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Speaker 1: I mean, I love this. Every team goes through ups

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Speaker 2: Where are they playing right now?

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Speaker 3: Good afternoon, good morning, depending upon where you are watching

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Speaker 3: us today, listening to us. Welcome to Foul Territory, everybody.

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Speaker 3: I'm Alana Rizzo filling in for Scott bron alongside Eric Kratz,

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Speaker 3: Aj Pierzinski, the regulars boys. Good to see you again,

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Speaker 3: spots starting once again. I think we should make it

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Speaker 3: a rule that Scott braun Aj cannot go to Mexico

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Speaker 3: ever again.

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Speaker 1: I think we should make it a rule that Alana

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Speaker 1: hosts for Scott all the time, or anybody for that matter.

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Speaker 1: I think Scott, you know, he poked hisself in the

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Speaker 1: eye on purpose. He Mana Zuma came up and got him.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on with Scott, and I'm

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we have a great show today, Eric Kratz, we

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Speaker 3: have Pete Fairbanks joining us, Jason Worth is joining us,

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Speaker 3: Mitch Bannon is going to be on the program talking

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Speaker 3: all things Blue, Jays. Good to be with you again, Cretzy.

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Speaker 3: No more Mexico for Scott Broun.

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Speaker 4: Okay, no, that's that's fair.

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Speaker 5: But you know, everything's really related around the Dodgers, and

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Speaker 5: we're the Dodgers of baseball content on YouTube and on

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Speaker 5: fandel and you know what, we don't just get Triple

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Speaker 5: A fill ins. We have big league fill ins, and

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Speaker 5: you are our big league filling to lay you on.

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Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate that very much. So let's get the

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Speaker 3: program started, shall we not have it? We charge the

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Speaker 3: mount talk them about and guys, what's not big league

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Speaker 3: New York Metropolitans. Anthony Dicomo of The Athletic, tweeting this earlier,

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Speaker 3: the Mets have scored twenty three runs in their last

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Speaker 3: eight Mets batters have scored. That's forty six percent. Guys,

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Speaker 3: I'd say that's pretty pretty pretty good. Mets are eighth

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Speaker 1: Every team goes through hot streaks and They're playing really

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Speaker 1: well right now. Their offense is looking good. They're winning

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Speaker 1: games they shouldn't win. They're winning games they should win,

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Speaker 1: and they're just swinging it. This lineup looks great even

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Speaker 1: Starling Marte's back. You know a lot of the guys

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Speaker 1: this this team looks good. If they keep swinging all

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Speaker 3: Hey, that's a little bit of a foreshadowing, if you will. Aja.

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Speaker 3: By the way, Anthony Dicomo writes for MLB dot Com

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Speaker 3: not the Athletic, My apologies, Eric. This is a Mets

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Speaker 3: team that is doing things that perhaps we thought wouldn't

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Speaker 3: as good as it is. I know we're talking the

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Speaker 5: No, we're definitely not. We're definitely not giving the offense

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Speaker 5: with his tweet about twenty three runs in eight innings.

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Speaker 5: Guess who's not doing this? They're seven hundred and sixty

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Speaker 5: five million dollar man is just average, Like he's just

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Speaker 5: the rest of his lineup is gonna be looking unbelievable.

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Speaker 5: But the starting rotation right now, every week we say it,

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Speaker 5: Now we're in about a year and two months now

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Speaker 3: Aja, Does that mean when Juan Soto gets things going,

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Speaker 1: If the rest of the lineup stays hot like this?

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Speaker 1: And the thing is is that I think, well, obviously

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Speaker 1: They've done it before. They did it for the second

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Speaker 2: They have to get more length from their starting pitching.

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Speaker 3: Well it also to your point, AJ and Kratz, I

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Speaker 3: want you to talk about this. Aj Mentor could miss

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Speaker 4: Cute? You can't.

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Speaker 5: You can't take a dude out of the out of

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Speaker 5: this bullpen when you lose a piece like this, and hey,

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Speaker 5: you know what this is. This is me hating on them.

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Speaker 5: You just think there's going to be some regression. But

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Speaker 3: Is he replaceable?

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Speaker 3: He's been one of baseball's top left handed relievers since

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Speaker 2: Oh, this is a huge This is a huge blow.

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Speaker 1: And especially being a left hand and throws one hundred

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Speaker 1: He gets excited, he gets emotional, he pumps his fists.

