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Speaker 1: High school baseball update. We got waffled last night. I

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Speaker 2: Is this your second consecutive year or three now of coaching,

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Speaker 3: Absolutely blew it. But that's okay.

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Speaker 2: What have you learned?

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Speaker 1: I learned that coaching kids of all different like ability levels,

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Speaker 1: But it's only one base if the ball goes out

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Speaker 1: My kids in the state semifinals. That's all I care about.

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Speaker 1: That's so sick. Are they playing at Fort Myers? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: If they win Tuesday, they play Wednesday. Got it?

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Speaker 1: And full disclosure, full disclosure. I love my team, but

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Speaker 1: No, but our let's see our starting outfield wallby is

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Speaker 3: That's good on this team, which is good.

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Speaker 3: Your whole team needs to be on hot sheet.

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Speaker 1: There's a couple there's a couple of kids that are

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Speaker 2: Obviously works. There's other stack teams in Florida.

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Speaker 3: Let's get big. Yeah, he's left in a good Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a dude, you're getting bough. I like it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's like over, he's like two ten, probably two fifteen. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's it's a big boy. It's gonna bop some

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Speaker 1: Your thoughts, It is cool for now, but there's so

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Speaker 1: That's why the big the Jipean League has has kind

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Speaker 2: And it's up to generally team.

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Speaker 1: Ultimately, the team can say no.

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Speaker 2: Generally obviously the owner has say, but also the GM

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Speaker 2: For the Pirates, Ben Cherrington might not make it ten

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Speaker 2: more months with this team. It's real, I'm serious. It's

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Speaker 1: And then this guy went to Air Force originally, so

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Speaker 1: And my question is you said, you're surprised Paul Skeens

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Speaker 2: Don't you think Bob's just gonna ask his GM or

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Speaker 3: What do you think is more What do you think is

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Speaker 1: There you go, I'm with you.

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Speaker 2: That's why it's complicated, it's bumping up against her.

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Speaker 1: It's cool. It's a cool announcement.

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Speaker 2: No, even relievers you can get away with, I think

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Speaker 1: if you talked to d Row about it, I mean

433
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Speaker 1: it's like, well, we can't pitch this guy this day. Hey,

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Speaker 1: he can't pitch because and they have back to back games,

435
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Speaker 1: and sometimes you don't get the best against the best

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Speaker 1: because you have to wait, you have It's it's a lot.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot.

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Speaker 2: So Mark de Rosa was on the Philly Show. He's

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Speaker 2: the Team USA manager, former Big leaguer, and he spoke

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Speaker 2: about this. I encourage you to check out that episode.

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Speaker 2: We also posted it on our Foul Territory podcast feed

442
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Speaker 2: maybe two weeks ago, and they asked him about what

443
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Speaker 2: he learned, and the biggest thing that he was giving

444
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Speaker 2: back to them was the fact that he had to

445
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Speaker 2: deal with way too much communication and rules with teams.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's going to change that much, but

447
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Speaker 2: his point is that he would like to get players

448
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Speaker 2: that he has more leeway with. It sounds like he'll

449
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Speaker 2: do that even if that costs him some talent, So

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Speaker 2: we'll see what happens. But you could feel the frustration

451
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Speaker 2: in his answer. He was pissed off that he was

452
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Speaker 2: told so many rules by so many different people, and

453
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Speaker 2: it limits you so greatly. I don't know if you're

454
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Speaker 2: going to escape that completely, but there's probably a way

455
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Speaker 2: to at least get yourself to certain players that won't

456
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Speaker 2: have as many restrictions. It's fascinating. It's far away. We're

457
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Speaker 2: not going to announce every player and spend ten minutes

458
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Speaker 2: on it on our show. It's so far away. We'll

459
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Speaker 2: obviously be all over it when it's happening in March,

460
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Speaker 2: but this particular case I felt like was super fascinating.

461
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Speaker 2: So anyway, let us know your thoughts. Hey. By the way,

462
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Speaker 2: the Pirates are fourteen and twenty eight after last night's

463
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Speaker 2: lossile back and forth with the Mets, sloppy game on

464
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Speaker 2: both sides late, but Pete Alonzo with the walk off

465
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Speaker 2: sackfly he leads to the National League in RBIs with

466
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Speaker 2: thirty six quietly having a monster monster polar Bear year.

