  You want to get off 15 feet? I'm going to get off 15 feet. And it's a foot race.
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  So it's so basic what they missed that whether there was a line,
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  whether it was nervousness, whether the IKF was cagado and just didn't want
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  to be that guy to get picked off.
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  Whatever the case was, the third baseman was much further away from the base than IKF was.
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  IKF could have went another five feet on just a standing lead,
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  like hanging out with a cup of coffee in his hands.
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  And so many things have to happen to show that he's going to get picked that
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  he'll get back and won't spill a drop. Yep. But.
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  I wonder if he thinks that. I don't know. Because I've heard,
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  you know, I wonder if he thinks that.
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  They thought it was fine, that it was a correct lead to take,
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  but that cost him the World Series.
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  And then the next hitter, it went to the warning track. Yeah.
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  And Kike Hernandez and Andy Pajes collide. Andy Pajes makes an incredible grab, the Cuban.
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  Right. And there goes your World Series chances. But Armando,
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  there's another thing with the IKF play that we need to discuss because as he's running home,
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  he knows and he sees in front of him that that catcher, because of the situation of the game,
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  that it's going to be like a first base play.
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  Yep. So he's going to stretch, which he did. It almost costed him,
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  by the way, for came up, down, game of inches, right?
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  Another thing is that, dude, if IKF says, F it, I'm not sliding.
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  I'm running through, which is what you're supposed to do on that play.
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  They're World Series champions as well. Yeah, that's a good point.
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  So there's a, there's a couple things there that, you know, the slide definitely slows you down. Yeah.
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  You know? So there was a couple decisions there that happened in 90 feet.
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  That both were wrong, bro. Yeah. And this is a good player.
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  Yep. Yeah, because, I mean, you're used to the plays at the plate being a catch and tag.
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  You know, like, you don't really see too many force outs at home.
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  It's not the case. But this was a force out, so you're 100% correct.
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  Another thing, you know, something that A-Rod brought up, which was,
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  you know, A-Rod's getting on him big because of the lead, but also all the base
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  running people that I've heard or I've been coached by or I've seen on TV the
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  last couple of days, they all say the same thing.
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  Conyo, man, like when that pitch is being released, crossing home,
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  you've got to be on your front foot, ready to either attack home or attack back. You know?
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  And, you know, I just think there's those three little details.
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  Even if he wouldn't have gotten that, let's say he stays in that same lead And
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  he's in a super running position on contact where he's down and ready.
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  And again, we might have different World Series champ, but it just seems like.
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  Small lead, not an aggressive step, not really athletically ready to attack,
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  not reading the correct play on the way home to run through the base.
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  It's just, for me, it's just so many bad things in one play that it did cost them, bro. Yeah, man.
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  Yeah, and look, it's a shame for the Blue Jays. Great for the Dodgers.
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  I guess base running doesn't matter, huh?
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  Right? Little League and stuff. Base running matters, man.
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  Base running is everything. Base running is one of those things that nobody
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  thinks of, but it's the most fundamental thing.
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  It's the most fundamental thing that you could think of. Look,
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  the fundamentals matter.
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  Guys, we do this podcast, guys, and a lot of you that listen have kids that play Little League.
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  A lot of you have kids that play Little League with Coach Mike.
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  At Diamond Dreams, you know, the fundamentals that you go through practice and
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  sometimes you're like, ah, you know, why are they doing this again?
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  And why this again? And the fundamentals.
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  Guys, we're talking about baseball players, Mike, that make millions and millions
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  of dollars. They are professionals.
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  Let's go back a year. Let's go back a year. One year.
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  Ground bottom first base. Anthony Rizzo Gadsden is going to flip to.
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  Wait, where the hell is Garrett Cole?
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  Where is Garrett Cole? Why isn't he covering first base?
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  Oh, my God. He just threw a dagger at me right there, bro. Se lo olvido. No. Se lo fundamentals.
