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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm

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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with my friend Alana Rizzo, and we

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Speaker 1: are going to take a little bit of a different

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Speaker 1: tech on this particular show. Not going to talk about.

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Speaker 2: The events going on and the.

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Speaker 1: Losing streaks and the winning streaks and all the usual

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Speaker 1: baseball fodder. We're going to talk about the All Star

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Speaker 1: Game and who should be in the All Star Game. Alana,

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Speaker 1: so let's have at it.

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Speaker 3: Ken, always good to be with you on this Thursday,

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Speaker 3: and I want everyone to go to the Athletic.

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Speaker 4: Ken just had a column.

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Speaker 3: It is free and unlocked for everybody to read about

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Speaker 3: his picks for the All Star Game and Ken.

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Speaker 4: It's not always as easy as people think.

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Speaker 1: It is not, Alana, and I prefaced this column, actually

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Speaker 1: didn't write it at the start of the column. It's

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Speaker 1: somewhere up high that people generally get outraged over this

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Speaker 1: kind of thing, and they probably should save their v

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Speaker 1: for things that actually really matter. With the All Star Game,

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Speaker 1: it's fun to pick the teams, for sure, and it

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Speaker 1: is difficult. And the one thing I always remind people

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Speaker 1: too is once players start bailing out, a lot of

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Speaker 1: the players who get snubbed, will be added to the team.

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Speaker 2: So no harm, no foul here for the most part.

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Speaker 1: Ever, But in compiling my teams, Alana, one thing I

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Speaker 1: noticed it jumped out at me, was how difficult it

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Speaker 1: was with the National League. How many great players there

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Speaker 1: are at a number of positions.

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Speaker 2: And really, as I wrote, I could have.

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Speaker 1: Chosen my team from four different clubs in the NL Dodgers, Braves, Phillies,

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Speaker 1: and Brewers, four of the top five clubs in the league.

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Speaker 1: But of course I had to represent every team, follow the.

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Speaker 2: Rules as they are.

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Speaker 1: Twenty position players, twelve pitchers including three relievers, and that's how.

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Speaker 2: I went about it. But there were some really tough

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Speaker 3: Let me ask you a question in terms of this.

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Speaker 3: You mentioned you had to follow ther and one of

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Speaker 3: have a representative from every single team. I'm interested in

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Speaker 3: your opinion about that. There's a both sides of the

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Speaker 4: What is your take?

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Speaker 1: I like it, and I have gone both ways myself

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Speaker 1: on this over the years. But I remember growing up

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Speaker 1: as a kid, you want to see your team represented

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Speaker 1: in the All Star Game. You want to see your

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Speaker 1: All Star if you only have one represented and announced

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Speaker 2: So it's a good rule.

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Speaker 1: And actually this year I didn't struggle particularly to find

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Speaker 1: one player from each team. The Rockies, for instance, Hunter

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Speaker 1: Goodman is an obvious All Star. He second in the

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Speaker 2: And then there's the Angels.

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Speaker 1: Another bad team, but Mike Trouts having a great year.

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Speaker 1: So it really wasn't tough this year to find one

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Speaker 3: One thing that you said in terms of your picks

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Speaker 1: Well, obviously Shohy is going to start at DH. He

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Speaker 1: him strictly as a DH, Schwarber has thirty home runs.

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Speaker 2: To show hayes eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Shoreber leads the majors in that department and Schwarber last

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Speaker 1: Now again, I know that it's not going to go

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Speaker 2: But show he's the guy.

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Speaker 3: Show Hey is the guy you had mentioned. And also

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Speaker 3: that picking the National League was very difficult because of

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Speaker 3: the parody in terms of teams, of course, and of

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Speaker 1: Really the backbone of the Brewers. As I wrote, But

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Speaker 1: here are the players that I snubbed, and you can

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Speaker 1: see them right there on the graphic. Ozzi Albi's who

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Speaker 3: Him Ken And same exact question for the National League

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Speaker 3: outfield Who were your choices and who were the omissions?

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Speaker 1: All Right, this one was tough too, and this one

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Speaker 1: Now Brandon marsh is going to make the team. He's

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Speaker 1: I believe, the leading vote getter among NL outfielders going

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Speaker 2: So no harm, no foul again.

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Speaker 1: But the guys I chose were James Wood of course

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Speaker 1: So that is one where there were some really good

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Speaker 1: course Jackson Churio, who in my mind is maybe the

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Speaker 3: I don't want to harp on the omissions, but what

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Speaker 3: you've already talked about Ken in terms of second base

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, And it's funny a lot. I just talked about

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Speaker 1: his story is Jake Bowers.

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Speaker 1: He was once one of Tampa Bay's top prospects, but

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Speaker 2: So that was the problem there.

