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Speaker 1: It's time for the news. I gotta bring you back.

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Speaker 1: It was almost as crazy as the NBA draft this year.

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Speaker 1: First things first, Nationals Angels surprised a lot of people

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Speaker 1: once again. So very very interesting that Kate Anderson then

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Speaker 1: got to drop to the Mariners as a local seattleite.

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Speaker 1: I don't hate it for us, but just just thought

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Speaker 1: it was an interesting way approach to the draft. And

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Speaker 1: it's just, I don't know, it's LA Angels just something.

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Speaker 1: There's something happening. It just feels like, you know, there's

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Speaker 1: some places that like if the Rays drafted him second,

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Speaker 1: you'd be like, what do they know? But when the

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Speaker 1: Angels draft him, you're like, are they guessing? Again? Like

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Speaker 1: that's Kat's kind of the vibe I'm getting, and I'm

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Speaker 1: hoping not because I would love for the Angels to

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Speaker 1: become more of a powerhouse. They're just it hasn't worked

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Speaker 1: out yet. But I think Netta was a hit. I

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Speaker 1: think going to getting No Hoppy was a hit. I

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Speaker 1: think Sannuel is a solid player. So who knows. We

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Speaker 1: could all be wrong. I hope we are. I hope

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Speaker 1: these guys. I hope they're both studs. I hope all

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Speaker 1: these guys are great. But very interesting that this happened,

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Speaker 1: and pretty amazing. Speaking of Ethan holiday, he actually ended

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Speaker 1: up going forth to his old to his dad's old team,

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Speaker 1: the Colorado Rockies. Now he is a hitter, so congratulations man,

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Speaker 1: you gotta go hitt And course he is. He is

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Speaker 1: the first ever first rounder drafted by his dad's first team,

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Speaker 1: which is cool. I thought that would happen more often

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Speaker 1: because there's been a lot of legacies in the MLB,

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Speaker 1: but the first time it's ever happened, he was going

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Speaker 1: to be first. I don't think there's a huge difference

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Speaker 1: between first and fourth frankly, and I think that he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of success there. So congratulates to

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Speaker 1: Ethan and graduations of the Jackson family. Must be nice

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Speaker 1: to be that good at have that many people that

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Speaker 1: good at that many things. So moving on, let's get

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Speaker 1: into some hom Run Derby highlights because it was pretty

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Speaker 1: lit as well, and there was a lot going on there.

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Speaker 1: So as we all know, big dumper Cal Rawley takes

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Speaker 1: the home run Derby. He is also the current home

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Speaker 1: run leader. We're going to do some crazy home run

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Speaker 1: homer in Derby stats later in the show, so stay

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Speaker 1: tuned for that. But he's the first catcher ever to

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Speaker 1: win a home run Derby, which is surprising. Frankly, I

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Speaker 1: thought Piazza maybe would have gotten one, but I can

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Speaker 1: also see there's probably not been that many catchers in

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Speaker 1: and he as and he became the champion when he

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Speaker 1: out outlasted Junior Cameronaro, the Monster Junior Cameronaro, eighteen to fifteen.

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Speaker 1: In the final round, Rowley's dad, Todd pitched to him

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Speaker 1: his little brother, Todd Junior Cott, which I thought was awesome.

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Speaker 1: Also I thought was awesome that Todd Junior was most

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Speaker 1: excited to meet Livy Dunn. We will get in that

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Speaker 1: in a minute too, but just shows how the internet

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Speaker 1: works these days. And it was overall pretty good though

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Speaker 1: it was pretty long, and we're gonna. I have some

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Speaker 1: ideas for how to fix it or make it maybe

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Speaker 1: a little shorter, but we had We had a five

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Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen foot home run from onneal Cruz, which

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Speaker 1: no one was surprised by. They also hit one of

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Speaker 1: the hardest home runs ever, only behind the Stanton and

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Speaker 1: Judge of all people, because of course, and Jazz Chisholm

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Speaker 1: hit I think the lowest total in a forty in

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Speaker 1: one of these tine rounds with three. But he did

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Speaker 1: look like he would liked to be there, So there's that.

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Speaker 1: And another big story from this from this thing was

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Speaker 1: the first round of my guy Brent Rooker. Did he

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Speaker 1: get snubbed for moving on to the next round as

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Speaker 1: you as you can? As you know, because everyone watched it, right,

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Speaker 1: All eight guys kind of went and a round robin,

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Speaker 1: not round robin. They all just kind of went in

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Speaker 1: order and the top four numbers moved on and then

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Speaker 1: they matched up. I like that a little bit better.

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Speaker 1: Fourth place was cal Rawley. In fifth place was Brett Rookers.

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Speaker 1: Interestingly enough, they had to go because they tied they

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Speaker 1: hit the same number of home runs. They had to

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Speaker 1: go to longest distance and according to Hawkeye and statcast

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Speaker 1: we have cal Rawly's traveled four hundred and seventy point

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Speaker 1: sixty one feet and Brent Rutgers traveled four hundred and

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Speaker 1: seventy point five to three feet, which I did the

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Speaker 1: math for you. That is zero point nine six inches.

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Speaker 1: So cal Rawly hit his home run one inch farther

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Speaker 1: less than one inch farther. That's nuts, and then he

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Speaker 1: went on to win it. Many people are like conspiracy theorists,

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Speaker 1: it's rigg da da da. You could just bump that

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Speaker 1: number up whatever. Okay, I did, though, m run devery right.

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Speaker 1: It is it a good story, sure, but I think

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Speaker 1: Brent Rooker also moving forward is also a good story.

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Speaker 1: So looking too far into it, but it is a

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Speaker 1: little bit odd and Brent, Brent said some interesting things.

