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Speaker 1: Welcome into Northside Territory fil Territory Networks Cubs podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: Sahade Sharma with my partner Patrick Mooney. We are doing

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Speaker 1: a crossover episode Friar's Territory Is with us Kyle Glazer,

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Speaker 1: the host of that show. It is a Cubs Padres

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Speaker 1: nld or wild card matchup NLDS where to decides who

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Speaker 1: goes to the nld suh. It is a team two

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Speaker 1: teams with a lot of star star power. Probably the

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Speaker 1: stars aren't right now, at least at least on the

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Speaker 1: Cub side. We'll we'll talk to Kyle and and and

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Speaker 1: get a better idea. The stars probably aren't playing at

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Speaker 1: their peak right now for the Cubs. Uh, Kyle, Let's

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Speaker 1: get right to it that the Padres were built like

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Speaker 1: with stars in mind. AJ Browler built this team and

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Speaker 1: spent a lot of money on the stars. How How

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Speaker 1: is Manny Mitchatdo performing Fernando Tatis? I mean you could

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Speaker 1: lump in Xander Bogart. So they said, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of big names on this team. Where where are there?

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Speaker 1: And you can throw in Dylan Ceesa. I guess let

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Speaker 1: us know. Let Cubs fans know what's going on with

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Speaker 1: the Padres right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so you mentioned all those position players who are superstars.

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Speaker 2: For most of the season, the Patres never really had

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Speaker 2: them all performing well at the same time, we've seen

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Speaker 2: over the past month they're starting to find their stride.

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Speaker 2: For Nanotatist Junior had seven home runs in September. Jackson

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Speaker 2: Merrill had seven home runs in September. Manny Machado had

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Speaker 2: six home runs in September, most of which came in

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Speaker 2: the back half after he got some days off. So

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Speaker 2: the Potter's position players, frankly, after not doing a whole

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Speaker 2: lot most of this year offensively, are starting to really

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Speaker 2: click in the year. The stars that are really going

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Speaker 2: to be the X factors for this Padres team in

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Speaker 2: this series are actually on the pitching side. Nick Paveta

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Speaker 2: has been dominant all year. He will start Game one.

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Speaker 2: He's been consistent, he's been durable, anything and everything you

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Speaker 2: could ask for. The real X factors for this Padres

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Speaker 2: team in the series are Dylan cs and you Darvish,

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Speaker 2: two stars on the pitching side who have not performed

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Speaker 2: well at all this year, particularly on the road. Dylan

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Speaker 2: Cees has been extremely inconsistent and not just good start,

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Speaker 2: bad start, good start, bad start. It's been four bad starts,

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Speaker 2: good start, three bad starts, good start, and you, Darvis,

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Speaker 2: just to be blunt about it, has not been effective

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Speaker 2: And right now those guys are lined up to be

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Speaker 2: the Potters season games two and if necessary, Darvish game three.

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Speaker 2: So really, the stars to focus on from the podres

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Speaker 2: perspective are actually on the starting pitching side, as opposed

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Speaker 2: to the guys in the lineup, who right now, for

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Speaker 2: the most part, are actually doing what they're being paid

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Speaker 3: So I'm just curious your thoughts.

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Speaker 4: I just laughed when Kyle mentioned Dylan CS and you, Darvish,

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Speaker 4: we can sort of never escape.

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Speaker 3: Those X Cub storylines.

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Speaker 4: How do you feel like the Cub's rotation of out getters,

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Speaker 4: as Counsel would say, are set up for this matchup

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Speaker 4: here now that Kate Horton's out for the foreseeable future.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you'd feel a lot better with Kate Horton.

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Speaker 1: I don't think I'm stating anything controversial there. He has

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Speaker 1: been everything that the Cubs wanted more, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think that's their biggest question Mark, how you know can

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Speaker 1: they handle this Padres offense. I know it hasn't been

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Speaker 1: a dominant force all season long, but the Cubs starting

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Speaker 1: pitching has not been firing on all cylinders lately, at

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Speaker 1: least not their top two guys heading into this series.

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Speaker 1: And that's likely going to be We still don't know.

