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Speaker 1: Hello everyone to welcome back to the Emmorate Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 1: This is episode one seven nine. I am your host,

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Speaker 1: Brad Rowland, coming to you quite deep into the night

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Speaker 1: on Thursday evening into Friday morning, and I'm joining it

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Speaker 1: as always by Scott Coleman. Scott, we should say this

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Speaker 1: at the top of the show. This is the first

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Speaker 1: time we've ever done this. We're trying to go live.

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Speaker 1: This is not gonna be a regular occurrence, but nobody

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Speaker 1: get excited. We're just testing it a little bit and

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Speaker 1: we thought, hey, when would be a better time than

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Speaker 1: at one twenty am Eastern? How are you sir? Hello Brad?

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Speaker 2: Uh Yeah, I don't know if our decision making tonight

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Speaker 2: was the smartest to launch a live show for the

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Speaker 2: first time in the history of Hammer Territory podcast on

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Speaker 2: after an eleven hour okay, Freudian slip, an eleven inning,

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Speaker 2: eleven hour baseball game, thank god the Braves won, or

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Speaker 2: this might have been a nine minute show where we

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Speaker 2: both said bad words and signed off, But hey, a

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Speaker 2: win is a win.

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Speaker 1: The Braves found a way to win.

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Speaker 2: It was a crazy game that quite literally had everything,

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Speaker 2: and thank god we can finally say they have won

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Speaker 2: their first series of the season.

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Speaker 1: That's right, And look we should say at the top

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Speaker 1: of the show we are part of File Territory as

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Speaker 1: a network, we are Hammer Territory. We covered the Braves

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Speaker 1: all year round. We're very busy on this podcast, and

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Speaker 1: that includes shows already this week. In fact, back to

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Speaker 1: back days, our colleagues Steven Tolbert and Sean Coleman did

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Speaker 1: shows after the first WEE games in the series. You

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Speaker 1: and I talked on Sunday, et cetera, et cetera. We

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Speaker 1: were talking about this, especially our guy Sean, that I

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Speaker 1: personally am not recorded after a win this season until today,

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Speaker 1: so that was well timed. We were not playing on

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Speaker 1: this being at one twenty, but because of the aforementioned forty,

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Speaker 1: it's a bit of an eleven hour game. Wasn't quite

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Speaker 1: eleven hours, but it was close. There was like almost

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Speaker 1: three hour rain delay. If anybody missed this game, I

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Speaker 1: can't imagine you did or wish you wouldn't know what

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Speaker 1: happened by now, but it was a very long rain

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Speaker 1: to lay, which caused Seam about to leave the game

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Speaker 1: a little bit older that he might have because he

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Speaker 1: had a pretty low pitch count all these things. It

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Speaker 1: was tied. There was all kinds of machinations that will

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Speaker 1: go through in just a little bit. But look, let's

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Speaker 1: start broadly positive, right, It was a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: at the end of the game tonight. To be very clear,

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Speaker 1: I'll start you this is actually funny. You mentioned it

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Speaker 1: too without us talking about this. I was uncontrollably laughing

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Speaker 1: at the horn being played for literally like a minute straight,

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Speaker 1: like whoever, like just fell fell on the on the

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Speaker 1: on the loud speaker horn at true spark at the

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Speaker 1: end of the game. It was fitting given the heroics

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Speaker 1: from first Austin Riley and then Marcelo Zuna walking it off.

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Speaker 1: But that was incredible. And look, the Braves won the series,

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Speaker 1: and the Braves won their I mean it wasn't always pretty,

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Speaker 1: but they won the homestand too. I mean there were

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Speaker 1: three and two on the homestand and we did stay

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Speaker 1: before they went on the home before they came home.

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Speaker 1: That all they had to do was kind of win

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Speaker 1: the homestand we didn't think it was gonna be five games,

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Speaker 1: but with thought it was gonna be six games. All

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Speaker 1: that stuff, But pretty good vibes considering how low the

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Speaker 1: vibes were I don't know, thirty minutes ago.

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Speaker 2: Oh the vibe change in the eleventh inning tonight, Just

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Speaker 2: to recap it quickly, you talk about potentially going from

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Speaker 2: pitch away to two different batters, and even though Sworez

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Speaker 2: Austin Riley came up smacked a double into the gap,

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Speaker 2: which was really good to see a guy who's really

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Speaker 2: the one and only constant in this lineup since day one,

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Speaker 2: It was noe. The Braves won a baseball game at

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Speaker 1: And look, we are aware of the Braves are three

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Speaker 1: like they're not. It's not been great so far, we understand.

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Speaker 1: but they came into tonight with the second fewest runs

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Speaker 1: eleven games. That's really bad, especially when they had a

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Speaker 1: kinds of opportunities. I have a note here to myself

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Speaker 1: but you've got to win some of these and they've

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Speaker 1: had some winnable games and that's not satisfying, but they

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Speaker 1: me it was like, oh, they almost weren't supposed to

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Speaker 1: like happened another twenty times this year. You know, it's

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Speaker 2: We had watched this exact same game play out what

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Speaker 2: three times four times already, and until the eleventh inning,

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Speaker 1: Fitting we have we have literally watched this.

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Speaker 2: and Steven said it perfectly on the podcast after Wednesday

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Speaker 2: Night's very frustrating loss. The Braves need more from their stars.

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Speaker 2: And sure maybe they're not getting getting a ton from

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Speaker 2: Olsen has been very average. Riley had a pretty good

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Speaker 2: night tonight, not a bad series quite honestly, but again,

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Speaker 2: the Braves need more from Riley. We'll talk about Ozzie

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Speaker 2: Alby's and Michael Harris. At some point those dudes look

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Speaker 1: To I mean, I don't know, we'll get into it.