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Speaker 2: There's the walk off. We're looking at it right now,

468
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Speaker 2: and that's already the fourth time this season Pittsburgh's lost

469
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Speaker 2: a game in which Skeian's allowed two runs or Fewerssess

470
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Speaker 2: with his family barbecue with the tweet. So that's a

471
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Speaker 2: lot of good Skiins days wasted by a Pirates offense

472
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Speaker 2: that can't do much. And the play with Henry Davis

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Speaker 2: we'll get into, I guess later in the show. Drove

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Speaker 2: the Mets broadcast crazy. But anyway, Mets a home.

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Speaker 1: It shouldn't. It shouldn't have driven them crazy. What they're

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Speaker 1: going to talk about it, Okay, but it shouldn't. It

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Speaker 1: should have. They should have been jumping up and down

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Speaker 1: because it helped them win the game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but they're that broadcast team is they're very They're

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Speaker 2: very like that style I did too. Yeah, they treated

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Speaker 2: almost like a national game.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes they root for their but they they heavy root

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Speaker 1: for their team.

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Speaker 2: Of course they do.

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Speaker 1: But they also criticize, which most a lot of hometown

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Speaker 2: Which makes it such a better broadcast because they're actually

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Speaker 2: being real.

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Speaker 1: I agree, be real, be who you are, don't fake it.

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Speaker 2: Tell me what's going on, tell me the good the

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Speaker 2: bad on both sides. For me, that's a huge difference

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Speaker 2: the Braves have been playing really good ball with Alex Verdugo.

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Speaker 2: Not saying it's all him, but they've got a good

516
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Speaker 2: record since he was called up, and he had the

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Speaker 2: walkoff knock yesterday for the team. But the outfield is lurking.

518
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Speaker 2: It's gonna get a little stronger. Superstar Ronald Kunya junior

519
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Speaker 2: rehab assignment starts today and he posted on his instagram

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Speaker 2: is that Planet of the Apes or King Kong k

521
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Speaker 2: Kok King Kong Okay King Kong posted on the instagram

522
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Speaker 2: for the twenty twenty three National League MVP, He's going

523
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Speaker 2: to play a little Florida Complex Rookie League ball and

524
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Speaker 2: he's gonna play in the outfield right off the jump,

525
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Speaker 2: he's been playing.

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Speaker 1: He's getting a best I know that I've said that,

527
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Speaker 1: but by the way, can we just get him off

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Speaker 1: social media? Because last time even on social media to

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Speaker 1: an end before. But can I just ask you guys

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Speaker 1: a question. I know we're talking about ron Lakuny, but

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Speaker 1: does anybody have a privacy screen? Do you guys have

532
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Speaker 1: privacy screens on your I don't products, so I recently

533
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Speaker 1: got one on my iPad, I just because I don't

534
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Speaker 1: want when I fly so much, and I watch a

535
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Speaker 1: lot of movies and sometimes there's scenes that are inappropriate.

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Speaker 1: But how do you keep it clean? Sorry, way off

537
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Speaker 1: the rails here, but how do you keep it clean?

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Speaker 2: Because it gets so dirty it's like the screen itself does.

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00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you have to clean it all the time. Annoying.

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Speaker 2: Well, the funny thing is Kratz Ronald Acuna Junior actually

541
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Speaker 2: knows how to solve this. But AJ just said he

542
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Speaker 2: can't post on.

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Speaker 1: Sold But there you goes see I say he can't post.

544
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Speaker 1: I just said last time he posted didn't go so good.

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Speaker 2: True, true, I don't know. I don't know how to

546
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Speaker 2: answer that. I mean there's got to be if you hey,

547
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 2: you can google anything, there's got to be a way

548
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 2: where you know, there's some trick you watch it under

549
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Speaker 2: something and then the screen gets better.

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Speaker 1: I know, it's fine, it's fine.

551
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Speaker 3: Maybe watch appropriate movies.

552
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but even if there's movies where you're sitting next

553
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Speaker 1: to like a nice older lady and there's you know,

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Speaker 1: a couple of people start well, every show has some

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Speaker 1: sort of action action scene in it, you know, and

556
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Speaker 1: you're like, you know, the stewardess is walking by, and

557
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: there's like some naked people on your You're like, I

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Speaker 1: get that ten seconds. Ten seconds.

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Speaker 2: It is weird, right, That is always weird when you're

560
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Speaker 2: on a plane. I mean, and most of my flights

561
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Speaker 2: are are even if you're.

