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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Hemer Territory Podcast. My name is Sean Coleman. Hope,

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Speaker 1: wherever you are and wherever you were listening, you're having

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Speaker 1: a great start to or you're having a great Thursday,

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Speaker 1: having a great start to your Friday, and hope that

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Speaker 1: you've had a great week. If you're a Hawks fan

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Speaker 1: along with the Braves fan, it actually been a Hawks

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Speaker 1: fan may have been a better week for you with

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Speaker 1: the number one pick. I congratsed all the Hawks fans,

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Speaker 1: you know, with adding the talent to their team. But

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the Braves, plenty to talk about

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Speaker 1: and and not so much in a in a positive light,

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Speaker 1: but of course we'll have plenty to discuss with the

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Speaker 1: fact that the Braves have had so many games this week.

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Speaker 1: Of course we be as always my podcast partner Stephen

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Speaker 1: Talbert Steven, it's good to talk with you, Agan, sir.

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Speaker 1: It's been a little while. Hope you've been well.

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Speaker 2: What's up, Sean, Yeah, buddy, it's been a met since

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Speaker 2: me and you had done one of these. Obviously it's

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Speaker 2: always good to do them. Yeah, it's been it's been

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Speaker 2: a rough it's been a rough couple of days. For

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Speaker 2: being honest, this you know, this podcast is usually pretty

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Speaker 2: fun to do. I usually enjoy it quite a bit.

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Speaker 2: I'll still enjoy this to some extent, but every once

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Speaker 2: in a while we'll do a show where it's a

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Speaker 2: little bit more of a labor and I think tonight

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Speaker 2: is going to be that. We've just seen some some rough,

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Speaker 2: rough baseball uh here recently, and we're recording this on

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Speaker 2: Thursday night, and you know, obviously the Braids just played

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Speaker 2: three games in thirty hours, so we're gonna talk about

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Speaker 2: it all. It's you know, they played all these games.

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Speaker 2: It's the last time we had a podcast, so we're

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Speaker 2: gonna talk about it all tonight. But yeah, it's always

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Speaker 2: good to do these with you man.

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Speaker 1: More of the same. The same can definitely be said

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Speaker 1: on my end, and as Steven talked out, we're going

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Speaker 1: to be straightforward with you as far as you know

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Speaker 1: the Brave struggles over the past couple of days. But

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Speaker 1: before we get into that, of course, want to remind

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Speaker 1: you we are part of the Foul Territory family of podcast. Course.

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Speaker 1: Foul Territory itself can be found on Bally Sports Network

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Speaker 1: now a two hour show each afternoon. Check your local

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Speaker 1: listings or check social media for those times wherever you are.

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Speaker 1: But a great opportunity for foul territory. Wonderful, wonderful you know,

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Speaker 1: cast of great minds when it comes to covering the game,

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Speaker 1: to make sure to check out foul territory on the Bally,

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Speaker 1: on the Ballet family of networks. But of course, Steven,

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Speaker 1: you know, okay, let's get right into it. The Braves

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Speaker 1: over the past two days Wednesday and Thursday had one

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Speaker 1: of the you know, more crazier setups, more crazier, had

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Speaker 1: one of the crazier setups that we've seen in recent years.

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Speaker 1: Three games in thirty hours. But to start off, we

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Speaker 1: actually did it on a positive note. And really to

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Speaker 1: start it off once again was Jared Kelnick and Stephen

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Speaker 1: Me and you have talked about it, you know, at

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Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, you know, kind of really

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Speaker 1: Jared Kelnick may be our best offensive player and is

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Speaker 1: carrying this team at times. It's been crazy to see

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Speaker 1: the you know, just overall evolution and how significant he

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it. You know, he deserves a lot

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Speaker 2: of credit. You know, he was a part time player.

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Speaker 2: He was a platoon player for the first basically two

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Speaker 2: him and de Voss split left, and then when obviously

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Speaker 2: Ronnie got hurt right out about a month ago. Now

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Speaker 2: it's been about a month since Ronnie went out. Obviously

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Speaker 2: that's that was the day that that Kelnick became a

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Speaker 2: which is of course elite. I mean that's elite offensive production.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, he was the best player for the Braves

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Speaker 2: The Braids could not have asked for more from what

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Speaker 1: Kelnick certainly has been a reliable source of offense for

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Speaker 1: of put together games two and three because it's the

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Speaker 1: same story for both games that we have told many

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Speaker 1: times already this year. Bryce Elder his you know, first

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Speaker 2: The pitching has been unbelievable. Bryce Elder was unbelievable in

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Speaker 2: fantastic star. Chris Sale looked like vintage Chris Sale. He

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Speaker 2: did exactly what you should do against the lineup like that.

