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Speaker 1: Here we sit the United States getting shut out by

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Speaker 1: Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic Championship. They have all

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Speaker 1: of two hits against Venezuela's pitchers. Tonight they are coming

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Speaker 1: to back story. I Frostburg will get to it in

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Speaker 1: a second. I gotta say what's going on who just

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Speaker 1: come out right away and say, yes, it's all Nolan

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Speaker 1: mcclan's fault. It's all Nolan mclaan's fault. All Nolan mclan

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Speaker 1: h Yes, it's not Nolan McClain's fault. He has pitched

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Speaker 1: seven innings in the World Baseball Classic. How many runs

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Speaker 1: has the United States scored in those innings?

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Speaker 3: That's not the story.

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Speaker 1: That is a grand total of zero.

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Speaker 4: He needs to be perfect. You know how this works.

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Speaker 4: There is no room for our error.

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Speaker 5: There is no margin for deep flies to straight away

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Speaker 5: center field against a guy named a bray. You there's

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Speaker 5: none of that, especially when the United States offense.

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Speaker 1: Stakes the United States coming to back bottom of the

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Speaker 1: seventh inning, but they have been limited to zero runs

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Speaker 1: on two wits. And Rarto Rodriguez, honestly, I thought he

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Speaker 1: was gonna be a star back in like twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: He went nineteen games. He was real. I'm like, Wow,

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Speaker 1: this kid's gonna be a star. And then you know,

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Speaker 1: his career just kind of went. He's got a five

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Speaker 1: ERA the last three years, and here he is tonight

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Speaker 1: and into the fifth inning allowing just one hit to

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Speaker 1: Team USA, who has just not been able to hit

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Speaker 1: right now so far, and again there's still three nings

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Speaker 1: left to go. But the right thing to say about

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Speaker 1: the World Baseball Classic so far, if you want to say,

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Speaker 1: I'll throw Noel McClain out there. McClain and his pitching

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Speaker 1: in the World Baseball Class, he's gonna wind up pitch

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Speaker 1: in two games the United States was uh, Nolan McLain

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Speaker 1: is kind of the what United States stands for in

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Speaker 1: their tournament so far in that McClain's been good, but

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Speaker 1: he hasn't been great. Right Like tonight, he was good,

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Speaker 1: like his his pitches were moving. Venezuela clearly had the

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Speaker 1: idea we're gonna get after him earlier in the count

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Speaker 1: It was you know, it was a great strategy. And

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Speaker 1: you know the wild pitch that was a tough one

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Speaker 1: because that allow the run to come in on a

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Speaker 1: still it's two runs, right, it's two runs. United States

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Speaker 1: should be on the board more with this lineup against Venezuela,

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Speaker 1: and they're not. And that's kind of been what the

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Speaker 1: US has been for the whole tournament. They've been good,

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Speaker 1: but they've not just gotten that next gear and and

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Speaker 1: you know, at times we see it, just like at

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Speaker 1: time tonight we saw McClean throwing a couple of wipeout

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Speaker 1: overall the United States, you see them hitting and see

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Speaker 1: Bryce Harper has been hitting second the entire tournament's hitting

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Speaker 1: a buck eighty five. He's been terrible, right He's been

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Speaker 1: absolutely awful. Bregman is not hitting the ball, judge after

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Speaker 1: that first game, has not been hitting. Like you only

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Speaker 1: have a couple of guys on the team that are hitting.

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Speaker 1: It's just not been where the United States is coming

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Speaker 1: and gelled quickly. And that's the thing with these tournaments

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Speaker 1: Now again, still three innings left to go, still try

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Speaker 1: time to figure it out. But right now, that's kind

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a little frightening when on a base

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Speaker 5: grand Slam to take the lead. When Bryce Harper got

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Speaker 5: that well.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't have that many. We got to celebrate Price.

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Speaker 5: But as a squad, not exactly Murderer's row except in

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Speaker 5: went away. I mean, McLain giving up two and you

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Speaker 5: about all you can hope for, right We talk about

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Speaker 5: it all the time. When we get to the Major

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Speaker 5: League Baseball regular season. If I can get my start

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Speaker 5: I'm feeling pretty good.

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Speaker 4: About my life most of the time.

