WEBVTT - NLCS preview: Can the Brewers pull it off? 0:00:06.470 --> 0:00:11.690 Hello and welcome to an NLCS edition of Brewer Territory. 0:00:11.710 --> 0:00:18.630 I'm here with Corey Knabel. You got your 2018 postseason 0:00:18.670 --> 0:00:21.870 hat on. Is that a game-worn Dodgers NLCS postseason hat? 0:00:22.350 --> 0:00:25.450 This is a game-worn Dodgers NLCS game-worn hat. 0:00:26.170 --> 0:00:30.229 Oh yeah. And man, to go way back into the 0:00:30.310 --> 0:00:34.190 Brewer Territory time machine, I think it might have been 0:00:34.330 --> 0:00:37.940 March or I think I was at spring training. And 0:00:38.060 --> 0:00:40.919 there you were saying, I feel like it always comes 0:00:41.000 --> 0:00:44.919 down to the Dodgers and the Brewers, Kurt. Yep. And 0:00:44.979 --> 0:00:49.700 sure enough, sure enough, here we are. Inevitable? This feels right, 0:00:49.780 --> 0:00:50.190 doesn't it? 0:00:50.860 --> 0:00:53.500 Yeah. We've been saying it from the beginning. We knew 0:00:53.580 --> 0:00:56.300 this was going to happen. I mean, you speak it 0:00:56.340 --> 0:00:59.760 into existence, but you just know this is what it's 0:00:59.780 --> 0:01:00.940 going to boil down to, man. 0:01:02.980 --> 0:01:06.270 Look, I know that the Brewers fans... And maybe you 0:01:06.350 --> 0:01:09.370 as well. There's probably other teams you would rather be 0:01:09.430 --> 0:01:14.520 facing from a chance to win perspective. Teams not quite 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:19.390 as good or as experienced as the Dodgers, but Pat 0:01:19.630 --> 0:01:23.270 Murphy was saying today that wouldn't it be the way 0:01:23.290 --> 0:01:25.810 to write the story for the 2026 Brewers? Is there 0:01:25.830 --> 0:01:27.530 an element of you that's like, this is how it 0:01:27.569 --> 0:01:29.720 has to be? Like you have to get through the Dodgers? 0:01:30.140 --> 0:01:32.700 This is how it has to be. That is the 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:33.509 way I see it. 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:37.959 And especially with how many times in the past, what, 0:01:38.819 --> 0:01:40.399 eight years, nine years? 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.819 Fourth time facing each other in the postseason in the 0:01:43.860 --> 0:01:44.840 last nine seasons. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:49.260 This is just, this is it, man. This is the 0:01:49.260 --> 0:01:51.520 2026 Dodgers. This is how they're going to write the script. 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.440 This is what it comes down to. We have got 0:01:55.500 --> 0:01:58.640 to beat the Dodgers, and this is it, man. This 0:01:58.700 --> 0:01:59.220 is it. All right. 0:01:59.670 --> 0:02:03.610 This is it. Let's get into the nitty-gritty of it, 0:02:03.990 --> 0:02:06.850 shall we? As a run through, I feel like this 0:02:07.110 --> 0:02:10.060 is a good way to kind of preview anything that 0:02:10.090 --> 0:02:12.740 we want to talk about in this series is let's 0:02:12.780 --> 0:02:17.200 go through whether we like the Brewers– position group or 0:02:17.260 --> 0:02:23.400 the Dodgers position group, starting with offense, the lineup, the hitting, Corey. 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.079 Brewers or Dodgers, who are you giving the upper hand to? 0:02:27.820 --> 0:02:33.230 I think that's pretty self-explanatory, right? We're obviously going to 0:02:33.270 --> 0:02:37.070 go with the Dodgers offensive-wise. I mean, look, that's where 0:02:37.090 --> 0:02:40.829 a lot of their money is, and for good reason, man. 0:02:40.990 --> 0:02:44.370 They've got some studs up there, and The, you know, 0:02:44.410 --> 0:02:47.070 the Brewers looking at the numbers so far in the postseason, 0:02:47.110 --> 0:02:49.470 it's been, you know, we've got we've got to put 0:02:49.530 --> 0:02:52.690 up some better numbers. There have been a couple of guys, obviously, 0:02:52.710 --> 0:02:55.490 that are getting some RBI's. We've got Contreras and Churio 0:02:55.530 --> 0:02:58.530 with some homers. But I think there's got to be 0:02:59.030 --> 0:03:01.470 we've got to have some other guys