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Speaker 1: File Territory on a Thursday with Davin Polar are joining

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Speaker 1: the party today AJ in a remote location, traveling the

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Speaker 1: globe the next couple of weeks, or really just the US,

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Speaker 1: but AJ right off the top here, I think we

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Speaker 1: should do like a light congrats to KP. We have

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Speaker 1: like a press release coming out today. He'll be a

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Speaker 1: little more frequent part of this Foul Territory network. So

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Speaker 1: you know, he went spring training, right, non roster invite

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Speaker 1: te and now he is like in the thick of

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Speaker 1: it and he can fully be Superman now, KP.

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Speaker 2: Hey, what a perfect analogy that the non roster invite.

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Speaker 2: That's something I've got real comfortable with.

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Speaker 3: So maybe maybe that prepared me a lot for this opportunity.

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Speaker 2: So I am really grateful to love what you guys do,

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Speaker 2: Like I had mentioned, big fan of the show and.

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Speaker 3: So happy to be a part of it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys.

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Speaker 4: Hey, there's no more you guys. There's no more you guys.

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Speaker 3: It feels good to say we right you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Like hey, AJ loves when someone says we and

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Speaker 1: they're talking about a team that they root for, or

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Speaker 1: sometimes you can cover whatever it is, but you can

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Speaker 1: say we right A Jr. Anthrosier.

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Speaker 4: He can't know because he's part of the team. It's

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Speaker 4: like when Scott says when we used to play, It's like,

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Speaker 4: wait a second, s guy, we can just on TV.

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Speaker 1: I think I ever said when we used to play.

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Speaker 1: I don't think those words have come out of my mouth.

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Speaker 3: Mmm. We'll keep I'll keep you keep more.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you let me know if I ever talk about

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Speaker 1: my Little League swing, it won't happen. But before we

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Speaker 1: get to the top news story of the day, we

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Speaker 1: have one other announcement that we'd like to you know what,

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Speaker 1: I knew it. I'm like, why do I sound weird?

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Speaker 4: You don't have a mic on you, idiot. I'm not

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Speaker 4: there to help.

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Speaker 1: You, Malcolm, you didn't call me out.

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Speaker 4: Well, well, because it's more fun just to watch you struggle.

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Speaker 1: That's rude. Bad teammates.

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Speaker 4: We struggle together on your teammate.

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Speaker 1: Under the bus. Anyway, AJ, you and I unfortunately or fortunately,

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Speaker 1: person all next week. But we will do that in

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Speaker 1: Alabama at the Pro. We've been to the Pro before,

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Speaker 1: towards the beginning of this year, back in January. We're

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Speaker 1: going to do it again the pro Rivals Open. The

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Speaker 1: next stop is in Alabama for about eighty former pro

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Speaker 1: athletes competing for supremacy in the golf world. So we'll

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Speaker 1: be in Point Clear, Alabama. The show's live Monday to Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Then Friday we're back to normal, but same show, going

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Speaker 1: over all the news within baseball. We'll just also have

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Speaker 1: some special guests. Attendees include John Smoltzo's the commissioner. He'll

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Speaker 1: definitely join us, and then we will do our best

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Speaker 1: seeing on the screen as possible, and many many more

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Speaker 1: so Chipper Jones, Greg Maddox, Josh Donaldson, Brian McCann, Aaron Hicks,

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Speaker 1: the pro Rivals Open. We're excited about it gives us

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Speaker 1: obviously follow along the show, but also they have their

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Speaker 1: own content and social media channels, and I encourage you

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Speaker 1: to give them a follow, a subscribe wherever, YouTube, podcast,

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Speaker 1: social media, etc. Because it will be AJ's dream come true.

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Speaker 1: Next week he does FT and he will also have

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk about some other sports like football

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Speaker 1: and basketball before and after our show, and those interviews

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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, it's my time to Sean because Scott kp

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Speaker 4: doesn't know anything about anything said baseball, So I can

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Speaker 4: talk to these guests and he'll look at me and go, wait,

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Speaker 4: let's basketball. You dribble in basketball. Wait, football, you drop

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Speaker 4: back and you throw the ball. You just don't kick

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Speaker 4: it around. So, yeah, this is my time to Sean.

