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

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Speaker 1: is episode one nine zero. I am your hosts for

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Speaker 1: every Wind, coming to you on a Wednesday afternoon slash evening,

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Speaker 1: and I'm joined as I often am, by Scott Coleman. Scott,

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Speaker 1: here we are again. It's a Wednesday. We thought we

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Speaker 1: we're not, which might damp in the lab a little bit.

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Speaker 2: But I'm gonna do.

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Speaker 1: My best to not let it damp in the entire vibe.

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Speaker 1: That's my aim on this podcast. How are you, my friend?

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Speaker 2: Hello Brad. In this instance, I think two things can

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Speaker 2: be very true. Wednesday's game was very frustrating. It was

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Speaker 2: the first time in a long time that the offense

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Speaker 2: just completely wet the bed all of those things. I

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Speaker 2: think our colleague Stephen Tolbert said it best. This felt

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Speaker 2: like a twenty twenty four loss where they got great pitching,

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Speaker 2: could not score. But we would be remiss not to

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Speaker 2: do our usual bit that the Braves won the series.

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Speaker 2: And if I would have told you Friday morning that

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Speaker 2: they were going to go four and two out West

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Speaker 2: against the Diamondbacks and the Rockies, I think you have

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Speaker 2: to take that even if today it was kind of

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Speaker 2: and I.

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Speaker 1: Tease it a little bit on social media, kind of

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Speaker 1: tongue in cheek about how you'd be mad on the

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Speaker 1: That will there's more nuance to us than that, Scott,

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Speaker 1: I will say, which is so we just sat on

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Speaker 1: the top of the show. If you're new to the podcast,

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Speaker 1: first of all, welcome to the show. We are Hammer Territory.

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Speaker 1: We cover the Braves year round. We are part of

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Speaker 1: the Felat Territory Network, so please go ahead subscribe to

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Speaker 1: this show and all of the podcasts around fell Territory.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, we thought we could be maybe celebrating, Like

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Speaker 1: we said, it was in frustrating game that we will

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Speaker 1: dive into in more depth in a few minutes. Our

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Speaker 1: colleagues you already mentioned Steven also, Sean battled through illness

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Speaker 1: on Tuesday evening to deliver a more upbeat podcast that

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Speaker 1: they just covered two wins. So if you want more

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Speaker 1: depth on the games from Monday and Tuesday, that's the

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Speaker 1: place to go. The Braves scored fourteen runs. They just

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Speaker 1: kind of had breezy victories against the bad Rockies team,

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Speaker 1: and it is a bad Rockies team, to be sure.

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Speaker 1: But we were talking before we started recording, and exactly

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Speaker 1: two weeks ago you and I did a podcast as

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Speaker 1: we often went on a Wednesday. It was April sixteenth.

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Speaker 1: The Bridge had just lost to Fall to five and

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Speaker 1: thirteen on the year. It was Straudter's debut. He was five,

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Speaker 1: That was the headline of the podcast, and we were

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Speaker 1: wondering out aloud. It was not going well right Obviously

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Speaker 1: they've won four consecutive series and they're nine and three

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Speaker 1: in the last twelve games. And to me, while we

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Speaker 1: really hard for me to come on here and be like,

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Speaker 1: that's just me being me, but also we can you know,

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Speaker 1: should win. They were big favorites today for a reason.

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Speaker 1: They lost the game, but winning two out of three

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Speaker 1: Just remain on the podcast.

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Speaker 2: That's what happens, never fails. You're a longtime listener, you know,

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Speaker 2: seemingly Brad and I do a show. Maybe this is

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Speaker 2: but sure. I mean, you know, any loss of the Rockies,

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Speaker 2: kind of that ceremonial back to five hundred with a win.

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Speaker 2: You have an off day on Thursday. My mentions on Twitter,

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Speaker 2: dear God, you would have thought the Braves just blew

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Speaker 2: a three to zero World Series lead, And I get fans,

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Speaker 2: they're frustrated. Everybody was hoping to go into that off

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Speaker 2: the Braves I think have maybe the best record in

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Speaker 2: baseball at home so far this year. All of those things,

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Speaker 2: and of course they lose a stinker two to one

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Speaker 2: Sale later. He was, honestly maybe the brightest point of

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Speaker 2: to his usual ways. But yeah, what are you gonna do?

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Speaker 2: It would have been a really really fun podcast. It

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Speaker 1: Right, And the way you said it actually makes sense

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Speaker 1: level all those things that could have happened. You sweep

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Speaker 1: favorite to win a game in every series, Like you're

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Speaker 1: the Rockies are awful. That's what makes it frustrated they

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Speaker 1: Rockies are so legendarily bad that it's like hard to spin.

