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Speaker 1: Danny Grahams, Todd Fraser, AJ Bruzinski and Aerocrats on opening

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Speaker 1: day coverage of Foul Territory. And we are live in Cincinnati. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: we're at Nation Kitchen and Bar at the Banks. We've

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Speaker 1: got predictions for you today. We'll be inside the ballpark

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Speaker 1: Let's shout them out right at the top. Two though,

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Speaker 1: And tomorrow is a big day for the ft fen

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Speaker 1: excited for Opening Day, and can I present this case

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Speaker 1: to you. There's only a few teams that I looked

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Speaker 2: Yeah. No, listen, I think I think this should be

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Speaker 2: a national holiday. I think it should be. I don't

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Speaker 2: I think it should be a national holiday where kids

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Speaker 2: and you know, I like it. I like tradition, and

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Speaker 2: I liked it when Cincinnati used to be the first

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Speaker 2: I like tradition. I was just as a national holiday

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Speaker 3: Opener for each team is a local holiday since it's

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Speaker 3: a local sport, regional I agree. Opening Day, man, everybody's

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Speaker 3: everybody's juice. Spring training, got your swing locked in your

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Speaker 4: There is nothing better, Danny.

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Speaker 1: We've all played it.

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Speaker 4: We've all been to the away teams opening day and

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Speaker 4: then either you come back or you start here. We

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Speaker 4: all know how crazy it is in Cincinnati. I was

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Speaker 4: It's where dreams come true, honestly. And I do agree.

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Speaker 4: It should be a holiday for the kids get out

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Speaker 1: Enjoy that.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I agree that the national holiday should be

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Speaker 1: I mean, ayj, we're in Florida. We know that they

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Speaker 2: Maybe call the governor and see if you'll let us

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Speaker 1: Exactly exactly. I'm with you. All right, let's charge the

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Speaker 1: But let's go over the Red Sox. A sexy pick

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Speaker 1: to represent the American League in the World Series. I

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Speaker 1: saw quite a few of those picks. I saw them

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Speaker 1: for some Ale East picks. But we talked about this

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the marriage is over. No, but we didn't know

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Speaker 4: The Red Sox picked up some really good ballplayers in

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Speaker 5: I think Cors said it best. We're in the business

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Speaker 2: I thought the Devers would hold out, but he changed

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Speaker 3: They need to They need to make sure that they

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Speaker 1: In the weeds. I don't love going over this story

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Speaker 1: saw this and how much does this happen in a clubhouse?

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Speaker 2: Oh, it used to happen a lot. It doesn't happen anymore. Especially,

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think Tom Dan and Krafts can tell

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Speaker 2: I guarantee you. I just I want to hear Miggy

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Speaker 2: And I remember when Nicky Roe got traded to the Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: what's theory, Because I doubt Miguel Rojas just walked into

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Speaker 2: There has to be a backstory, and that's what I

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Speaker 3: I mean, man, the man was cutting up some custom

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Speaker 3: I'm not picking a side. I'm just saying normally it's hey,

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Speaker 3: do this. Like I've seen dudes get their suits cut

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree with with what both of you guys said.

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Speaker 5: You come up as a rookie, you kind of just

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Speaker 5: don't want to step on anybody's toes. And then at

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Speaker 5: the same time with with Niggi, I don't know either

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Speaker 5: saying Jazz is a liar and he's making these things up.

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Speaker 5: I'm just saying I'd like to hear both sides because we're.

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Speaker 1: Only getting one right now.

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Speaker 5: So I think that the picture of Meggi right now

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Speaker 5: But then I hear what Kratzy's saying, did Meggie get

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Speaker 4: And then and then to button it up. This is

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Speaker 4: this is in the eighties and nineties anymore. So you

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Speaker 3: Cool love that love everybody locked in. It's the big

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Speaker 1: There you go. I mean, there's not even that much

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Speaker 1: It might happen.

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Speaker 4: It might happen.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's definitely gonna it's definitely gonna happen one of

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Speaker 1: Bill, You come on, man, we'll see right Ureser. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a good call. ESPN do Buck joining us right

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Speaker 7: How you doing, hey, guys, Yeah, twenty twenty one. That's

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Speaker 2: How nervous are you? How nervous are you? That's all

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Speaker 2: I want to know. How nervous are you that Steve

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Speaker 7: Well, this is very insider information, but Steve Horn is

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Speaker 7: You're always in Mike Bourner.

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Speaker 3: What does rust look like for an announcer? Because you've

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Speaker 3: Gotta get the rust off. Nobody actually knows what the

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Speaker 1: Are you like?

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Speaker 8: That's pretty much it. Yeah, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: That's great. That's great.

