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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Welcome in, Happy Wednesday. It's the latest edition

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Speaker 3: I have a question, Okay, do you think that you

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Speaker 3: are the first person in the Eastern time zone every

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Speaker 3: day to say good afternoon? You say it about twenty

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Speaker 3: seconds after noon strike. That could be And you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm just sitting here thinking because we could be first

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Speaker 3: even think of it as afternoon until like two o'clock. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think maybe a lot of people might feel that way,

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Speaker 3: But I mean, you're twenty seconds past noon, first one

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Speaker 3: in and every day you tell the American people, good afternoon,

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Speaker 3: good afternoon. That's a good point. I mean, if there's

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Speaker 3: every day somebody's the first to do something that day,

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Speaker 3: something to hang your hot on, you might have quite

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Speaker 3: the dynasty going right, something to hang your hat on. Okay.

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Speaker 3: I've also never heard you say it like that ever

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Speaker 2: It's kind of you're all in one shop for everything

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Speaker 2: hit that microphone leave us a talk back if you

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Speaker 2: want some guidance. Today, Austin and I were just discussing,

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Speaker 2: as the Winter Olympics are in full swing, if you

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Speaker 2: could choose which event would you want to partake in

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Speaker 2: most at the Winter.

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Speaker 3: Olympics, if you could be an Olympian, Yes, which Olympic

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Speaker 2: So if one just came to mind, go hit that

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Speaker 2: talkback button and we'll get to those talkbacks in our

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Speaker 2: number two. Right before we get to talkbacks, we're going

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Speaker 2: to talk to Mark Sheldon today. Yes, Mark Sheldon had

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Speaker 2: an interesting point of view when it comes to the

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Speaker 3: I think I do want to talk about this because

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Speaker 3: I hadn't really given it much thought. I just kind

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Speaker 3: Mark Sheldon today. We also are gonna spend some time today,

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Speaker 3: I think right after talkbacks today Austin as we here

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Speaker 3: are teaming up with the Saint Patrick's Parade this year,

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Speaker 3: So we're gonna spend some time today and we're gonna

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Speaker 3: talk a little Saint Patrick's Day parade. Okay, So right

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Speaker 3: around the corner, right.

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Speaker 2: Around the corner, we have somebody in studio right after

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Speaker 2: talkbacks today, that's correct a talk parade.

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Speaker 3: I believe it's gonna be Chris Sholty, Chris and Jackie Rowe.

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Speaker 3: and I've been you know, I've learned about this this parade.

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Speaker 3: know about its rich history. This is a big deal now,

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Speaker 2: Bleacher Report ranked the shortstops in Major League Baseball. Spend

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Speaker 2: MLB dot Com has their projected Reds lineup and rotation.

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Speaker 3: the bones can you name in the hand? Not many

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Speaker 2: It's weird that all three of those players, though, have

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Speaker 2: Or made the other day about the salt that I

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Speaker 2: put down? Where was this at? This was on her

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Speaker 2: This was on her Instagram. Oh, she put it out

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Speaker 2: I went to Minards after the snow and the ice

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Speaker 2: I said, I was looking for just, you know, some

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Speaker 2: And I don't know if you've ever seen water soften

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Speaker 2: their salt. These pellets are huge. I mean these are

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Speaker 2: so I just doused the driveway in the front steps

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Speaker 2: but apparently these pellets will like eat away at your grass,

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Speaker 2: So to the gentleman at Minards who said, sure, good

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Speaker 2: on him, good on, you made a sale, he did

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Speaker 2: away and he's like, look at this idiot, sure water

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Speaker 3: Shut looking up. I mean, these things look like marshmallows.

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Speaker 3: I'm telling you. They were huge. Like as soon as

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Speaker 3: but I put it down anyway. Unbelievable. So that was fun.

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Speaker 3: I wish there was ring doorbell camera video of that,

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Speaker 3: which apparently you can get it no matter what, so

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Speaker 2: You can find dogs, you can find abductors.

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Speaker 3: That kind of proved my point the other day is

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Speaker 3: I'd much. I mean, the biggest crime you've committed, at

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Speaker 3: least of our knowledge, is that you put what down

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Speaker 3: water softening salt. Now that's embarrassing, but you're not getting

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Speaker 2: For that, not like not yet. Who knows those things?

