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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Crush City territory. I am Tyler Stafford,

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Speaker 1: joined as always Channer Rome, reigning national champion Channer Rome.

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Speaker 1: I figured it was only it was only right to

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Speaker 1: give you a second here. Tell us about your tigers.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling, Chandler?

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Speaker 2: I'm happy for them. Honestly, I'll be very upfront. I

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Speaker 2: don't watch a lot of college baseball because I don't

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Speaker 2: product to watch, especially and I've been to a couple

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Speaker 2: watch parties during this LSU run, and I've told my

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Speaker 2: friends that you know you you don't know what you

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Speaker 2: have in Major League baseball with the pitch clock and

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Speaker 2: with the limited disengagements and the limited throws over until

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Speaker 2: you watch a college game. It is a borderline unwatchable product.

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Speaker 2: But what LSU did the past two nights with Kate

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Speaker 2: made it watchable. They were incredible. Kate, Kate Anderson's gonna

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Speaker 2: go in the top ten of the draft. Anthony Iinson

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Speaker 2: won't be far behind him, probably gonna go in the

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Speaker 2: second round. They got just enough offense to do it.

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Speaker 1: Uh, it was. It was something.

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Speaker 2: It was special to watch because like when they won

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Speaker 2: it two years ago, like they bought a championship right,

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Speaker 2: like they had Dylan Cruz, Paul Skins, like they had

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Speaker 2: the one two pick in the draft. Like this one

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Speaker 2: did not feel like they went out and bought a championship.

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Speaker 2: It felt like, I mean, they had some transfer portal

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Speaker 2: kids and but it was more homegrown like it was.

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Speaker 2: It was very much a more balanced team than the

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Speaker 2: one two years ago where they just went out with

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Speaker 2: Paul Skins and Tommy White and Dylan Cruz and just

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Speaker 2: bludgeoned everyone. This one was it was fun to watch.

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Speaker 2: The UMP show today was terrible, like that was just

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Speaker 2: what a what a farce like that? Of course an

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Speaker 2: umpire named Angel did that to h to Coastal Carolina today.

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Speaker 2: But good for the Tigers. I probably will never wear

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Speaker 2: actual LSU stuff, so if you're on YouTube, you can

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Speaker 2: see I'll wear the Daily Revelle till I die, the

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Speaker 2: LSU student newspaper. I've got them on today supporting them.

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Speaker 2: So yes, happy for the Tigers, good day, good day

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Speaker 2: all around.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, quite the UMP show I was. I was on

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Speaker 1: that Gentleman's Wikipedia page because someone said that he had

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Speaker 1: been fired by MLB for being too like ejection happy,

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Speaker 1: and under his list of notable games, it's just like

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Speaker 1: all these other ones that he ejected people for and

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Speaker 1: then the last notable game was that he was at

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Speaker 1: So tying it back in to the Astros podcast, but

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Speaker 1: speaking as an aggie, I'm offended that you would consider

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Speaker 1: a bot championship somehow less than a real I would

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Speaker 1: take anything at this point. If it just took money

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Speaker 1: to winner championship, A and M would have done it

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Speaker 1: by now. We've been trying for a long time. So congrats.

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Speaker 1: I mean, essentially we have the two best programs in

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Speaker 1: we pay attention to two best teams in college so congrats.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Astros also played some baseball today. I assume were

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Speaker 1: you consume that riveting Astros game as well. Well.

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Speaker 2: Julia Blummer and TK aren't gonna like this. But I

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Speaker 2: don't have cable, so I don't get space so I

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I listened to uh listen to most of

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Speaker 2: eight to seven. Josh Hater made it interesting. Josh Hader

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Speaker 2: you can't ask for anything more than that. But the

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Speaker 2: This is not a this is not a laughably bad

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Speaker 2: spoiler a lot because they're just they've got a they

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Speaker 2: they're better than they have been. That's the best thing

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Speaker 2: what is going to be a pretty massive Homestand that's

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Speaker 2: weird to say on June twenty second, but Tyler, I

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Speaker 2: really think this upcoming homestand they'll get the They'll get

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know they've they've looked good against good

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Speaker 1: having an incredible June. You know, they've they've just looked

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Speaker 1: like every other day they're they're starting some guy who

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Speaker 2: I need I want to go back to this all

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Speaker 2: start outing campaign stuff. No one on that social media

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Speaker 2: have to Like, you have to promote all your players,

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Speaker 2: it's hard to promote Altuve at a position because remember

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Speaker 2: So on the day I wrote this for the Athletic

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Speaker 2: very good. Bobby wits one of the faces of baseball.