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Speaker 5: I've never hurt, like, like, the only time your lats,

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Speaker 3: He said, mentor did that he would probably rather rehabit

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Speaker 1: I played with Japevy who basically tore his lat off

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Speaker 3: And that is partly because they gave, you know, Chris

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Speaker 1: If that's what you want to do, go play, and

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Speaker 1: a team will have you and listen. And like Kratz said,

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Speaker 1: Gary L's in a spot where you're not going to

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Speaker 1: get a ton of it bats. He was kind of

436
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Speaker 1: a bench player, and if there's someone else that comes up,

437
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Speaker 1: then that's you're usually the first guy to go. And

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Speaker 1: it sucks to be in that situation. But if he

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Speaker 1: loves playing, he wants to keep going.

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Speaker 2: Go for it.

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Speaker 1: You only, you've had a great career. Maybe you can

442
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Speaker 1: get get hot again and help a team win another

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Speaker 1: World Series.

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Speaker 5: Some guys, some guys are like, oh, why would he

445
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Speaker 5: keep playing? You know, he's played for Maybe there's milestones

446
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Speaker 5: that he wants to get to. He has two more homers,

447
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Speaker 5: is one hundred homers. He's forty, he's almost forty one

448
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Speaker 5: years old. If his body feels good playing, he's just

449
00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,240
Speaker 5: short of eight years. Maybe he's you know, the gold

450
00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,439
Speaker 5: card is a big thing in the big leagues.

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Speaker 4: He's only playing for just under eight years.

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Speaker 5: Like he was in he made his debut at thirty two,

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Speaker 5: So he made his debut late. Somebody that made his

454
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Speaker 5: debut late, like me, I played till I was forty.

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Speaker 5: I could have physically kept playing, but there's other things that,

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Speaker 5: like AJ said, sometimes say Okay, you know what, it's

457
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Speaker 5: time to go home. And family is one of them.

458
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Speaker 5: Your health is another one. And if he has the

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Speaker 5: backing of both of those, keep getting it. Get that huntered, Homer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Everybody has their own time frame of when they say,

462
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Speaker 3: you know what, I'm good, I've enjoyed this, but it's

463
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Speaker 3: time to take it to the house. The Philadelphia Phillies

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Speaker 3: guys did something yesterday that we have seen before, but

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Speaker 3: we don't see it often. It was their first walk

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Speaker 3: off wild pitch there as anyway since April twenty sixth

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Speaker 3: of nineteen ninety three. The Nats took the lead in

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Speaker 3: the top of the ninth. After that wild pitch led

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Speaker 3: to a run and then a three run Homer. Don't

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Speaker 3: give up any outs, Aj, this is what can happen.

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Speaker 1: Oh what a bad sequence right there for the I

472
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Speaker 1: think it was Cabert Ruiz bad sequence.

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Speaker 2: You see his disappointment. He missed the throw.

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Speaker 1: I mean they Dylan Cruz threw, had him dead out

475
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Speaker 1: on a sack fly and he missed the throw. It

476
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Speaker 1: is a tough hop, but he missed it. He tried

477
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Speaker 1: to tag him. And then the wild pitch just he

478
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Speaker 1: saw the frustration, the disappointment when he put his head

479
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Speaker 1: down after trying to get that. But great win for

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Speaker 1: the Phillies, bad, bad loss for the Nats, especially after

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Speaker 1: the three run Homer to put him up and to

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Speaker 1: give up two in the bottom of the nighte It

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Speaker 1: just it's one of the those are like gut wrenching

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Speaker 1: losses for a team. I know that the Nationals aren't

485
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Speaker 1: supposed to do anything, but those those hurt, man, they hurt.

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Speaker 1: If you're good or a bad team, trust me that

487
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Speaker 1: those are the ones that stick with you for a while.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Boom singles, Thot walked, Rojas sackfly for Boom to score,

489
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Speaker 3: bringing Stot to third. And then that wild pitch that

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Speaker 3: we just saw by Kyle Finnagin and Cabert Ruiz not

491
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Speaker 3: able to at the playdown. I mean, this again is

492
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Speaker 3: a gut punch. Obviously on the other side, though, Eric,

493
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Speaker 3: you got to be feeling pretty good. If you're the Phillies,

494
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Speaker 3: You're like, all right, I mean, we were gonna take

495
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Speaker 3: the win anyway that we can get it. And while

496
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Speaker 3: it's a gut punch for the Nets. It's almost a

497
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Speaker 3: boost for your pills.

