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Speaker 1: Matter up. Welcome to Nobun's the show for the casual

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Speaker 1: baseball fan here on the Athletic Network. I'm tas Malice

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Speaker 1: with me making the magic happen. It's JD. Hello, HELLOJ,

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday, tasking. Oh forgot about that. Thanks Jad. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate that very much appreciated. We are here on a

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Speaker 1: Monday because I want to do a show on my birthday.

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Speaker 1: Now we're here because even though we usually do a

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Speaker 1: show later on in the week about baseball, I couldn't wait.

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Speaker 1: With what happened this weekend in MLB. Fernando Tatists Junior

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Speaker 1: suspended for eighty games because he took an anabolic steroid.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to that. I put out the top five

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Speaker 1: of the season. I got a lot of flak back

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Speaker 1: who gave me a lot of flak on this very

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Speaker 1: show a little bit later on. But we have to

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Speaker 1: start with the Tatist news and to break it all down,

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Speaker 1: we've got on Dennis Lynn of the Athletic Padres beat

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Speaker 1: writer to talk about it. Dennis, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for joining us. You've written about it the last few

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Speaker 1: days on the Athletic he was suspended eighty games for

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Speaker 1: taking clossball, which, as I mentioned, is a ped a steroid.

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Speaker 1: Initially he said he took it to treat ringworm, a

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Speaker 1: skin infection. We've had a few days since he initially

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Speaker 1: said that. Can we now debunk that as complete? BS?

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Speaker 1: Is that where we are now?

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Speaker 2: Dennis Well, that is the I think prevailing reaction across baseball,

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Speaker 2: across sports to the statement he put out so far.

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Speaker 2: Now we haven't heard directly in public from Fernando himself.

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Speaker 2: There's no clear indication of one exactly kind of talk

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Speaker 2: just does sound parthetch that you know, he took this

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Speaker 2: don't often hear about either with professional millionaire athletes.

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Speaker 3: But that is his story so far.

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Speaker 2: The Potteris did not seem to respond very supportively to that.

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Speaker 2: They said they support, you know, MLB's enforcement of the

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Speaker 2: PD policy. So as of right now, I think Fernando

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Speaker 1: Yeah, as far as enforcing the PD policy, is it

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Speaker 1: standard practice for a player to be suspended eighty games,

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Speaker 1: which sounds like a lot to me initially, but then

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that is standard for a first time violator haiti games.

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Speaker 2: He said in his statement that he initially appealed, which

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Speaker 2: and he apparently didn't tell the Potteries because until Friday

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Speaker 2: night of last week or Friday afternoon, they weren't aware

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Speaker 3: So I think that's where a J.

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Speaker 2: Preller Potter's GM is talking about a breach of trust

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Speaker 3: That's obviously part of why they're so upset with them.

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Speaker 2: But eighty games is the standard for a first time

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Speaker 2: violation of the PD policy?

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Speaker 1: As you said, there seems to be a major gap

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Speaker 1: at this point, which is odd to hear Preller come out,

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Speaker 1: So for the uninitiated, why hasn't Fernando Tatis Junior played

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Speaker 2: Well, number one, you go back to December. That'll be lockout.

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Speaker 2: It just started. He's in Dominican Republic at home and

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Speaker 3: They both kind of denied that there's anything serious.

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Speaker 2: The lockout was going on, so Pottery has had to

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Speaker 1: Right so the eighty games covers the rest of the

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Speaker 1: just to go back, as you said, motorcycle accident this

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Speaker 3: I don't think it's completely off the table.

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Speaker 3: March would have been the time to do that.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a big question whether they could have

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Speaker 2: but you know, this latest episode obviously brings up, you know,

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Speaker 2: what exactly he's been up to this entire year. You know,

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Speaker 2: But I think there's just a question of, you know,

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Speaker 2: Act avoiding the contract that does, like I said, still

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, is his agent, Dane.

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Speaker 2: Lozon, is a very well known agent in sports, and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would think because of the relationships, they are

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Speaker 1: But you do bring up with everything you wrote and

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Speaker 1: now here about this gap in communication that he just

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Speaker 1: started his rehab recently, right, he just started communicating with

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Speaker 2: Well, he just started a rehab assignment or read been

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Speaker 3: So that doesn't look great either.

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Speaker 2: But he has been around the team pretty much in

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Speaker 2: You know most of this time he's been swaying the

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Speaker 3: So right now they're you know, he's back in San Diego.

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Speaker 2: The team's gonna play a series in Miami, and they're

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Speaker 2: excuse me. And that's going to be, uh, I'm sure

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Speaker 1: And he had that motorcycle accident in the off season,

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Speaker 3: That did happen?

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Speaker 3: I think there's some la lack of clarity there.

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Speaker 2: I think in you know, some circles about what exactly

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Speaker 3: He did not.