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Speaker 1: He said. They told me before I went up there,

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Speaker 1: I could take two pitches because he was a little

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Speaker 1: bit confused about the format, didn't know that told me

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Speaker 1: there were only forty balls already in the crate. So

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Speaker 1: I took two pitches that didn't count, but then went

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Speaker 1: to do the round. There was only thirty eight remaining,

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Speaker 1: so we got down to having two pitches with five

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Speaker 1: second flats. And they're out of baseballs. Interesting, so what

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Speaker 1: he's saying is he could have hit another one and

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Speaker 1: the rules weren't that clear beforehand, which is also something

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Speaker 1: that commonly happens with this event. So feel bad for Brent.

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Speaker 1: It's tough, but also him being out early means we

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Speaker 1: got a whole bunch of tweets from him. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about the All Star Game itself. A lot of highlights,

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun things. We got our first ever

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Speaker 1: swing home run swing off to bring it all together

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Speaker 1: there at the end because we don't like extra innings.

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Speaker 1: I actually have a good breakdown of it Star Game

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Speaker 1: that I will finish with here today, so we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about it in a second. But Kyle Schwarber ends up

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Speaker 1: bringing the championship home for the NL All Star Team

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Speaker 1: with a four to three homer edge. So anyone who

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Speaker 1: doesn't know the rule change of twenty twenty two, this

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Speaker 1: is the first time we've actually had the swing off

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Speaker 1: going to extras, which is pretty cool. And each team

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Speaker 1: picks their three best hitters. Each one of those guys

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Speaker 1: gets three swings and the total number of home runs wins. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so what actually happened with Schwarbro was the second hitter.

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Speaker 1: He hits I believe he hit three that to take

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Speaker 1: them to four total. Junior Cabinaro needed to hit one

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Speaker 1: of his three in order to keep it tied, and

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Speaker 1: he ended up not hitting one at all, and so

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Speaker 1: it never actually got to the third round, which was

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Speaker 1: then going to be pet Alonzo, which I think pt

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Speaker 1: Alonzo probably would have brought it home as well. Now,

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Speaker 1: if you're noticing, no show Heyo Tani, no aeron judge,

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Speaker 1: both guys were already out of the game and on

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Speaker 1: their way probably home. We had no Vlad Greer Junior,

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Speaker 1: no no big dumper. Like, there's a bunch of guys

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Speaker 1: who probably could have been good on both sides that

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Speaker 1: just won't weren't weren't chosen because it's still the All

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Speaker 1: Star game and it's still not necessary that we exhaust

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Speaker 1: everybody in order to get the game done right. So again,

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Speaker 1: that's a whole another thing we got to talk about

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Speaker 1: in a minute. But it was pretty pretty awesome, pretty

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Speaker 1: awesome either way, and I thought that I think this

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Speaker 1: is a great change of the game, and I like it.

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Speaker 1: I like it, I like the shootout idea. I like

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Speaker 1: a bunch of pressure behind one swing. That is what

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Speaker 1: baseball is all about. So the more you can mimic that,

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Speaker 1: the better the ABS system will always was also used

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Speaker 1: in this All Star Game and it was used five

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Speaker 1: times now. If you're not familiar with the ABS system,

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Speaker 1: it is the challenge system that's going to end up

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Speaker 1: going into probably the major leagues next year, where you

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Speaker 1: get three challenges a game and if you're wrong, you

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Speaker 1: lose it and you get it right, you get you

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Speaker 1: get it back right, just like challenges are insurgram play.

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Speaker 1: It's very quick, but the five work. Cal Rawley and

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Speaker 1: Tarrek Scoogle. I got Manny Machado with an O two

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Speaker 1: in the first inning. That's where this little smile is

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Speaker 1: coming from. And Trek Scoole had a great time with

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Speaker 1: the game, which he always does a great time, and

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Speaker 1: we got to watch him again this Sunday Sunday Night Baseball,

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Speaker 1: Tarik Schooble probably again. I don't think that's official yet,

580
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Speaker 1: but I hope, so we're hoping. The fingers crossed against Texas,

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Speaker 1: and then the second one was Jacob Wilson successfully challenged

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Speaker 1: a strike call from Mackenzie Gore because the horse he

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00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: did he's got a great idea of the zone. Ali

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Speaker 1: Hunter Kirk got one with the raalds Chapman against Brandon Donovan,

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Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz. Edwin Diaz got one against Randy in the

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Speaker 1: ninth which was a big one. And then Kyle Stowers

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00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 1: was wrong on his third strike. So the people who

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00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 1: challenge were right for the five times. And I just

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Speaker 1: can't notice, but the guy with the least amount of

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Speaker 1: service time of all these people was the guy that

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00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 1: was wrong. No shade to cal Stowers, but get that

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Speaker 1: experience up, my guy. We also had my people micd

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Speaker 1: up left right and center. Trek Scooble was one of them,

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Speaker 1: but also so Hyton Kershaw was was was miked up,

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Speaker 1: which I freaking loved it. I was watching this live.

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00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 1: I caught bits and pieces of the game. I was

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00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: coming in and out and in and out and out. I

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00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: had a bunch of stuff going on uh lately, but

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Speaker 1: it was pretty great. He gets the kind of legendary

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Speaker 1: invites to the All Star Game. I mean, he would

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Speaker 1: tell you that he probably didn't pitch enough to make

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Speaker 1: it this year, but like he does deserve it. I

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00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 1: think it's a great celebration of him. Went out there,

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Speaker 1: he had a good time, said I'm gonna try to

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Speaker 1: throw cheese. Was worried about giving a homer to cal Rawley.

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Speaker 1: But there was one exchange that I love more than anything.