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Speaker 5: I mean, the Philly's got to figure out ways to

499
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Speaker 5: win in different ways, especially when you're giving teams four

500
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Speaker 5: or five outs in the late innings. I get it,

501
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Speaker 5: Cooker and gave up the home run.

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Speaker 4: I get it.

503
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Speaker 5: That was a huge swing by Nathaniel. But like you

504
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,399
Speaker 5: can't if your gold glove in center field, you can't

505
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 5: underrun a ball like the ball was rocketed, but you

506
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,399
Speaker 5: know he misplayed it. Trey Turner didn't make the play

507
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Speaker 5: on a decently routine throw. You just can't late in

508
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Speaker 5: the games. You cannot allow relievers to stay out there

509
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Speaker 5: any extra outs because teams are going for broke. They're

510
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Speaker 5: not trying to just manufacture runs. They're going for broke

511
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Speaker 5: against those guys. And right now that bullpen needs all

512
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Speaker 5: the help it can get. Alvarado, oh my gosh, getting

513
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Speaker 5: out of a bases loaded three straight strikeouts, getting out

514
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Speaker 5: of bases loaded jam. It looked like the Phillies were

515
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Speaker 5: just gonna cruise after that, and then a little defensive miscues.

516
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Speaker 5: So to win that is huge, And the demoralizing part

517
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Speaker 5: for the Gnats is they had their best guy out there.

518
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Speaker 5: They had Finigan out there, and it was like when

519
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Speaker 5: you use your your closer, some of your main relievers

520
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Speaker 5: in a close game, you're like, we gotta win this game,

521
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Speaker 5: and when you don't win it, you're like, crap, those

522
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Speaker 5: guys might not be up tomorrow, or they might be

523
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Speaker 5: up tomorrow, maybe not the third game of the series.

524
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Speaker 5: So you're always that's the demoralizing part for the Gnats.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, a wins, a win's a win.

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Speaker 3: You guys talked about how the Nationals probably this isn't

527
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Speaker 3: the year that they're expected to do much. You think

528
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Speaker 3: Kyle Finnegan is a trade piece?

529
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Yeah, absolutely, I think everybody.

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Speaker 1: I think everybody other than would and Cruise and maybe

531
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Speaker 1: keeber in Abrams, there's like four of them. Other than that,

532
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Speaker 1: I think everybody's possibly on the block. Is you got

533
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Speaker 1: to keep getting better, keep improving, And Microzo knows that,

534
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Speaker 1: Dave Martinez knows that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, all right, We're going to talk a little

536
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Speaker 3: bit of Yankees offense. Momentarily, Yanks hit four home runs

537
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Speaker 3: in the first inning yesterday. Guys, that's pretty good offense.

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Speaker 3: I mean, this is a team that's suggesting in terms

539
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Speaker 3: of rosters, you know, adjusting in terms of injuries. They're

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Speaker 3: an offense, so not missing a beat regardless of one

541
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Speaker 3: Soto not being in it, they're not.

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Speaker 5: And there's guys that are still struggling. I mean, there's

543
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Speaker 5: there's some low batting averages, there's some lower than career

544
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Speaker 5: norm Ops's anytime you have the best hitter on the

545
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Speaker 5: planet right now, I'm not saying he's the best hitter

546
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Speaker 5: in the game, but he's making a strong case for it.

547
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Speaker 5: An Aaron Judge, it just it's like it permeates the

548
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Speaker 5: rest of the lineup in the sense of how do

549
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Speaker 5: you pitch these guys? Somebody that is taking advantage of it?

550
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Speaker 5: Are since a two guys that are taking advantage of it?

551
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Speaker 5: They were both hitting around Aaron Judge yesterday. Trent Grisham

552
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Speaker 5: is off to a flaming hot start and he has

553
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Speaker 5: earned extra at bats and earned that leadoff spot. And

554
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Speaker 5: Ben Rice. I was talking to somebody with the Yankees organization.