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Speaker 2: Marshmallows in my front front yard. So that happened, and

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Speaker 2: They came out, and by the way, to.

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Speaker 3: Say, you got here at like eleven fifty today.

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Speaker 2: You want to talk about urgency in life? The gate

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Speaker 2: operator at the University of Cincinnati not operating with urgency.

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Speaker 3: On a Wednesday in February.

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Speaker 2: Nope, not a shred of urgency on that campus today.

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Speaker 3: Did they let you work out at the indoor facility?

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Speaker 3: I'm sure if I wanted to throw some weight around

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Speaker 3: there a little bit. Yeah, throw some waight around. Stop

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Speaker 3: drinking those dive mountain deo. My goodness you are now.

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Speaker 2: Haven't had a chance to eat today, haven't had a

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Speaker 2: Saying you a message early, you should know by this

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Speaker 2: point if I send you a message like I sent

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Speaker 2: I mean just the details I'm sure or astonishing to you.

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Speaker 2: At at nine am this morning.

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Speaker 3: I looked and I saw that message. I said, all right,

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Speaker 3: all right, then we'll see ye be motivated today. How

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Speaker 3: about you want to talk Olympics and we'll get our

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Speaker 3: updated metal count. But how about what's going on?

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Speaker 2: To the former girlfriend of biathlon athlete stlough Holme, lagreed,

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Speaker 2: you followed this story?

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: Well, we get to we can we update this in

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Speaker 3: By the way, you can tune in NBC's coverage Love

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Speaker 2: Not only uh, we're up to ten medals now we're

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Speaker 3: A part of. A Canadian hockey team. Has never been

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Speaker 3: That's when it really hits home. If you've ever been

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Speaker 3: Like you know how there's the metric system and sure,

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Speaker 2: One other note last night college hoops. Number three Houston

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Speaker 2: That's how I'm going now, because the real Miami, yeah

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Speaker 2: Both of the men's and women's conference tournament is going

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Speaker 2: lifetime of being abducted by aliens. Yeah, with over four

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Speaker 3: Can think about what you just said, a report by

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Speaker 3: I guess, Well, has the chance ever been zero?

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Speaker 2: Ohio o'hiland's have a one in eighty nine chance of

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Speaker 2: But initially, initially, when you talk about shortstops in Major

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Speaker 3: Isn't Jeremy Payna younger? Yes than Ellie de la Cruz.

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Speaker 2: game kind of to that next level. That's I think

434
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Speaker 2: at the moment we're kind of out with Ellie, like

435
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Speaker 2: everyone's kind of eagerly waiting by, like is this the

436
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Speaker 2: year where Ellie takes the jump. And I'm not saying

437
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Speaker 2: that he didn't take a step forward last year, but

438
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Speaker 2: when you're talking about the jump forward, it says this

439
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,720
Speaker 2: of Elie de la Cruz, one of the most dynamic

440
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Speaker 2: young talents in the sport, MVP caliber first half last

441
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Speaker 2: year not to me, Austin, I think is what we

442
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 2: get lost in sometimes last year first half when he

443
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Speaker 2: was healthy, ninety seven games, eight five to four ops,

444
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Speaker 2: thirty nine extra base hits, eighteen home runs and twenty

445
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Speaker 2: five stolen bases. That's a pretty good first half of

446
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Speaker 2: the year and good enough to have you in the

447
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Speaker 2: MVP conversation. The second half of the year six sixty

448
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,920
Speaker 2: six ops, just twenty one extra base hits, the four

449
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 2: home runs we've talked about, the home run drought, in

450
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Speaker 2: twelve stolen bases, and it puts them in a little

451
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Speaker 2: bit of a crossroads. Here's the question they are asking, Austin.

452
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Speaker 2: Is Elie de la Cruz a superstar on the rise

453
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Speaker 2: or is he a tantalizing talent who will.

454
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Speaker 3: Never quite put it all together.

