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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Bryce Harper and welcome to the Philly Show.

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Speaker 2: Hey everybody, and welcome to the Phillies Show. It is Monday,

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Speaker 2: August fifth. I am Jim Salisbury, joined by Reuben Tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: and we're coming at you this morning without our fearless

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Speaker 2: leader and kind of the backbone of this whole show,

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Speaker 2: the brains of the operation. Todd Zeleki is having a

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Speaker 2: tough travel day on the West Coast as he heads

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Speaker 2: from Seattle down to LA, the next stop for the Phillies. Ruben,

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Speaker 2: it appears you though flying first class charters with the

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Speaker 2: team and not commercial. Appears you have made it to LA.

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Speaker 2: Where do I find you this fine morning.

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Speaker 1: We did have a little bit of a travel issue also,

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Speaker 1: Actually we almost could not get here until super late,

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Speaker 1: but they fixed that a little mechanical action. But believe

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Speaker 1: it or not, I'm at the Beverly Hills four Seasons,

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Speaker 1: which is where they filmed Pretty Woman, one of my

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Speaker 1: favorite all time movies. And yeah, in fact, they filled

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Speaker 1: it all of it in here, I think, I do

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Speaker 1: believe so. My man Greg Murphy informed me of that

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Speaker 1: yesterday when we strolled in and we were waiting for

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Speaker 1: our keys to roll into our rooms. But it's a

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Speaker 1: beautiful hotel and I'm going to try to scout around

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Speaker 1: a little bit in Beverly Hills here. Got a couple

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Speaker 1: of friends here that I'm going to see at an

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Speaker 1: old high school buddy who's a big time agent, and

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Speaker 1: hang out a little bit. But I'm also going to

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Speaker 1: later on. I'm going to and as you know, the

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Speaker 1: Philly Show is part of the Foul Territory Network. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to scoot on with them a little bit later

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Speaker 1: on this morning to talk to the boys about this

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Speaker 1: upcoming Los Angeles Dodgers series with the Phillies. But excited

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Speaker 1: to be back on the on the West Coast. I

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Speaker 1: haven't been here too many times as of late, and uh,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be an exciting series. Ship.

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Speaker 2: So that hotel, pretty Woman, I can still see those

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Speaker 2: scenes where she comes downstairs and she needs to buy

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Speaker 2: a dress and Hector Alisondo, one of my favorite character actors,

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Speaker 2: Hector Alexando sends her over to that boutique and then

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Speaker 2: they were mean to her. She comes back, he sends

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Speaker 2: her up with some uh some gear. But Hector Alexander

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Speaker 2: was in one of my all time favorite movies from

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Speaker 2: the eighties, The Flamingo Kid. Check it out. Yeah no,

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Speaker 2: I saw that movie. Yeah oh yeah, yeah, right, that

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Speaker 2: that's pretty cool. You're in in that hotel lounge when

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Speaker 2: her and Richard Gear meet up before jumping on the

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Speaker 2: airplane to go to the opera. That's the lifestyle you live,

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Speaker 2: jumping on private planes going to operas.

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Speaker 1: You know, really really now, I've been on a been

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Speaker 1: on a private playing two times in my whole life.

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Speaker 1: There was a rumor out there that I had my

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Speaker 1: own private play one time. I think they threw that

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Speaker 1: out there on on WIP. One time. I'm like, come on, please.

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Speaker 2: I've been on a private playing.

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Speaker 1: The dms don't do that well.

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Speaker 2: I was on a private plane once, and I think

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Speaker 2: you may know the story, but I'm not going to

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Speaker 2: reveal the story right now, but it's an awfully good one.

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Speaker 2: We'll save that for another episode.

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Speaker 1: It has powder, save the powder gym.

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Speaker 2: Save that power to keep it dry, like for the

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Speaker 2: trade deadline. Anyway, You're coming out of Seattle, and I

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Speaker 2: don't know if I've seen a team in a long time.

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Speaker 2: They needed a victory more than the Phillies. They got

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Speaker 2: one yesterday. What was it a six game losing skid

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Speaker 2: they snapped.

