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Speaker 1: Hello everyone. One's episode eighty six of The Hamborg's Territory podcast.

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Speaker 1: I am your host, Brad Roland, coming to you on

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Speaker 1: a Sunday evening in September twenty second. There is one

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Speaker 1: week left in the baseball season, and I'm joined as

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Speaker 1: I always am, by Scott Coleman. Scott, it was a

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Speaker 1: weird weekend, but a profitable one for the Braves on

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Speaker 1: the whole. Hey, Brad, good to be on with you. Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: I mean especially Sunday. Sunday's game felt like a postseason

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Speaker 1: game with all of the drama and stress, I mean

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Speaker 1: flat out stress. I know a lot of folks might

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Speaker 1: have been tuning into football or flipping back and forth

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Speaker 1: or split screening or whatever they had to do. But

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Speaker 1: very thankfully the Braves found a way twin on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and with a week to go in the regular season,

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Speaker 1: they are very much in this thing, and God, let's

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Speaker 1: hope they have one of those patented Braves find a

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Speaker 1: way to win and sneak into the postseason. Here because

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Speaker 1: this time, one week from right now, as we are recording,

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Speaker 1: the regular season is over and that's kind of crazy

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Speaker 1: to think about. Yes, we'll be doing a show a

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Speaker 1: week from now. No matter what happens, Hopefully it's an

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Speaker 1: upbeat show previewing the postseason. If it's not, then we'll

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Speaker 1: it'll be somber and we'll talk about it as appropriate.

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Speaker 1: We should say at the top of the show. We

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Speaker 1: are on video for the second ever time. As we're

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Speaker 1: Not TI talk yet, but we'll get there at some point.

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Speaker 1: And look, we with it a little bit. But the

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Speaker 1: Breds won the series this weekend in Miami. That they've

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Speaker 1: now won four of the last five games. That's a

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Speaker 1: good thing to say out loud. Even though there might

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Speaker 1: be some anks on this episode, it was not perfect.

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Speaker 1: They are playing well enough to win right now on

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Speaker 1: the broad scheme of things. Friday's game was brutal. We'll

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Speaker 1: discuss it. It was offensively challenged and some bad moments.

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Speaker 1: Saturday's game was more breezy in a positive way. Sunday's

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Speaker 1: game was wild. But I actually pulled this number, Scott,

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Speaker 1: and it didn't occur to me until today when I

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Speaker 1: was doing the prep for the podcast. We all remember

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Speaker 1: that infamous loss in Colorado that we don't have to

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Speaker 2: It was, yeah, what game are you talking about, Brad?

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Speaker 2: I don't know what.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's that one we've all forgotten about now, right

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Speaker 1: where they blew the big lead, et cetera, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: That was exactly six weeks ago today. It was a

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Speaker 1: Sunday and I did the podcast after that. It was

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Speaker 1: not a lot of fun. It doesn't feel like it necessarily,

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Speaker 1: But since that day, the breads are twenty four and fifteen,

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Speaker 1: which is an absurd But guess what's got that's one

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Speaker 1: for six weeks and I, okay, I shouldn't assert my

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Speaker 1: own thoughts here. Doesn't feel that way to you, because

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Speaker 1: it doesn't to me, but they have That's just the numbers.

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Speaker 1: That's just the ratios. They're playing a hundred win pace

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Speaker 2: No, it does not feel that way, probably because most

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Speaker 2: of the wins in that stretch. Of those twenty four wins,

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Speaker 2: how many would you say were like white knuckle stress,

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Speaker 2: high drama, one run, low scoring games, like eighteen of them, maybe.

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Speaker 1: A lot of them were. There were not a lot

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, and a lot of the losses like

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Speaker 2: Braves record in terms of series dating back to that

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Speaker 2: These final two months of the season or so winning

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Speaker 2: series and over the course of one sixty two. Of course,

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Speaker 2: I believe All Star Break, the three teams in the

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Speaker 2: teams the Braves are chasing, naturally in the wildcre race,

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Speaker 2: the Padres, who won again on Sunday. Padres are basically

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Speaker 2: than what it's been. But overall, despite the constant frustrations

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Speaker 1: That's an old bravessm to win series, right, It's a

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Speaker 1: very logical thing. You want to go win series, and

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Speaker 1: I just checked to make sure it wasn't crazy, Scott.

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Speaker 1: The Braves have lost one series in six weeks. Yea,

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Speaker 1: it was the Philly series. It was a bad one

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Speaker 1: But they have lost one series in six weeks and

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Speaker 1: that is usually a very good sign for how you

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And you know, for comparison, last year, the wild

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Speaker 2: Of course, the top half of the National League is

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Speaker 2: And clearly there are seven baseball teams here who I

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Speaker 2: eighty eight plus ball games short of some catastrophic final

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Speaker 2: We'll see how these last six games go for the Braves,

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Speaker 2: we you laid out that way too to time about

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Speaker 2: I can't really always say I don't like, and I

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Speaker 2: still stand by that no matter how it impacts the brades.

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Speaker 1: I just don't like it. But yeah, if you took

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Speaker 1: the odds of there being six teams better than that

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Speaker 1: the way the Diamondbacks we've alluded to, they blewed eight

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Speaker 1: and I was like, wait, is it the Bruiser winning.

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Speaker 1: the Mets. But that actually puts the Diamondbacks back into

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Speaker 1: They're not only two back up. The Diamondbacks is for talking,

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Speaker 1: and Atlanta has a tiebreakerage, so that is very much

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Speaker 1: a It's been a possibility this whole time. It felt

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Speaker 1: like the last couple of days it was like, all right,

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Speaker 1: and that was a big swing in favor of Atlanta

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you're right, Arizona left the door open today.

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Speaker 2: It's amazing how two games is like boom game on,

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Speaker 2: but three game lead with six to go feels like insurmountable.

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Speaker 2: The National League West is going to be fascinating this

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Speaker 2: has not wrapped up the division yet. The Padres have

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Speaker 2: and as we just laid out, the Diamondbacks are in

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Speaker 2: Arizona is far from a lock, and we will see,

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Speaker 2: but it does feel like almost the magic number to

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Speaker 2: make the playoffs is ninety wins in the National League.

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Speaker 2: That would mean the Braves have to go five and

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Speaker 2: one this week. It's it's doable. They have to take

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Speaker 2: care of business and we're gonna obviously talk about the

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Speaker 2: eighty nine ninety wins feels like what they're going to

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Speaker 2: have to hit if they want to be playing into October.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you teed it up. Just for full transparency, we

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Speaker 1: are recording this podcast as the Mets and Phillies play.

