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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the HEMORH Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 1: This is episode three five two. My name is Brad

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Speaker 1: Roland and I'm joined on this opening day for the

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Speaker 1: Braves by my good friend Scott Coleman. Scott, in contrast

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Speaker 1: to last season, the Braves are one to zero.

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Speaker 2: How's it feel, hello, Brad, God bless that we are

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Speaker 2: not going to start another baseball season zero to seven.

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Speaker 2: That was they really put us through our paces.

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Speaker 1: A year ago.

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Speaker 2: But hey, a great win for the Atlanta Braves tonight,

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Speaker 2: a clean win, six nothing over the Kansas City Royals.

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Speaker 2: The team pitched well, the team hit well, the team

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Speaker 2: played really good defense just across the board. This was

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Speaker 2: a perfect start to the season and hopefully a sign

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Speaker 2: of things to come down the road.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely an encouraging performance from the Braves to begin the season.

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Speaker 1: And we should also say at the top for anybody

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Speaker 1: that might be new joining us for the first time,

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Speaker 1: we're going be coming back from the all season. We

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Speaker 1: are Henry Territory. We are part of the Vallie Territory Network.

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Speaker 1: We cover the Braves all season long and really all

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Speaker 1: year long. And with that, let's mix it up. Engineered

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Speaker 1: by fastenal all right, Scott, let us dive in. It's

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Speaker 1: what became a six nothing win for the Braves eleven

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Speaker 1: a cruise control victory. And that's not a huge surprise

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Speaker 1: given that Chris Sales on the Mountain and generally was

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Speaker 1: for the Braves. But it was their first opening day

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Speaker 1: at home in a long time. Some interesting nuggets along

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Speaker 1: the way. They had an interleague game, which I thought

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Speaker 1: was odd, and then I realized from Braves pr that

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Speaker 1: actually was odd, the first time ever had interleague to

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Speaker 1: begin the season. But what was your biggest takeaway? I mean,

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Speaker 1: because we'll talk about this later on. There was a

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Speaker 1: lot of line up discourse and fun stuff, But what

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Speaker 1: do you want to lead with on this Friday night

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Speaker 1: after a again kind of cruise control victory.

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Speaker 2: I thought the lineup was I mean, the lineup was

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Speaker 2: great tonight against Cole Reagan's, one of the very best

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Speaker 2: lefties in baseball. I know Cole Reagan's is maybe not

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Speaker 2: swing and miss a ton of strikeouts, and the Braves

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Speaker 2: did a fantastic job tonight with the bats. And truthfully,

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Speaker 2: when you saw the lineup come out today, which is

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Speaker 2: all right, this is our lineup against lefties. At least

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Speaker 2: for the first I don't know, a few weeks, first

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Speaker 2: month of the season. The Braves were great and they

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Speaker 2: got Reagans out of the game. He threw eighty pitches

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Speaker 2: over four innings. They really made him work. They didn't

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Speaker 2: really give away outs, and they had a couple of

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Speaker 2: was just a smooth, sailing game pretty much the whole way.

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Speaker 2: A great start in the first inning Ozzie Alby's homeward,

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Speaker 2: and after that it was basically all Braves all the way.

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Speaker 1: We might discuss a little bit more of a lineup

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Speaker 1: in a second, but what was the funniest thing, for

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Speaker 1: sure was that Ozzie Alby's hit third That created a

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Speaker 1: lot of discourse on the internet, including for me. I

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Speaker 1: but Ozzie, who you know, I've always been an Aussie guy,

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Speaker 1: and look, he has always, basically until maybe parts of

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Speaker 1: last season, been incredible against lefties, always like we used

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Speaker 1: So maybe he's back to that. I would love for

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Speaker 1: that to be the case. But Ozzie hit third, and

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Speaker 1: and that light theater on a fire. It's like, oh,

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Speaker 1: this is like a warm blanket. We're back everyone that

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Speaker 1: Most people that I saw did not love the Ozzie

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Speaker 1: hit third, and it's like, hey, in your face, this

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Speaker 1: And also it's a reminder like he does have some

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. If we are going to get Ozzie Alby's back

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Speaker 2: to the hitter he has been basically his entire career

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Speaker 2: up until last season against left handed pitching. That is

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Speaker 2: massive for the Atlanta Braves. It cannot be understated how

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Speaker 2: it tries to bounce back after two very down seasons offensively.