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Speaker 1: Kershaw was he was probably on his last hit. He goes,

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Speaker 1: what do he wants? Malty? And Smoltz goes cut her

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Speaker 1: in and he tried to quickly see slider in and

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Speaker 1: as he's deliberately goes, I don't throw a cutter s

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Speaker 1: malty And I just was like, this is so funny

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Speaker 1: because this is exact, and he just he and then

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Speaker 1: he just spiked it because like in our heads, it

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Speaker 1: was a perfect example as a pitcher that if there's

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Speaker 1: any confusion, if there's any confusion up here, even if

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Speaker 1: it's just like joking around and someone says something semantics

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Speaker 1: were wrong, if you're not locked in, you automatically it

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00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: is an automatic like abort a ject system where you

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Speaker 1: just throw the ball no know where there's zones, a

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00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: kicking crush because you're not committed. It was awesome. So

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Speaker 1: Adam Antavino does this a lot, or he talked about

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Speaker 1: doing a lot in his career. I did a few

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Speaker 1: times too. You're in the middle of the pitch, you're

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Speaker 1: about to throw it, and you were kind of like

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00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 1: wishy washy on what you wanted to throw, and then

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00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: in the middle of your delivery you just remember or

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Speaker 1: you decide that now I don't want to throw this,

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Speaker 1: so you just abort and you just throw it off

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Speaker 1: into the dugout, or just get rid of the ball

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Speaker 1: and make sure it can't be hit. I loved it.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was great. I like micing up pictures

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Speaker 1: in the All Star Game. I don't know about micing

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00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: up shortstops anymore because we keep seeing airs, but maybe

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Speaker 1: pictures pictures talking through what they want to do. Give

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Speaker 1: me more of that. All right, well done, Clayton, Well done.

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Speaker 3: Hey, let's do a little player spotlight thanks to Arena Club.

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Speaker 3: AJ give me a player this season that you think

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Speaker 3: is underrated and you might want to try and grab

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Speaker 3: his card.

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Speaker 1: James would.

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Speaker 4: I don't know that he's underrated, but Washington National's superstar

642
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 4: in the making, and the first slab pack I ever

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Speaker 4: opened had him in his rookie card, and the value

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Speaker 4: is only going to go up and up and up,

645
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Speaker 4: and I'm not gonna sell it quite yet. Scott, I'm

646
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Speaker 4: gonna hold on to it because after he continues to

647
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 4: hit big homers and put up the stats make All

648
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Speaker 4: Star teams, it's going to get more expensive for someone

649
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Speaker 4: to buy.

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Speaker 1: For me, this is his.

651
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Speaker 3: First full season in the majors.

652
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 1: Keep that in mind. I think he's underrated.

653
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 3: He's on a Nationals team that's man adding enough attention.

654
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 4: He might underrated when he makes the All Star team

655
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 4: this year, They're not going to be underrated.

656
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: That helps. He's been intentionally walked four times in a game.

657
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Speaker 3: Anyway, If you want to try and find a wood

658
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Speaker 3: rookie card, go check out slab packs on Arena Club

659
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Speaker 3: and right now you can get twenty percent off your

660
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Speaker 3: first slab pack. Or if you just want to go

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Speaker 3: with a card purchase, go to Arena club dot com.

662
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Speaker 3: Slash foul, use code foul. If you buy, sell, trade, collect,

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Speaker 3: go for it.

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Speaker 1: Cotinue to talk a little bit about the All Star

665
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 1: Game because there's some conversations happening on the internet, which

666
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 1: is I don't know if you noticed a lot of

667
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: what kind of drives this conversations here on this channel.

668
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,479
Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit about the All Star Game

669
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: and what it's here for because the spirit behind the

670
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 1: All Star Game has changed dramatically in the last few years.

671
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: So what is it for? All right, what is it for?

672
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 1: So let me let me let me tell you why

673
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: I think this conversation has been changing the last few years.

674
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: Last year, PAULK Skins started the game with only eleven

675
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 1: starts for the National League. He was the hot commodity.

676
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 1: He was also throwing incredibly well, so, like, you know,

677
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 1: that was a little bit like it doesn't have quite

678
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:50,839
Speaker 1: as many innings as everyone else, Like there was other

679
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: guys a seventeen eighteen starts. He only had eleven, but

680
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: it was like at least kind of comparable, and he

681
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 1: was so dominant that it made sense. But it was

682
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:04,280
Speaker 1: obviously very clearly to drive excitement. This year though, about

683
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: two days before the end of the first half, Jacob Mazeroski,

684
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: the phenom from the Brewers, was announced to go to

685
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,760
Speaker 1: the Ulcer game after twenty five innings and five starts,

686
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: which is a little bit more glaring. Some Phillies players

687
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: were spoken out with the decision. They were not happy

688
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: about it. Trey Turner called it a joke. Nick Castiano said,

689
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,439
Speaker 1: it's starting to look like this, like Savannah bananas banana ball.

690
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's not on stilts. He might look like

691
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: he's on stilts, but I don't think he's technically on stilts.

692
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: But they believed, and I tend to agree that by

693
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 1: doing that, they are snubbing to their teammates Ranger Suarez

694
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: and Christopher Sanchez, especially Christopher Sanchez because he's thrown great

695
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: again after making it last year, which I tend agree

696
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: with that frustration that what they're saying is like, if

697
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: we're not are we rewarding the bust players as that

698
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 1: was his four are we going to start carving out

699
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: more and more spots for guys that are throwing well

700
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: but also are very exciting to walk? Like? What is

701
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 1: this game for? And what should we think if we're selected?

702
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: If we're not selected? Right is the conversation. And I

703
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: think that if that's the definition of the game or

704
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:15,959
Speaker 1: that is why people go, yeah, of course that should

705
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: be frustrating, right do. I think Jacob Meyscrowsky is a

706
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 1: phenom and very excited this Like it's not like he's

707
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: a flash and pan. It's very clearly he's a very

708
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: good pitcher, and I think it'd be fun. But at

709
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 1: the expense of other guys who have like grinded it

710
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: out and deserved to go, especially because there's like contract incentives,

711
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: which by the way, the Phillies ended up giving are

712
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 1: going or are going to give Christopher Sanchez his fifty

713
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 1: thousand dollars incentive in his contract, because most contracts have those,

714
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: by the way, even basic ones, arbitration contracts and such

715
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 1: have little lump sums that you get an extra for

716
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 1: going to the All Star Game from your team, right,

717
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 1: which is cool, And so some guys are like, I

718
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: would like to have my incentive. I'm just because I'm

719
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: arbitrarily not getting to go, and shout out to Phillies

720
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: for actually doing that. I think that's pretty great. So

721
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: if it's not completely merit based, what is it. Is

722
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: it an exhibition or or is it going to be

723
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 1: a competition or is it just publicity and like hype?

