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Speaker 1: Let's charge about.

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Speaker 2: We are charging the Mound. It's presented by Fox one.

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Speaker 3: That's where you can watch every single World Baseball Classic game.

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Speaker 3: We did a postgame show after watching Team USA against

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Speaker 3: if we covered this or maybe we did for five seconds,

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Speaker 3: but to me, the story really escalates when you do

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Speaker 3: get an answer from Randy a Rosina after Kyle Riley

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Speaker 3: says not, I don't want to shake your hand. So Kratz,

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Speaker 3: let me get your perspective asap. Please, What did you

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Speaker 3: think when you saw it? And what did you think

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Speaker 3: of Randy's reply afterward? I'll drop that in there pretty

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Speaker 3: early on here, but first let me get your reply

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Speaker 3: just from the on field perspective before we find out

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Speaker 3: Randy is pissed off. Unless he's just completely putting on

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Speaker 3: his best WWE heel performance, it did sound like he

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Speaker 3: actually felt as if his teammate with the Mariners should

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Speaker 3: give him a little love before his ab and Cal said,

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Speaker 3: hell no, there's also some out there that are trying

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Speaker 3: to throw like the whole oh don't want to get

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Speaker 3: and you're a former catcher, and that felt like eyewash.

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Speaker 2: So just help us out with everything here.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you exactly where I'm at with this. I

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Speaker 1: loved it from both sides. Randy doesn't need to be

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Speaker 1: happy about it. Maybe he felt like he was disrespected,

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Speaker 1: shown up, whatever it is. Cal doesn't need to shake

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Speaker 1: his hand like there's there's so many examples. I was

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Speaker 1: not for WBC. But when you put that jersey on,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be so great to swap jerseys and and

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Speaker 1: oh man, you know we're gonna go play Mexico and guys,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, it's just gonna be fun. No, they

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Speaker 1: want to win. They want to sweep through the pool play.

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Speaker 1: They want to win every game after that and raise

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Speaker 1: the trophy at the end. Like that's the conversation. And

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Speaker 1: Maybe Randy's pissed off about it based on his comments,

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Speaker 1: which we'll get to. But to me. It reminds me

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Speaker 1: Cal just did that to one of his teammates. He

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Speaker 1: didn't physically harm him, but it was definitely a show

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Speaker 1: of no, like it's fine that we're teammates during the

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Speaker 1: regular season. That's not what this is. And this shows me.

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Speaker 1: This event and I wish AJ was on today, shows

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Speaker 1: me it's more than next an exhibition. The guys take

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Speaker 1: it more importantly than an exhibition because they want to win.

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Speaker 1: They want to win ultimately at the end. But they

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Speaker 1: three times. So I definitely see this as something that

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Speaker 1: they don't need to. It doesn't mean that Calla hates Randy,

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Speaker 1: auise in Seattle. No, not at all. That's not what

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Speaker 3: I'm good with everything you've said, except when you do

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Speaker 3: Rosearin A postgame translated and written by Master Flip has

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Speaker 3: been great covering the WBC.

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Speaker 2: Here's Randy.

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Speaker 3: How do you think I should respond to cal Riley?

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Speaker 3: How should I put it to him? I want to

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Speaker 3: I was lucky enough to see them a few days

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Speaker 2: After that, I went to give it to him straight

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Speaker 3: What he has to do is f off Mexican style,

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Speaker 3: He hit me with he can shove it straight up

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Speaker 3: I mean, if you get called out like that, unless

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Randy's a hard guy to read because he's very charismatic

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Speaker 4: I think we need to kind of wait and let

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Speaker 4: Cal kind of respond to what's going on. And obviously

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Speaker 4: when he gets to the field today, there's going to

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Speaker 4: be reporters there are going to ask him this question.

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Speaker 4: We're going to figure out at what Cal's side of

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Speaker 4: This is a two thousand and eight gold medal game.

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Speaker 4: Before that, the Lakers, Pau Gasol, and Kobe Bryant just

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Speaker 4: this happened three years ago when Randy rose Aina tried

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Speaker 4: this very scenario with Caw and said, hey, look at

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Speaker 4: we are no longer teammates. Go back to that two

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Speaker 4: the screen. Kobe talks about it. He said, I'm going

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Speaker 4: My brothers are the guys that are wearing this uniform.

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Speaker 4: You know, after this tournament is over, we can be

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Speaker 4: we have seen it from so many other countries throughout

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Speaker 4: it means so much to them. I think everything that's

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Speaker 4: Trek Scoobles, this means a lot to them, and for

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Speaker 5: Is this something that's gonna linger hopefully not.

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Speaker 4: I just think so much in today's game is yes,

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Speaker 4: we are a fraternity of brothers. No matter what team

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Speaker 4: fortunate we are, how lucky we are. Do we have

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Speaker 5: Out the entirety of the season.

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Speaker 4: It's very easy to go out there and want to

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Speaker 4: so long. You see that a little bit less in

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Speaker 4: the postseason in the major leagues, because that's when the

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Speaker 5: I don't think you're going to see a lot of

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Speaker 2: Cool, great points.

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Speaker 3: The only thing I'll correct you on is apparently the

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Speaker 3: Lakers lost to the Celtics before that too, that game

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Speaker 3: seems like they got along just fine afterward. Some people

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Speaker 3: they have to trade Randy? How's it going to be?

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Speaker 3: Like how will they ever.

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Speaker 2: Get along coming up for this season? So what do

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Speaker 1: I mean? Randy had a four war from last season.

