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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to the debut episode of the

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Speaker 1: Hammer Territory Podcast, a podcast about the Atlanta Braves. I

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Speaker 1: am your host, Brad Roland, and I'm joined by Scott Coleman. Scott,

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Speaker 1: how are you as we transition into the month of

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Speaker 1: May and roll out a brand new podcast.

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Speaker 2: Brad, I am doing great. It is really good to

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Speaker 2: hear your voice. It has been a little bit of

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Speaker 2: time since you and I both got together for a podcast.

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Speaker 2: Of course, we are here under a new name, a

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Speaker 2: new network, a lot of exciting things, and very happy

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Speaker 2: to be back on the airwaves.

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Speaker 1: Yes so, as Scott references, and as I do as well.

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Speaker 1: We are a podcast that existed before, but we are

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Speaker 1: back in a new We recorded hundreds of episodes as

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Speaker 1: both the Talking Chop and Battery Power podcasts. We are

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Speaker 1: very glad that you found us. I'm sure some of

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Speaker 1: you are returning from that feed and we definitely appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: We would love it if you would subscribe to this

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Speaker 1: new show on your favorite podcast platform, and of course

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Speaker 1: tell your friends the family about the programs. We help

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Speaker 1: to spread the word and grow the podcast. We are

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Speaker 1: also part of the Foul Territory Network, which might sound

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Speaker 1: familiar to you. It is a great network of shows

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Speaker 1: that involves Ken Rosenthal and Scott Braun, a ton of

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Speaker 1: different baseball players, retired names that you will certainly recognize,

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Speaker 1: and we are now under that umbrella as Hammer Territory,

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Speaker 1: and essentially what we do, or what we endeavor to do,

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Speaker 1: is to cover the braves in comprehensive fashion. We have fun,

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Speaker 1: we talk about the ins and outs, We give you

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Speaker 1: the nuances, the numbers, the trends, all of that fun stuff.

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Speaker 1: It's not just Scott and I as well. We are

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Speaker 1: joined by two more co hosts on a regular basis,

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Speaker 1: Steven Tolbert and Sean Coleman. You will have a rotation

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Speaker 1: of the four of us and lots and lots of

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Speaker 1: content coming your way in the near future. Scott, I

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Speaker 1: know I find out about this. I'm sure you are

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thrilled to be back, very excited to be part

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Speaker 2: of the Foul Territory Network. If listeners are longtime listeners

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Speaker 2: of the Talking Chop and Battery Power podcast and have

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Speaker 2: not checked out the Foul Territory network of shows, please

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Speaker 2: be sure to do that. A ton of great baseball

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Speaker 2: content and as you just said Brad. If you're a

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Speaker 2: longtime listener, you know what we do here. We love

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Speaker 2: the Atlanta Braves. We cover the ins and outs and

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Speaker 2: day to day of the team. We'll crank in a

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Speaker 2: couple of emergency podcasts whenever news calls for it. We'll

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Speaker 2: be here for all the highs and the lows and

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Speaker 2: the heartbreak and the euphoria. And again, just great to

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Speaker 2: be back, and we want to thank everybody who has

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Speaker 2: made the transition over from battery power to hammer territory.

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Speaker 2: We're very excited about this and it should be a

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Speaker 1: Yes, and eventually we'll stop talking about the old feed

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Speaker 1: about all Atlanta Braves baseball and to reset things. As

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Speaker 1: we're recording this podcast in between series, the Braves just

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Speaker 2: The Braves also had just traveled all the way across

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Speaker 2: takeaways that Max Freed looks fantastic. Fifteen straight scoreless innings

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Speaker 2: that reliable fourth starter behind Freed and Sale and Morton,

432
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Speaker 2: Renaldo has been terrific. I think the Braves have really

433
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Speaker 2: handled him well, skipping days and giving him an extra

434
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Speaker 2: day of rest wherever they can. That's only going to

435
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Speaker 2: pay dividend in the summer months as his innings continue

436
00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,240
Speaker 2: to rise. And just a tip of the cap to

437
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Speaker 2: the front office for identifying Lopez because he has been

438
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Speaker 2: a great ad so far.

