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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Bryce Harper and welcome to the Philly Show.

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Speaker 1: Ruben Tomorrow Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todds. So lucky, it's the

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Speaker 1: Philly Show. It's Monday, June thirtieth, twenty twenty five. Guys,

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Speaker 1: how are we doing?

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Speaker 2: Outstanding?

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Speaker 3: Great? Back home from a long road trip.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, long road trip, Ruben. You got to see a

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Speaker 1: lot of ball, not a lot of offense. You got

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Speaker 1: to see a lot of ball though, correct. Phillies went

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Speaker 1: two and four on the road trip. We talked late

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Speaker 1: last week. On Friday, they got swept in Houston. They

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Speaker 1: scored one run in the entire series, but then they

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Speaker 1: took two out of three in Atlanta, so kind of

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Speaker 1: slowly turning the ship round. Although they only scored what

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Speaker 1: three runs on Saturday and Sunday combined.

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Speaker 2: So on this trip they had two zero's, two ones

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Speaker 2: and a two and then they had the outlier at thirteen.

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Speaker 1: But here's the thing, so they so a week ago today,

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Speaker 1: the Phillies had a game and a half lead over

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Speaker 1: the Mets in the National League Gase. They go two

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Speaker 1: and four in the road trip. Where do they stand today?

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Speaker 1: Game and a half lead over the Mets in the.

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Speaker 2: Nationals and the Mets. But the Mets, but they didn't,

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Speaker 2: you know, And they came back from five or five

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Speaker 2: and a half down this earlier this month. But the

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Speaker 2: Phillies are thirteen and thirteen in June. The Mets have

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Speaker 2: lost thirteen on sixteen. If the Phillies just could be

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Speaker 2: four or five games over five hundred this month, three

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Speaker 2: or four, they could put some serious distance between them

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Speaker 2: and the Mets. The Mets have been abysmal, yes, I

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Speaker 2: mean they're starting, pitching is breaking and performing poorly. Their

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Speaker 2: offense has been sporadic all season. They got swept in

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh over the weekend, outscored thirty to four.

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Speaker 1: It could be worse, right, I guess, I guess worse,

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Speaker 1: But this is about the Phillies winning the World Series.

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Speaker 1: So let's start with the first pitch by Park's Casino.

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Speaker 1: at Parks Casino, Pennsylvania's number one casino. So how do

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Speaker 1: we feel about the Phillies. Guys right now, they're pitching

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Speaker 1: their butts off in the rotation offense. You saw like Rubin,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you're watching the game on Friday, right and

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Speaker 1: you're saying, oh my god, here they go. Rubin put

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Speaker 1: his pants on seven different ways on Friday before the game.

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Speaker 1: Clearly that thought popped in my head. Ruben put his

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Speaker 1: socks on differently, mister superstition, And yes, I did stopped

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Speaker 1: Apparently you stopped doing it on Saturday and Sunday.

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Speaker 3: I changed everything. No, I mean, obviously I'm very superstitious.

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Speaker 3: But and I'm still a Phillies fan. I'm not in

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Speaker 3: Phillies employee as some folks, but I am a Phillies fan,

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Speaker 3: and you know, I want them to do well. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: it's a weird, weird hitting lineup. I mean, it's as

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Speaker 3: simple as that. It's just very strange. But I think back,

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Speaker 3: and I think about it. What happened last year. They

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Speaker 3: be mediocre for a while and then get hot at

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Speaker 3: the right time in September October and win this thing.

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Speaker 3: I mean, that's a possibility too. They have the talent

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Speaker 3: at the right time. I don't know that like any

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Speaker 3: necessary moves that Dombrowski makes are going to net, you know,

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Speaker 3: totally change this team. I mean, because if you get

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Speaker 3: It's really about Harper, Schwarber, Turner, Cassianos, Boom, all those

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Speaker 3: And I mean that's it. That's the bottom line. And

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Speaker 3: for all those fans out there that are have great

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Speaker 3: consternation about this team, they probably should have some, but

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Speaker 2: I totally agree with you. You know, I think about

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Speaker 2: this all the time. The one bat is going to

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Speaker 2: it with your big boys. You big boys have to

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Speaker 2: But as far as the offense, it's this is what

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Speaker 2: Pointed this out last week. They got no hit in

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Speaker 2: We saw it the other night, and uh, you know

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Speaker 2: they they they they hit five home runs on this trip.