724
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: Like what are we what do we want this to be,

725
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: what do we feel like it's going to be, and

726
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: how do we feel about those conclusions. So let's do

727
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: a little bit of let's go back and let's talk

728
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 1: a little bit about the timeline the advent of the

729
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: Major League alscar Game, where it comes from and what

730
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 1: was what it was about at the beginning. So the

731
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:31,479
Speaker 1: first ever All Star Game was held in on July sixth,

732
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 1: nineteen thirty three, at Chicago's Kimiski Park. Classic a lot

733
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: of really, really, really famous players there. It was conceived

734
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: as a one time exhibition, so there's no plans to

735
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:48,359
Speaker 1: keep this going to boost baseball's popularity during the Great Depression, right,

736
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: so like, hey, I know everyone's sad, We're going to

737
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: watch some baseball. And it worked. It was wildly successful,

738
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,919
Speaker 1: and they kept it going after that through the thirty

739
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: and forties. The Ulstar Game showcase the era's biggest stars

740
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: and really dramatic moments. In nineteen thirty four, Giants pitcher

741
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: Carl Hubber, Hubble famously struck out five future Hall of

742
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: Famers in a row. Those Hall of Famers, you asked,

743
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: Babe Ruth, Lou Garrig, Jamie Fox, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin.

744
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: That's crazy and has yet to be done since I

745
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: can't imagine just starting just starting with Babe Ruth to

746
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 1: Lou Garrett to Jamie Fox. Like at that point, you're

747
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: like you're having an out of body experience as a picture.

748
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: I don't care who you are, you can be the greatest.

749
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: Like I can't believe these are the greatest hitters ever,

750
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,280
Speaker 1: and two three of them they're all still wildly conliated,

751
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: considered some of the best hitters ever to this day.

752
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,280
Speaker 1: Then we go to the nineteen fifties and the nineteen

753
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: sixties of format and the competitive balance saw several changes,

754
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: so like they started to make adjustments to make it

755
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 1: more competitive or less competitive. That this is where we

756
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: started the tinker Okay, with this tinkering came that n

757
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: Ashley winning. They won thirty three of forty two from

758
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: nineteen fifty nineteen eighty seven. The National League was absolutely dominating, right,

759
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: and they were messing around with all kinds of little

760
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: voting of fans votes. Actually, in the first one, the

761
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,760
Speaker 1: fans could vote by submitting ballots from the newspaper, which

762
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: is pretty cool, gedious, but pretty cool. But we had

763
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: a major controversy also erupted in nineteen fifty seven ballot

764
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: stuffing by the Cincinnati Reds fans. Ballot stuffing what fan

765
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,840
Speaker 1: voting filling up the starting lineup? Never heard of that before.

766
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: Ballot stuffing took resulting in seven Reds being elected to

767
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: the NNAL starting lineup, so like seven and the nine

768
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: players were started, which is now you're just watching the Reds.

769
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: The dramas that peaked during that area. The nineteen sixties

770
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,959
Speaker 1: alone saw four games going to extra innings, which is sick.

771
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: In nineteen seventy, game ended with Pete Rose running over

772
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: Ray Fossey to it in the twelfth separating ray Fossi's

773
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: shoulder and he what Pete Rose said, that's all the

774
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 1: way on a plan. I don't care if it's a

775
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: next vision, like, it's only no only way I know

776
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 1: how to grind. This came out and people seem to

777
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 1: love that, except for probably ray FOSSi. I don't know

778
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: if he enjoyed that too much. So it's pretty clear

779
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 1: the game has had a long history like drama. Like

780
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: it's like a break sure, but it's also like a

781
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: lot of fun. You want to see the best talent

782
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: playing us the best talent because you don't get to

783
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: see that very regularly, and that was the point of

784
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: the game. And then it's at some point something changed,

785
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,040
Speaker 1: and there's a few things that started to be added, right,

786
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: So in nineteen eighty five we had the first home

787
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: run derby added. And this is our winner right here,

788
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:48,759
Speaker 1: which is so funny. I am Dave Parker, did it,

789
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: got it? Boom won the first ever night in nineteen

790
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: eighty five. In nineteen ninety one we saw our first

791
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: fan fest. Nineteen ninety nine we saw a future first

792
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:58,719
Speaker 1: features game. In two thousand and one we saw the first

793
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,280
Speaker 1: celebrity softball game. All four of these things are still

794
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: being done around the game, so now it's no longer

795
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,840
Speaker 1: just a game. It is a week of festivities. It

796
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,839
Speaker 1: is a festival, which I think is a great thing.

797
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 1: I think generally more things that fans like, especially if

798
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 1: like the game itself, maybe isn't the number one thing,

799
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: but they like to like meet the players and want

800
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: to bring young kids that don't really understand. Like you're

801
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: widening the range of people that can go and enjoy themselves.

802
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 1: And if you can't afford a ticket to the game itself,

803
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,919
Speaker 1: which is usually the most expensive part of going there,

804
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: you still have a lot of things you can do.