coming in and 0:03:01.570 --> 0:03:04.190 stepping up in these big time situations, because right now 0:03:04.250 --> 0:03:06.690 the Dodgers, I mean, yeah, they're they're going to score 0:03:06.710 --> 0:03:07.309 some runs, man. 0:03:08.310 --> 0:03:11.130 Let's take a look here and see who's hot, who's 0:03:11.210 --> 0:03:16.370 not for the Los Angeles Dodgers offense. Honestly, across baseball, 0:03:16.450 --> 0:03:20.179 not a ton of offenses that are super hot, especially 0:03:20.220 --> 0:03:23.380 to begin this postseason. Runs have been more to premium, 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.619 and I think I saw the Dodgers all but two 0:03:25.660 --> 0:03:29.980 of their runs. Maybe until the PA has single in 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:32.570 game four. That might have changed, but I feel like 0:03:32.610 --> 0:03:35.510 all but two of their runs I saw were from 0:03:35.590 --> 0:03:40.300 the home run until... until that happened. Max Muncy's swinging 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:43.500 it well. Freddie Freeman is the... Freeman and Paz, I'm 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.300 going to put those guys as the two guys I 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:51.210 am circling for the Brewers in this series. There's obviously 0:03:51.260 --> 0:03:53.600 Shohei Otani. He's not showing up on either of these, 0:03:53.720 --> 0:04:00.250 but he could definitely classify Wright as a who's not hot. 0:04:00.270 --> 0:04:04.490 I think he had one hit in that series, but Wright, 0:04:04.650 --> 0:04:09.450 it's Shohei. You can't You can't ever read too much 0:04:09.510 --> 0:04:12.050 into that. I still think you're right here. I mean, 0:04:12.250 --> 0:04:14.390 on the left, we've got Muncie, Freeman, and Pajas. 0:04:14.530 --> 0:04:19.710 And then also one sleeper that's a postseason giant is Kike. 0:04:20.410 --> 0:04:24.030 Kike Hernandez is always the guy you can never sleep on. 0:04:24.089 --> 0:04:26.830 And I think obviously that's what makes the Dodgers lineup 0:04:27.190 --> 0:04:29.920 so tough is that there's really not any of those 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:33.500 sleeper guys. You still got to take everybody with, I mean, 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.880 complete focus, man. I mean, that's postseason baseball, but especially 0:04:36.900 --> 0:04:37.680 the Dodgers offense. 0:04:39.370 --> 0:04:43.110 That is the wrong Hernandez. That is Teoscar Hernandez. I 0:04:43.150 --> 0:04:46.330 guess TK didn't show up on either of those. 0:04:46.870 --> 0:04:48.470 Yeah, he's probably right in the middle, man. 0:04:48.730 --> 0:04:51.730 Either of those boards, but absolutely. I think he's got 0:04:51.730 --> 0:04:57.440 17 postseason home runs. I'm taking the Dodgers here as well, 0:04:58.540 --> 0:05:07.120 but I don't think it's that crazy to think the Brewers' 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:14.220 offense isn't that much farther behind them. Look at Yelly. Yeah, Yelly. 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:23.380 Showing up in the postseason, man. Yelly's been swinging at me. 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:27.170 The main reason that I'm taking the Dodgers' offense is 0:05:27.210 --> 0:05:34.349 because I think you know... Yeah, Southfield, great series. I 0:05:34.370 --> 0:05:39.150 talked about that. 2 30 a.m cory uh in my 0:05:39.210 --> 0:05:41.610 hotel you talked about it i got 50 minutes of 0:05:41.630 --> 0:05:45.510 sleep that's beautiful man i i think i did it 0:05:45.529 --> 0:05:47.789 was just like it was just a stream of consciousness 0:05:47.850 --> 0:05:49.950 man at that point of the night that point of 0:05:49.970 --> 0:05:52.680 the morning who just say it we were just saying 0:05:52.690 --> 0:05:56.520 anything but yeah um william contrarious had a great series 0:05:56.540 --> 0:05:59.900 there christian yelch's second and obsl free like was third 0:05:59.920 --> 0:06:04.750 um I liked the way the Brewers offense played. If 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.800 we're just looking