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Speaker 1: But we're not trying to spin. I actually believe this

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Speaker 1: People very mad at us, very lively YouTube comments that

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Speaker 2: You're right, we're not that crazy. But full circle two

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Speaker 2: weeks ago, five and thirteen, today, four and sixteen, I

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Speaker 2: hopefully now they go home a big series against the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: And then the schedule continues to be pretty light for

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Speaker 1: The Braves have done what they needed to do so far.

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Speaker 1: After the to seven start, they had to climb out

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Speaker 1: of it. They're starting to do that. They've been doing

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Speaker 1: no guarantee that continues, but so far they've double they

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Speaker 1: themselves that whole at the beginning of season. All right, Scott,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get into more about today's game in some depth,

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Speaker 1: and also later on in the podcast a preview of

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Speaker 1: that showdown with the Dodters over the weekend. First, they'll

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Speaker 1: that we did. That was the last time before today

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Speaker 1: that the Braves did not get to at least four runs.

432
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Speaker 1: And four runs is a good number generally speaking. If

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Speaker 1: you score four runs, you're a pretty good shape. You're

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Speaker 1: not credibleship all the time. But two weeks in a

435
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Speaker 1: row they scored four or more runs at every single game,

436
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Speaker 1: and then today they decided not to in coursefield, so

437
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Speaker 1: there you go.

438
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Speaker 2: Just kind of felt like getaway day. And it wasn't

439
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Speaker 2: even like the Braves ran into a bunch of bad

440
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Speaker 2: luck either. I think their expected batting average today was

441
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Speaker 2: around two hundred or two ten. So it wasn't an

442
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Speaker 2: unlucky game. They just didn't do anything. And other than

443
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Speaker 2: I think it was the third inning, the Braves got

444
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Speaker 2: a rally going and that kind of fizzled. They had

445
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Speaker 2: first and second with nobody out. They did get a

446
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Speaker 2: run in by way of an Eddie Rosario ground out

447
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Speaker 2: and a Michael Harris ground out, but that was basically

448
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Speaker 2: it wasn't you know. It was different than like the

449
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Speaker 2: Sunday game against the Diamondbacks where they had a million

450
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Speaker 2: runners on base, had a couple of hits, but just

451
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Speaker 2: couldn't quite get that one big three run homer to

452
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Speaker 2: kind of change the game. It was weird. They played

453
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Speaker 2: three games without a home run in course field. That's weird.

454
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Speaker 2: The Rockies walk everyone, They didn't walk a ton. I mean,

455
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Speaker 2: it wasn't like the Braves were just free swinging today either.

456
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Speaker 2: I mean the Rockies threw a lot of strikes. Just

457
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Speaker 2: one of those weird games. Hopefully it's not a sign

458
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Speaker 2: of things to come. God help us if this is.

459
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Speaker 2: If the lineup is now going to revert back to

460
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Speaker 2: what it was before, No, I don't think so. Hopefully

461
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Speaker 2: let's get Verdugo back in there. Let's get Sean Murphy

462
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Speaker 2: back in there. Let's not have Michael Harris bat lead

463
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Speaker 2: off ever, let's get Ozzy Alby's out of the fifth spot.

464
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Speaker 2: Why is Brian Snicker doing that? I don't know. Well, yeah,

465
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Speaker 2: just little grievances today that led to a loss. And again,

466
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Speaker 2: sure Eddie Rosario should not be playing. But Rosario playing

467
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Speaker 2: today was not the reason that the Braves lost. They

468
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Speaker 2: lost because they had three hits in three walks in

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Speaker 2: nine innings at Coursfield and.

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Speaker 1: Their best players did nothing. And that's I mean a

471
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Speaker 1: couple a couple of walks for those guys. But like, yeah,

472
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Speaker 1: I think with this offense right now, if you were

473
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Speaker 1: to assume that the best three or four guys in

474
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Speaker 1: the lineup go over for the game, occasionally they'll do

475
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Speaker 1: enough with the rest of the lineup, but they need

476
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Speaker 1: those guys to They have three stars. Maybe if you

477
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Speaker 1: sometimes back Baharis gets to that level, but they have

478
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Speaker 1: three clear offensive stars right now. They're available, and if

479
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Speaker 1: they do nothing for you, this is an offense that

480
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Speaker 1: probably can't withstand that too often. And that happened today.

481
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Speaker 1: We talked about Eddie Zario just do this now. I

482
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Speaker 1: thought everyone thought This is odd at the very least.