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Speaker 5: Unfortunately, big stage, big stakes, and the puckering is now

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Speaker 5: at a record level as we get into these late innings.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, look for when the game started. I'm like, okay, WBC, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I get it. The World Series is not like this.

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Speaker 1: Right when you had both teams walking out, you know,

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Speaker 1: see the phones taking the pictures and everybody is just screaming,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, okay, okay, you want it, you want it.

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Speaker 1: You showed the world. Yes, it's not like the World Series.

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Speaker 1: I get that, and I get the level of where

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Speaker 1: United States has not put a runner in scoring positions

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Speaker 1: the story in nine or ten innings. Dude, you can't

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Speaker 1: win if you don't score any runs. I don't care

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Speaker 3: You also can't win a game when you start a

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Speaker 3: met you can't win, dude. Last night we were screwed.

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Speaker 1: We have other teams that have not that have been

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Speaker 3: This team that decided to start the MET in the

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Speaker 3: biggest game ever.

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Speaker 1: Well, I will say, if if Tarik Schooble wanted to

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Speaker 1: is going to be a great picture for a day.

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Speaker 1: He's already he was not. But did you bet on

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Speaker 1: the game? Frostburg? I feel like you better. You feel

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Speaker 1: like you bet? You feel with a starting, it's like

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Speaker 1: it was done to you personally. It's like McClain decided

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Speaker 3: What they were doing is flipping off the country by

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you would love to have Nolan McLain on your team.

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Speaker 1: Just stop.

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Speaker 3: He couldn't make the team.

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Speaker 1: But if look, would I rather have school? Sure of

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Speaker 1: course they would.

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Speaker 3: But you only anybody else?

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Speaker 1: Oh, which it's not like give up eight runs and

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Speaker 3: Man down two runs?

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Speaker 1: He's fine, yes, because they haven't scored. Because they can't.

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Speaker 1: You can't win matter. It doesn't matter, man, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter what happens when you can't score. It's not if

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Speaker 1: he gave up five runs or six runs and it

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Speaker 1: was Wow, this is just awful. McLean just completely just

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Speaker 1: threw up on himself. I get it. But the United

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Speaker 1: these these these pictures that are just guys like ose

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Speaker 1: Bhuto is a guy that you know, the Mets. You

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Speaker 1: He's pitching. Well, you can't say it's just Mets. He

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Speaker 1: Met Now it's over, I'm telling you, man, is it?

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Speaker 1: Nolan McLean stands.

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Speaker 3: For garbage and Queens.

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Speaker 1: Now this is rare because I feel really feel like

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Speaker 1: you bet on this game and Harmon for the first

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Speaker 1: time hasn't. Because Harmon hasn't brought up any of the runs,

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Speaker 1: any of the any of the you know what the

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Speaker 1: over under is, or any of the in game betting

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Speaker 1: it you're bringing up how upset you are, like the

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Speaker 1: United States did this to you personally?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's exactly what this is.

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Speaker 5: Let's say it was minus two forty Uh, minus one

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Speaker 5: and a half was the run and the over under

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Speaker 5: was nine. Get in price was for eighty six early

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Speaker 5: this morning, U and drifting higher. Those were for single

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Speaker 5: seat nosebleeds. Uh, in anticipation of this matchup. But yeah, certainly, Uh,

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Speaker 5: the money line you'll get at plus one ninety five

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Speaker 3: Jason, how do you even look at his computer or

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Speaker 3: a piece of paper for all that either.

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Speaker 1: No, he knew that. No, he's like he's like the

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Speaker 1: Matt Damon Goodwill hunting of gambling numbers. Now like he's

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Speaker 3: All right off the he's surpassed that.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you just wait till Thursday, baby, when we start

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Speaker 5: talking in a beautiful mine.

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Speaker 1: Hey, is that Harris there? Can you see it? At

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Speaker 1: Harris my garment? Can you see him?

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Speaker 4: I see him? And his wife is dressed like a

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Speaker 1: You see blue? And she's running after me.

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Speaker 5: He's running after me, and there are a bunch of

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Speaker 5: little kids chaos.

