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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the hammerh Territory Podcast, Episode

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Speaker 1: two five seven. I am your host, Brad Roland, coming

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Speaker 1: to you on a Wednesday evening here at the end

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Speaker 1: of August, and I'm joined. I almost say as I

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Speaker 1: always have not lately. It's been a while, Scott, Scott

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Speaker 1: Coleman's here, how are you, sir?

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Speaker 2: Hello Brad. It has been a little while, at least

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Speaker 2: for our standard. And I got to say, listening to

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Speaker 2: you and our old co host Eric cole on the

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Speaker 2: pod over the weekend, it brought back memories. I think you.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you sent me the file, but on my

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Speaker 2: desktop I have the audio file of Game six of

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Speaker 2: the World Series in twenty twenty one, where you, Eric

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Speaker 2: and I did the most celebratory podcast we will ever do,

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Speaker 2: Braves winning the World Series. I have that file. If

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Speaker 2: folks want to go find that episode. It still is

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Speaker 2: on the internet on the Battery Power podcast feed. But

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Speaker 2: you know, it brought back memories and just nice to

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Speaker 2: hear Eric's voice and maybe maybe brighter days for the

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Speaker 2: Braves than what we're currently in. But nonetheless plenty to

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Speaker 2: talk about on this edition of the show tonight. I

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Speaker 2: mean the Braves of maybe they're out of the playoff race,

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Speaker 2: but there is plenty going on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there is plenty of going on. And of course

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Speaker 1: I think Eric comments that you were ducking him on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: You were traveling, I was traveling. Spoiler, I'll tell you're

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Speaker 1: traveling again. So we haven't talked in two weeks essentially,

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Speaker 1: which is an eternity for you and I. And it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a while after this too. It seems

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Speaker 1: like it's the season it was. I guess it's better

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Speaker 1: only one aspect that the Bridge are not winning and

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Speaker 1: that we were going to have to do this travel anyway,

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Speaker 1: like it wasn't like we were gonna We're just changing

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Speaker 1: our plans because the Braves are out of it. We

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Speaker 1: are responsible podcasters, but we will cover it as we

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Speaker 1: cover it. And yeah, twenty nine gifts left in the season.

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Speaker 1: The finale of the season is a month from people

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Speaker 1: listening to this on Thursday. We're recording late late wenes

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Speaker 1: a night because weren't listening to this, I'm sure on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: one month from today, September twenty eighth is the finale.

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Speaker 1: We are down the stretch. We are one month for

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Speaker 1: mating in the season. And you know, first of all,

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Speaker 1: please subscribe to the podcast. We are Hambor Territory. Check

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Speaker 1: us out, subscribe. We're always here, rain or shine. But

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Speaker 1: you allude to it. It's been a little bit interesting recently.

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Speaker 1: And the way to talk about this team, because I

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Speaker 1: said this the other day, I got in trouble. I

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Speaker 1: this is the way that I talk I said that

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Speaker 1: the Braves chose to or decided to wait until they

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Speaker 1: were out of it to play well. And someone will

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Speaker 1: say they didn't just they didn't choose them. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: I understand they didn't choose that, but it is what

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Speaker 1: it is. But they they're really playing extremely well right now.

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Speaker 1: We'll get into it. But the Braves are thirteen and

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Speaker 1: five in the last eighteen games, and the offense has

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Speaker 1: you feel, Scott? Now that we've done the tekathon stuff

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Speaker 1: like that debate still rages, but the Braves are now

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Speaker 1: That's kind of gone. How are we feeling about this?

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Speaker 1: Little mini surge that they're going on in August.

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Speaker 2: It kind of felt predictable, didn't it. Like as terrible

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Speaker 2: They were just terrible in one run games, which is

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Speaker 2: the season. The back into the bullpen, blowing up, all

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Speaker 2: of the things that we have lamented on the show

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Speaker 2: Of course, it's coming now, as the entire starting rotation

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, Like we'll be talking about some legitimately

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Speaker 1: And just to give the blanket, now, we understand it

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Speaker 1: But look, the Marlins are a cure sometimes for this

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Speaker 1: the last couple of days in between our podcast episodes,

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Speaker 1: but the Braves just walloped the Marlins back to back

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Speaker 2: Know it's not hard to figure out why, because, I mean,

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Speaker 2: is It's been encouraging to see these guys finally figure

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Speaker 1: The All Star break. Yeah, it was like one hundred

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Speaker 2: So on the whole, Profar has an eight seventy seven

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Speaker 2: think on July second, Profar has a nine hundred OPS

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Speaker 2: But I mean, we probably said it a million times

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Speaker 1: Remember Tyler Kinley. Four weeks ago the Braves made Bras

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Speaker 1: I am going with Christian McCaffrey more than zero point

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Speaker 1: give me Christian McCaffrey and Just for Scott, I am

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Speaker 1: taking Indianapolis Colt's running back Jonathan Taylor more than zero

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Speaker 1: You are going to run the football, Scot, run.

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Speaker 1: All right, Scott, Before we dig into the schedule, a

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Speaker 1: I think Ozzy's gotta be a story. He hit two

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Speaker 2: That's for Ozzy Alby's. This dude was was legitimately Mike Trout,

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Speaker 2: week on the Braves. We'll see if they can even

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Speaker 2: come close to matching a package for what it would

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Speaker 2: take to get him, assuming Arizona even is entertaining trading Marte,

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Speaker 2: even though there were some rumors in speculation a few

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Speaker 2: weeks ago. But to me, I think my preference is

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Speaker 2: to bring Ozzie Alby's back, it's so little money next

436
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Speaker 2: season and he has had a better second half, and

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Speaker 2: then put that money into getting a shortstop and getting

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Speaker 2: another starting pitcher for this rotation, because we know, God knows,

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Speaker 2: this rotation is not going to stay healthy for all

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Speaker 2: of twenty twenty six. We cannot possibly do another season

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Speaker 2: where Bryce Elder is going to make twenty five starts

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Speaker 2: and they're picking up every veteran with a pulse off

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Speaker 2: of the waiver wire. They can't do that next year.