483
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Speaker 1: Of course, as Sean and Stephen covered, they brought Eddie

484
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Speaker 1: Razerio back. That actually happened, which we you and I

485
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Speaker 1: haven't talked about. He's on the roster, yes, the faciator

486
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Speaker 1: I had a pitcher. But coursefield is probably the hardest

487
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Speaker 1: place to play defense in baseball. In the outfield, it's

488
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Speaker 1: the biggest outfielded baseball because of the way that the

489
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Speaker 1: park plays, it has to be that bigger, even more

490
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Speaker 1: home runs, but it leads to a lot of doubles

491
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Speaker 1: in course field, like a lot of space that Eddie is,

492
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Speaker 1: let's just say, defensively challenged at this point in his career.

493
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Speaker 1: He was never great and now he's bad basically. And look,

494
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Speaker 1: I gave the sat on Twitter, so I will share

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Speaker 1: it here. And look, we love Eddie Rosario. World Series Hero,

496
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Speaker 1: NLCS hero, never buy a beer again, and a same thing.

497
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Speaker 1: All that stuff still applies right now, big caveats still

498
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Speaker 1: love Ay Rosario as a guy, as a hero. He's been,

499
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Speaker 1: by the numbers of fangrafs quite literally, the worst position

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Speaker 1: player in baseball since the end of a twenty twenty

501
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,280
Speaker 1: one World Series. That's three and a half years. He

502
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Speaker 1: is number two thirty eight out of two thirty eight

503
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: qualified position players in fangrafts War negative two point one

504
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Speaker 1: coming into today, which it probably got worse today. Like,

505
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,359
Speaker 1: so Eddie's bad, we could just be honest about that.

506
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Speaker 1: He's a bad baseball player at this point in time,

507
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Speaker 1: and he's actually been worse than that recently. Last year

508
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,119
Speaker 1: he was terrible, as we all remember. This year, he

509
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,640
Speaker 1: was so bad he got he was available to sign.

510
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Speaker 1: So the combination of the park and the fact that

511
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Speaker 1: he's been so bad and Duco has been good led

512
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 1: us all to wonder and we don't know. I just

513
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,000
Speaker 1: checked Twitter one one more time if Duco was healthy.

514
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Speaker 1: I don't understand why Rosario played today. I don't get it,

515
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,760
Speaker 1: but maybe maybe he wasn't. To be fair, maybe Vernao

516
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,159
Speaker 1: has banged up and snit is not just what this

517
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:05,879
Speaker 1: doesn't want to say that. That's the only way that

518
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 1: I could see. I don't want to speak for you.

519
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: That's the way I could see Rosario playing today with

520
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 1: a day off tomorrow, is that Verdugo is like not

521
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Speaker 1: one hundred percent.

522
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Speaker 2: Maybe I can see Eddie Rosario playing because his manager

523
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Speaker 2: is Brian Snecker, well that that that's uh, yes, I

524
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 2: wish what I should say.

525
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Speaker 1: I if it was me, decided that'd be the only

526
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Speaker 1: way that I could see for me decided. I'm with

527
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Speaker 1: you one hundred percent that that's probably what happened. Is that, well,

528
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Speaker 1: either Verdugo was hurt again just to give a little

529
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Speaker 1: bit of the caveat or snit like Eddie Rosario, which

530
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Speaker 1: I understand why, and it is a righty that he

531
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Speaker 1: was facing. Eddie has a strong platoon split at times

532
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Speaker 1: and has in the past a chance to give rdego

533
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Speaker 1: to days off or whatever. I don't know, man, but

534
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Speaker 1: uh it was. It's I'm glad you said it earlier.

535
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Speaker 1: I want to I want to reiterate this. It did

536
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Speaker 1: not cost them in the game. Nothing Eddie did like

537
00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,480
Speaker 1: he did throw the ball with the wall, Like he

538
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,480
Speaker 1: didn't do it some incredibly ridiculous play out there. He

539
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,160
Speaker 1: was just a normal bad outfielder today.

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Speaker 2: Nothing bad happened.

541
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Speaker 1: But it would have been nice to play your best

542
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:08,199
Speaker 1: line up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, there's no reason to ever play Eddie Rosario.

544
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 2: It's funny. I agreed one hundred percent with sending Jared

545
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 2: Kelnick to Gwinnett to play every day same. I think,

546
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Speaker 2: I think everybody agrees that is what is best for

547
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 2: Jared Kelnick and the organization right now. But the millisecond

548
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 2: I saw Eddie Rosario's name, I thought, oh no, Brian

549
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 2: Snitker is going to play this guy until the front

550
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Speaker 2: office takes him away.

551
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Speaker 1: Well, you just want to get not to cut you off,

552
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: but like I I agree with you because I wanted

553
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: that's that spot to be occupied by someone I've never

554
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 1: heard of.