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Speaker 4: You got the Yankees and Brewers coming up. Talk a

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean two playoff teams from a year ago.

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Speaker 8: For the Yankees, I mean.

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Speaker 8: We just got finished talking.

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Speaker 5: Hey, Joe, we've been having this conversation earlier today about

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I used to just love I mean, in Saint Louis,

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Speaker 8: With the kind of offseason that they've had.

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Speaker 2: Joe as someone that has worked a game with you, ah,

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Speaker 2: with you, who's your stack guy tell him he knows

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Speaker 2: Women's across game. But how much do you miss baseball?

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Speaker 2: I know people say, oh, Joe Buck, you know cause

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Speaker 2: But do you miss baseball in the World Series and

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I missed the big games. I missed the big moments.

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Speaker 7: There's nothing like when people ask me, you know, what

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Speaker 7: To get to a game seven. It takes a lot

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Speaker 7: of reading. It takes you know, for you guys, it's

433
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Speaker 7: different from players. I mean, that's what you're grinding for

434
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Speaker 7: For us, it's it takes a lot to get there.

435
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Speaker 7: And so I don't miss the day to day. I

436
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Speaker 7: love the game. I watched the game. I'm a fan

437
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Speaker 7: of the game. But as far as where I am

438
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Speaker 7: in my life with six year old twins and daughters

439
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Speaker 7: in their twenties, it's just a better lifestyle for me

440
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Speaker 7: to be just doing football and watching.

441
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Speaker 8: Role as a fan. So do I miss it.

442
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Speaker 7: I missed that part of my life because I was

443
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Speaker 7: a younger guy then. But I don't sit around wanting

444
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Speaker 7: to do stuff that I'm not. I'm enjoying what I'm doing.

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Speaker 3: Since you've been out, is there any big calls now

446
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Speaker 3: you've heard that you kind of like you gotta get

447
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Speaker 3: chills or you go that one's that's memorable.

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Speaker 2: I know it's only been a few years.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, no, I as far as guys doing it now, yeah,

450
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Speaker 7: I mean I think Joe Davis is big game. Big

451
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Speaker 7: calls are as good as anybody's ever done it. And

452
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Speaker 7: his call of Freddie Freeman's Grand Slam in Game one

453
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Speaker 7: of the World Series I texted him right after. He

454
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Speaker 7: and I talked on the phone the next day. The

455
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Speaker 7: directing by Matt Gangle, the Fox director. I thought the

456
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Speaker 7: whole thing was like a movie and it's happening in

457
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Speaker 7: a live, real life and I was blown away. So

458
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Speaker 7: I know how hard those moments are, I know how

459
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Speaker 7: fun those moments are. And I think Joe's done an

460
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Speaker 7: unbelievable job and be more proud of him.

461
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Speaker 8: So I don't miss that stuff really.

462
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Speaker 7: I mean I I did a lot of it, and

463
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Speaker 7: I feel like my work can stand on its own,

464
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Speaker 7: and it was time really to let somebody else get

465
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Speaker 7: in there and do it.

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Speaker 2: Joe, you can't come back, Okay, you can't. I miss you,

467
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Speaker 2: but you can't. But trying to suck up to Gangle

468
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Speaker 2: and Zieger and all these guys, right, you cast your Chimpson,

469
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Speaker 2: You cast your Chimpson. You know, as much as I'd

470
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Speaker 2: love to work, you're out.

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Speaker 8: I know that's fine. The game moves on, life moves on.

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Speaker 1: True.

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Speaker 2: I think you're doing okay though, I think you've done okay.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, Yeah, it's been fun.

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Speaker 6: All right.

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Speaker 1: Well let me one more, Joe before you jump. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just just a quick look at you know, MLB versus NFL.

478
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Speaker 1: Obviously you're you're calling NFL games now, is there is

479
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Speaker 1: there something that stands out about one or the other

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Speaker 1: that they're doing better or worse than the other. And

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Speaker 1: obviously we just came off you know, I would say

482
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Speaker 1: hysteria in Japan for Sho hey o Tani and the

483
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Speaker 1: Dodgers out there. So it's weird. It's like MLP's bigger

484
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Speaker 1: in Japan. Obviously the NFL is American sport right now.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think, well, obviously the NFL does a lot

486
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Speaker 7: of things right. What was always a huge difference for me,

487
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Speaker 7: especially in October, is when I was going back and

488
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Speaker 7: forth between the two, was the pitch clock. When you've

489
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Speaker 7: got a play clock in football and you can kind

490
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Speaker 7: of gear yourself for the next snap, it's it's.

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Speaker 8: Kind of an advantage for the play by play guy.

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Speaker 7: This will be my first full game doing a game

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Speaker 7: with a pitch flock, and we've got two analysts heres,

494
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Speaker 7: so I'm anxious. I think the pitchclock has been great.

