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One Leg Up 8-8-24 - Happy Birthday Anthony Rizzo - Introducing CK of RepBx World - Terminello's Take on MLB and Olympics · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. All right, and welcome inside
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  Speaker 1: to Alex Garrett's podcast network. It is one leg up
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  Speaker 1: on sports tonight. And before we get started with Terminello's take,
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  Speaker 1: I just want to say a happy birthday to Anthony Rizzo.
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  Speaker 1: The picture is up there on my x account Alex
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  Speaker 1: g NYC one. I'll post on Instagram. One of the
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  Speaker 1: best moments this summer was definitely meeting Anthony Rizzo and
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  Speaker 1: of course the Woodbridge experiences. And you know, while I'm
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  Speaker 1: thinking about all this, I wanted you to hear from
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  Speaker 1: one Chris k c k known on Instagram and Twitter
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  Speaker 1: about being at Woodbridge Brewery while I'm with one of
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  Speaker 1: the Repbex community members. What's like to be our at
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  Speaker 1: Wavebridge tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Oh it's amazing. We got like five all current players
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  Speaker 2: all do the thing.
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  Speaker 1: Let me got it off guard. Amazing. Wow, it's a
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  Speaker 1: special up this year, don't you think? Oh yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: thought we can go all the way even we want to.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, these guys are not, you know, playing right now.
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  Speaker 3: But I ended up Trevy and Clark come back. That's
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  Speaker 3: gonna be real, sayous team, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Clark was finishing really well. You're fishing like both with
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  Speaker 2: three al right, and it's rather than this time, we're
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  Speaker 2: taking me valuable.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you.
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  Speaker 3: All right, and we're gonna have a follow up combination
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  Speaker 3: of a longer time, you know, a long down.
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  Speaker 1: It was a great event with the guys and Jack
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  Speaker 1: Curry and Kinley and Cabrera and Trevy and you know
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  Speaker 1: Clark Schmid as well as Luke Weaver, and they were
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  Speaker 1: hoping to get the series win tonight and Terminal was
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  Speaker 1: taking I cover. But before we get to it, a reminder,
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  Speaker 1: So again, the goal is ultimately three hundred. I'm only
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  Speaker 1: wait for that as well. All right, on the Alex
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  Speaker 1: Garrett Podcast Network. Right now, right now is lou Terminello's take. Lou,
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  Speaker 1: before we start any of our sports discussion, I gotta
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  Speaker 1: say this. I often found myself doing a lot of
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  Speaker 1: monologue on the news of the day and disability and accessibility,
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  Speaker 1: and maybe people wonder why I don't talk sports alone.
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  Speaker 1: It's because I'd rather talk with someone, and I feel
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  Speaker 1: like talking with someone makes sports talk better than just
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  Speaker 1: ranting through yourself on the air. Maybe I'll rub on that,
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  Speaker 1: but I just love the one on one conversation instead
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  Speaker 1: of the monologue when it comes to sports talk. Would
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  Speaker 1: you agree on that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I like to give and take. I like to
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  Speaker 2: give and take with somebody else talking sports like we do.
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  Speaker 1: I agree, because, to be honest, a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: give and take now is on Twitter. We don't get
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  Speaker 1: that in person talk. So whenever I got the chance
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  Speaker 1: to interview someone on sports, that is where I feel
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  Speaker 1: like it's the best time to talk about it because
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  Speaker 1: I get sit here all day and talk about it.
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  Speaker 1: But I just not my thing anymore. It's now bringing
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  Speaker 1: on the experts and friends like you to give me
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  Speaker 1: the sports update every week.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Alex, thank you so much, But yeah, I love
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  Speaker 2: the back and forth. It always makes to me the
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  Speaker 2: listen more interesting.
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  Speaker 1: But I want to start out with actually your team,
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  Speaker 1: the Mets, because they went out to the coast, they
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  Speaker 1: lose two out of three, then the Rockies. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I gave him a fight the last couple of games.
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  Speaker 1: Is there a bit of a slowdown going on here
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  Speaker 1: or the Mets?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I think there is a bit of a slowdown
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  Speaker 2: the All Star break those four days off, Alex did
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  Speaker 2: something that major league pitching couldn't do. They slowed down
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  Speaker 2: the Mets hitting machine that was going on for almost
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  Speaker 2: two full months. And you know, they they they just
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  Speaker 2: haven't been hitting since since post All Star break Nim
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  Speaker 2: always been in a huge slump. Lindor has he was
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  Speaker 2: red hot, he's cooled off. Francisco Alvarez has cooled off.
