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Speaker 1: Happy Friday, Happy Hall of Fame weekend, and welcome back

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Speaker 1: to Cardinal Territory. I'm your host, Katie Wu here with

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Speaker 1: some familiar faces you might recognize, Chip Carrey, Brad Thompson,

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Speaker 1: voice of the Cardinals television broadcast, to join me. Gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: how are you. Thank you for coming on the show.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Katie, Thank you for having us. Katie, it must

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Speaker 2: be deep into the season. You've ran through everybody. Somebody

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Speaker 2: said no, and Chip and I got to be involved.

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Speaker 3: So thank you.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know I did say when we started, right

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Speaker 1: before we started recording, let's be great, and Brad, I

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Speaker 1: believe you shook your head no. So we're all, oharty perfect.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're sitting the bar where it needs to be.

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Speaker 1: Look, it's the beginning of September. We've done this for

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Speaker 1: five months. I think we're all just in survival mode

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Speaker 3: Right we look at you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, let's just say we've had some challenges over the

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Speaker 4: last few weeks, but look, the twenty one games left,

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Speaker 4: the Cardinals have a change finish over five hundred, have

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Speaker 4: a chance to impact the playoff race and still have

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Speaker 4: a chance to check out the proverbial runway for some

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Speaker 4: of these guys. So we'll see how things transpire here

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Speaker 4: over the final three and a half weeks.

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Speaker 1: Perfect Perfect Brad's like, all right, Chip's got it, and

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Speaker 1: I'm just going to sit here and look pretty amazing.

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Speaker 5: You know what.

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Speaker 1: I think at this point of the season, fans are well,

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Speaker 1: they're well familiar with the dynamic between you two in

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Speaker 1: the broadcast booth. What they might not see or know

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Speaker 1: is just what exactly goes on behind the scenes of

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Speaker 1: a Cardinal's television broadcast. I am so lucky to be

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Speaker 1: able to waltz in there every day, eat your snacks,

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Speaker 1: and leave. But for you guys, when you're doing your

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Speaker 1: prep and you're doing your work, what's the preparation like

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Speaker 1: behind the broadcast? And then how do you pass the time?

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Speaker 1: Because from what I may or may not have seen,

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Speaker 1: there are some extracurriculars in the booth that you could

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Speaker 1: maybe entertain with.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like that.

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Speaker 2: You could go a lot of directions with that part

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Speaker 2: of it. But I would say this, and Chip, I

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Speaker 2: know this is your life too. Look, I think the

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Speaker 2: preparation for games, I don't think it ever ends, right,

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Speaker 2: You're kind of always watching stuff. You're always reading stuff,

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Speaker 2: and that part of it always goes. Certainly you're gonna

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Speaker 2: coming in. I like to still prepare as if I

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Speaker 2: were pitching against the opposing lineup, So a lot of

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Speaker 2: times that I'll dig into that how I would get

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Speaker 2: somebody out with somebody else's stuff, which is so much

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Speaker 2: better than mine and way easier when you're digging into

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Speaker 2: stuff like that. But once all that's done, Chip, there

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Speaker 2: is a time to when we get to work, it's

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Speaker 2: family there. I mean, we've got such a great group

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Speaker 2: of people that we have the opportunity to work with

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Speaker 2: I think we're very fortunate getting a chance to do

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Speaker 2: what we do. And then yeah, do we have pac Man,

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Speaker 2: Papa shot multi game videos, darts are maybe they're coming,

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Speaker 2: might be a little dangerous, but ship there's a lot

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Speaker 6: Well you hit it on the head. It's family.

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Speaker 4: We spend more time with each other, frankly than we

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Speaker 4: do with our loved ones, and that's just the nature

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Speaker 6: I think you hit it on.

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Speaker 4: The head too, Brad, that the people we work with

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Speaker 4: are not just coworkers, they're dear friends. This is the

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Speaker 4: first job that I've ever had in this business, and

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Speaker 4: as you guys know, I'm the old guy and this

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Speaker 4: trio of people on the digital screen where a game

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Speaker 4: is over, and I'm actually mad. And I'm mad not

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Speaker 4: because the Cardinals won or lost, or something crazy happened,

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Speaker 4: or I messed up on the air as something didn't

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Speaker 6: And I think that's what makes our place so special.