439
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, we should at least touch on the one positive

440
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Speaker 1: game briefly. We referenced it, but just to kind of

441
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Speaker 1: dig it to it a little bit. A five to

442
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Speaker 1: two victory on Wednesday on getaway Day. I think everyone

443
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Speaker 1: would feel better based on the result of winning the

444
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Speaker 1: getaway than it would have been if it had been

445
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Speaker 1: a sweep in the first two games. We kind of

446
00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,440
Speaker 1: poked on already about how some of the freak out

447
00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,159
Speaker 1: is warranted, but anytime you don't want to get swept,

448
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,720
Speaker 1: no one ever wants to get swept. It's really happened

449
00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,639
Speaker 1: to this team in the last few years. But the

450
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,359
Speaker 1: Braves going out and taking an early lead, never giving

451
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Speaker 1: it up and just kind of being in control again.

452
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Speaker 1: They really only had one positive offensive ending in the

453
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Speaker 1: entire series, but it was timed well and it was

454
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Speaker 1: actually ironic. We talked about earlier a lot about Ronnie

455
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Speaker 1: and Olsen and Riley. The bottom four of the batting

456
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: order on Wednesday went over sixteen with no walks. It

457
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Speaker 1: was an absolute wasteland at the bottom of the order.

458
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Speaker 1: For once this year, the top of the order did.

459
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Speaker 2: Its job well, and the really encouraging sign for me

460
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Speaker 2: was that there were a lot of hard hit baseballs.

461
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Speaker 2: We talked about some of the bad luck these guys

462
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Speaker 2: have run into, but Ronald had a ball that was

463
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Speaker 2: about one hundred and twelve off the bat. He smoked

464
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Speaker 2: the line drive up the middle, which is I think

465
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Speaker 2: when he when he's really going, he's hitting the ball

466
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Speaker 2: to the middle of the field right, His timing is right.

467
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Speaker 2: I think he's probably still just trying to battle through

468
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Speaker 2: a spring where he just didn't get a lot of

469
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Speaker 2: plate appearances during spring training because of the knee issue.

470
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Speaker 2: Riley Olsen as well had some well hit balls. I

471
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Speaker 2: think it's just I don't want to be repetitive, but

472
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Speaker 2: it feels like it's just a matter of time before

473
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Speaker 2: this trio of superstars starts to break through. And it

474
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Speaker 2: was definitely good to get a win on Wednesday. Monday

475
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Speaker 2: and Tuesday were actually the first time all season long

476
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Speaker 2: the Braves had lost back to back games. Yep, it's

477
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Speaker 2: pretty crazy when you consider that we are a month

478
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Speaker 2: into the season, so to get a win on Wednesday,

479
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Speaker 2: There's a day off on Thursday, and then of course

480
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,680
Speaker 2: a very big series on the horizon against the Dodgers,

481
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Speaker 2: at least as big as the series can be the

482
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Speaker 2: first week of May. Nobody wants to get swept, especially

483
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Speaker 2: against a good West Coast team, which was maybe not

484
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,639
Speaker 2: a marking stick game, but one where you want to

485
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Speaker 2: see how you stack up against one of the better

486
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Speaker 2: teams in the American League. So far, so a nice win.

487
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Speaker 2: There was that one inning where the top of the

488
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Speaker 2: lineup really did all the damage and that was all

489
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Speaker 2: they needed because Chris Sale, oh boy, Brad, Chris Sale

490
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,440
Speaker 2: has been nasty every single time he's gone out there,

491
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Speaker 2: and it feels like he is getting better and stronger

492
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Speaker 2: every time he takes the mound.

