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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the Hammer Territory podcast. This

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Speaker 1: is episode of one eight. I'm your hosts Brad Rowland,

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Speaker 1: coming to you deeper in the night here on a

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Speaker 1: Sunday evening, and I am joined by our Western correspondence,

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Speaker 1: a man who was on the ground in person the

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Speaker 1: last two days in Arizona, Scott Coleman, is here. Hello sir,

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Speaker 1: how are.

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Speaker 2: You hey, Brad?

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Speaker 1: I'm great.

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Speaker 2: And before we really get into the meat and potatoes

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Speaker 2: of this show, I just have to give a gigantic

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Speaker 2: shadow to all of the Braves fans who were at

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Speaker 2: Chase Field this weekend. The first baseline sounded like Cruis Park.

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Speaker 2: There were so many Braves fans there. When the Braves

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Speaker 2: had their big comeback in the eighth inning and on

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Speaker 2: Michael Harris's go ahead double, I mean it erupted and

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Speaker 2: it was so cool. It is Braves Country personified that

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Speaker 2: two thousand miles away from Atlanta, you have so many

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Speaker 2: fans who are into the game, cheering. My section was

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Speaker 2: loaded with Braves fans. I met a couple people who

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Speaker 2: actually recognize me from the podcast, which is one always

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Speaker 2: just kind of crazy to me. And two, now that

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Speaker 2: we do these shows on YouTube the last couple of months.

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Speaker 2: Our faces are out there a little bit more than

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Speaker 2: they used to be. But super cool to meet Braves fans,

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Speaker 2: not just from Arizona but from San Diego. A Braves

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Speaker 2: couple who were fans in Hawaii made the trip to

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Speaker 2: didn't get the sweep on Sunday, which is what we

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Speaker 2: were all hoping for. But overall, another really good week

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Speaker 2: and weekend for the Braves for sure.

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Speaker 1: And we should say at the top of the show,

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Speaker 1: as we always try to remember to do, we are

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Speaker 1: part of Foul Territory and the network check out that

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Speaker 1: podcast and the entire network of podcasts. We are Hammer Territory.

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Speaker 1: We cover the Brave. Scott lives in Arizona if you

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Speaker 1: didn't already catch that, and that's why he was allowed

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Speaker 1: to be our on the ground correspondent. But look, you

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Speaker 1: were in the building in the last two days. It's

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Speaker 1: not something that everybody can, every podcast can say about

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Speaker 1: a podcast, and again a set of games that was happening,

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Speaker 1: you know, hundred miles away, and like you said, it's

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Speaker 1: a positive weekend for the Braves. Uh, not quite the

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Speaker 1: exuberant tone that it might have been had they won

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Speaker 1: today and a winnable game on Sunday, But also they

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Speaker 1: pulled one out, as we'll talk about in great detail

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Speaker 1: in a second. Saturday's game was wild, absolutely crazy, memorable

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Speaker 1: win for the Braves and our colleagues shown and Steven

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Speaker 1: broked down the game on Friday, which the Braves scored

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Speaker 1: eight runs without hanging a home run, which is not

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Speaker 1: usually what the Braves tend to do. Yeah, so I'll

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Speaker 1: play to talk about but I'll just start here, Scott,

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Speaker 1: I promised Sarah listeners. We won't do this every episode.

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Speaker 1: But remember when the Braves were owed seven, it's pretty dire.

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Speaker 1: It was not going very well, and even even more

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Speaker 1: recently than that, the Braves were five and thirteen, Like,

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Speaker 1: that's not very good either. But they've basically played at

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Speaker 1: a ninety seven win pace since the zero to seven start,

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Speaker 1: and you can't erase that start. It did happen, but

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Speaker 1: they've been playing very well, and even more recently than that, again,

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Speaker 1: they've won seven in the last nine games, and they've

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Speaker 1: won three consecutive series, and this one on the road

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Speaker 1: in Arizona, as you well know, living there, that's a

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Speaker 1: good team. Arizona was a good team, and to go

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Speaker 1: there and win the series period, And we talked about

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Speaker 1: as the last thought, what you had to show together

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Speaker 1: just a few days ago. Stacking series victories is not

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Speaker 1: a small thing. It seems obvious when we get that,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, really, it was important for the Braves to keep

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Speaker 2: the momentum and the positive vibes going after winning that

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Speaker 2: say the Diamondbacks or a playoff team come October. And

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Speaker 1: They have, and again we don't want to go through

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Speaker 1: But like they've been performing pretty much as expected on

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Speaker 2: hear from people really close to the team that psychologically,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And you don't want to overweight that, like I

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is very good on paper to play a team.

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Speaker 2: The Colorado Rockies are four and twenty four I think

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Speaker 2: they lost the series to the White Sox last year,

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Speaker 2: let's hope that they can build off this three series

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Speaker 2: we keep saying, Man, I don't want to be repetitive,

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Speaker 2: but stacking series wins is what this team needs to do,

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Speaker 1: That's right, and after all that, that's kind of the

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Speaker 1: Know, I didn't even laugh back then I'll on the microphone.

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Speaker 1: But it maybe a lot because like he had three

433
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Speaker 1: off ups Greenholmes in the game. Crazy.

434
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Speaker 2: I think it was the second one. The second one

435
00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,000
Speaker 2: came on like pitch number eight or number nine, so

436
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Speaker 2: I think it was in. It was not Grant Holmes

437
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,199
Speaker 2: at his best. The fact is, man, this team is

438
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Speaker 2: relying on effectively a fifth starter in Grant Holmes to

439
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 2: pitch like a third starter.

440
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:24,920
Speaker 1: Yep.

441
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,200
Speaker 2: And that's a little scary, and it's not fair to

442
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:31,400
Speaker 2: Grant Holmes, a career minor leaguer basically up until last year.

443
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,440
Speaker 2: In a perfect world, he is the fifth starter or

444
00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,080
Speaker 2: he's a utility knife in that bullpen. But neither of

445
00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,600
Speaker 2: those can happen, at least for the foreseeable future. So

446
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,840
Speaker 2: thankfully the Braves were able to overcome six runs and

447
00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,119
Speaker 2: five innings. I think from Holmes is nothing special, but

448
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,359
Speaker 2: thankfully the offense really picked him up and the Braves

449
00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:51,720
Speaker 2: we're able to fight back and get a win.