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Speaker 2: a great game to win. The Braves really needed a

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Speaker 2: game like this. Now they're going to have a crazy

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Speaker 2: travel day. I think they're going to get down to

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Speaker 2: I think the broadcast said that they had basically an

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Speaker 2: they come out ready to go on Friday. Absolutely, we'll

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Speaker 2: get into that and much more on the podcast. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: In fact, I'm one hundred percent sure a lot of

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Speaker 2: and the rain delay and you mentioned earlier, but Steven,

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Speaker 2: I believe, in a very funny way said and singular

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Speaker 2: was enjoying the game at the end of the game

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Speaker 2: in Truest Park, but Yeah, a great vibs night, and

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Speaker 2: we'll have plenty more to get to on the podcast.

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Speaker 1: Look at deep time on the game, et cetera. First though,

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Speaker 2: A band work, watch me some bingers and RP eyes.

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Speaker 3: We'll put the bos and they don't win in the Shames.

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Speaker 1: we might reference those games, but there were podcasts on

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Speaker 1: it was Sewn Steven. Listen to those shows, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: We'll do a deeper dive on today's game for obvious reasons.

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Speaker 1: As a beta four to two win. We won't go

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Speaker 1: like anything. It's not a playoff game. We won't go

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Speaker 1: start with something that's very on brand for us to

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Speaker 1: start with. There were two butt attempts in this game.

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Speaker 1: One of them was early, one of them was late.

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Speaker 1: I know, look, I know it was Stuart Fairchild hitting,

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Speaker 1: which is probably probably what happened. And part of this

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Speaker 1: late in the game. Are the Brays bunting again? Scott?

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Speaker 1: What's happening here? You remember? Remember it wasn't there like

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Speaker 1: a year plus they didn't butt at all, like there

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Speaker 2: I believe they went the entire season and then laid

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Speaker 1: What has happened to this team? We love? They are

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Speaker 2: Why I understand a little bit the thought process bunting

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Speaker 2: with Michael Harris in whatever inning that was. It's delirious, Brad.

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Speaker 2: It's very late, Scott.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Scott did not sleep very much last night,

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Speaker 1: so that's that's even even more fun for Scott. It's

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Speaker 1: usually you would think Scott would be the one and

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Speaker 1: the better sound of mine because he's three hours behind,

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Speaker 1: one point thirty in the morning. It's actually reversed today,

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Speaker 1: which is funny. But here we are.

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Speaker 2: five am, so it's it's been a long day, Brad.

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Speaker 1: If Kelnick wants.

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Speaker 2: To finally figure some things out, then that would be

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Speaker 1: It really would be. And I gave the numbers earlier

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Speaker 1: about how bad the lineup has been. It's still true,

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Speaker 1: but there are little signs of life and certain guys

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Speaker 1: Okay, Scott teased it, but some bullpen talk here and

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Speaker 1: some positives too, but some interesting stuff. So one thing

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Speaker 1: is that Russell Iglesias has not looked incredible to anyone,

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Speaker 1: I don't think this year, but I'm not even bring

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Speaker 1: that up for that reason. He pitched for the third

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Speaker 1: consecutive day, which he basically never does. He did it

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Speaker 1: once last year in the middle of the summer, but

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Speaker 1: the Braves tended to shut him down and not have

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Speaker 1: him be available a third day in a row last year,

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Speaker 1: and here in mid April. I was not expecting to

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Speaker 1: see him three days in a row. What did you

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Speaker 1: make about other than the show urgency where they just like,

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Speaker 1: all right, we're trying to win this thing, or what's

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Speaker 1: going on here?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit of a surprise to see him tonight.

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Speaker 2: I mean, rice Ell is a competitor, and I know

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Speaker 2: he's had some blow ups this season, and I'm sure

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Speaker 2: there's no one on earth who wants to get back

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Speaker 2: on track more than him. So I'm sure he said, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm good, I got an inning in me. Sometimes we've

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Speaker 2: seen Ricell cover both the ninth and tenth innings. I

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Speaker 2: think it was pretty clear they were not going to

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Speaker 2: do two tonight, but hey, credit to him. He looked better.

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Speaker 2: I almost wonder if it's just more rust than anything

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Speaker 2: he barely pitched the first week of the season, and

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Speaker 2: then he's immediately thrown into the highest of leverage. That's

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Speaker 2: tough to do, especially for a guy who has a

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Speaker 2: routine and has been doing it for a decade. He's

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Speaker 2: clearly gonna be down Friday. I wouldn't be surprised if

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Speaker 2: the Braves don't pitch him on Saturday too, if they

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Speaker 2: can avoid it. Of course, if it's a one run

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Speaker 2: game in the ninth they probably have to go to

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Speaker 2: Ristyle again. But hopefully the Bats are able to wake

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Speaker 2: up and not have to lean so heavily on the bullpen,

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Speaker 2: especially on Friday night after they were used so much

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Speaker 2: on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and one of the reasons why I wanted to

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Speaker 1: get spoopen stuff is that I just checked to make

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Speaker 1: sure that I think we didn't miss anything on Twitter.

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Speaker 1: Maybe that's still happening. But is Pierce Johnson hurt Scott,

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Speaker 1: because if he's not hurt, I don't know why he

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Speaker 1: didn't pitch in this game. He definitely appeared to be

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Speaker 1: unavailable for whatever reason. Because I don't believe that snit

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Speaker 1: would have gone to Rafael Montero, followed by Suarez and

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Speaker 1: Montero make his Brave's debut in a super high leverage

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Speaker 1: spot and then they use their worst reliever and they

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Speaker 1: haven't betting at a tie game, so I'm assuming Pierce

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Speaker 1: was unavailable for whatever reason. Maybe if you want to

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Speaker 1: be super generous, they said, all right, we're using rice

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Speaker 1: El today and we're not gonna use Pierce tomorrow, so

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Speaker 1: Pierce can close. But that's some galaxy of brain for me, Like,

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Speaker 1: I just don't know what's going on. I'm we're all

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Speaker 1: guessing it's again, It's it's two am. But that was

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Speaker 1: interesting to everyone. That was like, what's go call on Peers, Johnson,

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Speaker 1: where's he? Where's he at right now? Yeah, Pierce just

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Speaker 1: hasn't pitched a bunch. And he did throw on Wednesday night.