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Speaker 1: I totally agree. I know you were calling your shot

494
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Speaker 1: on that in the spring, but you'll navigated five in

495
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Speaker 1: ins to that because his pitchcock got a little bit

496
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,120
Speaker 1: higher than you would like it to. But nine strikeouts,

497
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Speaker 1: no walks, one one allowed. My favorite stat of Chris

498
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Speaker 1: Sale on Wednesday was the fact that he generated twenty

499
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Speaker 1: one whiffs in the game. You cannot fake that. That

500
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Speaker 1: means your stuff is disgusting.

501
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Speaker 2: Basically, he is, dude, he is nasty. I had not

502
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Speaker 2: seen a ton of Chrissale over the past couple of

503
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Speaker 2: years with the Red Sox. You know, I catch him

504
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,760
Speaker 2: on a national telecast every now and then, But it

505
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,040
Speaker 2: is not hard to see when you watch Chris Sale

506
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Speaker 2: right now. He at one point had a very real

507
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Speaker 2: claim to be the best pitcher on planet Earth. It

508
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 2: takes HI about two seconds of watching him to see

509
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Speaker 2: just how good this guy is. And maybe he isn't

510
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Speaker 2: quite that level in the back nine of his career

511
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Speaker 2: now he's thirty five years old. But man, let's just

512
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Speaker 2: hope that his help cooperates and holds up. Because Chris

513
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Speaker 2: Sale has been downright unhittable. You talk about twenty one whiffs.

514
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 2: That is the epitome of unhittable. Very very good on

515
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 2: Wednesday and really stepped up when the Braves needed him

516
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Speaker 2: to step up.

517
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, he really is nasty and one of

518
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Speaker 1: our you know, we're often wrong, and maybe we will

519
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Speaker 1: be again. I'm sure we will be again in fact,

520
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Speaker 1: but something we said a lot, I know you led

521
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Speaker 1: with it quite a bit in the spring was essentially

522
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Speaker 1: that Chris Sale has never been bad when he's healthy. Ever,

523
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: he's always been good. It's either he's goods or he's hurt.

524
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 1: That's the Crysale experience. And here we are again. He

525
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Speaker 1: knock on wood again. We're all we're all holding our

526
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Speaker 1: breath for Chris Sale. He's an older guy, tons of

527
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Speaker 1: injury issues, but so far, so good. He looks incredible

528
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,680
Speaker 1: and it's one of the you know, we focus a

529
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Speaker 1: lot on the weakness is the offense in recent days,

530
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Speaker 1: but the starting pitching has been incredible. In particular, the

531
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Speaker 1: bullpen's kind of been the same all year. It's been

532
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Speaker 1: top ten in the league, mostly rock solid. You know,

533
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Speaker 1: bullpens always give up some stuff every once in a while.

534
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Speaker 1: People remember the worst stuff more than the better stuff.

535
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Speaker 1: But it's been totally fine. Starting pitching after a rough

536
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Speaker 1: first week or so, maybe maybe two weeks, Max has

537
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Speaker 1: been incredible. They're number two in the league now and

538
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 1: starting pitcher era their era as a unit has been

539
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Speaker 1: around two for like three weeks now, basically as soon

540
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Speaker 1: as Derek. They have one bad start in about the

541
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Speaker 1: last three three and a half weeks, and it was

542
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Speaker 1: from Darius Vines, who's not pitching an retition right now.

543
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: Like everybody's been good almost every time out, and that

544
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 1: won't sustain because the Beast press will just happen. But

545
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Speaker 1: it's been in every single game, the Stars leading the

546
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Speaker 1: game having allowed one or two runs. It feels like

547
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Speaker 1: every night.

548
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And a quick note on Chris Sale, of course,

549
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,880
Speaker 2: who was acquired in the offseason for Von Grissom. Grissom

550
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 2: is finally healthy and he's going to make his debut

551
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Speaker 2: with the Red Sox. So if you happen to catch

552
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,679
Speaker 2: a Red Sox game, he is going to be out there.

