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Rays FINALLY get Tampa park approved, Slippery Miz night, Chris Sale's 100mph CG, Judge skipping rehab? · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Happy Friday, people. Prats, Braun, Josh Harrison back in the seat. Jay,
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  Speaker 1: good to see you. I'm going to paint a scenario
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  Speaker 1: for you right off the top here, okay? And I
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  Speaker 1: know you played for other teams and you were just
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: back in Pittsburgh, right? Getting honored and retiring as a Pirate.
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  Speaker 2: Super cool.
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  Speaker 1: So let me take you to a current world scenario,
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  Speaker 1: a now scenario. And I happen to be wearing his
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: shirt today, Tarek Skubal. So you're the best pitcher in baseball,
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: back-to-back Cy Youngs, right? Your team's close enough. And also
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: you feel like you deserve a certain contract number and sure,
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: probably both sides were a little bit high, a little
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  Speaker 1: bit low and you get dealt.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: It was like a few weeks ago. Now you're already
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: coming back tonight to start against the tigers. That's got
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  Speaker 1: to feel weird. The only other thing I could think
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  Speaker 1: of from this year was Kevin Gossman, uh, was traded
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  Speaker 1: to the Cubs. And then they, there was a chance
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  Speaker 1: he was going to face the blue Jays, like in
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  Speaker 1: his first start. And he was like, eh, it's a
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  Speaker 1: little much, but here's school bowl. Like not many starts
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  Speaker 1: into his Dodger career. already back in Detroit. And here's
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  Speaker 1: the shirt, by the way, while Josh tells us about
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  Speaker 1: what Tarek might be feeling today. The Dodgers' Tarek Skubal
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  Speaker 1: But Jay, hey, your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: No, sick shirt.
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  Speaker 4: Definitely going to be a little bit of added motivation
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  Speaker 4: for him. You know, that's where he started. Got his
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  Speaker 4: guys across the way and his guys just played behind him.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm sure... There's going to be a little bit
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  Speaker 4: of added motivation as far as not only bragging rights,
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  Speaker 4: but as you mentioned, he's pitching for something that Dodgers are,
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  Speaker 4: you know, obviously in a playoff race.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, while it's all.
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  Speaker 4: Fun and games and you strapped on a uniform with
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  Speaker 4: those guys, I'm sure Scoop was going to have a
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  Speaker 4: little chip on his shoulder. And I obviously knew that
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  Speaker 4: being dealt was part of the, you know, business side
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  Speaker 4: of things. I don't think it's anything that the Tigers
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  Speaker 4: didn't want to retain them, but obviously they were probably
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  Speaker 4: a little bit off in numbers.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, what better way.
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  Speaker 4: Than Scoop to go say, hey, you probably should have
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  Speaker 4: paid me if you don't want to see what I
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  Speaker 4: might be doing to your team. But as I said,
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  Speaker 4: on the flip side, you know, the Tigers are going
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  Speaker 4: to try to, you know, make it as tough as
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  Speaker 4: they can. But I look for Tariq or, you know,
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  Speaker 4: Scooble to, you know, go back to Detroit, as you said,
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  Speaker 4: it wasn't too long ago.
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  Speaker 2: So it's fresh.
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  Speaker 4: So you can still kind of feel that adrenaline. So
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  Speaker 4: it'd be interesting to see how he, how he pans out.
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  Speaker 5: Obviously.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, he's going to have some adrenaline, but the
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  Speaker 6: Dodgers have lost three straight. They get, beat by the Braves.
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  Speaker 6: It was a good series, all that stuff, but you
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  Speaker 6: know what? Tarek Scouble's coming back home. He knows this team.
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  Speaker 6: He knows their weaknesses, but he's also a very confident pitcher.
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  Speaker 6: I expected Dodgers to win this and Scouble to put
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  Speaker 6: it to this Tigers lineup.
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  Speaker 1: You're already throwing predictions on us. Frisky on us yet.
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  Speaker 1: We're only a few minutes into the show, but I
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  Speaker 1: like it. And also a nice shirt from Kratz too,
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  Speaker 1: an Adley Rutschman shirt, speaking of somebody who was traded
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  Speaker 1: and landed with a different team. But let's begin our
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  Speaker 1: show with someone who's been on the same team for
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  Speaker 1: a few years now and is dominating. Look at those
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  Speaker 1: pearly whites. All Smiles presented by Lorraine Co. And let's
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  Speaker 1: get into Chris Sale. Complete game shut out first time
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  Speaker 1: in a minute and he dominates the dodgers the dodgers
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  Speaker 1: get swept by the braves the dodgers are only one
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  Speaker 1: game up on the braves for the second spot in
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  Speaker 1: the national league and that's the second buy that you
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  Speaker 1: would get the brewers have won so only two teams
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  Speaker 1: get a buy in the postseason this was a meaningful
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  Speaker 1: series and damn kratz i don't know chris sale still
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: had it like that pumping 100 on us for the
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  Speaker 1: first time the fastest pitches we've seen from him since
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  Speaker 1: 2018 That's crazy.
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  Speaker 6: Eight years since he went over 100. He's had a
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  Speaker 6: few 99s. And, oh, it wasn't against the nine hitter.
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  Speaker 6: It was against Shohei Otani. He understands. He understands. He
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  Speaker 6: can get back in. He can dip into the tank
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  Speaker 6: a little bit. I don't know that he knew he
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  Speaker 6: had 100 because when we talked to him at the
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  Speaker 6: All-Star game, he came to our set at the All-Star game,
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  Speaker 6: and I asked him. I was like, hey, do you
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  Speaker 6: got that in you? Because I remember that. I don't know, Jay. Hey,
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  Speaker 6: if you remember it, when he came out in the
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  Speaker 6: All-Star game a few years ago, however many years ago,
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  Speaker 6: when he was young, and he was like, oh, I
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  Speaker 6: can just let it eat. We saw some 101s. I
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  Speaker 6: wonder if there was even a 102, but either way.
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  Speaker 6: He's got it in the tank and he rose to
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  Speaker 6: the occasion. I'm so excited to watch him pitch in
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  Speaker 6: the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, man.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, almost one of those things where you, you don't
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  Speaker 4: want to say better with time because obviously he hasn't
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  Speaker 4: been throwing a hundred forever, but, um, you know, it's
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  Speaker 4: still in the tank. And as you mentioned against Shohei,
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  Speaker 4: a little bit more adrenaline, knowing that somebody's on the mound,
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  Speaker 4: reach back a little bit more. And something that I
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  Speaker 4: think he said in his post, you know, game interview was, um,
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  Speaker 4: almost look, not these words, but I'm gonna use these words,
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  Speaker 4: a little bit of angels in the outfield. I believe
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  Speaker 4: a good friend of his had passed that day. And
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  Speaker 4: I think he mentioned that, you know, she had even,
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  Speaker 4: you know, might've, he might've even felt her presence. So
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  Speaker 4: a little bit out of motivation where you got Shohei
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  Speaker 4: and then, you know, something went a little heavy on
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  Speaker 4: his heart, you know, he, he poured it all out there.