555
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Speaker 5: When it's time to send somebody down, it's definitely not

556
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Speaker 5: gonna Ben Rice. But where do you play him? G

557
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Speaker 5: comes back? G comes back? It's like, Okay, where do

558
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Speaker 5: you play him? He's been catching thoughts in the organization

559
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Speaker 5: are he will be able to catch. He will be

560
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Speaker 5: able to catch at above average level. His receiving, which

561
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Speaker 5: is the super Mondo value that they give catchers, is

562
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Speaker 5: above average in the minor leagues. So ben Rice, I'm

563
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Speaker 5: not saying he's gonna push Austin Wells out. I'm saying

564
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Speaker 5: Ben Rice is gonna be getting at bats and when

565
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Speaker 5: g comes back, when John Carlostant comes back, you can't

566
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Speaker 5: be throwing him in dh and putting G out in

567
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Speaker 5: the outfield or.

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Speaker 4: Something like that. Those are G spots.

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Speaker 5: Ben Rice might start taking some AB's behind a dish too,

570
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Speaker 5: because that stick is hot too.

571
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they'll find a place for him with that bat.

572
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 3: They're going to find a place for him. Trent Grishamer

573
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 3: and Judge Ben Rice all went deep setting that tone

574
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Speaker 3: in the fifteen to three route of the Orioles Guys

575
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Speaker 3: at Camden Yards, and of course Cody Bellinger also went

576
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Speaker 3: for the New York Yankees.

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Speaker 5: One of the things that I like to do is

578
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Speaker 5: make sure we celebrate things on the show, things that

579
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Speaker 5: need to be celebrated, Like aj I got nothing to

580
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Speaker 5: celebrate with you, so it's not about you Alana, can

581
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Speaker 5: I announce that you are going to be a with

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Speaker 5: joining Nesson as a general sports reporter.

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Speaker 4: Congratulations, Oh thank you?

584
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, thanks guys. No, it's it's not as big

585
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Speaker 3: as it sounds. I appreciate it. I'm excited to join.

586
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Speaker 3: They have a great team at Nesson, and I'm excited

587
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Speaker 3: just to be over there as a fill in. I'm

588
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Speaker 3: doing a a alt cast with Jared Carrabas, Boston Red

589
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 3: Sox super fan, and Jonathan papal Von perhaps you've heard

590
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 3: of him, So it's me, Pap and Carabas, and then

591
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Speaker 3: I'll and then I'll just be filling in a couple

592
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Speaker 3: times on sideline and hosting. So no big deal, no

593
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Speaker 3: big deal. But I do appreciate Nesson for welcoming me

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Speaker 3: to their team.

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Speaker 5: Thank you, congrats new Homer. I'm so glad. So we

596
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Speaker 5: now we know it would be Red Sox and Dodgers picks.

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Speaker 5: So nice.

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Speaker 4: Nice and your home.

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Speaker 3: Yeah what I know, I'm only forty five minutes from Fenway. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so one American League team, one National League team?

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Speaker 2: There?

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Speaker 3: You happy?

603
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 2: What about the Rockies? That's three teams?

604
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Speaker 3: No, I don't know. No, I haven't been a fan

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Speaker 3: of the Rockies in a very very long time. I'm

606
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Speaker 3: a fan of Colorado. I'm not a fan of the

607
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 3: Rockies for obvious reasons. But the Nuggets and the Avs

608
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Speaker 3: and the Broncos and the Buffs. Yes, I am uh.

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Speaker 3: I am excited about all of those.

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Speaker 2: Teams, especially number.

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Speaker 3: Should they have number absolutely not, absolutely not. Deon Figures

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Speaker 3: is the number two that should have been retired if

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Speaker 3: there was going to be a number two that have

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Speaker 3: been Figures when we actually won the National championship back

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Speaker 3: in nineteen ninety. This is pretty crazy, guys. I don't

616
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Speaker 3: know if you saw the game yesterday, but Keiky Hernandez

617
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Speaker 3: of the Dodgers the only Major League player in the

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Speaker 3: modern era to score multiple runs, play multiple positions, and

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Speaker 3: have a scoreless outing on the mound, all in a

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Speaker 3: game in which he did not start. This via Opti stats.

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Speaker 3: It was pretty crazy. Interesting though. This came in a

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Speaker 3: laugher a win for the Dodgers eleven to two, and

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Speaker 3: Kik ended up I think they won fifteen to two,

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Speaker 3: and Kik ended up pitching in this game with some

625
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 3: very interesting headgear. But there you have it. You never

626
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Speaker 3: know what you're going to see in a baseball game.