553
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,800
Speaker 2: Wish the best for Vaughn. Seems like a good kid,

554
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 2: a kid who really cared, a kid who is genuinely

555
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 2: sad to be moving on from the Braves. So we

556
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 2: will be rooting for him these next few months as

557
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Speaker 2: he's going to get a chance to play basically every

558
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Speaker 2: day in Boston, which.

559
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Speaker 1: He's good debut and they got sick too, you see that. Yeah,

560
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Speaker 1: he was like he was like right and they were

561
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Speaker 1: ready to play him, and it was like, oh, by

562
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Speaker 1: the way.

563
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 2: They'll like, oh man, come on, tough go Yeah, And

564
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Speaker 2: he had an injury in the spring which set him back.

565
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Speaker 2: So we'll be rooting for vond. I think I speak

566
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Speaker 2: for most Braves fans a good kid and by all accounts,

567
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Speaker 2: and I think when that trade was made, as we

568
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 2: kind of hoped and suspected, as long as health cooperates,

569
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Speaker 2: it was really a win win trade for both sides.

570
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,399
Speaker 2: The Braves got the front end starting pitcher that they

571
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Speaker 2: wanted and the Red Sox were able to move on

572
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 2: and add a young position player who should be able

573
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Speaker 2: to fit in pretty nicely to their lineup.

574
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Speaker 1: Yeah, to win there for everybody involved, hopefully. And there

575
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Speaker 1: you have it. So big picture, the team's in great

576
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Speaker 1: shape twenty nine with a line up, especially the top

577
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Speaker 1: of it that's not been its peak self. You don't

578
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Speaker 1: want to get greedy necessarily, but there's a lot that

579
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Speaker 1: could go better for the Braves on the On the

580
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Speaker 1: flip side, we have to be responsible and say that.

581
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Speaker 1: You know, I think that there are some regression candidates

582
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Speaker 1: still on the team so far, but I would say more,

583
00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 1: if anything, more progression candidates, especially when you talk about

584
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Speaker 1: the big guns on the top of the lineup. The

585
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Speaker 1: fishing seems somewhat sustainable, you know, knock on wood again,

586
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Speaker 1: and even though the guys who've already kind of cooled

587
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Speaker 1: off in the middle in the middle of bottom of

588
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: the lineup have already kind of done that and they're

589
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 1: still winning. So I think full steam ahead for the

590
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 1: Braves at this point in time. We do have one

591
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,680
Speaker 1: non on field topic to discuss, Scott, and it's not

592
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: really in your willhouse necessarily. How do you feel about

593
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 1: Bally Sports right now, because it's not really like you

594
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 1: your data to experience. As someone who's in Arizona.

595
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 2: You know, I saw the news that the Braves are

596
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 2: no longer on Comcast on Bally, and that is that

597
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 2: is not fun. I can speak firsthand the Arizona Diamondbacks

598
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 2: last season there, of course my local team here, they

599
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 2: were pulled from Bally Bally Arizona collapsed and it was

600
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Speaker 2: not fun. I know a lot of fans here who

601
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Speaker 2: were just distraught and there was a lot of unknown

602
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Speaker 2: for a little while. Yeah, anytime that TV contracts get

603
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,399
Speaker 2: in the way of watching baseball or any sport for

604
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 2: that matter, it is the customer suffers and it really

605
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 2: is unfortunate.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I think this is probably the loudest, most prominent

607
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: carriage dispute in baseball that I can recall, Like even today,

608
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,920
Speaker 1: in the last couple of days, like monitoring national people

609
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: who have waited on this and essentially, like you get

610
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: to get this stuff fixed because it becomes a it's

611
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: an issue where if your fans can't watch the games,

612
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Speaker 1: and it's not an isolated thing, you know, Exfinity is

