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Speaker 2: After a Monday mock. Today we have a two for Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: a day in advance of wild Card Wednesday, and when

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Speaker 2: we arrive at a thirsty Thursday, draft worthy players for

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Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings will be unfurled.

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Speaker 3: Can you repeat the part of this stuff where you

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Speaker 3: said all about things?

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Speaker 1: Alright?

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Speaker 2: What we mean is from Mendoza through Delane, the Monday

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Speaker 2: mock with zany and controversial and the NFL draft intensive

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Speaker 2: two for Tuesday offers a beat eater who swallows up

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Speaker 2: guards and centers and runners like a new age Casey Hampton,

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Speaker 2: and a receiver who runs like the wind and will

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Speaker 2: be quite familiar to those vibing the love covenant on

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Speaker 2: seven fan and perhaps Kyler or Carson or young JJ

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Speaker 2: will be provided the opportunity to take a glance at Lance.

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Speaker 3: Can you repeat the part of the stuff where you

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Speaker 1: Sure, let's try this today.

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Speaker 2: You'll hear a draft analyst from Charlotte who works for

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Speaker 2: right after a purple clad boss shares about Kyler but

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Speaker 1: That's the nine forty.

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Speaker 3: Can you repeat the part of the stuff where you

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Speaker 2: Vikings to draft at eighteen three weeks from Thursday. Anything

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Speaker 2: The zany yet controversial Monday mock one through eight went

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Speaker 2: like this Mendoza Raiders, Bain Jets, best edge rusher in draft,

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Speaker 2: But with the Talkbacks, anything's in play. There are many

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Speaker 2: an elite draft mind out there, so go ahead and

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Speaker 2: do your thing. The Minnesota Timberwolves crushed Cooper flag squad

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Speaker 2: last night, said shoot here.

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Speaker 6: On the three trains and it's a triple for Anthony Edwards.

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Speaker 2: In your face, Cooper Flag. Ant's like, don't call it

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Speaker 2: a comeback. I've been here for years. I'm rocking my peers,

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Speaker 2: down like a monsoon. Listen to Nordo's bass Go boom.

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Speaker 1: I always love that one. Welcome back Anthony Edwards.

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Speaker 2: After a brief respite to permit the league to catch

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Speaker 2: Turns out beloved Ant was destroying a locker room toilet. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the same way he would smash the Daniel Gaffords of

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Speaker 2: after Nature called ant was like a and Finchy Nature

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Speaker 1: Easy for him as a result. By the way, is

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Speaker 2: U one leads to the other and it's up to

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Speaker 2: there was something to be feared. Number five Anthony Edwards Wappen,

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Speaker 2: did you give me the wrong sheet?

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Speaker 2: By the way, how badly did Trader tim rip off

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Speaker 2: the baby bulls with the old Iu Desumu deal Iu Desumu.

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Speaker 2: in thirty three minutes. The last time Finchy Finci joined

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Speaker 2: that day nine to noon Finchi Finchy called Amen Thompson

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Speaker 2: and he's a guard. While Bulls fans were lamenting getting

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Speaker 1: To be howling with the homies. It's a hoodi who

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Speaker 2: Western Conference dandings check was seven to play and are they?

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Speaker 2: The Lakers were minus Luka Doncic last night and they

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Speaker 2: might be a Tarrico game. If it's a Tarrico game,

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Speaker 2: that'd be cool. And you're all Josh Hart fans.

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Speaker 5: Aren't we? Tonight?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely Joker Squad plays tomorrow night at ever Crushable Utah

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Speaker 2: Denver has six to play. Houston has eight remaining, and

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Speaker 2: we are three and a half behind the Lakers for third,

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Speaker 2: the Houston Rocket. I make that a half game player

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Speaker 3: Can you repeat the part of this stuff where you

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Speaker 2: And finally, from the NFL owners meetings, two interesting things emerged.