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Speaker 4: You know what you know on that list you just showed.

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Speaker 4: I want to talk to Vince Coleman. Remember the time

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was like it rolled out, Oh there Mark

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Speaker 4: Royals won that year, eighty five, the Royals won, they

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Speaker 4: beat him, remember the Don Dankger call. But they rolled

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Sorry, Game four of the eighty five LCS.

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Speaker 2: Sorry that to your point, though, I would love to

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Speaker 1: I heard you were good at football in high school?

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Speaker 1: Is this true?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I mean I was pretty good. I was pretty good.

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Speaker 2: I never got really talked about I mean, I was

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Speaker 2: But you know, I wasn't I wasn't that big in

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Speaker 3: I was. I was good in the slot.

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Speaker 2: more like a Hunter Renfro shifty could always get open.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I love playing football. You know, football taught

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Speaker 2: And you know, I always tell people, you know, the

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Speaker 2: to tell kids play all the sports and you'll find

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Speaker 1: That's cool. Yeah, well you made a good choice. You

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Speaker 3: Baby, my buddy, you got a horse.

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Speaker 4: It's uh yeah, you see him. Yeah, it's a secretariat.

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Speaker 4: That's Secretariat right here. That's my winning horse. Watch out,

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Speaker 4: Jason Wood.

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Speaker 5: I'm coming for you.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Jay, I know who both Wes Welker

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Speaker 1: and Cooper Cup are, so I actually do have you know,

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Speaker 1: you do very light, very light skill. You know. I

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Speaker 1: used to actually call college basketball for ESPN, like I

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Speaker 4: To you on our pod. What scot you were on

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Speaker 4: the O Show. You were calling like dodgeball and tittly

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Speaker 4: on ESPN The Oat Show.

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Speaker 1: I did do a report from a dumpling eating contest

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Speaker 1: They're like dumpling eating. I'm like games, So yeah.

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Speaker 3: You come a long way. You come a long way.

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Speaker 5: FT fans, Do you want to have confidence when you

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Speaker 4: Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: all right, AJ, what's the deal with Kyle Tucker. We

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Speaker 1: because he produced in June after an injury that is

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Speaker 1: in his right hand. Craig Council confirmed it, and I

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Speaker 1: I'm not one hundred percent on this, but but KPI.

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Speaker 4: seen him be very quiet. He's always polite. He says, hello,

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Speaker 4: that's about it. He didn't really dig deep into conversations. So,

436
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Speaker 4: I mean, listen, Murph, murphin counts. They have an interesting relationship.

437
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Speaker 4: Murf probably said it didn't mean to stir it up,

438
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Speaker 4: and now we have this.

439
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Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe he did.

440
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Speaker 3: Maybe he did. Maybe he did stir it up.

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Speaker 4: You know, I like to give people the benefit of

442
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Speaker 4: the doubt, but on this one, Murph knew what he

443
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Speaker 4: was doing.

444
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Speaker 3: Maybe there's a little gamesmanship there. There's a little games there.

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Speaker 1: You know, Murph's good at that. That's right, Kyle Tucker

446
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Speaker 1: apparently is a first class like Meme sender or something

447
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Speaker 1: like that. I think on tm USA they said it

448
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Speaker 1: was like the best texter with jokes. But yes, when

449
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Speaker 1: you talked to him in person, he's very low key.

450
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Speaker 1: I think that's what helps him, you know, deliver in

451
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Speaker 1: the clutch moments too. Just his style. You don't want

452
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Speaker 1: him to just suddenly be screaming. It's not him. Real quick,

453
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Speaker 1: we just found out this news. The ras are calling

454
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Speaker 1: up shortstop Carson Williams. He's one of the top prospects

455
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Speaker 1: in the sport, super athlete, elite defender, big power potential,

456
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Speaker 1: so uh, this could be big for Tampa Bay in

457
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Speaker 1: the future.