613
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 1: I'll speak for the Atlanta market. A lot of people,

614
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Speaker 1: including me, have Comcast almost exclusively because they carry value

615
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: and they can have all the stuff that they want

616
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Speaker 1: in one place. Sports fans in particular, I cover many

617
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: sports if you don't know my work elsewhere, but I

618
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 1: do lots of other things and cover sports and run

619
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Speaker 1: about sports, and I have to have lots of channels,

620
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Speaker 1: and the only service that is available to me in Atlanta,

621
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Speaker 1: and I'm not kidding, the only one that has every

622
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Speaker 1: channel I need is Excinity except for that ended on

623
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Speaker 1: May first, and now I don't really know what to do.

624
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 1: That's a personal thing, but you know, it's not a

625
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: local issue either. This is a national thing where Ballely

626
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: has gone dark with all of their teams and they

627
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Speaker 1: still I believe they have something like twelve thirteen, fourteen

628
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: baseball teams similar level in the NBA those are the

629
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Speaker 1: two most prominent sports, but NHL teams are still on

630
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: Ballely as well. This is not a baseball only issue,

631
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Speaker 1: but right now it's baseball season, so it's going to

632
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: be right in the mix of things. And look, I

633
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: did some digging on this today. I already had the

634
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: suspicion on it, but I asked arouse people that would know.

635
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Speaker 1: I believe from what I can gather, the Braves are

636
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Speaker 1: literally the most valuable and prominent team that Bally Sports

637
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Speaker 1: has in the country. We all know this. If you're

638
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: Braves fans, I'm sure you have some recollection of this,

639
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: but dating back to to the TBS days and all that,

640
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: the Braves are a national team. The Braves have a

641
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: massive fan base. They are the team of the Southeast.

642
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: They cover you know, several sports where they are the

643
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: number one team in the Southeast. None of this is new,

644
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: but that makes them the most I don't know about profitable,

645
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: but certainly the most desired property that Beally has. So

646
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Speaker 1: they're gonna be here. I know they have been hearing

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Speaker 1: for Brace fans constantly since has happened. Will be fix anything?

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Speaker 1: I have no idea, but ultimately short term, hopefully they

649
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Speaker 1: find a fix in season. The pressure is going to

650
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Speaker 1: be on all parties to get something done, including the Braves.

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Speaker 1: The Braves were tweeting out and sharing social media official

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure you saw that, Scott, Like the Braves

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Speaker 1: were weighing indirectly, which that means they know the heat

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Speaker 1: is on. If the official team is saying things about

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Speaker 1: the TV contracts and all this stuff publicly, that means

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Speaker 1: they know the fans are not happy and they don't

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Speaker 1: like that.

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Speaker 2: No, no, And I mean, as I said a little

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Speaker 2: while ago, the only person who really loses out here

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Speaker 2: is the fan, so is the customer. And that's really unfortunate.

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Speaker 2: I hope, I know, with blackouts two being such an issue,

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Speaker 2: not just for Braves of course, but across all of

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Speaker 2: Major League Baseball, it really is unfortunate that in the

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Speaker 2: year twenty twenty four, with all the unbelievable technology and

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Speaker 2: everything in our disposal, there are these ongoing TV disputes

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Speaker 2: over sports blackouts. You go on, I mean, you and

667
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Speaker 2: I could probably rant about this for hours and hours

668
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Speaker 2: and and and still not get it all out of

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Speaker 2: our systems. COO. Well, very frustrating, but let's hope for

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Speaker 2: the sake of everybody involved that they figure this thing out.

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Speaker 2: Sooner rather than later, because I want to.

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Speaker 1: Watch the Braves.

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Speaker 2: I think I would imagine all of our listeners do too.

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Speaker 2: Team is very good, it's a lot of fun to watch,

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Speaker 2: and let's hope they figure this thing out because it's

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Speaker 2: just nonsense and bickering over money.