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Speaker 1: Or yeah it was? Yeah, what sure was? And they

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Speaker 1: of teams that have had a lot of success. We

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Speaker 1: you know, you know, eight, nine, ten, and eleven. Obviously

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Speaker 1: some teams like in ninety three, we had a long

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Speaker 1: time droughts. But they bounced back and I you know,

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Speaker 1: it was a huge win for them yesterday. And the

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Speaker 1: man that stepped forward was Zach Wheeler. Man you talk

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Speaker 1: about being an ace and a stopper. I mean, he

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Speaker 1: performed in exactly the way they needed. They had blown

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Speaker 1: two games. Disastrous loss in the second game after being

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Speaker 2: I think we talked about that on Friday, kind of

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Speaker 2: Zach Wheeler pitching on Sunday, coming off with difficult outing

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Speaker 2: and he certainly was. Eight innings, shutout, I think eight strikeouts,

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Speaker 1: One, nine strikeouts, one walk, just two hits. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he was dominant. An amazing catch and let catch in

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Speaker 1: But it was also a great day to watch mister

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Speaker 1: that are just pretty amazing. Totally three thousand total bases.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the things that he's doing are are amazing

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Speaker 1: had a great day and then we got they finally

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Speaker 1: the end. But uh, but it was a big win

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Speaker 1: for them, and and I think just more than anything else,

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Speaker 1: great for their psyche.

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Speaker 2: No doubt you mentioned the psyche. The mind can lead

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Speaker 2: the body often in this game, in sports, in life.

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Speaker 2: I think there's an old ancient Buddhist saying to that effect,

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Speaker 2: if someone wants to put it in the comments, But uh,

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Speaker 2: the mind can lead the body. And you know, it's

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Speaker 2: amazing what a getaway win can do for a struggling

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Speaker 2: been a tough, tough road here we we we we

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Speaker 2: all still believe in this club. It's a good club.

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Speaker 2: They got track record. They didn't do what they did

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Speaker 2: with a mirage. But there's no doubt they've had a

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Speaker 2: tough stretch and I don't Obviously, one game doesn't mean

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Speaker 2: But I look at that catch by marsh and I

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Speaker 2: want to talk about the offense, but while the catch

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Speaker 2: especially a successful season, playoff type season, and you'll write

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Speaker 2: the motive, moments that maybe right of the ship turned

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Speaker 2: right direction toward over the final two months, toward October,

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Speaker 2: we might be sitting down and you might be talking

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Speaker 2: about how symbolically you know, that moment meant something in

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Speaker 2: the turnaround. Now, Harper's three hits, the offense coming alive

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Speaker 2: late obviously is going to mean more. But sometimes symbols

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Speaker 2: mean something to me. And it just almost was like

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Speaker 2: that catch. That ball dropped from the heavens and landed

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Speaker 1: What do you think, Well, that's a really good point

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Speaker 1: because it was still in a pretty critical part of

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Speaker 1: at the time still, and they were hooked up, Gilbert

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Speaker 1: You know, it may in a lot of ways. You

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Speaker 1: may be right, Jim, because everything up until that point,

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Speaker 1: almost like Murphy's law. Things were like going wrong. Everything

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Speaker 1: it was like the one moment where things actually went

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Speaker 1: better to be lucky and good. And I think you

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Speaker 1: create that mojo with with your attitude in the clubhouse,

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Speaker 1: And they did really stay very steady. He had a

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Speaker 1: But they're probably not as good a ball club as

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like that old saying. You never as good

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Speaker 2: the bottom of the bottom of the mountain. And that's

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Speaker 2: and that's baseball over one sixty two. I think you

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Speaker 2: middle ground. And one, obviously, the offense has been a frustration,

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Speaker 2: a concern, you know, watching that series first two games

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Speaker 2: that they were if you can locate a you know,

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Speaker 2: high fastball like that much, you know, half an inch

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Speaker 2: You're gonna have a lot of success because they have

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Speaker 2: a hard time laying off that, and anybody has a

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Speaker 2: hard time hitting that if you missed your spot with

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Speaker 2: that same pitch Bryce and Stott yesterday, Boom, that fastball

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Speaker 2: jumped it. It was a really good thing to see.

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Speaker 2: What did you see from the offense the end of

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Speaker 2: the Yankee series first two games in Seattle as compared

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Speaker 2: your mind? Well?

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Speaker 1: I think a couple of things. I mean, obviously Harper's

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Speaker 1: success is pretty important, and and and the guy at

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Speaker 1: the top of the lineup, Schoreber, is an important one

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Speaker 1: as well. I mean, you start thinking about your ball

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Speaker 1: club and the guys that get the bulk of the advats.

