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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to episode to zero four

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Speaker 1: of the Hammer Territory Podcast. I'm Scott Coleman and I

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Speaker 1: am pinch hitting this Memorial Day weekend. Brad is out

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Speaker 1: of town, Sean is out of town, so I am

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Speaker 1: joined on this Sunday evening by the great Stephen Colbert

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Speaker 1: and Stephen based on our text a little earlier, this

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Speaker 1: might be a little bit of an angsty show, but

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Speaker 1: as we always say, win or lose, we always do

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Speaker 1: a pod and there is certainly a lot to talk about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what's up, buddy. I feel like this is probably

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Speaker 2: the I feel like this is probably the one of

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Speaker 2: the probably the most rare combination of our show. I

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Speaker 2: don't think you and I have done very many of

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Speaker 2: the as usually we have either Brad or Sean, but

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Speaker 2: both out of town this week. Obviously, Memorial Day weekend

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Speaker 2: usually a really fun baseball weekend, not for the Braves. However,

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Speaker 2: you know, Ronald Cuney Junior came back. He came back,

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Speaker 2: you know, in style the way only he can do it,

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Speaker 2: by hitting a four hundred and seventy foot home on

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Speaker 2: his first at bat, and it just felt like from

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Speaker 2: that moment the weekend kind of went downhill. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: talk about it all of course, but yeah, it's not

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Speaker 2: been a great It's not been a great weekend for

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Speaker 1: No, it has not. And man, let's just kind of

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Speaker 1: do an overall state of the team right now, Steven

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Speaker 1: and take stock. We're basically a third of the way

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Speaker 1: I think it's always fair to say that when Memorial

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Speaker 1: is not April fifteenth. Then you have the crutch of

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Speaker 1: it still early and there's still one hundred and forty

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Speaker 1: games to go, and sure there is, there's still four

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Speaker 1: months the baseball to be played, and nobody can confidently

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Speaker 1: say they know where this team is going to become

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Speaker 1: October first, but there are continuing trends with this baseball

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Speaker 1: team nightly, and I guess I'll just get your take

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Speaker 1: on the state of the team right now. They're twenty

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Speaker 1: five and twenty seven. They dropped the weekend series to

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Speaker 1: the Padres. They went one in four this week after

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Speaker 1: some really good vibes after a great series up at Fenway,

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Speaker 1: winning two out of three from the Red SOX, I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I think I can tell from your voice

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Speaker 1: everybody is. But you know, where are you at with

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of people in the game that

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Speaker 2: will tell you Memorial Day is kind of when you

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Speaker 2: officially take stock of what you are and who you are,

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Speaker 2: and it's kind of a good sample of it's no

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Speaker 2: longer early, like you just said, you have enough games

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Speaker 2: where trends have emerged and you can really start to

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Speaker 2: war right now between that idea that you know who

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Speaker 2: brain is, like, you know, we've seen this team in

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Speaker 2: the past. Twenty twenty two is a great example where

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Speaker 2: they played like crap for two months, got ten games

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Speaker 2: I've seen this team twenty twenty one. You know, they

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Speaker 2: up winning a World Series. So every single day on Twitter,

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Speaker 2: my mentions are this team sucks, this team sucks. You know,

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Speaker 2: people are saying that, but like my brain just can't

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Speaker 2: kind of have a foot in both camps at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Where I am this you know, this team is what

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Speaker 1: I'm I am in the same place, and I think

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Speaker 1: Steven about You're you're kind of in both camps. Is

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's probably some mixture of all the above,

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Speaker 1: last calendar month, these are the number of runs the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Braves have lost by. Okay, two one one seven

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Speaker 1: they lost today by two runs. So of their last

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Speaker 1: thirteen losses over the last month, nine of them were

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Speaker 1: two runs or less. And those games are basically coin flips,

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Speaker 1: right the ball bounce is one way for one team,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't bounce for the other team fifty to fifty games.

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Speaker 1: It's both incredibly frustrating because I think there's also some

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Speaker 1: But getting to that point, especially getting to like August first,

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Speaker 1: seemingly every night there was a one run loss or

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Speaker 1: no way am I saying this team is gonna win

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Speaker 1: questions about this team's ability to put it all together

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Speaker 1: objectively say that if they're losing one run games, they're

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Speaker 1: not They're never getting blown out. There was one game

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Speaker 1: they lost, they got smacked by the Dodgers four weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: but other than that, they could have won basically every

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Speaker 1: So it's just like you said, it's kind of hard

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Speaker 1: ay they're not good, because clearly they're in basically every

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think even after today, they have

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Speaker 2: You lose a bunch of one run games, and then

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Speaker 2: that's just objectively true. Over the long haul of the season,

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Speaker 2: if you score more opponents than your score more runs

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Speaker 2: eventually reflect it. Now, it's not you're not guaranteed of anything.

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Speaker 2: You know, the Padres had one of those seasons a

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Speaker 2: but it is frustrating. It is Oh my god, it's

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Speaker 2: frush I mean Friday Night, I mean, you know, it's

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Speaker 2: one of the more frustrating games I've ever watched. It is.

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Speaker 2: It is a and partly because of what you just said,

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Speaker 2: there's so many close games. Every single night is a

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Speaker 2: close game. Even the wins are you know, one to

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Speaker 2: it's been it's been a frustrating. It's been a frustrating month,

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Speaker 1: It feels like in a lot of these recent losses,

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Speaker 1: the whole, I'd like to get your take on it.

