WEBVTT - Ken Rosenthal's Inside Scoop: Padres sale, Angels coaching changes, Rays on fire + Mariners checkup 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.040 Scoop is back two days in a row for Scoop, 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:13.200 Little Scoop. We'd like to call him and Fox Fox 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:16.239 one little Scoop. Ken Rosenthal's here, KP. What do you 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:17.520 got for us today, Little Scoop? 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:27.040 Uh? Never heard him better? Never heard him better? You're muted? Ken, No, 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:27.360 I'm not. 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.440 Oh, I couldn't hear you hear me A J I 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:36.519 do Now that wasn't muted. So I have nothing for you. 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.440 You have no Scoop, you have no scoop. 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:41.440 A what do you, Dick Castianos? We have to ask 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:43.839 you questions out and give us answers. That's not like 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.240 you can at all. All right, all right, Speaking of 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.680 the Padres and Nick Casianos, what does the Padres sale 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.000 takeover mean for not only the Padres. 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.000 But for for the rest of baseball. 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:57.760 Well, it's supposed to become official on Monday, that's when 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:00.480 the owners vote on it. And I'm not sure what 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:03.000 it means for the operation of the team. Now, we 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.080 did see them take on at the deadline with miz 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.640 and Robbie Ray almost five million in salary, So it 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.319 seems that to some extent the financial restrictions that the 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:15.920 Baseball operation staff have been under for the last couple 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:19.000 of years. With the ownership kind of in question, it 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:22.280 seems they've been listed to some extent. Now, how far 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.080 they go in the future, that is a question that 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:27.600 we're probably not going to get the answer to, and 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.040 it will only be told by the actions now. As 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.840 for what it means for the sport, it's clearly a 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:37.240 healthy number for a team that I don't know, ten 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:41.360 years ago, before Peter Sidler bought them, was considered small market, 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:46.280 not all that much of a factor in the sport. 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:50.200 They transform themselves into a factor in the sport with 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.480 the way they spent, and they made the team relevant. 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:54.880 Not every move has worked out. We all know that 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:56.840 they still don't want a World Series. We know that, 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:00.600 but for years now they've been competitive. They been packing 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:04.120 that ballpark and that is why, in part they commanded 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.560 the value it did. Another part of it is it's 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.080 a California franchise. There are a lot of wealthy people 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:12.519 in California and there aren't many franchises available for sale. 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:18.079 So from that perspective too, it's still a healthy number 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.880 for a team like the Padres. And we saw the 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:25.440 Yankees valued at ten million yesterday with the private equity investment, 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.120 and I know what MLB people are thinking this morning 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.600 with the Lakers sale coming out and the valuation being 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:33.919 twelve point five billion, why can't we be like that? 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.240 And that's kind of the whole driving force behind the 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:41.400 salary cap argument for the owners, it would increase franchise values. 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:43.320 Can do you. 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.000 Think that there are some of these other small market 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.760 teams that see this number? And I do you believe 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.640 that we'll see some more teams potentially sell in the future, 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:53.040 like the near future? 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.919 I mean, I don't know about the near future, Kevin, 0:02:56.000 --> 0:03:00.720 because they want to see people buying the teams, whether 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:05.320 the labor negotiations go toward a cap or toward a 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:09.200 current system with revisions. So I would want answers to 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.440 that if I was a person interested in buying a 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:16.160 team now, once there is an agreement, and particularly if 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.079 there is a cap, Yes, I believe a number of 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:21.840 owners will get out and try to take advantage of 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:25.720 the enhanced franchise values. But I still believe that a 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.240 cap is going to be a difficult thing for the 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:31.519 owners to achieve if they ever achieve it, And there 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.600 are ways, as I've said, and written about many times before, 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.760 to affect change in the economic system of the sport 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:43.720 without imposing a cap and therefore allowing this renaissance to continue. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.360 The owners don't see it that way. They are cap 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.480 or nothing, but there has to be in my view, 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:50.320 some middle grounds. 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.040 Ken Well, the putter has changed the way they do 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.080 business at all now that the Seidler family is officially 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:59.800 being getting out by selling the team, because that was 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:01.520 one one of the great things about Peter Siler. He 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.800 even though they're considered a small market, they get forty 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.280 thousand plus fans a game. He was signing the stars, 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.520 the people were coming out, they were making it seem 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.640 like they're making money. I know they're saying they're losing money, 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.920 but I feel like there's somehow, some way the team 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:15.720 wouldn't Someone wouldn't come in and buy the team for 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.159 this much if they were losing their butts every time 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:18.960 they took the field. 