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Speaker 1: You're talking about Schwarber, Turner and Harper, and those three

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Speaker 1: guys are really the most important parts of this offense

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Speaker 1: if they can get things rolling more consistently. What I'm

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Speaker 1: I know Harper was, you know, oh for whatever. But

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Speaker 2: had guys come off the AL and scuffled coming off

432
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Speaker 2: the al. Do you try to I mean, you can't

433
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:19,400
Speaker 2: really demand it, but you can strongly recommend it. How

434
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 2: do you try to persuade guys that this is the

435
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,920
Speaker 2: best thing for you and the team that you need

436
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 2: to We tried this last year. It really didn't work.

437
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,359
Speaker 2: I mean, would you have individual conversations with the player,

438
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,679
Speaker 2: with the agent? How would you attack that if you

439
00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 2: and your heart felt that a rehab assignment was really

440
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,600
Speaker 2: the right thing, and you thought you had a reluctant camper.

441
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Speaker 1: The answer is yes, I would talk to everybody about it.

442
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 1: I would talk to the agent, I would talk to

443
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Speaker 1: the player, I would talk to our people about it,

444
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,160
Speaker 1: and I would talk I think it's so important for

445
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,240
Speaker 1: the player to have his heart beat in it, because

446
00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,960
Speaker 1: if you sort of have to make it his idea, like, hey, yeah,

447
00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 1: maybe it is better for me to do it. You know.

448
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,480
Speaker 1: It's almost like when you're coaching. When I was a coach,

449
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: you know, you wanted to build a relationship with the guy,

450
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 1: and you talk about certain things that you may want

451
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,920
Speaker 1: to tinker with or change, and you would ask, hey,

452
00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 1: is there an area that you would like to improve?

453
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 1: And if they give you that in you know you

454
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,640
Speaker 1: you can sort of make it their idea that hey,

455
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,399
Speaker 1: you know what, maybe this is something I can work on.

456
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,919
Speaker 1: And I think that's important because if the guy's heart's

457
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 1: not in it and he goes and takes rehab assignments

458
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,640
Speaker 1: in Reading or in Lehigh Valley and he's just there

459
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 1: going like what the hell am I doing here? I

460
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,720
Speaker 1: think it's going to end up being more detrimental. But

461
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,919
Speaker 1: the guy really believes it will help him, and you

462
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,720
Speaker 1: can convince him to do or he can convince himself

463
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Speaker 1: that it's the right thing to do. I think that's

464
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,399
Speaker 1: the way to sort of approach it.

465
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm a believer in them. I've seen them for years,

466
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,919
Speaker 2: and I mean it wasn't long ago when everybody was

467
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,440
Speaker 2: doing I remember Bryce Harper.

468
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Speaker 1: Did one, Yes he did, Yes he did.

469
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Speaker 2: I remember driving up to Lakewood to cover Ryan Howard

470
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,199
Speaker 2: doing a few rehab games. Chase Suttley did some in

471
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 2: Lehigh Valley, Roy Halliday did a couple out in Lakewood.

472
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 1: So you know, Adro Martinez pitched us to several games.

473
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,160
Speaker 1: Loraula Banye has went out did a rehab a few

474
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 1: times when he had that sports tourney or whatever. I mean, listen,

475
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 1: I just feel like getting the atmosphere and now and

476
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,440
Speaker 1: the facilities in the minor leagues now are like really good,

477
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: Like the lighting's much better. They've really done a lot

478
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Speaker 1: of different things to me. And I know there's a danger,

479
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,160
Speaker 1: you know, you get hit by a pitch or something

480
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: can happen, but that could happen at any time. I

481
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 1: mean it's happened stepping, you know, walking off a sidewalk.

482
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Speaker 1: I think. So I just feel like there's I think

483
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Speaker 1: that the facilities and the way it's set up, I

484
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Speaker 1: think it. And it also causes him a spread of corps.

485
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Speaker 1: I mean when a big time player comes down and

486
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Speaker 1: plays in Reading or Lei Valley, he gets a big

487
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Speaker 1: spread he you know, he gets to hang out with

488
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,119
Speaker 1: some of the minor league players. They get to you know,

489
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Speaker 1: I think it's a cool thing. And I still think

490
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Speaker 1: it's and but more importantly, I do think it's important

491
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 1: for guys to just get that feel of being in

492
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: a competitive, real competitive atmosphere, especially if it's been like

493
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 1: a long eyel like if it's been a month or

494
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,160
Speaker 1: a month and a half, it's it's it's different, man,

495
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 1: it's different. It's almost like going through spring training again

496
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:17,879
Speaker 1: for me.