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Speaker 2: If Ozzie's going to hit lefties, it is huge for

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Speaker 2: be over the years. Really good signs. To have both

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Speaker 2: Ozzy and Michael Harris homer tonight on opening.

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Speaker 1: Day for sure, and Michael having a home run against

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Speaker 1: So that was a big swing. And then look Drake Balwin,

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Speaker 1: You know, Drake, it looks like a star to me.

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Speaker 1: looked like Drake Balwin, and you love to see it. Basically.

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Speaker 1: You know, we've talked about it a little bit so

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Speaker 1: you know, some of the issues that the Braves have,

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Speaker 2: We really need to see the power come back for

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Speaker 2: Like every night, three homers, four homers. It was really encouraging.

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Speaker 2: And I mean, what more can you say about Drake

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Speaker 2: the plate. It was just a no doubt or really

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Speaker 1: I mean, a player who.

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Speaker 2: The sky is the limit. This year, I'm expecting a

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Speaker 2: really special season from Baldwin, and tonight was a really

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Speaker 2: great start again off of Cole Reagan's one of the

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Speaker 1: Sure, love us see and even Marisio Dubon got in

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Speaker 1: to kind of that was the final scoring for the Braves,

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Speaker 1: but it was a collective effort ironically, the team's best player,

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Speaker 1: Rondacunya was the only guy who didn't reach base, and

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Speaker 1: I'm okay with my getting on base in game one,

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Speaker 1: it's Ronnie, who was gonna be awesome no matter what

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Speaker 1: Austin Rile looked great as well, which is very helpful

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Speaker 1: and a fun game. We'll talk about the pitching staff

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Speaker 1: in a second, and like the run prevention aspect of

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Speaker 1: this game. But Sale was great, superb defensively, like he

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Speaker 1: was just one of those fun games. And they won't

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Speaker 1: all be like that even when they win, Scott, We're

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Speaker 1: gonna have some stressful nights when it's not like, hey,

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Speaker 1: they're winning every moment of the game basically, but it

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Speaker 1: is nice to have a kick your feet up victory

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Speaker 1: on a Friday night, great weather in Atlanta Place was rocking.

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Speaker 1: I was indoors freaking out about basketball games personally, but

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Speaker 1: for everybody that was only watching baseball, I'm sure it

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Speaker 1: was honestly just a tremendous experience because the brave is

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Speaker 2: We are really a great start. And I think it's

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Speaker 2: fair to say, especially early in the year, as the

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Speaker 2: Braves are going to be piecing this rotation together with

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Speaker 2: Scotch tape and a prayer, they have to win Chris

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Speaker 2: Sales starts like it becomes even more paramount that they

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Speaker 2: to win just about every night, no matter who the

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Speaker 2: Sale looks sharp, really good defense. You mentioned that a

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Speaker 2: across the board, it was a perfectly played game, some

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Speaker 2: just I mean, I mean, again, maybe we're all still

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Speaker 2: games that first week out West, just really good, enjoyable,

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Speaker 2: it up and at least win a series to begin

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Speaker 2: the year is that Jonaheim is going to hit and

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Speaker 2: play be the catcher against left handed pitching, and that

431
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Speaker 2: kind of makes sense to me, and I know there

432
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Speaker 2: was a lot of conversations, so we figured we talk

433
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Speaker 2: about it for a minute on the podcast, but you know,

434
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Speaker 2: against right handed pitching early in the season, I think