at the process, I talked about this 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.800 on the show as well, but the fact that the 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.680 Dodgers can bop home runs at a much higher clip, 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:16.020 I'm going to give them that advantage. Although I don't 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.760 like to say teams are like too homer reliant because 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:20.460 if you hit a lot of homers, that's subjectively a 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:25.530 good thing. But if you can keep the Dodgers in 0:06:25.610 --> 0:06:30.469 the ballpark, I definitely would say I like the Brewers' 0:06:31.390 --> 0:06:33.090 chances on offense. What do you think? 0:06:33.830 --> 0:06:37.330 I agree. I agree. And, yeah, I mean, obviously not 0:06:37.370 --> 0:06:40.560 to say that the Brewers' offense is terrible compared to 0:06:40.580 --> 0:06:43.200 the Dodgers because, yeah, I mean, what we saw in 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.000 San Diego, what we saw against San Diego was impressive. 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:50.700 They have some great pitching. Um, and you know, obviously 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.940 to me and JP, I know he'll agree. There was 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:57.460 a couple instances when Pavetta was, was starting for the 0:06:57.500 --> 0:06:59.000 Padres and I feel like there was a lot of 0:06:59.020 --> 0:07:03.170 missed opportunities, but, um, I mean, that's still post-season baseball, man. 0:07:03.190 --> 0:07:05.430 Like your best of the best is going to show 0:07:05.550 --> 0:07:10.310 up on those days. So, um, no, I, I still 0:07:10.350 --> 0:07:12.450 feel confident, man, that the Brewers are still going to 0:07:12.470 --> 0:07:14.670 be able to take this one out and yeah, hopefully 0:07:14.750 --> 0:07:18.630 something else starts turning around and, They see the ball 0:07:18.670 --> 0:07:19.210 pretty well, man. 0:07:19.230 --> 0:07:22.310 All right, so let's hold that prediction. I think we 0:07:22.330 --> 0:07:23.790 all knew what you were going to say there. I 0:07:25.630 --> 0:07:28.750 think we know where you're going with the prediction. Let's 0:07:28.810 --> 0:07:33.670 move to the starting pitching. I think the Dodgers have 0:07:34.130 --> 0:07:38.030 some good pitchers on this side of the ball. Who 0:07:38.050 --> 0:07:39.630 are you taking there, Dodgers or Brewers? 0:07:40.770 --> 0:07:44.020 Man, I mean, I wish you would answer this one first. 0:07:45.220 --> 0:07:46.060 I can if you want. 0:07:47.030 --> 0:07:50.450 I'm going back and forth. Go ahead. Take it away, please. 0:07:50.790 --> 0:07:53.170 I'll go with, I got to go with the Dodgers. 0:07:54.350 --> 0:07:57.360 Whereas I think that offense is, you know, it's a toss-up, 0:07:57.380 --> 0:08:03.240 50-50 really. I can't go against these guys. Yamamoto was 0:08:03.260 --> 0:08:08.360 probably the best postseason pitcher. Mad Bum's maybe not category, 0:08:08.380 --> 0:08:11.450 but maybe the greatest postseason pitcher we've ever seen in 0:08:11.610 --> 0:08:14.250 this generation. You know, could work his way up into 0:08:14.290 --> 0:08:17.390 the all-time category. Tarek Skubal's not bad. Tyler Glass, now 0:08:17.450 --> 0:08:21.370 Blake Snell. You could certainly do worse as your three, 0:08:21.470 --> 0:08:26.690 four starters. I just got to go with the Dodgers. 0:08:27.050 --> 0:08:28.710 I know the Brewers have a Cy Young winner, but 0:08:28.810 --> 0:08:30.150 they don't have this depth. 