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Speaker 1: Discount Fauchet and you're watching Fish on First.

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Speaker 2: Fish Unfiltered, Episode ninety six, and this is gonna be

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Speaker 2: a fun one as the Miami Marlins are five and

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Speaker 2: one to begin the season and they are now head

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Speaker 2: to the Bronx to face the New York Yankees. Kevin

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Speaker 2: Brall alongside my friend and co host Issac Zoo. We

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Speaker 2: also have a j ramos. Isaac was that was a

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Speaker 2: fun first home saying can't complain. Sandy finishes it off

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Speaker 2: with a complete game shutout.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I put out a tweet saying that the Marlins couldn't

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Speaker 1: have asked for a better start to own Casey's Marlins career,

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Speaker 1: but they could not have asked to a bet for

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Speaker 1: a better start overall for the team. You get sixteen

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Speaker 1: scoreless innings from Sandielle Concert to the beginning of the year.

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Speaker 3: He's two to zero.

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Speaker 1: You have your I guess technically your backup catcher leading

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Speaker 1: all of Major League Baseball in RBI.

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Speaker 3: Your bullpen has allowed one ern run.

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Speaker 1: Over seventeen to two thirds innings, and you're just getting

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Speaker 1: what you expected from Xavier Edwards. You're getting what you

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Speaker 1: expected from Otto Lopez. A couple of guys are off

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Speaker 1: the slow starts, but my goodness, gracious, I don't think

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Speaker 1: going into this opening home stand you might have hoped

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Speaker 1: for at least two series wins. But five and one,

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Speaker 1: that's a way to start a season.

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Speaker 2: Ay J, what are your thoughts on the homestand.

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Speaker 4: Man, So it was fun to watch. I feel like

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Speaker 4: this team. We talked about what they had to do.

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Speaker 4: They had to especially on the offensive side, they had

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Speaker 4: to manufacture runs, and that's exactly what they did whether

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Speaker 4: and then they also one of the other things you

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Speaker 4: got to do is be able to take advantage when

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Speaker 4: the teams mess up. Those a couple of errors with

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Speaker 4: the White Sox made that the Marlins capitalized on. That

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Speaker 4: shows that they're playing the baseball the right way. They're

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Speaker 4: gonna have to play the game. This is this is

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Speaker 4: the way their game is going to be have to

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Speaker 4: be played right, take advantage of what the team's giving you,

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Speaker 4: optimize your your your opportunities, and that's exactly what they did.

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Speaker 5: And then seeing Sandy.

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Speaker 4: What he was able to do last night, it was

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Speaker 4: fun to watch and it was like a vented twenty

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Speaker 4: twenty two version of Sandy And it just makes you

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Speaker 4: feel good because it's I feel like there's more of

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Speaker 2: I almost start right there with Sandy. Complete game, shutout,

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Speaker 2: looks great. I mean, there's another way to say it

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Speaker 2: was vintage Sandy. I'll ast three hits, no walks, seven strikeouts,

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Speaker 2: ninety three pitches. Still was an addicts second career Mattox

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Speaker 2: of his career, Isaac, what stood out to you the

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Speaker 2: most you were at the game.

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Speaker 1: He's going back to the sinker change of combination. The

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Speaker 1: Marlins added a sweeper to his repertoire, which honestly looked

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Speaker 1: good in spring training towards the back end of spring training,

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Speaker 1: He's going for quick, easy, early contact. And it was

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Speaker 1: averaged that throughout his first sixteen innings. Actually his first

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Speaker 1: we know and love. And to be honest, he could

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Speaker 1: have completed the opening Day as well. The opening day start,

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Speaker 1: and then his next star will be on Tuesday against

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was really cool. It was really cool to

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Speaker 4: watch him. Uh, he filled up his zone with all

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Speaker 5: He would get behind in counts and then.

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Speaker 4: But he threw his change up the most, but he

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Speaker 5: And to me, they they tunnel, well, they tell him

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Speaker 4: And then when you add that, even he didn't throw

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Speaker 5: His stuff wasn't deleite.