435
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Speaker 2: the Braves are going to be fine because you get

436
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Speaker 2: Mikeystremsky in there. Dom Smith has historically hit right handed

437
00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:17,440
Speaker 2: pitching pretty well, but against lefties, especially right now, this

438
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Speaker 2: lineup is going to be pretty funky. And we saw

439
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Speaker 2: it on opening day, and of course on opening day,

440
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Speaker 2: everything gets magnified, Everything gets talked about more than if

441
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Speaker 2: a lineup gets released on July fifth, right, But I

442
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Speaker 2: understand what they're going with and if it means that

443
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Speaker 2: Drake Baldwin is going to be in there basically every day,

444
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Speaker 2: I think it's advantageous to get Jonah Him in there

445
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Speaker 2: to keep Drake a little more fresh. They have a

446
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Speaker 2: night game on Saturday, but then a day game on Sunday,

447
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Speaker 2: so it'll be interesting to see how that kind of

448
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Speaker 2: plays out. They're scheduled to face two righty's the next

449
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Speaker 2: two games. But yeah, I mean this lineup when it

450
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Speaker 2: came out, first of all, it was just good to

451
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Speaker 2: have lineup discourse on Braves Twitter, like everyone is like, yeah, baby,

452
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Speaker 2: we are back. We haven't played a baseball game in

453
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Speaker 2: six months, and people are arguing over, well, why is

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Speaker 2: Ozzie hitting third?

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Speaker 1: And why is.

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Speaker 2: Jonah him in there? And why is Michael Harris batting ninth.

457
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Speaker 2: It was just good to have it back in our lives.

458
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Speaker 2: And of course there was just one game, but well,

459
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Speaker 2: I kind of get the feeling this is gonna be

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Speaker 2: what Walt Weiss throws out there for the next couple

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Speaker 2: of weeks.

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Speaker 1: I agree, And yeah, there's little stuff for sure. You

463
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Speaker 1: know I listened to that. I know you did too,

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Speaker 1: that twenty minute interview that Alex did, and he talked

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Speaker 1: about the lineup as well, because it came out actually

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Speaker 1: before he talked, which was interesting to get the real

467
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Speaker 1: time in between lineup release and game reaction of the

468
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Speaker 1: GM about the lineup on the radio. That's something that

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Speaker 1: you don't usually get and that was interesting to me.

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Speaker 1: But talked about for example, Michael being comforabdding ninth like

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Speaker 1: they like his speed down there, at least that's what

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Speaker 1: he said about weisslacking his speed. And also, look, Harris

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Speaker 1: gets lefties. Is not been great for a long while,

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Speaker 1: so that's not a huge surprise to me. The heime

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Speaker 1: thing makes sense if you look at it a little

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Speaker 1: bit more. I didn't love it at first. I do

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Speaker 1: think that like Kyle Farmer is just better than Jonah

478
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Speaker 1: him at pitting left handedst leeftendant pitchers. But I also

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Speaker 1: get the the reaction and ramifications and it does it

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Speaker 1: seem like from what Alex said again that they really

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Speaker 1: are like centering on Dom Smith as our DH against

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Speaker 1: Righty's like full stop. Like he pretty much said that,

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Speaker 1: So if you're gonna go with that. Maybe Farmer is

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Speaker 1: just a pure utility guy right now, like they do

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Speaker 1: bonds to shortstop, so they like Farmer just becomes the

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Speaker 1: utility guy, which is fine and all makes logical sense

487
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Speaker 1: to me. I still will have the reaction I had

488
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Speaker 1: at whatever time it was this afternoon about this lineup,

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Speaker 1: but hey, it works, and when they face the riot tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna feel better. I think Michael Scrumsky's name on

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Speaker 1: a lineup card will make me feel better because he

492
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Speaker 1: is baber Ruth after all. But he's just a better

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Speaker 1: player than some of these guys. And that was the

494
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Speaker 1: plane all along, so it'll feel better than in the

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Speaker 1: meantime TBD. But they scored runs today, so no complaints.

