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Speaker 1: Hi, This is Chase Utley and this is the Phillies Show. Hi, everybody,

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Speaker 1: This is the Philly Show with Ruben Tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury,

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Speaker 1: Todd Zuleky.

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Speaker 2: Friday, July twelfth, twenty twenty four, the Phillies just swept

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Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was billed as the clash

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Speaker 2: of two NL powerhouses. Phillies sweep them out. They now

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Speaker 2: have a night six and a half game lead over

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Speaker 2: them for the.

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Speaker 1: Best record in the National League. They have a nine

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Speaker 1: and a half game lead over the Braves and Allies.

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Speaker 1: A fun week at the ballpark, a lot of great moments,

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Speaker 1: a lot of great moments. We will get into that

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Speaker 1: in a little bit. But it wasn't the only you know,

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Speaker 1: the sweep yesterday was not the only big thing to

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Speaker 1: come out of Thursday.

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Speaker 2: Ruby and I read something yesterday that was shocking to me.

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Speaker 1: Wip yesterday you said, and you were GM You actually

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Speaker 1: called in and faked your voice and called in and

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Speaker 1: talked to Phillies. Is it is this a radio Was

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Speaker 1: that a radio bit?

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Speaker 2: Or is that that was real? You did really do this?

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Speaker 3: I really did do it. I really did do it. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: it's kind of crazy.

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Speaker 4: So I think it was either the twenty twelve or thirteen,

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Speaker 4: or maybe even fourteen.

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Speaker 5: I'm not sure which which one it was.

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Speaker 4: And I can't even remember what name I used, but

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Speaker 4: I definitely use something like Frankie.

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Speaker 5: From South Philly or something else.

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Speaker 3: Of course, I was like I called it and go.

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Speaker 5: Yo, yo, this is Frankie from the South Philly.

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Speaker 6: Yo.

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Speaker 3: This is a moral guy. You gotta get him mad

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Speaker 3: a here.

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Speaker 6: You know, well, you you were yourself fired. You didn't

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Speaker 6: defend yourself.

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Speaker 3: I don't know why would I defend myself. I mean

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Speaker 3: we stunk.

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Speaker 4: Who was the host, no idea? I really don't remember.

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Speaker 4: I know it was late night, it was after a game.

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Speaker 4: I think we probably got our asses kicked.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, and.

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Speaker 4: Uh, you know, I was just playing around, you know,

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Speaker 4: because I'm playing around. I was just playing a joke.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, it was it was I thought it was funny.

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Speaker 4: I think I did it just one time. I thought

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Speaker 4: about doing it again. I thought, you know, maybe that

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Speaker 4: would not be a good idea. Somebody's gonna recognize my

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Speaker 4: voice or something or whatever. But I can't even remember

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Speaker 4: what year it was, but I remember calling in one time,

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Speaker 4: just just just bashing myself.

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Speaker 2: I love that you call it.

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Speaker 1: I love that you went like an Italian American guy

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Speaker 1: from South Villy that, oh oh, well.

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Speaker 4: I think I went south just pulling out of the

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Speaker 4: I think I was just pulling out of the game.

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Speaker 4: I think it might have been more than forty five

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Speaker 4: minutes after the game, or thirty minutes after the game.

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Speaker 4: After I probably talked to Charlie Manuel or somebody or

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Speaker 4: maybe even Ryan Sandberg, whoever it was who was managing

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Speaker 5: Let's go.

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Speaker 7: So in a little bit bigger picture, is this proof?

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Speaker 7: Is this proof that the people who run teams in

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Speaker 7: this town and other big city, big sports towns actually

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Speaker 7: do listen to critique from, whether it be newspapers or

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Speaker 7: a talk radio.

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Speaker 5: I listened to it sometimes.

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Speaker 3: I didn't listen to it a lot, but I listened

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Speaker 5: I mean, I just believe.

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Speaker 4: That for a long time, a lot of the stuff

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Speaker 4: that Angelo and some of the others guys did, and

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Speaker 4: you know, I have a lot of respect from a

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Speaker 4: lot of it was entertainment.

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Speaker 5: In the mornings.

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Speaker 4: There's a lot of entertainment trying to entertain and they're

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Speaker 4: trying to drive ratings and stuff like that. That's you know,

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Speaker 4: I get it, that's part of the entertainment business.

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Speaker 3: And so I didn't take too much of it to heart.

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Speaker 4: There were times with certain guys that I thought they

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Speaker 4: were They got personal at times, and that was what

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Speaker 5: That would bother me.