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.400 So will they change the way they do business? 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.600 Meaning will Aj Preller be handcuffed and tied down and 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:26.520 not be able to go out and do what he does. 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.839 I don't know Aj that will ever see them operate 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:33.640 the way they did under Peter Seiler. He was aggressive 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:36.920 in a way that most owners considered too aggressive, and 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.120 perhaps that is a fair assessment. They have some deals 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.640 on their books now that are going to age badly. 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:46.279 We know that. I do expect though that, as I 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:50.320 said earlier, they'll be less restrained than they've been the 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.400 last couple of years. So I don't know what that 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.400 means for them going forward. They've got a lot of 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:59.520 money on the books already, obviously, so it's going to 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:01.800 be a delicate balance, I would say. But at the 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:06.040 same time, generally speaking, when new ownership comes in, they 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.239 want to make a splash. They want to show the 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.039 fans that hey, we're here, We're serious, we want to 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:15.520 be good owners, good stewards of the franchise. I would 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:19.240 expect they're not going to go backwards in payroll. 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:23.200 And speaking of another team that there's probably a lot 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.800 of baseball fans out there wishing what sell the Angels. 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.920 What do you make of the firing of Mike Maddox, 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:30.880 and what do you make of the job that John 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.359 Mazelex done, And do you give him a lot of 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:37.960 credit for kind of getting Artie's attention and actually making 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.599 some moves during the trade deadline and do you believe 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.880 that they keep them long term. 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.200 It's a lot of questions, but I'll try to answer. Sorry, 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.080 and if I forget them, Kevin, you can remind me. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.040 I do believe he's going to stay long term. I 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.320 do believe he did a good job at the deadline. 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.640 And yes, it was a different direction for them. They 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:59.279 have not sold in the past and they sold here 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:03.760 and they seemingly did fairly well and it was impactful. 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:07.800 So from that perspective, yeah, that's a healthy thing. And 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.719 if John Mizelak has the confidence of Artie Moreno to 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.920 make those kinds of moves, that's a healthy thing. They 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:18.400 need someone with some gravitas running the ship. He from 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.440 everything I've heard, wants to stay in the job. He 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:25.000 hasn't actually said that, but all the people around baseball, 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:29.000 his colleagues, think that he definitely wants it now. As 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.279 for the pitching coach and the other two coaches that 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:37.120 were fired Maddox, Dom Chidy and Darryl Scott, what Miszelac 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:41.000 said is telling. He said they weren't using the technology 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.640 available to them, and that's something that he's not going 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.920 to tolerate, quite clearly, because he took their jobs away 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:50.400 from them, and Miszaelac in the past has shown that 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:52.960 if you don't do it the way he thinks you 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.560 should be doing it, he is the boss. He may 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:59.279 make a change. Mike Schilt remember Saint Louis Cardinals, they 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.719 make the playoffs, had this amazing run to end the season, 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.600 and he loses his job because him and Mizelocke were 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.440 not on the same page. 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The 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.280 issue was they kind of let the player development system. 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:10.640 Oh Okay, wither Away and Katie Wu reported extensively on 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.640 this at the time. For the athletic they didn't hire 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:18.040 enough people. They were short. It wasn't an analytics based thing. Now, 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:22.160 if you want to say in Mike, yeah, Mike Mannix's 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:25.360 defense that they had some really good things happen with 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:29.119 they're pitching this year. That is true, Deptbur's and Soriano 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.960 the way they've pitched, Irana the way he is pitched. 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.520 I watched Sammy and Natara last night close out the 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:38.480 game against the Rangers pretty good. So I know from 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.440 an ERA standpoint, they ranked twenty third or so, and 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.120 they lead the league in walks. Okay, but they did 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.520 have some good things happen. This was clearly as it 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:51.000 was with shild years back, a philosophical difference, and that 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:52.240 is why the move. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:56.200 Happened, staying in the division. Can what do you make 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.360 of the Seattle Mariners? And you've been covering the game 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:01.480 a long time, have you ever seen a bigger drop 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.160 off from what cal Rawly did last year to what 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:05.160 he's doing this season? 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.160 Kevin, Off the top of my head, probably not, And 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.680 certainly if I had time to think about it and 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.880 took some time to think about it, I would imagine 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:19.000 that if I calculated biggest drop offs since I've been 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.280 covering the game, this would be one of the biggest. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.760 You don't go from sixty home runs to where he 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.800 is right now. And he took accountability for it last 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.280 night speaking to reporters in New York. He said, listen, 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.439 I haven't been very good, but their team hasn't been 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.839 very good, and it's so surprising to me. They were 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:40.120 tied for ninth in runs last year. Now they are thirtieth. 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:44.440 They are last with on their club Randy Rose, Arena, 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:49.400 Julia Rodriguez, cal Raley, Josh Naylor, Cole Young is a 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.120 pretty good player. Cole Emerson, of course, has struggled a 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:56.120 little bit. JP Crawford. They have on this team a 0:10:56.200 --> 0:11:00.000 number of quality offensive players and it just isn't happening 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.959 for them. I don't know the reason for that. It's 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.120 kind of curious, and sometimes if your number one guy 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:08.920 falls off, as Rally has, that can have this kind 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:09.480 of effect. 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:11.480 But I don't know. 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.040 That's an awful lot to put on cal Raley. The 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.040 other guys have not performed either, and it's a team 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:17.480 wide thing. 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.920 By the way, they did fire their third hitting coach Ken, 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.920 just so you know that they should definitely get a 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.280 huge difference huge They've done nothing but score ten runs 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:29.400 every game since they did that. 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:30.800 Ken. What about cal Rawley? 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:32.240 I know we're going to get into this a little 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:35.520 bit later, but cal Rawley came out instead of Dan 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.800 Wilson or someone out coming out to answer the questions, 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.360 it was cal Rawley. Do you does that mean anything 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:44.400 to the Mariners team organization or was it just kind 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:45.280 of something to do. 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:49.080 Dan Wilson answers questions every night, so it's not like 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:53.320 he's ducking them. But cal Raley is the best player 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.560 on the team, or the most accomplished player I guess 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.720 in certain ways on the team, and they're in New 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.800 York last night, and there are more reporters in New 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.720 York and there were probably more questions being asked. So 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.960 he stood there, he answered the questions, and yeah, he 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:12.440 took a broad approach in saying that the team is 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:14.800 not performed and they've got to get it together and 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.080 they've got to put yesterday behind them and go forward 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.160 all of the things that you might expect him to say. 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:24.720 So I don't see it as Dan Wilson shirking his responsibilities. Now, 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.440 Dan Wilson might be held accountable for all this if 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:31.400 they missed the playoffs, different story. But Raley was simply 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:35.720 doing what often players do when they are considered the 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.040 leaders of the team, kind of giving a team wide assessment. 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:42.800 Yeah, I'm gonna transition to the Blue Jays because talking 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.920 Mariners blue Jays, both teams, you know, went really deep 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:49.760 in the postseason last year. Blue Jays have been playing 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:53.160 better baseball recently. They've done a great job keeping themselves 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.280 relevant and they're three and a half games back as 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:59.840 we sit today. But as a Trey Ya Savage injury 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.440 and the uncertainty coming back just too much for this 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:03.360 team to overcome. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.800 It might be Kevin and they have played better. They've 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:11.480 gotten an injection of talent from the young guys that 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:15.480 they have. Brett Bateman, Charles McAdoo. Bateman came over, and 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.040 the Gosspan trade has made an immediate impact. Kind of 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.400 shocking to see it happen this quickly. And all that 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:25.840 is good, but pitching injuries, rotation injuries have kind of 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.800 been the story of their season, along with Lad's power 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:33.240 outage and all of that. It might be difficult, yes, 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:35.800 with You Savage going out for them to sustain it, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.200 but they have played better, and that race for the 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:42.280 third American League wild card is sort of wide open. 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:46.240 Pretty much every team is in it. So I don't 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.120 rule them out because they are too good. They are 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.600 a team that we saw last year what they could 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.880 do when they are clicking, and they really haven't clicked 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:58.880 offensively the same way. But the pitching thing, it's going 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.400 to be tough to overcome. Now they have Cese who 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:05.280 was good last night, Schureser Bieber, They're not bereft of 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:08.640 starting pitching, but obviously You Savage was a big part 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:09.240 of that mix. 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.199 Yeah, the AA least is tough this year Ken because 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.440 of the rays. The rays won't lose. They won eight 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:19.360 in a row. Nick Martinez CG in Sacramento. Or it's 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:23.280 impossible to pitch last night, right, he's thirty six years old. 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:24.040 He's doing it. 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:27.360 Have the Rays now officially put enough distance between themselves? 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.560 I think it's six games now between them and the Yankees? 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.120 Or we can say the Raiser probably going to win 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:33.680 this division. 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.520 Yes, we probably can say that, and the odds would 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:41.840 indicate that six games on August twelfth is not inconsequential. 