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Speaker 1: We're recording on a Monday morning. Craig Council is, you know,

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Speaker 1: holding his cards close to his vest. He has not

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Speaker 1: told us who's starting. I if I were guessing, I'd

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Speaker 1: say it's Matthew Boyd. It's it's probably Boyder. SHOWEDA in Monaga.

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Speaker 1: Neither of those guys are clicking on all cylinders.

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Speaker 5: Showeda had a really.

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Speaker 1: Rough start before his final start, eight runs, multiple home runs.

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Speaker 5: I believe Patrick.

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Speaker 1: We said on our last episode twelve home runs and

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Speaker 5: You have to hope that's the case with him.

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Speaker 1: You have to hope that Matthew Boyd, if you're speaking

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Speaker 1: hope that Matthew Boyd looks more like his last start

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Speaker 1: All Star dominant. The Cubs would not be where they

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Speaker 5: So if he.

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Speaker 1: Can he eliminated that first inning rough patch his last

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Speaker 1: game starts, Matthew Boyd has a good first inning, can

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Speaker 1: the Cubs handle these stars at the top of the

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Speaker 1: Padres lineup, Maybe that'll be a big sign for for

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Speaker 1: everything that's gonna happen afterwards, because I do think if

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Speaker 1: you're looking at like a key matchup, it's probably the

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Speaker 1: Don downtrodden starting pitching staff, I don't I don't want

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Speaker 1: talking about who their hottest pitchers are, it's Jameson Tywn

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Speaker 1: aren't going to get the game one start. But you know,

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Speaker 1: that's that's just how it is right now. Colin Rays

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think what's going to be really interesting. You

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Speaker 2: talk about showda In Monaga and Matthew Boyd and their struggles.

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Speaker 2: The Potters offense has struggled battle against left handed starters

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Speaker 2: this year, and we saw that earlier in the season

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Speaker 2: when showed at Amenaga and Matthew Boyd both had two

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Speaker 2: So realistically, the way the Potterys line up right now,

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Speaker 2: breaking a finger, that's a huge loss for the Padres

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Speaker 2: because he was one of their few hitters who could

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Speaker 2: really rake against lefties. Five of the Pottery's' top eight

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Speaker 2: against lefties all year. So realistically, six of their eight

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Speaker 2: interesting because you're right. Emmenaga and Boyd when they're right,

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Speaker 2: have shown the ability to pitch effectively, particularly against this

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to be curious to see if the fact

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Speaker 2: if that will mitigate some of their season long struggles

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Speaker 2: same story as it has been all year.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Patrick get I'm curious.

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Speaker 1: Sorry, I'm curious with you, Like I think the fans

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Speaker 1: that listen to our show know how I feel about

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Speaker 1: this offense. I feel like they've turned a corner. Where

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Speaker 1: are you at with this offense that we talked about

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Speaker 1: the padre stars.

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Speaker 5: The Cups have some stars. We know that Pete G.

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Speaker 1: Armstrong, maybe his offensive numbers don't look as as great

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Speaker 1: at the end the season. He's a star. Kyle Tucker's back,

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Speaker 1: he's healthy. How are you feeling about this offense? Where

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Speaker 1: where's your head at?

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Speaker 5: And like, what are you seeing?

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Speaker 3: Not as optimistic as you are?

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Speaker 1: Hot it?

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Speaker 4: But I would not go so far as to use

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Speaker 4: an adjective like downtrodden an area of a ninety two

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Speaker 4: in team.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I'm I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I think I've covered too many empty playoff losses at

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Speaker 4: Wrigley Field going back to seventeen eighteen, twenty twenty. There

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Speaker 4: just hasn't been a whole lot of offense there and

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Speaker 4: Wrigley has not become a better park for hitters during

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Speaker 4: that time. So yeah, I think there were some nice

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Speaker 4: that was just a checked out Cardinals team that really,

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Speaker 4: you know, as an organization, didn't invest much at all

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Speaker 4: crow Armstrong, just fascinated to see how he responds. I

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Speaker 4: don't think anyone has a good answer for why Saya

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Speaker 4: Kyle Tucker, I'm not that concerned about I think he'll

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Speaker 4: he'll draw his walk, he'll get a single.

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Speaker 3: I think he has a playoff experience.