455
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Speaker 2: It says the smart money is still on him becoming

456
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Speaker 2: one of the faces of the sport, but it's inconsistency,

457
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Speaker 2: and we didn't even discuss kind of the poor defense

458
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Speaker 2: that does I think make it hard to kind of

459
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Speaker 2: forecast where Ellie de la Cruz is going.

460
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Speaker 3: Now.

461
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Speaker 2: I think everyone that we talked to around here would

462
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Speaker 2: love to say, well, Ellie is a superstar on the rise.

463
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Speaker 2: But if he doesn't take this step necessary this year,

464
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 2: to the whispers and the voices of maybe he's just

465
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Speaker 2: a talent who's not going to quite put it all together,

466
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Speaker 2: that to me then would get louder. But are you

467
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Speaker 2: still on board that Ellie is a super s star,

468
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Speaker 2: a bonafide superstar on the rise in Major League Baseball?

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Speaker 3: I am. And the reason I say that is because

470
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Speaker 3: of his age. He's just twenty four years old, and

471
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Speaker 3: when you think about the experience he has up until

472
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Speaker 3: this point, got to the big leagues when he was

473
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Speaker 3: just twenty one. We saw how good he can be

474
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Speaker 3: when he's fully healthy in the first half of last year. Now,

475
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Speaker 3: I think there are times where the Reds have to

476
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Speaker 3: do a better job managing him. They got to do

477
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 3: a better job of telling him no, he's got to

478
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Speaker 3: maybe do a better job of taking care of his body.

479
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Speaker 3: Over the course of a season. It felt like that

480
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 3: was something he was working on last year to be

481
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Speaker 3: able to be ready for the full one sixty two.

482
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I still think Ellie is ascending. I think

483
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Speaker 3: he can still be a superstar. I think he can

484
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Speaker 3: be an MVP in this league. He's got to get

485
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Speaker 3: better against left handed pitching. How much has that hinge

486
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 3: on this year? I think a lot of the Reds

487
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,879
Speaker 3: future hitches on this year, especially when you consider I

488
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,359
Speaker 3: don't think they're going to play next year, so that

489
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,840
Speaker 3: is kind of a lost season in the grand scheme

490
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Speaker 3: of things for Ellie that is probably coming down the pipe.

491
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Speaker 3: But yeah, I don't see anything from last year that

492
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Speaker 3: made me feel like, Okay, this guy is going to

493
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 3: bottom out, this is what he's going to be, this

494
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 3: is his ceiling. I've never felt like we've reached that

495
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 3: yet with Ellie. And you know, every time last year

496
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,679
Speaker 3: we would be critical of his defense, and there was

497
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 3: plenty to be critical of. People would remind you, and

498
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Speaker 3: understandably so, that when Barry Larkin was a young defender

499
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 3: was horrible, When Derek Jeter was a young defender, he

500
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 3: was horrible. And as they got older and as they

501
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 3: got more experienced, they got better. I would love to

502
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 3: see that jump for Ellie. I would get I would

503
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 3: be thrilled if he was a Gold Glove caliber shortstop

504
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,400
Speaker 3: and playing next to Key Brian Hayes every day might

505
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 3: help him get to that point. And maybe that's part

506
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 3: of the reason why the Reds acquired Key Brian Hayes.

507
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Speaker 3: But altogether, it would be foolish for anybody to give

508
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Speaker 3: up on the idea of Ellie being a superstar at

509
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 3: the age of twenty four. So many, so much.

510
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Speaker 2: I think about the forecast of the season, Hinges on

511
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,199
Speaker 2: Ellie daily cruise. If he gets to the form he

512
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Speaker 2: was in the first half last year, how differently do

513
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 2: you view this team as a contender in the NL

514
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Speaker 2: Central and a contender in the National League.

515
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Speaker 3: Well, I think what's interesting is we haven't really talked

516
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 3: that much about Ellie right, which maybe tells you where

517
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 3: fans feel about him, where they stand, because it's like, oh, yeah,

518
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,920
Speaker 3: we know what Ellie's going to be. Ellie's going to

519
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 3: hit twenty homers at least, he's going to steal forty

520
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 3: bases at least, he's going to be a part of

521
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 3: the middle of that lineup, and it's going to be

522
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 3: a huge, huge piece of this offense. It's been more about, Oh,

523
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 3: can we get Suarez to protect him? Sure? Can Matt

524
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 3: McClain bounce back? What Spencer Steer look like? Fully healthy?

