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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Welcome in another edition of Crush City Territory. I'm Chandler

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Speaker 2: Roam along with Tyler Stafford and Tyler Fireworks. Last night

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Speaker 2: in Southern California, bench is cleared. I haven't seen the

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Speaker 2: Astros have that feisty feisty of an interaction. And look,

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Speaker 2: I don't know much about Zach Netto. I don't know

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Speaker 2: much about Christian Moore, who got in the middle of

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Speaker 2: the fray.

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna say one thing.

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Speaker 2: If there's one dude in the Astros clubhouse, and I'm

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Speaker 2: not crossing a dark alley, it's Hunter Brown, who appeared

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Speaker 2: pretty peeved during that whole interaction last night.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that is not the guy that I would want

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Speaker 3: to pick a fight with, not for anything. But he

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Speaker 3: also throws one hundred miles an hour, so I don't

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Speaker 3: know that in general, i'd like to make him angry

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Speaker 3: when it is his job to throw really hard. But

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Speaker 3: I mean we've all we've seen it already. Look the

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Speaker 3: dude's standing on the plate. Like if you the screenshot

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Speaker 3: of him getting hit, his elbow is in the strike zone.

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Speaker 3: I mean, when I get hurt, I also react in

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Speaker 3: a fiery manner, So I get that. I would imagine

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Speaker 3: once his head was a little more calm, he would

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Speaker 3: recognize like, oh, he wasn't throwing at me. He was

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Speaker 3: trying to throw a strike and my hand was in

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Speaker 3: the way. But yeah, I mean that was that was wild.

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Speaker 3: But I mean good, good for Hunter just hopping up

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Speaker 3: there scaring people, honestly, good for Christian Moore playing in

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Speaker 3: his first ever home game, just running out there with

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Speaker 3: the boys ready to take on everybody. So and also,

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Speaker 3: there's not a lot of good things I can say

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Speaker 3: about the umpiring last night other than good on them

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Speaker 3: for not like throw anybody out, like Okay, let's let's

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Speaker 3: calm down, everybody, get back to where you're going. But

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Speaker 3: that is the nicest thing that I can say about

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Speaker 3: the umpiring last night. I'm not I'm not one to normally,

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Speaker 3: you know, nitpick strike zones, but good lord, that was

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Speaker 3: a an abstract painting of a strike zone last night.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: John Libke had a rough one behind the plane. I

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Speaker 2: think Brian a brave struck an eye out on like

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Speaker 2: five strikes in the eighth inning, but I think he

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Speaker 2: was he was bad both ways. The Angels felt the

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Speaker 2: wrath of him as well when they were pitching.

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Speaker 3: I think so, I think it was I think it

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Speaker 3: was pretty I mean, I I know that this was

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Speaker 3: not intentional. I am not insinuating anything there, but I

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Speaker 3: do think it it skewed very heavy towards the A's.

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Speaker 3: I'll see if I can pull that up. But it,

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Speaker 3: excuse me, the Angels, not the A's.

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Speaker 1: But same thing.

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Speaker 3: I mean, come on whatever, They're both not playing in

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Speaker 3: the cities that everyone thinks they're in, you know, Oakland

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Speaker 3: or Los Angeles. Neither of them actually play in those cities.

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Speaker 3: So uh yeah, same thing. But yeah, it was bad.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know if you were listening to the broadcast,

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Speaker 3: but I don't think I've ever heard Blum and callous

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Speaker 3: like I have so much open disdain for an umpire.

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Speaker 3: At one point I think it was Blum, But at

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Speaker 3: one point Blum was like, I hope that his family

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Speaker 3: is not watching this right now, because this is this

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Speaker 3: is rough. It's like, geez man.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they got into a So they had a getaway

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Speaker 2: day night game in Sacramento on Thursday. They didn't get

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Speaker 2: to Anaheim, I don't think until two thirty in the morning, uh, Friday,

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Speaker 2: So I bet some fuses were short as well. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure that had something to do with it. Everyone was

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Speaker 2: a little agitated and tired, and even the broadcasters, so

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Speaker 2: I'm sure they I'm sure they didn't have a ton

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Speaker 2: of patience for poor performance. But uh yeah, the bench

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Speaker 2: is clearing thing like it looked very much like Zach

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Speaker 2: Nutto was just mad that he got hit, And I

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Speaker 2: can't blame him for that in a vacuum, like I

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Speaker 2: would not enjoy getting a hit by something that's being

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Speaker 2: thrown ninety five miles an hour. He's already missed time

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Speaker 2: this year for different injuries, Like I get his emotional

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Speaker 2: in the moment reaction, but also don't be surprised when

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Speaker 2: you do that. And then Hunter Brown takes exception because

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Speaker 2: Hunter Brown is a very nice young man, very well spoke,

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Speaker 2: very well, soft spoken, like is not if you talk

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Speaker 2: to him any of the four days he's not pitching,

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Speaker 2: you would not think this is a guy that's going

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Speaker 2: to seek out harm or physical violence things like that.