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Speaker 2: but I think when he said which one, he actually meant, uh,

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Speaker 2: I think a lot of the outlets glombed onto that

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Speaker 1: coming on. So we got Brady here to tell me

436
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Speaker 1: why I'm wrong. Now I got to give Let's let's

437
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Speaker 1: give a little recap what the Orioles did at the

438
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Speaker 1: trade deadline, just so people know out there what's going

439
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,240
Speaker 1: on with this team. There were two games above five

440
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,640
Speaker 1: hundred at the trade deadline, you know, a bit surprising

441
00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 1: for this team that wasn't necessarily a favorite coming into

442
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Speaker 1: this season. At the deadline, they traded for veteran outfielder

443
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,960
Speaker 1: Brett Phillips, which was a bit odd because there are

444
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,880
Speaker 1: other moves. Were getting rid of Jorge Lopez, they're all

445
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,080
Speaker 1: star closer who had two and a half years left

446
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,480
Speaker 1: on of control left with the team, and then career

447
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:31,040
Speaker 1: Oriole trade Mansceni for two pitching prospects. Lopez also went

448
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 1: for two pitching prospects, so four prospects, and then Brett Phillips.

449
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Speaker 1: That's what they did. That's what they did, Brady, just

450
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Speaker 1: to let everybody know. But why do you think, why

451
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Speaker 1: do you think just summarize, why do you think the

452
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Speaker 1: Orioles should be on this list?

453
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Speaker 4: I I want to I want to start first. It's

454
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Speaker 4: a hard it's a hard part to do with the

455
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Speaker 4: trade inadline, because the whole thing was that there were

456
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Speaker 4: a lot of narratives that we were like selling it

457
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,560
Speaker 4: all off with the trade deadline, which was was not

458
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 4: the whole thing trade man scene. As much as I

459
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,240
Speaker 4: love the guy, and I mean, he has been here

460
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,120
Speaker 4: for what god, it feels like seven eight years.

461
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,040
Speaker 1: Or something like that, life oriels and but he really.

462
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 5: Didn't have a spot.

463
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 4: I mean, you've got guys like you got guys like

464
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 4: Ryan Mountcastle, who when he's when he's on, he's crushing

465
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,040
Speaker 4: the ball. I mean he's sending it over the uh

466
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,680
Speaker 4: we call it Mount Baltimore over there with the new

467
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,159
Speaker 4: the brand new twenty five foot wall or whatever. But

468
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 4: and Jorge Lopez just had a little bit of like

469
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,399
Speaker 4: a and uh, I don't even know how to describe it.

470
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 4: It's like anytime he would blow a save, which which

471
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,320
Speaker 4: didn't was was was infrequent.

472
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 5: But anytime it did happen, it took him a little

473
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Speaker 5: bit to kind of get back in the rhythm.

474
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Speaker 4: And I mean we're seeing it with Minnesota now, I mean,

475
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,760
Speaker 4: what is the three appearances two blown saves and he's

476
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:45,720
Speaker 4: just not quite there.

477
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Speaker 1: It was he was having a pretty unique year for himself. Yeah,

478
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,119
Speaker 1: one point six eighty R a before that, like a

479
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 1: six c R. He is obviously having a special, special

480
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,439
Speaker 1: season for himself. But they did get rid of their closer.

481
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 1: They're all star closer.

482
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,879
Speaker 4: Go on, go on, yeah, yeah, no, but then we

483
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 4: replace him with the guy who's just a physical unit

484
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,479
Speaker 4: in Felix Bautista, like six foot seven, two hundred plus pounds,

485
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 4: throws like a one hundred and one mile prior fastball,

486
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 4: and again another sub two era right in some like

487
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 4: forty five fifty appearances. I mean, like it's it's a

488
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 4: consistent stretch. And now, yeah, he's a twenty seven year

489
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 4: old rookie, which you never really are super excited about,

490
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 4: but I mean he's been excellent.

491
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Speaker 5: And just the whole team as a whole, even after

492
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Speaker 5: the trade deadline.

493
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Speaker 4: It's just there's there's a whole different energy than there

494
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 4: has been within the last you know, five six years,

495
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,679
Speaker 4: because they have sucked, right, But if you have the

496
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 4: Mets on the list, who over.

497
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Speaker 5: The last four or five years sucks and then all of.

498
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 4: A sudden start becoming fun, I feel like it's a

499
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 4: little bit it's a little bit personal.

500
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Speaker 1: Man. Well, I'm glad you picked out a team that

501
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Speaker 1: you could take off because a lot of these times

502
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,560
Speaker 1: with these lists are when you're like picking all Stars,

503
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,680
Speaker 1: you say, oh, this guy should be an All Star,

504
00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: Horory Lopez should be an All Star, but you got

505
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: to take somebody off the list. Now. I did probably

506
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,679
Speaker 1: feel of all the teams that the Mets were the

507
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 1: ones that are you know, it's New York. Do you

508
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: need to have a New York team on the list?

