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Speaker 1: FT senior insider Ken Rosenthal's here for the inside scoop. Ken,

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Speaker 1: Let's get to an article that you put together yesterday

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Speaker 1: with Evandrelick on Stu Sternberg selling the Rays. It sounds

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Speaker 1: like that's all happening, but he's still going to be involved.

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Speaker 2: Is that true?

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Speaker 3: He will still be involved.

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Speaker 4: It's a minor share and it's going to expire eventually.

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Speaker 4: Timeline is not exactly known, but he is going to

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Speaker 4: be part of the initial group. And this is not uncommon, guys.

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Speaker 4: We do see this that an owner will stay on

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Speaker 4: in a lesser degree and the ownership group eventually will change.

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Speaker 4: So I don't know this was earth chattering news. It

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Speaker 4: was certainly newsworthy because I thought most of us believe

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Speaker 4: that Sternberg would be out entirely. But he's not going

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Speaker 4: to be out entirely, at least.

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Speaker 3: From the outset.

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Speaker 1: And of course fans down here want to know if

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Speaker 1: there's any chance that they will escape the.

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Speaker 2: Tampa Bay area. So let's see.

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Speaker 1: I think it's number three on the list that was

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Speaker 1: put in the article in the Athletic with someone who

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Speaker 1: was campaigning to bring a team to Orlando. Here we go,

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Speaker 1: Rick Workman as the top two there seemed to be

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Speaker 1: more Tampa friendly. Zelepski and Bill Cosger not saying that.

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Speaker 1: You know he's going to have influence, But is there

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Speaker 1: anything to read into there?

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Speaker 3: I don't believe so.

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Speaker 4: Major League Baseball wants this team in the Tampa Bay

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Speaker 4: area and those some people, aj being one of them,

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Speaker 4: think Orlando would be a great spot for them, and

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Speaker 4: maybe it would be. It seems to me that MLB

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Speaker 4: does not want to lose the Tampa Bay market, and

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Speaker 4: that what this group's first order of business will be

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Speaker 4: is finding a way to get a new ballpark built

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Speaker 4: in Tampa. There are sites that are being considered. There

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Speaker 4: are all kinds of possibilities there. It hasn't been easy

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Speaker 4: for Stourberg, but that's in part because the Tampa government

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Speaker 4: and the Saint Petersburg government, both of them really lost

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Speaker 4: trust in him. So now the new group, and yes

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Speaker 4: he's only a small part, he's not a significant part.

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Speaker 4: That seems to be something that will be more feasible

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Speaker 4: now my Orlando's surface as a possibility if Tampa Bay

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Speaker 4: doesn't happen, Yes, but I just don't see that really

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Speaker 4: being a realistic thing.

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Speaker 1: Ken let's get to your article full of fun from

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Speaker 1: I think the day before. For fans of each of

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Speaker 1: MLB's fifteen flag playoff contenders, things could always be worse.

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Speaker 1: So I want to start with the Blue Jays. You know,

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Speaker 1: the past couple of years, obviously they have not come

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Speaker 1: through this year. This is definitely a playoff team still

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Speaker 1: in line to win the division.

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Speaker 2: What would be the concern?

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Speaker 4: The bullpen, without question, is the concern. And it's not

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Speaker 4: just Hoffman, though Hoffman certainly is the major concern. He's

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Speaker 4: the closer. He gives up a lot of home runs.

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Speaker 4: He's had some really really bad outings and some good

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Speaker 4: ones as well, But the bullpen as a whole has

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Speaker 4: not performed really for quite some time now, and that

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Speaker 4: is the major concern. That is any team's fatal flaw

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Speaker 4: if they can't figure it out.

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Speaker 3: So the point of this article was merely to point.

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Speaker 4: Out to fans of all these contenders, Hey, you think

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Speaker 4: you have it bad, and I see everybody whining on X.

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Speaker 4: That's where I kind of look at things and see

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Speaker 4: what fans are thinking. Yeah, your team might be frustrating you,

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Speaker 4: but guess what team XYZ, ABC, D and E they've

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Speaker 4: got their own problems.

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Speaker 3: And they're equally frustrated.

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Speaker 4: So take heart, it's not as bad as it might appear,

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Speaker 4: because other teams have problems too.

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Speaker 5: All right, the Yankees, Are there any new problems or

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Speaker 5: is it just rinse and recycle from last year about

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Speaker 5: what Mookie Bets and all his teammates said, Well, they

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Speaker 5: were drinking after they won the World Series.