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  Speaker 4: But definitely going to be interesting to see, cause you know,
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  Speaker 4: he's been pitching really amazing and the Braves are, You know,
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  Speaker 4: as you see what they just did with the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 2: Are making their way. And it's going to be interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Can we run the sound from Chris about how he
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: did this? I think that was fun. And then we'll
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  Speaker 1: show his son reacting to that one. Pretty viral. But
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  Speaker 1: let's start with Chris. I always I'm a sucker for
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  Speaker 1: these kind of answers. You know, obviously, sometimes you want
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  Speaker 1: to get the real. baseball detail, but also sometimes I
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  Speaker 1: prefer this versus the cookie cutter. I was focusing one
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  Speaker 1: batter at a time, blah, blah, blah. Give me something funny.
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  Speaker 1: So Chris did.
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  Speaker 2: It's beautiful.
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  Speaker 6: You threw a pitch over a hundred miles per hour
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  Speaker 6: for the first time in eight years. How? With my arm.
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  Speaker 2: How?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I threw that pitch with my arm. That's how
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  Speaker 1: I did it.
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  Speaker 3: Nice.
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  Speaker 6: I need a complete game. The complete game part of
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  Speaker 6: it is crazy because you know you have a great bullpen.
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  Speaker 6: You know it's a great lineup that you're facing. I just, man,
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  Speaker 6: more in the tank like Jay Hay kind of alluded to. Like,
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  Speaker 6: I just, I don't see how this guy doesn't end
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  Speaker 6: up top three Cy Young this year. If it wasn't
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  Speaker 6: for Mizorowski, what he's doing in this type of performance
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  Speaker 6: in late August could have pushed him to win the
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  Speaker 6: Cy Young. The Miz is going to win it. Let's
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  Speaker 6: be honest. But, man, Chris Sale to be doing this
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  Speaker 6: at this point in his career, Hall of Famer.
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  Speaker 1: 206 ERA. I mean, the Miz is doing things we
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  Speaker 1: haven't seen, especially with the velocity. But Chris Sale in
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  Speaker 1: most seasons would be a Cy Young winner. It's a
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  Speaker 1: good call here, Kratz. I mean, he's got the innings,
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  Speaker 1: the 206 ERA, the strikeout rate off the charts. He's
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  Speaker 1: doing it all. He's making his starts. The Braves have
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  Speaker 1: managed him well. I believe this is still true. I
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  Speaker 1: think after his first one or two starts of the season,
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  Speaker 1: it was regular, regular four days rest. Many pitchers these
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  Speaker 1: days don't just do four days rest. And this is
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  Speaker 1: your example. I think almost every start, if not every
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  Speaker 1: start since has been five days rest. They've got the
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  Speaker 1: plan down with Chris sale and it is working, whatever
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  Speaker 1: you're doing, just keep it. And also his son is
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  Speaker 1: recognizing his game right now. Speaking of all smiles, did
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  Speaker 1: you guys see this?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw it. That's a, you know, he's like,
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  Speaker 2: hold on. He coming out.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm sure after the game when Chris saw it,
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  Speaker 4: he was probably pumped because, you know, a lot of
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  Speaker 4: times guys don't get a chance to play to where,
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  Speaker 4: you know, some of their kids really understand what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: So that's dope to see his kids reaction. That's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 6: That's ridiculous to be able to see because, I mean,
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  Speaker 6: the way he talks about it, he broke into the league.
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  Speaker 6: As a young, just standard whippersnapper coming into the league, hey,
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  Speaker 6: he's probably going to be a bullpen guy. He showed them, no,
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  Speaker 6: he's a starter. He's played a whole entire career as
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  Speaker 6: a starter. He went through things that would have broken
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  Speaker 6: a lot of other players. He went through injuries. He
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  Speaker 6: went through a lot of critiquing from the Red Sox fans.
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  Speaker 6: Reestablished himself. And this is a stat that kind of
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  Speaker 6: encapsulates Chris Sale and kind of reminds me of like, hey,
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  Speaker 6: you know what? You see his son react. You realize
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  Speaker 6: family is important to him, all that stuff. He has
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  Speaker 6: never once gone to free agency. He has always signed
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  Speaker 6: some type of extension no matter where he's been. Red
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  Speaker 6: Sox fans might say, oh, it's a terrible extension. They
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  Speaker 6: have a World Series because of what he did before
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  Speaker 6: that extension. But he has always done it. It just
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  Speaker 6: shows loyalty. it shows just a different, a different path
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  Speaker 6: of going about it than other players have.
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  Speaker 2: Josh, did you face Chris?
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  Speaker 1: I'm assuming you did, right?
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  Speaker 7: No, I did.
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  Speaker 2: I faced him when he was with Boston.
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  Speaker 4: Um, and I want to say that was around, had
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  Speaker 4: to be around like 15. I think we opened up
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  Speaker 4: in Boston and, um, I think I was one for
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  Speaker 4: two or one for three on them. Um, But it
• 9:28
  Speaker 4: was my first time facing him. Obviously knew who he
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  Speaker 4: was at the time, but we just never crossed paths
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  Speaker 4: because he was with the White Sox. And I just
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  Speaker 4: remember like, man, this dude is flinging this ball from
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  Speaker 4: the other side. And the scouting report was like, man,
• 9:41
  Speaker 4: if you've never faced him, like you might want to
• 9:44
  Speaker 4: push him out and over. And then I had somebody,
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  Speaker 4: you know, that's faced him because it wasn't too many
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  Speaker 4: of us with the Pirates who had faced him, you know,
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  Speaker 4: at this time. So there's a couple of guys like, yeah, man,
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  Speaker 4: if you see a heater out over you know, be
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  Speaker 4: ready to swing, just know that his slider or slur
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  Speaker 4: comes out the same spot. So like, he's really good at,
• 10:01
  Speaker 4: you know, throwing that back foot. But, you know, I
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  Speaker 4: was one for two. I hit a ball off the
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  Speaker 4: wall and it was a short single due to Fenway.
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  Speaker 4: But I think the other one I struck out on
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  Speaker 4: like a high heater, but, you know, it felt like
• 10:12
  Speaker 4: it was at the belt and it was like at
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  Speaker 4: the letters. But as I said, man, it's not too
• 10:16
  Speaker 4: many guys that's thrown from his angle that also has,
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  Speaker 4: Not only that, you have to have command with it.
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  Speaker 4: And as you said, his numbers are a testament of
• 10:24
  Speaker 4: a guy that's attacking his own and a guy that
• 10:27
  Speaker 4: has done this year and a year out when he's healthy.
• 10:30
  Speaker 6: Two for seven, Kit. Two for seven. Two punches, I
• 10:35
  Speaker 6: feel like, against a Hall of Famer. That is a legit,
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  Speaker 6: legit stat. So two for seven, good for you. I
• 10:42
  Speaker 6: never faced him, but like Harry said... That ball comes
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  Speaker 6: out from a different spot. It's like, you just don't,
• 10:48
  Speaker 6: I wonder if to jet even can get guys ready
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  Speaker 6: for it. You know, we talk about like crazy extension
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  Speaker 6: that some guys have. You talk about it's so far
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  Speaker 6: out here and it's at that low, low, lower angle.