562
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Speaker 1: Watching it on like I fly Delta a lot, so

563
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Speaker 1: like you're watching Delta on the seatback, and the movies

564
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Speaker 1: still have it on there, and you know at the

565
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Speaker 1: beginning says if you're not matured and don't watch this movie,

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Speaker 1: and I'll just be like whatever proceed. But there are

567
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Speaker 1: times where and you're like uh, and everyone can see it.

568
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Speaker 1: It's like two people doing adult things.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of kids on flights to Orlando.

570
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Speaker 1: I know it's like a little bit awkward.

571
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Speaker 2: It is a little bit of sorry.

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Speaker 1: Let's go back to the cool cool that went on

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Speaker 1: Coon's back. King Kong better better play like King Kong.

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Speaker 2: I mean he does, he does sometimes in the sport

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Speaker 2: he does. We'll see. How do you think he's going

576
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 2: to come back from a second ACL surgery? Do you

577
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Speaker 2: think it's gonna take?

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Speaker 1: I think he should be better than the first because

579
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Speaker 1: has already done it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think they're also slow playing it most.

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Speaker 1: They've definitely slow played this one the last time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So I think he's going to be better. Is

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Speaker 2: he going to be twenty twenty three Ronald Acunya Junior Cratz?

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Speaker 2: That's a tall task.

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Speaker 3: No.

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Speaker 1: I would take the under, and I think Braves fans

587
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 1: have to appreciate that. Is he going to be better

588
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Speaker 1: than the other right fielders that they're running out there?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, So that's an upgrade.

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Speaker 1: Whatever you get from him to me is probably going

591
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Speaker 1: to be better than what you already had running out there.

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Speaker 1: It's just going to be a matter of making sure

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Speaker 1: he comes along slow, which is really tough to do

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Speaker 1: when you have a dude that just wants to go

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Speaker 1: out and play Ronald 'cunya. He goes and plays winter ball.

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00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 1: Why because he likes to play baseball. He likes to

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Speaker 1: be out there. He's a showman. He wants to be

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Speaker 1: out on the field. Like that's going to be the

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Speaker 1: Braves the Mike frost had there. No, Frosty's not their trainer.

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Speaker 1: George Pulis is gonna have to make sure he talks

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Speaker 1: to Snit and says, we gotta back them off a

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Speaker 1: little bit. We just played extra innings. We played eleven

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Speaker 1: innings last night. Let's not even pinch hit with him

604
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Speaker 1: in the seventh, Like give him the full day off,

605
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: which is hard to do. It's like having a race

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Speaker 1: car and not driving.

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00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 2: It fast, especially when you're going to likely be in

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Speaker 2: no wildcard race. Hey, Sprucey said, use the little micro

609
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Speaker 2: fiber cloth that they come with.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have one. I have one. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: have one. It's just weird.

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Speaker 2: You're sitting here going, yeah, you have to screen.

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Speaker 1: Watching your weird films, right, yeah, my weird films, Like,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I watch it, so I go through shows

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Speaker 1: like I just watched The Righteous Gemstones. There's nudity in

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Speaker 1: that show and it's part of a comedy. It's not

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Speaker 1: like it's an adult film. Yeah right, Or you watch

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Speaker 1: any show like I watched, uh, any show you watch nowadays,

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Speaker 1: because they're all on Netflix or HBO or Apple or Hulu,

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Speaker 1: they all have adult themes in them.

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Speaker 2: Even if it's a fortune right, well, come on, if.

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Speaker 1: It's what South Park, Wheel of Fortune has adult teams.

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Speaker 2: If there's a ten year old sitting next to me,

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Speaker 2: I don't want him watching Narcos when I'm watching that.

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00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 2: I mean they're chopping off body parts.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean there's a million things.

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Speaker 2: So anyway, Aliocratz, this is all you for two minutes.

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Speaker 2: Read the tweet and react.

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Speaker 1: John Clark and NBCs Bryce Harper shaved his head trying

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Speaker 1: to turn around his season, just like Nick Sirianne did

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Speaker 1: earlier in the Eagles eventual Super Bowl season.

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Speaker 3: But it didn't work.

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Speaker 1: Bryce Harper is batting two thirty two in the Phillies tonight,

634
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: were just one for seven of runners in the score position.

635
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Speaker 1: They only managed just two runs in the loss to

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Speaker 1: the second hottest team in baseball now the hottest team

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Speaker 1: in baseball, Cardinals. So you know what didn't work? But

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Speaker 1: you know what, you know what Nick Swisher's dad always said,

639
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Speaker 1: I'm forgetting Nick Swisher's dad's name, but he would say, Steve,

640
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Speaker 1: thank you. He would say, if you look good, you

641
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Speaker 1: play good. If you feel good, you play good, go

642
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Speaker 1: get a haircut. If you don't have a if you

643
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 1: don't have any hits, believe me, look at me. I

644
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: tried it, no hits. I tried it all. But the haircut.