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Speaker 2: And they also have to find a way to improve

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Speaker 2: shortstop because Nick Allen is legitimately the worst hitter by

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Speaker 2: like a considerable margin of players who play every single day.

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Speaker 2: I know the glove is great, but you just you

448
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Speaker 2: cannot have a player who's running like a five hundred

449
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Speaker 2: ops over the last couple of months. He just can't

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Speaker 2: do it, even if the glove is really good for

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Speaker 2: Nick Allen.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Nick Allen is currently slugging two forty nine for

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Speaker 1: the season while playing every single day, So that's not

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Speaker 1: gonna work. Max Freed.

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Speaker 2: Max Freed might have had a higher slugging percentage than

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Speaker 2: that when he was still hitting for the Braves.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, whatever, We've all enjoyed Nick Allen's glove. You're right

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Speaker 1: about all the things you just said. But yeah, on

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Speaker 1: the Aussie front, Look, this is not a gospel number,

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Speaker 1: but Fangrafts has this value metric where it's basically like

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Speaker 1: what you are quote unquote worth, and it's by their

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Speaker 1: war metric entering today before we had a home run

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Speaker 1: to this, I'm sure I'm sure it's gone up from this.

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Speaker 1: Ozzie was already worth five point nine million this year,

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Speaker 1: despite how not very good he has been quite honestly,

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Speaker 1: So if you want to be like raw numbers, yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's some opportunity cost that will come up. That's why

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Speaker 1: you led with the market thing. That's a great point. Also,

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Speaker 1: I would note that the buyout number is like half

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Speaker 1: the salary. I mean, if there was no buyout and

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Speaker 1: it was just okay Ozzie for zero, cut Ozzie for zero,

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Speaker 1: or pay him seven million dollars, I would find it

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Speaker 1: to be a much more interesting discussion, honestly. But because

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Speaker 1: the buyout number is literally half the salary, it's like

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Speaker 1: they have to really really not want him on the

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Speaker 1: team to not pick him up to pick up the option.

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Speaker 1: And also there is a world in which you could

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Speaker 1: pick it up and try to trade him. No, I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying that's going to happen, but that's possible too,

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Speaker 1: to the point where I bet you if they I'm

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Speaker 1: not say you get a great haul for him, to

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Speaker 1: be very clear, but I bet you could pick that

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Speaker 1: option up and then put him on the trade block.

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Speaker 1: Someone would want him and just just a bio, just

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Speaker 1: a bible basically as a biolo. When a guy who's

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Speaker 1: still in his twenties, who has a record of being

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Speaker 1: a basically a star level player for multiple seasons, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, and you can also say that Ozzie's going to

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Speaker 2: be more distanced from the risk surgery, which is not

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Speaker 2: a small thing. I think that's looking back on it,

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Speaker 2: we probably should have given him some more grace or

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Speaker 2: at least been more aware of the fact that it

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Speaker 2: might hold him back for a player who almost exclusively

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Speaker 2: needs power in order to be productive. So yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 2: if it was ten million, fifteen million, anything more than that,

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Speaker 2: then I think it's probably a no for me because

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Speaker 2: is it just the production? But it's so little money

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Speaker 2: if that means and assuming the Braves are not cheap

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Speaker 2: asses and don't keep cutting payroll and don't buy themselves

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Speaker 2: some nice office chairs to go with all those office

501
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Speaker 2: complexes they're buying. I think my preference is to have

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Speaker 2: legitimate money to throw a shortstop, help out the pitching staff.

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Speaker 2: You can never have enough depth and have Ozzy Alby's

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Speaker 2: as the eighth hitter in your lineup. Like I, I

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Speaker 2: can't imagine that in a year's time if the Braves

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Speaker 2: do these things we've talked about, they upgrade shortstop, they

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Speaker 2: add to the pitching staff, and they have Ozzi Alby's

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Speaker 2: batting eighth. I can't imagine this time in a year

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Speaker 2: we're banging our heads against the wall because Ozzi Alby's

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Speaker 2: is the team's second baseman.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and we'll move off of this, but just as

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Speaker 1: a again arbitrary endpoint, but it's the All Star break.

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Speaker 1: Ozzy has a seven sixty two OPS since the All

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Speaker 1: Star Break. That's thirty eight games. If the Braves thing

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Speaker 1: that is a realistic projection for next year, it's an

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Speaker 1: automatic pickup all daily on. The only way they would

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Speaker 1: think to not pick that option up is if they

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Speaker 1: think Ozzy is not even capable of that. And that's

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Speaker 1: not where he used to be like there have been

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Speaker 1: many seasons where he's been a eight hundred plus ops

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Speaker 1: guy and all that. If he can have a low

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Speaker 1: seven hundred's ops, he's worth that money given what he's

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Speaker 1: out on the option and all the flexibility stuff that

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Speaker 1: you just said. So also great vibes guy, which is

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Speaker 1: only a tiebreaker, but like beloved guy in the locker room,

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Speaker 1: and that stuff does matter on the margins. So if

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Speaker 1: and he unless he has a terrible September, I am

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Speaker 1: I think that's fair.

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Speaker 1: You all right, Scott Quickly On Tuesday, person Waldrope didn't

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Speaker 1: It's hard to throw five and a third with one

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Speaker 1: the eer first, and Walterrup remains sub one in his

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Speaker 1: fortunate to only allow one run on Tuesday, but hey,

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Speaker 1: you need some good fortunate of it to have a

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Speaker 1: zero point nine r for five starts.

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Speaker 2: Well, and I think even though it was clearly the

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Speaker 2: worst performance from Waldrop that we have seen this season

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Speaker 2: since he was called up, I think Waldrop does deserve

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Speaker 2: some credit for pitching through it and only giving up

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Speaker 2: one run, because, frankly, I mean, we saw it in

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Speaker 2: that one game against the Nationals last season where in

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Speaker 2: had given up like nine runs in an inning, and

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Speaker 2: he deserves credit. He loaded the bases at one point

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Speaker 2: with nobody out and worked out of it, and he

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Speaker 2: just did not have his good stuff, didn't have command.