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Speaker 4: There's a great deal of care and camaraderie, and we

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Speaker 4: really do like each other, love each other, and treat

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Speaker 4: spend so much quality time together and we get to

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Speaker 6: Hey what tie you wear? And you're hey, what did

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Speaker 6: you write in the athletic today? And I think that's

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Speaker 4: Understand that that we are as committed to each other

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Speaker 4: as we are heart to the product that we're presenting

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Speaker 4: at home, and even on the days when the product

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Speaker 4: is not as good as we would like it to be,

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Speaker 4: we're still showing up, as Brad said, doing our research,

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Speaker 4: doing our homework, and trying to bring the experience of

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Speaker 4: Cardinal Baseball, and even if it's not good, Cardon Baseball,

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Speaker 4: major League Baseball into their living rooms because we're guests

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Speaker 4: and we really understand the enormous responsibility that that job

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Speaker 4: in those chairs.

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Speaker 1: Spot on, and I couldn't agree more. Obviously, you guys

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Speaker 1: know how I feel about you. I won't get sentimental

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Speaker 1: on the broadcast, but it is it's very clear when

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Speaker 1: you walk into your booth that everyone from Kim who

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Speaker 1: does all the incredible work behind the scenes, Shapiro, your

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Speaker 1: your producer, from Ricky to Alexa go down the list

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Speaker 1: like it is just so so great. And you know, here,

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Speaker 1: I am not even mentioning Jim Hayes, which I would

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Speaker 1: keep the darts away from him because maybe not the

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Speaker 1: most observant. I can see him coming into the booth

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Speaker 1: all frazzled about something and dart immediately to the forehead.

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Speaker 1: So I'm yeah, we talked about the same. Jim love

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Speaker 1: it of Hayes. I'm not sure how the dartboard would

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Speaker 1: you know, the fog machine, the strobe lights. Safety hazard perhaps,

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Speaker 1: but you guys will master the walking treadmill, so what

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Speaker 1: do I know about safety?

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Speaker 2: No, that's a good call, and let's be honest, Chip,

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Speaker 2: the treadmill has not been used much this year.

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Speaker 3: It's more of it's hanging on, leaning up against the wall.

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Speaker 2: And the fog machine maybe wasn't as thought out as

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Speaker 2: we went on Amazon and just bought this thing. But

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Speaker 2: day one, as you know, Katie, of the fog machine,

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Speaker 2: I turned it on and hit it hard. I'm like,

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Speaker 2: let's do it. Boom the whole place it looked like

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Speaker 2: Scooby Doo. Okay, jumping out of the mystery machine. Turns

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Speaker 2: out though the air it funneled under the door and

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Speaker 2: then the whole media hallway looked like there was a fire.

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Speaker 2: And that's when a Cardinals' front office executive came in

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Speaker 2: opened the door and he goes, this is not good,

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Speaker 2: and I agree, well, we'll fix it.

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Speaker 3: Sorry, so we don't use it as much anymore.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we have to break it out.

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Speaker 6: By the way, Katie, we have to figure out what

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Speaker 6: your entrance music will be.

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Speaker 4: We were music videos for everybody when they come in,

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Speaker 4: do the fog machine, open the door, have the strobe

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Speaker 4: lights going and we you know we haven't.

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Speaker 2: Done that yet.

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Speaker 1: Well yeah, I think the last time we used the

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Speaker 1: fog machine was the flow Ride a concert for obvious reasons.

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Speaker 1: So let me think about that. We have time. We

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Speaker 1: only have a homestand and a half left, but we

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Speaker 1: can definitely make that final full homestand as entertaining as possible,

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Speaker 1: at least for us. I'm not sure about the product

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Speaker 1: on the field. For us, we are going to have

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Speaker 1: a great time. But I do want to hear your guys'

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Speaker 1: thoughts about the Cardinals and how you know, twenty one

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Speaker 1: games left, not a lot in this transition runway season,

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Speaker 1: however you want to call it. So let's hit our

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Speaker 1: Draftking segment, our players to watch, so we can maybe

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Speaker 1: talk about the players that you guys would like to

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Speaker 1: see finished the season. So we'll hear from DraftKings are back. Okay,

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Speaker 1: that was that was way shorter than I thought it

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Speaker 1: was going to be I thought we had time to reset.