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Speaker 4: Eric, it seems to me it's the same thing. And

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Speaker 4: granted they had a really good week four and two

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Speaker 4: against two first place teams, Strosen the Blue Jays, But

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Speaker 4: the way that they play, the sloppiness that we see,

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Speaker 4: the lack of fundamental sound iness that we see and

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Speaker 4: we have seen for quite some time with the Yankees,

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Speaker 4: that has not entirely gone away. Volpi is a major

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Speaker 4: lightning rod with this team right now.

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Speaker 3: Fans have about had it with him.

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Speaker 4: The Yankees continue to stick with him. My friend Joel

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Speaker 4: Sherman of The New York Post has suggested both in

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Speaker 4: a podcast and in print today that he thinks Jose

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Speaker 4: Caballera will be their starter in the playoffs, that ultimately

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Speaker 4: the actions of the Yankees will speak louder than any

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Speaker 3: That remains to be seen, but I certainly.

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Speaker 4: Can see how that might be something they strongly consider.

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Speaker 1: Ken I'll take us to the Padres. So now they've

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Speaker 1: won three in a row. Michael King is starting tonight,

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Speaker 1: so King is back. Do you feel differently about the

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Speaker 1: Padres in the past few days, especially if King is

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Speaker 1: here to stay.

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Speaker 3: King is here to stay and healthy and good.

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Speaker 4: Yes, that's a much different equation than we've seen from

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Speaker 4: them with their starting pitching in the last I don't.

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Speaker 3: Know a couple of months.

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Speaker 4: Really.

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Speaker 3: What I like about the Padres is their schedule.

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Speaker 4: It's one of the easiest remaining schedules, and they're home

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Speaker 4: again now. They're always draw momentum at home and if offensively,

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Speaker 4: they can get it going, and it's kind of curious

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Speaker 3: Haven't in a bigger way. Tatisa is one of.

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Speaker 4: The questions, and all these things have happened.

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Speaker 3: He's been better the last few days.

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Speaker 4: Their bullpen is still a lockdown bullpen, even without Jason Adams.

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Speaker 4: So I don't rule them out in any way, shape

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Speaker 4: or form one for the division title, and if not

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Speaker 4: the division, maybe they catch the Cubs for a higher

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Speaker 4: seed of the Wildcard and host the Wildcard Series. So

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Speaker 4: everything seems to change by the day this time in

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Speaker 4: few year, actually all season long, the Padres seemingly are

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Speaker 4: on the upswing.

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Speaker 3: We'll see if it continues.

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Speaker 6: Ken what about the Mets. Will the Mets really start two,

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Speaker 6: maybe three rookies in their rotation if they get to

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Speaker 6: the postseason? I mean, I think they're gonna get there,

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Speaker 6: But would they really go mclan and the other rookies

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Speaker 6: all these guys have just been not good and injured.

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Speaker 4: AJ, I don't know that they're going to have much choice.

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Speaker 4: And certainly, let's see the next few weeks play out,

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Speaker 4: and McLain certainly looks like the real thing.

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Speaker 3: I'm not as convinced by Tom or.

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Speaker 4: One star from his scrope, but they certainly have been

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Speaker 4: pressed so far. Three starting pitchers who are rookies who

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Speaker 4: had just made their debuts in the postseason would.

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Speaker 3: Certainly be a stretch.

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Speaker 4: But if that's where the Mets are, that's where they

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Speaker 4: are now. I'm anxious to see David Peterson if he

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Speaker 4: rebounds from a recent lull.

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Speaker 3: He pictures Thursday on our Fox game.

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Speaker 4: He to me is part of the solution here, Clay Holmes,

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure how you use him in the postseason.

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Speaker 4: And of course the questions remain about Senga, whether he'll

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Speaker 4: be a.

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Speaker 3: Factor at all. He's currently in the minor leagues.

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Speaker 4: So what has happened here is that these young guys McClain,

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Speaker 4: if they're the best options in October, they're going to pitch.

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Speaker 3: I'm just not sure.

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Speaker 4: It's all going to play out exactly like that. There

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Speaker 4: are a lot of different ways they can go. I'm

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Speaker 4: forgetting Sean Manaia. He's got to pitch better too.

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Speaker 5: Eyes are on Texas, the Rangers, and they're staying in

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Speaker 5: it without the guys that they have, without those stars

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Speaker 5: you coined the phrase, and it's now just sweeping the nation.

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Speaker 5: But how is this team if the if Corey Seeger

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Speaker 5: but does that kill their mojo?

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Speaker 4: Well, first of all, Rangers TV analyst David Murphy is

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Speaker 4: the one who coined the little Rascals.