450
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Speaker 1: For sure. The big thing with Grenholmes whish for me

451
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Speaker 1: is that he cannot walk this many people. He's walking

452
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Speaker 1: about five and a half for nine right now. And

453
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Speaker 1: while we like Granolmes, he can't. He cannot live that way.

454
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,800
Speaker 1: He can't. So he's got it. That's the I'm sure

455
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,359
Speaker 1: he knows that. I'm sure they know that. It's not

456
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Speaker 1: like a big secret. He can't walk the many guys.

457
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Speaker 1: So that's that's the and that's when, not coincidentally, when

458
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,840
Speaker 1: the wills fall off, fell off in that end and

459
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,720
Speaker 1: that ending in the fourth because he couldn't find his

460
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,720
Speaker 1: own anymore. So anyway, put that to the side.

461
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Speaker 2: Uh.

462
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Speaker 1: As far as the comeback it concerned, the Braves were

463
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Speaker 1: down six to four with two outs and nobody on

464
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Speaker 1: in the eighth inning. At that point, just a broad

465
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,280
Speaker 1: like win probability chart, you are in the single digit

466
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Speaker 1: percentages to win that game, down two runs with four

467
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,800
Speaker 1: hours remaining and nobody on base. Then they have a

468
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,560
Speaker 1: huge rally. It's a couple of walks by Olsen and

469
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,199
Speaker 1: Murphy and our best single by Azzie Alby's and then

470
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,560
Speaker 1: a massive two run double by Michael Harris, who we've

471
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Speaker 1: picked on a lot earlier in the season. He has

472
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Speaker 1: been much better lately. That was the biggest single swing

473
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Speaker 1: of the game, was that swing by my players.

474
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Speaker 2: Yeah, really, I mean another eighth inning for this Braves team.

475
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Speaker 2: I don't know what's in the water, but clearly the

476
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,480
Speaker 2: eighth inning for whatever reason, has been there. Yeah, their

477
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Speaker 2: inning this year, but such a good comeback going into it.

478
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,720
Speaker 2: You mentioned I think on like six pitches, Riley and

479
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 2: Ozuna made outs without a without a fight, honestly, and

480
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 2: then it was like, Wow, this team out of nowhere,

481
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,640
Speaker 2: And that kind of felt like prime twenty twenty one

482
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,360
Speaker 2: to twenty twenty three Braves offensively where they were seemingly

483
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 2: dead in the water and then you blink and they

484
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,520
Speaker 2: had taken the lead on you. And really good at

485
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 2: bats Michael Harris, Ossy Alby's two great walks from Olson

486
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 2: and Murphy just in some ways it was a really

487
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 2: it was a team effort to win that game offensively

488
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 2: on Saturday night. That eighth inning was just so much fun.

489
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 2: I set it off the top. Chase Field, great energy,

490
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 2: great environment all weekend, the Braves fans really into it.

491
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 2: It was just a lot of fun to come back

492
00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,440
Speaker 2: because when you're down six to two, like they were

493
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Speaker 2: I think in the fifth or sixth inning to then

494
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,200
Speaker 2: come all all the way back and then of course

495
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 2: win it extra innings. It was a really fun game.

496
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 2: And credit to the offense for bailing out the pitching staff.

497
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 1: For sure, and that Eli went home run and then

498
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 1: that big swing by Harris. It's kind of funny in

499
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 1: some respect that they were able to score the winning

500
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Speaker 1: run in the tenth on basically nothing, a swinging bunt

501
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: and then a wild pitch was kind of ironic. And

502
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,400
Speaker 1: then look, you made this point lot in real time

503
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: being in the building, and I think you had the

504
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,159
Speaker 1: watch better ing while on other than I had but

505
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,920
Speaker 1: number one shots to Dylan Lee for closing it out.

506
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,360
Speaker 1: And I made this point before. I'll say it again

507
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,719
Speaker 1: here the assumption is not zero runs in extra innings

508
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,280
Speaker 1: when you were granted a run around second base, getting

509
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,199
Speaker 1: one is like table stakes you have you almost have

510
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 1: to score one, and Dylan Lee did not allow one

511
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,440
Speaker 1: in the bottom half of the inning. And the biggest

512
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,520
Speaker 1: play was this Austin Riley masterclass. Honestly, for the funnel

513
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,400
Speaker 1: out of the game, you saw it live, what did

514
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:53,880
Speaker 1: you see from mac that was? It was a pretty

515
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: impressive play from where I was sitting.

516
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so impressive from both Austin Riley and Medals and

517
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Speaker 2: I I don't know if the cameras picked it up,

518
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 2: but the ball was hit really hard down the third

519
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,960
Speaker 2: base line by Randall Gritchick, and Riley not only had

520
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 2: to go to his right to field the ball, but

521
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,560
Speaker 2: he did not have his footing underneath him when he

522
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 2: made that throw. And his kind of mental calculation in

523
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 2: real time to skip the ball to Olsen on a

524
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:26,120
Speaker 2: pretty fast infield turf there was really really astute and

525
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 2: a great job by Olsen too of kind of adjusting

526
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 2: his body and inching out as far as he could

527
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,959
Speaker 2: to catch the ball just seconds before Gritchik's foot hit

528
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 2: the bag. Just two really really heads up plays by

529
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,879
Speaker 2: the Braves. I can't believe, dude. Let's just say this.

530
00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:46,000
Speaker 2: I cannot believe how bad the umpiring crew was in

531
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:51,439
Speaker 2: all three games this weekend. Even the Diamondbacks fans sitting

532
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 2: around me were not cheering at all when the umpire

533
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 2: called the runner safe at first, because even they knew,

534
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 2: I mean everyone in that stadium other than the umpire

535
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,160
Speaker 2: five feet away, yeah, knew.

536
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Speaker 1: That he was out. Well, you know matt Olten. Matt

537
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: Olsen is like the most stoic guy in the world.

538
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 1: He was immediately like, now this game's over, Like yeah,

539
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: he knew it. He knew it right away. He'd been

540
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 1: a signaling. He was like, challenge that immediately, like we're

541
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 1: getting we're out of here.

542
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 2: Dylan Lee knew too. On the mount. He immediately reacted.

543
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 2: And it's funny. I don't think a single Braves player

544
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 2: actually cared that the umpire called him safe because the

545
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 2: whole field knew that he was out. So great play

546
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Speaker 2: by Riley. I tweeted this just credit to Austin. A

547
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,640
Speaker 2: player once upon a time, now we're talking six seven

548
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,200
Speaker 2: years ago, had real questions if he was going to

549
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,440
Speaker 2: be able to stick at third base, would he become

550
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 2: a first baseman, would become a DH in a bad scenario.