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Speaker 2: Shy Langeliers and Dyan Dingler will.

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Speaker 1: Be the catchers for the American League, and even Julio

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Speaker 2: So those were some of the big ones.

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Speaker 1: Now maybe the biggest, at least judging from the comments

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Speaker 2: Again, are going to be a ton.

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Speaker 1: Of those, and yes, I would agree that based on

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Speaker 2: Young Award winner. In my mind, that kind of thing matters.

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Speaker 1: You want the biggest names, not just the best first

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Speaker 3: Yeah, when you think about it though too, just probably

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Speaker 3: based on name alone, name recognition. Paul Skeins getting in

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Speaker 3: with this next question. But considering how bad the American

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Speaker 3: League has been, Ken, does the American League even deserve

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Speaker 2: Yes, they deserve a full squad.

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Speaker 1: And I'm talking of course about Aaron Judge and Jose Ramirez,

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Speaker 1: So that waters it down some. But there are outstanding

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Speaker 2: Well, the start is going to be Ernie Clement.

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Speaker 1: He's the top vote getter. Granted, Jays fans have essentially

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Speaker 1: where I struggled to find just which players to pick.

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Speaker 1: That's an awesome group. It's miss Rawski, it's Sanchez, etc.

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Speaker 1: And I would expect that ASH leagu would be favored

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Speaker 2: But at the same time, yes.

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Speaker 1: The American League deserves a team a lot the league

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Speaker 3: Guys, don't forget I know everybody has an opinion when

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Speaker 3: it comes to All Star selections. Any questions you have

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Speaker 3: in regards to this, get them in for Grill and Ken,

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Speaker 3: we're keeping track of everything. Any questions you actually have

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Speaker 3: do that momentarily. A couple of other questions in regards

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Speaker 3: to the All Star Game. You believe that every team

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Speaker 3: fact that now they actually get to wear their team

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Speaker 2: Hallelujah. Oh wow, amen, the All Star jerseys. I get it.

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Speaker 1: The league is always trying to find new ways to

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Speaker 1: sell merchandise. That's fine, No one should begrudge them that,

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Speaker 1: but it took something away. And the idea of having

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Speaker 1: every team represented is a valid one, in part because

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Speaker 1: of what I said earlier. Fans want to see their player,

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Speaker 3: after a short sabbatical, John mose Looc, better known with

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Speaker 3: as the interim GM of the Angels. Ken, you were

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Speaker 1: Well, this article came about from my curiosity after listening

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Speaker 1: We'll see it always sounds great at the beginning of Lona.

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Speaker 1: And if the Angels choose they can move some of

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Speaker 2: But when I asked Mosaic about that, does this team

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Speaker 2: That makes sense. If you don't want that GM.

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Speaker 1: It surprised me too, Alana. Let's face it, he only

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Speaker 1: This is something I can embrace and maybe the short

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Speaker 1: long term. If this is not going well, if Artie

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Speaker 1: So that's why the Angels appeal to him. And let's

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Speaker 2: In short order.

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Speaker 1: The way Moreno has run them, they've not been a

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Speaker 1: But this is a team that is in a huge

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Speaker 2: So ultimately they can fix this thing.

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Speaker 1: It's just a matter of whether this owner will oversee

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Speaker 3: I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions about this.

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Speaker 3: Don't forget get your questions in. We're keeping track of everything.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna actually have Grill and Ken on Monday, So

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Speaker 3: if you have any questions about this or anything else

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much for the support, Seat Geek. We

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Speaker 3: appreciate it, all right, Ken, I don't know if you're

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Speaker 3: following the World Cup at all, or if there's any

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Speaker 3: particular baseball game that you're really interested in, But if

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Speaker 3: that you'd be very excited to attend?

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Speaker 2: World's Cup?

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Speaker 1: And I am watching in between watching baseball, and it

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Speaker 1: has been absolutely fantastic. And for Americans who don't see

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Speaker 1: the joy and the beauty of soccer, this has been

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Speaker 1: quite an eye opening experience.

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Speaker 2: And I've always loved the game. I played it in

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Speaker 2: high school.

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Speaker 1: So absolutely World Cup, but not for like eight thousand

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Speaker 1: dollars a ticket.

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Speaker 3: I think you know enough people that maybe you wouldn't

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Speaker 3: have to, you know, do an eight thousand dollars ticket.

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Speaker 3: Certainly not for MLB tickets, which you can get on

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Speaker 4: All right. Time now for the dude of the week.

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Speaker 2: I'm the dude, so that's what you.

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Speaker 4: Call me, all right, Ken, who is your dude of the.

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Speaker 2: Week, Alana?