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Speaker 1: It was our window to record our usual sun of

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Speaker 1: night baseball game, so we don't know the result that

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Speaker 1: the result of that game. But depending on the result there,

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Speaker 1: it's Wheeler on the mount for the Phillies. Hopefully in

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Speaker 1: a good sign for the Braves. The Brais will either

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Speaker 1: be down by one game or two games to the

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Speaker 1: Mets out of Monday, and we will preview the Braves

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Speaker 1: Mets series at the end of the podcast. But obviously

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Speaker 1: it's huge. We all understand that the tiebreaker edges up

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Speaker 1: for grabs. All of those things are in play, but

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Speaker 1: before we get to all that stuff, as well as

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Speaker 1: our notes takeaways from this weekend's Wins for the Braves,

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Speaker 1: All right, Scott. Before we get to the huge, huge,

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Speaker 2: Braves from another disastrous situation with a runner and scoring

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Speaker 2: position and no outs. Matt has more than done his

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Speaker 2: job in the month of September, and when the Braves

434
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Speaker 2: need their stars to step up, I think Olsen has

435
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Speaker 2: certainly answered the call. And it's not rocket science or

436
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Speaker 2: breaking news that this lineup is so much better when

437
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Speaker 2: Matt Olsen is hitting the way he has hit over

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Speaker 2: the past couple weeks.

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Speaker 1: We should dive in here to the game on Sunday

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Speaker 1: because there's a lot of gets. So the game on Sunday,

441
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Speaker 1: it won't quite be a playoff will break down from

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Speaker 1: us about Sunday's game, but it could be if we

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Speaker 1: wanted to stretch it out and talk about everything that

444
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Speaker 1: happened on Sunday. It would be a forty minute show

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Speaker 1: on its own.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, seriously, I mean we if we went in, there

447
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,879
Speaker 2: was probably something to talk about inning by inning every

448
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Speaker 2: single inning, which is longtime listeners from the Battery Power days. No,

449
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Speaker 2: we do that for playoff games. And yeah, Sunday's game

450
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Speaker 2: was as stressful of a regular season baseball game as

451
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Speaker 2: you're basically going to play.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, look they want it, that's the headline. Ozzy always

453
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Speaker 1: hits a home run early against a rity. It was

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Speaker 1: absolutely smoked. You love to see that, and look the

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Speaker 1: way that Ozzie's defends. There were some chirps first couple

456
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Speaker 1: of days about all right, if this is gonna be Ozzie,

457
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Speaker 1: why is he playing? And I get it because, like,

458
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Speaker 1: if he's not hitting, it is a problem. But in theory,

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Speaker 1: he should hit. And to me, he looks fine at

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Speaker 1: the play. He doesn't look hurt, and he's always been

461
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Speaker 1: at a right headed masher. Now facing riots is different,

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Speaker 1: but I don't really worry about the bat. It's just

463
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Speaker 1: that it's fundamentally true that he's he has to hit

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Speaker 1: because the defense is not where it is yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean we already saw it on a think maybe

466
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Speaker 2: Saturday night where there was a double play potentially and

467
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Speaker 2: Ozzy short bounced to throw to first base. And I

468
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Speaker 2: don't really know what's happened with Ozzy defensively. He went

469
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Speaker 2: from being really good to like really bad overnight.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure part of us that he can't throw

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Speaker 1: anymore at all, like at all, like all the jokes

472
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Speaker 1: that we've been doing for years about him playing shortstop

473
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Speaker 1: back in the day, he can't throw from second anymore.

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Speaker 1: It's rough.

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Speaker 2: Well, and then you watch someone like wit Marifield, who

476
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Speaker 2: is a very competent defender at second base, very very

477
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Speaker 2: good on those double play turns, and then you go

478
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Speaker 2: to Ozzie Alby's and it's like, man, okay, but again, man,

479
00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,679
Speaker 2: the beggars can't necessarily be choosers with the way the

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Speaker 2: season is gone. And you know, it was not a

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Speaker 2: great weekend offensively for Ozzie. I think he had two hits,

482
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Speaker 2: including the home run, which was a great sign got

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Speaker 2: the Braves off to a nice start in the first inning.

484
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Speaker 2: But you're absolutely right they're going to need him to

485
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Speaker 2: it because while wit Mirrifield really has not given the

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Speaker 2: team a bunch offensively over the past couple of weeks,

487
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Speaker 2: and of course has the foot injury. Witt has done

488
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Speaker 2: a great job defensively at second base, and that's important

489
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Speaker 2: because if there's anything that can turn a game sideways quickly,

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Speaker 2: it is bad infield defense or outfield defense in the

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Speaker 2: case of one outfielder who shall not be named.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's funny because they if this team has

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Speaker 1: had more offense, there would be probably a louder discussion

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Speaker 1: about what they would do with Ozzie. But also realistically,

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Speaker 1: we live on planet Earth, Scott, and if Ozzie Alby's

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Speaker 1: is healthy enough to play, he's not going to not play.

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Speaker 1: Whether people agree with that decision or not, that's just

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Speaker 1: what it's going to be. He's in that he's not

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Speaker 1: the only guy in this level they had, like their

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Speaker 1: super duper stars Ronnie and Austin and Olsen I think

501
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Speaker 1: are the three. I think maybe Ozzie's in the next

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Speaker 1: tier down of like pedigree concerned maybe along with like Paris,

503
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Speaker 1: what Murphy's supposed to be, even though he hasn't been

504
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 1: this year, like that kind of second tier stars where

505
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: Ozzie kind of lives you're not gonna take the guy

506
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Speaker 1: on the line up. I'm sorry, it's just not gonna happen.

507
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,479
Speaker 1: So hopefully it's enough and it won't be an issue.

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Speaker 1: But when I always flag that, we also have to

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Speaker 1: mention they won this game, so it's easier to talk

510
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Speaker 1: about with the smile on our faces, the missed opportunities

511
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Speaker 1: that they either had or almost had in this game. Uh,

512
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Speaker 1: in the first inning, after the home run by Azzie,

513
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: they loaded the basis with one out and Loren, who's

514
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Speaker 1: been awesome, We've praised him with due, he's been due

515
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Speaker 1: the praise. Double play at a bad time to end

516
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Speaker 1: the threat. You're still winning, but it's all right. Probably

517
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Speaker 1: should have had another one there. And then the fifth inning,

518
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Speaker 1: our SIA singles shout star Orlando Harris drives me with

519
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Speaker 1: an armad triple, which is essentially it's not only does

520
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: it bruce a run, but now you have the guy

521
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Speaker 1: in the third base, a fast guy on third base,

522
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Speaker 1: and Michael Harris with no outs and right on cue tapper, Tapper,

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Speaker 1: and then Mett also has to bail them out with

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Speaker 1: two outs too. You shouldn't have to do that. Of course,

525
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Speaker 1: situational hitting has been our a topic for the entire season.

