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Speaker 1: I'll come one and all to the Hammer Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Sean Coleman. Hope, wherever you are and

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Speaker 1: wherever you are listening, you are having a great week

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Speaker 1: so far. It's the middle of the week and we

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Speaker 1: are here joining you once again on Wednesday Night. Last night,

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun, the Braves getting their second win

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Speaker 1: of the season, a big win over their division rival

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Speaker 1: in the Phillies. But unfortunately, as has been the storyline

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Speaker 1: so far this season, we can't really enjoy the good

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Speaker 1: times that much because right around the corner inevitably will

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Speaker 1: be another really disappointing loss. This loss tonight, a four

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Speaker 1: to three loss to the Phillies in Atlanta. The Phillies

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Speaker 1: even en up the series. It's one of the more

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Speaker 1: disappoint any losses of the season, and we're going to

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Speaker 1: break it all down. And of course I'm joined by

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Speaker 1: my podcast partner Steven Tobert. Steven, I hope you will.

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Speaker 1: I can already sense it from you, man, I'm right

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Speaker 1: there with you. Just another really frustrating loss, especially with

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Speaker 1: how the script of this game went.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what's up? Man?

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Speaker 3: What a frustrating game? I mean, it took forever, it

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Speaker 3: was like a three hour and twenty minute game, which

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Speaker 3: we don't see very much anymore with the pitch clock.

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Speaker 3: And it was a low scoring game too, so it

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Speaker 3: just took forever. It seemed like every count of every

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Speaker 3: hitter was three to two. The Braves threw over two

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Speaker 3: hundred pitches in this game. But yeah, I mean, it's

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Speaker 3: just kind of the two things it's been, the offense

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Speaker 3: which you know, I know, the offense is the big problem,

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Speaker 3: obviously you know Dylan and rossill Ogleasiers both gave up

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Speaker 3: to start is the offense, right, I mean, just you know,

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Speaker 3: Taiwan Walker shuts him down for four innings. That's what

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Speaker 3: we talked about last night, was don't let this guy

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Speaker 3: They had the bases loaded twice. You know, one of

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Speaker 3: a couple of times after after Philadelphia scored, they came

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Speaker 3: two and homer, they came back and scored another run

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Speaker 3: to tie it up. But then I Glaciers gave up

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Speaker 3: just a frustrat I mean, just one more frustrating loss

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Speaker 1: And I think that the overall thing that stands out

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Speaker 1: this game was very similar to that game, to the

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Speaker 1: to the last game of the Dodgers series, the last

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Speaker 1: game of our West Coast road trip. These are two

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Speaker 1: we went up five to nothing in this game as well.

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Speaker 1: The Braves should have won both games and the reason

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Speaker 1: why the Braves did not win both games was because

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Speaker 1: the Braves best. The Braves put their best players in

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Speaker 1: But the other disappointing thing is this is that the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean and opening Day where they had a

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Speaker 3: But you know, Olsen and Ozuna have been solid. I

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Speaker 2: The Braves need their best players to be great.

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Speaker 3: Like there's no version of this team, or really any team.

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Speaker 3: And we saw it a lot last year, and we

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Speaker 2: It's about these.

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Speaker 3: Biggest moments in games where they can really affect the

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Speaker 3: so it's just frustrating. It's just a frustrating It's been

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Speaker 3: a frustrating couple of weeks to start the year.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and again, you know, it was the offense that

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Speaker 1: But what I will say is is that, you know,

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Speaker 1: a disappointing outing for Chris Sale. The offense build him

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Speaker 1: out well. Tonight, Grant Holmes did what you need for

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Speaker 1: the Phillies lineup put this team in a position to win.

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Speaker 1: The Braves had the ability multiple times to take the lead.

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Speaker 1: They just could not get the job done. But Grant

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Speaker 1: about it. Steven Ronaldo Lopels now on the shel for

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Speaker 1: at least half the season, probably more maybe the whole season.

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Speaker 1: Grant Holmes, obviously we felt that he could be a

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Speaker 1: think what stands out is this is that Grant Holmes.

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Speaker 1: The Braves are hoping that he's going to stick and

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Speaker 1: Aj Smith Shauber struggled a bit in his last start.

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Speaker 1: Grant Holmes has been kind of shaky, but over all

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he was solid, Like he wasn't great.