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Speaker 1: But okay, all right, my bad.

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Speaker 3: That was a good problem. I like it so short.

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Speaker 1: Okay, our prayer to watch the segment presented by DraftKings.

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Speaker 1: I'm just not going to talk with this one because

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Speaker 1: clearly this is too much responsibility for me. Whether it's

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Speaker 1: Jordan Walker, whether it's Nolan Morman or Lars Newfar, take

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Speaker 1: your pick. We have twenty six to thirty five players

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Speaker 1: on who are watching to finish the season, especially with

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Speaker 1: the call ups coming up. Jimmy Crooks, who's our preeto?

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Speaker 1: You have some guys coming back, Donovan Burlison, Nolan Arnato

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Speaker 1: was supposed to be at the ballpark today. I'll start

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Speaker 1: with you, Chip, as you are looking for to see

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals close out the regular season. Who are you

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Speaker 1: looking at to maybe give you some some faith or

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll talk to the guys that I think have

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Speaker 4: answered questions this year. I'll start without at Earlson. I

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Speaker 4: think this guy's turned to a major league hitter. He

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Speaker 4: knows how to hit the things the Cardinals wanted him

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Speaker 4: to focus on, and that is parts of the strike

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Speaker 4: zone and pitches that he could do damage with. He's

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Speaker 4: done a really really good job of that. He's been

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Speaker 6: I think he has.

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Speaker 4: Definitely solidified himself as a guy the Cardinals can keep

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Speaker 4: and build around. And it's funny, if you think back

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Speaker 4: to spring training, a lot of us are wondering, well, how.

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Speaker 6: Does Burlison fit on this team?

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Speaker 4: Ever since talk that maybe he would have to start

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Speaker 4: the year in Memphis, and he didn't, and obviously the

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Speaker 4: Cardinals are happy that that's the case. So I'm really

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Speaker 4: really happy for him. As far as guys that I

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Speaker 4: still need to see more, quite frankly, Jordan Walker.

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Speaker 6: That's been talked about a lot.

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Speaker 4: I know over the last couple of weeks, the numbers

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Speaker 4: of the last month have not been good. OLLI and

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Speaker 4: Brent Brown who said we've got to see improvement, We've

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Speaker 4: got to see some growth here because there is not

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Speaker 4: an infinite runway for these guys, Nolan Gorman.

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Speaker 6: Is Nolan Gorman's run.

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Speaker 4: Here indicative of what he's going to do over one

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Speaker 4: hundred and fifty games, or.

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Speaker 6: Is this one of those peak and Valley kind of

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Speaker 6: runs that we've seen him go on. I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I think he's bad been a lot better defensively a

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Speaker 4: third base over the last two weeks after really rough start.

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Speaker 6: To the month of August. But obviously the.

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Speaker 4: Potential is there, the power is there, and that's something

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Speaker 4: you obviously can't teach. So for me, Gorman and Walker

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Speaker 4: not surprising one of the two guys that I think

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Speaker 4: we still have to say the jury's out on as

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Speaker 4: to what they're gonna do for the Cardinals going forward

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Speaker 4: next year and next spring.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and look at those are two very good ones

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Speaker 2: because you think about young nucleus, right, but what the

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Speaker 2: Cardinals drafted first round expectations through the roof, we'll find out.

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Speaker 2: So I like that direction. I could go a few

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Speaker 2: different directions too with position players, because as you mentioned, Katie,

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of them, there's a lot of different guys.

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Speaker 2: But I will go to the other side down the stretch,

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Speaker 2: and if Chip's going to break the rules by taking

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Speaker 2: if you can help, not helping somebody else. And Ship

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Speaker 2: That's why I'm so excited that you got this thing going.

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Speaker 2: I know this is something that it was on your

438
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Speaker 2: heart you wanted to champion, So I'm excited to be

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Speaker 2: a part of it. Hopefully a lot of people come

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Speaker 2: join us, and and this isn't going to be just

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Speaker 2: a one time thing either.