509
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,879
Speaker 1: I feel like, and they are leading the NL East,

510
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:19,040
Speaker 1: so they're they're the one team over you know, through

511
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,879
Speaker 1: through with all all five of them, that really is

512
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 1: I said, there's no front runners. I mean, they're kind

513
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,400
Speaker 1: of a front runner, but at the same time they

514
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,479
Speaker 1: are sort of, you know, the second best team in

515
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Speaker 1: New York. So that's why I kind of included them.

516
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Speaker 1: There there's the whole New York thing. So I'm with you.

517
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Speaker 1: I like how you picked that one out. That was

518
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 1: that's the smart thing by you.

519
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Speaker 4: And I like to say, I love Edwin Diaz, I

520
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:44,480
Speaker 4: love the trumpets.

521
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 5: It's the it is the one of the coolest things

522
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:47,200
Speaker 5: I've ever seen.

523
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's why I included Felix Batista, the closer

524
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 1: that you guys that you mentioned there for the Baltimore Orioles.

525
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 1: I included him along with Edwin Diaz the top five

526
00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,040
Speaker 1: closer entrance songs, those two both on the list. He

527
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: looks Batista now coming in to Farmer in the dell

528
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,680
Speaker 1: Omar's coming. So I you know there was a nod

529
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: for the Orioles.

530
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, I expected it.

531
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Speaker 1: I just find it. I find it hard. I find

532
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,879
Speaker 1: it hard picking putting a team on there that isn't

533
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 1: going for it this season, as as we've said, traded

534
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,200
Speaker 1: their all star closer and Trey Mancini, who, Yeah, he's

535
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: a feel good player for the Orioles. Good store, good story. Yeah.

536
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:31,440
Speaker 1: Can you summarize his career with the Orioles, everything that

537
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,240
Speaker 1: you know he did with the Orioles and why he

538
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,200
Speaker 1: is such a fan favor and why it was such

539
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,199
Speaker 1: a difficult trade deadline for the Orioles.

540
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 2: Yeah.

541
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Speaker 4: I mean it's hard because because even when you saw

542
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:42,919
Speaker 4: it right after you got traded, there was a lot

543
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,880
Speaker 4: of coverage to these down here where like he's going,

544
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 4: he's thanking everybody, he's thanking his teammates, he's thanks guys,

545
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,640
Speaker 4: and then he goes to the team doctors and I'm

546
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 4: sure everybody knows at this point, but he did go

547
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 4: through cancer. I was the twenty nineteen or twenty twenty

548
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 4: season somewhere in there, and I mean he credits those

549
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,200
Speaker 4: guys with saving his life. And I mean it's it's

550
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 4: a tough thing to watch, like a guy like that

551
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 4: who's like like a pinnacle of just like he's a

552
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 4: great human being. And I mean, we have another story

553
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 4: about a young kid named Mo who had had had

554
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 4: some health stuff who passed away, and like they both

555
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 4: had the same like a connection, and I mean we

556
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 4: have we have Mo Gabadet now and that's when he

557
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 4: hit his inside the park home run at Mogabaday for

558
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,360
Speaker 4: his last hit. And I mean it's like a storybook ending.

559
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 4: But it's hard because he's he's older than the core

560
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 4: group of guys and he's a first baseman and one

561
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 4: of our one of our like younger better hitters, is

562
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 4: a first baseman. And when Addley rush Adley Rushman is

563
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 4: not catching, he needs to the h and then Trey

564
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 4: MENCDI it's hard for him to have a spot.

565
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,439
Speaker 1: So but his.

566
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Speaker 4: Career, I mean he came up in I don't know

567
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 4: twenty sixteen, probably something like that. I mean, he just

568
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 4: off off Rip has been a great, great hitter, great teammate,

569
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 4: which you'll hear from anybody in the entire organization, great teammate,

570
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 4: and it's I mean, yeah, it's emotional to see him

571
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 4: go because obviously he's like the last piece from like

572
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 4: those few Orioles teams you know, like three, four or

573
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 4: five years ago that you know, we're.

574
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,120
Speaker 5: Actually had a shot at making the playoffs.

575
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 4: So it's tough to see that whole, that whole part

576
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,160
Speaker 4: of the sort of regime go. But at the same time,

577
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 4: now we've got to clean slate, and I honestly don't.

578
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,200
Speaker 5: Think they're giving it up at the deadline.

579
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 4: I mean it's hard because, yeah, you trade your all

580
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 4: star closer, you trade you trade your franchise guy.

581
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 5: But I think that.

582
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 4: I actually think they got four from Jorge Lopez, so

583
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,000
Speaker 4: I think it's six pitchers in total.

584
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 5: But that's semantics. I mean, it's it's, uh.

585
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 4: We need pitchers, and we don't really have a problem

586
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 4: with relievers right now.

587
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 5: And we've got Felix Bautista, who's I don't want to.