497
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 2: And you got somebody on the other other on the

498
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,199
Speaker 2: mound facing you pitching, and you know they're trying to

499
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 2: get you out. Yeah, and you know when you're underneath

500
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 2: against the high velo machine. Yes, it's a challenge, but

501
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,120
Speaker 2: you know there's not a heartbeat that's trying to get

502
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,960
Speaker 2: you out and trying to in your face. And that competitiveness,

503
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 2: even for two or three games, I think can be good.

504
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,160
Speaker 2: But we're belaboring that. We both agree that we hate

505
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,640
Speaker 2: to see the demise of the rehab assignment. I want

506
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 2: to look a little bit ahead. Maybe the Phillies can build.

507
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 2: On Sunday, they move on to Dodger Stadium, one of

508
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Speaker 2: my favorite play this is, I'm sure one of your

509
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:06,199
Speaker 2: favorite places on Monday night. Phillies are sixty six and

510
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 2: forty five, still the best record in the National League,

511
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 2: in spite of what they've had to go through the

512
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 2: last really the last inconsistency the last five to six weeks,

513
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,440
Speaker 2: but recently a real tough stretch. So Phillies sixty six

514
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 2: forty five, Dodgers' second best record in the National League

515
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Speaker 2: at sixty five and forty seven, only a game and

516
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Speaker 2: a half behind the Phillies for best record in the

517
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Speaker 2: National League. It's important for home field seeding in the playoffs.

518
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,000
Speaker 2: Phillies have already swept the Dodgers a month ago at

519
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Speaker 2: citizens Bank Park. It was sort of one of the

520
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 2: high points of this Philly season. The Philly sweep la

521
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,119
Speaker 2: over here at citizens Bank Park early in June and

522
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 2: they go twenty nine games over five hundred that's in

523
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,639
Speaker 2: that sweep. Since then, though, Phillies are five and thirteen,

524
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 2: five and thirteen since that sweep of the Dodgers. So

525
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,439
Speaker 2: we'll see if they can really build on this night.

526
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,359
Speaker 2: Terrific pitching matchup, a couple of guys who can strike

527
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 2: out a lot of a lot of hitters, Aaron Nola

528
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 2: and Tyler Glass. Now Game two of the series Christopher

529
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: Sanchez and Clayton Kershaw, and then Game three of the

530
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 2: series on Wednesday, Tyler Phillips against TBA. I'm sorry that so,

531
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 2: you know, the Phillies. I think it's a great move

532
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 2: that they you know that they can have Aaron Nola

533
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 2: starting this series because he's an awfully good one. Glass

534
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 2: now is awfully good. But to me, it's really important

535
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 2: that you try to build on Sunday and you know,

536
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 2: start a little winning streak here. And Nola is a

537
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 2: good guy to have going. I gotta think Harper Schwarber

538
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 2: Stott all being a better frame of mind after a

539
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 2: pretty good showing at the plate on Sunday. You you

540
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 2: thinking they can carry or build some momentum here going

541
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Speaker 2: to Dodgers Dadium coming off Seattle on Sunday.

542
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 1: I think they can. I think obviously again in that win,

543
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 1: it was a big win that and was really it

544
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,959
Speaker 1: starts with the starting pitching. We talk about that all

545
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,159
Speaker 1: the time. Hopefully a Nola can keep things close. You know,

546
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,439
Speaker 1: the Dodgers are banged up. They've got a lot of

547
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 1: guys on the I L fad think Freddy Freeman might

548
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 1: be back after the illness with his with his son.

549
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,400
Speaker 1: I think the things, thank God and thank goodness for

550
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: his family that that Maximus is okay. Shout out to

551
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,239
Speaker 1: his family, uh that they're they're okay. Freddie Freeman, I

552
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 1: know he's been an enemy of ours, but one of

553
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 1: my favorite all time players in baseball and people. They're

554
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,360
Speaker 1: really happy they I'm really happy for him. They don't

555
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,399
Speaker 1: have Mookie Best, they don't have Muncie, Chris Taylor is

556
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 1: not not around. They're banged up a little bit. They're

557
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: starting pitching. They don't have Yamamoto. They did pick up

558
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: clarity he's not gonna be pitching in this in this series.

559
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: But Glass now, I mean, he's got filthy stuff and

560
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: and he stayed healthy so far. He's had trouble doing that.