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Speaker 2: He made them look silly. He he dominated them. You know,

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Speaker 3: I get it.

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Speaker 2: Ronald's out, Like Ronald's not coming back. He's out for

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Speaker 2: the year towards a CEO. But there's plenty of talent

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Speaker 2: White Sox. The White Sox literally have the second worst

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Speaker 2: especially against right handed pitching. You know, he took that

427
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Speaker 2: big step last year and it looked like he was

428
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,520
Speaker 2: gonna put that behind him. But this year it's kind

429
00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,200
Speaker 2: of the same thing where he just can't hit right

430
00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,200
Speaker 2: handed pitching, which is a problem since that's what you

431
00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:18,639
Speaker 2: faced the majority of the time. You know, you know,

432
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,560
Speaker 2: if you look at his war numbers, like he's on

433
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,200
Speaker 2: pace for easily his worst season of his career based

434
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Speaker 2: on war. I mean, he you know, we're halfway through

435
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,880
Speaker 2: the season. He's not even to one war yet he's

436
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,720
Speaker 2: on pace for like a one point five war season

437
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,959
Speaker 2: or something like that. He's been a disappointment. I mean

438
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,159
Speaker 2: he had I mean a lot of guys have. It's

439
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,280
Speaker 2: not just Ozzy, but we're talking about him right now.

440
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,440
Speaker 2: We're talking about the two hole. But they need more

441
00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,480
Speaker 2: from him. They need more from Olsen, they need more

442
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,600
Speaker 2: from Riley, they need more from Murphy, they need more

443
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:50,439
Speaker 2: from Dval or somebody else in Devall's spot. You know,

444
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,359
Speaker 2: it would be great to get more from shortstop. It

445
00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,439
Speaker 2: would be great to get more from left field. You know,

446
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,560
Speaker 2: was Forrest Wall or again somebody else who's acquired who

447
00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,600
Speaker 2: can play for Forest Wall, because you know, what can

448
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,680
Speaker 2: you expect from Forrest Wall. I mean, let's be honest,

449
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,400
Speaker 2: and that is part of the conversation. Listen, the brads

450
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 2: are not as talented as they should be, Like, this

451
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 2: is not the team that we were supposed to have

452
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,560
Speaker 2: in June, Like, you know, Forrest Wall and Zach short

453
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 2: and you know, Ramon Loreano and Orlando Orcilla, like these

454
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,399
Speaker 2: guys were not supposed to be like primary drivers of

455
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,080
Speaker 2: the offense. Well now they kind of have to be,

456
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 2: because you know, the braids are down so many guys.

457
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,200
Speaker 2: But yeah, they need their they need their big four.

458
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:34,040
Speaker 2: I mean, they need Kelnick, Riley, h Azuna, Olsen. I

459
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,400
Speaker 2: would even throw in Ozzie into that mix. They need

460
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,399
Speaker 2: those guys to hit because you can't rely on the

461
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,320
Speaker 2: bottom of the lineup until Alex is able to make

462
00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,400
Speaker 2: some moves and you just you know, those guys get

463
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,399
Speaker 2: paid to hit. We need those guys to hit. And

464
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 2: you know, hopefully they just put this behind him and

465
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,920
Speaker 2: and get back home and start hitting again. But yeah,

466
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Speaker 2: at the last two games, and really really since that

467
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 2: first game in New York, the offense has been you know,

468
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Speaker 2: if you look at the last two games in New

469
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,920
Speaker 2: York and then the last five games they played or

470
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 2: four games they played since then, the offense has been

471
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,360
Speaker 2: kind of trash again. And yeah, it's just been pitiful

472
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Speaker 2: and they've just got to be.

473
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Speaker 1: Better, absolutely, And again, you know, it's it's June, and

474
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Speaker 1: I know that we're kind of ranting right now, and

475
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,520
Speaker 1: I know that we've done this before, but I think

476
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: two things are definitely true as of right now. You know,

477
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 1: when it comes to this lineup, there's not a there's

478
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: not just a you know, I can mention all the

479
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,400
Speaker 1: different lineup adjustments that we're talking about, but there are

480
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,359
Speaker 1: several players who need to improve for this lineup to

481
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Speaker 1: truly get back to where it's going. And if it

482
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,399
Speaker 1: does not improve, especially against right handed pitching, it's hard

483
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Speaker 1: to expect for this lineup to be where it needs