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Speaker 2: The splitter was all over the place. It was the

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Speaker 2: second time the Marlins had seen Waldrip in a couple

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Speaker 2: of weeks, so maybe that had something to do with it.

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Speaker 2: But while it was not a great start, I think

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Speaker 2: it's worth giving Waldrip some credit for figuring out a

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Speaker 2: way to cover five and a third innings on a

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Speaker 2: night where he just really did not have anything going.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about him a lot recently. He is one

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Speaker 1: more start in August. There are some historical benchmark numbers

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Speaker 1: that he could do for a calendar month if he

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Speaker 1: pitches well on Sunday. Well in the podcast with that,

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Speaker 1: but he's been great. Obviously better revelation. He'll cool off,

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Speaker 1: but you know where the level is. There's something to

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Speaker 1: be said to your point about just navigating an alging

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Speaker 1: like that when you don't have your stuff, and yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's about offense and all that. But still notable and

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Speaker 1: impressive Onto Wednesday, which, by the way, it was the

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Speaker 1: final game between the Braves and Marlins this year, so

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Speaker 1: all the drama, there's no way for anything else to happen.

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Speaker 1: They don't play again until next year. But we already

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Speaker 1: mentioned profar homering. It was the third pitch of the

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Speaker 1: game when he went deep and the Braves never trailed

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Speaker 1: after that, but then the all the fun I don't

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Speaker 1: know if that's the right word or not. Scott. It

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Speaker 1: was the third inning, so first Matt Olsen hits an

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Speaker 1: absolute bomb to open the inning, basically home run four

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Speaker 1: to twenty plus. Brandon Gordon on the broadcast called it

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Speaker 1: a quote absolute tank. Seems appropriate from the way that

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Speaker 1: that ball was annihilated the next pitch, ron mccuney has

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Speaker 1: hit with the pitch and he did not like it.

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Speaker 1: I will let you go from there, Scott, what transpired?

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Speaker 1: What was your reaction all the postgame and just to

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Speaker 1: say it out loud, just for everybody that does maybe

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Speaker 1: not note the Marlins have a history with Ronald mccotony year. Yes,

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Speaker 1: that makes that underlines all of what transpired today.

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Speaker 2: Two real thoughts on Acunya getting hit. The benches did

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Speaker 2: technically clear, but I mean it was very slowly. This

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Speaker 2: was not who was it a mere Garrett that Red's

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Speaker 2: reliever who like took on it was tired dugout like

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Speaker 2: it was not that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think Bowman said it had all the

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Speaker 1: aggression of like a postgame handshake line or something. It

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Speaker 1: was one of those like snarky things. But yeah, people,

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Speaker 1: the benches did clear technically technically.

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Speaker 2: So I will say this, I absolutely understand why Ronald

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Speaker 2: Acunya Junior gets pissed whenever he gets hit by a pitch,

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Speaker 2: especially against the Marlins, because those those clowns intentionally. Jose

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Speaker 2: Urania needs like counseling because those clowns threw at him

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Speaker 2: for years and there was no denying it. Don Mattingly

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Speaker 2: allowed it to happen. Acune was seemingly getting hit every

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Speaker 2: time he played the Marlins, and that has calmed down

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Speaker 2: over the last maybe two years or so. But I

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Speaker 2: don't blame Ronald at all for being pissed. I would

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Speaker 2: be pissed too. That being said, I don't think Ryan Gusto,

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Speaker 2: a twenty seven year old journeyman who is going through

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Speaker 2: the Majors for the first time, he's a rookie. I

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Speaker 2: don't think Ryan Gusto is hunting for Ronald Duacunya Junior

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Speaker 2: with a two seam fastball that came in. Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: mean that was kind of my take. I mean, I

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Speaker 2: think of vacuum. Ronald was probably a little too hot

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Speaker 2: with his reaction, but I was don't blame him because

646
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 2: he's been hit a million times by these clowns who

647
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 2: play their baseball in Miami.

648
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: Yes, I tend to agree, and Snid said the same thing,

649
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: and you know we won't do it today. I have

650
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: taken some exception with Snit not defending Ronnie enough in

651
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: certain spots over the years. I thought it was fine today,

652
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: just for the record, But Smith said basically he didn't

653
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: think he hit him on purpose either. The context is important,

654
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: not only the history with the Marlins, but also it

655
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: was the first pitch after a home run. That heightens everything, right,

656
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: if you're if you're a pitcher, and again established we

657
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: don't think you hit him on purpose. But up you

658
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: give up a four and thirty foot tank home run

659
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: and the next pitch not the same about the next

660
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 1: pitch hits Ronnie. That's gonna heighten everybody, right, That's why

661
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: the betch is clear. Ryan reacted and I don't blame

662
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: him for that, But like Snit was mad and got

663
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: by the way, got tossed. And Snith's problem, by all accounts,

664
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: was that the umpire issued warnings to both teams, which

665
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: is like a default thing they do. But like Snith's

666
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: point is like, why are you warning us? We didn't

667
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: do anything other that hit a home run and get

668
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 1: hit by a pitch, Like why are you warning us?

669
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 1: And Stick goes out to it's basically make that point

670
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,959
Speaker 1: and gets gets tossed, like you know, it is what

671
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: it is. It just became an incident. I think it

672
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: got more attention because it's Ronnie and the Marlins, but

673
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: I think it was a perfect storm of team history,

674
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,080
Speaker 1: player history, and the fact that it was literally the

675
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: next pitch after a home run, all those things wrapped

676
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: into one. It's not a big deal and they won't

677
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: see each other again. I'm kind of glad they don't

678
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,919
Speaker 1: play tomorrow because then it's like everyone's on a high alert.

679
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: And if the pitch is inside to Ronnie any point tomorrow,

680
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: it becomes a national store, you know, all this stuff. Yeah,

681
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 1: that won't happen anymore.

682
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 2: So what Yeah, please stop hitting Ronald Acunya junior with baseball's,

683
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 2: especially if you're a Marlins pitcher. I mean, and again,

684
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 2: I don't think Ryan Gusto was had any intent. I

685
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,200
Speaker 2: think it got away from him, maybe he was frustrated, whatever,

686
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 2: But thankfully it didn't get Acunya anywhere where it did

687
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 2: serious damage. It didn't get a hand or a wrist

688
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 2: or a finger, like those are the ones you.