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  Speaker 2: He's chasing pitches outside, and he's in his first full
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  Speaker 2: year to major leagues and he's you know, he's coming
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  Speaker 2: off the seven weeks that he missed when he was
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  Speaker 2: operating on for the broken thumb. I mean, I think
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  Speaker 2: they'll be in it to the end, but they are
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  Speaker 2: up against two hot teams in the San Diego Padres
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  Speaker 2: and the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are on fire. Both teams
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  Speaker 2: are getting timely hitting, clutch hitting, they're getting solid pitching.
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  Speaker 2: San Diego did a terrific job fortifying the bullpen at
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  Speaker 2: the trade deadline. They're going to get you Dolfrish and
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  Speaker 2: Joe Muscro back pretty soon. That's going to make them
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  Speaker 2: even tougher. The beat. So, I mean the Mets, the
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  Speaker 2: Mets road to getting that playoff spot, it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be really difficult. I mean, Arizona is twenty four to
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  Speaker 2: nine since June twenty ninth, you know they are. You
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  Speaker 2: got to give a credit to these teams. They've really
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  Speaker 2: done a good job. Now the Mets are still they're
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  Speaker 2: still doing fine. I mean it's not like they've collapsed
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  Speaker 2: or anything. They were half a game behind Atlanta going
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  Speaker 2: into into play today. And Atlanta obviously has taken a
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  Speaker 2: free fall with their injuries and uh that's brought them back.
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  Speaker 2: But for the Mets, they got it. They'll starting again.
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  Speaker 2: I mean they were. They were just hitting at a
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  Speaker 2: ridiculous clip, and the same thing will happen to the
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  Speaker 2: Padres and to the Diamondbacks. They'll come back down a bit.
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  Speaker 2: But the one thing that really killed the Mets get
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  Speaker 2: losing Cody Singer. That was a devastating loss. He's gone
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  Speaker 2: for the first four months, came back at his first start,
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  Speaker 2: looked like he didn't miss anything. And the Mets have
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  Speaker 2: nobody on their staff that's as good as Cody's Zinger,
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  Speaker 2: So that that that's a tough loss that the Mets
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  Speaker 2: are going to have to try to make try to
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  Speaker 2: make do without for the rest.
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  Speaker 1: Unbelievable. The first game back and he has this injury,
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  Speaker 1: like almost really it was just horrible, a really horrible scene.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, We've seen this a couple of times.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Kunya Junior having that non contact play running
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  Speaker 1: from second to third, I mean, is it the field
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  Speaker 1: there is? Are these bodies not as much in shape
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  Speaker 1: and rehab? Like, what's going on with these players? They
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  Speaker 1: can break down now on non contact plays.
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  Speaker 2: Well, maybe they're they're in tuga to shape, Alex. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: they're in tuga to shape because the play that that
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  Speaker 2: singer got injured on, he was just trying to get
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  Speaker 2: out of the way of a couple of infielders catching
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  Speaker 2: a little pop up and he was heading towards first
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  Speaker 2: base in case the pop up drop. Just a horrible
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  Speaker 2: break for the Mets. And uh, he's a real good pitcher,
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  Speaker 2: there's no doubt about it. I mean, I think the
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  Speaker 2: Mets are going to get met managements are going to
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  Speaker 2: get what they what they wanted. We're being competitive in
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  Speaker 2: twenty four and will reset the organization, which is what
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  Speaker 2: they what's what they want to do. So I think
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  Speaker 2: they'll be in the rest of the way. But they have,
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  Speaker 2: you know, is tough road trip now and not tough
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  Speaker 2: being so much with the opposition. Yeah, they're much better
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  Speaker 2: in the Angels, They're much better than the Rockies. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, in the space of forty eight hours, they
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  Speaker 2: were in three different time zones. They play a game
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  Speaker 2: in Anaheim on a Sunday, Saint Louis on Monday afternoon,
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  Speaker 2: and then Denver on Tuesday night. So hopefully they can
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  Speaker 2: get through these next couple of games. They don't go
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  Speaker 2: to Seattle, then they come home, have that home stand
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  Speaker 2: and then got to go back to the West Coast
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  Speaker 2: again Arizona and San Diego. That that's tough, and that's
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  Speaker 2: because you have now this interleague scheduling.
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  Speaker 1: Where in the past and I was gonna say the
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  Speaker 1: Oreos and the Mets play here, the Mets could play
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  Speaker 1: a big friend to the your Yankees during that series.