551
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 2: And Austin has really worked on his body, really worked

552
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 2: on his fielding, his footwork, his athleticism. He has evolved

553
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 2: into a really, really good defensive third baseman. And without

554
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,399
Speaker 2: a really good play to field that ball, throw it

555
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 2: across the diamond in a perfect stretch from Olson, the

556
00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,600
Speaker 2: game is probably tied, and then who knows what happens

557
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 2: after that.

558
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 1: For sure, And look at an awesome win. Obviously we're

559
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 1: talking about this after they lost on Sunday. I will

560
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 1: grant that, but that's one of those games that you

561
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 1: remember or the course of the season. Look, there's a

562
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 1: lot of outspeed myself. There's a lot of games over

563
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: one two that I just won't remember. You know, it's

564
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 1: September October, Like you could quiz me out about something

565
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 1: that happened in May. I'm like, wait, that happened. I

566
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 1: don't And I remember a lot of things. That game

567
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 1: I will remember. I will remember that when part of

568
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 1: maybe part of it that you were there, but uh,

569
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 1: and I knew you were there, But it was one

570
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,400
Speaker 1: of those It was just that was an awesome game.

571
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: It was an awesome win. And uh, what were we

572
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,640
Speaker 1: talking about that one for a while? Ask of a game?

573
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,120
Speaker 1: This will be quicker on Sunday. Of course, the six

574
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 1: to four loss to wrap up the series, but again

575
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,920
Speaker 1: they won the series. Keep out of mind. I'll leave

576
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 1: with Schwallenbach. I guess he wasn't awful, but was not fantastic. Again,

577
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,639
Speaker 1: are you worried at all about your formerly crown? So

578
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: let's say on Winter just a few weeks ago, sas Swallenbach,

579
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 1: How are you feeling about him right now?

580
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe it's time to double down on the science tools.

581
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: Wow, okay, I mean he's still in the twos, he's

582
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 1: still fine.

583
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 2: It's you took the words out of my mouth. It's

584
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 2: so weird to evaluate and talk about Schwallenbach because he

585
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 2: has a two point eighty seven e RA, all of

586
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 2: his underlying data and peripherals are strong. But it also

587
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 2: feels like he's not pitching very well. I don't know,

588
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 2: it's weird. Like Sunday's game, Schwallenbach pitched really well outside

589
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 2: of just a couple of moments, and even some of

590
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 2: the bad moments, like you talk. He gave up a

591
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,439
Speaker 2: solo homer to Perdomo. He got two quick outs and

592
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 2: then he was up two on Perdomo and then he

593
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 2: gives up the solo homer. He got victimized by Corbin

594
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 2: and Carrol Speed that that's gonna happen.

595
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 1: That guy's like the Corbin Carol. I mean, he had

596
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: two triples in the same game, which never happens, and

597
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: he's just that guy's a freak.

598
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 2: Anyway, Yes, there was some bad sequencing some. I mean

599
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 2: the one, the one thing that was really on Schwellenbach

600
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 2: was that horrendous throwing error. I mean, Schwellenback would be

601
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 2: the first to tell you he was. I think a

602
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 2: shortstop in college you have to set your feet literally,

603
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 2: never throw a baseball jumping in the air unless there

604
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 2: is no other thing to do. They tell you that

605
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 2: when you're five years old. That was bad. And honestly,

606
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 2: Nick Allen probably should have picked that ball too, even

607
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 2: if it was a bad throw. Yeah, I don't know.

608
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 2: I mean, where are you at with Schwellenbach because I don't.

609
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,080
Speaker 1: I feel fine. I mean, I don't think he's been

610
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: particularly sharp recently. It's fair to say. I think if

611
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: he was, I don't know, if he was a older,

612
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 1: more established pitcher, I feel like no one would be

613
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: worried at all. It's just because he has only done

614
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 1: us for one year, and I give it. But even

615
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 1: in the midst of this most recent stretch, like he

616
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: was totally fine to pretty good against Saint Louis last week,

617
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 1: like pitched well seven innings, struck out five with mil walks.

618
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: Like you mentioned the peripherals, there's nothing concerning in there,

619
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,080
Speaker 1: he said, two starts that I think were like, not

620
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: particularly good. It was the Toronto one where he was

621
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: pretty bad actually, and then today and today he was

622
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 1: like you know, c minus like he wasn't awful. They

623
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 1: had a chance to win the game, he was fine.

624
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: So no, I'm not worried. I get it. If you

625
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: weren't a believer before, you might still be worried a

626
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: little bit more than I am. But like, I know, look,

627
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: I know I'm a I'm a parody of myself, but

628
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: I mean his throngout to walker show is comical, like,

629
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 1: and that's usually a good indicator, Like I think he's walking. Yeah,

630
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: he's got six walks and thirty seven and two thirds innings,

631
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: like he's I'm not worried. I'm just not.

632
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 2: In some ways, he is a victim of his own

633
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 2: early success. Yeah, and victim is probably even too strong

634
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 2: of a word. But he has been so good since

635
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 2: he kind of established himself after a couple of starts

636
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 2: last year that when Schwallonbach has a game where he

637
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 2: gave up four runs over six innings on the road

638
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 2: in a hitter's paradise against one of the best lineups

639
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,239
Speaker 2: in baseball so far, that we're even talking about is

640
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 2: something wrong. I think they just see how good he

641
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 2: is compared to like a Bryce Elder, where if he

642
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 2: went six innings and give up four runs, it would

643
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 2: be like, Okay, that's kind of what we expect. Honestly,

644
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 2: it's not the worst thing. I think it just is

645
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 2: really a statement to how good Schwellenbach is as he

646
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Speaker 2: comes up on a full calendar year in the major leagues.

