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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory of

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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with a lot of rizzo and a

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Speaker 1: lot of We talk about this a lot. We say

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Speaker 1: it's a long season, but this week we have a

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Speaker 1: lot of evidence of why it's a long season and

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Speaker 1: how a long season plays out, and that's what we're

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is amazing how just a couple of

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Speaker 2: weeks ago, Ken, we're writing teams off and here they

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Speaker 2: are again. Don't forget everybody to load up your questions

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Speaker 2: for Grill and Ken coming up here later on Fair Territory.

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Speaker 2: You can ask Ken Rosenthal anything that you would like,

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Speaker 2: and you're talking about it, Kenny, But here come the

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Speaker 2: Houston astros.

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure we would have said that two weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: We would not have said that two weeks ago. They're

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Speaker 1: back to five hundred. They are a team that has

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Speaker 1: really surged of late and what's remarkable about this, Alana,

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Speaker 1: is who they're missing. Now. I want to show you

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Speaker 1: just who they're missing, just from a rotation standpoint, because

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Speaker 1: it's amazing how many starters they have down. Look at

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Speaker 1: this seven starting pitchers. Now, Jake bloss is a kid,

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Speaker 1: Mccullor is also expected back er Katy Verlander. That is

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Speaker 1: a rotation plus. And yet Hunter Brown has come on,

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Speaker 1: Spencer Araghetti has come on, They've still got Farmer Valdez.

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Speaker 1: And remember they're also doing this with al Kyle Tucker

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Speaker 1: who has been on the injured list. So the Astros

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Speaker 1: we all suspected would make a run, and they have

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Speaker 1: made a run. And more power to them and Alana.

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Speaker 1: What's also interesting about all this, it's not just the

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Speaker 1: recent weeks, gotten back into the races. I'm talking about

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Speaker 1: the Mets, I'm talking about the car and I'm talking

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Speaker 2: Kenny, don't forget that the Astros have Renel Blanco, a

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Speaker 2: guy that didn't even make the opening the roster until

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Speaker 2: really the last day of spring training and then had

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Speaker 2: the no hitter, So thank goodness for him.

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Speaker 3: But you're right.

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Speaker 2: I mean, let's talk about not only the Astros, but

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Speaker 2: the Saint Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, the New

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Speaker 2: York Mets. I mean, this is a very very crowded

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Speaker 2: place as far as the American League and nationally Wild

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Speaker 1: That's true, and I am sorry to Renel Blanco for

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Speaker 1: that I'm picking for tomorrow's version of the Athletic. The

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Speaker 1: Mets had this team meeting a few weeks back that

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Speaker 1: seemed to galvanize them, and they have played much better.

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Speaker 1: They've got real boosts from Francisco Alvarez and Mark Frientos,

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Speaker 1: two of their younger players. Their veteran players have also

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Speaker 1: performed better. They're in a different place than say the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals or the Red Sox. I look at these turnarounds.

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Speaker 1: I want to go through them one by one. All Right,

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Speaker 1: Houston was twelve and twenty four. They're twenty eight and

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Speaker 1: Although they are missing Edwin Diaz at least during this suspension,

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Speaker 1: Things will change. They will change again and again and again,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Kenny, when you look at the New York Mets,

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Speaker 1: Not in a good place. He has emerged as a star,

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Speaker 1: and it's funny to me, Alana, we keep talking about

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Speaker 1: fun team to watch. They are following or maybe in

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Speaker 1: the same pattern as the Nationals, the Reds, the Brewers.