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Speaker 4: Some of his pitches weren't breaking as much as they

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Speaker 5: But when he's really on, he's.

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Speaker 4: So that's what he gave us, a glimpse of what

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Speaker 5: And to me, that wasn't that.

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Speaker 4: So I think there's still another level that we'll see

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Speaker 1: And I was skeptical when they had him add this sweeper.

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Speaker 1: It's like, dude, he's nasty, just sinker change of combo.

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Speaker 1: He can do it. He won a Say Young Award

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Speaker 3: He got Soda swinging, he got Lindor swinging. He got

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Speaker 1: Swinging on that sweeper, And dude, it is. This guy's

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Speaker 4: You have to as you, as you progress in this game,

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Speaker 4: You have to adapt a little bit because the league

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Speaker 5: They're not doing it anymore. They're timing that up.

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Speaker 2: Paddick himself said after the game that he really doesn't

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Speaker 4: So first two innings was a lot of bad luck,

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Speaker 1: It's a battle of personalities in that bullpen outside you're

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Speaker 3: You're thinking of David Phelps, right right.

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Speaker 5: Phelps, Phelps. Yeah, I wanted to say Phillips.

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Speaker 3: But you really only get scrutinized when you guys mess up.

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Speaker 5: It's like you don't get attention when you mess up,

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Speaker 3: Right, it's like being an umpire.

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Speaker 1: It's just you know, you only get the publicity when

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Speaker 3: But no, he struck out the freaking side of the

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Speaker 2: One thing that I've liked so far about Fairbanks, and

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Speaker 2: I think it's kind of what you were saying, Agent,

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Speaker 4: that's just his first outing, right, And that's not to

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Speaker 4: say that he can't repeat that. It's just sometimes you

439
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Speaker 4: go out there, you give it your best and you

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Speaker 4: don't have your stuff. But the main thing he was

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Speaker 4: able to extend that outing and not get taken out

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Speaker 4: really early and then put the bullpen in a deficit,

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Speaker 4: in a huge deficit, you know what I mean. And

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Speaker 4: then that that causes like that could mess up the

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Speaker 4: bullpen's flow or whatever it is, you know, So you know,

446
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Speaker 4: that's one of the biggest things, is being able to

447
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Speaker 4: go out there for as long as possible and keep

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Speaker 4: your team in it and give your team enough chance

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Speaker 4: to kind of come back.

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Speaker 2: A big reason for the Marlins offensive success and a

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Speaker 2: big reason why you know this bullpen wasn't at of

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Speaker 2: deaficion was because of Liam Hicks. Lim Hicks right now

472
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Speaker 2: I believe still currently leading MLB and RBIs and I

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Speaker 2: just would have been your thoughts on hicksy so far

474
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Speaker 2: a guy who you know, he goes into a second

475
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Speaker 2: year was a Rule five pick last year, but you

476
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Speaker 2: weren't expecting like you were expecting obviously to produce, but

477
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Speaker 2: not to this level. Not be right now the Marlins

478
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Speaker 2: best offensive tool, and there's reasons why behind it, with

479
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Speaker 2: the bat speed and just putting on more weight, and

480
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Speaker 2: he's looked really good so far.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Kevin, you and I have been doing this for

482
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Speaker 1: what three four years now, this podcast. I don't think

483
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Speaker 1: we've ever had so many positives to take away in

484
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Speaker 1: just one week.

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Speaker 3: It's just we have so much to talk about.

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Speaker 1: But Liam Hicks, he's already one of the guys that

487
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Speaker 1: puts the ball and play more than anyone on the team.

488
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Speaker 1: He's the one that does not chase pitches out of

489
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Speaker 1: the zone more than anyone on the team. He's gonna

490
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Speaker 1: draw his walks and his one goal this offseason was

491
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Speaker 1: to simply put on a little bit of muscle, put

492
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Speaker 1: on a little bit of weight, maybe swing the bat

493
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Speaker 1: a little bit faster, and you see it already paying

494
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Speaker 1: dividends in the first week the season with a sixteen

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Speaker 1: hundred ops.