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Speaker 2: Aja, that's great.

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Speaker 1: The best part was, he's the first person I've seen

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Speaker 1: where the head gear you got weak contact.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, scoreless inning came in.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what you call that head gear, but

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Speaker 1: I know it has a name for it and it's

633
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Speaker 1: supposed to protect pitchers heads.

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Speaker 2: But he started wearing.

635
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Speaker 3: This in spring training. He started wearing this nonsense in

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Speaker 3: spring training, like he was he was doing pfps with

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Speaker 3: this nonsense on his head.

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Speaker 2: At least he has fun.

639
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Speaker 1: At least he has twenty one players to have fun.

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Speaker 1: He's having fun. And I know it was getting hit

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Speaker 1: in the head is serious, but I don't know. It's

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Speaker 1: the first one I've seen where and it just looks

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Speaker 1: like a helmet but smaller.

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Speaker 5: He definitely was looking around the equipment. He was looking

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Speaker 5: around the equipment Chad and said, I want this, I

646
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Speaker 5: need it, and I'm going to use it once I

647
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Speaker 5: get out there pitching this year.

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Speaker 2: And he did it first time.

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Speaker 3: Key K has pitched at home too, by the way,

650
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Speaker 3: he has pitched before. The only position key K has

651
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 3: not done is the U two. He has not caught,

652
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 3: but he has pitched several times before, all on the road.

653
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 3: This time though, a position player pitching at home in

654
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 3: a win fifteen to two over the fish Los Angeles

655
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 3: Dodges your team and mine. So there you have it.

656
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 3: So okay, good for them. Opportunity for I think the

657
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,959
Speaker 3: sweep today, right, Jay's Wednesday? Correct? I think they can

658
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 3: go for Actually, they're playing in like half an hour.

659
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 3: We can watch that here shortly. As soon as we're

660
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 3: done with foul territory, you guys can watch the Mighty Dodgers.

661
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 3: All right, guys, time for Bobby Witt. By the way,

662
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 3: this guy is pretty pretty pretty special. His hit streak

663
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 3: reaches twenty games. AJ, this is a kid that you

664
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 3: said you would build a franchise around, and he's proven.

665
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: You right, by the way, nice curb enthusiasm reference there,

666
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 1: Alana second one of the day.

667
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, this kid's good. He's really good.

668
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: I wish someone else on the team would hit with

669
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: him though, to give him a little bit of help.

670
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: But twenty games in a row is impressive. The Royals

671
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: are kind of getting it going a little bit. They're

672
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: hoving around five hundred in a nice chance, but they

673
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: need someone else to hit behind him. But absolutely, when

674
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 1: I start a franchise, if I had to make a

675
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: pick right now, shortstop, speed, power, all the things you

676
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: look for, great in the community, loves being and he signed.

677
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 2: To a long term deal. YEP, sign me up for

678
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 2: Bobby Wit fan Club.

679
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 3: Yeah. He is an all around good player. He's an

680
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 3: all around good human. And I would be remiss if

681
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 3: I didn't talk about Scotti Paccino, who is Bobby Witt

682
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 3: Junior's agent with Octagon. Unfortunately, Scotty passed away a couple

683
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 3: of days ago after his battle with cancer. He's a

684
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 3: good friend of ours, So our thoughts and prayers are

685
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,719
Speaker 3: with his wife Meg. They're two boys. Scotti Pacino has

686
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 3: been an agent for forty years, the last fifteen with Octagon.

687
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 3: He was at Bobby Wit Junior's wedding, a huge part

688
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 3: of their family. He negotiated the largest contract ever for

689
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 3: the Seattle Mariners and Felix Hernandez. So our thoughts and

690
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 3: prayers are with Meg and the boys, and we appreciate

691
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 3: everything that Scotty did for this great game of ours.

692
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 3: All right, AJ, you know better than anybody when you

693
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 3: are behind the dish and you're catching a guy that's

694
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 3: coming off of the injured list, you know you don't

695
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 3: know exactly what you're gonna get the Dodgers activating right

696
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 3: hand or Tony Gonsolin from the il they wrote right hand.

697
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 3: They optioned rather right handed pitcher Matt Sower, who had

698
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 3: a really get outing his last time out, eating up

699
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 3: some innings for the Dodgers. When you're behind the plate

700
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 3: and you have a guy that's coming off of an injury,

701
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 3: in this case, it was a weightlifting accident right before

702
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 3: the season started, what are you looking for in terms

703
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 3: of stuff and complexion.