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Speaker 1: year and really the last couple of years. But it's

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Speaker 1: not just the bullpen. This team offensively cannot cannot figure

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Speaker 1: coming back from the hamstring this past week. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think the starting rotation is the reason this team

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Speaker 1: situational hitting, it's situational pitching. It's bad base running, bad

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Speaker 2: The bullpen is not bad, but it's also not a strength,

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Speaker 2: and it's been a strength for so many years in

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Speaker 2: think the Braves are probably just average. I think their

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Speaker 2: they've given up a bunch of homers. Iglaciers and least

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Speaker 2: it's just not great. And that's kind of a switch

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Speaker 2: for the Braves. But listen, it starts with the offense.

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Speaker 2: They just can't score consistently. I mean, they scored three

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Speaker 2: seen this too many times, to score one run on

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Speaker 2: Friday night, Like you just can't. Sean and I talk

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Speaker 2: about this all the time. When you play this many

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Speaker 2: run of any significance is almost impossib for the same

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Speaker 2: reason you just said. It literally takes one one event

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Speaker 2: those break your way for seven, eight, nine, ten games

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Speaker 2: in a row, it's basically impossible. You know, you go

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Speaker 2: on long streets with your offense and Acunya's back and

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Speaker 2: he looks good, and that's awesome, but there's some other

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Speaker 2: dudes in this lineup and just the collective has just

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Speaker 2: been lacking. I don't know why, but it has. It's

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Speaker 2: the brace of lost games.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we will see, and we're gonna now dig into

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Speaker 1: the weekend. There was kind of an interesting lineup shift

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Speaker 1: a little bit with Akunya back and moving Drake Baldwin

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Speaker 1: with the Radugo and Eli White. Of course, three games

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Speaker 1: with a lot to talk about. We are going to

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Speaker 1: take a quick moment to hear from our sponsors, but

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Speaker 1: then we will break down the weekend, get into a

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Speaker 1: little bit of roster news and much more so. Stick

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Speaker 2: and they had a couple in Colorado, but there hasn't

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Speaker 2: been many of those.

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Speaker 1: So it was just the fifth time all year the

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Speaker 1: Braves have won a game by six runs or more

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Speaker 1: and just the second time at home the Braves have

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Speaker 1: won a game by six runs and that goes all

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Speaker 1: the way back to the home opener against the Marlins.

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Speaker 2: Wow, this is a long time ago.

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Speaker 1: And breezy blowout wins and this is Captain obvious, but

439
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Speaker 1: breezy blowout wins have such a big cumulative effect on

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Speaker 1: everybody because you're saving your bullpen. Everyone kind of takes

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Speaker 1: the night off mentally, at least once you get the

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Speaker 1: game in hand. It was breezy. I mean the Padres

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Speaker 1: pinch hit for Fernando Tatis Junior in the ninth inning

444
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Speaker 1: because the game was over. Compare that to seemingly every

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Speaker 1: other game this team has played lately, where it's tied,

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Speaker 1: or they're down one, or they're up one, and we're

447
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Speaker 1: all biting our nails and hoping that for the best.

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Speaker 1: It was really, really nice, And you mentioned Grant Holmes, fantastic,

449
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Speaker 1: Ronald Acunya, homerd Matt Olsen homered, and Matt's been on

450
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Speaker 1: a real heater. He didn't do a ton on Sunday,

451
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Speaker 1: but this really since that Boston series, Matt has been

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Speaker 1: on a tear. And just a good night for the offense.

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Speaker 1: After the team how to break, Michael King was scratched.

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Speaker 1: That's you know, it's funny. Michael King got scratched twenty

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Speaker 1: minutes before the game, and I think the natural reaction

456
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Speaker 1: was well great. The Braves haven't hit relievers all year long,

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Speaker 1: and they have done a decent job against the better starters,

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Speaker 1: but that was a nice break. The Braves scored early

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Speaker 1: and often. Drake Baldwin got on base four times. Everybody

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Speaker 1: in the lineup had at least one hit. It was again, Man,

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Speaker 1: this team needs more of these, more of these Saturday

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Speaker 1: night wins and not this mess that we've had to

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Speaker 1: endure the last month and a half.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's also the only time they beat the Padres

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Speaker 2: in the last nine game. I think they're one and

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Speaker 2: eight against the Padres in the last nine games if

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Speaker 2: you count the postseason. So beating the Padres has not

468
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Speaker 2: been easy. And the I don't know why. Sean and

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Speaker 2: I talked about this the other night. When they come

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Speaker 2: I don't think the Braves have won a series at

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Speaker 1: All right, Steven, we are going to talk about Friday Night.

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Speaker 1: Let's hit on the two positives of that game, and

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Speaker 1: then we will lament the now infamous night thinning. But

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Speaker 1: Ronald Acuna Junior coming up first game in three hundred

513
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Speaker 1: and sixty four days and launching a four hundred and

514
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Speaker 1: sixty eight footter first pitch just absolutely clabberd. I had

515
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Speaker 1: goosebumps in the moment Truest went nuts. I mean, it

516
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Speaker 1: was just a a story book, Disney movie type of

517
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Speaker 1: setting for Akunya. And I know the weekend was frustrating,

518
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Speaker 1: but it's so so good to have Ronald back, and

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Speaker 1: let's hope he can go on a tear that keeps

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Speaker 1: sparking this lineup and hopefully gets the Braves winning more games,

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Speaker 1: like we want to see them do one.