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Speaker 4: I think we are kind of at a point where

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Speaker 4: we're gonna be watching the last games of Kyle Tucker

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Speaker 4: in a Cub's uniform. Not sure how many Cubs fans

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Speaker 4: what was an awesome first half a very disappointing second half,

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Speaker 4: and then I don't know if anyone has more at

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Speaker 4: stake this October financially than he does.

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Speaker 2: It's interesting you guys made the point that from the

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Speaker 2: Cubs perspective, you feel like the key matchup is going

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Speaker 2: to be the Cubs starters versus the Potter's hitters. From

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Speaker 2: the Potters perspective, it's the opposite. It's those Potters starters

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Speaker 2: who again, Dylan Season, you Darvish have not pitched well,

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Speaker 2: particularly on the road. You know Dylan sees has a

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Speaker 2: five point five eight E array on the road. You

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Speaker 2: Darvish is over seven. I mean, it has been horrible

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Speaker 2: two guys who have been scuffling away from Peco Park

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Speaker 2: with an offense like you guys said that the first

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Speaker 2: half looks like one of the best offenses in baseball,

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Speaker 2: and then PCA and Michael Bush and say Suzuki all

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Speaker 2: hit around the Mendoz align the second half. You know,

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Speaker 2: we've seen a lot Kyle Tucker obviously getting hurt. I'm

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Speaker 2: really curious to see because I actually think what the

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Speaker 2: is which of these slumping standouts get hot at the

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Speaker 2: right time. Is it the Potters pitchers and Game two

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Speaker 2: who have struggled in the second half. I really think

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Speaker 2: that's going to be the difference in the series.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's probably You're probably right.

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Speaker 1: If the stars, the different stars, the slumping stars step up,

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Speaker 1: whichever side gets those slumping stars, and you know, playoffs

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Speaker 1: Let's let's take a quick break and come back and

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Speaker 1: talk about two bullpens that I think they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: Uh, if we talk about stars, you know that the

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Speaker 1: You know, it's three games, potentially three games in a row.

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Speaker 1: Who should Cubs fans be scared of? Who may be

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Speaker 2: Yeah, even with the loss of Jason Adams, this has

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Speaker 2: It's Jeremiah Strada, Audrey and Morehane, Robert Swarez and Mason Miller.

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Speaker 2: Honestly, they all can get anyone out righty, lefty, fastball hitters,

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Speaker 4: I was just curious about Mason Miller here because it's

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Speaker 4: you know, was the complete opposite fashion from AJ Preller.

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Speaker 4: Now that goes for almost every executive walking in baseball

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so they answer your first question. AJ Preller and

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Speaker 2: And because of that they're able to just constantly reload

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Speaker 2: In terms of Mason Miller, you know, I got to

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Speaker 2: You see the social media clip of one o two,

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Speaker 2: It's one oh one, one oh two, and here's a

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Speaker 2: It's not like he's, you know, this flamethrow thrower who's

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Speaker 2: all over the place. He hadn't a Maculim inning already

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Speaker 2: This is a relief weapon on par with you know,

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Speaker 2: what Cubs stams will remember what Andrew Miller was for

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Speaker 2: he comes in the game, I mean you're kind of done.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, what you said before. I think Cubs fans

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Speaker 1: time to kind of settle into the game against these Padres.

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Speaker 1: Look the Cubs. The Cubs bullpen, I believe is underrated.

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Speaker 1: I think they have a solid group of key relievers.

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Speaker 1: It's not comparable to the Padres because I don't really

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Speaker 5: To any team in baseball right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean Padres fans are going to be familiar with

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Speaker 1: Drew Palmerance. He's he's a great story for this season.

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Speaker 1: I have no idea how he's been as good as

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Speaker 5: He does it all.