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Speaker 1: There are some options if you are local to watch

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Speaker 1: all in the Braves. I know FuGO TV is an option,

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Speaker 1: as well as direct TV stream, but those are if

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Speaker 1: you already have a service that you're paying for, like

681
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Speaker 1: if you're in a contract somewhere else with Exfinity. It's

682
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Speaker 1: hard to do both. So we will not extensively cover

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Speaker 1: the Kibble TV wars on this podcast, but because it

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Speaker 1: literally happened on May first, and I would argue that

685
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Speaker 1: was maybe the biggest story of the day, even on

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Speaker 1: a day that Braves won a baseball game, because it's

687
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Speaker 1: just fan reaction and all of the way that, like

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Speaker 1: you said, it's only the fan that loses here, and

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Speaker 1: if you can't, if fans can't watch your sport, that

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Speaker 1: is a problem. All right, Well that's said Scott. Let

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Speaker 1: us quickly preview the weekend. We reference it several times,

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Speaker 1: but the showdown in La is happening their first meeting

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Speaker 1: between the Braves and the Dodgers this season and the

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Speaker 1: only face off twice in the regular season this year.

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Speaker 1: In fact, they will not play again until mid September

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Speaker 1: in Atlanta. That's a long time from now. That's four

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Speaker 1: and a half months between series, and that's a four

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Speaker 1: gamer in Atlanta. But if you are hankering for a

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Speaker 1: Braves Dodgers you better get it now, otherwise you have

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Speaker 1: to wait for quite some time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Man, this is about as exciting as the baseball

702
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Speaker 2: series gets in early May. I mean, storylines galore. We

703
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Speaker 2: know of the history and the postseason with these two clubs.

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Speaker 2: It'd be great to see Freddie Freeman, who's having another

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Speaker 2: nice season of course, show hail Tony Mania with the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: That is just an absolute zoo with having such a

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Speaker 2: talented player, some great pitching matchups well, I mean too

708
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Speaker 2: clearly on paper, for my money, the two best rosters

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Speaker 2: in baseball right now. And you know it's real, it's

710
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Speaker 2: a real measuring stick. Nobody wants to You're not going

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Speaker 2: to over blow a game out of proportion in early May.

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Speaker 2: Of course, there's a long season left and for when

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Speaker 2: you're in the position that the Braves and the Dodgers

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Speaker 2: are in seasons are ultimately fair or not going to

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Speaker 2: be evaluated and judged based on how they perform in

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Speaker 2: October and hopefully November. But there's there's no denying anytime

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Speaker 2: these two teams get together, it's a national stage. All

718
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Speaker 2: of the all baseball fans turn their eyes to the series,

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Speaker 2: and hopefully the Braves can build off on the win

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Speaker 2: on Wednesday, and even you know, two out of three

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Speaker 2: in Los Angeles would be really great.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And you know, if you don't know our work necessarily,

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Speaker 1: you may be surprised by this. If you do, you

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Speaker 1: probably won't be surprised if the Braves loose too out

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Speaker 1: of three in LA. I'm not going to worry or pick.

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Speaker 1: That's not what's going to happen, at least for me.

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Speaker 1: But you know, like you said, measuring stick, it's always

728
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Speaker 1: better to win, and if you can, you know, you

729
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Speaker 1: don't want to get swept and all that all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: I think I actually haven't looked. I usually would know

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Speaker 1: the betting odds. I would imagine a lot of these

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Speaker 1: games would be coin flip kind of games, even though

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Speaker 1: they're even though they're in Los Angeles. There is one

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Speaker 1: matchup on Saturday that is a little bit dicey for

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Speaker 1: the Braves. On paper, it's Bryce Elder, their fifth starter,

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Speaker 1: against Tyler Glass, now, who's been really good so far

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Speaker 1: this year for LA. So that's the one if you

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Speaker 1: would pick one on paper, that's the toughest. But on