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Speaker 2: Hundred and six one hundred and sixteen miles an hour

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Speaker 2: on the first swing you've taken in a year. That's

524
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Speaker 2: the hardest hit ball the Braves have had all season,

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Speaker 2: all season, and it took Acunya won it back to

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Speaker 2: do it. You know, Ino Sarah's put out a good

527
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Speaker 2: tweet about how max exit velocity tells us a lot

528
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Speaker 2: about what a player is physically capable of doing. And

529
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Speaker 2: that ball Ronnie hit was also harder than any ball

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Speaker 2: he hit last year. And you can just tell, you know,

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Speaker 2: people remember that Ronnie hurt his knee at the end

532
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Speaker 2: of May last year, but people forget that Ronnie also

533
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Speaker 2: hurt his knee in the middle of spring training last

534
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Speaker 2: year and missed like three weeks. And when he came back,

535
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Speaker 2: he was never right, Like anybody that watched him over

536
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Speaker 2: the first month and a half last year before he

537
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Speaker 2: got hurt, before he got hurt, for the year, he

538
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 2: was not right. He was never right. And and ENO's

539
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,920
Speaker 2: tweet made me think of that was like, this, dude,

540
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,159
Speaker 2: is you could by that one literally one swing, he

541
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,640
Speaker 2: you can already tell he is substantially better off now

542
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Speaker 2: than he was even last year before he tore his

543
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Speaker 2: a cl for good. So massive, massive, massive, massive. I

544
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Speaker 2: had goosebumps too. It was crazy. I mean, the place

545
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Speaker 2: was going nuts. It was so good to see him back.

546
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Speaker 2: Is just a dynamic, all world talent, the best player

547
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Speaker 2: on the team, obviously one of the best players in

548
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Speaker 2: the league, the whole the whole league. Everybody in the

549
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,880
Speaker 2: league was tweeting about this home. I mean yeah, Jeff

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Speaker 2: passing like they were not. There was an NFL beat

551
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Speaker 2: writers tweeting about yeah, the secun I mean it. It

552
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 2: was literally a like all league enjoying this. At the

553
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 2: same time, it was just awesome. I know the Brads

554
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Speaker 2: lost the game, It's still an incredible moment, one of

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Speaker 2: one of the top moments of the year.

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Speaker 1: Probably Yeah, I forget which National rider, but somebody said

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00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: baseball is better when Ronald Raccuna Junior is healthy in

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Speaker 1: hitting balls four hundred and sixty eight feet and Ronald

559
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 1: looked about as good as you could humanly hope for

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Speaker 1: two homers a double on Sunday, drew a couple of walks,

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Speaker 1: and even when Ronald was making outs, we were reminded

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Speaker 1: quickly just how great and how special of a baseball

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Speaker 1: player this is. Because he doesn't give away outs. Maybe

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00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: he strikes out, but you're gonna have to throw eight

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Speaker 1: or nine pitches to strike him out. Or maybe he

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Speaker 1: grounds the ball, but it's going to be ninety eight

567
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Speaker 1: miles an hour right at the shortstop. He's just such

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Speaker 1: a complete and special player. And you know, I wanted

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Speaker 1: to ask Stephen, you have Accoonia back now in the

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Speaker 1: leadoff spot, what do you make of Drake Baldwin batting second?

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Speaker 1: Obviously Sean Murphy's also going to play, And I don't

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Speaker 1: know if snit necessarily wants to have two entirely different

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Speaker 1: lineups based on who's catching. But I also don't think

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Speaker 1: Murphy batting second is like a miscarriage of justice by

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Speaker 1: any means. And Baldwin has just been so special early on.

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Speaker 1: So what do you make of this lineup right now?

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Speaker 1: And what would you do if you were falling out

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Speaker 1: the lineup card?

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Speaker 2: That's a great question. I actually really liked Baldwin in

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Speaker 2: the two hole. Yeah, me too. That made sense to

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Speaker 2: me dropping Riley down to five. I mean, you kind

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Speaker 2: of have to at this point, honestly, you know, what'd

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Speaker 2: you do with Ozzie and Harris and you know, six

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Speaker 2: five and six, six and seven. I don't know, the

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Speaker 2: problem is the Braves just have like four guys right

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Speaker 2: now that you're like it'd be nice if we could

587
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Speaker 2: bat him ninth, but you can't. So yeah, I don't

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Speaker 2: know what when Murphy is playing. I'm guessing they're not

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Speaker 2: gonna do that. I'm guessing they're gonna go back to

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Speaker 2: I don't know Ozzie's hot right now. I could see

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Speaker 2: if I could honestly see Snip putting Ozzie back in

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Speaker 2: the two hole when Murphy catches. I don't love Ozzie

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Speaker 2: the tool. I would I mean, honestly, if it were me,

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Speaker 2: what I would do is I would put Akunya one,

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Speaker 2: Olsen two, because those are your two best hitters, and

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Speaker 2: and then Azuna three. That's what I would do, and

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Speaker 2: make sure that no matter what happens at the end

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Speaker 2: of the game, if there's only three guys that get

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Speaker 2: a fifth at bat, those three guys are Akunya, Olsen

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Speaker 2: in Ozuna. Because I can't stand when you get to

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Speaker 2: the ninth enning of the game, you only got three

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Speaker 2: guys who are getting that extra at bat, and one

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Speaker 2: of them is not one of your best hitters, and

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Speaker 2: that always pisses me off. So if I'm ever filling

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Speaker 2: out a lineup card on this team, Acunya's one Olsen's two,

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Speaker 2: Ozuna's three. I don't think that's how Snitt will do it,

607
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Speaker 2: but that's how I would do it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be interesting to see if I mean, it

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Speaker 1: kind of feels like it's tinkering with a lineup time,

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Speaker 1: if you know, like there's a lineup optimization statistically, but

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Speaker 1: team's not scoring.

