1 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Better. Welcome to No Bunts, the show for the casual 2 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: baseball fan here on the Athletic Podcast Network, brought to 3 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: you by your sports love and friends over at No Dunks. 4 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: I'm tas Melas with me here in the studio, the 5 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: man making so much magic happen today. It's JD. 6 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: Hello, Hey JD. 7 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: Apologies for starting a little late. To the Bleacher creatures 8 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: watching live. Apologies to you JD as well. I did 9 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: not expect these series to end. This quickly came out 10 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: of nowhere, both teams winning the last three games of 11 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: their series. In the case of the Astros over the Yankees. 12 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: They want all four just like that. So Friday, Saturday, Sunday, boom, 13 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: boom boom, the series ended. We were not expecting to 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: do a second show here from the Classic Factory today 15 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: on Monday, after doing a great, lengthy basketball pod earlier today. 16 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: So apologies it's on me starting late, but here we go. 17 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us live and chaos here in 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: the Classic Factory. Some chaos in the playoff bracket. Let's 19 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: just show you who is going to the World Series. 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: No chaos on the American League side. The Houston Astros, 21 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: the best team entering the postseason. The Houston Houston Astros 22 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: will be hosting the World Series starting on Friday. They 23 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: took care of the Yankees. We'll get to that. The 24 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: chaos on the other side, a lot of people complaining 25 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: about all this randomness in the postseason because we got 26 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: a sixth seed, Yes, a six seed going to the 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: World Series. The Philadelphia Phillies. I gotta say it was 28 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: a short series in the NLCS, but it was a 29 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: damn entertaining one. I started this show here with JD 30 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: way back in July. We did some fun stuff. We 31 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: had some great writers on, Jason Stark, we had Dwyern 32 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: Kershner on, we had David O'Brien on. We had some 33 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: fun with Trevor may Met's pitcher, played a fun game 34 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: with him. You know what, I didn't know that we'd 35 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: enjoy as much the baseball. I knew we were going. 36 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: I knew we'd have some fun making the show, but 37 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: fill in love with the game a little bit. And 38 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: the production value has gone way up. And I'll get 39 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: into that as I go through the NLCS. So let's 40 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: just kick it off here. The Phillies Padres Game one. 41 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: It was a pitcher's duel Phillies taking pitches versus you, Darvish, 42 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: and coming into this series that Padres pitching corpse was 43 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: was supposed to get it done. They were supposed to 44 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: get it done. Unfortunately, the Phillies just on a roll. So, yeah, 45 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: they're taking those pitches from you, darbish. And then Bryce 46 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: Harper ding hits a solo home run. Bryce Harper, What 47 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,839 Speaker 1: a story, What a story throughout the NLCS. The guy 48 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: can't play the field because of an elbow injury, but 49 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: he can hit dingers. Okay, so that's solo home run 50 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: from Bryce Harper. Fine, but the solo homer from Kyle Schwarber, 51 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: oh my, forty forty forty hundred feet now four hundred 52 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: and eighty eight feet. They're calling them schwore bombs in Philadelphia. 53 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: It was a swat, a ridiculous swat. There's text messages 54 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: bouncing around my phone because this homer was huge, so 55 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: much so that Bryce Harper's facial reaction in the duckouts 56 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: set it all. He destroyed the ball and Bryce Harper again. 57 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: Production value going way up in Major League Baseball in 58 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: my opinion in this postseason, because I haven't been paying 59 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: attention to a lot of postseasons in the past, but 60 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: lots of lots of great facial reactions, lots of great productions. 61 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: So guy on the cameraman too or camera person just 62 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: to just zoom right into it. 63 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a very quick shot. Was a very 64 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: quick s snow. 65 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 2: Director was saying, get in on Harper, right, they're just 66 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: doing it right, and the director is going chef's kiss 67 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: in the truck. 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. The director gets all the glory, that's true. Yeah, 69 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: the camera person gets nothing. That's all the camera person. Yeah, 70 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: so it's two nothing Phillies. Bottom of the ninth looked 71 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: like the Padres could be coming back. Run around first 72 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: with one out. There's a shift on for wan So 73 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: to the lefty, so they're shifting him to pull a 74 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: little bit, and that factored into an air grounded a 75 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: third and because they had the the shift on, the 76 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: shortstop was taking the ball at second base and a 77 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: little bit of a different positioning. He dropped the ball 78 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: first and second with one out. Man that didn't matter 79 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: Jose Alvarado, not Pelicans Jose Alvarado. But Jose Alvarado got 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: out of it. So Phillies are up one zero in 81 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: this series and game two looked awful for the Padres 82 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: but the Phillies, because the Phillies jumped out to a 83 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: four to zer lead, but the Padres crawled back with 84 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: a couple homers from Josh Bell and Brandon Drury, then 85 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: a big fifth for the Padres. Austin Nola started the 86 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: scoring with an RBAI single off his brother Aaron Nola. 87 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: Little storyline there, Austin playing his brother Aaron here and 88 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: then a big one Soto double. Talking about the production, 89 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: this was a great replay. He hit a two strike 90 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: pitch because he pulled his hands in a great piece 91 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: of hitting. He ripped it into the right field corner 92 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: and he got the second base, driving in Nola there, 93 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: tying the game, and he was smacking his chest at 94 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: second base. He kept pounding it. I was watching with 95 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: my five year old Zoe, who was leving the pound 96 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: of the chest over and over. So they caught that 97 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: live and then they replayed it a couple batters later. 98 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: Then they replayed it going into the dugout. Zoe was 99 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: pounding her chest as well, falling in love with baseball 100 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: because of these close ups. They did a really good 101 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: job of that. So the game's all tied up, and 102 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: then Brandon drew single to score two. Josh Bell had 103 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 1: a hit where he swung the bat and he looked 104 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: straight up. He thought he popped it up, but it 105 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: was a liner. Great close up of him. Scored another. 106 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: So that was seven four. Yeah, the slow mos Josh Bell, 107 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: I mean, he got me into got me into the 108 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: game a lot more. Also, the brown and yellow in 109 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: Petco Park, you know, throughout the crowd, it's a great 110 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: stadium to watch a baseball game. There's no doubt about that. 111 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: That came through clearly on the broadcast. And I'm glad 112 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: the fans got a win there to tie up the series. Caz, 113 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: that's all they got here in the National League Championship Series. 114 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: Let's go to Philadelphia, where the fans were phenomenal. Series 115 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: tied at one. It's a two, three to two, so 116 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: we're in Philly for the next three games. And as 117 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: I said, bang bang bang, these wins came quickly Friday 118 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: through Sunday. Bottom one Kyle Schwerber, leadoff hitter for the 119 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Phillies. Another schwar Bomb. He's Philly's just on a fire. 120 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: And it's funny with Kyle Schubert maybe because he had 121 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: forty six homers this season. But I don't think he's 122 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: very fast. He doesn't look too quick, too quick of 123 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: a runner, but he's quick. He's quick with the bat. 124 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: He stole a base later in this series. He's a 125 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: leadoff hitter, So I don't know. He's just he's just, 126 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: I guess one of those baseball players who don't really 127 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: look like an athlete. Look the part, I suppose, but man, 128 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 1: that guy is fast. So tied at one, Jean Segura 129 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: of the Phillies singled in two. It's three to one 130 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: and that's all Ranger Sua is needed. Philly starter got 131 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: the win. He'd also helped close out this series in 132 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: Game five on Sunday night, two days later in relief. 133 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: So Philly's up to one in the series. Here we go. 134 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: Game four Saturday, the Padres jumped out to a four 135 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: zero lead in the first inning. Padres fighting back four 136 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: runs included a Manny Machado solo homer, and as I said, 137 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: even though it ended up a four to one series, 138 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: because he had moments like this where the Padres didn't 139 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: roll over and die unlike the Yankees, that we'll get to. 140 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: We will or I deem it an entertaining five game series. 141 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if you can go back and baseball 142 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: lore and compare the five game series, but this was 143 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: a good one. So the Padres are up four to 144 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: h Phillies vibes though just too good. Bottom of the inning. 145 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: They responded with three runs, including a two run homer 146 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: from Reese Hoskins. One Soto would hit a solo homer 147 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: to tie it, but another Hoskins two run homer, and 148 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: then Kyle Schwarber again, another schwar bomb a solo shot. 149 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: J t Reo Maiuto hit one four Philly homers in all, 150 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: and they won ten to six. Phillies are up three 151 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: to one in the series. They can close it out 152 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: here on Sunday, Game five, and it was an entertaining one. 153 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: The closeout game was phenomenal and the elements came into play. 154 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: JD As we talked about bomb third two run homer 155 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: for Reese Hoskins, a great reaction to a hop skipping 156 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: a jump out of the box. Old Hopskins skipping a 157 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: jump out of the box is a triple jump kind 158 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: of yeah. He had a couple of great celebrations this postseason. 