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Speaker 1: He was a major part of that team. Moving forward,

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Speaker 1: he's going to be in his last year before free agency. No,

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Speaker 1: this isn't like you can play, you can, you can talk, smack,

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Speaker 1: I can't believe he did that. They're like, yeah, yeah, cal.

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Speaker 3: I got one comment that came to me. Cole said,

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Speaker 3: you can be competitive without being a dick. Sam said,

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Speaker 3: do you speak Spanish? Scott, seems crazy to me. You're

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Speaker 3: making all these assumptions when you have to get his

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Speaker 2: He's smiling in the interview.

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Speaker 3: It's clearly a bit I've said multiple times, unless he's kidding,

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Speaker 3: And yes, I do not speak fluent Spanish.

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Speaker 2: I speak Spanglish.

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Speaker 3: There is the comment, by the way, the only thing

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Speaker 3: I will say in today's world, if you are kidding,

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Speaker 2: Just give us at least a.

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Speaker 3: Little bit like a And I say that in jest

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Speaker 3: enemy territory right now. And he said he's the enemy.

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Speaker 2: So now I'm gonna say he's the enemy. Is he

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Speaker 2: trying to get traded?

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Speaker 1: Really?

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Speaker 2: Now? I don't think so.

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Speaker 1: He's not getting traded.

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Speaker 3: No, Well, maybe he's like, you know what I want

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Speaker 3: to get traded to? Uh, I don't know, a team

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Speaker 3: with an easier ballpark for him to hit in. I'm joking.

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Speaker 3: It's clearly serious from Julie, and he gave four responses.

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Speaker 3: There was no room for misinterpretation, all right. And now, also,

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Speaker 3: You're talking about Rhet Louder and Chase burn Now filling

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Speaker 2: Yep, that's fair. That is fair.

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Speaker 3: So you're gonna have to find wins somewhere in that division,

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Speaker 2: It is the inside scoop with FT senior insider Ken Rosenthal. Ken,

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Speaker 2: great to have you on and how was the game?

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Speaker 1: So?

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Speaker 3: To me, it was like the tune ups and then

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Speaker 2: What were your takeaways, Scott, You're absolutely right.

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Speaker 6: It was as if last night was the first real game.

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Speaker 7: They had two exit against the Rockies and the Giants,

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Speaker 7: And Mark de Rosa told his players before last night's game,

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Speaker 7: It's on a nightly basis kind of astonishing to see

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Speaker 6: Because that's how deep they are and that's how good

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Speaker 7: guys all together as one. And it's also cool from

438
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Speaker 7: other team's perspectives too, to see the Dominican Republic and

439
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,159
Speaker 7: the star quality that they have. So I love this

440
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Speaker 7: tournament and so far it's been a lot of fun

441
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Speaker 7: and it's only going to get better from here.

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Speaker 1: We can see what they're doing on the field, what

443
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Speaker 1: are you hearing in the locker room the conversations, Like

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Speaker 1: do the guys sound different? You interview these guys throughout

445
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Speaker 1: the years leading up to this, but do you hear

446
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Speaker 1: a different type of conversation on Team USA. Yes?

447
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Speaker 7: And it's interesting, Eric, when you talk to the players.

448
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,600
Speaker 7: They are all not only excited to wear USA on

449
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Speaker 7: their chest. That is a given, and of course we're

450
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Speaker 7: all proud of our country. But what really gets these

451
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,360
Speaker 7: guys going is the ability to have high level baseball

452
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Speaker 7: conversations with each other. It is what Trek Schoobil cited

453
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Speaker 7: in saying how difficult it was to leave this team

454
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Speaker 7: go back to Lakeland. He may come back for the

455
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Speaker 7: semifinals and finals in Miami, but his point was these

456
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,920
Speaker 7: conversations were having are amazing. Now. Last night, I don't

457
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Speaker 7: know exactly what happened after the game, but the players

458
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Speaker 7: did not come out for the longest time.

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Speaker 6: In fact, they pushed back their buses, Eric, so they

460
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Speaker 6: were in there. It seems to me.

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Speaker 7: I don't know this for a fact yet, but what

462
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Speaker 7: else could they have been doing but talking baseball?

463
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Speaker 1: Now?

464
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Speaker 7: Years ago, when you guys played, when you started your careers. Anyway,

465
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Speaker 7: players routinely did that. They'd hang in the clubhouse after

466
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Speaker 7: a game. There was no rush to go home, but

467
00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 7: over time that has changed. Now players kind of leave,

468
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Speaker 7: go back to the rooms, play video games. They're sort

469
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Speaker 7: of afraid to go out because social media and all

470
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Speaker 7: the things that they might encounter. So last night, I

471
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Speaker 7: don't know again the details yet. I have to find

472
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Speaker 7: out when I get to the park, but it seemed

473
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Speaker 7: like it was throwback Monday at the WBC with the

474
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Speaker 7: guys kind of just hanging with each other, including the coaches,

475
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Speaker 7: and it was quite amazing. The reporters hung there and

476
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,880
Speaker 7: hung there and hung there, and eventually most of us

477
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Speaker 7: just left.

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Speaker 4: Hey, do you think they could have been talking about,

479
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Speaker 4: maybe potentially how to handle handshakes at home plate?

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Speaker 6: Kevin, I don't know.

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Speaker 7: I didn't see that last night, to be perfectly honest.