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  Speaker 6: And yet he can still up shoot it. And then
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  Speaker 6: he drops that slider that you're just like, ah, that's
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  Speaker 6: a ball crap. That's not a ball. Oh, that's a
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  Speaker 6: strike out. That just hit me in the back foot.
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  Speaker 2: That's 98.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Nice.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and actually, right, the guy who he's probably going
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  Speaker 1: to lose the Cy Young to in the National League,
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  Speaker 1: the Miz, also just brings it in such a different
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  Speaker 1: way with the extension, the perceived velo. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to him later because it does actually lead to
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  Speaker 1: some issues for him like it did last night. But
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  Speaker 1: all smiles for the Braves. I mean, that is a
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  Speaker 1: statement series. We're in late August, and they sweep the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 1: Very impressive and potentially... a preview of what we can
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: see in the post season with the Braves and the Dodgers.
• 11:44
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  Speaker 1: to actually focus on the Pirates for a moment with
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: this slot because Paul Skeens is the seller, right? Paul
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: Skeens starts so much better in Pittsburgh. Josh Shoke, I
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: want to spend a minute here to get your thoughts
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: on what you've seen from schemes this year. And if
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  Speaker 1: you think the last outing is the re breakout where
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: he finds it again and has a nice strong final month, I.
• 13:19
  Speaker 4: Don't want to say re breakout, but obviously him going
• 13:22
  Speaker 4: six innings with no walks, um, and keeping it a
• 13:25
  Speaker 4: zero zero game and a one nothing win was big
• 13:28
  Speaker 4: for the pirates, especially in the time that they needed.
• 13:30
  Speaker 4: I think there are two games behind St. Louis, which
• 13:33
  Speaker 4: are still seven and a half behind the last wildcard
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  Speaker 4: big series. But, uh, You know, if you're going to
• 13:36
  Speaker 4: make an interesting push, you need Paul Skeens to give
• 13:39
  Speaker 4: you what he gave yesterday. And it had been, I
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  Speaker 4: think it's the first start they won since May of his.
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  Speaker 4: So a big win for them, him going six innings,
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  Speaker 4: as I said, no walks. And maybe something mechanically, maybe
• 13:51
  Speaker 4: he was able to piece something together because there's been
• 13:53
  Speaker 4: some disconnection. There's been some stories out. There's been some videos.
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  Speaker 4: But nobody really knows other than Paul, you know, intuition.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure he's feeling things and just slowly trying to
• 14:03
  Speaker 4: piece it together. And that was definitely a step in
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  Speaker 4: the right direction, going six scoreless in the game that
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  Speaker 4: they won 1-0. So it'll be interesting to see where
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  Speaker 4: he goes from here and just build off of that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that game was Tuesday, by the way, the
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  Speaker 1: one that you're talking about. And then the next one
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  Speaker 1: for Paul is on– well, he's not listed on here,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm guessing what, Tuesday?
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  Speaker 2: It'll probably be back home.
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  Speaker 4: They've been getting a little– creative with his starts based
• 14:31
  Speaker 4: off of trying to give him some time to work
• 14:33
  Speaker 4: through some things. And I mean, his last two starts,
• 14:35
  Speaker 4: his velocity had been up and which was encouraging for them,
• 14:39
  Speaker 4: but it's not just about velocity.
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  Speaker 2: It's about being able to make your pitches.
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  Speaker 4: And I think him going for, you know, six innings
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  Speaker 4: with no walks was him being able to say, okay,
• 14:49
  Speaker 4: I think I'm piecing things back to back together. Cause we,
• 14:53
  Speaker 4: we covered it with miss, you know, even if his velocity,
• 14:57
  Speaker 4: if he dialed it back, he was still, you know,
• 14:59
  Speaker 4: making his pitches in those starts that Paul was struggling.
• 15:01
  Speaker 4: You know, he was walking guys, leaving pitches over the middle. And,
• 15:05
  Speaker 4: you know, maybe you see something headed back towards, you know,
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  Speaker 4: him returning back to form a little bit, obviously.
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  Speaker 2: End of the season.
• 15:11
  Speaker 4: But, you know, they say it's not how you start,
• 15:14
  Speaker 4: it's how you finish.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: And also, yeah, so Jared Jones is pitching Friday. Then
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: they've got a TBD on Saturday, but it won't be
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: Skeen's Ashcraft on Sunday. And then, yeah, they're back home.
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  Speaker 2: Let's hit.
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: The Miz.
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: I almost said Jacob DeGrom. I'm thinking dominant pitcher, strikeouts
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: in Queens.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: Did I get it?
• 16:10
  Speaker 6: That's a fair. That's your one mistake for the year, Scott.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: No, I didn't say it. I didn't say it. It
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: doesn't count. It's like a check swing. I didn't go.
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: I didn't go.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: Did he go?
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: Harry, did he go?
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: He didn't. He said he thought it. He didn't say it.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: Are you kidding me?
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: All right, let's get to Miz. So let's get right
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: to what he said and then we'll react to it
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: about how this isn't the first time he's had issues
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: with the mound because of how far down the mound
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: he goes.
• 16:42
  Speaker 7: Yeah, it was just a little wet, you know. Once
• 16:45
  Speaker 7: we battled through that, you know, the grounds crew was
• 16:47
  Speaker 7: really working hard to try and get it figured out.
• 16:49
  Speaker 7: You know, it would be good to fix for a
• 16:51
  Speaker 7: batter or two, and then I would dig out just
• 16:53
  Speaker 7: from landing. It would crumble away and, you know, back
• 16:57
  Speaker 7: to where the mud was. So, you know, I think
• 17:00
  Speaker 7: it was a part of the day and, you know,
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: it was.
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: What it was.
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: Got to figure out a way to power through it.
• 17:05
  Speaker 7: Was it getting on both feet or just the land?
• 17:09
  Speaker 7: Mostly just the land. You know, there were maybe a few,
• 17:12
  Speaker 7: I mean, maybe one, two times that I slipped on
• 17:14
  Speaker 7: the backside. But, you know, mostly the front side.
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: How is it affecting your pitches?
• 17:20
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I think that's a big factor of,
• 17:25
  Speaker 7: you know, not being able to control the front side.
• 17:28
  Speaker 7: You know, there's no, you know, no wall to hit.
• 17:30
  Speaker 7: And so, you know, you kind of are throwing with
• 17:33
  Speaker 7: all arm.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: So that's the miss. And you would think, oh, man,
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: he must have, Gotten shelled, right?
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: No.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: It was six innings, two hits, two walks, six strikeouts,
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: 25 starts at 173 ARA. The Brewers won the game.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: They're 17-8 in Ms. Starts. Kratz, I'll let you start
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: here since you dealt with the pitchers all the time.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: How common is this for someone? And we're looking at
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: it now on video. If you're listening to the pod side,
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: you can check out video with us maybe on YouTube
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: at some point. But walk us through this.