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Speaker 3: This is going to be something where.

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Speaker 2: I know, Chip, you've talked about this with different partners,

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Speaker 2: but making it something where it is a constant effort

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Speaker 2: through the Cardinals who have already done a lot of

446
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Speaker 2: stuff to help out, through us, through as many people

447
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Speaker 2: as we can get involved, So please do that. Go

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Speaker 2: to Cardinals dot com, slash feed the Future.

449
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Speaker 1: And you know Cardinals. This is part of the Cardinals

450
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Speaker 1: Care which I think all three of us were at

451
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Speaker 1: Cardinals Care Ted Savage RBA Classic Golf Tournament on Thursday.

452
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Speaker 1: The Cardinals continue to do such great charitable outreach in

453
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Speaker 1: and around the Saint Louis area, and for you guys

454
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Speaker 1: to do this, I think is very exciting for fans

455
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Speaker 1: who want to know. In more information, you can donate

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Speaker 1: five dollars or more to support Operation Food Search. Fans

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Speaker 1: eighteen or older who donate two hundred dollars or more

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Speaker 1: will be eligible to participate in the Feed the Future,

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Speaker 1: Feed the Future food packaging event with Chip with Brad

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Speaker 1: and other broadcasters from FanDuel Sports Network. I know I

461
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Speaker 1: will be there, Alexadat will be there. That will take

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Speaker 1: place again on Friday, September nineteenth from ten to twelve.

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Speaker 1: As part of the experience, each registered donor will receive

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Speaker 1: four tickets to Friday's game on September nineteenth against the Brewers,

465
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Speaker 1: a Cardinals goodie bag, and a photo opportunity with the

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Speaker 1: broadcasters at the event. So that is priceless. I know

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Speaker 1: that they'll have their perfect smiles and everything, so check

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Speaker 1: it out. As Brad said, you can donate at Cardinals

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Speaker 1: dot com slash Feed the Future. I hope to see

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Speaker 1: many of you their Chip, Brad, It's also a very

471
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Speaker 1: exciting weekend here at Bush Stadium. It's Hall of Fame weekend,

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Speaker 1: and this is one of my favorite weekends in Saint Louis.

473
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Speaker 1: I think they do this right in terms of bringing

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Speaker 1: back and honoring the legacies and the traditions that make

475
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Speaker 1: Cardinals baseball Cardinals Baseball. So Edgar, Renteria, Walt, Jockety, and

476
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Speaker 1: our pal Al Roski will be inducted on Saturday, that

477
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Speaker 1: is tomorrow. When you think about what Al has meant

478
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Speaker 1: to you guys as just being part of the Cardinal

479
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Speaker 1: family and the FanDuel family, Brad will start with you,

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Speaker 1: what does that mean? What is your relationship with Al like,

481
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Speaker 1: and what does he mean to you? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Look, Al has been such an incredible mentor and a

483
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Speaker 2: friend to me in I came in as a guy

484
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Speaker 2: that knew nothing of this industry and Al had been

485
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Speaker 2: doing this for a long time and they allowed me

486
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Speaker 2: to come in and do a handful of games and Chip.

487
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Speaker 2: You know how competitive this industry is, you know how

488
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Speaker 2: people want these jobs, right, and new guy comes in,

489
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Speaker 2: it would be so easy for Al to just.

490
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Speaker 3: Like beat it.

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Speaker 2: Al was nothing but gracious and helpful in everything that

492
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Speaker 2: I've been doing from this platform. Same thing with doing

493
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Speaker 2: work with the Cardinals, going to schools and doing the

494
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Speaker 2: Cardinals Kids school program. Al has been doing that forever.

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Speaker 2: He was one of the first ones I went to

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Speaker 2: go see to emulate what Al was doing and bringing

497
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Speaker 2: to the community. So that's just from the broadcast standpoint.