805
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 1: You can still see players milling around, you still go

806
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: to the red carpet, still do all kinds of fun stuff,

807
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: And I think that is that is great. I think

808
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 1: it's a positive trend. I think that is great. You know,

809
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 1: a lot more people can enjoy the game then can

810
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 1: just fit in the stadium. But the thinking that it's

811
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 1: fueling these changes, especially lately, has been increasingly clear. DMIB

812
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,600
Speaker 1: has a game in the middle of summer that is

813
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: guaranteed to be sold out. There's no other major sports

814
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 1: happening really. The Stanley Cups is over, the NBA Finals

815
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,600
Speaker 1: are over, and we haven't gotten to OTAs yet for football,

816
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 1: so it's baseball only. Also, there's no other baseball games

817
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 1: competing either, so there's one game to watch. The eyeball

818
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 1: funnel is has never been more aligned. The planets are

819
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,400
Speaker 1: aligned for baseball, and so what can you do with

820
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: that money? You can make lots of money, and you

821
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 1: got to take advantage of that. And that is usually

822
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 1: what is now going mind the thinking, and it's been

823
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 1: happening more and more and more and more and more

824
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: and more and more over time, specifically since the two

825
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 1: thousand and two debacle when bud Sea Lake ended a

826
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: game in a tie because there were no more pitchers

827
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: to throw. Both teams use nineteen pitchers and eleven innings

828
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: because they thought they weren't going to go in extra innings,

829
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,279
Speaker 1: so they ended the game in a tie. In order

830
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:56,240
Speaker 1: to solve that problem, bud Selik then made a rule

831
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,399
Speaker 1: that the winner of the All Star Game determines home

832
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 1: field advantage. The World Series that went till twenty sixteen.

833
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,840
Speaker 1: Tell who took over rob manforg got rid of that immediately,

834
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: right immediately. It wasn't very popular. I would say that

835
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: it had nothing to do with the World Series the

836
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 1: All Star Game. It just didn't have enough to do

837
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 1: with it. Like the guys playing the All Star Game

838
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 1: weren't going to play in them, you know what I mean,

839
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: Like there's not enough players involved in both things to

840
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,319
Speaker 1: where they should be that closely linked. But that was

841
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,760
Speaker 1: his goal in order to make it more competitive because

842
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 1: he saw this trend of it becoming less and less

843
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 1: competitive over time. But again, once you added all these

844
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: extra events and there's more stuff to do, the players

845
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: more tired and they start to weigh is this really

846
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: rest or? Is this a lot of work? And that

847
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 1: is something I heard a lot in clubhouses. It's a

848
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: ton of work. It's a lot. You sign autographs for

849
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 1: like four or five hours one of the day is

850
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,240
Speaker 1: like the game's season is long, so guys are opting

851
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:51,840
Speaker 1: out more and more. We can't we can't be focused

852
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,319
Speaker 1: so heavily on adding all this stuff for players to

853
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: be involved in and also wanting them to go out

854
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 1: there and put it all out on the line. So

855
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: we just since two thousand and two that has slowly

856
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: but surely gone away. And then Rob Manfred by getting

857
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 1: rid of that rule, has just given up on this

858
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,239
Speaker 1: being the thing at all. Now it's about how do

859
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: we create an experience that people enjoy and we'll spend

860
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 1: more money at which isn't bad or good but is real.

861
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: So got it, caught it. So as players players slowly

862
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 1: over time have stopped associating like pride or competition with

863
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: the game. They just have Like I know a lot

864
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:37,480
Speaker 1: of players that were like you know what, I've been

865
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: to three or four of them. I thank you for

866
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 1: inviting me the All Star. I'll still be an All

867
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 1: Star on my Baseball reference page. But I don't need

868
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 1: to go to the game. I don't need to do

869
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,399
Speaker 1: all the stuff. And if that means I don't get

870
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,799
Speaker 1: my pay, I don't get my pay for that. But

871
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:52,480
Speaker 1: like some guys are making lots of money already and

872
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,360
Speaker 1: it's not really Maybe that's just not the most important

873
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:59,760
Speaker 1: for them thing to them. Maybe they need the break,

874
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,440
Speaker 1: maybe they're working on some little injury thing, and most

875
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: guys just say I got a little nagging turf toe

876
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:05,799
Speaker 1: or something and they want to take some time off.

877
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,800
Speaker 1: But it's just not competitive like it used to be anymore,

878
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 1: and it's probably not going to come back. So a

879
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: lot of people say the old way was better. A

880
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:16,320
Speaker 1: lot of people like this. I actually asked a question like,

881
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: do you guys love I did a poll probably three

882
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: weeks ago. I was like, do you guys love the

883
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 1: All Star Game? Do you guys really look forward to

884
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: watching it? And the majority of people said yes, which

885
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: was a little bit surprising, Maybe because I'm a cynical,

886
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:29,400
Speaker 1: annoying person sometimes, maybe because I'm apathetic at times, but

887
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: that was good to see and it seems like people

888
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 1: are enjoying it the way that it is. I think

889
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 1: there's a couple things that need to be tweaked, but

890
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 1: I think overall, the All Star Game is a destination

891
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 1: and people like to go. So I want to hear

892
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: what you guys think. Let me know it, not in

893
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,320
Speaker 1: the comments, let me know over in the chat wherever

894
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: you may be watching Slash listening to this because do

895
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:53,959
Speaker 1: we prefer one or the other, or however it coalesces,

896
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,400
Speaker 1: is the way I like it. And also let me

897
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 1: know what your favorite parts of the festivities are, if

898
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 1: you just watched on TV or if you were there

899
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,400
Speaker 1: even better, I want to know what you liked the

900
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 1: most about being there, because at the end of the day,

901
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: it is for the fans, it is for you, and

902
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,120
Speaker 1: if things aren't being done the way that you want

903
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,040
Speaker 1: them done the words of Rob Manfred, we all listen

904
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:17,320
Speaker 1: to fans, so we got to make sure that's happening.

905
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: So let me know. And that is max plaining, which

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00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:25,799
Speaker 1: I did not do the intro for so actually that's

907
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:28,640
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Speaker 1: move on two our mace plaining segment. This is mace plaining,

925
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:44,560
Speaker 1: and I did this recently. You guys hear that garbage truck.