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Speaker 3: He's already surpass his.

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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty five home run total at home with three.

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Speaker 1: He's leading all of Major League Baseball with twelve RBI.

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Speaker 1: It's just we weren't expecting this. Nobody was expecting this.

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Speaker 1: Anyone that says that they did was full of shit.

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Speaker 1: And I think he's working his way into I think

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Speaker 1: we mentioned this on the live stream yesterday. I could

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Speaker 1: see him being in the lineup against some lefties as well,

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Speaker 1: and then when Joe Mack is inevitably ready in the

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Speaker 1: not so distant future, there is room.

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Speaker 3: For all three.

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Speaker 1: Liam Hicks can play some first base remembers, can catch

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Speaker 1: and play DH and Joe Mack is one of the

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Speaker 1: better defensive catchers in all of minor league baseball. So

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be really interesting to see what happens in

511
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Speaker 1: this case. But you got to give your props to Liam.

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Speaker 1: And the one thing I would like to mention about

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Speaker 1: this young man, you will not find a nicer guy

514
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Speaker 1: on the team than Liam Hicks. He's Canadian, he's nice,

515
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Speaker 1: he can hit for power. Now he can hit, and

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be a lot of funny. He's improved his

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Speaker 1: catching as well. He's just a very valuable player and

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Speaker 1: I think he can be a three to four win player.

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Speaker 2: Yeahs currently six in Baseball six low strike up percentage

520
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Speaker 2: in baseball five point three. Still too early, but yeah, dude,

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Speaker 2: talk about Hicks and then talk about the other Canadian.

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Speaker 3: Oh in case he's off. Still great, yeah uh yeah.

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Speaker 4: So first on Hicks, uh, he's increased his bat speed

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Speaker 4: on average by two miles an hour, and he also

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Speaker 4: his fast swing rate, which is how many times you

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Speaker 4: swing the bat faster than seventy five miles an hour.

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Speaker 4: He's doubled that. He's doubled the amount of times he's

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Speaker 4: done that. So you're seeing you're seeing some dividends on

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Speaker 4: the not only the bat speed, but then you combine

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Speaker 4: that with the the contact rate that he has and

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Speaker 4: that's why you're seeing the success. And then now you

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Speaker 4: had another element confidence, and that's the biggest one. When

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Speaker 4: you when you're out there with confidence knowing that your

534
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Speaker 4: process is working or has worked, then whenever you go

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Speaker 4: through a you know, a slump or whatever, because it

536
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Speaker 4: happens it's a long season, you're gonna go through a slump,

537
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Speaker 4: you understand that that that method has worked. So it's

538
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Speaker 4: just about getting and finding your way back to that

539
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Speaker 4: method working. So that's that's one of the biggest things

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Speaker 4: is now he has confidence and no one casey man.

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Speaker 4: Every time I watch his abs, even when he makes outs,

542
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Speaker 4: their their loud outs. Right, he has great A. B's

543
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Speaker 4: his poise in the box. What do they call him,

544
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Speaker 4: the maple Masher. That's that's that's a that's a great name,

545
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Speaker 4: the maple Masher.

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Speaker 5: By the way.

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Speaker 4: Uh, you know, I I'm loving I'm loving what I'm

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Speaker 4: seeing out of him.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 4: He's exciting to watch. And he's so young, and he's

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Speaker 4: only getting better.

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Speaker 5: Man.

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Speaker 4: So there's a lot of good things that have happened

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Speaker 4: this year so far, and I continue I look forward

555
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Speaker 4: and continue to continue to see all this this good

556
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Speaker 4: stuff happening.