689
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: Really, yeah, you really worry about, thank god. But later

690
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: in that same ending, Ozzie hit a three rou on

691
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: home run, so it went from Olsen to histrionics to

692
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: another Ozzie home run later in the game when they

693
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: blew it wide open. Michael Harris at a home run.

694
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: I think you mentioned it earlier in passing, but he

695
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 1: had gone like he was of course scalding hot. He'd

696
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: gone ice cold. A parment. Michael does not have him

697
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 1: middle ground. He's either scalding hot or absolutely eye s cool.

698
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: He reached base three times in the previous like thirty

699
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: played appearances before today, and then he had two hits

700
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: and looks better today. There's been a whole Are you

701
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: even following the discourse about like who fixed Michael and

702
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: like the drama about that online, because it's been it's

703
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 1: been flum mixing me. I have the interest in the

704
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:22,800
Speaker 1: weighing in on it. Really, I just want to know

705
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: if you following. It's just funny to me. Everyone's like

706
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 1: draw their line in the sand and I have to

707
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: argue about everything.

708
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 2: It's just yeah, no, I have seen it. I did

709
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 2: not indulge in it myself.

710
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 1: Why.

711
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 2: I mean, the reason Michael Harris is either screaming hot

712
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,879
Speaker 2: or ice cold is because he doesn't take walks. I mean,

713
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 2: this is it.

714
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,720
Speaker 1: He does not. Yep. Now, the adjustment, which we've covered

715
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: a lot, the adjustment is real. He didn't make a

716
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: swing adjustment. The battle ball contact is way better, but

717
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: his approach is still not fixed, so he has to

718
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: take some walks every once in a while. Anyway, it's

719
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: been still been encouraging to see Michael break back out,

720
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: and I think he can if he's just the guy

721
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: he's been over the last six weeks adjusted for Like,

722
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: he's not gonna be a thousand bo ps guy with

723
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: its approach, because that's kind of where I will leave it.

724
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 1: What do you think, Like, yeah, he could, he could,

725
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: he could be. He won't be the guy he was

726
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: earlier this season. I'm pretty confident in that. I always

727
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 1: kind of was that he was never gonna be that bad,

728
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: Like he was just broken for two months and like

729
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 1: that doesn't seem like it's a real thing. But I

730
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,239
Speaker 1: also A'm not fully buying the recent surge. I don't know.

731
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's where I'm at. I don't think this

732
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 2: is Michael Harris going forward where he's like a top

733
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 2: five hitter in baseball. I also don't think he was

734
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 2: what he was early in the year when he was

735
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,879
Speaker 2: the worst player in baseball. He has a truly fascinating

736
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 2: twenty twenty six ahead of him.

737
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 1: He sure does quickly. A couple of notes on the games,

738
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: then we'll get to the schedule. Joey Wentz, who we

739
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 1: just I talked about a lot with Eric on Sunday

740
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 1: after he had his first bad start with the Braves. Honestly,

741
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,479
Speaker 1: he came back today face to the Marlins. But hey,

742
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,760
Speaker 1: six and two thirds innings, one run, four hits, two walks,

743
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,439
Speaker 1: five strikeouts. Like, Joey Wentz has been good. He really

744
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: has like FIP and this is more important to me

745
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: than the era. Even FIP of three point zero three

746
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: in forty four and two thirds innings, like you can't

747
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: really fake that eras can fluctuate in that kind of

748
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: sample size. But the underlying stuff and Joey Wentz and

749
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: Eric talked about his extension. That's been the biggest change

750
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: is like he's getting way out in front. The extension

751
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: of being close. It's flomaxing batters that happened today, and

752
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 1: every start it's like, oh, a little bit more real

753
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 1: every five six days. But Joey, if you keep doing

754
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,720
Speaker 1: this for another month, he's going to be a candidate

755
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: for rotation. He just has to be.

756
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,879
Speaker 2: It's almost too good to ignore at that point. And

757
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 2: when they signed Wentz, I don't know if anybody saw

758
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 2: this coming, but he's been really good, like legitimately good.

759
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 2: The surface level numbers say he's been good, The underlying

760
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 2: metrics say he's been good. He was obviously a very

761
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 2: touted prospect at one point. Sometimes especially lefty pitchers, take

762
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 2: a little more time to figure it out. Sure, I mean,

763
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 2: I think if Joey Wentz now gets blown up in

764
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 2: his next two or three starts, then it's okay. Well,

765
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 2: maybe he's like a sixth or seventh starter who they

766
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 2: can stash in Gwinnett next season. But if he has

767
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 2: a good final month, then I think he has a

768
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 2: real chance to throw innings of some kind for this team,

769
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 2: maybe out of the bullpen, maybe as a long man,

770
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 2: maybe as a hybrid, maybe as an opener. We'll see

771
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 2: what ultimately happens. But he's done far better than I

772
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 2: was anticipating when they signed him.

773
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, strongly agree with that, to be yeah, to say

774
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 1: it lightly, to say the least. Also, they dah with

775
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: an afternoon game today the dh Ronald, which I liked,

776
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,479
Speaker 1: Actually like that. Give him a day off his feet

777
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,320
Speaker 1: for the most part, and they actually played Jake Frailey.

778
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 1: Jake Freiley, who they acquired eight days ago, had not

779
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:48,240
Speaker 1: played at all, and he finally started today. He's actually

780
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: a pretty interesting player, has a nice platoon split can

781
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: help them maybe off the bench, have some future control. Sure, sure,

782
00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: I liked seeing that. We will not do the bit

783
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: I pledged myself today. We will not do the bit

784
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: about Drake Balwin not playing enough beyond just saying that

785
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 1: he has not played enough. That's all I will say

786
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,799
Speaker 1: about that topic today. It's been litigated enough. You're a

787
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:13,439
Speaker 1: wise man.

788
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,439
Speaker 2: I cannot have this argument for the tenth time this month.