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Speaker 1: It was just five months now at this point. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's it was just kind of funny that even in

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Speaker 1: a win, there's plenty to like highlight of, Like, man,

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Speaker 1: this probably should have been a lot easier, especially against

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Speaker 1: the Marlins. We could do a whole bit on this.

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Speaker 1: The Marlins projected start well, the pitcher, the guy who

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Speaker 1: pitched today for the Marlin as a starter, had one

533
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Speaker 1: of the worst profiles you'll ever see for a pitcher. Like, yeah,

534
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,359
Speaker 1: that's a guy that you're supposed to absolutely tee off on.

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Speaker 1: And the Bravees just did not take advantage of that,

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Speaker 1: and it didn't bite them quote unquote in the end.

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Speaker 1: But they probably should have scored eight runs of this game.

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Speaker 1: This looks a game it's like, all right, go blow

539
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Speaker 1: him up, and they just did do it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And again it's penta theme that even when they

541
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Speaker 2: face these bad pitchers who they should just launch off of,

542
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 2: more times than not they have struggled. It's been frustrating,

543
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Speaker 2: you know. With Loriano, god like, basically the only thing

544
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Speaker 2: he could not do because he runs pretty well, is

545
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Speaker 2: it's hit the ball right to the third basement. And

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Speaker 2: it was just perfectly timed where the third basement stepped

547
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Speaker 2: on the bag and threw it across the diamond. Me hell,

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Speaker 2: I could have probably made that throw ten years ago.

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Speaker 1: Not now right, it's no God, No, you're washed up,

550
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: your wash up now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would have just located my elbow. But yeah,

552
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,479
Speaker 2: it was frustrating in the moment. And then you mentioned

553
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Speaker 2: the triple from Harris and it was like, all right,

554
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 2: here we go again. Thankfully Madelson picked up the team

555
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 2: and and you know, despite the Braves putting up a

556
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Speaker 2: couple of runs in the middle innings, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: Dylan Lee, who we love and got the Braves out

558
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Speaker 2: of a huge mess the ending before, gave up like

559
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Speaker 2: nine hundred feet of back to back home runs. And

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Speaker 2: I was watching in real time, and I just kind

561
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Speaker 2: of put my head down into my hands, like, dear God,

562
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 2: here we go. They had a two run lead to

563
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Speaker 2: Miami that disappeared in what a matter of like forty

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Speaker 2: seconds in real time. I mean, it felt like the

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Speaker 2: beginning of the end.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was really tough. Like I I cantically missed

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Speaker 1: the first one, the first home run. I was watching

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Speaker 1: something else, making notes, watching football. I had my book.

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Speaker 1: My TV's going at the same time, and I looked up, Oh,

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Speaker 1: all right, must have been a home run, because it's

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Speaker 1: suddenly four to three and I the next pitch was

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Speaker 1: the second one, and I'm like, well, didn't see that

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Speaker 1: coming because Lee had been so good in the previous

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Speaker 1: inning and did a Houdini act really to get out

575
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Speaker 1: of the previous inning. And that just you know, you

576
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: could be good and bad in a in a in

577
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: a small amount of time. When you're an early pitcher

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Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball, you know in between that we

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00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,640
Speaker 1: should only say out, well Urchella Homeward. We praised him earlier,

580
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: but that was important, like really important. Uh, it didn't

581
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: seem to be like I was all right, that's that's

582
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,879
Speaker 1: that's insurance, and it actually ended up not being insurance.

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Speaker 1: They did score and never trail again after that. Should

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Speaker 1: we mention the handling of the seventh inning because it

585
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: was objectively weird in my opinion. I know there was

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Speaker 1: a lot of discussion about like the bullpen handling in

587
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Speaker 1: the seventh For one thing, Aaron Bummer, who is better

588
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: than people think he is, I'll say that, uh, loader

589
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,120
Speaker 1: of the basis with no outs when I say that

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00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 1: that sounds really bad, right. What it was was a single,

591
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: then a bunt single, and then a fielder's choice that

592
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: became a guy on base. So like he wasn't getting rocked.

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Speaker 1: He gave up a bunt single, two bunts in a single,

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Speaker 1: essentially to lower the basis.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and he should have made a play on at

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Speaker 2: least one of those. One of those was his fault,

597
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 2: to be fair, Like he's a reliever. I mean, you

598
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 2: gotta get what you get with release pitchers trying to

599
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 2: play defense. That's not what they're there for, Like they

600
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 2: very rarely have to do that. And it didn't go well.

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Speaker 1: I mean, but.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Miami loads the bases with no outs with the

603
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Speaker 2: benefit of a ground ball single and two bunts.

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00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I in my there we.

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Speaker 2: Go, Yeah, in my doomsday, I think I tweeted this

606
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 2: is it, this is how the season ends. We mean,

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00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 2: this would have been a very very different toned podcast

608
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 2: if it would have spiraled there on a harmless single

609
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,479
Speaker 2: and then back to back bunts. You know, to the

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00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 2: credit of Bummer, he got a strikeout for the first

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Speaker 2: out of the inning, and in a situation where basically

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Speaker 2: any ball put in play would have allowed at least

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Speaker 2: one run to score short of they I guess comeback

614
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 2: or right at the mound might have might have prevented it,

615
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 2: but otherwise any ball put in play would have tied it,

616
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Speaker 2: if not worse. And then Dave beell Hernandez, who I mean,

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Speaker 2: I didn't necessarily realize that Joe Jimenez wasn't available, And well.