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Speaker 2: He's their leader in war. Again, every team has to

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Speaker 2: It would be the biggest snub of all time if

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Speaker 2: Jeremy Panya is not an All Star. But it would

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Speaker 2: to start the game. And I'm not here advocating that

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Speaker 2: he should start. I don't care. It's an exhibition game,

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Speaker 2: like who cares about the All Star Game? But if

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Speaker 2: like they need to vote because it last year, both

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Speaker 2: which is what this, which is what the Rockets like.

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Speaker 1: I legitimately did not. When you said that, I was

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is not a for the fans automatically went

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Speaker 2: It's not the it's not the wild it's not the

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Speaker 2: worth more outs above average than the Astros. They have

432
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Speaker 2: the best defensive infield in the American League. Christian Walker

433
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Speaker 2: is part of that. If you look at the underlying metrics. Uh,

434
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Speaker 2: he has not been as proficient defensively this year as

435
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Speaker 2: he has been in previous years. But as someone that

436
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Speaker 2: has watched him play eighty five percent of the games,

437
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Speaker 2: I don't see that. I think he has been very

438
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Speaker 2: very good at first base. I think he's been as

439
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Speaker 2: advertised obviously. Estak Paratus has exceeded expectations. Jeremy Payne is

440
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Speaker 2: Jeremy Panna and whoever is over at second be at Guillormey,

441
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Speaker 2: Dubon Rogers. There they're playing well there. I don't think

442
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 2: they're going to mess with that. I think they want

443
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Speaker 2: to keep that in because at its core, this is

444
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 2: a run prevention team. This is not a team that

445
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Speaker 2: is going to slug its way to win games, especially

446
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 2: not what the roster it has at the moment. This

447
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 2: is a run prevention team with an elite pitching staff

448
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 2: that they want to have an elite defense behind it.

449
00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 2: And an elite defense means Christian Walker's at first base,

450
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Speaker 2: So I would be that is the one thing I

451
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Speaker 2: will say. I would be surprised if unless Christian Walker

452
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Speaker 2: gets hurt, or unless it's a situation where it's just

453
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Speaker 2: an in game thing that they can't avoid, Like I'd

454
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Speaker 2: be surprised to see John Singleton play meaningful innings at

455
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Speaker 2: first base if he even gets up to the big

456
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Speaker 2: league team.

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Speaker 1: Tweet out the All starographic Singleton, Allstros get them on

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Speaker 1: the ballot.

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Speaker 2: Vote singing, hashtag vote, singing, all right, what do you

460
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Speaker 2: know about the What do you know about the Philadelphia Phillies?

461
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: They have an orbit like mascot if I recall who's

462
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Speaker 1: also green, orbit.

463
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Speaker 2: Would kick the fanatics ass. I firmly believe.

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Speaker 1: That yeah, we should, we should start that that's gotta

465
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Speaker 1: be Can we pitch that to like WWE, like a

466
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Speaker 1: MLB mascot crossover battle, that'd be wonderful. But look, the

467
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:43,240
Speaker 1: Phillies are quietly always one of the best teams in baseball.

468
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Speaker 1: It's tough to do because they're in an insane division

469
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Speaker 1: where you know, there's just there's really good teams that

470
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Speaker 1: are always in the division. But they're consistently a very

471
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Speaker 1: good team. I mean, Trey Turner is great, JJ real mutoh.

472
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Speaker 1: For some reason, I get the feeling that I think

473
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Speaker 1: that Aaron Nola is a lot better than he actually is,

474
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Speaker 1: because I always think of him as like really good.