159 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: If the Phillies go on and win this. There will 160 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: be lots of videos that we had the Reese Hoskins. 161 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: The first one was, you know, the homer, both hands up, 162 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: looked at the dugout, throwing that bat at his own dugout. 163 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: And then this one just you know, just cool, looking 164 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: like he's like six years old, hop skipping a jump 165 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: out of the box. So good for him. One Soda 166 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: responded with a homer in the top of the fourth, 167 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: the seventh of his postseason career, tied for most who 168 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: are younger than twenty four years of age in Major 169 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: League Baseball. He's gonna be twenty four very soon anyways. 170 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: That made a two to one Phillies no scoring until 171 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: the seventh when the rain was coming down, and you 172 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: Darvish Padres pitcher was out there for the seventh inning. 173 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: He went six and a third or actually seven sixth 174 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: plus because he didn't get an out in the seventh, 175 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: but he was struggling with his landing spot in the 176 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: top of the seventh because the rain was coming down. 177 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: He had to use one of those steel tools, I 178 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: don't even know what to call it to get the 179 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: mud out of his cleat, out of his metal cleat, 180 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: but the Padres relievers got out of it. So I 181 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: went to the bottom of the seventh and Jake Croninworth, 182 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: singled for the Padres, moved over on a wild pitch 183 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: from Sir Anthony to make us because the ball was 184 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: slippery a slip. It slipped out of his hand the 185 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: elements coming into play, So one wild pitch there again, 186 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: it's two one Phillies at this point, and Josh Bell doubled, 187 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: scoring Kroninworth to tie the game, so we're all tied 188 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: it to I want to ask you about this, Josh 189 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: Bell with the double to tie the game there, and 190 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: you could hear clearly both both live and replay they 191 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: went mic up on on the base or wherever the 192 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: heck the mic is. I want to know where do 193 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: you think the mic is to pick up? I guess 194 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: is it on the base to pick up him sliding 195 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: into the base. You hear and then you hear yeah, 196 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: And it's extremely clearly, so it could be one of 197 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: those you know you see the sidelines of NFL games, 198 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: like the big dish like, then yes, that's probably what it. 199 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 2: Is, because I don't think you put him mic in 200 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 2: the base. 201 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, So where's that dish mic thing? Because I know 202 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: what you're talking about. It's like those giant things that 203 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: they're holding on the sideline. Yeah, it looks like a 204 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: satellite dish. Where's where's that look? 205 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 2: I don't know, behind the dugout. Maybe I've never noticed 206 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 2: them at a baseball. 207 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: Game and they just pick them up. I guess they 208 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: could be in that camera bay sort of by the yeah, 209 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: by the dugouts, beside the dugouts unless it's on. You 210 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: can't be on a zip line. 211 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: No, we'd see that for sure. 212 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, they get them. They do have well, they have 213 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 1: the zip line sort of around the over top of 214 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: the fans. Yes, they kind of zip around and do 215 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: like an overhead shot of the fans. 216 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 2: But there there's a mic on there as well, like. 217 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: On the cam. 218 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, but you'd hear this. 219 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: But if it was stationary, Yeah, maybe it was stationary. Yeah, 220 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: good question. Yeah, it was an interesting Uh, well, it 221 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: was just great. It added to it even though he 222 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: didn't say much. He just heard of the slide and 223 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: then yeah, obviously it was a key moment of the game. 224 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: So there was no outs when Josh Bell hit that double, 225 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: then the Phillies got two quick outs, looked like they 226 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: were going to get out of the inning, you know, 227 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: just just with one run alowed tie it at two. 228 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: But then Sir Anthony Demeguz through a wild pitch, moving 229 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: the runner to third, and then he threw another wild 230 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: pitch and the runner scored. He was struggling with the 231 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: ball and all that precipitation happening in Philadelphia. Three wild 232 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: pitches for the Phillies, and all in the seventh inning. 233 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: Padres score two. They're up three to two, take the 234 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: lead into the eighth, setting up a heroic moment for 235 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper. Real Mayuto singled and Bryce Harper followed it 236 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: up with a two run opposite veiled Homer and Philly 237 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: up four to three. They hung on to close out 238 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: the Padres. They are in the series for the first 239 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: time since two thousand and nine. Harper, the NLCS MVP, 240 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: the two time league MVP, goes to his first World 241 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: Series because he left just before the Nationals one in 242 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen to go to Philadelphia. And I loved his 243 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: celebration in the locker room. Goggles, goggles everywhere. This is 244 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: why I love it. Jady number one, the buds, I 245 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: mean it sucks smelling like beer. Yeah, I get some champagne. 