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Speaker 2: All Right, I want to look over to this upcoming

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Speaker 2: series Moreland and the Yankees. We know what happened the

559
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Speaker 2: last time the Yankees were in Miami, Marlo swept them,

560
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Speaker 2: got back to five hundred in that series. Now the

561
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Speaker 2: Marlins have to make their way over to the Bronx,

562
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Speaker 2: and the Marlins are the Yankees home opener. So a

563
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 2: little bit of extra juice involved in this one. It'll

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Speaker 2: be Yuri Perez versus I believe will Ward in game one,

565
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Speaker 2: Max Meyer versus Ryan Weathers in Game two, and then

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Speaker 2: Game three, it'll be Chris Paddock versus Max Freed.

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Speaker 3: Aja, you're in New York.

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Speaker 2: You have a former former teammate of yours on the

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Speaker 2: other side, on Carlos Stand and he's off to a

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Speaker 2: really good start this season. I know it's only five games,

571
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Speaker 2: but it's always good to see a big g up

572
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Speaker 2: to a good start.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, especially when they said he couldn't open up

574
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Speaker 4: a bag of chips right to see what he's doing

575
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Speaker 4: right now.

576
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Speaker 5: He's locked in.

577
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Speaker 4: And when he's locked in, you've got to do things

578
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Speaker 4: to get to get out, get him out of being

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Speaker 4: locked in.

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Speaker 5: You gotta go You gotta go in.

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Speaker 4: You gotta go in on him, get him uncomfortable, and

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Speaker 4: then go off of that because you've got to put

583
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Speaker 4: a little bit of fear in him because he's dangerous,

584
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Speaker 4: right he can hurt you.

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Speaker 5: And this is I look forward.

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Speaker 4: To this series not only to see one of my

587
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Speaker 4: good buddies, but also to see how the Marlins can

588
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Speaker 4: measure up as far as can you continue to stick

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Speaker 4: to this process. The game's the same no matter who

590
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Speaker 4: you're playing. If they play this style of game that

591
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Speaker 4: they're playing, they.

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Speaker 5: Will have success.

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Speaker 4: But when you play when you play teams with better lineups,

594
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Speaker 4: better pitching, the margin of error is a little bit less, right,

595
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Speaker 4: But you still have to stick to doing the little

596
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Speaker 4: things right. And sometimes when you're playing these big teams,

597
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Speaker 4: you try to overdo it. You try to do too much.

598
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Speaker 4: You try to throw harder, try to make your breaking

599
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,440
Speaker 4: pitches break more, you try to hit the ball harder,

600
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Speaker 4: whatever it is. But if they stick to their game

601
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Speaker 4: plan they look to, they can find success. And if

602
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Speaker 4: they find the success against the Yankees, that's another step

603
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 4: in the right direction and another confidence, some more confidence

604
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Speaker 4: with his team. So I'm looking forward to this to

605
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Speaker 4: see how they respond to playing one of the better

606
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Speaker 4: teams in the league, right, and see how they stack up,

607
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Speaker 4: and then from there then you take notes on how

608
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Speaker 4: you can improve in certain areas and and take it

609
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Speaker 4: all as a learning experience and or, you know, maybe

610
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Speaker 4: sweep them again. That's that's on the table too, right,

611
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Speaker 4: that's on the table. I look forward to seeing Uri

612
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Speaker 4: Perez go out there and and build off of what

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Speaker 4: he's been doing. Again, this is a better lineup, and

614
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Speaker 4: he's gonna have to be a little bit more execute

615
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Speaker 4: his his his plan a little bit better. One of

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Speaker 4: the biggest things in you're facing the lineup with a

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Speaker 4: lot of swing and miss is make sure you manage

618
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Speaker 4: your misses. So if you're trying to throw that slider

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Speaker 4: on the outside corner to judge where he has a hole,

620
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Speaker 4: make sure you miss off the plate. Don't miss on

621
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Speaker 4: the plate, because if you miss on the plate, that

622
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Speaker 4: ball is going to be hit to the subway.

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Speaker 5: So you have to make sure.

624
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Speaker 4: And then the same thing you know with your fastball,

625
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 4: if you're gonna miss, miss out of the zone, don't

626
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 4: miss down. You know you're still attacking him. So you

627
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,440
Speaker 4: have to manage your misses with this with this lineup.