482
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Speaker 7: I didn't catch it until aft of the game when

483
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Speaker 7: I saw on the social media channels all the different

484
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Speaker 7: people speculating on what happened. And I know it's been

485
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Speaker 7: a talking point today and I imagine I'll be asking

486
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Speaker 7: and others will be asking cal Raley about that when

487
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Speaker 7: we get to the park. There was a situation the

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Speaker 7: other night in one of the other games where it

489
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Speaker 7: was very similar where the catcher did not shake the

490
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Speaker 7: hitter's hand and it looked like the catcher was simply

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Speaker 7: or he said afterward that it was simply he was

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Speaker 7: in competitive mode and he wasn't into it. But maybe

493
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Speaker 7: something else happened there. So someone speculate that cal Raley

494
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Speaker 7: didn't want to get pine tar in his hand. Who knows,

495
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Speaker 7: but it's something that will be probably asked tonight.

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Speaker 4: Do you think it will be easier to get the

497
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Speaker 4: entirety of the story once Cal is actually interviewed, and

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Speaker 4: what do you anticipate kind of that lineup looking like

499
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Speaker 4: when Cal shows up to the field today. Because it's

500
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Speaker 4: a huge story in baseball. We're here at race camp.

501
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Speaker 4: We asked the guys, you know, some of the guys

502
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Speaker 4: we're talking about. It seemed like a WWE script that

503
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Speaker 4: people are talking about in the clubhouse right now. Obviously,

504
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Speaker 4: I think it's great for the game. I think it

505
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Speaker 4: shows that it's more than an exhibition game. But I

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Speaker 4: think we'll have probably some more clarity once Cal answered

507
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Speaker 4: some questions.

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Speaker 7: Yes, I'm sure we'll get more clarity once we hear

509
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Speaker 7: from cal and obviously it's a talking point.

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Speaker 6: And in this day and age.

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Speaker 7: It's just always amazing to me how these things become

512
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Speaker 7: big talking points when there's a lot else going on.

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Speaker 7: But I do understand it too, and it was unusual.

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Speaker 7: These guys are teammates with the Seattle Mariners. But again

515
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Speaker 1: Did you hear Randy's reply to what happened?

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Speaker 7: No?

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Speaker 1: What was that? Randy's reply was that he basically said

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Speaker 1: to f Off and he said it in three different languages.

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Speaker 1: He said Mexican, Spanish, English, and oh. And he first said, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know that was his that was his words. Basically,

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Speaker 1: he told him to go to hell, and he said

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Speaker 1: he can shove it straight up as ass I'm out

550
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Speaker 1: giving you yeah cliff notes version.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Ken, Sorry, this part got added in late here

552
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Speaker 3: as we talked about it during the show. So so

553
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Speaker 3: to me, it's like not that big a deal. And

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Speaker 3: then Randy kind of you know speaks and lays.

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Speaker 2: This all out.

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Speaker 6: That changes the whole story.

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Speaker 7: And if indeed that was what he said, Yes, we

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Speaker 7: have to find out from cal what prompted that and

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Speaker 7: what that exchange was rooted in.

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Speaker 6: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because he did go ahead, That's what I was saying.

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Speaker 2: I was like, bring me, tap me back in.

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Speaker 3: Coach, you got to give Ken the context because otherwise

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Speaker 3: I'm like, Eh, it's not that big a deal.

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Speaker 2: It's like whatever.

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Speaker 3: But then Randy says stuff postgame and Ken, you've covered

567
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Speaker 3: Randy for years. Emotional guy, entertaining guy. Some some people

568
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 3: are like, I don't I can't tell if he's kidding,

569
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Speaker 3: But he definitely laid it out pretty good. Buddy's smiling,

570
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 3: he was giving credit to Kyle's family, So it was

571
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Speaker 3: kind of all over the place, and people just want

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Speaker 3: to know, like, are we good?

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Speaker 2: Are they good? Or did he actually blast him?

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Speaker 6: Well again, this is something we have to find out today.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: Have you seen any difference in the coaching staff mark

577
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Speaker 1: Deros's second chance? Has he has he been able to

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Speaker 1: navigate or or even just more because you're on the

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Speaker 1: inside with the conversations with him, do you feel like

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Speaker 1: there's a difference in the sense that he has a

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Speaker 1: little bit more confidence or ability to navigate the difficult

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Speaker 1: pitching that he wasn't able to totally navigate the first

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Speaker 1: time through.

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Speaker 6: He's definitely more relaxed.

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Speaker 7: He has said that it's easier the second time as

586
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Speaker 7: far as the speed of the game and all the

587
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Speaker 7: things that new managers always face when they take over,

588
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Speaker 7: and he's more accustomed as well to the pitching restrictions

589
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Speaker 7: and those conversations that are taking place with the players

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Speaker 7: major league clubs.

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Speaker 6: Not that it's any easier for him. There are certain

592
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Speaker 6: challenges that come with that. We've discussed it. But on

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Speaker 6: the whole, he seems in a better place than he

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Speaker 6: was last time. Not that he was in a bad place.

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Speaker 6: He was fine, but he just seems more relaxed. That's

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Speaker 6: probably the best way to put it. And you can

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Speaker 6: see even in the interviews I do with him during

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Speaker 6: the games, he's not tense. He's confident.

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Speaker 7: I remember in the Great Britain Game they were down

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Speaker 7: one nothing and he basically told me, fine, we're hitting.

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Speaker 6: Some balls hard, we're gonna get our runs.

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Speaker 1: And A. J.

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Speaker 6: Prazinski, who was in the.

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Speaker 7: Booth that night said afterwards, well, he's got to be

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Speaker 7: nervous a little bit.

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Speaker 6: They're down, but he did not let on.

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Speaker 7: And Mark de Rosa, when he acts like he's not nervous,

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Speaker 7: he's not nervous.

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Speaker 6: If he's nervous, we would probably know.