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Speaker 4: But when when it came down to, like, you know,

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Speaker 4: criticism stuff like that, that's a part of the job

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Speaker 5: I mean, yeah, you that coming in.

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Speaker 6: It goes with the territory.

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Speaker 7: You need to be able to take critique and you

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Speaker 7: need to be able to share criticism. But when it

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Speaker 7: goes overboard, I think it probably is hurtful to some

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Speaker 7: And I've talked to guys who get upset by But you,

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Speaker 7: and I've told you this before, you amaze me with

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Speaker 7: how thick your skin is. Maybe it's because you were

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Speaker 7: born here and it's you know, it's in your DNA

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Speaker 7: and you know how to take it. But you have

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Speaker 7: incredible thick skin. You don't hold grudges, Yeah, it's good question.

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Speaker 3: Very very few grudges do I hold.

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Speaker 4: And because I know things happen in a time, in

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Speaker 4: a space right. Things happen, and I get it.

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Speaker 3: I mean, this is sports, this is the life, this

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Speaker 3: is what it's all about.

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Speaker 5: I mean there's ups and downs. I've said this many times, man.

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Speaker 3: I talked to my kids about it, like I knew

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Speaker 3: I was going to be a hero for a while.

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Speaker 4: But at some point, you know, we were going to

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Speaker 4: drop off the table and life was going to change.

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Speaker 4: So but that's part of the gig. I wish I

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Speaker 4: had sustained it better. It made, you know, the better decisions,

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Speaker 4: maybe a little earlier whatever. I mean, there's a lot

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Speaker 4: of things that you sort of regret. But I was

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Speaker 4: really proud of the work that we did. Man. We

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Speaker 4: did a lot of great stuff for this city for

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Speaker 4: a long time. And I was part of a really

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Speaker 4: great era of Phillys baseball and I'm and I'm very

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Speaker 6: You should be.

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Speaker 7: You should be proud. It was a great era. And

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Speaker 7: we're kind of getting that vibe again.

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Speaker 6: Yes, in the in the stadium. But you know, this.

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Speaker 7: Little anecdote about calling the radio station late at night

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Speaker 7: as Tony from South Philly. It made me laugh because

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Speaker 7: there's nothing better. I mean, it's a long season for

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Speaker 7: you guys in the front office, players, but also in

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Speaker 7: the press box. Some of these seasons can get long

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Speaker 7: and a grind, and we we would love, we loved

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Speaker 7: press box antics and press box hijinks, and we had.

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Speaker 6: Some good one over the years.

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Speaker 7: It made me think of a time, Todd, Do you

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Speaker 7: remember this Once we were in Denver and I'm sitting

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Speaker 7: fifth inning, and I look up in my pictures on

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Speaker 7: the scoreboard.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, yes, it was you. I took a

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Speaker 1: picture of you on the field and I just said,

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Speaker 1: wave Jim. So Jim's in the dugout. He's a very

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Speaker 2: Google the gile.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, before the game.

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Speaker 1: He like waves and smiles and a lot of these

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Speaker 1: ballparks now they say, you know, tweet at you know

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Speaker 1: have Jimmy's got this silly smile on his face.

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Speaker 2: He's like waving like hello, and uh.

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Speaker 1: Next thing you know, it's on the scoreboard, Jim. That

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Speaker 1: was not the only time we did that. We did

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Speaker 1: that the podres. I took a photo of you and

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Speaker 1: Matt Gelbin the press box and I did, I did,

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Speaker 1: I did the hashtag friar fan or whatever it was, right,

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Speaker 1: and the best part, the best part is that Adam

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Speaker 1: in the batter's box for the first time in his life.

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Speaker 2: And on the scoreboard.

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Speaker 6: Is Jim and Matt Delp.

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Speaker 2: They had like they had Adam Adam Hazley's photo.

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Speaker 1: You know, major making, major le and right in the

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Speaker 1: and Matt Guilp's photo underneathing.

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Speaker 3: Did you take a picture of that? You have to

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Speaker 3: have a picture.

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Speaker 2: I do have a picture.

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Speaker 5: I have a picture of that is h hilarious.

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Speaker 1: Jim here, Jim, here's another one. How about the time

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Speaker 1: in Arizona before the game. This was the best is

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Speaker 1: they had a hashtag go d Backs. But it sounded

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Speaker 1: like it looks what you look at it says God backs, right,

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Speaker 1: So we started sending all these tweets saying God backs, godbacks,

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Speaker 1: god backs, and next thing you know, apparently the social

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Speaker 1: media person whoever ran the scoreboard was getting absolutely obliterated

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Speaker 1: by Phillies fans. Using the hashtag godbacks or go d backs,

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Speaker 1: And at one point they put a photo of Jim's

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Speaker 5: Ruined my day.

