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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Hammer Territory podcast.

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Speaker 1: This is episode two seventh one. I am your host

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Speaker 1: s Brad Roland, coming to you on a Sunday evening.

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Speaker 1: You're in late September, and I'm joining as I always am,

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Speaker 1: by Scott Coleman. Scott, the Braves simply cannot stop winning

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Speaker 1: baseball games, as we've talked about all scus alone, right,

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Speaker 1: how are.

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Speaker 2: You hello, Brad? Isn't it fitting that in this very

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Speaker 2: frustrating season, the Braves have saved their best for last.

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Speaker 2: They have won eight games in a row, and I

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Speaker 2: mean they're gonna play the Nationals and the Pirates this week.

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Speaker 2: There's a legitimate chance the Braves might go thirteen and

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Speaker 2: one to close out the season. I mean, how long

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Speaker 2: can this winning streak go? It's very very on brand

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Speaker 2: that they are now playing their best ball of the year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it certainly is on brand, to say the least.

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Speaker 1: And first of all, we want everybody back to the

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Speaker 1: show or to the show for the first time.

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Speaker 2: We are hebit Territory.

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Speaker 1: We covered the Braves pretty much every single day and

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Speaker 1: you could follow us anywhere you get your podcast, Apple, Spotify, YouTube,

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Speaker 1: et cetera. And there's a lot to talk about today.

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Speaker 1: It is odd as you just allude to their longest

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Speaker 1: waytric of the season eight in a row. The schedule

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Speaker 1: ahead is very very fortunate if they wanted to be,

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Speaker 1: or not fortunate was we'll talk about in the second

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Speaker 1: maybe if you're rooting against wins, as some are, it's

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Speaker 1: been a rough week for those people. But the previous

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Speaker 1: longest way strik of the season for the Braves was five,

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Speaker 1: and now they're at eight for this year. They also

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Speaker 1: didn't win Scott This is actually my heavit stat of

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Speaker 1: the day. I think they never won eight in the

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Speaker 1: row last year at any point, and they made the

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Speaker 1: And this team, which was dead buried two months ago,

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Speaker 1: has not won eight in a row. And it could

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Speaker 1: be longer than eight. They did win nine in a

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Speaker 1: row in twenty twenty three when they won one hundred

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Speaker 1: and four games, but they actually could win nine, It

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Speaker 1: could win ten, and it'd be kind of darkly ironic

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Speaker 1: and funny if they actually had a longer streak this year.

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Speaker 1: Then at twenty twenty three when they had the best

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Speaker 1: office of all time and they look to be kind

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Speaker 1: of a beatable at times. I don't know, it's a

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Speaker 1: weird season, man, It's it's kind of appropriate, almost like

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Speaker 1: it sounds crazy, but the fact that it's we're talking

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Speaker 1: We're we talking about the l last week of the season,

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Speaker 1: to be honest with you, because it's like, all right,

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Speaker 1: the games don't really matter, but then if you just

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Speaker 1: keep winning and winning and winning, the vibes are generally

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Speaker 1: more positive, even if people kind of laugh about it.

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Speaker 1: You know, fans seem to be still tuning in this weekend,

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Speaker 1: which I thought was kind of an upset because there's

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Speaker 2: Well, and I think too, when you think about this

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Speaker 2: season as a whole, as frustrating and as many losses

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Speaker 2: that was on pace to lose one hundred games as

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Speaker 2: recently as a month ago. And we've seen it over

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Speaker 2: these the last two weeks. They've been much better with

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Speaker 2: especially once they've gotten Chris sailback and Spencer Strider has

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Speaker 2: been really good lately. Like the pieces here are clearly

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Speaker 2: obviously didn't work out for a plethora of reasons, but

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Speaker 2: man alive, Brad. If this team was going to the

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Speaker 2: baseball of the season, I mean, I can hear it now,

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Speaker 2: we'd be saying, well that, you know, are these shades

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Speaker 2: in the game of baseball? Of course, nowhere near that.

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Speaker 2: But it's just maybe it gives us reasons for optimism

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Speaker 1: I pulled up field Baseball Reference machine because we weren't

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Speaker 1: more games now than they did in twenty seventeen, twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 1: and they were, but we thought, I think collectively, that

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Speaker 1: been better this year officially by the record. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be funny though, and maybe this won't happen. Maybe they'll

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Speaker 1: won't really matter. But I kind of look forward to

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Speaker 1: ten years from now, fifteen years from now, looking back

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Speaker 1: and being like, oh, the Braves won seventy eight games.

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Speaker 1: That year actually wasn't so bad. Even though we'll all

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Speaker 1: but forget about this. This is this team is also,

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Speaker 1: like you just said, you're a hundred percent right. The

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Speaker 1: talent level of a team was way better than it

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Speaker 1: of almost don't want them to win seventy eight seventy

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Speaker 1: some weird synergy too, Like we all know this team

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Speaker 1: started out zero to seven on the first road trip

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Speaker 1: seven to zero, and there's probably nothing I mean that

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Speaker 1: that's probably just is what it is. We don't have

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Speaker 2: Days than what we watched this past season. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: you're right, I mean, it's this feels like a the

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Speaker 2: fact they're going to win seventy seven, seventy eight games

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Speaker 2: this season really is just nowhere near a representation of

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're going to dive in as we always would

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Speaker 1: but certainly there Their ceiling now entering the lottery is

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Speaker 1: One more thing, Scott, This actually was a four conclusion,

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Speaker 1: but I had to laugh because the seven year playoff

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Speaker 1: knew that for weeks and weeks now, but on Fridays

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Speaker 1: It is the fifth longest streak of playoff appearances in

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Speaker 1: a row in the modern era of baseball. Seven years

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Speaker 1: is not that long, but it seems it's a lot.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to make the playoffs now. You might see

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Speaker 1: But still a pretty good accomplishment. By the way, the

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Speaker 1: fourteen years in a row. The Dodgers are probably gonna

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Speaker 2: This year.