0:08:31.740 --> 0:08:38.000 I agree. That right there is very impressive. I think 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:42.800 especially what the Brewers showed this past series, there was 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.570 a lot of nerves right you've been waiting waiting to 0:08:46.610 --> 0:08:48.610 play we get in there we finally get to play 0:08:49.490 --> 0:08:53.270 after that long break and um i think i think 0:08:53.710 --> 0:08:57.069 i think we still have a really good shot for 0:08:57.130 --> 0:09:00.699 ms henderson i mean bob gash showed up and what 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.320 a performance man yeah d may i thought there was 0:09:03.340 --> 0:09:06.600 some you know great stretches for the first few innings 0:09:06.660 --> 0:09:08.940 and then just ran into a couple bad luck and 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:13.660 um Gosh, man, it's so tough. It's so tough because, yeah, 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.719 I mean, you look at it as– you're looking at 0:09:15.780 --> 0:09:18.350 three to four starting pitchers, and that's what the Dodgers have. 0:09:18.450 --> 0:09:22.570 We've got, honestly, I mean, two to three elite, and 0:09:22.610 --> 0:09:27.810 hopefully we can have that fourth, fifth one. Gosh, I've 0:09:27.830 --> 0:09:29.610 got to lean more towards the Dodgers here on this 0:09:29.710 --> 0:09:32.530 one too. But it's close for me, man. 0:09:33.490 --> 0:09:35.010 Yeah, it's not– I don't think the Brewers are blown 0:09:35.070 --> 0:09:38.420 out of the water. Yeah. I'll go first on this 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:43.040 last one. I think pitching overall, I might take the Brewers' 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:47.480 total pitching staff, and I will definitely take their bullpen. 0:09:49.250 --> 0:09:53.870 Someone tweeted at me. They saw the solo show, and 0:09:53.890 --> 0:09:55.910 they were like, how can you how can you not 0:09:55.929 --> 0:09:58.079 have cory and jp on to talk about the bullpen 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:00.860 after game four. 0:10:00.620 --> 0:10:04.579 Um sorry it was 2 30 in the morning brother. 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:08.059 Uh well okay all right speak yeah did you even 0:10:08.140 --> 0:10:10.490 make it did you make it to to midnight like 0:10:10.540 --> 0:10:12.110 what was our status of game. 0:10:12.050 --> 0:10:14.440 Oh Make it to midnight? Heck no, dude. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.990 I think it was, I mean, by the start of 0:10:17.030 --> 0:10:20.290 game time, it was, what, 9 o'clock? Yeah, game started 0:10:20.370 --> 0:10:20.890 at 9 central. 0:10:21.150 --> 0:10:24.969 Man, I mean, probably 9.30. I'm just, I'm trying to 0:10:25.010 --> 0:10:27.250 keep my eyes open, and we get to 10, and 0:10:27.380 --> 0:10:30.880 I text, I don't know, like 10.30. Like, dude, I 0:10:30.940 --> 0:10:32.280 can't make it any longer, man. 0:10:32.300 --> 0:10:34.959 We had a long day with the kids, and I 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:36.260 was struggling to stay. 0:10:36.140 --> 0:10:37.959 Up, but it was exciting. 0:10:38.690 --> 0:10:41.550 It was exciting, and I'm sure you enjoyed watching it back. 0:10:41.610 --> 0:10:49.099 I re-watched it. JP said he fell asleep at some 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.340 point in the sixth inning, and then his wife comes 0:10:52.380 --> 0:10:54.179 and wakes him up at 3 a.m., and she's like, 0:10:54.500 --> 0:10:55.160 the Brewers won. 0:10:57.380 --> 0:10:58.880 You need to get on a show with Kurt. 0:10:58.980 --> 0:11:01.119 He could have. He could have hopped on. That was 0:11:01.140 --> 0:11:08.960 a late night, but It was, I'm back. I got 0:11:08.980 --> 0:11:11.400 my Zs. Well, we're happy to have you, man. And 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:17.960 I agree, dude. The bullpen was electric in that series. 0:11:18.740 --> 0:11:24.660 Lights out. I mean, we can talk who's, like, I'm 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:25.679 going to agree with you right now. 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.620 I know we both said that the Dodgers were going 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.780 to lean more on starting pitching, but I will 100% 0:11:30.780 --> 0:11:36.400 take the Brewers- pitching staff as a whole over the Dodgers. 0:11:36.500 --> 0:11:39.800 I think that what we have in the bullpen, yes, 0:11:39.980 --> 0:11:42.839 it's going to make up for having two to three 0:11:43.059 --> 0:11:44.980 starters compared to their four, right? 