588
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 4: Say he's young, but he's he's inexperienced and and we

589
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 4: can get him some experience under his belt, and he was,

590
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 4: you know, sort of the eighth inning guy, and now

591
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 4: he could be the ninth in a guy and get

592
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 4: those like high pressure situations, which is a great thing

593
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 4: for a pitcher to have, and then you just open

594
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 4: up more time in the lineup, whether that's the d

595
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 4: H spot out of trade Mancini or the first base

596
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 4: spot because we have a couple of guys who play

597
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 4: first base or DH or who need to be on

598
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 4: the on the baseball field every single day, like ad

599
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 4: at Ruschman. So it's hard to kind of have him

600
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 4: in the lineup because I mean, we see Houston. I

601
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 4: mean he's not really playing, but he's because he's behind

602
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 4: your Juli Guriel and he's not really an efficient outfielder,

603
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 4: so he can't play out there either.

604
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 5: And it's like but when he does play, he's electric.

605
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 4: So it's it's a really hard hard thing to to

606
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 4: kind of wrap your head around for like a guy

607
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 4: who is like I watch every OORLS game, so like

608
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 4: I know, I know what's going on in the field

609
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 4: where guys should be, who's the future and and it's

610
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 4: hard because he didn't really have a spot. But you

611
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 4: know what, how do you how do you trade your

612
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 4: your your star guy for a low a ball guy.

613
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 4: But you know, it's a fresh start. So I think

614
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 4: they're going to make the playoffs this season. I mean,

615
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 4: I don't think they're going to be an easy out.

616
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 4: We can forget anything that happened the last couple of

617
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 4: games with Tampa Bay. We've never been able to beat

618
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 4: Tampa Bay and in the last in the last what

619
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 4: fifteen years, I mean, but I think I think they

620
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 4: got a real shot at upset in somebody.

621
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Speaker 1: At least I was going to say, bring up Tampa Bay.

622
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: If if this was a list for seeing the potential

623
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Speaker 1: for perfect games, then the Orioles got to be on

624
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: this list. Because Drew Rasmussen yesterday for the Rays eight

625
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 1: plus innings until his perfect game was broken up. First, Yeah, Hoteo,

626
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: first pitch of the ninth inning rifle a shot down

627
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,600
Speaker 1: the line. First pitch broke it up. So listen, that

628
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: would have been great. Uh, you know, I was sort

629
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: of sort of cheering against the Orioles down you know what,

630
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 1: I'd like.

631
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 4: To say that low Keys, there was there was a

632
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 4: part of me that was like, at least I'll be

633
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 4: able to get to see.

634
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: It, you know what I mean. Right, But but listen,

635
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 1: I appreciate you telling me that hory Lope was actually

636
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: traded for four players. That's good that thank you. Thank

637
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: you for coming on and saying that and correcting me.

638
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: Man seen you for another two prospects. But listen, that's

639
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: that's six prospects that they traded for. My list was

640
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: for who you should cheer for the rest of this season. Now,

641
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: the Orioles. Yeah, they cleaned it up a little bit

642
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 1: to try and open up their window for the next

643
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: few years. That's what they're doing instead of just focusing

644
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: on this year and instead of focusing on trying to

645
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 1: be their the best version of themselves this year. Right.

646
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: I mean Jorge Lopez, what's having a career year. Why

647
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: not keep him on the roster? Well, because they think that,

648
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 1: you know, maybe he's not as good as he is

649
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: this season. You can get a little bit more for him,

650
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 1: drey Mancini, as you said, a little bit older and

651
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 1: maybe not a perfect spot for him. Yeah, but I'm

652
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: not I didn't make a list for who you should

653
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 1: cheer for in twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four

654
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 1: and who's got a great who's setting themselves up well

655
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 1: for the next few years. The Orioles could make that list.

656
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: I was a little confused by the Brett Phillips move.

657
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,479
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that has left a lot of people

658
00:31:59,000 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 4: very puzzled.

659
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 5: But with what we gave up.

660
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 4: For of me, what was the cash considerations? I don't

661
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 4: think it was anything else. And I mean, we have

662
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 4: a lot of guys in the roster who are very

663
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 4: specifically good at one thing. Brett Phillips is a great defender.

664
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 4: Can't hit for the life of him, but he's a

665
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 4: great defender. We have a guy like Brian McKenna who's

666
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,719
Speaker 4: pretty much exclusively a backup outfielder and a pinch runner.

667
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 4: So that's just sort of the way that the team

668
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 4: kind of operates that they'd like to have a few

669
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 4: guys on the roster and at least the active roster

670
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 4: who are like specialists, like, oh yeah, we need it's

671
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 4: the ninth inning, We're not going to come up to bat.

672
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 4: We need a guy who's not going to mess up,

673
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 4: not going to make a folly in the field.

674
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: So that's a great word, folly, folly in the field.

675
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 1: You know who wasn't making a folly in the field

676
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: this week. I'm going to go back to the Braves

677
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: because I was pumped to watch them. Von Grissom wasn't

678
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: making a folly in the field. He has a shortstop

679
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: comes up, he's playing second base and we like the

680
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 1: you know, the weird quirky things on no buns. To

681
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: see him practicing on on a pregame in Fenway Park

682
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: with Ron Washington, who is the master of the infield defense.