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Speaker 4: There's no denying that Aaron Judge is the captain of

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Speaker 4: this team. Is there someone on the pitching side that

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Speaker 4: you feel like is kind of the leader of the

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Speaker 4: pitching staff. Is a guy like Paul Skins, who was

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Speaker 4: kind of the first guy to be asked, even though

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Speaker 4: he's a young guy, he's kind of the you know,

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Speaker 4: the the leader of the pitching staff.

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Speaker 6: Yes, it's definitely Skeens.

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Speaker 7: And DeRosa has said more than once that the whole

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Speaker 7: idea here was to get Judge to be the point

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Speaker 7: man for the position players in Skins to be the

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Speaker 7: guy that has that same kind of quality for the

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Speaker 7: pitching staff. And once those guys committed, and they committed early,

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Speaker 7: then other players were interested in joining the team as well,

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Speaker 7: perhaps more interested than they might have been otherwise. I

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Speaker 7: want to play with Aaron Judge, I want to play

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Speaker 7: with Paul Skeens, So I don't know that Skeens is

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Speaker 7: a vocal leader per se, but he certainly is someone

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Speaker 7: others look to. And as I said, these baseball conversations

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Speaker 7: that are taking place all the time, it's something that

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Speaker 7: these guys cherish and they've had a great time with

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Speaker 7: So definitely Skeens would be that guy.

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Speaker 1: What has been your interaction with Schemes and Griffin Jacks

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Speaker 1: and their military background. We saw them buy the tickets

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Speaker 1: for the servicemen and women. What has been your interaction

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Speaker 1: when you talk with those guys while they're on Team

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Speaker 1: USA about what it means to be in this USA uniform.

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Speaker 7: There's definitely a different feeling for them than there is

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Speaker 7: for other players, simply because of their military background. And

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Speaker 7: Skeens has said from the beginning that he's doing this

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Speaker 7: for the servicemen and service women around the world. He

641
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Speaker 7: talked about this last night on the broadcast, how this

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00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 7: is bigger than baseball, It's bigger than them. He knows

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Speaker 7: that people in the armed services around the world are

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Speaker 7: watching and he's well aware of that and he wants

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Speaker 7: to represent properly. And Griffin Jack's the same And as

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Speaker 7: you said, Eric, those guys combined to buy something like

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Speaker 7: fifty tickets for the Air Force Baseball team's traveling party,

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Speaker 7: which includes military officers. By the way, and those guys

649
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Speaker 7: were at the game last night. They obviously had a

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Speaker 7: great time. So for both those players this has a

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Speaker 7: special meaning, a meaning even beyond what it would mean, say,

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Speaker 7: for Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber and Aaron Judge. They

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Speaker 7: have that sense, that feeling from being at the Air

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Speaker 7: Force Academy that it just gives you a different perspective.

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Speaker 6: Put it that way.

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Speaker 1: It's good to terror Scooble, who decided not to come

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Speaker 1: back for another start. There was some speculation that he might,

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Speaker 1: and his exact quote from the beginning was, I tried

659
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Speaker 1: to make it work, but I just couldn't. You got

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Speaker 1: me more insight on that in the sense of what

661
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Speaker 1: has tried to make it work actually mean.

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Speaker 7: What it means is that he tried to figure out

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Speaker 7: a way with his schedule where he could stay on

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Speaker 7: his normal routine or something close to his normal routine

665
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Speaker 7: and still be able to.

666
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Speaker 6: Pitch in the WBCA.

667
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Speaker 7: Final, which was what he was slated for if he

668
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Speaker 7: stayed with the club and opening day, and it just

669
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Speaker 7: didn't work out for him, and he was definitely torn

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Speaker 7: by it. I remember after the Great Britain Game when

671
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Speaker 7: we talked to him, you could see and hear just

672
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Speaker 7: how torn he was in yesterday the same he said

673
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Speaker 7: he hated that he made this decision, but at the

674
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Speaker 7: same time he felt, because this is the time of

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Speaker 7: year where the data shows that pitchers are much more

676
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Speaker 7: susceptible to injuries than at other times of the year,

677
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Speaker 7: that he had to take care.

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Speaker 6: He's entering his free agent years.

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Speaker 7: So the way it worked Eric, if he had pitched

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Speaker 7: on four days rest in Lakeland after his last outing,

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Speaker 7: and if he had pitched then again on four days

682
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Speaker 7: rest in the WBC Final, it could have worked that way.

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Speaker 6: Then it would have screwed him up for Opening Day.

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Speaker 7: And the other part of this is the Tigers don't

685
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Speaker 7: want him pitching on four days rest at this time

686
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Speaker 7: of year, and he doesn't want to be pitching on

687
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Speaker 7: four days rest at this time of year. That's not

688
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Speaker 7: how these guys ramp up for the season. So I

689
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Speaker 7: understood this from the beginning, and I guess.

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Speaker 2: If Schooble knew.

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Speaker 7: Then what he knew now when he made the decision

692
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Speaker 7: to join the team, then maybe he would have set

693
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Speaker 7: his schedule differently, and maybe it all could have lined

694
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Speaker 7: up better. But he is in a very unusual position.

695
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Speaker 7: Like we've talked about guys, it's his free agent year.

696
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Speaker 7: He stands to max perhaps four hundred million dollars, and

697
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Speaker 7: you can understand why he would want to take care

698
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Speaker 7: of himself. And I know people are criticizing him and

699
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Speaker 7: questioning this, and I wrote the other.

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Speaker 6: Day, I don't see it. I don't see why he

701
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Speaker 6: should be criticized. He did pitch once.