0:11:45.100 --> 0:11:47.240 It's going to make up that. We got Aaron Ashby, 0:11:47.300 --> 0:11:49.260 who has been lights out. 0:11:50.780 --> 0:11:51.920 Look at those numbers, man. 0:11:51.970 --> 0:11:54.689 Leading the team in innings pitched in the postseason right now. 0:11:55.950 --> 0:12:00.429 This is incredible. Incredible, man. I mean, without our bullpen, yeah, 0:12:00.870 --> 0:12:02.290 it's a completely different series. 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.080 This is for sure. For sure. I thought Ashby might've 0:12:07.100 --> 0:12:08.640 been the MVP of the series. I know you got 0:12:08.660 --> 0:12:10.699 to give it to Churio. You, you just have to, 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.130 you got to. Yeah. They're in Ashby. Aside from that 0:12:14.210 --> 0:12:17.010 was absolutely the MVP for what he did in three 0:12:17.090 --> 0:12:22.809 different wins. Completely massive. I don't know who, I guess 0:12:22.850 --> 0:12:26.030 it was Jacob Mizorowski that Murph was going to trust in, 0:12:26.230 --> 0:12:32.829 in game four. If it like, from Gasser to your 0:12:32.870 --> 0:12:35.130 final three and those final three get 15 outs while 0:12:35.230 --> 0:12:40.390 Ashby just does most of that work. If Ashby's only 0:12:40.429 --> 0:12:42.710 able to get six or something or he gets in 0:12:42.750 --> 0:12:46.790 a jam in the sixth, who do you turn to? 0:12:47.670 --> 0:12:50.109 If you turn to McGill that early, you turn to 0:12:50.170 --> 0:12:52.410 Uribe that early, then who's pitching on the back end? 0:12:53.510 --> 0:12:56.980 Absolutely massive work there by Aaron Ashby. I'm also taking 0:12:57.410 --> 0:13:02.349 the Brewers. bullpen. Corey question for you. We're going to 0:13:02.370 --> 0:13:06.590 get into our predictions here. What's what's the public got? 0:13:07.330 --> 0:13:08.510 Speaking of predictions. 0:13:08.610 --> 0:13:09.429 Yeah. Series. 0:13:09.929 --> 0:13:13.929 What a great idea. I mean, if you're really wanting 0:13:13.980 --> 0:13:16.300 to get in these predictions and get some money on 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:20.200 the line here, we've got Cal she who is trading 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.480 for the Brewers at 43% to win the series. So 0:13:22.500 --> 0:13:24.640 a $ 10 bet is going to win you $ 23 and 0:13:28.380 --> 0:13:31.020 I like those odds. I mean, I'm feeling pretty good 0:13:31.059 --> 0:13:35.110 about the Brewers, and obviously the whole public thinks that 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:36.880 the Dodgers are going to be the one to take it. 0:13:36.950 --> 0:13:40.090 So I'm going to say it here. Go ahead and 0:13:40.130 --> 0:13:42.670 get on the Brewers, man. This is the time to 0:13:42.730 --> 0:13:43.180 get on it. 0:13:44.910 --> 0:13:48.280 No surprise that you're in on the Brewers. Let's get 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:52.520 to our predictions for this series. Should I go first? 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:54.040 I always put your hands on the spot. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:55.559 Yeah, go ahead and go first. 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.750 I am in two different spots, but I have put 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:02.210 my official prediction in print on our website. So I 0:14:02.250 --> 0:14:04.890 just got to stick with it at this point. I 0:14:04.910 --> 0:14:10.370 got brewers in six. Wow. Which is far more optimistic 0:14:10.510 --> 0:14:12.670 than I usually am with my predictions. I had Padres 0:14:12.710 --> 0:14:15.750 in five, which I feel like I was right about that. That, 0:14:16.340 --> 0:14:19.140 That was like as close to a five game. Like 0:14:19.340 --> 0:14:22.550 the heart of that series. That was the most seven 0:14:22.610 --> 0:14:25.510 game series of a five game series of all time. 0:14:25.550 --> 0:14:29.070 You know what I mean? A break here, a break there. 