628
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 4: But your stuff is so nasty. I'm just looking.

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Speaker 5: Forward to seeing him navigate this lineup.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to go too off topic for too long,

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Speaker 1: but agent, would you believe that if I told you

632
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Speaker 1: that next year is the final year? I believe of

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Speaker 1: Stanton's thirteen year three twenty five, like what Kevin, I

634
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Speaker 1: believe was like six years old when he signed that.

635
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Speaker 1: I think I was like in a senior in high school,

636
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Speaker 1: like it's already happened.

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Speaker 3: The thirteen years are over.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's it's crazy.

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Speaker 4: It's crazy how fast time flies especially. Yeah, it felt

640
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Speaker 4: like just yesterday we were at a we were at

641
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Speaker 4: we were celebrating in Miami, you know, and it was

642
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Speaker 4: it was a fun time and it was like the

643
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Speaker 4: biggest contract in baseball at that time, in professional sports,

644
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Speaker 4: in professional sports.

645
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was, you know.

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Speaker 4: And and the cool thing about all that is he

647
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Speaker 4: had that contract and you would have never known he

648
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 4: got it, like from before to after, same dude. And

649
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Speaker 4: that was one of the coolest things to be a

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Speaker 4: part of and be around, is is understanding how to

651
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Speaker 4: navigate the stardom of it all and still be in

652
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Speaker 4: the same person. So it's, you know, kudos to him,

653
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Speaker 4: and it's crazy that it's passed by that fast.

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Speaker 2: And he went on to win the m v P

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Speaker 2: and that last year in Miami. So it's definitely aj Aj.

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Speaker 2: You've pitched in New York, I believe before obviously with

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Speaker 2: the Mets, but you've pitched in the Yankee stadium.

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Speaker 3: How tough is that?

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Speaker 2: I mean, outside of just the lineup itself, that the

660
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 2: quality of the team that the Yankees have, just pitching

661
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 2: in that atmosphere and I'm sure it's it's crazy, especially

662
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 2: now your president is gonna be pitching the Yankees home opener.

663
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 3: So that's gonna be tough.

664
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Speaker 5: Yeah.

665
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 4: Man, it's a different atmosphere, you know. Uh, but so

666
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 4: you have there's part of me so that, the retired

667
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 4: part of me is saying, yeah, look around, experience it,

668
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 4: because you won't never experience like that again once you're done.

669
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:02,239
Speaker 5: You'll miss it.

670
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 4: But the other part of me is saying, all right,

671
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 4: get that over with and lock in. You can't be

672
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 4: blinded by who you're facing, who's in the box, where

673
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 4: you're at. You have to make sure that you focus

674
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 4: on your game plan. You know, when you're looking at.

675
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 5: Those bright lights, those those white arches up top.

676
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 4: You know as a kid, you know, I dreamt of

677
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 4: that and then being able to be in that stadium

678
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 4: and you know, play with the Mets and all those

679
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 4: different things. If I thought about all that while I

680
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 4: was pitching, I would have been cooked, right. So making

681
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 4: sure that you have that, you have your process and

682
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 4: your understanding, you know what your game plan is, and

683
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 4: trying to execute that to the best of your ability,

684
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 4: that should take more precedent in your mind, because if

685
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 4: you're thinking about those other things, it might be a

686
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 4: long night for you and your experience in that ballpark

687
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Speaker 4: is gonna be bad.

688
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Speaker 5: It's like it's gonna be one that you want to forget, right,

689
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Speaker 5: So you got to make sure you execute your game plan.

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Speaker 2: All right, I want to talk about this because this

705
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 2: was and this ended up being a bigger topic than

706
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 2: I think it should have. But after yesterday's game, we're

707
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 2: recording this on Thursday. Sandio Contra went on two interviews

708
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 2: and said and kind of threw some shade at the

709
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Speaker 2: fans and specifically in the radio when he goes, fans

710
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 2: not here, but we still love them. Isaac, you were

711
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 2: on File Territory today. You spoke a little bit about this,

712
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 2: and I believe that's what he said on the TV.