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Speaker 7: I know it was against Great Britain, but he did

703
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Speaker 7: something that very very few pitchers. In fact, I couldn't

704
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Speaker 7: find any who were from the US. We're entering their

705
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Speaker 7: free agent years and pitching the WBC before.

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Speaker 6: It hasn't happened.

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Speaker 1: He did it.

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Speaker 7: So to say he should have done this, this, and this,

709
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Speaker 7: we're talking about one more start, I don't know that

710
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 7: that's necessarily fair given all the nuance here, in all

711
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Speaker 7: the circumstances surrounding it.

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Speaker 3: Ken, let's finish with this. I want to spin it forward.

713
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Speaker 3: What do you have for us tonight? So we'll get

714
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Speaker 3: again on Fox the US, this time taking on an

715
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Speaker 3: Italy team that has plenty of big leaguers. Sure, it's

716
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Speaker 3: not the same talent level as the US team. But

717
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Speaker 3: this was I want to emphasize what I said to

718
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Speaker 3: you at the beginning. This ended up just being a

719
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Speaker 3: two run win for the US. They did not blow

720
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Speaker 3: out their opponent in their first test. This could be

721
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Speaker 3: another test where they'll face big league pitching, and it's

722
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 3: a lineup that has plenty of big leaguers who can match.

723
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Speaker 3: So what do you think about this one? Could it

724
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Speaker 3: be a tough test and a potential upside opportunity.

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Speaker 6: Absolutely it can be.

726
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Speaker 7: Now it's going to be a challenge in Italy is

727
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Speaker 7: starting Michael Lorenzen. Michael Lorenzon, of course, is a major

728
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Speaker 7: league veteran of eleven seasons. He is or has been

729
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Speaker 7: teammates with a number of players on Team USA. He's

730
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Speaker 7: not going to be afraid, but it's going to be

731
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Speaker 7: a challenge for him, There's no question about that.

732
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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 7: The lineup is, in my view, not what Mexico's lineup is.

734
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Speaker 7: Mexico's lineup was full of major leaguers. Italy's is younger.

735
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Speaker 7: This Pasquentino, there's Master Boni, there's a few others. But

736
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Speaker 7: there's some interesting young fast players that they have on

737
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Speaker 7: their team. Dante Nori Philly's prospect is one, Andrew fisher

738
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Speaker 7: Brewers prospect is another. These guys can play, They're interesting

739
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Speaker 7: for sure.

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Speaker 6: Can they beat the US? Any team can beat any

741
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Speaker 6: other team.

742
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Speaker 7: We know this on any given day. It just seems

743
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 7: to me that what we've seen so far is eventually

744
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 7: the US talent just wears the opponent down, and their

745
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 7: ability to take pitches and just grind through opposing staffs,

746
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Speaker 7: it's what defines this team.

747
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Speaker 6: And for that reason, I would expect that they're going

748
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Speaker 6: to win.

749
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Speaker 2: Now.

750
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Speaker 6: If they don't win and then Mexico beats.

751
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Speaker 7: Italy tomorrow, you have three teams tied at three to

752
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 7: one in Pool B and we'll go to the tie breaker,

753
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 7: that would be interesting. I just don't expect.

754
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 2: It to happen. Yeah, and again we would look back

755
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 2: at the US winning by two runs here. So it's

756
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 2: crazy scenarios, but just preparing everyone just in case you

757
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 2: never know. There have been upsets in the WBC.

758
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Speaker 3: Ken enjoy the night the later game two at nine

759
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 3: o'clock Fox one, Fox as well, appreciate you have fun.

760
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Speaker 3: Thanks guys, money money, money, This one's knuck under the radar.

761
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Speaker 3: But don't let it get past Eric Kratz, who is

762
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Speaker 3: reporting live from Pennsylvania right now for more on the

763
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Speaker 3: Phillies and Jesus Lozardo reaching an agreement on a five

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Speaker 3: year extension worth one hundred and thirty five million dollars,

765
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Speaker 3: and Jeff Passen along with the Phillies show host Jim

766
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Speaker 3: Sous on the scene to report that one what do

767
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Speaker 3: you think Kratz, Jesus Lizardo swiped off the market.

768
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:09,720
Speaker 2: Now this deal will start in twenty twenty seven.

769
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Speaker 1: I mean we did it. We did our own like

770
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Speaker 1: preview or guessing who's going to be an extension candidate.

771
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Speaker 1: And I had actually heard that with them not bringing

772
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Speaker 1: Ranger back, there was conversations before about possibly extending Jesus Lizardo,

773
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Speaker 1: and then it was like, well, okay, how amicable he

774
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Speaker 1: is to a extension will kind of be whether or

775
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Speaker 1: not they bring or really push for Ranger. And then

776
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Speaker 1: Ranger obviously went away to Boston and the Phillies keep

777
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Speaker 1: their guy. Hajzus Lozardo showed he was healthy. You know,

778
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Speaker 1: I think there's a there's any kind of stigma on

779
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Speaker 1: pictures that frow that hard from that from that size

780
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Speaker 1: of body, you go, okay, is he gonna stay healthy?

781
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Speaker 1: He proved so much that he is the next valuable

782
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Speaker 1: piece for the Phillies, which I think a team that's

783
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Speaker 1: built to want to win the World Series, they need depth,

784
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,880
Speaker 1: but they need quality depth because you're not sure what

785
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 1: you're gonna get from Nola, You're not sure what you're

786
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: gonna get from Wheeler, so you need a guy right

787
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Speaker 1: behind Christopher Sanchez. But also, in a normal year, haysus

788
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Speaker 1: Lozardo might be the third best pitcher on this team,

789
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: but he may may need him to step up. And

790
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Speaker 1: the fact that he's gonna be here for the next

791
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Speaker 1: there be here in Philly for the next five years

792
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Speaker 1: is tremendous and I love that they did it in

793
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Speaker 1: what would be his free agent year next year.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

795
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Speaker 3: If he has a banger year, he would have gotten

796
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Speaker 3: I think a good amount more, probably closer to the

797
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Speaker 3: two hundred range, but you eliminate some of that risk.