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Speaker 1: It is a giant disappointment that they didn't make the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: We don't want to overstate that, but seven years in

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Speaker 2: Really just makes you appreciate how hard it was in

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Speaker 2: that I don't think a team will ever do the

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Speaker 2: division streak the Braves had the Dodgers, don't they They

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Speaker 2: But I guess, just looking back on that ron, I

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Speaker 2: on that. But yeah, seven years heck of a run

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Speaker 2: for Atlanta. Let's hope another seven plus year playoff stretches

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Speaker 2: no playoffs. There'll be no playoff heartbreak and disappointment. There'll

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Speaker 2: that after winning the whole thing in twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 2: the Braves have won two playoff games in four years.

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Speaker 2: That's not what you wanted.

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Speaker 1: No, it's it certainly is not one quick thing before

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Speaker 1: curve ball Scott. We got a question that I think

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Speaker 1: people are wondering still, and we've discussed this a lot recently,

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Speaker 1: this matter at all? Was a question we got to

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Speaker 1: it's like his future A to make him want to

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Speaker 1: keep doing it or B to make the Braves want

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Speaker 1: to keep him. And my response on Twitter to the

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Speaker 1: on the show last time on no Shan Stephen have

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Speaker 1: done this as well. Stickers contract is up in a week.

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Speaker 1: He's only under contracted still the season ends, which is

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Speaker 1: a week from today, he is not signed it anyway,

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Speaker 1: there's no option, he is not under contract after week.

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Speaker 1: So it is I continue to see this repeatedly. Frames

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Speaker 1: if it's his choice, it is not only his choice

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Speaker 1: his choice. The Braves have to allow him to come

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Speaker 1: I mean about like, does this matter at all? It

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Speaker 1: probably shouldn't matter, that's my opinion, But.

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Speaker 2: We got the question.

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Speaker 1: Right, Scott, let us discuss some baseball on the field

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Speaker 1: from the weekend on Friday. The Braves, of course one

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Speaker 2: Stuff non Braves later in the show, kind.

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Speaker 1: Of adjacent to the break because it involves the Mets

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Speaker 1: He hit Matt Olsen with the pitch that ever the

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Speaker 2: Like ten? It had to be a large amount of

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Speaker 2: people be like Scott, Scott, Scott, look, America's favorite game.

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Speaker 2: It's still going strong. It might be the final time

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Speaker 2: of course what inning is. Charlie Morton going to hit

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Speaker 2: for Charlie. He got fifteen million dollars to pitch this year.

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Speaker 2: It was very, very bad. He's going to finish the

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Speaker 2: Maybe it might be the Braves. We'll see, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna do this. I'm going to defend

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Speaker 1: So I was gonna say, how bad hey he had

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Speaker 2: But we'll see. Yes, So Charlie Morton makes fifteen million

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Speaker 2: four hundred thousand dollars. The Braves would have to pay

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Speaker 2: for a reunion with Chuck to make one final start

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Speaker 2: this week or no worth it for me. I'm just saying,

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Speaker 2: Brad Rowland is going to cut a check personally for

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Speaker 1: I'm not kidding, though, I'm not kidding when I say this.

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Speaker 2: We need to pull some strings and get you like

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Speaker 1: I mean my ticket costs will not be four one

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Speaker 1: If I need to, I will come see Charlie one

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Speaker 1: I hope that wasn't the last time you ever pitched.

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Speaker 2: He was so bad on Friday, but it might be

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Speaker 2: so we'll see. Yeah, Hey, hell of a career. Charlie

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Speaker 2: Just one of the coolest things I think I've ever

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Speaker 2: So yeah, but you know, Friday night, the whole offense hit.

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Speaker 2: Everybody hit. I mean that that's kind of been the theme.

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Speaker 2: The whole lineup has been good. Akunya Homeward, Drake Baldwin Homeward,

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Speaker 2: as well.

432
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Speaker 1: He's he's getting hot man.

433
00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,320
Speaker 2: Plus he might be he might be opting out. We'll see.

434
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,240
Speaker 2: Ozzie Albe's has been good. I mean, even Michael Harris

435
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,480
Speaker 2: drew a walk, which is maybe the craziest thing. I

436
00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,240
Speaker 2: just said, selling the alarm.

437
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I did it with Steven the other day because

438
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,320
Speaker 1: Seawan was Sean was sick of as me and Steve

439
00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,439
Speaker 1: and I think it was it was four. He had

440
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Speaker 1: four walks and four hundred plus play appearances, a literal

441
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:29,000
Speaker 1: one percent walk, right, so hey, anytime Michael walks, that's good. Sean,

442
00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,040
Speaker 1: our colleague Seankalma had the stat plug up right now

443
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Speaker 1: to make sure I'm not gonna get it wrong. But

444
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,880
Speaker 1: the a game Wing streak, they scored at least five

445
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,040
Speaker 1: runs in all eight games. Now, one of those games

446
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,959
Speaker 1: they had they scored five runs in the tenth to

447
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,399
Speaker 1: do that. But hey, they scored five runs in all

448
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:44,919
Speaker 1: these games.

449
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:45,679
Speaker 2: First time that.

450
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,760
Speaker 1: Brings have won eight in a row while scoring at

451
00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,880
Speaker 1: least five runs in every game since nineteen eighty two.

452
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Speaker 1: So it's it's been the offense driving this little Wingus streak.

453
00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,119
Speaker 1: It's been the offense. I mean, other than the game

454
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Speaker 1: where it was little zero zero through nine through nine,

455
00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,520
Speaker 1: they had been putting up crooked numbers like with regularity,

456
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:04,680
Speaker 1: which has been fun to see.

457
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,320
Speaker 2: And that was a good example of about on Friday.

458
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,399
Speaker 1: Also, Bryce Elder shouts to him seven innings, five bits,

459
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,520
Speaker 1: no walk, six strikeouts, like he's been good down the stretch.

460
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,480
Speaker 1: So I don't want to be fooled by that, but

461
00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,760
Speaker 1: it's worth typing a captain Brice. He's been quite good

462
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,440
Speaker 1: for about a month.