246 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 2: You'd rather smell like beer the champagne. 247 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think so. I mean they're both all gross. 248 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 1: But he's got the goggles on the head to feel 249 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: the moment, feel the burn, rather than put them on 250 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: his eyes. That's what I love about this moment. 251 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 2: His teammates are being very courteous and not spraying it 252 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 2: directly in his face as well. 253 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I hear it. Yeah, it's on the head and 254 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: on the goggles. 255 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: Also a good thing about beer is that when you 256 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: pop a beer, it doesn't you know, it could. You're 257 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 2: not gonna take somebody's eye out like you would a 258 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 2: champagne cork, you know what I mean? 259 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, I think do they have them pre popped 260 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: when they have champagne corks? I think they may have them. 261 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 2: Oh, they pop them before they get in there. They 262 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 2: have to. 263 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: But that's not that's not fun, man. 264 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 2: No, you lose the pop and the I thought that's 265 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 2: what the goggles are for, to protect from their eyes. Yeah, 266 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 2: from the from not not the spray the cork, it's. 267 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: From the liquid, the liquid burn. I think. 268 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 2: Wow, So it's just uncomfortable, Yeah, the burn. 269 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: The burn, But I think that's part of the celebration. 270 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. You want to feel the burn. 271 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: You want to feel the and you look ridiculous with 272 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: the goggles. Uh yeah, and you just you know, even 273 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: not into the moment as much. So that probably wasn't 274 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: on purpose by Bryce Harper, but I'm gonna. 275 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, he probably forgot. Yeah, he forgot. 276 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: He was busy. 277 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 2: But it looked better. It looked better. 278 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: It does look better. Yeah, it's good for the real 279 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: when they eventually win this World Series over the Astros 280 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: fingers crossed. Yeah, that's who I'm sure. I'm chearing for 281 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: the underdog. Yeah, they're the sixth seed. But Bryce shout 282 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: out to. 283 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 2: The seventy six ers as well for sucking at the 284 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: beginning of the season to let them have all the 285 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 2: oh yeah, ocus in the spotlight. 286 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: Yeah it is. Uh, it's actually beneficial for the Sixers 287 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: to be sucking right now with the Phillies taken a 288 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: lot of the sports limelight. For sure. 289 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 2: Also, if sometimes when you're you're at it like a 290 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: basketball game and the World Series is on and your 291 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 2: teams in the World Series, they'll show the score of 292 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 2: the the you know, an update of the score, and 293 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 2: if the Phillies are up, then it gives the seventy 294 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 2: six ers fans something to cheer about. 295 00:15:59,360 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. 296 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 2: They're not booing. 297 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: Then they're not booing, because they would be booing if 298 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: they're watching the Philadelphia seventy six ers. It's happened, yeah, 299 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: twice already here in three games. Here, well twice in 300 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: two opportunities, because the Phillies have only played two games. 301 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: But yeah, the Philly sports fans got something to cheer about. 302 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: Here is Bryce Harper. Yeah, pretty cool. Again, He's got 303 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: elbow problems, unable to play in the field, but he 304 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: is socking dingers. As we like to say, he is raking. Actually, 305 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: there was a moment after the game where he was 306 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: on the field and Phillies owner John Middleton approached him 307 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: and they were chatting it up, and apparently, as reported 308 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: by John Clark of NCBs Philly, Middleton said to Harper, quote, 309 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: I think I've underpaid you. I'm not sure you can 310 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: underpay somebody when you give them three hundred and thirty million, wow, 311 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure I underpaid you. Yeah. There. It 312 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: was one of those like owner player moments where the 313 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: owner owner wants everybody to see what he's saying. He 314 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 1: wasn't covering his lips like a like a like an 315 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: athlete does, wasn't wasn't covering the mouth, so Bryce Harper 316 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: wasn't either, and then Bryce Harper realized, Okay, we're going 317 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: to be having a long conversation here, it's time to 318 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: cover my mouth. So people actually don't see what I'm saying. 