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Speaker 1: Bryce can shave his head, and then two days later

646
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Speaker 1: he comes back in with a fauxhawk. The man grows

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Speaker 1: hair like like AJ grows dollar bills on his trees.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but anyway, the Phillies are fine. It's one of

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Speaker 2: for details. In the Weeds Catcher edition, Let's start with

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Speaker 2: Pirates Catcher Henry Davis in yesterday's game getting roasted by

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00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 2: Ron Darling for setting up behind the plate. It led

685
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 2: to damn, who was it a Kunya scoring the run?

686
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 2: Whatever doesn't well, we're about to see, okay, obviously led

687
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 2: to the Mets taking a lead, Pirates caught back up,

688
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 2: Mets walk it off, but anyway, it is a huge

689
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 2: run at the time of the game, and Ron's like,

690
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 2: are you kidding me? There are so many reasons why

691
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 2: setting up where you did are wrong, including obviously you're

692
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 2: letting him come in and you have to reach over. Also,

693
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 2: the ball getting to you quicker if you're in front.

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Speaker 2: And that's all I'm going to say. The rest is

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Speaker 2: you guys, You guys caught.

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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna let Rads go first on this one because

698
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: he played after he finished, after I was done, So

699
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna let Krads go first, and then I'll go

700
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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go back to two thousand and fourteen.

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Speaker 1: I think when they eliminated the collisions at the plate,

702
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: everybody thought it was just gonna be well, wait, we

703
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Speaker 1: got to do this.

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00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 3: We got to try this.

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00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 1: You got to put one knee down, you gotta do this,

706
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: you got to set up. I remember practicing that exact

707
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,959
Speaker 1: thing that they talked that he did right there in

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Speaker 1: practice for like six throws, and I was sitting there like,

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00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: what are we doing? What base do you ever teach?

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00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 1: When do you ever teach the third basement or the

711
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: second baseman who tagged people all the time, to stand

712
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: in foul territory if you're the pun intended, if you

713
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: are the third baseman, you would you would straddle the

714
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: bag and you would tag him, or you would get

715
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: to the front of the base to be able to

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Speaker 1: put the tag down right at the base.

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Speaker 3: Like the ball.

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Speaker 1: I get the idea that the ball is always going

719
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: to travel faster than you catching it and swipe tagging,

720
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Speaker 1: But the fact that you have to allow a path

721
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Speaker 1: does not mean you have to allow the entire path

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Speaker 1: of home plate. So after we did this in twenty fourteen,

723
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: we were like, just go back to doing what you

724
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: were doing. Just don't stand in front of home plate

725
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: until you have the ball. Then get in front of

726
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Speaker 1: home plate. Here's my thing. Thank you Buster Posey for

727
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: this rule. This is what they're taught.

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Speaker 3: That's it.

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00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: Ron Drawn can say whatever he wants about this and

730
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: that and blah blah blah, but this is what guys

731
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,720
Speaker 1: are taught. Like Kret said, they are taught to get

732
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 1: the heck out of the way, and that is the problem.

733
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Speaker 1: They are afraid of, just what Kret said, getting in

734
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: the way. And we practiced two in twenty fourteen. We

735
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 1: remember I was with the Red Sox and we had

736
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 1: an hour after hour on how to block the plate.

737
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: I'm like, can't we just block the plate like we

738
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: used to. I never got a hurricane blocking the plate,

739
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: Like I don't understand. It was fun, it was part

740
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: of the game and it all changed. But this is

741
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 1: what they're taught. This is how they're taught to do it.

742
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: They're taught to give the runner rate a runner lane.

743
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 1: And Tyler Flowers, who I played with it and is kind

744
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: of he was kind of the guy who started the

745
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: one knee in the whole way they catch now, but

746
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: he would go if the line was here, he would

747
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: always go behind the plate and try to catch the

748
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: ball and go forward. And I was like, dude, it

749
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: this makes it easier for the runner and the guy's sliding,

750
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: you're trying to catch the ball behind him. He's like, yeah,

751
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: but this is the way. I know I'm not blocking

752
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: the lane, but I'm like like this, if you move

753
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 1: to this side of the plate and then you have

754
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: to reach, like, it doesn't make it. Like if he

755
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: catches it and goes forward, he's probably gonna be out.