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Speaker 1: You're my boy, Blue, Blue, You're my boy. Uh So

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Speaker 1: it's glorious. Bottom of the seventh inning, two outs. The

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Speaker 1: on for Venezuela. I can't believe Venezuela has as many

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Speaker 1: against Italy, and they have they asked Venezuela. Do not

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Speaker 1: throw our guys at pitch yesterday today, right, like you

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Speaker 1: had four teams say yeah, this is great, yeah, country

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Speaker 1: and everything, it's awesome. Yeah we're with you man. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: yea yay, waving our flight. Yeah, don't throw our guy

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Speaker 1: again today, which yeah, we're done, We're done. Don't throw

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Speaker 1: our guy today. Right. It's it shows you just the

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Speaker 1: weird dichotomy and difference between this event that you're either

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Speaker 1: that says, yeah, this is great, but I want this

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Speaker 1: to be over.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 1: I'm pointing to my watch, going let's get this over

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Speaker 1: Let's get everybody back healthy. We got with you know,

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Speaker 1: the season's coming up in a couple of weeks. We

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Speaker 5: You get excited or you don't. Either way, you're holding

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Speaker 1: Two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and

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Speaker 1: He's not coming in, not coming in. He is the

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Speaker 1: Machado has walked the red batter in front of Bryce Harper.

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Speaker 5: Let's see the Johann Santana and Bryce Harper didn't see

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Speaker 1: It would be great if you you want satanic, it's not.

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Speaker 1: Like and the funny thing is right tonight, like Harper

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Speaker 1: had a bad at bat first time up, and I

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Speaker 1: saw Harper. I said, oh man, I said, come on man,

435
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Speaker 1: he just had a horrible tournament. And my wife is

436
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Speaker 1: watching the game with me. She goes, I thought you

437
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Speaker 1: hated Bryce Harper. I go, yeah, but I love Bryce

438
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Speaker 1: Harper tonight. I love him. These two weeks, I can

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Speaker 1: go back to hating him next week. I go back

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Speaker 1: to hating him again tomorrow. It's absolutely fair.

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Speaker 5: We have a very short term truce, and then as

442
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Speaker 5: soon as the final out is recorded, one way or another,

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Speaker 5: you get back to hating.

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Speaker 1: No.

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Speaker 3: But Jason said too much too, He went too far

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Speaker 3: with the hatred.

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Speaker 1: He can't.

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Speaker 3: You can't do this.

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Speaker 1: No. I hey, it's like Herb Brooks too far. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'm just like Herb Brooks and Miracle right. He everybody

451
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,720
Speaker 1: hated Herb Brooks, always talking all that. But he motivated

452
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Speaker 1: them to win the gold medal. I motivated Team USA

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Speaker 1: and Bryce Harper to tie this game.

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Speaker 3: Motivated I did you know?

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Speaker 1: I did one hundred percent your answer?

456
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Speaker 5: And Tanna didn't have any throws in that lefty arm

457
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Speaker 5: of his, you know, go lefty, lefty.

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Speaker 7: No.

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Speaker 1: Meanwhile, they're all saying him dude, what the hell did

460
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Speaker 1: you say to him on the mound? Man? Everything was fine?

461
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Speaker 1: The hell did you say to him? Hey, don't blame me, man,

462
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Speaker 1: not my fault. I just walked out there and said,

463
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Speaker 1: you know, when my arm was draggon, when the Mets

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Speaker 1: left me out there to pitch that no hitter, when

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Speaker 1: I threw one hundred and eighty seven pitches, pretty much

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Speaker 1: ended my career. I wanted to stay out there because

467
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Speaker 1: it was that important. You stay out there, you pitch

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Speaker 1: as well as you can here.

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Speaker 5: Okay, It's like when the the hot microphone was in

470
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Speaker 5: wrestling in the eighties and they didn't realize, uh well,

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Speaker 5: sometimes you'd get quiet in a match, right, especially the

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Speaker 5: ones that weren't just really four five minute works. It

473
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Speaker 5: was a long drawn out match. You'd hear Rick Flair

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Speaker 5: whistle and you know, whisper and get up and let's

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Speaker 5: walk around the ring.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 5: It's almost like Santana has said, like, we need, we

478
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Speaker 5: need something for this, you know, give him one.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Judge strikes out, looking on a pitch that looks

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Speaker 1: kind of low if ABS was a round. Well, he's

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Speaker 1: nine feet tall.

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Speaker 3: I mean, come on, it all onion for crying out loud, so.