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Speaker 2: I like that. I would not be surprised at all.

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Speaker 2: The next time we see a lineup o Assi's bat

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Speaker 2: in second, it was not surprise. I wouldn't either.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Tuesday night, Philadelphia, Ozzie al They's banged second. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I could see it. I could se him running the

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Speaker 1: catchers out there. I could see him kind of stacking

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Speaker 2: Oh, and I want to make a point about Acunya.

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Speaker 2: I noted this looked incredibly comfortable in the field, which

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Speaker 2: he would look, was running really well, had a couple

623
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Speaker 2: he held them the singles. Nobody want to test it

625
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Speaker 2: his arm, and then somebody finally tested his arm and

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Speaker 2: he threw him out by a mile at second, almost

627
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Speaker 2: through a guy at home today. If the ball wasn't

628
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Speaker 2: hit so softly, but he looked really good in the field,

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Speaker 2: and that was not I was not expecting that, to

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Speaker 2: be honest.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I agree, and I mean that arm, that

632
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Speaker 1: thing is a laser being Howitzer. Yeah, it's incredible. So

633
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Speaker 1: good to have Ronald out there. Looks healthy, looks like

634
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Speaker 1: he's having fun. Not a small thing too that Originally

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Speaker 1: I think the Braves were expecting Ronald to sit on Sunday, yeah,

636
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Speaker 1: after playing Friday and Saturday. But after Saturday night Ronald

637
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638
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks hold. I think they still

639
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Speaker 1: should be cautious if that need even is a tiny

640
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Speaker 1: bit sore, I think you give Ronald the night off.

641
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Speaker 1: Can't can't risk it.

642
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Speaker 2: As great as he is, how he feels after playing

643
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Speaker 2: three straight nine inning games, like, how he feels tomorrow

644
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 2: probably is a pretty significant like barrier for him. I

645
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 2: don't think he only played one nine inning game in Gwinett,

646
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 2: so like he played, he's just played three in a row.

647
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,480
Speaker 2: They get a day off tomorrow, so how he feels

648
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 2: tomorrow it's probably a pretty big deal.

649
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, So let's hope all is well with that

650
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: knee defense look good. The only thing we didn't see

651
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: from Ronald this weekend was a stolen base. I'm guessing

652
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: I think, based on what we've seen, they're at least

653
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: going to tell Ronald to be really cautious stealing at

654
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 1: least until maybe maybe in a couple of weeks or

655
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: a month, we see him be a little more aggressive

656
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: on the basis. But you know, twenty twenty two he

657
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: ran like you wouldn't know any different. Twenty twenty three,

658
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: obviously he ran like a madman. I don't think we're

659
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: gonna see that this year. But hey, if all's well

660
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: and the doctor say the need looks good in a

661
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, then if you want to start turning

662
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: them loose on the bases, then then go ahead.

663
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 2: It was notable to me. You might have tweeted this.

664
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 2: Somebody tweeted this that I follow that. In the first

665
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 2: inning when he walked and Drake Baldwin got to a

666
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 2: three to two count that he didn't steal, it was

667
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 2: you you tweeted this. Yeah, the fact that he didn't

668
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 2: steal either time when Baldwin filed a pitch off and

669
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 2: he didn't steal, and he didn't steal again, that was

670
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 2: pretty indicative that they in the past. That's a one

671
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 2: hundred percent he would go every time there. The fact

672
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 2: that he didn't is probably a pretty good indication they're

673
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 2: gonna limit him as much as they can.

674
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: And Acunya did run on Friday night when Riley was

675
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: up there. Admittedly, I didn't see most of Friday night's game,

676
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: which is funny because now we're going to talk about

677
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: the very, very very frustrating ninth inning. But yes, I

678
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 1: think it's fair to say, just to kind of summarize

679
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,959
Speaker 1: will he or won't he run? They're gonna be careful

680
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: with Ronald and you know, protect that prized pony as

681
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: much as you can. Friday night, let's I mean, let's

682
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 1: not kill Eli White anymore. I am sure nobody on

683
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 1: earth felt worse about Eli White. You turning it on

684
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 1: the basis than Eli White did. He talked to the media,

685
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: he took accountability. It does not excuse the fact that

686
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: he did something that I well never know. I know

687
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: he was confused. I think you can probably throw a

688
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 1: little bit of blame on the third base coach for

689
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 1: not pointing at the bag instead. I saw some of

690
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 1: that discourse, you know, point to the bag instead of

691
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: hold up your hands, but why why are you you

692
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: turning it? The crowd was roaring, so it was pretty

693
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 1: obvious that the ball had landed. So just a I

694
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: was at dinner with friends, Thank god for that, or

695
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 1: else I probably would have lost my mind even more

696
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: so than I did. But not not a good moment

697
00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: for Eli White, not a good moment for the brain.