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Speaker 1: That's the moment. That's the moment I realized it. Well,

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Speaker 1: actually that's not true. There were two moments I realized, like, well,

620
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: some of the words going on here, because number one,

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Speaker 1: Daves Mornandez, well, I know fans like him. He was

622
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: he's the last guy in the bullpen as far as

623
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Speaker 1: like they didn't call it till September, like it was

624
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: people forgot this. He was like, in the minds of

625
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 1: a lot of fans, was like, why has this gotten

626
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 1: on the major league roster? And the team has treated

627
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: him like their eighth ninth reliever all year long. So

628
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 1: he's coming in in a massive leverage spot with bassis

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Speaker 1: loaded and one out and I'm assuming the theory is

630
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: he's a strikeout pitcher because he is that that's that

631
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,239
Speaker 1: makes sense. But also you could argue and I think

632
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: Steve might have done this in public. Aaron Bummer is

633
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: like the prime double play pitcher that you would ever

634
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: want in the world, Like he gets ground balls like

635
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: all the time. So going from Aaron Bummer to days

636
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: be again probably your I mean for us, it's probably

637
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: not the last guy, but in the minds of Bryan

638
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: stick Or you might be their last guy. It was

639
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,800
Speaker 1: really weird. I said, all right, why is it not

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Speaker 1: Jimenez If they're gonna if they're gonna take up Bumber,

641
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: it should probably be Jmendez, who's been incredible all year long,

642
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: and well, and we'll come back this But then a

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Speaker 1: Glass comes into the eighth for the first time all season.

644
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Speaker 1: He opens the eighth inning, and that's when I'm like, oh,

645
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: Jimenez is unavailable, because there's no chance he would have

646
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 1: not done that. So that probably led to a lot

647
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 1: of what happened there. But man, they were walking the

648
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 1: tight rope. Day's Bell shots hat tip I've take. If

649
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: you see how YouTube I have tipped my Hat's Day's

650
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: Bell got a strikeout and another out got out of

651
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 1: the inning. That was the last major threat that the

652
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 1: Marlins had, And man, that was a no one was

653
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: breathing Metatyranning.

654
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 2: I'm sure, yeah, I mean seriously, a it is probably

655
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 2: not hyperbole to say that at least for today, Daves

656
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 2: Bell Hernandez saved the season.

657
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: That yeah, I mean, yeah, that's that's not unfair because

658
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 1: I mean, okay, let's do the doomsday scenario right. Days

659
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: Bill comes in, he gives up a grand slam, let's

660
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: just say, which is very possible, or he walks in

661
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: a run like that. The one knock on Day's bell,

662
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: even back to the miners, is that he has very

663
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: little command. He's a high walk guy. You've come in

664
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 1: that situation when you're not really used to doing that,

665
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,719
Speaker 1: Like you're not a thirty year old veteran, Like he's

666
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 1: a younger guy, not a time experience. It becomes can't

667
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: find a play and walks in a run or walks

668
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: in two runs in a row. Number one, you probably

669
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: lose the game. Number two. Every bit of discussion for

670
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: the next they have an off the on Monday next

671
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 1: thirty six forty two hours is about why in the

672
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: world you brought in your last reliever in that situation.

673
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: So Snick gets hammered for it. Days well gets hammered

674
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: for it, obviously, and then obviously the real fallout is

675
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: the loss of the game in the standing. So yeah,

676
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: if you want to go through like the leverage index.

677
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: I didn't check stat cast or any of that stuff,

678
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: like the WPA. I'm sure he was quite high, just

679
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: because he came in and like got just there was

680
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 1: no more sprayer there. Anything happens, you throw a wild pitch,

681
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: the game is tied, any of that, and he got it. Yeah,

682
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: I mean even a fly ball ty Yeah, the game.

683
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean again, massive, massive pitching from Day's Bell

684
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 2: and even Aaron Bummer, who I guess it was his fault.

685
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 2: The bases were loaded, although some times yeah right, it

686
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 2: wasn't like he gave up three line drives the outfield

687
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 2: and it's like, what are you doing, dude, But Bummer

688
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 2: gets a strikeout, which was huge to at least get

689
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 2: something out of it, and then a strikeout from Day's

690
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 2: Bell for number two, and then his Sanchez rocketed of

691
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 2: baseball to right field. Thankfully, Eli White, who would just

692
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 2: come in for defense, was standing there and was able

693
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 2: to catch it about a foot above the ground. And

694
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 2: in some ways it just kind of felt like that

695
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,479
Speaker 2: was a moment that could have defined the Brave season,

696
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 2: and maybe it does.

697
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: I mean, who knows.

698
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 2: If the Braves go on to make the playoffs and

699
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 2: have a great week ahead and make a deep run,

700
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 2: maybe we look back on that very wild and ultimately

701
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 2: fortuitous seventh inning as one that changed the trajectory of

702
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 2: the season. But yes, a big, big, big tip of

703
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 2: the cap Today's bell for working out of it. And

704
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 2: then again, I mean, Rice cel Iglesias, that is a

705
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 2: bad dude.

706
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: He just he's great. I think that we've properly appreciated him,

707
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: at least on our podcast. I think, if anything, and

708
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 1: Menace has been underrated all year long because the Glasis

709
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: has been so good, if that makes sense. I think

710
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: Amnas has been a top ten reliever in baseball this year,

711
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: and he wouldn't get that nod for a lot of

712
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: people because he's been in the eighthanning and not the ninth.

713
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: But he's been awesome. Yeah I said it before, but

714
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: the first and I would probably predict only time this

715
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: season he comes in to start the a f inning

716
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: because the only reason he did that was because of

717
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 1: Jimenas Amena's not being available. Is why what happen, maybe

718
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: happens in the playoffs, maybe it happens on Sunday next

719
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: week if they have to have a game and they're

720
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,479
Speaker 1: not by whatever it is. But like, there's a reason

721
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: he didn't come in for. He'll occasionally come in the

722
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: eighth to get four outs, sure, not to get six outs.

723
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,240
Speaker 1: It was the first time that I checked the three times,

724
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: first time this year that he came in the eight.

725
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: He's got six outs in extra endings a couple of times. Yeah,

726
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: they've been Yeah, he's been great, but they they generally

727
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: do not have him go out there to begin the eighth.

728
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: And he did it, and he did what he does,

729
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 1: close the door, and everyone got to exhale. And I

730
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 1: wrote this in the notes, but to preserve what I

731
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: described as a stupid win, because it was stupid. The

732
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 1: whole game was kind of stupid, Scott, And I mean

733
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: that in the most loving sense possible. It was a

734
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: stupid baseball game. It was a lot going on. That

735
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: was a short version. It was still ten and it's

736
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: scrit again. Actually yeah, and I.

737
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 2: Mean, hey, Grant Holmes did a good enough job.