926
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 1: They tend to be here right in the middle of

927
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 1: everything all the time. So I apologize if you can

928
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 1: hear that mace planning. I made a bunch of predictions

929
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,200
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year. We're gonna look back

930
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 1: and we're gonna check. Am I hitting on them? Or

931
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 1: am I missing on him? So we'll see you, We'll

932
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: see what we got. I'm sorry, I'm distracted by that

933
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: garby Struckfitz literally right outside my door Wednesdays. That's why

934
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: we don't usually do it on this day. All right,

935
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 1: So we did my predictions and then we have I

936
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,920
Speaker 1: had some bold takes and we will be doing that

937
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:21,400
Speaker 1: going into hour two of the show. So biggest surprises,

938
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:28,240
Speaker 1: biggest disappointments, and then all the awards prepare to get

939
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:32,160
Speaker 1: blown away. So first up, we have biggest surprises so

940
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,480
Speaker 1: far in the season, looking back at the first half,

941
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 1: these three gentlemen, I'm gonna give a shout out, and

942
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 1: there are quite a few guys out there that are

943
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: doing well, But biggest surprise we have Pete crow Armstrong

944
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 1: with the Reds. He is an all star, hitting two

945
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 1: sixty five twenty five home runs a se everyone RBIs,

946
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:55,360
Speaker 1: which is astronomically above his career averages so far. A

947
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,719
Speaker 1: little shout out to Chris Flexen, a guy who is

948
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 1: back against the ropes, really is just trying to find

949
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,880
Speaker 1: a job and has been really effective out of the

950
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:06,800
Speaker 1: bullpen for the Cubs. Now he is greatly over forming

951
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 1: a lot of his peripheral stats. I hope he continues

952
00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: to work within that area at least for the whole year.

953
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: You want to get through a whole year. But he

954
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 1: has a one four seven and a point nine to

955
00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:21,360
Speaker 1: three whip and he has been a bright spot for

956
00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:24,239
Speaker 1: their bullpen and a little bit of love for Ramon

957
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 1: Loreano joining the Baltimore Orioles. He has been one of

958
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,040
Speaker 1: the few bright spots over there this year, hitting two

959
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 1: eighty fourth, eleven home runs, thirty five barbiyes And it

960
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:36,439
Speaker 1: was a little bit of like a throwaway signing for them.

961
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:39,399
Speaker 1: And he's been very good. He's been a good he's

962
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 1: a good defensive outfit there. He's got a great arm,

963
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 1: and he plays hard. He's got energy. I can attest

964
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: to that, and he's a great duty work and he

965
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 1: just loves to talk hitting. He loves the game, and

966
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 1: it's good to see him doing well as well. The

967
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:56,839
Speaker 1: biggest disappointments aren't necessarily maybe a biggest disappointment in the

968
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:58,400
Speaker 1: scope of the world. And I also want to hear

969
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,560
Speaker 1: you guys feedback on this because I'm sure, I'm sure

970
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:03,400
Speaker 1: every team has their biggest disappointments, but a couple interesting

971
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 1: ones that I think guys who are notoriously so good

972
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:12,400
Speaker 1: and they just haven't been uh. Mookie Bets and the

973
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:15,680
Speaker 1: San Francisco Giants version of Raffael Devers Mooki bats is

974
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 1: sitting two forty fourth eleven home runs of forty five RBIs,

975
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 1: which hilariously is a little bit better than Loreano. But like,

976
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 1: those aren't Mookie bats numbers. That's that's just pretty good, right.

977
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,839
Speaker 1: I think he would say that, and that's considered underperforming

978
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 1: in his mind. But yeah, that's a little lackluster, more

979
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: lackluster than I've really ever seen from Mooki. So it's

980
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:36,719
Speaker 1: interesting to see what he'll do in the second half.

981
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:38,640
Speaker 1: But he's been around for a while. Man, that's what happens.

982
00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 1: And for Raffi, twenty five games with the Giants, he's

983
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: hitting two to two, with two of them runs, ten

984
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,880
Speaker 1: RBIs and a six fifty six ops. Hasn't quite found

985
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:50,560
Speaker 1: his footing there and probably not the greatest look on

986
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: the planet to not come out super hot. So let

987
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:56,320
Speaker 1: me know again in the comments, who are your biggest disappointments?

988
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:58,480
Speaker 1: Who are your biggest surprises? Because I'm sure there's a

989
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:00,479
Speaker 1: lot of guys I'm missing. I could have been sitting

990
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: here talking forever, but we have time limits. This is

991
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 1: a live show, so I got to make sure that

992
00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:06,640
Speaker 1: I'm on top of that stuff. All right, Let's go,

993
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:11,400
Speaker 1: who did I guess the awards winners? Would be at

994
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 1: the end of the year, and if the season ended

995
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 1: right now, who I think they would be. So we're

996
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: gonna go my prepredictions and then how I think that

997
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,400
Speaker 1: would change, and if I was right at all, So

998
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:24,400
Speaker 1: four AL Rookie of the Year. My first guest was

999
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,840
Speaker 1: Christian Campbell, who has recently been sent down to Triple

1000
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:30,719
Speaker 1: A with Jackson job who has been hurt but he's

1001
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,719
Speaker 1: been okay, he's been fine and he could still be

1002
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: in the running if he comes back healthy. But like,

1003
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:38,880
Speaker 1: it's not out on these two guys, but they've just

1004
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:41,200
Speaker 1: been They've they've had their struggles and they haven't been

1005
00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:43,200
Speaker 1: as electric as I thought they would be. And right

1006
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:46,280
Speaker 1: now my ALE Rookie of the Year is Jacob Wilson,

1007
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:50,279
Speaker 1: All star, never walks, never strikes out, looks like he's

1008
00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:52,720
Speaker 1: playing withiffle ball. But he's having a good time. And

1009
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:56,839
Speaker 1: the guy can hit. Man we defense notwithstanding, the guy

1010
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,319
Speaker 1: can hit, and he right now is my ALE Heat

1011
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:03,520
Speaker 1: of the Year. In the EDL, I thought we're gonna

1012
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 1: have a rookie Sasaki followed by Bubba Chandler. Now this

1013
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:09,399
Speaker 1: one was a big whiff. Okay, Roki has struggled at

1014
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,080
Speaker 1: the beginning of his career and now he is hurt

1015
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:13,239
Speaker 1: potentially for the rest of the year. Bubba Chandler has

1016
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:17,399
Speaker 1: yet to make his big lead debut, So I don't

1017
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:19,920
Speaker 1: think I'm gonna be right about those two. So but

1018
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 1: in the NL, who would I give it to a

1019
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:28,439
Speaker 1: guy I was just talking about gumby the misz Jacob Misrowski. Uh.