683
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: Everybody comes to Ron Washington and asks him how he

684
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: can get better. Will von Grison was on his knees

685
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: and just taking a little shots from Jue Washington. First,

686
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 1: you know, backhanding balls, and then he put on like

687
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: this frying pan on his on his hand to be

688
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: able to you know, to basically transfer it to his

689
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: hand really quickly. And then he was backhanding and using

690
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: his footwork. So, you know, weird stuff here from von

691
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 1: Grissoon great stuff. Everybody again comes to Ron Washington. Apparently

692
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: people were coming to him at the All Star Game

693
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: and saying, how do we get better defensively? Teach me something,

694
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: teach me something, oh wise master, So you know, seeing

695
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: seeing that that's that's right up my alley for the Braves.

696
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: So I love seeing that. And then he turned around

697
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: and had a second homer this weekend Sunday with the

698
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 1: against the Marlins. Yea, it is the Marlins. They end

699
00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: up sweeping the Marlins. But he had incredible couple at

700
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: bats and the seventh inning and the ninth inning where

701
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: he fought back from a one to two count to

702
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: take a walk, and then he had an eleven pitch

703
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: at bat in the ninth to walk. I mean, the

704
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 1: real deal. Just to get excited about young players, along

705
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 1: with Michael Harris the second who had a couple of

706
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: big dingers himself this weekend, to the youngest players in

707
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball and alex on Thoppolos always plays his

708
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: young guys more than any other general manager in the league.

709
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,280
Speaker 1: He brings up the young guys so they run the basis.

710
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: I'm excited for the Braves and just to you know,

711
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: to to go down the list. The Jays it's a

712
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 1: homer pick. There's there's no doubt. I'm putting them on

713
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: the list. The Padre is just because they haven't accomplished

714
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: a lot. And the Mets, as you said, that's that's

715
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: a really good one to point out. That's probably the

716
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: one I hummed in hot a bit with for a

717
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 1: long time. But you put the Mets on the list.

718
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: You're cheering against the Yankees, so that's why they are

719
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: really included. You know you're an Orioles fan, you understand that.

720
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: And then the Mariners since they haven't been in the

721
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: playoffs since two thousand and one, three and one, uh

722
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 1: so I had to to include them there. Uh But listen,

723
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: I'm not mad with the Orioles situation. I appreciate you

724
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: coming on with the with all the Orioles garb, and

725
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: you really think that they could uh jump a team

726
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: that they lost to yesterday, the Tampa Bay Rays or

727
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: you know, the Mariners or the Blue Jays and be

728
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: a wild card spot this this coming uh fall.

729
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 4: I I do and and and I say that now

730
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 4: that we don't have to play the Rays anymore, it's gonna.

731
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:31,400
Speaker 5: Be a lot easier.

732
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 4: But no, I mean we've we've uh we've shared like

733
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,359
Speaker 4: way better played discipline, like across the whole board.

734
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 5: I mean, Jorge.

735
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 4: Mateo is a guy like you say you like you

736
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 4: like defense and and and and and good defensive plays well,

737
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 4: that guy, that guy could play some defense.

738
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 5: I think you should win the goal of glove.

739
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 4: And I mean, if he learns how to hit hit

740
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 4: a current ball, I mean I think he's probably the

741
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 4: best shortstop.

742
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 5: Of the entire division.

743
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 4: I mean, it's it, and that's that's really hard to

744
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 4: quantify because like the defense outweighs the offense way by

745
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 4: by like a lot. And I mean he's batt in

746
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,720
Speaker 4: two thirty on the season, but he catches a fastball,

747
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,320
Speaker 4: he'll rip it into an upper deck home run. And

748
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,799
Speaker 4: guys like Alley Rutchman, I mean, as soon as he

749
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 4: was called up, and I mean enough has been said

750
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 4: about Alley Rutchmand, but as soon as he's called up,

751
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,719
Speaker 4: I mean he doesn't swing at balls at all. I

752
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 4: mean you'll you'll very rarely see it, and if he

753
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,280
Speaker 4: does swing, it's a strike.

754
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 5: Crazy on base percentage all the way down the line.

755
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 4: You got a couple guys like Ryan Malcast who hasn't

756
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 4: been hitting as many homers as he did last season.

757
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 5: But I think maybe the new wall plays into.

758
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 4: That a lot and the but even there there, everybody's

759
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 4: on base percentages is improved. Maybe not statistically, but you

760
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,320
Speaker 4: just see the guys have way better discipline.

761
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 5: Pitchers across the board a bit better.

762
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 4: Pitchers last year were terrible, and now they're We got

763
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 4: a We've got several relievers with sub two eras and and.

764
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 5: A lot of starters.

765
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 4: I mean, Jordan Lyles has you know, a four point

766
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,880
Speaker 4: five era something like that, but he's leading the entire

767
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 4: baseball and start a couple of guys who are going

768
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 4: to be there every night, and and it's just it's

769
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 4: an elect it's an electric it's an electric team when

770
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,799
Speaker 4: you actually I mean I I've been to you know what,

771
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 4: twenty games this season or something like that, but.