483
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Speaker 1: Judge strikes out. Looking we would go to the ninth inning.

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Speaker 1: Venezuela and the United States and the World Baseball Classic

485
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Speaker 1: now tied to to apiece in the championship game. And

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Speaker 1: now Nolan McClain is off the hook. Now he's off

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Speaker 1: the hook. Not his fault anymore. Frostburg, you know, now

488
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Speaker 1: you can just be quiet about the Mets and the

489
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Speaker 1: WBC and all. No, no, off the hook.

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Speaker 4: They should be up to nothing.

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Speaker 1: It should be too simp going to the ninth and

492
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Speaker 1: Mason Miller's coming into close off the hook. Uh so

493
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Speaker 1: again we're headed to the top of the ninth Venezuela

494
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Speaker 1: and the United States now oxygen back into the stadium

495
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Speaker 1: in Miami, and it's a zero. He held them down. Hey,

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Speaker 1: if he let up another run, they'd be losing.

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Speaker 3: He I'm actually shocked. He didn't give up seven runs.

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Speaker 1: He kept it to two. Listen, just because I can't

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Speaker 1: find any Dodgers on this team doing anything. And oh,

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Speaker 1: by the way, Will Smith, oh for three tonight, don't

501
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Speaker 1: sit here. Just got met. Look at least at least

502
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Speaker 1: the World Baseball Classic. The Mets, they trusted the Mets

503
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Speaker 1: to bring players in there, unlike apparently we have roasted

504
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Speaker 1: him Dodgers a little bit to come play for Team US.

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Speaker 3: Trusted him. They said, basically, Venezuela, here, we're gonna spot

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Speaker 3: you two runs.

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Speaker 5: I did show Frostburg the swing on that pitch that

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Speaker 5: was riding inside on Will Smith. That was one of

509
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Speaker 5: the more awkward swings and results. Yeah, that you'll see

510
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,159
Speaker 5: where it's actually gonna hit him and he's swinging at it.

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Speaker 1: So we're headed to the top of the ninth inning,

512
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Speaker 1: brand new World Baseball Class A Game two two Venezuela

513
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Speaker 1: and the United States. We had that big NFL trade

514
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 1: coming up in ninety seconds. But first, a man WA's

515
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Speaker 1: been called the Aaron Judge of Fox Sports Radio because

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Speaker 1: he just watched that pitch going for strike three without

517
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Speaker 1: swinging too. It's Steve de Seger.

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Speaker 3: Well, actually I did swing here in the dude, he did.

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Speaker 3: He did motion no bad in my hand.

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Speaker 7: Kind of like Aaron Judge tonight, who's oh for four

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Speaker 7: with three strikeouts. The Americans have tied it up against Venezuela.

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Speaker 7: It is two to two in the top of the

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Speaker 7: ninth of the final of the World Baseball Classic on

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Speaker 7: Fox TV from Miami. The Venezuelans had picked up a

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Speaker 7: sack fly top of the third, right after a wild

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Speaker 7: pitch set it up, and in the top of the fifth,

527
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Speaker 7: a leadoff homer from williaer A. Bra you Eduardo Rodriguez

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Speaker 7: from the d Bags. Great start for Venezuela. He hasn't

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Speaker 7: pitched like this in years. Four and a third, scoreless innings,

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Speaker 7: just one hit allowed. Nolan McLain of the Mets was

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Speaker 7: the US starter, went four and two thirds the two run.

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Speaker 1: Pitch just like this a few days ago. There you go.

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Speaker 1: Rodriguez has a pitched like this since twenty nineteen. McLean

534
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Speaker 1: pitched like this a few days ago.

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Speaker 7: His first inning of a few days ago was similar

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Speaker 7: to what he was doing with the sweeper with the

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Speaker 7: twenty inch breaks. Four strikeouts for him. Unfortunately, Luisa Riaz

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Speaker 7: has just led off with a walk in the top

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Speaker 7: of the ninth against Garrett Whitlock, the new reliever for

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Speaker 7: the US, and they say US closer Mason Miller is available.