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Speaker 3: Happened?

459
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Speaker 4: What day? Just happened?

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Speaker 1: By the way, no rookie eligibility this year.

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Speaker 4: Who again, this is the new September call up. This

462
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Speaker 4: is the new September call We just crushed it.

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Speaker 1: Yep. You know about that KP.

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Speaker 3: No. I mean, I know the rule.

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Speaker 2: I wasn't one of those players that you know, they

466
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Speaker 2: were kind of worried about service time manipulation with. But

467
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Speaker 2: and I'm not really familiar with him, but everything I

468
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Speaker 2: do know about the rais is he's probably pretty good, actually,

469
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Speaker 2: really good because they have an unbelievable way of finding talent, drafting, developing, internationally, trading.

470
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Speaker 2: So I don't doubt that this kid they're bringing up

471
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Speaker 2: is is talented. And you know, in the most raised

472
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Speaker 2: way possible, they're going to save some eligibility.

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Speaker 1: By the way, since you know we're on right now

474
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Speaker 1: the thick of the day, I can also mention this one.

475
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Speaker 1: Jesse Rogers just tweeted about the Cubs brewis game going

476
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Speaker 1: on right now. Kyle Tucker got a nice ovation from

477
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Speaker 1: the crowd and his return to the lineup, and then

478
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Speaker 1: he worked in two count into a walk. Helps to

479
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Speaker 1: cheer your superstar on, doesn't It doesn't hurt.

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Speaker 4: And the timing, Remember the timings, God, the timing. Remember

481
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Speaker 4: of the timing. All of a sudden, they're like, oh,

482
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Speaker 4: he was playing hurt. We respect that. We just thought

483
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Speaker 4: he was bad. See it's weird how that works.

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Speaker 3: The timing. Yeah, to forget.

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Speaker 2: People are so quick to forget. What have you done

486
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Speaker 2: for me lately? What have you done for me lately?

487
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Speaker 2: That's all they care about.

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Speaker 1: My problem KP. Earlier in the week when we brought

489
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Speaker 1: it up, was also the fact that and I get it,

490
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Speaker 1: you want a player to run out of ground ball, whatever.

491
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Speaker 1: But every Cubs fan you talk to wants him back

492
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Speaker 1: next year. Everyone and their main concern is are we

493
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Speaker 1: going to be cheap oh's and not pay enough for

494
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Speaker 1: him versus the competition even though we should. Well, I

495
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Speaker 1: know something that will help the cause. Don't boo him.

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Speaker 1: Don't boo him. It's very simple.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm not like a scientist a math major,

498
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Speaker 2: but that seems makes a lot of common sense. You know,

499
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Speaker 2: when you're a free agent of the caliber of a

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Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker. You know, it never happened to me in

501
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Speaker 2: my world, but when you were actually a free agent

502
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Speaker 2: of that caliber, you actually get to choose where you

503
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Speaker 2: want to play, fan base city, the way they take

504
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Speaker 2: care of your family, all those things factor. And obviously

505
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Speaker 2: dollars and cents is probably the number one thing for

506
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Speaker 2: most people, but all those other little things factor. If

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Speaker 2: I'm a Kyle Tucker and I'm playing the worst stretch

508
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Speaker 2: of baseball in my career and I'm still getting applauded,

509
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Speaker 2: supported loved on by a fan base, why would I

510
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Speaker 2: ever want to leave? And when he's struggling, you're booing him.

511
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Speaker 2: It makes you think makes you think, you know, it'd

512
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Speaker 2: be interesting, but good for them for doing it, and

513
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Speaker 2: obviously the Trey Turner thing a couple of years ago

514
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Speaker 2: kind of you know changed, you know, everyone's sort of

515
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Speaker 2: perspective on Hey, if we actually encourage a guy when

516
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Speaker 2: he's sucking, maybe he'll play better. And you know, good

517
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Speaker 2: for Tray Turner for having players backs around the league.

518
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Speaker 3: Of you know, starting to play better.

519
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Speaker 2: So hopefully that's the start of something big for Kyle

520
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Speaker 2: Tucker because the Cubs need him.

