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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Game warm Up Show with Bill Laski,

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Speaker 1: my guest today as a senior sports writer for the

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Speaker 1: New York Post covering the New York Mets. Let's welcome

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Speaker 1: in Mike Pulma today. How are you today?

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Speaker 2: Mike? I'm great? How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing good myself in a good game. Up on

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Speaker 1: tap today, six oh five, First pitch. As the Mets

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Speaker 1: started this road trip, they lose two out of the

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Speaker 1: three to the Cardinals. They come into San Francisco, they

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Speaker 1: lose the first one seven to two. But boy did

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Speaker 1: they wake up last night, scoring ten runs on fifteen hits.

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Speaker 1: An aggressive hitting attack by the Mets.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's something they really needed here because the

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Speaker 3: lineup over the first week was scuffling. Bobashett, Marcus Simeon

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Speaker 3: just a couple of the guys who were struggling to

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Speaker 3: hit an under two hundred, and last night we sub

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Speaker 3: both of them really get into the action. Bashett had

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Speaker 3: a three hit game, as it's Simon Simmon.

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Speaker 2: Hit a hole run.

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Speaker 3: They got a couple of bombs from Francisco Alvarez. So

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Speaker 3: this was really kind of the offensive awakening they needed.

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Speaker 1: Boy, Mike, they didn't stop too quickly. They came at

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Speaker 1: Tyler Mayley really quick in the first inning, getting three

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Speaker 1: straight hits and of course, as you said, Boba Schett

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Speaker 1: getting that third knock, knocking the first run in. And

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Speaker 1: they continued onto that barrage in the first inning, going

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Speaker 1: through eight hitters. An aggressive lineup yesterday. What was the difference?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know that that's the kind of lineup

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Speaker 3: they really have here. Put in the ball and play

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Speaker 3: now we gotta you know, we're gonna wait and see

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Speaker 3: what happens with Juan Soto here that he left the

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Speaker 3: game in the first inning with.

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Speaker 2: The calf tightness.

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Speaker 3: You know, I think the expectation is right now that

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Speaker 3: he's gonna be on the on the shelf.

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Speaker 2: For a while.

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Speaker 3: So you know, we'll know more at.

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Speaker 2: Some point today.

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Speaker 3: But uh, you know this, this lineup is one that's

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Speaker 3: really predicated. I'm putting the ball on ball and play.

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Speaker 3: They sacrificed some power by not bringing back Pete Alonzo

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Speaker 3: over the winter who signed with Baltimore.

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Speaker 2: They brought in guys like.

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Speaker 3: Bishett and Semeon and Luis Robert Junior, and they just

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Speaker 3: wanted they want to length in that lineup.

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Speaker 2: String hits together.

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Speaker 1: Mike Pullman joining me on the warm Up Show. We

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Speaker 1: got to look at the starter yesterday. Nolan McClain really

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Speaker 1: dialed in for the first five innings, fifteen up, fifteen down.

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Speaker 1: A really high max kind of guy. He mixed in

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Speaker 1: six different pitches. He really relied on the fastball and

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Speaker 1: a sinker and the cutter, three hard pitches. What did

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Speaker 1: you see out of him yesterday? Because he was dialed

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Speaker 1: in for the first five and.

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Speaker 2: He really was.

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Speaker 3: And he was down on himself a little bit after

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Speaker 3: the game, which is kind of hard to believe for

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Speaker 3: a guy who took a perfect game in the sixth inning.

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Speaker 3: But he, you know, he said his cutter was really

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Speaker 2: For most of the night.

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Speaker 3: He wasn't too happy with his other pitches, and he

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Speaker 3: was getting he was getting behind in counts, you know.

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Speaker 3: Even so he went into that sixth inning at sixty

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Speaker 3: seven pitches, which which you know isn't awful. But you know,

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Speaker 3: in that final inning there that he pitched the sixth inning,

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Speaker 3: he did get deep into counts and the Giants put

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Speaker 3: some really good at bats against him. Foult some pitches

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Speaker 3: But you know, you look at this kid and you

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Speaker 3: and at times you're just like, wow, unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: Well, his first start against Pittsburgh, he did the same thing.

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Speaker 1: Ninety some pitches he threw in that game and again

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Speaker 1: today when you're looking at yesterday's game, ninety three pitches,

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Speaker 1: an overall game from him, a pretty good outing for Nolan.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know the Mets are this, this is uh,

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Speaker 3: you know, they brought in Freddie Parolta to be the

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Speaker 3: that it takes the pressure off Nolan McClain. But you know,

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Speaker 1: Mike Pullman joining me on a warm up show. Carlos

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Speaker 1: Mendoza changed a lot in his coaching staff this year

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Speaker 1: along with this roster. How has he been going on

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Speaker 1: this early part of the year with a new coaching staff.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that takes an adjustment here because they they, you know,

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Speaker 3: the front office gutted the coaching staff at the conclusion

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Speaker 3: of a last season, got rid of just about everybody.

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Speaker 2: And you know you're bringing.

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Speaker 3: Uh uh, you know Kai Korea as the bench coach guy,

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Speaker 3: some familiarity out here from his time with the Giants,

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Speaker 3: and he was he was really the first hire they

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Speaker 3: and they looked at him for what he could do

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Speaker 3: to help the Mets improved defensively. Uh and and that's

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Speaker 3: something that was talked about a lot this offseason by

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Speaker 3: President Baseball Operations David Stearns is runs prevention because he

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Speaker 3: felt last year's team, especially.