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Speaker 3: You know, the Phillies are really good, and they really

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Speaker 2: Like I said, this game took forever.

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Speaker 3: Every single count was a three to two count from

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Speaker 3: every hitter basically. But he pitched four shutout innings, and

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Speaker 3: of Shwarbur too. So like he did well, like the

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Speaker 3: You know, that's as much as you can ask for

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Speaker 3: for grant, I mean, like for a guy that we

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Speaker 3: this is what you This is as odd they gave.

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Speaker 3: He gave them every chance to win this game. And

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Speaker 3: that's all you can ask. That he is not supposed

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Speaker 3: This is one of the best teams in baseball. It's

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Speaker 2: So hats off to Grant Holmes. You know, he's done

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Speaker 2: So credit to Grant Holmes. You know, he's the stuff.

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Speaker 2: And that's what he did. The bullpen.

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Speaker 1: You know, Stephen, the thing that sticks out to me

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Speaker 1: You know, we talked about it several times. Is good

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Speaker 1: Ricell Iglesias has given up four runs this season. Now

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and listen, people get mad at you if you don't.

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Speaker 3: I think that's fair. I think Rossillo Glaciers will tell

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Speaker 3: So like it's a fair criticism it is, and yeah,

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Speaker 2: Like that's fair.

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Speaker 3: Swallenbach has been really good, Grant Holmes has been I

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Speaker 3: They need their top guys to be great, and across

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Speaker 1: And nine, absolutely, And another thing that stands out to

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Speaker 1: But Drake bald would not being used in this game

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So to set the stage, day La Cruz hit

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Speaker 1: What I don't like.

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Speaker 2: It is easier now to.

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Speaker 3: Steal bases than it's ever been. The rules have been

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Speaker 3: I mean we've seen it over and over again. J

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Speaker 3: just automatically give away an out by bunting. And obviously

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Speaker 3: Kellnick squared the bunt. He bunted it too hard. They

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Speaker 3: I get that he is, but again a lot of

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Speaker 3: that was before the rule changes. It's just hard to

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Speaker 3: throw guys out on base on the bases now. And

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Speaker 3: you had two opportunities in the eighth and the ninth

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Speaker 3: where you had fast guys on first and they just

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Speaker 3: stood there and in one case you you bunted and

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Speaker 3: the guy got thrown out a second and the other

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Speaker 3: case you got a single, but the guy was on

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Speaker 3: first instead of second, so he didn't score. So that

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Speaker 3: that would be my only criticism. Drake Baldwin pinch hitting.

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Speaker 3: You know, Philly always had a lefty up in the

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Speaker 3: bullpen to kind of protect against that, and they did

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Speaker 3: that last night too. Anytime there was a chance that

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Speaker 3: Arcia was gonna come up. They had a lefty in

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Speaker 3: the bullpen to kind of protect against the Braves using Baldwin.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, when you have your fast, when you pinch

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Speaker 3: run your fast guys, give them a chance, especially in

448
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Speaker 3: this stolen base climate, give them a chance to steal

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Speaker 3: the base before you just give away outs. I hate

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Speaker 3: giving away outs.

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Speaker 2: It's so annoying.

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Speaker 3: I know people love sacrifice bunning. I know that's like

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Speaker 3: a big old school thing, and I even understand it

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Speaker 3: with how much the Braves has struggled offensively. But give

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Speaker 3: your guy a chance to steal first. You know, if

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Speaker 3: he gets thrown out, then okay, you gave away an

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Speaker 3: out trying to get second. At least you still have

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Speaker 3: Keelnic at the plate against the righty. You make it

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Speaker 3: maybe pop a homer.

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Speaker 2: I just like that better.