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Speaker 1: We agree. I mean, other than that, the biggest thing

648
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: in the game, I suppose, beyond just the fact they

649
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: were losing most of the way, was it was suddenly

650
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 1: a it was it's for one of the seventh inning

651
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: and they're down three. It's like, can they pull off

652
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,680
Speaker 1: another miracle essentially or not a miracle, but you know

653
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 1: what I mean, like something realiably favorable, and they open

654
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 1: the ending perfectly. White reaches on an air. Baldwin singles,

655
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 1: Allen singles Forridugo singles like that's the bottom, like you,

656
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: that's great, You've got all the way up to the

657
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 1: to to your to your guys, it's four to three,

658
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: whereas I'm all in the corners with nobody out in

659
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Speaker 1: the seventh and the next and the next three hitters

660
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: are Riley, Ozuna and Olsen. You are feeling incredible at

661
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: that point in time. Now you were down three runs

662
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: like five seconds ago, but now it's like, wow, the brains.

663
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: I didn't check this in real time. I probably should have.

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Speaker 1: I would bet you, Scott, the Braids were favored in

665
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: the live betting market to win that game. At that

666
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: moment in time they were still losing. But give a

667
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: situation that we just laid out first, first and third,

668
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: no outs, Robby and Olsen up, and the biggest swing

669
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: of the game is that Robley and Ozuna both struck out,

670
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: and all they had to do, even a double play

671
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: ties the game.

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Speaker 3: Yes, so even that I'm not one, that's I'm not

673
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 3: a big put the ball in play and nothing I

674
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 3: ever met had like you can hit into a double

675
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 3: play and it's sometimes a bad outcome, But in that moment,

676
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 3: a double play, atleast from the wist from Riley, would.

677
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Speaker 1: Have scored up and tied the game. Instead, you're two

678
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Speaker 1: to your three best best hitters. Certainly you have a

679
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: you have a top three. It's Riley, Ozuna, and Olsen

680
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: in some order, right, and two of your best three

681
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: just did the one of the things that you couldn't

682
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: do there. I mean maybe aside from maybe pop out,

683
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,400
Speaker 1: it was the same result. But not getting either of

684
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: those guys to even get hit the ball in the

685
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 1: outfield something something there to score run is painful. I

686
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 1: guess maybe a little bit less because they allowed to

687
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: runs to the bottom half. But look, the whole game changed,

688
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: the time of game, that's just the Yeah.

689
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Speaker 2: It was a backbreaker and it really felt like the

690
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 2: Braves were gonna do it again. Yeah, and I mean

691
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 2: literally set up as best as you could and a big, big,

692
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 2: big tip of the cap to the bottom of the

693
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 2: order today, which was awesome. Nick Allen had a great game.

694
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 2: Eli White had another good game. Alex Radugo is at

695
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 2: the top of the lineup. That dude went four for

696
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 2: four with a walk. Yep, gone on base, Yeah, gone

697
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 2: on base five times. That's is that? Now? Two four

698
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 2: hit games for Verdugo in ten days.

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Speaker 1: Verdigo has an eight forty ops right now. Yeah, Like

700
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,719
Speaker 1: he's doing everything you could possibly ask him to do

701
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: so far, especially.

702
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 2: At the top of the order. He hasn't hit for

703
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 2: a ton of power, but he gets on base and

704
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 2: that's why it's not a Quinn instance that the Braves

705
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 2: are finally getting some production out of the leadoff spot

706
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 2: and they're scoring runs. Spoiler alert, that's what you need.

707
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 2: That's what you need your leadoff hitter to do. And

708
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 2: while Michael Harris has done a really good job of

709
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,399
Speaker 2: improving and turning it on the last few weeks, he's

710
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,839
Speaker 2: just Michael Harris is not a leadoff hitter, and neither

711
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,399
Speaker 2: is Ozsi Alby's who. We could probably talk for an

712
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 2: hour about the state of Ozzie Albis right now.

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00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: We won't do it.

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00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 2: Maybe we'll do it on a future off day of

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00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 2: the podcast.

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00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 1: Well, we've done it a lot between our two shows,

717
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: We've done it a lot last week, so we'll take

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00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 1: We'll take one off. Yeah.

719
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 2: So, but no, I mean that was a it was

720
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 2: a crushing moment to not capitalize there. And really, I mean,

721
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 2: the Braves could have won this game on Sunday. They

722
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 2: had a ton of hits, they had a lot of walks.

723
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Speaker 2: They just could not get that one, big, big, big

724
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 2: knockout blow and see. And on the other hand, the

725
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 2: Diamondbacks did not have a ton of opportunities, but when

726
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 2: they did have a chance, they took full advantage. There

727
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 2: was that two run double that dropped in perfectly. If

728
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 2: that ball's a few feet over Michael Harris or verdu

729
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 2: Go catch it instead, it drops perfectly between them. They

730
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 2: couldn't dive because they probably would have knocked each other

731
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 2: out with a concussion if they both go for it.

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00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 2: You know, it's just it's one of those things. Thankfully,

733
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 2: when you win games one and two. Of course you're

734
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 2: trying to win every game, but you do have a

735
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 2: little bit of flexibility and latitude when you've already guaranteed

736
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 2: yourself to win the series. Win that is. But yeah,

737
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 2: just one of those games, man. There was a lot

738
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 2: of also, you know, in the first inning, runners on

739
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 2: the corners, nobody out, and then you get doubled off

740
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 2: the stack fly, and then Dugo stumbles on third base

741
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 2: and then couldn't quite get home in time. Just just

742
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 2: kind of one of those days.

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00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: Frustrating. Yeah, yeah, and that's why I wouldn't a It's

744
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: not that they had. They had a good opportunity of

745
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: the one shining will be You're right, it was the

746
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 1: entire game. They out hit the Diamondbacks, they had more

747
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,800
Speaker 1: walks in the Diamondbacks, they had eleven hits and four walks,

748
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: but they left ten guys on base. It's just one

749
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 1: of those games. It happens. And uh fortunately, you know

750
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: we talked about the lack of margin for error earlier.

751
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 1: You know, when you have won a bunch recently, it

752
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: doesn't sting quite as badly if if this has been

753
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: one of those games, when if they had gone to like,

754
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: you know, one and nine with this loss, we'd be

755
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: absolutely turning your hair out right now. But it's a

756
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 1: little bit, a little bit less impactful for our psyche.

757
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 1: Is that happened after they won seven out of eight

758
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:19,479
Speaker 1: games before this they lost one. It's okay, okay, before

759
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: we move on, we have to do something right now,

760
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,879
Speaker 1: and it's important about a number of things. Number one,

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00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: it is our segment brought to you by famous Fatal

762
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: Sports Network. We're gonna street braves games. I'll tell you

763
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 1: more about that in a second. The other one is

764
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: that high like this player. That player is Eli White

765
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: is our spotlight player on the podcast today. It won't

766
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,439
Speaker 1: be a super long segment on the White, but he's

767
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: been really good man. Like it's not this huge secret.

