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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and once to episode eight of the Hammer

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Speaker 1: Territory podcast. I am your host, Brad Roland, coming to

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Speaker 1: you on a Wednesday here in mid May, and I

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Speaker 1: am joined by the technically the first ever guest. It

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Speaker 1: doesn't look like a guest in some ways. Chris Willis

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Speaker 1: is here. Hello Chris, how are you?

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Speaker 2: Hey, Brad? How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm living the dream. If people may not know this,

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Speaker 1: then are new listeners. Chris is the what's your official title,

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Speaker 1: managing editor or something at.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, editor, producer, doing a little bit of everything you know,

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Speaker 2: you know how it goes.

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Speaker 1: Chris runs excanations Battery Power, where we all used to

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Speaker 1: podcast and Chris was a regular host on that show.

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Speaker 1: He still does Battery Power TV with Grant McCauley and

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Speaker 1: is again running the entire ship over there Battery Power.

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Speaker 1: So when I say he's a guest, he's technically a guest,

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Speaker 1: but not really anyway. Welcome Chris, And of course we

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Speaker 1: should say at the top of the podcast we are

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Speaker 1: part of the foul Territory network and we definitely encourage

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Speaker 1: you to subscribe to this podcast and also filid Territory

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Speaker 1: anywhere you might find your podcast that includes Apple and

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Speaker 1: Spotify and overcast, all those fun places, and we should

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Speaker 1: also plug. We actually had a show on this same

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Speaker 1: feed yesterday last night on Tuesday, from Steven Tolbert and

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Speaker 1: Sean Coleman. It was a fun conversation as always, so

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Speaker 1: don't forget to check that one out as well. But Chris,

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Speaker 1: we're coming to you. You know, it's deep into the

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Speaker 1: night here on Wednesday. In typical Braves podcast fashion, they

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Speaker 1: had a really good week until we had a podcast

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Speaker 1: about it. As I had a podcast about it, I

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Speaker 1: guess we should start with the group chat again about

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Speaker 1: how I'm the curse. But a seven to one loss

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Speaker 1: on this Wednesday evening and quite frankly, as we'll get

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Speaker 1: into more in a second, it was one of those games.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you have this feeling too, but

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Speaker 1: how many of these are their person season where you

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Speaker 1: just like nothing goes well. It's kind of just like

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Speaker 1: games that over one in C two it feels like

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Speaker 1: they just have to happen, but it's not any fun

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Speaker 1: than they actually do.

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Speaker 2: That first in in was was rough. You know, Morton

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Speaker 2: you kind of felt like, okay, it's three nothing. You know,

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Speaker 2: if the Braves come in score a couple of runs here,

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Speaker 2: might you know, you might be able to make this

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Speaker 2: game a shootout. But you know, it just didn't happen,

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Speaker 2: and Cubs kept adding on and adding known, and then

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Speaker 2: it happens. It's a long season.

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Speaker 1: It certainly does. And you know, there's that old adage,

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Speaker 1: rest of the games are where the season flips. It

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Speaker 1: was just to be fifty fifty four to fifty four

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Speaker 1: dead on arrival. And that was tonight basically. So anyway,

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Speaker 1: we'll touch on that in a second, as we always would.

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Speaker 1: I just want to say this out loud because I know,

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Speaker 1: having followed you on Twitter and also experiencing the comments

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Speaker 1: I'm sure at Battery of Power and talking to you

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Speaker 1: offline you have the same mentions I do about people

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Speaker 1: that are kind of like melting down about the Braves

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Speaker 1: every once in a while. And they're twenty six and

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Speaker 1: fourteen despite the loss this evening, that is a one

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Speaker 1: eight games. You know, it hasn't always been what we

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Speaker 2: The pitching was outstanding, they were scoring just enough runs

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Speaker 2: When they did, they weren't getting anything to show for it.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, the vibe down there in that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we're a line there, And you know,

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Speaker 1: the ups and downs. It's sometimes harder, of course, when

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Speaker 1: But this offense, you know, we've said it before on

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Speaker 1: the small staple sides of the playoffs is a different

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Speaker 1: And again the results, even if I love the way

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Speaker 1: which is not sustainable. And last night, by the way

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Speaker 1: Stephen on the show is basically like, by the way, guys,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean I looked at the numbers today.