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  Speaker 1: I can tell you that much.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the Oreos, as we talked about the All Star
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  Speaker 2: just before the All Star Break about teams that could
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  Speaker 2: rise or drop in the second half, and the Orioles
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  Speaker 2: have so much pitching injuries. I mean, I think they'll
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  Speaker 2: be in at the rest of the way. I think
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  Speaker 2: they're still a little bit too young to be do
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  Speaker 2: a lot of damage come playoff time. Five guys on
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  Speaker 2: their loaded minor league system made their debut this year
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  Speaker 2: and they just have they have pitching injuries. Can they
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  Speaker 2: still finish first, Absolutely, they can still finish first, But
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be tough for them. It's gonna be tough
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  Speaker 2: for them, and it's gonna be tough for the Yankees too.
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  Speaker 2: That's that's a good race. I mean. Then the shocker
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  Speaker 2: in that division is this is the Red Sox. The
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  Speaker 2: Red Sox I thought would be nowhere, and they are
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  Speaker 2: right there with Kansas City, you know, a little half
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  Speaker 2: a game behind or a half a game ahead of
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  Speaker 2: Kansas City, who's done a spectacular job after losing one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and six games last year, led by the great
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  Speaker 2: shortstop Junior. He's right there with.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I am I bone to pick about those thinks
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  Speaker 1: there's an m VP race between with Junior and Judge.
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  Speaker 1: I just don't see the comparison.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, well, Judge, you win to Alex, but he's
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  Speaker 2: but but Bobby with junr is right there. But Judge
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  Speaker 2: is gonna win it. He'll win the unless he has
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  Speaker 2: a terrible six weeks, which I don't see that happening.
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  Speaker 1: With Junior though, infuse the Royals in a way we
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  Speaker 1: haven't seen maybe since the George Brett days. I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: He seems like that kind of generational player that fires
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  Speaker 1: up a middle of the middle of America team like
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  Speaker 1: the Royals, like Brett did in the in the eighties.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he's Brett's a great player, obviously a Hall of
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  Speaker 2: Fame or Bobby Wood Junior. I mean when I watch him,
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  Speaker 2: he is just spectacular. I mean he could he's truly
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  Speaker 2: a five tool player. But uh, Judge is the best
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  Speaker 2: player in baseball right now. But uh, you could put
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  Speaker 2: with with Jr. I think with Junior. I put with
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  Speaker 2: Junior ahead of Otani right now because Soltani's just the
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  Speaker 2: age in twenty twenty four and he's a great DH
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  Speaker 2: and he's probably gonna win MVP in the National League.
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  Speaker 2: But what Junior is just a tremendous all around player.
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  Speaker 2: But Judge are gonna win MVT.
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  Speaker 1: I do like that Otani has been only DH. I
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  Speaker 1: know that he's a pitcher too, but last year, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the guy was pitching and hitting in a doubleheader. He
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  Speaker 1: was you know, it just wore his arm out. We
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  Speaker 1: could see that. So film to play a little more conservative,
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  Speaker 1: I think is better for him to see looks to
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  Speaker 1: recoop that arm. But man, as a hitter, he just
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  Speaker 1: keeps going and it's it's fun to watch him. That
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  Speaker 1: swing is so cool to watch of Otani's I gotta
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  Speaker 1: say the way he swings and almost off the bat
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  Speaker 1: most nights, right, it flies.
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  Speaker 2: When the ball hit, when the ball goes off his back,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's just like when it goes off judges bat.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, these guys are knocking it into next week.
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  Speaker 2: And his offensive skills as far as rankings and nationally,
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  Speaker 2: I think he leads nationally and walks obviously, he's up
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  Speaker 2: there in every great category and he's probably gonna steal
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  Speaker 2: forty bases. I think he's third in a nationally installed basis.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, he's gona win MVP, I think unless the
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  Speaker 2: Dodgers collapse. And right now the Dodgers are only three
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  Speaker 2: games up on raging hot Arizona and San Diego, so
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  Speaker 2: we'll see the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the Dodgers have to watch out because the Diamondbacks
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  Speaker 1: are on their heels again. And you know, we've always
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  Speaker 1: said the Dodgers are a good regular season team, but
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  Speaker 1: this year, you know, they're not bursting out of the pack.
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  Speaker 1: And I think there's some disappointment with that because they
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  Speaker 1: signed Otani and they signed Yamamoto to these big contracts,
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  Speaker 1: and yet they're only three games up, and they've been
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  Speaker 1: healthy most of the year, haven't they.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, Betts has been injured, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: they've had their injuries, just like most major league teams.