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Speaker 2: Well that's pretty good. They hit them all in one game, right,

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Speaker 1: So on Saturday, I was chatting with al Moore, Ganty

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Speaker 3: I don't know whether they're going to be able to

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Speaker 2: But he's got two more years and he's owed an

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Speaker 2: And I like him a lot.

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Speaker 3: I like the talent, but you're gonna have to like

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Speaker 3: if he's sending Aidan Miller for this guy, you better

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Speaker 3: And so listen, there's so many risks to the guys

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Speaker 3: And I think once that comes together, maybe in July

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Speaker 2: Just a thought, well, if they're still getting caught in

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Speaker 2: I mean they got they gave. You know, Strider had

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Speaker 3: So in the beginning of the game, they had a

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Speaker 2: So you know, hat tip.

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Speaker 1: That's crazy.

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Speaker 2: Give me your best effort at winning this year's World

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Speaker 1: One of the guys I was looking at was Carlos

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Speaker 1: Bryce Harper is he back Monday Night series open against

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Speaker 3: So the feeling that I got from from the folks

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Speaker 2: Believe it or not, Yes, this is the time or

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Speaker 2: two I've seen him swing easy, and I love the results.

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Speaker 2: And you know, maybe it's a perfect way to come

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Speaker 2: back because he takes some violence out and you know,

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Speaker 2: see some pitches and don't stress your elbow. Swing easy,

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Speaker 2: you know, swing easy. He's a strong man. He doesn't

435
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Speaker 2: have to come out of his shoes every time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I don't disagree with that too. It's a good thought process.

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Speaker 3: That's why you're a good baseball man and a tomato man.

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Speaker 1: That's how are the tomatoes looking to Jim?

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Speaker 2: They actually have had a night, you know since the storm.

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00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 2: You know, I was out there yesterday staking them and

442
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Speaker 2: tying them up.

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Speaker 3: Where you're brushing them, you're brushing your banking spanked them

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Speaker 3: and thanking.

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Speaker 2: They're you know, they're they're really starting to you know,

446
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Speaker 2: it's starting to make their move in the standings.

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Speaker 1: I like that. I like that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, nice, but go this way.

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Speaker 2: They're going that way.

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Speaker 1: The Phillies offense could follow your tomatoes gym. Right. That's uh,

451
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Speaker 1: that's that's the dream.

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Speaker 2: Maybe if Price, you know, it's like you know in

453
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Speaker 2: NASCAR race they they all draft off each other and

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Speaker 2: Price is good card of draft off. You know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see, like can the

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Speaker 1: wrist stay healthy? Like it seems to be kind of

457
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Speaker 1: a weird thing where he says he doesn't need surgery

458
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Speaker 1: and you know, came back. It bothered him all last year,

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Speaker 1: bothered him into the off season, and he had this

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Speaker 1: yesterday Sunday talked a couple of reporters and was asked

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Speaker 1: about do you think the risk thing is going to linger?

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Speaker 1: Could Linger say, I don't really know yet. I think

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Speaker 1: it's going to take some time of playing and seeing

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Speaker 1: kind of where I'm at. Being super upfront with you guys,

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Speaker 1: I don't know as I go. Obviously you guys will

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Speaker 1: know and see what I'm doing. But the thought and

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Speaker 1: the hope is that I don't feel that.

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Speaker 3: So let me just say one thing. The most fascinating

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Speaker 3: part about this is when he comes back is not

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Speaker 3: just his production, but what's going to happen on the

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Speaker 3: roster and the lineup. Where are they going to go

472
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Speaker 3: with Otto Kemp? Is Auto Kemp for your left field?

473
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Speaker 3: And what do they do with Max Kepler? Does he

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Speaker 3: stay on the team, does he get designated? Is he

475
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Speaker 3: a platoon player?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm fascinated by what they're gonna do here because

478
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Speaker 3: he's had, you know, a couple he's had some good days,

479
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Speaker 3: he hasn't had a great days. I mean, I like

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Speaker 3: Max Kepler. I think he I think he can provide

481
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Speaker 3: some help to this ball club. But what happens to

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Speaker 3: Max Kepler and Otto Kemp when this guy comes back?

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Speaker 3: Straight for me, So you send Buddy Kennedy out and

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Speaker 3: you straight platoon.