319 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: But John Milton want everybody to know that. Well, he's 320 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: just freaking happy his team's going to the series for 321 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: the first time in thirteen years, so good luck to them. 322 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: They are playing the Houston Astros, who are playing inredible Ball, 323 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: and we'll get to the Astros and what they did 324 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: to the Yankees after this short break. Welcome back to 325 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 1: Nobuntz reading your comments here. Amongst the Bleacher creatures, one 326 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: from Cole Rams stuck out to me. Cole said, give 327 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: JD the starter award today. We talked about it on 328 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: Friday show. We said let's have an a war given 329 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: out after each show. It was one of our rapid 330 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: fire questions on the Drop podcast. Your award was the 331 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: starter being handed out. 332 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 2: For the guy who doesn't hold up to start of 333 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 2: the show. 334 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: So you win it. 335 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 2: Hey. You know what though, for this particular I watched 336 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 2: you in real time fire through these games, adding your notes. 337 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 2: It was impressive. 338 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, between between. 339 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 2: No dunks and no bunts, it was a thing to 340 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 2: be a whole. Yeah, we were less than ten minutes late. 341 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 1: So well, listen, I gotta say I have I really 342 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: enjoyed the Phillies Padre series, and I took that all 343 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,239 Speaker 1: in the Yankees astros I kind of faded in and 344 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: out first because basketball is back. Yes, take it's a 345 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 1: bit of a problem, but these Yankees just were so uninspiring. Yes, 346 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: they're running into each other and well, you know, we'll 347 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 1: get to that in a second. I also want to 348 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: mention there's people out there complaining about player interviews during 349 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 1: the game that are happening in the dugout. It's sort 350 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: of polarizing. For instance, Bryce Harper hit his huge go 351 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: ahead dinger, probably the biggest moment of his career if 352 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, as far as a postseason hit goes, 353 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:34,239 Speaker 1: and people don't like the fact that the player is 354 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: taken out of his element, is not in his zone, 355 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: and is interviewed here by Ken Rosenthal, who talked about 356 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: it on The Athletic MLB Show and he laid it 357 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: all out and says, listen, the team and the players 358 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: have to agree to it. It's not like they are 359 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: forced to do it. It is I'm sure some sort 360 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: of order is the wrong word, but uh, a desire 361 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: for the MLB to have these players interviewed during the 362 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: games totally. It's a player. 363 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 2: It's like everything you said before about the close ups 364 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 2: of the chest bumps and replaying that and you know, 365 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 2: the hearing what's happening on first base with the slide 366 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 2: and the comments and you're hearing them talk. It just 367 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 2: bring it's just bringing these the personalities to life. Yes, 368 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 2: but yeah, I'm it's weird to have a guy interviewed 369 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 2: and then like the game's not over yet you have 370 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: it's not done. No, I don't know. And it aren't 371 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 2: baseball players super superstitious. I mean it's like, yeah, a 372 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 2: big moment, but save it for the end of the game. 373 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 2: But I don't know. 374 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess you mentioned you know that if the 375 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: if the players are superstitious or not, I think that 376 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: may factor into whether a player will do it or not, right, 377 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: like just just his his outlook on it. And Bryce 378 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: Harper performed that interview just after hitting a huge home 379 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: run in the eighth inning. We're getting close here to 380 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: the end of the game, so for him a couple 381 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: of things. He may not get another at bat. He's 382 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: a dhe that that could be the end of it. 383 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,479 Speaker 1: Second of all, I saw the Athletics Mark Krig tweet 384 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: that Bryce Harper said he hasn't felt pressure since he 385 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: was trying to make major League Baseball. Now he's cool 386 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: with everything. 387 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 2: He's not. 388 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: He's just not a pressure guy. But yeah, I wonder 389 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: if there is any butting heads from Major League Baseball 390 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: when they say, hey, we want a player to be interviewed, 391 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: and we don't want a guy not in the game. 392 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: You know, we want somebody one of the key stars here, 393 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: and so yeah, is there a pushback? Is there some 394 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: some points? Was there some point where a team said, no, 395 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: we're not letting you have that guy, right? You know, 396 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: we've gone through this experience somewhat before, Like when we're 397 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: doing we're doing a live shows. 