525
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,400
Speaker 3: Is noelvi Marte going to be more consistent? No elvi

526
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Speaker 3: Marte hit one nineteen or one ninety one or whatever

527
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Speaker 3: it was in September? Are the people around him going

528
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 3: to be better? Because last year it was all on Ellie.

529
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Speaker 3: So I think a lot of people feel like, Yeah,

530
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 3: we know who Ellie is, we know what Ellie brings

531
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Speaker 3: to the table. We're not worried about Ellie. We're worried

532
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 3: about the people around him. That might be indicative more

533
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 3: than anything of just how fans and the organization feels

534
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Speaker 3: about it.

535
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Speaker 2: Let's grab our second break. When we come back, our

536
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 2: phone lines will be open. Five one, three, seven, four, nine,

537
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Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. Speaking of that roster around, Li de la Cruz,

538
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 2: MLB dot com released their projections for the Cincinnati Reds

539
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 2: and their opening day starting lineup. We'll take a look

540
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Speaker 2: at those, see what we agree with, maybe what we

541
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Speaker 2: disagree with as well. Along the way, Mark Sheldon will

542
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Speaker 2: join us to talk more Reds at one o'clock on

543
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Speaker 2: this the home of the Bengals ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati

544
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Speaker 2: Sports Station.

545
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Speaker 3: There isn't affordability to get them. Gave them Harker right now.

546
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,040
Speaker 3: Victor good fire three, It's good, it's perfect, and he's

547
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 3: got a forty piece. Yeah, this little bit, he's going

548
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 3: to get the fifties. First points at the second half,

549
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 3: two blocks, A great job shooting at three ball night.

550
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 3: That rotation on that one. Really, you're.

551
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Speaker 2: When you're talking about going for a fifty piece in

552
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 2: National Basketball Association, wimby wimby man, you want to talk

553
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 2: about an alien man what he's able to do on

554
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 2: the basketball court like he is. In all honesty, I

555
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 2: don't tune in as much to NBA as I did

556
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 2: in the past just to follow along with it. But

557
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 2: if I'm scrolling around the TV and the Spurs are on,

558
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 2: I will stop and watch Victor worm and yond to

559
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 2: play basketball.

560
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Speaker 3: I tried to find the Spurs radio call, but I

561
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 3: couldn't find it. But he said we we we we

562
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 3: when he hit the three pointer for the forty burger.

563
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 3: I also saw stat and I haven't been able to

564
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Speaker 3: confirm this, so who knows if it's true. But for

565
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Speaker 3: the sake, let's just say this. Okay, Wimby already has

566
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Speaker 3: more forty point games than Tim Duncan, and he's played

567
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Speaker 3: twelve hundred fewer games. That's insane than Tim Duncan. That's insane.

568
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Speaker 3: The big fundamental. Now, obviously, when Duncan was playing, it

569
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 3: was a three headed monster of guys that could score,

570
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 3: so maybe he wasn't putting up a lot of forty

571
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Speaker 3: point games.

572
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Speaker 2: But still, last night, in that game the Spurs beat

573
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Speaker 2: the Lakers, which, by the way, that was our wind

574
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 2: Shulers Call of the Day, brought to you by our

575
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Speaker 2: friends at wind Schulers and their four fantastic cheese spreads.

576
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Speaker 2: I would imagine that if you've got those four cheese

577
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Speaker 2: spreads in your house, as we talked about earlier, your

578
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 2: odds are being abducted by aliens would probably go up

579
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Speaker 2: a little bit, just because the aliens would be interested

580
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Speaker 2: as well in the win. Shuld no doubt about that,

581
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Speaker 2: no doubt about it. That game last night in which

582
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Speaker 2: the Spurs beat the Lakers. Now this was significant because

583
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Speaker 2: Lebron James sat out of that game, which means Lebron's

584
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 2: all NBA streak will come to an end because he

585
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Speaker 2: will not be eligible based on the amount of games

586
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Speaker 2: he'll play. Correct there is a sixty five game threshold

587
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 2: required to be eligible for awards in the NBA, which

588
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Speaker 2: means that Lebron will no longer be eligible to be

589
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Speaker 2: on the All NBA team.