738
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, did his job. I'm glad that that because we're

739
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 1: about to be too online on this. On the show,

740
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: I saw a lot of like really negative comments about

741
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: Grant Holmes today, and I get it. He wasn't perfect,

742
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: but it's a spot starter. Guys like you have to

743
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: adjust your expectations. If Chris Sale had pitched the way

744
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 1: that Grant Holmes did, or if Max Free did I

745
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: get being a little bit angsty about that. Grand Holmes

746
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,760
Speaker 1: is supposed to be a reliever. He's your he's obviously

747
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 1: doing a spot start. Did he stay in a bat

748
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,239
Speaker 1: or too long? In my opinion, I couldn't leave his

749
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,919
Speaker 1: day in After he walked away off Man in the fifth,

750
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, that's dip for grand Holmes. Nope,

751
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: another one double oh snid always does that. But yeah,

752
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 1: he did his job. I mean, it's it's different from Charlie,

753
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: who I mentioned earlier, Like wasn't as Basketball said you

754
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,080
Speaker 1: was Grant Holmes. Like, if you could just accept what

755
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,919
Speaker 1: Grant Holmes gave you today, I might have just said yes.

756
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: Against the Marlins and this matchup, you probably just say yes.

757
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: He he ate almost five innings, he got the game.

758
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: It's totally fine for a guy who's supposed to be

759
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 1: reliever for you, and by the way, it was not

760
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: even supposed to be reliever for you coming into the year.

761
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,359
Speaker 1: He was like their twelfth guy.

762
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, Holmes, he started, he made what

763
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 2: four spot starts when they didn't have Freed and Lopez,

764
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,799
Speaker 2: and then went back to the bullpen and then all

765
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 2: of a sudden had his number called again. So he

766
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 2: you know, the versatility of grand Holmes is not a

767
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 2: small thing. And sure was he, you know, his unbelievable,

768
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 2: absolute best self on Sunday. No, but what it ended

769
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 2: up being one run, two runs against Miami. You have

770
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 2: to take that, especially when, as you said off the top,

771
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 2: the Braves were facing a pitcher who has been one

772
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,440
Speaker 2: of the worst starting pitchers in the second half in

773
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 2: all of Major League Baseball. It should have been and

774
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 2: could have been, like an eight to nothing lead early

775
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 2: on if the Braves would have just taken advantage of

776
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,879
Speaker 2: their opportunities. And again, thankfully, this team found a way

777
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 2: to somehow win this game today despite a true rollercoaster

778
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 2: really from the first standing on and here we are

779
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 2: six games left, one or two back of the Mets.

780
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a very very stressful week ahead. But

781
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 2: I guess you know, at the end of the day,

782
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 2: the Braves do control their own destiny, and I guess

783
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 2: that's all you can really ask for this time of year.

784
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,800
Speaker 1: If the Braves win every game this week, they'll be

785
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. It's right, because they played the Mets.

786
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 1: If they didn't play the Mets head to head, that

787
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 1: wouldn't necessarily be true. But because they play the Mets,

788
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: they actually can if they go out and granted we

789
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: cannot project six and oh, that'd be irresponsible to do.

790
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 1: Is it possible? Yes, But if they went out with

791
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: six and six and oh this week, they would be in.

792
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: And we know that already. So we won't go super

793
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 1: duper crazy deep on this because we're going to cover

794
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: the series as it happens the whole way through. Right,

795
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,920
Speaker 1: But they play the Mets starting on Tuesday, after an

796
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: off dawn Monday. It's at Truest Park. It is very

797
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,280
Speaker 1: clearly the biggest series of the season. We all understand

798
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: that at this point in time, there's a little bit

799
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: of a curve ball though they came down today. Yesterday,

800
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: our mutual friend and former guests on this podcast, Justice Toscano,

801
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: the AJC reported that the Braanders were not going to

802
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: announce their rotation until Monday, and I made a joke

803
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,359
Speaker 1: on Twitter like, think about the podcasters braz why where

804
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 1: you're not gonna tell us?

805
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 2: That's right?

806
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: And then they they surprise announced it today the to

807
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: the beat guys. So it wasn't just justin. I think

808
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 1: the ob had it to Bowman whatever. But the Braves

809
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: are not going to do what I know Steven's been

810
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: talking about for like three weeks now.

811
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:27,760
Speaker 2: Uh.

812
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: And we mentioned the last time on that we talked,

813
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: they had the chance to go to Chris Sale on

814
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: Tuesday and on regular rest and then line presumably I'm

815
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: gonna just keep him in line there to have him

816
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,880
Speaker 1: available as a starter for Game one six two on Sunday.

817
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: I e throwing your best picture twice and last pick

818
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: of the season. They're choosing not to do that. They're

819
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: going with special Schwellenbach on Tuesday, Sale on Wednesday, and

820
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: then free and on Friday, which means Schwellenbach would be

821
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 1: the guy on Sunday if they have the must win start.

822
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: I will do no other adding here we have there's

823
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: plenty of contexts we'll get into, Scott, but what is

824
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: your reaction to this, then we'll dive into all of

825
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 1: the moving parts here.

826
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 2: So, Man, I had a lot of thoughts, as I

827
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 2: think a lot of people did, and I think there

828
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 2: was a lot of I think a lot of valid

829
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 2: points were made this afternoon with the Braves' decision. On

830
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:24,359
Speaker 2: one hand, the idea of not allowing yourself at least

831
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 2: the opportunity to have the National League cy Young winner

832
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 2: make two of your final five or two of your

833
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 2: final six games, the idea of not having him start

834
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 2: those two games is a little scary, with good reason,

835
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 2: because we know how good Chris Sale has been and

836
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 2: the possibility of the Braves missing the playoffs by one game,

837
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 2: especially if it comes down to game one sixty two

838
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 2: and you opted, voluntarily opted to not have the cy

839
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 2: Young winner start that final game of the season, is

840
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 2: a little scary. I know. Mark Bowman joked or or

841
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:09,720
Speaker 2: jested that it's similar vibes to Mike Soroka only making

842
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 2: one start in the twenty nineteen and LDS when the

843
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 2: Braves clearly just big brained it and decided they did

844
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,879
Speaker 2: not want to pitch their best pitcher until Game three.

845
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 2: Let's hope it's a different outcome this time. Yeah, but

846
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 2: but but at the same time, I think it's pretty

847
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 2: clear based on how Chris Sale pitched in his most

848
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 2: recent start on Thursday in Cincinnati and some of the

849
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 2: comments he made and the dip in velocity that Sale

850
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 2: is probably starting to run out of gas a little bit.