555
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,359
Speaker 2: Yes, you're a fair child exactly.

556
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,119
Speaker 1: That kind of that kind of player that no one

557
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: knows other than the absolute secos. Like, that's better because

558
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,120
Speaker 1: Snip won't be tempted. And look, Eli, why we've covered

559
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,199
Speaker 1: you long way at Nausium the last week. He's been awesome.

560
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,240
Speaker 1: I don't know, I feel like White some game changer,

561
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: but he's obviously playing every day. The ride in the

562
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: hot hand he should play right now. Totally cool. Yeah,

563
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,880
Speaker 1: it's it's a take the club out of the back situation.

564
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 1: Same thing we had him belt with Edi Anderson, you know,

565
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: not didn't talk about that either. He Ian was signed.

566
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,879
Speaker 1: We did talk about when he was signed, but he

567
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: got DFA before before he pitched, which Sean and Stephen covered.

568
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 1: That was another thing I was worried about. It's like

569
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 1: taking like having Ian and available to pitch, like you

570
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: just don't want to have that happen.

571
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Speaker 2: So it's like a tough shot in golf and you

572
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 2: tell yourself I cannot make this shot, but then you

573
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 2: look at your club and go, you know, I might

574
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Speaker 2: be able to do this. Maybe I could sneak it

575
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Speaker 2: over that tree and before the sand and ever and yeah,

576
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Speaker 2: I mean Eddie went over three today, had a strikeout,

577
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 2: had one opportunity with two runners on and just weakly

578
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Speaker 2: grounded a ball.

579
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Speaker 1: Hey, he moved he moved the runners over, Scott As

580
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: you're not texted during that moment, he.

581
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Speaker 2: Moved the runners over.

582
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Speaker 1: So it was a swinging bunnet worked out fine. I

583
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: did say to you, just to be a fully transparent

584
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Speaker 1: I thought it would have been funny. And I was

585
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Speaker 1: not gonna be shocked if Eddie Homeward just to like

586
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,399
Speaker 1: put one in my eye hole, you know, because I

587
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: just I had just tweeted basically about how bad Eddie was,

588
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,800
Speaker 1: and I was expecting that to come back and bite

589
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: me in a good way for the braves.

590
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 2: And it didn't. It didn't actually happen, so fingers crossed.

591
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 2: We still haven't heard a recent update on Ronald Acuna Junior,

592
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 2: which is well, yes.

593
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 1: Snick got asked apparently just to has that along during

594
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 1: and snit just said there's no update, which is I

595
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,880
Speaker 1: don't know what that means. Doesn't mean it's a bad thing,

596
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 1: but we have not gotten the Ronald is about to

597
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 1: start playing in games announcement which is not the best.

598
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 2: So hopefully it's only a couple more weeks for Ronald. Also,

599
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 2: if another team has to dfa and outfielder who has

600
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Speaker 2: a pulse and is better than Eddie Rosario, and based

601
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 2: on that statue shared basically everybody is better than Eddie Rosario,

602
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Speaker 2: I would not be surprised at all if Eddie goes

603
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 2: out and they bring somebody new in. It's not going

604
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 2: to be a superstar, but why not try to find

605
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 2: your next Ramon and Loreano?

606
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Speaker 1: Well, ye might not him, that's not him, I'm out

607
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: said in that person, but like somebody like that who

608
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: we talked about a lot this winter.

609
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 2: I do think I should say this earlier.

610
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Speaker 1: I forgot if his name was not Eddie Rosario, they

611
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 1: would not have signed Edie Rosario like that seems safe

612
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 1: to me, and that what you said is one hundred

613
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 1: percent Drew like take a shot on somebody. But given

614
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Speaker 1: just how bad Eddie has been for as long as

615
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 1: it's been, I don't think they would have signed him

616
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: if not for the prior relationship, which is fine, I

617
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,160
Speaker 1: get it. I'm not I'm not outraged by signing him.

618
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,959
Speaker 1: I think it's not helpful. I wouldn't have signed him,

619
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Speaker 1: to be fair, I was not like about to lose

620
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: my mind. But I don't think it's a good decision

621
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Speaker 1: to sign him because of what we just talked about.

622
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Speaker 2: So as long as Eddie Rosario is not playing beyond today,

623
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,959
Speaker 2: we're fine. If he's in that lineup again against the Dodgers,

624
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 2: if you're playing, scream my mother, f and head off.

625
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 2: If Eddie Rosario's in there against the Dodgers, you can

626
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 2: maybe I mean today they lost, you can maybe sneak

627
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 2: it against like the Rockies or I think they play

628
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 2: the Pirates in a week. But stop, Brian Steedger, stop.

