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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure we're moving on. The rules are weird.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure. I'm not really sure. Jason's not a

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Speaker 1: marriage top dude. We are having espresso night tonight to

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Speaker 1: celebrate Italy's win. We're going to order espresso from the

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Speaker 1: new place around the corner to celebrate Italy winning. And

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Speaker 1: I am pretty sure now I say pretty sure. Yeah's

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Speaker 1: hundred percent. But right now, top of the ninth inning,

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Speaker 1: Italy leads Mexico nine to one World Baseball Classic. Even

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Speaker 1: though everybody in my timeline with a check mark that's

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Speaker 1: a baseball insider tells me this is what needs to

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Speaker 1: happen for the United States to advance, and everybody's got

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Speaker 1: something different yeah, everybody, I saw the stuff we heard

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Speaker 1: last night. Okay, Italy's gotta win. Okay, Italy's gotta win,

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Speaker 1: and Mexico or Mexico has to score five runs or more.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 1: If Mexico loses and they score five runs, it's still

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Speaker 1: the United States going. If Mexico scores five runs and wins,

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Speaker 1: it's still the United States going. If they score three runs,

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Speaker 1: it's still the United States going. Then I got this.

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Speaker 1: If the game goes thirteen innings and Italy wins, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter. Mexico would move on. Everybody's got something different, everybody,

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Speaker 1: I mean really, everywhere you go, I'm like, okay, and

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Speaker 1: they all say the same thing. No, no, no, try this.

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Speaker 1: These are the absolute tie breakers to the United States

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Speaker 1: to move on. Why is it so difficult? Why is

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Speaker 1: this so hard?

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Speaker 3: Well, runs, per outs and all those other things. So

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Speaker 3: all we need is Italy to just win straight?

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Speaker 1: Brother the hell are we doing man runs perouts? What

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Speaker 3: Because you have the crazy slaughter rule games listen right.

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Speaker 3: Because of that, it MUCKs up all of the equation

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Speaker 3: because you could have beaten the hell out of a team.

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Speaker 3: Even worse, so, going straight to run differential didn't work,

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Speaker 3: so we started getting into runs allowed, just runs allowed

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Speaker 3: for nine and all these other things.

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Speaker 1: Just go runs allowed should be it, runs allowed should.

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Speaker 4: Be what it is?

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Speaker 3: Well, but if I go into extra innings, now it's

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Speaker 3: it's well, you could have won a nine innings, but

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Speaker 3: you didn't. You didn't, So runs trying to be quote

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Speaker 3: fair if you just as.

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Speaker 1: You know, a four letter word. The last thing you

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Speaker 1: want in the World Baseball Classic, which is something that

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Speaker 1: you know people kind of have pay attention to, but

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Speaker 1: now everybody's in on it because the games are getting bigger.

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Speaker 3: You no, no, no, they were all in because they

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Speaker 3: wanted to laugh at Mark DeRosa and make him the

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Speaker 3: bad guy and the the worst thing in the world ever.

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Speaker 3: You know what, don't give up eight runs to Italy.

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Speaker 1: But but but but that, but don't give up eight runs.

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Speaker 1: Keep it keep it simple, keep it keep the tiebreaker

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Speaker 1: where everybody can understand. Okay, what is it. This is

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Speaker 1: the most complicated, convoluted tiebreaker you could possibly imagine scenarios.

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Speaker 3: Mexico beats Italy, but Mexico scores five or more runs

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Speaker 3: in a nine to eighty game, creates a three way

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Speaker 4: I was good.

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Speaker 1: I was good on if Italy wins, right, because I

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Speaker 1: good if Hey or Mexico scores five runs, Okay, I

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Speaker 1: either one. But then you get into if Mexico wins

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Speaker 1: but they don't score five runs, the United States is out.

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Speaker 1: I'm good Italy winning, yeah, okay, five runs of more,

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Speaker 1: but scoring less than five and winning, you still got

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Speaker 1: me a little. This is like in class where when

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Speaker 1: to the if this game goes thirteen innings, that's the

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Speaker 1: only way that Now, now you lost me. Now now

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Speaker 3: As soon as you gave me the other outlier. I

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Speaker 3: here's the thing is Fox Sports won.

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Speaker 1: Now I get that, Hey, we want people to continue

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Speaker 1: FS one because Italy Mexico was the United States's fate

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Speaker 1: has it on?

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Speaker 1: This was originally TV. That don't I don't think there

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Speaker 3: It's well like spring training tonight. It's like no radio tonight.

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Speaker 3: See Saturday five seven. I was like, no, no, no

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Speaker 1: Just like all the games like last week when the

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Speaker 1: the middle of the game aren't aren't quite in yet?

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Speaker 1: What do you mean details of the game aren't in yet?

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Speaker 1: well he struck out six and in two and two thirds.

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Speaker 1: All right, great start by Christian Scott. But there was

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Speaker 1: Keep it simple, that's all bright with runners On, we're

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Speaker 3: We don't want to do a fourteen minute explanation of

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Speaker 1: So let's just keep it straight. I mean, I know

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Speaker 1: and clearly there's enough confusion where people I'm just gonna

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Speaker 1: the big font that says United States Advances are not right?

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Speaker 1: You're gonna give me that?

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Speaker 3: We gonna see them like they're getting selected for March Madness.

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Speaker 3: They're all sitting in a clubhouse somewhere together or someone's

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Speaker 1: No, like yeah, yeah, yeah, sure sure are.

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Speaker 3: They turned to a class saying we got you off

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Speaker 3: the hook, Yeah, Italy saved your ass.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and don't need to go back to Metz. We're

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Speaker 1: Were you okay, all right, we'll see We'll see a

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Speaker 1: lightning mclams.

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Speaker 3: See that's you. You start playing the Rick Darrener Classic

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Speaker 3: once again, and here comes school well back in but

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Speaker 1: Italy is up nine to one in the ninth inning.

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Speaker 1: As long as Italy wins this game, the United States

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Speaker 1: moves on. They will play Canada in the World Baseball

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Speaker 1: Classic and the next round Canada's gone. Really again, this

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Speaker 1: one we don't want the United States for but we

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Speaker 1: Canada baseball. They would really get their revenge if they

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Speaker 3: You know what really good, though, is the the agitator

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Speaker 1: It was anti American Mike Carmen talking about had If.

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Speaker 3: They had America USA not you, not you, Smith still

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Speaker 1: It's still nine to one.

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Speaker 3: This guy's coming in like nails. He's got nine pitches.

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Speaker 3: The Italian clothes they're coming in. He's coming in with

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Speaker 3: an immaculate inning to finish this thing.

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Speaker 1: And it actually is gonna be Mike Piazza coming in

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Speaker 3: That would be kind of funny.

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Speaker 1: Now, two things to know coming off of this. Number One,

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Speaker 1: Team USA manager Mark de Rosa. He is gonna be

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Speaker 1: there because if the United States got knocked out, all

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Speaker 1: how do you expect us to win? When our manager

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Speaker 1: thought we had moved on, were we in the right

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Speaker 1: he start Nolan McClain because he thought we had clinched? O, Wow,

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Speaker 1: so we're okay. Instead of starting Clay Holmes or whatever

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Speaker 1: would have been our manager didn't even know. We hadn't advanced.

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Speaker 1: How do you expect us to win? He is the

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Speaker 1: I even read today that like they took down his

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Speaker 1: we got to put it back up.

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Speaker 3: They tried to scrub it and then wait, all these

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Speaker 3: people were hosting this video locally. It doesn't on Twitter.