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Speaker 7: That's a guy who not only keeps throwing one hundred

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Speaker 7: and two miles an hour, but has ten strikeouts in

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Speaker 7: four innings of work in this tournament Venezuela, the team

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Speaker 7: that upset Japan last Saturday night and then won at

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Speaker 7: semifinal just last night in Miami against an Italian team

546
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Speaker 7: that was five and zero. Team USA won two to one,

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Speaker 7: low scoring game last Sunday night against the Dominican Republic.

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Speaker 3: By the way, in the.

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Speaker 7: TV ratings last weekend, just by comparison, Fox on Saturday

550
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Speaker 7: had the Big East Men's Basketball Championship. It was Saint

551
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Speaker 7: John's over Yukon, and it was Fox's largest audience they've

552
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Speaker 7: ever had for the Big East Final one point eight

553
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:15,879
Speaker 7: million viewers, the selection Sunday show six point four million

554
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,360
Speaker 7: viewers on CBS, its highest audience in over a decade,

555
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Speaker 7: and then Sunday Night, the US semifinal victory nearly seven

556
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 7: million viewers opposite the Oscars. It was the largest WBC

557
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,880
Speaker 7: audience ever here in this country, and for FS one,

558
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 7: its largest audience for anything since twenty nineteen. Cubs outfielder

559
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,120
Speaker 7: Sea Suzuki has a strained knee ligament. He was hurt

560
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Speaker 7: last Saturday. Yankees pitcher Garrett Cole coming off Tommy John surgery,

561
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Speaker 7: we'll pitch an inning Wednesday. He's due for his regular

562
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 7: season debut late May or early June. Let's get to

563
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 7: the Knicks game tonight, shall we, because we have to.

564
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 7: Jalen Brunson of New York is not the MVP.

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00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: We're so good we don't need him. We don't need him.

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Speaker 7: Well, if you played Indiana every night, sure you don't

567
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 7: need him. Ankle and neck injuries the problem for Jalen Brunson.

568
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 7: So Josh Hart scored thirty three points, and Hart got

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Speaker 7: the postgame interview on MSG.

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Speaker 2: When did you know you were.

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00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 4: Gonna have this kind of night?

572
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 3: When I knew Jalen wasn't playing, so he wasn't gonna

573
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 3: hog the ball. So there you go.

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Speaker 5: Those guys are the best together. I want a comedy

575
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 5: script for them.

576
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 7: New York over Indiana one thirty six to one. Ten

577
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 7: Pacers have lost fourteen straight games. Detroit won at Washington

578
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 7: one thirty to one. Seventeen. Wizards have lost thirteen in

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Speaker 7: a row, and Trey Young was out. He left Monday's

580
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,360
Speaker 7: contest with the Bruce Quad. Charlotte won against Miami. Oklahoma

581
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Speaker 7: City wanted Orlando. The thun thunder of one nine in

582
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Speaker 7: a row one thirteen, one oh eight was this final

583
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Speaker 7: Shay Gilgis Alexander with forty points and about thirty seconds

584
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,880
Speaker 7: left at Milwaukee, Cleveland leading the Bucks one twenty one

585
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Speaker 7: one sixteen. Milwaukee star Jannis Antennacumpo out he'll be reivented

586
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 7: evaluated in a week knee injury. Minnesota's Anthony Edwards out

587
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 7: for a week or two with knee inflammation, but Minnesota

588
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,239
Speaker 7: has won at home against Phoenix, won sixteen to one

589
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 7: oh four. The NCAA Tournament is underway halftime. Texas leads

590
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 7: thirty to twenty nine against NC State. Howard eliminated UMBC

591
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 7: eighty six eighty three, so it'll be Howard against Michigan

592
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 7: on Thursday night. NIT victories for Oklahoma State and Wichita State.

593
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 7: In the NHL overtime wins for Minnesota and Montreal. The

594
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 7: Dolphins traded wide receiver Jalen Waddle to Denver, which gives

595
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 7: up first and third rounders. Again. It's two to two

596
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 7: top of the ninth Venezuela and USA in the final

597
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 7: of the World Baseball Classic. There was a steal of seconds,

598
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 7: so Rudder at second chance for the lead. The US

599
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 7: is challenging the safe call at second back to you, Yeah,

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00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 7: this is.