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Speaker 2: The Minnesota Vikings will pick up the fifth year option

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Speaker 2: on Jordan Addison and Kirko Chains can't find a starting job,

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Speaker 2: Probably is going to end up with either McVeigh in

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Speaker 1: What's your language in front of the Lady Pong? Do

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Speaker 4: Do you think there's any truth to those early rumors

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Speaker 4: the idea that Kirk initially was looking for more and

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Speaker 1: Need I say more? Yeah, I think that might have

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Speaker 1: slowed the role for old Jane.

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Speaker 1: What's going on?

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Speaker 5: Brother? How are you good to talk to you?

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Speaker 2: Likewise, new Gophers hockey coach Brett Larson, what do you

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Speaker 2: like and what do you think of the way the

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Speaker 5: Well, I'm I'm pretty excited about it. I've known Brett

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Speaker 5: I'm I'm I'm really really really encouraged about you know,

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Speaker 2: Okay, well with the the what's next plan for Larson

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Speaker 2: and like what he's walking into. I was pointed out

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Speaker 2: So what what is Larson walking into? And and do

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Speaker 5: Well, I'll put it to you this way, Bob. Bob

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Speaker 5: And so you know that's that's you know, you when

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Speaker 5: may not be ready yet. Well that that's what's going

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Speaker 5: I think there'll be a different approach this year. In fact,

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Speaker 2: The reason I brought it up that way is because

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Speaker 2: So like, I'm all confused. I mean, do we still

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Speaker 5: I mean, that's that's a great question because and I

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Speaker 5: the reality that we face. So you know it. You know,

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Speaker 4: Hey, back to back to the Gophers for a second. Patrick,

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Speaker 4: Now you know how I love I love the rumor mill,

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Speaker 4: I love all the juicy bits. Well, given the fact

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Speaker 5: Well, I don't want to speak for Brett, uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: Brett Larson, by the way, new coach of Lego fors

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Speaker 2: Hockey team, joins nine to Noon in studio tomorrow at

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Speaker 2: eleven o'clock Brett Larson. That is fantastic with us in

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Speaker 2: Denver in Michigan and Wisconsin and North Dakota in Vegas,

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Speaker 2: April ninth, and the eleventh Denver in search of its

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Speaker 1: How is this team always so good?

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Speaker 5: Well, I think they prepare. I think they prepare for

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Speaker 2: Sandalin almost bounced top seeded Michigan with a furious third

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Speaker 5: I mean when you look at it, and they'll go

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Speaker 1: Grand Forks, Where have you been? Thank you? Grand Forks.

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Speaker 2: First frozen four in ten years for No Dak Wisconsin

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Speaker 1: How did these squads get good.

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Speaker 5: Well, big massive turnovers, UH, massive turnover for North Dakota

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Speaker 2: your favorite advantage of last change. I mean it's it's

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Speaker 2: not so, but looks that way. So how does beloved

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Speaker 2: Pat mcletty mctockett man on the mural?

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Speaker 1: How do you feel about all that?

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Speaker 5: I still feel really good, Paul, And you know, I

440
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 5: mean this goes back to our conversation two weeks ago,

441
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 5: three weeks ago, a month ago. You know, I really

442
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,880
Speaker 5: like this lineup and I like the depth of the lineup.

443
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 5: Now if there is a concern, and yeah, you know,

444
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 5: have they played grade seven to seven and one since

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00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 5: the Olympic Olympic break, you know not, you know, it's

446
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 5: not something to be real excited about. But I still

447
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 5: believe that with the depth of their team, their decoor,

448
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 5: I really like. If I have a concern right now,

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00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 5: it would be the goaltending. I don't think Gusterson has

450
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 5: been as sharp as he was early in the year.

451
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Speaker 5: And you know, you know as well as I do.

452
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Speaker 5: If you don't have great goaltending in the playoffs, you're

453
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Speaker 5: not going to win. So if I have a concern,

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Speaker 5: it would be that. But I like the lineup and

455
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Speaker 5: I and I like and I don't mind the matchup

456
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 5: is as much as some other people do. So I'm

457
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 5: still very very bullish on our squad.

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Speaker 1: Caprice.

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00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 2: Caprice off set after the Boston game he needs to

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00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 2: play better? Uh what what do you think he means

461
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 2: by that?