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Speaker 3: It's not the be all and end all of They'll

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Speaker 3: click on that link and it'll go to a dead page.

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Speaker 3: We brought it up with John Palmerrosi. Some of those

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Speaker 1: I mean that's three shots because because Italy, when someone

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Speaker 3: Well, it's it's espresso in Italy, it's espresso from I

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Speaker 1: I got a wonder and I'm only being half half

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Speaker 1: Is that is that against some kind of I wondered

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Speaker 3: I I go back to the Greenies for back in

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Speaker 3: Do the shot. We gotta send the video and.

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Speaker 1: Look at past Quentina in the field. Can't stay still.

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Speaker 3: He's just bouncing up and down. Announced He's like, wonder

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Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith

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Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven

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Speaker 1: I don't know at this point, Mike Harmon, if the

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Speaker 4: Men's hockey, women's hockey. Here comes Oh it's not Megan Keller.

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Speaker 4: We're just trolling Canada at this point.

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Speaker 4: What are you talking about?

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Speaker 4: I can't, I can't ignore it.

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Speaker 1: You kind of reveled in it when he's when he's

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Speaker 1: He strikes out Aaron Rodgers, And when when Aaron Judge

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Speaker 4: I gotta say it, man, I can't exaggerate.

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Speaker 3: What Aaron Rodgers being in the darkness. I mean the

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Speaker 1: But where we are right now, Well, that'll be it

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean I think it was a troll. Jobs

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you think when Keller came in they played, because

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Speaker 4: In for the United States.

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Speaker 1: Canada has a lot of experience with Keller, and they

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Speaker 1: First WC pitcher to go more than four innings, strikes

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Speaker 4: And this is it.

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Speaker 1: Really it's like a youth sports turn at where you're going, Okay,

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Speaker 1: we won this game. Oh man, we got to play

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Speaker 1: that team next. They won ten to nothing, eleven to one,

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Speaker 3: Funny thing happened on the way too. The weight of

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Speaker 3: And then they bludgeoned them. They did not take them lightly.

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Speaker 3: There were no managerial missteps of roster management or late

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Speaker 3: it didn't matter, and all of those things. Wait, that

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Speaker 3: well and challenge excepted. Then you got Venezuela and Japan

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Speaker 1: Seven inning, ten run rule for the Dominican Republic beating

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Speaker 1: Republic lineup. Are you kidding me to tease Marte Sodo, Guerrero, Machado, Kaminero, Rodriguez.

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Speaker 4: World Baseball Classic.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we're having enough trouble with Canada tonight trying

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 3: To be fair, I mean, the general rule of thumb

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Speaker 3: Sho hee O Tani is the biggest name in all

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Speaker 4: Yeah, No, hope hope is dangerous and also dangerous.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they should have left Keller in the game, mean

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Speaker 4: Two run jack to bow Naylor. That spired.

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Speaker 1: Chris Spire, not none of those expos teams from the seventies. Man,

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Speaker 4: What do we do?

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Speaker 1: He doesn't have a logo on his hat anymore?

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Speaker 4: Why is Warren Crowmarty in the game? Come on, yeah,

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Speaker 4: Mon Naylor, no doubt about Hey.

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Speaker 1: The Crow flies at midnight, uh second deck into right

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Speaker 1: game over candidate. Look, and this is what we talked

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Speaker 1: about from the beginning, right, is that when I said, okay,

438
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Speaker 1: where where's your weakness?

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Speaker 6: Right?

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Speaker 1: This is the best lineup we've seen by the United States.

441
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Speaker 1: The starting pitching is great, right, I mean when we

442
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Speaker 1: trot out the starting pitches we have, whether it's Webb McLain,

443
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Speaker 1: schoobl if he stays, if he goes schemes, not a problem.

444
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Speaker 1: But the issue what did I say the bullpen? Because

445
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a heavy bullpen game every game because

446
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Speaker 1: you don't have guys who're gonna go seven innings, right,

447
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Speaker 1: you know, Skeins isn't gonna go seven, he's gonna throw

448
00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,080
Speaker 1: fifty pitches in the Pittsburgh Pirates are good, and Livy

449
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Speaker 1: Dunn is gonna be on the phone going, that's it.

450
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Speaker 4: That's it, right, So he's out, he's on. You gonna

451
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Speaker 4: take it?

452
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Speaker 1: No, No, she's training to be in the new bay

453
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Speaker 1: Watch anymore.

454
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Speaker 4: No, I think she still No, I think she cares.

455
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Speaker 1: I think they're actually doing Baywatch at the World Baseball

456
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Speaker 1: when they bring the theme song back.

457
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Speaker 3: To I't be there.

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Speaker 4: You know, no that that's that's friends.

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Speaker 1: You're doing the wrong yeah you uh. But what did

460
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Speaker 1: I say was gonna be the issue for the United States?

461
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,879
Speaker 1: Was gonna be the bullpen? And here they are in

462
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Speaker 1: already making their presence felt in this game with two

463
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Speaker 1: home runs giving up. The Duited States give up a

464
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Speaker 1: lot of home runs, ten home runs in twenty eight

465
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Speaker 1: innings so far in the WBC. So it's not like

466
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Speaker 1: the United States pitching has been great. Look, the starters

467
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Speaker 1: have been terrific. But this is what I was nervous about.

468
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Speaker 1: When you get to the bullpen and the bullpen's are

469
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Speaker 1: gonna go five innings at least in every game.

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Speaker 4: This is what makes me nervous a little bit for

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Speaker 4: the United States.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's pretty insane. The uh I mean the prodigious

473
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Speaker 3: blast too. It's not cheap front row home runs here.

474
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Speaker 3: That just keep the ball in the park, man, come on,

475
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Speaker 3: work the plate a little bit. I don't think they're

476
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Speaker 3: using abs here, are.

477
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Speaker 4: They They're not.

478
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Speaker 3: They're not going to the robots. But yeah, just I

479
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,320
Speaker 3: mean that that was a no doubt or home run here.

480
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Speaker 3: But the margin for error for the United States has

481
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Speaker 3: just been so minimal here. You know, we talk about

482
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Speaker 3: whenever we do statistical surveys that three to five percent

483
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Speaker 3: error range. Yeah, no, no, we're we're really flirting with

484
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Speaker 3: danger at every turn. As much as I love get

485
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Speaker 3: them on, get them over, get them in baseball, a

486
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Speaker 3: couple of extra big flies on the US side, it

487
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Speaker 3: would be pretty nice here because the nickel and diming

488
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Speaker 3: is giving you a marginal lead here in the bottom

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Speaker 3: of the sixth.

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Speaker 1: So I'll have more on this coming up a bit again.

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Speaker 1: Bottom of the sixth in the United States. Now clinging

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Speaker 1: to a five three. We started talking eight minutes ago, Hey,

493
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Speaker 1: we're up five. Now we're clinging do a lead. Now

494
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Speaker 1: we're clinging to a five to three, clinging U but

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Speaker 1: let's do something fun here. Let's give you the play

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Speaker 1: of the day right now. It's been a big day

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Speaker 1: in college basketball to play of the day, of course.

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Speaker 4: Well, when you hit a.

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Speaker 1: Buzzer beater, when you hit a Kobe Bryant, it wasn't

506
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Speaker 1: a great look, but I still psych at buzzer beater.

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Speaker 4: Anyway, you get to be the play of the day, Tom,

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Speaker 4: more than an Indianapolis No, come on, man.

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Speaker 2: Ns chances gets hit.

510
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Speaker 4: The ball is loose and it's alive.