475
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Speaker 1: And then anytime I see Philly sports people on Twitter,

476
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Speaker 1: it's always being very upset with Aaron Nola, which I'm

477
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 1: sure you have strong feelings for as well speaking of

478
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Speaker 1: LSU baseball. But you know they're a good team. So yeah,

479
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Speaker 1: we'll see. This will be a really good test for

480
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Speaker 1: the Astros. Yeah, it'll be fun.

481
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Speaker 2: I don't think Bryce Harper is gonna play, which is unfortunate.

482
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Speaker 2: Bryce Harper's on the injured list with a wrist. I

483
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Speaker 2: don't know what their discomfort du jour is, but it's

484
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Speaker 2: a rist issue. I think he's close to coming back.

485
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Speaker 2: I don't know if he will be activated for the

486
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Speaker 2: series or not. But even without Bryce Harper, I mean

487
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,679
Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber, Trey Turner, Nick Castillanos, like Alc Boham, like

488
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Speaker 2: this is a Bryson Stott, Like this is a really

489
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Speaker 2: really good lineup.

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Speaker 1: I think I remember seeing them in October recently, I

491
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Speaker 1: remember a lot of this team.

492
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they did not look like a good lineup in

493
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Speaker 2: that the last time you saw them in October.

494
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Speaker 1: They should, like Christian Vier do his live VP just

495
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Speaker 1: against the Phillies and see what happens.

496
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Speaker 2: Since ship is is everyone gone from that combined? No hitter?

497
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 2: I'm trying to think it was brave you saw around?

498
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,159
Speaker 2: So it was Javier Montero, a bray you Presley Vasquez

499
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 2: was the catcher. Yeah, so Javier is still technically around

500
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,680
Speaker 2: but not active. Yeah, so only one one guy still here.

501
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Speaker 2: The interesting thing about what the Ashers are going to

502
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Speaker 2: see this week, Uh, they will face two left handed starters.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: The Phillies will go with Christopher Sanchez and Ranger Suarez. Uh,

505
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Speaker 2: two left handed starters for them. We have been clamoring

506
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Speaker 2: and wondering kind of why. You know, we've seen this

507
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Speaker 2: offense at its best when it faces left handed pitching.

508
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Speaker 2: These are not order. This is not you're not facing JP.

509
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 2: No offense to JP sears of the A's, but they've

510
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 2: crushed him every time they've faced him because he's a

511
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 2: left handed starter. Rangers Suarez is quite good. Christopher Sanchez

512
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,439
Speaker 2: is also very good. And in the middle of that

513
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 2: you get Zach Wheeler, who is the best pitcher in

514
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Speaker 2: baseball that no one talks about.

515
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Speaker 1: So this is going to be you know how old

516
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Speaker 1: Zach Wheeler is.

517
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Speaker 2: Uh, he's thirty four.

518
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. I I guess I just have

519
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: memory hold the whole like six years of him floundering

520
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 1: in New York. But you know, it feels like he's

521
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Speaker 1: really come onto the scene in the last couple of years. Yeah,

522
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Speaker 1: he's thirty five. I forgot he was that old.

523
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And so this will be in it'll be an

524
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Speaker 2: interesting test for this offense, one that you know has

525
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Speaker 2: been craving and wants to face left handed pitching. Well,

526
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Speaker 2: you're getting two, uh this weekend. They're and they're both

527
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Speaker 2: quite good. So be interesting to see how Joe A

528
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Speaker 2: spot of kind of maneuvers his lineup facing the lefty

529
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Speaker 2: and then you know in the middle, you get. I mean,

530
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Speaker 2: the Ashers are going to throw two of their two

531
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Speaker 2: best starters to Fromer Valdez will fit is Rangers Sworez

532
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Speaker 2: in Game one, and then in Game three it'll be

533
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Speaker 2: Hunter Brown against Christopher Sanchez. So it'll be good on

534
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Speaker 2: good here, Like I mean, the Ashers, they're they're not

535
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Speaker 2: missing Wheeler, the Phillies aren't gonna miss Valdez or Brown.