789
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 1: Not even argument we agree, but every single time, without fail,

790
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,800
Speaker 1: I see a lineup that has Barcelo Zun and not

791
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,720
Speaker 1: Drake Baldwin. I want to bang my head into a wall.

792
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: And that didn't happen today. Drake Drake played today, so

793
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 1: we're good vibes only on a Wednesday. Okay, Scott, let

794
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: us discuss the twenty twenty sixth schedule, which came out

795
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: on Tuesday. We were going to do a podcast that

796
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:42,919
Speaker 1: went through every single game of a schedule. It would

797
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: take several hours. It was gonna be awesome content. And

798
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: then Scott said, no, I pitched it. I wanted to

799
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: do No, no, no, you just understold this, Brad. The

800
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 1: schedule came out on Tuesday in very baseball form, in fashion,

801
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 1: but I wanted you to do this exactly. So let's

802
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 1: go come Glad, here we are.

803
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball releases their schedule for twenty twenty six

804
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 2: at like one thirty in the afternoon on a Tuesday

805
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 2: in August, with no lead up at all, no buzz,

806
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:12,360
Speaker 2: no nothing, not a thing. And I do think like

807
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 2: everything gets compared to the NFL because the NFL is

808
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:18,760
Speaker 2: the biggest sports league in the country. The NFL overdoes

809
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 2: their schedule. They turn it into like a two weeks

810
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,279
Speaker 2: because they can. People care about it. That's why people right,

811
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 2: and it's interesting.

812
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: I get it.

813
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 2: I'm not I'm not a tuos, but what I'm saying

814
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 2: is it was very on brand from Major League Baseball,

815
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 2: with no notice, no hype, no excitement, no build up. Like,

816
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,240
Speaker 2: did our friends in Foul Territory even know on Tuesday

817
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 2: that the switch would have as Honestly, we should have

818
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:42,359
Speaker 2: asked them and I did.

819
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: I didn't do that. I would love to know if

820
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: they had any advanced notice. I don't know. Also, this

821
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: is not Baseball's fault, but the fact that the Taylor

822
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: Swift thing happened like at the same exact time, which

823
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: which was deeply hilarious. That's not that's actually not their fault.

824
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: But man, it was even funnier. It's like, by the way,

825
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 1: here's the one hundred and sixty two games schedule for you,

826
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:04,760
Speaker 1: everybody in the middle of the tairas Travis kelcey engagement

827
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: so stipulated on the podcast. Funny that they didn't roll

828
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: it out. Also, like it's August and they're still playing

829
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 1: Like every other sport, they do it an offseason. I get.

830
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: I get why baseball does this because they have so

831
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 1: many games, Like I get it, but like I would

832
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: still want to when do you just do it in November?

833
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: Like can it not? Wait's November? Yeah?

834
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 2: Or on like a Thursday night where there's only a

835
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 2: couple of games, or maybe like a Thursday, especially in

836
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 2: September when you have so many days off, like there's

837
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 2: always a Thursday where there's two day games and one

838
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 2: night game and everybody else is off. Again, I get it.

839
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,439
Speaker 2: This is not the NFL. It's one hundred and sixty

840
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 2: two games. It's basically the same schedule every year. Just

841
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,359
Speaker 2: teams move around. But still, I was like, Oh, they

842
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 2: put the schedule out, let's we should talk about this

843
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 2: at least for five minutes.

844
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 1: It's literally a mark. It's it's it's great. It's great

845
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 1: for planning. If you are a season ticket holder, you

846
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 1: need that information to know when you're going to be there,

847
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: if you want to travel, if you're a diehard you

848
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: want to travel with some places to follow the team around.

849
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: Very important information to get an advance. We all get it.

850
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: It was just it was a funny roll out, and

851
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 1: I knew before we even talked. I knew you'd be

852
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: trigger and you were, so you came through for me.

853
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 2: I appreciate that. I had thank you for letting me

854
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,919
Speaker 2: get that out of my system. My wife was gonna

855
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 2: throw something at me if I kept talking to her

856
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 2: about it. So this is why I do podcasts with you, Brad.

857
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: I'm sure she would have really enjoyed the discourse about

858
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: the pirates on a Tuesday. Okay, some notes, we won't

859
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 1: go we will not go through all the joking aside,

860
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 1: and we're not gonna go through everything. I thought the

861
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: most interesting thing of the whole schedule, honestly, was that

862
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: this is the earliest domestic start so like non like

863
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: Japan one off series. Ever, the standard opening day for

864
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: Badjeley baseball across the league is March twenty sixth. That

865
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: is super duper early, which means and by the way,

866
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 1: they're also going just as late, so it's like they're

867
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,080
Speaker 1: not in theory, which means there's more off days in

868
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: the schedule. Not a ton more, but probably two or

869
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: three more than there used to be, which I tend

870
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 1: to like.

871
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that was something the players pushed for

872
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 2: in the latest CBA negotiations.

873
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: I mean it makes sense to me. I mean it's

874
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: a very long season. Of course. The counter is it's

875
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:21,360
Speaker 1: cold a lot of places still in late March. Of

876
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 1: course you have to schedule around that and not play

877
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: in Colorado perhaps in late March, not play in Seattle

878
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:27,839
Speaker 1: places that.

879
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 2: Are Chicago the outside ago.

880
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, no thanks, But anyway, that was interesting to me.

881
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: But from a Braves perspective, I think the thing that

882
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 1: got the most attention is the Braves actually start at

883
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 1: home next season, and they haven't done that in a while.

884
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 2: They have not done that. So technically in twenty twenty two,

885
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,919
Speaker 2: the Braves opened up the season at home, but that's

886
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 2: only because the first week of the season was postponed

887
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: because of the lockout. So I believe, and correct me

888
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,240
Speaker 2: if I'm wrong, comment between me, whatever, But I believe

889
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:04,439
Speaker 2: this is the first scheduled opening day in Atlanta since

890
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:08,239
Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, which was six years ago, seven years ago.

891
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: By the time it comes, yeah, it'll be it'll be

892
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,919
Speaker 1: seven my time comes around, and that's that's a long

893
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 1: I mean again, this is not something I get exercised about,

894
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: just to be honest with you everybody in this listening.