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Speaker 3: So but yeah, like you said, snit's not in the

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Speaker 3: top ten of the reason that they lost. But that

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Speaker 3: part was a little frustrated.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, so many frustrating things that occurred tonight, so many

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Speaker 1: opportunities and steeven that to me. As we kind of

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Speaker 1: wrap up our analysis of this game, where are you

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Speaker 1: at on the fact that the Braves are consistently finding

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Speaker 1: themselves in the position to where they are creating these opportunities. Listen,

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of in the point to where I'm really

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Speaker 1: encouraged by the fact that we do well against quality

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Speaker 1: pitchers like we did last night against Zach Wheler, for instance,

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Speaker 1: And I'm yeah, I'm slightly encouraged by the fact that

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Speaker 1: we consistently keep creating this opportunities. But if you're waiting

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Speaker 1: for that damn to break, if you're waiting for that

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Speaker 1: moment where the Braves are just going to start game

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Speaker 1: after game after game cashing in those opportunities, I have

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Speaker 1: no faith that's eventually going to come. Because they were

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Speaker 1: decent at times last year, decent and good at times

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Speaker 1: last year at creating opportunities game in and game now,

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Speaker 1: but never consistently cashed them in. That's kind of the

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Speaker 1: feeling that I've had. I'm glad that we do well

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Speaker 1: against quality starting pitching. I'm glad overall, but we create

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Speaker 1: these opportunities. But we now again are going on a

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Speaker 1: year plus of so many times where we saw it.

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Speaker 1: Even in that Dodgers game, we had bases loaded nobody

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Speaker 1: else on Ozuna, Olsen and Riley come up, no runs.

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Speaker 1: Austin Riley coming up with two outs, faces loaded twice

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Speaker 1: in tonight's game, no runs. That's what stands out to me.

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Speaker 1: It's great that we're creating these opportunities, it's great that

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Speaker 1: we can do well against quality pitching, but the consistency

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Speaker 1: of cashing in these opportunities just is not there for

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Speaker 1: this team right now, and nothing over the past year

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Speaker 1: has given me faith that it's eventually going to be there.

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Speaker 3: No, it's fair and listen, they're not hitting homers, and

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Speaker 3: you can't do both. You can't not hit with runners

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Speaker 3: and scores of position and not hit homers. They're like

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Speaker 3: in the bottom third of the league in home runs

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Speaker 3: right now. Like that was the whole thing, was like, yeah,

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Speaker 3: they're not great situationally, but they're gonna pop a ton

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Speaker 3: of homers and it's not gonna matter. And that's what

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty three was. They weren't great situationally in twenty

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Speaker 3: twenty three either, by the way people remember, but they

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Speaker 3: hit so many damn homers it didn't matter.

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Speaker 2: They hit three hundred and seven homers.

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Speaker 3: Where right now they've got like eight, They've got eight

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Speaker 3: homers in the first eleven games or something like. You know,

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Speaker 3: they're on pace to hit less than one hundred and

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Speaker 3: fifty homers and like, this offense is not built for that.

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Speaker 3: This offense is there. Like I've said before, they don't

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Speaker 3: play a ton of small ball. They don't steal bases

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Speaker 3: like we saw tonight. Even when they've got fast guys on,

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Speaker 3: they don't steal bases. They're not great situationally. This team

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Speaker 3: is built to hit home runs. That's how it was designed.

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Speaker 3: That's how it was put together, for better or for worse.

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Speaker 3: I know, people hate that, people don't like it, people

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Speaker 3: disagree with it. It doesn't that's that's irrelevant. The point

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Speaker 3: is this is how the team was built to hit homers.

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Speaker 3: And if they're not hitting homers, they're in trouble. And

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Speaker 3: they're not hitting homers right now, and yeah, they you know,

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Speaker 3: it's good that they've given themselves so many opportunities.

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Speaker 2: The last two nights, they were like three for thirteen

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Speaker 2: with runners in on scoring position.

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Speaker 3: Last night they had twelve left on base t I

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Speaker 3: obviously Riley left the bases loaded twice. That's just kind

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Speaker 3: of who they are, unfortunately, but the whole design of

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Speaker 3: the team was that they were gonna hit so many

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Speaker 3: homers it is not gonna matter. Well, they just haven't

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Speaker 3: done that. And like tonight, you know, they had guys

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Speaker 3: on base all night and the one homer they hit

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Speaker 3: was a solo homer. And it's just a tough way

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Speaker 3: to exist. And I don't know what the I mean.

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Speaker 3: I the Braves fired their entire offensive coaching staff last

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Speaker 3: year because they couldn't figure it out. I guarantee you

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Speaker 3: Alex does not have a damn clue what's happening to

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Speaker 3: this offense. I guarantee you Brian Snicker doesn't have a clue.

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Speaker 3: I guarantee you some of the hitters don't have it.