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Speaker 1: There's a thing here and part of me and I

512
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Speaker 1: can't believe there's a part of me that that that

513
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Speaker 1: wants this. Maybe just a party, maybe just my liver,

514
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Speaker 1: but there's.

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Speaker 4: A part of me like, can I get another crazy

516
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Speaker 4: bad Jets play. I'm not asking for it. What I'm

517
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Speaker 4: saying is you're at fail Mary.

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Speaker 1: No, No, I'm like I really would like a new

519
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 1: really bad Jets play. So at least when we play

520
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Speaker 1: the fails and it's something new. It's not the butt

521
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Speaker 1: fumble for the five hundred and seventy eighth time, but

522
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Speaker 1: here's the fil Mary for the one hundred and forty

523
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Speaker 1: seventh time. I mean, something new. At least it's something.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know what's gonna happen, so why not

525
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Speaker 1: have it happen. It just have something we can use

526
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Speaker 1: on the show. Well, it just means you're you're failing

527
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Speaker 1: with less style. Is that good or bad?

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Speaker 6: Ah?

529
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Speaker 3: Okay, it's that's not flying stopping right, But I mean

530
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Speaker 3: you're still failing. Your team still stinks, but you're you're

531
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Speaker 3: not having that play that defines the season necessarily the

532
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Speaker 3: same way. I guess that's progress. Yeah, I mean, Gino's

533
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Speaker 3: coming to town, so maybe maybe on this second outing

534
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Speaker 3: he'll he'll give you something more than getting punched in

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Speaker 3: the face.

536
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Speaker 4: Geno Smith is coming to town. Oh, Jean Smith is

537
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Speaker 4: down now. So with that out of the way, we

538
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,880
Speaker 4: have to bring you the play of the day.

539
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Speaker 6: Burn.

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Speaker 5: It's not just the first shot, it's the offensive rebound

541
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Speaker 5: Bradley trying to do it himself because he hit it.

542
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Speaker 5: They will look at it to make sure that it

543
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Speaker 5: beat the clock. But Jaden Bradley appears to have won

544
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Speaker 5: it for Arizona.

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Speaker 1: The highlight of conference championship week just a few moments ago.

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Speaker 1: Jade and Bradley of Arizona hits the game winner fallaway

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Speaker 1: at the buzzer. So now Arizona into the Big twelve

548
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Speaker 1: Championship now after beating Iowa State, who had just hit

549
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Speaker 1: a big three to tie the game a couple moments ago. Look,

550
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Speaker 1: the excitement level of the NCAA tournament is going to

551
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Speaker 1: be unparalleled the last decade. It's just that that kind

552
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Speaker 1: the year that we're having. But man, I'll tell you what.

553
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Speaker 1: Jaden Bradley does not get a good look. He is

554
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Speaker 1: deed up incredibly well. This is a Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant.

555
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna find a way to get a shot off

556
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Speaker 1: and it's gonna go. And he dribbles to the right,

557
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,680
Speaker 1: he doesn't have anywhere to go to the basket, and

558
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Speaker 1: he kind of stops in one motion fall away and

559
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Speaker 1: he hits it, and I just know what's gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: Mike Carmen, I'm gonna once again pick Arizona to go

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Speaker 1: to the final four of my bracket and be absolutely

562
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Speaker 1: disappointed when it doesn't happen. Yeah, but I can't have

563
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Speaker 1: an Arizona.

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Speaker 4: I can't.

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Speaker 1: I can't quit Arizona and Saint John's. I'm like, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna pick Saint John's. I can't quit these teams, man,

567
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Speaker 1: and I have to find a way to do it. Man,

568
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Speaker 1: it's like smoking. I gotta find a way, but I can't.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, man, Arizona, they're so good this year,

570
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Speaker 1: and here they are on a high this and Jadeen

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Speaker 1: Bradley is so good and I'm gonna find it. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna find a way to pick Arizona again, and they're

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Speaker 1: gonna lose in the second round.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go. I never learned. I never learned.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And then when I don't pick them, they run

576
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Speaker 3: deep into the tournament. That's just generally the way it goes.

577
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Speaker 3: And here's the thing, though, if they do bow out early,

578
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Speaker 3: I have Arnie Spanier's phone number, and you can harass him,

579
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Speaker 3: uh until you're blue in the face. Oh okay, I

580
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,639
Speaker 3: call him and all of that stuff. Maybe maybe you

581
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 3: could go and key his car or do the tire

582
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Speaker 3: thing that you always threaten us with because it's his fault.

583
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Speaker 3: By the way they were playing on that absurd court,

584
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Speaker 3: whatever the hell that was.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think after this year.

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Speaker 1: I think the when when they have a meeting, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, whenever they like, whenever you have a big

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Speaker 1: post meeting, whenever you know, wherever you work and you

589
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Speaker 1: put a big event up and you didn't say, okay,

590
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Speaker 1: let's have a meeting and talk about what went right

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Speaker 1: and what didn't.

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Speaker 4: I got a feeling like if there's a.

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Speaker 1: Big college basketball post conference championship week meeting, you know

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Speaker 1: everybody's gonna sit around and the first thing's gonna be, okay,

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Speaker 1: are we done with the floors?

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Speaker 4: I think the floor thing is not good. I think

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Speaker 4: we have to move on. We had like we had

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Speaker 4: we had one. We had, we had one conference, say hey,

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Speaker 4: we're changing the floors for the rest of the way.

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Speaker 4: We can't have the floors.

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Speaker 1: I think we've gone a little floor crazy and let's

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Speaker 1: just let's die look back a bit for next year.

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Speaker 1: Is that first thing everybody in agreement? Okay, let's move

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00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: on to other things now, like winning the conference championship

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Speaker 1: and going if you're in a mac so. But I

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Speaker 1: think right now the number one thing you're gonna see is, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get rid of the floor.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean unless it's gonna light up with each

609
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Speaker 3: step you take. If you got the ball like it's

610
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Speaker 3: got a chip and it's gonna play musical notes like

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Speaker 3: you're on the giant piano and big, I don't need it.

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Speaker 4: Oh that was like, like what was it Roberto's no, no,

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Speaker 4: no no?

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Speaker 1: Was that like Billy Jean right when you when Michael Jackson,

615
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Speaker 1: every every every spear he stepped on lit up. Yeah, okay,

616
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,879
Speaker 1: see if we do that and I can get on

617
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Speaker 1: board that, and now he's got Now we start talking

618
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Speaker 1: about the rhythm with which a point guard is playing,

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Speaker 1: and we use.

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Speaker 3: Our collective intellect to decide what in tune he's playing.

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Speaker 1: With each like instead of showing you, you know, when

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Speaker 1: you see the dots, here's where all the shots have

623
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Speaker 1: come from this half.

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Speaker 4: Look at all these shots from behind.

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Speaker 1: The three point like, it's let's retrace the steps of

626
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Speaker 1: the point guard and see where he hits all through

627
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Speaker 1: the court. That's it just adjusting.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I'd be all right with that, right, But dude,

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Speaker 4: I I know, I know I'm gonna pick. I'm gonna

630
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Speaker 4: say I'm not gonna pick. I'm not gonna do it,

631
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Speaker 4: not gonna do it. I'm gonna pick Arizona.

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Speaker 1: No, You're gonna give it.

633
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Speaker 6: I know it.

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Speaker 1: I know I got it. I mean, I put them

635
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Speaker 1: on my never again Less. I always say, once you're

636
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Speaker 1: on the Never again Less, you don't come off it.

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Speaker 1: But I just know something's gonna happen.