• 18:05
  Speaker 6: I've never seen– I've never seen a pitcher– twice in
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: a season, need a mound repaired. And he's done it.
• 18:14
  Speaker 6: He did it a few times in Los Angeles when
• 18:17
  Speaker 6: they're playing the Angels, and he complained about it. He
• 18:19
  Speaker 6: said it was awful. But both times he says at
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: the end, he goes, yeah, you know what? I got
• 18:24
  Speaker 6: to deal with it. And if you can deal with
• 18:25
  Speaker 6: it by giving up two hits and going six with
• 18:27
  Speaker 6: six punches, I feel like it just shows you're on
• 18:31
  Speaker 6: another level. And that's why he's going to be the
• 18:32
  Speaker 6: Cy Young Award winner. But when he's sliding with his
• 18:36
  Speaker 6: landing foot there, It's really the mechanics of... And if
• 18:39
  Speaker 6: you're watching right now, it's really how far out he gets.
• 18:43
  Speaker 6: And I don't think the grounds crew is doing this
• 18:46
  Speaker 6: on purpose. And I'll explain why I say that in
• 18:48
  Speaker 6: a bit. But I think it's just something... He extends
• 18:52
  Speaker 6: so far out with that front foot that I think
• 18:54
  Speaker 6: he's landing, especially on the road, when he gets out
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: there and pitches second, he's landing past where the other
• 19:02
  Speaker 6: guy's foot is already dug out from the first inning.
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: And so... It's something he's going to have to adjust to.
• 19:10
  Speaker 6: But Jay Hay knows that some fields, they do a
• 19:14
  Speaker 6: little bit on the field to make it a little
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: bit of a home field advantage. You know, like they
• 19:20
  Speaker 6: went down the base path a little bit. They went
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: down in front of home plate a little bit for
• 19:24
  Speaker 6: a ground ball pitcher that's a home pitcher. I'm not
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: saying they're doing this, but whoever the Brewers face in
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: the postseason might think about that.
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. All fields are not created equally.
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: I mean, I know they had the CBA where now
• 19:39
  Speaker 4: all of them are supposed to be cut out the
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: same distance behind, you know, the infield. but uh and
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: all the mounds supposed to be the same height but
• 19:47
  Speaker 4: we know i mean i pitched a few games and
• 19:50
  Speaker 4: i've pitched at a few oh stop it stadiums i
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: was throwing 63 at some places 70 at other but
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: not that that was due to the mound but there
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: are some that literally you can feel time of day
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: depending on the conditions some might have been tackier than
• 20:06
  Speaker 4: others some might have had a big hole And you
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: mentioned Miz is, you know, his stride is longer than
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: a lot of people. So his heel might be landing
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: where most people finish. And I think you mentioned too,
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: like he said, I just got to power through it.
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: But he was also aware enough to know that, you know,
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: it could cause for, you know, him not to throw
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: against a stiff front side and, you know, put.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: More on his arm.
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: But it's definitely one of those things that you would
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: definitely look out because there are also some of those
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: stadiums or places that you would go that's like, yeah,
• 20:34
  Speaker 4: they went down the base paths or, You know, I
• 20:38
  Speaker 4: promise the balls look like they rubbed up a little
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: darker when we hit as opposed to when they hit.
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: You know, all the little gamesmanship things. But realistically, though,
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: you really try to make sure that, you know, those
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: pitchers do have some type of landing spot to where
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: it is, you know, solid for them to where they
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: can land correctly. Because as you mentioned, he's a freak
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: athlete and he's striding out past other people. And you
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: just want to make sure that first and foremost, that
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: these guys' health is going to be fine.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: And, you know, he powers through it. Like you said, power.
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: Through on it and going six with two hits, if
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: that's power through on it. I'm glad I'm done playing
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: and don't have to face somebody if that's what's called
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: power through on it is.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: I don't want to.
• 21:22
  Speaker 6: Face him anyway. 104, we're good. We're good.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: Like, I'm good.
• 21:26
  Speaker 6: I've been done for a long time. But exactly what
• 21:29
  Speaker 6: you said. He actually mentioned it in his start. I
• 21:31
  Speaker 6: watched the interview after his start in Anaheim.
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: And.
• 21:36
  Speaker 6: He said, yeah, the question was asked him, could this
• 21:40
  Speaker 6: cause an injury?
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 21:42
  Speaker 6: So good for him understanding his body, understanding, you know what,
• 21:46
  Speaker 6: I'm not going to get on it. I'm not going
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: to try to hit 100, 300, 400 every pitch, which
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: sometimes you see him do that and you're like, whoa,
• 21:53
  Speaker 6: he's got it going today. And able to pitch. That's
• 21:57
  Speaker 6: crazy because we talk about it all the time. A
• 21:59
  Speaker 6: lot of throwers in the game get taken advantage of
• 22:02
  Speaker 6: by hitters because they throw and they're not necessarily hitting spots.
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: He was able to back it down, only hit a
• 22:09
  Speaker 6: few pitches over 100, and still be able to go deep.
• 22:14
  Speaker 6: For the Miz, at this point in the season, six
• 22:16
  Speaker 6: innings is deep into the game. So it was awesome,
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: but it'll be interesting to see what happens when he
• 22:22
  Speaker 6: goes on the road in the playoffs.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: It was a favored start by some of his friends,
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: like D.L. Hall, reliever thought. that it was his favorite
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: outing of the year for Miz. He said he didn't
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: have his A stuff, and he was sliding on the mound,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: and he still did it. That's grown man stuff right there.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: I love that last sentence. That's grown man stuff.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and he's got grown man stats here for somebody
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: so young. The last pitcher aged 24 or younger who
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: had an ERA as low as Jacob Mizorowski, the 173
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: mark through 25 starts in a season. You'd have to
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: go to 1985. Doc Gooden, a 1.64 in his first
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: 25 starts in 1985.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, come on.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: This is incredible right now. There it is.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: That's crazy.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's crazy. Look at the shiny, beautiful stats here.
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Crats on the right side of the screen especially. I mean,
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: it's a Christmas tree when it comes to the StatCast
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: page for Miz.
• 23:20
  Speaker 6: It's crazy. I was trying to read, if you're listening
• 23:23
  Speaker 6: on a podcast, everything on a StatCast page is red.
• 23:26
  Speaker 6: And the baseball is all the way over to the
• 23:29
  Speaker 6: 199th percentile. And then there's one that's like just white.
• 23:33
  Speaker 6: It's just kind of a little bit above average. And
• 23:35
  Speaker 6: that's his ground ball rate. Well, you can't hit ground
• 23:37
  Speaker 6: balls when everyone's swinging and missing. But I was trying
• 23:40
  Speaker 6: to look it up. I was trying to look it up,
• 23:43
  Speaker 6: and I'm doing it on the fly here. I'm going
• 23:45
  Speaker 6: to disagree with D.L. Hall. While I wasn't there to
• 23:49
  Speaker 6: see him fight through that and do grown man stuff,
• 23:52
  Speaker 6: I have a hard time believing my favorite start would
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: not be the one against the Phillies because that was
• 23:58
  Speaker 6: on June 12th. He had 15 punch outs in 95
• 24:03
  Speaker 6: pitches and gave up A hit, a single hit. So sorry, DL.