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  Yeah. Ahora. Keiner Falefa. Oh, running out. Out.
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  Wait a minute. And it wasn't even a grounder fielded. No, no.
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  This guy had to be Houdini out there. Bro, like.
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  And another thing, by the way, Miguel Rojas does not have a good arm.
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  No. Like, it's not, you know, it's not one of the, it's not Robinson kind of
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  out there. Let's go back to fundamentals, Mike. You know? Let's go back to fundamentals.
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  The next hitter, and I talked about it a second ago, right?
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  Andy Pajes and Kike Hernandez almost cost the Dodgers the World Series right there.
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  Miscommunication. He killed Kike Hernandez. Quique Hernandez talked on Jimmy
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  Fallon or no, on Jimmy Kimmel.
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  He said, he goes, I was under it. I'm here like, I'm going to grab this.
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  And all of a sudden I just get destroyed by Andy Pajes. And he said that the
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  first thought he had in his head was, we lost the World Series.
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  But then in his head he was like, why is it so quiet?
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  And he looks at Andy Pajes and he goes, are you okay? He's like,
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  did you catch it? He goes, yeah. And he goes, hell yeah.
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  That's right. You know, like he didn't care. Paz has his brain in that,
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  just for the parents, young kids out there, that's an all out play.
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  It doesn't matter if that's his teammate, if that's a semi truck or if that's a brick wall.
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  Like, you're going to make your max effort to make a play to save the final
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  game of the year, game seven in the World Series.
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  And the thing is that market, Pajas will never get that opportunity again to
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  save a world. Maybe lightning strikes twice.
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  But to be a human being, professional athlete in that moment where all of a
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  sudden that shit is on you, what a play.
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  No, and let me ask you as a now fielder, because I have my thoughts.
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  I'll tell you my thoughts and you tell me if you agree, if you disagree.
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  For me, it's easier as an outfielder playing center. I'm running to my right
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  and I'm going to catch it, you know, to my right.
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  With the ball, I have a clear view of it. I'm going to catch it as opposed to
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  I'm running left and I'm going to basket catch that. Right.
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  A lot of things could go wrong there. A lot of things can go wrong.
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  Now, you know, with a left fielder playing normal depth, that's a left fielder's ball.
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  But Kike was calling ass from shallow. Amando, I just think that,
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  again, both of them said, this is it.
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  Because let me tell you something, Amando, if that wall is eight feet closer,
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  Kike Hernandez is still in the hospital. Oh, yeah.
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  Like, there was no— Both of them might be in the hospital.
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  There was no, like both of them said, F it, here we go, this is it,
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  everything we got, every athletic ability, the ball can bounce,
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  the crowd noise, it's silent, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going,
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  there's no communication, F it, F it, F it, F it.
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  And like you said earlier, like Game of Inches, like, you know,
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  I've been saying it since the game ended and I sent you a message saying it,
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  every detail that had a chance of going one way or another went their way.
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  Because let's talk about that ball that got stuck on the wall. Okay.
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  Armando, let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question.
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  The Mets had an outfielder named Seth Pérez. What's his last name?
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  Joannis. Joannis Seth Pérez, right? That he played, and he was very good,
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  right? Very good. Cuban guy.
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  He doesn't put his hand, he gets confused. Like, it happened to him.
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  He gets confused. He makes an attempt. He doesn't make an attempt.
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  He goes to grab. He puts his hands up, and he costs him the World Series.
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  I guarantee you that's what will happen with somebody like that because the
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  way the rules are written, it's not an attempt, bro.
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  It's like when you go down first base and you make that attempt to second, you have to jodete.
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  Bro, here, like, if he would have attempted to get it.
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  Yep, that's it. It's over. It's probably, you know, again, it's...
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  Kika Hernandez saved the World Series. The second thing is... You saw him, right?
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  Yes. Kika is the one that told the center fielder, hands up!
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  The second thing is, remember, they're not playing at home. So...
