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Speaker 3: Now put up, everybody. I love that music. Nice to

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Speaker 3: Happy that you're here with us, like us, subscribe all

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Speaker 3: the things. We're appreciating it very much. Big show for

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Speaker 3: show talking all things Dodgers. Of course, a lot to

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Speaker 4: Let's do it.

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Speaker 3: I understand the business side of things, I really do.

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Speaker 3: I get it. The Dodgers' main priority is to win

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Speaker 3: of the thing doesn't stink. And Austin bar Barns was

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Speaker 3: You know, Austin has been a part of this fabric

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean we would assume it's not over. You know,

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Speaker 4: But all in all, the.

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Speaker 5: Reaction to the move, it's it's shocking, but also at

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Speaker 5: In the show Heyo Tani era where you know, you're

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Speaker 5: shape or form. And that was my thought here. You know, listen,

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Speaker 5: And the reality is he'd been pretty negative on you know,

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Speaker 5: you know, the Dodgers need to kind of well say

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Speaker 5: So for Dalton Rushing at twenty four years of age,

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Speaker 3: And I'm going to ask Bill Plunk at this when

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Speaker 5: That's another whole conversation we'll have to have and I'm

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Speaker 5: interested in getting Bill's thoughts about that. But the timing,

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Speaker 5: I think it's a part out of respect to Austin,

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Speaker 5: have a few months before the trade deadline to see, like, hey,

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Speaker 4: The trade deadline.

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Speaker 5: So that's kind of what I feel about it, or

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Speaker 5: just you know, hey, the numbers for Barnes haven't quite

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Speaker 3: Okay, here's what you're getting from Dalton Rushing. And I

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Speaker 3: I know you're really into the farm system and all

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Speaker 3: Was around, I was, I was, I was will big.

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Speaker 3: Willie style is big there in those parts. So Dalton Rushing,

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Speaker 3: I mean you're high on this kid. What makes you

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Speaker 3: most excited about this movie? Yes, for sure? What makes

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Speaker 5: Well, we've heard from from Dave, We've heard from the

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Speaker 4: This is a kid that is.

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Speaker 5: Major league ready with the bat, or at least you

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Speaker 5: assume he's major league ready Triple A and that leap

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Speaker 5: to leap to major league baseball is it's a big leap,

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Speaker 5: of course, as we all know having watching it, none

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Speaker 4: Play it, but the bat.

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Speaker 5: At some point you run out us seasoning at triple A.

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Speaker 4: You know, spelling Will Smith. That's a big thing for me.

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Speaker 5: I love the fact that Smitty is going to get

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Speaker 3: He's playing five maybe six days out of the week

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Speaker 3: You need someone to help out offensively when Will takes

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I'm interested to get more thoughts from our

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Speaker 3: All right, appreciate you Arena Club and we want to

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Speaker 3: welcome in Bill Plunkett with the Southern California News Group.

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Speaker 3: Always appreciated him taking the time to be with us.

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Speaker 3: Bill is on this beat, has been for quite some time,

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Speaker 3: my friend. Great to see you. Okay, before we move

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Speaker 1: Surprised and like you guys were talking about, very surprised

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Speaker 2: I didn't see any reason that it had to be done.

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Speaker 1: Now, yeah, I guess the idea that Rushing had gotten

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Speaker 4: But you know, is that it something. I'm sorry, Billiams.

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Speaker 5: It's a long season and I feel your pain. You

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, absolutely, he looks like a big leaguer now. In

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Speaker 2: See your weaknesses. He was just overpowered.

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Speaker 3: Let's switch gears now, Clint to the starting or Bill

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Speaker 2: I do think he was injured, that there's something going on.

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Speaker 5: It's like, please, Clayton, we need you back. Did you

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Speaker 1: So I think they get that guy again. I hope

439
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Speaker 1: they get him healthy for the rest of the season.

440
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Speaker 1: If that's the case. Uh, he puts up.

441
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 2: Some pretty good numbers.