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Speaker 2: Obviously that went back up tonight, but their PHIP was

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Speaker 2: that pitching staff. You know, I don't think I really

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Speaker 2: have come back conceivably three, you know, with a much

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Speaker 2: But you know, you got to credit this team because

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Speaker 2: and you're right back on track. Win in six out

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Speaker 1: So I want to pivot to the actual series last

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Speaker 1: know some of this was covered by Sean and Steven

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Speaker 1: as far as my day and Tuesday's games, but they

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Speaker 1: see back to back shot out wins. That's a lot

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Speaker 2: I'm no hitting that spurt. And but you know, I

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Speaker 2: think I wrote this on the side a week or

431
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Speaker 2: so ago. If you look, I mean, and he's just

432
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Speaker 2: pulling everything, you know, and and when he was going

433
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Speaker 2: good last year. You know, he's hitting the balls straight

434
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Speaker 2: away center field, hitting into the opposite field, and I

435
00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,719
Speaker 2: just think, you know, right now he's trying to hit

436
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Speaker 2: ut He's trying to hit everything out to left right now.

437
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Speaker 2: I mean he's trying to He's trying to hit five

438
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Speaker 2: home runs and want it back. And I think maybe

439
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Speaker 2: a day off's what he needs because he'll just maybe

440
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Speaker 2: to allow him just time to you know, to reset,

441
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Speaker 2: take a breath, and and get back out there and go.

442
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Speaker 2: And I mean he started to look, you know, like

443
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Speaker 2: what you saw. I mean that home run he hit

444
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Speaker 2: in New York the other day. Uh, that that looks

445
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Speaker 2: like what we what we're used to seeing from him.

446
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Speaker 2: But you know, it's been a it's been a crazy

447
00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,359
Speaker 2: week for him. And getting picked off, you know, working water,

448
00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,199
Speaker 2: getting picked off three three on the base. You know,

449
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,960
Speaker 2: I felt a little bit better about that because as

450
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Speaker 2: he got picked off later and a manga had a

451
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Speaker 2: pretty good move, you know, but I mean, you just

452
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Speaker 2: can't have stuff like that happening, and uh, you know,

453
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Speaker 2: and then and credit to him for standing in the

454
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Speaker 2: locker room and saying, you know, that just can't happen,

455
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Speaker 2: and uh, you know, because I'm not sure we would

456
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Speaker 2: have heard that a few years ago from him, you know,

457
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Speaker 2: if if that had happened. So, you know, but I

458
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Speaker 2: mean I think, you know, he's hitting the ball and

459
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Speaker 2: ground it's a lot of the same things we saw

460
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Speaker 2: last year. He's just I think if there's anything I'm

461
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Speaker 2: concerned about is he's just not hitting the ball as hard.

462
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Speaker 2: And he you know, I didn't think there was any

463
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Speaker 2: chance he'd That strike out rate was always going to

464
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Speaker 2: be the hardest thing for him to duplicate last year

465
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Speaker 2: because uh, you know, sas spaced to go up. But

466
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Speaker 2: I think it's a little higher than what I was expecting.

467
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Speaker 2: And again, I just feel like it's that's just him,

468
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Speaker 2: you know, trying to go out there and make something happen,

469
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Speaker 2: when you know, he's just got to get back within

470
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Speaker 2: himself and let his natural talent take over.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm glad to mention that because the strikeout rate

472
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Speaker 1: is back up. It's not too a terrible degree ran

473
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Speaker 1: like that, but last year one of the that was

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Speaker 1: the craziest thing about last year. You could argue, even

475
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Speaker 1: in the season where he stole center thro your bases,

476
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Speaker 1: the fact that he struck out like eleven percent of

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Speaker 1: the time was just remarkable. And between that and the

478
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Speaker 1: walk rate is still up, which is good. You like

479
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Speaker 1: to see that the powers way down. Like you mentioned,

480
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Speaker 1: the bat of all stuff is still it looks okay.

481
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Speaker 1: But last year he was otherworldly with bat of ball

482
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Speaker 1: data and this year not as much. So it's still

483
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Speaker 1: a tiny sample. It's a quarter of a season. You know,

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Speaker 1: you don't want to overreact because speaking of guys who

485
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Speaker 1: have long records of being awesome, ron Kunya has the

486
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Speaker 1: longer to being awesome. But it's just something to keep

487
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Speaker 1: an eye on because you know, to give him the

488
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Speaker 1: day off today and we'll see how he looks. But

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Speaker 1: if I have to guess whether he's going to be

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Speaker 1: himself again pretty soon or not, I would probably lean

491
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Speaker 1: that direction again, provided that he is healthy, and like

492
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Speaker 1: you said, he's been asked a million times about that.

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Speaker 1: I do want aways bring up Charlie Morton. I know,

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Speaker 1: I'm the Charlie Morton guy. He was not good today.