851
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,440
Speaker 2: And I am sure the Braves have talked about this

852
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 2: internally a ton. But if they feel that giving Chris

853
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,880
Speaker 2: Sale an extra day of rest on Wednesday against the

854
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 2: Mets is more beneficial than having him go on Tuesday

855
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,799
Speaker 2: on regular rest with the possibility that you need him

856
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 2: on Sunday is a It's an interesting proposition and an

857
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,560
Speaker 2: interesting gamble. And then the last thing, Brad, before I

858
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 2: throw it to you is the fact that it's Spencer

859
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 2: Schwellenbach probably alleviates some of my real concern Like, I

860
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 2: know you're Charlie Morton's biggest fan if it was Charlie.

861
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 2: If it was Charlie Morton making these two starts on

862
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,479
Speaker 2: Tuesday and presumably Sunday in the final game of the year,

863
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 2: I think I would be significantly more upset that the

864
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 2: Braves aren't starting Sale on Tuesday and Sunday. The fact

865
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 2: that Schwellenbach, who has been so so so good over

866
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 2: the last few months, is the guy who will pitch

867
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 2: twice over the next week. I feel more comfortable with it,

868
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 2: and I think we just have to now cross our

869
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,280
Speaker 2: fingers and pray that it ends up being the right decision.

870
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,839
Speaker 1: You wait it out perfectly. I don't have too much

871
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: to add. I think that it's really it does emphasize

872
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 1: the Mets series a little bit more because you are

873
00:41:57,239 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 1: putting you're just putting more emhstasis on that game that

874
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: Chris Sales going to pitch on Wednesday. You're prioritizing that

875
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: a little bit. And look, there is an element to

876
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:08,280
Speaker 1: this that we just cannot possibly know. I will always

877
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: try to point that out to listeners, like there's just

878
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: stuff behind the scenes that we just can never know

879
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 1: on the outside. As you could be as plugged in

880
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: as you possibly want to be, we don't know how

881
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,760
Speaker 1: Chris Sale is feeling physically. And the Braves do compare

882
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 1: to us, and if they think that he will not

883
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: be his best self on Tuesday, that is the irrationale

884
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: for doing this. That's it. It's kind of that simple

885
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 1: in some ways. Like and I think we said that

886
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 1: the other day when he came out of the game

887
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: on Thursday. I don't know if it was offline between

888
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: our group chat or whatever. It was like, all right,

889
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: the big question is can he go on Tuesday like

890
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 1: and be himself? And they're not definitively saying no to that,

891
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 1: but it is a data point that says, hey, we

892
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 1: think that he might need a day and that's not ideal.

893
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 1: I mean, Bowman beat me to publicly saying the Soroka thing.

894
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 1: I texted people that today, Like that's a I'm thought

895
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: over that. Now it's been five years. They won the

896
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 1: World Series three years ago. I'm still mad about Soroca

897
00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: five years later. So just to say that out loud,

898
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: like if you're a new Braves fan, he was the

899
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: best pitcher that season. He pitched game three of a

900
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 1: five game series and then never pitched again. It was insane. Anyway, Uh,

901
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 1: this isn't Matt, I get it. There is other things

902
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: going on here. And look, he pointed out to me

903
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: even today, I'll give you the credit, like he has

904
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,879
Speaker 1: not thrown this many innings since twenty seventeen. He's thirty

905
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: five years old. Now, thought m Chris Sale like he's

906
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,959
Speaker 1: been incredible this year. He better wins.

907
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 2: I young.

908
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 1: I think it's not even close. Personally, I think he

909
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,319
Speaker 1: should win it, and if he's not unanimous, I'll be

910
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,440
Speaker 1: kind of upset that. I'm not sure he's gonna be,

911
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: but he should win it. With that said, I get

912
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: that if there's any doubt at all that he'll be

913
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: himself on Tuesday, either on his side or the team side,

914
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: or the medical side or whatever. Give him the day.

915
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 1: You're right about Schwellenbach. I will only add Schwellmach is

916
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: also faced in the same thing as Sale. It's different.

917
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: He's a young guy, but he's he's in an uncharted

918
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: territory with his own innings and his own workload too,

919
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: So that's a little bit scary. I know, I know

920
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 1: how good Spencer has been. I'm not saying anything otherwise,

921
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,720
Speaker 1: but to have a rookie who's never done this before,

922
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:03,880
Speaker 1: maybe maybe going on Sunday and must win it is

923
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: a little bit scary to me too. I'm not saying

924
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 1: I run out, Charlie. I'm not saying that, but it's

925
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 1: a little scary. And we'll see, hopefully the brave stick

926
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 1: here business against the Mets and they don't have to

927
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,839
Speaker 1: win on Sunday. That's the dream. I'm not saying it's

928
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: likely to happen because they're down by two games.

929
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 2: That's just the math.

930
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 1: They probably are gonna have to win on Sunday or

931
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: at least care about Sunday's game. Yeah, but it's a

932
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 1: simple It's a simple that to me, it's like, all right,

933
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 1: they must not think that Sale is going to be

934
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: his best self on Tuesday. And if that's the case,

935
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: I get it.

936
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is absolutely a gamble, and I would love

937
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 2: to know. I would love to be a fly on

938
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 2: the wall in Snicker's office or in Alexanthopolis's office or

939
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 2: wherever they have this conversation. Yeah, because I guarantee you

940
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 2: there were people on both sides. And the one thing

941
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 2: that you and I and nobody else know other than

942
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 2: maybe three people on earth, is how does Chris Sale feel?

943
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 1: Because Chris Sale is you got you know, Scott, but

944
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 1: just for let's Chris Sale is a bulldog and it's

945
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: known as the bulldog and always wants the ball and

946
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,360
Speaker 1: all those things. That's what makes me think, Like, I

947
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 1: bet you, I'm not saying he was consulted because Chris

948
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,279
Speaker 1: Sale is still a player. But if there's a guy

949
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: on the roster, they might have asked, it's Chris Sale,

950
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He's kind of their leader inside.

951
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: I know, he just got here. He's kind of one

952
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:18,720
Speaker 1: of their leaders, if not be leader on the team.

953
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 1: He's an old guy. He's all those things. Like it

954
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 1: would not shock me if someone brought him into the

955
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 1: conversation and was like, all right, Chris, this is what

956
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 1: we're thinking about. How do you feel about Tuesday? And

957
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: if he wasn't like and if he wasn't like one

958
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: hundred percent like, give me the ball on Tuesday, alarm bells.

959
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 1: If through the Braves, you know, I don't know.

960
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,399
Speaker 2: And let's not put the cart before the horse here.