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Speaker 1: A close place. Snoha comes in to pinch run for Arias,

602
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: who draws the walk and Will Smith's throw is in

603
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: the dirt, but on one bounce price Te Rang grabs

604
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: it sweep tag. The call on the field was safe,

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00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: and it looks like it's gonna wind up standing because

606
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 1: it looks kind of simultaneous. I don't know that you

607
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: can over you can overturn. This looks like the tag

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00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: is in there. Also, ball moves a little bit into

609
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: Rang's glove, so and it looks like we're getting it. Yes,

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00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: it's been it's been upheld. So runner at second now,

611
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: nobody out for Venezuela a two to one count on

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00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 1: Suarez fault.

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00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 5: Still shaking from swinging at that pitch that hit him. Yeah,

614
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 5: he throws forty eight foot down the second base.

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00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,800
Speaker 1: So it's a little more on this coming up in

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Speaker 1: a few minutes. Obviously a lot of drama here again,

617
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: run around second, nobody out, top of the ninth inning.

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00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 1: But a big trade in the NFL today, huge deal.

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Speaker 1: The Dolphins trade Jalen Waddle to the Broncos in a

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00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: deal that my eyes bugged out when I first saw it.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos are getting Jalen Waddle and the Dolphins fourth

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Speaker 1: round pick. Meanwhile, the Broncos trade a first round pick

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Speaker 1: and a third round and a fourth round pick to

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Speaker 1: Miami in exchange for Jalen Waddle. Okay, now, this is

625
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,479
Speaker 1: one of those cases where did Denver overpay? Yeah, one

626
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: hundred percent, right, because the last Jalen Waddle's but on

627
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Speaker 1: a three year downturn in that But then again, the

628
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins have been in a three year downturn, So

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Speaker 1: did they overpay for him a little bit? But that's

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Speaker 1: the market right now. You have to overpay because the

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00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: best wide receiver in free agency was Alec Pierce A right,

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Speaker 1: So I mean, come on, man, I mean you're gonna

633
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: have to figure something out there. So they overpay for him.

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Speaker 1: But it's a great trade for the Broncos because Jalen

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Speaker 1: Waddle is legit. He is He's someone that he's gonna

636
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Speaker 1: be able to line up anywhere on the field. He's physical,

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Speaker 1: He's exactly what the Broncos need. They need a number

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Speaker 1: one receiver. They have tried to make it work with

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Speaker 1: a combination of different guys over the course of the

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Speaker 1: last couple of years. Waddle is solid. He stays in

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Speaker 1: the lineup. He doesn't miss many games. This is a

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Speaker 1: This is a great move for Denver. They get the

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Speaker 1: guy they need. It's a first free agent that they

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Speaker 1: the first new guy they've brought in. Haven't signed an

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00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: Anybody knew it. They'd been just been bringing back guys

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Speaker 1: from their team this past year. Albeit when you go

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00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: to the AFC Championship game, you host it, you don't

648
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Speaker 1: have your quarterback. All right, you're kind of okay, you

649
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: feeling we're pretty good. Let's just add we need to

650
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: you add a big number one receiver who you need to.

651
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 1: Wattle's gonna be great in this offense. There, it's awesome.

652
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. They are now putting out what is almost

653
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: a master class in tanking. Right, we told you this

654
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: from the beginning, Right, Miami and the Jets are the

655
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Speaker 1: two teams that need to tank the most this offseason.

656
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: From the beginning, we knew Miami was gonna do it.

657
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: When you knew they were gonna move on from two O,

658
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: when they were gonna let Tyreek Hill go, all of

659
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: these things, you knew they were tanking. Now Malik Willis

660
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: would seem to be a head scratcher on. It's like, okay,

661
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: if you're tanking, why Malik Willis? Why'd you give them

662
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 1: three years and sixty seven million? Could have got Geno

663
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: Smith to come in and just do whatever? Like why

664
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Speaker 1: did you do that? But it really is a great

665
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: move by by the Dolphins because tanking is not a

666
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: sure thing. Right, they signed Malik Willis. Who knows how

667
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,719
Speaker 1: he's gonna play this year? They have him all this year.