462
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 5: Well, I think he needs to you know, when when

463
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 5: he's when he's at his strength, he is hard on

464
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 5: the puck. He is you know, he's shooting the puck more,

465
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 5: he's getting in the right spots. And and you know,

466
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Speaker 5: I the same could be said for Boldie. I mean,

467
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 5: you know, if these two guys aren't scoring in the playoffs,

468
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 5: well it's it's going to be an issue. And and

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Speaker 5: but you can say that for a lot of a

470
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 5: lot of other teams. If they're top guys aren't going

471
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 5: they're not going to win. And so I think he

472
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 5: knows it. But you know what I I don't And

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Speaker 5: I've never worried about him. We again, I'll go back

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Speaker 5: to when we had this conversation when people were panicking

475
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Speaker 5: about him not scoring and you know, only three goals

476
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 5: and whatever number of games you know, a player like

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Speaker 5: him has that ability to turn it on and once

478
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Speaker 5: he gets it going again, which he will, you know,

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00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 5: I think I think they'll be fine. You know.

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Speaker 4: Similarly with Matt BOLDI make maybe maybe it's the same thing.

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Speaker 4: You just have faith that your big timers find the

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Speaker 4: right moves and find the right moments. Because it's been

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Speaker 4: seven straight for Boldie without a tally. What's up with

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Speaker 4: Matt Well, I, you.

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Speaker 5: Know, I think it's the same thing. And I and

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Speaker 5: I think Gordo uh or Nordo No, I'm gonna have

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Speaker 5: to s grdo right. I think where we're at in

488
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 5: this season, you know where you know, there's eight games left,

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Speaker 5: so you know, from game sixty to game seventy five,

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Speaker 5: eighty whatever, they they knew where they're gonna be, and

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Speaker 5: they're gonna play Dallas and where they're gonna be able

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Speaker 5: to catch them and get home ice. That's pretty much,

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00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 5: you know, not going to happen now. So it's not

494
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 5: like they're not trying. It's almost like, Okay, let's get

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00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 5: to the playoffs and get rolling and really get our

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00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 5: focus back. And and so I think they're kind of

497
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 5: in a in just one of those modes where Okay,

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Speaker 5: let's let's get through with this and get to the

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Speaker 5: playoff type mode.

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Speaker 4: Who do you believe right now would be favored? And

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Speaker 4: I think recently it's been year off. You mentioned how

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00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 4: much you just appreciate you you're good with the lineup,

503
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Speaker 4: or there are some aspects that you like about it.

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Speaker 4: Would it be kind of would he be favored to

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Speaker 4: kind of continue being the odd man out as as

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Speaker 4: Heinz finishes his tinkering and kind of locks things in

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Speaker 4: for the Dallas series.

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Speaker 5: Well, if you look at the depth right and and

509
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 5: you you're gonna have guys in and out, And I

510
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 5: think it's gonna be kind of a game to game

511
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 5: type scenario in the playoffs where you know, is Johansson

512
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,959
Speaker 5: gonna come out year Off go in or or you know,

513
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 5: where's Brink gonna gonna play? But you know, you have

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00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 5: that flexibility and I think you know, they'll they'll put

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00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 5: their lineup out game one, they'll they'll play the game

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Speaker 5: and they'll determine. Yeah, you know what, maybe we you know,

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Speaker 5: with the speed of a year out, we can exploit

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Speaker 5: you know Dallas here. You know, maybe with the ability

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00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 5: of Brink around the net. Uh, you know, maybe you know,

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00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 5: maybe he's a guy that we can slide in there.

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00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 5: Uh you know Johansson, the way he passes a puck,

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Speaker 5: you know, does he does he create more room for

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00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 5: Ectingboldie so they can you know, so they can play

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00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 5: their game a little bit. So I I, you know,

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00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 5: I don't think it's well, you know, this guy's in

526
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 5: and this guy's completely out type scenario. And and this

527
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 5: is something that this team hasn't happen in the past

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00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 5: to give them options, you know, to move guys around.

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00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 5: You know, it's Nick Felino gonna be you know, in

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00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 5: the middle, or do you move him to the wing

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Speaker 5: and put your off there with both flinos? You know?