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Speaker 1: I will just always say, if you're new to the pod,

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Speaker 1: we do like to talk about process over results. Like

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that Ozzi should hit that should have

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Speaker 1: hit third in this game because he hit a home

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Speaker 1: run today, Like maybe maybe Scott will say that on

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Speaker 1: the podcast, but it worked today. Hey, kudos, it works.

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Speaker 2: Hey, if you win games, what else, that's all it matters,

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Speaker 2: doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, who cares?

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Speaker 2: How you know what they could hit Ronald Coccuna Junior ninth.

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Speaker 2: If the Braves win one hundred games this year, I

507
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Speaker 2: really don't care.

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Speaker 1: I do like that was bait. I'm baiting you on

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Speaker 1: opening or a crash out on Friday night. That's like,

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to do that. If Ronnie hits seventh again,

511
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Speaker 1: at any point, I'm gonna have to leave the podcast. Okay, Scott,

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Speaker 1: we have more to get to including honestly, you and

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Speaker 1: I ever give our predictions about the season, and we've

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Speaker 1: with less than one percent of the season done, but

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Speaker 1: we'll give those in a moment and then also preview

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Speaker 1: All right, Scott, Before we look ahead to the rest

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Speaker 1: of the weekend and get out of here on a

544
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Speaker 1: Friday nights, we should at least get on the record

545
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Speaker 1: our predictions. Often we would have done like a show

546
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Speaker 1: of this with with us, but you know, see when

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Speaker 1: and Sean gave some of theirs. The way the way

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Speaker 1: the calendar felt opening day, I hated it. By the way,

549
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Speaker 1: while we're here, I hated that the rains we're not

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Speaker 1: playing on Thursday. Hated it, like thirty five percent of

551
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Speaker 1: the league is playing, everyone's getting underway, everybody's fired up.

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Speaker 1: Seeing all the tweets, I'm like, oh, the Braces will

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Speaker 1: play on tomorrow. That's that's not you know, it's weird.

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Speaker 2: The Raids were originally supposed to open the season on Thursday,

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Speaker 2: and then the date moved, so I don't know if

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Speaker 2: that was TV network related or I don't know if

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Speaker 2: maybe there was another event in the area and they

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Speaker 2: were worried about traffic. I have no idea, but anyway, yeah.

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Speaker 1: I agree, it was imagine that. I'd be funny that

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Speaker 1: was the reason in Atlanta, where traffic is just a

561
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Speaker 1: disaster every single day in my life. But right, no,

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. I remember that that same thing, and

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm poking fun I also know that in the

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Speaker 1: past we've discussed how annoying it is to have the

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Speaker 1: second day of a season be it off day. That's

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Speaker 1: not the case this time around. That's the that's that's

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Speaker 1: the trade off. We had to wait it extra day.

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Speaker 1: But now they have a game every day for two weeks,

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Speaker 1: so we'll get baseball plenty. What that said, I want

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Speaker 1: to know what you think of this baseball team. Now again,

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Speaker 1: we have the opportunity to cheat a little bit, they're

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Speaker 1: want to. Oh, I did not change my predictions. In fact,

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Speaker 1: I wrote I wrote them down on the dock before

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Speaker 1: the game today, so I wouldn't cheat. In fact, when

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Speaker 1: you hear my one player prediction, you're gonna laugh based

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Speaker 1: on what happened today. With that said, I will let

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Speaker 1: you fire off as many as you want to Scott predictions,

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Speaker 1: anything you want to get out there, and then tell

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Speaker 1: me your National League East finishing order, and of course

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Speaker 1: how many wins the Brave might get by the end

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Speaker 1: of the year plus one from today.

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Speaker 2: So if I had to pick one bold prediction, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna say that Austin Riley finishes top five in NL MVP.

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Speaker 1: Oh baby, it just.

