WEBVTT - O's win four straight games, but Blaze Alexander fractures hand! 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:09.479 Well, it took ninety seven games those fans, But the 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:13.640 Oriols have their first four game winning streak of the season. 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.480 But typical of the place succeedment. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:22.120 With really bad news, the hit by pitch of Blaze 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:26.160 Alexander from Lucas Ersag in the seventh inning. The bench 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:30.160 is empty. Nothing really happened except they suffered a broken 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.520 left hand, a non displaced fracture of the left hand. 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.199 He's going to miss significant time. The Oriols have not 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:39.760 told us how much. We can only speculate. This could 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:42.960 be weeks, this could be a month or two. And Tim, 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:46.479 let's start with you, because you were, you know, remnant, 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:50.640 remembering that Jordan Westburg had a similar issue in twenty 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:51.280 twenty four. 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:56.360 Yeah, it happened the day after the trade deadline July 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:00.520 thirty first, twenty twenty four. He suffered a right hand racture. 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:04.920 Similar situation that Blaze Alexander got hit while batting and 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:08.679 he didn't end up returning until September twenty second. And 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.320 Jordan Westburg, we know how important he is to this 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:16.080 Orioles team, going back to that point. But Blaze Alexander, guys, 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:20.720 this is a pretty brutal blow considering the fact that 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:25.120 he is leading all of baseball still in batting average 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.480 since May first, but even more so, Brad, he's leading 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.640 all of baseball with batting average with runners in scoring 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:35.119 position since May first as well. This has been such 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.680 an integral part of this team, one of, if not 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:42.360 their biggest pleasant surprises of the year. And to lose 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:44.759 him for an extended period of time right as you're 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:48.400 building momentum, oh man, just a big, big blow. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:49.560 Yeah, it is. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:51.160 And they finally got over the hump of the three 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.000 game winning streak, finally got that fourth game in a row. 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.560 You know, you're going into the All Star Break excited, 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:58.960 ready to These guys probably want to be back to 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:00.800 it being Friday already as much as they want the 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:02.640 time off. When you're on a roll like this, you 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.720 want to keep going. And unfortunately it's just going to 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.200 be some upsetting news in the clubhouse. Guys are going 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.560 to be rushing out, going home, getting on their flights 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.160 and stuff like that. But it's a big blow. I 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.320 think he gives some of the best at bats in 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.520 this entire lineup, uses all the fields. 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.840 He's not gonna have the home runs of you know, Pete. 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.560 Alonzo Gunner and those guys, but he keeps the lineup 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.160 rolling after it. They've been kind of sliding him up. 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:25.639 Today he was hitting in the six spot behind Basio 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.240 and it's an integral part of this lineup that's gone. 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:29.880 It's a guy that puts the ball in play, and 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:31.960 like you said, with the runners and scoring position, he's 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.160 just been so good since the beginning of May. 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:35.600 This hurts. 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:38.280 So it's going to be the next guy up again. Unfortunately, 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:40.920 We've we've talked about this multiple times this year. In 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.920 this first half. It's these injuries are just killing this team. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:45.959 But it's they're hot right now. You just got to 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.160 hope somebody can step up and just kind of, you know, 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:49.960 keep the boat to float until he's able to come 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.960 back hopefully healthy. And I think for him it's upsetting 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.160 just because I think it's a career year for him 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.480 across the board offensively, and it's it's career at bats, 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.440 it's urbis, it's base it. I mean, it's across the board, 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.720 he's having his best year and now he's gonna be 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:07.239 looking at probably six weeks on the shelf. Like you said, 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:09.519 we're speculating on that, but it's it's a big blow, 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:12.080 and it's unfortunate going into the All Star break having 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:15.400 this kind of news hit them. 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.919 So do you guys think when he was hit by 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:22.400 the pitch his reaction was as much about feeling this 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:26.600 is something significant, But it seemed like he was upset 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:27.920 at the pitcher At the same time. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:29.399 He said something to Ersag. 