0:14:29.090 --> 0:14:31.030 I do think the Brewers deserve to win. Like I 0:14:31.050 --> 0:14:32.650 thought they were the better team. I got to add 0:14:32.670 --> 0:14:38.400 that caveat. But like one little break here, there, and 0:14:39.180 --> 0:14:41.040 we would be playing. I guess we would have been 0:14:41.060 --> 0:14:44.480 playing a baseball game last Friday. But I got Brewers 0:14:44.530 --> 0:14:48.280 in six, man. My brain says Dodgers because it's the Dodgers. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.760 But my gut, and sometimes you just got to listen 0:14:51.780 --> 0:14:56.300 to the intestines. Yep. Listen to the fuzzies in there, man. 0:14:56.460 --> 0:14:58.990 I think it's actually Corey. I think that's your opinions 0:14:59.020 --> 0:15:01.570 that have infiltrated me. And they're just like, yeah, this 0:15:01.630 --> 0:15:02.410 is the Brewers year. 0:15:02.430 --> 0:15:04.470 El Positivo, man. 0:15:06.230 --> 0:15:06.750 What you got? 0:15:07.820 --> 0:15:10.230 Dude, I'm taking the Brewers, man. I'm taking the Brewers. 0:15:10.570 --> 0:15:14.230 I was back and forth thinking about it. Honestly, man, 0:15:14.270 --> 0:15:15.690 I think it's going to go to game seven. This 0:15:15.730 --> 0:15:17.470 is going to be one of those exciting series like 0:15:17.510 --> 0:15:23.520 it always is. And it's going to take full 100% 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.660 effort from all the boys over there in Milwaukee. And 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:30.500 excuse me, all the men over there in Milwaukee. And dude, 0:15:30.740 --> 0:15:31.940 I'm taking Brewers in seven. 0:15:35.350 --> 0:15:38.980 What's... What is the thing that gives you the most 0:15:39.580 --> 0:15:42.340 confidence in the Brewers in this here series? 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:47.260 Well, I feel really good that we get Miz in 0:15:47.300 --> 0:15:52.480 game one, probably in game four as well, and then 0:15:52.540 --> 0:15:55.540 another opportunity for game seven. If we can get Miz 0:15:56.140 --> 0:15:56.500 the ball. 0:15:56.540 --> 0:16:01.700 You think in four? I mean, if we can get game, game, 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:09.250 day off, game. I mean, now you're looking at four days, right? 0:16:09.310 --> 0:16:13.530 Three days. That'd be three days. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, off day. 0:16:14.100 --> 0:16:15.410 Yeah, you're right. Three days rest. 0:16:15.500 --> 0:16:18.000 So game five. Okay. Game five and then get them 0:16:18.060 --> 0:16:19.660 on short rest. Still game seven. 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:20.280 Get them in there. 0:16:20.980 --> 0:16:21.500 He'll be in there. 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:24.260 I'm feeling great about it. And then, I mean, yeah, 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:28.780 when you're talking about those three games, game three, four 0:16:28.820 --> 0:16:32.710 and five. I feel confident we're going to take two 0:16:32.750 --> 0:16:34.330 out of one. We've got to take two out of 0:16:34.430 --> 0:16:37.430 one in L.A., especially with our bullpen. Obviously, we're going 0:16:37.450 --> 0:16:41.860 to have one bullpen day in there as well, so 0:16:42.890 --> 0:16:44.960 we really have to take advantage of that series, or 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:46.200 that three-game series there. 0:16:46.220 --> 0:16:50.300 Do you think the players, their minds probably go to 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.040 doing it for the fans. What about doing it for 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.040 the alumni? Some unfinished business? 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:56.300 Unfinished business, man. 0:16:56.980 --> 0:16:59.310 Gosh, we should have taken them in seven games, man. 0:16:59.350 --> 0:17:01.490 That's just... It's baseball, dude. 0:17:02.870 --> 0:17:07.070 Yeah. Gosh, it's tough, man. You should have started. 0:17:08.590 --> 0:17:11.669 Yeah. That was back when openers weren't even really. 0:17:12.330 --> 0:17:14.070 No, no, I was really trying that. I mean, you 0:17:14.109 --> 0:17:16.270 guys kind of did it, but it wasn't really an opener. 