463
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Speaker 2: Yeah, hey, you know what if Bryce Elder can cover

464
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,840
Speaker 2: five six innings and give the Braves even a remote

465
00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 2: chance to win moving forward, you take that every single time. Yes,

466
00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,800
Speaker 2: well said to Saturday.

467
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Speaker 1: Saturday was the Nacho Albarez game, to say, the least

468
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,840
Speaker 1: best game of his career bar none, not really any

469
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Speaker 1: competition for it. He had his first home run of

470
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,400
Speaker 1: his career on Saturday and a six to five win.

471
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,159
Speaker 1: It was his two hundred and fifteenth plate appearance. That's a

472
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,040
Speaker 1: lot of plaint appearances to not have a homer, like

473
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Speaker 1: not just not a big power guy, but he was

474
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Speaker 1: hitting like ten in the minors, like he can hit

475
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Speaker 1: some home He's he's not Nick Allen. He has a

476
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 1: little bit of juice. That was a long time and

477
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,360
Speaker 1: they gave him a silent treament which was fun to watch.

478
00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:55,720
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if he saw the clip, but they were.

479
00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: It was a long, solid treatment for Nacho and then

480
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:00,000
Speaker 1: he hover again.

481
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:00,960
Speaker 2: It was same game.

482
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,919
Speaker 1: Plus he had the game time hit with two out

483
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,960
Speaker 1: in the ninth to keep a waistreak lit so awesome

484
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,600
Speaker 1: game for him. You know, he's not been the best

485
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,800
Speaker 1: of the plate this year and his thrust into availability

486
00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,040
Speaker 1: with Austin being unavailable, But it was fun to just

487
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,920
Speaker 1: watch that because, like, you know, happy for the guy.

488
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 1: Everybody likes the kid, and a big, fun game on

489
00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,320
Speaker 1: a Saturday and people are fired up for him.

490
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Speaker 2: It was good. Not sure, el whereas clearly has some talent.

491
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,160
Speaker 2: Now do we think he's gonna be a cornerstone piece

492
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,720
Speaker 2: for the Braves for the next decade? No, probably not.

493
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 2: I also don't know where he would necessarily play with

494
00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 2: any kind of regularity. But he's a talented kid, and

495
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,439
Speaker 2: good for him for getting the two homers had I

496
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,080
Speaker 2: think the pitch was off the plate that he drove

497
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 2: the other way to tie the game, and then Jerks

498
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,720
Speaker 2: and Profar gave him the lead. It's been few and

499
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,120
Speaker 2: far between the number of times the Braves have come

500
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Speaker 2: back in the ninth inning this year, and of course,

501
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,640
Speaker 2: now that we have a week left in the year,

502
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,840
Speaker 2: they have a really nice win and also just a

503
00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 2: backbreaking loss for the Tigers. I mean, it's dark days

504
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 2: in Detroit right now. This team is on like a

505
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,840
Speaker 2: generational collapse right now. For the division. We might see

506
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,399
Speaker 2: one like every ten or fifteen years, but man alive.

507
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,160
Speaker 2: Just a crushing Losch for Detroit and then they were

508
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,600
Speaker 2: beyond flat on Sunday. So yeah, I mean the Braves,

509
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,920
Speaker 2: they're playing spoiler. Nobody wants them to be in that

510
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 2: spoiler role. We help want them to be at top

511
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 2: of the division and thinking about the playoffs this time

512
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,360
Speaker 2: of year. But they've made life difficult for the Tigers,

513
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,600
Speaker 2: and I guess you know there's there's little victories and

514
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,200
Speaker 2: making life really difficult for other teams who have their

515
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 2: eyes set on the postseason.

516
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean again, just to kind of a home

517
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 1: whenever one they had to come back though they were

518
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Speaker 1: down that game, not you had that hit. Baul had

519
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,040
Speaker 1: a great weekend, which is good to see. Joey once

520
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,919
Speaker 1: was solid and his basic a former team of his

521
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: in Detroit.

522
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Speaker 2: That was good.

523
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, awful off, we'll come back to the second, but

524
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 1: awful lost with the Tigers. That's what's today for the Tigers.

525
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 1: Just brute over them. And as we discussed I think

526
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:54,639
Speaker 1: on our last show, maybe maybe it's with Steve. I

527
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,199
Speaker 1: can't remember. Tiger's like my number two team, Like I

528
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,920
Speaker 1: have family out. I'm a Michigan fans. That's not fun

529
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 1: to have the Tigers just utterly collapse. But that'll come

530
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: back up in a second before we move on from

531
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,840
Speaker 1: the actual on field product. Sunday, the Braids went six

532
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: to two, much easier win other than the rain delay,

533
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: which I thought was just hilarious that they were having

534
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,159
Speaker 1: a rain delay on an NFL Sunday. It's like, no

535
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,320
Speaker 1: one's watching already, and then they set everybody away and

536
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 1: watch football. It's like, Oh, come back and watch the

537
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 1: rest of this game. I was trying to be professional

538
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: watching it, so I did watch.

539
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:25,200
Speaker 2: I did watch.

540
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 1: The entire game actually was on because the Falcons were

541
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,600
Speaker 1: being the Falcons. So we'll go on from that. But

542
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 1: a night's win, I mean, Strider, anything anything to stick

543
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,560
Speaker 1: out to you from Sunday and the eighth straight win

544
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 1: for the Bruis Spencer.

545
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,880
Speaker 2: Strider looked really good again. Over his last five starts.

546
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Speaker 2: Strider now has a two point one to zero e RA,

547
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 2: which is fantastic. Struck out six. He continues to throw

548
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 2: his off speed stuff at a higher rate, and we're

549
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 2: I think one of the biggest off season questions of

550
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 2: players already in the organization. Is what kind of pitcher

551
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,360
Speaker 2: is Spencer' going to be next season? Is he going

552
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,399
Speaker 2: to see any kind of increase in velocity with a

553
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 2: normal off season for strength and conditioning. Is he going

554
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,120
Speaker 2: to continue to really work in his breaking balls as

555
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,719
Speaker 2: he has done over the last month, because before that

556
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 2: he was getting hit hard. I mean he was gonna

557
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 2: hit really hard. So yeah, good for Spencer, I'm sure

558
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 2: just for his mental sake too, just going into the

559
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 2: off season knowing that he is healthy and that he

560
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 2: found success when he doesn't have that ninety nine fastball anymore.