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  As much as you hit a ball in batting practice or the coach goes out with you
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  before the games and hits balls off the wall for you to get that read, that helps.
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  It's part of it. But in that moment, you don't know where that ball is going to bounce, bro.
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  You don't know what part of that turf it's going to hit. You don't know if there's
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  a little patch of turf that's angled the other way and then that thing spins.
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  You don't know.
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  And all of those things went in the
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  favor of the dodgers bro you know what
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  i mean 100 so that's like one of those things
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  that when you when you see all those it's a game of you
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  know inches it's also a game of breaks all those breaks when the dodgers weigh
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  and and there you see that and you're like there's no way in hell toronto's
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  winning this there's no way in hell and even if toronto would have would have
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  tied it even if toronto would have tied it it's still that they They still weren't going to win it.
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  They were going to lose it later on just because all those breaks were going the Dodgers way.
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  It was incredible. And, you know, kudos to the Dodgers, Dave Roberts,
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  and Freeman, and Otani, you know, the best player in the game gets to win another ring.
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  And another thing, Abe, the play that Pages made and left –.
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  That's out in LA. Oh, yeah. Just so that you know. Yeah.
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  We might be talking a different- Walk off home run. Different story.
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  Walk off Grand Slam. You know?
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  But, you know, that's out in LA, and then they got to defend, you know?
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  Talk to me, Mike, about Yoshi Yamamoto. No, that guy's a beast.
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  I think that when you're in shape, you can do that, what he did.
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  I don't think that- We're the critics, bro.
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  We're the critics. I love, I love, I love what he did. We're the critics,
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  bro. I love what he did. But look, Armando, where are the critics, bro?
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  Like, what I'm saying is that, like, where are they? Like, the guy through.
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  Are you talking about the five-inning, the five-inning crowd?
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  Yeah, the day before, the day before, and 100 miles an hour.
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  The six-inning crowd? He wants to pitch. Guys, this is what,
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  this is. That's baseball. This is what it is. That's baseball.
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  This is what it is. That's Randy Johnson in 2001.
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  And I'm going to say something here that maybe a couple people,
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  but these guys can throw on back-to-back days.
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  Armando, what do you mean they can't throw them back-to-back days?
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  Little leaguers, Armando, it's frustrating, man, because they feed so much off
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  of the big leagues, but when the big leagues got to win, they do that.
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  You know what I'm saying? And here, we got kids throwing 36 miles an hour that
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  can't throw back-to-back days. No, you're incorrect.
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  That kid needs to throw back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back
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  days to get some arm strength, to get hurt at some point.
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  But it's just wild, bro. They can do it. You can do it.
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  You know what I'm saying? These guys are tuned up to do it. And that's old school baseball, man.
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  Look, Big Papi was like, that's something you would see in 1940,
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  1950, the 80s, the 90s. You don't see that anymore.
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  Amando, guys were throwing 160, 170 pitches.
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  You know what I'm saying? But Amando, so let me ask you a question,
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  bro. The little leaguer at 10U that goes out and throws 40 pitches today and
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  then goes home and throws 65 rocks into a stop sign. what's the problem bro no problem,
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  Like, who cares? Just go do it. You're a kid. You know, everything's going to fall into place.
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  But with these guys, these guys are elite, bro. This guy's elite.
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  Elite. Elite. He demonstrated that he's elite. Like you said,
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  the text you sent me, November 2nd, blah, blah, blah. He is the best.
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  The best pitcher in baseball.
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  Now, the other thing I'm going to tell you, Armando, are the Yankees looking back at this.
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  And realizing that if they would have been a little more aggressive back in
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  the day, they'd have some players where they'd probably be saving a ton of money right now. Yeah.
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  You know, because we lost Yamamoto by $25 million.
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  Okay, put him on the free agent market now. What's he going to get? Yep. Right?