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  Speaker 2: This has been a weird year. There's been a lot
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  Speaker 2: of injuries in Major League Baseball. But Freeman recently missed
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  Speaker 2: eight games because his son had a horrible, horrible injury,
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  Speaker 2: you know, horrible disease. But they took care of that,
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  Speaker 2: and I mean, they'll be all right. But Alex, there's
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  Speaker 2: something I don't know. Maybe they're going to turn it
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  Speaker 2: on come playoff time, but they never have in the past,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, so we'll we'll see there. But it's
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  Speaker 2: major League Baseball issues wide open. I mean, the Phillies
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  Speaker 2: look like they had and I still think they do
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  Speaker 2: have the best balanced team, even though their bullpen has
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  Speaker 2: gone into the crapper and they've lost fifteen out of
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  Speaker 2: their last twenty one games. I mean, nobody figured that
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  Speaker 2: Phillies to go six and fifteen. And you know, even
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  Speaker 2: in uh Bryce Hawper, who was an MVP candidate, if
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  Speaker 2: the Philly if he gets hot in the last six weeks,
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  Speaker 2: and he went through a two for thirty nine slump,
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  Speaker 2: so it's wide open. Anybody can win. Anybody, Oh absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And I would also note that the Mets, they the
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  Speaker 1: Mets and Braves have no business being, you know, even
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  Speaker 1: just under ten games behind. I mean, the Philly should
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  Speaker 1: be running away with this. But that's a credit to
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  Speaker 1: the Mets. That's a credit to Atlanta. Yeah, Philly's falling,
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  Speaker 1: but these other guys, I mean, Atlanta's had their skids,
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  Speaker 1: but they're both staying competitive. And I do think the
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  Speaker 1: Phillies are going to win the division. But hey, I
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  Speaker 1: think any met would be happy being eight games behind
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  Speaker 1: in August. That was something no one ever saw possible
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  Speaker 1: or ever thought possible.
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  Speaker 2: Well, especially on June second, when they were eleven games
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  Speaker 2: under five hundred. Nobody would have thought that would be possible.
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  Speaker 1: But here we are, and you know what, it just
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  Speaker 1: seems like there's a lot of baseball to be played now.
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  Speaker 1: I want to say on the hot seat, obviously, we
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  Speaker 1: saw the White Sox finally fire their manager, and kudos
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  Speaker 1: to Grady Sizemore. That guy played his heart and soul
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  Speaker 1: for Cleveland. I think he make a great manager, and
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  Speaker 1: I think we're going to see his managerial chops here
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  Speaker 1: the next couple of months. But it does bring the
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  Speaker 1: question who else is on it? I have to say
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  Speaker 1: the Orioles manager is so hot headed. I mean, he
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  Speaker 1: does seem to lose control of this team if they
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  Speaker 1: don't win the division. Would you say he's on the
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  Speaker 1: hot seat or no?
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  Speaker 2: No, absolutely not. He's done a great job with a
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  Speaker 2: young team. He was there when they were in adult drums,
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  Speaker 2: putting the team together. He's going to be He's definitely
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  Speaker 2: going to be there. He's not on the hot seat.
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  Speaker 2: I would say maybe Carlos Marmol will be on the
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  Speaker 2: hot seat for the Cardinals if the Cardinals don't make
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs. And but right off the top of my head,
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  Speaker 2: I can't think of too many managers who will be
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  Speaker 2: on on the hot seat. I really can't. But Brandon
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  Speaker 2: Hyde will not be on the hot seat that I
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  Speaker 2: could tell you.
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  Speaker 1: But I think we can both agree. It would be
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  Speaker 1: something if the Orioles lose it, because I think they
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  Speaker 1: came into this season favored a little bit more than
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  Speaker 1: the Yankees. I could be wrong on that, but it
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  Speaker 1: just seemed like they had the momentum coming in and
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  Speaker 1: the Yanks did fall back. Now they're back it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be a seesaw battle. Hey, you know the one guy
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  Speaker 1: I didn't mention to you, and I still say, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the Yankees won the deadline because of Jazz Chisholm. And
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  Speaker 1: maybe disagree there, but I just think getting Chisholm has
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  Speaker 1: been a bolster to this lineup that they didn't even
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  Speaker 1: know they needed.
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  Speaker 2: Well, obviously, he gives them something that they didn't have.