561
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 2: You don't have to have a ninety nine fastball to

562
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,359
Speaker 2: be successful in the majors. But it's going to be

563
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,120
Speaker 2: an adjustment for him. And good on Spencer for being

564
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 2: able to make that change in the middle of a

565
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,360
Speaker 2: season where you only really have about three or four

566
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 2: days to make any kind of adjustment what you want

567
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 2: to do on the mound.

568
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and he still throws plenty hard. You know, he

569
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,479
Speaker 1: still touches ninety to ninety seven regularly. Like he can

570
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,120
Speaker 1: still bring it, it's just not bringing it the same

571
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 1: leg I think it was before. But looking good last

572
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 1: five starts we mentioned before Baldwin homering earlier in the

573
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Speaker 1: weekend twice, he tripled today on Sunday. He has six

574
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Speaker 1: base hits in the last seven games. Love to see that.

575
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Speaker 1: You need a drink to finish strong for Rookie of

576
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: the Year purposes all those things. He's still a pretty

577
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,640
Speaker 1: big underdog at draft kings right now. Our partner's over

578
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,200
Speaker 1: there to Kate Horton. By the way, Kate Horton pitches

579
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,439
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, it would be very helpful for the Braves

580
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 1: and Drake Ball one if Kate Horton got hit.

581
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Speaker 2: Harror on Tuesday. Yes, unfortunately he faces the New York Mets. Oh,

582
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,119
Speaker 2: so some split incentives there for Braves fans, like you

583
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 2: want the Mets to lose, but also Horton. Maybe the

584
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,440
Speaker 2: Mets can rock Horton and still lose nine to eight.

585
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 2: That'd be cool, Yes, something like that. So we'll see.

586
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,479
Speaker 2: Just something to circle on Tuesday when that comes up.

587
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 2: And of course the betting odds are not gospel, you know,

588
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 2: they are draftings.

589
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,959
Speaker 1: It's a thirty especially in baseball awards, is a thirty

590
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: person voting block for awards and we don't even know

591
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: who they are yet. Like it's bbw A. It's very

592
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 1: like MBA awarp. Betting is actually very very accurate because

593
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: it's a bigger panel, it's easier to figure it out.

594
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 1: Baseball awards are often wrong, like if it's if somebody

595
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: is a massive favorite, we kind of know why they're

596
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,679
Speaker 1: going to win. That's not where we are. Horton is

597
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: a betting favorite, but he's not like minus three thousand,

598
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: like Baldwin is very much alive.

599
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 2: And Rookie of the Year yes, so hopefully after you know,

600
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 2: it's interesting, Drake had a bad first two weeks of

601
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 2: September and we talked about it on the show last Sunday,

602
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,919
Speaker 2: and then we said, hey, we need Drake Baldwin to

603
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 2: get back on track and have a really good final

604
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 2: two weeks to give himself a chance at Rookie of

605
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 2: the Year and the draft pick the Braves would be

606
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 2: awarded if he wins Rookie of the Year. And he

607
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 2: did that, he was probably player of the Week for

608
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 2: the Braves, him or Matt Olsen. So yeah, I mean,

609
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 2: it's good to see Drake get back on it. Just

610
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,399
Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year or not. What a special season

611
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,400
Speaker 2: for a rookie catcher who more than holds his own

612
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 2: behind the plate and with the pitching staff. I feel

613
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,000
Speaker 2: like Drake has gotten better too as the season has

614
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,119
Speaker 2: gotten along. Defensively, he can throw out a base runner

615
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 2: and his approach is just so refined you would never

616
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 2: know he's a rookie. And that was from day one.

617
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 2: I mean, this kid came up in San Diego and

618
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,200
Speaker 2: it was he looked like a five year vet out there.

619
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Speaker 2: The way he works counts uses the whole field, has power,

620
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 2: but also can go the other way. He's just such

621
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 2: an impressive hitter. And frankly, with the uncertainty of Sean

622
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 2: Murphy going forward now that he's had this surgery, the

623
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 2: Braves need Drake Baldon to be good, even more so

624
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 2: than they did even a couple of weeks ago before

625
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,199
Speaker 2: we knew about the Murphy injury.

626
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Speaker 1: For sure, and you mentioned him being maybe the player

627
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,399
Speaker 1: of the week, like going back to the Braves offense

628
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 1: carrying them. I just pulled this up. The last seven

629
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Speaker 1: days of the Braves, they have five regulars with an

630
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: ops over one thousand over the last week.

631
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Speaker 2: Yeah, five, Baldwin is one of them. Baldwin, Olsen Acunya Nacho.

632
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Speaker 1: Given his one big game really, and then Hassan kim

633
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Speaker 1: All had like big time weeks and that's how you

634
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 1: end up scoring an average of like eight runs a

635
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Speaker 1: game for the week.

636
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Speaker 2: That's how that.

637
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Speaker 1: Works, all right, Scott, oh, one more quick news thing,

638
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: and then I want to close the show with some

639
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: playoff talk that actually is somewhat related to the Braves,

640
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 1: just because it's crazy. The Braves did claim another guy

641
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: of waivers in Flix. Every day there's a waiver claim.

642
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: I know Sean steven talked about one on Thursday night.

643
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 1: This time it was Chuckie Robinson, a thirty year old

644
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: catcher off layers from the Dodgers. I want to bring

645
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: that up just to say, listen to Shawn Stevens discussion

646
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: about the forty man a few days ago, because this

647
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,000
Speaker 1: is another one where they put Day's belt almost sixty

648
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: the il which goes away in ten days, and they

649
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Speaker 1: have a lot of decisions about the forty man roster

650
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Speaker 1: that have to be made fairly soon. This is another

651
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: guy who has options like depth piece and catcher. Sammie

652
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 1: Leo's a free agent, all those things. You want to

653
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Speaker 1: have one more guy. Look, Chuckie Robinson is not a

654
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: guy that really matters, but a guy you might see

655
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Speaker 1: next year potentially as the third fourth catcher in the organization.