495
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Speaker 7: I'm a big fan of it. I'm a fan of

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Speaker 7: it as just a fan on the couch, and I

497
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Speaker 7: think I'll be a fan of it as the play

498
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Speaker 7: by play guy. But that's something new for me. I

499
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Speaker 7: think like you say. I mean, the marketing for baseball

500
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Speaker 7: in a has been amazing. Those two games for fun

501
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Speaker 7: to watch. It's still a very big international game. The

502
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Speaker 7: NFL is getting there as well, but Baseball and Opening

503
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Speaker 7: Day this is special.

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Speaker 8: And if I could.

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Speaker 7: Turn I don't know if I can turn the camera

506
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Speaker 7: on or not, Probably we'll it'll mess the whole thing up.

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Speaker 8: But I mean it is crystal clear.

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Speaker 7: The stadium is just perfect, and this place will be

509
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Speaker 7: packed rooting on the Yankees trying to beat the Brewers,

510
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Speaker 7: and I can't wait to watch it.

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Speaker 1: Oh, Joe, We're excited to listen. Thanks for joining us

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Speaker 1: from the booth. Means a lot to us and obviously

513
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Speaker 1: to the fans. Have a great call.

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Speaker 8: All right, guys, thank you, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: We've got the homage inside Scoop with FT Senior insider

516
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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal. Happy Opening day to you, Ken. Great to

517
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Speaker 1: see you and your storylines were put out for the year.

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Speaker 1: Do you want to give us a little taste of

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Speaker 1: one or two that stood out well.

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Speaker 6: I had the A's and the Rais playing in minor

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Speaker 6: league ballparks. That was one. I had the Aging Aces,

522
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Speaker 6: Verlanders Sherzer Kershaw that was another. Talked a lot about

523
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Speaker 6: the divisions, talked a lot about how the National League

524
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Speaker 6: is clearly superior right now to the American League and

525
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Speaker 6: how that might play out. So that was some of it.

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Speaker 6: There were twelve storylines in all. Story was like thirty

527
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Speaker 6: five hundred words long, so there's plenty to get through there.

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Speaker 1: So I want to double down on what you said

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Speaker 1: with the ballparks. We talked about it a lot over

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Speaker 1: the offseason. It's actually here. It's still hard for me

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Speaker 1: to fathom that not one, but two teams are going

532
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Speaker 1: to play in minor league facilities for the entire year.

533
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Speaker 1: How weird will it be for you to get to

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Speaker 1: one of those games. I'm sure you'll get to at

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Speaker 1: least one, if not both, over the course of the year.

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Speaker 1: And I know we're looking at the A situation as Hey,

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Speaker 1: they totally deserve this. They set this up. You could

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Speaker 1: make the same case for the Rays because I know

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Speaker 1: that there was a disaster down there with the hurricane,

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Speaker 1: but they had twenty years to get a new ballpark

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Speaker 1: to get that could have withstood that.

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Speaker 6: Well, you can make that case. But as I wrote,

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Speaker 6: the A's situation is self inflicted. The Rays one, when

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Speaker 6: you can argue, yes, that it's self inflicted because they

545
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Speaker 6: didn't get a new ballpark done sooner. It really is

546
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Speaker 6: the result of the roof blowing off Tropic Counterfield. So

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Speaker 6: they're distinct situations, at least in my view.

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Speaker 2: It will be interesting to.

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Speaker 6: See how this plays out. I don't know if you

550
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Speaker 6: guys have seen some of the photos of how steinbredder

551
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Speaker 6: Field has been transformed into a raised stadium, which is cool,

552
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Speaker 6: But playing outdoors for the Rays that's going to be

553
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Speaker 6: interesting because of the weather in Florida in the summer,

554
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Speaker 6: and I know that there's been a lot of talk

555
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Speaker 6: also about the heat and Sacramento in the summer. People

556
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Speaker 6: have told me that's not as big a deal. It

557
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Speaker 6: gets hot, yes, it gets hot everywhere, but nothing impressive.

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Speaker 6: But just the idea of these teams playing in those

559
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Speaker 6: facilities now it might energize them to some degree because

560
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Speaker 6: in each case they're selling a lot of tickets and

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Speaker 6: that's not something they necessarily in either of their previous existences.

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Speaker 6: So I'm interested to see, yes, how this plays out

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Speaker 6: real quick.

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Speaker 4: You don't have to go on depth here, but Dodgers

565
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Speaker 4: dynasty or not. Do you see this team going through

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Speaker 4: divisions and the league simply and easily, or do you

567
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Speaker 4: see them, you know, coming up a little short this year?