629
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Speaker 2: I'm sure you listen to every minute of this podcast.

630
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 2: Oh please do not play Eddie Rosario ever.

631
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: We could, we can do one more thing on Eddie

632
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 1: adjacent and I it's eight for thirty. If this is

633
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: not a playoff brickdown podcast, I do have to say,

634
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: I am. I'm at least slightly offended bothered that neither

635
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: Sean Murphy nor Alex Ridugo came to the plate today

636
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: in a one run game. There were multiple chances to

637
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 1: pinch hit for Eddie, not only Eddie, but even for honestly,

638
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 1: for Eli White would have been fine. From Ani he's

639
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: hot right now, I get it, or Nick Allen like

640
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: they could have hit a better hitter multiple times. Sean

641
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: Murphy has been quite good, and I I said, I,

642
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: I actually don't get it. Snid has the weird as

643
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: ad nausea and discussed a version to hitting his backup catcher,

644
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: which will never go away, I guess. But it's it's

645
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: a one run game in the ninth inning, like Murphy, Murphy,

646
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: or I mean again, or Verdugo if he's what was available,

647
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: could have let off the ninth inning for any reserve.

648
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 2: Yeah you could.

649
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 1: You could hit Murphy if you don't want him to

650
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 1: run whatever, if he gets it, gets on base, pinch

651
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: run for him. But like you're down one run of

652
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: the ninth inning, like it's the time and Eddie leads

653
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: off the ninth or was it the eighth inning? I

654
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: can't remember which one it was.

655
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 2: He went out.

656
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: He went out one of those innings and I was like,

657
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: why is he hitting for himself?

658
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 3: Right now?

659
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 2: I know it was the eighth, Yeah, it was the eighth.

660
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 2: I don't know. This was the getaway day on the

661
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 2: West coast with a four hour flight, and you've won

662
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 2: four out of five games on the trip so far.

663
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 2: This was getaway day to a t under snite. It

664
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 2: can drive us nuts because a game against the Rockies

665
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 2: on April thirtieth counts all the same as a game

666
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 2: against the Mets on September first or whatever day on

667
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 2: the calendar. Yeah, just flush it, forget it, move on,

668
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 2: and now they have a real They have a big

669
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 2: series this weekend at home against a team that we

670
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,719
Speaker 2: know well and is as good of a threat as

671
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 2: anybody to win a World Series. Yeah.

672
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: Last day on the games that I just saw this,

673
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 1: I think it was from d B. But uh, the

674
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: Breves have currently had a flucally large day game versus

675
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: night games split. They can't seem to score runs in

676
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: day games, which is which happened, has happened in the past,

677
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 1: but it's like a two run per game difference right now,

678
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 1: which is incredibly large. So uh, noise probably had this

679
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,479
Speaker 1: small sample size of a season, but they've just been

680
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 1: bad in day games and I believe they're now. Yeah,

681
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: they're now three and seven in day games. Just a

682
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: little bit of more fun with stats anything else. I

683
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: don't think it means anything. Just want to know that,

684
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: all right, Scott, you just teat us up. We'll get

685
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: into one bit of news and then a preview of

686
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: the Daughter series in just one moment.

687
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 3: Take me out to my team a bad sports now

688
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 3: work watch makes some bigger and RB eyes.

689
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 2: I'm just gotta have the local go through. Will will

690
00:31:55,000 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 2: put the runs and they don't win in shame now, okay, Scott.

691
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: The news the item I just teased is that Brian

692
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: Stickers said after Tuesday's game that they believe Agrias smiths

693
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: Shav is gonna be fine and will probably start on

694
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: Monday unless the thing goes wrong. So if you miss

695
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 1: this either on the show last night or previously, smith

696
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: Shov pitched well and then had to leave the game,

697
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: or that he wanted to leave the game on Tuesday,

698
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 1: he was hit with a line drive in the arm.

699
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: Out of precaution, may total sense to take him out

700
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: of the game. No one's been definitive, but everything that's

701
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: been out there so far has been he seems to

702
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 1: be fine, which is a good thing.

703
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 2: Now, there was even.

704
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: Drama people that he was gonna start yesterday. We didn't

705
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: know he's gonna start until right before the game. So

706
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: he's not like fully interest in the rotation. But when

707
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: you look down at what they had brace have available

708
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: and the way he pitched on Tuesday, you do want

709
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 1: him to be able to throw on Monday. All things

710
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: gets thired. So that's a good sign.