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Speaker 2: Feels like assuming he can stay healthy and Austin was

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Speaker 2: iron Man up until the last two years. But I

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Speaker 2: would say that Austin Riley receives top five votes in

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Speaker 2: National League MVP. I'm gonna say he gets back to mashing.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say he flirts with forty home runs, drives

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Speaker 2: in a million runs. Like I just feel really good

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Speaker 2: about Austin. Maybe it's the luscious locks that he has

592
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 2: grown out. Maybe it was the fact that he just

593
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 2: crushed the ball in spring training and even before today

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Speaker 2: getting on base four times was a great sign. But

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Speaker 2: I'm very optimistic in bullish on Austin this upcoming season.

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Speaker 2: Call it a hunch, call it a bounce back from

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Speaker 2: a really talented player, but I'm all in on Austin

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Speaker 2: Riley in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: And that's not crazy. I think people might think that's high,

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Speaker 1: but Austin once had three straight seasons where he finished seventh, sixth,

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Speaker 1: and seventh in MVP voting, so like he's showing that

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Speaker 1: kind of upside in the past, so that's very realistic.

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Speaker 1: I have two. One is a quicker one doesn't want

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Speaker 1: to have like a number attached. I think Michael Harris

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Speaker 1: is going to have like a true bounce back season,

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Speaker 1: and I'm you know, I saw a thirty thirty out there.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going with that necessarily. I think Michael Harris

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Speaker 1: is gonna have like a one ten w RC plus,

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Speaker 1: which may not sound sexy, but that's like a five

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Speaker 1: win player.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, yeah, that's gonna be one of

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Speaker 2: the most valuable players in baseball if he can do that.

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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna do. That's kind of a kind

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Speaker 1: of a bold shot, and I wouldn't like bet on

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Speaker 1: that happening like one one B one, but I think

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Speaker 1: that's that's in there. And then my more conventional one

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Speaker 1: is the final one from earlier. Ron Akunya is the

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Speaker 1: last person to win n L m VP that's not

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Speaker 1: an actual alien, which is Shoyotani. I think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it again. I think Ronnie, despite the oh for

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Speaker 1: five today, is going to win nationally nationallygue MVP, and

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Speaker 1: he will. If he does it, that'll be two in

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Speaker 1: four years. And uh Otani, by the way, has one.

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Speaker 1: I believe if you go back to the American League,

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Speaker 1: I think he's won four of the last five he

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Speaker 1: was eligible for and the other one he didn't win

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Speaker 1: was second to Aaron Judge. So it's kind of hard

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Speaker 1: to beat Otanian MVP race, which is why this is

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Speaker 1: kind of bold. But I think Ronnie is like maybe

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Speaker 1: the only player in the National League who has the

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Speaker 1: upside to be show Tommy and an MVP race. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so cold shot.

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Speaker 2: Anyway, you know what if we get an MVP season

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Speaker 2: from Ronald and we get a top five MVP season,

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Speaker 2: from Austin Riley, like we're cooking with gain.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's funny if you go through like the high

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Speaker 1: and outcome of everyone. I thought about giving an Ozzie

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Speaker 1: bounce back prediction because I think it's gonna be better

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Speaker 1: this year. You just gave the Riley prediction. I think

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Speaker 1: matt Olsen is like hard to go like high upside with,

641
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: but matt Olsen is like awesome and everyone kind of

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00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: knows that now. I think, hopefully if if all that

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Speaker 1: stuff comes up, I mean, Drake Baldwin following it up, like,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of pathways to them being really good

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Speaker 1: and some of those we just talked about. But I

646
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 1: don't want to go to to too crazy with the

647
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: optimism despite one game. Okay, let's go nationally East order,

648
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: do you have one at the ready? I do?