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Speaker 3: I just I just lamed the dog ate your homework,

639
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 3: and then you put Arizona in for this year, they

640
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Speaker 3: fail and they go back.

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Speaker 1: On the list. Yeah, and there you know you just

642
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Speaker 1: made the list. I already know how to do it

643
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: with Saint John's. I mean I had last year. I

644
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: felt so good and then man, they just let me

645
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 1: down so much.

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00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 3: You were so angry.

647
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Speaker 4: Rjie Lewis. Rjie Lewis just let me down.

648
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Speaker 3: Like we make a lot of predictions on the show.

649
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 3: We try to get ahead of the curve then in

650
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Speaker 3: every respect, but when a game goes wrong like that

651
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 3: was the first time I think you really took it personally.

652
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Speaker 3: It's kind of like Kyler Murray yesterday when you were

653
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Speaker 3: mad that he signed with the Vikings. Yeah, I was

654
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Speaker 3: like it, like it was all out of spy, as

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Speaker 3: if they went out and they failed in that game.

656
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Speaker 3: Just to shut you up.

657
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that guy's on board with us. Nah, we can't

658
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Speaker 1: have that.

659
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Speaker 4: Oh, Jay Louis he just he just tanked it to

660
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Speaker 4: make me mad.

661
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Speaker 3: They got play Italian receive from an Italian restaurant. We'll

662
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Speaker 3: show them.

663
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Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith

664
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Speaker 2: Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven

665
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Speaker 2: pm Pacific.

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Speaker 1: John Paul Morosi, John Paulawe are we ever gonna see

667
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Speaker 1: a game with this assemblage of talent like we're gonna

668
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Speaker 1: see on Sunday? It's insane what we're gonna see. He's speechless,

669
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Speaker 1: John Paul MOROSSI, you took him out. He's speechless.

670
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Speaker 4: I am here.

671
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Speaker 7: I can hear you.

672
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Speaker 6: But here's the thing. I might not be able to

673
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Speaker 6: hear by the time the game is over, which is

674
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Speaker 6: which is the best kind of auditory complications, because it's

675
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Speaker 6: gonna be loud. It'll be loud about an hour before

676
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Speaker 6: the game starts. It'll be allowed probably about two hours

677
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Speaker 6: after the game's over, and that's how I like it

678
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Speaker 6: in Miami. It's gonna be a ton of fun. And

679
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Speaker 6: I'll also say this in terms of the semifinal wins, today,

680
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Speaker 6: the Dominican Republics looked a lot better than the United States.

681
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 6: An emphatic win for the Dominicans over Korea, the US

682
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Speaker 6: had to really fight their way to a five to

683
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Speaker 6: three win over Team Canada, in which the Americans had

684
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Speaker 6: only one extra base hit and of the five runs

685
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Speaker 6: they scored, four of them reached based on either a

686
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Speaker 6: walk or a field of choice. So it has been

687
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 6: a grinded out kind of a week the Team USA.

688
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Speaker 6: This was the first time we've seen them on the

689
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Speaker 6: field since that disappointing lost to Team Italy, and of

690
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,560
Speaker 6: course they needed to help for Mi Italy the next

691
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Speaker 6: night against Mexico. And yet now they have landed where

692
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Speaker 6: we thought they were going to be all along, which

693
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Speaker 6: is in the semifinal game against the Dominican Republic. So

694
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Speaker 6: that's where they probably should be. And now the excitement

695
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 6: builds towards Sunday, but it's going to take their best

696
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Speaker 6: game and fortunately four Team USA. Their best starter, in

697
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Speaker 6: my view, is the man's on the mount and that's

698
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Speaker 6: fall teams.

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Speaker 4: Outside of the pitching matchup right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we see this assemblage of talent, it looks

701
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: like an All Star game top to bottom looking, I'm

702
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: obviously they beat Canada. We talked about this the beginning

703
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Speaker 1: of the World Baseball Classes. And look, if I'm looking

704
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Speaker 1: for one sort of weakness with the United States, it's

705
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Speaker 1: their bullpen, because you're gonna get more bullpen games, more

706
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: time of the bullpen here on out. You know they're

707
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Speaker 1: gonna get five innings, six innings in a game. We

708
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: saw tonight a couple of home runs allowed Canada to

709
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Speaker 1: get back in this seventy one pitches tonight for Logan Web.

710
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Speaker 1: Same kind of deal you expect out of schemes on

711
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Speaker 1: Sunday as he go as long as they can, Like,

712
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Speaker 1: what do you expect to see here?

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Speaker 6: That's a great question, and I'm sure we'll get a

714
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Speaker 6: little more hilarity on this one as we get closer.

715
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Speaker 6: I would expect schemes can be in the range of

716
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Speaker 6: eighty pitches, and that might sound a little aggressive, but

717
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Speaker 6: we're now not that far away from opening day. He

718
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 6: of course, will be the Pirates opening day starter. When

719
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Speaker 6: I look at schemes.

720
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Speaker 7: I look at what he was able to do in.

721
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Speaker 6: His first Star against Mexico, which I thought was so impressive.

722
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Speaker 6: His ability to make pitches and the ability to execute pitches.

723
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Speaker 6: I thought Skiens pitched one of the best games of

724
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Speaker 6: his career. That's saying something when you consider the stage

725
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Speaker 6: and the stakes. So I think eighty pitches is reasonable

726
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Speaker 6: to me. The big question now is who does Mark

727
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Speaker 6: Trossa really trust back there in the bullpen. I think

728
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Speaker 6: that you saw tonight that the big trio towards the

729
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 6: end is Bednar, Whitlock, and Mason Miller. Miller was of

730
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Speaker 6: the three, probably the same, the most dominant. He was

731
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Speaker 6: just unreal there in the ninth inning, and I think

732
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Speaker 6: that he has earned that right to get the ball.

733
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Speaker 1: Last.

734
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Speaker 6: Whitlock has De Rosa's trust. Bednar pitched into and then

735
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Speaker 6: out of a real jam there in the seventh inning.

736
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Speaker 6: So that's the late inning trio, and probably now before

737
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Speaker 6: that we saw Keller come in. I'd like to see

738
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Speaker 6: some involvement of Best and Rogers, but it's difficult because

739
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Speaker 6: now you're talking about guys that have not been there

740
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Speaker 6: for the full journey, names like Wall and Holmes have

741
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Speaker 6: already been removed from the roster because of the piggybacking

742
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Speaker 6: situation and how that's all working. So a really interesting

743
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Speaker 6: set of circumstances right now for TMUSA. The big question

744
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Speaker 6: of who they trust. And on the Dominican side, it'll

745
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 6: be Louis Savarino getting the ball to pitch well in

746
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Speaker 6: the classics so far. Maybe not quite as impressively as

747
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Speaker 6: Keanes did, but I think Severino is a great choice

748
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Speaker 6: for the Dominicans and their bullfend we know, is also excellent.

749
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Speaker 6: So it'll be a tough matchup, and you'd have to say,

750
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Speaker 6: based down the way they've played so far, the Dominicans

751
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 6: have been the better team in this tournament. The electrifying offense.

752
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Speaker 6: We saw it again today, Tatzi Soto, Ladriguez and all

753
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Speaker 6: the rest. It's just gonna be a lot of fun

754
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Speaker 6: to watch that game on Sunday.

755
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Speaker 3: All right. Two things we know. It's the juice box,

756
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 3: that one hundred and two hundred and three mile an

757
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 3: hour Mason Miller thing. I mean, did you tap on that,

758
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 3: you know, the odometer there and the speed gun to.