668
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: He's gonna be starting quarterback. Right. If they were in

669
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: to really play well, they wouldn't be trading away all

670
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: the weapons that Malik Willis has. Is he really gonna

671
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: make the team better With Malik Willis is there, He's

672
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: gonna make everybody look good. He'll be throwing a Jimmy

673
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: Cephalo and Jim Jensen and Mark Dooper and Mark Clayton. Oh,

674
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: he's gonna be great. No, But just because tanking is

675
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 1: an inexact art, what do you do if you don't

676
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Speaker 1: get that number one or number two pick right? What

677
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 1: if you can't get arch Manning, What if you can't

678
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: get Dante more or whoever else rises up this year?

679
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: What if you win a couple extra games and you're

680
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: picking sixth and you're not getting it. As long as

681
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: Malik Willis is good, he's your quarterback still, heyy, he

682
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: was played pretty good last year. It's okay. We can

683
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,719
Speaker 1: now take all of these draft picks because a Dolphins

684
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: doing an incredible job. I think the Dolphins and Jets

685
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: have all the draft picks now. Are they doing a

686
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: great job getting what they need so they can finish

687
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: the tanking this year, get what they need in the

688
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 1: draft and next year as well. So if that doesn't

689
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 1: work out tanking, they have a quarterback. If they get

690
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: the number one pick, guess what they're trading away. Milik Willis.

691
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 1: Someone's gonna take him. As long as he doesn't throw

692
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: up on himself all year, someone will take him. If not,

693
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: he is someone that looked, hey, we got to eat

694
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: two years and thirty million dollars whatever it's going to be.

695
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: The rookie we're paying is on a rookie contract. The

696
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: quarterback's on a rookie deal that we're getting that we

697
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: have money for. That's built in. So the Dolphins really

698
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: did a smart thing that's kind of hedging against the tanking.

699
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 1: Where is there really gonna be a difference between Elak

700
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: Willis and Gino Smith. How much is there now? Just

701
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: in case they don't get their guy, they have somebody

702
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: they could go forward with. I don't know they're gonna

703
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 1: win many more games, but they have their guy. This

704
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 1: is the Dolphins plait. They are just steaming towards the

705
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: full tank for this season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

707
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 5: Now they just need to trade off eight Chen and

708
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 5: they'll have completed the task. And I've finished the assignment,

709
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 5: all right. He's in the final year of his deal,

710
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 5: so at some point before the deadline, as long as

711
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 5: he's healthy and running well, he'll get spun off somewhere too.

712
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 5: But you look at pairing up Sutton with wat I mean,

713
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 5: it's the thirtieth pick overall. Okay, fine, second round pick.

714
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 5: You give bow Nicks another another guy who's a sure

715
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 5: handed receiver. And we've watched the last couple of years

716
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 5: of Miami things have have been spread out. You had

717
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 5: the one year where you had john Us Smith catching

718
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 5: eighty eight balls. That kind of changed the complexion of

719
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 5: how you were operating your offense, and you leaned into

720
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 5: eight Chan's legs a bunch more. But now you look

721
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 5: at Sutton, Waddle and Tony Franklin. That's pretty good threesome

722
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 5: and your offensive line, assuming everybody's healthy. You've given bow

723
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 5: Nicks everything he needs to go out and succeed. So

724
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Speaker 5: from the Denver side of things, I'm mighty intrigued. Miami,

725
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 5: you're into nothing. Malik Willis's contract is nothing. I mean

726
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 5: twenty million each year. Fine, and you get to watch

727
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 5: him for a year. You'll figure out, all right, is

728
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 5: this the coaching staff where we've got labeled and locked

729
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 5: in going forward?

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Speaker 4: Great?

731
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Speaker 3: And he's your guy on a minimal vet in deal.

732
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Speaker 5: I mean twenty million dollars is nothing, And obviously it's

733
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Speaker 5: a coaching staff that watched him in Green Bay. They

734
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Speaker 5: believe they've got a deal, and you start building from there.

735
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Speaker 5: The long road begins with the first step. They've got

736
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Speaker 5: a lot of baby steps before they get back to

737
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Speaker 5: competitive football as they battle your Jets for the basement in.

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Speaker 1: The East masterclass, chef's kiss for the Dolphins, chef's kiss

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Speaker 1: for this tanking. It's it's ot. This is how you

740
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Speaker 1: do it, man, it's how you do it. They'll Jets,

741
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Speaker 1: yeah they probably will. Yeah, they probably, but they'll probably

742
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Speaker 1: wind up making a trade that gets them the leap frog.