498
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Speaker 2: You can go back and look at the back of

499
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Speaker 2: his baseball card. Al had a much deserving Cardinal Hall

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Speaker 2: of Fame career on the field, but his impact in

501
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Speaker 2: the booth, in the community. If you're at the ballpark,

502
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Speaker 2: chances are you got an Al Roboski card because he

503
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Speaker 2: is walking around. He's in every booth and and he

504
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 2: just brings a smile to people's faces. Chip for somebody

505
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Speaker 2: named the Mad Hungarian. He's kind of huggable. I love

506
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Speaker 2: the guy and I'm so excited for Yeah, to.

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Speaker 4: Take a phrase from your vocabulary, he's adorable. I mean,

508
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Speaker 4: that's how we would that's how we would talk about Al.

509
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Speaker 4: I mean, for me, Al was the first baseball analyst

510
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Speaker 4: I ever got to work with.

511
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Speaker 6: Years and years ago. I got to fill in for

512
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Speaker 6: Ken Wilson doing some Cardinals.

513
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Speaker 4: Games while he was off doing hockey and I was

514
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Speaker 4: the first guy that took me under his wing, as

515
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Speaker 4: it were, back in the late nineteen eighties, just coming

516
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Speaker 4: into doing a couple of Cardinals games.

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Speaker 6: He's just such a great guy.

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Speaker 4: His baseball career is one thing, but he had such

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Speaker 4: a presence, such a personality, and in a sport where

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Speaker 4: guys and teams have become somewhat vanilla, I think people

521
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Speaker 4: clamor for that kind of uniqueness that Al brought, that fire,

522
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Speaker 4: that passion, that craziness because you never knew what was

523
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Speaker 4: going to happen the baseball side. It was one thing

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Speaker 4: just to see Ali come in the booth every single

525
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Speaker 4: day and give us grief about, oh, you guys didn't

526
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Speaker 4: do such a good.

527
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Speaker 6: Job last night. We lost five to four, like it's

528
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Speaker 6: our fault now, thanks, but he really cares.

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Speaker 4: And getting to know Al and his wife June, who

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Speaker 4: just celebrated a birthday the other day. To hear Al's

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Speaker 4: amazing National Guard stories from southern California and all the

532
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Speaker 4: things that he experienced with that is an amazing part

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Speaker 4: of his psyche and his personality.

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Speaker 6: So if you get a chance to see him, ask

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Speaker 6: him about that.

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Speaker 4: He's a roic guy in so many different ways, and

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Speaker 4: I think he'll come away with a big smile on your.

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Speaker 6: Face when you get to encounter Alaboski, right, Brad.

539
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Speaker 3: Oh, no doubt about it.

540
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Speaker 2: He's got some great stories and loves telling him, so,

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Speaker 2: you know, make sure you ask the right questions.

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Speaker 1: I am very, very excited to see how that Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame speech will go. So big congrats to al To,

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, Giants are in town for three games.

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Speaker 1: Carson Seymour, who I totally know who that is. It's

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Speaker 1: kick off Hall of Fame weekend. We have time for

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Speaker 1: one rapid fire question. So I'm not quite sure that

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Speaker 1: it's like rapid fire more than just like one. Let

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Speaker 1: me put you on the spot, all right, if you

582
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Speaker 1: were going to ask the manager Ali marmal one question today,

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Speaker 1: and it would guarantee to make him mad. What would

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Speaker 1: you ask him?

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, Oh there's so many that I can't

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Speaker 2: even out here. Guarantee to make him mad. Chip, you're

587
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Speaker 2: good at this.

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Speaker 6: Oh thanks. I always used to like to ask him, Hey,

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Speaker 6: why didn't you use Elsley in the eighth inning?

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Speaker 3: That's always a good one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, now, especially that's a good fan one.

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Speaker 6: That's a good lead every time.

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Speaker 3: Boy.

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Speaker 2: Luckily, there there was nothing strategically in the last couple

595
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Speaker 2: of games against the A's that you could go back to.

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Speaker 2: But I will give Allie credit some if you question

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Speaker 2: one of the things, and I know Katie is part

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Speaker 2: of your job every day, is Hey, if it's something

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Speaker 2: you know seventh in Inny he makes a move, that

600
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,479
Speaker 2: move doesn't work out, you have to question it.

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Speaker 3: He usually does that pretty well. But I'd like to

602
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 3: ask about those.

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Speaker 2: Man, he does a good job of not getting frustrated.