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Speaker 1: When he's pitching.

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Speaker 2: He's kind of one of those guys that just sees

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Speaker 2: real fired up, And I think that's what you saw there,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I think you said it right, that

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Speaker 2: it was handled the right way, Like, no, there didn't.

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Speaker 1: Need to be warnings.

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Speaker 2: There didn't need to like Trout got hit later in

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Speaker 2: the game, like there didn't have to be like warnings

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Speaker 2: that bend.

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Speaker 1: Like none of this was intentional.

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Speaker 2: It was just two young ish players like Hunter Brown's

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Speaker 2: still a young player. He's got two full seasons in

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Speaker 2: the big leagues. Zach Netto, this is his second full

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Speaker 2: year in the big leagues. Oh, it threw me off.

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Speaker 2: At one point. Blum was like a young hitter. I

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Speaker 2: heard him a veteran picture, and I was like, what, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I heard him, I hear you. But yeah, I heard

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Speaker 2: Blumbers staying that, and I was like, that's not what

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Speaker 2: I would go with. But yeah, nevertheless two and you

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Speaker 2: did see it too when those guys went out, when

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Speaker 2: everyone went out there, like the veterans were kind of

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Speaker 2: the ones like all right, come on, let's let's take

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Speaker 2: the let's take the kids back, come on, like, let's

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Speaker 2: not get riled up.

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Speaker 1: And you even.

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Speaker 2: Saw like Joe Spotta was like, if you watch the uh,

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Speaker 2: the it's not brawl. If you watch the gathering, Joe

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Speaker 2: spot was just kind of like okay, like yeah, all right,

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Speaker 2: we got him.

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Speaker 1: We got him. He's fine, We'll calm him down. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: all's well. That ends well.

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Speaker 2: The Ashers won the game, I believe, stranded eleven Angels

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Speaker 2: and left and force them into one for ten with

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Speaker 2: runners in scoring position. They're just finding ways to win,

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Speaker 2: which is what you can ask for, and they're doing

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Speaker 2: it amid a stretch of divisional opponents, which we thought

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Speaker 2: it would be pertinent now about halfway through the season

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Speaker 2: to size up the American League West and to see

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Speaker 2: who are maybe the biggest challengers, who to the Astros

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Speaker 2: really have to worry about in across the final four

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Speaker 2: months of the season. So we're recording this on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: They will enter tonight's game against the Angels with a

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Speaker 2: seventy three point three percent chance to win the American

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Speaker 2: League West. According to Fangrafts, they are up five games

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Speaker 2: in the division. The Mariners are in second place, the

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Speaker 2: Rangers are in third, they're seven back, and the Angels

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Speaker 2: the Sacramento Athletics are very very far back. I don't

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Speaker 2: think we're gonna touch on them much. In this one, Tyler,

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Speaker 2: before we get team by team here, who who do

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Speaker 2: you think is the Astro's biggest threat in the American

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Speaker 2: League West.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I I guess the Mariners, right, they have

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Speaker 3: some guys who have been injured. You know, they're they're

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Speaker 3: the closest team. They're They're the team that I would

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Speaker 3: have thought, you know, would have had the best chance

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Speaker 3: coming into the year. The sneaky pick is the Rangers

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Speaker 3: because they have so many guys way underperforming. They're you know, potential.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Corey Seeger and Marcus Simmon are both hitting

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Speaker 3: like two thirty. They're not going to do that for

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Speaker 3: a whole year, but they're I mean, they're seven out already.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I know it's it's still early. I'm sure

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Speaker 3: you don't get this nearly as much as I do.

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Speaker 3: But as a vocal uh watcher of baseball, I get

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Speaker 3: a lot of texts from people who just kind of

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Speaker 3: like check in every once in a while, And anytime

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Speaker 3: someone asked me about they're four games back or there

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Speaker 3: they got this or whatever, my default answer is, I

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Speaker 3: don't look at the standings until July, and I don't

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Speaker 3: care about them until August. So June twenty first seems

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Speaker 3: like a good time for us to just start to

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Speaker 3: peek at at the standings. But I mean, I think

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Speaker 3: those are the the only two real threats I could

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Speaker 3: I could certainly see the Rangers going on like a

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Speaker 3: you know, twenty one and six run at some point

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Speaker 3: in a month and making up some ground. I don't

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Speaker 3: think the Mariners have quite the same firepower, but I

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Speaker 3: think their floor is a lot higher than what the

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Speaker 3: Rangers could be. I don't know what about you, You

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Speaker 3: still love the athletics A loser, A huge lord. Somebody

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Speaker 3: find the clip from one of our our first podcast

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Speaker 3: where Chann was like, wat Child, the A's are really good.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's the same team that they had last

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Speaker 2: year and there, and they played excellent baseball last year

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Speaker 2: and now they're all miserable playing in a minor league

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Speaker 2: park where it's one hundred and fifty degrees every day.