532
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Speaker 5: So uh, I just I think Minnesota and Hines has

533
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 5: options you know that they can use each game throughout

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Speaker 5: the playoffs.

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00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 2: Lastly, Mick talking, what do you think about towards taking

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00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 2: over in Vegas? And how strange is it that the

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00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 2: Golden Knights made this move this late in the season.

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Speaker 5: I'm shocked by it, to be quite honest. I mean,

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00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 5: Bruce Cassidy will get hired immediately, you know, after the

540
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,920
Speaker 5: playoffs are done, and and and some are even saying, hey,

541
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 5: watch out for Edmonton maybe you know, get you know,

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00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 5: fighting their coach and bringing Cassidy in. Uh, I mean

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00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 5: that would be and those two teams might face each

544
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 5: other in the first round, so something that that could happen.

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00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 5: I was really really shocked. I think this was done

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00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:45,359
Speaker 5: to give Vegas some sort of spark. But what it's

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00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 5: not going to do, Paul, is improve their goaltending. Their

548
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 5: goaltending has been horrific all season long for Vegas. I'm

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00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 5: I'm shocked that they're you know that they're still in

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00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 5: the playoffs, but because of the way that their goal

551
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 5: timing has been uh this season, So I you know,

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00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:09,280
Speaker 5: it shocked me. I think it's a short term thing. Uh,

553
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 5: you know, the rest of the season and in the playoffs.

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00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 5: I don't think he's you know, going to be back

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00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 5: next year, but you know, I get if he wins

556
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 5: a cup he will be. But I just, you know, I,

557
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 5: like everybody else, I think it shocked a lot of people.

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00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: All right, Nick, I mean Mick, Mick, Oh, all right.

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Speaker 5: Thanks gorgo and uh you know I love you.

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00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love you too, thank you. That's Nick toocket.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Pablito Gordo return after this.

563
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: Nine to noon I'm having to.

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00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 2: Catch up with one of the great closers in the

565
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,320
Speaker 2: history of Minnesota Twins baseball, Glenn Perkins, and he joins

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Speaker 2: us now, Glenn Paul Allen.

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Speaker 5: How you.

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00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 6: Good morning, Pa.

569
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Speaker 7: I'm good.

570
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 6: Appreciate you having me on.

571
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 2: It's been a while, right on, brother, you know, being

572
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 2: in the Comcast family. When I found you guys at

573
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 2: the twelve sixty one spot during the O's series, Corey

574
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 2: on lead vocals, you next to him, and then next

575
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 2: to you justin Morno. Now now they got meat loafed.

576
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 2: Two out of three was bad, but nevertheless, you guys

577
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 2: seem like you were having a great time with that

578
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 2: season opening series.

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00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 6: You know, I think anytime they let morning and I

580
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 6: go in the booth at the same time, we try

581
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 6: to take advantage of it.

582
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 7: Because it doesn't happen very often.

583
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 6: So yeah, the games were good though, and from a

584
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 6: broadcasting perspective that like, as you.

585
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 7: Know, you want the team to win.

586
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 5: Of course we do.

587
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:49,879
Speaker 6: We're cheering for the Twins, but good games with intensity

588
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 6: and good plays and good pitching. It's fun to be

589
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 6: in a booth talking about games like that.

590
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,799
Speaker 2: And Park, I'm not you know, I'm not breaking news here,

591
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 2: and you know, having done play by play in the

592
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 2: NFL for a little while, it's it's easy to decipher

593
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 2: between like NFL and MLB and basketball and the NHL

594
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 2: and stuff. But you know, it just really was polarizing

595
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 2: to me watching you guys this weekend, and I watched

596
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 2: a lot. I mean, baseball is such a especially on TV.

597
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 2: It's such a wonderful story telling vibe. And that's what

598
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 2: I felt, you guys personify. Man, you guys, You guys

599
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 2: have story immortality to share.

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00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 1: You you and Justin Marnow.

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00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 7: Well, and I think that's that's why they stick us together.