798
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Speaker 2: He had some ups and downs last year.

799
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Speaker 3: There was all the pitch tipping conversations that we had

800
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Speaker 3: going on, but yeah, there's no doubt the stuff is there,

801
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Speaker 3: and the Phillies want to make sure they've got the

802
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Speaker 3: rotation in gear for this run that still includes Harper

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Speaker 2: This is week four out of five.

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Speaker 3: After we're done at Raise Camp, we head to Sarasota

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813
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Speaker 3: of the Florida teams besides the Yankees.

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Speaker 2: The Yankees are.

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Speaker 3: Being a little stubborn, so we're not heading over there anyway.

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Speaker 3: Let's get back to some news topics. So we talked

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Speaker 3: about Jesus Lozardo. There's a signing that happened about twenty

820
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Speaker 3: four hours maybe forty eight at this point ago, a

821
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Speaker 3: pitcher who I like, I think is going to be

822
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Speaker 3: a valuable member of the Nationals for a little bit

823
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Speaker 3: and then probably another team. Starting in July, Zach Lttel

824
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Speaker 3: signed a deal. I mean, it is what it is.

825
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 3: The Nats are in a rebuild. They're going to sign

826
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Speaker 3: this guy, trade him at the deadline if he looks

827
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Speaker 3: like he did last year, and he looked really solid

828
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Speaker 3: last year. Era was three eight to one for the

829
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Speaker 3: Rais and then the Reds. He chucked one hundred and

830
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Speaker 3: eighty six and two thirds innings last season. His deal

831
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,840
Speaker 3: with the Nats seven million guaranteed incentives can bring that

832
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 3: up to nine and a half. So Kratz, everyone kept

833
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:52,280
Speaker 3: mentioning him and Lucas Giulido Giolito has not signed yet.

834
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 3: But here's a guy who really struggled to find a job, and.

835
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Speaker 2: To me, it's a little bit confusing.

836
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Speaker 3: I mean, the money's okay, but it took a really

837
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 3: long time for him to land in a spot that

838
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:05,320
Speaker 3: ends up being a non contender.

839
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you joked about it, but it's the

840
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 1: best case scenario, like you put together whatever it is,

841
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: twenty I think it's usually twenty two, starts by the

842
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 1: trade deadline and then you move on again. But I'm

843
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: just confused and I'm not sure why Zach Lutel one

844
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,760
Speaker 1: has to wait that long because he ended up ultimately

845
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:33,439
Speaker 1: getting a seven million dollar guaranteed contract. So what were

846
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: teams Teams were like, Yeah, we're good, Like we're definitely,

847
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,439
Speaker 1: we're good with our five guys. To me, that's where

848
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 1: the mistake is. If a team is good with the

849
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 1: five guys that they have. Look at the successful teams,

850
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 1: they're going six to seven deep right now. Maybe Zach

851
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: didn't want to be the sixth guy on a team.

852
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: He wanted to make sure he was in that five,

853
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: in one of those five pitchers because he has to

854
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 1: continue to build his value. Even though he had a

855
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 1: three last year. He made all his starts the last

856
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 1: two seasons. I'm confused at where the disconnect for him was,

857
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,880
Speaker 1: because he clearly wasn't like, oh, I'm holding out for

858
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 1: a two year deal, but I just I have a Yeah,

859
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: I'm confused at some of the teams that are really

860
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: a little bit on that thin depth line that they

861
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: couldn't have gotten Zach Hotel for ten million.

862
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's thirty years old and KP. I guess some

863
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 3: teams not loving the stat cast page. I mean, he's

864
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 3: one of the best in baseball on the control side.

865
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Speaker 3: He doesn't walk anybody. The chase percentage numbers are really good.

866
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Speaker 3: There is a lot of blue on the rest of

867
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Speaker 3: the page, so obviously he's not a vlow guy. His

868
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 3: fastball below is a tick under. It's ninety one point nine.

869
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 3: It's a little under ninety two exit vl barrel percentage

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Speaker 3: with and K percentage. Those are some of the numbers

871
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Speaker 3: where he's on the lower end on the percentiles. So

872
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 3: to me, that's the more basic way of looking behind

873
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 3: the scenes and under the hood for how teams evaluate

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Speaker 3: pitching talent and project them going forward. To me, that's

875
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,319
Speaker 3: the only thing I could come up with here. But

876
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 3: he's done a really nice job two years now. Sub

877
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,720
Speaker 3: for era eating up innings.

878
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, honestly, Scott, I tuned you out after

879
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 4: I read the headline he started talking about under the

880
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 4: hood and the analytics. I see one hundred and eighty

881
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 4: innings pitched. I see a sub four era, and I

882
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 4: think about the place we were at yesterday in the

883
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 4: Atlanta Braves, a team that probably needs more starting pitching.

884
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 4: You don't think they would value a guy that can

885
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 4: go out there and keep a ball game close and

886
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 4: eat innings and turn it over to the bullpen. I

887
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 4: don't think this is a guy too. He doesn't strike

888
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 4: me as a guy who was probably going into free

889
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,959
Speaker 4: agency asking for a six or seven or eight year deal.