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Speaker 1: Some of these other younger athletic teams that are making

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Speaker 2: the Orioles a little bit that they won yesterday, but

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Speaker 2: they were on a bit of its skid too. But

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Speaker 2: what about the Blue Jays, Ken, I know you have

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Speaker 2: an article that came out in the Athletic about this

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Speaker 2: What decisions do they have to make because the calendar

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Speaker 1: No, it's not. And they need to get going quickly,

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Speaker 1: That's shocking. Fourteen and a half games back. They've made

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Speaker 1: and The way I went into this was kind of

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Speaker 1: more Bassett and Gosslin, guys who are signed a little

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Speaker 1: their general manager, Ross Atkins, he's got two years left

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you don't want to admit that you've made a mistake,

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Speaker 2: but perhaps a complete blowing up and rebuild of the

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Speaker 2: White Sox And the only reason I'm doing so is

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Speaker 2: because it seems like their scouts are paying attention to

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Speaker 2: other teams that we know are going to be buyers,

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Speaker 2: perhaps for Luis Robert Junior, perhaps for Garrett crochet Fetti.

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Speaker 2: And what more can you tell us about that?

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Speaker 1: Well, we reported this week Alta that the White Sox

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Speaker 1: have dispatched their top scouts to watch the Dodgers, the Mariners,

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Speaker 1: and Padres in recent weeks. Now, it doesn't mean they're

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Speaker 1: trading only with those teams, but those teams, each of

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Speaker 1: them have expressed interest in multiple White Sox players. And

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Speaker 1: you just ran through some of the names. White Sox,

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Speaker 1: trade candidates, so I don't know how this is going

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Speaker 1: we want him for three years of control after this season.

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Speaker 1: He is a guy we have to have and you

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Speaker 2: Man, I remember when they signed Andrew ben Attendee to

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Speaker 2: Now for our Dude and Dork of the week, this

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Speaker 1: Well, of course it could be show Hey RBIs. But Alana,

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Speaker 2: And then covering the Colorado Rockies, they were playing the

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Speaker 2: Toronto Blue Jays in Colorado. It was an absolute torrential downpour.

433
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Speaker 2: This was back when Interleague ended, before the All Star break.

434
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Speaker 2: Torrential downpour. Carlos Gonzalez, left handed batter, was you know,

435
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Speaker 2: at the plate, the ball they excuse me, the back

436
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Speaker 2: goes flying out of his hands because of the rain,

437
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Speaker 2: sails into the dugout like this right, So I had

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Speaker 2: a nylon umbrella. Well wood beats nylon every time smacks

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Speaker 2: me in the side. I had a bruise the size

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Speaker 2: of a pumpkin. Carlos felt so.

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Speaker 3: Bad he goes.

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00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,960
Speaker 2: He said he signed the bat sorry for hitting you

443
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Speaker 2: with a with an up down upside down, you know,

444
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,879
Speaker 2: face like a sad face. I still have the bat

445
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Speaker 2: in a case. I tell you our job is not easy.

446
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,959
Speaker 2: It's where it's a dangerous job, Ken Rosenthal.

447
00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,119
Speaker 1: It can be dangerous at times and a lot of

448
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Speaker 1: I'm sure you're not aware of this, but guess where

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Speaker 1: I'm working this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Bring armor, Bring armor, Ken, I'm telling you that Mark

451
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Speaker 2: is dangerous.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

453
00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,719
Speaker 2: So my dude of the week along the same lines

454
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Speaker 2: as Hovey. He is the bat boy for the Los

455
00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,359
Speaker 2: Angeles Daughters. You better put respect on this name because

456
00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,720
Speaker 2: he just saved the franchise. Look at the catlike reflexes

457
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,840
Speaker 2: from Javier saving show.

458
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,439
Speaker 3: Hey, Otani's life.

459
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,840
Speaker 2: And if you look at the interpreter, here comes Will

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Speaker 2: the thrill whose mouth is you know, his jaws on

461
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Speaker 2: the ground. Will's like, oh my gosh, I almost lost

462
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,000
Speaker 2: my interpreter job. Ohtani's like, thanks so much. Dave Roberts

463
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,520
Speaker 2: is clapping for Hobby, and Hobby's like, no big deal,

464
00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,760
Speaker 2: I just saved Otani just saved the And Austin Barnes

465
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 2: could not be bothered the whole time. He's like, whatever,

466
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Speaker 2: couldn't It doesn't matter. He's just getting you know, his

467
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,840
Speaker 2: timing down. That is my due to the week. Congratulations

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Speaker 3: Who is your dork of the Week?