961
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,919
Speaker 2: But but but let's say the Braves have an amazing week.

962
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,399
Speaker 2: They go five and one, they go six to zero,

963
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,359
Speaker 2: whatever it is, they go four and two, but still

964
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 2: find themselves in the playoffs. If you start Chris Sale

965
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 2: on Sunday in Game one sixty two, he would not

966
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 2: be available for the wild card around for the entire

967
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 2: of pitching him on short rest, and he might do it.

968
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 2: You're right, I mean, the dude is a maniac. I mean,

969
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,320
Speaker 2: I think he was pitching, Like I think he pitched

970
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 2: like five out of the seven games in the World

971
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 2: Series with Boston a few years ago, even though some

972
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 2: of it was in relief. He is a maniac in

973
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:18,800
Speaker 2: all of the good ways possible. But first you have

974
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,319
Speaker 2: to get into the playoffs. That's number one. There is

975
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,840
Speaker 2: a slight, I guess, upside to this plan, maybe not

976
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 2: even slight, a gigantic upside to this plan that if

977
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 2: the Braves find a way to make the playoffs this

978
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 2: upcoming week, you would have a healthy, rested, ready to

979
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 2: rock Chris Sale for game one of a best of three,

980
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:43,399
Speaker 2: And if he pitched on Sunday, then obviously you very

981
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 2: likely would not have him other than maybe a Game

982
00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:48,919
Speaker 2: three scenario, and god knows if that situation would even

983
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:49,760
Speaker 2: present itself.

984
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully we're previewing that a week from now and

985
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 1: Sale is line up for game one, then we can

986
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: just roll through that. It would be great. We'll see

987
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: on the metside quickly. The only guy they named that

988
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 1: I can find is sever Reno is going to pitch

989
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 1: on Tuesday in the opener of the series. According to

990
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 1: their website. Not a huge surprise there. He's been really

991
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: good this year in a bounce back year. I don't

992
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: know what the Mets like are line up to. I

993
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 1: know it's timam McGill's pitch right now for the Mets

994
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: that he won't pitch. I don't know what they're gonna

995
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: do with their with their rotation doesn't really matter to me. No,

996
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 1: they don't. It's not like the Philly is where you're

997
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 1: looking at their rotation you're like, please don't let me

998
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: have to pay Zac Wheeler. Like they don't have Zack

999
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,279
Speaker 1: Wheeler on the Mets. Yeah, they just don't. So sever

1000
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 1: Reno's good. They have some good arms, but it is

1001
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,399
Speaker 1: a situation where the Brads are going to be at

1002
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 1: an inferior place with their pitching. In fact, you can

1003
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:36,759
Speaker 1: argue they have they have the best start at every game.

1004
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: So it's interesting.

1005
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,160
Speaker 2: I'm looking at as you said, the Mets, as of

1006
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:45,760
Speaker 2: this very moment, have not announced. It looks like Jose

1007
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 2: Quintana is likely to pitch one of those games. He

1008
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 2: would actually be on normal rest on Tuesday, but they're

1009
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,000
Speaker 2: opting for Severino, who is their horse, their number one.

1010
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:59,640
Speaker 2: I would guess Kintana pitches on Wednesday, and he is

1011
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:00,799
Speaker 2: a left, which is.

1012
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,799
Speaker 1: Notable, and maybe maybe Beniah on Thursday because he would

1013
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:05,400
Speaker 1: be on normal and he's been a respective to year

1014
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: and its bun of numbers, but that's been awesome.

1015
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:13,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, David Peterson has also been quite good, another option,

1016
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,240
Speaker 2: although he got smoked by Philadelphia a couple of nights ago.

1017
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:18,919
Speaker 2: So we'll see what New York does with the off

1018
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:22,399
Speaker 2: day belt in on Monday, but regardless, it is going

1019
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,960
Speaker 2: to be a gigantic series. Let us hope it feels

1020
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 2: so weird to be sincerely rooting for the Phillies, but

1021
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 2: here we are, and of course, by the time people listen,

1022
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:34,439
Speaker 2: we will know if the Braves were one or two

1023
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,800
Speaker 2: games back in the wild Card. But regardless, if anyone

1024
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 2: is looking for something to do on Tuesday, Wednesday and

1025
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 2: Thursday night and live in the general Atlanta area, please

1026
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 2: fill up the park, make it rowdy, give the Braves

1027
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 2: any kind of advantage they can get because three, I

1028
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 2: mean maybe the three biggest, the three biggest regular season

1029
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,239
Speaker 2: games the Braves have played at home since two years

1030
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:01,400
Speaker 2: ago when they were in a similar situation to the

1031
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:05,399
Speaker 2: Mets and they swept New York and that prompted them

1032
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,799
Speaker 2: to a at the time, a fifth straight division title and

1033
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 2: let us hope. I mean, man, a sweep would be

1034
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 2: so sweet. If the Braids, it's yeah, it's crazy because

1035
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 2: it's the exact same time frame as that series. It's

1036
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 2: it was the second to last week, the second and

1037
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 2: last series of the year. It's the exact same spot

1038
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 2: in the schedule, same ballpark. They have to win the

1039
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,880
Speaker 2: series like they did. Then Yeah, I mean, just to

1040
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:35,000
Speaker 2: say it out loud, lose the series and you're dead.

1041
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,439
Speaker 2: You're not dead, but you're all You're all but dead.

1042
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:41,439
Speaker 1: Like it's pretty much mathematical, like, if you lose the series, yeah,

1043
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 1: you're dead. Actually you are dead. I'm doing the math

1044
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,800
Speaker 1: right now. In my head, they'd be three back. I

1045
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 1: guess No, you're dead to the Diamondbacks, basically falling apart completely.

1046
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,040
Speaker 1: You're dead against the Mets. Yeah, because if you lose,

1047
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,760
Speaker 1: if you lose the series, let's say the Braids went

1048
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: out of three games, you lose the tiebreaker and you're

1049
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:58,840
Speaker 1: down three games with three to play, which means you

1050
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 1: can't pass the Mets' reality. You would be a situation

1051
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:03,960
Speaker 1: where you didn't have to sweep the Royals and get

1052
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:07,320
Speaker 1: a lot of help from the Diamondbacks so much to say, Scott,

1053
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 1: the Brats have to win the series. If they win

1054
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: the series two to one, they'll either be tied or

1055
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:16,840
Speaker 1: they be down by one. We don't know that yet.

1056
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,520
Speaker 1: But then you have the tiebreaker and you are alive

1057
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 1: no matter what happens, you are alive going to the weekend.