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Speaker 2: Them, I'd give it a look because I think that.

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Speaker 3: They want Auto Kemp in the lineup every day.

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Speaker 2: Okay, then well if that's the case.

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Speaker 3: That's why it's so fascinating to me.

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Speaker 2: If you want him in the lineup every day, then

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Speaker 2: you know why is Kepler here?

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Speaker 3: I've had that it's you know, it's it is really

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Speaker 3: really fascinating. I can't wait to see what's happening. I

493
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Speaker 3: would assume that they'll send Buddy Kennedy out and then

494
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 3: and then uh, and then decide what they want to

495
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Speaker 3: I want to do. They think that they should go

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Speaker 3: with a platoon or to go with their auto camp

497
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Speaker 3: every day in left field. It's it's an interesting problem.

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Speaker 3: And then you got the kid coming and what's going

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Speaker 3: to happen when the kid comes from the cofford when

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Speaker 3: he comes to center field, because that's that's when you

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Speaker 3: move marsh to left field. And then you maybe then

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Speaker 3: then it's a straight I don't know, we'll see. It's fascinating, Max.

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Speaker 2: I see where you know, letting a couple of go

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00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,680
Speaker 2: would be discussed and on the table. But I think

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00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 2: you can in the short term here take a peek

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Speaker 2: of a platoon and see what happens. But it's interesting.

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Speaker 1: Max doesn't sound Max's rhythm He's talked about. He kind

508
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Speaker 1: of doubled down in the comments he UH made to

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Speaker 1: Mac Gelba on Thursday in Houston. He talked to a

510
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Speaker 1: couple couple of guys on Friday UH in Atlanta and

511
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Speaker 1: basically said, yeah, I mean, I don't think I can

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Speaker 1: get into a rhythm. I was told I was gonna

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00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: be an everyday player, you know, or I was gonna

514
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,199
Speaker 1: play every day, and it's really tough for me and

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Speaker 1: so many produce.

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Speaker 3: You just have to produce situation. I mean, he's a

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Speaker 3: one year deal guy. You have to produce, or if

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Speaker 3: you don't produce, it's a production game. I know it's

519
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 3: halfway through the season and he probably could, maybe he can.

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00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 3: Maybe there's still a lot of production in him left.

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Speaker 3: He's got ability, but does he do it for this team?

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Speaker 3: I don't know. It's great, it's it's it's again. It's fascinating,

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Speaker 3: and you better start.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you're Max Kepler, yeah, you better. If

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Speaker 1: you're only going to play in a in a straight

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Speaker 1: platoon against right hand pit you better start producing against

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Speaker 1: those guys, because if you don't produce in a platoon

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00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: this season, you're not gonna get an everyday job left

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Speaker 1: next season unless you're playing on a you know, the

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Speaker 1: Rockies or something like that.

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Speaker 2: And you're the left you're a left handed hitter in

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Speaker 2: a platoon two thirds set of pitching is right handed.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna get a lot of playing time, a lot

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Speaker 2: of chances to make something happen. But if he didn't

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Speaker 2: start making something happen here in the short term, yeah,

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00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be another one of their one

537
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 2: year deals that is out the door, like Michael Saunders,

538
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 2: like whip Meryfield.

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Speaker 1: If Michael Saunders whim Maryfield, both of those guys as

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00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: came to mind. So let's wrap this up. Monday night,

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Speaker 1: Phillies opened a three game series against the Podres. We

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Speaker 1: met Zach Wheeler six thirty five star because its fireworks tonight,

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Speaker 1: I believe six thirty five stars Zach Wheeler versus Matt Waldron.

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Speaker 1: As we discussed earlier, Matt Waldron is a knuckleballer. It's

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Speaker 1: his season debut. He pulled an oblique in spring training,

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00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: so he's been slowly working his way back. He held

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00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: the Phillies to one run over seven innings almost a

548
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: year ago, June nineteenth at Citizens Bank Park. So Matt Waldron, Yeah,

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00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:36,240
Speaker 1: he did.

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Speaker 3: And the veteran guys don't like knuckleballers.

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00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, Rubin Leike, I looked up. I looked up. I

552
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: was curious because there's not a lot of knuckleballers thrown today, right,

553
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: but uh, you faced a couple knuckleballers.