756
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: But he catches it and then he has to reach

757
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: because they're afraid of contact. This is what they're taught.

758
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: This is not a this isn't anything on Henry Davis.

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00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: This is how he's taught to catch.

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00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:31,399
Speaker 3: Now.

761
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: This is the way they teach it, right or wrong.

762
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 1: It's the way they teach it. And well, he did

763
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,479
Speaker 1: everything right except get the tag down quick enough.

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Speaker 3: I know this. I haven't heard back from Jordan yet.

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Speaker 1: Jordan Comma is what we called him, but Commandena is

766
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: the catching code from the Pirates. I haven't heard back

767
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 1: from him, but I reached out to somebody else and

768
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: they're not one hundred percent. I didn't see Jordan teaching this,

769
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 1: so I don't know if this was just a Henry

770
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: Davis thing another and that people need to understand. I

771
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: don't think this is this this situation, but sometimes you

772
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 1: get lost when you're at home plate. Sometimes the play

773
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 1: doesn't develop the way you think, and you know, your

774
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: footwork gets off and like you didn't have a chance

775
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 1: to look back down at home plate to make sure

776
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: you're at the right at the right place. So this

777
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: is something that guys practice to be in this situation

778
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: where he was at. It wasn't like he was moving

779
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: backwards for a long hop and then going to get it.

780
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 1: He was set up there and essentially cost him the game.

781
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: Not essentially it did.

782
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, huge moment in the game.

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00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I mean, I don't know, Listen, Comma or

784
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,359
Speaker 1: whatever can say that he doesn't teach that, but they

785
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,800
Speaker 1: teach not to. You have to get off a home plate.

786
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 1: You can't like what I would have just stood there

787
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: and I would have taken the throw and gotten hit

788
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: and tried to tag them right or you know, I

789
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: would have tried to catch it and have my momentum

790
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: going towards the runner. But they're just so every one's

791
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: so taught to avoid contact.

792
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 2: Now, I saw Darnaud get run over. I think it

793
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 2: was last night, and they had to remind on the broadcast. Hey,

794
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 2: you're actually still allowed to make contact. You just don't

795
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,800
Speaker 2: very often. I know it's crazy.

796
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: But everyone's taught from Little League up you can't touch

797
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: the catcher, you can't touch the second basement, so nobody

798
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: thinks about doing it.

799
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 2: A lot of changes in today's game.

800
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 1: Some people say for the better.

801
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, but in that case, I think you got to

802
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 2: set up somewhere else.

803
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's the problem is he's got to set up

804
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: in front of the plate.

805
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 2: If he because that throws perfect money.

806
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got to be in front of the plate.

807
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: I don't know why in the heck he was back there.

808
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 1: I guess he took Maybe he took a step back

809
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: for the hop. It's the only thing I can think of.

810
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 2: He's way too far. He's way too far Back's crazy.

811
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: That is crazy. If he didn't know he was that

812
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 1: far back, he wouldn't have reached out forward. He would

813
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: have just knee down and swiped like you normally would.

814
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,879
Speaker 1: But here's here's my thing about the collision at the plate.

815
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: When we had this. When I was on that twenty

816
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 1: person call, I didn't know all of who was on

817
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: that call about changing the rule or not changing the rule.

818
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: It was all big league catchers, and I was actually

819
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,840
Speaker 1: a big league catcher at the time, and I said,

820
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: my argument with this is, and this is kind of

821
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: where Henry Davis is at in his career. He has

822
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: an opportunity to help his team. He's not hitting the

823
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: ball real well. I got one hundred and fifty to

824
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: two hundred at bats in a big league season, so

825
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: that's not as many opportunities as a Buster Posey, Aj Prazinski,

826
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: Yadier Molina. Guess they get five hundred and fifty at

827
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: bats a season to help their team. Henry Davis had

828
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 1: a chance to essentially defensive wise hit a home run

829
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: right there and take a run off the board. And

830
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 1: my view of the play was, if I'm willing to

831
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 1: put myself at risk, I should be allowed to block

832
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: the plate and not take that away from me. So essentially,

833
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: you catered the game to superstars. But it's refreshing for

834
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: me to hear Aj, who was a superstar, say I

835
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,279
Speaker 1: still wanted that in the game. What call were you

836
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: talking about? I wasn't on a call that I wish

837
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: I would have been on a call because I would

838
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 1: have told Buster Posey the same thing. I told Jim

839
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: Barry when he was on here, this is for This

840
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 1: is not the game that we should be doing. This

841
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: is not the rules should be changing. If he doesn't,

842
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: if he doesn't get in himself, and if he doesn't

843
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 1: put himself in a bad position, then he doesn't get hurt.