561
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: They signed into a big contract and it was one

562
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Speaker 1: of the reasons why why they went on. They wanted

563
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: to create some more pitching depth. But you know, they

564
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: they're facing basically guys not that dissimilar from what they

565
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 1: faced yet last night and logan yesterday in logan, Yeah,

566
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: these guys big, long, lanky guys with big arms and

567
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: big fastballs and nasty breaking stuff. And so at least

568
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: they've seen this type of guy here recently. They didn't

569
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: do a ton of damage against him, but hopefully, hopefully

570
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: they can and and sort of build on that. And you.

571
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 2: Got Otani over there, he's yeah, he's one of those guys.

572
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 2: To me, you know, I mean, I'm sitting on my couch,

573
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 2: so it's easy to be a fan. I would think

574
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 2: sitting in the other dougout, you got to kick yourself

575
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 2: a little bit. I gotta try to beat this guy,

576
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 2: and not just kind of like go, wow, is he good?

577
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 2: But he is really good. He's He's at thirty three

578
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 2: home runs and thirty plus stolen bases, leading the National

579
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 2: League rubin in runs, home runs, batting average, on base

580
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 2: slugging ops, total bases.

581
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Speaker 1: You know, he might be the m v P right now,

582
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,720
Speaker 1: no doubt, no, no.

583
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 2: Primary DH has ever won the m v P. You

584
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 2: are you okay with that? If a DH wins the

585
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 2: m v P.

586
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Speaker 1: Typically, I mean my old school thought process would be no.

587
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: But the way he's swinging the bat and what he's done,

588
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, if they didn't have him in their lineup,

589
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: they'd be done. I mean they literally they value Yeah,

590
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: they literally would be done. There's no way that they

591
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: are where they are without him and at being most

592
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 1: Valuable Player. I think that means a lot to this team. Uh,

593
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: this Dodgers team. I mean I can't imagine that they

594
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 1: would be in first place without his impact in the

595
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 1: top part of this lineup, especially having Mookie bets who's

596
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: an m VP candidate almost every year down and others

597
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 1: down in their lineup, like Munsey and others. But yeah,

598
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: I typically would say no, but he's he's as unicorn

599
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: as a gets man. I mean, this guy, I actually

600
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: he had talked about this a lot in the past.

601
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: I think this guy should just be all like a

602
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 1: full time player. Let him play right field, let him

603
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: play left field. He's an athletic guy. Obviously, he can run,

604
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: he can play the outfield and maybe d HM from

605
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: time to time. I know he probably wants to pitch

606
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: because he wants to be the ultimate unicorn. But I

607
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,560
Speaker 1: would just let him go roam out there, out in

608
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: the outfield and just rake and be, you know, an

609
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 1: MVP candidate because he'd probably be a goal glove type outfielder.

610
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: And so I mean that he's that athletic that said,

611
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: I mean, the Phillies handled him pretty darn well in

612
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: the last time they faced him, and he did not

613
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 1: do a whole lot of damage. And I'm not sure

614
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: if they can do that again, but if they can,

615
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: that will go a long long way to try to

616
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 1: take two out of three from these guys at least.

617
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, you talk about that MVP award. The middle name

618
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 2: is value. And you know, where would a good team

619
00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 2: be without player X? To me? And if that really

620
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 2: good team, and if that team is a really good

621
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 2: team like the Dodgers, where would they be without O Tommy?

622
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 2: They wouldn't be the Dodgers nearly where they are. They

623
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 2: wouldn't have a chance to have the best record in

624
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 2: the National League with a good series against the Phillies.

625
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 2: I mean, Phillies don't want that to happen. They have

626
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 2: to prevent it from happening. It's going to be a

627
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 2: fun series. It's an important series for some October implications,

628
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 2: home field and whatnot. It's also important for the Phillies

629
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 2: to build on that last day in Seattle. One win

630
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 2: does not a slump break in my opinion, I need two,

631
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 2: you need three. You need to build on it. You

632
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 2: need to get back to kind of what you were here,

633
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 2: show some consistency. So hopefully they'll do that. When is

634
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium ranked for you, Reuben on your list of favorites?

635
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: Okay, it's up there. I've had some decent memories there.

636
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: I actually had a game winning home run against one

637
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: of their set up guys years ago in the year

638
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: ninety six when I actually had a pretty good pinch

639
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: hitting year that year and didn't get a lot of

640
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: hits in Dodger Stadium, but that was a big one

641
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: for me. Uh, it's just a nic. It's an iconic place.

642
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: It ranks up there in the top three or four

643
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: for me. I love the Seattle's Ballpark. That's really really cool.

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Speaker 1: It's beautiful obviously a beautiful setting, especially when when it's open.