772
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 5: Because I'm all in, because this is the.

773
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 4: First time it seemed like we've had a chance in

774
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 4: the last four or five years. And the whole the

775
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 4: whole organization has a different feel. And I know I've

776
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:28,760
Speaker 4: said that a bunch of times, but it's it's almost

777
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 4: like they can taste it and anytime they get ahead,

778
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 4: they don't want to relink the ship. I mean, we

779
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 4: saw it the first game we played against Tampa Bay.

780
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 4: We won ten to three, and I mean they were

781
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 4: they were full swinging it. When they brought Yu Chang.

782
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 4: It was the second basement. I think he's second baseman

783
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 4: out to pitch for the bottom of the ninth because

784
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,760
Speaker 4: we were up nine to three and they were full swinging.

785
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 4: They just want to they want to bring the score up.

786
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 4: They want to show people that they're not messing around anymore.

787
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 4: I mean, they're they're not easy out and I mean

788
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 4: playing in the hardest division in baseball, it's tough. I

789
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 4: mean I think that if we're, you know, over there

790
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 4: playing Cincinnati nineteen times a year, we might have a

791
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,479
Speaker 4: we might have a leading the league at record, because

792
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 4: that's that's how feels. You got to play the Yankees.

793
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 4: You gotta play Toronto, and I mean those are those

794
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 4: are good teams. And I mean I know against Root

795
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 4: against the Yankees, I mean we've had a couple crazy

796
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 4: games against them too. I mean there was a game

797
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,400
Speaker 4: where Aaron Judge hit two home runs, I think Jack

798
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 4: Carlos stand.

799
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 5: Had one and we only lost by one one run.

800
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 5: So I mean, they're competitive in the Al East, which

801
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 5: is incredibly hard to do.

802
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 4: And I think that they can leap frog I think

803
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 4: they can leap frog Tampa Bay and I think they

804
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 4: could catch Toronto.

805
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,320
Speaker 1: Hey, it will be even tougher the next couple of years.

806
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: In the Al East. As you mentioned, the Orioles are

807
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: only getting better. Obviously, the Yanks, the Jays, the Rays

808
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: are always playing well. It's it is the toughest division

809
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: in baseball. It is ridiculously tough. So it's going to

810
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,439
Speaker 1: be fun to watch games throughout the division. As you said,

811
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: you've been to Camden Yards twenty times. I'm interested about

812
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: the new wall. Tell me about the new wall that

813
00:38:58,120 --> 00:38:59,800
Speaker 1: they put up in Camden Yards.

814
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 5: It's it's divisive, but I love it. I mean it's

815
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 5: it isn't really as I know, it wasn't symmetrical before.

816
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 5: But you got in Camden Yards.

817
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 4: In right field you have the scoreboard which goes up

818
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 4: twenty three feet or something like that.

819
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:15,959
Speaker 5: But it's short.

820
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 4: I mean, it's what short, three hundred and fifty feet.

821
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 4: It's no, it's no pesty poll. But it's it's pretty.

822
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 4: It's it's pretty. It's pretty short and the other side now.

823
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 5: Being so deep.

824
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 4: I mean, it's it's it's fun. I mean I went

825
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 4: to go see the Yankees, and I mean I watched

826
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 4: Aaron Judge crush one way over the bullpens, and I

827
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 4: mean that's the shot now that everybody's aimed for us.

828
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,240
Speaker 5: It's like center left bullpens and.

829
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 4: It's it's just I think it's I mean, it's way

830
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 4: bigger in person, and I mean, I know it looks

831
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 4: big on TV, but I mean it's like it doesn't

832
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 4: feel quite like the Green Monster, but it's it's it's

833
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 4: notoriously hard to hit over now, and I think we

834
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 4: benefit that for the most because I mean, like our

835
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 4: star guy Cedric Bollins, who I think as of now

836
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:01,879
Speaker 4: was our star. I think Alay Rutsch was cashed off

837
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 4: to it, but last year he had thirty something home runs.

838
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 4: I think he might have been thirty on the dot,

839
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 4: but he hit everyone to right field. And now we've

840
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 4: got guys who like even Trey Man CD was a

841
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,840
Speaker 4: little bit upset at the beginning of the season. I

842
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 4: mean you could go back and hear some interviews. He

843
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 4: was not happy.

844
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 5: But they just started hitting it.

845
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,799
Speaker 4: Over it, and I mean it's it's really incredible to

846
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 4: watch somebody hit it over a wall that far.

847
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 5: I mean, it's it's and I mean you see it

848
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 5: in Boston.

849
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,919
Speaker 4: I mean you have to hit it up real high,

850
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 4: but I mean it's incredible just to see a line

851
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 4: drive go right over that fence and it's it's wild.

852
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:38,280
Speaker 1: Very cool. I like how you described him as electric.