656
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Speaker 2: Or the first time, yeah, the first time the Braves

657
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 2: make an offseason move of any kind and and the

658
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Speaker 2: club released CHUCKI. Robinson from the team or whatever.

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Speaker 1: Certainly very very very possible. Just why this is minute

660
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Speaker 1: twenty nine of the podcast. Is this because you know,

661
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: we have no idea if that's gonna actually matter at all,

662
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: but worthy of note another guy in sixty the I

663
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Speaker 1: I mean, they were almost laughing about how many guys

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665
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: So it just keeps the roster machinicians in baseball at

666
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Speaker 1: the end of the season when games don't matter anymore.

667
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: For bad teams are crazy and Alex's doing the right thing.

668
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: You just spray the board, just claim everybody you can

669
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Speaker 1: do whatever you do, whatever you want.

670
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 2: To do, and especially on a bad team like usual

671
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 2: injuries too, they have so many injuries. Like you know, right,

672
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 2: this is usually the time of year if you're if

673
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 2: you're a good team that you're trying to find like

674
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Speaker 2: the fastest player you can add, because he's going to

675
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Speaker 2: be your designated pinch runner, like it was the Billy

676
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Speaker 2: Hamilton Special for years where he couldn't do anything but

677
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Speaker 2: run well. Billy Hamilton always signed with a contender in

678
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 2: the last two weeks of the year because he was

679
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 2: your pinch running option late in games. So yeah, very

680
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Speaker 2: active forty man roster and a lot of moon overing

681
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Speaker 2: for Alex and topless. But hey, why not, Like, maybe

682
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Speaker 2: Alex is bored, maybe he has the itch and just

683
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Speaker 2: wants to make something happen before the offseason gets going.

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Speaker 1: I think Alex is probably like gnashing his teeth about

686
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Speaker 1: how bad the season's going because he's a competitive guy.

687
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Speaker 1: But you're right, maybe he's just like smashing buttons in

688
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Speaker 1: Okay Scott to tease this, but there's some playoff madness

718
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Speaker 1: going on that involves the Braves tangentially the Tigers, who

719
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: the Braves just swept.

720
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 2: Again, the Braves just swept.

721
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: The Tigers are playing for a lot, which made things

722
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: really interesting this week because you were to think once

723
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Speaker 1: you guys notthing.

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Speaker 2: To play for.

725
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Speaker 1: They're the ones allowed to play for, and the one

726
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Speaker 1: that has noothing to play for sweat the team, which

727
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: is a very baseball thing. There's something, there's a reason

728
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Speaker 1: why why we talking about all the time on the podcast.

729
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Speaker 1: You can want to win all you want to Baseball

730
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Speaker 1: is a very random sport. We love it, but a

731
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 1: lot of things weird. This happens in baseball. But let's

732
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Speaker 1: go Let's go to that first, and then the Mets

733
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: are having a similar experience. And the Braves hate the

734
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Speaker 1: Mets and least Brace.

735
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Speaker 2: Fans do, so that's good.

736
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Speaker 1: Maybe the Tigers are only up by one game on

737
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Speaker 1: the Al Central And if you have not followed this race,

738
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Speaker 1: I get that everybody follows non Braves baseball, I understand.

739
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Speaker 1: But a couple of numbers for you on this The

740
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Speaker 1: Tigers led the Guardians by twelve and a half games

741
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Speaker 1: in the division on August twenty fifth, that's four weeks ago.

742
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: They were up twelve and a half. Now it's one.

743
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: The Guardians were down by fifteen and a half games

744
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: in July at one point, and you pointed this out

745
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: to me, it was nine and a half ten days ago.

746
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 2: It was nine and a half.

747
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Speaker 1: On like September eleventh, they were nine and a half

748
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Speaker 1: games ahead of the of the Guardians. But since then,

749
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Speaker 1: Cleveland can't lose all the final loss today, Cleveland final

750
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Speaker 1: lost today, Cleveland can't lose, Detroit can't win, and like

751
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: it's one game, Like that's that's insane. It's like we

752
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: were again only trragitionally part of this. Watching it this weekend,

753
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 1: it was like a slow motion car wreck because it's like, man,

754
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: just win, please. I have a hard time watching it

755
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 1: because I hate collapses. I'm in Atlanta sports fan, folks.

756
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: This has been my entire life. It's hard for me

757
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Speaker 1: to deal with. Even though even even with no investment,

758
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 1: I'm like, please don't collapse, like it hurts my soul.

759
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: And they are trying to collapse. I don't know they're

760
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: gonna do it, but they're trying hard.

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Speaker 2: You know. It was interesting too, and this is not

762
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Speaker 2: Braves centered, but you know, we talked on the show

763
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Speaker 2: on Thursday night. We figured that the Tiger Stadium was

764
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 2: going to be like pretty rowdy and jacked up this

765
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Speaker 2: weekend and final home stand of the year for Detroit.

766
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Speaker 2: And yes, they've been playing bad, but a chance to

767
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Speaker 2: I mean beat up on the Braves, who were not

768
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Speaker 2: exactly a postseason contender at this point. And I mean

769
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Speaker 2: that stadium was dead. And maybe it's because they've watched

770
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Speaker 2: a fifteen game lead of APPU eight of Vapor eight

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Speaker 2: in that what where was that, Brad, It's fine, it's fine, man,

772
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Speaker 2: it's you know, you're in deep September. No one's listening anyway,

773
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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean it was. The stadium was dead

774
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Speaker 2: on Sunday. It was like a morgue. I know it

775
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 2: was NFL Sunday, but it wasn't like the Lions were playing,

776
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,800
Speaker 2: but stadium was empty. The Braves just completely dominated Detroit.