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Speaker 1: I can't control them.

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Speaker 3: Who could have seen that coming?

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Speaker 2: Just to reiterate a little bit and maybe put some

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Speaker 2: context into what you said, Tyler, you know, looking at

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Speaker 2: division standings in a certain day can be a little

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Speaker 2: bit misleading. We are recording this on June twenty first,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. On June twenty first, twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 2: the Astros were seven back in the American League West.

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Speaker 2: So it goes to show you how quickly these things

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Speaker 2: can change. Like they are sitting pretty right now at

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Speaker 2: five games up, but you literally watched last year the

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Speaker 2: Mariners just completely fall apart.

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Speaker 1: The Astros make.

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Speaker 2: Up ten games in the division and win the division

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Speaker 2: pretty much going away in September. So yes, they're playing

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Speaker 2: well right now now and things look solid, but it

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Speaker 2: is still so early. And you lived that last year,

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Speaker 2: and I would caution that this year you should maybe

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Speaker 2: take that same approach. I still, and I've told this

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Speaker 2: to everyone that asked me, Like, I think the Rangers

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Speaker 2: are going to hit at some point, And part of

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Speaker 2: it is just I don't want to bring back of

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Speaker 2: send shivers down a lot of people's spines. But like

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Speaker 2: I mean, Corey Seegers on their team, like Marcus Simeon,

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Speaker 2: who has hit very well as of late. I believe

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Speaker 2: he's got a thirteen game hitting streak. He started so

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Speaker 2: bad that his numbers are going to look bad for

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Speaker 2: a while.

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Speaker 1: But you look at the roster.

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Speaker 2: And you look at the guys that they have and

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Speaker 2: you just think they're going it. Can't go this badly

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Speaker 2: all year, Like they're going to hit at some point.

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Speaker 2: And the reason I keep saying that is they are

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Speaker 2: pitching as well as any team in baseball. They're starting

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Speaker 2: rotation de gram A, Valdi, Molly, like Jack Lyder pitching,

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Speaker 2: had a no hitter going into the seventh and it's

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Speaker 2: the Ashers a couple of weeks ago. Like they've got

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Speaker 2: the rotation to contend, and they've got the front line

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Speaker 2: arms to be really scary, and they've they're piecing it

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Speaker 2: together in the bullpen, but they're getting it done. And

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Speaker 2: that's one thing. They have pitched well all season. And

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Speaker 2: they don't really need the whole lineup to hit. They

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Speaker 2: need Corey Seger to hit like the three hundred million

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Speaker 2: dollar player he is and Marcus Simeon to hit like

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Speaker 2: the two hundred million dollar player he is, and they

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Speaker 3: twenty five until December.

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Speaker 1: Like, this is.

434
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Speaker 3: A young young player. I mean, for all we talk

435
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Speaker 3: about Cam Smith being just a little baby out there

436
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,600
Speaker 3: because he was in college last year, Like Cam Smith's

437
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 3: twenty two, Like, he's not significantly younger than Julio who

438
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,440
Speaker 3: has been in baseball since the Clinton administration. It's insane

439
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 3: that he's still only twenty four. Rounding out the Mariners,

440
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 3: we talked a little bit about they're pitching again. I

441
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:43,200
Speaker 3: did some I texted my friend Jordan Schusterman of the

442
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Speaker 3: The Cesspitist Family Barbecue.

443
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Speaker 1: Listen to Cspice Barbecue.

444
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Speaker 3: Good stuff, Absolutely, very good friends, love them. But he

445
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 3: basically said, like, look, they've got two bullpen arms. It's

446
00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 3: Munnos and Brash, and Brash was hurt, like we said

447
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 3: at the beginning of the year, so they're still kind

448
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 3: of working him back in. But when you look at

449
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:10,919
Speaker 3: the Mariners, the fatal flaw for them certainly is the

450
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 3: bullpen that they They kind of have what we were

451
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,680
Speaker 3: concerned about with the Astros coming into the season, which

452
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 3: is you've got two guys back there at the back

453
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,320
Speaker 3: end of your bullpen that you can rely on and

454
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 3: everybody else. And it's worked out for the Astros that

455
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 3: everybody else has turned into really good relievers, and for

456
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 3: the Mariners that has not been the case. There's really

457
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 3: not anybody that they trust outside of those two guys,

458
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 3: and over the course of a season and certainly in

459
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Speaker 3: you know, the postseason, that's something that can really hinder

460
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Speaker 3: a team. So when you're looking at the rest of

461
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,119
Speaker 3: the season, that's that's definitely something to keep your eye on.

462
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Speaker 2: And if any team will fortify that need, it is

463
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 2: probably going to be the Mariners the Rangers as well,

464
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,479
Speaker 2: because these teams are going to look a lot different

465
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 2: in about five weeks than they do right now, and

466
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 2: we will talk about some of those differences and what

467
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,120
Speaker 2: to expect from these teams.