• 24:08
  Speaker 6: I get it. He grinded through it. Pitchers want to
• 24:10
  Speaker 6: see guys grind through things. The most dominant start of
• 24:14
  Speaker 6: this season by far was against the Phillies lineup. One hit,
• 24:19
  Speaker 6: nine innings, 15 punch AOs and zero walks.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: Impressive.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: It's just a ridiculous season. I want to make sure
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: we keep giving it love, especially down the stretch here,
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: because then we're going to, in a month, focus on
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: playoff miss and what that looks like.
• 24:37
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• 24:39
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• 24:42
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• 24:45
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• 25:34
  Speaker 2: What about playoff judge?
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Can we get to Aaron and the latest quotes from
• 25:37
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• 25:41
  Speaker 1: Judge said he hopes to return without a minor league
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: rehab stint. Brian Hoke, who covers the Yanks, got this
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: quote from Judge. I didn't rehab in 2023 when I
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: missed probably the same amount of time. Why waste at bats?
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: Why waste anything down in a minor league game? I've
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: been doing this for a while now and I've got
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  Speaker 1: a sense of what I need to do on the
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• 26:01
  Speaker 3: Jay.
• 26:01
  Speaker 5: Hey, your thoughts.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: I'm not mad at it. You talk about a guy,
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: you talk about a guy that knows his body.
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: Obviously he's been through some injuries, but I honestly can
• 26:12
  Speaker 4: attest to it. Cause I had a stint in 23
• 26:15
  Speaker 4: with the Phillies to where I had to go on
• 26:18
  Speaker 4: a on an injured list for something with my wrist.
• 26:23
  Speaker 4: And instead of going down to play, you know, rehab games,
• 26:27
  Speaker 4: I was like, I can keep my legs fresh here.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: I'm lifting, I'm running my bats.
• 26:32
  Speaker 4: We got a traject machine in the cage that I
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: can face whatever pitchers, righties, lefties, as many, I can
• 26:38
  Speaker 4: take my bats here. Um, being a guy that's played
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: some rehab games, like after about two or three, you're like,
• 26:44
  Speaker 4: all right, man, there's really nothing like it's, it's not
• 26:46
  Speaker 4: the same. It's hard to simulated, even though you do
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: need to get back on your feet. But if he's
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: doing everything to keep his legs under him, you know
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: that he's out there running Shaq. And, you know, if
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: his legs are under him and it's about getting at bats,
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: I think he can take those at bats off the trajectory.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, what else do you have it there for?
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: I don't know if y'all feel any different, Kratz, but
• 27:08
  Speaker 4: I don't know if you've seen a trajectory machine, but
• 27:10
  Speaker 4: I literally was taking at bats like, oh, put the
• 27:12
  Speaker 4: righty up.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: I'll take five at bats. You can mix in his pitches.
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: Now to your Question, I don't think it simulates extension.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: We were talking about sale.
• 27:22
  Speaker 4: I think it will simulate their release point, but you're
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: not going to get the same type of extension. But
• 27:28
  Speaker 4: I do think there's some benefit, especially for him. He's like,
• 27:31
  Speaker 4: if y'all want me here, I can do my stuff here,
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: and when I'm ready to go, I'm good to go.
• 27:34
  Speaker 4: So I'm not opposed to it.
• 27:37
  Speaker 6: He's going to rehab against the Rays, rehab against the Orioles.
• 27:41
  Speaker 6: He's not rehabbing against Norfolk. And part of that, too,
• 27:45
  Speaker 6: we'll get to it later with the Red Sox and
• 27:46
  Speaker 6: Trevor Story. struggling in AAA. It's almost a lose-lose for
• 27:51
  Speaker 6: Judge to go down there. You face guys that you're
• 27:53
  Speaker 6: not going to be facing in the big leagues. He
• 27:55
  Speaker 6: can be around the big league training staff. And if
• 27:58
  Speaker 6: you don't do well, oh, he's not ready. He's not ready.
• 28:02
  Speaker 6: This team's going to make the playoffs. They're solidifying their spot.
• 28:06
  Speaker 6: He's not going to get in the lineup and hurt them.
• 28:08
  Speaker 6: And they don't have an expectation of he needs to
• 28:10
  Speaker 6: play 26 games in a row. So yeah, a guy
• 28:13
  Speaker 6: like that, he's better than most players. So if he says,
• 28:16
  Speaker 6: I don't need him, He doesn't need them.
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: One more quote I want to get to in this segment.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: This one went viral on the West Coast especially. Zach Manassian,
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: who's the number two in command in the front office
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: to Buster Posey, addressing bullpen issues this year for the
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: ball club.
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I want to be a little careful to say
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: rebuild the entire bullpen. Something I was looking at the
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: other day. The ninth inning, obviously, has been a huge issue.
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: Our bullpen ERA, when you take out the ninth inning,
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: I think the last time I looked was a couple
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: days ago, sixth in baseball. So when you look at
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: some of the names out in that bullpen, some of
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: the guys who have stepped up and thrown well, I
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: know Dylan Smith had a tough one yesterday, but Dylan Smith,
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: he's thrown well this year. Carson Seymour's looked really good
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: this year. Keaton Wynn, who unfortunately is hurt right now,
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: I think took some great positive strides. Sam Hentges and
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: Jason Foley are two guys first year removed from injury.
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: And.
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: Those guys have flashed what they can be at times
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: as well. So there's talent there, but one thing I
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: will say is I know as a front office we
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: don't feel comfortable obviously resting on what we have.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: All right, so that's him on KNBR, and then Kratz,
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: of course, people went nuts. They're like, wait, so you're
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: not going to include the ninth inning in this part
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: of the conversation? I actually think he got roasted by
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: some people, and I'm like, I actually think.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: Whatever.
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: Should he phrase it that way?
• 30:01
  Speaker 7: No.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: It wasn't the worst thing. I got the point. Hey,
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: we like some of our bridge guys. We like our setup.
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: We don't have a ninth inning option. We should look
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: for a big name closer in the offseason.
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: I got it.
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: Wait.
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 30:16
  Speaker 6: I mean, isn't this on him? Is this on the office?
• 30:19
  Speaker 6: And I know with Buster there, they're not going quite
• 30:22
  Speaker 6: the near at all close to where it was when... Oh,
• 30:28
  Speaker 6: I'm blanking on the... No, Farhan Zaidi. Farhan Zaidi was
• 30:33
  Speaker 6: there where the ninth inning didn't matter. It doesn't matter
• 30:38
  Speaker 6: what inning. They're all just innings. There's high leverage innings
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: and there's not high leverage innings. I don't think they're
• 30:43
  Speaker 6: in that boat, but they went into the season with
• 30:47
  Speaker 6: that position, the ninth inning, the closer position, not solidified.