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Speaker 1: Ken? This one is easy, and we had a number

497
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Speaker 1: of candidates, But for me, it's the new Texas baseball

498
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Speaker 1: coach Jim Sloshnagel, and he's the dork of the week

499
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Speaker 1: for the way he reacted to a question from reporter

500
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Speaker 1: Richard Zay And I want to show this to you

501
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,280
Speaker 1: and then I'll explain why he's the dork of the week.

502
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 1: So with the rumor is circulating today about a specific

503
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Speaker 1: job opening. What you have to say, it's your future

504
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: in Aggie Land. I think he's pretty selfish of you'd

505
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: ask me that question.

506
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Speaker 5: To be honest with you, I took the job at

507
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Speaker 5: Texas A and m to never take another job again,

508
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 5: and that hasn't changed in my mind.

509
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,880
Speaker 1: Well, two days later he took the Texas job. Everyone

510
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 1: was aware that he might take the Texas job, and

511
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: not only did he call the reporter or call the

512
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: question selfish, he later said it was unfair as well. Now,

513
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Speaker 1: Jim Slosnagel at the press conference yesterday apologized for this.

514
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: But here's the problem. The problem is when you say

515
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Speaker 1: that initially in this day and age of social.

516
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Speaker 6: Media, while people are going to react and guess what

517
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,359
Speaker 6: a lot of people and I experienced this almost on

518
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 6: a daily basis, a lot of people can't wait to

519
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,520
Speaker 6: jump reporters and can't.

520
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 1: Wait to say, hey, leave our guy alone. That's a

521
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,000
Speaker 1: common theme on social media, and naturally, Richard Zayne, who's

522
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: a young guy in his twenties, he got jumped. No,

523
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Speaker 1: I don't know how he reacted. I don't know Richard,

524
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Speaker 1: but the mere fact that coach. Schlast Nagel exposed this

525
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: guy to this by his comments, which were ridiculous, knowing

526
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,920
Speaker 1: he was probably going to take the job two days

527
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Speaker 1: later and he wasn't going to be an Aggie for life.

528
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,520
Speaker 1: For that last Nagel is dork of the week. I

529
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: don't care if he apologized, because he initiated that first

530
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 1: florry and that in this day and age is simply

531
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Speaker 1: not right.

532
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 3: And it's backhanded.

533
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Speaker 2: It's a backhanded apology ken because he said, oh, he

534
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Speaker 2: was a young reporter.

535
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Speaker 3: It's a selfish question. What selfishes?

536
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Speaker 2: You lied to everybody's face at the press conference. You

537
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 2: knew exactly where you were going. You knew you weren't

538
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,200
Speaker 2: going to stay at a and you knew you were

539
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 2: going to Texas, and to jump on a reporter who's

540
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 2: simply doing his job. He did not ask anything that

541
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 2: he should not have asked. It was not an inappropriate question.

542
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 2: You might be pissed off because you lost the College

543
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 2: World Series, but that's not the reporter's fault.

544
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Speaker 3: I agree with you one thousand percent. I could have

545
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 3: gone on about that.

546
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 2: But I do have a couple of other dorks of

547
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Speaker 2: the week, and it's Edwin Diaz and Noela Martinez. And

548
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Speaker 2: the reason I say that is because you have to

549
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 2: know what you're doing. Stop with the nonsense of that

550
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,720
Speaker 2: you don't know it's it's the same sticky stuff that

551
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 2: I've always used.

552
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 3: No, it's not. You know that you're being checked.