590
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Speaker 3: So there you have it.

591
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Speaker 2: Lebron's also not been happy in the last couple days

592
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Speaker 2: with how the Lakers are playing. He said yesterday, quote,

593
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 2: we're not a contending team, so some stuff happening in

594
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 2: the NBA. It's also interesting Jason Tatum, who tours Achilles

595
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 2: last year in the playoffs, is now starting to practice

596
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 2: for the Boston Celtics.

597
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 4: Yeah.

598
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 3: I saw he was with their G League team. Yeah,

599
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 3: has been getting some work in there, and there seems

600
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 3: to be a belief that he might actually end up

601
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Speaker 3: playing this season.

602
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 2: And your guy, new Bulls guard Colin Sexton was fined

603
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 2: thirty five thousand dollars for an inappropriate gesture on the court.

604
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Speaker 3: Okay, just to put that out there.

605
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Speaker 2: I want to get to the Reds and they're opening

606
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 2: day projected lineups. We'll pair that with Mark Sheldon, so

607
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 2: we'll get to that in the next segment. And then

608
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 2: we'll welcome in Mark at one o'clock, which means we

609
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 2: have time for a phone call or too.

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Speaker 3: Here, what's up, Mike?

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Speaker 4: Hey, guys? Thanks? What Hey, I'm with you with Wendy.

612
00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 4: If he's on, I'm watching. Yep, they are. And Stephen

613
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 4: Castle is as good a point guard as you're gonna find.

614
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, Rookie of the Year last year.

615
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's outstanding. So this team could very easily make

616
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Speaker 4: the finals.

617
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 2: It's and it's unique in the NBA right now because

618
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,719
Speaker 2: if you look at the Eastern Conference standings, you get

619
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Speaker 2: your normal like Boston and New York and Cleveland's been good,

620
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Speaker 2: but Detroit is your one seed right now. The Charlotte

621
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Speaker 2: Hornets have been fun this year, the Atlanta Hockey, Orlando

622
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 2: Magic are a good basketball team. They're hanging around. And

623
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Speaker 2: in the West, San Antonio is there, Houston's there, Minnesota's there.

624
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Speaker 2: It's just not the normal like cast of teams that

625
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Speaker 2: you think, Okay, top of the NBA, here they are.

626
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Speaker 2: There's a lot of new young blood in the NBA

627
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 2: that's starting to mix in and create an interesting dynamic

628
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Speaker 2: amongst these teams.

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Speaker 5: I love it.

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Speaker 4: Isn't it fun?

631
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Speaker 2: Yes, It's much better than just you know, you start

632
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 2: the season and you already write teams where they're gonna be,

633
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 2: because that's just how it's been.

634
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Speaker 4: Yeah, same way with college football. It's becoming it's just pure.

635
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 4: It just seems pressure. Everything seems pressure right now. But

636
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 4: I'll tell you what if dude comes back for the

637
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 4: Celtics and they still got Derek Yeah, still got Jalen Brown,

638
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 4: who's probably the best two way player in the league,

639
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 4: still and then they got Pricker. I mean that team

640
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 4: can still very easily win that Eastern Division. What he

641
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 4: comes back healthy.

642
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 2: What Jeremiah Mosula, the head coach, has done without Jason

643
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 2: Tatum to have that team at thirty four and nineteen,

644
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 2: they're second in the East. I mean, that is a

645
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 2: impressive coaching job so far, because I think a lot

646
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Speaker 2: of people just wrote the Celtics off without Tatum this year,

647
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Speaker 2: and here they are contending and all of a sudden,

648
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Speaker 2: Tatum is being talked about as a potential return.

649
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Speaker 4: Yeah. I didn't pay much attention to you. I know,

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Speaker 4: I ain't gonna do it this year, maybe next year.

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Speaker 3: And they just went and got Austin's guy Vouch.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, Bush like that. I'm sure they're doing that too.