713
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 3: All my family is here, no fans, but still love them. Isaac.

714
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 3: Your thoughts, and then I want to get as thoughts.

715
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: I feel like there's like the fourth time I've talked

716
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 1: about this, but I'll reiterate it the whole thing that

717
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: I tweeted out. In my professional opinion, I think that

718
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: this was a brilliantly orchestrated.

719
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Speaker 3: Move by the Marls.

720
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Speaker 1: I think they may have had something to do with

721
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: that statement because this is someone that has been in

722
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 1: Miami since twenty eighteen, right, He's dealt with small crowds

723
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: his entire career.

724
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 3: This is nothing new.

725
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: He's had a lot of his best starts in midweek

726
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: day games at lone Depo Park where there's three, four

727
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: or five thousand people there, it's nothing new, and so

728
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: for him to blurt it out, not just once, which

729
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: was with Kelly Sachewan TV, where the whole stadium could hear,

730
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: and then on the radio with Stephen Strom. I don't

731
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 1: think that's a coincidence. The team is five and one,

732
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Speaker 1: and I think that if it was going to come

733
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: from anyone, it's best looking for Miami for it to

734
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: come from the most likable guy on the team in

735
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: Sanduela Contra.

736
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Speaker 3: That's just pure speculation. I want to make sure we're clear.

737
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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the case, but I wouldn't

738
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: be surprised at all of that was sort of a

739
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 1: plan that the Marlins had, And he's right, you know what,

740
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: this team, I don't care who the opponent is because

741
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: if let's say we're the Mets in town, the only

742
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: difference is an attendant in attendance would be the Mets fans.

743
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Speaker 3: It's not like the Marlins show out more. They're playing

744
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 3: a good team.

745
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Speaker 9: Also, over the weekend, it's game two, Game three, Game four,

746
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 9: and five of the season. These guys deserve to have

747
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 9: more than six thousand fans there, especially when they start

748
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 9: off three to zero. And so I think Sammy maybe

749
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 9: is also getting a little bit tired of pitching in

750
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 9: front of less than ten thousand people A game, and

751
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,959
Speaker 9: they go to the National League's they go to Philadelphia,

752
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 9: they go to New York, they go to Washington where

753
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 9: they don't even have a good team, yet they fill

754
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 9: up their stadiums every single day during the day, at night,

755
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 9: during the weekend, doesn't matter.

756
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Speaker 1: So that's my opinion on it. I think it was

757
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: a fair thing. I think it was an orchestrated thing.

758
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: And I hope that it turns into more fans for

759
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Speaker 1: their upcoming home sent against the Reads.

760
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, I hope that it's it brings out more fans.

761
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 4: That would be great to see more fans, because that

762
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 4: that atmosphere when that ballpark when there's fans in the

763
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 4: stands is electric. But I will say, it was a

764
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 4: Wednesday one o'clock game against the Chicago White Sox, and

765
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 4: that's it's Chicago White Sox. I mean, I know they've

766
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 4: gotten they've improved a little bit last year, but and

767
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 4: they improved this year.

768
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 5: But like it's a White Sox.

769
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Speaker 2: You know what I mean?

770
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 3: Here it does matter.

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Speaker 5: Here's the other thing. Here's the other thing. I'll say.

772
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Speaker 4: I'll say, what are you going to do in d

773
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Speaker 4: C or in all these others like Pittsburgh there's nothing

774
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 4: else to do but to go to a baseball game.

775
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 5: Well, you can see you're talking about you're talking about Miami, where.

776
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 4: There's beaches, there's people go there. It's a destination place.

777
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 4: So like there's not going to be as many fans

778
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 4: there because they're all doing they're probably working or at

779
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 4: the beach some you know.

780
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 5: So like it'd be one thing. If it'd be.