442
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Speaker 1: We were having this uh playing this game in the

443
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Speaker 1: press box the other day. Who makes more regular season

444
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Speaker 1: starts the rest of the way Kershaw? Oh Tani glasnow

445
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Speaker 1: Snell put him in order.

446
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Speaker 2: Wow.

447
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:24,399
Speaker 3: Wow, yeah, really good question. That's a really good question.

448
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Speaker 4: I'm stealing this for my show on Saturday.

449
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Speaker 2: I think is number one on that list.

450
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: I think I think he probably makes more starts the

451
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,880
Speaker 1: rest of the season than any of these guys.

452
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,159
Speaker 4: He got it all fixed. Everything is fixed, all of

453
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,440
Speaker 4: the problems. You know, you got shoulder, you got me,

454
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Speaker 4: you got foot. Hopefully he has.

455
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 2: Feelings something new breaks.

456
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, listen, I can.

457
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Speaker 2: Vouch for that. As you get older, things tend to

458
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,240
Speaker 2: break more often.

459
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, my shoulders hurt.

460
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Speaker 5: And just kind of sitting here doing this chat with

461
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Speaker 5: you guys, Uh, quickly, Bill, before we let you go.

462
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Speaker 5: We did hit the quarter pole of the season, as

463
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Speaker 5: we kind of said, if you could kind of summer

464
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,160
Speaker 5: or great, you know, it's it's your choice here the

465
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 5: first quarter of the season. What are your thoughts about

466
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 5: where this team stands right now?

467
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:11,679
Speaker 2: I think.

468
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Speaker 1: I would say they are playing at maybe seventy five

469
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,960
Speaker 1: percent of capacity, put it that way, and they still

470
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 1: have the best Do they have the best record in

471
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Speaker 1: the NL as of today?

472
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 2: I know it's gone back and forth a little bit.

473
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,840
Speaker 1: At seventy five percent capacity, So that's a pretty darn

474
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,880
Speaker 1: good team. As we say, almost every year with these guys.

475
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how things go in May. What team

476
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 1: do they have on the field in September going into October,

477
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 1: that's what That's all that matters with this team.

478
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 2: And you know, we're not going to know for a.

479
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:53,480
Speaker 1: Few months yet, but people, people are expecting so much.

480
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 2: From these guys, and you know, stuff happens.

481
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,920
Speaker 1: One hundred and sixty two games is a lot of baseball,

482
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 1: and we're stuff happens along the way. I never believed

483
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 1: that they were going to win one hundred and fifteen,

484
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:07,960
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty games.

485
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 2: In the regular season.

486
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Speaker 1: My number was always one oh five, and that might

487
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: it feels a little high now. But if they start

488
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: getting people back, if they can stay healthy for a stretch,

489
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 1: you know, they put up some numbers and maybe they

490
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 1: get a little distance between themselves and the rest of.

491
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Speaker 2: The NL West.

492
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, at NL West, that seems to be incredibly competitive

493
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 3: this year, so it's a lot of fun to see

494
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 3: how that's going to play out. I picked one hundred

495
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 3: and nine wins for this season. Bill, Let's see what happens.

496
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Speaker 3: They do have the best winning percentage in the National League,

497
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,280
Speaker 3: only the Detroit Tigers have a better winning percentage in

498
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Speaker 3: all of.

499
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Speaker 4: Like we all expected, Like we all expect.

500
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,960
Speaker 3: We like we all grew up. Absolutely, Bill Plunkett, you

501
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,120
Speaker 3: are the best. We appreciate you taking the time. We'll

502
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 3: see at the park. Thanks so much.

503
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 2: Happy to do it, guys, Take care.

504
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 3: All right, Bill Plunkett, we appreciate you. Let's get to

505
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Speaker 3: Laslick's all right, guys, introducing you once again to Janie.

506
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Speaker 3: She's at ten to twelve month old Doberman pincher mixed.