698
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 1: And another frustrating game that was very much fifty to

699
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 1: fifty going to the ninth inning.

700
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 2: I mean, I was so mad because we had just

701
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 2: come off the game in Washington where we Austin Rally

702
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,320
Speaker 2: got thrown out by a mile at the plate. Yeah,

703
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 2: the game in Boston where Verdugo got thrown out by

704
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 2: a mile at the plate. So you have that as

705
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 2: the context in the backdrop. And then I've never seen

706
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 2: somebody pull a YouTube like once you decide that you're

707
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 2: gonna run at the crack of the bat, and that's

708
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,760
Speaker 2: what he did. And he made a great read because

709
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 2: that ball right over his head and he had to

710
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 2: decide instantly if that's gonna fall or not, and he

711
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,800
Speaker 2: decided it's gonna fall. I'm going Once you make that decision,

712
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 2: there's no going back, Like if he catches it, you're

713
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 2: just out. And that's fine. I'm fine with that level

714
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 2: of aggressiveness, But I just don't understand how you ever,

715
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 2: and like any on what universe, what planet you ever

716
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 2: get to the point where like, oh, I need to

717
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 2: turn around and run back, And I understand like Tuyosa

718
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,919
Speaker 2: Sopo had his hands up instead of pointing to the bag.

719
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 2: There was that debate went on in my mentions for

720
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 2: thirty six hours after that. I'm sure. I'm sure it

721
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 2: did the same with you. I had to mute every

722
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 2: single one of them. I was. I was tired of

723
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,280
Speaker 2: listening to it. But there just should be no planet

724
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 2: where you even consider running back to second I mean, yeah,

725
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 2: and that I told you. I literally had to walk

726
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 2: outside and like talk to my grass for like twenty

727
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 2: minutes because I was so I told Brad like if

728
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 2: we had done a podcast that night, we would have

729
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 2: one hundred percent, but fired because I was. That was

730
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,760
Speaker 2: as mad as I've been in a long time about

731
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 2: watching the Braves, and a lot of it was because

732
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 2: of how they got thrown out at the plate multiple times.

733
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 2: The two series before. Yeah, so he apologized, he took

734
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,360
Speaker 2: ownership of it. I understand Tuyosa Sopo is not like

735
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 2: the greatest third base coach of all time. It's certainly

736
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 2: I mean, it was a big deal. The Brads were

737
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 2: down by one and they were gonna have runners on

738
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 2: first and third with one out. I think so it

739
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 2: probably did cost to brace the game, but just like

740
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 2: the Braves are just making up ways to lose games

741
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 2: at this point. And it sucked because it was Ronald's

742
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 2: debut and Sale pitched so damn good. It just you know,

743
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 2: Glaciers gave up another homer on a slider, which we

744
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 2: can talk about if you want to. I don't really

745
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 2: want to. But yeah, it's just a really highly, highly

746
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 2: frustrating game.

747
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely a frustrating night, and Sale did his job.

748
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: I don't know, Steven, the the Rice Iglacias experiment and

749
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,959
Speaker 1: experience has just been shocking, jarring. I don't know what

750
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: whatever word you want to use is, it's probably fair.

751
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 2: I mean, Snit said after the game that they're going

752
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 2: to tell him to not throw the slider, which I

753
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 2: don't know if I've ever heard, Like he's a three

754
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 2: pitch guy. He's used that slider every year since he's

755
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 2: been here. It's just a funny thing to me. They're like, no,

756
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 2: we're not taking him out of the closer spot, but

757
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 2: we're just gonna tell him to stop throwing the slider

758
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 2: because he keeps he keeps hanging. He's given up seven

759
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 2: homers I think five have been on sliders. So yeah,

760
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 2: that was just that was funny to me. I was

761
00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 2: already in a bad mood, and when I heard him

762
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 2: say that, I just laughed.

763
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. I mean, if you look at

764
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 1: like pitch data, that slider has been arguably the worst

765
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: pitch thrown by a reliever in Major League Baseball this year.

766
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 2: Now he hangs it one out of every like three times. Yeah.

767
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, been a weird year of frustrating year. So of

768
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: course the Braves drop Friday's game, lose two out of

769
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 1: three to San Diego. There was a little bit of

770
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 1: news on Friday, which feels like an eternity ago, but

771
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,959
Speaker 1: there was the Braves officially bid farewell, or at least

772
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: we think they've said farewell to Orlando Arcia. Now let's

773
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 1: do our two minute farewell Orlando. Obviously, the last year

774
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: plus have not been good for Orlando on the field,

775
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,719
Speaker 1: but this guy really did fill the nice role in

776
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: the first half of twenty twenty three, and frankly, the

777
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,640
Speaker 1: Braves were just kind of okay with Arcia being mediocre

778
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: ish the last two plus years. The problem is that

779
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 1: Arcia is no longer mediocre ish. The defense had fallen

780
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: off a cliff. The bat was never there. And I

781
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 1: think you said it best, Steven. Once Nick Allen took

782
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: his job, Arcia is kind of like a useless bench

783
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: player because he doesn't do anything specifically that you look

784
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: for when building out a bench.