649
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 2: I do, And I'm gonna say this with my heart,

650
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 2: I really do think and my he two. But I

651
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 2: think the Raids are going to bounce back. I don't

652
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 2: think we are going to have another just awful year

653
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 2: like we had last season. That being said, I am

654
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 2: very concerned about the starting rotation, like full stop if

655
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 2: ten is as concerned as I can humanly be and

656
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,719
Speaker 2: one is not a care in the world. I'm I'm

657
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 2: already at like a seven and we've played one game.

658
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: I almost asked you earlier in the show to react

659
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: to Alex's first answer today on six a eighty of

660
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: the Fan about the rotation, but I didn't want to

661
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: send you spiraling early in the podcast not related enough

662
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 1: from I'm kind of asking you about it right now,

663
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: but I'm I'm with you, by the way on the rotation.

664
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: We've been play our hair out for a little while

665
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 1: now about that, and I think that answered it. It

666
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: did not help Scott process things. If you missed it.

667
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: Alex kind of downplayed all those things that he's said before, basically,

668
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 1: but it was like, all right, man, cool, Yeah, we

669
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: felt good about our rotation.

670
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 2: Depth and the start of the offseason and we didn't

671
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 2: expect there to be injuries and yeah, if you want

672
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 2: to listen, I think it was six' eighty The fan

673
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 2: Where alex talked for about twenty, minutes AND i, mean

674
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 2: he says a whole lot of. Nothing he is very

675
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 2: good at talking for twenty minutes and not actually saying.

676
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 2: Anything BUT i digress to answer the. QUESTION i think

677
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 2: The braves are going to bounce. Back, Unfortunately i'm really

678
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 2: high on The, mets which just feels awful to say

679
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 2: out loud on a. Podcast but If i'm trying to

680
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 2: be at least somewhat, OBJECTIVE i will officially predict that

681
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 2: The mets win The east by a game or. TWO

682
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 2: i will say The braves take, second AND i do

683
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 2: worry a bit about The phillies and their. Age they

684
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 2: are really getting up. There i'll say The phillies finished,

685
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 2: third BUT i think all THREE Nl east teams make

686
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 2: the playoffs this.

687
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 1: Year, YEAH i actually think this might be kind of.

688
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: HOT i Think i'll get a similar to. YOU i

689
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: THINK i might pick The phillies to miss the playoffs,

690
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 1: narrowly like they probably would make, it but like they

691
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: might be like the like the sixth, seed seven, seed

692
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: kind of like they're they're on the they're on the

693
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: they're on the. Fringe, MAN I i've Just i've been

694
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: thinking about this all day. Long if you asked me

695
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: a month, AGO i would have said up picking the

696
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: race to win The National eeast me. Too it's. Hard

697
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: it's harder to do that now with what we know about.

698
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: Everything profar and. That profar and the and the pitching.

699
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: Injuries we we kind of knew we've a month. Ago

700
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: we knew About, murphy we knew About. Kim we did

701
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 1: not Have profi or the pitching. Stuff that, combination combined

702
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: with not doing anything else yet to add to the. Team,

703
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: MAN i THINK i still might take The. Braves Maybe

704
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: i'll be the homer every once in a. While i'm

705
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 1: not usually the homer on the. Podcast i'll do. It

706
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: i'll do. It But i'm also gonna say it's like

707
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: an like an eighty nine to ninety win division. WINNER i,

708
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: THINK i think The i'm not picking The braves to

709
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: win ninety seven games LIKE i have at times in the.

710
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 1: PAST i don't feel that it's, possible very, Possible BUT

711
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 1: i wouldn't pick, that nor DO i think that's like

712
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: reasonable to. Pick i'm gonna, say and look the the betting, Markets,

713
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: fangraft et. Cetera all have The, Braves, phillies And mets

714
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: within like two or three. Games so it's like supposed

715
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: to be a tight race between those three teams for

716
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: a good. Reason i'll Go, Braves, Mets phillies in that.