521
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Speaker 3: Kyle Tucker needs.

522
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Speaker 2: This for his free agency, but ultimately he's gonna be fine.

523
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Speaker 1: Yeah, the clubs have actually been pitching really well. They

524
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Speaker 1: have one of the top bras. In the second half

525
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Speaker 1: of the season, the offense fell off a bit, but

526
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Speaker 1: this is a big week for them, better than box scrows.

527
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Speaker 1: Let's hit a game or two from the past twenty

528
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Speaker 1: four hours. KP. What do you have on the San

529
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Speaker 1: Diego Padres. First off, you played for.

530
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Speaker 3: The Giants, right, I played for the Giants.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, they they're going through it this year and

532
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Speaker 1: we had an killing on yesterday. Saying you know, she's

533
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Speaker 1: watching every inning like this is a lifeless looking situation.

534
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Speaker 1: Most of the team is in. It's not an injury issue.

535
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 1: It's just I don't even know if it's under performance.

536
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: They're just not good enough whatever it is, right, So

537
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Speaker 1: the Padres beat him up yesterday. They've got the same format.

538
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Speaker 1: Going starters have rebounded since the weekend series against the Dodgers.

539
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Speaker 1: JP Sears actually pitched really well for them, which could

540
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Speaker 1: be a sneaky pickup. And then while you're talking about them,

541
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Speaker 1: we can get your appreciation Superman on this Fernando Tatist

542
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 1: junior catch. Because he is special out in right field.

543
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Speaker 1: I remember a time when he was shortstopping. People were like,

544
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Speaker 1: don't move him off shortstop, and everyone's like it was

545
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Speaker 1: okay to move him off the shortstop.

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Speaker 3: It's kind of crazy.

547
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Speaker 2: He could probably be a center fielder too, I mean,

548
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 2: just a freak athlete, but just an unbelievable play, you know.

549
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Speaker 2: And I know there's been a lot of talk about,

550
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Speaker 2: you know, the lack of power that he's had at

551
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Speaker 2: home plate, and you know, I wasn't a guy who

552
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Speaker 2: hit a ton of home runs, but he kind of

553
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Speaker 2: took a page out of my book. If I can't

554
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Speaker 2: hit him, don't let other people hit him. And That's

555
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Speaker 2: exactly what he did right there. And I just love that.

556
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Speaker 2: You know, he makes that great play. He comes in

557
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Speaker 2: off the field, and you know, his whole team stands

558
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 2: at the dugout and you know, maybe.

559
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Speaker 3: A play like that.

560
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Speaker 2: I believe a play like that on defense will spark

561
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Speaker 2: the offense.

562
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Speaker 3: And I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit a

563
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Speaker 3: homer here soon.

564
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Speaker 1: That's a sick play. One more let's get to one

565
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Speaker 1: more game. AJ. We started mentioning this yesterday, but the

566
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 1: Tigers really man handled the Astros this week. I don't

567
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Speaker 1: know which I mean. I think the more interesting direction

568
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Speaker 1: is to go that the Astros way now the all

569
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Speaker 1: of the wild card contenders, if you want to call

570
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Speaker 1: the Astros that versus the Mariners whatever, Like everybody lost.

571
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Speaker 1: There's a good tweet besides the Yankees yesterday, right, the

572
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Speaker 1: Guardians lost, the Mariners lost, the Astros lost. Who am

573
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Speaker 1: I missing?

574
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Speaker 3: Those are the Royals?

575
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Speaker 4: The Royals?

576
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Speaker 1: Royals lost too, that's right.

577
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Speaker 2: But that book your heart, AJ, lost you some money.

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Speaker 1: That's true. We're doing that next. But where out on

579
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,200
Speaker 1: the Astros, AJ, They're gonna be okay?