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Speaker 2: You guys just ruined my day.

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Speaker 6: I go d backs and listen.

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Speaker 5: Now, I'm sort of on the side.

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Speaker 4: But and I've been in the dugout with you guys

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Speaker 4: as an executive, you know, and there are times I

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Speaker 3: I mean, I I know that my job.

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Speaker 4: When I was a GM was to deliver the news

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Speaker 4: and stuff like that, and I I always respected you guys.

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Speaker 4: So there are times when I would get pissed off, sure,

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Speaker 4: because you know, because we were not doing well and

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Speaker 4: we were even questioning a question about you know, our

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Speaker 4: making things like that.

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Speaker 5: But I always respected the job that you guys did.

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Speaker 5: And I always felt like.

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Speaker 4: Having learned from Pat Gillick and Ed Wade, that you know,

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Speaker 4: you guys had a job to do too, and it's

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Speaker 4: not an easy job to do.

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Speaker 5: And you know, now I'm on this side, you know,

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Speaker 4: Asking questions that are like critical questions about the game,

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Speaker 4: like why would you do this? And how come you

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Speaker 4: did that? And what was the thought process here and there?

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Speaker 4: And and it does I know from the from the

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Speaker 4: askers point of view and an interviewer's point of view,

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Speaker 4: those are not easy questions to ask because you generally

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Speaker 4: like the guys that you're asking these questions too, and

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Speaker 4: you're sort of questioning their ability to do their jobs.

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Speaker 5: And so it's sort of whares on you guys too,

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Speaker 5: And so I get that.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I get that more now, but I also

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Speaker 4: understood it pretty well when I was a GM.

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Speaker 7: And and that's probably why. You know, it's like having

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Speaker 7: a guy in a club ause who keeps the mood light.

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Speaker 7: Sometimes we have little press box hijinks and they keeps

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Speaker 7: me a lot hilarious.

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Speaker 6: And I'm reminded of one of my all time favorites.

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Speaker 7: We were talking about Matt Gelb and when he was

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so Rubin, you know, those those rain delay calls

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Speaker 2: It's a Wednesday night and nobody, nobody's listening.

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Speaker 1: I want to know why they call Matt Gelb.

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Speaker 6: Yes?

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Speaker 6: It was funny, funny.

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Speaker 2: But you know, it just made us laugh because we're

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Speaker 1: Nobody wants to be at this game. It's eight thirty

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Speaker 2: The game is meaningless.

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Speaker 5: It's a rain delay.

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Speaker 1: You're going, why am I here? So we killed some

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Speaker 6: I love that he said, we gotta trace. We gotta

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Speaker 6: That's great. Oh my gosh, it's funny.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was funny.

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Speaker 2: So let's get into this. This series against the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: The Phillies go in. They have a three and a

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Speaker 1: It's certainly I know where we are right now. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Is it too can you make anything out of is

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Speaker 1: I know the Dodgers are also banged up, but you

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Speaker 7: It gives them that, you know, advantage for the best record,

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Speaker 7: This team, for me, is still going to be defined

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Speaker 7: That's that's what's going to define this team. That said,

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Speaker 7: But certainly a hell of a series. I mean I

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Speaker 6: An extra man.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I totally agree. I know they were shorthanded. They

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Speaker 5: Now they can hit. He gets some great hitters.

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Speaker 4: And for him to bounce back and the pitch the

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Speaker 3: Just another level of his growth.

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Speaker 5: They was fantastic.

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Speaker 5: And he did it with his.

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Speaker 5: He's been doing it for years.

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Speaker 4: He's done it since I've watched him in the LSU,

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Speaker 5: That's the reason why people at home runs off of him.

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Speaker 4: But it's not about whether he can pitch in a

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Speaker 4: Good plan against him, and you know you got to

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Speaker 6: And now you do that right, well.

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Speaker 1: to miss on the plate and have him just hit

448
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Speaker 1: a grand slam. So uh, he had a little extra

449
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Speaker 1: juice on that, on that oh too fastball, and then

450
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,800
Speaker 1: they broke off the breaking ball.

451
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Speaker 3: But that tells you a lot about like Aaron Old

452
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Speaker 3: is not afraid to get in there.