711
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely, And the importance of a J. Smith Schauver

712
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 2: has gone up even more with Strider back on the

713
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 2: injured list. He looked really good. Again. All the caveats

714
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 2: apply the Rockies. They're terrible, all of those things. But

715
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 2: that splitter that AJ throws is weird in the best

716
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 2: way possible. When it's anywhere near the plate. Big leaguers

717
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 2: really struggle against it. And I think, I mean, I

718
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 2: know they picked Bryce Elder over AJ before the Strider injury.

719
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 2: Bryce is pitched okay, but I think. I mean, it's

720
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 2: obvious that Smith schav has such a higher up ceiling.

721
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 2: Up upseiling a new one.

722
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 4: I like that.

723
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 2: I'm leaving it in too. I'm not editing at that.

724
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: That was incredible up ceiling. I had one of those

725
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: on Sunday where I said just the wrong thing and

726
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, I'm leaving that. I

727
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: could edit that out. I'm not gonna here. We are

728
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: we go a podcast.

729
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 2: Taking a stand in the editing process. Yeah, up ceiling

730
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 2: for a J. Smith Shauber is high. We saw it.

731
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 2: He still needs to work on fastball command, still needs

732
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 2: to develop a slider or curve or whatever he wants

733
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 2: to do to add a third pitch. But yes, good news.

734
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 2: Didn't seem super serious on Tuesday night when AJ left

735
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 2: the game, and he'll probably be out there against the

736
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 2: Reds on Monday.

737
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, a good sign there. That's the only bit of

738
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: news that I have seen as of seven ish pm

739
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 1: Eastern Time on Wednesday. So we will now preview the

740
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: Dodger series which begins on Friday. So off day Thursday. Obviously,

741
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: long trip back from the West Coast, travel day, et cetera. Showdown. Obviously,

742
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: it's been almost exactly a month since the Braves were

743
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: swept in la in unceremonious fashion to fall to to seven.

744
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: That was a dark time in recent history. A lot's

745
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 1: changed since to then. On both sides has been playing better.

746
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 2: Of course.

747
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: The Dodgers had a little bit of a lull about

748
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: a week ago when they lost four out of five

749
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: for best team was unexpected, but they are twenty one

750
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: to ten. They're good, unsurprisingly the bets of injuries, they're

751
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: still the better favorite to win World Series. All those things,

752
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,839
Speaker 1: they have a bunch of pitching injuries. Blake Snell is out,

753
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: Tyler Glass now was out, Playton Kershaw is out, So

754
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: three of their bigger name pitchers are unavailable. Old Palfreddy

755
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 1: Freeman is now back, but he missed some times. So

756
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: like they've been a little bit in and out. But

757
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:09,920
Speaker 1: you know, probably would that have a pitching matchups in

758
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: a second. What do you make of this? Because the Dodgers,

759
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 1: I said, and I'll own it. I still believe it.

760
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: The Dodgers coming into the year had the best roster

761
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 1: I've ever seen in the modern era baseball. And I

762
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: actually own that take. I think I was I still

763
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,320
Speaker 1: believe it, but they the available roster right now is

764
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: not that roster they have, Like I said, they have

765
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 1: three like top three stars in the rotation, global guys

766
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 1: out other injuries. Like they're still really good, but this

767
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: is not exactly like an absolute and utter juggernaut. As

768
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,359
Speaker 1: I knock on Wood saying this, what are your thoughts

769
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: on this series?

770
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 2: Probably speaking a ton of talent in that lineup you mentioned,

771
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 2: the Dodgers had a bad stretch. I mean they started

772
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 2: out eight no and everyone was like, Wow, this team's

773
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 2: gonna win one hundred and twenty games. Yeah, and then

774
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 2: they basically had three or four weeks where they were

775
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 2: a five hundred team and just weren't pitching super well.

776
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 2: They had the injury. I think situationally they've struggled a bit.

777
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,760
Speaker 2: I saw somebody from the Dodgers kind of like the Braves. Honestly,

778
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 2: whether or not you believe runner in scoring position hitting

779
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 2: is a skill or is it random or is it

780
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 2: variance and all that, but they had struggled with that

781
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 2: too a little bit. But I mean, you look at

782
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 2: the lineup a lot of name value. The pitching is

783
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 2: kind of being held together by scotch tape. Right now.

784
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,919
Speaker 2: It's it's not great. I mean, eventually it'll be really good.

785
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 2: But honestly, if you had to pick a time to

786
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 2: play the Dodgers this entire season, it's probably right now.

787
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 4: Yeah.

788
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 2: The way does mean. It doesn't mean the Braves are

789
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 2: gonna come in and just you know what, they're asked

790
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 2: for three games. I mean they might, but you know,

791
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 2: it's it's an opportune time now compared to maybe middle

792
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 2: of August when they are presumably healthier, have added at

793
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 2: the deadline because they don't have a budget and they

794
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 2: have a good farm system and all that. Yeah, I mean,

795
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 2: it's not a bad time to see the Dodgers, especially

796
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 2: for a Braves team that, as we know, had to

797
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,839
Speaker 2: I mean, they really went through it in that first

798
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 2: week of the year out in LA for sure.