1058
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:24,440
Speaker 1: If you win the series. Yeah, if you sweep the series,

1059
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:28,839
Speaker 1: you are now beating the Mets in the standings and

1060
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: nothing is assured at that point, but you are in

1061
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,759
Speaker 1: total control with the tiebreaker and a lead. So it's

1062
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 1: that simple. Lose the series, dire straits two to one win,

1063
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 1: you're in good shape, but not dominant shape. Sweep and

1064
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: you are not home free, but you are in great shape.

1065
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:45,960
Speaker 1: If you sweep, it's not a huge surprise. That's slate

1066
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:47,920
Speaker 1: in the season. That's that's where we are. But it

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Speaker 1: really is truely by the way, just to say, obviously,

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Speaker 1: if they get swept, it's all over, we all understand that.

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Speaker 1: Just saying I just want to say not I want

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Speaker 1: to give all four scenarios. You get swept, it's all over.

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Speaker 1: Lose the series, it's probably over. When the series, Super

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Speaker 1: series et cetera. There's quite a large spectrum in the

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Speaker 1: last and the next. I guess it's four days we're talking,

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Speaker 1: but it's a three day period where the entire season

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Speaker 1: will flip.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and then you know, once these three games wrap up,

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Speaker 2: you know, an interesting final weekend for both clubs. The

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Speaker 2: Braves welcome the Kansas City Royals, who look like they

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Speaker 2: were going to walk backwards into the postseason. But the

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Speaker 2: Royals have really struggled lately. I still think they're going

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Speaker 2: to make it.

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Speaker 1: But uh, they were seven games in a row as

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Speaker 1: we're talking.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean, talk about a bad time. And

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Speaker 2: I think Kansas City also lost seven games like a

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00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,560
Speaker 2: month ago in a row. They did.

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Speaker 1: Look at that, they're like something I want to say,

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Speaker 1: They're like, yeah, they're six maybe seven. Yeah, they're like

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Speaker 1: seven and seventeen or something like that in the last

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Speaker 1: twenty four Like it's really really really been bad for

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Speaker 1: them for a while, and they were.

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Speaker 2: A team, yeah, I mean to be you know, the

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Speaker 2: Royals have been a great story. The Twins have also

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Speaker 2: similarly fallen off in the al so I I think

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Speaker 2: Kansas City is going to get in. And I think though,

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Speaker 2: because of the way they have struggled. There's a real

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Speaker 2: chance the Royals are still playing for something next weekend,

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Speaker 2: almost certainly. Yeah, and then similarly, the Mets have to

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Speaker 2: go to Milwaukee to play the Brewers. Now the Brewers

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Speaker 2: are clinched and it's but at the same time, it's

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Speaker 2: pretty likely that Milwaukee is going to be the three seed.

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Speaker 2: It would be difficult for them to catch up with

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Speaker 2: La or Philadelphia. Yeah, so Milwaukee doesn't necessarily have a

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Speaker 2: ton to play for, but that's obviously a good team.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's not New York is going to go

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Speaker 2: play the White Sox for three games. It's like, well,

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Speaker 2: that's three wins. It's just worth noting that after the

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Speaker 2: three games between Atlanta and New York, both teams play

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Speaker 2: teams who are presumably going to be in the postseason.

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Speaker 2: And we will see what the motivations are come Friday afternoon.

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Speaker 1: We will and we'll have a lot of content this week.

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Speaker 1: I can promise you that we'll have full covers of

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Speaker 1: the Mets series, full coverage of the Royal series, hopefully

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Speaker 1: that those games will matter in a good way for

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Speaker 1: the Braves, and then you know, win loser draw. This

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Speaker 1: podcast does not go away when the season ends. So

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Speaker 1: if the season ends on Sunday, that will suck. We

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Speaker 1: will not enjoy that, but we'll talk about it and

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Speaker 1: then we'll keep it going through the wall season like

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Speaker 1: we always would on the show. That's probably it for

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Speaker 1: us today, Scott. We've gone longer than we were going

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Speaker 1: to go, because that's what happens all the time with

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Speaker 1: us when we talk, but especially when it's big stuff

1124
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Speaker 1: like this. Feel free to add anything you'd like to,

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Speaker 1: and if not, tell folks where they can find all

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Speaker 1: of your musings. If they're not watching on YouTube, it

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Speaker 1: can see your Twitter page on the screen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Hey, huge week ahead, seriously, as big of a

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Speaker 2: week for the Atlanta Braves in the regular season that

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Speaker 2: they have played, I mean in years really two years yep,

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Speaker 2: and just overall during this stretch of six straight divisions

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00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 2: and now seven seasons, probably count on one hand the

1133
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,120
Speaker 2: number of stretches as important as the one the Braves

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Speaker 2: are about to embark on at home. I sincerely hope

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Speaker 2: Truest is rocking. It should be both fun and also

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Speaker 2: terrifying all at the same time. And as Brad said,

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Speaker 2: we will have a ton of shows on the feed

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Speaker 2: this week, a big thank you to everybody for tuning in. Please,

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Speaker 2: if you do not already, please subscribe on podcast platform

1140
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00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:19,759
Speaker 2: now maybe you're watching us on YouTube. We're doing a

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Speaker 2: couple more video pods as well, so please subscribe to

1143
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 2: the channel that helps us out immensely. And as Brad

1144
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,520
Speaker 2: always says, tell a friend, tell an enemy, a Braves

1145
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:31,399
Speaker 2: fan in your life. If the Brave's sweet, maybe tell

1146
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 2: a Mets fan to check us out. I'm sure they

1147
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:36,200
Speaker 2: would be dying to tune in. Should the Brave sweet

1148
00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:38,799
Speaker 2: New York. Yeah, maybe we'll do a crossbover with the

1149
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:40,440
Speaker 2: Mets guys. We do have a Mets show on the

1150
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:42,359
Speaker 2: Thought Tartar Networks that we can cross over with them,

1151
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,240
Speaker 2: hopefully not in a negative way for the Brapes.

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00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 1: But stay tuned. Scott just plugged all the places but

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Speaker 1: Apple and Spotify and Amazon Music and overcast pick a

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00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:52,840
Speaker 1: place to pick two places auto download. Tell your friends

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Speaker 1: we thank you for listening to the podcast. As always,

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Speaker 1: we're back again at the very latest by the middle

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Speaker 1: of this week. But stay tuned. It's been a busy

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Speaker 1: one for us. Please one for the braves you all

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Speaker 1: next time.