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Speaker 4: Okay, Yeah, there's nobody like Wheelers not afraid to get

454
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Speaker 4: in there.

455
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Speaker 5: Those guys are not afraid in there. They're not afraid

456
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Speaker 5: to pitch.

457
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Speaker 3: They pitch aggressively with confidence.

458
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Speaker 4: And you know that's the difference between this staff and

459
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Speaker 4: every other staff I think.

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Speaker 5: I mean, you can probably.

461
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Speaker 4: Talk about the Seattle Mariners, and I haven't watched them

462
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Speaker 4: enough to really break them down, but I know that

463
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,480
Speaker 4: these guys pitch and they pitch with confidence, and I

464
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Speaker 4: think there's a whole set of dominoes that are associated

465
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Speaker 4: with this. They believe that if they make a mistake

466
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Speaker 4: and somebody gets them, that their offense can come back

467
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Speaker 4: and pick them up, or their defense will make a play,

468
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Speaker 4: or so there's a confidence there. So there's a lot

469
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Speaker 4: of things, a lot of factors here in all this,

470
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Speaker 4: and I think it all plays into one thing, and

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Speaker 4: that's to win baseball games.

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Speaker 5: And I think that's what's translating.

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Speaker 7: That's a great point, Like it's they believe somebody will

474
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Speaker 7: pick him up. So if I execute a pitch down

475
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Speaker 7: on the zone instead of trying to blow somebody away

476
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Speaker 7: up here, I'm gonna execute this pitch down on his

477
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Speaker 7: zone because I have faith those guys behind me are

478
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Speaker 7: going to pick it up and throw the first base.

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Speaker 1: But Tony lost his helmet and a lot of swings

480
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Speaker 1: that seemed like he was taking some really awkward hacks

481
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Speaker 1: at some pitches, you know, throughout throughout the series against them. Yeah,

482
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Speaker 1: they really did. Trey Turner continues to swing a hot bat.

483
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Speaker 1: Johann Rojas runs down this ball and left center field.

484
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Speaker 1: Last night, he covered a hundred feet one hundred feet

485
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Speaker 1: to run down that fly ball.

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Speaker 5: Uh, he was feeling it last night.

487
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Speaker 1: He had some he had some good quotes talking about Yeah,

488
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Speaker 1: he was, you know, the ball's in there. The only

489
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Speaker 1: way I'm not catching it at the ball's hit out

490
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Speaker 1: of the ballpark. You know, that's the only way I'm

491
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Speaker 1: not catching the baseball. And you know, then he said,

492
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Speaker 1: we don't care who's coming. We don't care who we're playing,

493
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Speaker 1: We're just going to beat them.

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Speaker 5: He was feeling good about his performance last night.

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Speaker 2: But it's cool, is you know what, you know, get

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Speaker 2: some honesty. Yeah, exactly.

497
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Speaker 5: He believes in his defense. There's no question about that.

498
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Speaker 6: I want to ask you about Trey Turner.

499
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Speaker 7: I mean, he's on his home run binge and I

500
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Speaker 7: love his swing because correct me if I'm wrong, But

501
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 7: it just looks like he's.

502
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Speaker 6: Staying on plane.

503
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Speaker 7: He's leveled through the zone's so he's not launching through

504
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Speaker 7: the zone.

505
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Speaker 6: He's level for the zone. He finishes high.

506
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Speaker 7: But that backspin, I mean, it's it's classic power hitter backspin.

507
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Speaker 6: It's like Killer Brew and those guys used.

508
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Speaker 7: To have, except he's not that body type.

509
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Speaker 6: But the way he can.

510
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Speaker 7: Not launch, not drop his backside, but come through the

511
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Speaker 7: zone level spin, it finish high, and that ball just

512
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Speaker 7: never stops, it goes. It carries eight to ten rows deep. Really,

513
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Speaker 7: it's kind of beautiful to watch.

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Speaker 5: It really is.

515
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Speaker 4: And when we can talk about like the whole art

516
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Speaker 4: of hitting and how things have changed, and there's a

517
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Speaker 4: belief that since you know, since the ball has come

518
00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,880
Speaker 4: at this angle, that you should work underneath the baseball

519
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 4: with your barrel and try to launch the.

520
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Speaker 5: Ball into the air.

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Speaker 4: That's been like the physics of what why you're getting

522
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Speaker 4: this big launch angle push for years, for ten to

523
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Speaker 4: twelve years, whatever it's been. It also creates so little

524
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Speaker 4: margin for error that you have to hit it at

525
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Speaker 4: the perfect spot to actually get it. Now, the guys

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Speaker 4: who can really hit and hit for average and have

527
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Speaker 4: more consistency, they have a flatter playing to the ball

528
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Speaker 4: because they expose their barrel in the hitting zone longer.