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's like.

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Speaker 3: It really does feel like space jam, where like the

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Speaker 3: guys just got like zapped of their power. I know

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Speaker 3: I've made that joke before, but it legitimately feels that way,

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Speaker 3: especially when you watch Austin Riley. At times you're like,

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Speaker 3: what the hell happened to you? Like where did your

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Speaker 3: talent go? Like I don't mean to be like I

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Speaker 3: don't I don't want to be an asshole about it,

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Speaker 3: but like where did your talent? Like where is the

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Speaker 3: guy that I saw for two years be like an

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Speaker 3: MVP level hitter.

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Speaker 2: Where is that? And it's just frustrating. It's so frustrating.

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Speaker 2: It's the same guy.

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Speaker 3: It's basically the same lineup that was one of the

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Speaker 3: best we've ever seen in twenty twenty three, and it's

553
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Speaker 3: like night and day. So I don't know, and the

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Speaker 3: team doesn't know obviously, and the players don't know, and.

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Speaker 2: It is.

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Speaker 3: It is one of the most frustrating and head scratching

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Speaker 3: things I have ever witnessed on a baseball field. Watching

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Speaker 3: what's happened to this offense from twenty twenty three to

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty four to now is as frustrating a thing

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Speaker 3: as I have ever watched on a baseball field.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if where we're going to be able

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Speaker 1: to recreate you know what Dansby Swanson in the outfield

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Speaker 1: with that sage but with your space jam reference. If

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Speaker 1: Michael Harris the Second needs to go find an empty

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Speaker 1: water bottle, slap on their Michael Harris the Second secret stuff,

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Speaker 1: put some water in it and pass it around the

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Speaker 1: locker room to get us going. Let's do it, Let's

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Speaker 1: do something. Let's get going, to get this done. Because

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Speaker 1: here's the scenario that we found ourselves in. Grant Holmes

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Speaker 1: did his job. You exhausted the bullpen. You used all

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Speaker 1: your best arms in the game tonight. Unfortunately they did

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Speaker 1: Johnson gave up a run tonight. What you did also

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Speaker 1: now is you put all your marbles in Spencer Swellenbach

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Speaker 1: the rubber game of this matchup. Listen, the Braves overall

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Speaker 1: have performed well in this series. They put themselves in

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Speaker 1: a position and win on Tuesday, got the job done,

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Speaker 1: put them they needed to. They had the opportunity multiple

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Speaker 1: job done. Well, now you've got your ace. Yes, I

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Speaker 1: said it right now in the current time that we

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Speaker 1: swelling Box. So you have him on the mound again.

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Speaker 1: You exhausted, You're both in on Wednesday night. You need

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Speaker 1: Spencer Swellingbock to go his usual six to seven innings

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Speaker 1: of dominant, very good performances. The issue is. The issue

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Speaker 1: is the Phillies are countering with Jesus Azarda, one of

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Speaker 1: their big acquisitions of the off season, and he's been

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Speaker 1: outstanding him one point five oer through two starts. This

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Speaker 1: is two of the bigger surprises that we've seen so

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Speaker 1: far in the National League facing off against each other.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call it a must win for the Braves,

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Speaker 1: Steven Tobert, it's a must win for the Braves with

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Speaker 1: Spincer swelling back on the mound. And if you can

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Speaker 1: get the win, get the series taken care of against

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Speaker 1: the Phillies back by Swinter Swellenbach, that'll be a great narrative.

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Speaker 1: If you don't, it's a bit more frustrating than it

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Speaker 1: is right now.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's probably not a must win, but if

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Speaker 3: you lose this game, you're two and ten and the

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Speaker 3: Phillies are like seven or eight games ahead of you,

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Speaker 3: and you can't win a division in April, but you

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Speaker 3: can lose a division in April. And you know, if

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Speaker 3: Alex thinks they cut his budget before, if this park

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Speaker 3: is empty for the summer because the Braves never got

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Speaker 3: out of the gates and ended the season before it

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Speaker 3: even started, and that place is half empty all summer,

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Speaker 3: then you know he's in for a rude awakening next

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Speaker 3: off season when they cut his budget again. So we're

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Speaker 3: approaching rapidly like mission critical here, which is wild to

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Speaker 3: say in April of a baseball season. But when you

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Speaker 3: start this poorly like you are, you have removed most

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Speaker 3: of your margin of error. To be honest, like you

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Speaker 3: can probably shred water at five hundred for a little bit,

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Speaker 3: but you can't afford to fall much further back. And

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Speaker 3: if you lose again tomorrow, you know you've you.