768
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: I think our mutual friend and former guest just scanto

769
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 1: uh started making the way for Nick Allen and Eli

770
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 1: White to make the All Star Game in Atlanta in July.

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00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: Tongue in cheek, of course, but listen, Eli White is

772
00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: on a four game in hitting streak right now. He

773
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: has been ging them a little bit of juice. And

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00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: I'll be the first to say, I don't know if

775
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: he's gonna still be able to hit on a bigger

776
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: sample size, but right now he is doing what they

777
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,359
Speaker 1: needed to do. And I want to shout out Eli

778
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: White because by the way, is it the bat? Is

779
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: is it the old torpedo bat? And that storyline kind

780
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 1: of went away, but he's he's he's using it and

781
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: it's going well for him.

782
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 2: See the results speak for themselves. And not only is

783
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 2: Eli White producing, but he's producing at a position that

784
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 2: was giving the Braves not even just a zero, but

785
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 2: like a negative.

786
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: An active negative.

787
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, kel Nick and Brian Daila Cruz and Stewart

788
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 2: Fairchild like that that just couldn't continue. And good on

789
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 2: Brian snicker or kind of pressing that button and giving

790
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: Eli White a chance.

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00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: Oh that actually, I actually mind, missus is part of saying,

792
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: I guess we're gonna do this now. Forgot about this.

793
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: Everyone kind of noticed this, including us, But how about

794
00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: Eli White playing against righty's and Jared Kelnik not like

795
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 1: it's the right I think it's the right decision. But boy,

796
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: that is Ah, that's a statement in itself for Kelly

797
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: sitting us given the absence of Profar and Ronnie at

798
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 1: the same time, and Kelli stopped paying us a righty.

799
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, Eli, what everybody?

800
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 2: And why not? Why not keep putting Eli White out there?

801
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:16,879
Speaker 1: I agree with it for the record. It's just it's

802
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 1: just it's a statement of some source. It is.

803
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 2: It's notable that. I mean, sure, the day game against

804
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 2: the Cardinals, maybe you want to give like a day off,

805
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,720
Speaker 2: but then your reward Eli White for being good on Friday,

806
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 2: and then Saturday he hits a big home run down

807
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 2: the line, two run shot to make it six to

808
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 2: two to six worse. And then you're even more so on.

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00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: The game you called that one on the show. I

810
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:38,879
Speaker 1: believe I did.

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00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 2: I did say on Wednesday show you asked me if

812
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,720
Speaker 2: Eli White was going to homer again, and I said, sure,

813
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 2: He's going to hook a ball down the line in

814
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 2: Arizona into the bullpen. The foul pole got in the way,

815
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 2: but it would have gone into the bullpen otherwise. Yeah,

816
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 2: shout out to me, I guess every now and then,

817
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 2: blind squirrel shut up.

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00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: Please someone clip that? Please? Someone cliped that post on

819
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: social media, Scott sayings, shout out to me on the show.

820
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 2: Go ahead, sir, I'm just gonna take the win when

821
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 2: I can get it. But yeah, man back to a

822
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 2: future All Star, Eli White. You need players like him

823
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 2: to step up when you play a one hundred and

824
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 2: sixty two game season. And we'll see what happens whenever

825
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 2: Raccuni comes back in a few weeks. I'm guessing it'll

826
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,240
Speaker 2: be some mix of Verdugo and White. I mean sure,

827
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 2: I think yeah, Verdugo as the track record, he's a lefty,

828
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,760
Speaker 2: all of those things. But until the magic fairy dust

829
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 2: wears off, keep running Eli White out there, and even

830
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 2: just on the plays that we all remember the Homers.

831
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:43,839
Speaker 2: But there was a play I think on Friday Night

832
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 2: where Eli banged the ball off the plate and forced

833
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 2: the third baseman to have to rush a throw, and

834
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 2: he made an air because Eli White can fly. He's

835
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 2: like ninety eight percent Island Sprint speed. Yeah, those are

836
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,839
Speaker 2: the kind of things that can impact the game even

837
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 2: if they aren't necessarily obvious and a parent in a

838
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 2: box score. So yeah, pro Eli White. Good for him, man,

839
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 2: he is stuck around for a long time to get

840
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 2: his chance. Hopefully he keeps it going. Has a good

841
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 2: series in Colorado. Literally he's figured out something or he's

842
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 2: benefiting from this torpedo bat and anything he can give

843
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 2: the Braves in the corner when it was so bad

844
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 2: the first couple of weeks is a huge win and

845
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 2: we'll take it all day long.

846
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,120
Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, sh just the only White. The power has

847
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,600
Speaker 1: been shocking to some degree. Two hour runs through doubles

848
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,279
Speaker 1: in four games. But he is a valuableiece no matter what,

849
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: even if he's like the twenty fifth nine on the roster.

850
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,839
Speaker 1: With the speed, the defense, they're gonna need him and

851
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: it's been a fun thing. So we just want to

852
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,880
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Speaker 1: All right, Scott, before we get out of here, a

863
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 1: little bit of news and a brief Rockies preview. Not

864
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 1: a huge bit of news, but uh, what was your reaction?

865
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 1: I'll just ask you this because we didn't talk about

866
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: it in real time. Actually, the Braves claimed old pal

867
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,800
Speaker 1: Ian Anderson off Waivers on Sunday morning, and it happened

868
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 1: in a way where again Justice Escano had to tweet,

869
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,240
Speaker 1: I am not kidding as the preference, as the preface

870
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:42,839
Speaker 1: to the way he delivered the news. Uh, okay, Ian's back.

871
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 1: He's gonna meet the team in Denver on sorry, on Monday.

872
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: What do you make of this?

873
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 2: Why not?

874
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 1: I mean, well, I have some reasons why not. He's

875
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: been terrible?

876
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, all the.

877
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,399
Speaker 1: Respect to Ian, of course, but he's been really bad.

878
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 2: Ian was bad with the Angels. He was bad in

879
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 2: the spring. Been a long time since he was a

880
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:06,280
Speaker 2: postseason hero for the Braves. Angels let him go unsurprisingly.