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Speaker 1: I was tempted to go with Dansby Swanson. Twenty six

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Speaker 1: RBIs in his last ten games. He is certainly a

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Speaker 1: very strong dude candidate. But how can we ignore what

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Speaker 1: Junior Camanero is doing with the Tampa Bay Rays. Home

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Speaker 1: runs in six straight games, nine home runs in his

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Speaker 1: last eight games. And here's the stat. That's the most

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Speaker 1: home runs in an eight game span by a player

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Speaker 1: twenty two or younger since at least nineteen hundred. Junior

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Speaker 1: doesn't turn twenty three until Sunday, I believe.

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Speaker 2: So what this kid is doing is amazing.

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Speaker 1: He's going to be in the home Run Derby, and

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Speaker 1: the Rays right now are looking really good with the

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Speaker 1: Yankees struggles, and we'll get to that in a minute, all.

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Speaker 3: Right, don't forget you can get tickets to the home

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Speaker 3: Run Derby on to see Junior Camonaro on.

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Speaker 4: Seat Geek my dude of the week. Two dudes on

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Speaker 4: each side of the equation.

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Speaker 3: Here Joshua Caroroda Grouer his first major League baseball head,

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Speaker 3: of course, with the Athletics, a young kid getting his

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Speaker 3: first big league knock was against the Dodgers Freddie Freeman,

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Speaker 3: obviously at first base. The active hit leader in Major

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Speaker 3: League Baseball, Freddy Freeman, of course, over twenty five hundred

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Speaker 3: total hits so far in his career. What a moment, though,

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Speaker 3: your first career hit. Two very different ends of the spectrum,

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Speaker 3: but both of those guys are my dudes of the week.

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Speaker 3: Congratulations Joshua on your first hit. Okay, time now for

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Speaker 3: our dork of the week. I'm going to go first

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Speaker 3: on this. My dork of the week is first base

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Speaker 3: umpire in the Red Sox game, Nick Lentz, who decided

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Speaker 3: that he was going to eject Wilson Contreras, who did

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Speaker 3: not like the check swing call. Wilson Conturis was making

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Speaker 3: his way back to the dugout. Didn't like the call,

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Speaker 3: went like this, tapped his helmet. Obviously, you can't challenge

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Speaker 3: a check swing call. He didn't like the fact that

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Speaker 3: Wilson Conturis was doing that, and he ejected him. And

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Speaker 3: that was back to back injections for Wilson Conturists. It

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Speaker 3: was the first of two in a row, first time

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Speaker 3: ever a Red Sox has been ejected in back to

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Speaker 3: back days. But Nick Lentz is my dork of the week,

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Speaker 3: how about you.

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Speaker 1: My dork of the week is actually an entire team,

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Speaker 1: and it would be the New York Yankees, now hear

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Speaker 1: me out. It's not just that the Yankees have lost

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Speaker 1: seven straight and as Aaron Boone revealed yesterday, a number

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Speaker 1: of their players are suffering from food poisoning, So that

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Speaker 1: might explain some of what's going on. The fact that

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Speaker 1: they're missing four regulars, including Aaron Judge plus Max Freed,

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Speaker 1: might explain also what's going on. But when Aaron Judge

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Speaker 1: comes out and is critical of the team, Aaron Judge,

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Speaker 1: who generally takes a very diplomatic tone in his conversations

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Speaker 1: with reporters, when he says we have a little lack

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Speaker 1: of focus going on, for him, that's a stinging criticism.

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Speaker 1: It's the equivalent of a hit job, as you might say.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know exactly who he was talking about,

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Speaker 1: but he could have been talking about Jazz Chisholm Junior

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Speaker 1: Lollipop last week ejection Sunday night at a time when,

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Speaker 1: as I mentioned, the Yankees are already down for regulars

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Speaker 1: so the Yankees, obviously you're going to go through situations,

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Speaker 1: even in great seasons where you're.

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Speaker 2: Not playing as well. All teams do.

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Speaker 1: But when Judge calls them out like that for the

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Speaker 1: lack of focus, well time to snap out of it.

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Speaker 2: Yankees a dorks for the week.

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Speaker 3: No doubt about that. Aaron Judge is certainly missed in

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Speaker 3: that lineup. Well, that's going to do it for us.

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Speaker 3: On Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal. Foul Territory is coming

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Speaker 3: up next, Eric Kratz Ross strippling Chicken strip on the

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Speaker 3: show with Scott Braun, Robert Murray, Guardian's Rookie of the

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Speaker 3: Year candidate Parker Messik, and the Athletics and Osras will

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Speaker 3: join as well. We are back on Monday. Ken is

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Speaker 3: of course get those questions in. Have a wonderful and

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Speaker 3: safe Fourth of July weekend. Bye everybody,