785
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that I mean, I don't want to just

786
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 2: kick a guy wise down. Like, Arcia really did have

787
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 2: a really good run for a minute there where when

788
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 2: he was still a plus defensive shortstop. He did have power.

789
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 2: I think he hit seventeen homers or something like that.

790
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 2: In twenty three he was an All Star. I mean,

791
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 2: it seems like a forever ago. But like, and the

792
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 2: dude was making like two million bucks the whole time,

793
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 2: so he was not good. The last two years were

794
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 2: very bad. He makes me I said at the time

795
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 2: he lost a job. He made no sense as a

796
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,320
Speaker 2: bench piece, not fast enough to pinch run. He's not

797
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,919
Speaker 2: good enough to pinch hit. You're never taking Nick Allen.

798
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 2: You're never summing Nick Allen for ar Socia. For defensive purposes.

799
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,919
Speaker 2: Nick Allen's way better. And if something happened to Nick Allen,

800
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 2: like Luke Williams or Eli White can cover short stop

801
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 2: for two innings and then you can call somebody up

802
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 2: the next day. So it didn't make sense to me

803
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 2: to have him on the roster. I was surprised they

804
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 2: made that move. Acuni was actually, did you I don't

805
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 2: know if you saw his quote. He was like, had

806
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 2: I known, that would have been the move, I would

807
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 2: have stayed in Guinetta a couple more days. Like they like.

808
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 2: His teammates love him, love him. He is adored in

809
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 2: that clubhouse, and that matters. It doesn't matter on our end,

810
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 2: but it matters substantially on their end. So it's yeah,

811
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,400
Speaker 2: I hated it for him, but I think it was

812
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:41,959
Speaker 2: the right move. It's the move I would have made.

813
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,360
Speaker 2: And there's just other guys that are more useful on

814
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 2: the bench than he is, and he might. I wouldn't

815
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 2: be stunned if they signed him to a minor league

816
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 2: deal to keep him in Triple A, you know, and

817
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 2: Triple A. He actually does help because if something did

818
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 2: happen to Nick Allen, you could then call up Arcia

819
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 2: to be at least a shortstop for you, because the

820
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 2: don't have a ton of shortstop depth in the organization,

821
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 2: as everyone knows. But yeah, it was It's the move

822
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 2: I would have done. But it was a bummer because

823
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 2: he did have a role on the team that was

824
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,240
Speaker 2: important a couple of years ago. He just lost the skills,

825
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 2: and the defensive skills I think were the most important ones.

826
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 2: Once he lost those, the team was out.

827
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I mean, especially the position like shortstop defense.

828
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: You can be good defensively and then it just you

829
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: drive off the cliff side and it is gone.

830
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 2: Yeah.

831
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,799
Speaker 1: There's a reason there's not many shortstops in Major League

832
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,280
Speaker 1: Baseball into their thirties. Yeah, because defense almost always speaks

833
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:38,800
Speaker 1: early on more athleticism and all that. It was jarring

834
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: within a couple of games even, I think.

835
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 2: We said it on the podcast, it was like, wow, range,

836
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 2: his range is gone.

837
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, And we heard similar things. We had Justin

838
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 1: Tiscano of the ajac on in the during spring training,

839
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,359
Speaker 1: and even he was like, you know the Braves might

840
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: play Nick Allen a lot more than people think, And

841
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: credit to Justin for being on that because it's I

842
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: mean defensively, that's night and day from and.

843
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 2: I think that was one of your can you predict

844
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 2: that at the big I did or would lose his

845
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 2: job by like May first or something.

846
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, every now and then, I you know, flind squirrel nut,

847
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: all those things. But yeah, so we'll see. Officially on Sunday,

848
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: the Braves released Orlando. I am guessing he will probably

849
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: try to catch on with a major league deal somewhere else.

850
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: I mean, he has a backup shortstop, so he might

851
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 1: be able to get on with the team. But if

852
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: he doesn't, maybe the Braves can bring Orlando back on

853
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: a minor league deal and stash him. Because you're right,

854
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 1: I mean I still don't think correct me if I

855
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 1: miss something, But I still don't think Nacho Alvarez is

856
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:47,040
Speaker 1: playing anywhere. I think he's still hurt. So you're I mean,

857
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: there's nothing. God forbid, it's funny for a shortstop with

858
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,800
Speaker 1: like a six fifty ops, God forbid something happened to

859
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,720
Speaker 1: Nick Allen. This team would be in like legitimate trouble

860
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: if if something happens to.

861
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 2: Nick Well, I saw I saw Nicki Lope hit the

862
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,520
Speaker 2: free agent market a couple of days ago. I honestly thought,

863
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 2: like the one hundred percent Alex is gonna sign Nikit like,

864
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 2: not only does he love reunions, he loves you know,

865
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 2: great shortstops who can't hit. So yeah, I would not see.

866
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 2: I would not be surprised at all to have to

867
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 2: see them sign somebody to Gwinnett as just emergency. If

868
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 2: Nick Allen pulls a hamstring or something.