781
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 4: One thing, if it was Friday and like there was

782
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 4: hardly anybody there, then I'm like, ah, you know, I

783
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 4: get it. I get it, you know, and I still

784
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,759
Speaker 4: get it. When I played there, there wasn't that many

785
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 4: fans there. There were times where I felt like I

786
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:19,320
Speaker 4: can hear hear the radio announcer tell me how bad.

787
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 5: I was doing, or throwing balls he throws no, the

788
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 5: ball again.

789
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Speaker 4: Uh you know, like I've been part of that, you know,

790
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 4: and it isn't it isn't that fun, right, But uh,

791
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 4: you gotta you gotta understand that it is middle of

792
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 4: the week against the White Sox in Miami, in the city,

793
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 4: that there's so much to do, you know, so that

794
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 4: there's some factors. You got a factor in there. Should

795
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 4: there be more fans, I would say, yeah, I would

796
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,839
Speaker 4: like to see more fans, especially for a Sandy al

797
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 4: Contra start, like that's that's huge, and especially doing what

798
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 4: he did, he's warranted to feel how he how he feels.

799
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 4: I'm not gonna say he shouldn't say that. Maybe the

800
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 4: team is gonna say he shouldn't say that. I'm not like,

801
00:34:58,360 --> 00:34:59,839
Speaker 4: speak your mind whatever, just know.

802
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 5: That there's like there's a price to pay for speaking

803
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:02,839
Speaker 5: your mind as well.

804
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 4: So I think there's there's other factors that led into that. Again,

805
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 4: if it was a Friday or even a Saturday day game,

806
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 4: you know, like I'm like, yeah, come on, gotta be

807
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 4: more fans there.

808
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 5: But there's some other.

809
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 4: Factors you gotta look at as well that that kind

810
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,879
Speaker 4: of go into no now fans being there.

811
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: And just to be clear, I wasn't more so referring

812
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: to just a Wednesday game, right, of course, it's a

813
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: weekday at one ten pm, right, very different.

814
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 3: This isn't Wriggley Field, right, You're not going.

815
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 1: To have those thirty thousand people, But you're telling me

816
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: that us coming off a sweep on Monday night and

817
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:37,439
Speaker 1: Tuesday night fans can go head to a major League

818
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: Baseball game.

819
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 3: Though, despite the opponent.

820
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 5: I mean, well, so here here's the other thing.

821
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,799
Speaker 4: So it was opening weekend as well, right, and it

822
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 4: was how many people the fans that were there, how

823
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 4: many people got off of work? How many of the

824
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 4: fans that show up all the time called off of

825
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 4: work to go to those opening days? So then they

826
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:54,720
Speaker 4: you know what I mean.

827
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 5: Like it's it's different.

828
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 4: So like it was a big weekend, you know, people

829
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 4: saved up or whatever to go to those games, and

830
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 4: then midweek like all right, we're gonna go to another

831
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 4: game another time, whenever.

832
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 5: It's a night game or whatever.

833
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 4: So like there's some things where you got you gotta

834
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 4: kind of like it's not so black and white. But

835
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 4: again I understand the comment for sure.

836
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 3: Last thing I wanted to get into, Isaac.

837
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 2: I know you wrote a big article on this, which

838
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 2: was the in game experience at Lon Deepo Park. Now

839
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 2: we got to see six games of it. It's much better.

840
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 2: There's no other way to say it. It is so

841
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 2: much better, from the graphics, to the intro video, to

842
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 2: to them making baseball the show, not Pepito, Bobby and

843
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 2: whatever the other two roosters names are, and the rooster

844
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 2: race and whatever inning they did it. What were your

845
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 2: thoughts on that. I mean, you went to a couple

846
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 2: games as a fan. I honestly think this is so

847
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 2: much better than what I used to do.