777
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Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on with them. They were

778
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Speaker 2: such a good story the first half of the season,

779
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 2: but they have just been a free fall ever since.

780
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Speaker 2: And you know, good on the Braves for making life difficult.

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00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 2: I mean, it's again, it's the spoiler role that no

782
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Speaker 2: one expected us to have. But I mean Detroit looked terrible.

783
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Saturday was the game that was so brutal because

784
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Speaker 1: they were up five to three in the ninth on Saturday,

785
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Speaker 1: or was.

786
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Speaker 2: It the eighth it was late eighth, eighth anything.

787
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Speaker 1: Like to have that one in the middle of the

788
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: middle of losing every game and you know, thank God

789
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Speaker 1: for them.

790
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Speaker 2: Cleveland final loss today.

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Speaker 1: How about this? This is more of a just a crazy

792
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Speaker 1: baseball stat. The Guardians in the middle of this run

793
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Speaker 1: had an eighteen game stretch where they allowed twenty eight

794
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: total runs. That's that's ridiculous. That's impossible, Like, how do

795
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 1: you go twenty That's impossible. Also, they play each other Tuesday,

796
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: so if you are if you enjoyed baseball, that's a

797
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,759
Speaker 1: big series Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Guardians Tigers, probably for the

798
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: division and one way to bring them back to the Braves.

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Speaker 1: I was reminded, I'm sure you were too. We haven't

800
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Speaker 1: talked about this when the Braves collapsed in twenty eleven.

801
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: It feels like that what the Tigers are doing. If

802
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: you are too younger, I remember this. I'm sure we

803
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: have some younger listeners who were like either kids or

804
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 1: whatever in twenty eleven, but the Braves blew an eight

805
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,800
Speaker 1: and a half game lead in September in twenty eleven,

806
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: they went nine. They went nine and eighteen in September

807
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 1: that year, and it was absolutely excruciating. You and I

808
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: were not doing podcasts yet together. I think we might

809
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: have been writing it together at that point something like that.

810
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:27,280
Speaker 1: We were not podcasting, but boy, it all came flooding

811
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Speaker 1: back to me. I was like, oh, man, just the

812
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: slow motion car wreck again, nine to eighteen. The bridge

813
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: that was hideous at the brit If you were not

814
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: old enough, go back and look at what happened there.

815
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Speaker 1: I won't go get game to game. It was not

816
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Speaker 1: a lot of fun for about three weeks there.

817
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 2: I don't a lot of fun in speaking of hideous oooh,

818
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 2: the New York Mets. The New York Mets, just, I mean,

819
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 2: the Mets are terrible. They keep losing. They got off

820
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 2: to the terrific start, and they've been one of the

821
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Speaker 2: worst teams in baseball for like three and a half

822
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Speaker 2: months now. Like statistically, they have been awful. It's not

823
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,320
Speaker 2: just us piling on the Mets. I mean they've been terrible.

824
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 2: The Cincinnati Reds won on Sunday, So now I believe

825
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 2: those two teams are tied, and the Reds have the

826
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Speaker 2: tiebreaker over the Mets, which is huge. So even if

827
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Speaker 2: those teams now that we have the wild card, there's

828
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Speaker 2: no game won sixty three anymore. Correct me if I'm wrong.

829
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Speaker 2: I believe it's just pure tiebreakers. So I mean the

830
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 2: Mets and their you know, uncle Steve dropping eight hundred

831
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,439
Speaker 2: million dollars every offseason. The Mets are legitimately at risk

832
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Speaker 2: of missing the playoffs altogether.

833
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Speaker 1: I just found this because you talked about how how

834
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 1: long they've been bad. In late July, the Mets were

835
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Speaker 1: sixty two and forty four. Yeah, I believe since then,

836
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:44,240
Speaker 1: but doing math right, they are eighteen and thirty two,

837
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 1: which is eighteen that's really really not good. And also

838
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: they've lost live in the last fifteen they I pulled

839
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: this earlier today. Fangrass playoff oughts that have been at

840
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: almost ninety seven percent about two weeks ago. Now it's

841
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: like fifty five if at after today's loss and the

842
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: Reds winning. So also, the Mets got on the road

843
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 1: for the lastest games that could be good or bad. Probably, Man,

844
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Speaker 1: I do wish even what the Braves where they are,

845
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,479
Speaker 1: that the Mets will come to Atlanta this week, because

846
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,399
Speaker 1: that would just be like that, that'd be the one

847
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: way to get Braves fans like really really invested this week.

848
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: Would be if they had a chance to keep the

849
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: Mets out of the playoffs. But that's not happening unfortunately.

850
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,359
Speaker 2: But yeah, we would go live after every game.

851
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,360
Speaker 1: Maybe, I genuinely think we probably we probably, we probably

852
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,959
Speaker 1: recapt games if like actually like deep dive recauts.

853
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 2: And even I'm not gonna harp on this because I

854
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,439
Speaker 2: fully understand that scheduling a one hundred and sixty two

855
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 2: game season for thirty teams is not easy to do.

856
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 2: Like I know they have a computer algorithm and everything,

857
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 2: but I mean, let's go over who the Braves. Imagine

858
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 2: if the Braves were in like an insane three way

859
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 2: race with the Phillies and the Mets in the East.

860
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 2: The last candfull of games, they played the Mariners who

861
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 2: are in the American League. They played the Cubs different division.

862
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,880
Speaker 2: They play the Astros American League team, They played the

863
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 2: National six times. They played the Tigers in the American League.

864
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 2: They play the Pirates who were in the Central To

865
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 2: finish out the year, I think Baseball has to find

866
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 2: a way to prioritize getting some divisional matchups in the

867
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 2: last two weeks because it's just not the same. Like,

868
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 2: sure everyone's scoreboard watching, but how fun would it be,

869
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 2: Like as we talk, the Mariners and the Astros are

870
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 2: talking or are playing. We need more of that for

871
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 2: like the American League West balance hangs or in the

872
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 2: Central with the Guardians in Detroit, Like we need more

873
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 2: of that, not less. And obviously it doesn't matter. I

874
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 2: get it. It's an old man going on a rant here,

875
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 2: but you know, let's let's not be playing the American

876
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 2: League West the final three weeks of the season.