895
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: But I know fans will like get mad when they

896
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: don't open at home, and obviously you can't open the

897
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,880
Speaker 1: home every year. That seems pretty obvious to everybody if

898
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: you understand the way things go. But when it's been

899
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: a long time, Like, you know, you want to have

900
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,800
Speaker 1: your little showcase at home, and it's a very big,

901
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: obvious showcase event. It's also odd. I think. Actually dB

902
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: made the show and I laughed, so good job dB

903
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 1: about the traditional rival Kansas City Royals coming in for

904
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 1: the first week of the season. That was funny. But yeah,

905
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,280
Speaker 1: it is the Royals and the A's the first two series.

906
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: Not exactly a flagsh of opponents, but hey, it's at home.

907
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 2: So six home games against the Royals and the Athletics,

908
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 2: and then they go out west to play the Diamondbacks,

909
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,959
Speaker 2: which you know, yeah, shout out to all of our

910
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 2: Braves fans in Arizona, a lot of you. Talk to

911
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 2: a few of you when they came out west. Be

912
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 2: there again in April, and then the Angels. So the

913
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 2: first four series of the year are Royals, Athletics at

914
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 2: Diamondbacks at Anaheim Angels.

915
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: Just yeah, I speak for everyone I think when I

916
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 1: say I am excited that it's not at Dodgers at Padres. Yeah,

917
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: I don't want to see that. I don't want to

918
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,960
Speaker 1: see that. Ever again, I don't care what happens. I

919
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: never want to see at Dodgers at Padres open season

920
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: ever again, because every time I don't know if you

921
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: see the you two comments that I see Scott, Almost

922
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 1: every show someone inevitably comments that the season was over

923
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: after the first week, which I actually don't agree with.

924
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,839
Speaker 1: Still at me if you want to, but I never

925
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,320
Speaker 1: want to see it again. All set, no more Dodters,

926
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: no where Padres that Firs speak of the season, I'm good.

927
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: So it seems like.

928
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 2: A relatively friendly start to the season. Will take that probably,

929
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 2: I mean, we'll see, but generally Atlanta in late March,

930
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 2: Earley April not terrible for weather, and then in Phoenix,

931
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 2: I mean, best time to come out is April. So

932
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 2: if you ever wanted to come out West, do that.

933
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 2: It's a dome. Probably have the roof open in chase Field,

934
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 2: and then out in la and Anaheim to play the Angels.

935
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 2: So there's no I guess immediate like super concerns with

936
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 2: the schedule here, and it is on paper much softer

937
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,280
Speaker 2: than what the Braves saw this past season.

938
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, and all of the West Coast trips for the

939
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: whole season are done by like the middle of June.

940
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: They have this The long one is a ten day

941
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: trip in May to Colorado, Seattle, and then to the Dodgers,

942
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: and then again they don't go out west again like

943
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:45,919
Speaker 1: after mid June. It's an interesting way out there. MLB

944
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: is pushing the rivalry weekend thing. All their releases had that.

945
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: It's it's Braves red Sox. I don't care about that.

946
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:59,239
Speaker 1: Rivalry doesn't exist, but that's my fifteenth through seventeenth. The

947
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 1: Braves do host the Mets on July fourth weekend. That

948
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: will be big if the Braves are competitive, and I

949
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: guess it's not given anymore. If the Braves are decent,

950
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 1: that will be a big time attention series. That's like

951
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: prime base Like even casuals are in on baseball that weekend.

952
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 2: Oh like every Yeah, every stadium in I think like

953
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 2: thirteen out of fifteen stadiums this past year sold out

954
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 2: on fourth of July. So, I mean it's a pretty

955
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 2: favorable schedule from like a gate and revenue perspective. Fourth

956
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 2: of July, I think Father's Day weekend, the Braves are

957
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,800
Speaker 2: at home. Labor Day weekend, the Braves are at home.

958
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 2: It's you know, there's some it's not as bad like

959
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,879
Speaker 2: this year's schedule just felt really hard that you talked

960
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 2: about the early start was brutal. They weren't home for

961
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:46,719
Speaker 2: a couple of key weekends. One interesting note, and this

962
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,360
Speaker 2: is now the second year in a row the Braves

963
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,760
Speaker 2: will not play the New York Mets until the middle

964
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,800
Speaker 2: of June. But somehow, even though they don't play the

965
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:59,280
Speaker 2: Mets until mid June, all four of the series against

966
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:02,320
Speaker 2: New York are between like mid June and mid August,

967
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,359
Speaker 2: and then they're they're done. It's the same way this year.

968
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 2: Like I that's a weird quirk. I get it. Thirty teams,

969
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty two games, it's not always going

970
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 2: to line up perfectly. But that's kind of I don't know,

971
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 2: that is something that caught people's attention. Yeah, so we'll,

972
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:18,400
Speaker 2: you know, we'll see how it all shakes out. But

973
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:21,560
Speaker 2: it's exciting for me at least. Maybe I'm weird, but

974
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:23,839
Speaker 2: I get excited when I see a schedule for next year.

975
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 1: I mean, we are, we are weird stipulated that not

976
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:33,839
Speaker 1: a huge deal, I guess, But the Braves are not

977
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:38,279
Speaker 1: playing on a World Day again next year, and this

978
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,320
Speaker 1: year they din't play on a World Day either. I

979
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:44,760
Speaker 1: don't understand an auto ye, I don't get how was that.

980
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: I don't get it either.

981
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 2: That's really dumb. And that's like the unofficial start of

982
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 2: the summertime. Weather's usually really nice. It's everyone, you know,

983
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 2: not everyone. Most people are off work summer. You know,

984
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,239
Speaker 2: kids are out for the summer. That that sucks. I

985
00:48:57,239 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 2: didn't realize they were off on Memorial.

986
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: Two years in a row. This year they were also off.

987
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 1: Next year they are off again. I don't understand that

988
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:08,280
Speaker 1: one weird. Our friend Steven pointed this out to us.