0:17:16.410 --> 0:17:19.209 You did a switcheroo. Yeah. 0:17:19.890 --> 0:17:21.470 Oh, oh, with Woody. 0:17:21.930 --> 0:17:24.580 With Woody and Wade Miley. Yeah, that's right. 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:25.860 Oh, I forgot about that. 0:17:25.940 --> 0:17:26.320 Nice. 0:17:27.340 --> 0:17:30.300 Yeah. I mean, I've been seeing the video clips of 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.500 it run back. Woody hitting that tank off Kershaw in 0:17:33.540 --> 0:17:36.899 game one. So exciting, man. I was there. I was 0:17:36.980 --> 0:17:37.500 at that game. 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.639 You were somewhere. You had a good seat? 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:44.000 I had a great seat, man, out in left field. 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.480 I got to watch it go to right field. Yeah, 0:17:47.900 --> 0:17:48.720 that was exciting, man. 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:54.359 That's awesome. Yeah, there's so much history between these two teams. 0:17:54.420 --> 0:17:58.080 It only feels... It only feels right that the Brewers 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.100 are going to have to get through the Dodgers. Let's 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:03.000 get to one question here, but we're going to take 0:18:03.020 --> 0:18:05.470 a break and see what is on deck. Brought to 0:18:05.490 --> 0:18:07.330 you by Fox. Actually, we know what's on deck. It's 0:18:07.350 --> 0:18:16.700 going to be our one big question. All right, Corey. 0:18:16.940 --> 0:18:17.740 Quick, very quick break. 0:18:18.730 --> 0:18:21.980 This last segment brought to you by Fox One. And 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.639 I wonder where you can watch these here games that 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.159 we told you were going to involve the Brewers. Oh, 0:18:27.180 --> 0:18:30.420 that's right. You can check them out on Fox One, 0:18:31.420 --> 0:18:35.369 the Division Series, which is over, NLCS, and the World Series, 0:18:35.590 --> 0:18:38.030 all streaming on Fox One. You can search for three-day 0:18:38.050 --> 0:18:42.409 free trial. You scan the QR code there. Corey, question 0:18:42.710 --> 0:18:47.410 for you, which is your question now. for the series. 0:18:47.570 --> 0:18:52.850 What's your one big question as we're facing the Brewers? 0:18:53.790 --> 0:18:57.210 We're facing the Brewers, facing the Dodgers. That's not 2 a.m. 0:18:57.250 --> 0:18:57.730 I can speak. 0:18:58.730 --> 0:19:02.770 I mean, I think the one big question is going 0:19:02.790 --> 0:19:03.929 to be getting runners in. 0:19:05.210 --> 0:19:07.260 And to do that, we've got to get runners in 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:10.520 scoring positions. So my one big question is, you know, 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:14.520 we've got less than two outs, runners in scoring position. 0:19:14.700 --> 0:19:17.890 Are we going to be able to to take advantage 0:19:17.930 --> 0:19:21.050 of those situations. They're going to be slim, right? I 0:19:21.070 --> 0:19:22.950 think this is going to be heavy pitching. 0:19:22.670 --> 0:19:29.250 Matchups other than the probably games four and five. Those 0:19:29.310 --> 0:19:31.890 might be the times where we might see a little 0:19:31.910 --> 0:19:34.150 more offense, but I think those first two to three 0:19:34.190 --> 0:19:37.320 games of the series, man, it's going to be one-run 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:37.900 ball games. 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.080 It's going to be 2-1, 3-2, whatever it is, and 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:46.409 I think we've really got to Dial it down. Can 0:19:46.450 --> 0:19:49.419 we take advantage of those runners in scoring position? 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:54.220 Love it. We saw the Brewers pepper the bases. I 0:19:54.260 --> 0:19:56.280 got something good. We saw the Brewers pepper the bases 0:19:56.300 --> 0:19:59.020 with runners. Do they get the big hit in the series? 