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:32.360 Ersag said something back, and the mass and cameras were 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.440 kind of guys who were eating his lips, saying, I'm 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.360 just pitching, you know, In other words, I'm just so. 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.520 I was just trying to throw inside or whatever, and 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:39.160 of course. 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.840 It went high and high and in and and got 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.920 his left hand, not his throwing hand, but bad enough 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.640 because you can't play with a non displaced fracture in 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:52.360 either hand. And so initially his reaction, what do you. 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.800 Think, Yeah, I think it was just he was mad. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:56.640 I think I think he felt it right away. I 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:58.160 think it's just one of those things. 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:00.320 As a hitter, they don't want to get hit, period, 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.760 but when you get hit on your hand, you're pretty pissed. 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:03.320 You gotta throw. 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.000 I mean, I always had a hard time wondering how 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.920 guys miss so high and tight on guys, if you're 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.000 trying to throw a purpose pitch, throw it on the 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.800 plate or just up. You don't have to throw it 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.680 in off the plate towards a guy's face hand like 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.200 upper shoulder area. I always felt like, if you're trying 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.680 to go there for purpose, throw a little bit off 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:22.800 the plate, but not inside the chalk. And it's just 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.480 Hitters get frustrated when you when you do that, especially 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.360 when you get hit where he got hit. And I 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.960 thought when I saw it initially, Blaze's I mean, he's 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.320 an excited player, but his reaction told me that he 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.279 felt something immediately and he was just his initial reaction 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:39.680 was he was pissed and he got hit, and obviously 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.640 I think he felt something. I could just see as 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.200 the reaction went further along that he was really kind 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.000 of bathing his left hand and not using it to 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.000 pick up his helmet. Then when he got the first base, 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:50.719 it almost looked like there was a cut on his hand, 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:52.840 and I could just tell he wasn't in a good spot. 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:56.000 So I think it was just initial reaction of that hurt. 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.240 And I think I might actually be hurt from that pitch. 0:04:59.480 --> 0:04:59.960 Curid. 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:03.280 It's just the frustration of everything, guys, because at that point, 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.559 the O's had already blown this game open. The game 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.080 felt pretty secure. You're about to have your first four 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.559 game winning streak, you're heading into the All Star Game. 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.200 But then it's what Brad was just saying. This is 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:19.440 a career year for Blaze Alexander and and for the 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:23.560 first time in his big league career, he's an everyday player. 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.520 You know, he wasn't that with the Diamondbacks. 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:30.680 They Orioles acquired him, trading Kate Stroud among others. And 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:32.919 at the beginning of the year, you know, he was 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:36.160 seen as this utility guy. But he has really carved 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:39.200 out a role in this ball club and he's just 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:42.200 so much fun to watch. You know, a guy with 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.480 high energy, a little bit of a cockiness to him, 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.400 which you like as well, you know, you like on 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:53.400 your team. And it sucks, man, it really sucks. And 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.520 I'm sure he just felt a ton of emotion in 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:57.160 that moment. 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.360 Let's remind the viewers right now, very soon, we've got 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.520 a mail bag show coming, maybe sooner than you think, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:09.760 and we're looking for your questions here via the YouTube comments. 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.880 You can go to Birdland Territory on Twitter You can 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:16.720 write to our individual Twitter accounts, to Steve and Tim 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.680 on our individual Twitter accounts. For those that follow us, 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:21.640 a lot of ways to get to us. Send in 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.520 some questions. We're going to do retire show answering your 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:28.360 questions about the trade deadline, anything else you're thinking about 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.960 with the Orioles. Get them here, get them in quick, 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:35.279 and we'll have a mailbak show coming very soon. There 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:39.039 is a player on the Oriols forty man roster they 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:43.039 could call now, and he's got major league time. His 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:47.000 name is Christian and Carnacion Strand. He's playing the Major 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.360 leagues with the Reds. He is on the forty man. 