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Speaker 2: He got two thirds of an inning, gave up two singles,

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Speaker 2: so maybe they didn't want to go to him. But

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Speaker 2: before Wednesday, the last time he pitched was in Los Angeles,

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Speaker 2: and I know there was an off day and there

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Speaker 2: was the rain out and all that, but so far

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Speaker 2: they just haven't given him the ball a bunch. Amiel

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Speaker 2: Delos Santos has been a really nice find. He's done

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Speaker 2: a nice job from the right side.

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Speaker 1: Day's bell looks awesome.

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Speaker 2: I mean, daysbell stuff is as good as anybody's in

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Speaker 2: that bullpen right now. So I think, I mean, you

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Speaker 2: have to hope that Peerce is fine. He had a

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Speaker 2: few injuries last season too. But it'll be curious, especially

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Speaker 2: if it's a close game on Friday. If Pierce Johnson

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Speaker 2: doesn't pitch in a close game on Friday, I think

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Speaker 2: I'll be even more concerned. But they may, I mean,

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Speaker 2: maybe by default tonight or intentionally, they did not want

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Speaker 2: to go to him knowing that tomorrow was gonna be

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Speaker 2: a tough game to navigate after everything tonight.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, again, caveats. We went live soon, so we didn't

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Speaker 1: watch snit like I would have liked him normally watch it.

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Speaker 1: But it's so late. So if he says something not

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Speaker 1: that we didn't, we didn't hear it. Give us some

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Speaker 1: forgiveness on that. We mentioned the name of Rafael Montero.

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Speaker 1: You and I have not talked about Raphael Montero. It

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Speaker 1: was discussed earlier this week on the podcast The Braves

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Speaker 1: Traded for him. If you missed that, a quick reminder

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Speaker 1: of that he's a thirty four year old right hander

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Speaker 1: who was really, really, really good for one year in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two with the Astros. They won the World

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Speaker 1: Series that year, he was awesome. He got a big

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Speaker 1: deal from them and was almost immediately not very good again.

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Speaker 1: The Braves trader for him this week the Astros. Actually

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Speaker 1: he makes a lot of money, but the askers are

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Speaker 1: paying most of the salary. It's been reported it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be like three million ish for the Braves this year,

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Speaker 1: which they, as you smartly pointed out to even me,

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Speaker 1: the Braves do have some extra money laying around from

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Speaker 1: jerks and profar Unfortunately, that's the one maybe small silver

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Speaker 1: lining of that is that they say for some of

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Speaker 1: that money. But the metrics have not loved Monto recently.

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Speaker 1: There is some stuff with his splitter apparently that was

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Speaker 1: looking really good at times. But it's kind of a

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Speaker 1: new pitch for him, or we say a new emphasis

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Speaker 1: for him. We seen him pitch one what's not of

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Speaker 1: the Braves. He looked good tonight. I don't think he

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Speaker 1: was hitting a spots necessarily, but he got a couple

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Speaker 1: of big outs. What'd you make up his debut and

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Speaker 1: like even that trade because it was like a bigger

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Speaker 1: name guy but not someone who's been pitching well for

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Speaker 1: a couple of years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's an interesting gamble. It's kind of

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Speaker 2: been the theme for the Braves the last two months,

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Speaker 2: is just to accumulate as many relievers as you can

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Speaker 2: and hope that a couple of them stick. Montero, once

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Speaker 2: upon a time was awesome, but now he's in his

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Speaker 2: mid thirties and really his change up just wasn't cutting

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Speaker 2: it anymore, and his fastball was getting pounded. I think

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Speaker 2: big league hitters were just waiting on the fastball and

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Speaker 2: he had to make it. Itdjustment and for him to

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Speaker 2: be able to pick up a splitter. The broadcast had

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Speaker 2: a really cool side by side of how he throws

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Speaker 2: the change versus how he throws the splitter, and it

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Speaker 2: looked good and it was just one appearance, but it

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Speaker 2: was against the very top of Philadelphia's lineup with the

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Speaker 2: ghost runner on second base, and I think Schwarber grounded out,

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Speaker 2: and then he got a strikeout of Trey Turner, walked

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Speaker 2: Bryce Harper, and then got a strikeout of Nick Castianos,

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Speaker 2: who struck out five times of Castianos saves his every

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Speaker 2: single hit for the playoffs. Seemingly but hey, big spot

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Speaker 2: to end, I mean big spot regardless, really big spot

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Speaker 2: to make your debut. And if you know the Braves

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Speaker 2: are buying low. Clearly Houston wanted to move on on

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Speaker 2: his expiring contract and if if he can be another

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Speaker 2: right handed arm in that bullpen, you take it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I'm okay with the Braves taking shots

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Speaker 1: of the bullpen. We talked about endlessly about them not

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Speaker 1: investing in the bullpen this winter, that no one loved that,

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Speaker 1: and they got Kimber. We'll talk about a little bit

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Speaker 1: later on the podcast that's out there lingering as a potential.

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Speaker 1: But Montero they didn't have to wait on like he

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Speaker 1: was already in in form. He pitched immediately basically on arrival.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna be good or not,

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Speaker 1: but they at least have a plan. It seems like

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Speaker 1: for him having Forbo splitters like just utilize what he

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Speaker 1: can do. And Uh, first first outing was positive, so

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Speaker 1: there you going, and they trusted him. I mean I

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Speaker 1: think it was probably again out of necessity with Pierce

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Speaker 1: Johnson seemingly unavailable, but they did try and it worked

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Speaker 1: in that spot. Uh, Suarez was less effective in the

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Speaker 1: eleventh he just couldn't throw a strike. Basically, it didn't

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Speaker 1: bite them because they win the game. But he allows

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Speaker 1: the run and up you shouted out, Sean Murphy in

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Speaker 1: real time. I want to I'll throw it to you.