1020
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:31,279
Speaker 1: Also this picture, just look how Jackie is. Dude, Just

1021
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:37,719
Speaker 1: jack six seven one fifteen pure fury. Jacob Misrowski. He's

1022
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:39,799
Speaker 1: been incredible. If he keeps going the way he's going,

1023
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,800
Speaker 1: say says healthy for the rest year, he's They're just

1024
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 1: gonna give it to him. But he needs to stay healthy,

1025
00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:46,600
Speaker 1: and he needs to throw twenty plus starts. He needs

1026
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 1: to get to he needs to throw fifteen starts at

1027
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:51,960
Speaker 1: the half. It just needs to happen. So hopefully he does,

1028
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,719
Speaker 1: and hopefully that's what we get. Uh. Al Reliever of

1029
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: the Year, My guest was Mason Miller. Though he has

1030
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,799
Speaker 1: been very good and he's striking out about seventeen per nine.

1031
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 1: The ra is greatly inflated both from a couple there's

1032
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:10,360
Speaker 1: like he's had two season killers, like he's given up

1033
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:13,080
Speaker 1: nine runs and two innings, which that'll kill you as

1034
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:15,759
Speaker 1: a closer. And he also has the pitching sacramento, which

1035
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:19,399
Speaker 1: is not fair to anybody, anybody inclusing the away team.

1036
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,920
Speaker 1: So not quite there. If I had to guess, and

1037
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 1: right now, if it ended and the playoffs happened or whatever,

1038
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:29,719
Speaker 1: it would likely be. Andris Munoz, I think there's a

1039
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:31,759
Speaker 1: bunch of other guys that can be considered for this,

1040
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,960
Speaker 1: but he's up there, like Josh Hater. It's going to

1041
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: be a closer probably, but he's up there and saves.

1042
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:40,880
Speaker 1: He might lead in saves actually, and he didn't give

1043
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,960
Speaker 1: up run for twenty outings end of the year, so

1044
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:48,080
Speaker 1: he's been incredible for the Mariners and he is probably

1045
00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:52,120
Speaker 1: my guy on the end al side. I guess Justin Martinez.

1046
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:54,719
Speaker 1: Justin Martinez has been hurt for a lot of time.

1047
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:58,720
Speaker 1: He did get a sign a contract before the season started,

1048
00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: a little team friendly guy Firz. I think he's got

1049
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 1: a bright future, but he just hasn't been healthy, thrown enough,

1050
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 1: and he's just not him. It's not him. I was wrong.

1051
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 1: I would say probably up there. And again, the en

1052
00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 1: Al's got a ton of guys that are right in

1053
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:16,560
Speaker 1: this area. Healthy, whatever. But for me, it's Edwin Diaz Man.

1054
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:18,920
Speaker 1: He's having a season pretty close to twenty twenty two,

1055
00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 1: and I think he's going a little bit under the

1056
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,680
Speaker 1: radar because the Mets have been good, at least for me.

1057
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,120
Speaker 1: I'm sure Mets fan's like, uh, we know, what do

1058
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:27,759
Speaker 1: you mean? But Edwin Diaz is once, he's got a

1059
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:29,880
Speaker 1: one and a half, The ray's saving all the games,

1060
00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:31,560
Speaker 1: he's throwing really really well. He's having a good time,

1061
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: and he was made another All Star. But I would

1062
00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:36,840
Speaker 1: say a guy who deserves some flowers and isn't a

1063
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:40,600
Speaker 1: closer is the setup man for the Giants, one of

1064
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,360
Speaker 1: the setiment and is Randy Rodriguez. This guy's filthy. And

1065
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: if you don't know about Randy Rodriguez, go look it up.

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00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:49,160
Speaker 1: He's been good for a while. So Ottawa mentioned to

1067
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:51,760
Speaker 1: Randy Rodriguez he is in the running. He's in the running.

1068
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:55,239
Speaker 1: Adrian Morijane is also another guy. I think they could

1069
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:58,759
Speaker 1: be thrown it into that conversation. Okay, let's talk about

1070
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:05,200
Speaker 1: Sy Young's al I Cole Wagans because it was different, right.

1071
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:08,040
Speaker 1: I thought he was gonna take one more step forward. Yeah, See,

1072
00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:10,080
Speaker 1: he's been solid like he is, but hasn't really turned

1073
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 1: into the crazy a's And unfortunately Terrek Scooble has been

1074
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:16,040
Speaker 1: better than he was last year somehow. So I think

1075
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 1: this year is Terrek Scooble. I think Terry Scooble is

1076
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: now the front runner, at least in the AL side

1077
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:26,120
Speaker 1: for Lisa Young currently. So I was close finally on something,

1078
00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:29,640
Speaker 1: but I don't think. I don't think people that close

1079
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 1: to him right now, he's been just absolutely ridiculous. He's

1080
00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 1: been absolutely redunk. So Terry Schooble. In the NL side,

1081
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,680
Speaker 1: my guess it's Paul Skeans and Hunter Green. Now, before

1082
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:43,280
Speaker 1: Hunter Reen got hurt, dude, he might have been ahead

1083
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:46,040
Speaker 1: of Paul. Hunter Green was right there. If he weren't hurt,

1084
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:48,080
Speaker 1: I would say this would be these guys would still

1085
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:51,600
Speaker 1: be top five, right. I think Skeens is very very close.