844
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: He could put himself in a bad position. It's it's

845
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: it's simple. The first thing I was taught is when

846
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 1: I got to the big leagues. Tom Prince who had

847
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: been run over a million times, he was older guy.

848
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: He goes, first thing you do, get your feet out

849
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: of the ground. That's how you get hurt. And that's

850
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,320
Speaker 1: what I'm to buster posey. He was in a bad position.

851
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 1: Now did the cousins guy veer a little bit, but

852
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 1: that's what he was taught. He's like, his leg is

853
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: in the way. I'm gonna get him, and that's the

854
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: only way I can score. I knew, like I there

855
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,399
Speaker 1: were times where it was coming. I'm like, I'm gonna

856
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 1: get crushed right here, but I'm gonna go flying. I'm

857
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 1: gonna look crazy, but I'm gonna catch the ball. He's

858
00:39:58,080 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: gonna be out yep. And that was my whole thing.

859
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: Get my feet out of the ground and and go flying.

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00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 2: It's good combo, but it leads now to moments like this,

861
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 2: which costs the Pirates the game. Check out moyses by Asteros.

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Speaker 2: The dude can rake. He's a catcher. I don't know

863
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 2: how much catching he'll do because the Cubs have Amaya

864
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 2: and Carson Kelly, but they just called him up Ianhapp

865
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 2: to the shelf. They've had Saya Suzuki playing more in

866
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 2: the outfield because App's been hurt for what four or

867
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 2: five days now, and Justin Turner's not hitting. So you're

868
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 2: the Cubs. It's getting close. It's time to keep hitting

869
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 2: full throttle with the offense. And here's what JJ Cooper,

870
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Speaker 2: our Baseball America hotsheet host, had to say about moyses Man.

871
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Speaker 5: What a fun week to be a Cubs fan. We

872
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Speaker 5: saw Caid Horton make his big league debut this past weekend.

873
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 5: Now Moys's Ballasteros is coming up. This is the thing

874
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 5: that stands out about this Cubs club. They're not only

875
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 5: first in the NL Central right now, but they have

876
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 5: more big league ready or right on the cusp of

877
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 5: big league ready prospects than almost anyone. Ballisto's a key

878
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,399
Speaker 5: member of that. Dude just hits. He's hit everywhere he's

879
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 5: ever gone. There's really not a whole lot of questions

880
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 5: about whether this guy has a big league bat Ballistaros

881
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 5: has really above average hitting ability. The question has always been,

882
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 5: he's a bigger dude to be a catcher. Is the

883
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 5: defense big league ready looks like right now, that's not

884
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 5: really the concern. They want him to hit. They want

885
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 5: him to DH. Yes, he can't catch if they need

886
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 5: it to, but for now, just let Moys's Ballistaro's hit.

887
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 5: He was hitting three sixty eight in triple A. Dude

888
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 5: can hit. That's not gonna be a big problem for him.

889
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,399
Speaker 2: Just if you're the Cubs, make sure you don't say

890
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 2: throw your glove away. Apparently that's not good.

891
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 1: Catchers have been good, though, No I know, I know.

892
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 1: So that's why this is kind of a little bit

893
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: of a weird call of no, because they're just gonna DH. Yeah, no,

894
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,839
Speaker 1: I know that, but still their catchers have been really

895
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: Kurt Kelly and im I have been good.

896
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, he might not catch at all right now.

897
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: He's going Kyle SCHWARBERO.

898
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 2: This is saying Justin Turner's not hit we're putting you

899
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 2: at DH because we want to keep thriving offensively. Hot

900
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 2: Sheets the show with JJ Cooper on it, we cover prospects.

901
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 2: But yeah, this guy has question marks about he's catching ability.

902
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 2: Big spot for him, like, let's just plug him in

903
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,959
Speaker 2: and see if he can rake at the big league

904
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 2: level because he is paching minor league pitch. All right,

905
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 2: we're back. Let's saw Cardinals for a few minutes. I

906
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 2: want to make sure that we're giving attention to the

907
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 2: right places. This team won again yesterday. They took down

908
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,879
Speaker 2: a Philadelphia Phillies club by a run with some late

909
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 2: offense and now have won nine games in a row. Kratz,

910
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 2: what did you think of the performance there for the

911
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 2: Cards against the team you get to watch the most.