989
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: The draft is July twelfth. Usually won't usually will not

990
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:15,640
Speaker 1: plan on that one being as big of a deal

991
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 1: as it is. It's gonna be a bigger deal this year.

992
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 1: The Braves will pick higher than they have picked in

993
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 1: a very very long time circle that one. I'll go

994
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:25,920
Speaker 1: ahead and test Carlos Calaza right now and say, Carlos,

995
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,800
Speaker 1: what are we doing the pre draft podcast in early June?

996
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 2: There we go, which it's coming, future first ballot Hall

997
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 2: of Famer? Are the Braves taking on July twelve? That's

998
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 2: the lead question to Carlos. Somebody we have them on

999
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 2: the show.

1000
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, somebody they also And we'll get out of here.

1001
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,759
Speaker 1: I promise they end with nine of the last twelve

1002
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 1: on the road, not ideal in a competitive scenario. But

1003
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,719
Speaker 1: they do play the Phillies seven times in September. They

1004
00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:51,919
Speaker 1: don't play the Mets. They play the Phillies a lot

1005
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 1: in September next year, so that'll be if the Phillies

1006
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: are good, and presumably they will be good. They have

1007
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,800
Speaker 1: been good for a while now. Could be some showdown

1008
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 1: games there. You don't want to get ahead of yourself

1009
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:07,359
Speaker 1: too much. That's the whole fun about doing the schedule. Also,

1010
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:11,400
Speaker 1: somebody asked us in thinkers on Twitter, there are no

1011
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: times yet. They don't announce the times. It's it's a

1012
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 1: giant tvd on every time. It's you only have the day.

1013
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: I don't know, do you remember when when they announce

1014
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,320
Speaker 1: the times. It's like in the winter. I feel like they.

1015
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,920
Speaker 2: Trickle out, like January February. There's always a few tvas

1016
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:30,319
Speaker 2: on like weekends or like the Friday night games, and

1017
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,319
Speaker 2: who knows what the national TV situation is going to

1018
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,600
Speaker 2: be next year, but usually it comes out like quietly

1019
00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 2: because it's baseball, but quietly. They kind of roll out

1020
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:43,200
Speaker 2: the start times in the offseason at some point, and

1021
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 2: that is.

1022
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: Actually part of what they don't do the times as

1023
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,439
Speaker 1: the national schedule, like you just said, and Baseball's national

1024
00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 1: TV partners are still in flux. There's been a lot

1025
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 1: of reporting about that. Andrew March has been all over this.

1026
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,960
Speaker 1: But ESPN Sunday Night Baseball is gone, NBC is gonna

1027
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 1: get some it's gonna be maybe even more confusing than

1028
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 1: it's been. The Roku games are going away. It seems

1029
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: like the Sunday morning ROCU games those are That's such

1030
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:13,320
Speaker 1: a bad apple. Apple is a hot button topic always

1031
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:15,080
Speaker 1: to like, we'll say that for the off season, but

1032
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,440
Speaker 1: like it's all changing. That's again, it's all changing again.

1033
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: So strap it everybody. Well, we'll tell you where to

1034
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:24,440
Speaker 1: watch the games at some point. Okay, Scott, let's get

1035
00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: out of here. But a brief look at the weekend

1036
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:30,240
Speaker 1: because it's Wednesday night going into Thursday, and a series

1037
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 1: that should have been a lot more important than it

1038
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:38,360
Speaker 1: actually is. But four games in Philadelphia beginning on Thursday.

1039
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 1: And just like we talked about earlier with the with

1040
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 1: the Mets and the Marlins, the Braids don't play the

1041
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 1: Phillies after this. This is the final Philly series of

1042
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:48,279
Speaker 1: the year.

1043
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:49,480
Speaker 2: Uh.

1044
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:53,520
Speaker 1: Four games the Braves did announce their probables today. It's

1045
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:55,680
Speaker 1: Cali Quantrill is still throwing me off that he's in

1046
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:59,800
Speaker 1: the rotation. That's on Thursday. Then Bryce Elder, then some

1047
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:03,880
Speaker 1: one named TBA on Saturday. Uh, that is going to

1048
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:08,360
Speaker 1: be Chrisale unless something drastically weird happens in a return.

1049
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,320
Speaker 1: That'll be fun to just watch Chrisale. I know it

1050
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: doesn't matter whatever. And then Hersta Waldrip on Sunday, and

1051
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: that's a Sunday night baseball game, So Hersta Waldrop with

1052
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 1: a national showcase and he's gonna happen a zero point

1053
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:22,279
Speaker 1: ninety already to begin the game. Hopefully he has his

1054
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,520
Speaker 1: best stuff. That would be fun if he did.

1055
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 4: So.

1056
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 2: Really excited to see Chrisale. It'll be great to have

1057
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 2: him on the mound. We of course will be holding

1058
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 2: our breath just a little bit, but yes, good to

1059
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,000
Speaker 2: have Chris sail back. And then for Waldrip, I think

1060
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:39,799
Speaker 2: especially all eyes on Hurston Waldrip, because even though he

1061
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,320
Speaker 2: has the stellar era and you can only pitch against

1062
00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:44,360
Speaker 2: the teams who are in front of you, it is

1063
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:47,080
Speaker 2: fair to say that Waldrip's opponents so far have been

1064
00:52:47,239 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 2: very bad. The Marlins twice the White Sox, the Guardians,

1065
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:54,880
Speaker 2: the Reds. I believe last time I looked, all of

1066
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 2: those opponents are in the bottom ten in baseball and offense.

1067
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 2: I think two of them are in the bottom five.

1068
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Speaker 2: So it's been an easier rollout for Waldrip and now

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00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 2: he's going to get a big test on Sunday night

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Speaker 2: against Philly. But let's hope he's able to build and

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Speaker 2: show something there. But yeah, Brad, I mean, in another world,

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Speaker 2: we would. I mean, honestly, in another world we're probably

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Speaker 2: doing a fifteen to twenty minute preview of this series.

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Speaker 2: We're not doing that. It is what it is. We're

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00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,759
Speaker 2: just kind of going through the motions. But let's let's

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Speaker 2: try to beat up on the Phillies this weekend and

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Speaker 2: make life.