580
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Speaker 4: I don't know, the problem is that the Mariners keep

581
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 4: losing too. The Astros are playing terrible and the Marriers

582
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Speaker 4: are playing worse. I don't know. I don't know if

583
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Speaker 4: they're gonna be okay. I think I feel like the

584
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 4: Mariner's trajectory is better. I'll let you know after tonight,

585
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 4: when I see him in person and I get to

586
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 4: talk to Joe Spoda and jose Al Tuvay and the

587
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,199
Speaker 4: rest of the Astros here in Baltimore, I let you know.

588
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 4: I'll let you guys know how I feel about them

589
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 4: after that. But right now, they're not trending in the

590
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,479
Speaker 4: right direction, and they need to turn it around if

591
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,639
Speaker 4: they're gonna win this division quickly, because the Mariners are

592
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 4: gonna come at some point and it's gonna get hard.

593
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 4: It's gonna get hard.

594
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 1: Okay, Kratz. I opened up Arena Club, put my own

595
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 1: money in there, and I wasn't gonna go big.

596
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Speaker 3: I know.

597
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: We went over the Ruby pack a week ago. This time,

598
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Speaker 1: I just went for the low level pack, where it's

599
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: an easy entry point twenty five bucks. You can get

600
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: yourself a big Boy card. The Grail has many good options.

601
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 1: I slice open the pack. We're looking at it. If

602
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 1: you're watching us right now, and I pull a card

603
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Speaker 1: from the nineteen fifty He's super cool. I enjoyed the

604
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,960
Speaker 1: experience looking at it. It's Jim Gilliam. It's the top

605
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,919
Speaker 1: set from the mid fifties. But I got an offer

606
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,199
Speaker 1: for more than what the slap pack costs, and I

607
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: sold it back. Tough times for the Dodgers right now.

608
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: Don't at me, but I got twenty eight bucks instantly,

609
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,719
Speaker 1: so I can buy another one of those packs and

610
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Speaker 1: try and get what I want.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely the excitement I heard Kip say before. The excitement's

612
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 5: in the chase. You sold it back. Now you get

613
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 5: to open another one. I enjoy when you slide it

614
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 5: across the screen there and the pack opens.

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Speaker 1: Arenaclub dot com slash foul twenty percent off your first

616
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Speaker 1: slab packer card purchase, Get after it. I don't want

617
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: to go series by series, but you know, I catch

618
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Speaker 1: a lot of flaks sometimes when I say that I

619
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Speaker 1: feel like the National League is far, far better than

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Speaker 1: the American League. And I do this in my power

621
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Speaker 1: rankings when we do them once a month. KP and

622
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Speaker 1: fans get after me. Oh, I'm like trying to bait

623
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Speaker 1: people into blah blah, blah. Watch the Phillies Mariners series,

624
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Speaker 1: and I'm not saying that, like the Phillies are world's

625
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Speaker 1: better in the Mariners can't beat them, but it it

626
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Speaker 1: was NL dominance execution in my mind, from starters to

627
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 1: relievers and the bats, the whole deal, and the manners

628
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: are good. It's just the Phillies looked like a powerhouse

629
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 1: the last few days.

630
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Speaker 3: The Phillies are good. I think they are.

631
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Speaker 2: I mean, if we were to do power rankings today,

632
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Speaker 2: even with Zach Wheeler potentially being done for the year,

633
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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm putting the Phillies in my top three.

634
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 2: I can make an argument that they're the best team

635
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 2: in baseball. Just you talk about we talk about the intangibles.

636
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 2: We talk about a team that's tight, the chemistry, wanting

637
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 2: to play for each other. And then even with a

638
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 2: Zach Wheeler out, you look at their rotation, it's still

639
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 2: super deep. They have, you know, a potential Cy Young

640
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 2: Award winner and Christopher Sanchez. They got a really really

641
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 2: good bullpen too, I mean, and they have an elite

642
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 2: closer so and you know, arguably one of the best

643
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 2: players in baseball playing first base for them. So you know,

644
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Speaker 2: you can make an argument they're the best team in baseball,

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00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 2: no doubt, no doubt, you.