• 30:52
  Speaker 6: I think it's something that With stats, if you say, well,
• 30:56
  Speaker 6: you know what? If I take out all of the
• 30:57
  Speaker 6: games where I struck out, I was a really good hitter. Like, what?
• 31:03
  Speaker 6: No duh. If you take out the ninth inning, it's
• 31:05
  Speaker 6: a key inning in baseball for them. So is he right?
• 31:09
  Speaker 6: Do they have pieces? Yes. To me, I think it's
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: something that you have to make sure you have solidified
• 31:16
  Speaker 6: going into the offseason or going into a new season.
• 31:20
  Speaker 6: You need to have your clothes or not. I hope
• 31:23
  Speaker 6: Ryan Walker steps up. I hope one of these young
• 31:26
  Speaker 6: guys is that guy. And it hasn't happened for the Giants.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. You need high leverage guys.
• 31:34
  Speaker 4: And to say we've been good except for the ninth inning.
• 31:39
  Speaker 4: Today's game of baseball, they've always talked about bridging that
• 31:42
  Speaker 4: gap and having a deep bullpen.
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: What good does it do you to have a.
• 31:47
  Speaker 4: Good bullpen if you can't finish it in the ninth.
• 31:50
  Speaker 4: Everything you've done up to that point is, as you said,
• 31:52
  Speaker 4: it's a flip of a coin toss if you're saying,
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: I hope.
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: This guy is good.
• 31:55
  Speaker 4: Because more times than not, I mean, you look at
• 31:58
  Speaker 4: teams that have dominant closers, it's like, oh, you get
• 32:00
  Speaker 4: to the ninth inning. I mean, you want somebody that's
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: coming in that's going.
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: To shut it down.
• 32:05
  Speaker 4: And what good does it do to scratch and claw,
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: get the lead, go into the ninth inning, and then
• 32:11
  Speaker 4: you're just like, oh, let's go.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Throw this guy out there. I hope he gets it done.
• 32:14
  Speaker 4: So as you said, it's a reflection on kind of
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: what they did I'm a firm believer you have to
• 32:18
  Speaker 4: be able to close games, especially in today's culture where,
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: you know, there's going to be a point in the
• 32:24
  Speaker 4: playoffs where somebody is going to be pulled after five
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: innings because they're going to say we got the bullpen
• 32:29
  Speaker 4: and we want to get this 6-7-8 guy to get
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: to the ninth. So what good does it do to
• 32:33
  Speaker 4: have this 6-7-8 guy if you don't have a ninth?
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: So it kind of makes no sense to me. But
• 32:39
  Speaker 4: at the same time, as you said, he could have
• 32:42
  Speaker 4: just said, yeah, we need to go find somebody to
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: close back in part.
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: Of the game.
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's it. You could have said it just like that,
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: what you said in a sentence from Manassian. Like, hey,
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: we like what we've got, except we're going to look
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: for ninth inning help.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Cool. Got it. Thank you.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: But cherry picking stats is a beautiful thing.
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: Anyway, yeah.
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• 33:29
  Speaker 1: I think. I say it with hesitancy, but.
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: It sounds real.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: The Rays, after what, like 20 years of trying to
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: figure this out, have the approvals that they need. New
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: owner in the past year. Now, new ballpark approved. Not
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: in St.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: Pete.
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: Not in St. Petersburg. This is Hillsborough County. They just
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: approved 5-2, the new deal for the raise. There were
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: two approvals that were needed. Tampa City Council, that was
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: a close one, 4-3. Hillsborough was easier. That's the county, right?
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: And that was 5-2. It's a $ 2. 3 billion ballpark in Tampa.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: And it is projected to open in 2029. So let's
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: get to work.
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: As far as who's.
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: Paying for what, if you really care about that stuff,
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: Hillsborough County and the city, those two combined, are going
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: to commit $ 876 million of tax money or whatever. And
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: then the raise will pay $ 1. 37 billion plus all construction overruns.
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: So the raise pay like, what is that, about two-thirds?
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: And then the city and the county pay about a third.
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: And finally, Kratz, we're going to get some baseball and what,
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: how many years is that? Three years out of the
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: basement carpet drop.
• 34:53
  Speaker 6: I mean, we got a new roof and everything and
• 34:55
  Speaker 6: now we're moving out. Like let's get, this is good.
• 35:00
  Speaker 6: This is good as much as I loved the proposed
• 35:04
  Speaker 6: village land that was going to be going on in St.
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: Pete.
• 35:08
  Speaker 6: That the original ownership and original politicians kind of agreed on, yeah,
• 35:15
  Speaker 6: it would have been great for the St. Pete area
• 35:17
  Speaker 6: over a 30-year period. Awesome. Ultimately, moving to Tampa, this
• 35:22
  Speaker 6: is great. This is great for baseball as a whole,
• 35:25
  Speaker 6: and this is great, in my opinion, for the Rays
• 35:29
  Speaker 6: as an organization because you've seen what the Lightning, which
• 35:33
  Speaker 6: is not a sport, hockey is not a sport that
• 35:35
  Speaker 6: is played in Florida, at the extent that baseball is played.
• 35:39
  Speaker 6: So bringing it to Tampa, hopefully this allows fans of
• 35:43
  Speaker 6: the Tampa Bay Rays, not the St. Pete Rays, the
• 35:47
  Speaker 6: Tampa Bay Rays to come and support their team, just
• 35:51
  Speaker 6: like they support the other franchises that are.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: In the city. Yeah, no, um, you definitely hit it.
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: Tampa Bay being in Tampa Bay.
• 36:01
  Speaker 4: Um, and just in time, they, as you said, got
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: the roof fixed, but, um, I think it's a smart move,
• 36:09
  Speaker 4: as you mentioned. Gives those fans, people that live in
• 36:12
  Speaker 4: Tampa Bay, no disrespect to the people in St.
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: Pete.
• 36:14
  Speaker 4: I'm sure they're going to feel some type of way,
• 36:17
  Speaker 4: but still not that bad of a drive. And I
• 36:20
  Speaker 4: know it's one of those things where it's something to
• 36:21
  Speaker 4: look forward to. Next couple of years, we'll have a
• 36:24
  Speaker 4: new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays. And I think
• 36:27
  Speaker 4: it's kind of fitting seeing that the Tampa Bay Rays
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: will be in Tampa Bay.
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: That is also, you know, whenever... AJ hosts like a
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: few times a month these days. And whenever he's hosting,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: he usually takes shots at me. So it is finally
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: my chance to declare AJ Pruszynski upset today. Unfortunately, he
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: is not hosting today because he is shedding tears. He
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: is very upset. The Orlando Rays are extinct. They never
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: were born. They never will be born. It hurts for
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: me too. I love Orlando, but also I'm very well
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: aware that there's not going to be baseball in Orlando
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: and Tampa. So the Orlando dreamers can keep dreaming. The
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: only chance that Orlando had was if the Rays moved
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: to Orlando, it always seemed on the government side that
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: it was not going to happen. That's a real thing, right?