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  Speaker 2: He gives them speed, which they didn't have. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the Yankees were I think only the White Sox tole
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  Speaker 2: fewer bases than the Yankees before they got I don't
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  Speaker 2: know what. I really don't know how high the Yankees
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  Speaker 2: have or have gotten higher in the stolen base category,
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  Speaker 2: but they still don't run a lot. The Yankees still, though,
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  Speaker 2: even with Chisholm, if they don't hit home runs, they
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  Speaker 2: have trouble manufacturing runs. And that has been a Yankee
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  Speaker 2: post season problem. It's not because they're pitching, it's really
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  Speaker 2: because of their lack of hitting. And come playoff time,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Aaron Judge is going to be facing a
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  Speaker 2: lot of scrutiny for his post season failures. So he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna have to come through this year for the Yankees,
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  Speaker 2: and I think the Yankees have a have a chance
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  Speaker 2: to obviously win the AL Pennant, no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think that bullpen is at their back
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  Speaker 2: end is weak. You know, I'm not the biggest Clay
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  Speaker 2: Holmes fan in the world. I means blown eight to
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  Speaker 2: nine saves. But you know, they're still the Yankees. And
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: you know, I have Soto and Soda has been you know,
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: has been remarkable for them. But you know, you got
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: two of the best three or four players in Major
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: League Baseball. You're definitely going to be a favorite for
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: the a deep run in the playoffs. There's no doubt
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: about it.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: All right, Let's uh, one last thing before I switch
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: gears to other sports going on, like the Olympics and
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: everything like that. The one last thing I would ask you,
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: lou Is if the Yanks the Yanks and win the
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: AL East, and I would say the Oriols to win
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: the AL East because no one would want to go
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: into a three game series against the Indian the Guardians.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: I think that's where this is headed in a wild card.
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: I don't know if either team could beat them in
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: a three game series. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: feel like you don't want to face the Guardians in
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: a three game series.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: I would. I would say that Cleveland if from my
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: point of view, Cleveland's not going to scare the Orioles
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: or the or the Yankees. The Yankees have had postseason
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: success against Cleveland over the years. I know this is
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: a different team. I would favor the Yankees or the
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: Orioles against against Cleveland. I would that's but that's just
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: my point of view.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Well, I have to see. It is amazing to see
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: them right up there with the Orioles and the Yankees.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a team that has yeah Naylor, yeah Ramirez,
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: but they don't have a big, big hitting lineup, and
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: so that's why it's so interesting they're staying up with
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: these teams. I guess their pitching is pretty good as
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: well for the Guardians. Now let's move on because there's
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: the Olympics, and I'm so glad you didn't boycott it
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: after the opening ceremonies and after this and the other
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: because look, at the end of the day, we just
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: want to see Team USA win, and they've been collecting
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: goal along the way here. I mean, let's start out
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: with Katy lead Decky because you and I were in
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: the suite with John Ladecci in twenty what was at
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: sixteen when she even qualified with the Olympics and had
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: those big runs. I mean that was special to be
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: in the suite the night she qualified. Remember that night, I.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: Do, and he is actually he is well, I don't
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: know if Yeah, he was there for every one of
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: her races in Paris, John Ladeci and Katyia Decky is
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: you know, obviously the most decorated Olympic Family female athlete
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: of all time. And you know with fourteen fourteen gold medals,
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: she will She's going to carry the flag at the
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: closing ceremonies. She's an American American.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: Icon, simone bios. You got to say, and I've been
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: saying this for a while watching her performance. She's really
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: told Larry Nasser and all those who really badgered her
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: for her mental health over the couple of years, you
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: know what, screw you all. I'm gonna do this thing.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: And she's been doing it. I remember there was a
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: point she was nervous to come back to the Olympics
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: and then she just said, let's do it. And I'm
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: glad she came back because look at what kind of
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: shine she's brought the team USA. Look at the optimism,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: the excitement, and really the hope that she's brought with
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: her winning all these different medals. It has been fun
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: to watch her.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: Well, like any great athlete, a skill means a lot.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: But there's one thing that even if you have skill,
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: if you don't have this next thing, I'm gonna say,
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: it could hurt you some own. Biles is a great competitor.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: She has that competitive gene like all the great athletes have.
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: And congratulations to her on a tremendous Olympic career when
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: the again an American Olympic Icon.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: And uh, I know that you've been following that closer.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: Now let's talk about basketball. I believe as of this recording,
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: US is in the you know, they're they're going for gold,
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: and I'll tell you it's exciting to see it. But
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: what do you think has it been a team effort
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: all around? What is your thoughts from USA basketball this year?