1086
00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:52,960
Speaker 1: I think it's like one A in one B. But

1087
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give I gotta get some flowers to a

1088
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:56,360
Speaker 1: guy who's at one one and probably should have won

1089
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 1: one by now. Right now, it's Zack Wheeler. He's got

1090
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 1: just an edge on everything with Paul Sken's a little

1091
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 1: bit strung more inning somehow he struck out more guys,

1092
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:07,360
Speaker 1: he's given up plus hit somehow, like the year that

1093
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:09,680
Speaker 1: Skean's is having is credible. Zak Wheeler has been a

1094
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,800
Speaker 1: little bit better for a team that's better, so I

1095
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:14,040
Speaker 1: will give the edge to him. And honestly, he hasn't

1096
00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 1: won one yet, and Sken's gonna win if he continues

1097
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:18,920
Speaker 1: to be this good for ten years, he's gonna win

1098
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:22,600
Speaker 1: like seven. So I think we need to give Zach

1099
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 1: Wheeler his his look Zach Wheeler, Zach Wheeler his looks,

1100
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 1: and Otto will mention obviously, I think Paul Skin's right

1101
00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:32,120
Speaker 1: behind him. So it's a it's anyone's game at this point.

1102
00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,959
Speaker 1: Now real quickly, let's hit the MVPs. A L MVP

1103
00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:38,240
Speaker 1: my guests with Bob Way Junior. He's been solid, not

1104
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:42,280
Speaker 1: MVP yet And sorry Maren's fan, and sorry for the

1105
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:44,160
Speaker 1: writer's got over in the writer's room guys, but I

1106
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:47,160
Speaker 1: changed my mind. It's Aaron Judge. I just don't know

1107
00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:49,720
Speaker 1: how you don't give it to him. He's just too good.

1108
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:53,760
Speaker 1: He's just too good. And his uh, his batting average

1109
00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:55,920
Speaker 1: is still one hundred point, like if it's batting average

1110
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:59,320
Speaker 1: were sixty points above number two, it'd be better, but

1111
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:01,960
Speaker 1: I have mentioned obviously right behind him kyl Rawly, and

1112
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: then he just won the home run derby two, so

1113
00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:05,760
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe he goes even off even more. But

1114
00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 1: if it ends up Aaron judges like two thirty and

1115
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:12,040
Speaker 1: cal Rawly's hitting like two eighty five or three thirty

1116
00:59:12,080 --> 00:59:18,760
Speaker 1: and two eighty five, now we're cooking. And also cal

1117
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:21,240
Speaker 1: Rawly has the most important stat between these two guys

1118
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:24,000
Speaker 1: more stolen bases. Okay, and then in the end al

1119
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:28,120
Speaker 1: my MVP guest was gonna be Juan Soto. Now he

1120
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: is back into that top ten conversation. Even though he

1121
00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:31,920
Speaker 1: didn't make an All Star team. He's been very very

1122
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:35,520
Speaker 1: very good lately, very good, actually insane. He's been the

1123
00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:42,800
Speaker 1: best hitter in the league last month. But now it's

1124
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:48,160
Speaker 1: Joe Hey Otani got this picture. That picture is so tough.

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00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 1: I love it. I love this picture so much. I

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00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 1: think it's awesome. So shoe Heltani show Atani's probably are

1127
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 1: are an l MVP at this moment. He's just the

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00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:02,720
Speaker 1: best hitter in the league. And uh he's also pitching

1129
01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:06,600
Speaker 1: whenever he wants, just to add a little bit more value.

1130
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:09,439
Speaker 1: I don't know, nobody do whatever rolls out of bed

1131
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:12,680
Speaker 1: best player on the planet, okay, and then finally we

1132
01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:15,040
Speaker 1: have the playoffs. We have the seating. This is what

1133
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 1: my guesses were playoffs seating before Rangers, Red Sox, Guardians, Oils,

1134
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:22,600
Speaker 1: Tigers and Astros. And on this side Dodgers, Phillies, Brewers, Mets, Dbacks,

1135
01:00:22,680 --> 01:00:26,520
Speaker 1: and Brave. Now I got seven of the twelve right,

1136
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:28,120
Speaker 1: which I don't know if that's great. I think that's

1137
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:31,240
Speaker 1: just average. But right now, this is what it be

1138
01:00:31,240 --> 01:00:33,960
Speaker 1: if the season ended. Right now, we have Dodgers cut.

1139
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,680
Speaker 1: I don't know why I mess. I did this all

1140
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:41,640
Speaker 1: formata differently, I was in a hurry. Dodgers, Cubs, Phillies, Brewers, weird,

1141
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:44,960
Speaker 1: they snuck, they're snucking any stinging again, Mets and Padres

1142
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:47,960
Speaker 1: and Detroit, Houston, Toronto, New York, Boston and Seattle. On

1143
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:52,640
Speaker 1: the other side, this is how I have the playoffs

1144
01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:56,320
Speaker 1: playing out Phillies versus Boston, and I ended up having

1145
01:00:56,360 --> 01:00:58,360
Speaker 1: the Phillies winning the whole thing, even though they're not

1146
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:01,040
Speaker 1: showing up here. For some reason, my guess was Phillies

1147
01:01:01,040 --> 01:01:04,800
Speaker 1: win the World Series this year. But I have amended

1148
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:08,880
Speaker 1: my stance because Chicago Cubs have joined and if I

1149
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: were to guess based on the guy that the people

1150
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:14,120
Speaker 1: I just showed you, who would come out on top

1151
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:16,640
Speaker 1: of that bracket right now with how everyone is playing,

1152
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:21,280
Speaker 1: I think the Cubs would ended up taking down the

1153
01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 1: Boston Red Sox, who are on a ten game heater

1154
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:24,880
Speaker 1: going in the playoffs. That would be a great spot.

1155
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:27,600
Speaker 1: So I'm talking about the the Boston Red Sox being

1156
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:29,240
Speaker 1: the hottest team in the planet and the Cubs just

1157
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:31,360
Speaker 1: being a solid team. I think at the end they

1158
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:32,880
Speaker 1: would end but I think the Cubs took it for

1159
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 1: the first time. It's the twenty sixteen I know, hot take.

1160
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:37,919
Speaker 1: That's just my guest. Now I'm amending it from there,

1161
01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:40,960
Speaker 1: so you can yell at me all you want, and

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Speaker 1: I'll take