484
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Speaker 1: to be for this team to truly have the chance

485
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Speaker 1: at doing what we all hope it could do this

486
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,520
Speaker 1: year being in championship contention. But of course, you know,

487
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Speaker 1: we've got a great, great mind to be able to

488
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 1: see what he could do to improve those things. But

489
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490
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491
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492
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493
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494
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495
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Speaker 1: Another bit of a disappointing development when it came to

524
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Speaker 1: UH Thursday was the fact that you know, we we

525
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Speaker 1: finally you know, saw Thursday evening it was finally announced

526
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Speaker 1: who the All Star Who the final two for each

527
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,360
Speaker 1: position in the National League was when it came to

528
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Speaker 1: the All Star voting. Of course, in the the Outfit,

529
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Speaker 1: I believe it was the final five six, Yeah, something

530
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Speaker 1: something to that effect. But just it's hard to believe

531
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Speaker 1: in terms of how how consists did Braves have been

532
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Speaker 1: at being in those you know, finalist categories. But it's

533
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,320
Speaker 1: also not hard to believe with how much we've struggled

534
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 1: offensively this year, but there are actually no Brakes that

535
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Speaker 1: made the final cut to potentially be voted as a

536
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Speaker 1: voter or as a starter in the All Star game.

537
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Speaker 1: Marcelo Zuna for much of this stretchers right there with

538
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Speaker 1: Shoeyo tani As being one of the top two options

539
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,719
Speaker 1: at d H. But Kyle Schwarber made a late charge

540
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Speaker 1: and it's now him versus show Him versus show Heyo

541
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Speaker 1: Tani for the right to start for the National League.

542
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,399
Speaker 1: I believe that this is the first time since maybe

543
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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, and Freddy could have been there at there,

544
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Speaker 1: but this is the first time that during the Braves

545
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Speaker 1: stretch of division titles that the Braves have no potential

546
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Speaker 1: starters in the National League. Your thoughts on that it's

547
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,199
Speaker 1: not surprising based off how this year is gone, but

548
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Speaker 1: it's still kind of like you're kind of like, wait,

549
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Speaker 1: what when you say it, it is still kind of

550
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Speaker 1: a surprising development.

551
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, listen, Ozuno probably timed out first slump

552
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,399
Speaker 2: of the year at a bad time, just you know,

553
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 2: during the middle of voting, Otani was always gonna win.

554
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,920
Speaker 2: I mean, atany's gone nuclear this year. As good as

555
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 2: Ozuna has been, Otani's even been better than him. But yeah,

556
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 2: Zuna not being behind Otwani. You know, Scharber's had a

557
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 2: good year and it just kind of went to a

558
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 2: slump at the wrong wrong time. But I mean, yeah,

559
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Speaker 2: I mean I would have been more surprised if the

560
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:26,959
Speaker 2: Braves did have a finalist, to be honest, I mean

561
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 2: that's how they've played this year. I mean, who on

562
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,159
Speaker 2: the team you know, if maybe if Jared Kelnick had

563
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 2: been a full time player all year long, and then

564
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 2: you know, he he could have been in that spot.

565
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,959
Speaker 2: The National League outfield spot is actually kind of a

566
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 2: mess right now with some of the injuries and underperformances

567
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,119
Speaker 2: that have happened. But yeah, I mean there's nobody on

568
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Speaker 2: the Braves team that really deserves it outside of Ozuna.

569
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Speaker 2: I mean, if we're being honest. You know, MLB Network

570
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 2: released that list in the offseason about second base, and

571
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 2: everybody got mad about it about Ozzy, you know, not

572
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Speaker 2: being one of the top second I mean, he hasn't

573
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Speaker 2: been one this year. You know, olsen Is has been

574
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Speaker 2: nowhere close to the best or one of the best

575
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Speaker 2: first baseman, Austin Riley same thing, you know. I mean

576
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Speaker 2: those are the guys you kind of think about. Sean

577
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,919
Speaker 2: Murphy obviously got hurt and missed two months, so he

578
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 2: was never going to be in any ways. But yeah,

579
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Speaker 2: Kuna gets hurt, Michael Harris gets I mean, that's it.

580
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 2: That's everybody. So yeah, I'm not surprised that the Braves

581
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Speaker 2: and I'm proud of the fans for voting that way

582
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 2: because you know, it's very easy to vote your guys

583
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Speaker 2: in even if they don't deserve it, especially with a

584
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Speaker 2: fan base as Becaus the Braves have. But you know,

585
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 2: the Braves fans, they know what they're talking about. I

586
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 2: mean that, you know, the Braves players don't deserve to

587
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 2: be in the All Star Game. I mean, let's beyond.