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Speaker 2: Down the stretch, with shaky defensively.

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Speaker 3: So they brought in Kay Korea as as part of

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Speaker 3: that movement towards runs prevention, went out and got some

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Speaker 3: got new players, Marcus Simmon, a Gold Glove winner at

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Speaker 3: fielder when he's healthy. So they improved up the middle.

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Speaker 3: But back to the point of the coaching staff, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: it takes some time to gel here because you're talking

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Speaker 1: Well, Mike, you look at Carlos Mendoza, do you think

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Speaker 1: there's a lot more pressure on him this year? Since

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Speaker 1: last year wasn't that great of a year for the Mets.

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Speaker 1: This year they put a lot more money into the payroll,

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Speaker 1: as you say, over three hundred million dollars or some

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Speaker 1: of these players. After you look at all the salaries,

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Speaker 1: do you think there's a little bit more pressure on

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Speaker 1: him to win this year? Do you think it's a

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Speaker 1: possibility if he doesn't, he might be ousted?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think he has to win this year.

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Speaker 3: He has to get him into the playoffs and probably

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Speaker 3: deep into the playoffs with this team they put together,

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Speaker 3: and you know, the payroll is high, and then you

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Speaker 3: pushes the expenditures out to around four hundred million dollars.

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Speaker 3: Team owner Steve Coen is spending here. So Mendoz, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Win this year. I think he knows that.

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Speaker 3: I think everybody knows it. And certainly, you know, you

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Speaker 3: don't want to bury yourself in April and trying to

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Speaker 3: you know, we'll see if the last night was the

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Speaker 3: first step for them toward getting on track.

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Speaker 2: Mike.

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Speaker 1: A player named Francisco Lindor, a good shortstop again, struggling

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Speaker 1: coming out of the gate hitting wise, isn't a ten year,

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Speaker 1: they need to excel plush playing shortstop on the defensive end,

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Speaker 1: leading off as a switch hitter again, complications coming out

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, just from the get go in spring training

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Speaker 3: he missed just about all the spring training. Finally got

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Speaker 3: So he's he's a little behind schedule.

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Speaker 2: Here, and and he's.

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Speaker 3: Been a notorious slow starter throughout his career. He was

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Speaker 3: actually pretty decent last year. But you know, throughout his

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Speaker 3: so that that is nothing new in that regard. He

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Speaker 3: over a week into it, but you know, those are

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Speaker 3: the factors I would point to, just coming off the

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Speaker 1: Mike Puma joining me on the warm Up Show. Of course,

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Speaker 1: he covers the Mets on the New York Post. You know,

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Speaker 1: you talk about Bobashett. Bobashett was a guy that everybody

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Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty six million dollar deal. This guy

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Speaker 1: swings hard every time. Yesterday, he first two pitches he

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that goes up there swinging for the

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Speaker 1: started off slow. The Mets fans weren't real happy with

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they are.

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Speaker 3: And they made a strong play to try and get

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Speaker 3: to the three year contract one hundred and twenty six million.

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Speaker 3: Now it's got an opt out after this season, but

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Speaker 3: He wants to hit three hundred. That's something that's important

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Speaker 3: to him. He wants he wants to win a batting title.

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Speaker 3: You know, this is a good hitter that they went

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Speaker 2: Got and he did.

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Speaker 3: You know, his first few games with the Mets weren't great,

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Speaker 1: The closer position in a bullpen he has, goes to

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers and the Mets pick up Devin Williams, pitcher

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Speaker 1: that's been bounced around a little bit from the Brewers

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Speaker 1: to the Yankees. What are they seeing him? Do they

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Speaker 1: think he can revitalize what he had with the Brewers?

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Speaker 1: Is one of the best relievers?

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Speaker 3: And they look at his underlying numbers, even you know,

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Speaker 3: last year, his you know, his eer wasn't great with

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Speaker 3: they look at the underlying numbers and see that the

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Speaker 1: A few more minutes with Mike Puma, who covers the

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Speaker 1: New York Mets. Let's take a look at the starter today.

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Speaker 1: Mike clay Holmes had a good outing against Saint Louis.

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Speaker 1: He throws five and two thirds gets before hits gives

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Speaker 1: What do you see out of him coming in today's game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And he's the guy who last year made that

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: Last year one issue was a little bit working deep

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Speaker 2: But down the stretch he was. He was dependable for him.

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Speaker 3: So you know that that's looking like one of their

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Speaker 1: Well, Mike, we got to look at this schedule the

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Speaker 1: Mets have, Boy, you're gonna have be on the West

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Speaker 1: right back out here to play Seattle. A lot of

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Speaker 3: It's crazy, you know. And you look at the way

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Speaker 2: LA and the Cubs on the next trip. Well, why

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Speaker 3: Louis and Chicago together and LA and San Francisco together.

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Speaker 3: It's you know, it's yeah. This first half of the

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Speaker 2: And by June.

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Speaker 3: By June first, they will have made four trips across country.

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Speaker 3: I guess the silver lining that you look at it

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Speaker 3: beyond that fourth cross country trip, they pretty much they

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Speaker 3: be so bad after that, but it's rough early on.

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Speaker 1: Well, Mike, I appreciate your time today. We're looking forward

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Speaker 1: to a good game tonight and we'll see how the

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Speaker 1: Mets do in next two games, and we'll see if

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Speaker 1: the Giants can bounce back. But thanks for your time today.

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Speaker 2: All right, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: That was Mike Puma on the Giants warm Up Show

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Speaker 1: on K ANDBR. More coming up right here. I'm the

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