468
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Speaker 1: At the deadline. Right after a message from our friends

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Speaker 1: in Foul Territory.

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Speaker 4: If you're a card collector, even if you're not, and

471
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Speaker 4: you just want to find a new way to collect,

472
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Speaker 4: Arena Club is the spot. AJ just opened up a

473
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Speaker 4: slab pack. He screen recorded on his phone so you

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Speaker 4: can all see what he just experienced.

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Speaker 1: Take us through it. And it was simple.

476
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Speaker 5: I just clicked on which slab pack I wanted, clicked

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Speaker 5: by now boom, bought it. Card. Little pack starts spinning,

478
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Speaker 5: you hit open and then it goes all psychedelic on you,

479
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Speaker 5: and then the card appears and I got a Robin

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Speaker 5: Yelt Rookie car.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you did it awesome.

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Speaker 4: And then right after that experience, I saw the little

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Speaker 4: buy back and you said, hold on to this.

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Speaker 5: Hold on, this is robbin me outs in the Hall

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Speaker 5: of Fame. He's not getting any more rookie cards, so

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna stick with it for a little bit. See

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Speaker 5: if the price might start just going up a little bit.

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Speaker 4: Yep, you can track that, and of course if you

489
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Speaker 4: do want to do the buy back, then you can

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Speaker 4: instantly sell it right back to Arena Club. Get yourself

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Speaker 4: another slab pack by a car whatever it is. This

492
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Speaker 4: is the spot for collectors these days, and you can

493
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Speaker 4: use the code foul foul to get yourself twenty percent

494
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Speaker 4: off your first lab pack or card purchase at Arena

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Speaker 4: club dot com slash foul.

496
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Speaker 2: So you don't have to be a genius or a

497
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 2: followup Baseball intimately to understand that Jerry Depoto, who is

498
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 2: the general manager or president of Baseball Operations or whatever

499
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,199
Speaker 2: they're calling him now of the Mariners, is one of,

500
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 2: if not the most aggressive front office executives in the sport.

501
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 2: Probably him and Aj Preller of the Padres tied for

502
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,359
Speaker 2: kind of the guy you want to be covering at

503
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 2: the deadline. Because they're always going to do something and

504
00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,159
Speaker 2: then don't count out. He's still new at this and

505
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,360
Speaker 2: still hasn't been doing it in a while, but Rangers

506
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 2: President of Baseball Operations Chris Young has certainly been known

507
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,679
Speaker 2: to do some very daring things. And you know, they

508
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,360
Speaker 2: fired their hitting coach after twenty five games this year.

509
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 2: They traded for Matt Scherzer a couple of years ago.

510
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 2: They've done he is not afraid to be bold, and

511
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 2: I think where the Astros are I think framing this

512
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 2: from an Astros perspective. You know, you look at the

513
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 2: Rangers and the Mariners, and they're going to be more

514
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 2: desperate obviously at the deadline because they're going to have

515
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 2: to make up a big hole to climb out of

516
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,640
Speaker 2: this that they've gotten themselves into. So they've got two

517
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,120
Speaker 2: decision makers that have bold tendencies that can go out

518
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,439
Speaker 2: there and really, you know, throw caution to the wind,

519
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 2: get stuff done. They've also got more to sell, like

520
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 2: they've got better for the Mariners certainly have a better

521
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 2: farm system, more prospects, more more things that are going

522
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 2: to entice other teams that are selling big names. The Rangers,

523
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 2: their their farm system is not as good as the Mariners,

524
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 2: but it's certainly better than the Astros, and they certainly

525
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 2: have more things that they can dangle out there.

526
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Speaker 1: So Tyler, how.

527
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 2: Do you think the deadline is going to influence both

528
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 2: of these teams? And then in turn, how do you

529
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,120
Speaker 2: think it's going to influence the division?

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00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 3: I have a question. First, do you think that Chris

531
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,360
Speaker 3: Young has like a fancy standing desk in his office

532
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 3: to fit his six' Ten.

533
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:11,600
Speaker 1: Yeah he's eight feet.

534
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 2: Tall, YEAH i Would they probably have had to like

535
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 2: reduce some some, doors, yeah like raise some raise some

536
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 2: ceilings a little bit because he he looks like a

537
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 2: guy that bumps his head a.

538
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 3: Lot that's like detrimentally. Tall like there's a difference between, like,

539
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 3: oh it's it's nice to be a tall part Like

540
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 3: I'm i'm six foot which you know is not is not,

541
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Speaker 3: tall but it is not like noticeably in one. Direction,

542
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 3: uh six' ten is crazy to sit in an office,

543
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 3: all day, but, uh yeah. You're Right jerry depoto would

544
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 3: like to make a trade every day if.

545
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: He.