602
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 6: And that's what's great about baseball is the downtime that

603
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,240
Speaker 6: you have. And the biggest difference between TV and radio

604
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,479
Speaker 6: is on TV you get to have you have time

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00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 6: to be able to talk and to be able to

606
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 6: ask questions and tell stories and talk about memories and

607
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,479
Speaker 6: all of those things. It's what I love about doing

608
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 6: TV because there's so much I don't want to say downtime,

609
00:37:54,840 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 6: but there's enough space in baseball with a fallow ball.

610
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 7: And time in between pitches that, yeah, you get to

611
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 7: you get.

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Speaker 6: To talk a little bit, and I love it.

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00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 5: It's it's it's fun.

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Speaker 7: It's uh to be entertaining.

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00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,720
Speaker 6: I guess I've really enjoyed and as I've gotten more comfortable,

616
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:14,839
Speaker 6: I feel like I've gotten better.

617
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 7: But being able to.

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00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 6: Go back and forth with Marnie is is really fun.

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Speaker 6: I'm excited. Coming up in a couple of weeks, it's

620
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 6: either the the Twins are home for a series and

621
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Speaker 6: we go to Toronto for the weekend. When we come back,

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Speaker 6: I'm going to be in the booth with palm olater

623
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Speaker 6: and and so I don't think we him and I

624
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 6: will go back and forth poking at each other like

625
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 6: Morning and I do. But I'm going to get some

626
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 6: stuff out of him and pull some stories out of

627
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Speaker 6: him that that I'm.

628
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 7: Really excited about.

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Speaker 6: I think it's going to be awesome to get him

630
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,399
Speaker 6: on the TV side and feel a share at booth

631
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 6: with him is pretty insane.

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00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's going to be a joef by your side.

633
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 2: But I mean, you're a natural man fuck And I

634
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,240
Speaker 2: really really enjoyed it. All right, let's get real twins

635
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 2: at Kansas City yesterday. Only one on that game is

636
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 2: timely hitting potentially going to be an issue all season.

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00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:11,320
Speaker 6: I think just consistent offense, and a lot is riding

638
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 6: on guys like Boyce Lewis and brooks Lee and Luke Keyshaw.

639
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 6: Can he repeat what he did last year? It's guys

640
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,399
Speaker 6: taking the next step. And then there's a few guys

641
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 6: I think that want to show that what they did

642
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 6: last year was for real. But being consistent is going

643
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,879
Speaker 6: to be the hardest part. I think we saw that

644
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 6: the first two games in Baltimore. Not a ton of offense,

645
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 6: missed opportunities, and then a bunch of offense on Sunday

646
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 6: and then back to yesterday. Now one swing of the bat,

647
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 6: one run and that's it. So I think it's going

648
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 6: to be a way to try to find consistency on

649
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 6: the offensive side.

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Speaker 1: That's going to be the same all year.

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00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 2: All Right, Abs and Josh Bell and Chelsea getting tossed

652
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 2: Sunday automated balls and strikes. It's a big talker in

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Speaker 2: Major League Baseball. Concluding Week one of the twenty twenty six, Abs,

654
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Speaker 2: Bell and Chelte what led to the manager losing his goal.

655
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Speaker 5: So the way that you.

656
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Speaker 6: Challenge is obviously it's the catcher, the hitter or the pitcher,

657
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 6: and you have to tap the top of your helmet

658
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 6: or your hat if you're the pitcher. But along with

659
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 6: that is basically every team has said to their pitchers.

660
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 5: Don't challenge you.

661
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 6: Guys are too emotional. You're not good enough at knowing

662
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,959
Speaker 6: where pitches are. And so I think there's a little

663
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 6: bit of I guess maybe a blind spot where the

664
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 6: umpires are after a pitch, a close pitch, they're probably

665
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 6: going to look at the hitter and the catcher, and

666
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 6: the pitcher is going to be in the background, and

667
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 6: if they're not in the umpire's peripheral vision, I think

668
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 6: they're going to miss a potential pitcher challenge. And that's

669
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 6: what happened. Ryan Helsley tapped his hat right away and

670
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 6: then nothing happened, and he was out on the mountain thinking,

671
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 6: look at me, trying to get their attention, like, hey,

672
00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 6: I want to challenge that pitch. I think it was

673
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 6: at I think in the replay and even Chelsea talking

674
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 6: before the game, actually he realized that he.