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: All the way up to the governor did not want
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: them to move out of the Tampa Bay area. They
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: will not move out of the Tampa Bay area. If
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: all this goes the way it should. And it sounds
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: like this is real. I know that people have been
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: fooled before and crats. We went through this whole song
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: and dance with the A's. And then over the last
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: few years, Oh, it sounds like it's happening. Oh, now
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: it's not again. Oh, they have to redo it.
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: Oh.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: And then of course we had the hurricane, which was terrible.
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: And then that messed up the, the plans and the
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: communication line with Stu Sternberg, the old owner of the race.
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: This one sounds legit. Now I didn't get to read
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: everything and this happened and broke kind of right around
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: when our show started, but it sounds like this is real.
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: And again, I'm not the expert on this. We can
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: get AJ to comment next week. But the Rays being
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: in Tampa versus the Rays being in St. Pete, according
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: to every single person that knows that area better than
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: I do, is a huge win. Players, fans, traffic, you
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: name it. It is no offense to St.
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: Petersburg.
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: That is a great spot. You want to go down
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: there and visit and have a good time and hit
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: the beaches.
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: Great.
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: But I would like to not be stuck in worlds
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: of traffic going across a causeway is what I've learned.
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: It's called.
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: So props to Tampa for getting this done. The thing
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: that I'm rooting for in this case is we, we
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: need baseball to be represented better in Florida. That's the
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: real problem here that Kratz is alluding to. Why is
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: baseball getting dusted by hockey in Florida?
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: And Miami has its own problems. And I would say
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: entertainment is, distractions and competition, but in the Tampa Bay area,
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: baseball should be dominating and the race are good most years.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: So you look around and you're like, what is going
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: on here? Crappy ballpark, too much traffic.
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: Well, it sounds like we have a potential lane to
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: fix both of those problems.
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: Here it is.
• 39:17
  Speaker 6: This is the last chance. I'm not saying baseball's leaving
• 39:20
  Speaker 6: Florida because it'll never leave Florida, but it is both cases, St.
• 39:25
  Speaker 6: Pete and Miami The stadium was not built where it
• 39:30
  Speaker 6: should have been built. So the Rays have a shot
• 39:33
  Speaker 6: to change that. I think they did a tremendous job
• 39:36
  Speaker 6: with the Lightning Stadium. It's an event to go down
• 39:40
  Speaker 6: there and you go and watch hockey. It's entertainment. Baseball's
• 39:43
  Speaker 6: played all over the state. you can go to a
• 39:47
  Speaker 6: Rays game and be entertained if they do it correctly.
• 39:50
  Speaker 6: So to me, this is their chance to help Florida
• 39:53
  Speaker 6: get that name of, Hey, you know what? We love baseball.
• 39:56
  Speaker 6: We know baseball down here and get fans out because Miami,
• 40:01
  Speaker 6: they build it. You know, they built the stadium there
• 40:03
  Speaker 6: because of a very political push. And it's just not
• 40:08
  Speaker 6: that convenient spot that fans are going to go to.
• 40:11
  Speaker 6: And if it's not convenient, it's, Why am I going
• 40:13
  Speaker 6: to go to an affordable game? Why am I going
• 40:16
  Speaker 6: to go to this? So make it be about the fans,
• 40:19
  Speaker 6: the location. I think Tampa is going to get it right.
• 40:22
  Speaker 6: Tampa Bay, the actual city of Tampa Bay, is going
• 40:26
  Speaker 6: to get it right. And that is what is important.
• 40:29
  Speaker 6: And I think if this team can increase attendance, increase
• 40:35
  Speaker 6: just the city dynamic that they've been lacking since being
• 40:39
  Speaker 6: in St. Pete, It's going to help all of baseball.
• 40:42
  Speaker 6: So all owners should be behind this. Bella, Bella, Bella, where?
• 40:51
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• 41:50
  Speaker 1: you said it.
• 41:51
  Speaker 5: Tampa.
• 41:52
  Speaker 6: Tampa, Tampa. I said Tampa Bay. I didn't go back
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: and fix it. The city of Tampa. The city of Tampa.
• 41:59
  Speaker 6: The area of Tampa Bay, not the St. Pete Rays.
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: Just to prevent.
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: Someone who was waiting seven minutes into this segment just
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: to tell you what's good. Like Kratz doesn't know what's
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: going on down there.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: He does.
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: The games were played last part here in Tampa last
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: year while the Rays had to fix up the ballpark
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: from the hurricane. Also, side note, and this is a
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: real thing, this should have been done many years ago.
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: It's annoying that it didn't, and I'm not putting all
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: the blame on anybody really. There's blame to be put everywhere.
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: But that is why a ton of money had to
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: be wasted to then put a roof back on the trough.
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: That thing was built so long ago and it's like
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: paper mache. Of course, a natural disaster at some point
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: was going to cause a problem and it's dangerous. That
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: park should not have been there for that long. So
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: now they fixed it up.
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: Great.
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: But really in an ideal world, this would have happened
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: a long time ago. We're pushing forward. It's all good now.
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: But when they played last year in the Yankees exhibition home,
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: they did pretty well with the crowds there and it's
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: Florida in the summertime.
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: So it was outside.
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: So what they were seeing was very promising, you know,
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: case studies, I would call it.
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: If we do this in this area and during the
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: summer months that are crazy, we're not outside.
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: This is going to be a vibe.
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: People will show up like they are for the lightning games.
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: Is it going to be perfect? No, I think you
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: have to also just like, but I, some goodwill over
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: a time period. Are you going to invest a little
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: bit more in the team, all of that? And I
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: have hopes that the Rays will do that, but ultimately
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: will attendance numbers go up long-term, not just for the
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: one year first shiny new stadium pop.
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: I think it will.
• 43:47
  Speaker 5: Yes, I agree.
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: I think it will.
• 43:49
  Speaker 6: And I think that area really knows ball. They know
• 43:53
  Speaker 6: ball and they build a little bit of a fan
• 43:55
  Speaker 6: base that I think extends down to the Sarasota area
• 44:00
  Speaker 6: through Tampa, through, you know, in different areas that have
• 44:04
  Speaker 6: grown around Tampa that now they have access to the stadium.
• 44:09
  Speaker 6: It doesn't take you 45 minutes to drive 10 miles.
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: Oops, I just knocked over my mic because it's Friday.
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: Let's do two things. Let's save the Murakami news.
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you okay?
• 44:33
  Speaker 7: Sorry.
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: I'm trying a new mic setup, but so far it's
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: mostly working, except for the last minute of the show
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: on a Friday. Well, do you hear me?
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: Good.
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: Do you see the mic?
• 44:45
  Speaker 3: No?
• 44:45
  Speaker 5: Good.
• 44:46
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: We're winning. Two things. One first for you, Kratz, because
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: you know Brent Strom, right?
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. He's back.
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: He's back with the Astros. We'll save the Murakami news,
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: by the way, that He's in some extension talks potentially,
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: or they've had some combos. We'll save that for Monday
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: with AJ, but Brent Strom is going to be in
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: the dugout for the Astros as a pitching consultant. Joe
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: Espada said he's expected to join the team today at
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: city field. So Strom's back. He's I got to look
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: up the age while you're talking. I think he's like 83.