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.719 He is, oh by the way, a third baseman who 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.880 also dabbles at first base, corner infield, and oh by 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.359 the way between two Triple A teams this year. His 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.320 ops is eight forty eight and he's hit nine teen 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:04.320 home runs. He has hit twenty one homers in four 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.919 hundred and sixty eight career Major league at bats for 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:10.800 the Reds. He's got some pop. I haven't seen him yet, 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.200 but he just keeps rolling along, playing well. I think 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.800 he's active and healthy as far as I know, and 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:18.800 I'm just speculating. We don't know anything about what move 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.080 they're gonna make. We do know this, Theos have time 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.120 with the break now. It could even be a trade. 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.080 I mean, they could make a deal between now and 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:27.240 Friday to add someone. 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:28.640 I think it's. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.160 Gonna be interesting just how they're going to fill this spread, 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.800 because I would be surprised at this point if they're 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.600 just gonna roll with Kobe Mayo. I think they feel 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.960 comfortable in his role at this point. Look, he mashes 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:45.440 left handed pitching, that is abundantly clear, but he struggles 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.200 against right handed pitching. So I think they need to 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.720 bring in someone just to scrape it together. Maybe you 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.480 can have a platoon situation out at third base, but 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.320 I think it's abundantly clear they need to make a 0:07:57.360 --> 0:07:59.520 move at this point. I don't think you can just 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:01.280 throw the US all on Kobe Mayo. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.600 Yeah, definitely. I like like Steve kind of art. 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:06.240 Maybe maybe it is a true who knows, Maybe it's 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.800 some kind of minor trade where somebody stuck in triple 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.040 A behind somebody and they just make a minor move 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:12.280 here before the deadline. 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:13.120 I don't really know. 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.280 But to me, the value of Blazer is that you 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:16.920 can move them all over the place, and I don't 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.040 know if the guys they have in the minor leagues 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.400 can do that, and that's where you lose value with 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.320 him going down. Also, if you need to get Gunner 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.280 off his feet for one game, Blaze was very able 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.200 to step in a shortstop as well. You can play 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.640 second base. We've seen it in the outfield. So it's 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.079 it's a it's a multiple kind of thing that you're 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.080 going to try to have to replace here. Yes, you 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:37.720 have the four days, but it's kind of looking at 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.520 your rosters and I just don't know if they have 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.400 that guy anywhere in their system right now. 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.960 So it's just an unfortunate situation. 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:47.319 But I'm sure, you know, they always have emergency plans 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:49.240 on their on their minds and everything, so I'm sure 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.320 they'll come up with an idea. But yeah, I agree 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:52.920 with to him with you, you got to find somebody 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:54.720 who can hit right hand and pitching at their base. 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:56.920 I don't know if Kobe Mayo is at that point 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:58.839 right now to play every day, but they're gonna have 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.280 to figure something out here fairly soon. 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.840 Let's tip our cap to Blaze. Alexander. What addition he 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:11.360 has been. Three twelve is padding average. We don't see 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.640 three hundred in the big leagues much anymore. Eight oh 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:17.160 seven is his ops. As you guys said, versatility is 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:22.280 there beyond that. He is energy in that clubhouse. I'm 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:24.880 telling you you feel his energy at four o'clock when 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.360 you're in there, and I know they darn well feel 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.360 it at seven. And when those guys get to where 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:34.240 they're going tonight, everybody's scattering for the break. They're gonna 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.600 sit down and they're all gonna say, damn, I cannot 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.480 believe we lost the energy on this team. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:42.720 That And I'm telling you and someone that can come 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:46.640 through in big time moments. Guys, his batting average with 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:50.680 runners and scoring positions since May first is four sixty two. 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.040 Those are video game numbers. You can't even do that 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:57.440 in MLB. The show like this is a big time 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.240 player for them, and like Brad said, this isn't just 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.199 a third basement. We've seen him play in the outfit. 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:05.760 We've seen him play every single position pretty much this season. 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.880 Besides him putting the catcher's equipment on seemingly it's just 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.600 he also just seems like such a great teammate as well, 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:17.840 and guys that you know really rally behind and like 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:18.480 play him with. 