536
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Speaker 2: It'll be it'll be good on. This will be a

537
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 2: very compelling series to see kind of where they stack

538
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Speaker 2: in the like we said, the upper echelon of the sport,

539
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 2: because the Phillies they won tonight to get into first

540
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Speaker 2: place and what is perhaps the the most grueling division

541
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Speaker 2: in sports and baseball in the NL East. The Astros

542
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,880
Speaker 2: are five games up and what is the worst division

543
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Speaker 2: in the sport. So be an interesting, uh, be an

544
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Speaker 2: interesting early June series to see kind of where this

545
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Speaker 2: Astros team stacks up. And Tyler, you don't want to

546
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 2: make a ton out of a series, Like if they

547
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Speaker 2: get swept in this series, it doesn't mean they're a

548
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Speaker 2: bad team. Just like if they sweep the Phillies. I

549
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 2: don't think we're gonna say they're a bona fide World

550
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 2: Series contender. It's three games in June. But what will

551
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 2: you what will you want to take away not only

552
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Speaker 2: from this series against the Philly but this whole home

553
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 2: stand because the Cubs come in right after and they're

554
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 2: just as good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you gotta, I mean at a minimum split. I

556
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: think you know you you need to find a way

557
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: to win three games here. You've got, you know, the

558
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: good end of your starting rotation as well, because you're

559
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 1: gonna get two Farmers starts on this homestand you know

560
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a rested bullpen as well with the

561
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Speaker 1: off day on Monday. So you've got your team at

562
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Speaker 1: its best the way that it's currently constructed. Obviously you're down,

563
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: you're done, but the Phillies are down Harper, so you

564
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: know it. It happens. But yeah, I mean we're we're

565
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Speaker 1: gonna see some good baseball. I'm excited. Uh real quick.

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Speaker 1: How many combined flyouts on Tuesday between Valdez and Suarez.

567
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Speaker 2: If the if the line, if the totals set it.

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say, I'll set it at three and

569
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Speaker 1: a half. I'm buying fly.

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Speaker 2: I was going to set it four and a half

571
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Speaker 2: and take the under. Okay, I'll probably honestly still go

572
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Speaker 2: under three and a half. Yeah, that could be a

573
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Speaker 2: that could be a Channeler Room special. That could be

574
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Speaker 2: That could be an hour and fifty five minute game

575
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Speaker 2: with those two guys, because they get the ball and

576
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 2: go and get ground balls. It could be very quick,

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Speaker 2: especially with these two offenses you mentioned. The Astros won't

578
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 2: have uh, the Phillies won't have Bryce Harper. They also

579
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Speaker 2: won't have Jose Alvarado who got popped for peds. Unfortunately,

580
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 2: the Ashers will not have Yordan Alvarez either, so we

581
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 2: can't recreate turning the game upside down again. Joe Davis

582
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Speaker 2: is excellent. Joe Davis is bar like I think. I

583
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Speaker 2: think Joe Joe Davis is cream of the crop, like

584
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 2: the top best announcer out there. And he nailed them

585
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Speaker 2: for his first World Series too. Yeah, the first World

586
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Speaker 2: Series after Joe buck.

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Speaker 1: Him and uh, Jason Bennetti who's now with the White

588
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: Sox are my two.

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Speaker 2: Favorites with the Tigers, don't. I mean he was at

590
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Speaker 2: the at.

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Speaker 1: The White Sox at the White Sox now with the Tigers.

592
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 1: But yeah, those are those are two great broadcasters. But yeah,

593
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: we'll we'll miss that. Uh hopefully the kid who was

594
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: imitating Alvarado's pitching stance like two days before he got

595
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 1: popped with with PDS is okay, so when he needs

596
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: to check in on him. But uh, but yeah, some

597
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: some really really good games coming up. Well i'd like

598
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Speaker 1: to would you like to bring me to any of them?

599
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: Or am I gonna should I listen on the radio

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Speaker 1: at home just protest and not even watch it.

601
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Speaker 2: Like, I mean, it's a day game on Thursday, there's

602
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 2: gotta like you don't work, there's gotta be like tickets

603
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 2: available for a day game on a Thursday. Yeah, And

604
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 2: also these are like middle of the week games, like

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00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 2: they're not like it'll be really hard to get tickets

606
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Speaker 2: this weekend for the Cubs, Like just with that fan

607
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 2: base and being on a weekend and a marquee name

608
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 2: with all the people coming back, like that's gonna be

609
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 2: a hard ticket to get. I don't think tickets this

610
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 2: week should be that difficult.