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Speaker 6: Todd, I definitely see them making the playoffs. They've made it,

569
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Speaker 6: what eleven twelve straight years. That's not going to change.

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Speaker 6: The one thing that does concern me is simply the

571
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Speaker 6: strength of the league and the difficulty of getting through

572
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Speaker 6: a division series and then league Championship Series and World Series.

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Speaker 6: We've seen them have difficulties in the DS really three

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Speaker 6: straight years. They won it last year, but let's not

575
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Speaker 6: forget they were downing two games to one in San Diego,

576
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Speaker 6: throwing a bullpen game. I wouldn't say it's a miracle

577
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Speaker 6: that they won, but the odds were against them, so

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Speaker 6: clearly the regular season they'll do what they need to

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Speaker 6: do there to get to the playoffs and that'll be

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Speaker 6: for them. But once they get in the playoffs, if

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Speaker 6: you face the Braves with a healthy Chris Sail, a

582
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Speaker 6: healthy Spencer Strider, maybe Spencer swelling back, and then you

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Speaker 6: get I don't know, maybe you get the Phillies in

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Speaker 6: the Division series instead with Sola and Sanchez and Wheeler,

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Speaker 6: or maybe it's someone else entirely, and you still have

586
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Speaker 6: a difficult time the Diamondbacks, the Gallon burns Kelly. It's

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Speaker 6: not that easy to win in the playoffs. We know

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Speaker 6: that the regular season, the best teams generally prevail, but

589
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Speaker 6: we'll see how it all plays out in October.

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Speaker 5: So Ken, I'm not going to ask any predictions. I

591
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Speaker 5: know that we don't like those around here. But when

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Speaker 5: you talk about the AL East, you say it's the

593
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Speaker 5: AKA the Great Wide Open. I'm predicting that three teams

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Speaker 5: could make the playoffs out of the AL East. What's

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Speaker 5: your take on that?

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Speaker 6: Dand it's certainly reasonable and the division is that strong,

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Speaker 6: I will say, though, keep your mind last year three

598
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Speaker 6: teams made it out of the Central and those teams,

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Speaker 6: each of them feel that they're improved, as do the

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Speaker 6: Minnesota Twins. And in the West we have three teams,

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Speaker 6: the Rangers, the Astros, and the Mariners, who the projection

602
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 6: systems from Pakoda and Fangrafts all have within two games

603
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Speaker 6: of each other. You've got a better improved Oakland team,

604
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Speaker 6: and I believe the Angels.

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Speaker 1: Will be better as well.

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Speaker 6: So the league is really competitive. I don't know that

607
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Speaker 6: there's a super team. That's why I called it the

608
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Speaker 6: wide open Al East. But I expect serious competition, and

609
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Speaker 6: I don't know that I can say for certainty that

610
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Speaker 6: the three teams will come out of the Al East,

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Speaker 6: when in fact it could be one of the other divisions.

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Speaker 1: That gets to me.

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Speaker 2: Ken I will not stand for the blasphemy of Florida.

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Speaker 2: By the way, the outside heat in Florida is terrible,

615
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Speaker 2: So let's just stop the blasphemy of Florida weather. Okay,

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Speaker 2: the Rays are concerned about it, though I know that

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Speaker 2: having been to camp and talking to them, they are

618
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Speaker 2: concerned about the heat and the rainouts and all that

619
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Speaker 2: with their pitchers. So that part I'll give you. But

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Speaker 2: don't blast the Florida weather because it's much better than

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Speaker 2: Baltimore or Phoenix. So wherever it is you lay your

622
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Speaker 2: head at night. Now, let's get to the question why

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Speaker 2: is the National League so much better than the American League.

624
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 2: We did our power rankings a couple of days ago.

625
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Speaker 2: I forgot mine, but I know I had like five

626
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Speaker 2: or six National League teams before I got to the

627
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Speaker 2: first American League team. Why is it such a difference

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Speaker 2: in talent? Talent on teams?

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Speaker 6: Part of it is money, for certain that the Mets,

630
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Speaker 6: the Dodgers, the Phillies have spent big in recent years.

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Speaker 6: The Graves have I believe a top ten payroll as well.

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Speaker 6: And the other part is in the American League, the Yankees,

633
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Speaker 6: if they were healthy, I think we'd be looking at

634
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Speaker 6: this differently. We'd be looking at the Yankees as a

635
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Speaker 6: clear favorite. They're not healthy, obviously, and the Red Sox

636
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Speaker 6: haven't spent.

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Speaker 1: To the level that you would think in.

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Speaker 6: Recent years, and that's been part of it as well.

639
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Speaker 6: But it just seems to me aj it's probably a

640
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Speaker 6: snapshot in time. I don't know that there's any particular

641
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Speaker 6: rhyme or reason to it. Money definitely is part of it,

642
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Speaker 6: but it's not the whole story.