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Speaker 4: Just Pittsburgh Pirates team. Now, they're really impressing me with

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Speaker 4: the move you candually mentioned or the other day. But

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Speaker 4: they're building that team and they're doing something they're they're

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Speaker 4: gonna be tough to hand. They're gonna be tough.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: If it comes together offensively for them, no one is

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Speaker 2: ever going to question their pitching staff. If they can

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Speaker 2: get it consistently on the offensive side of the ball,

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Speaker 2: that that could be a dangerous team.

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Speaker 4: It really could. And just straightening out one last question, please,

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Speaker 4: did the Reds get two left handed relief pitchers or one?

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Speaker 3: Just one? Correct, Austin. They got two. They got Blake

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Speaker 3: Ferguson and Brock Burkeson. Yeah, and then they have Sam

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Speaker 3: Mall still too.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: And Burke's pretty good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. He had a good year last year with the Angels.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he did. He Actually the Angel's pitching Steff wasn't

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Speaker 4: really horrible with all right, guys, I appreciate it, have

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Speaker 4: a great show.

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Speaker 3: Thanks you, Mike. I appreciate it for what it's worth.

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Speaker 2: Uh, the updated win totals this is kind of after

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Speaker 2: Ozoona and everything else else has filed in the Pirates

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Speaker 2: are still at seventy six and a half on the year.

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Speaker 3: Reds I see right now, sitting at eighty two and

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Speaker 3: a half. I saw Fangrafts projected the Pirates to finish

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Speaker 3: second really in the National League Central, behind the Cubs.

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Speaker 3: What would that do for your mental health? Not good?

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Speaker 3: If the Pittsburgh Pirates finished ahead of the Reds in

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Speaker 3: the NL Central.

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Speaker 2: In all honesty, not good. But I can say at

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Speaker 2: this point, I don't know that I would be overly surprised.

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Speaker 3: Well, the thing that's frustrating for me is like the

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Speaker 3: Pirates always play the Reds tough, Like, even when they've

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Speaker 3: been horrible, they always play good against the Reds, And

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Speaker 3: so now that becomes even more difficult. I mean, I

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Speaker 3: guess the Cardinals are probably going to be the punching

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Speaker 3: bag of the division this year, but I mean, gosh,

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Speaker 3: the Pirates, it's there. They never play good in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 3: They always play well when the Pirates always play well

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Speaker 3: when they come to Cincinnati. So now Jared difficult to

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Speaker 3: get through those games, especially if Skeins is on the mountain.

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Speaker 2: Jared is rehaving his elbow injury, and I saw like

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Speaker 2: three weeks ago. He's throwing bullpen sessions twice a week.

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Speaker 2: But the rest of kind of that rotation with Mitch

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Speaker 2: Keller of a chandler, I think Braxton ashcrafts is a

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Speaker 2: is going to be a solid fifth starter for them.

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Speaker 2: Young guy still coming up, and then Paul Skin's at

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Speaker 2: the top. I mean, they're going to have the rotation

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Speaker 2: that's going to challenge you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's sure. Mitch Keller pitched really well

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Speaker 3: on opening the Day a couple of years ago. I

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Speaker 3: mean he's always been a very good pitcher. Yep.

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Speaker 2: So I think they can certainly certainly make make some

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Speaker 2: noise going forward. Let's talk about the potential opening day

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Speaker 2: Reds lineup. What you'll see from the Reds. You know

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Speaker 2: who else the Pirates? Who's that left hander Mason Montgomery Oh,

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Speaker 2: or as we like to call him, Mason Montgomery Road.

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Speaker 3: That's it. That's right.

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Speaker 2: Good year last year for Mason Montgomery Road. Up the

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Speaker 2: MLB dot Com, Mark Sheldon covers the Reds for them.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about their projected lineup for the Reds and

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Speaker 2: then we'll tie that into a conversation with Mark that

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Speaker 2: we'll have at one o'clock today that comes up next

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Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 5: So like, I have to see Joe Brady in Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: I have no idea.

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Speaker 5: I thought Sirianni was over a skis completely and he's

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Speaker 6: I know it's I might be in the head coaching role,

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Speaker 6: The only difference is I'm going to a different office,

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Speaker 5: I always root for coaches. It's really hard you don't

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