759
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Speaker 1: Figure that out.

760
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Speaker 3: The other is, can you tell guys to keep the

761
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 3: ball down, because against this squad it'll be even worse

762
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Speaker 3: than team can it right, keep it.

763
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Speaker 4: Down on the zone.

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Speaker 1: Man, the home runs are flying.

765
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Speaker 6: No, it is, it is, and and I'll say this

766
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Speaker 6: that it has. The park here has played fair. It's

767
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 6: actually played kind of big, the center field in some

768
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,759
Speaker 6: ways where I think some pitchers got away with mistakes

769
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Speaker 6: because of their ability to at least locate the ball

770
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Speaker 6: and make make hitters hit it to the big part

771
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Speaker 6: of the park. So the way that it's played in Miami,

772
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Speaker 6: You're right, we have seen certainly the Dominican hitters have

773
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Speaker 6: made that ballpark look awfully small. And and I think

774
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Speaker 6: that in a lot of ways they they have that

775
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Speaker 6: home field advantage, they've played there before, They've got the

776
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Speaker 6: ability to really, I think, ease into what the hitting

777
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Speaker 6: environment is going to be. And again, for basically every reason,

778
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Speaker 6: I look at this as being the Dominicans game to

779
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Speaker 6: win because of the way they've played, the foremance they're in,

780
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Speaker 6: and the questions that we're asking now about about tvusa's lineup.

781
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Speaker 6: It's not an issue of it is not I'll be

782
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Speaker 6: clear about this. It's not an issue of a lack

783
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Speaker 6: of focus. I don't know if you have a lack

784
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Speaker 6: of caring, that's not the problem right now. The Dominicans

785
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 6: are just playing better and TUSA has to find a

786
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Speaker 6: way to some of their best games for one night

787
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Speaker 6: on Sunday, which they could certainly do. It's just going

788
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Speaker 6: to take a little bit of a different at bat

789
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 6: and a little more consistent offense. One thing they haven't

790
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 6: done a lot is is just add on runs by

791
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 6: building rallies and that type of connected offensive approach. We

792
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 6: really haven't seen it. It's interesting the last couple of days,

793
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Speaker 6: their best at best, their best performances have come from

794
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Speaker 6: some of the hitters at the bottom of the lineup,

795
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Speaker 6: the way that PCA has played and the Tragus played

796
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Speaker 6: the last couple of games.

797
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Speaker 1: Now, I got to ask you how to take here,

798
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Speaker 1: John Paul, because yes see, we're talking about something that

799
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Speaker 1: is a two week tournament. In a nutshell, we don't

800
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Speaker 1: have time to make friends. And wait, Bryce Harper's hitting

801
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Speaker 1: one fifty and he does not look good at the plate.

802
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Speaker 1: Cal Rawley has not gotten a hit in the WBC.

803
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Speaker 1: Is there going to be changes? Mark Deurosa sticks with

804
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Speaker 1: these guys. I mean, this is why you're the manager

805
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Speaker 1: of the team. What do you expect on Sunday.

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Speaker 6: So the way I'd answer that is, I think that

807
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Speaker 6: the catching. The catching question is a straightforward, straightforward one.

808
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 6: I think Will Smith is behind the plate. Uh, he

809
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Speaker 6: caught the Skeins the first time. What you mentioned about

810
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Speaker 6: Roley's offense. I think that's that's the easy answer. The

811
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Speaker 6: more difficult answer would be the Harper one, and I

812
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Speaker 6: I would have to check the numbers that gold Schmid

813
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Speaker 6: has against ever Reno. It would be it'd be a

814
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Speaker 6: pretty bold move to sit Bryce Harper in the semi

815
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Speaker 6: finals with WBC. I don't see it happening. I think

816
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Speaker 6: Harper is here because he's he's their guy, and and

817
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Speaker 6: he's not that far off. There was there was obviously

818
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Speaker 6: one called strike he didn't he did not agree with

819
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Speaker 6: at all in his last at bat. That might be

820
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Speaker 6: some piece of the puzzle here to where maybe he

821
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Speaker 6: feels like he's getting closer a little better look at

822
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Speaker 6: the strike zone. I just I don't think that you

823
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Speaker 6: mention him. We could argue, we could argue if you should.

824
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Speaker 6: I don't think it will happen. I'd be really surprised.

825
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Speaker 6: Although I thought Bull Schmid's that bats were fine against

826
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Speaker 6: against Italy and and maybe they see his veteran presence

827
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Speaker 6: as being something that would have value. Love Paul Goldschmidt,

828
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Speaker 6: I just don't I don't see Harper getting that theret

829
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Speaker 6: Maybe they bump them down in the lineup, maybe they

830
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Speaker 6: move Terrang up higher, but I think Pca is good

831
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Speaker 6: at the bottom part. To flip it over, Terrang might

832
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Speaker 6: be the one guy that I would consider moving up higher.

833
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 6: And you bump Bryce down a little bit, but then

834
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Speaker 6: have Smith catch. I think that Smith's catching is the

835
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Speaker 6: clear choice for me here entering the semi final.

836
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Speaker 3: All right, two part question number one cal Raley, is

837
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Speaker 3: it baseball karma that he's not dabbing up his friends

838
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Speaker 3: and teammates and it's coming back to haunt him at

839
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Speaker 3: the plate? And part two? What was that ballpark like

840
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Speaker 3: after it would be game five to three? Did people

841
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 3: tighten up a little bit?

842
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Speaker 6: Yeah, it got pretty tense ill into the second one.

843
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 6: First he got pretty tense. There was a little it

844
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 6: was a little nervy. And again once Canada had men

845
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 6: on second and third after the pass ball and nobody

846
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Speaker 6: out with Nayler up, I thought they're going fighest game.

847
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 6: I mean, we're gonna, we're gonna, we might still be

848
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Speaker 6: playing right now if Naylor had got a so to

849
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Speaker 6: me I at that moment, I'll be honest, I've given

850
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Speaker 6: the tension in the ballpark. Given the way the game

851
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 6: had been advancing, I'm a little surprised that they didn't

852
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 6: tie it, to be honest with you, of course it

853
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 6: went pop out, strikeout, strikeout. As to rally, my advice

854
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 6: would be that maybe he should just run across the field.

855
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 6: You know, he said he should run to center field

856
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:25,800
Speaker 6: when Julio's in the field and just give him a

857
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 6: big hug, and just that would just totally slipped the

858
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 6: whole hoto. He's gonna run out, literally run out there

859
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 6: like he's his best friend in the world. He hasn't

860
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 6: seen him in fifteen years, and just like give him

861
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 6: like the biggest hug that he's had in his life.

862
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 6: And then that's going to change all the lot telling

863
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 6: you now you want to.

864
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Speaker 1: You want to talk about awkward and you know, we

865
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 1: got into this a little bit last week. This is

866
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: now the end of Clayton Kershaw's baseball career. Replaced on

867
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: the roster for the semi final. We knew this was

868
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Speaker 1: coming right. Mark De Rosas said this, It's just so

869
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Speaker 1: odd to me, John Paul, that this is how he

870
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: goes out, a guy of that stature, going out with, Yeah,

871
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna train all off season just to be a guy,

872
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: to be an arm And the closest he came to

873
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: playing in this was I'm gonna warm up in the

874
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 1: eighth inning of a previous game and now I'm gonna

875
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 1: have a beer in the bullpen because they're.

876
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,760
Speaker 4: Not going to use me. It's just certain guys.