611
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Speaker 1: But I'm on it. Well, we'll see, we'll talk.

612
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 2: I think we'll talk more about this as the week

613
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 2: goes on. But I guess early on, what do you

614
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 2: think the reception is for Kyle Tucker and Ryan Presley

615
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 2: when they come back on uh, when they come back

616
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Speaker 2: this weekend?

617
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Speaker 1: It has to be one hundred percent cheers, right, Like

618
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Speaker 1: there's I mean, I guess some people are going to

619
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: be a little bit more bent out of shape. Like

620
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Speaker 1: I could see people being excited that if the Astros

621
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Speaker 1: tag him for three runs or whatever. I mean, they'll

622
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 1: be excited anyway because it's the Astros, but I could

623
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Speaker 1: see it having like a little oomph behind it. But Kyle,

624
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Speaker 1: I mean, how can you do anything but be happy

625
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: to see Kyle Tucker and be happy to see that

626
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: he's doing great, Like good for him, Go get even

627
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: more money that the Astros were never going to pay you.

628
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Speaker 2: Correct, And yeah, it's like neither of them like willingly left,

629
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Speaker 2: like they were both traded, like Presley had to wave

630
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 2: his no trade clause. But still, like I mean, we've

631
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:57,239
Speaker 2: litigated that that relationship between Presley and Dana Brown had

632
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 2: deteriorated to a point where it was untenable anyway, so.

633
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: That had to happen.

634
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 2: But it's not like any of it's not like the

635
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 2: Bregman situation, where I still think Alex Bregman's yeah showered

636
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 2: with praise, But I mean the Astros had a competitive off.

637
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 2: It was not it was the third best offer he had,

638
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 2: but they had a competitive offer out there and he

639
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 2: didn't take it. So maybe there's more hard feelings for

640
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 2: Bregman than the other guys. But these other guys they

641
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 2: didn't They didn't leave. They didn't like leave willingly like

642
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 2: they got traded away. So be interesting to hear that reaction,

643
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 2: that response. Anything stick out to you from the final

644
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 2: two because we talked. We talked on Saturday after the

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Speaker 2: first game when Hunter Brown almost went Detroit Hood on

646
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 2: the entire Angels bench. Anything stick out from the next

647
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 2: two games that either good, bad, and different?

648
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: Uh, I would love to see there they are inside

649
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: of Brian or Bray. You there are two wolves and

650
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: one wolf is coming in to get the third out

651
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: of the seventh Brian Bray is better than Mariano Rivera

652
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: with two outs in the seventh inning. He is the

653
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: greatest reliever of all time. He came in today got

654
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: Mike Trout on three straight sliders, made him look silly.

655
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,760
Speaker 1: Brian O Brady in the eighth. He's obviously very good

656
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: results wise, I'm always like, come on, man, like get

657
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 1: get through this a little easier that So that stood

658
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 1: out to me a little, you know, having a thirty

659
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 1: pitch outing where you know he had to go a bit.

660
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 1: But I mean, goodness, Jeremy Pania is incredible, Like he

661
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:38,800
Speaker 1: is a a superstar in the making. He is really

662
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 1: really good. And it it is no longer in the

663
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: like oh it's a it's a hot start or you know,

664
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: like he is legitimately this good. He is great at

665
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,320
Speaker 1: shortstop as well. I mean he's just a really really

666
00:34:56,360 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: good all around player. You know, just been a lot

667
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: of fun to watch. The other thing that stood out

668
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: to me We've already talked about a little bit, but

669
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,399
Speaker 1: I mean poor jose A tub just running around out there.

670
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,760
Speaker 1: He struggled and left, he struggled at second. I mean again,

671
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: he's old and playing a new position, and you know

672
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 1: it's it's okay, I'm gonna love him no matter what, Like,

673
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 1: get out there, do your best. But this was the

674
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 1: first weekend where I was like, all right, that that

675
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: might cause all yeah, I did do the math of

676
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: like there's like three more years on that contract, right,

677
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: Like you know, I mean again, great, it's Josel Tuva.