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Speaker 1: It could have been worse if not for Sean Murphy

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Speaker 1: doing Sean Murphy stuff defensively.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, two phenomenal blocks by Murphy. Suarez clearly was overcooking

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Speaker 2: his fastball and two just they were destined to be

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Speaker 2: wild pitches and Philadelphia would have scored at least one

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Speaker 2: run if not too based on how wild it was.

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Speaker 2: And Murphy is really good back there. It's so good

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Speaker 2: to have Murphy defensively. And we'll see on the bat.

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Speaker 2: That is the one big question. But if there is

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Speaker 2: one thing I can absolutely guarantee you one hundred percent,

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Speaker 2: it is that Sean Murphy's defense is elite, and it's

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Speaker 2: been elite for years. He's great at receiving the ball

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Speaker 2: and stealing strikes, really good blocker. He is a brick

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Speaker 2: wall back there and usually pretty good at throwing out

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Speaker 2: base runners. Although, dear God, Brad, we need to have

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Speaker 2: a meeting with the pitching staff and say, guys, you

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Speaker 2: have to look the runners back or they're going to

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Speaker 2: steal on you. I think Steven had the number that

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Speaker 2: opposing runners are like twenty two of twenty three on stolen.

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Speaker 1: Bases this year. I think it's like ninety eight. It's yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's eighty of nineteen. But similar, it's the same. It's

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Speaker 1: the same thing. Give it.

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Speaker 2: It's given twenty four hours and they'll be twenty two

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Speaker 2: and twenty three.

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Speaker 1: It's wild. You know, you got to do something.

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Speaker 2: You have to step off, you have to throw the

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Speaker 2: ball over to first base. Maybe it's a coaching thing,

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00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 2: but I don't know. It's regardless. It is good to

648
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 2: have Murphy back there and hopefully the bat comes along too.

649
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 2: He did have the home run the other night, had

650
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 2: a couple of singles, you know, very important player for

651
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Speaker 2: the team, especially while Acuna and Profar are both.

652
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: Out for sure. And we'll see about the bullpen. But

653
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: I've said it a million times, the bullpen has not

654
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: been the issue this year. Performance wise, It's not been great,

655
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: but it hasn't been the issue. It hasn't been. It's

656
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 1: been yeah, not great again, not great by any means.

657
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 1: But they did their job to night, even today, I

658
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: made this point on Twitter. I think you can't expect

659
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: to never give up a run in extra innings and

660
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Speaker 1: in majory baseball with the way these with with with

661
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: the way the rule is, the run expectancy for an

662
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: inning is pretty darn high. With we're on a second

663
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,719
Speaker 1: base and no outs, like you can't just expect zero's

664
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 1: you got to score. And that's so getting up one

665
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: run in two innings, it's like kind of what you're

666
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 1: supposed to give up. It's not a big deal there.

667
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: But again sus Murphy for bailing that out a little bit,

668
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: and uh they did it, so we already covered it.

669
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,600
Speaker 1: But we all know how into the bottle and the

670
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: bottom off the eleventh Beenning Riley with the greatest bat a.

671
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: I think I think ce jess is on the broadcast

672
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: as well. You kind of know what else is going

673
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: right when he's like that was the right center field

674
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: like missile, yeah, to tie the game, just a great

675
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: swing under control, like not not over his skis at all.

676
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 1: And then Marcell's Marcel he's still the only I mean

677
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,479
Speaker 1: it's been a year plus at this, but he's been

678
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 1: the only guy hitting for what sixteen months whatever? How

679
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: many months is thirteen two years. I mean it's incredible. No,

680
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: it's about he he's he's he's been the only eye

681
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: hitting for thirteen months. Oh for him, his Yeah, for him,

682
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: it's like two and a half years now of him

683
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: just doing this. But uh, I mean anything to add

684
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: about the end, It was just it was awesome. Play

685
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: the horn, I guess forever.

686
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 2: Play the horn so loud that everybody within fifty miles.

687
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: Here's it.

688
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: Somebody invested heavily in a horn this offseason, and hey,

689
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,719
Speaker 2: I mean it would be pretty cool to hear that

690
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 2: thing in like a playoff game with forty thousand people

691
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 2: screaming and the pandemonium. But hey, for the five hundred

692
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: people who stuck around, awesome. It must have been a

693
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 2: cool experience that you don't get to see a lot

694
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 2: of baseball games with that few people in the stands

695
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 2: at one in the morning. And then to see a

696
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 2: walk off win really both, as we've talked, a frustrating game.

697
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: But also a fun one. They mean they won, they

698
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: really knew to win.

699
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 2: If they would have lost tonight on a basis loaded

700
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 2: walk I mean, you know, you can imagine the vibe

701
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 2: on Friday, Yeah.

702
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: I mean I almost forgot that that's how they scored

703
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: the run. It's it's in our notes. I almost forgot

704
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:32,479
Speaker 1: that's how they scored. It would have been a heck

705
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: of a way to open this podcast. The Breaks just

706
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: lost on back to back walks an eleventh inning with

707
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: their Worshili run the mount and they were.

708
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 2: One strike away to the last two hitters that they

709
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 2: ended up walking. I mean, it would have been it

710
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 2: was another one for the books. But hey, the Braves

711
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,280
Speaker 2: they figured out a way tonight at least to win

712
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 2: the game.

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Speaker 1: They won a baseball game. Scott, Is there anything you

714
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 1: want to say about the game, because if not, we

715
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: have another order of business talk about. It was a

716
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: big news thing from Thursday. It's the positive news story.

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00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 1: Is that? Okay with you there?

718
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 2: Yes, let's get some Spencer Strider into this podcast.