877
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is one of those offshoots of the discusual

878
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 1: changes where like everyone's playing their division rivals less. Remember

879
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 1: like there was the for the longest time that was

880
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 1: really really heavily scheduled towards your rivals, and they've flattened

881
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 1: that out in the last couple of years. This is

882
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: a one offshoot of that, is that it's not as

883
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: easy to do this anymore. But and it will always

884
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: be this way. But the Braves don't play either the

885
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 1: Mets or the Phillies in the entire month of September. Yeah,

886
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: that's that's kind of insane. Obviously didn't end up mattering,

887
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 1: but everyone in the world was projecting those three teams

888
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: to be the three teams with a chance to win

889
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: the division this year, and they made a way to

890
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 1: where the Braves played neither of those teams in the

891
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,359
Speaker 1: entire month. Stember, that's that's probably not great.

892
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,919
Speaker 2: I think it's the same way in twenty twenty six, Brad.

893
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 2: I don't have the schedule in front of me, but

894
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 2: I think they're done with the Mets by like mid August.

895
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 2: It's just I don't know, man, That's one thing. And

896
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 2: it's funny. Back in the day, there used to be

897
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 2: six series between division foes, and now there's four. Six

898
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,320
Speaker 2: feels like too many, and four feels like too few

899
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 2: to me. Scott wants five, exactly, everybody wants five. Wonder

900
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 2: if you could do, like, you know, when the CBA

901
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 2: happens in a couple of years, And honestly, it's probably

902
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 2: a moot point because if they do expand and change

903
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,320
Speaker 2: divisions and everything, then who knows what the schedule is

904
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 2: going to look like. True, it's weird. Twelve or thirteen

905
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 2: games does not feel like enough against your division Rivals,

906
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 2: but nobody wants to watch the Braves and the Nationals

907
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 2: play nineteen times, which is what they used to do. Yeah,

908
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 2: I've just.

909
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: Confirmed what you said. The Braves are done with the

910
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,959
Speaker 1: Mets next year on August twelfth. Now they do play

911
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,360
Speaker 1: the Phillies seven times September next year, so that'll be

912
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,800
Speaker 1: if that is a race, that'll be. It's not the

913
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: very end of the year. It's got an early September,

914
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: but still they play seven times, and I think it's

915
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: like by yeah, by the Middles deeper that seven times,

916
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 1: so more competitive probably in the Braves. Next year end

917
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: with the Reds and the Morelands Marlins West of Division

918
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,759
Speaker 1: foe this year the Braves. As we'll wrap the show

919
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: up with is now the Braves end with the Nationals

920
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: and the Pirates about as uninspiring as it gets to be.

921
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: One hundred percent of us. Obviously we are sick those

922
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: We host a Braves podcast year round, so we'll be

923
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: interested no matter what. But if you're a casual fan,

924
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: there isn't a whole lot to get you excited about

925
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 1: this last week at this season, I have to.

926
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 2: Say, can you imagine if the Braves win fourteen in

927
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:06,760
Speaker 2: a row two end the season.

928
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: I mean, yes, I can't imagine it because it might

929
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: happen because the Nationals and the Pirates are bad. The Braves,

930
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 1: like go back to SNET real quick snid is managing

931
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: as if these games matter a lot.

932
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 2: Yeah I don't.

933
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 1: That's a different discussion for different for a different day.

934
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: Like for instance, John Carlos Laura came up, came up

935
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,839
Speaker 1: this weekend. The boys talked about that on the last show.

936
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 1: We were all hoping he'd get into a game this weekend,

937
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,240
Speaker 1: but he never got into a game because the Braves

938
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: are treating every game like it's October, not quite playoff level,

939
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: but like today like a glass coming, They're still trying

940
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 1: to play every game like it matters, which is just

941
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: bride sticker to being bride snicker.

942
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 2: So it is interesting.

943
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,320
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think because of that, like they could seriously,

944
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,720
Speaker 1: they really could win out by the way. They probably

945
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: won't because just look do the math. But it's not

946
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 1: a crazy thought. It really isn't.

947
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 2: Yep, fourteen in a row, that would be I'm almost

948
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 2: rooting for that now, just because the headlines right themselves,

949
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 2: you know, Braves and season from hell full of misery

950
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 2: and never ending injury with fourteen consecutive.

951
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: Wins, I want to know right now. I want to

952
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: know with truth serum. I bet you Alex would. Alex would,

953
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 1: with truth serum, say I do not want to win

954
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: the last fourteen games in a row. Yeah, just to

955
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 1: avoid the conversation altogether, because you know exactly what they

956
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,360
Speaker 1: won't be from us, but the topics, the local the

957
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: local TV folks will be like, well, what's this mean

958
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 1: about next year? Like you can't quit, change, can't possibly

959
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,800
Speaker 1: change managers. Now you just want for all these things.

960
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 1: So I think if you he wouldn't say this on

961
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 1: the record, obviously, but I bet you could give Alex

962
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 1: truth sierum. He would be like, can we please just

963
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: lose Somethinglease lose a game at some point in the

964
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:52,360
Speaker 1: next week, because I also, the Brads haven't won fourteen

965
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 1: in a row in a yeah twenty so it's twenty

966
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 1: twenty two. They went forteen in a row, but longer

967
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 1: than that. Once ever, they won fifteen in a row

968
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: two thousand, so fourteen would be there. It would be there.

969
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: They would match their longest wing streak in twenty five years.

970
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 2: Can you imagine? Uh No, But maybe.

971
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,720
Speaker 1: Last thing before we get out of here. It's Sale Monday,

972
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: Waldrip Tuesday, Elder Wednesday. I don't know if it's gonna

973
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 1: be the last start for either Sale or Waldrop. Like

974
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 1: technically they could go twice. I don't know if they will.

975
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 2: We'll see. Man.

976
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 1: I'll say this now because you and I probably won't

977
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: talk before then. This should be it for Waldrop. I

978
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,360
Speaker 1: would like to not have Waldrop pitch again after Tuesday.