853
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: That gets me excited for Baltimore Orioles, their team in

854
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,959
Speaker 1: the future, for young players, just like I am about

855
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: the Braves. Just to bring it back to them. You

856
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: mentioned the home runs in Fenway Park. Obviously von Grissom.

857
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,280
Speaker 1: He brought in Michael Harris the Second before him. Michael

858
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: Harris the Second had an incredible weekend himself. He's a

859
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,960
Speaker 1: rook of the Year candidate in the National League. He

860
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,839
Speaker 1: is so good and they're having so much fun and

861
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: it's perfect no buns material here because Michael Harris the

862
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: Second was our haste after the game on Sunday. Uh.

863
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,320
Speaker 1: This was his postgame interview. It's a real Super Trooper situation.

864
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 1: Listen for the meows.

865
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 6: I was looking for a great pitch to hit and

866
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 6: I got it, And I mean I was just trying

867
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 6: to do anything I could to get on base to

868
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 6: help us get a win. And I mean I came

869
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 6: up to the spot and did what I did, and

870
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 6: I mean I really blacked out, and I mean it

871
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 6: was a it was an unmatched moment. Mew I mean,

872
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 6: I'm just glad we got to win and it was

873
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 6: it was just it was.

874
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 1: A real yeah, just squeezed one mew in there. We didn't,

875
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 1: we didn't cut them all together, but he did. He

876
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: did a good job. It was a real uh no dunks,

877
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: no bunts, the basketball Jones moment because we did that

878
00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: a long time ago, right we we Yeah, we.

879
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 7: Had Brent Brett Barry on the on the call in

880
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 7: summer league. Where am I? Yeah here I am, yeah,

881
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 7: uh yeah, what what do we have him say? Like

882
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 7: a whole bunch of stuff? Yeah, I was definitely one

883
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 7: of them. I think I.

884
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: Was also thinking when we prank called somebody, I mean

885
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: that was totally different. There's some y hows there, but yeah,

886
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: Brent Barry, Brent Barry actually on the call. I'd totally

887
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:23,799
Speaker 1: forgotten about. Brent Barry gave him a list of things

888
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: to do, yeah, and meowing was one of them. So

889
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,240
Speaker 1: I just wanted to squeeze that in there. I didn't

890
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,879
Speaker 1: think i'd be as big of a brave supporter as

891
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 1: I am now, but yeah, to see the young guys

892
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: in there and up and down the roster. The defense

893
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: had Matt Olson first baseman, running away from the infield

894
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 1: and catching a ball over his shoulder this week. I

895
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 1: didn't know he was a two time gold Glover, but

896
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: he is damn good. Listen, so many guys that are good.

897
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: But I am looking forward to some Baltimore Orioles baseball, Brady,

898
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: because you got me, you got me interested. I want

899
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,400
Speaker 1: to thank you for coming on. Any any last words

900
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: before you go, I'm gonna.

901
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:04,799
Speaker 5: Put it out there. This is this is my hot

902
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 5: of state.

903
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,359
Speaker 4: I'm thinking it in the next three within the next

904
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,879
Speaker 4: three or four years, is a world series coming coming

905
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 4: back to Baltimore. May not win it, but it's definitely

906
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 4: coming back to Baltimore.

907
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:14,399
Speaker 5: All right, next rae or four years.

908
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: I like it. Not sizzling hot, not saying they are

909
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,000
Speaker 1: going to be world champions, but at least.

910
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 5: Oh, they're coming, They're coming.

911
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: All right. I appreciate it. It's tough. It's a tough

912
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: al least I'll be I'll be watching. Really appreciate you

913
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: coming on, Brady.

914
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 5: No, appreciate it, man, Thank you for having me.

915
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, no problem at all. All right, stay tuned. We've

916
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:35,319
Speaker 1: got a very inconsequential pull to update you on after

917
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:39,800
Speaker 1: the break. Welcome back to no Buns. Unfortunately, we didn't

918
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 1: do this live this week because we had to line

919
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 1: up a couple of interviews and all that TV production stuff,

920
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,479
Speaker 1: So I missed the fan engagement of doing this show

921
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:53,320
Speaker 1: live with the Bleacher creatures. And to satiate that desire,

922
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 1: I put a poll up on Twitter asking about video

923
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,720
Speaker 1: reviews because I watched a lot of baseball this weekend.

924
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,800
Speaker 1: And in baseball, when a manager calls for a video review,

925
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: he puts his hands over his ears, he cups his

926
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: hands like he's pretending like he doesn't want to hear something.

927
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: Basically he's putting on that he's asking the umpire to

928
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: put on the headset. While in basketball we see the

929
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 1: sort of the figure round and round, the circle of

930
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: the wagons, the home run, which is obviously ironic here

931
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 1: now we put it up on the No Dunks Twitter account.

932
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 1: A lot of basketball fans out there, and I say

933
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:35,400
Speaker 1: that because the basketball fans destroyed the baseball fans. Basically

934
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,719
Speaker 1: ninety ten here, eighty eight point eight to eleven point three.