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  Even going back to Otani. Harper, Otani, all those guys are guys that,
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  yeah, you're low, $30 million, but look at it now.
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  It's like, okay, well, now it's kind of like where you need to be,
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  You know, Armando, one thing I was thinking about, as we talk about these teams
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  that are having outstanding success, the Mets are falling apart.
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  Even coaching wise, did you see that their bullpen coach and first base coach
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  got hired by the Atlanta Braves? Yeah.
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  So they are completely falling apart. Pete Alonso's gone.
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  You know, this guy, the closer opted out of his option.
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  What's going on there? Man, you could have all the money in the world,
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  but if you're mismanaged, you're mismanaged.
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  Look at the NFL. Armando, but... Look at the Dolphins.
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  Armando, but... You got billionaire owners, but if you don't...
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  You're going to manage correctly. Is this going to be the biggest disaster of
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  a contract in MLB history?
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  Because you're stuck at $100 million a year between him and Lindor. Okay?
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  And seems to me people don't want to play there bro I think so Mike you know
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  not that they want to play there I think it is a disaster because let's say
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  Juan Soto next year wins the Triple Crown what's it worth if you're not winning,
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  Jack if you're not winning with the Mets aren't going to win the way they're
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  made up right now they're just not Armando now this guy the owner of the Mets
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  he's got he's a smart guy right he's got to be a little smart.
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  But when we see the performance of these Dodger players Otani,
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  what he did Steve Cohen Otani,
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  the performance that he did and continues to do year after year at $70 million deferred.
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  I was thinking of the old owner Fred Wopan. Good.
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  Yamamoto you know at some point Cohen's got to say to himself I fucked up yeah,
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  with the hype of Soto that home run he hit in the playoffs for the Yankees to
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  advance him hitting behind Judge the hype the hype the hype again Juan Soto
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  being in a perfectly timed situation like Tua Tagalavoa running with the bag,
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  and now Juan Soto is all over Instagram with his dreads in Cancun with Te Demenda
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  Panza with Te Demenda Panza for an elite athlete. Yep.
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  Get in shape, bro. Yeah. Get in shape, dog.
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  No, and now World Series is over, you know, as Mike alluded to now, free agency.
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  And, you know, a lot of speculation.
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  Yesterday, the one-year tenders went out for people's own free agents.
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  Did you get yours for the podcast? You got renewed, right? You got your one-year extension.
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  But Trent Grisham, one-year, 22 mil. Is he going to take it?
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  Is he going to test free agency? You know, he had 30 jacks.
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  A team might give him the back, bro. He's a good player. Kyle Tucker,
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  Kyle Tucker's going to get paid. Yep. A lot of Yankee fans want Kyle Tucker to go to the Yankees.
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  Murakawa, the Japanese guy, he posted, you know, he could play first or third.
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  I don't think he'll sign with the Dodgers. The bets on the Mariners or the Yankees.
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  A lot of stuff could happen, Mike.
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  A lot could happen. Castellanos is out there too. You know, he's going to,
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  his last year, he's probably going to get traded. They're released.
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  And, you know, he still had 75 RBIs and he can come back and hit 350.
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  So if history serves the Yankees, Cashman's just going to load up on more bullpen
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  guys, right? Because that's what he does? Yeah, that's what he does.
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  All bullpen. All bullpen. That's it. In my opinion, I think that we just got
• 19:41
  to go after a knockdown shortstop. Yeah.
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  Bobachette's out there. That's my first step. Yeah.
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  And then I signed Pete Alonso to play first for me and then there's career here.
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  Period. He knows how to play in New York.
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  You can probably get him at a discount. because he's going to want to play here.
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  He's going to want to stick it to these people.
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  And you got to move on from Giancarlo. Just pay him out, you know, and bring Schwarberg.
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  If you do that, you know, I think you're going to match up or maybe even overtake LA.
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  Bro, guys, let me make something clear, man.
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  Last year's World Series...