646
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Speaker 4: Can make Listen to National League. I've said it for

647
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 4: been saying it all year. At least four or five

648
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 4: teams you can put in the National League before you

649
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Speaker 4: get to an American League team as far as strength

650
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Speaker 4: of teams. So the National League's a gauntlet. The American

651
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Speaker 4: League is wide open. They're both kind of wide open

652
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Speaker 4: because it's just different quality. Now, could American League team

653
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Speaker 4: win the World Series? Absolutely, But if you're gonna if

654
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Speaker 4: you're gonna take the best American League team, whether it's

655
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Speaker 4: Detroit or Toronto or whoever you want to throw in

656
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Speaker 4: that list, you put them in the National League. I

657
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Speaker 4: don't know if they can survive running through that the

658
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Speaker 4: way you can in the American League.

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Speaker 1: Mm hmmm.

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Speaker 4: We saw we saw last year with the Yankees, right

661
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Speaker 4: the Dodgers went and throttled them in the World Series.

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Speaker 1: Looking ahead, this is a big series. The Red Sox

663
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Speaker 1: take on the Yankees. It's a four gamer, and we

664
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Speaker 1: have a perfect person to talk about these two teams.

665
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Speaker 1: And Kevin Pollari, who played for the Blue Jays for

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Speaker 1: a long period of time, What do you have for

667
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Speaker 1: us on the Yankees and the Red Sox this year.

668
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Speaker 1: Yanks picked up oh win against the Rays, shaky from

669
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Speaker 1: Devin Williams to close it out in extras, but they

670
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Speaker 1: put on a power show down in Tampa, their spring

671
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Speaker 1: training home. For the Red Sox, there was some disappointment

672
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Speaker 1: for them this week against the Orioles, so they'll try

673
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Speaker 1: to bounce back against the Yanks.

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Speaker 2: What do you think I would say for a typical series,

675
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Speaker 2: Timing is everything. I mean, if we had this conversation

676
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Speaker 2: two and a half weeks ago, we would say Red

677
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 2: Sox are gonna swoop the Yankees. The Yankees are done.

678
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 2: The Red Sox were playing unbelievably, The Yankees weren't playing well.

679
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 2: We sit here today talking about how the Red Sox,

680
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 2: you know, let a couple of games get away. The

681
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 2: Yankees just going this unbelievable power surge. But this is

682
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Speaker 2: the Yankees and Red Sox. Both of these teams are

683
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Speaker 2: legitimate contenders for a wild card position. You throw everything

684
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Speaker 2: out the window when these two teams play. One of

685
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Speaker 2: the more sad things that happened in my career the

686
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Speaker 2: COVID year. I know it was tough for a lot

687
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Speaker 2: of people. But in my baseball career, it was really

688
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 2: tough because I signed with the Red Sox and you

689
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Speaker 2: look forward to playing games like this, series like this,

690
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Speaker 2: meaningful games late in August Red Sox Yankees rivalry, and

691
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Speaker 2: unfortunately I didn't get.

692
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Speaker 3: A chance to really experience it. And to this day

693
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Speaker 3: it makes me sad.

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Speaker 1: Right because you were in a rivalry with within your division,

695
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Speaker 1: but not in the rivalry within the division, right, you

696
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Speaker 1: got to be on the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays

697
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Speaker 1: don't like the Yankees and the Red Sox.

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Speaker 2: But it's not yeah when you're yeah, when you're when

699
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Speaker 2: you're a member of you know you are. Arguably, when

700
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Speaker 2: I was with the Blue Jays, you could say our

701
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 2: biggest rival was Baltimore. That's kind of the team that

702
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Speaker 2: we were competing with the year and in the year out.

703
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Speaker 2: But you know, nothing matches up to the Yankees Red

704
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Speaker 2: Sox rivalry. When I was with the Blue Jays, yeah,

705
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Speaker 2: we didn't necessarily care for the Yankees, didn't really care

706
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Speaker 2: for the Red Sox. You would go in there and

707
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 2: they were important games. You know, they're indivision games more

708
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 2: times than not. Just being a member of the Blue Jays,

709
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 2: you kind of early in the season when all the

710
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 2: rankings come out, the projections come out.

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Speaker 3: No matter what sort of ros you have.