719
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Speaker 1: So today on the show, our segment coming up now,

720
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 1: the spotlight is brought to by Fatal Sports Network, you

721
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: know String Braves games. There. We'll sorry more about that

722
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: in a second. That spotlight is on Spencer Stryder. All signs,

723
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: and I mean all signs point to this being his

724
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: final rehab appearance. He pitched in Gwinnette on Thursday afternoon

725
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: snicker and Snicker fashion did not fully say he's gonna

726
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,719
Speaker 1: not pitch in the Myers anymore, but everyone, including Sticker

727
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: even was like kind of like half smiling about it.

728
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: He's coming up this week almost certainly five and a

729
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: third innings, struck up thirteen on ninety pitches and struck

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Speaker 1: out his first six batters he faced. I mean, it's

731
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: triple A. He should dominate down there, to be fair,

732
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: but you can't do much more than he did today

733
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Speaker 1: to be like, hey, guys, I'm ready. I'm ready. My

734
00:33:55,960 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: name special Strider. Yeah, I'm gonna say uncandidate. So I mean, oh,

735
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: one thing I do want to ask you. I didn't

736
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: watch it all. I saw a lot of the clips.

737
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: Everyone was watching people I trust, like Gore of a

738
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: doc and people like people I trust. We're saying his

739
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 1: changeab look great today, which is a new RN not

740
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: I could not cletely, but certainly if he's throwing that

741
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 1: more and effectively, it's like even more absurd because he's

742
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: been this guy without having that pitch, and if that's

743
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: a real weapon for him now, it would be kind

744
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: of scary.

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00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 2: Hours Man Spencer Strider has a really really good change

746
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 2: up now to go with that fastball and that slider

747
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 2: and even the curveball that he worked in last year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's just going to be so dynamic.

749
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Speaker 2: And maybe because Strider doesn't necessarily have the one hundred

750
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,319
Speaker 2: and one mile an hour velocity left, or at least

751
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 2: he's not going.

752
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 1: To have that in the tank to begin the season.

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00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 2: As he continues to build up strengthen that elbow, maybe

754
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 2: he is going to lean on that change up a

755
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 2: little bit more to be effective and get through lineups

756
00:34:56,040 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 2: multiple times. Of course triple A, but man, thirteen strikeouts

757
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 2: is thirteen strikeouts and to do it on ninety pitches,

758
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 2: he's really efficient.

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00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: I mean nobody squared him up.

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00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 2: I think Straider gave up a double and then a

761
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 2: couple of scattered singles and that was it.

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Speaker 1: Only two walks.

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Speaker 2: So the command really in all the starts, the command

764
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 2: has been good too. And it's funny when Strider had

765
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,720
Speaker 2: struck out thirteen, everyone was like, why isn't he pitching

766
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 2: tonight in Atlanta? Why is he in the minor league still?

767
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 2: But it's not a bad thing. He got up to

768
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Speaker 2: ninety pitches and I would be shocked if he is

769
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Speaker 2: not starting for the Big League Braves next week.

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Speaker 1: We did discuss that, you and I on Sunday, like, hey,

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00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: he might be ready, but the Braves tend to be

772
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: a little bit cautious, which is fine. I think we

773
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 1: agree that was fine and that made sense to me.

774
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: And yeah, I think the way he pitched today it

775
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: would have been it would look just fun in a

776
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: middleague mound. But all signce sports him being back. And

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Speaker 1: somebody asked, actually the show on Twitter today if they

778
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: would maybe hold him back to debut at home, which

779
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: is a week from today. What should we from Fridays

780
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: for listening to this podcast. I don't think so, only

781
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: because that's a long time between outings and you want

782
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: to kind of be on schedule when you're ramping up,

783
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: would be my only read. Does that make sense to

784
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: you because like they're going to be in Toronto when

785
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: he would be on schedule to pitch, which they can

786
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 1: still do. But what do you make of that?

787
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 2: I think through all of Spencer's rehab starts and spring appearances,

788
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 2: it's been at least the normal rest, if not one

789
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,839
Speaker 2: extra day of rest. So I guess it's not totally impossible,

790
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 2: but it's a pretty tough road trip, and I think

791
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 2: the Braves are going to want to keep Spencer on

792
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 2: the normal schedule he's been on, so maybe, I mean,

793
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,720
Speaker 2: I think I guess they would see how he feels

794
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 2: when he wakes up on Friday, But as long as

795
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 2: that elbow feels okay, I would imagine they're going to

796
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 2: have him out there.

797
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Speaker 1: I think Wednesday is the probable day for him to go.

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00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:44,319
Speaker 1: We'll see.

799
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 2: They could always throw a bullpen game or something like

800
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 2: that if they want to be careful and give him

801
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 2: an extra day. But at this point, man, I mean,

802
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 2: it has been smooth sailing since I mean really since

803
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:54,840
Speaker 2: the beginning of spring training.

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00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:55,879
Speaker 1: He looks good.

805
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 2: The velocity is good, the command is good, the stuff

806
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 2: has a lot of break and movement. Let's see what

807
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 2: Strider can do, and let's all just cross our fingers

808
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,360
Speaker 2: and say a prayer that he's going to be okay,

809
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 2: because I mean, just even the highlights today and the miners,

810
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 2: we're just so much fun to watch.

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Speaker 1: Struck out thirteen of twenty one batter's faced and that's

812
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: a pretty good way to sign off your minor league

813
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: tenor and tenure if we had to guess on the podcast,

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00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: All right, Scott, More to come in a second on

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Speaker 1: the race series, two quick pieces of news, one of

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Speaker 1: which we've already kind of talke about because it's kind

828
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,240
Speaker 1: of same update. But it was another update on Ronald

829
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: Kunya today that was similar to the last one. He's

830
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: gonna go to LA next week. It seems like to

831
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Speaker 1: be kind of his final clearance. Essentially, he's gonna see

832
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Speaker 1: his doctor a surgeon, get signed off on, and then

833
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: ramp up from there. Timeline unchanged seems like mid May,

834
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Speaker 1: maybe early May at the absolute earliest. Like it's kind

835
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Speaker 1: of an update, but also it's a as long as

836
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Speaker 1: it's not a bad update, I'm fine, just be on schedule.