881
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, defatee people miss that. That's what happened. Like he

882
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,800
Speaker 1: got trade to the Angels by the Braves for basically nothing,

883
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: and then uh, he got just straight up dfai by

884
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 1: the Angels, which is why he's available. But he was

885
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 1: on waiver, so uh. Question somebody asked us about this

886
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 1: was like, basically, can they assign them to the ticko

887
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 1: neette that they want to? The answer is, he's got options,

888
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,280
Speaker 1: so yes, they can assignment when they want to because

889
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: they claimed they claimed this contract. He's on the same

890
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: deal he was on before with the Braves.

891
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 2: Well, no, I don't think he has options. So I

892
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,280
Speaker 2: think what's gonna that's what happen.

893
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,400
Speaker 1: Is my fault. I I had it mixed up.

894
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 2: I got you it's it's deep into the night. But no,

895
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 2: I think it's basically the same situation. However, I would

896
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 2: not be shocked if the Braves have ian with the

897
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,800
Speaker 2: big league club for a little while and then outride

898
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 2: him and or try to outride him to Gwinett and

899
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 2: recapture some of those minor league flexibility I mean, it

900
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 2: seems like the Braves don't want to completely give up

901
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 2: on Ian at this point, but as we talked about

902
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 2: forever all spring, if you don't have the mind of

903
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 2: legue options, it's just really tough to carry him. And

904
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:11,280
Speaker 2: I'm guessing he'll be bullpen emergency insurance out in course field,

905
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 2: which is never a bad thing, especially when Bryce Elder

906
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:15,479
Speaker 2: and ag Smith Shov are gonna.

907
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,440
Speaker 1: I was gonna say start because he could. I mean,

908
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: I don't want to he could start Tuesday. The Braids

909
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 1: not anoun to start for Tuesday. I don't think it's

910
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: gonna be Ian. I don't think it's gonna be for

911
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: the record, but they have not announ starter.

912
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 2: Uh.

913
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 1: I think one of the reason I messed up a

914
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: second ago was that I was reading a tweet from

915
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: Mark Coleau Stephen Tolbert who brought up what you said

916
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: and was basically, I wonder if Breads are gonna cut

917
00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: Ian basically and have to find a way to get

918
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,799
Speaker 1: to Gunette, that might be what I'm thinking is going

919
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 1: to happen here. But you're I mean, I guess the

920
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: thing is, is he better than Davis Daniel who the

921
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 1: Braves DFA Jesse Chavez again and then promoted Davis Dane,

922
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 1: who actually pitched his score was ending on Sunday. Look,

923
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: the thing is, there's a lot of fat at the

924
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 1: end of the roster right now. That's that's one of

925
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,839
Speaker 1: the realities here with all the issues issues they've had,

926
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 1: they had this spot for we think will be Smith

927
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 1: Shov on Tuesday, but they don't know they Look, the

928
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 1: reality is they have three starters right now, and as

929
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:11,799
Speaker 1: Grant Holmes, as we alluded to early, you said this

930
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: perfectly like Grand Holmes the fifth starter. That's really being

931
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: the third starter right now. Even just the fact that

932
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: Ian's back in our lives for a minute in whatever role.

933
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: Other than his pedigree, he's shown nothing since the Star

934
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: Spring training to tell you he's a major league picture.

935
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: That sounds harsh, but I don't need it to be.

936
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,240
Speaker 1: It's just the reality. Like his numbers in LA were awful.

937
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 1: He had twenty walks and ten strikeouts in spring with

938
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: the Braves. Like you, no one can live like that,

939
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: So maybe he's maybe they find something at some point.

940
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they don't. He's still a talented guy,

941
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,759
Speaker 1: but like I'm gonna guess he's one thing that will

942
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: surprise me. I'll take it on me, Scott is. If

943
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: Ian stays on the major league roster only, I will

944
00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: be very surprised, like beyond next few days. Like I

945
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: don't want to see a reason for that to happen.

946
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 2: So yeah, I was, I mean, admittedly, I mean I

947
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,360
Speaker 2: was surprised, and I wasn't that they brought Ian back.

948
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 2: It's whatever Jesse Chavez dfaide. I mean, come on, man,

949
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:14,879
Speaker 2: it's it's time to retire Jesse.

950
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: Well, do they have an agreement with Jesse Chavas? I

951
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 1: actually would want They would not admit this for any reason,

952
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,280
Speaker 1: but I wonder if they just like have a handshake

953
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,759
Speaker 1: with Jesse, Like Jesse, every every few weeks, we're just

954
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 1: gonna sign you and we're gonna have you be up

955
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: with if we need you for a second, and then

956
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: we're just gonna DFT you because like and that could

957
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: I think Jesse, I don't know. It's it's a very

958
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,680
Speaker 1: odd situation, like did he wait, did he get in

959
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: the game?

960
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 2: I can't remember, Yeah, that's where it was. I mean,

961
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,399
Speaker 2: he only gave up one run. But it's just look, man,

962
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,719
Speaker 2: we love Jesse we'll move on. He throws eighty eight

963
00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:47,399
Speaker 2: mile an hour.

964
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a thousand.

965
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 2: It's fine ball that cut back in towards the barrel

966
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 2: for most hitters. I mean, it's just a great human being.

967
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 2: If Jesse wants to be the bullpen coach one day

968
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 2: or something like that, all for it, special advisor, whatever,

969
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,799
Speaker 2: keep Jesse jobs around, just just don't have them pitched.

970
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 2: It's I that's kind of where where.

971
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,279
Speaker 1: It's it's probably over. Okay, that's the new segment. We'll

972
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 1: see what he wi happen. What happens with Ian as

973
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,839
Speaker 1: of Monday, but everyone report he'll be with the team

974
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: on Monday. That's be a roster move too, like they

975
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:20,320
Speaker 1: had a full Maybe it's maybe it's day mister Davis Daniel,

976
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 1: we don't know, but uh, keep an eye on that.

977
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: As of Monday morning.

978
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 2: Uh.

979
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 1: We alluded earlier. The Braves are in Colorado for three games,

980
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: no off day in between. Had the off day on Thursday,

981
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 1: but not on Monday this week. Wednesday afternoon is a

982
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,240
Speaker 1: afternoon game into the travel day off day on Thursday.

983
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 2: Uh.