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Speaker 2: You're kind of always put behind the Red Sox and

713
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Speaker 2: Yankees because that's kind of where they're expected to be.

714
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Speaker 2: You always expect the Yankees and Red Sox to finish,

715
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Speaker 2: you know, one and two. The teams that I was

716
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Speaker 2: on with the Blue Jays took those personally, so when

717
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Speaker 2: we went in there, yes, they were intense games, they

718
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 2: were meaningful games, but there is no other rivalry like

719
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Speaker 2: the Red Sox and Yankees, and for a while that

720
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Speaker 2: kind of went away. It was it was more of

721
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 2: a thing that the media tried to hype up Yankees

722
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Speaker 2: Red Sox, but both teams weren't very good at the

723
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 2: same time. Over the last couple of years, they're both back.

724
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Speaker 2: They're both playing really good baseball, and it's gonna be

725
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Speaker 2: fun to watch a four game series with huge playoff implications.

726
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Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to watching all four.

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Speaker 1: The only thing I'll stop you on, and I'll push

728
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Speaker 1: back on, is that I do not think it is

729
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Speaker 1: the best rivalry in baseball anymore. I agree with you,

730
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Speaker 1: Rodris Padres, right, Yes, I would agree with you.

731
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Speaker 2: I mean, you have to factor in, you know, the

732
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Speaker 2: recent rivalry, the recent success that both of these teams had. Obviously,

733
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 2: the Dodger Padres geographically super close, you know, when there

734
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Speaker 2: was a lot of you know, shit talking after the Dodgers,

735
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 2: you know, went on to win the division and then

736
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Speaker 2: the Padres come in and beat them in five games,

737
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Speaker 2: and you know, I think it was very similar to

738
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Speaker 2: this year where the Dodgers kind of had their number

739
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 2: in the regular season and then kind of out out

740
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 2: of nowhere, you know, the Padres were able to beat

741
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 2: them in a series, and I.

742
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Speaker 3: Think that changed the entire dynamic.

743
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Speaker 2: You look forward to their series this weekend too, But

744
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 2: you know, both of these teams are destined for the playoffs.

745
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 2: You hope, as from a fans perspective, that you know,

746
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 2: they meet up in the playoffs because to your point,

747
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: it is the best rivalry, and in order for it

748
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 2: to be a rivalry, the Padres had to do what

749
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 2: they did and they had to actually beat their big brother.

750
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Speaker 2: And right now, you know, without a doubt, it's the

751
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:52,320
Speaker 2: best rivalry in baseball.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you're talking about twenty twenty two, right when they.

753
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 3: Took Yeah, twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, because obviously last year the Padres had him on

755
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: the ropes and then the Dodger punched them and won

756
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 1: the World Series. Dodgers just swept them. But yeah, I

757
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 1: just my thing is for a rivalry to have all

758
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 1: the juices, you need both teams to be good. I

759
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,439
Speaker 1: know Dodgers fans called Padres little brother, blah blah blah.

760
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: They haven't won, but like, they're both good teams, they're

761
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: competitive teams. They're in the thick of the playoff race

762
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: year in, year out. They don't like each other, like

763
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: Mike Schilton Dave Roberts going at it, You're not going

764
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: to get that too quickly with Aaron Boone and Alex Korra, like,

765
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: they're pretty good friends off the field. They worked together

766
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 1: broadcasting before this, so of course they want to beat

767
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: the crap out of each other's teams. But I think

768
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: the Padres Dodgers hate is as real as you can

769
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: get for twenty twenty five beanball, the whole deal. Maybe

770
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,280
Speaker 1: that comes back eventually with the Red Sox and Yankees.

771
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: It's not a thing right now. It's just two good

772
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,399
Speaker 1: teams competitive fighting for wild card spots. Because your old

773
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: Blue Jays are ahead of them and they need to

774
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 1: keep winning ball games or somebody behind them could pass them.

775
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's okay to have a rivalry

776
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 2: and a different way. The two managers don't have to

777
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 2: hate each other, the players don't have to hate each other.