546
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 3: Could uh Speaking Of, jordan schusterman he has one of

547
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,760
Speaker 3: my favorite baseball things going, right now which is Just

548
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 3: The jerry depoto. Transaction tracker he's Got a google sheet

549
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 3: of everything that, he's done uh in, his tenure and

550
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 3: it's like four times as Much as tivy as ANY

551
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 3: other gm in that. Same timeframe, so yeah they're certainly

552
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 3: gonna make, some moves, you know and that also hurts

553
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 3: the astros ability to make moves when you've got two

554
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 3: other teams in the division that are also needing to

555
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 3: make moves and they have better farm systems than. You

556
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 3: do so there's gonna be guys That the ashers would

557
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 3: like to acquire over the next six weeks that, you

558
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 3: know the price is gonna go up because they also

559
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 3: have other teams in the division that are looking to

560
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 3: make those, same acquisitions and they just they have more

561
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 3: firepower Than the. Astros do ashras just do not have

562
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 3: the same depth and the same top end talent that

563
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 3: those other, teams do which, is why, you know it's

564
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 3: important for the next few weeks For the astros to

565
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 3: build up as big of a lead as they can

566
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Speaker 3: as they're kind of beaten up on bad teams While

567
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 3: the Mariners and rangers. Are underperforming because you're, you're right

568
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 3: they're they're not going to look the Same in august

569
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Speaker 3: as they.

570
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 2: Do, now no and you look at. Last year, you

571
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 2: know The the mariners went And GOT. Randy A rose

572
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 2: arena a couple of. Days before that was an early.

573
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 2: Deadline deal that was about a week before. The deadline

574
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 2: they went out And Got Randy rose arena From. The

575
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 2: RAYS and i know it didn't reflect it because they missed.

576
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 2: The playoffs but if you look at their offense last

577
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 2: year from the, deadline on it was night and day

578
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 2: difference because they added They ADDED.

579
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Speaker 1: Randy a roseraine in.

580
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 2: The middle of, the lineup Obviously Fired, scot service they

581
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 2: fired their hitting Coach.

582
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: In august, but yeah the they reaped the rewards of.

583
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,800
Speaker 2: Being aggressive you look at what The the rangers did in.

584
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 2: TWENTY three i would Not Say matt scherzer is the

585
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 2: reason that the That the rangers went and Won The,

586
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 2: world series or even that they got in. The playoffs

587
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 2: but like there there is something to be said though

588
00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 2: about the jolt of, you know energy and a jolt

589
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 2: of just it's kind of a reinvigoration when you get

590
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,719
Speaker 2: validation from the, front office when you get validation. FROM

591
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 2: people i, Love, that hey we believe in. This team

592
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 2: we believe in you go go try to get. This

593
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 2: done and there is that, you know post trade deadline

594
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 2: spark that all these teams do seem to GET and

595
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 2: i think both of these teams are going to.

596
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: Get it don't don't.

597
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 2: Discount Either, bruce bochie the manager Of, the RANGERS is

598
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 2: i don't know if this is his, last year but

599
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 2: he's this he's on borrowed time from a, baseball, Perspective

600
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 2: right he's he's probably not going to be managing. Much

601
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 2: LONGER and i need to look up. His contract this

602
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 2: may be his last year. Under contract that figures into.

603
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 2: It too you have maybe one of the best five

604
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 2: managers of all time in the dugout like you don't

605
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 2: just punt seasons like this when you have a legitimate

606
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 2: chance of sneaking into a wild card and, you know

607
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 2: look With, the rangers we just talked like you run

608
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 2: out De gram Avaldi And tyler mallley in a best of,

609
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 2: three series like you're gonna have a pretty good chance

610
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 2: if you get into the. Wildcard series all you got

611
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 2: to do is. Get IN and i mean they did

612
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 2: that when they Won The world series in. Twenty three

613
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 2: they were not playing well toward the end of, the

614
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 2: year they, got in they went and Beat the rays

615
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 2: and then, you know history happened.

616
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: After that so these teams are going to.

617
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 2: Get better these teams are not going to look like

618
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 2: they look. Right NOW and i think That the astras

619
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 2: have got TO just, i mean it, sounds dumb and,

620
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 2: it sounds, you, know.

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Speaker 1: Cliche but they've got to. Keep winning they've just got

622
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: to keep.

623
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 2: Patting their lead because they Are very they are going

624
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 2: to be very few players available at. The deadline, IN

625
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 2: general i think fans overvalue kind of what can be

626
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 2: done at. The deadline like Obviously the Astros struck Goald

627
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 2: With justin verlander in. Twenty seventeen that's, the exception not.