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:45.400 It's also not insurmountable. We've seen teams blow leads of 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:49.520 this nature Detroit Tigers last year, and it can happen. 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.000 The Rays have been quite consistent. The only thing that 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:57.640 perhaps can stop them is if they slow down a 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.280 little bit. They've been playing some weaker competition lately, and 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:04.320 then the Yankees get healthy and get hot. Can that happen? Absolutely, 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.160 it can happen. But the Rays are for real. We've 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:11.480 seen that, and last night Taylor Walls home runs from 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:13.280 both sides of the plate. He's the one guy, the 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:16.200 shortstop who hasn't hit. Actually, they've had a few guys 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.680 who haven't hit, but they have the three big pillars 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:24.280 in their offense. It's Ronda, it's Kemenero, and it's Yondi Diaz. 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:29.400 Those three guys plus now Liam Hicks. It's an interesting 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:30.880 Rays team for sure. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.480 No doubt, no doubt. Can All right, this weekend, you're working? 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:35.440 Which game are you working? 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.800 And I'm working Dodgers at Brewers. I'm sorry, Brewers at Dodgers, 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:40.400 Dodgers State. 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.480 Thank God, Thank goodness for me that I am not 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:46.440 in LA this weekend, because two weeks with you is 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:47.880 enough ken for me. So if I would have had 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.840 to go three weeks in a row, I would have 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.160 had to think about calling in sick this weekend. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.680 So thank you. How worried are you about the Brewers 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:56.440 and their injuries? Now? 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:58.840 With Terang Joey Ortiz, they're starting to pile up a 0:15:58.880 --> 0:15:59.440 little bit here. 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.240 Well, ij First of all, I always enjoy working with you. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:06.400 I'm sorry the feeling is not mutual. But anyway, the Brewers, Yeah, 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.360 Pratt is on the injured list and they've got also 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.240 Joey or Tis out right now, so it's a little 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.280 bit of a concern than Terrang. Pat Murphy last night 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:17.760 revealed he's been playing with the spring thumb. None of 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.480 this is great, none of this is also devastating. So 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.160 they've had an interesting week. They've moved Yellich and Contrasts 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:28.160 down in the order, and the Padres have beaten them 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.320 around a little bit the last couple of nights. Kyle 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:34.240 Harrison wasn't very good last night. But against the Dodgers, 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.280 it's going to be a measure a test for them, 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.080 and it'll be interesting to see how that turns out. 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.960 The Brewers have been the better team overall this year 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:46.000 than the Dodgers. Right now, while the Dodgers aren't playing 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.640 particularly great, they might be catching the Brewers at the 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.320 right time because of these physical things that the Brewers 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:52.000 are dealing with. 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.080 Makes sense, Kenn, Why did you not get a Pope 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:56.560 at on Saturday? That's what I want to know. 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.640 Well, Aj, the Hats didn't do them much good last night, 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:01.000 did they. 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:03.960 I know, I cannot believe they lost last night. They 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.160 had a four to nothing lead and I was thinking 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:08.200 to myself. I was like, man, the number one lock 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.159 in my life should have been the White Sox winning 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:12.560 on Pope night, and then they blew it. 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.520 I was like, don't thank goodness, but I still lost 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:15.760 my luck. But anyways, Ken, I. 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.800 Mean they won on a night. They did win on 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:22.520 that night. They came from behind, but Pope night not great. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.000 I know, I know, Ken, that's that's sacrilegious of you 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:26.960 to say, Ken, So I'm gonna not hold it against you. 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:28.960 Okay, all right, anyways. 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:29.880 If you want to see if you want to see 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:34.040 Ken this weekend, uh Dodgers Brewers, Brewers, Dodgers actually in 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.159 Los Angeles. You can hear him and get more inside 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.320 scoops from Ken on Fair Territory on Mondays and Thursdays 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.840 with the Lonaizzo. MLB on Fox is streaming on Fox One. 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.880 Follow every camp mismatchup as teams battle for a spot 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.720 in the postseason. Then stream the twenty twenty six World 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:52.919 Series live on Fox one at Homer on the Go 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.520 live or on demand. Never miss a moment. 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Hey, Ryan, 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:20.000 looks like you're in a hotel. You must be in 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.760 New York City. This ain't Montana. Even though your shirt 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.439 says Montana Till I Die. New York City is a 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:27.080 little bit different than Montana. 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:30.919 Yeah, just kind of slightly. I mean, my hometown has 0:19:30.920 --> 0:19:33.960 got about seven thousand people. They're probably more than that 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:36.280 in Central Park today when I was out walking around. 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:38.520 So it is a little bit of a culture shock. 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:41.240 I've been coming here for twenty years and it still 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.440 gets to be a little overwhelming. You put me in 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.520 the mountains, I'll find my way out. I can tell 0:19:46.560 --> 0:19:48.119 you which way is north. 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