778
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 2: They just both have to be really good teams, and

779
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 2: they both kind of have to be historic teams, kind

780
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 2: of like the Yankees and Red Sox. So as exciting

781
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,800
Speaker 2: as it is to have the back and forth banter

782
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 2: between you know, the Podres manager Dodgers manager, the players

783
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 2: you know, referring to each other as little brothers or

784
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 2: you know, step sons or whatever they want to call

785
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 2: each other, that's also exciting. But I think with where

786
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 2: both of these teams are at, the only thing that

787
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 2: really matters is when you look up on the scoreboard

788
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 2: and you see those two teams right next to each

789
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 2: other fighting for a wild car position. Ultimately, they're still

790
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 2: trying to win the division. So these games are really important.

791
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 2: And to your point, if the two managers like each

792
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 2: other they work together, that could change in a hurry.

793
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 3: You know, one up and end pitch, you know, one.

794
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,240
Speaker 2: Errant throw to an Aaron judge or a Trevor story.

795
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 2: I mean, you throw all the friendship out the window

796
00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 2: and competition.

797
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,720
Speaker 3: They could be friends after four days.

798
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 2: But you know, I expect this to be a I

799
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 2: expect it to be a battle.

800
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: Let's slap and John Greenberg covers the Chicago baseball scene

801
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 1: really well, writes for The Athletic. He's been on some

802
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: of our shows in the past, FT Northside Territory, et cetera.

803
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: He tweeted and put out a story today which I

804
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: have not read yet because it came out during the show.

805
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,919
Speaker 1: But the tweet explains the story if the twenty twenty

806
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 1: seven All Star Game actually happens, because we could be

807
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 1: in a lockout. Tickets are going to be scarce, but

808
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: if you're a cub season ticket holder, you can get

809
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: guaranteed access tot if you sign a three year deal.

810
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: Some people are going to criticize this, and again I

811
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: have not read the article yet, but I'm going to

812
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 1: go in a different direction. In KP, it's a perk.

813
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: They're trying to get people to sign up early. I

814
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 1: don't really have a problem with this. I mean, it's

815
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: like a credit card rewards kind of situation, Like, yeah,

816
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: if you want all Star tickets, you sign a three

817
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: year deal. You can look at that and be like,

818
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: I'm not doing that. But some people get season tickets anyway,

819
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: and so they're like, cool, Yeah, I'll sign up for

820
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: three more years because I want them for twenty five years,

821
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 1: and then they get access to what is really tough

822
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 1: to accomplish, which is an All Star ticket at Wrigley Field.

823
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Speaker 2: I mean, I'd imagine every season ticket holder for the

824
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,439
Speaker 2: Cubs is probably going to sign up for the next year,

825
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,240
Speaker 2: the year after that, the year after that. They've probably

826
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Speaker 2: been in their family for, you know, twenty thirty, forty

827
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Speaker 2: fifty years. I think it's a great perk, you know.

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Speaker 2: In addition to that, I like to consider myself a

829
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 2: little bit of a businessman too. You sign up for

830
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Speaker 2: three years, you get those All Star Game tickets. What

831
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 2: are those All Star Game tickets go for? Maybe you

832
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 2: can make a year season worth back by selling your

833
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:45,720
Speaker 2: All Star Game tickets.

834
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Speaker 1: I love it, right, That is true. If you know

835
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: you're going to be a season ticket holder and do

836
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: you want to try and make some of that money

837
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 1: back on your seats, you can work it that way.

838
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,399
Speaker 1: Of course, obviously you're paying for eighty one home games.

839
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,799
Speaker 1: It doesn't math out quite that way, but there are

840
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: to sell some of your big games and your all

841
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: Star tickets to balance things out. Some people do that.

842
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Speaker 1: I'm not smart enough to handle all of that. Point

843
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Speaker 1: being that this actually didn't surprise me one bit. You're

844
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: not just giving them out like it's nothing. It's it's

845
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: hard to find good All Star tickets.

846
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 3: So anyway, I mean, is it even gonna happen? Though?

847
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