628
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 2: The norm like a lot of times you look and

629
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,719
Speaker 2: there are players that can. Help teams there are players

630
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 2: that can certainly fill needs and fill whole, but like

631
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 2: there are very few players available at the deadline that

632
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 2: are going to change the complete trajectory of, a season

633
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 2: because by the time they, get there there will be

634
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 2: only two months left and they can performs as great as,

635
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 2: they want but it's really hard to overcome, you know

636
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 2: four months of futility or average play in. Two months

637
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 2: so If the astros can keep the division lead up

638
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 2: to about what it, is now they're up five games going,

639
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 2: into tonight keeping, around there then they should feel COMFORTABLE

640
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 2: because i think it stands a reason how That, the

641
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 2: astros while they will look to upgrade, this roster AND

642
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 2: while i think they will be active at the, trade

643
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 2: deadline they are certainly not going to be going after

644
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 2: maybe the same names That the rangers And the mariners will.

645
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 3: Be, seeking yeah and both of those teams are in

646
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 3: a position where the upgrades that they need to make

647
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 3: are at those positions where there are those just kind

648
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 3: of middling guys who, Are available like both Both the

649
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 3: Rangers and mariners need first base AND d, h upgrades

650
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 3: and those are the types of guys that you can

651
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 3: go and get at, the debt just a guy who

652
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 3: can hit, right like And the astros are tied where

653
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 3: they certainly would like to have some more production from.

654
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 3: First base they're they're not Getting. A bride that's that's not.

655
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 3: Gonna happen they're not gonna GET a Dh because jordon's

656
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 3: gonna be back at some point where, you know The

657
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 3: the mariners Just Released, rowdy tellez who somehow was not

658
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:40,800
Speaker 3: the Guy Named big dumper On. The mariners that's insane.

659
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,359
Speaker 3: To me but you know he's. Gone now they they,

660
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 3: have had, you know very little production FROM the. Dh

661
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 3: Perspective the. Rangers too you know they went out And

662
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:55,720
Speaker 3: Got jock peterson before. The season do you have any

663
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,760
Speaker 3: guests as To What jack peterson's batting, averages.

664
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,760
Speaker 2: Chance it's gotta be like he was awful to start.

665
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 2: The year it's got to, be like what like One

666
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 2: forty it's.

667
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 3: It's exactly it's one. Thirty one that was THEIR big.

668
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 3: Dh signing, so again like.

669
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 2: He's and he's hurt. Now too it's not gonna be your,

670
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 2: on level but. It's, anything yeah but two hundred it's

671
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,240
Speaker 2: better than what. They've, Had Yeah josh peterson did not start.

672
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 2: This year he's a, Good player like he's a. Good

673
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:25,799
Speaker 2: hitter he has been a good hitter for a. Long

674
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 2: time like he's going to add something when he gets

675
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 2: back in.

676
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: That.

677
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,959
Speaker 3: Line yeah and then they Also Have, josh smith WHO

678
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 3: is i love watching him play because he's one of

679
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 3: those Like Throwback ben zobristy. Type guys he has already

680
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 3: this season played every position except for pitcher. And, catcher uh.

681
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 3: THAT'S fun i love a guy that is. Doing that

682
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 3: so they also have that positional flexibility where they've got

683
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,399
Speaker 3: a guy who's a. Good hitter, you know he's got

684
00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 3: a one twenty nine ops plus playing seven different positions,

685
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 3: and dhing so they can really move him around. As

686
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 3: well so, you know both of those teams have places

687
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 3: where they can upgrade a little easier Than the. Astros

688
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 3: can and then On the, Rangers side we've talked a

689
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 3: lot About, the mariners but to give, you context, Like

690
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 3: Preseason corey Seger And marcus simmion were obviously the top

691
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:29,920
Speaker 3: projected war guys on On the. Rangers Team cory seger

692
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 3: was projected for five. Point three simon was four. Point

693
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:38,399
Speaker 3: four both of those guys have sub. One wars that's

694
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 3: they're they're not Those Players like i'm not gonna say they're,

695
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 3: gonna just, you know come out of nowhere and hit

696
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 3: three point fifty for the rest of, the season but

697
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 3: they're they're not going to hit this badly together for

698
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 3: for all of. The SEASON it's, i mean it's the

699
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 3: same thing that we've said About the. Astros too like,

700
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,839
Speaker 3: you Know When al tubay, was rugling it's like he's

701
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 3: not gonna do that the. Whole year he's just he's

702
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 3: Just not jordan's not gonna hit as badly as, he

703
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 3: did uh for. This year that there are guys that

704
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 3: just have a certain talent threshold that over the course

705
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 3: of a season they're going to be better than what they.

706
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 3: Have been And the rangers again just have that firepower kind.

707
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,919
Speaker 3: Of waiting so if they're, you know four or five

708
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 3: games back In in July, and august they make a

709
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 3: couple of trades and then those guys. Get hot, you

710
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 3: know you certainly could see them gaining some ground because,

711
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 3: they also, you know like, you Said they're they're pitching has.

712
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 3: Been incredible Jacob de gram has. BEEN healthy i. Saw

713
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 3: him he he touched one hundred in his. Last start good. For,

714
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 3: him uh, You know Jacob de gram is such a treat.