678
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 1: I'm never gonna be upset, but uh, you know he

679
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,879
Speaker 1: is Uh he is not the best defender I've ever

680
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 1: seen in my life.

681
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 2: So a couple of things on All Tube. First of all,

682
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 2: every time he makes a base running error, which is frequent,

683
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 2: people like people send me messages on social media like

684
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 2: you need to ask a spot about this, like yeah,

685
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 2: have they worked with him? I was like, guys, have

686
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 2: you watched this? Have you watched him for the last

687
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 2: fifteen years? Like this is who he is, Like he's

688
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 2: not going to become a better base runner over Like

689
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 2: they just live with it, Like there are certain things

690
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 2: for certain players when you get to the stature and

691
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 2: the level of performance jose al Tuove is at. There

692
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 2: are players like this, like you live with their warts.

693
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 2: Like they will live with jose Al Tuve being a

694
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 2: bad base runner because you know what, when he's at

695
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 2: his best, he's not running the bases, he's going in

696
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 2: the second on a stand up double, or he's running

697
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 2: around the bases for a home run. Like when he's

698
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 2: at they they will live with that because he's jose

699
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 2: Al tuve the good far out weighs the bad. But

700
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 2: it always makes me chuckle when people like have you

701
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,359
Speaker 2: have you taught? What are they going to do about

702
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 2: his base runnings? Like guys like by this point, there's

703
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 2: nothing they can't do, Like they can tell him all

704
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 2: they want, but he's he's thirty five years old, like

705
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 2: this is a sixteenth big league season, Like this is

706
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 2: who he is. And I think it, You know, I

707
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 2: think jose Al Twoveg it's unfairly labeled as like not

708
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 2: a smart baseball player. I think he is very I

709
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 2: think he's very savvy on the field.

710
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: I really do.

711
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 2: I think his instincts are a lot better than the

712
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 2: base running suggests.

713
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: Like look, if you if.

714
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 2: You were not around him every day and you just

715
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 2: watched it in the stands and just saw the bass,

716
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,720
Speaker 2: that you would think this is like the most uninstinctual,

717
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 2: like unsavvy player, And I'm here to tell you that

718
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,959
Speaker 2: is not true. Like he does he does things that

719
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 2: just the normal baseball player doesn't do, and sometimes you

720
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 2: don't even pick up on it. Like a lot of

721
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 2: the times, I know people get frustrated. Blomber is actually

722
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 2: a top the list you can hear it on the

723
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 2: broadcast sometimes when he squares to bunt sometimes and like

724
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 2: big spots, like it's because he's done his homework on

725
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 2: the third basement and knows, like, all right, if he's

726
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 2: playing that far back, like there's no chance if I

727
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 2: get it down well enough, there's zero chance this guy

728
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 2: can come in like he's this isn't like him just

729
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 2: doing it for the hell of it. Like he has

730
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 2: studied the corner infielders. He studied their arms, he studied

731
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 2: their range, what they are coming in, what they are

732
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 2: going side to side. He is not as uninstinctual a

733
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 2: baseball player as his base running would suggest.

734
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 1: The other thing.

735
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,240
Speaker 2: A lot of people, as he has been flipping around

736
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 2: so many positions, second base, left field, DH, a lot

737
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 2: of have asked what his offensive numbers look like at

738
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 2: those positions. This was entering today. He played second base today,

739
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 2: so whatever he did today kind of add into this.

740
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 2: He has taken one hundred and sixty one played appearances

741
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 2: as a left fielder and has a seven to thirty

742
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 2: nine OPS. He has taken eighty one plate appearances as

743
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 2: the designated hitter and has an eight to fifty nine OPS.