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00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, Wakefield, I hit nine line drives right at

555
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 3: the first basement. That's all I did, and we're all

556
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 3: at bat. I hit a rocket right at the first

557
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Speaker 3: basement for an out. I was like one for a

558
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 3: thousand against level you were.

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Speaker 1: You were zero for six against Tim Wakefield, two walks,

560
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Speaker 1: yep so and then your line.

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Speaker 3: Drives at the first basement. I guarantee it.

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Speaker 1: Tom Candiotti was.

563
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 3: Righted him you you were three for eight.

564
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Speaker 1: You were three for eight with a that's right against

565
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: Charlie Huff. He did not face never faced Charlie Huff.

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Speaker 1: I looked up. Steve Sparks was a guy that was

567
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Speaker 1: throwing knuckleballs back in the day. You never faced him

568
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Speaker 1: unless it's like a spring training game. But so the challenges, right,

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Speaker 1: I guess of facing the knuckleballer.

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Speaker 3: Get yourself on top of the plate. If you tie,

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Speaker 3: let it fly, it's low, let it go. That will

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Speaker 3: never happen because nobody moves in the box anymore. So whatever, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so that would be fun.

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Speaker 2: You know, you probably have.

575
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 3: Hit right handed against those knuckleballs. I thought about it,

576
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 3: but I kept it in line. Drives at somebody sucked.

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Speaker 2: Tuesday Night.

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Speaker 1: We've got Christopher Sanchez versus Nicky Paveta Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: Night, Nikki p who's having a hell of a year.

580
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 2: Helvy alright leading the league wins.

581
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Speaker 3: He's gonna want to try to stick it up. The

582
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 3: old Phillies took us as.

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Speaker 2: He always had good stuff.

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Speaker 1: He's always had good stuff. He was a guy, you know,

585
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: I remember the the well Ruben you you traded for him?

586
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 1: Were you are you surprised at is this kind of

587
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: what you envisioned? Or when you trade a guy like

588
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: papal Bond of the Nationals, are you just going all right,

589
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: let's he's got a good arm. Let's hope that, you know,

590
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: we we hit a lottery ticket.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he give you Jesse Levis who really pushed him.

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00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 3: Jesse Levis pushed him, and I think maybe h Howie

593
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,400
Speaker 3: Fryling may have seen him as well. But I know

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Speaker 3: Jesse was was high on him, and and we talked

595
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 3: about it and he said, hey, give it a shot

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00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 3: with this arm. Mike Gondo recommended that we make him

597
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 3: run there and you end up getting a really good arm.

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00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 3: He just didn't really pan out for the Phillies, but uh,

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Speaker 3: but you know, sometimes it takes a little while.

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Speaker 1: M yeah, it's it's and then Wednesday afternoon the series

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00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 1: finale make Abel versus Dylan Cees. So the Padres they

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00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 1: started fourteen and three, but since then, since April fourteenth,

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00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: they're thirty one and thirty five, so they've been playing

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00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: under five hundred ball for more than a couple months now.

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00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: So there it's a team that you know, is not

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00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: hasn't really put it all together. Philly's Philly should uh

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00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: steal a challenge though still good.

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00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 3: They have these next several, these next several I mean,

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Speaker 3: this is a really this is like a gauntlet for them.

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00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 3: It's a real litmus test for how how they're uh,

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Speaker 3: how the season's gonna go, because I think Dave Nebrowski

612
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 3: is gonna work off of how these guys play over

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Speaker 3: the next three weeks to see, hey, what do we

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00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 3: really need and uh, how can we fortify this team?

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Speaker 3: That's good, there's gonna be a lot of quite since answered,

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Speaker 3: I think over the next three weeks, what do.

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Speaker 2: They really mean?

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Speaker 1: Give me bullpen help?

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Speaker 2: Bro agree, totally agree.

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Speaker 3: Bullpen help. I know the offense is sputtering right now

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Speaker 3: and it's fits and starts. But bull Pen, they need

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Speaker 3: a bad ass two words bull Pen.

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Speaker 1: I agree, I agree, they get get it. Get a

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Speaker 1: late inning stud reliever at the you know, to help

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Speaker 1: out the rest of the guys. And uh, like we

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Speaker 1: said earlier, need Harper and Schwarburn turning all those guys

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Speaker 1: to to produce offensively. So guys, we will be back

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Speaker 1: later this week.

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Speaker 2: Smell you later, boys, Smell you do.

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