912
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: I mean, it's the same mo. I mean I should

913
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: have taken the first five with the with the Phillies again,

914
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: you know, taking Cardinals first five yesterday.

915
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:50,760
Speaker 3: It's a hot team.

916
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: It's a hot team is getting big swings in big spots,

917
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 1: and the Phillies have a tough time with the curveball.

918
00:42:58,600 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 1: They have a tough time with the curve ball, but

919
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 1: they also have a tough time facing starting pitching the

920
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: Phillies will be fine. The Cardinals have surprised me so much.

921
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 1: It is an old it's almost like old school baseball,

922
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: like don't strike out, don't swing at balls. It's like

923
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,440
Speaker 1: it'll never work. You got to hit homers. Well showed

924
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,879
Speaker 1: they had a nice little win last night.

925
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, Bob Knight and guest said, weren't this Cardinals team

926
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 2: we're with the Saint Louis Cardon's supposed to be rebuilding

927
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 2: this year.

928
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,839
Speaker 1: They never said that were building. They said they never

929
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: said they were rebuilding. They just said they were kind

930
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 1: of retooling. But they just didn't spend money. It wasn't

931
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: that they never said they were rebuilding. They just said

932
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: they're kind of reevaluating with High and Bloom taking over

933
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: for John mos Alog. But they never said rebuilding. They

934
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 1: just basically said, we're not going to go out and

935
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 1: spend a lot of money.

936
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Speaker 2: Rebuilding would be trading away Wilson, Contreras, Sonny Gray, go

937
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 2: down the line. Maybe even some guys that are not

938
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:56,839
Speaker 2: I mean, they tried to move Arnat of course.

939
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: They had guys to move me Michael. They could probably

940
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: get someone Fetti. There's some names they have. They could

941
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: probably they tried to they tried to move guys. That

942
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:11,240
Speaker 1: to me, that's a retool, reboot, rebuild whatever. They didn't

943
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:14,320
Speaker 1: get it, So to me, you can't say they weren't

944
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: trying to rebuild. But I guess all those decisions, those

945
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: guys aren't getting in the way of people that they

946
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 1: want to play. Look what Look what Herrera's doing. He's hitting,

947
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: he went onto al He's hit hit another dinger last night.

948
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 1: Like if they had Wilson Contreres behind a dish, he

949
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: wouldn't be he wouldn't be getting his opportunity. Pajes is

950
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 1: one of the one of the big leaders. So if

951
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,280
Speaker 1: two dudes behind the plate that are not being blocked

952
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: by Wilson Contreres, I don't know that Nolan Arnado's blocking

953
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: anybody other than you know, they're playing guys in different spots,

954
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,800
Speaker 1: either Nolan Gorman or Brennan Donovan, somebody.

955
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 3: He's blocking some spots.

956
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 1: But if you're getting at bats for guys, it's not

957
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: necessarily a rebuild where you just broke everything down. But

958
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: they they tried to do that in the off season.

959
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: They tried to trade Sonny Gray. He said no, they

960
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 1: tried to trade Nolan Aernato. He said not yet, and

961
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 1: they probably asked Wilson, but he said, nah, I'd rather

962
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:12,279
Speaker 1: play first.

963
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,800
Speaker 2: Can we finish with this? I'm gonna mention the Buster

964
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 2: only tweet just because it's another component of the team

965
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 2: that's really working for them right now. We talked about

966
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 2: a few components yesterday, starting pitching, giving length, defense, playing well,

967
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 2: bullpen nails lately their third and on base percentage in

968
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:33,359
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball. Brendan Donovan's having a banger year. He's

969
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,399
Speaker 2: on base so over thirty seven percent of the time.

970
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 2: Same with Lars new Bar. Victor Scott's getting on board,

971
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,319
Speaker 2: and he's annoying to deal with once he's on base

972
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 2: because he's fastest lightning. Nolan Aronado's on base obviously thirty

973
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:45,399
Speaker 2: five percent of the time.

974
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,319
Speaker 1: But I thought Brent Brown didn't know what he was doing.

975
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 2: He said that the Mariners, right, that's right.

976
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: The Mariner's about this time last year.

977
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:59,839
Speaker 2: New hitting coach who it is? Yep, new phone who

978
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 2: did So it's working. It's working.

979
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: It's all about personnel. It's all about finding the right

980
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,719
Speaker 1: hitting coach for your personnel. I'm serious. That's what it

981
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:08,480
Speaker 1: could boils down to.