877
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: Hey, when you want to keep playing more baseball, I

878
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: get it, But when you play at the level of

879
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: Clayton kersher the best left handed pitcher I've ever seen,

880
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: it's just it's just really odd to see him go

881
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: out this way and now it's just gonna just walking

882
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 1: off the field at the end, right, hey, and you

883
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: throw a baseball to a kid and it's walked off

884
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:34,360
Speaker 1: the field like It's just it's just odd to me

885
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 1: to see this.

886
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 4: Is out goes right.

887
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 6: Well, I think that he probably and rightfully would consider

888
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 6: the appearance in the World Series to be to be

889
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 6: the end, right that that's that was the real I mean,

890
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 6: that was certainly a much more emotional experience than than this.

891
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 6: I agree it was a little anti climactic, to say

892
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 6: the very least in some ways. That this game had

893
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 6: been lopside one way or the other. A ten to

894
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 6: three game, maybe there would have been a lane to

895
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,479
Speaker 6: get him in there and have him had that moment

896
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 6: and walk off the mound. But it didn't happen. And

897
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 6: you know, I spoke to him before the game, and

898
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 6: he was extremely at peace with everything. He didn't He

899
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 6: basically said, it's my last day on the active roster.

900
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 6: I'll be replaced on the active roster for the for

901
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 6: the final two games, and and he totally seemed tranquil

902
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 6: about the entire situation. So I agree, anti climactic, absolutely,

903
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 6: a little awkward. Probably would I'd like to see him

904
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 6: pitch at some point in the journey.

905
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 7: Yes.

906
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 6: The WBC, though, is is different when it comes to

907
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 6: getting someone in and getting someone to work. They've got

908
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 6: to fulfill all the obligations to the parent clubs of

909
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 6: the players, et cetera. The things that we talk about

910
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 6: at the cernamount all the time. And I just think

911
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 6: that that those types of regulations made it difficult to

912
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:02,280
Speaker 6: have what should have been. And it's not Mark Turosa's fault.

913
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,320
Speaker 6: It's not Andy Pettitt's fault, it's not Clayton Kershaw's fault.

914
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 6: It just sometimes baseball gives us the perfect endings and

915
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,759
Speaker 6: sometimes it doesn't, and in this case it didn't. But

916
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 6: of course I think Dodger fans feel like the last

917
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,400
Speaker 6: ending that he had with them was the one that mattered.

918
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 3: And they're probably right all right JP tomorrow Italy can

919
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 3: the espresso fuelum pass Puerto Rico.

920
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 6: I'm not sure that Pats Menino has slept since he

921
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,440
Speaker 6: had three shots of espresso. I mean, I'm not sure

922
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 6: he slept. He's having a great time that they can

923
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,719
Speaker 6: keep it going. Puerto Rico, though, is a dangerous team

924
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 6: and they they really string it together well. They don't

925
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 6: have the name brand lineup, but you saw the Arnaz

926
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 6: walk off ome What a great moment that was. Their

927
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 6: bullpen is really good. They've got a veteran starter in

928
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 6: Seth Lugo. So I look at that team and say

929
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 6: they are as dangerous as as anyone else who's left

930
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,320
Speaker 6: maybe out outside of the Dominican and Japan, just in

931
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 6: terms of the way they're playing right now. In terms

932
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 6: of Puerto Rico. So I think it's gonna be a

933
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 6: great game. Today's game was tense and tight at the end, obviously,

934
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 6: but I think tomorrow's game is going to be more

935
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 6: of a more of a dramatic back and forth track meet,

936
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,720
Speaker 6: if you will, where there's a lot of things happening

937
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 6: in some great catches athletic plays. Italy just played so

938
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 6: well and they've become the darlings of this tournament. So

939
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 6: I do think they have the momentum on their side,

940
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 6: and what a story it would be if Italy finds

941
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 6: their way in the semi final for the first time

942
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:32,720
Speaker 6: ever at this event.

943
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,879
Speaker 1: Now, so John Paul, now, tell me what's your work

944
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 1: schedule the next few days? Like, what what's your work

945
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 1: schedule the.

946
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 6: Next couple of da That's a great question. So I

947
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 6: am currently in a shuttle bus going back to the

948
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 6: hotel and my colleagues. My colleagues are very patiently listening

949
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 6: to me talk again about baseball, which they have done

950
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 6: very patiently for my career, and I'm grateful to them

951
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 6: for this. So tomorrow I'm going to Uh, I'm gonna

952
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:01,400
Speaker 6: We're gonna the broadcast. You're canna be here us on

953
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 6: FF one, So make sure everybody tune in three o'clock

954
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 6: Eastern time tomorrow noon Pacific, Italy, Puerto Rico. Please join us.

955
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 6: You'll be able to hear Rich Waltz and Dan please

956
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,920
Speaker 6: sec on the call, and I'll be chiming in with

957
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 6: with random notes about the Tying people. And then I'm

958
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 6: going to race. I'm literally going to sprint to the

959
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 6: airport and hop on a flight and go to Miami

960
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 6: and we'll do the semis of the finals. So I mean,

961
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 6: I'm in this for the duration, and there's no days off.

962
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 6: I mean, I wouldn't want a day off of the

963
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:34,800
Speaker 6: gaming one. So we're excited to be here and we

964
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 6: got to see this one to the end. I am

965
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 6: here until the end. I will, and then it'll feel

966
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 6: like it's time for the off season to start. But

967
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 6: then I'll realize that the season hasn't even started yet.

968
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 6: So with me in about a week, like my body

969
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 6: doesn't quite know how to feel right now. Yeah, I

970
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,360
Speaker 6: got back from the Olympics all these different things, so

971
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 6: I'll eventually i'll sleep, and then I'll eventually remember who

972
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 6: signed with everybody, and I'll give you some thoughts on

973
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 6: the start of the season.

974
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 1: Hey, JP, I think Team Italy's got a way for

975
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: you to get through.

976
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 6: You never know, you never know. I mean I I

977
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 6: think I want you to do.

978
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 1: A shot of espresso and and and put and it's

979
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,279
Speaker 1: gotta be on Fox every time Team Italy hits a

980
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:19,399
Speaker 1: home run, because they do one.

981
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,839
Speaker 4: In the I do need to do one. You need

982
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 4: to do one.

983
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:24,920
Speaker 1: So I gotta work on that. That's you know.

984
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 6: The good thing is the good thing is that that's

985
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,360
Speaker 6: a great suggestion. The good thing is too that I

986
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 6: that that I have a boss and I will have

987
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 6: to ask my boss what what what he she thinks

988
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 6: that I should do? And then uh, and then we

989
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,360
Speaker 6: can make that call. But it's I'll tell you what.

990
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 6: I will submit the request that might promise you JP.

991
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 6: Just run into the dugout. Then you'll know that the

992
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 6: request was approved.

993
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, No, I may go down to you go hey,

994
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:53,879
Speaker 1: that big home run by cross Postcutina. Let's go down

995
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 1: to John Paul Morosi and the dug Well, guys, you

996
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:57,240
Speaker 1: know I'm gonna.

997
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 6: Do hey and live interviews. Its gonna be live espresso shot.

998
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 6: And then the question is what what number do I

999
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 6: put on the on the machine because everybody that's that's

1000
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 6: had had an espresso shot and the home run gets

1001
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 6: their number on. My number is like zero. I've got

1002
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 6: no no number, so that's number zero numbers Italy has

1003
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 6: no number zero. Well number zero is Morosi.

1004
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,320
Speaker 4: That's it. There you go, Yeah, the O in Morosi Morosi.

1005
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 4: There you go.