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Speaker 1: We're going.

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00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 2: Oh man, if it's not a good update, I am

839
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 2: not going to be fine. But I think I think

840
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 2: we're gonna get good news here. Let's hope, and you know,

841
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,880
Speaker 2: let's say I think somebody reported it'll be early in

842
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 2: the week, so maybe Monday or Tuesday. I would imagine

843
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 2: that Ronald will then really let it cut loose at

844
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Speaker 2: the outfield, doing all of his drills, cutting on the

845
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Speaker 2: base path, running, you know, full speed in the outfield,

846
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 2: I mean, the things that you have to do to

847
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:56,879
Speaker 2: really ramp up.

848
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: And then I'm guessing.

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00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 2: We're probably two weeks out from a rehab appearance. Although

850
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 2: because he really didn't well, he didn't play at all

851
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,399
Speaker 2: in the spring, and he hasn't done much other than

852
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,919
Speaker 2: take batting practice and some basic fielding practice so far,

853
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 2: I'm guessing Ronald's gonna get at least two weeks in

854
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 2: the minor leagues, maybe even more than that.

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00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: I don't know.

856
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 2: I mean, I think the results will probably say if

857
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 2: he's batting four fifty after two weeks, it's probably Ronald

858
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 2: Acuney Junior time. But it's gonna take a while for

859
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 2: him to get his timing and his legs underneath him

860
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,840
Speaker 2: and all the things he's gonna have to do to

861
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 2: come up and be effective. And as we have seen,

862
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 2: the Braves have been very, very very cautious with Ronald,

863
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 2: and I think once he really ramps up, the one

864
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 2: thing we're just gonna have to hold our breath on

865
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 2: a little bit is that there isn't any serious soreness

866
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 2: or tendonitis or anything like that in that need.

867
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, the big test, like you said, it's the cutting,

868
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 1: and that's it's not true when you have a long

869
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 1: termage like that, Like running a straight line is not

870
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: the same thing as running side to side, and you know,

871
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:57,879
Speaker 1: you know, doing something he's gonna have to do play

872
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 1: in the outfield. So that's the biggest thing. We're not

873
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: quite there yet, and we'll find out in the next

874
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: few days at they're staun track, but all signs are good.

875
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: Just hold your breath a little bit until you get

876
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,360
Speaker 1: the sign off there and moving forward. The other bit

877
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 1: of quick news is Craig Kimberrell updated. I believe it

878
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: was on Thursday, still ramping. He's not actually had face

879
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: to hitters yet, which surprises people. We did talk about

880
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: someone when I signed them, Like, there are degrees to

881
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: how ready guys are. There are some guys that are

882
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: chilling and some guys that are maybe throwing. And Craig

883
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 1: was not in camping anybody. He was a true free

884
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 1: agent and it appears that he was not doing anything.

885
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 2: It seems like Craig Kimberrell was literally sitting on the

886
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 2: couch when they signed him. You know, he's been doing

887
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,720
Speaker 2: it for fifteen years. He's made a lot of money. Kimberl.

888
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: I'm sure.

889
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 2: I mean, they wouldn't surprise me if he said no

890
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,800
Speaker 2: to other teams. He might have been waiting for the Braves.

891
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 2: And you know the fact that he's still not facing

892
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,840
Speaker 2: hitters tells me it's probably going to be at least

893
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,839
Speaker 2: another month until he's probably with the big league team.

894
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 2: And honestly, I don't think it's a guarantee anymore. When

895
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 2: the Braves signed Kimberl, I thought it was very likely

896
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,359
Speaker 2: because of the state of the bullpen, and we knew

897
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 2: that some of those guys just weren't going to cut it.

898
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 2: But they've added Montero, even Suarez has not been.

899
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 1: A complete disaster.

900
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,399
Speaker 2: Anil de los Santos has look good. Da Hernandez has

901
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 2: look good. And you know, if the Braves do call

902
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 2: Kimberl up, he's owed two million dollars. That's not throw

903
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 2: away money, and for a.

904
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 1: Team that it looks like he's gonna.

905
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 2: Need to add at the trade deadline, while also probably

906
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 2: wanting to stay under the luxury tax. Two million dollars

907
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 2: is two million dollars, So I don't think it's going

908
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 2: to be a charity call up. I think Kimberle's gonna

909
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 2: have to look good. The stuff is gonna have to

910
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 2: look good, and that's probably something. In three or four

911
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 2: weeks we'll have a better idea of I think we agree.

912
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: My only potential difference there is that I think he

913
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 1: will get the benefit of the doubt. I think he

914
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 1: has to look bad to not get called up. Would

915
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 1: be all I would say. Like, I think if he

916
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 1: looks okay in the minors, he's coming up. That's my guess.

917
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: I could be wrong. You could be right. I think

918
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: the only thing that's maybe changed is that the bar

919
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,879
Speaker 1: is maybe a little bit higher, Like, yeah, that makes sense.

920
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 1: I just don't think that, you know, he is. I

921
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,879
Speaker 1: wonder how much of this is also the legacy thing

922
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,760
Speaker 1: because he is a great brave Like does that matter

923
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: at all? I mean, Alex is pretty calculated. He's the

924
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,919
Speaker 1: one making the final decision. But is there any sentimentality

925
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,399
Speaker 1: there at all? Is there anything that's like relational about

926
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 1: this at all? Or is he just a guy that

927
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 1: they signed? Is he Craig Kimberle in capitol letters or

928
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: is he that level of picture that he's been recently

929
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: that they're trying to read because like, look, there was

930
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,439
Speaker 1: some good for Kimberroll last year. There's a really bad

931
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: for Kimberle last year. And he's an older guy. Oh

932
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: that's anyway that The only thing that I would say

933
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: is like, I don't know how low or how high

934
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: the bar is. I think that he will get the

935
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 1: benefit of the doubt. I just don't know how much.