553
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 2: You know that this is gonna be detrimental to your team,

554
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 2: You know that it's it's a situation where you're gonna

555
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,120
Speaker 2: miss you know, ten games or whatever it is, ten days.

556
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 2: It's unfortunate because the Mets are on a roll right

557
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 2: now and they really could use Edwin Diaz. And I

558
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 2: don't believe that he didn't know what it was, and

559
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 2: I don't believe that it's the same stuff he's always

560
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,400
Speaker 2: been using. A Rolevis Martinez is another one. Don't tell

561
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:32,719
Speaker 2: me that again. The Blue Jays did not need this.

562
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 2: And if you look at the situation, he's taking a

563
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,480
Speaker 2: fertility pill. Again, I don't know this man's medical history,

564
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 2: but you're twenty two years old. What are you doing

565
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 2: taking a fertility pill? And don't tell me that you didn't.

566
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,959
Speaker 2: You have to know what you're putting in your body.

567
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 2: Don't give me that that you didn't know. I just

568
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,080
Speaker 2: don't understand that. I mean, these guys should be smart enough.

569
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,040
Speaker 2: They've got to have enough help in that clubhouse. It's

570
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 2: posted all over the place. Just really, really incredibly unfortunate.

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00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,399
Speaker 1: I'm with you on both, Lana, and I'm with you

572
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,439
Speaker 1: mostly because of the fact that these rules are not

573
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: exactly a secret. Now it is possible Orrelvis Martinez is

574
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: taking a fertility drug, and it's possible. That's all on

575
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,880
Speaker 1: the up and up. At the same time, the players

576
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: are told check every substance with us, clear it with us,

577
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,120
Speaker 1: and evidently he didn't do that, and that's what leads

578
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 1: to his suspension. So it's inexcusable. And even Diaz, you

579
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: didn't see Carlos Mendoza rise to his defense. You also

580
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 1: saw Edwin Diaz drop his appeal, so maybe he did

581
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: it inadvertently to some degree, but my goodness, you can't

582
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: get caught for this stuff. And frankly, there haven't been

583
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: that many suspensions for this. Generally speaking, the umpires only

584
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: act when it's something in their minds that is truly egregious.

585
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: Clearly they felt what was going on with Edwin Diaz

586
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 1: was truly egregious.

587
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I couldn't agree more it's unfortunate. And again, you

588
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 2: know you're not just hurting yourself, you're hurting your teammates.

589
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 2: And again that the Mets have had a nice little

590
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,199
Speaker 2: turnaround here. And I understand, you know, the want to

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Speaker 2: the way to go about it, because you're going to

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Speaker 2: get caught. Ken, There's no way that you're not going

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Speaker 3: If they get a hit. What do you think can

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Speaker 3: foul territory?

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Speaker 1: Next?

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Speaker 3: What do you bring into the boys? What are you

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Speaker 3: talking about over there?

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Speaker 1: Well, whatever the boys want, they always seem to have

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Speaker 1: mind their own. Alana and whatever topics I might give them,

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Speaker 2: A good point, all right, And after Foul Territory, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna be back with you guys with Clint Pasias on

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Speaker 2: a live edition of Dodgers Territory. We have a lot

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Speaker 2: to talk about. Sho hey, Otani is on fire. How

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00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 2: the man is underrated, I don't know. But by the way,

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Speaker 2: Gavin Stone, Ken, he has stones. I don't know where

620
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 2: the Dodgers would be without the services of Gavin Stone

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Speaker 2: and Fabian Ardaya, your friend at the Athletic just fresh

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Speaker 2: off his honeymoon.

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Speaker 3: It's about time.

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Speaker 2: I guess three weight uh, he is ready to go.

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Speaker 2: So that's gonna do it for the great Ken Rosenthal.

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Speaker 2: I'm Alana Rizzo here on Far Territory. Ken is next

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Speaker 2: on Foul and Ken. Of course, we'll be back with

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Speaker 2: Fair on Monday.

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Speaker 3: Take care,