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  Was lost the moment that Garrett Cole came out of game one with 78 pitches. Yeah.
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  So if we would have had a Houston Atro Garrett Cole, Bulldog Garrett Cole,
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  I don't know if that happens.
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  If we would have had a mentality of Max Scherzer in that situation in Garrett Cole saying, fuck you.
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  Yeah. You're not taking me. I'm fresh as can be.
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  So I don't even think the Yankees or the Blue Jays are that far off.
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  But I think that if the Yankees did those little power moves,
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  bro, I think that lineup would just be a ridiculous home run-wise.
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  I saw something that the Dodgers might go after Bichette también.
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  One more thing, Armando, really quick before you talk. I'm done with the projects with New York.
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  Yeah, that's it. I want a first baseman to play first. I want a second baseman
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  to play second. I want a shortstop to play short.
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  And I'm willing to have Jazz play third or second, one of those two,
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  but we got to have guys at their positions. Yeah.
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  I'm tired of this, you know, we don't know who's going to play well.
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  The let's see what happens. When we were Mac Daddy, we were Texera, Cano, Jeter, and A-Rod.
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  You didn't have to wake up. People in their positions. You didn't have to wake
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  up thinking where you were going to play or who was going to be.
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  You knew those were your guys. And I think that New York needs to get back to that. Yeah.
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  No, I agree. Sorry for cutting you off. No, no. I know you're the host,
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  bro. I know you're the host, bro. We're both the hosts.
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  I 100% agree, Mike. Look, there was an interesting trade, a proposition that,
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  you know, one of those writers that's like, you know, it would be a good trade for the Yankees.
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  And you tell me if it works or doesn't work.
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  I'm like 50-50 on it because, you know, the Yankees do need speed.
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  I think the Yankees are a very slow team, except for Jazz. You know,
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  Jazz with his base running made something happen.
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  But, bro, you see some, like Giancarlo walks to first base, you know.
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  So, you know, they have Spencer Jones in the minors.
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  Looks like a lefty judge. It's a beast. Beast. You're like 50.
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  But let's say, you know, he comes to the majors.
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  You're going to have him out there and you're like, okay, tengo otro grandulón.
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  Tengo otro grandulón. Another judge. Another, you know, not standing because
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  he's very, very slow and he's older, but another judge. Yeah.
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  Do you, as a GM, leverage that piece now that he's hot, like Spencer Jones is
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  tearing it up, 30-something home runs in the minors, and get a guy like Stephen Kwan?
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  You know, he's good at fielding, good base running, hits for average.
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  You know, he's going to make things happen that you don't currently have in your lineup.
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  And at first I saw it and I'm like, bro, F that, bro, Spencer Jones a beast.
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  And I'm like, and then I started thinking about it and I'm like,
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  bro, que vale to have another big home run hitter on the team.
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  If you're not going to have a guy to get on base, to steal a base,
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  to score from second, that bro, like a ball goes through the outfit and you're like, he's in.
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  That then you're not looking at the, when the camera cuts and you see him at
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  third base and you're like, bro, why is he there?
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  You know, so, hey, I don't, I don't hate it.
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  I don't hate it, but I'm going to tell you something. I'm going to tell you one player.
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  I really like Spencer Jones, but I'm going to tell you one player that I'm ready
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  to either like, hey, bro, like shit or get off the pot.
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  Like, let's either make this guy our guy or not is Jason Dominguez, man. Yeah.
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  Like, if we're not going to make him our guy already, we need to trade him.
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  So when you mentioned that, that was something that popped in my head.
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  Maybe Jason Dominguez might be a piece that we can use because we keep hearing.
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  Well, Amanda, we've been talking about Jason Dominguez since episode one and two. Yeah.
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  And it seems like it seems like things are just, you know, and hey.
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  If the organization is not the fit for you, get rid of him, you know,
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  but I think it's time to, to either decide what you're going to do with that.