984
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: They have announced two of the starters. It's Bryce Eller

985
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:45,840
Speaker 1: on Monday at Course Field, which is scary. Tuesday is

986
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: a TVD which again we think is special over but

987
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: they have not said that, which is a little bit

988
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,799
Speaker 1: interesting to me. But part that's because he's not on

989
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:54,920
Speaker 1: the team. He's not on the rosters. They can't announce

990
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: that technic. Yeah, and then sale on Wednesday. Uh, you

991
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 1: gave numbers early. I'll give them one more time. The

992
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 1: Rockies are four and twenty three. They have lost six

993
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: straight games. And my favorite stat about the Rockies right now,

994
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,280
Speaker 1: have my favorite I mean favorite, I guess they currently

995
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 1: have the worst run differential in baseball at minus sixty nine,

996
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 1: and it's thirty runs worse than any other team in

997
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: the league. It is April twenty seventh. You know how

998
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,799
Speaker 1: bad you gotta be to be thirty runs worse than

999
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: every other team after only four weeks. Like they're on

1000
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,279
Speaker 1: a White Sox last year trajectory right now. I don't

1001
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: know if they're gonna stay there. They probably won't stay

1002
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 1: there because most teams don't. Most teams are not the

1003
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 1: White Socks from last year, who were just like all

1004
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:47,279
Speaker 1: time terrible. But the Rockies are on the pathway at

1005
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 1: the moment to being all time terrible. They have won

1006
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: fourteen point eight percent of their games. I'm terrified, Scott, terrified.

1007
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,239
Speaker 1: Gotta be honest with you, I say on that for

1008
00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 1: a reason. I'm terrified about the series. Really need to

1009
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: what's wrong with this? It's why? Why? Why are we

1010
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: like this?

1011
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,800
Speaker 2: It's scary. It's like I feel like every football season

1012
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 2: there's an SEC team that has a game against Prairie

1013
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 2: View State Christian and it's in between like a game

1014
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 2: against Bama and a game against Georgia, and they're somehow

1015
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:21,719
Speaker 2: trailing fourteen to ten in the third quarter, Like there's

1016
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:26,320
Speaker 2: a fair amount of there's Look, man, these are professional

1017
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 2: baseball players.

1018
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,279
Speaker 1: You didn't say that exact I was gonna use that

1019
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,719
Speaker 1: exact line, Like the gap is not as big as

1020
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 1: it seems. Yes, because baseball is baseball. Like I promise you,

1021
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 1: the Brands are not gonna be minus eight hundred favorites

1022
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 1: in any of these games. They're not like they're they're

1023
00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: gonna be big favorites even with Elder. In fact, I'm

1024
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:45,600
Speaker 1: looking write you know what, Scott, right now, to stay

1025
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 1: true to myself, I'm gonna look and say what the

1026
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 1: what the betting odds are with Bryce Elder on the

1027
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 1: mound on Monday. At this very moment, the Braves are

1028
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:59,919
Speaker 1: about minus one eighty favorites on the road with bright

1029
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 1: Elder on the mount, like, so basically they're gonna be

1030
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 1: a bigger favorite than that and every other game in

1031
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,320
Speaker 1: the series, you would imagine, because the worst case scenario

1032
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,800
Speaker 1: for the Braves pitching wise is Bryce Elder all respected

1033
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: again on the road in course field, and there's still

1034
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,879
Speaker 1: like sixty five percent. That's an implied number, and that's

1035
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,000
Speaker 1: that's not ninety five percent though, Like that's a if

1036
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,399
Speaker 1: you simulated. Okay, this is very simple, Scott. If you're

1037
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 1: that exactly that favorite in three games, you expect to

1038
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: lose one of them because you win two thirds at

1039
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:32,919
Speaker 1: the time. That's the implied odds of that, which means

1040
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: you lose one of the three games a little bit

1041
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:36,600
Speaker 1: of variants, and suddenly you lose two of them. So

1042
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,200
Speaker 1: you said, I think you said its earlier that lost

1043
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 1: the whites Sox last year. That's two and three the

1044
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 1: Whitesox last year, and that team was all time terrible,

1045
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:46,399
Speaker 1: Like it actually actually was all time terrible. So it's

1046
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: baseball that's unsatisfying. I am kind of being funny, but

1047
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 1: also very very possible to likely that they lose at

1048
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:58,359
Speaker 1: least one and worse than that will be frustrating. We'll

1049
00:49:58,360 --> 00:49:59,360
Speaker 1: definitely yell about.

1050
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:03,479
Speaker 2: It on the podcast. But uh, yeah, what's again? Sorry,

1051
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 2: win the series bare minimum? Yeah, I promise you we

1052
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:10,360
Speaker 2: will do zero sugar coating. If they somehow do not

1053
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 2: win this series, we will do a very frustrated podcast

1054
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:15,879
Speaker 2: because you have to win.

1055
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:16,840
Speaker 1: You you're not.

1056
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 2: No one can go in with a reasonable mind and

1057
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 2: say you must sweep this series unless it's that, unless

1058
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 2: it's three games to make the playoffs or something. But

1059
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:30,120
Speaker 2: but yes, I mean the Rockies. They're very bad. They offensively,

1060
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,280
Speaker 2: they're not very good. The pitching is a disaster.

1061
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: They're bad.

1062
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:39,880
Speaker 2: They're very, very bad. Coursefield has been relatively friendly to

1063
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,880
Speaker 2: the Braves over the years, and hopefully the offense keeps clicking.

1064
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 1: Oh okay, I have to say this stat. There's one more,

1065
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:50,400
Speaker 1: one more, one more Rocky stat. The Rockies playoff games Forcefield.

1066
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:55,360
Speaker 1: We understand this. Uh, the Rockies have the fewest runs

1067
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:59,880
Speaker 1: scored in the National League. Oh wow, playing at Corsefield

1068
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,839
Speaker 1: like that, that's impossible. If you don't follow this year

1069
00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: to year, Uh, you could be a bad offense and

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00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:09,399
Speaker 1: not and still score a bunch of runs at Corse

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00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,799
Speaker 1: Field because of the way that the field plays the Rockets.

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Rockets have ever been last in

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00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:18,000
Speaker 1: scoring and are clear anywhere near that, even when they've

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00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:20,960
Speaker 1: been bad that they're not usually last in scoring because

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00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,839
Speaker 1: now they're they're almost always near the bottom and runs

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00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 1: allowed because they play Corsefield. But like the fact that

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00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: they have. They are literally their last in scoring in

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00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:33,600
Speaker 1: the National League by thirteen runs right now. So anyway,

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00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 1: we'll stop doing Rocky stats. Go win the series Stack series.