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Speaker 1: We talked about that earlier briefly, but it was just

496
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Speaker 1: kind of what one of those games for Charlie. He

497
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Speaker 1: wasn't He wasn't good, he wasn't sharp, and also was

498
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Speaker 1: a little bit unlucky early in the game. I felt like,

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Speaker 1: and I'm not just saying that because I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: defend charliecause like I always would, But it comes back

501
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Speaker 1: around the first inning, four hits, a walk, and hit batsman.

502
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Speaker 1: He did settle in a little bit after that, but

503
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Speaker 1: then and the third ending is of another run on

504
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Speaker 1: a pickoff air that he actually that he actually was

505
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Speaker 1: charged with. So what did you make of his outing?

506
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Speaker 1: And also they pulled him up to the three innings,

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Speaker 1: which I thought was not shocking but also interesting just

508
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Speaker 1: because he his Bitchcott was in the seventies. It wasn't

509
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Speaker 1: like he was gonna go seven. But I wonder if

510
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Speaker 1: that was because they have the day off tomorrow they

511
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Speaker 1: could afford to go deep into the bullpen. And also,

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Speaker 1: Charlie Morton is forty. I'm not sure if you heard this, Chris,

513
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Speaker 1: but Charlie Morton's forty.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he wasn't sharp, and I think he'd

515
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Speaker 2: be the first one to say that. I haven't listened

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Speaker 2: to him after the game. I'm sure that's first thing,

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Speaker 2: one of the first things he said. But you know,

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Speaker 2: I thought there's some bad looking that into I mean,

519
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Speaker 2: you know, ball hits his uh hits him in the

520
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Speaker 2: foot and goes for a double endo right field. The

521
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Speaker 2: guy was thrown out, harciad drops the ball. You know,

522
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Speaker 2: just a couple of infield singles. But I mean gott

523
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Speaker 2: to credit the Cubs because they fouled a ton of

524
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Speaker 2: pitches off and it just felt like Charlie just couldn't

525
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Speaker 2: put anybody away tonight. You know, he'd get a position

526
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Speaker 2: oh two one two and just couldn't get the strike out,

527
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Speaker 2: you know, or get the weak contact or to the

528
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Speaker 2: weak content found a whole a lot of times. So yeah,

529
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Speaker 2: I mean, he was he was finding uphill battle from

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Speaker 2: early on. I thought he was interesting that they took

531
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Speaker 2: him out when they did. I thought they might send

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Speaker 2: him back out there for one in and one more inning,

533
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Speaker 2: which it might have been. Honestly, it might have been

534
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Speaker 2: one in and two long if they had, but you know,

535
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Speaker 2: the bullpen's kind of rested too. There's a good I

536
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 2: know we're going to talk about this, but there's a

537
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Speaker 2: good chance they're going to get a reliever back Friday,

538
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Speaker 2: so they may have with the off day tomorrow. They

539
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Speaker 2: me f felt they could have blowed somebody out tonight,

540
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Speaker 2: and you know, went on with it and just saved

541
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Speaker 2: Charlie and get him ready for the next turn.

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Speaker 1: It did feel like it was a bit of prudence,

543
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Speaker 1: which I'm okay with. We've made fun at the age before.

544
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Speaker 1: But you know the fact that it's it's May fifteen.

545
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Speaker 1: He's pitched very well so far, even with tonight. Just

546
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Speaker 1: to put it out there, Charlie z Ira is still

547
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Speaker 1: three point five two for the season. His ex fit

548
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Speaker 1: hearing that, you know, mid to high three range, like

549
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Speaker 1: he still had a very solid season so far, even

550
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Speaker 1: with tonight's bat start. But no reason to push him

551
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Speaker 1: at all. It's it's probably good to be careful again.

552
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Speaker 1: Off day on Thursday. They had racer around. That's probably good.

553
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,080
Speaker 1: Bridge talk about Piers Johnson, who you just tease a

554
00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,679
Speaker 1: little bit. But ray Kerr through three innings tonight seems

555
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Speaker 1: to be that not always but oftentime, when you when

556
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Speaker 1: you see that that might be a single, that he

557
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Speaker 1: is the guy that they might go to the minors

558
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Speaker 1: when Peter Johnson comes back, that would not shock anyone.

559
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Speaker 1: I don't think. Did you have the same thought, because

560
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Speaker 1: it felt like it was kind of telegraphed by him

561
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Speaker 1: going as long as he did.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I had that feeling, you know, I know that

563
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 2: it seems like the decisions either him or or Jason Stevens.