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  I would love Jason Dominguez here in Miami, you know, fresh start, give him a shot.
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  You know, the Marlins have, uh, some nice pieces, but you know, some spots to fill.
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  At this point, he's still young, but he's a veteran-ish. You know,
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  he's been already in New York for a couple years.
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  We know that cuando coge la pelota, he sends it, you know.
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  Give him a shot. You know, trade one of your arms. Cabrera over there.
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  Yuri, you know, one of your young arms to New York. See what happens.
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  And I sent you something very interesting this morning. Yeah, it was interesting.
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  Kyle Stowers and Kyle Tucker, bro, very similar numbers. Very similar.
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  Very, very similar numbers. Yeah. And one's under contract for,
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  bro, for a long time, and the other one is going to get the bag. For about 400 million.
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  So, you know, bro, the Marlins are in a good position with that kid. Do not trade him.
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  Bro, they just elevated Gabe Kapler, the GM. Yeah. You know, still under Bendix.
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  Yep. but it gives them the opportunity to make some moves, Mike.
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  And look, I saw one of the potential moves for Miami is a move that you mentioned.
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  We go back, I don't know, 10, 15 episodes, maybe, maybe even,
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  you know, not, not that far back.
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  But I remember one time he said, you know, who would do great here? Peter Alonzo.
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  And Pete Alondo would bring that veteran presence that this team needs.
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  He's a guy that enjoys playing baseball. Yep. He's familiar with the division.
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  Familiar with the division. And bro, he's a guy that you could combine the veteran
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  leadership with the young bucks.
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  Yeah. And Polar Pete's not going to be at South Beach.
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  He's not going to be at Brickle at 3, 4 in the morning. That's not going to pull him in.
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  You know what I'm saying? Which I think is a big thing here that we run into
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  in Miami with the professional athletes.
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  Yep. I think he's going to, I think he'd be a guy. I'm a big fan of Pete Alonso.
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  I love the fact that he's just a raw hitter and he's a raw first baseman,
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  you know, and I'm a big fan of the guy.
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  But I think that he deserves to be treated well.
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  Yep. You know, I kind of feel New York kind of. Yeah, they. Great.
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  Give him the opportunity. Yeah. No doubt about it. But when you.
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  The guy saved your season two seasons ago.
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  Let's, let's make that very clear. You know? So no, say, I'll say.
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  Then they kind of put him on the back burner a little bit. And I think he's
• 26:29
  going to stick it to him now.
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  I think he's gone. I think so too, man. Look, I think he's gone.
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  Let's see what happens.
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  Really quick before we go, the Miami Dolphins finally fired Chris Greer.
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  So that's a good first step.
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  Not the only first step. Good first step.
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  Greer's gone. Let's see what happens if they bring McDaniel back.
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  They need to move on from 2-0 as well.
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  But I like where we're headed, at least with that move. Right.
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  Because now you hire a new GM, you can hire a new coach, you can get new players. Right.
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  Well, I hope, man. I hope. Are they going to tank it?
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  I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I think they're going to bring in somebody
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  new for Greer, but let's see what happens with McDaniel.
• 27:22
  It's time for the shakeup, man. Yeah, it's getting kind of the same old story, same old thing.
• 27:29
  It doesn't excite me. Give me Shadur. Bring me the...
• 27:35
  Bring some... Like I said last week. No cameras. No Dion. No Dion,
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  though. But Shadur, sure.
• 27:41
  This has been episode 121 of Up and In. By next week, we're going to start telling
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  you, like, hey, some free agents are coming in.
• 27:49
  Listen, Tua Canoids go play in the new DD Flag League. We're going to have that.
• 27:51
  We'll talk more about next episode. Absolutely. That'd be great.
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  Go play right there on 113.
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  Oh, and really quick, I saw the softball team playing. in the first game the
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  girls did well modified kid pitch we love it they have their next game this
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  Friday coming up love it and the DDLEA's just get them love it A's up see you next week.