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Speaker 1: We had great weather there. We're gonna have great weather here,

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Speaker 1: I believe as well. It's gonna be a little warm

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Speaker 1: really like San Francisco. I guess it's Oracle Park. I

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Speaker 1: love Citizens Bank Park and PNC Park. Those two ballparks

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Speaker 1: are probably I mean, and then Camden Yards. I mean

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Speaker 1: it's still has held it. I mean, it's been the first,

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Speaker 1: it was the first retro one and it still might

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Speaker 1: be the best one. And so those those are probably

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Speaker 1: the best ones. Obviously, Wrigley and and and Fenway have

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Speaker 1: their own feel to it and they're cool ballparks as well.

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Speaker 1: But Dodger Stadium manders pretty darn iconic.

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Speaker 2: I absolutely love Dodger Stadium. I love the way it

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Speaker 2: sits on the bottom of that canyon, and when you

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Speaker 2: drive in, you kind of go up these terraces in

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Speaker 2: the side of a hill, and you actually enter high

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Speaker 2: above the ballpark at the upper deck, and you have

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Speaker 2: to take the elevator down to the press box. The

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Speaker 2: view is spectacular. The Dodger Dogs are great.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned my favorite moments covering the Phillies over the years.

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Speaker 2: Nineteen ninety four the home opener sixty five thousand at

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Speaker 2: Veterans Stadium, John Cruck literally rolls out of a radiation treatment,

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Speaker 2: doubles to the gap standing ovation still makes the hair

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Speaker 2: on my next stand up. The other favorite moment Matt

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Speaker 2: Stairs Dodger Stadium. Oh wait, deep into the night. Unbelievable

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Speaker 2: that sixty thousand people or whatever it was, fifty eight

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Speaker 2: thousand people in that ballpark could be so quiet. You

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Speaker 2: could actually hear the Phillies dugout cheering up in the

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Speaker 2: press box as Matt Stairs ran around the bases. So

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Speaker 2: that was at Dodger Stadium. I can still I can

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Speaker 2: still feel that moment, So it's a special place. I

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Speaker 2: hope you enjoy the three game series Hey.

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Speaker 1: Jim, Jim, did you hear me crying when that when

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Speaker 1: it happened? Because I literally brought me to tears.

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Speaker 2: Well, you you cry at a sunset.

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Speaker 1: That's a good point, but I literally was. I literally

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Speaker 1: was brought to tears.

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Speaker 2: You guys, work it now. The press box is here,

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Speaker 2: you guys, your box was like two, two or three down, right,

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Speaker 2: So I should have said the stadium was quiet except

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Speaker 2: for the Phillies box, which is like two or three down.

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Speaker 2: We could hear you guys over there. And when that

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Speaker 2: ball came off the bat, I hit my knee on

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Speaker 2: like an electrical outlet under the press box. And do

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Speaker 2: you know I still have a knot in that knee

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Speaker 2: because I hit it at such fourth that ball came

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Speaker 2: off the off that bat. It was unbelievable. And there's

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Speaker 2: that great picture in the Hall of Fame Club at

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Speaker 2: Citizens Bank Park. As it's coming off the bat, there's

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Speaker 2: a picture above the Phillies dugout and you can see

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Speaker 2: some of the Dave Montgomery is behind the dugout and

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Speaker 2: you can see him rising and just follow it and

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Speaker 2: then the looks of elations starting to explode on people's face.

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Speaker 2: It's a still shot from the newspaper fabulous storytelling pictures.

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Speaker 2: So Dodger Stadium. Man love that place.

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Speaker 1: Sure dude, sure it'll be fun. Hey dude, Jimmy, do

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Speaker 1: we have some people?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 3: Have some people ask some questions for this next pod?

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Speaker 3: I guess we could probably do on Wednesday. We would

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Speaker 3: have to have him to send in some questions for us.

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Speaker 3: I think that's something that we were thinking about trying

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Speaker 3: to do.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna try to do that on Wednesdays. But I

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Speaker 2: probably should run run that by Elmer. That's my Todd.

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Speaker 2: I called Elmer because he's the glue he is. But oh, yes,

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Speaker 2: people are watching this.

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Speaker 1: People are watching this and send some questions in to

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Speaker 1: us and into the Todd Pod, into.

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Speaker 2: The Todd Pod. Well, I hope we uh, I hope

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Speaker 2: we pulled it off without our backbone, our leader. And

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Speaker 2: I thank you for you know, listening and watching the

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Speaker 2: episode of this episode of The Phillies Show. And Rubin,

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Speaker 2: I will smell.

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