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Speaker 1: Welgo everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. I'm

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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal, and we do have a lot to talk

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Speaker 1: about on this Monday. As I just tweeted, people often

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Speaker 1: ask me, after all this time covering baseball, this is

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Speaker 1: my thirty ninth season, do I ever get sick of it?

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Speaker 1: Do I ever get bored? And the answer is no.

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Speaker 1: And the answer is no because it is so interesting

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Speaker 1: this sport on a daily basis, on a seasonal basis,

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Speaker 1: year after year. This weekend alone, we had things happen

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Speaker 1: that we didn't really expect. And I'm not talking about

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Speaker 1: Trevor Story's ridiculous hole wrote off the Pesky Pole, which

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Speaker 1: was very cool. I'm talking about some races that suddenly

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Speaker 1: move that took place, a post deadline roster move, transaction

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Speaker 1: that kind of came out of nowhere. I'm talking about

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Speaker 1: a lot of things. So let's start today with the

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Speaker 1: Al East and with the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen difficulties

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Speaker 1: Let's look at the standings to start the show, and

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Speaker 1: we'll go from there. As I just said, you have

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Speaker 1: We're a month away from the season ending. Less than that,

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Speaker 1: there's still two and a half games up on both

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Speaker 1: Jays bullpen is collapsing. And let me take you through

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Speaker 1: the week that was, because this was as horrific a

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Speaker 1: this is going back Last Tuesday, Jays lead the Twins

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Speaker 1: The Brewers score five runs in the six This was

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Speaker 1: And then on Monday, just yesterday, four to two lead

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Speaker 1: Four horrific bullpen losses in the span of a week. Now,

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Speaker 1: the problem is when you have a situation like this

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Speaker 1: it's past. All you can do is look for help

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Speaker 1: And it goes beyond anyone pitcher, as JP says, and

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Speaker 1: The solution begins as JP wrights with more throwing more strikes.

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Speaker 1: Over the last thirty days, Jay's relievers averaging five point

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Speaker 1: sixty five walks per nine. That is the worst mark

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Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball over that period. So, now, what

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Speaker 1: does the bigger picture look like? In the Ale East,

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Speaker 1: the Yankees and Red Sox each have one series left

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Speaker 1: this game. And for another example of that, look at

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Speaker 1: the Texas Rangers. Here is a team that has been

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Speaker 1: They're on an absolute role. They've won six in a row,

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Speaker 1: they've won nine of ten. They're now just one and

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Speaker 1: They're seventy three and sixty five. They're still in a

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Speaker 1: And this is a team that loaded up on the deadline.

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Speaker 1: But Xander Bogarts goes down to a fractured left foot.

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Speaker 1: insurmountable road teams win all the time in the Baseball playoffs.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about the Ha Song Kim situation

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Speaker 1: with the Atlanta Braves claiming him off waivers. We'll be

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Speaker 2: One of the newest shows on the FT Network is

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Speaker 2: called Friar Territory. That's right. If you're dialed in on

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Speaker 2: the Padres, then you want to listen to Kyle Glazer

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Speaker 2: and former padres Mike Cameron and Heath Bell who joined

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Speaker 2: him during the week, to break down everything that's going

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Speaker 2: on with this exciting team. We're throwing a curveball at

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Speaker 2: you this week for our Arena Club segment, as AJ

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Speaker 2: has opened up a Pokemon slap pack.

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Speaker 3: Did you say it?

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Speaker 2: Pokemon?

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Speaker 1: Flatman?

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Speaker 2: Pokemon? Don't ask me to say what that card is,

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Speaker 2: but we're doing with that card. I already sold it back, baby.

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Speaker 3: I bought it and then I got more money than

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Speaker 3: I paid for the pack, so I sold us straight back.

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Speaker 2: and you can go get yourself something that you maybe

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Speaker 3: Yes, what it is. I exaid it because I saw

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Speaker 2: Lucky made money off of it too, exactly. But of course,

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Speaker 2: if you're into sports cards, that is something that you

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Speaker 2: can find a ton of on the Arena club marketplace.

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Speaker 2: By sell slab pack trade twenty percent off your first

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Speaker 2: slab pack or card purchase can be had at arenaclub

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Speaker 1: runs of lady hadn't hit and running with runners from

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Speaker 1: scoring position most of the season. He's doing that now.

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Speaker 1: So can he carry them? Yes, he can carry them.

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Speaker 1: But as we saw. It was just yesterday. They had

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Speaker 1: that big game, big scoring game. He did great things,

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Speaker 1: and yet the Mets did not win that game. So

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Speaker 1: they're gonna need to pitch at some point. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: need to pitch, and they're gonna need to pitch better

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Speaker 1: than they have. And I don't know if you can

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Speaker 1: win with this kind of rotation going into the postseason.

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Speaker 1: And in the postseason, they'll get there. I'm pretty confident

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Speaker 1: of that. How long they last, that's a better question.

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Speaker 1: All right, here we go. One more question, at least today.

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Speaker 1: How big was the Cubs come back for their wildcard chances?

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Speaker 1: Certainly big, And frankly, we've underestimated the Cubs a little

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Speaker 1: bit in the last I don't know, month or two.

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Speaker 1: I say, Weave me, I've underestimated them, and we've kind

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Speaker 1: of overlooked them. And again me, I've overlooked them. And

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Speaker 1: here's the deal. I don't have the standings in front

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Speaker 1: of me right now, but as I mentioned earlier, they're

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Speaker 1: a head of the Padres in the wildcard standings. They're

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Speaker 1: pretty close to the Dodgers as well, obviously, because the

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Speaker 1: Padres are chasing the Dodgers in the NL West, so

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Speaker 1: they're well positioned to open the postseason at home. Now

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Speaker 1: their offense seems to be getting it back together. I'm

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Speaker 1: a little worried about their rotation. Still tie home back

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Speaker 1: on the injured list, Kate Horton, how strong will he

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Speaker 1: be in October. He's been terrific as a rookie so far,

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Speaker 1: but that is a concern. The same time, they're having

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Speaker 1: a great year, they're overshadowed by the Brewers because the

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Speaker 1: Brewers are having this ridiculous here. But while they're not

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Speaker 1: going to win the division quite obviously, they're still in

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Speaker 1: a great position in the wildcard race. And you get

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Speaker 1: that first home series, you maybe win the home series,

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Speaker 1: you maybe build momentum for the DS, and then you

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Speaker 1: have something. So I'm not ruling out the Cubs in

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Speaker 1: the postseason. I'm a little worried obviously. As I said

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Speaker 1: about their rotation, I do believe their offense now is

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Speaker 1: going to be back to form. It couldn't be as

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Speaker 1: bad as it was for however long that slump lasted.

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Speaker 1: All Right, I want to thank everyone everyone for listening.

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Speaker 1: You know where to find us, YouTube, Apple, Spotify. We

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Speaker 1: will be back on Thursday. The normal live show with

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Speaker 1: a lot of rizzo. Twelve thirty Eastern, nine thirty pacifics.

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