1006
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: All right, I'm rooting for a lot of home runs

1007
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,720
Speaker 1: tomorrow and hopefully Hey, if you're there with your bosses

1008
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: right now, just ask him right when we get off

1009
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 1: the phone, and I won't espresso shots and.

1010
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 6: Then I won't sleep, you know if I have, Like

1011
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 6: if there's seven homers and I have, I'm seven especial shots.

1012
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 6: I don't know how I mean, Am I gonna sleep

1013
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 6: on the plane at that point. Unlikely. So we'll be

1014
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 6: doing the best we can.

1015
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 4: You'll you'll be up doing live hits with Italy sports

1016
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 4: talk radio station. Yeah, he's gonna do it. It's four

1017
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,360
Speaker 4: o'clock in the morning. The guy's not sleeping. We had

1018
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 4: five home runs tonight.

1019
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 6: He's gonna call in, you know what it's it's only

1020
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,880
Speaker 6: about you know, actually, have we should call in? I

1021
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,759
Speaker 6: think like bri Italia, they're about to do their their

1022
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 6: Saturday morning wake up show at five am over there,

1023
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:06,879
Speaker 6: So I gotta work.

1024
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:07,359
Speaker 7: On that right now.

1025
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 4: All right, well, good good luck, Hey, you start the espresso.

1026
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 6: Now catch up the Wanico Boy.

1027
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:19,320
Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith

1028
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,479
Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven

1029
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.

1030
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: Rick Buker joins us, what's happening, buddy?

1031
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:30,239
Speaker 6: You know what?

1032
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 7: You guys need to get me an address so I

1033
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 7: can get you a hard copy when they are available,

1034
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 7: and then we won't have any misreadings on the sub

1035
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 7: title anymore. That'll be right there in front of you.

1036
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 1: I'm reading it right off what you said to me,

1037
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 1: my life with the Knicks, but my life with the

1038
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: Mike Brown Knicks like that. That's all here. It's like

1039
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: a it's like you are traveling dead show, except you're

1040
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: following the Knicks around.

1041
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 7: Okay, okay, So.

1042
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 3: The towns would be fun to follow for a season

1043
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 3: withoudn't he? I?

1044
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 2: Yes?

1045
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 7: He were actually actually following Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart around.

1046
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 7: Would be fun, would be fun. Those two are It's

1047
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 7: it's one of those love hate relationships. I mean the

1048
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,880
Speaker 7: shots that they take each other at each other publicly.

1049
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 7: I don't know if you guys saw the clip, the

1050
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 7: clip where they're talking about guys getting dumped on, and

1051
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 7: then Jalen Brunson shows a clip of Lebron not just

1052
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 7: dunking on Josh, but like rubbing his crotch across Josh's

1053
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 7: face as dunks on him, and he's like, what what what?

1054
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 7: What's going on there? What happened there? I was uncomfortable

1055
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:54,360
Speaker 7: for Josh in that situation. So that's uh no, no, no,

1056
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 7: the the there is a chemistry among those guys that

1057
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 7: that is very fun and there there are far there

1058
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 7: are far worse teams to follow them than year and

1059
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 7: a year of Nicks. It's just when they come out West,

1060
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 7: they're playing against the They're playing against the real conference,

1061
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:12,720
Speaker 7: so it's it's a little more challenging.

1062
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: They're waiting for the playoffs. Rick the last twenty games,

1063
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 1: especially this year, How relevant are they in the NBA

1064
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,239
Speaker 1: for any team? How relevant are these last We're ready

1065
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 1: for the playoffs? Now, we're ready pretty much.

1066
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 7: I mean, it's it's definitely a division of has that

1067
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 7: have nots and I don't think there's anybody that's like

1068
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 7: sneaking up. Minnesota has already made their move. You know,

1069
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 7: there are no teams that are lurking, say in the

1070
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 7: play in situation that you're wondering, can they get up

1071
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 7: to sixth? Would it make a difference if they did?

1072
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,640
Speaker 7: You know, is somebody somebody going to get knocked out?

1073
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 7: I mean the one team that I would look at

1074
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 7: that I have some concerns about are the Denver Nuggets.

1075
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 7: They haven't been able to close games. I was all

1076
00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:00,719
Speaker 7: for the Michael Porter junior Cam Johnson trade that has

1077
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 7: that has not worked out as well as I expected.

1078
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 7: I think one of the things that they're missing is

1079
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 7: Michael Porter juniors was inconsistent, and that's where I thought

1080
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 7: Cam was going to be a better choice. But his

1081
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:15,320
Speaker 7: highs were far better than what Cam has done, and

1082
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 7: he was a much much better rebounder. And so the

1083
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 7: additions of Bruce Brown and Cam Johnson haven't been what

1084
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Speaker 7: I thought they would be. And I'm just looking at

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Speaker 7: the Denver Nuggets inability to close against the best teams

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Speaker 7: in the league. We just saw, if I'm not mistaken,

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Speaker 7: your knicks beat them badly on their home floor. That's troublesome.

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Speaker 7: That's not the first time that they've been beaten like that.

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Speaker 7: And if I look at their record against teams that

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Speaker 7: are above five hundred, they're a flat eighteen and eighteen.

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Speaker 7: And if I look at the top teams Houston, San Antonio,

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Speaker 7: Oklahoma City, they don't just beat the bad teams, They've

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Speaker 7: got winning records against the good teams. I think that's

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Speaker 7: an indication of where the Denver Nuggets are and that

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Speaker 7: there should be reasons for concern. I mean, even the

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Speaker 7: New York Knicks have a winning record against teams above

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Speaker 7: five hundred, so that at the very least, the Denver

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Speaker 7: Nuggets should be doing that.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's get into the news from last

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Speaker 1: night that's still permeating today. Bean that adebay I was

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Speaker 1: eighty three point night for the Heat. We started the

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Speaker 1: conversation last night, it went on today. The comparison his

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Speaker 1: eighty three point game to Kobe's eighty one point game.

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Speaker 1: Here we are twenty four hours later, does have settled? Rick,

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Speaker 1: what's your big takeaway from watching Bam go for eighty

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Speaker 1: three last night?

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Speaker 7: My big takeaway is that this is why judging accomplishments

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Speaker 7: purely based on statistics is fool's gold. That if we

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Speaker 7: didn't see how it was done, then the numbers can fool.

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Speaker 7: You can be very distracting and hollow. I would say, now,

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Speaker 7: I'm not taking anything away from what Bam accomplished, but

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Speaker 7: this to me was if you played, if you put it,

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Speaker 7: If you ever wondered what an NBA star would do

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Speaker 7: if he was put in the G League All Star Game,

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Speaker 7: this was an example of that because Bam was really

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Speaker 7: the only player in the game that was of star quality.

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Speaker 7: The the Washington Wizards, I mean you had you had

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Speaker 7: Alex sarr and Bub Carrington. Those were the biggest names

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Speaker 7: for the Wizards, and and for Bam, the next best

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Speaker 7: player was probably Davion Mitchell. I mean everybody was sitting

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Speaker 7: and so from the very beginning, I mean, he had

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Speaker 7: thirty one of their first forty points. I think his

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Speaker 7: previous career high was one points. So to me, it

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Speaker 7: was in looking at it, and it was a record.