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Speaker 2: Haven't won any of your first four series. You're two

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Speaker 2: to ten. It's a big deal. So yeah, I mean

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Speaker 2: it all. It'll you know.

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Speaker 3: I guess we want to try to end the show

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Speaker 3: with some positivity, so we'll say this. Spencer Swallenback is

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Speaker 3: the best probably the best player on the team so

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Speaker 3: far this season, you know, out of anybody. And he's

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Speaker 3: pitching tomorrow and you're at home. It's a night game,

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Speaker 3: which is weird because both teams are on the road Friday.

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Speaker 3: I don't know. Most of the time, the getaway day

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Speaker 3: on Thursday is a day game because both teams have

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Speaker 3: to get on a plane. But I guess because the

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Speaker 3: games are close enough it doesn't matter. But yeah, it's

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Speaker 3: a night game tomorrow. I trust Spencer Swalloback to do

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Speaker 3: his job. I do not trust anybody else to do

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Speaker 3: their job, and that's just kind of how I'm existing

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Speaker 3: right now. I think the bullpen can be good, I

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Speaker 3: don't really trust them at the moment.

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Speaker 2: I think the offense can be good.

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Speaker 3: I certainly don't trust them, and so like, you know,

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Speaker 3: I hope you got eight shutout innings in you, Spencer,

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Speaker 3: so you can kind of remove the offense and the

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Speaker 2: And you know, I don't know, I'm very frustrated, but

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Speaker 2: Spencer Swallobuck is pitching tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: You can win the series tomorrow. So we're gonna end

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Speaker 3: with that positivity. If the Braves win tomorrow, they win

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Speaker 3: their first series of the year, they take two out

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Speaker 3: of three from Philadelphia, and then maybe you can get

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Speaker 3: some momentum. Right, It's a big you know, they call

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Speaker 3: it the rubber game. Anytime it's a three game, you know,

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Speaker 3: the first two go, the first two split one one.

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Speaker 3: They call it the rubber game because it can go

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Speaker 3: either way. This is a big, big rubber game for

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Speaker 3: the Braves, as big an April game as you're gonna see,

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Speaker 3: because like there's a lot of momentum tied to this game.

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Speaker 3: And you know, you can go on the road against

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Speaker 3: Tampa and I think Toronto and and maybe make some hay,

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Speaker 3: but you lose this game, it's a whole different feeling.

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Speaker 3: So Spencer Swallenbach We're putting all of our hope, trust,

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Speaker 3: all of our mental health in you tomorrow. I you know,

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Speaker 3: I need like seven shutout innings. That's that's a crazy

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Speaker 3: thing to expect for somebody who gets the lineup as

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Speaker 3: good as Philadelphia. But I mean that's kind of how

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Speaker 3: they have to win right now. They have to throw

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Speaker 3: basically a shutout or score ten runs and and you

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Speaker 3: know what are the odds of that?

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Speaker 2: So here's the.

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Speaker 3: Spencer Swallenbach throwing a gym tomorrow and maybe the Braves

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Speaker 3: can win their first series of the year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And the thing that I'll see also is it's

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Speaker 1: a very interesting matchup against hayesus will across seven outings

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Speaker 1: against the Braves in this career, he's thrown thirty five

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Speaker 1: innings forty seven strikeouts to eighteen walks. But what's most

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Speaker 1: interesting about it is that there's been a bit of

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Speaker 1: a pattern in his outings. In his first ever career started,

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Speaker 1: he gave up four runs, then he gave up one,

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Speaker 1: then he gave up four, then he gave up zero,

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Speaker 1: then he gave up four, then he gave up zero,

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Speaker 1: then he gave up five. In his most recent start

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Speaker 1: against the Braves from the Marlins last April, so he's

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Speaker 1: due to actually have a very good start against the Braves.