564
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Speaker 2: And and the fact is is, uh, ray Kerr's got

565
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Speaker 2: an option he can go down. Jason Stevens does not.

566
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Speaker 2: He would have he would have to be dfad. Maybe

567
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 2: they could get him through waivers, maybe he would agree

568
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,480
Speaker 2: to take the assignment. Uh. But you know, we, like

569
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,479
Speaker 2: we've seen the Braves countless times, try to keep all

570
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Speaker 2: their options available, especially early in the season. So that's

571
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Speaker 2: kind of what I was looking at. I think, you know,

572
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Speaker 2: if you go on peer performance and talent, I think

573
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Speaker 2: ray Kerr probably deserves to stay up. But you know,

574
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Speaker 2: sometimes when you have options, it works against you. And

575
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Speaker 2: it did feel like when he came back out for

576
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Speaker 2: that third in and I thought, well, I think this,

577
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,920
Speaker 2: so I think this that's decision has probably been made.

578
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,920
Speaker 2: You know, I know, there's an off day and you could,

579
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,919
Speaker 2: you know, you could. You've got a lot of other

580
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 2: guys that need to pitch and you could probably you

581
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,919
Speaker 2: could probably bridge him if you really wanted to, But

582
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Speaker 2: I kind of thought it might. It was probably gonna

583
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,399
Speaker 2: be cur anyway. That was going to be the the

584
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Speaker 2: guy I had to paint. Pierce Johnson was ready.

585
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Speaker 1: My last note on tonight's game, aside from just the

586
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Speaker 1: fact that it was kind of over before before it

587
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 1: was before even started. The fifth run that the Cup

588
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,879
Speaker 1: scored on the bunt that made it basically do the

589
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 1: outfield grass? Was it? That was an amazing play, That's.

590
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Speaker 2: What that Yeah, that was that was crazy. I was like,

591
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Speaker 2: I had to watch that again. But how fast is

592
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Speaker 2: Pete crow Armstrong.

593
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Speaker 1: I mean, I knew you he can he can fly,

594
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:43,919
Speaker 1: and like, you know, it just was one of those

595
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,639
Speaker 1: perfectly It was perfectly placed. But it also was like

596
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,760
Speaker 1: zooming off the bat in a way that buns don't often.

597
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if it made the grass,

598
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:51,880
Speaker 1: but it was close, like it was.

599
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,879
Speaker 2: The shortstop filled that on the on the on the

600
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Speaker 2: was that RCA fielding that on the.

601
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Speaker 1: Side I believe that's right, just because there was nobody.

602
00:25:58,560 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 1: There was nobody there.

603
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 2: That was a crazy play. You don't see that very often.

604
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Speaker 1: If that had mattered in the game more, it would

605
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: have been focused on more. But it was because you know,

606
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,879
Speaker 1: it wasn't already over at that point in time. But

607
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: it was one of those like footnote things. But it

608
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 1: was one of those weird situations they don't often see.

609
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,399
Speaker 1: Like you mentioned, we have a couple more injury updates

610
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 1: to get to. We mentioned Riley, We mentioned Pierce Johnson,

611
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: Sean Murphy. It seems like all indications are he'll be

612
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Speaker 1: on a rehab assignment sometimes next week. It can't. I

613
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 1: think people almost forgot about Sean Murphy. Not everybody, but

614
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 1: it's like he's been gone for so long and he

615
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 1: didn't really factor because it was the first game of

616
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Speaker 1: the season. But uh, he's very very good, Like he's

617
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Speaker 1: a star level player, and I know he's he's a

618
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Speaker 1: well rounded guy. He's on like this huge slugger. But

619
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Speaker 1: Sean Murphy has been an above average hitter in four

620
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: straight seasons, includes some star level performance, so his bat

621
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Speaker 1: has been sorrowly missed, and really all of it has

622
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,360
Speaker 1: been strowly missed, so that doesn't means to be back

623
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Speaker 1: next next week, but the fact that he is getting

624
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 1: closer is encouraging because with all respect to chat with Trump,

625
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 1: the gap there is quite massive.

626
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,720
Speaker 2: No doubt. I mean, you know, the Brave's got a

627
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 2: great catching situation and that includes Trump. I know he

628
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 2: hasn't done a ton at the plate, but he handles

629
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 2: the pitching staff real well. And you know, when Chris

630
00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 2: Sale comes out and talks about how he likes working

631
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 2: with with him, I mean that's a that's a huge endorsement.