890
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 4: You know, when the hundreds of millions of dollars for

891
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,720
Speaker 4: this guy to have to wait this long to sign

892
00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 4: a deal, I think probably has something to do with

893
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 4: what is looming next year potentially, But it's crazy to

894
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 4: me that you just see the numbers on paper, you know,

895
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 4: one hundred and eighty innings pitched, three eight one. Ear

896
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 4: how this guy has to wait till the middle of

897
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 4: spring trading to find a job, and to find a

898
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 4: job with a team that's not really eving a contender.

899
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 4: He's now just going there to perform and get traded

900
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,359
Speaker 4: and hopefully be flipped for prospect. It is crazy that

901
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 4: in this day and age, we don't value things.

902
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 5: That should be valuable.

903
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 4: I know that we have these you know, analytics and

904
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:37,200
Speaker 4: this entire other part of the game that we can

905
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 4: try to project out. Hey, he doesn't throw hard enough,

906
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 4: or he doesn't miss bats, or he doesn't get chased.

907
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,360
Speaker 4: What he does is get it done, So good for

908
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,320
Speaker 4: him for finally you know, getting some money and finding

909
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 4: a home. But I expect this guy to be someone

910
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 4: you know, in a couple of months from now, we're

911
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 4: talking about is maybe the most covenant starting pitcher free

912
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 4: agent moving. We're not free agent trade deadline acquisition, because

913
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 4: it's going to happen a couple of months from now.

914
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:03,719
Speaker 4: He's going to continue to get out, he's going to

915
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 4: continue to eat innings, he's going to put his team

916
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 4: in a position to win, and he's going to be

917
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:09,760
Speaker 4: very valuable at the trade deadline.

918
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 1: From the player's point of view, the frustration for me,

919
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: if I was in Zaclytel's shoes, I would say, what

920
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:20,839
Speaker 1: else do I need to do? Like, I'm not going

921
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 1: to be a guy that's going to come out and

922
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 1: throw one hundred for one hundred and eighty innings like

923
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,799
Speaker 1: he's good. He's a guy that's going to throw a

924
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: ton of strikes. He's going to get contact. Clearly based

925
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: on his numbers it was weaker contact, and you just

926
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: you get frustrated going through free agency saying I can't

927
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:44,760
Speaker 1: change who I am, I can't get taller, I can't

928
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 1: throw it that much harder, And you say, well, is

929
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: this really? Like is this what I have to keep

930
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: dealing with every every free agency period. I saw it

931
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: in I saw it in position players that were some

932
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,879
Speaker 1: of my buddies, Like, dude hits a dude hits two

933
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 1: with fifteen homers and fifty RBI is coming off the

934
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 1: bench and you can't find a big league job the

935
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:11,360
Speaker 1: next year, And he's like, how frustrating? How frustrating is

936
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: this that I put together what is considered a good

937
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,719
Speaker 1: season and then you don't find a big league job.

938
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: And it's it's something that's like, I can't change who

939
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: I am. So what's Zach Lytel supposed to do? He's

940
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 1: gonna make some good money and he's gonna get traded

941
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 1: to a contender. But that's just it. Can it can

942
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,239
Speaker 1: weigh on a player for a little bit.

943
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 3: Boo boo bet MGM, locks sucks. I got hooked yesterday

944
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 3: Kratz Venezuela by four.

945
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:45,879
Speaker 2: Damn it tried to get cute.

946
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:51,239
Speaker 3: I know we all lost our first locks of the year, beautiful,

947
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 3: you know, you know I felt keen closest was actually.

948
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:59,319
Speaker 2: KP Bobby Wird pull pull little juice on that one.

949
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, he didn't quite win me the bet, but I

950
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:06,560
Speaker 4: think the idea behind the bet was, Hey, these guys

951
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 4: are competitive, right. You see Gunner Henderson come in play

952
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 4: short step get four hits. I mean, what a game.

953
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 4: And I think he just missed hitting a home run

954
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 4: in that game too, But that was an unbelievable performance

955
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 4: by Bobby Witt. So although I put the money out

956
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,279
Speaker 4: there and I didn't receive any back, I think the

957
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:26,600
Speaker 4: idea behind the bet was I had good intentions.

958
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 1: Okay much basically you said, well, That's what I meant

959
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:31,880
Speaker 1: to say was he was gonna do good. So we'll

960
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 1: check with bet MGM see if we can have a

961
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,840
Speaker 1: do good over under.

962
00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 5: Even money, even money on do good.

963
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:40,879
Speaker 3: Or hey he's going to hit the ball over three

964
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 3: hundred feet today.

965
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, yeah, yeah.

966
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 3: Let's see what you have for us tonight. So we

967
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,600
Speaker 3: have another few games tonight in the WBC. You don't

968
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 3: have to pick the Team USA game, but you certainly can.

969
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 3: Where are you going tonight, KP.

970
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 5: I took Team Israel.

971
00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:01,160
Speaker 4: It was kind of slim picking in turn of individual

972
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 4: bets at this point, so I just took Team Israel

973
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:07,359
Speaker 4: to win today. I know they've kind of already sort

974
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 4: of accomplished your goal of winning a game in this

975
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 4: pool and not having to qualify for the next one.

976
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 4: But I do like their lineup. They do have a

977
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,399
Speaker 4: mixture of big leaguers on that lineup. I think they

978
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,120
Speaker 4: go out and they play hard today and they find

979
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:19,839
Speaker 4: a way to get a win.