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Speaker 8: What about Sandy a contra.

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Speaker 3: We haven't even haven't even played a game yet, already

645
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 3: talking Sandy al Contra getting traded. Is it more indicative

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Speaker 3: of his starts before he gets traded, or is it

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Speaker 3: a deadline, like a line where it's like, okay, trade

648
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Speaker 3: deadlines in July?

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Speaker 2: Will trade?

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Speaker 3: You know, we could move him by June, or could

651
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Speaker 3: it be like a earlier the season May type of

652
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Speaker 3: thing once he shows he's healthy.

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Speaker 6: They traded Arise in May last year, so it's certainly possible. Now.

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Speaker 1: I want to be.

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Speaker 6: Careful talking about the other Florida team because the head

656
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Speaker 6: of the Florida Chamber of Commerce just warned me not

657
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Speaker 6: to say anything untoured about anything in that great state.

658
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 6: But the Marlins, we know where they're at right, we

659
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Speaker 6: know what they're doing. They're rebuilding, and here is their

660
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 6: biggest piece, their most expensive player, Sandy Alcantra, who look

661
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Speaker 6: great in spring training, touched one hundred, looked like his old,

662
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Speaker 6: cy young self. So there's every reason to believe that

663
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Speaker 6: they are going to move him now. The timing Eric

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Speaker 6: is interesting because certainly I don't know if he shows

665
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Speaker 6: in five or six starts that he's right where he

666
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Speaker 6: used to be, maybe that's the time to strike and

667
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Speaker 6: get the maximum return, or maybe you wait and have

668
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Speaker 6: that deadline kind of frenzy take place and get the.

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Speaker 8: Maximum bid that way.

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Speaker 6: I'm not sure how it's going to go. Let's just

671
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Speaker 6: hope he's healthy because if he's healthy, that'll be a

672
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Speaker 6: fun pitcher to watch again. And yes, as I wrote,

673
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Speaker 6: he will be a walking trade rumor.

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Speaker 2: Ken, you're in Houston this weekend with Fox Right, Matt's Houston.

675
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,960
Speaker 2: I am Atlanta versus San Diego. So I won the

676
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 2: weather battle there for sure, and we can make an

677
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Speaker 2: argument for the match. But give me a preview of

678
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Speaker 2: your game this weekend. Who you got, who's pitching, and

679
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Speaker 2: what you're expecting to see from Juan Soto, Cam Smith,

680
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Speaker 2: et cetera.

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Speaker 6: We've got the Saturday game. It's Spencer Araghetti versus Griffin Canning.

682
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Speaker 6: And the interesting thing for me a couple of them.

683
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Speaker 6: One obviously is Soto, two Cam Smith, and the cam

684
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 6: Smith story is one we're all going to pay paying

685
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Speaker 6: close attention to in the early stay ages of the season.

686
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Speaker 6: Then we've got Altuve and left field. There are all

687
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Speaker 6: kinds of things going on in this series, all kinds

688
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 6: of things going on with these teams, and with the Mets,

689
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Speaker 6: it's can they sustain themselves? Through their starting pitching injuries

690
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 6: early in the season, and how will it all play

691
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 6: out offensively? With Soto I think pretty good. And with

692
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Speaker 6: the Astros it's a new team. It's a much different

693
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 6: Astros team than we've seen in the past. No Tucker,

694
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Speaker 6: no Bregman, no Presley incomes Christian Walker and Parades and

695
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 6: Cam Smith and Zach Decenzo. So I am really looking

696
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Speaker 6: forward to this matchup, and yours is a good matchup too,

697
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Speaker 6: Brave Padre is nothing wrong with that, but there's a

698
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Speaker 6: lot of intrigue with both these clubs.

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Speaker 3: Let's talk about pressure. Who's on the most Who has

700
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 3: the most pressure this first month of the season to

701
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 3: start out hot or else they could be fired or

702
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 3: team team could look different.

703
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Speaker 6: I don't know that anyone is in danger of getting

704
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Speaker 6: fired in the first month, because teams don't do that

705
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 6: the way they used to. I covered a team that

706
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 6: fired its manager after six games in nineteen eighty eight,

707
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 6: the Orioles, and then lost fifteen more. But those days

708
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 6: are essentially gone. Teams are much more patient with their managers,

709
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 6: at least in season. But when you ask which teams

710
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,760
Speaker 6: are under pressure, I would say the Blue Jays certainly

711
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,320
Speaker 6: Blue Jays for a couple of reasons. Their front office,

712
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 6: Mark Shapira and Ross Atkins has been under fire for

713
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 6: quite some time now, at least from the fan base,

714
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Speaker 6: if not ownership. Shapira's in the last year of his contract,

715
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,240
Speaker 6: Atkins has two years left. They're tied together also Vlad Junior,

716
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 6: Boba Schett and less Vlad signs than the next couple

717
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,959
Speaker 6: of hours, which I don't necessarily anticipate. Those two guys

718
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 6: are entering their walk years. This team has invested a

719
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:48,240
Speaker 6: lot in this season, signing Scherzer and Santander and trading

720
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 6: for Jim Andez, so they're under pressure. The Cubs have

721
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 6: a very difficult schedule in the first month, but I

722
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 6: don't know that it's going to lead to anyone getting fired.