632
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 2: But yeah, you're right. I mean, getting Sean Murphy, that's

633
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,120
Speaker 2: an all star level talent, uh, you know, and that's

634
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,400
Speaker 2: a that's been a bath that's been missing since opening day.

635
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 2: I mean, it's just it's just gonna make him better.

636
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 2: You know, you got to credit Trevor Darnau darn Old

637
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,199
Speaker 2: because I think his performances has led a lot of

638
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 2: people to forget about a little bit about Sean Murphy.

639
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 2: I mean, he's played really well too, has done a

640
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 2: good job throwing out runners, which is not something that

641
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 2: we really have seen a lot of in the past.

642
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 2: And uh, but yeah, I mean good to good to

643
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 2: hear that Murphy's getting close. You know, like I said,

644
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 2: I think he told David O'Brien tonight that you know,

645
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 2: he didn't think he was gonna need a lot a

646
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,919
Speaker 2: lengthy rehab stint. But you know, we'll just have to

647
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 2: see how that goes. But uh, you know, maybe maybe

648
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,120
Speaker 2: he's back in a week a week or so, and

649
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,199
Speaker 2: that's that's good news.

650
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: Very very good news. I do think, just again, not

651
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 1: that people are ignoring it entirely, but and he's not

652
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 1: going to change the offense by himself. But I think

653
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 1: for most teams in baseball, if they were underperforming offensively

654
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 1: and they had a star level guy like Sean Murphy

655
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 1: out of the lineup, people would kind of attribute that

656
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 1: more to his absence. And it's not only because of him.

657
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: They're guys playing below their level so far this year,

658
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: especially you know, Ronald and Matt Wilson, et cetera. But

659
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 1: it's been I think noteworthy, and I think we've kind

660
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 1: of almost memory hold it a little bit in the

661
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks because he's just been gone for

662
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: so long. But hopefully that's going to change in the

663
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: near future. And you know, there's always roster stuff. I

664
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: know you are extremely diligent about tracking the forty men

665
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: and doing all the things. It's actually very helpful to

666
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: me that you that you still do. I can go

667
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 1: check that your your forty man numbers and what's going

668
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,600
Speaker 1: on there. But there's always process stuff that we don't

669
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 1: always have time to dive into super deeply. But all

670
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 1: these little machinations happened to and when you do a

671
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: podcast four times a week, and it is helpful to know

672
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: what's going on.

673
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm glad somebody checks that stuff out. It's

674
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 2: you know, and I really it's on the side and

675
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 2: you can go find it anytime you need it. But uh,

676
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 2: you know, at the same time it helps me. It

677
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 2: helps me and and by keeping track of that stuff,

678
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 2: I kind of keep it in my mind a whole

679
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 2: lot easier than I would if I didn't have it

680
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 2: on the side. So yeah, uh but yeah, it's it's fun.

681
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 2: And I mean, you know, I was looking to not

682
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 2: I had to look it up to not to make

683
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 2: sure that Trump had an option, you know, so he

684
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 2: can they can send him back to Gwenett too. And

685
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 2: I mean you keep a Yeah, that's a really good

686
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 2: I know we've We've talked about it a lot, but

687
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 2: that's a really good situation, catching situation, and uh, you know,

688
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 2: not just at the major league level, but to have

689
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 2: a guy like Trumpet that you can stash at Triple A,

690
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's a that's a plus that. I mean,

691
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 2: you look at the Giants right now. They're they're they're

692
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 2: catching is a mess and they're you know, they're having

693
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 2: to sign sign people. And you know, we saw it

694
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one when the Braids went through what

695
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 2: six or seven catcher, you know, before getting Travis back

696
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 2: on that run to the World Series.

697
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, and trump like, he's he can't really hit, and

698
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: that's okay. Most b backup catchers can't hit. And that

699
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: is the role he will play until he until Murphy

700
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: is back. And that's all fine. But you're right, it's

701
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: a small thing to just have a guy that they

702
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: trust to go out and do his job, which is

703
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: just to play defense and not mess up basically, and

704
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: that there's some there's some value. There's there's some inherent

705
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: value in that and a guy everybody seems to like

706
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 1: around the club. There's this before we got here, there's

707
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: this strange series coming up. So the Braves are off

708
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: on Thursday, as we've alluded to multiple times on the show,

709
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: and then they have a four game series. Usually you

710
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: don't have a four game series if you're off on Thursday,

711
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: because that means, you know, you would have four games

712
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: in three days. But they have this wrap around series

713
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 1: this weekend. It's four games in four days, but it's Friday, Saturday,

714
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: Sunday and Monday, and Monday afternoon is the game that

715
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: is the audible on this schedule. The Braves have, you know,

716
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 1: their normal starters lined up the series for it on Friday,

717
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: Elder on Saturday, Loocaus on Sunday, and Sale on Monday.