936
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: So we agree though he's not guaranteed the spot. He

937
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: never was and we said that even the day that

938
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: he signed. He's never been it's it's a minor league contract.

939
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: It's a minor league contract. Whenever you do that, even

940
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: if it's implied that the guy will probably come up,

941
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 1: it's not guarantee unless once he's there and he's you gotta,

942
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 1: he's gotta, because if we just laughed about it, but

943
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 1: he isn't he isn't facing hitters yet. I mean, he

944
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 1: got signed two weeks ago, a month ago, a full

945
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 1: month ago. Like that's actually kind of crazy. Hasn't faced

946
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,399
Speaker 1: a hitter yet, Like, I get it. You don't want

947
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 1: to be crazy, like you want to wrap him up slow.

948
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 1: And I'm sure the Braves knew they weren't bamboozled by

949
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: kimberl I don't think so. It's like they must have

950
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 1: known this is gonna happen. But when you are agreeing

951
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: to that, you got to know, like you're talking about

952
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: may for him to pitch in a game that matters

953
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: to you, and that's, you know, not a guarantee. I

954
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: want to go wrong between now and May Well, that's

955
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 1: the perfect lead in.

956
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 2: I mean, the likelihood is that at some point in

957
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 2: the next four to six weeks, one of the relievers

958
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 2: is probably gonna get hurt. That's the maybe or be terrible,

959
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,439
Speaker 2: like someone will blow up or whatever. Yeah, it's it's

960
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 2: not in Yeah, that's why. By the way, it's something.

961
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 2: That's why you bring back.

962
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 1: Justice Chavis on a minor league contract so he's close by.

963
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 1: That's why you trade for Rafael Montero, just to see

964
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,719
Speaker 1: like they are still taking shots of this thing. We

965
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,360
Speaker 1: wish they had invested more. But yeah, the likelihood of

966
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 1: the same bullpen being the same bullpen all year is

967
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:18,359
Speaker 1: basically zero.

968
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 2: Yeah. If I had to bet you five bucks live

969
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,880
Speaker 2: on the podcast, I would also say I think kimberl

970
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,280
Speaker 2: gets called up at some point.

971
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:26,040
Speaker 1: Why not?

972
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 2: I mean he would have to be You know what

973
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,879
Speaker 2: if they call Kimberle up and he just gets the

974
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 2: ball knocked out of the stadium five appearances in a row,

975
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 2: then you're out.

976
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,479
Speaker 1: No, Yeah, I would hope that the leash is short.

977
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 1: But we'll talk about that more when he comes when

978
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: he win, or if he comes up, we'll discuss this again,

979
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: I'm sure. But that's the most recent update, and I

980
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: think you and I have the same reaction, like, oh,

981
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: how's it faced to hitry? That's interesting? All right, last

982
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: thing off the podcast, because We've gone way too long.

983
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,919
Speaker 1: It's two in the morning. The Braves go to Tampa Bay.

984
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: We talked about us earlier, but the turnaround time is

985
00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 1: crazy here playing a night game. They got delayed. They're

986
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: not gonna get into Tampa until four in the morning.

987
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: Three in the morning. Something crazy. They play, and they

988
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:08,600
Speaker 1: play on Friday night. Tampa's playing on a spring training park.

989
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: For those of you that don't remember this, they're playing

990
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:14,840
Speaker 1: at the Yankees spring facility, George Steinbrenner Field. It's apparently

991
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 1: pretty friendly to power. The Angels hit. The Angels hit

992
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,760
Speaker 1: eleven home runs in three days there this week. Damn.

993
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: And that's the that's the Angels. They're not like known

994
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 1: for their bopper I mean, Trot had two of them.

995
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: But hey, but they're okay. The Razor are an okay team.

996
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: They're supposed to be okay team. They were projected to

997
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,319
Speaker 1: be like an eighty two win team something like that.

998
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: They're always respectable. They do a great, great job with

999
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 1: with the resources that are very few. But they're not

1000
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: some great team either. And it's a Friday night game

1001
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 1: followed by afternoon stuff on Saturday and Sunday, so it

1002
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: some more sleep for people like us Scott, uh, and

1003
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: the pitching matchups are now out. They weren't out earlier today,

1004
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: and now they are Bryce Elder on the mount on

1005
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: Friday in the opener because they have to have a

1006
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:00,040
Speaker 1: they have he's the fifth guy. I mean, I I

1007
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 1: have some rations, but you just did. The people didn't

1008
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: see that on YouTube Scott excelled, Yes, but uh, he's

1009
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: there against TODs Bradley. Saturday is Smith Shover against Drew Rasmussen,

1010
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: and then Sunday is Chris Sale against Shane Boz and

1011
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 1: the headliner of the weekend. Those are TUGA pitchers. Obviously

1012
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,319
Speaker 1: in Sale hasn't been great lately, but he's still Chrisaale.

1013
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 1: So uh yeah, I mean not exactly a murderer's row

1014
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:28,479
Speaker 1: on Friday and Saturday of starting pitching. But to be fair,

1015
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: Todd Bradley on the mountain for the Rays, like this

1016
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: is not a situation where the Brads are gonna be

1017
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 1: joh underdogs on Friday, even with Elder on the mountain. Yeah, yeah,

1018
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 1: I mean the Rays.

1019
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,839
Speaker 2: The Tampa is always somehow in it, and they've gone

1020
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 2: off to a little bit of a slow start. The

1021
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 2: pitching has not been anything special, the lineup's been fine.

1022
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:50,240
Speaker 2: Tampa does have a couple of injuries which is probably

1023
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,320
Speaker 2: holding him back a bit, So maybe.

1024
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: The Braves are catching a mini break there. But no

1025
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: matter what.