744
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 2: Before today, he had taken seventy two played appearances as

745
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 2: a second baseman and had a six seventy three ops,

746
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 2: so he technically hit it's better is the DH. He's

747
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,359
Speaker 2: got his most home runs as a left fielder. All

748
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 2: this to say, I don't think it matters. I don't

749
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 2: think this is like a Jordon to remember that was

750
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,359
Speaker 2: It's always a big story with jord On. You look

751
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 2: at his splits when he's left field as opposed to

752
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 2: splits a DH, and they were drastically like different, Like

753
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 2: he hit a lot better in left field than it.

754
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: Is a DH.

755
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 2: I don't really think WITHOL two B it doesn't matter

756
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 2: that much. And I think that's what makes him so

757
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 2: great honestly, is that he can be that consistent offensive

758
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 2: presence no matter what position they put him in, and

759
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 2: he's been able to handle, you know, flip flopping positions

760
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 2: and going so many different roles.

761
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: Yeah. The reason that you hear people talk about uh

762
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: struggling as a DH is you know they're like, oh,

763
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,439
Speaker 1: I I'm like not paying attention or on board by

764
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 1: the game or whatever. Jose L Twov plays baseball like

765
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 1: a golden retriever, where he's just he's just running around

766
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: out there. And look, sometimes those Golden re Tiers look

767
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: incredibly athletic, and sometimes they fall trying to get to

768
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: second base, and you're just like, what are you doing

769
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 1: out there? I said this on X the everything app already,

770
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: but it's a good enough joke that I'm going to

771
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: do it here as well, and that is that the

772
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 1: only thing that jose Al Tuve loves more than getting

773
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: on base is getting out on them. He's look, you're

774
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 1: not going to change him. That's who he is. I

775
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: don't think. I honestly, I truly believe if you could,

776
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,720
Speaker 1: like truth see him him if he's taken a fourth

777
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,880
Speaker 1: inning at bat and you're like, what position are you

778
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: playing right now? I don't think that he would even

779
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 1: remember in the moment. I think when he's in the box,

780
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 1: like he's he's locked in, that's all he's thinking about.

781
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,719
Speaker 1: I think he's just got whatever is in front of him.

782
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: That's what's going on.

783
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: And you know what, And we talked about this on

784
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 2: a couple pause during spring training, but like one of

785
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 2: the reasons that they wanted to move him to left

786
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 2: field was because he had been playing second base for

787
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 2: fifteen years. Inherently that gets old, it gets stale. And

788
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,399
Speaker 2: we've talked about how much moving the left field has

789
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 2: reinvigorated him, has given him a new challenge, has given

790
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 2: him something new to like, strive for and to get

791
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 2: better at. And I think you're seeing that a little

792
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,919
Speaker 2: bit because like he is. I mean, we just said

793
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 2: he hits his best in left field, and those are

794
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 2: the games where he is I mean between the two

795
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:26,720
Speaker 2: defensive positions, that is, between second base and left field.

796
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 2: He hits best in left field, and those are the

797
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 2: games where he's got to be a little more aware.

798
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 2: He's got to be more kind of on top of things.

799
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,239
Speaker 2: He's got to like, you know, because that is still

800
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 2: a new position that he's learning. So you're not going

801
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:41,280
Speaker 2: to change jose L TWOV. I don't think the Astros

802
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,360
Speaker 2: want to change jose L two V. I think they'd

803
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,720
Speaker 2: like his ops to be, like, I don't know, fifty

804
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 2: to seventy points higher. But still they'll take they'll take

805
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 2: what he's given them, especially now that they have a

806
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 2: five game lead today because they they won the Mariors

807
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 2: won the Rangers loss, so it remains a five game

808
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,720
Speaker 2: lead for the Astros. In the worst Division in baseball.

809
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 2: They will be off on Monday before welcoming the Philadelphia

810
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 2: Afhillies to Dyke and Park for three games as part

811
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,439
Speaker 2: of a six game homestand that, as we've talked about,

812
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 2: is gonna be pretty consequential. Will be around to talk

813
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,320
Speaker 2: to you about all of it, about all the Phillies

814
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 2: and the Cubs games this coming week, so please keep

815
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,280
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00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,680
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821
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Speaker 2: Thank you for indulging an LSU open. Go Tigers, Congratulations

822
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 2: on the eighth national championship. Maybe one day Texas A

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Speaker 1: Hi.

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