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Speaker 1: He gets strikeouts, he doesn't walk guys, he gets ground balls,

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Speaker 2: Twenty percent off your.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to X factors, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: this is the X factor. I think it's the best

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Speaker 1: part of this Cubs team, the strongest part of this

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Speaker 1: Cubs team, and I think it will play huge factor

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Speaker 1: in this series because if the Cubs. It's the reason

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Speaker 1: you think, like the Cubs have good pitching, it's because

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Speaker 1: their defense is so good. Yes, and they have the

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Speaker 1: best defensive center fielder in baseball, the best defensive second

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Speaker 1: basement in baseball, and then one of the best defensive

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Speaker 1: shortstops in baseball, and probably the most underrated defensive third

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Speaker 1: basement in baseball. Because I had no clue Matt Shaw

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Speaker 1: could play as good a defense. I don't think many

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Speaker 1: people did. And and then you go around the diamond,

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Speaker 1: there's no real weakness.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: I guess Saya Suzuki is going to be playing right field.

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Speaker 1: We don't know for sure. I assume that because we

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Speaker 1: never saw Kyle Tucker play before the field, before the

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Speaker 1: season ended. We didn't see him get back out there.

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Speaker 1: He can, he can make his mistakes. But other than that, like,

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Speaker 1: these are all plus defenders, And I think it just

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Speaker 1: changes the way you look at the Cub's pitching staff.

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Speaker 1: They don't make mistakes. They make plays that most teams

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Speaker 1: just wouldn't. Peaker armstrongs out there making plays look easy

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Speaker 1: that that should not be easy, and then he makes

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Speaker 1: plays that no one else can.

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Speaker 5: Make, and it's it's remarkable how good he is.

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Speaker 1: That may not be as big of a factor a

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Speaker 1: Wrigley field as far as Peaker Armstrong, but the infield

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Speaker 1: defense is going to be huge. It just I think

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Speaker 1: it's incredibly important and I think it made It has

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Speaker 1: the potential to swing this series as long as the

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Speaker 1: Cubs pitchers are missing arlds and not sending balls over

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Speaker 1: the fence.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, there's no question. I remember I put

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Speaker 2: an eighty on PCA's defense coming out of high school,

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Speaker 2: and when I was writing him in the Prospect handbook,

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Speaker 2: it was I saw him in Myrtle Beach and it

492
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Speaker 2: was like it was beautiful to watch. It really really was.

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Speaker 2: I was just so graceful, it was amazing. I think

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Speaker 2: for the Podreys, what is good for them in that

495
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Speaker 2: sense is they're also a very reliable, fundamentally sound team.

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Speaker 2: The Cubs are second in baseball and defensive efficiency this year.

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Speaker 2: The Potters are third. So I mean, you have two

498
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Speaker 2: really good defenses. The potteris don't beat themselves. And that's

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Speaker 2: one of the things that has been consistent throughout this year.

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Speaker 2: You know, as the offense has gone up and down,

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Speaker 2: as the starting pitching has gone up, and down. They

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Speaker 2: play good, clean, fundamentally sound baseball and that has kept

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Speaker 2: them in a lot of games. They don't shoot themselves

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Speaker 2: in the foot like we see some other teams do.

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Speaker 2: I think for the Podreys know the real X factor

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Speaker 2: is hey, what version of Dylan cson U Darvish are

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Speaker 2: they going to get? The two other X factors that

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Speaker 2: are going to be key for them are which way

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Speaker 2: is the wind blowing at Wrigley Fields. It's blowing out,

510
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Speaker 2: and they can take advantage of some of their power

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Speaker 2: that they've been having recently. They have a chance to

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Speaker 2: put up some runs if the winds blowing in and

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Speaker 2: this becomes a low scoring game. The Potters have had

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Speaker 2: a lot of games this year of three runs, two runs,

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Speaker 2: one run, and while they're very good in one and

516
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Speaker 2: two run games, again, at a certain point your bullpen

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Speaker 2: does wear down, and Mike shil doesn't want to have

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Speaker 2: to go to that unit too early. I think the

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Speaker 2: other X factor to watch for here is Freddy for

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Speaker 2: me and the Potters catcher and here's why Nick Pavetta

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Speaker 2: will get the ball in Game one. Elias Diaz has

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Speaker 2: been his catcher the entire year. Diaz was his starting

523
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Speaker 2: catcher every single game that Pavetta took them ount this season.