980
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 1: I think the Netherlands are hungry, so I think the

981
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 1: Netherlands are going to win. And I parlayed that with

982
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 1: the home team in Puerto Rico. I don't know if

983
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 1: they're actually the home team, but they're playing in their

984
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 1: home country and they are feeling it right now. So

985
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: I'm going against both of you guys, but I'm parlaying

986
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 1: that for a plus one twenty eight.

987
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:40,880
Speaker 2: I'll take Canada.

988
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 3: I think they've got some nice platoon advantages tonight. I

989
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 3: think the plus two hundred piece for me looks intriguing.

990
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:51,680
Speaker 3: This team actually had a little more hype than they've

991
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 3: delivered on the field heading into the tournament. There's still

992
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 3: a chance for them to prove that, so I think

993
00:48:56,680 --> 00:49:00,440
Speaker 3: Canada has a shot tonight to handle Puerto Rico. Puerto

994
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 3: Rico team that's certainly been playing well, but they're prety

995
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:11,720
Speaker 3: advanced too, so that's part of it, right yes, doesn't

996
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 3: that change.

997
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 1: Things a little bit?

998
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 2: I mean Edwind Diaz isn't pitching tonight.

999
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: It does, It does, And I think Canada is hungry

1000
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 1: they need I think they need this win. If I'm

1001
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: not mistaken, I think they need to win, and I

1002
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 1: think they need some I think they need a run

1003
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: differential too.

1004
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 4: So you know with Puerto Rico, Yeah, I mean I

1005
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 4: think Canada needs to win obviously, but I also think

1006
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 4: they need to go out and score a lot of

1007
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,280
Speaker 4: runs in order to have a chance to advance.

1008
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:40,759
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1009
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,520
Speaker 3: So so Puerto Rico, like I mentioned, they already are in.

1010
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:46,239
Speaker 3: They beat Cuba last night four to one, and like

1011
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 3: I mentioned, Diaz pitched already, so he's not going to pitch,

1012
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 3: you know, he's got some restrictions to it, as all

1013
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,440
Speaker 3: of them do. So for Canada, they're won in one

1014
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 3: in pool play. They lost to Panama. That was the

1015
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:59,279
Speaker 3: big issue for them is they lost to Panama. They

1016
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 3: were favor to win that one. They beat Columbia. So

1017
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 3: tonight against Puerto Rico, you've got let me see what

1018
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:08,880
Speaker 3: the scenario is. I'm trying to find it on MLB.

1019
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 3: I guess they have to win. That would put them

1020
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 3: in a tie. I believe with Cuba then they'd both

1021
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:16,279
Speaker 3: be two and one, and I think they still have

1022
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 3: one game left to go, so there's more to go there.

1023
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,840
Speaker 3: I'm not going to spend ten minutes trying to figure

1024
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:24,000
Speaker 3: out the qualifying situation right now, but all you have

1025
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,360
Speaker 3: to know is things do get crazy. Korea had to

1026
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:29,280
Speaker 3: win by five runs yesterday. We talked about that yesterday.

1027
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:32,959
Speaker 3: That was cool. All right, there's our locks for the day.

1028
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1030
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1031
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1035
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Speaker 2: Hey, here we go. Let's lap KP.

1036
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 3: Great two day stint for you down in Florida at

1037
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,319
Speaker 3: the spring training camps. You were awesome and we'll have

1038
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:18,799
Speaker 3: you back obviously soon on FT. But also I want

1039
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:20,840
Speaker 3: to give a shout out to the show that just

1040
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Speaker 3: launched a couple of weeks ago for everyone to remember

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1042
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 2: Actually would be nice.

1043
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 3: Everyone in the live chat, you know, hundreds in the

1044
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 3: live chat right now, if you could just go to

1045
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 3: Bluebird Territory KP.

1046
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, please subscribe. Being Ricky and Mitch but having fun

1047
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:38,600
Speaker 4: doing it. I finally got a chance to go see

1048
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1049
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Speaker 5: It's amazing.

1050
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Speaker 4: Got a feel for what the guys are going through

1051
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 4: in spring training right now, and I expect them to

1052
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 4: get back to where they were at last year, and

1053
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:50,799
Speaker 4: it's going to be We're just gonna ride their coat

1054
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:53,600
Speaker 4: tails throughout the season. Man, We're gonna get very consistent

1055
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Speaker 4: once the season starts. But we've been enjoying ourselves very much.

1056
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Speaker 2: There.

1057
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Speaker 3: It is Bluebird Territory QR code on the screen to

1058
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Speaker 3: subscribe for free Apple, Spotify.

1059
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Speaker 2: YouTube the whole deal. On our way out here, Kratz hats.

1060
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I got to wear my raised hat this

1061
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:13,240
Speaker 1: year's spring training. Obviously the sick insignia that which everybody

1062
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: sees on the side, but don't miss the underneath. There's

1063
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,440
Speaker 1: a little things there. Right now, you're in Charlotte County,

1064
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Speaker 1: that's where they're at and they have the hat. New

1065
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 1: era killed it this spring training. We'll be seeing quite

1066
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: a few more very nice.

1067
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:28,839
Speaker 2: I like it.

1068
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 3: You'll be seeing Krats, me, Todd Father Tonight late night

1069
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:38,279
Speaker 3: we'll be recapping postgaming the World Baseball Classic USA game

1070
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:42,920
Speaker 3: against Italy. Late espresso shots for Krats and Todd Father

1071
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 3: and definitely me after USA against Italy, all on the

1072
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 3: FT YouTube channel. Thanks everyone. And then tomorrow will be

1073
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:53,359
Speaker 3: at Orioles camp with AJ back there.

1074
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 2: See you then,