979
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,759
Speaker 1: He's already way over his innings for they's ever pitched

980
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,720
Speaker 1: before in his life. I'm all set after Tuesday with Waldrop.

981
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 2: Sale. If he wants to pitch whatever, let him. I

982
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,799
Speaker 2: guess any thoughts on that before we get out of here.

983
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 2: I do agree completely on Waldrop. For the love of God,

984
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 2: you do not need to send this guy out there

985
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 2: in game one sixty two. Just don't do it. Don't

986
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 2: risk it. I know it's so small, but don't. Don't

987
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 2: risk an injury, don't risk anything going wrong. They're a

988
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 2: bullpen game. Call up somebody from Triple A. It'd be Sunday.

989
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 2: Just do the math.

990
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 1: Everybody like he's pitching Tuesday, Waldrop, so he could go

991
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,600
Speaker 1: on normal rest on Sunday. In the finale if they wanted,

992
00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: that would be the way to do it. Anybody to

993
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: pitches after Tuesday, that's it. So Bryce Elder is on Wednesday.

994
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: That will be his final start, just to say that outlass.

995
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 1: So Tuesday is the last day that someone could go

996
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 1: one more time if they were to stay on schedule.

997
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 2: And you know, the Nationals very bad team. I know

998
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 2: we saw them. I mean we saw the Nationals a

999
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,319
Speaker 2: lot early and then went like five months without seeing them.

1000
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,360
Speaker 2: But Nationals are bad. The Pirates are even worse. Braves,

1001
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,880
Speaker 2: you know, should win some games this week. You know,

1002
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,399
Speaker 2: we could have a whole again, another conversation about whether

1003
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 2: or not we want them to be winning these games

1004
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 2: or if it's for the betterment of the team to

1005
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,359
Speaker 2: be winning these baseball games. But final week of the year.

1006
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,280
Speaker 2: Brad can't believe it's here. The year is somehow flown

1007
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 2: by despite everything bad that has happened. It's, you know,

1008
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 2: we got the final six games of the year and

1009
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 2: then we have six months without Braves baseball. Shoot, seven

1010
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:59,320
Speaker 2: months without Braves baseball. Now it's you know, it's always

1011
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,719
Speaker 2: a sad day for me anyway, no matter how the

1012
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 2: season went, When things officially end. We're almost there. I

1013
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:06,839
Speaker 2: mean this again this time. In a week when people

1014
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 2: are listening, season will be over. Yeah, I suppose. I

1015
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:12,360
Speaker 2: don't know.

1016
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: I don't want to program on the air, but I

1017
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:16,280
Speaker 1: suppose we'll probably do a podcast a week from today

1018
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: to wrap it all up and get ready to go

1019
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 1: with the off season. But please ttune everybody, if you

1020
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 1: did not know this already, if you're new to the podcast,

1021
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: if you are catching for the first time, or whatever,

1022
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: we appreciate you being here. We don't stop at the

1023
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,319
Speaker 1: AUF season. We'll be keeping it going. We will have

1024
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 1: content each and every week on the show. It will

1025
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: be a podcast or multiple podcasts every week from now

1026
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 1: it's till the end of time, unt til the end

1027
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,400
Speaker 1: of us getting fire of by our bipoile territory or something. Well,

1028
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 1: we'll be here regularly with content, So please go ahead subscribe, Apple, Spotify, YouTube,

1029
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: et cetera. Comments, writings, reviews, all that appreciated as well.

1030
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: You can follow Scott on social media at Scott Colan

1031
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 1: fifty five, where he will be trumpeting his three to

1032
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,799
Speaker 1: oh Indianapolis Colts all week long.

1033
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,839
Speaker 2: I'm sure that is right. Three and o'cults first time

1034
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,800
Speaker 2: since two thousand and nine. Brad, it's a weird feeling

1035
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,319
Speaker 2: to have football happiness because there's not been a lot

1036
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 2: of football happiness for me the last couple of years.

1037
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 2: Maybe that's balance and the universe winking at me with

1038
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 2: the Braves having such a bad year, giving me a

1039
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 2: little bone here to keep my sports fandom and everything

1040
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,000
Speaker 2: going strong. But not for you, my friend.

1041
00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: I was going to say, I'm going to no comment

1042
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: that as a I cover the Braves, I cover the Hawks.

1043
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 1: It's a different relationship with those teams, particularly what the Hawks.

1044
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 1: I pretty much just cover them professionally.

1045
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 2: At this point.

1046
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 1: The Falcons are the one team I could be a

1047
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: crazy person about, and that's mostly for the negative because

1048
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:43,839
Speaker 1: the Falcons.

1049
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 2: Are the Falcons.

1050
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: They are one of the least accomplished franchises in history.

1051
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 1: They do things that are stupid all the time. And

1052
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 1: today that's by thirty points as a favorite and didn't score.

1053
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,759
Speaker 2: So we will sign off here before Brad loses our

1054
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:01,280
Speaker 2: YouTube license. Week three listen.

1055
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: Of the four of us, I think I am the

1056
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: least likely to have a meltdown to have us lose

1057
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 1: our to have us lose YouTube or something. I'm the

1058
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 1: least likely of the four of us to start swearing

1059
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:12,839
Speaker 1: and melting down on the air.

1060
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 2: I think I think that's probably fair. Would you? Would

1061
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 2: you agree with me? It's one It's either you or me.

1062
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 2: It's not. It's not one of the other two. I

1063
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 2: can tell you measured. Yeah, especially a couple of years

1064
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 2: ago I was.

1065
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: I'm pretty I'm pretty measured. And let's not yelling about

1066
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 1: Ronald accunitys batting order spot. All right, Scott, thank you

1067
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:30,319
Speaker 1: for being here. Please subscribe to Hamm Territory anywhere you

1068
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:33,439
Speaker 1: find your podcasts. Of course, Scott, my name is Brad.

1069
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:35,799
Speaker 1: We appreciate you being here. I will see everybody next time.