723
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Speaker 6: Their president of baseball operations, Jed Hoyer, though so is

724
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Speaker 6: in the last year of his contract and as the

725
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 6: head of baseball operations. Remember he worked for theo Epstein

726
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 6: for many years before this. But as the head of

727
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 6: baseball operations, they have yet to make the playoffs. So

728
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 6: those are a couple of teams. You can point to

729
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 6: a few more as well, the Orioles. Certainly, it's not

730
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 6: a firing situation. But their window is their window. It's

731
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 6: gonna last a couple of more years for sure, and

732
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 6: they've got some great, young, talented position players. But they're

733
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Speaker 6: all and five in the playoffs the last two years,

734
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Speaker 6: so we'll see how this all plays out for those clubs.

735
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 2: Key, can you answer a question for me? I picked

736
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Speaker 2: the Braves to win the World Series, so can you

737
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 2: can you answer this question for me? You reported that

738
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 2: this could be Brian Snickers last year, and Scott yelled

739
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 2: at me when I said that he could be retiring

740
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 2: at the end of the year, So can you confirm

741
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 2: that those reports are true.

742
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Speaker 6: It's certainly not known what Snicker is going to do

743
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 6: at the end of the year. He is going to

744
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 6: leave his options open. But everything I've heard from people

745
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 6: around the Braves is these energy, he's happy, he likes

746
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 6: what he's doing, So we'll see how the year goes.

747
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 6: It's a decision he'll probably make at the end of

748
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 6: the year, but I don't know that we have any

749
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 6: particular insight into it right now. AJ, we'll see this.

750
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Speaker 6: We're both picking the Braves to win the World Series.

751
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 6: How about that? Oh?

752
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,720
Speaker 2: No, I changed my pick I'm changing my pick.

753
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 1: How do I call it?

754
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 2: Change my pick? I don't care pick the Marland picks,

755
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 2: polite Sox, pick anybody that's the ultimate, change ultimate and

756
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 2: change change immediately.

757
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: That's good, all right. I'll try to bring us back

758
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: on the rails. Here's something a little insidery. Were you

759
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: surprised at certain teams not getting extensions done with players?

760
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,320
Speaker 1: Not that we even heard any buzz about them, but

761
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: I'll bring up a couple team examples. We still don't

762
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: have any of those Orioles players locked up. I know

763
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: there's not a ton necessarily, but obviously Gunner gets mentioned,

764
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: Adlee Ruschman gets mentioned. If they got off the hot

765
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 1: starts or have big seasons, the price goes up. The

766
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: Angels are really big fans of some of their young core.

767
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: Sam Blum wrote an article I think that was really

768
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: at least last night in The Athletic about how they

769
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 1: haven't locked up any of those players two extensions. So

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00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: I feel like this has been going on for a

771
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: long time. Ken you know the Braves did this long ago,

772
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: John Hart, you know back in the day, Braves are

773
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 1: doing this now. Other teams do this really well, and

774
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: some don't does that confuse you?

775
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,919
Speaker 6: No, I wouldn't say it confuses me, because each circumstance

776
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 6: is different. I don't know how Keen Ardie Moreno is

777
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 6: unlocking these players up. I don't know to what extent

778
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 6: the Angels have tried. In the Orioles case, Rushman is

779
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,800
Speaker 6: coming off a down second half, it's not the ideal

780
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 6: time for him to sign an extension. And Gunner Henderson

781
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 6: is represented by Scott Boris.

782
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: Who, as I've said many times before.

783
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 6: Prefers his guys to hit the open mark and establish

784
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,720
Speaker 6: their values that way. So each case is different, Scott,

785
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 6: And you're right. I would say this season, or this

786
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 6: particular march has maybe had less extensions than in the past.

787
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 6: It seems that way. But you saw cal Raley do

788
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 6: a big one. You saw Alejandro Kirk this week. There

789
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 6: have been extensions in the last week or so. I

790
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 6: just think each case is different.

791
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, ken enjoy opening day. We're very excited about it, obviously.

792
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: I have a great first game Matt's and Astros, and

793
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: we'll talk to you next week.