718
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,960
Speaker 1: They're playing the Padres at home. The Padres are fine.

719
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 1: They're not an incredible baseball team, but uh, I mean,

720
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 1: other than just the the interesting nature of the schedule,

721
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: anything jumping off to you with regard of the series,

722
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: because again, the Padres are like, they're five hundred is team.

723
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: So far they've lost three games in a row. They're

724
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: just they're just they're fine.

725
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 2: It's it's weird because it feels like about ten days

726
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 2: ago I looked the Padres and it and they were like,

727
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 2: you know, I thought, man, they're trying to stay in

728
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 2: this and then they get swept by the Rockies, you know,

729
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 2: and uh.

730
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: And yeah, I don't know.

731
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 2: I don't know what the Rocks bake coming into this weekend.

732
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 2: But yeah, this is a weird series.

733
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: You know.

734
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 2: I sent everybody a message early this week to warn

735
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 2: them that this was a wraparound series that you don't

736
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 2: see very often. And it's crazy because you've got a

737
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 2: night another night game Sunday, and then you get the

738
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 2: twelve twenty start on Monday. I mean, I will not

739
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,239
Speaker 2: know what day it is by the time we get

740
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 2: to Monday, because it's gonna be I guarantee you, I'm

741
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 2: gonna right, you know, like it's Sunday.

742
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: At some point I need to I need to go

743
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: through and look across baseball how often the Sunday night

744
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: baseball game is followed up by a Monday afternoon game

745
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: between the same two teams.

746
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 2: Like it can't happen. It can't happen very often.

747
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: I mean, because schedule wise, I mean, these reperunds are

748
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 1: already strange and in general, to have a series and

749
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: on Monday is already bizarre. But it's even weirder when

750
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: you throw in the fact that it's the only standalone

751
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 1: game Sunday night and it's a quick turnaround, so you

752
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: have a night game before a twelve twenty start on Monday.

753
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and there's two national TV broadcasts in that series,

754
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 2: two which it was.

755
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: Scheduled this way. It's not it's not it's not a

756
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: makeup game. That's that's what we should say that it's

757
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: not a rain makeup situation like this is. This was

758
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 1: a previously scheduled, normal scheduled game. It's just yeah.

759
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 2: And I believe there's one more later in the year.

760
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 2: But I don't think I think there's actually I don't

761
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 2: think that's in the ESPN game on Sunday. I think

762
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 2: it's actually ends with two day games. But don't quote

763
00:32:58,400 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 2: me on that.

764
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 1: Now now I'm trying to catch it. We're talking. Is

765
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: that's that's I.

766
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 2: Think it's the I think it's when the Dodgers come

767
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 2: back in. I think that's a four game series. It's

768
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 2: a wrapper.

769
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: You were absolutely right, but and that and then it's

770
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 1: it's actually in September. Uh, and that insince you have

771
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: a Sunday afternoon game and a Monday night game. Oh,

772
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: it's like it's it's like a mini it's like a

773
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: mini off day at home. That's bizarre. Yeah, that's also strange.

774
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: And I'm sure we'll talk about this then when it

775
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 1: happens in three and four months. But uh, yeah, that's anyway.

776
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 1: Obviously what matters is what happens on the field. But

777
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: I as you and I just we've done this for

778
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: long enough. It's just an interesting quirk. But yeah, you

779
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: mentioned it. But two national TV games, both in the evenings.

780
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: These first three games are all seven twenty seven, fifteen,

781
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 1: and then seven on Sunday before the walk away sorry,

782
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: the getaway game for all parties on Monday, because the

783
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 1: Braves then go to Chicago after that. But I mean,

784
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: I don't did Pottery's release their probables. I know the

785
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: Braves have the Potteries only had I think two of

786
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: them coming into today. Maybe they still have, Yeah, they

787
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: still to them now, So you uh, the one game

788
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: on paper this is gonna socomer because it was a

789
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 1: situation that happened in LA. But the game on paper

790
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: that's the fear one is Saturday night you Darvish and

791
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: Bryce Elder.

792
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean you know, and I mean how often?

793
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 2: How often is that the game that uh messes everybody up?