715
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 3: To Watch nathan yuvaldi has been just really. Really good

716
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 3: uh You Know Alvin high. School. Legend, Uh, so uh

717
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:03,360
Speaker 3: they've got the talent there to make, up ground. You

718
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 3: know so those are the teams to watch in. The

719
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 3: division it's funny That the angels are only a half

720
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,280
Speaker 3: game Behind, the RANGERS and i don't that's not even

721
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 3: an afterthought like that team's not. DOING anything i don't believe.

722
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,439
Speaker 2: In, them, ONE yeah i, Don't EITHER but i don't

723
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 2: believe In the, Angels either but like watching them last

724
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: night and what and seeing like they are, more, competent

725
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 2: right Like Like kelly jansen's like one of the best,

726
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 2: closers ever and like he's if they get a lead

727
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 2: late in, the game like he's gonna shut. It down

728
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 2: like there, You say kakuchi was excellent. Last Night, jose

729
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 2: soriano Who the astors are gonna, face tonight has, been

730
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,399
Speaker 2: really really good. All year They've Got reed debtmers who's

731
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 2: turned into a really quality. Setup man and then you

732
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 2: look at, their LINEUP like, I Mean Mike Trout's, Mike

733
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 2: trout neto and o'hapi are good like core pieces. Going

734
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 2: Forward jorge solaier is a, Nice player like this is

735
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 2: not just like your run of the mill like Push over,

736
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:04,359
Speaker 2: Angels team like they are not by any, means contenders

737
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 2: but they're competent and you've got to play well to,

738
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 2: beat them which is not which has not always been

739
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 2: the case when they have When the ashers have gone

740
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,280
Speaker 2: up there you said you Enjoy Watching josh. Smith play

741
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,280
Speaker 2: would you like to guess where he went? To, COLLEGE

742
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 2: man i set myself up for.

743
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 3: That one WAS It, lsu shreveport the undefeated National, champions.

744
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 2: No IT was lsu the team that is going to

745
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 2: play for the actual national championship starting.

746
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 1: This weekend would you like to guess where he went to? High?

747
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 3: School, oh no where did you go to?

748
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 2: High school we Went To Catholic high school class of,

749
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:43,359
Speaker 2: twenty twelve a year before or a year after a

750
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,839
Speaker 2: certain host of this podcast graduated from the same, high

751
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 2: School And AARON nola i didn't.

752
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 3: Know, That yeah so do you like go to high

753
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,479
Speaker 3: school baseball games and watch these? Guys play real little

754
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 3: nerd in the stands with? YOUR notebook I.

755
00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 2: Think i went And watched aaron. PITCH once I think.

756
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 2: I went i went And watched aaron pitch once because

757
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 2: HE was, i Mean he's he's Incredible and phillies are coming. To,

758
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 2: town Coincidentally the phillies are coming town, this week and

759
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 2: The heist catholic is doing like a alumni like thing

760
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 2: to coincide with they were they wanted to coincide It with,

761
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 2: aaron pitching and, Sure enough aaron's now on the, SIXTY

762
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 2: day i l with a hip thing so he will not.

763
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 2: Be pitching, but yeah everyone gets really Excited When aaron nola,

764
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 2: is around but really really great human. BEING great i

765
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 2: tutored him. In chemistry once he got IT was i

766
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 2: don't KNOW if I should i'll say was was he

767
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 2: able to? HANDLE it i, don't KNOW but I hope

768
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 2: i'm not embarrassing and he probably will never listen. To

769
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 2: this so he asked me to tuderaman. CHEMISTRY again i

770
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 2: am like the last person you want tutoring you, in

771
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,320
Speaker 2: anything much. LESS science i WENT to i went to

772
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 2: journalism School for, God's sakes like math and science are not.

773
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 2: My thing so DID what, i could did. My best

774
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 2: we took.

775
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: The.

776
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 2: Final uh he texted me like uh two weeks after

777
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 2: and all the text SAID was i got To See

778
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 2: and i'm like is?

779
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 1: That good is? That bad is that what?

780
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 2: He wanted And like I'm like i'm nervous as Hell and, i'm,

781
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,919
Speaker 2: like oh like, All right like how do you feel?

782
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: About that and he, was, like oh EXACTLY what. I needed,

783
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 1: like awesome.

784
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 2: THANK you i, was, like oh, thank god, Thank god

785
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 2: he's gonna be able to get an L s u

786
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 2: now and Go.

787
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: Pittch lsu.

788
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 2: THANK god i think they HAD found i think they

789
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 2: had have found a way to get. Him in no

790
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,760
Speaker 2: MATTER if i was a good tutor.

791
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 1: Or not you you saved. His career YOU'RE.

792
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 2: YOU'RE o i am the REASON he i am the

793
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 2: reason he got that two hundred million dollar contract With.