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: Well, the team is obviously incredibly talented and incredibly deep,
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: so deep that Steve kurkf for got to play Tatum
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: in the in the first game. But right now, as
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: this we're recording this on Thursday afternoon. In the semi
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: final game, they are down eleven to Nicolea Jokic and Serbia.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: So uh and if you can happen in these one
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: and out games and uh, they're down eleven right now
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: at at halftime.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: So do you notice any difference in the way they broadcast,
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: because I feel like NBC's their usual prime time. They
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: do air some stuff in the midday, but a lot
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: of this is shifted to Peacock also right.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: NBC's production has been world class, spectacular. They're on all
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: day live on NBC. They're on USA Network, another one
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: of the NBC networks. E covers a lot of sports
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: during the day. You can get any sport you want
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: on Peacock. You can watch table tennis, you can watch golf,
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: you could watch any sport you want. NBC has done
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: a spectacular job and the daytime, the live daytime ratings
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: are it's been like sixteen a million a day during
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: the day, so it's been a ratings winner. Obviously, they
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: could show a lot of things events live during the
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: day because of the six hour time difference. But this
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: is great for NBC. I think lead into Los Angeles
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: in twenty twenty eight, because obviously it'll be in our
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: country and the time zone. You know, they'll be able
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: to show stuff in the daytime, in the nighttime live.
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: And they've done a great job with the night with
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: the primetime in Paris show giving little anecdotes about certain
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: athletes what they've overcome. You know, the Christian, the Christian
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Faulkner who won the cycling medal. She didn't start cycling
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: until seven years ago, and she won the gold medal.
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: And I was watching that race live and Alex she
• 24:43
  Speaker 4: blew out the competition. I mean she won going away,
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: and that that was impressive. A Cole Hawker the other day,
• 24:53
  Speaker 4: I was watching the fifteen hundred meters or aka the
• 24:57
  Speaker 4: metric mile, his fine old three hundred meters as he
• 25:01
  Speaker 4: just came back to pull the upset.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: That that's that's what the Olympics are all about. The
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: Olympics aren't about a team USA men's basketball. I mean,
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: let's face it, Lebron's won all these championship, step curries
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: on all these championships. The rants won championships, but it's
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: for these I never heard of Christian Faulkner until the
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: other day, and that's what makes the Olympics the Olympics.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: And uh yeah, it was great watching Novak Djokovic beat
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Alvarez the other day and he wanted to win that
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: gold medal. He wanted to win that gold medal because
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: that's the one thing he never won. He's been five
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Olympics and they never won the gold medal. You saw
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: the emotion when he won that gold medal. Same thing
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: for Scotty Scheffler. People say, you know he won the Masters,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: he won this, why are you going to the Olympics.
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: If you saw Scotty Scheffler on the the when he
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: got his gold medal on the stand, you the emotion
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: coming out of these guys. So the Olympics are still
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: the Olympics, big time event, emotional event, and this has
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: been This has been a great Olympics for with the
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: exception of the blasphemy at the opening ceremony, this has
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: been a great Olympics.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: By the way, you know, one of our friends of
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: the podcast has been with us. Kenny Albert is out
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: there calling and he's having a great time for Respects
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: over there covering it. It's cool to see our local
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: talent on the big stage. Isn't it.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Well, I was watching Kenny call. Unfortunately the US USA
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: was eliminated. That are going for their third straight Olympic
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: medal in women's water polo, and of course Kenny was
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: doing that game and his expert play by play as
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: he could do any sport, and fortunately the US lost
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: in the shootout. But listen, it was like he's doing
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: all his life.
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: Water polo is some sport to call. I mean, William,
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: when I dine in Queen's College, Queens will score about
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: ten or eleven goals and actually won. I believe they
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: won like a Big East champion, Big East, an ECC
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: championship or Division two title. It was pretty cool that
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: night to to you know, see them win. It's a
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: very difficult sport though, to try and get in the
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: net and you know, in the water. It's it's a
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: challenge that sport.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: It's a it's a very challenging sport. You I mean,
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: you have to obviously have endurance, you have to be
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: a decent swimmer, you have to be a decent uh
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: shot and uh in traffic. You know, there's a lot
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: there's you know, there's a lot of players in that.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: It's not like it's two on two. It's uh, you know,
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: it's a two full teams of what is it, five
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: or six players each, and it's it's it's a very
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: entertaining sport to watch. Uh and uh, unfortunately US will
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: be playing for the bronze in these Olympics.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: At that point though. Any kind of medal in these things.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: I know you won the goal, but if you can
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: still medal, pretty pretty big deal to come home to you. Now,
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: how about this. You've also seen it where some of
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: these kids who are college kids are now going back
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: to campus with their medals. Now that's pretty cool also
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: to see from this Olympics. I don't remember that from
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: other years, do you.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do. I mean maybe not as much, but yeah,
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: that is pretty cool. As you say, there's a lot
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: of great athletes in this world.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: They really specific to report covered them a little bit
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: and uh, and how they're going back to school. I
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: love that. I just love when when these stories come
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: out of the youngsters winning the gold and whatnot.