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Speaker 2: Diaz suffered noblaque injury on a swing over the final

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Speaker 2: week in the season, so he's out, so Freddy for

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Speaker 2: me and will be catching Nick Pavetta for the first

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Speaker 2: time in his life. These two have never paired together

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Speaker 2: in Game one of the playoff series. And the other

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Speaker 2: part of this too is Nick Pavetta is super talented,

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Speaker 2: but going back to his Red Sox days, he can

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Speaker 2: get amped up, he can start overthrowing. It's really really

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Speaker 2: important to have a catcher that can keep him on tempo,

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Speaker 2: keep them calm, and just because Freddy Forman has never

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Speaker 2: caught him before, I'm gonna be really curious to see

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Speaker 2: that dynamic. That's really really key because if Nick Pivetta

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Speaker 2: is off his game, realistically, it's going to be very,

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Speaker 2: very very hard for the Potters to win this series.

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Speaker 2: They really do need to win with Paveta on the

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Speaker 2: mountain game one, because you just can't really trust what

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Speaker 2: CeCILL give you in game two and darvishill give you

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Speaker 2: in game three enough to say, oh yeah, they can

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Speaker 2: win back to back games with those two starting. You

543
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Speaker 2: really need to get Game one so how Freddy for

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Speaker 2: me and Nick Pivetta, gel is going to be huge

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Speaker 2: for the Potters.

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Speaker 4: Kyle, I'm gonna build off one of your X factors

547
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Speaker 4: because I agree that Wrigley Field for both teams is

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Speaker 4: just going to be a character in this series.

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Speaker 3: That the sun, it's the wind.

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Speaker 4: Side of When you mentioned Saya playing right field, I

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Speaker 4: just had flashbacks to him, like dropping a ball out

552
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Speaker 4: in the right field thinking of the Hobby Baia's basket

553
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Speaker 4: home run Johnny Quato, I think that was Game one

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Speaker 4: of the twenty sixteen World Series run. Just the cubby

555
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Speaker 4: occurrences and stuff like that. And as someone who you know,

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Speaker 4: I did the West Coast trip in April, and I

557
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Speaker 4: saw what Petco Park was like, I mean, sellout crowds

558
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Speaker 4: like you. Cubs players were talking about it like you

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Speaker 4: can't find a better atmosphere in the middle of April

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Speaker 4: than what pet.

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Speaker 3: Coo Park was.

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Speaker 4: I and the Cubs getting avoiding that is nice for

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Speaker 4: the Cubs. And then you just kind of see how

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Speaker 4: I don't know, Manny Machado seems to enjoy playing the

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Speaker 4: villain at times. I don't think it'll bother him, but

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Speaker 4: just the you know it depending on how the Cubs start, Like,

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Speaker 4: is a crowd gonna really get into it? Is it

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Speaker 4: gonna fall silent?

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Speaker 5: Like?

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Speaker 4: How are players who like Pek Armstrong, who haven't been

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Speaker 4: in the playoffs before, how are they gonna respond to

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Speaker 4: that energy? I think that is what will be fun

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Speaker 4: to watch from up in the press box for sure.

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Speaker 2: And I think an important point too regarding that is

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Speaker 2: this Potter's team has been a very different team at

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Speaker 2: home versus on the road. Potters we'th thirty eight and

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Speaker 2: forty three on the road this year. That's the tide.

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Speaker 2: I should say, it's tied for the worst road record

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Speaker 2: of any team in the playoffs with the Reds, who

580
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Speaker 2: barely snuck in. And the biggest reason why is that

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Speaker 2: pitching staff. The Pottery's era on the road is a

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Speaker 2: full run higher than it is at home, and that's

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Speaker 2: driven by their starter struggles on the road. Their ops

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Speaker 2: at Homan on the road is actually the exact same.

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Speaker 2: You talk about Peco Park being pitcher friendly, which it is,

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Speaker 2: but they have an identical seven to eleven ops at

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Speaker 2: Homan on the road. It's really about their starting pitching.

588
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Speaker 2: That's why they lose so many more games on the ropes.

589
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Speaker 2: It's just not as effective. And the other part of it, too,

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Speaker 2: is this is a Potterys team that really really rides

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Speaker 2: the emotional wave. Manny Machado, Fernano Tepatist Junior. These are

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Speaker 2: guys when they have Petco Park behind them and everything's rolling,

593
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Speaker 2: they play with an electricity that is hard to find

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Speaker 2: anywhere else in Major League Baseball and is a direct

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Speaker 2: reason why the Padres their Their winning percentage at home

596
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Speaker 2: is equivalent to a one hundred and four win team.