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00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,319
Speaker 1: You know what a little bit of a synergy here,

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00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 1: Scott at the beginning of the end of the podcast

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Speaker 1: Stack Series wins, go win in Colorado.

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Speaker 2: That's all this, Absolutely, yes, you had this. Now second

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00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,239
Speaker 2: West Coast road trip of the year. You're already two

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00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:55,440
Speaker 2: and one against a really good Diamondbacks team. Bare minimum

1086
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 2: go four and two, and if you can go five

1087
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:01,279
Speaker 2: and one, terrific. It's not impossible that they Absolutely the

1088
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:03,959
Speaker 2: Braves could win three games this week. Certainly the bare

1089
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 2: minimum four and two take two games against the Rockies.

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00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 2: They're very bad. The Braves are playing much better. The

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00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,359
Speaker 2: offense should have a really good time. Even if it's

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00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 2: Bryce Elder and ag Smith Shauv. They still, as you

1093
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 2: eluded brat, are very very big favorites in those games.

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00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:22,279
Speaker 2: And hopefully they don't have a letdown like they did

1095
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:25,439
Speaker 2: time after time last season. Take care of business, beat

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00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:27,800
Speaker 2: up on a bad team, and just keep it rolling

1097
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 2: because then you have a lengthy homestand whenever you have

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00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:31,520
Speaker 2: the day off on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: For sure, and then we we'll look ahead to it.

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Speaker 1: But the Dodgers are coming to town.

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00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 2: You know, the Dodgers are good, but they're they've been

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00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:42,359
Speaker 2: they've been human.

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00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:42,919
Speaker 1: They've been human.

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00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:46,319
Speaker 2: They've been they've been like five hundred for three weeks now, and.

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00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,000
Speaker 1: Then they're banged up and they're pitchings banged up and

1106
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:49,839
Speaker 1: all these things. Still like, yeah, that's a good thing.

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00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: We'll talk about it more later on this week. But

1108
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 1: the Dodgers have not been quite the juggernaut that they

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00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,520
Speaker 1: were supposed to be lately. They were at the beginning

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00:52:57,560 --> 00:52:59,399
Speaker 1: of the year, they were like no whenever they were

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00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 1: but uh yeah, they're they're pretty. They're human all of

1112
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: a sudden. But that's a big showdown and we'll have

1113
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 1: plenty of time for it. It's some revenge factor after

1114
00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:09,480
Speaker 1: getting your butt well up to the beginning of the season,

1115
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,360
Speaker 1: all those things. But in the meantime, take care of

1116
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 1: business in Denver and we'll talk all about it all

1117
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,960
Speaker 1: this week on The ham A Territory podcast. Scott, that

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00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,399
Speaker 1: is a professional segue. How are you, my friend? Let's

1119
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 1: get out of here. Sign off on a Sunday the evening.

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Speaker 1: You just drove back from Phoenix. However, god knows how

1121
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:28,280
Speaker 1: long that takes you to get back to Tucson. But uh,

1122
00:53:28,719 --> 00:53:31,360
Speaker 1: what else is happening in your life? Plug yourself. No,

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Speaker 1: let's get out here.

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00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:35,839
Speaker 2: Baseball time, Brad. We're in a full swing now. I

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00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:39,040
Speaker 2: know we have a lot of NBA and NHL fans too,

1126
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:41,160
Speaker 2: playoffs going on. It's a it's a good time of

1127
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,759
Speaker 2: year in the sports calendar, and it seems like the

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00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 2: Braves have kind of turned a corner. Even if Sunday's

1129
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 2: game was frustrating overall, man, you you just can't downplay

1130
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:53,719
Speaker 2: a series win against a really good Diamondbacks team, and

1131
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 2: it feels like the Braves have figured some things out.

1132
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,400
Speaker 2: So the big thank you to everybody who's tuned in.

1133
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 2: We're actually coming up this week on our one year

1134
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 2: anniversary Hammer Territory. Of course, Brad and I have been

1135
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:08,720
Speaker 2: recording for like eight or nine years now on different

1136
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:13,440
Speaker 2: other sites. But Hammer Territories one year birthday is May second.

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Speaker 1: I think I believe that's right. I'm trying to check

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00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: it right now as we're talking. I think I think

1139
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 1: that's right, though, time help me to sing to bridge

1140
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 1: or almost there. Yeah, May second was our first episode,

1141
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:28,560
Speaker 1: So that's correct.

1142
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:33,239
Speaker 2: There we go, Happy birthday, Hammer Territory, Happy early birthday. Yeah,

1143
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:35,800
Speaker 2: we'll be back. Lots of stuff coming this week, of course,

1144
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:39,759
Speaker 2: postgame shows with the Rockies, and then we'll do a

1145
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,919
Speaker 2: big series preview for the Dodgers. This upcoming weekend, I'm

1146
00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:46,160
Speaker 2: sure Truest Park is going to be packed. Oh yeah,

1147
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 2: but yes, good weekend for the Braves, good week overall,

1148
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,319
Speaker 2: beating up on the Cardinals and the d Backs. And

1149
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,640
Speaker 2: let's keep it rolling, man, Let's let's take advantage of

1150
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:58,080
Speaker 2: this schedule, this break in the schedule against the Rockies.

1151
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:00,359
Speaker 2: No one can guarantee a sweep, no one shou call

1152
00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:03,680
Speaker 2: for a guaranteed sweep or else. But this is a

1153
00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:05,719
Speaker 2: series you should win, and this is a series you

1154
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,560
Speaker 2: have a real chance at sweeping if you continue to

1155
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:11,400
Speaker 2: play the way you have played the last couple of weeks.

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00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:16,319
Speaker 1: Absolutely right, That is Scott Coleman, fresh off of back

1157
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,799
Speaker 1: to back games in Phoenix. We appreciate you being here,

1158
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,560
Speaker 1: my friend. As always, my name is Brad Roland. Follow

1159
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:25,400
Speaker 1: us on social media at Hammer Territory on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,

1160
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 1: et cetera, and please do us a solid and subscribe

1161
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:32,080
Speaker 1: to this podcast anywhere you find your podcast Apple, Spotify,

1162
00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:36,360
Speaker 1: YouTube likes, ratings, reviews appreciated, all that fun stuff. Stay tuned,

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Speaker 1: but more this week as always, and it's everybody next time,