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: So that's good.
• 28:43
  Speaker 4: Now.
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: The other thing about all of this is the politics
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: of it and then the whole background. I have to say,
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: I feel like and I don't know if you want
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: to comment on this. I feel like the this is
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: happening in the same kind of crisis time that happened
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: in Rio, and they've tried to gloss over it, but
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: it's real. They're coming into Paris at a very tough
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: time and we're seeing that there were blackouts. I think
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: the second day of the Olympics, I mean that felt
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: like Rio all over again.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I think they're doing the best to
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: keep the athletes away from you know, any political uh,
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: you know, any political issues, and politics is always going
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: to be involved when you have when you have these
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: many countries, you know, involved in an international competition, that
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: that's a possibility. We've you know, we can go back
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: in history and the Olympics played a part in many
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: many Olympics. Let's go back to the nineteen thirty six
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: Olympics when they wouldn't let the great Marty Glickman. We
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: know Marty Lioton has a great announcer for the Jets
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: and the Giants and basketball, but he wasn't allowed to
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: play to run for the US Olympic team. He was
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: from Syracuse, I mean, he's from New York, but he
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: was playing it. He went to school at Syracuse and
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: couldn't run track and field because he was Jewish. Because
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: of Hitler, and that's a memorable Olympics in thirty six
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: because Jesse Owens won multiple gold medals and you know,
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: shoved it right down Hitler's throat, and so you know,
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: then you know, we obviously have the seventy two Games
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: where nine Israeli athletes were slaughtered, you know by Black
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: September I believe that was the name of the terrorist
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: group in the seventy two Olympics. That was just I
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: remember watching it live and Jim McKay that did a
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: spectacular job in bringing it home and just emoting the
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: emotions of such a horrible situation. Then we had the
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: nineteen Eddy Olympics when when United States did not go
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: to Moscow for the eighty Summer Games, so the eighty
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: four Games in Los Angeles because of political differences, the
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: Soviet Union did not send a send a team to
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: Los Angeles. So we've seen we've seen this, you know,
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: through the history of the Olympics. Unfortunately, you know, it's
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: it's said, I mean these Olympics, Russia's not there. Yes,
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: there's some Russian athletes there, but really there's not a
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: Russian Olympic team, So unfortunately, that's that's been the way
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: of the world for a long long time. Alex.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: We've actually vented about him overall, but as Lebron James
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: actually representing the US in an upstanding kind of way,
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: because we know we can get complaining and all that
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: other stufbodies here playing NBA. Howses demeanor been overseas in
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: the Olympics.
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: His demean has been has been fine the whole the uh.
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: The one thing about the athletes in these Olympics from
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: a US point of view, they've all been proud to
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: be proud to be Americans. They're proud to accomplish and
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: win the gold medal for the Americans. These athletes have
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: been spectacular in representing the Night States of America here
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: as we're on, let's say we got Friday, Saturday, and
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: Sunday left, so I had no complaints with any American
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: athlete so for they've done a spectacular job.
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: Well that thank you for parting. That's good to hear.
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: All right, one last thing before we wrap up for
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: Termino's take. I know we can get into football, but
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: that's not the big other storyline I think the storyline
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: I want to end with is staying with tennis actually
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: and rabin Adal not going to compete in the US Open.
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: Just feel like it's really becoming the end of the
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: line for him and his career. I mean, maybe he'll
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: come back, But if he's not going to be in
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: the US Open, should we prepare for like a retirement
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: announcement anytime sooner?
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: Well? I think so, Alex. I think we might have
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: seen Leander Raffae on the doll. I mean, obviously he's
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: one of the all time, all time, all time greats.
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: Uh you know, and but everything, everything comes to an end,
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: and I think you, I think we will see your
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: retirement soon. I'm not sure he's gonna be he's gonna
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: play in the US Open. I mean Andy Murray, they
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: lost his doubles partner and him lost in the Olympics,
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: and he's retired. Now. Andy Murray is nowhere close. He's
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: a great player, but he's nowhere close to uh uh
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: to Raffae on the doll. But yeah, I think we're
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: going to see it soon or if he plays in
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: the US Open, which starts at the end of August.
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: In a couple of weeks. That might be it, that
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: might be his his swam.