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Speaker 2: They're winning percentage on the road is equivalent to a

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Speaker 2: seventy six win team. When they don't have that at

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Speaker 2: their backs, the same energy and intensity and focus isn't

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Speaker 2: always there. So I do think that is going to

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Speaker 2: be an X factor here too, is you know, do

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Speaker 2: the Padres come out with the same energy they would

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Speaker 2: at Pecko because this is a postseason game, Because there's

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Speaker 2: been a lot of times on the road where you know,

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Speaker 2: they look great at Peco as they did to finish

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Speaker 2: the season. They want seven to eight and looked as

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Speaker 2: good as they have all year, but then they've gone

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Speaker 2: on the road and fall completely flat. We've seen that

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Speaker 2: movie over and over. This season. So I think that

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Speaker 2: is one other big, big X factor here, how the

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Speaker 2: starting pitchers do on the road, and then, of course

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Speaker 2: do they come out with the same energy and intensity

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Speaker 2: just because frankly, they haven't really done that.

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Speaker 1: And if Wrigley is blowing in, if the wind is

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Speaker 1: blowing in at Wrigly, this Cubs team is a great

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Speaker 1: base running teams. Diaz is someone that could control the

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Speaker 1: running game. Him being out, I think it is a

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Speaker 1: factor there, don't I don't know enough about for me

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Speaker 1: and to know how good he is. But the Cubs

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Speaker 1: are They're a really strong base running team. It was

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Speaker 1: an emphasis in the offseason. They've won games because of it.

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Speaker 1: Early in the season they took advantage of it because

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Speaker 1: it was Wrigley was just death to fly balls and

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Speaker 1: they had to and you know, the right people have

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Speaker 1: to get on base. Peaker Armstrong has to get on base.

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Speaker 1: Nico Horner needs to get on base to take advantage

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Speaker 1: of those base running skills that they have. But this

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Speaker 1: is a good team that can change the game, change

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Speaker 1: a change an inning because they swipe a bag, or

630
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Speaker 1: they they screw up the other team's defense because they

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Speaker 1: can't get that out that they should have.

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Speaker 5: Gotten because someone hustled.

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Speaker 1: It. They've changed a lot of games and they've won

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Speaker 1: a lot of games because of that.

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Speaker 5: We'll see if it's a factor.

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Speaker 1: I think if the wind is blowing in, they'll try

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Speaker 1: to make it a factor because it's hard to I mean,

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Speaker 1: this is a slugging team too, so if the wind

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Speaker 1: is blowing in, they have to manufacture.

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Speaker 5: They have to find a way to score runs.

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Speaker 1: Uh, because the long ball will be hard at Wrigley

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Speaker 1: is just so such a huge factor Patrick here, so

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Speaker 1: right that like the it's it's going to We're going

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Speaker 1: to go to the park.

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Speaker 5: On Tuesday and look at the flags.

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Speaker 1: It's the first thing I always do as I'm walking

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Speaker 1: to the ballpark because it tells me so much about

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Speaker 1: that day.

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Speaker 5: It's just a huge, huge factor.

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Speaker 1: Probably bigger than yeah, I would I can't think of

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Speaker 1: a bigger factor at least wind wise in baseball. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, Corsefield obviously changes games, but uh, the wind

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Speaker 1: just doesn't impact games like that now that Candlestick's gone.

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Speaker 1: So it's it's just such a huge part of the game.

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Speaker 1: All right, I think we're good there. Does anyone have

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Speaker 1: anything else they want to add? Should we should we

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Speaker 1: give predictions here. I'm gonna I'll give my prediction. I'm

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Speaker 1: saying Cubs in three. I think we're we're we're going

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Speaker 1: to keep working. Patrick, I could see grumpiness on your face.

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Speaker 3: You know I'm playing this both.

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Speaker 4: I'm saving material in case there's a Brewer's game, a

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Speaker 4: Brewers series, so.

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Speaker 3: Like, I'm all set for that.