588
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, now we're talking about position players.

589
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 2: You know, Chris Sale, renald A Lopez, Max Free, those

590
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 2: guys absolutely deserved to be in the Alstar Game. We'll

591
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 2: see what happens. It's kind of it's usually pretty tough

592
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 2: to make the pitching staff just because there's so many guys.

593
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Speaker 2: But on the position player side, outside of Ozuna, who

594
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Speaker 2: has an argument and still might get in if somebody

595
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Speaker 2: gets hurt, there's no one else that has an argument there.

596
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 2: There's no one else that deserves to be there. And

597
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 2: that's that's that's wild when you talk about you know,

598
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 2: this team had how many I don't even know how

599
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 2: many All Stars they had last year, but half the

600
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 2: damn team was in the All Star Game and started

601
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Speaker 2: I think the entire infield was in the All Star

602
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 2: Game last year. So yeah, I mean, it's it's surprising

603
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 2: that we're here, but given what we've watched for the

604
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 2: first ninety you know, ninety days of the season, it's

605
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Speaker 2: not surprising because the Braves don't deserve. They don't have

606
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Speaker 2: anybody outside of a Zuna that deserves to be there.

607
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Speaker 1: It's a great point now, But speaking of those that

608
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: truly do deserve the opportunity is of course Chris Sale,

609
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: Rinaldo Lopez, and Max Freight. And I don't I'm not

610
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Speaker 1: gonna sit here and guarantee that all three are going

611
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: to make it. I think all three are deserving, and

612
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: you could even make the case I think for Chris Sale,

613
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: does he deserve to potentially start the All Star Game

614
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: for the National League. But I definitely think all three

615
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Speaker 1: have a good case. But you know, when we talk

616
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Speaker 1: about what Braves fans do deserve after all this struggles Steven,

617
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Speaker 1: one thing that they have to look forward to is

618
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Speaker 1: Max Freed, who deserves to be in the All Star Game.

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Speaker 1: And someone else who many think deserves to be in

620
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Speaker 1: the All Star Game, Pirates starter Paul Skans. The Pirates

621
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Speaker 1: are awaiting the Braves as they return home this weekend.

622
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Speaker 1: But if we're going to look forward to some things,

623
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Speaker 1: to definitely get excited about Paul Skiings versus Max Reed

624
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: on Saturday. Of course, you you know, hope the Braves

625
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: go into it after winning on Friday, But just your

626
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 1: thoughts overall about this weekend against the Pirates and especially

627
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: that you know, really starts to match up Max Freed

628
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Speaker 1: versus Paul Skans in Atlanta. Everybody in attendance on Saturday,

629
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Speaker 1: it has to be thrilled for that matchup.

630
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, listen, we you know, the Braves played

631
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 2: the Pirates by a month ago. That was the series

632
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 2: that Ronald got hurt, and they they just missed Skiens.

633
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 2: I think he pitched the game after the Braves left town.

634
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Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see him. You know. Obviously, the

635
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 2: way the Braves offenses going, I don't love that matchup,

636
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 2: but hopefully Max Freak can just match him and maybe

637
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 2: the offense can scratch out a few runs. You know,

638
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 2: it's baseball, so I'm sure the Brads will score nine

639
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 2: runs against him, you know, after not being able to

640
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 2: score a run off the White Sox.

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Speaker 1: But staved, I don't I don't mean to rub Let

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Speaker 1: me ask you this question with the injury to to

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Speaker 1: Spencer Strider, when you're talking about that power pitching must

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Speaker 1: see source. I think Strider arguably was the most must

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Speaker 1: see pitcher when he was going good over the past

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Speaker 1: eighteen months. Is Schemes now at that level you think?

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, especially in terms of hype, I mean

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Speaker 2: Skeens was, you know, an elite prospect is an elite prospect.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yes, Strider is in that group. Obviously, Otani

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Speaker 2: is hurt right now, he's not pitching either, but Atani

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Speaker 2: was in that group. I mean, any throws one hundred

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Speaker 2: miles an hour. Yeah, there's a few guys who you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously everybody loves the radar gun. You know, if you

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Speaker 2: throw one hundred miles an hour like show Hey does,

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Speaker 2: like Strider does, like Skiens, it obviously helps. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean he's in that group, and you know, you

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Speaker 2: hate to be cynical about it, but you know, the

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Speaker 2: way pitching injuries go these days, you kind of want

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Speaker 2: to watch Schemes and enjoy him while he's healthy because

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Speaker 2: you don't know how long he's gonna stay healthy.