799
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: And you're gonna score some runs, obviously, That's what I

800
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: was saying. Because the Dodgers, while they're their lineup outside

801
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: the top four or five is not like ridiculous, but

802
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: they do have three of the what best ten players

803
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: in baseball at the top of the line every day

804
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: with Otani, Betts, and Freeman, Like that's pretty ridiculous. There

805
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: are very few teams that have a better top three

806
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: than the Braves, and I think that's they do have

807
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: a better top three than the Braves. With those three guys,

808
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see the probables have been announced for

809
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 1: pitching stuff. And UH, gotta say unsurprisingly given that Sales

810
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,240
Speaker 1: not pitching as a top earlier, and also the Braves

811
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:40,320
Speaker 1: issues without Lopez, without Strider their favorite to the Dodgers

812
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: in the pitching matchups overall, I would say it's fair.

813
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: Maybe disagree with me, but the first game on Friday

814
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 1: is Grant Holmes against the Almamoto down Lodo currently leads

815
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: the entire major leagues in the RA at one point

816
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 1: zero six. He is an ACE level pitcher.

817
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 4: Uh.

818
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: Saturday is the one matchup that might actually favor the Braves.

819
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 1: Schwellenbach against rookies is he sucks, really talented, but schwella

820
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: Buck is really really good too. And then Sunday is

821
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: Bryce Elder the aforementioned against Dustin May. And just to

822
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: give a little shot with to Bryce, we think on

823
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: Bryce a lot. He's given the Braves a good chance

824
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 1: to win the last two games he pitched. He's not

825
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 1: been electric, but he's been totally fine. If they can

826
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 1: get three six sayings, three runs out of Bryce Elver,

827
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: sign me up, check Mark please.

828
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, I mean good on Bryce. And it's interesting

829
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 2: in his first couple starts, maybe his first two starts,

830
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 2: I didn't think he was like god awful. He no, no,

831
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 2: he didn't pitch great. But the Braves had a chance,

832
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 2: and at least in those first two starts when the

833
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 2: offense couldn't score, and that only amplifies everything. So I

834
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 2: mean you look at the pitching matchups, they are not

835
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 2: the sexiest. I mean, coming into the year, you could

836
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 2: have had just all time, you know, Sail against Glass

837
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 2: now and Strider against Snell. You you could have some

838
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 2: like a plus billing matchups. We aren't going to get that.

839
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 2: But obviously the Dodgers still a good team. And if

840
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 2: you tell me, I mean the Braves if they can

841
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: win this series at home and take two out of

842
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 2: three with Holmes and Elder and then we talked about

843
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 2: Schwallenbach on the last show being fine not I mean,

844
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 2: not bad by any means, but pretty good ish. I

845
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 2: think you take a series win all day long and

846
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 2: hopefully the crowd is really into it the truest and

847
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 2: they can kind of help the team out and hopefully

848
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 2: especially if you can win that first game, where I

849
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 2: think the Braves will be pretty big underdogs. If you

850
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 2: can beat Yamamoto, who has been insane this year, you know,

851
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 2: then you really feel good about your chances going into

852
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 2: the weekend.

853
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: Yes, I agree, you know they could just use a

854
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: quality outing from Holmes and or Elder one thing to

855
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 1: not take back my shots. Pressolder that this is a

856
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: different kind of test opponent wise, the Dodgers are not

857
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,919
Speaker 1: the Cardinals and they're not the Rockies, so we'll see

858
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: how this goes. But uh yeah, interesting games if you

859
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Speaker 1: I haven't because it's Wednesday and not Thursday. The betting

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Speaker 1: market is not matured. I think the Dodgers will probably

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Speaker 1: favorite to win the series. He's in the betty market,

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Speaker 1: but not by a crazy amount. It is in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: That definitely helps things for the Braves on paper of note,

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Speaker 1: and I no Braves fans will hate this. They have

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Speaker 1: two national TV only games in the series. Saturday Night

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Speaker 1: is a Fox Network Fox game and then Sunday Night

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Speaker 1: is Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN, which means no Brandon

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Speaker 1: a CG on Saturday. No Brads cg on Sunday. Brace

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Speaker 1: fans will not enjoy that, I promise you. On the

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Speaker 1: bright side, it's not all three. There was one series

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Speaker 1: last year where it was Apple Friday and then it

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Speaker 1: was Fox and ESPN and it was no local all weekend.