739
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Speaker 1: paper it's it's it's baseball, and things are not ever

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Speaker 1: guaranteed to happen. The Braves do miss also Yamamoto, who

741
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 1: has not been incredible, but is a guy that I

742
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Speaker 1: think is quite good, and they don't have to see

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Speaker 1: him this weekend. And Atlanta's gonna be sending Morton on Friday,

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Speaker 1: Elder on Saturday, and Max Freed on Sunday. By the way,

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Speaker 1: the first two games going back to this are prime

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Speaker 1: Scott Coleman ours. I believe there's a ten ten start

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Speaker 1: and a nine to ten start the first two games

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Speaker 1: for an afternoon getaway game on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: At least, it's the weekend for our East Coast listeners.

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Speaker 2: You can put on a pot of coffee or whatever

751
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 2: whatever you need to stay up late into the night.

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00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 2: It's dods, it's worth staying up for. It's probably the

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Speaker 2: two best teams in baseball.

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Speaker 1: Should be a good series.

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Speaker 2: Charlie Morton has been off to a really good start.

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00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 2: He is going to face a very very good Dodgers lineup,

757
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,360
Speaker 2: one that has unbelievable talent at the top of it.

758
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 2: But Chuck's been really good. A big challenge for Bryce Elder.

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00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 2: He is going to need his command or he's just

760
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,240
Speaker 2: going to sink out there. Going up against Tyler Glass

761
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 2: now who's been arguably the best pitcher in baseball this season,

762
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 2: very very good of course with the Tampa Bay Rays

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Speaker 2: before the trade. But then Max Max Fried gets the

764
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Speaker 2: ball on Sunday. He has been phenomenal over his career

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Speaker 2: pitching in southern California. He is, of course from the area.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure he will have a lot of friends and family.

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Speaker 2: But the last couple of seasons, anytime Freed has gotten

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Speaker 2: the baseball against La he's been really good. It should

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Speaker 2: be a great way to close out the series. He

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Speaker 2: will go up against James Paxton, who's having a nice

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Speaker 2: year as well. But I'm excited for it. It's a

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Speaker 2: great series. The Braves will wrap up this West Coast

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Speaker 2: road trip, which is to get it out of the

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Speaker 2: way early in the year when players are generally fresh,

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Speaker 2: and hopefully the Braves can take the series and it'd

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Speaker 2: be a real nice statement early in the year if

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Speaker 2: they can win two out of three, and of course

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Speaker 2: the sweep would be a dream.

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Speaker 1: It certainly would be a dream. And we will leave

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Speaker 1: it there for now. On our debut of the Hammer

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Speaker 1: Territory podcast, we will do another round here at the

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Speaker 1: end of the show of plugs and not necessarily begging you,

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Speaker 1: but certainly encouraging you to subscribe to this podcast anywhere

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Speaker 1: you might find podcasts. Just search Hammer Territory and Landa

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Speaker 1: going to be direct links that will share on social media.

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Speaker 1: of start fresh and start from scratch on this podcast feed, Scott,

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Speaker 1: what else can we say before we stop this podcast.

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Speaker 2: It's just really good to be back behind the microphone

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Speaker 2: talking to some baseball with you, Brad. We will have

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Speaker 2: a ton of great content on this feed, multiple shows

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Speaker 2: you are a longtime listener of Battery Power, you know

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Speaker 2: us very similar style shows, a lot of great content

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Speaker 2: coming your way, breakdowns, analysis. We're a little early in

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Speaker 2: the year for emergency podcasts. I generally think this early

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Speaker 2: not a good thing. Yes, let's hold off on the

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Speaker 2: Braves are good. It's easy and fun to talk about

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Speaker 1: Yes, the content train rolls along, so we hope you

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Speaker 1: join us. We do appreciate everyone who was asking and

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Speaker 1: for a long long time, so please subscribe and we'll

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