869
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: The Braves did trade for infielder Jonathan or Naylas I

870
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: think that's how you say his name from the Texas

871
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:36,320
Speaker 1: Rangers for cash Jonathan not really a major league piece,

872
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: but hey, you have to have Depth is never a

873
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 1: bad thing in the minor leagues. And for cash, probably

874
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: minimal money. And we'll see. But you're right. If the

875
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: Braves reunite with Arcia or try to reunite with Nicki Lopez,

876
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 1: hey the more the merrier. If they're willing to hang

877
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: around in the minors or accept the backup deal, we

878
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: will see, all right, Steven. So for some reason the

879
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 1: Braves don't play on Memorial Day. That's very weird to me,

880
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: but what are you gonna do? They do, though, have

881
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: three very very very important games coming up against the

882
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies are unbelievably hot right now. I

883
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 1: believe they are tied with the Detroit Tigers for the

884
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 1: best record in the majors. Philadelphia finally lost today to

885
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: the Oakland Sacramento A's, but before that they had won

886
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: I think nine in a row, and we're just I mean,

887
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 1: credit to Philadelphia. And imagine that the Phillies have played

888
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: a really soft schedule lately and they have kicked the

889
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,000
Speaker 1: crap out of teams like the Pirates and the Rockies

890
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 1: and the A's. Imagine that, can you wouldn't that be

891
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: nice instead of going like six and six against the

892
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: bottom dwellers like the Braves just did. So credit to

893
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: the Phillies for beating bad teams and now they have

894
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: an eight and a half game lead in the division

895
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 1: as June approaches.

896
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I I was initially pretty pissed that the Braves

897
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 2: were off tomorrow, like the idea of being off on

898
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 2: Memorial Day. Brad made the point that because Phillies on

899
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 2: the West Coast, YEA and the series is in Philadelphia

900
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,319
Speaker 2: that the Phillies probably physically could not play tomorrow. So

901
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,439
Speaker 2: that's probably why. And honestly, the way the Braids played

902
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 2: this weekend, I'm actually okay, I'm gonna go hang out

903
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 2: at a pool tomorrow and not even think about this team.

904
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:24,399
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do the same.

905
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I'm not I'm actually not that upset about

906
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 2: it anymore. But you're right, massive series. I mean eight

907
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 2: and a half games back. I said at the beginning

908
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 2: that this is, you know, the season kind of reminds

909
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 2: me of twenty twenty two a little bit. Well, here

910
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 2: you go. Braves have dug themselves another massive division hole.

911
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 2: They did it last year too, and couldn't dig out

912
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 2: of it. Obviously, they made the playoffs, but they were

913
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 2: a wild card team. Yeah, listen, the Diamondbacks won eighty

914
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 2: nine games last year and did not make the playoffs.

915
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 2: The National League is deeper than it's ever been. The

916
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 2: Braves cannot afford to just assume that like eighty five

917
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 2: wins is going to get you into the postseason, because

918
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 2: I don't think it will. And even if the division

919
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:10,320
Speaker 2: is not, it's not it's too early to call the division.

920
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 2: But the Braves cannot just they can't. They can't sink

921
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 2: like this for too much longer because the National League

922
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 2: is too good. The American League is different. The American

923
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,919
Speaker 2: League is not nearly as deep, but the National League

924
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 2: is deep as hell. And I don't know that eighty seven,

925
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 2: eighty eight wins is going to get you into the postseason.

926
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 2: It might take ninety wins. It took eighty nine last year,

927
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 2: and that the Diamondbacks missed at eighty nine. So they

928
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,760
Speaker 2: gotta get going. And it's a tough stretch. The Phillies

929
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 2: are obviously very good. The Padres are very good. We'll see.

930
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 2: I've kind of given up trying to, you know, hoping

931
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 2: that this team is going to win. I'm just you

932
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 2: know this. We'll see, we'll see what happens.

933
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, three very important games if this team ever wanted

934
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: to wake up, be a great week for it, especially

935
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,439
Speaker 1: with Phillies playing well well. The Mets have I think

936
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 1: six games against the Mets are on the short horizon.

937
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: They're about to see the Braves are about to play

938
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,359
Speaker 1: the Giants, They're about to play the Diamondbacks. I mean,

939
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 1: this is a really tough stretch of schedule, and the

940
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 1: pitching matchups are pretty daunting. The Phillies are going to

941
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 1: throw Ranger Swarrez in Game one. They will throw Zach

942
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: Wheeler in Game two. Because Zach Wheeler pitches every single

943
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 1: time these two teams play.

944
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 2: It's unreal.

945
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 1: He'll be retired, like Zach Wheeler will be fifty eight

946
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: years old, and he'll still come out for one day

947
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: to pitch against the Braves and throw it.

948
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,880
Speaker 2: Did they set it up? Though? There's no way he

949
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 2: has not missed a Braves series in like six years.

950
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: I'll swear to go legitimately, like dude always pitches against

951
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: the Braves. He's always good, maybe the best most consistent

952
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,399
Speaker 1: pitcher in baseball the last five years or so. Now

953
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:53,280
Speaker 1: so Suarez, then Zach Wheeler, and then Christopher Sanchez, who

954
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:57,240
Speaker 1: is really good himself. On Thursday, Braves will see two lefties,

955
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: so we'll see what they do with lineup. Guessing will

956
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,240
Speaker 1: I'll see a little more Sean Murphy than Drake Baldwin.