717
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: Order AND i, say maybe my boulder prediction is that

718
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 1: no one wins more than ninety in The National. EAST

719
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: i think we get like a almost like a three

720
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: way race the whole, time but like they all finish

721
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: between like eighty five and ninety at the, end so

722
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: there's no. Separation it'd be, fun it also be. Terrifying

723
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: it'd like be a lot of tense games late this.

724
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: Season Then i'll, Go i'll Go, Braves, Mets. PHILLIES i

725
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: tend to pick The mets, too but we can't both

726
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: have The mets that, now, guess no, Way i'll take

727
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: them on this. One on, total do you have A, SCOTT.

728
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:08,359
Speaker 2: I will say The braves win eighty nine games and

729
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 2: they are the number one wild.

730
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:15,760
Speaker 1: Card i'll say ninety flat and a one game division

731
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: win over The. Mets so we're pretty much the exact.

732
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: Same But i'm just gonna sound cooler to the homers around,

733
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: us so you know, what you, know you don't have

734
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: to see people in the wild LIKE i cover games

735
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: in person and people yell at me a home with The.

736
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: Braves i'm.

737
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 2: Kidding the eternal, optimist never wavering in his support of

738
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 2: his fandom for his.

739
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 1: Team so it really is so funny people that we

740
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 1: might have some new people, tonight but especially in the

741
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: last year and a. Half this is not unique to this.

742
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: Situation Have this is WHEN i cover The hawks as.

743
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 1: Well when the team doesn't do, WELL i get accused

744
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 1: of being super high homework. Guy when the team does,

745
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 1: WELL i hate the team And i'm too low on the,

746
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: team which which is. Interesting i'm just SAY i don't

747
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: Think alexanthopolis is the dumbest person, alive unlike my mentions

748
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: every single. Day for, example NOW i have my, qualms

749
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: we shared them on this podcast.

750
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 2: Already he, ANYWAY i agree that's a great way to put.

751
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 2: IT i do not think That Alex nthopolis is the

752
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 2: dumbest person on. Earth BUT i do think he has

753
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 2: maybe lost a couple of miles on his fastball and

754
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,879
Speaker 2: he's having to figure some things, out or there could

755
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:28,359
Speaker 2: be some real.

756
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: Problems, YEAH i think it is very. Reasonable in, fact

757
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: again we've given many a critique this, winter so we

758
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: were not like pomp pumming For alex this. Winter in,

759
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: fact we're not on this. PODCAST i think it's very

760
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: reasonable to be lower on him right now than people

761
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: have been in the. PAST i also think it's fair

762
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:46,919
Speaker 1: to say he's not a, buffoon AND i think he's

763
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,320
Speaker 1: been characterized that way in slip. Circles, anyway that was

764
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,240
Speaker 1: just an example of my too high to low thing around.

765
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,879
Speaker 1: Here so unless you have more, Predictions, scott we can

766
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 1: we start getting out of. Here The braves have two

767
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: more games we're recording This friday, night two gour games this.

768
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: Weekend oh, QUICKLY i, forgot and so right. Now shouts

769
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:11,919
Speaker 1: To Jason, hayward who retired Today brave's. LEGEND i gotta,

770
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 1: say one of my personal favorite. PLAYERS i know he

771
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: was to some. DISAPPOINTING i, MEAN i get. It he

772
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 1: was supposed to be Like Hank aaron and he, wasn't

773
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: and that's, fine but he also had a heck of

774
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: a career and was also very good for a long.

775
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: Time like to call that guy a, bust WHICH i

776
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 1: saw even, Today i'd be, like, oh what a Bus i'm,

777
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: like are you? Kidding? No, stop don't do. That great. Career,

778
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: great great guy by the, way by all accounts like

779
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 1: an awesome. GUY i Love jay and shouts to him

780
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 1: on a nice.