675
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,240
Speaker 7: Maybe got a little emotional too, which it's.

676
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 6: Gonna happen late in game situations like that. He thought

677
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 6: it was too late, so he went out there and

678
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 6: stated his case. But that's what happened. There, it's like

679
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,800
Speaker 6: the pitcher. Nobody's looking at the pitcher because they shouldn't

680
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 6: be challenging, and Pollsley did and he got one, all.

681
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:26,839
Speaker 2: Right, so you'reinly baseball mind. What does Perk make of

682
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 2: the automated balls and strikes machine and players making the calls.

683
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 6: I love it just in the sense of they're getting

684
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 6: more calls, right, which is the goal. It's been awesome

685
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 6: the reaction in the crowds. Fans like it as much

686
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 6: as they like any other play. I think with the

687
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 6: way attention spans are now, what's cool about it is

688
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 6: that every pitch actually matters because something might happen on

689
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 6: that pitch, where baseball forever was just what happens at

690
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 6: the end of that at bat, like there might be

691
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 6: some ten and intense moments during that bat that by

692
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 6: and large, it's just what happens with the result of

693
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,760
Speaker 6: it at bat, and more often than not in baseball,

694
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 6: nothing good happens. It's it's a pop out, it's an

695
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 6: easy ground ball, which is why we in the booth

696
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:17,240
Speaker 6: get to just continue talking. But I think it gets

697
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:21,760
Speaker 6: people paying attention to each pitch because something cool could happen,

698
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:26,720
Speaker 6: and we've seen some I think, some really fun ones

699
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,480
Speaker 6: and great reactions, loud cheering from the crowd, and you

700
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,919
Speaker 6: can feel that suspense in the air. So it's it's

701
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 6: really cool.

702
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 5: I love it. I'm shocked that.

703
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 7: I guess they shouldn't be shocked, but I.

704
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 6: Think the intent behind it was to boost offense and

705
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 6: to help hitters and catchers have been way better so

706
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 6: far than hitters at determining what is and isn't a strike.

707
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, so like you know, on the bell strikeout, Seriously,

708
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 2: three percent of the ball was on the line, meaning

709
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 2: it was ninety seven percent not a strike. But if

710
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 2: three percent was a strike and really into the equation,

711
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 2: that's all the.

712
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: Matters, right it is.

713
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 6: And there was one in that series. It had to

714
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 6: be on that day that that Sunday. There were ten challenges,

715
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,879
Speaker 6: which is the most in any game so far this year,

716
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,239
Speaker 6: and there was one that I think it was like

717
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 6: the sickness of the seam. And so we're talking about like,

718
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 6: I don't know, stack up five pieces of paper. Yeah,

719
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 6: that's how much of the ball caught the strike zone.

720
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 6: But have the technology to do it and why not?

721
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 6: So strikes are strikes, balls or balls? And I think

722
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 6: not having hitters complain to umpires during at bats is

723
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 6: a good development too, where now.

724
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Speaker 7: The empire can say, if you don't like my.

725
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 6: Call, you're welcome to challenge it. So the harness is

726
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 6: on the hitter now, and so I think I think

727
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 6: it provides a neat element.

728
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 2: Okay, agreed, we're going letter of the law with this,

729
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 2: Ain't no doubt about it. So does that mean on

730
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 2: double plays where maybe the foot grinds the second base

731
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 2: or not. I mean, are we gonna go letter of

732
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 2: the law on that too?

733
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,720
Speaker 7: They do if you can see it, If they can.

734
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 6: See something, they'll they'll call it. And that actually happened

735
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,759
Speaker 6: on a replay at second base. Luke Keishall made a

736
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 6: tag and he got called out, the basement got called out.

737
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 6: The Oriels challenged and it didn't look like Keshall touched him.