529
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Speaker 4: That's physics too, and it gives himself a chance to

530
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Speaker 4: barrel the baseball up and also the backspin the ball,

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Speaker 4: and it's a matter of just hitting the bottom part

532
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Speaker 4: of the ball right, hitting the bom part of the

533
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Speaker 4: ball to create the backspin and the flatness of his swing.

534
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Speaker 4: And it's one of the reasons why I think he's

535
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Speaker 4: one of those guys that really doesn't need a rehab

536
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Speaker 4: is because he works on a swing so consistently. Whether

537
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Speaker 4: it's tea work, whether it's off a project, you know,

538
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Speaker 4: image pitching machine, whatever the case may be, they work

539
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 4: on those things and it's so consistent and it's so different.

540
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Speaker 4: Also from the beginning of the season last year where

541
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Speaker 4: he was underneath the baseball, he was not nearly as flat.

542
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Speaker 4: He was also swinging a lot of pitches out of

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Speaker 4: the zone then, because I think he was just trying

544
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Speaker 4: to be a little too aggressive. But his flatness through

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Speaker 4: the zone, Jimmy made a great point, is what creates

546
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Speaker 4: his ability to make consistent hard contact and to create

547
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Speaker 4: the backspin that is necessary.

548
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Speaker 5: To drive the ball out of the ballpark.

549
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Speaker 4: Not a big man, but he can really whip the

550
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Speaker 4: bat through the zone because he's got great hands.

551
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Speaker 5: I mean he's watching him.

552
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 4: Got great hands, and he can really create bat speed

553
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Speaker 4: with his hands with the ability of keeping the ball

554
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Speaker 4: his barrel on plane longer to make more consistent countent.

555
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Speaker 5: Hence the power, hence the power and the average.

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Speaker 1: If trade turned Trey Turner stays healthy the rest of

557
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Speaker 1: the way and he plays almost every day, he's going

558
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Speaker 1: to finish with enough plate appearances to qualify for batting title.

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Speaker 1: He could be the first Phillies player to win a

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Speaker 1: batting title since Whitey Richie Ashburn nineteen fifty eight. Right now,

561
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Speaker 1: Christian Yelloch leads the National League in batting average three

562
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Speaker 1: twenty nine.

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Speaker 2: Trey is batting three forty eight.

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Speaker 1: So if he keeps on this pace, even if he

565
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Speaker 1: doesn't keep at this exact pace, you know he he's

566
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Speaker 1: got a good chance of winning a batting title. And

567
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Speaker 1: this might sound blasphemous, but he also might be on

568
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Speaker 1: He's not gonna have the overall numbers because he missed

569
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Speaker 1: six seven weeks or whatever it was with the hamstring injury,

570
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Speaker 1: but it might be the You can make an argument

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Speaker 1: for it. Is this the best season by a Philly

572
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Speaker 1: shortstop ever and Jimmy Rownds won the MVP in two

573
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Speaker 1: thousand and seven. Jimmy had is gonna have about two

574
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Speaker 1: hundred more plate appearance about the end of season, so

575
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Speaker 1: he's gonna have more doubles, triples, home runs. But you

576
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Speaker 1: look at Trey Turners batting average three forty eight, on

577
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 1: base percentage three ninety three, slugging percentage five twenty nine

578
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Speaker 1: ops nine to twenty two. Jamie Rollins had an eight

579
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Speaker 1: seventy five OPS in two thousand and seven. Again, might

580
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Speaker 1: you guys, that might be blasphemous to say, but I

581
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Speaker 1: don't know's he's in the conversation right now. He's really

582
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Speaker 1: having an historically amazing season for Philly shorts up however

583
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Speaker 1: you want to look at it.

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Speaker 7: No question, a big second half. He's going to finish

585
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Speaker 7: in the top ten of the MVP even with the

586
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Speaker 7: miss time. I think you know you're gonna have him

587
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Speaker 7: and Harper both making strong showings in the in the

588
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Speaker 7: MVP if they continue doing what they're doing.

589
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the big separator with Jimmy and Turner

590
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,439
Speaker 4: obviously is that one the durability, but also the defense.

591
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 4: I mean, Jimmy, Jimmy is the best shortstop in the

592
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 4: game for a long, long long time defensively, and he

593
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 4: did not get enough love for that because there was.