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.160 Yeah, he's he's a gamer without a doubt. You can 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.040 see that. I don't have to be in the clubhouse 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.079 to know. I watched on the TV and you can 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.120 just tell when he does something, they're all excited. Everybody 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.520 gets excited for when guys do well. There's guys that 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.840 everyone gets excited for, and he's one of those guys 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:35.480 on this team. It's very easy to see and it 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.719 comes across on the TV just watching it when we 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:38.400 watch the games. 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:42.160 Also, this is a guy that when reporters go up 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:44.000 to interview him and you walk away, he shakes, He 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.320 grabs your hand to shake it. He just as just 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:51.600 as a polite and available and engaging guy as has 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:53.760 maybe ever been in there. And that's a long list 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:57.520 of guys we could put there, and so my heart 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.440 breaks for him, But I think we're gonna see him 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.160 again and the team has to pick up the slack. 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.520 Who would have thought we'd be talking about like the 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.880 NBO that's what he feels like. It feels like the 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.880 most valuable player on this team, which if they had 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:11.920 to take that vote today, he'd be on a lot 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:12.920 of pallets. 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.760 Yeah, well just think of all the names. Guys like 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:20.360 Brandon Young would be way up that list as well. 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.400 And we were talking about this on the show on 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.640 the Fan last week, like when you think a Gunner 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:29.640 Henderson and how far behind he'd be, you know, like 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:33.200 a Brandon Young, a Blaze, Alexander As, Samuel Bissio and 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.800 and all these There's been so many great surprises on 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:40.840 this team, and I think that's what's so frustrating Leodi 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.200 Taveras today. I know he hadn't had an RBI in 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.920 a while, but three big RBIs how big was he 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.640 in the month of April? Jeremiah Jackson drove in a run? 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.280 How big was he in the month of April. They've 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:55.080 had so many of these cool stories, but Blaze being 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:56.160 at the top. 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.199 I want to touch on a lot of things in 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:03.080 this show Go Anywhere. If you're watching Why the Ools 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:03.920 won four in a row? 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:04.600 What went right? 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.880 We're gonna touch on that their offense came to life 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:11.240 in this series. The attendance was really good this weekend 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.240 for two teams with losing records, and I think we 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.880 should note that, and we will, And what are the 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:18.960 Ools need to do coming out of the break, big 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:20.680 road trip to Houston and Boston. 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:22.160 We're going to touch on that too. 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.200 A lot to do as we roll on today here 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:26.040 on Birdland Territory. 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.520 We are at the All Star break and are you 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.719 thinking of driving up to Philly for the Home Run 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.440 Derby or the All Star Game on Tuesday. Well, if 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.440 you are, make sure you buy your tickets to the 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.600 game on sea Geek. 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But what 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.200 was it like being at the futures game today? 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:22.600 It was awesome. 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.120 That was my first time I've ever gone to the 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.680 futures game. My dad he went to the futures game, 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:31.360 I believe back in twenty nineteen when DC hosted the 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.960 All Star Game. That was my first time at the 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:37.280 Phillies Ballpark. What an awesome ballpark. And then they got 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:42.120 this new little complex open up because obviously all. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:45.920 Three of their stadium's arenas are there. But there's this sort. 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:49.320 Of battery light with the Braves have going on with 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.400 all these outdoor bars and restaurants, and it was really neat. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.920 But the game itself really cool. Adam Jones was there. 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:59.120 He was a part of the American League coaching staff 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.360 and he got an standing oh as did Jurua and 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:06.240 Ike Irish when they got introduced. But it's really cool, 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:10.600 man Like. It's been an event that Orioles fans in 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:14.000 particular have kept an eye on over the years just 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:17.520 because gosh, their farm system was so loaded for so long, 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:19.560 and you'd see so many of these guys in this 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:20.440 Futures Game. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.720 But it was awesome to be there. It was definitely, 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:23.520 really really cool. 