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Speaker 3: I just quoted him.

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Speaker 4: Now we all know what's going to happen if Seger

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Speaker 4: Cody Freeman, Dustin Harris, all these different players that most

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Speaker 4: it's gotten them back in the race. And the energy

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Speaker 3: For the last week or so.

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Speaker 4: Two weeks or so, so that's great. Now the question

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Speaker 4: And yeah, I guess you might lose a little mojo,

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Speaker 4: but you still want core receiver.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, Ken, we had Sewn Armstrong Rangers

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Speaker 2: Asked him about Little Rascals.

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Speaker 1: He didn't know about it yet, so he was excited

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Speaker 1: to tell teammates that the TV broadcast is calling some

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Speaker 1: of the youngsters little Rascals.

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Speaker 2: We'll have Josh Smith on later.

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Speaker 1: We just happened to have back to back days with

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Speaker 1: important nicknames that are changing things.

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Speaker 2: But they have competition.

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Speaker 1: In the lost column, you also have the Cleveland Guardians

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Speaker 1: two back. They have a Royals team that's stumbling right now.

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Speaker 2: They beat him up yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Then the White Sox, then Tiger's team that's playing very

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Speaker 1: midlight lately, Twins playing terribly, Tigers Rangers for last three

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Speaker 3: It's funny, Scott. I don't care for Cleveland.

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Speaker 4: I don't think they're good enough to get there, But

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Speaker 4: I don't see the Royals either. To me, the one

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Speaker 4: because Texas has outstanding pitching even without Ivaldi right now.

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Speaker 4: But you know what, hey, I can talk all I want,

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Speaker 2: Nice.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, we'll see that's decent looking schedule there. Let's

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Speaker 1: stay in the American League Central and talk about a

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Speaker 2: But the bright spot has been Byron Buxton. Ken.

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Speaker 1: My question for you revolves around in Buxton's incentives in

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Speaker 1: voting and not just winning it. It depends on where

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Speaker 1: he places I think from six to ten on MVP voting.

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Speaker 1: If he finishes in that spot, you get three million dollars.

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Speaker 1: What do you think of this incentive? I don't think

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Speaker 4: I'm not in love with it. It's something I'm pretty

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Speaker 3: Now, you can argue.

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Speaker 4: That this has always been the case. Our votes influence

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Speaker 3: Maybe this is a little bit more extreme Scott, as you.

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Speaker 4: Point out, but hall of Fame votes too.

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Speaker 3: A player who gets elected to.

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Speaker 4: The Hall of Fame can make money on the outside

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Speaker 3: It's all part of it. Do I love it?

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Speaker 4: No? And there are some newspapers that do not allow

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Speaker 4: They fear the worst case example, and let's play this

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Speaker 4: I don't expect it ever will happen. It would be

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Speaker 3: I don't like it. I don't also know how to

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Speaker 4: In these awards, and that would end this. Yes, but

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Speaker 4: But at the same time, I'm not sure it's ever

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Speaker 5: Players have to put up the numbers, but a player

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Speaker 5: hard to differentiate when somebody's being nice to get Ken

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Speaker 4: Well, the one thing there, Eric is that the way

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Speaker 3: Now, sometimes you will.

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Speaker 3: La, could be anywhere. You will see that.

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Speaker 4: But often that is because that writer sees that player

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Speaker 4: appreciation for that player. Now, as far as the niceness

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Speaker 4: thing that idea, I will tell you this. Eddie Murray

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Speaker 4: I didn't do that, actually, but he threatened. I still

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Speaker 4: voted him first ballot Hall of Fame. I don't care

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Speaker 4: what guys think of me, whether they like me or not,

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Speaker 4: or whether I like them or not, that's irrelevant. What's

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Speaker 4: relevant is their performance. And I believe strongly that almost

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Speaker 4: every writer feels the same way.

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Speaker 3: It's not something.

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Speaker 4: Where hey, man, I'll give you an interview and you

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Speaker 4: give me a no, it's not happening.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I didn't know about the Eddie Murray part. That

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Speaker 3: It never went anywhere, he threatened.

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Speaker 4: I wrote some stuff and it is what it is.

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Speaker 3: Not the first time I got like that. Player won't

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Speaker 5: Yep.

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Speaker 1: Understandable. Well, Ken, good stuff, Thanks for the insight, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: We'll catch on Fair Territory Thursday. Thanks guys, Fair Territory

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Speaker 1: with Ken an Alana Rizzo questions, bring 'em for Grill

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Speaker 1: and Ken on Thursday's live show