594
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Speaker 5: Other guys who were pretty good too. But I mean,

595
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Speaker 5: he should have won about fifty Gold Gloves. I thought

596
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Speaker 5: he only won four. And he only won four, which is, yeah, one.

597
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,400
Speaker 4: Of the reasons he may stay out of the Hall

598
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 4: of Fame because the guy should have.

599
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 5: Won about eight of them.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he was the best shortstop in the in the

601
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Speaker 4: Nation League for me for the longest time. And I

602
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 4: will uh, I will only say this, it's so fun

603
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 4: to watch this guy play. It does bring back shades

604
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 4: of Jimmy Rollins because of his smoothness, the way he runs.

605
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 4: I mean Jimmy obviously smaller and stature wasn't as gliding,

606
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 4: but that both ran super We just smooth players.

607
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 8: He slides smoothly. It's just a gorgeous thing to do.

608
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,120
Speaker 8: His bat path is smooth. You know, there's so much

609
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:41,359
Speaker 8: smoothness to what he does that it sort of gives

610
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 8: you the vibe. You know, who was it they called

611
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Speaker 8: J Rowl J smooth. I think it was La used

612
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Speaker 8: to call j smooth.

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Speaker 4: And and it's just it's just really cool. It's the

614
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:57,120
Speaker 4: reason why he signed a big ass contract because he's

615
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,879
Speaker 4: a really super dynamic player.

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Speaker 5: He's been that way for a while.

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Speaker 7: Ruban, You're so right about Jimmy's defense. There are years

618
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,920
Speaker 7: he made like six errors and a lot of chance.

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Speaker 7: The thing I loved about Jimmy's defense when he threw

620
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Speaker 7: the ball, he had the same Really, he wasn't way

621
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Speaker 7: back here. He threw right from here, almost kind of

622
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 7: short OneD it, same release point every time, hit Ryan

623
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Speaker 7: Howard right in the chest every time.

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Speaker 4: He had the most accurate arm of a shortstop that

625
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 4: I think I've ever seen.

626
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 6: Now.

627
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 3: Sean Dunstan strongest arm.

628
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Speaker 5: He the wear back and fire.

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Speaker 3: But Jimmy rollins Larry Bow was super accurate too.

630
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Speaker 4: Man like Larry Bow was one of those guys kind

631
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 4: of a low three quarter and he was and he

632
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 4: faded the ball only when he only fired it when

633
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 4: he had to, a little bit like my dad when

634
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 4: he played. My Dad didn't use his arm unless he

635
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 4: needed to. But the consistency of the throw was something

636
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 4: to marvel at, whether he was doing the spin move

637
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 4: behind and base and making the throw backhanding the ball,

638
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 4: making the throw coming in routine. Uh. You know, Dallas

639
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 4: Green talked about the two out shortstops all the time,

640
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 4: and dude, you if you hit the ball to the

641
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 4: left side of the infield and Jimmy Reynalds caught it,

642
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 4: you're out oh th t every time.

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Speaker 2: Well, Jimmy should be a Hall of Famer.

644
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Speaker 1: We'll see if he gets there. We can get dig

645
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: into that at some point down the road. Phillys Phillies

646
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Speaker 1: A's this weekend before the All Star break. You got

647
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 1: Ranger Sores Friday Night versus Hogan Harris. He's one of

648
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: three three two two era Saturday. It's Tyler Phillips, South

649
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: Jersey Kid Buship Eustas Kid making his first big league

650
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: start at home at Citizens Bank Park. I mean that's

651
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Speaker 1: gonna be You're gonna have a large Phillips contingent at

652
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 1: that game for sure. I know he's excited about that

653
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: versus He's pitching against Mitch Spence and then Sunday it's

654
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: Joey Estes versus TBD.

655
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Speaker 2: Rob Thompson said that if if they.

656
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Speaker 1: Don't go heavy on the bullpen Friday, Saturday, could just

657
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Speaker 1: go heavy, heavy, heavy bullpen on Sunday because he doesn't

658
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Speaker 1: want all of his relievers not pitching for five six days,

659
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Speaker 1: so it could be a bullpend game. And then I

660
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Speaker 1: guess Friday Saturday, if they do need to lean on

661
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: their bullpen a lot, they could always make a roster

662
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Speaker 1: move potentially to kind of fill the gap on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what they're gonna do, but it's it's

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Speaker 2: TBD for right.

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Speaker 1: Now, so and then then the All Star break, so

666
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Speaker 1: that will wrap it up for the Phillies real quick.

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