398 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 2: Especially at Summer League, which was ridiculous, like we would 399 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 2: have a rookie slated to come on, but they would 400 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 2: be it would be like, well, let's wait and see 401 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 2: if they win the game or not. It's summer league 402 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 2: and they're rookies. Who cares, it's they're meaningless games. But 403 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 2: they would we would always get pushed back, and we 404 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 2: would we wouldn't sometimes not know if we were going 405 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 2: to get a guest until literally the game was over 406 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 2: and they had one. 407 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: Yes, it's kind of do yeah, I guess in the 408 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: team's defense there they're protecting their players. Oh, in any way, 409 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: shape or form. And the difference is there this is 410 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: some TV show on NBA TV asking you to do it, 411 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: while these are league mandated. It feels like in in 412 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 1: the dugout where they have come to the agreement this. 413 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: I'm ninety nine percent sure this is even written in 414 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: the CBA where we're gonna get one of your guys 415 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: to be interviewed. But there has to be there's probably 416 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: some sort of yeah back and forth. Who the hecker 417 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: we getting? When is this happening? Uh? And yeah, probably 418 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: depends on if a guy's when he's hitting when when 419 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: you know, the thing about baseball is guys aren't involved 420 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: in the action all the time, so there's probably moments 421 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: where you can rip them up. Anyways, Uh, I thought 422 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 1: that was that was interesting. And it's not like a 423 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: coaches interview in basketball. It's not a coach. This is 424 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: one of the players. Is his gold? Is his gold? 425 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: Even if they what they're saying isn't cold, Yeah, but. 426 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 2: They but even the coaches are being interviewed during a 427 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 2: break and play. Those are pretapes, all of them. Yeah. Yeah, 428 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 2: so this was happening well the game. 429 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a good point. 430 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 2: It's a risk broadcaster basically because you don't know what 431 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 2: they're going to say with how they're going to react. 432 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 2: I mean, we're talking about national. 433 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: There's probably a delay though. 434 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess there's a swear laying on that button. 435 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think even when we're talking about like the 436 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: slide into second base by Josh Bella and he goes, yeah, 437 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: like you know that could they wouldn't go to that 438 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,199 Speaker 1: or they wouldn't use it, I think, yeah, And not 439 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: only would they be able to bleep it out, but 440 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: these are professional athletes when they get that mic in 441 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: their hand, and if it's a swear, probably better for 442 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: the game to some degree. Anyways, what's not better for 443 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: the game is this Yankees team sture ily they struggled 444 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: very much, so a huge gap between the Astros and 445 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: the Yankees. In the American League. A lot of talk 446 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: about the randomness in the postseason this year because wild 447 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 1: card teams and their home field advantage wasn't much of advantage. 448 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: They went one in three in those four wild card series. 449 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: The home team did. Also discussion about the randomness because 450 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: the teams that got the buys i e. The Dodgers 451 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: and the Braves got banged out pretty quickly. So randomness, yeah, 452 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: coming up here in the postseason talk or the talk 453 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: around the postseason in baseball circles. But no randomness in 454 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 1: this series. The better team won Game one, the Yankees. 455 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: Harrison Bader. What an acquisition he was at the deadline. 456 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: He hit a solo homer in the second for New York, 457 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: gave him one nothing lead here, all right, we're feeling 458 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: all right. But they failed to capitalize on so many chances. 459 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: Their bats just went ice cold. Justin Verlander, the thirty 460 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: nine year old. He cooked the Yankees eleven k's over 461 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: six innings. They got a couple moments in the field. 462 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge a beautiful catch in right field, not just 463 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: a hitter. He can do it with the glove, and 464 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: gen Carlo Stanton took a piece out of Houston's left 465 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 1: field scoreboard bracing himself while making a running catch, according 466 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: to our Chris Kershner. But again their bats. When ice cold, 467 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: the Astro stayed hot. They hit three homers. Julie Guriel, 468 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: Chas McCormick, and Jeremy Pana all homered. The Astros took 469 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: Game one, four to two. Let's move to Game two. 470 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: This was a simple one. Didn't take many notes for 471 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: this one. Jd Alex Bregman hit a three run homer 472 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: and that's all franberveld As needed. The Astros won three 473 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: to two. They're up two to zero. All right, let's 474 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 1: go to New York. New York is getting their first game. 475 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 1: It's Saturday in the Bronx. 