738
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Speaker 6: And so I don't know if they decided we can't tell,

739
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 6: so we're going to leave the call as it is,

740
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 6: or he did just clip him, that's all it takes,

741
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:30,319
Speaker 6: all right.

742
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 2: So like with with the umps who are missing these

743
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 2: calls and are relying on abs to make it right,

744
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 2: which is cool, But like your guy C. B. Buckner,

745
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 2: I think he missed eight on Sunday. I mean, like

746
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 2: what happens with them? I don't want to say fallout

747
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 2: because that would be too significant, but like, what did

748
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 2: they do to to help these umpires become more accurate?

749
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 6: Well they have I and umpires, to their credit, have

750
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 6: gotten really really good at this and by and large

751
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 6: the overturns that you see are a majority of them

752
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 6: for sure within an inch of the strike zone, and

753
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 6: I think a lot of them end up being like

754
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 6: less than a half an inch, which is crazy when

755
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 6: you think about the velocity and the movement and there

756
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 6: is no defined box that they look at. It's a

757
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,239
Speaker 6: judgment call based on where that ball process and how

758
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 6: good they are, Like, it's very impressive how good they are.

759
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 6: I think everybody was waiting to see how CEB was

760
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:30,840
Speaker 6: going to do in his first game, and I'm assuming

761
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 6: that most people thought it went exactly how it was

762
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 6: thought it would.

763
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Speaker 7: I don't know if those guys end up learning from it.

764
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 6: It looked like he just got frustrated, So I don't

765
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 6: know if it's something that he ends up saying, this

766
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 6: isn't for me anymore.

767
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 7: This game isn't the game.

768
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 6: That I vumped my whole life. I don't want to

769
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 6: do it, so I could see that being the case too.

770
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 6: But I think having added accountability for umpires is a

771
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 6: good thing. But at the same time, like I said,

772
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 6: they've done a really really good job.

773
00:45:58,520 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: By and large, Yep, no doubt.

774
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 2: Glenn Perkins nine to noon. A few quicki's to close here.

775
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 2: Twins home opener is Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

776
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 2: Now a couple of home runs at Baltimore for Royce.

777
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 2: Lewis also was pinch hit four in the season opener

778
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 2: and struck out with the bases loaded in a big

779
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 2: spot on Sunday. What message are you sending to Royce

780
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 2: by pinch hitting for him?

781
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 6: I think there's a couple of things. One is that

782
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 6: Chelsea just study had a better option than Larnik coming

783
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 6: off the bench. I think the other thing is nothing

784
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 6: is going.

785
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:33,960
Speaker 1: To be given to you.

786
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 6: You're going to have to earn it, and he's earned

787
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 6: it in the past, but he struggled last year, he

788
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 6: struggled in spring training, and so I think there was

789
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,240
Speaker 6: a little bit of maybe a not so subtle message

790
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 6: to him that you're going to have to earn your

791
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:52,200
Speaker 6: at bats and So that was on opening Day, which

792
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,360
Speaker 6: was last Thursday, and then we had off.

793
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:55,760
Speaker 7: Friday, so then Saturday and Sunday he homeward.

794
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 6: So he responded well to that.

795
00:46:58,280 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 5: I think that's really.

796
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 6: What it is is that there's not many guarantees for

797
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,399
Speaker 6: at bats or for innings on this team this year,

798
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 6: and Derek Shelton is going to hold these guys to that.

799
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,840
Speaker 6: So that that to me, I would think that you

800
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:15,319
Speaker 6: could probably split that thing fifty to fifty between. It's

801
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 6: a better situation for Larni to hit there, and he

802
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:20,359
Speaker 6: wanted to let Royce know that he's going to earn

803
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:21,279
Speaker 6: his at bats.

804
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,800
Speaker 2: Well, stated brother two to close, how's your former teammate,

805
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 2: LaTroy Hawkins embracing the role of pitching coach.

806
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 6: I talked to him every day, and I think he

807
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 6: likes it. I think he also realizes that that we

808
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 6: and the booth have it a lot easier than he

809
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:37,399
Speaker 6: does down on the.