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Speaker 1: Baseball Classic. They trail Venezuela three to two. In the

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Speaker 1: bottom of the ninth inning, Gino Suarez with a huge

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Speaker 1: double to the gap in left center field, bringing in

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Speaker 1: the go ahead run. The United States now down to

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Speaker 1: their final three outs. But why are we here the

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Speaker 3: Thanks for nothing.

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Speaker 1: once every eleven or twelve years, Bryce Harper, you get

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Speaker 1: to be the play of the day.

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Speaker 2: Harper sends a drive.

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Speaker 3: A deep center field, better light than ever.

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Speaker 1: Brice Harper ti the championship, big f on the call,

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Speaker 1: cheer and homer by Harper tied the game in the

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Speaker 1: bottom of the eighth. However, as we mentioned, Venezuela pushes

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Speaker 1: across a run in the ninth inning lead off walks.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you, man, managers, I got a feeling every

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Speaker 1: manager who's ever managed a game in Major League Baseball

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Speaker 1: or ever had any stakes goes to bed at some point,

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Speaker 1: you know, twenty thirty years after they've done. And goo,

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Speaker 1: that leadoff walk in the ninth inning of that game,

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Speaker 1: that leadoff walk in the eighth inning. What I still

816
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Speaker 1: think about walks.

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00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,359
Speaker 5: You know, you're saying, major League go all the way

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Speaker 5: back down.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm watching what we're watching. Major League is at

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Speaker 1: any level even managers. Here. Uh, the leadoff batter of

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Speaker 1: the ninth inning for the United States, Kyle Schwarber is

822
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Speaker 1: down on strikes, So the United States down to their

823
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:47,280
Speaker 1: final two outs. Gunner Henderson up pinch hitting for Alex Bregman.

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Speaker 1: Bregman washitting about a buck forty three. Gunnar Henderson hitting

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Speaker 1: four twenty nine. But now he didn't need to play

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Speaker 1: the entire tournament. Uh, you know, didn't need to play.

827
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Speaker 1: Does it matter? Although Henderson didn't fare any better, he

828
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 1: popped up to third for the second out of the inning,

829
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Speaker 1: so now the United States is down to its final out.

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Speaker 1: It's too high Baseball Classic, Roman Anthony, all that's standing

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Speaker 1: between Venezuela and the World Baseball Classic Championship, and a

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Speaker 1: lot of questions from Mark de Rosa and Team USA.

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Speaker 3: Why did you start that?

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Speaker 1: No? Pre Hey, Bryce Hart, just here the he got you.

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Speaker 1: It's justin Frostburg for Fox. What the hell? Man? Uh?

836
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Speaker 1: Bryce Harper got him? Everything is fine, Everything was fine.

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Speaker 1: You know, let's let's talk about Whitlock coming in and

838
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Speaker 1: and and giving up a run, walking the lead offf

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Speaker 1: batter of the night inning and giving up a stolen

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Speaker 1: base and Will Smith bouncing the ball to second.

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Speaker 5: You're saying, lots of bad things happen when Witlock gets involved.

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Speaker 1: Its never good. You're like Isaiah Whitlock from the wire. Yeah,

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00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: so really, let let let's talk about Let's talk about

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Speaker 1: you know, Will Smith that throat a second that would

845
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: have had the out, would have been out of all cover.

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00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: The real story of can't put a Dodger on this team.

847
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 1: He was long gone, Frostburg. He was gone from this

848
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Speaker 1: game for four innings, Man four innings. He was gone

849
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Speaker 1: before Harper.

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Speaker 3: Hit that tame He spotted Venezuela two runs. Thanks to him,

851
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 3: this game should be to to one.

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00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: Uh well, the game should be a lot more than that.

853
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 1: I mean, the United States should be. It should have

854
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: had a few more runs against this I mean without

855
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: this jag pitching staff that's out there for Venezuela. I mean, really,

856
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: Rodriguez Bizardo, Buto, Zerpo, Machado, Palencia. I mean, come on, man,

857
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:37,600
Speaker 1: I mean really.

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00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,240
Speaker 3: Guy, they got three hits, man, three hits.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you so. Coming up next, are we talking

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Speaker 1: about an incredible United States comeback or of Venezuela victory.

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Speaker 1: Jason and Mike Fock