935
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: That doesn't add up, but that's what it says. Here

936
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 1: on the pole, the finger round and round one out now,

937
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: watching baseball this weekend, I kind of enjoy the hands

938
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: over the ears. Maybe it's because I know what's coming. Yeah,

939
00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:01,280
Speaker 1: it's just there's just one signal, right, the cans, the cans.

940
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 4: I like.

941
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: I like the cans.

942
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 7: Let's put on the cans.

943
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is I don't know, the finger around around

944
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, it doesn't really, it doesn't make a

945
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: lot of sense. I mean, let's I guess it's like,

946
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 1: let's roll it back. Maybe, but sure, I you roll

947
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,560
Speaker 1: it back. Yeah, I guess that's what it is.

948
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 7: I guess, But it could literally mean anything I gather

949
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 7: around guys or whatever, like wrap it up, let's go,

950
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 7: you know, something like that.

951
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 1: But maybe because it's I don't like it because it's

952
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 1: it brings back trauma for me having to watch the

953
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,400
Speaker 1: referees watch the video screen in the NBA, while in

954
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 1: baseball it's just the umpire puts on the cans and

955
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:48,560
Speaker 1: gets told from wherever they're making this decision in some

956
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 1: room somewhere, this is how it's going done, and done

957
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: is so we don't have to see even though you

958
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,759
Speaker 1: know it takes a while. That's that's sort of the

959
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 1: beauty of baseball, because baseball takes a while. As it

960
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: is the video review doesn't really feel all that out

961
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: of place. We're watching where at least we're when we're

962
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: watching the video replay of the call, we're watching action

963
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 1: in baseball, and it literally is I know, it's it

964
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,280
Speaker 1: happened already, but it is a form of action instead

965
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: of just pitch pitch, pitch, pitch pitch. Hey, listen, it

966
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,720
Speaker 1: looks like it sounds like I'm ridiculing baseball, but I enjoyed.

967
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: I enjoyed it this weekend. I also enjoyed that it's

968
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: always just the manager that has to call for it,

969
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: like we're all waiting for the one person to do

970
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 1: that one symbol, one signal that is universally known, unlike basketball,

971
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: where it's like player does this, and I know players

972
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: sort of do it in baseball, but they're they're all

973
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 1: kind of we all know what's coming. I don't know,

974
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,719
Speaker 1: it's just a little bit more streamlined again in baseball. Yeah,

975
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:54,840
Speaker 1: one person is that one person and again it's umpires

976
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 1: don't look at a screen. So yeah, I'm kind of

977
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 1: talking about the whole video review process in totality, but

978
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 1: they kind of have a down in baseball, even though

979
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 1: they need robo umps. That's the problem. But I'm surprised

980
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 1: with the poll results here. I think if we did

981
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: this life and the bleacher creatures were chiming in, we

982
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: would have got a lot more. Yeah, hands over ears.

983
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 7: It's ultimately we are tweeting this from a basketball shows

984
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 7: Twitter account. Yes, of course, they just see the basketball emoji,

985
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 7: like I vote for that one.

986
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, they may have not even ever seen a baseball game,

987
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 1: to be honest.

988
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,800
Speaker 7: Well when I read that, I've actually never seen the cans.

989
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: Yeah.

990
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 7: In fact, I thought it was like like this when

991
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 7: you said hands over ears, like this, like I'm listening

992
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 7: like like Dumbo Years, you know, or yeah, like let's listen.

993
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,720
Speaker 1: In and oh I didn't know, I've never seen it before.

994
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, let's put it on and have a

995
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 1: look Dumbo Years. That's funny. Yeah, you're doing like a

996
00:47:54,960 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: bit of the the Hull Cogan. Yeah, like, yeah, exact,

997
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: very funny. All right, all right, good stuff. Speaking of basketball,

998
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,239
Speaker 1: we will have a basketball show this week, first time

999
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: in a long time. A couple shows on Tuesday. There

1000
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: will be a no dunks, talking about the KD saga,

1001
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:17,360
Speaker 1: a Christmas Day schedule, some uniforms. There will also be

1002
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: a no breaks where we discuss Driven, the movie starring

1003
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 1: Sylvester Stallone. I'm going to join Trey and Gigi and

1004
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: Graydon to discuss that there will be in Is This Good,

1005
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: which is dropping Wednesday with Mattio and Steph Thursday, so

1006
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 1: packed four days here, Monday, a couple shows Tuesday, and

1007
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,400
Speaker 1: then Is This Good on Wednesday. Still bringing you the

1008
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:45,799
Speaker 1: heat and no baseball playing attention, But for now we

1009
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:48,800
Speaker 1: shall go. Hope you enjoyed no buns today. Clipper Bros.

1010
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 5: You heard it here first.

1011
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 7: Have a great time, turn up, Love you guys awesome.

1012
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, and remember ringworm is not pinworms.

1013
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,840
Speaker 1: Do google that much like Kevin fourty e, do not

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Speaker 1: google that. We'll see you next time.