1026
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 2: The Rays, they're always prepared, They always have good scouting,

1027
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 2: they always have a good game plan. And I think

1028
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 2: if you're the Braves, even after the elation and happiness

1029
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:06,399
Speaker 2: of winning on Thursday night, going into back to back

1030
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 2: games Bryce Elder and A. J. Smith Shaver, I mean,

1031
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 2: I think you'd be thrilled if you can win one

1032
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,960
Speaker 2: out of those two games. Oh yeah, and then hopefully

1033
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 2: Chris Sale can get back on track on Sunday.

1034
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 1: And you know, at this.

1035
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 2: Point it's gonna take a little while for the Braves

1036
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:22,800
Speaker 2: to dig out of this hole.

1037
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 1: But they just need to keep reeling off series victories.

1038
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 2: If they want to win ten straight, awesome, let's let's

1039
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 2: go win ten in a row.

1040
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:32,760
Speaker 1: Boys. But if you can just take two out of three,

1041
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: win three out of five, you know that that kind

1042
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: of thing.

1043
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 2: You'll look up at the end of the month and

1044
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:39,399
Speaker 2: you'll be back to five hundred, and then you start

1045
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 2: to get your reinforcements.

1046
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 1: You can tell yourself a story of how this is

1047
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: gonna get better for sure, and you know, we're I'm

1048
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 1: a believer in that in general, you just try to

1049
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 1: go win series. That's and that's it's an old school thing,

1050
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: I think to some degree. You know, Bobby used to

1051
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 1: say that. Sticker says that too, like you just want

1052
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,279
Speaker 1: to win, say but it's true. You just want to

1053
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:59,120
Speaker 1: stack series wins and if you win enough of them,

1054
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:00,319
Speaker 1: you're gonna be on the right side out of it

1055
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,359
Speaker 1: at the end. This is not gospel, but I just

1056
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:05,839
Speaker 1: looked at betting odds for the game on Friday because

1057
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 1: they're live, because we're so late at night here, the

1058
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: Braves are any slight underdog in the betty market on

1059
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 1: Friday with Elder on the road. You'll kind of take

1060
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: that to your point. I think there might be underdogs

1061
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: in both games and we small and like, yeah, go

1062
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,280
Speaker 1: one and one and hand it to Sale on Sunday.

1063
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,359
Speaker 1: And I still believe Sale is going to be good.

1064
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 1: I know there was some concentration there and he's not

1065
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 1: looked great, but I still believe Chris Ale. So yeah,

1066
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:32,840
Speaker 1: show it on Sunday and we'll see Scott. We've navigated

1067
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: a podcast. It was apparently live people were commenting, so

1068
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: I assume people were actually being able to watch this

1069
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:39,319
Speaker 1: live in real time. And God's speed to all of

1070
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: you sickos at two am, please shout outs to you,

1071
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: anything to plug for you out of here.

1072
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 2: Scott, I'm ready to go to bed.

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Speaker 1: Scott's gonna be in bed in like thirty seconds after

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Speaker 1: this podcast signs off. Follow Scott on social media at

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Speaker 1: Scott Coleman fifty five for all kinds of braves musings,

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Speaker 1: mostly braves now for a whilecause Arizona basketballs not happening

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Speaker 1: for a little while now, so yeah, yeah, no colts

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Speaker 1: for a while. So it's just it's gonna be all

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Speaker 1: braves all the time. Maybe some movie stuff. Knowing you,

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Speaker 1: but follow Scott on social media, follow me if you'd

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Speaker 1: like to at bt roll and follow our show though

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Speaker 1: most importantly at Hammer Territory, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and do

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Speaker 1: us a SOTYLO. If you've made it this far, you

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Speaker 1: probably already subscribed. But if you're not subscribed, please go

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Speaker 1: ahead and do that on whichever platform or platforms if

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Speaker 1: you want to help the podcast, the best possible way

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Speaker 1: is double multiple times, even like click around. I'm not

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Speaker 1: above asking for that. Apple, Spotify, overcast, YouTube ratings, reviews,

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Speaker 1: all that fun stuff, and we'll have plenty more. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what the plan is over the weekend, but

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Speaker 1: as always, or at least as most of the time,

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Speaker 1: we'll have a show Sunday evening to wrap up the

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Speaker 1: ray series, so stay tuned for that. Scott, thanks for

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Speaker 1: doing this, man, I appreciate you stand up late with everybody.

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Speaker 1: Can you imagine if we stayed up until two in

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Speaker 1: the morning for a lost Brad it would have been

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Speaker 1: an all timer. Well, the show would have been shorter. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure about that, and people will and the

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Speaker 1: audience would be a lot less of people watching live

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Speaker 1: and probably after the fact as well. So we're grateful

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Speaker 1: for a win because generally speaking, wins get more views

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Speaker 1: and downloads everybody. Not a huge rocket science thing there.

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Speaker 1: People want to listen after wins. But hey, while we're here,

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Speaker 1: if you were that person who only listens or Downlod's

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Speaker 1: after the win, just smash download after the walls. You

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Speaker 1: don't have to listen, just just a little download, just click.

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Speaker 2: It's all helps us out. What's the old skip carry?

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Speaker 2: As long as you promise to patronize our sponsors. You're

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Speaker 2: welcome to find something else to do with your night,

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Speaker 2: whether you listen to every second or hey, if you

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Speaker 2: just hit that download button and go about your day.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate it all the same, and hopefully we have

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Speaker 2: a lot more podcasts like this, more winning podcast. We

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Speaker 2: finally got one for you, Brad, A win tonight live

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Speaker 2: for the whole nation.

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Speaker 1: I am no longer defeated. There you go, not undefeated,

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Speaker 1: but defeated. I was defeated until today, and now I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying so. Thanks for everybody for being here, Thanks

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Speaker 1: to Scott for being here. We appreciate the sport always.

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Speaker 1: We'll have a new show on Sunday. We'll see everybody

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Speaker 1: next time. M