476 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 2: So hold on, there's no days off here, right, you 477 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 2: were saying that, you were telling me that. 478 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: At Yes, they reduced the amount of days off. I 479 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: think I think they each got one day off, but 480 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: they took away the second day off because of the 481 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: CBA going long, CBA negotiations going long in spring training, 482 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: and they reduced the games or the days off. So yeah, 483 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: well as the Yankees beat the Guardians there in the 484 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: Division Series. They had to go to the Championship Series 485 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: right away. They did. There was a day off in 486 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: between the travel day between going from Houston to New York, 487 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: but then there wouldn't have been another they could they 488 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 1: could have played the rest games three through seven day 489 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: after day, so they took away one of the days off. 490 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, we saw some of our turner peeps complaining about 491 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: this interesting on social media, just you know, just throwing 492 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 2: it out there that you know, leave the game, get 493 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 2: on a plane, get get into New York. 494 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: Oh I saw that right, Yeah, yeah, very. 495 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 2: Very little turnaround time for the broadcast team. So who 496 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 2: is the most important in my mind? Oh you can't. 497 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: You can't have your cake and eat it too. Sometimes 498 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: the production crews will complain, then we're on the road 499 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: for so long and this is just shortening it. 500 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. That is very true. 501 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: Which is odd here talking about that because they now 502 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 1: have four days off before the World Series. Well that's okay, 503 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: Well it's okay. Yeah, they get to fly home and 504 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:09,719 Speaker 1: all that. 505 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. 506 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 1: The strange part is, yeah, the World Series starts on Friday, 507 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: when we've got all these days off, why not get 508 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: her going. Yeah, that was a bit of the problem 509 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: that people had with the teams with the Buys had 510 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: five days off. It happens in playoffs because of ad revenue, 511 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: because of sales. Hey, this game, this series has to 512 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: start on Friday, and that's how she goes. But yeah, 513 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: we're going two, three to two here back to the Alcs, 514 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: so we're going to the Yankee Stadium for three games. Well, 515 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: it ended up being two games. Yankees were positive going 516 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: into Game three because it was their first start for 517 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: Garrett Cole in this series because, as I said, Division 518 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: series bumped up right against the Championship series, so they 519 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: didn't have any rest. Top of the second, Cole gets 520 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: the first two hitters, no problem. Two out. Things were 521 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: looking fine, but the Yankees made a costly fielding air. 522 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: Christian Vasquez lifted a lazy fly into right center, right 523 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: in between Aaron Judge and Harrison Bader, and they didn't 524 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: communicate well enough. They're both calling it and at the 525 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: last second, Aaron Judge, apparently because he couldn't hear Harrison 526 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: Bader call it the whole way hurt it. At that 527 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: last second that he was calling it, got out of 528 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: the way. And then the ball just landed as both 529 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: sort of retracted there a little bit. As they got 530 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: right and right close to the ball, they're kind of 531 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 1: recoiled and the ball falls and next hitter, actually Garrett 532 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: Cole looks up at them and says, I got you. 533 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: I got you. You could see that great rep play 534 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: there from the broadcast crew, but he did not. Next hitter, 535 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: Chas McCormick, great opposite field hitting hit, a two run homer. 536 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: Yankees paid so that stunk right off the bat, essentially 537 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: going into their first home game. The Chaz chomp as 538 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: they call it in Houston, which is I guess they 539 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: do just because his name is Chas McCormick. They do 540 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: a little gator chomp. I guess because it's a literation. 541 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Anyways, that's all the Astros needed Day 542 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: one five ZEP putting the Yankees on the brink in 543 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: Game four. Before Game four, I should say, on Sunday, 544 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the Yankees mental skills coach 545 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: was sending around highlight videos of the four Red Sox 546 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: who came back on the Yankees from that three nil deficit. Actually, 547 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: we were together back then in two thousand and four JV. 548 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: We were at a bar for one of those playoff games. 549 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: I think it was. I think it was game four 550 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: when the Yankees came back. I'm sorry, when the Red 551 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: Sox won the first game to come back three to 552 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,959 Speaker 1: one and eventually it was four games straight. Where were 553 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: we hair of the Dog? Maybe Matt and your friend. 554 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 2: Derek. 555 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: No, it wasn't Derek, your friend another another friend of yours. 556 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: I forget his name. I have many friends, yes you do. 557 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: He showed up. But yeah, we saw David Ortiz, I'm sorry, 558 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts Steele second and David Ortiz's hit, And that 559 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: ties into this because apparently they facetimed David Ortiz into 560 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: Aaron Boone's office pregame, which is just not good Yankees juju. 561 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: This is Yankees Red Sox. Anyways, a lot of bad juju. 562 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: Ticket prices were plummeting for the game. I think they 563 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: went down from like ninety percent. 