794
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 2: You know, you've got all your studs going into other

795
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 2: three games, and often a lot of times that that

796
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 2: picture there is the one that steps up. But you know,

797
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 2: I thought Elder pitch pretty good. That they're not then

798
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 2: obviously obviously that was bad. You know, a bat outing

799
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles. But I mean for him, it kind

800
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 2: of comes back to that walk column, you know. I mean,

801
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 2: if he walks, he wants three, four or five guys,

802
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 2: I mean, he's not gonna be good, you know, And

803
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 2: it's just simple. And I mean he's got two starts

804
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,240
Speaker 2: this year I think where he didn't walk a batter.

805
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 2: I think it was the first one in Miami and

806
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 2: then his last one the other not you know, and

807
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,439
Speaker 2: he's going to keep them in the game that way.

808
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 2: So you know, that's what you got to kind of

809
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 2: focus on with him. I mean, if he's if he's

810
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 2: hitting his spots, he's tough. And if he's not, then

811
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 2: you know he's he's not only walking guys, but he's

812
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 2: leaving balls up and out over the plate, and those

813
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 2: tend to it hit hard. When you don't have overpowering

814
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 2: stuff you know, the way he the way he does so, uh,

815
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,320
Speaker 2: you know, I mean it'll be interesting to see you.

816
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 2: Darvish has been amazing too. For some reason, I think

817
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 2: the Braves have handled him in the past. I may

818
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 2: be in trouble by saying that I should have looked

819
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 2: that up before we talked about it, But you know,

820
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 2: I feel like I feel like there's been a start

821
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 2: or two in there where you Darvish struggled against Atlanta.

822
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 2: But you know, I mean, I don't know what they're

823
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,720
Speaker 2: going to do. The last two games of that series

824
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 2: that was they were not announced, So you know, it'll

825
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 2: be interesting. Padres are an interesting team. I mean, you know,

826
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 2: they traded one Soto, they got off to a really

827
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,880
Speaker 2: good start. They've still got a positive run differential, although

828
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,919
Speaker 2: it's just plus four. I think it's inexcusable to get

829
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 2: slipped by the Rockies. You know, I don't even know how.

830
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: To I will say. I will say in defense of

831
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: the Rockies, and this is our our guy Stevens pointed

832
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: this out. The Rockies have no won. I believe it's

833
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: seven games in.

834
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 2: And now you know what it What it reminded me

835
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,359
Speaker 2: of was last year when the Braise went Braise had

836
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 2: won all those games in a row and then went

837
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 2: to Oakland and lost two out of three.

838
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: Yep, and I blew.

839
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think you know, and that was what

840
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 2: was the Stephen about that was I think the A's

841
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,359
Speaker 2: had won. There was a seven or eight game win

842
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 2: industryk in that, and nobody remembers that.

843
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: It's just it's just games. I mean, that's the most

844
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: camperdick baseball thing in the world, is the Rockies winning

845
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 1: seven games in a row. It's just Yeah, that's the

846
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 1: nature of the beast and baseball. By the way, you

847
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: were right about Darbish. I wouldn't found that his career

848
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,800
Speaker 1: e r A. I guess the Braves in seven starts

849
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 1: is five point three zero.

850
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 2: For some reason, I think there was a start in

851
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 2: there where he didn't get out of the first tenant,

852
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 2: but I don't, like I said, I can't remember that.

853
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: But it seems like you're one for You're one for

854
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: one so far on on Darbus's career numbers, Yeah, there

855
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: you go. Uh So, obviously he's very good. And that

856
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Speaker 1: goes about saying he's a five time All Star. As

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at his best office page, right now and

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Speaker 1: even this year, you know e a two point four,

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Speaker 1: So that's a mismatch on paper, but uh, we'll see

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Speaker 1: if that comes to fruition, and we'll see who they

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Speaker 1: they end up throwing on Sunday and Monday. But it's

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Speaker 1: a talented team. The Padres, of course, last year were

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Speaker 1: disappointing and weird. They had this incredibly strong run differential

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Speaker 1: and they were still a five hundred because they just

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Speaker 1: couldn't want a close game all year long. This year

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Speaker 1: they're around the same thing, and they're kind of just

867
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Speaker 1: like hovering around five hundred despite better numbers than that.