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Speaker 1: The other thing, though, that stands out is is Howard

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Speaker 1: Brave's gonna fair against left handed pitching. They've only faced

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Speaker 1: one left handed pitcher so far this year. His name

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Speaker 1: happened to be Blakesnew and they happened to have pretty

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Speaker 1: good success versus him before he unfortunately went on the il.

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Speaker 1: But overall this year, seventy one at bats coming tonight

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Speaker 1: against left handed pitching a five forty three ops for

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Speaker 1: the Braves so far. That's very uncharacteristic, So some mixing

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Speaker 1: and matching of positive vibes versus negative vibes. The big

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Speaker 1: key for me, Steven is this, the Braves need to

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Speaker 1: get back to working the camp. They've done that pretty

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Speaker 1: well so far this year. They need to get back

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Speaker 1: to working the count. I don't necessarily know if I

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Speaker 1: would sell out and go platoon heavy against Lozardo like

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Speaker 1: Sniker did against Snail in that game in LA, But

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Speaker 1: what I would say is this, the Braves need to

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Speaker 1: figure out they need one of their stars to come

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Speaker 1: up big tamorrow. Either Riley or Ozuna have one of them,

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Speaker 1: get in big early home run. That to me is

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Speaker 1: going to be the best way to get this done.

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Speaker 1: If you want to back swelling back to give him

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Speaker 1: the best chance to win, get runs early and then

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Speaker 1: see where your opportunities lie after that. But come cashing

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Speaker 1: some of those opportunities early. That's going to be the

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Speaker 1: best best path to success against the picture you've seen

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Speaker 1: plenty of times in Lozardo.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and pop pop some homers. I mean, do what

742
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 3: you were built to do, pop some homers. It's a

743
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 3: guy you've seen a million times because he used to

744
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 3: pitch for Miami. There's no secrets with Jesus Lizardo, the

745
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 3: Braves knowing very well, go hit some damn homers, like,

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Speaker 3: you know, maybe get a hit with the runner in

747
00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 3: s corn position. You know, let's get crazy, let's get nuts.

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Speaker 3: Maybe pick up a big hit every once in a while. Like,

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Speaker 3: just get a win. Honestly, I don't even if it's

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Speaker 3: one nothing, Just go get a win, and let's try

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Speaker 3: to let's try to put this miserable April behind us.

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Speaker 1: Yeah again. In thirty five career eatings, thirty five hits allowed,

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Speaker 1: eighteen walks aloud. So listen, you know, one and a

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Speaker 1: half walks plus hits. I believe a whip around one

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Speaker 1: point five opportunities are likely going to be there tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Cash him in early. Trust Spencer Swollenbock's can get the

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Speaker 1: job done and let's get this series win going into

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Speaker 1: a bit easier part of the schedule. Stephen, anything else

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Speaker 1: from you as we wrap up this edition of the

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Speaker 1: Hammer Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 2: No, I.

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Speaker 3: You know, Brad and Scott are going to take the

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Speaker 3: shows for the rest of the week, So I don't think.

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Speaker 3: I don't think Brad's got the opportunity to do a

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Speaker 3: podcast after a win yet. So like, my god, go

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Speaker 3: win one for Brad Rowland.

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Speaker 2: Like, let's win a game for Brad Rowland.

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Speaker 3: He hasn't even had a chance to do a podcast

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Speaker 3: up for a win yet. You know, let's just let's

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Speaker 3: remember how to be one of the best teams in

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Speaker 3: baseball if we could, if we could possibly do that,

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Speaker 3: let's just remember that you're Austin Riley, that you're marcel

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Speaker 3: A Zuna, that you're you know, let's just remember how

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Speaker 3: to be one of the best teams of baseball again,

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Speaker 3: and let's forget this ever happened.

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Speaker 2: If we could do that. That would be fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Hashtag bring it home for Brad. I think that must

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Speaker 1: be the hashtag of the day in terms of Brad Rowland,

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Speaker 1: bring it home for Brad. Hashtag bring it home for Brad.

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Speaker 1: all the great content I will. I'll say this, I

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Speaker 1: am confident, Stephen, the next time that we talk, the

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Speaker 1: Braves will have won the game and we will be

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Speaker 1: able to have a much better podcast again. Hashtag bringing

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Speaker 1: home for Brad sending that to the side to just

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Speaker 1: win a damn game. Until next time, go Braves. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you again soon. Here on the Hammertury