794
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 6: Thanks, guys, have a great day.

795
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 1: FT fam Legends never die. That is the motto for homage.

796
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Speaker 1: Go to Homage dot Com and get yourself maybe one

797
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798
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Speaker 1: spring training. Got a little grape Fruit League Action, nice

799
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Speaker 1: iconic look and logo, and behind me on the back

800
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Speaker 1: is all the teams that are listed for the grape

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Speaker 1: Fruit League. Got of course, if you're more of an

802
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Speaker 1: Arizona person, you've got the T shirt for that too.

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Speaker 1: But Kratz, I just love the way that they give

804
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Speaker 1: you the the highest quality material and then a little

805
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Speaker 2: I love the vintage.

807
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Speaker 3: I've been a baseball fan my whole life, and teams

808
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Speaker 3: change their logos. If you're looking for a logo that

809
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Speaker 3: your team used to have, Homage is your place to go.

810
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Speaker 3: Go cop one of the old logos from the major

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Speaker 3: league teams that maybe they don't use anymore.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Homage dot Com slash foul Territory. Go to the

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816
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Speaker 1: FTFAM new segment Alert Data Dish, which we've done before,

817
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:40,880
Speaker 1: but Inside Edge is just next level with Statistics, and

818
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: we're going to highlight some of what they do. This

819
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: isn't the sponsorship or anything. This is stats and they

820
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: reveal stats that no one else is doing in the game.

821
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Speaker 1: So we've got a little partnership with them where they're

822
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: going to give us some of those stats. So that's

823
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,359
Speaker 1: how it's done. So we've been putting some of those

824
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 1: out on social media. This is what many broadcasters use

825
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,839
Speaker 1: when they're soundings on games and you're like, wow, how

826
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: did they figure that out? And it's like, oh, it

827
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Speaker 1: was Inside Edge or we can call this krat stats,

828
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Speaker 1: But anyway, let's show a couple right now. Paul Skeens

829
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Speaker 1: is pitching today against the Marlins. It's probably a game

830
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Speaker 1: you should potentially put a little dough on. But here's

831
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Speaker 1: one from Inside Edge. Paul Skein's kraid on played appearances

832
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Speaker 1: ending in elevated fastballs in twenty twenty four forty six percent. Danny,

833
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Speaker 1: is that good?

834
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 4: Huh?

835
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Speaker 1: Very good? Is that good?

836
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: God to eat the Violin's hitters. I love that.

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Speaker 8: That is beautiful.

839
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Speaker 1: That's nice. Yeah krats. Do you like that, mister Kratz stats.

840
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Speaker 8: That's that?

841
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:42,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it.

842
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 3: But when he first broke in, people were afraid his

843
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 3: fastball wasn't going to play at the top of the zone.

844
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Speaker 3: How's he going to be able to pitch? Well, he's

845
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 3: done pretty decent.

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Speaker 1: That's right. Yeah, Age, I remember that they were worried

847
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Speaker 1: about a potential dead zone fastball.

848
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 2: No, you were, Scott. You were you to explain to

849
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,560
Speaker 2: me what the what the dead zone fastball was. I

850
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 2: didn't even know. I never even heard of such a thing.

851
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: So you think I'm coming up with something like that.

852
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 1: I'm not smart enough, nor did I play I am.

853
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 2: You introduced it. You introduced it to me, so I

854
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 2: didn't even know what it was. So so I think

855
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:21,240
Speaker 2: you know, one hundred and one with a splinker plays anywhere.

856
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 2: And by the way, I just saw Tanner Biby got

857
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 2: scratched to take his food poisoning. So let's make sure

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00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,360
Speaker 2: you guys eat something good there, don't You don't want.

859
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: To lose y'all or don't eat at all. But no,

860
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,320
Speaker 1: we're good here. But if you're a player, yeah, be careful.

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Speaker 1: There's been there's been a lot of stomach issues for players,

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Speaker 1: honestly over the last couple of weeks. But uh, aj

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Speaker 1: you know who introduced dead zone fastball to me. Our

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Speaker 1: FT teammate, Trevor May is a big dead zone fastball guy.

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously he figured out how to not be

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Speaker 1: a dead zone fastball guy personally. But anyway, let's move

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Speaker 1: to show heck, so we put this one out this

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Speaker 1: week too, Show Hayes batting average in hitters counts since

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three is four ninety four. Well, it's like

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Speaker 1: every other one that's not on base, that's batting average. Wow,

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Speaker 1: that's not.

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Speaker 4: Two oh twall one three one one oh wow.

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Speaker 1: Right, that's not balls and players. That's batting average. When

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Speaker 1: he has count leverage, it's incredible.