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:29.080 Here's my twenty second editorial and I'll move on. I 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.280 don't think Major League Baseball is doing right by its 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:34.280 young miller. The Futures Game needs a. 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.800 Standalone own night itself. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.960 This is the store building them the stars of the future, 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.000 so where they're playing while the Draft is going on 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:47.080 and MLB games. I had needed six TVs in here 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.480 today to try to follow and track everything going on, 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.760 updating my Twitter and my substack, the Twitter, the Futures game, 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:56.880 the Draft, and the Orioles. Other than that, quiet, why 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.400 can't we give these kids some more of a bigger form. 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:03.120 That's just my which went longer than that. 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.760 I know I'm gonna piggyback off that for a second, Steve, 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:08.480 because you're so right, and there were so many things 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.440 that MLB could do better, and this just seems like 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.480 a layup right the All Star week outside of the 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.600 home run derby and the game, of course, it's the 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.840 most dead week on the sports calendar all year long. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:25.080 There's no games, there's nothing on Wednesday and Thursday. Have 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.520 it during one of those days. Have the draft on 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.240 during one of those days. We had our buddy Jim 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.080 Kallis on a couple of weeks ago, and we loved 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.160 Jim and got it with such a fun episode. And 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.480 you haven't watched it, You one hundred percent should go 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.520 back and watch it. But when Jim was trying to explain, 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:43.120 all right, it's this channel for the first ten picks 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:44.600 and then it's this app for the. 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:46.560 Next It's what I think. 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:50.880 It's complicated, man, just having it one spot. 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:56.640 Yeah, it's crazy, you know sometimes less you know. 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.960 I'm watching the draft. They do ten rounds today with 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:02.320 the analyst Alison. Those guys are doing a great job. 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:03.240 Then you're gone. 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.480 They're not there for eleven through twenty, and they wait 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.080 an hour so they get your love. I don't know 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.600 who drew this up, but they might have been an 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.680 happy hour when they put it on an actor or something, 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.360 and they need dating to work on this. MLB could 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.400 be doing better by its too talent than what they're 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:22.639 doing right now. We digress back to Birdland, where the 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:24.159 Oils have won four in a row. 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:25.919 This is the rocky road they've been on. 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:27.879 They won three in a row, they lost three in 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:29.920 a row, they won four in a row. So they're 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.119 seven and three in July. They're giving some hope here. 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:35.720 I know Oriil fans are saying, you suck me back 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.600 in again. I'll be watching Friday Night now and they're 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.960 two outs in this wild card behind a couple teams. 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:45.840 I've asked this question a dozen times of you guys 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:50.760 will ask it again, Are they finally getting this thing going? 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.760 I honestly feel this might be the first time they 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.640 I feel like they actually might be gaining some momentimum 0:17:57.720 --> 0:17:59.960 might be able to carry. I say that because the 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.439 offense is doing what we kind of had thought and 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:04.840 hoped that they would do. They're hitting home runs, the 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:08.679 starting pitching has been consistent, and it just feels different. 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:12.119 This weekend felt different than the previous three game win streaks. 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.080 And I don't know what it was, And even Ben 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.119 McDonald today was talking about it on the broadcast. It 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.080 just the park felt different and the team's energy just 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:22.159 seemed different. I can't put my finger on exactly what 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.560 it was, but it just felt like a different weekend. 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:26.280 He said. Maybe the Royals had something to do with it. 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:28.440 The record was not as good, but still a win 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:30.000 is a win, and four wins in a row and 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.880 the major leagues is still good. And they finally got 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.280 off of that two team list that they were stuck on. 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:36.960 The only two teams left to not have a four 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.280 game win streak, So going into the also break, this 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:40.760 is really all you could ask for. They had four 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.080 games left to go, they won all four of them, 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:45.840 and they have some momentum going whether coming out of 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.840 the four day break is tough because everyone kind of resets, 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:51.960 so you're coming out facing everybody's a game from the beginning. 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:54.240