810
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 2: Field, and he's been in the booth obviously, What in

811
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 2: your estimation, and you know your your words resonate, what

812
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,200
Speaker 2: makes a good pitching coach? What have you noticed over

813
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:50,680
Speaker 2: the years truly makes a good pitching coach?

814
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:56,239
Speaker 6: I think just having trust with the players, and when

815
00:47:56,239 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 6: you make suggestions they buy in. I don't.

816
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 4: I don't.

817
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:03,320
Speaker 7: I'm not one of those guys that think experience matters.

818
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 7: And Pete McKey doesn't have.

819
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 6: Experience in professional baseball as a player, but he's able

820
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 6: to challenge guys. He's able to convince guys that his

821
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 6: ideas are going to make them better, and guys have

822
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,319
Speaker 6: bought in. And and I think that's it.

823
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:19,719
Speaker 5: To me.

824
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:21,719
Speaker 6: It's it's somebody that you can have a relationship and

825
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 6: trust with. I was fortunate to have a lot of

826
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:27,919
Speaker 6: those guys in the minor leagues and in the big leagues,

827
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 6: and I think they have one here too. It's why

828
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 6: in the coaching overhaul in the offseason they kept Pete

829
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 6: mackew because I think the pitchers really do like him.

830
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,400
Speaker 2: And I misspoke. I meant bullpen coach for LaTroy Awkins.

831
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: Now bullpen.

832
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 6: I'll tell you a bullpen coach. You want to have

833
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 6: somebody that keeps it loose down there because it gets

834
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 6: really tense right now.

835
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 2: That's a perfect guy, all right. Lastly, home opener later

836
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 2: this week. As a former player and big time fan

837
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 2: of the Minnesota Twins in Your Estimation Park, how how

838
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 2: should fans view the team this season them as they

839
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:05,120
Speaker 2: work through new ownership and recouping cash and stuff, and

840
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 2: clearly there's been a lot of change.

841
00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 6: Oh boy, it's it's definitely a find out type of year.

842
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 6: I think if everything went their way, if every guy

843
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 6: that they wanted to improve improved, and every guy that

844
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 6: would improved, they belong here, prove that they could compete,

845
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:26,080
Speaker 6: and they could compete throughout the summer, that's asking a lot.

846
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 6: They're going to need to stay healthy. They're going to

847
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 6: need to find a way to fill Pablo Lopez's.

848
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:31,840
Speaker 5: Hole in the rotation.

849
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:36,720
Speaker 6: I don't know as a fan how you handle teams

850
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 6: like this that are on the periphery of competing. They're

851
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 6: not going to have the worst record in baseball, but

852
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:44,759
Speaker 6: they're not going to finish the season with the best

853
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 6: record in baseball, And so I don't know. I mean,

854
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,399
Speaker 6: I think that's what's nice about Target Field, I guess,

855
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,399
Speaker 6: is that more often than not, you got a nice

856
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,560
Speaker 6: summer day. It's a great place to go watch a game,

857
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 6: and there's guys on the team that are entertaining to watch.

858
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 6: You never know what Fironbucks is going to do lukeish All,

859
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 6: Joe Ryan is Joe Ryan's start I think is worth

860
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:10,440
Speaker 6: the price of admission. Amen, And so there's some things there.

861
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,160
Speaker 6: But yeah, it's not the best time to be a

862
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 6: Twins fan right now, especially when you think back a

863
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 6: couple of years of how awesome that place was for

864
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,839
Speaker 6: the short playoff run that they made. So hang with it,

865
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,400
Speaker 6: I guess, is what I would say, which doesn't feel great.

866
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,640
Speaker 2: Glenn, You're fantastic. Thank you very much for the time,

867
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 2: and we'll stay in touch.

868
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:31,120
Speaker 5: Okay, appreciate it.

869
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 6: Pe, we'll talk to you later.

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Speaker 2: See about Glenn Perkins. Nine to noon, we have a

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Speaker 2: set list change. Mark Wilf, president and co owner of

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Speaker 2: the Minnesota Viking schedule for eleven actually is going to

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Speaker 2: join from Scottsdale, Arizona and the owners meetings.

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Speaker 1: Next segment. It's nine to