564 00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 2: Damn. 565 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: Kind of strange. There were like eighteen bucks to get 566 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: into the the you know, the the nosebleeds. But still still, 567 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: this is the championship series. Shocking to me. Anyways, the 568 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: Yankees got up three zip but Jeremy Panna erased it 569 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: with one swing of the bat, a three run homer 570 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: for him. Kind of an unheralded Astro Imo. I think 571 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: he's fantastic. The Astros got up four to three, but 572 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: Harrison Bader what an acquisition. He had a homer to 573 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: give them a five four lead. But the Yankees got 574 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: on top but just couldn't close it out. And the 575 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: Yankees bullpen was always going to do them in, and 576 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: that's what happened. The Astro scored two in the seventh 577 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: off the Yankees' pen to give them a six to 578 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: five lead. They held on to so weep the New 579 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: York Yankees in the Championship Series. In the locker room 580 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: during the celebration, they've got brooms out. They physically got 581 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: brooms out in New York. So I'm sure that was 582 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: pack where they get the No, they've packed them, baby, 583 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: if I don't think they're asking around, Hey, you got 584 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: brooms here? So wild stuff, wild stuff? How do you 585 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: feel about that brooms? 586 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 2: I'm fine with it. I'm fine with it. No, that's great. 587 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 2: It's a good celebration. 588 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: It's great TV, great TV. 589 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. 590 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: So that's all she wrote for the Yankees a very 591 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: up and down season, which now leads into the off 592 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: season where the big question is what they will offer 593 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge, who obviously had an incredible season, bet on 594 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: himself to become a free agent. So we shall see 595 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: the offers that get thrown Aaron Judge's way. Will it 596 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: be five hundred mel It's unlikely, unlikely at his age 597 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: to get that much money, But great question you asked, 598 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: the tough you asked the tough questions. 599 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 2: Let me get you mentioned his age, so I thought, you. 600 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: Know, you would expect when when I wanted to search 601 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: just so I got it. He's thirty. Okay, he's not 602 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: one Soto, so yeah, there's uh yeah, he key hitters 603 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: age well, but and he's not just a hitter, so 604 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: I think they'll be in the four hundred range. That's 605 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: just a guess on my part. What do I know? 606 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: But yeah, so there we go. That's their off season. 607 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: Let the bidding begin, and let the wild, wild, Wild 608 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,959 Speaker 1: Wild four days off begin as well before the World 609 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: Series that starts on Friday, and we'll be here for 610 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 1: our final no Bunks of the season after the World Series. 611 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 2: Is that what we're doing, We're just waiting until the end. 612 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: I think, so, okay, you want to do one in between, 613 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 1: that's totally up to you, all right, TV. 614 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,359 Speaker 2: I don't do anything, but I just stand here and oh, 615 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,280 Speaker 2: you answer me questions and yeah, and try to stump 616 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 2: you with people's. 617 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: Ass and the and the days off question. You would 618 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: have think I knew exactly how many days off, but 619 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: I wanted to be accurate, so I stumbled and bumbled 620 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 1: my way into figuring it out. 621 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 2: Nobody can tell. 622 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, sure, anyway, we'll figure out what our World 623 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 1: Series schedule is. Like, we're here with the baseball season, 624 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: here with the no breaks F one season coming to 625 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: an end, here with the no buffs Survivor season. 626 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 2: Great time to get in. 627 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: It is a great time again. 628 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:25,359 Speaker 2: We're e merging. How do you know, survivor. Well, we're 629 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 2: heading towards a merge, heading towards the merging. Yeah, it's 630 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 2: going to be a merge. Probably earned your way into 631 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 2: the merge kind of thing, like last time, without the 632 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,279 Speaker 2: Chilele of time. Anyways, baseball people aren't gonna they don't 633 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 2: care about that. 634 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 1: Even I'm confused. All right, we'll be back for some 635 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 1: no bonds action sometime in the World Series or right after. 636 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: But for now, Clipper Bros. 637 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 2: You heard of your first, have a great time, turn up. 638 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 1: Love you guys awesome, Thanks for joining us. And remember 639 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge is thirty years old and one Soto is 640 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,720 Speaker 1: twenty three years and three hundred and sixty four days old. 641 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:13,840 Speaker 1: So a happy early twenty fourth birthday to Juan Soto tomorrow. 642 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: We'll see you next time.