957
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: Maybe it is an opportunity to get Ozzie Alby's at

958
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: the top, like you kind of suggested or thought about

959
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:11,239
Speaker 1: out loud earlier in the show. Even though Wazzi has

960
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,479
Speaker 1: not hit lefties at all this year, So we'll see,

961
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: does it at this point hit whoever? As long as

962
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,320
Speaker 1: Nick Allen's not batting in the top of the lineup,

963
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,280
Speaker 1: whatever you want to bat, Michael Harris, second, bat Michael

964
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 1: Harris second, you want to hit MARCELO'SA six, hit Marcelo's

965
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,319
Speaker 1: UNA six. It clearly it doesn't matter, Steven, because this

966
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 1: team can't score runs. I mean seriously, as long as

967
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 1: Nick Allen is not batting above eighth whatever you know.

968
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,320
Speaker 2: I literally, I mean I might put Nick Allen at nine,

969
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,560
Speaker 2: put a Kuna at one, and then just draw names

970
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:41,399
Speaker 2: out of the hat for the rest of I really mind.

971
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, can't be any worse. I mean seriously, Yeah,

972
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 1: So big series on the horizon. Hopefully this team kind

973
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:52,720
Speaker 1: of rejuvenizes a little bit on a day off on Monday.

974
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,280
Speaker 1: Of course, Philly's very good. It's gonna be real challenge.

975
00:48:56,320 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 1: The Braves will throw Spencer Streider on Tuesday. That is notable.

976
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: Spencer will have had another full week since his not

977
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:07,719
Speaker 1: very good start in DC to recover, so all eyes

978
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:10,920
Speaker 1: will be on Spencer Strider on Tuesday, and then a J.

979
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:15,919
Speaker 1: Smith Shaver, who similarly will be very interesting to see

980
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 1: how Aja looks after his probably worst start of the

981
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,759
Speaker 1: season in his last start against the Nats, and then

982
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: Chris Sale on Thursday. The Braves are really looked for

983
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 1: Sale to close out that series with the win, so

984
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,279
Speaker 1: big series on the horizon. The Braves do not want

985
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: to fall any more back than eight and a half

986
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: games in the East, and a series win against Philadelphia

987
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 1: in Philly would go such a long way for just

988
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: the vibe and the mental state of this team, especially

989
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: after a really frustrating weekend against the Padres.

990
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was actually I think, correct me if I'm wrong, Scott,

991
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 2: My memory might be wrong, but I think it was

992
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,480
Speaker 2: the Phillies that the Braves beat. The series they won

993
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 2: after the oh to seven start, wasn't their first?

994
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: Was it the first Marlins? Marlins?

995
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 2: And since it was then the Phillis okay, yeah, so,

996
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,720
Speaker 2: But the Braves did win a series against Philly earlier

997
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:10,399
Speaker 2: this year. That was at home, of course, but that's

998
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 2: tough pitching Rangers Horrez. For some reason, the Braves have

999
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:15,240
Speaker 2: not been able to figure out Rangersworris last years. Christopher

1000
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:17,719
Speaker 2: Sanchez is nasty. I was actually hoping to catch Aaron

1001
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 2: Nola ern Nola is not having a great year, but

1002
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,760
Speaker 2: such as the luck, Yeah need the offense. It's about

1003
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 2: It's about the offense, and yeah, you're exactly right, Al Spitzer,

1004
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:31,360
Speaker 2: Strider and aj S Michelle over Look are going to

1005
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:32,800
Speaker 2: be massive storyline.

1006
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:36,879
Speaker 1: So big series on the horizon. We of course will

1007
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: have plenty of podcasts coverage this upcoming week I think

1008
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 1: we'll probably do a show after most of these Phillies games,

1009
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 1: especially if there is something to talk about, and they're

1010
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 1: seemingly always is, Stephen. That's all I got for tonight.

1011
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 1: It is Memorial Day weekend. We hope we did. Brad

1012
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,400
Speaker 1: and Sean proud. They are off doing things probably a

1013
00:50:56,440 --> 00:51:00,080
Speaker 1: little more fun than talking about this weekend's baseball game.

1014
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,800
Speaker 1: But we'd like to wish everybody a happy Memorial Day weekend.

1015
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 1: Thank you to everybody who served and everything you have

1016
00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:10,440
Speaker 1: done for our country. And if you have anything else, Steven,

1017
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: please feel free to share, otherwise we will get on

1018
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:13,200
Speaker 1: out of here.

1019
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:18,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, just I aproa. We very much hamilitary and you

1020
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 2: guys don't care about numbers, but Hammer Territory just had

1021
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 2: one of their biggest, like one of our biggest quarters.

1022
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,359
Speaker 2: You guys the support that you guys have shown our

1023
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:31,480
Speaker 2: show has just been unreal, quite honestly, so incredibly grateful.

1024
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 2: I know the team has been highly frustrating, but we're

1025
00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,399
Speaker 2: gonna be here to cover it no matter what, win

1026
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:40,920
Speaker 2: or those like four or five times a week at

1027
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 2: this rate, so we appreciate it, and everybody have a

1028
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:44,839
Speaker 2: happy Memorial Day.

1029
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,320
Speaker 1: I echo everything Steven just said. Again, big thank you

1030
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,919
Speaker 1: to everybody for checking out the show. We'll be back

1031
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 1: this week. Plenty of content on the horizon for Steven Tobert.

1032
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:59,160
Speaker 1: I am Scott Homan. Hope everybody out there is a

1033
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: great rest of your week end, great Memorial Day. We'll

1034
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:05,319
Speaker 1: be back with more punny soon and see everybody next time.