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: Well, we'll have to see, Lou It's gonna be quite
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: an emotional thing. You know, some of these guys might
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: want to do a retirement tour, but he seems to
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: just kind of knowing it's time. So well, we'll see.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: We'll have to see how that plays out before we
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: wrap up. It is indeed going to be the USA
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: you were following it through this conversation, and it'll be
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: against France. First of all, you know, the kid, the
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: first round draft pick now going to the gold medal
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: game for France. What an opportunity for when Bianna and
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: then on the other side, Steph Curry on the troops,
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: you know, gutting it out and defeating Serbia. What's your
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: take as we have on this Saturday, now, it's gonna
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: be a firing matchup, isn't it.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: Well? Today was a tight game, and it was a
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: nerve wracking game. I really thought at one point it
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: was going to get away from the United States. I
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: mean they were down, they were down by fifteen late
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: in the third, they were down seventeen in the game.
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: But Steph Curry had his best Olympic game. Ever, he
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: came within one point, I believe, of tying Carmelo Anthony's
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: all time single game record of thirty seven. He had
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: thirty six points. He had nine three pointers. All nine
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: were key three pointers. They tied up a defense down
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: the stretch. Serbia with one or two bad possessions in
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: the last five minutes. But with Durant also was tremendous.
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: He only he only scored, you know, nine points in
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: the game, but he had a couple of clutch shots
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: in the last couple of minutes. That that that mid
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: range jumper, and I think he's the greatest mid range
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: jump shooter in NBA history. He's just spectacular. Great, great
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: win for the United States. Obviously they were heavily favored.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: Jokic Yo Yokic did his part, but you know, seventeen points,
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: eleven rebounds, and he had a bunch of assist he had.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: He gotten foul trobably, he had four fouls for the
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: last seven or eight minutes of the game, and that
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: that that hurt him. But the US prevailed and Endead
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: was spectacular. You know, again, maybe he's a naturalized citizen. Again,
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: maybe some people say, well an American born. Might it
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: might have been been there, but he spent more than
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: half of his life in this country. He could have
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: played for Cameroon, he could have played for France, and
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: he could have played for the United States, and he
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: picked the United States. And I'll tell you one thing,
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: they need him today. He was great on both offensively
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: and defensively in the fourth quarter. So I think this
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: was going to be the toughest US game. I think
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: they'll they'll win on Saturday. Again. Anything can happen in
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: one game if a team gets hot, like Serbia was
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: hot from three, they were fifteen to thirty nine for three.
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: He was for sixteen for thirty two. But it was
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: a it was a great Olympic basketball game, and it
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: was it was worth the watch.
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: I feel like we were watching it together throughout this
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: whole conversation because you were updating us by the minute
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: and then right up to the end. All right, one
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: last thing, and I've seen about this when I looked
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: at who was on that team, you know Seph Curry
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: and you know Jason, Jason Tatum and Kat. I mean,
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: is this the best team USA you've seen in quite
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: a few Olympics.
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  Speaker 2: Or what I would say? So I would say this
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  Speaker 2: is the deepest. Obviously the ninety two Dream Team is
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  Speaker 2: on a level of its own, but I mean that
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  Speaker 2: was going back to nineteen ninety two. But yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: would say that this is this As the United States
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  Speaker 2: goes for its fifth straight gold medal on Saturday, I
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  Speaker 2: would say this, this is a special team of talent.
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  Speaker 2: It really is. I think the backups could win a
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  Speaker 2: gold medal, the ones who aren't playing all the minutes.
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  Speaker 2: That's how good this team is.
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  Speaker 1: And Steve Kerr coaching this team, you know, I gotta say,
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  Speaker 1: I kind of was around for the Jackson years and
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  Speaker 1: I was a little younger then, but this following it
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  Speaker 1: now and seeing the Steve Kerr success in the pros,
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  Speaker 1: what a perfect choice for the Olympic head coach.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, they play it, you know. He teaches a
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  Speaker 2: team game, and the United States played a team game
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  Speaker 2: this afternoon. They at twenty five assist on their thirty
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  Speaker 2: five field goals. I mean, Lebron James had ten assists.
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  Speaker 2: The United States shot fifty seven percent from the field.
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  Speaker 2: The rebounds were even thirty three for the United States
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  Speaker 2: thirty four for Serbia. This was an even game. Points
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  Speaker 2: in the paint twenty eight to for the US thirty
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  Speaker 2: for Serbia. This was one or two possessions made the difference.
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  Speaker 2: And the United States had more clutch guys than Serbia.
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  Speaker 2: Did I mean that Serbia had Nikola Jokic, But you
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  Speaker 2: have James, you have Curry, you have Durant's. It's a
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  Speaker 2: tough com it's it's tough to U, tough to be.
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  Speaker 2: Then it's a great win for the United States, that's
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  Speaker 2: for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Well, on that note, lude, thanks for joining me once
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  Speaker 1: again for Terminello's take. Thanks Alex, shall we