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Speaker 1: They're more talented than that, and hopefully they don't just

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Speaker 1: kind of just turn on over the next four games

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Speaker 1: in Atlanta. But a nice home off day. I was

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Speaker 1: listening to the radio broadcast tonight, and I know that

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Speaker 1: they were pointing this out, like how valuable players and

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Speaker 1: managers and coaches see a home off day as over

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Speaker 1: the course of a season. I know it's still early,

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Speaker 1: it's May, but it's always nice for guys to be

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Speaker 1: able to clear the I think Austin Roley has his

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Speaker 1: like golf tournament on Thursday, if I read that correctly,

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Speaker 1: somewhere today, so like it'll be it's an off day,

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Speaker 1: no travel and everybody loves those.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, hopefully hopefully Austin's sitting that out now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah I can't play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't imagine he's playing. But it seems like

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00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 2: the Bras had a ton of off days here lately too,

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Speaker 2: and you know they're going to pay for that. And

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Speaker 2: I think they've got a link the link the stretch

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Speaker 2: coming up and that, you know, and that's gonna test,

887
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Speaker 2: that's gonna test a lot of things. But you know,

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Speaker 2: on the side of that too, I think sometimes getting

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Speaker 2: out there and playing uh and not having an off

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Speaker 2: too many off days, you know, where your your routine

891
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 2: gets interrupted, can be valuable too. And maybe for a

892
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Speaker 2: struggling offense like that, you know, getting this off day

893
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Speaker 2: and then maybe getting a long stretch of games uh

894
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Speaker 2: can help you help you get stu you know, get

895
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Speaker 2: started and kind of get at some momentum. So we'll

896
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Speaker 2: just have to see how how they finish out this

897
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Speaker 2: homestand and then like I said, go to Wrigley Field.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and just to look ahead one more time, briefly,

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Speaker 1: they have no off days next week. In fact, they

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Speaker 1: don't have an off day after tomorrow until uh oh,

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Speaker 1: it's a long time. They don't have an off I'm

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Speaker 1: still scrolling. They don't have an off d D until

903
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Speaker 1: June third, I think after tomorrow. Yeah, so it's it's

904
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Speaker 1: like two and a half weeks without without without without

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Speaker 1: a day off.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, they're gonna pay. They're gonna pay for all

907
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 2: those off days. You know that Boston series is always

908
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 2: weird because it's sandwiched. It's sound to a round two

909
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Speaker 2: off days and then you know another off day here

910
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Speaker 2: on the homestand so yeah, you knew that theres there's

911
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Speaker 2: a stretch coming up that that uh you know, and

912
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Speaker 2: that's gonna test. I mean when you look at those rotation,

913
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Speaker 2: you know they've they've done a good job getting Rinaldo

914
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Speaker 2: Lopez extra rest, Chris Sales some extra rest. But they're

915
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Speaker 2: fixing to be in a stretch here. They're going to

916
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Speaker 2: have to run some guys out there. Unless they call

917
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Speaker 2: somebody up or spot start or whatever, we will see.

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Speaker 1: Well, Chris, thank you for giving me all this time

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Speaker 1: deep in the evening on a Wednesday, and we plugged

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Speaker 1: it earlier. But please tell us what they can find

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Speaker 1: all of your great work on battery power and social

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Speaker 2: Ah. You can find me on Twitter at Chris underscore

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Speaker 2: willis battery power dot com. A lot of people were

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Speaker 2: confused when the podcast left the site was shutting down.

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Speaker 2: We're still kicking. I do want to tell you, I

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Speaker 2: am really really happy for you guys that you found

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Speaker 2: a home with Foul Territory. IM so excited about it.

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Speaker 2: It's so good to have y'all back on the airways

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Speaker 2: podcasting because that was a couple of weeks there where

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Speaker 2: we didn't have it and I really missed it. You

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Speaker 2: you guys, So I'm really excited to see what you

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Speaker 2: do here with Hammer Territory.

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Speaker 1: Well, thank you for that, my friend. I miss talking

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Speaker 1: to you. But you know, as we were joking offline,

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Speaker 1: bug you every once in a while. I'm not going

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Speaker 1: would be that would be too much. But we appreciate

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Speaker 1: the opportunity in the first place. And also thank you

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Speaker 1: for coming on to be here with me today filling

943
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Speaker 1: in for our guys. Scott I believe, I'm not sure

944
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Speaker 1: if he's. Scott's out of the country for like two weeks,

945
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Speaker 1: So yeah, we're gonna do. We got fillings going on.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at this guy for Fortunately, there's no late

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Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, and you know, I mean, we're we're

951
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Speaker 2: not even gonna hold that last West Coast trip against him, but.

952
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Speaker 1: It was it was his fault.

953
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Speaker 2: He does he does yeoman's work and uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: it keeps keeps keeps things going, and you know, it's

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Speaker 1: So that's to have a guy on the West Coast

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Speaker 1: for sure. But anyway, thank you Chris for being here,

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