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Speaker 3: Him.

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Speaker 2: The same thing with Strider, So you know, not to

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Speaker 2: be cynical about it, but you imagine at some point,

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Speaker 2: you know it's it's tough to throw one hundred and

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Speaker 2: two for your whole career and just stay healthy the

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Speaker 2: whole time. So yeah, I mean, he's I can't wait

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Speaker 2: till watch. I was disappointed that By's missed him the

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Speaker 2: first time. I know, fans a lot of times like

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Speaker 2: to miss the best pitchers just to make it easier,

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Speaker 2: and I get that, But there's also joy and seeing

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Speaker 2: kind of the best players in baseball that aren't on

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Speaker 2: your favorite team, and I do I am. I am

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Speaker 2: excited to watch that game. I'll be fully tuned in

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Speaker 2: for Max Freed versus Versus schemes. But yeah, he's in

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Speaker 2: that group for sure. I mean, he's one of the

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Speaker 2: best pitchers baseball, got a two era A might be

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Speaker 2: in the Ull Star Game. You know, we'll see what

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Speaker 2: they do again. It's hard to make that a team

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Speaker 2: as a pitcher just because they're so many guys. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: he's an elite. He's an elite pitcher. Uh top prospect

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Speaker 2: of course, is a top draft pick. So yeah, it'll

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Speaker 2: be it'll be a really fun matchup on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: But the good the good thing is is that, hey,

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Speaker 1: the past two days have not been so much fun,

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Speaker 1: and you know it's not been fun for the Braves

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Speaker 1: who are ready to get home and then hopefully get

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Speaker 1: some rest after a chaotic in the past few days.

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Speaker 1: But we do have something to look forward to. Paul

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Speaker 1: Skeins versus Max Reid. Once again, you're talking about going

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Speaker 1: into the weekend series where you hope the Braves can

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Speaker 1: get a series win and get right, you know, especially

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Speaker 1: with a series against the Phillies looming on the horizon

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Speaker 1: in early July at a long home stand start off

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Speaker 1: with the Pirates, I believe, the Giants in between, and

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Speaker 1: then of course wrapping up with the Phillies at the

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Speaker 1: first of July, and we're gonna have you covered for

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Speaker 1: that entire stretch all season long. We're gonna have you

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Speaker 1: covered here on the Hammer Territory Podcast, part of the

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Speaker 1: Foul Territory family of podcast. Stephen, as we wrap up

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Speaker 1: this edition of the Hammer Territory Podcast, anything else from

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Speaker 1: you tonight, sir, No.

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Speaker 2: Just yeah, it would be lovely to just come, you know,

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Speaker 2: turn on the game tomorrow night and just see an

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Speaker 2: offense like that's that's hitting and scoring runs like you know,

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Speaker 2: I told people all last year that you just need

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Speaker 2: to enjoy this you know, don't think about October all

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Speaker 2: the time. Just enjoy how much fun it is every

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Speaker 2: night during the regular season. And as much as I

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Speaker 2: enjoyed it, I probably didn't enjoy it enough because now

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Speaker 2: that you go through a season like this, we're just

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Speaker 2: scoring like two runs a games, it feels like impossible

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Speaker 2: at times. You know, you definitely miss you know, the

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Speaker 2: feeling of twenty twenty three, watching that twenty twenty three

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Speaker 2: offense play. But yeah, hopefully we can get to you know,

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Speaker 2: get home, get everybody in their own bed and come

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Speaker 2: out and score some runs and turn you know, kind

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Speaker 2: of put this the last half of this road trip

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Speaker 2: behind them.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and we can't thank you enough again once again

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Speaker 1: for all your support. We got some great things coming

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Speaker 1: your way. When it comes to you know, July, of course,

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Speaker 1: we'll have coverage you know, the Draft. We'll also have

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Speaker 1: coverage of the All Star Break. You know, hey, we

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Speaker 1: may have a surprise guess when it comes to an

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Speaker 1: interviewer too coming up. Had some great interviews so far

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Speaker 1: this season, but make sure you just stick with us

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Speaker 1: here at Hammer Territory for all the latest and greatest content.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to the Braves for Steven Tolbert. My

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Speaker 1: name's Sean Coleman. You'n by Steven at be Underscore Outlars

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Speaker 1: myself at stats as AC. Until next time, go Braves.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you again soon here on The Hammer

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Speaker 1: Territory podcast