794
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: THE phillies, I should i should get a little bit.

795
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: Of commission.

796
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 3: THAT'S awesome i didn't know that that you went to

797
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,240
Speaker 3: to high school. WITH them, i remember, finally enough there's

798
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 3: a guy a couple of years ahead of me at my,

799
00:41:56,719 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 3: high School sterling In. In Baytown But brett marshall was

800
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 3: a pitcher who ended up playing For the. Yankees briefly

801
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 3: but that's ACTUALLY why i decided not to play baseball in.

802
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 3: HIGH school i was in like eighth grade at, the

803
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 3: TIME and i went And Saw brett, marshall PITCH and i, was,

804
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 3: Like oh i'm not like NEARLY as i didn't have

805
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 3: an understanding that he was like a humongous outlier relative

806
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 3: to the other People in. Baytown BASEBALL and i was also.

807
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 3: VERY short i was four or eleven my freshman year of,

808
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,479
Speaker 3: high SCHOOL and i was left handed in a. First

809
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 3: BASEMENT so i, Was like i'm never. Gonna play, but

810
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 3: Anyway So brett marshall ended my baseball career whether he

811
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 3: knows it, Or not but that's that's pretty cool that

812
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 3: you went to school with some big.

813
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 2: Name, guys yeah he was, again like could not, be

814
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,800
Speaker 2: nicer salt of, the earth, human being like whole Family's

815
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 2: grade austin.

816
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,439
Speaker 1: HIS brother i know it got a bunch.

817
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 2: Of run when the When, The pirate When the Padres

818
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 2: and phillies played in THE n lcs a couple of,

819
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 2: years ago they played against, each other but the. Family's

820
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 2: great aaron's a. Great dude, wish him wish, him well

821
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,360
Speaker 2: and wish him. His recover wish he was pitching this

822
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:15,240
Speaker 2: upcoming series Against the astros In, in houston but unfortunately

823
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 2: that will not be. The case what are you looking

824
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 2: for in the last two games Against the angels other than?

825
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:21,919
Speaker 1: Quick games, and.

826
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah i've watched most Of This west coast series

827
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 3: with a with a crying baby at LIKE. Eleven pm,

828
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 3: SO honestly i would love to not watch these and.

829
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 3: Be asleep that would. Be ideal that has not. Happened

830
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 3: Yet so i've seen most of these games, on mute

831
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 3: either just on my phone or up on THE bedroom

832
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:55,959
Speaker 3: tv trying to to Wrangle in cam who is a month,

833
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 3: old now which. Is crazy, BUT yeah, i, mean look

834
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 3: get out. Of there you need to win one. Or

835
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 3: two you'd prefer to take both. Of them but like,

836
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:11,320
Speaker 3: we said they just have to keep stacking, series wins,

837
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 3: you know while while, they're playing you know teams that

838
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 3: are just not as good excited for this. Home Stand

839
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 3: they they've got some some good teams coming in that.

840
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 3: We'll see, but yeah, you gotta you gotta take care

841
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:26,360
Speaker 3: of business. Against angels the MAIN concern i would, have is,

842
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 3: you know hater and a bray you are pitched out.

843
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 3: Right now they're they're they're. Not, AVAILABLE honestly i would

844
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 3: really love for them to not pitch either of the next.

845
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 3: Two games they both pitched, A ton so you would

846
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 3: like to build up some big, leads here uh and

847
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:48,240
Speaker 3: and not have to have them. Come in, but yeah we'll.

848
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 3: We'll see we'll be watching uh with with my ears

849
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 3: covered uh with with a very. Fussy baby so that's

850
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 3: That's what i'll.

851
00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 2: BE doing i luckily will not have. That issue, I'm sure.

852
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 2: I'm good i'm. All good send. Pictures though, Send pictures

853
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 2: we'll be Sure to we'll be sure to live vicariously through.

854
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:13,120
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855
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,359
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856
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,360
Speaker 2: always listen to this and you can rate and review

857
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,520
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858
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,759
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859
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,719
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860
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:29,840
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861
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 2: we will be back at the conclusion Of this angel

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Speaker 2: series to talk about what happens in the final two

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Speaker 2: games and preview a pretty consequential six game homestand Against

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Speaker 2: the cubs And the phillies that should really, tell us

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Speaker 2: honestly how Good this astros, team is because they'll get,

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Speaker 2: to play, you know two teams from a superior league

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Speaker 2: that have had better seasons, than them and it will

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Speaker 2: be an interesting litmus test halfway through the season to

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Speaker 2: see how Good this astros.

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Speaker 1: Team is but first they.

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Speaker 2: Need to take care of business Against the angels for

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Speaker 2: the final, two games so we'll come back to you

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Speaker 2: guys when those games, are over and, as always thanks

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Speaker 2: for listening and see.

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Speaker 3: You soon, Happy anniversary Mom and dad.

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Speaker 1: Love you