982
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 2: That's why some teams have different approaches with hitting coaches, right,

983
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 2: two or three guys nowadays, because like you said, sometimes

984
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 2: one guy just totally doesn't vibe and it's like no offense.

985
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 2: But this is not for me. Yeah, good for the car.

986
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 2: It's fun story and that's why the and they stay

987
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 2: in it though we'll see, but they'll add if they're

988
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 2: in this spot at the deadline, and that's why the close.

989
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,879
Speaker 1: Like I said yesterday, Mozayalak doesn't want to go out

990
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 1: having a bad season. He would much much rather go

991
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 1: out having a good season.

992
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 2: He's loving this.

993
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 3: He's loving this.

994
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 1: He's like he's basically giving the middle finger to everybody

995
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: that said he sucked. He's like, oh, really, look at

996
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 1: how we're doing now. And if they maintain this because

997
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,320
Speaker 1: and he really can give some middle fingers.

998
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:52,279
Speaker 2: Cubs called up one of their top hitting prospects just now.

999
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,840
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Speaker 2: Night last night was probably Padre's Angels because of how

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Speaker 2: wild they got late and also.

1025
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: I would say Me's Pirates with Schemes on the Mountain

1026
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:19,439
Speaker 1: Pirates thing that.

1027
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 2: Entering the night. Then when you watch the games.

1028
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: It was still a great game. The Mets got to

1029
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 1: walk off.

1030
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 2: It was a great game. Okay, But before.

1031
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 1: We dig into whatever you're gonna say, I have a

1032
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:32,920
Speaker 1: question for crowds. We just showed in the commercials we

1033
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 1: have like these little clips of games that are run

1034
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: and if you saw that it was a throw home

1035
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 1: and Henry Davis kind of knocked it down. My question

1036
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 1: for crowds is if there was no play at the

1037
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: play crafts, would you catch the ball because dudes would

1038
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:46,360
Speaker 1: throw it like, I would just let it go and

1039
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:50,800
Speaker 1: I'd just be like, I'm my kidding, app ballou. I

1040
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,520
Speaker 1: would never like, I would never like, I would just

1041
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 1: let it go.

1042
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 4: I go.

1043
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,799
Speaker 1: When I knew, when I knew it was an automatic,

1044
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,320
Speaker 1: like we're not getting them. There were times who have

1045
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: pissed me off so much, I would just let it go.

1046
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:06,279
Speaker 1: I hope it caught somebody's ankle. I know they're gonna

1047
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: feel it because they're celebrating. I hope it caught somebody's ankle.

1048
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,360
Speaker 1: See uh huh. Like there are times where you're just

1049
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 1: pissed and you're just like especially if it was like

1050
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:17,400
Speaker 1: coming from right field and the team was coming out

1051
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:18,840
Speaker 1: of this dug out or the other doug You'd just

1052
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:22,400
Speaker 1: be like, just let it go, see what happens.

1053
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,360
Speaker 2: And you have to have self awareness if you're a player,

1054
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 2: make sure you don't get smoking of.

1055
00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 1: Most of them are paying attention, is still inactive pay attention. Okay,

1056
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,719
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying like I unless it was there

1057
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:35,239
Speaker 1: was a chance I would then I would try and

1058
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 1: catch it. Sure, but there were so many times I'd

1059
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: just be like, o E, let's see where it goes.

1060
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:41,320
Speaker 1: I didn't ball around.

1061
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,080
Speaker 2: Back there on a sack fly. Most of the time

1062
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,399
Speaker 2: it's deep enough, you're like, Okay, the outfielder's gonna throw,

1063
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 2: but it's stupid.

1064
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:47,479
Speaker 3: Yep.

1065
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, anyway, Robert Suarez had a five one e R,

1066
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 2: a fifteen saves. You walk to people, had four consecutive walks,

1067
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 2: gave up five runs andres will be fine. They had

1068
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,880
Speaker 2: a five to three lead in the ninth Angels. I

1069
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 2: feel I feel good for them. You know, they needed

1070
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 2: something like this. They won nine to five.

1071
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,359
Speaker 1: They need a day game on a getaway today. That's

1072
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:12,880
Speaker 1: what they need.

1073
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 2: They do, you know what, And they had good karma

1074
00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 2: because Logan o hoppies back down to two knee catching

1075
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Speaker 2: two foot catching right, no knee, no kneed, Yeah, no

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Speaker 2: one knee.

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Speaker 2: we bring them on in a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 3: Good ankle flexion.

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