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Speaker 7: What forty three free throws? I mean the Kobe only

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Speaker 7: shot twenty, made eighteen of twenty. Even Will Chamberlain when

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Speaker 7: he scored his one hundred, didn't take he took thirty

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Speaker 7: three throws, had a particularly good night for him, had

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Speaker 7: twenty eight. So to me, I don't look at this

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Speaker 7: eighty three and now I'm going to suddenly think of

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Speaker 7: BAM out of bio in a different context. I'm going

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Speaker 7: to look at he was playing the Washington Wizards team

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Speaker 7: that I believe had lost nine in a row. Is

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Speaker 7: clearly tanking. Was not playing any of the players, even

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Speaker 7: even for them, that are that are of star quality,

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Speaker 7: no star quality players for Miami, Me and Andrew Wiggins,

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Speaker 7: Norm Powell, Tyler Hero, all of them kill a whare

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Speaker 7: like practically their entire starting lineup outside of Vam wasn't playing.

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Speaker 7: So I just I look at it and it's like,

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Speaker 7: you know what, This, to me, above anything else, is

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Speaker 7: proof that you have to see just reaching a statistical achievement.

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Speaker 7: We can't judge it purely on that got to be

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Speaker 7: Let's let's get into the details in terms of how

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Speaker 7: exactly it was done.

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Speaker 3: Zay Rick Jason and I and our team here we

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Speaker 3: might have been what five of the only people to

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Speaker 3: watch that game all the way through to to really

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Speaker 3: take it all the way to its head.

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Speaker 7: All right, Well, ye hey, you know what funny is.

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Speaker 7: I just thought, like, is this going This is not

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Speaker 7: going to be one of those historical moments where everybody's

1152
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Speaker 7: gonna ask, so where were you when Bam scored eighty three,

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Speaker 7: because the answer for the ninety nine percent of the

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Speaker 7: people would be as sure as hell, wasn't watching the

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Speaker 7: Wizards in the heat. I had something something better to do.

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Speaker 7: I mean, I was at the Bulls. I was at

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Speaker 7: the Bulls Warriors game. I was in the media room,

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Speaker 7: and I hope heard somebody say BAM's got seventy seven.

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Speaker 7: And I was like, I have misheard that. Like I

1160
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Speaker 7: doing that, I was doing There's no way. And then

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Speaker 7: there was a crowd around the around the screen. I

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Speaker 7: was like, wait a minute, I gotta go check. Sure enough,

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Speaker 7: he's got seventy seventies the line to get seventy nine.

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Speaker 7: And that's so. I saw the last four and a

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Speaker 7: half minutes, and then I went back and I tried

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Speaker 7: to watch the entire game. I watched the first half

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Speaker 7: of the first quarter when there was like four turnovers

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Speaker 7: in the first three minutes that said, I can't do it.

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Speaker 7: I can't get I can't get through this. So for

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Speaker 7: anybody who thinks that it's a travesty that the heat

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Speaker 7: did what they did in order for him to get

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Speaker 7: eighty three. You're missing the mark because the entire game

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Speaker 7: was a travesty. Just start in the final five minutes.

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Speaker 3: All right, Rick talking about Travesty's extended absence. Now, we

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Speaker 3: haven't seen Steph Curry since the thirtieth of January. Are

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Speaker 3: we going to see him again or is it operation shutdown?

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Speaker 6: No?

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Speaker 7: I would expect that he's going to come back. The

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Speaker 7: struggle that he's had is that he just in going

1180
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Speaker 7: through his workouts to get his body where it needs

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Speaker 7: it to be and thinking, like you know, there's still

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Speaker 7: visions for the Warriors of they've resigned themselves that they're

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Speaker 7: going to be in the play in, but they are

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Speaker 7: of the belief that, hey, if we get in the

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Speaker 7: play in, and even if we play a team like

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Speaker 7: San Antonio it's the first their first time in the playoffs,

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Speaker 7: like we can do to them what we did against

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Speaker 7: the Rockets. There's still on the mind. If Steph doesn't

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Speaker 7: get hurt last year, they have a shot at beating

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Speaker 7: Minnesota after beating them in the first game. That's the

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Speaker 7: thinking of the Warriors, and that's the thinking of Steph.

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Speaker 7: They are by no means, by no means are they

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Speaker 7: letting go of the rope at this point, which means

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Speaker 7: Steph is not letting go of the rope. Now, can

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Speaker 7: he get his body right? Can he get his body

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Speaker 7: to where he wants it or needs it or expects

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Speaker 7: it to be that? You know, we're going to find out.

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Speaker 7: But as far as trying to make that happen, that

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Speaker 7: they're still attempting to get Steph back and make a run.

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Speaker 4: All right.

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Speaker 1: Now, lastly, Rick, something we've said the last couple of

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Speaker 1: nice I'm going to give you a statement and agree

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Speaker 1: or disagree. You're ready, okay, So for whatever reason, all right,

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Speaker 1: for whatever reason, again, there's a lot of reasons. For

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Speaker 1: whatever reason, the Lakers are better off without Lebron James

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Speaker 1: than when he's in the lineup. Agree or disagree, Oh.

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Speaker 7: That's absolutely true.

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Speaker 1: There you go, and I'll i'll and I'll tell you why.

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Speaker 7: Because the problem is when you have Austin Reeves, Luka

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Speaker 7: Kotsch and Lebron James. It's not just that you have

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Speaker 7: three bad defenders. Because there have been times where Austin

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Speaker 7: has been out or it's been or Luca has been out,

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Speaker 7: it's been some other combo rather than the trio, and

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Speaker 7: they have not played as well. And the reason for

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Speaker 7: that is because when you play Lebron, then you're he's

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Speaker 7: not only a bad on the ball defender, he's not

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Speaker 7: a help defender. So you don't if he's played and

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Speaker 7: then you're going to give Ruey Hotchimura minutes, chances are

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00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:06,560
Speaker 7: DeAndre Ayton is not going to be playing. And while

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Speaker 7: there's a lot of criticism about about Ayton, when he

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Speaker 7: gets consistent minutes and he provides what you need, it

1222
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:20,280
Speaker 7: may not be great offensively, but defensively he's a different guy.

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Speaker 7: When he has limited minutes and he's making room for Lebron,

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Speaker 7: then he seems.

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Speaker 6: To let go.

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Speaker 7: He lets go of the rope. But to me, it's

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Speaker 7: it's ultimately it's just because of the position that Lebron

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Speaker 7: plays and who he takes off the floor as a

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Speaker 7: result of as a result of putting him out there,

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Speaker 7: Luca and Austin Reeves need all the defensive help that

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00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:48,560
Speaker 7: they can get, and if they get it, they're not

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Speaker 7: a bad team.

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Speaker 6: But Lebron is not the.

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Speaker 7: One who's going to be providing it, and offensively, he

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Speaker 7: just doesn't give them enough. I mean, whatever he's doing offensively,

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Speaker 7: he's kind of taken away from Luca and Austin. That's

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Speaker 7: the reason. It's I mean, it's just it's it's a fact.

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Speaker 7: It sounds weird to say that about Lebron James, and

1239
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:08,439
Speaker 7: especially if you look at his numbers, but the way

1240
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 7: the Lakers are constituted the record is not a mirage.

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Speaker 7: It is because he's not a good defender. He's not

1242
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:20,800
Speaker 7: a good health defender, and at this point in his

1243
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:22,840
Speaker 7: career he has to play on that back line.

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Speaker 1: You can fam on Twitter at Rick Buker, that is

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Speaker 1: at Rick Buker and also the pre order available now

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Speaker 1: on his brand new book again it is called Coachable,

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Speaker 1: My Life the Next Coachable How the greatest performers reach

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Speaker 1: their highest potential. Rick is always buddy, Appreciate it man,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. We'll talk to you next week.

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Speaker 1: You got it, guys, enjoy reck.

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Speaker 4: Siya