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Speaker 5: And you can't pitch around him because he's gonna steal

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Speaker 5: second and third if.

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Speaker 2: You just walk him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so what do you do? Look look at krats

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Speaker 1: If it's three to one, is that what you're doing? Crats?

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Speaker 3: Garrett Cole, I mean, I'm just doing the Garrett Cole

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Speaker 3: I had a no hitter. He's like, Hey, whatever, we're

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Speaker 3: gonna do it. We're gonna go put him on. Holy crap,

883
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Speaker 3: what a number. I saw this on Twitter. Yikes, that's

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Speaker 3: shows the kids swing at strikes, don't swing at balls

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Speaker 3: there Dame is super easy a.

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Speaker 1: J How would you handle him if you have a

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Speaker 1: rookie pitcher and he's falling behind.

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Speaker 2: There's an old saying, throw it over the fricking plate.

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00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 2: So get strike one right, best, Danie'll tell you best

890
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,799
Speaker 2: pitch of baseball, strike one. If you're O one, O two,

891
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 2: guess what, you're ahead of the count, you have a

892
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Speaker 2: better shut. How many times Todd krats when you're behind

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Speaker 2: an the coun where you're like, oh man, I don't

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Speaker 2: want to be behind in the count. I want to

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Speaker 2: be in front of the count. So don't fall behind him.

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Speaker 2: If you get ahead of them, I guarantee he's not hit.

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Speaker 2: In four ninety four.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, there's the lesson pitchers get ahead, hit or

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00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 5: swing a strikes?

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Speaker 8: Simple, simple, yeah.

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Speaker 4: And as you get older they swing up more strikes yeah,

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00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 4: and less bold.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: So, how concerned do you think aj young pitchers are

905
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 1: with serving up a first pitch fastball in the zone.

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Speaker 1: They get crushed.

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Speaker 2: I think it's what Danny said earlier. These kids don't

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00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 2: really understand a lot of them are just taught to

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00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,280
Speaker 2: throw as hard as you can. It's not about quality,

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00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,399
Speaker 2: It's about velocity. So I think that's why you see

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00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 2: not being able to pitch around guys, and that's why

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Speaker 2: you see oh my stuff, he's better. I can just

913
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Speaker 2: beat these guys, and these hitters are like, yeah, watch

914
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Speaker 2: this whack.

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Speaker 1: Yep exactly all right, So if you like those, we'll

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Speaker 1: do a lot more of that throughout the season. Well

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Speaker 1: inside Edge, and we'll do a longer last segment because

918
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Speaker 1: they do want to actually run through some of these matchups.

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Speaker 1: Look at the pitching matchups, right, it's the only time

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00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 1: of year when technically you're supposed to have like everybody

921
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 1: in one day putting out their number one starter, except

922
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Speaker 1: for maybe the Diamondbacks, which we covered the other day.

923
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Speaker 1: So you can go to a previous show on that

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Speaker 1: one with Corbyn going in game five.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, before we go, I know it's Opening Day, but

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Speaker 2: this is for you, Danny, screw your Hurricanes. Who cares

927
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Speaker 2: about the crowd?

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Speaker 6: Five?

929
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 2: Yes, I know it's gonna make fun of me, but

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00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,280
Speaker 2: he ain't got no roctors.

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Speaker 1: We did that year came out.

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Speaker 2: The last time this came out, Florida went what back

933
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Speaker 2: to baby?

934
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Speaker 6: So here we go.

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Speaker 5: I can't argue that because it has no business even

936
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Speaker 5: sniffing any of these fast motors now.

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Speaker 1: And I thought Rutgers was gonna be good that I

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Speaker 1: went to UM and Rutgers. These are my two best friends.

939
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Speaker 1: We both went to UM. Rutgers is my favorite team

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Speaker 1: growing up where my parents went. They have two out

941
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Speaker 1: of the top five NBA picks and they couldn't make

942
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Speaker 1: it to the tournament. Absolute atrocious years for them. There's

943
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Speaker 1: no other way to say. We're gonna stay on. We're

944
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Speaker 1: gonna go over more of our picks. FT at Nation

945
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Speaker 1: Kitchen and Bar. The Banks continues tomorrow one o'clock Eastern time.

946
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Speaker 1: We'll go up until three and then we'll fly home.

947
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Speaker 1: But we're gonna be at the game later tonight or

948
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Speaker 1: today really for the Reds and the Giants. And then

949
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Speaker 1: there's your little look at the special offers and a

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Speaker 1: little look outside too at the party when I was

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Speaker 1: walking over here, I mean.

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Speaker 4: That's it's ten times worse.

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Speaker 1: No, yeah, it's ten times crazy.

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Speaker 8: There's no room out there.

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Speaker 1: It is a sea of red in Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: All times.

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