848
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, there are still a couple of bones I'd like

849
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,879
Speaker 1: to pick regarding that, such as I think there's still

850
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: a little bit too much rooster and I think that

851
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of weird in game games showed

852
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,360
Speaker 1: on but JumboTron. But it is black and white compared

853
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: to what it was last year. In the last couple

854
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: of years, you've mentioned the intro video, it was just

855
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: this sloppy AI thing that probably cost them ten dollars

856
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: to make. Now you have like a real like if

857
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,280
Speaker 1: anyone's been to a Miami Heat game. And I forget

858
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 1: the name of the song, but you can feel it

859
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: in the air tonight. It felt like that there was

860
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: aura in it. You have actual footage of real players

861
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: in it. There was no nonsense distracting you from the

862
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: beautiful game that's being played in front of you. It

863
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 1: was all about the baseball. It wasn't all these cringey,

864
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: spanglish things all over the ballpark. The music is all

865
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 1: baseball music for the most part. And then you have

866
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: all these walk up songs that actually diversify that playlist,

867
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: which is awesome. But yeah, I think Carolina O'Connor and

868
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 1: Chief brand Officer Alex Parker, who just celebrated her birthday

869
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: the other day, they did a fantastic job. There's teal everywhere.

870
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: There's pictures of Josh Beckett, Dontrelle Willis and current guys

871
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: like Stours and Uri and Sandy all over the ballpark.

872
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,359
Speaker 1: Obviously I mentioned the teal. They've done a great job,

873
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 1: and I think they're only going to get better. The

874
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: food options are better, the music options are better, and

875
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: the uniforms on Sundays at home are also better. And

876
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: I think that the whole ballpark experience is taking a

877
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 1: gyinormous step forward.

878
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 3: And boy did or really needed And.

879
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,479
Speaker 2: The social media side of it too, the social media

880
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 2: side of it phenomenal. That final video that they posted

881
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 2: on opening day with Fairbanks getting to stay the drone

882
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 2: and that was one of the best things I've ever

883
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,320
Speaker 2: seen that that team post in a very long time.

884
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 3: So ag, I know you were going to say something, So.

885
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, I was gonna say, watching watching it on TV,

886
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 4: it looks it looks cool and I know that, Uh,

887
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,479
Speaker 4: they did a lot of research on how to make

888
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 4: this this more enjoyable for for the average fan, for

889
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 4: the for the fans that come every day, and for

890
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,760
Speaker 4: the first timers that come. So there's a lot going

891
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 4: into it that Alex Parker and team are are doing

892
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 4: to try to revamp it and and get more, uh,

893
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 4: to make the experience more rememberable and want you to

894
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 4: repeat it again. So I think it's it's heading in

895
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 4: the right direction. But the biggest thing is the team

896
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,279
Speaker 4: playing like they're playing. You know, if they continue to

897
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 4: play like this, that's gonna be the biggest motivator for people,

898
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 4: for people to come out and watch, and right they're

899
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 4: taking the steps to do that, and they're they're showing

900
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 4: some some good promise.

901
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 2: All righty, we're gonna wrap it up here. You could, uh,

902
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 2: we'll be back next week. We'll be talking about that

903
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 2: Yankee Series, probably the Red Series as well. I'm sure

904
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 2: you could listen to a j On on the radio

905
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 2: for the next couple of days at Yankee Stadium. Will

906
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 2: have Elive Sussman covering for Fish on first those first

907
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 2: two games. Yeah, AJ Saturday are going to call some

908
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:39,400
Speaker 2: games at Yankee stadium.

909
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm I'm pumped.

910
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 6: Man.

911
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 4: It's the Yankees home opener, so I get to make

912
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 4: an opening day type thing. So I'm excited about that.

913
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 4: And you know, when I was in the uh in

914
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 4: the uber on the way over here to the hotel,

915
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 4: I was just kind of like thinking, like, Wow, that's

916
00:39:58,200 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 4: kind of cool that I'm getting to call the major

917
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 4: League baseball game at the Yankee Stadium.

918
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 5: So I'm excited about it.

919
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 4: I'm excited to uh call these games and see what

920
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 4: the Marlins have.

921
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 2: All Right, you're gonna wrap it well, we'll wrap it

922
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 2: up right there from a j Isaac myself Eli behind

923
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 2: the scenes. We'll see you guys all next week. Piece

924
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:37,919
Speaker 2: out and there's always go Fish