781
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 2: Career one of the coolest moments In braves in Recent

782
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 2: braves history Was jason hayward first game of his. Career opening,

783
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 2: day Turner field is going, crazy and what does he

784
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 2: do as one of the most hyped prospects in years

785
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 2: but launches like a four hundred and thirty foot home

786
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 2: run into the. Bullpen Turner field went. NUTS i, know

787
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 2: people who were there say it was one of like

788
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 2: the three or four loudest moments they ever heard at that.

789
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 2: Stadium just and also an all time call By Chip,

790
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 2: carrey which is funny because you, KNOW i Think chip

791
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 2: has a maybe isn't the everyone's favorite, Announcer But chip

792
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 2: nailed the. CALL i, mean it was just an awesome

793
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 2: moment and very happy For. Jason he made a boatload of.

794
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 2: Money he is a beloved hero In chicago because he

795
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 2: had like the famous mid inning speech that kind of

796
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 2: rallied The cubs after they were almost on the brink

797
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 2: of blowing The World. Series like just a really good

798
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 2: career and, sure when you're annoyed as the Next Hank

799
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 2: aaron at age, nineteen age, twenty it's impossible to live

800
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 2: up to. That it, like the expectations could not be.

801
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,359
Speaker 2: Higher it was such a fricking shame that he had

802
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,800
Speaker 2: the wrist injury a couple of years into his. Career

803
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 2: he also got hit in the face by a fastball

804
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 2: a little bit later in his. CAREER i can only

805
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 2: imagine what that does to your. PSYCHE a player who

806
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 2: had some really bad injuries for a hit or but

807
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 2: really happy For jason went Out World series ring boatload of.

808
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 2: Money as you, said, well, liked, well revered in the,

809
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 2: clubhouse a leader in the last couple of. Years, like

810
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 2: congrats To. JASON i hope you have a nice.

811
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: Retirement, yeah for. Sure awesome. Career by the, way five

812
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: Tycle Go glover wasn't all star, like just was a great,

813
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: Player so shouts to. Him The brace play On saturday

814
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:27,320
Speaker 1: nights On Big Fox NATIONAL Tv, fox It's Michael waka

815
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 1: Against Ronaldo. Lopez we won't do the whole thing. Now

816
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: all odds On ronaldo's. Velocity, obviously if you've been following this,

817
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 1: closely he had a huge tickdown and velocity in this

818
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: Final spring start to the point where everyone's acknowledging, it

819
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 1: Even alex that he met With ronaldo after, all because

820
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: he was, like what's going. On everyone's saying the right.

821
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: THINGS i have to see, it So i'm gonna have

822
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 1: to see him throw n ninety four to ninety five.

823
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: Again but we'll. See maybe maybe he'll do it On.

824
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: Saturday if he, Doesn't i'm gonna worry a, lot But

825
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: i'll give him the benefit of the doubt that everyone's

826
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: saying that he ticked back up this week in the,

827
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: Bullpen so hold on to your.

828
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:04,400
Speaker 2: Hats, YES i am going to be extremely interested in

829
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 2: The Radar gun reading On saturday night At Truest, park.

830
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 1: More so than MAYBE i won't say, ever but certainly

831
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: in the in the in the nine nine percentile of

832
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: my interest in The Radar gun would Be, saturday and

833
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: then The sunday finale is an afternoon. Game It's Great

834
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 1: homes Against Seth lugo in the. Finale and as, Always

835
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 1: i'm pretty much ALWAYS i won't say always, always but

836
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of the. Time we have a show

837
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 1: On sunday. Evening if you're new to the. Podcast when

838
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: this podcast launch ten plus years ago now because we're Old,

839
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: scott it was an audio only show that recorded once

840
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: a week On sunday, nights and we still do at

841
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 1: least That sunday. Nights it's are our sweet, spot so

842
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: we'll almost always be here lock in but along the.

843
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: Way now we have an average of four shows a

844
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 1: week during the, season which is a lot Of me

845
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,440
Speaker 1: and a lot Of scott and a lot Of steven

846
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: and a lot Of. Sean but hopefully everybody enjoys the.

847
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