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Speaker 2: I don't have one that I think that is going

605
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Speaker 2: to make him mad. I mean, I could reference an

606
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 2: old player or something like that if I wanted to.

607
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 2: I think that might get it going.

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Speaker 3: But other than that, he likes you a lot.

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Speaker 4: When you talk about him being glove first as a

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Speaker 4: minor league player.

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Speaker 6: That's always a good one.

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Speaker 2: Well, we did have one of those, Katie the other day.

613
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Speaker 2: There was a foul ball into the dugout. He snatches

614
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Speaker 2: a good grab by Ali, and I said the glove

615
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Speaker 2: was never an issue.

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Speaker 1: As actual as a broadcaster, you have to enlighten your

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Speaker 1: audience with facts. But you are right, Brad. I like

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Speaker 1: to start with any kind of question with all of you,

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Speaker 1: just like, hey, did you think about this? Totally tongue

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Speaker 1: in cheek, because obviously he did, And to kick off

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Speaker 1: the media session with a heavy size. He tries to

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Speaker 1: gather his patients as I'm obviously messing around. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure the fellow writers appreciate that because I've already started

624
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,119
Speaker 1: it off on a wrong foot. But he is so

625
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Speaker 1: good at the strategic questions and really just like taking

626
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Speaker 1: no offense to hey, did you like what was the

627
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 1: lodgic behind this decision? Or why didn't you do this?

628
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: When did you think about doing this? And I've learned

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Speaker 1: a lot from him in terms of how he breaks

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Speaker 1: things down in the decisions, and I know he does

631
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Speaker 1: the same for you guys. You guys are in there

632
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: for like thirty minutes a day just laughing it up.

633
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,360
Speaker 1: I know, I hear it, but he does a really

634
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Speaker 1: nice job of making sure that you know there is

635
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Speaker 1: Whether or not it pans out is never really the

636
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Speaker 1: issue or the question that we have. It's the decision,

637
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Speaker 1: like how he got there in the first place. And

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Speaker 1: I think he goes above and beyond as far as

639
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Speaker 1: managers go, and ensuring that both his writers and his

640
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Speaker 1: broadcasters understand that they're the thought process behind it results

641
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Speaker 1: secondary and it's just kind of interesting to see that

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Speaker 1: that aspect of the gameplayout through managers.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a very curious man. He's very smart, and

644
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Speaker 4: obviously his decisions are well founded.

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Speaker 6: I can't think the moment.

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Speaker 4: In my brief time here, I've said, ah, I really

647
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Speaker 4: don't get why he did that, because he's explained it

648
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Speaker 4: to us, and then when you think about it, it

649
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Speaker 4: makes total sense. But Brad, what's really refreshing, I'm sure

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Speaker 4: for you and for me too. Katie you've probably experienced

651
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Speaker 4: this as well is you can sit in that room

652
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Speaker 4: and he'll say, what did you think about situation AB

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Speaker 4: or c? What would you have done? And there really

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Speaker 4: is an intellectual curiosity as to how other people thought.

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Speaker 6: Or see a particular series of plays.

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Speaker 4: And he's really genuinely interested in what other people think

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Speaker 4: about the way things transpired, and maybe he learns from

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Speaker 4: us and thinks about things in a different way. So

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Speaker 4: there's that really healthy give and take, which I think

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Speaker 4: is really really fun.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he invites the pushback, which is pretty fun and refreshing,

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Speaker 2: because you know, a lot of people like to live

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Speaker 2: in that echo chamber of everything that you do is right,

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Speaker 2: and I feel like that's how you grow, is getting

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Speaker 2: the other side of things.

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Speaker 1: Agreed. Agreed, guys. All right, Well we'll get you out

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Speaker 1: of here because all three of us have to be

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Speaker 1: at the ballpark in about forty five minutes. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: Yati Emilina's in town, Willie McGee's in town Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame weekend, and uh there will be baseball of course

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Speaker 1: as well for Chip and Brad. Again your voices of

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Speaker 1: the same as Cardinals.

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Speaker 6: Guys.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me here on Cardinal territory.

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Speaker 1: I'll race into bus Stadium, Okay,