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Speaker 4: Driving to Milwaukee Milwaukee Cup series would be fun. But

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Speaker 4: I don't know the way Kyle's talking about the Padres

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Speaker 4: bullpen like it's scary.

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Speaker 5: That's that's scary that.

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Speaker 4: I think was great for our listeners to kind of

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Speaker 4: brace themselves for that game over show that Kyle mentioned.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well I need to correct myself. Potters are sixty

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Speaker 2: three and five when leading after six, not sixty so

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Speaker 2: still ridiculous, still scary. Yeah, that's the way, Patrick, What

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Speaker 2: is your prediction? Are you going out?

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Speaker 3: I'll go with Padres to be the contrarian.

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Speaker 2: Okay, how many, but not.

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Speaker 3: With any sort of confidence. I think I think it

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Speaker 3: goes three.

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Speaker 4: And I just in kind of listening to you and

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Speaker 4: talking to other people, I feel like all of these

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Speaker 4: teams were sort of dragging towards the finish line. Like,

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Speaker 4: I don't think anyone's making any predict with any confidence.

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Speaker 4: I think a lot of people are just tired of

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Speaker 4: the teams that they're working for. Watching as fans, it's

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Speaker 4: just kind of like such a long season, such a grind.

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Speaker 4: No one really separated themselves, putting the Dodgers in that category.

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Speaker 4: I think the Brewers scare anyone. The Phillies are a

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Speaker 4: little you know, not at quite at full strength. So

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Speaker 4: you know, any of these predictions, we have to do

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Speaker 4: these for the athletic as well. I think everyone's just

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Speaker 4: sort of like checking a box and have no idea

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Speaker 4: what it's Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I'm with you in that. I go back and forth

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Speaker 2: on this series so much because I can see a

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Speaker 2: viable scenario where every potential outcome, Like yeah, I could

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Speaker 2: see that pottery Sweet Potters and three cups, sweep Cups

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Speaker 2: and three all of those are very realistic to me.

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Speaker 2: I think these are two very evenly matched teams that

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Speaker 2: do a lot of the same things. Well, you mentioned

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Speaker 2: the defense base running fundamentally down. Pats are gonna hate

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Speaker 2: me for this. I just have a hard time. I've

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Speaker 2: seen this movie too many times where the Poppies look

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Speaker 2: great at home and they just fall completely flat on

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Speaker 2: the road. And also, I have a hard time saying, yes,

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Speaker 2: I trust Dylan cease and potentially you darbish to give

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Speaker 2: the Padres good road starts on back to back days.

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Speaker 2: I just have a hard time pulling the trigger on that.

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Speaker 2: And so for that reason, I'm gonna go Cubs in

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Speaker 2: three again. I wouldn't say if the Potters win, I

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Speaker 2: would call it an upset. I know the Cubs, the

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Speaker 2: higher seed, they have more wins, they're at home. You know,

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Speaker 2: if the Reds beat the Dodgers, that is a massive upset.

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Speaker 2: I just don't see a scenario when that happens. It

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Speaker 2: would shock me. The Potters beat the Cubs, it wouldn't

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Speaker 2: shock me. I think it's very viable. I just again,

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Speaker 2: I've just seen this movie too many times of Dylan

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Speaker 2: ces and you Darvish on the road getting blown, giving

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Speaker 2: six or seven, giving up six or seven runs in

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Speaker 2: the first three innings. And this Potter's offense. While we

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Speaker 2: talked about some of their guys are you know, kind

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Speaker 2: of hitting their stride, this offense is not explosive enough

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Speaker 2: to come back from those six seven run deficits. They

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Speaker 2: need to keep games within a run or two to

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Speaker 2: really have a chance to come back. So that's why

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Speaker 2: I'm going clubs in three podres, track record on the

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Speaker 2: road and see some Tarbash's struggles.

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Speaker 1: Makes it, I mean, I agree that I like, I

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Speaker 1: have no clue what's gonna happens. It's really hard to predict.

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Speaker 1: This one very evenly matched. All right, Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for listening to everyone. This is north Side Territory with

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Speaker 1: Friar's Territory. You can catch our work Patrick to my

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Speaker 1: work at the Athletic. Make sure to subscribe, rate, review

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Speaker 1: Thanks everyone, take care.

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Speaker 4: Are you Rod