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Speaker 1: A little difficult for them. Yeah, this could have been

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Speaker 1: a crossover with the Phillies Show our colleagues on the

1080
00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:35,480
Speaker 1: Network kind of series if the Braves were not where

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00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: they are in the standings. But hey, it still it's

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00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 1: it's still fun and also, no matter where you stand

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00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:45,160
Speaker 1: on the tanking debate, it's fun to beat the Phillies.

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00:53:45,239 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: So if the brisk of beat the Phillies, I want

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Speaker 1: to go to put them on that and the slightest

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00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:50,440
Speaker 1: it'd be fun to knock them off a little bit

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00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:53,319
Speaker 1: and always a little bit of juice flowing when you

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00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:58,120
Speaker 1: played the Phillies. Oh, I just saw something Friday night's

1089
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:04,479
Speaker 1: game Scott Apple TV Plus, so I can tell you

1090
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:06,120
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, I could tell you with a certainty.

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00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: It's Bryce Utter against Ranger Suarez. That's a it's a

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00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,239
Speaker 1: very bad matchup and it's an Apple TV Plus game.

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Speaker 1: So people, I think and.

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Speaker 2: The Braves have not had a good game against Ranger

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00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:19,359
Speaker 2: Swarez ever, so correct in just one. No, man, it's

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00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 2: such a legitimate bummer that Zach Wheeler is done for

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Speaker 2: the season. Maybe, I mean his career might be on

1098
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:29,799
Speaker 2: life support at this point. I mean it's bad. Folks

1099
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:32,720
Speaker 2: can look up Wheeler. He has a serious medical condition thing.

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Speaker 1: Going on right now.

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00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,400
Speaker 2: And yeah, so no more Zach Wheeler at least this

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Speaker 2: year for the Phillies, and legitimately hope he's back because

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Speaker 2: Wheeler is one of my favorite players to watch in

1104
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:44,400
Speaker 2: all of baseball, regardless of the team.

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00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 1: Agreed, He's a guy we we used to want the

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00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:49,399
Speaker 1: Braves to sign several years ago, and I wish they had.

1107
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:52,960
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, but this the first two pitching match ups

1108
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: are not favorable. Cala quash Or against Aaron Nola and

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00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:58,760
Speaker 1: then Bryce Older Raders Suarez is pretty tough on paper.

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Speaker 1: But hey, it gets better as the we can a

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00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: long Chris Sale Saturday, Hersel Water up on Sunday, and

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Speaker 1: they did push specially start back a day. That's probably

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Speaker 1: give me to plan. It seems like the rest of

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Speaker 1: the season. Give me an extra day every time. Bye

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00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,040
Speaker 1: with me doesn't bother me at all. He looked better

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Speaker 1: at his last start, and we'll cover that as we

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00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 1: need to. Scott. We have done almost an hour. Anything

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Speaker 1: else you want to add before we sign off on

1119
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Speaker 1: this podcast, And I believe for you for a little,

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Speaker 1: a little while you are you're traveling.

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Speaker 2: We are going to do some traveling. So I will

1122
00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 2: not see your beautiful face for a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'll watch on YouTube and watch you and Steven

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00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:37,560
Speaker 2: and Sean whoever else, and I'll start commenting about how

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00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:39,480
Speaker 2: good you guys are doing, and how Scott should never

1126
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:42,040
Speaker 2: come back and all of those good things. But yes,

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00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 2: we're gonna do some traveling. My wife and I looking

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00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 2: forward to it. In another world. We would have been

1129
00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:48,640
Speaker 2: thinking about how I'd be missing out on some really

1130
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:52,839
Speaker 2: good important braves. Baseball didn't work out that way. But nonetheless,

1131
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,240
Speaker 2: I know you guys will do a fine job covering

1132
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:56,760
Speaker 2: the team while I am away.

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Speaker 1: I have a similar intern nowational day job trip that

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00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 1: I have mandated to be on in October. And you

1135
00:56:06,239 --> 00:56:11,319
Speaker 1: know this, but I had serious, serious angst about when

1136
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:14,320
Speaker 1: that trip is and I have to go and playoffs

1137
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:16,719
Speaker 1: and all that. And now that doesn't matter quite as

1138
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 1: much as it was going to matter at one point.

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Speaker 1: So there are It's just what it is.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 1: We do our best. We do spend this as a

1142
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:24,920
Speaker 1: job for us. We treat it like a job. We

1143
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:27,520
Speaker 1: work hard doing this. We try to be consistent. We

1144
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: also have to do other things. We have to travel sometimes,

1145
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:31,160
Speaker 1: and that's why they're four of us as well. It's

1146
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:32,879
Speaker 1: nic stuff, that's right, That's right.

1147
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:35,879
Speaker 2: So we s Stephen and Sean just running the ship.

1148
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,640
Speaker 2: We love it. Those guys do a fantastic job. YouTube

1149
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:42,520
Speaker 2: loves Sean Coleman. Sean's the man. I mean, he's just

1150
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:45,040
Speaker 2: such a just such a fun guy. Even before we

1151
00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:46,920
Speaker 2: start recording, and she's like, Sean, what's going on in

1152
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:48,960
Speaker 2: your world man, and I love to hear it. But

1153
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Speaker 2: as always, a big thank you to everybody checking out

1154
00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:54,280
Speaker 2: the show, even as the Braves, even though they're playing

1155
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:56,440
Speaker 2: better right now of course not the season we wanted,

1156
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:59,600
Speaker 2: but a sincere thank you to everybody who's listing on

1157
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 2: audio and watching on YouTube. You guys, I mean you

1158
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:04,680
Speaker 2: guys are awesome for sticking with us in this season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, strongly agree. Please subscribe if you are new to

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00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:09,319
Speaker 1: the podcast or just checking us out for the first

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Speaker 1: If you are an audio listener, as I always say,

1164
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 1: I am an audio listener to podcasts, do us as

1165
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 1: solid and just subscribe on YouTube anyway you're not gonna watch,

1166
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Speaker 1: is peraddirl and thank you for being here everybody. We

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Speaker 1: appreciate it and we'll see you all next time.