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Speaker 3: She's a sweetheart. She's looking for an adopter that's just

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Speaker 3: as wonderful as she is. She is super calm, she's

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Speaker 3: great with other dogs, she's great with cats, she's great

510
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Speaker 3: with all people. We don't know if she was born

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Speaker 3: missing one of her rear paws, or if something happened

512
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Speaker 3: to her in some sort of attack, or she got

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Speaker 3: stuck in a trap. She's on her way to the

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Speaker 3: vet tomorrow. We're going to find out more information about

515
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Speaker 3: how we can help her. But she gets around just fine.

516
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Speaker 3: So if you're looking for someone to give you lots

517
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Speaker 3: of snuggles and lots of cuddles, check out Janie. Hit

518
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Speaker 3: me up on social She's a very deserving girl. She

519
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Speaker 3: showed up on someone's porch and she needs it forever home.

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Speaker 5: Say me too, lots of snuggles, lots of cuddles, Hit

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Speaker 5: me up. I don't think missus farg will like that, though.

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Speaker 3: I was gonna say Missus e Fargie probably well, maybe

523
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Speaker 3: she is ready to you know.

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Speaker 4: No, she doesn't. People, we're good.

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Speaker 3: Oh you're good.

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Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, we're goody Hey, as we asked Bill, Yeah,

527
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 5: we're at a quarterway of through the season. Obviously, you

528
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 5: talked about it today with Ken on on Fair about

529
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 5: the quarter pole of the season, but not so much

530
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 5: specifically about the Dodgers. If you got a grade your

531
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 5: thoughts about the Dodgers team, and you know, baseball as

532
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 5: a whole over the first how many games?

533
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 4: What's what's a quarter of one hundred and sixty two?

534
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 3: We're like, we're about forty forty five games. Yeah, I mean,

535
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 3: we'll think about it. Right now. The Dodgers are sitting

536
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,400
Speaker 3: at twenty eight and fifteen, so that's forty three games

537
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 3: played so far. So there you have it at the

538
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 3: quarter cool. I'm going to give them a B plus.

539
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 3: As as Bill Plunkett was saying, they're playing at about

540
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 3: seventy five percent, right, we also have to realize that

541
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 3: we're sitting here attacking a team that's in first place

542
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 3: and has the best winning percentage in the National League,

543
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 3: and they're doing just fine. So of course we want

544
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 3: them to be perfect on all cylinders every single game.

545
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,639
Speaker 3: We want everything to go well. We also want a

546
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,919
Speaker 3: forty eight person roster and you know, all the all

547
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 3: of the things. So I'm gonna give them a B

548
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:09,679
Speaker 3: plus as I'm very excited that Clayton Gershaw's coming back. Obviously,

549
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 3: as far as the league is concerned at the quarter pole,

550
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say the biggest surprise of the National League

551
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 3: is the Saint Louis Cardinals. I don't think anybody would

552
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,360
Speaker 3: have thought that they would have been nine to one

553
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 3: in their last ten. I think they're in second place

554
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 3: right now, Clint in the NL Central a game out

555
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,679
Speaker 3: of first. I don't think anybody would have thought that.

556
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 3: I certainly did not. And as far as the American

557
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 3: League is concerned, I'm going to go with the Tigers.

558
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 3: I think the Tigers right now. By the way, happy

559
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 3: birthday to aj Hinch. I know a lot of Houston

560
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 3: Astros fans and.

561
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Speaker 4: Aj Hinch.

562
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, I know they do. But anyway, he has

563
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 3: his team playing really good baseball. Right now, I'm going

564
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 3: to say that the Tigers are the most complete team

565
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 3: in the American League.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

567
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 4: No, Tigers have been really, really good.

568
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 5: Apparently bringing a board World Series champion, World Series hero

569
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Speaker 5: Jack Flarrety bringing him back to the mix really really

570
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:00,719
Speaker 5: helped them out.

571
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 3: I gotta say he is not the reason I love Jack,

572
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 3: but he's not the reason so far. He has an

573
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 3: air Ra north of five.

574
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 5: Schoobl Dude, he's pretty good, and the resurgent super utility

575
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 5: man Javier Bias definitely helps him out.