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Speaker 1: It's only twice this time, but uh, night games, prime time. Hey,

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Speaker 1: it's showcase for the team. I know peoplen't always love this.

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Speaker 1: Listen national announcer doesn't bother me as much, but it

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Speaker 1: is a national showcase that the Braves can win some

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Speaker 1: baseball games.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, big challenge. Hopefully the Bats are back after a

879
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 2: disappointing Wednesday. Pitching is gonna need to be on it.

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00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 2: They cannot walk, they cannot issue walks to this Dodgers lineup,

881
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 2: you start walking everybody, you are going to pay, guarantee.

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00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,439
Speaker 2: The big challenge for the team. They've been playing really well.

883
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 2: Four straight series wins in a row. Let's make it five.

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00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 2: The vibe will be really good on Sunday night, Brad

885
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 2: on the pod if they can win the series, and

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00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 2: let's hope they do it.

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Speaker 1: Yes, the vibe will be greatly affected by the performance

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Speaker 1: over the weekend, but we'll be here.

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Speaker 2: No matter what.

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Speaker 1: This is what we do on the podcast. I don't

891
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: believe Scott's gonna be here on Sunday, so if you can,

892
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: we can blame Scott if things go wrong. I want

893
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: to say that right now. If this go wrong, it's

894
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Speaker 1: entirely because Scott Holman's unavailable on Sunday. But I'll be

895
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: here in a surprise. But whatever for I. Actually we

896
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 1: don't we don't know who's hosted with me, but somebody's

897
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: gonna be weird with me. Or maybe I go solo Scott.

898
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: Maybe I just rip one off for thirty five minutes

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00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 1: by myself just talking.

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00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 2: We'll see. I have done one solo podcast in my life.

901
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 2: And the only thing I'll say, I remember you, Why

902
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 2: why did you do that?

903
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: I can't why why it was?

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Speaker 2: It's a big grows thin wall drop skot for you.

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00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 2: That's funny, I can say for people who haven't done

906
00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 2: a podcast before, imagine talking to yourself for six minutes

907
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 2: and it feels like you've been talking to yourself for

908
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 2: two hours, and then you look at the little clock

909
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 2: in the corner and it shows you've been talking for

910
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 2: six minutes and thirteen seconds. That is what it feels

911
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 2: like doing a solo pod. So let's we'll find you

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00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 2: a guest. Maybe we'll do like a random like Twitter

913
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 2: draw and some random fan can hop off.

914
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 1: Let's not offer that that's not a good idea, but no,

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00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: it's funny. I'm sure we have some listeners that listen

916
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: to my Hawk show as well, and I would say

917
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: eighty percent of the time or more that is just

918
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 1: me for thirty five minutes. So I'm used to doing this.

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Speaker 1: I could do it my sleep, but I won't. I'll

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00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 1: try not to everybody everybody's sake, but that's the lay

921
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Speaker 1: of the land. Also, we probably will have a show

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Speaker 1: Friday night after the opener. I don't want to promise that,

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Speaker 1: but that's the plan right now, so stay tuned for that.

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Speaker 1: Please subscribe to this podcast anywhere you find your podcast,

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00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: and the Braves have a chance to win their fifth

926
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Speaker 1: straight series over the weekend. Scott, anything else to add

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Speaker 1: before we sign off on this Wednesday night.

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Speaker 2: Only thing to add? I hope our colleague Sean Coleman,

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Speaker 2: the better of the Coleman's on this network, is feeling better.

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Speaker 2: I listened to the show last last night. I thought

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Speaker 2: Sean was going to pass out. About midway through that show,

932
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Speaker 2: that was that was a trooper. That was a flu

933
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Speaker 2: game episode for sure. So I hope you feel better, Sean.

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Speaker 2: I hope you're getting some sleep. And as Brad said

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Speaker 2: a moment ago, we will be back soon with more shows. Win, Lose, Sonny, Rainy.

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Speaker 2: Let's go beat the Dodgers and help they have a

937
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 2: good weekend ahead.

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Speaker 1: Sean, if you're listening, just tell me next time. Man,

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Speaker 1: I could have I could have hosted the show for

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Speaker 1: h Scott was. We could have just done it. We

941
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: could have helped Stephen out, could have carried But hey,

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Speaker 1: Shawn's a trooper.

943
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Speaker 2: We love Sean.

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Speaker 1: Thank you again that we're listening to the podcast one

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00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,840
Speaker 1: more time, One more plea from us. If you were

946
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:40,320
Speaker 1: a listener sometimes that's totally cool. Go ahead, subscribe, follow, like,

947
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 1: rate review, all that fun stuff. Tell your friends and

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Speaker 1: I'll see everybody next time.