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:02.869 It's not like they never got the big hit. Churrio 0:20:02.910 --> 0:20:05.870 had a big hit and they scored enough, but there 0:20:05.910 --> 0:20:09.960 wasn't that two guys on break the game open. three 0:20:10.020 --> 0:20:12.120 run homer. You're going to need some of those. Absolutely. 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:15.540 That's the one that I was considering taking. Actually, it's 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:17.429 probably going to be my answer, but since you took it, 0:20:17.570 --> 0:20:19.770 I've got an even better one. I've got an even 0:20:19.810 --> 0:20:25.750 better one. Corey, it's simple. It's how bad do the 0:20:25.830 --> 0:20:26.790 boys want it? 0:20:27.530 --> 0:20:28.510 Yep. 0:20:29.109 --> 0:20:32.540 How well are you able to block out the noise, 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:36.760 block out what the ding-dongs like Kurt Hogue are saying 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:39.619 and asking? What do you think about being the underdogs? 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:44.680 Block all that junk out and go out there and 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:48.400 who cares that it's the Dodgers? Who cares what their 0:20:48.420 --> 0:20:51.419 payroll is? Who cares that it's Yamamoto? Who cares that 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:54.210 they have Scooble and you don't? You've got to be 0:20:54.230 --> 0:20:57.910 able to block that out, focus pitch to pitch, sound 0:20:57.950 --> 0:21:02.190 like Pat Murphy now, win that at bat, win that moment, 0:21:02.710 --> 0:21:05.869 do your job, find a way to contribute to a win, 0:21:05.910 --> 0:21:10.280 go on the road, block out the noise, everything. Because honestly, 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:13.500 I feel like if the Brewers play their game and 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:17.760 it requires like total mental focus and fortitude to play 0:21:17.780 --> 0:21:20.879 your game in this series against the Dodgers. But if 0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:23.460 they can do that, there's no reason this team can't 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:25.260 win the series. There's no reason this team can't win 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:29.000 the world series when they play their game. And felt 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:31.120 like they did an okay job of playing their game 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:34.280 against the Padres, but not as like, That performance is 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.280 not going to beat the Dodgers. They did just enough. 0:21:40.010 --> 0:21:44.030 They pitched their hearts out. That was a 2018 Brewers 0:21:44.630 --> 0:21:49.889 bullpen type showing from the guys. There's no reason they 0:21:49.930 --> 0:21:54.230 can't do that against the Dodgers. You've got to bring 0:21:54.250 --> 0:21:57.550 your A game. You are spot on. 0:21:59.190 --> 0:22:02.090 This team, yes. I mean, we're saying it here on 0:22:02.130 --> 0:22:06.790 the show. The Dodgers on paper have the advantage over 0:22:06.810 --> 0:22:11.090 the Brewers. Everyone sees it. Everyone knows it. But you've 0:22:11.130 --> 0:22:15.490 been inside that clubhouse. You have seen these men in 0:22:15.650 --> 0:22:21.550 action all season long. This team is together. They're fighting 0:22:21.609 --> 0:22:22.290 for each other. 0:22:22.310 --> 0:22:26.889 This is very similar to what I saw in 2018. 0:22:26.869 --> 0:22:31.240 I mean, From afar, what I'm seeing with the boys 0:22:31.310 --> 0:22:35.130 right now, man, this is exactly where they want to be. 0:22:35.170 --> 0:22:37.129 This is exactly where they need to be. This is 0:22:37.290 --> 0:22:39.990 who they want to be facing right now. They know 0:22:40.330 --> 0:22:42.570 to get to the World Series, we have to beat 0:22:43.210 --> 0:22:46.879