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: Is that time right?
• 45:23
  Speaker 2: It is.
• 45:23
  Speaker 6: It's up there. Stromer was the pitching coach when I
• 45:26
  Speaker 6: was in Houston and, And I mean, the stuff that
• 45:29
  Speaker 6: he brought, and he actually taught the current pitching coaches
• 45:33
  Speaker 6: that are in Houston now, and they kind of took over.
• 45:37
  Speaker 6: I'm not saying they should have gotten rid of Stromer,
• 45:40
  Speaker 6: but you know what? Bringing him in as a consultant,
• 45:45
  Speaker 6: I love that. Maybe questioning or just helping them continue
• 45:51
  Speaker 6: to develop because he was always interested in what the
• 45:54
  Speaker 6: next new thing was. For being over 80 years old,
• 45:57
  Speaker 6: He definitely was not afraid of what was out there,
• 46:01
  Speaker 6: the new things. But how many coaches are you allowed
• 46:05
  Speaker 6: in the dugout? I feel like you need a certain–
• 46:08
  Speaker 6: I feel like Major League Baseball has to curtail this.
• 46:11
  Speaker 6: We can't just be putting 15 different dudes. It's going
• 46:14
  Speaker 6: to start looking like winter ball in there.
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: Josh, how many coaches when you finished up?
• 46:25
  Speaker 2: I'll be honest.
• 46:27
  Speaker 4: Feel like more and more started getting at it um
• 46:30
  Speaker 4: but i feel like i know for real but i
• 46:32
  Speaker 4: feel like they had a a limit because only so
• 46:34
  Speaker 4: many coaches could be on the bench or in the
• 46:36
  Speaker 4: dugout at a time but i feel like obviously things
• 46:39
  Speaker 4: have changed but back when it was like september call-ups
• 46:42
  Speaker 4: and it would be like like i feel like they've
• 46:45
  Speaker 4: gotten rid of being able to call up a lot
• 46:48
  Speaker 4: of the 40 men but they can call up a
• 46:49
  Speaker 4: lot of coaches but there's a lot of different specific
• 46:52
  Speaker 4: coaches for a lot of different things this is oh,
• 46:55
  Speaker 4: this guy knows how to do the software for the trajectory.
• 46:58
  Speaker 4: And it's like, but so they'll create places, but some
• 47:03
  Speaker 4: of the spots are needed. Sometimes, and especially in this case,
• 47:07
  Speaker 4: you said Strom is.
• 47:08
  Speaker 2: What, 83?
• 47:11
  Speaker 4: That's some knowledge that you can't compute or quantify. So
• 47:16
  Speaker 4: he's probably given a different set of advice where it's like,
• 47:19
  Speaker 4: you know what, let's look at the analytics and I
• 47:20
  Speaker 4: can give you the feel with that.
• 47:22
  Speaker 2: They go hand in hand.
• 47:24
  Speaker 4: So You might see some people trying to blend that
• 47:26
  Speaker 4: in and as to why Houston's probably bringing that guy
• 47:29
  Speaker 4: like Strom has been around.
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: I robbed six years from him and he looks great.
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: My point was going to be like 83 looking great.
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: He's 77. He looks great.
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: My apologies. That's my apology. I ran with him.
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: Hey, I'm, I'm respecting that. Yeah. I mean, he is
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: sharp as ever. Super smart.
• 47:47
  Speaker 7: Right.
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: And clearly, I mean, 77, there's not a lot of 77.
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: He's probably the oldest coach.
• 47:53
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: I'm talking overall coaching staffs. I don't know if there's anybody.
• 47:57
  Speaker 6: Nobody, nobody full time.
• 48:01
  Speaker 2: I feel like that's a safe bet. Yeah.
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 48:03
  Speaker 2: Okay, good.
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: So respecting his game. And then lastly, I just wanted
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: to shout out Walker Jenkins getting called up to the
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: show almost a year in AAA. Now plenty of injuries
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: and all of that. And Aaron Gleeman, who covers the
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: team pointed out how, I guess there was like some
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: conspiracy theory stuff about not calling them up and then
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: He could play AAA during a lockout next year. All
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: that's gone now. He's a major league player. He's up
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: in the show. He should be in the lineup tonight.
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: So we have our Twin Cities territory show that did
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: a breaking news show on it yesterday. That includes Dan
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: Hayes and company. Dan was really sharp on this. He
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: called it the other day. He was like, Friday, he's
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: probably going to get called up. And he is. So
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: we're actually going to end the show today with a
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: couple minutes for you on a clip from Twin Cities
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: territory talking about Walker Jenkins. Hope you all have a
• 48:51
  Speaker 1: fantastic weekend. Jay Hay, Kratz, good show today.
• 48:57
  Speaker 5: And I think the Twins are hopeful that one day
• 48:58
  Speaker 5: he'll be among that group of, like, all-time greats. But
• 49:01
  Speaker 5: he made this impossible to say no by just hitting
• 49:06
  Speaker 5: and hitting and hitting. We know that there are five
• 49:08
  Speaker 5: tools there. We know he can play defense. I think
• 49:11
  Speaker 5: also the defense we saw on Wednesday night probably played
• 49:14
  Speaker 5: into this a little bit. just but the timing of
• 49:17
  Speaker 5: Byron Buxton getting dinged up you know that they weren't
• 49:20
  Speaker 5: going to make that move on the road they were
• 49:23
  Speaker 5: not going to fly Walker Jenkins across the country for
• 49:26
  Speaker 5: a game to fly him across the country and get
• 49:28
  Speaker 5: home at five in the morning afterwards that's not like
• 49:31
  Speaker 5: you know like especially because they were going to see
• 49:34
  Speaker 5: how Buxton was doing Buxton was supposed to be off
• 49:37
  Speaker 5: on Wednesday no matter what that was already in the
• 49:39
  Speaker 5: plans So I think the guys just made it to
• 49:44
  Speaker 5: where they have to say yes because he homered again
• 49:47
  Speaker 5: on Wednesday night. That's his eighth home run in August.
• 49:50
  Speaker 5: I don't know the up-to-the-minute numbers, but he's been ridiculous
• 49:55
  Speaker 5: in August. His average is over 400. His slug is
• 49:58
  Speaker 5: through the roof over 700, I believe. He's showing them
• 50:02
  Speaker 5: that the power is real. And I still will contend
• 50:06
  Speaker 5: that a lot of those fly balls to lefts, are
• 50:08
  Speaker 5: not going to be home runs in the big leagues.
• 50:10
  Speaker 7: St.
• 50:10
  Speaker 5: Paul, the home run on Wednesday night was 96-6 off
• 50:13
  Speaker 5: the bat. But I still think that probably gets down.
• 50:16
  Speaker 5: Maybe it hits the wall, something like that. But he's
• 50:22
  Speaker 5: just proven everything he can. The only question that really
• 50:25
  Speaker 5: exists on him is he still hasn't played 300 professional games.
• 50:30
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