576
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 4: So I'll cheat as well.

577
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 5: I'll say my al surprise is definitely the Tigers. Probably

578
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,719
Speaker 5: right behind them the Mariners, because I didn't think they

579
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 5: did enough to have a shot to be in first

580
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 5: place at this point, They're still not a very strong

581
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,719
Speaker 5: team at twenty three wins the National League. Yeah, you know,

582
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 5: I guess, I guess you got to go with the

583
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 5: Cardinals because they were supposed to be Dodo entering this season.

584
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 4: Cus Cubs are pretty decent as well. I think.

585
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 5: Then NOL Central as a whole has been kind of

586
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 5: a surprise. But when it comes to our Dodgers, listen,

587
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 5: they are they are outperforming what they could or should

588
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 5: be doing with all the injuries. Once again, you have

589
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 5: more than half of your starting rotation on the injured list.

590
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 4: You've got two starts out of Blakes. Now, that is huge.

591
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 5: That is a massive issue for this team that you

592
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 5: only got two starts out of your biggest, your highest

593
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 5: profile free agent addition in the off season.

594
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 4: Glass.

595
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 5: Now, also, what five starts in there. I like a

596
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 5: lot of what Bill told us. By the way, that

597
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 5: was a fun interview with him. But yeah, I mean

598
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 5: it's a B plus. And I put a lot of

599
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 5: the heavy lifting on this project on Dave Roberts. People, Listen,

600
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 5: I'm not over here glazing up Dave because we had

601
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 5: wine with him. He's doing a really kick ass job.

602
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 5: He's doing a really kick ass job, making a lot

603
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 5: of the right moves at the right time, pinch hitting

604
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 5: dudes in the right spot. We saw it last night,

605
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 5: people up in arms about Hessan Kim who had two hits,

606
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 5: getting pinch hit, having Mickey Roe enter the game there.

607
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 5: But Mickey Row goes and has a hit, lays down

608
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 5: a nice sacrifice bunt to put a runner in scoring position,

609
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 5: and he set up ultimately Mooky or show Hey being walked,

610
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 5: Mooky getting his moment to be like if you guys

611
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 5: for you know, intentionally walking show Hey and all that

612
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 5: kind of stuff. But Dave has he's been in the zone.

613
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 5: He's he's free, he's happy, he's easy, he's in the pocket,

614
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 5: and I think he's if managers had wins above replacement,

615
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 5: he's probably had about three wins above replacement right now.

616
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 4: So Dave be my friend more? Maybe it was.

617
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna say, man, you're really loving on Glave Roberts,

618
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 3: which I get it. I will never.

619
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Speaker 4: That's the problem.

620
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 3: You're basically loving the buttons that Dave Roberts is pushing.

621
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Speaker 3: All right, So you are not doing your show tonight?

622
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 5: Correct or are you not tonight? But I will be

623
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Speaker 5: live Saturday morning. Let's have some coffee, people, let's hang

624
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 5: out probably eleven am Pacific time, and we'll do that.

625
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 5: You know, it'll be fun talk about your boys, all right.

626
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 3: And I'm yeah, And I'm going to be off on

627
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 3: Monday because I'm going to Missouri. I know, don't be jealous.

628
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 3: I'm going to Missouri because my my dad is celebrating

629
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 3: a milestone birthday, so I'll be there. So Clint is

630
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 3: going to be with Jeff Schneider on Monday, but then I'm.

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Speaker 4: Back with you guys.

632
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Speaker 3: All kinds of post games and all kinds of shows

633
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 3: and stuff going on next week. So thank you so

634
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 3: much guys for being with us. We appreciate you as always.

635
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Speaker 3: Don't get to like and subscribe, Smash that subscribe button, YouTube, Apple, Spotify,

636
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 3: or wherever you get your podcasts. Always appreciate the input,

637
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 3: Always appreciate the action on the chat. Go Dodgers. We'll

638
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 3: see you on Monday.

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Speaker 4: Bye,