704
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 4: Health?

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00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 2: That's it.

706
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: I'm looking for him to be healthy and show me

707
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: some stuff. Show me, show me spurts of good stuff

708
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 1: that I saw before you were injured. Whether it's Will

709
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: Smith or Austin Barnes catching, it's just show me good stuff.

710
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 1: Show me a little bit. Just give me a sneak peek, Alana,

711
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:33,880
Speaker 1: that you have a good slider, that you have a

712
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: good split, that you have your fastball. Because you know

713
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: it's not going to be good your first time out there.

714
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 1: It's not going to be great, more than likely, but

715
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 1: just show me enough small snippets so I can go

716
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: to the pitching coach. Mark Pryor and Dave Robertson say oh,

717
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: we had a couple good fastballs, he threw a couple

718
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: good splits, or he threw whatever. It was, just show

719
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: me enough to where I can go to the coaches

720
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: and say he's got something. We can build on that.

721
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 3: And honestly, the Dodgers right now, aj they have only

722
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 3: four health the starting pitchers, and that includes Gonsolin, who's

723
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 3: coming back today for the first time in this season.

724
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 3: How do you not put too much pressure on that

725
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 3: right arm because you know that you're down a guy,

726
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,399
Speaker 3: and two of the guys that are healthy pitch once

727
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 3: a week.

728
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 2: How do you not put too much pressure on him?

729
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: You're the Dodgers, you say, give us four innings and

730
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: we go to the bullpen every game. They do that

731
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: in the World Series, they could have a guy out

732
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: they're throwing a no hitter, Alona, you know, it's better

733
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: than anybody they could. They could have Tyler Glasta out

734
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: there in the World Series throwing a no hitter in

735
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 1: the fourth and they're like, yep, second time through. Sorry,

736
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna bring in our bullpen to try to close

737
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 1: this thing out. So there's no pressure on you if

738
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: you're a Dodger starter, because even if you're doing unbelievable.

739
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: They're still probably gonna be like, yep, third time three,

740
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: let's go to the bullpen and get up better matchups.

741
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: But no, Gonsolin should be fine. He's been around long enough,

742
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: he's been through enough. He's been through a bunch of injuries.

743
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 1: He knows what it's like to come back. And if

744
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: you're a Dodgers fans, they're gonna make the postseason. Everyone

745
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: take a deep breath. That's why I have them number

746
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Speaker 1: one of my power rankings.

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Speaker 3: Lance mccullor's junior will start for the Astros, Aj Pierzinski

760
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 3: on Sunday against your White Sox. It's his first start

761
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 3: since two thousand and two in the World Series. You

762
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 3: looking for the same just health?

763
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: Uh No, this is a bigger story to me than

764
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: no offense to Tony Gonsolin. But this is a bigger story.

765
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: Why is this a bigger story for me? Because I

766
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: believe a Lance mccullors is important piece for the Astros

767
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: if they want to get back to the postseason and

768
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: win the division like they have for a bunch of

769
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 1: years in a row. Now, he needs to be healthy

770
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 1: and plus he hasn't pitched in three years, almost like

771
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 1: this is a huge deal. I know we talked to

772
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:13,879
Speaker 1: him last spring training and how he was just itching

773
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: to get back out there. So I'm proud of him

774
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: for sticking with it getting back out there, and I

775
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 1: hope it goes really well. And I hope Lance mc

776
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,280
Speaker 1: cullors can have a great career and end his career

777
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: healthy because this guy's been through a lot. We mentioned Gonsol,

778
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 1: lice of Colors has been through a lot, the highs,

779
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: the lows, everything in between that this guy deserves to

780
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,479
Speaker 1: get healthy, get back out on a big league mound.

781
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 2: So to me, this is a big.

782
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 3: Story now, no question about it. I mean, he's a

783
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 3: much bigger cog to that rotation for the Astros than

784
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 3: Gonsolin is as a cog to the Dodgers. Thirty one

785
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 3: years old, a forty nine and thirty two record with

786
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 3: a three four eight ERA AJ in one hundred and

787
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 3: thirty games. That's one hundred and twenty seven start, so

788
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 3: he has seen it. Now, this is a guy that

789
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,240
Speaker 3: has had four rehab outings. His last outing on Saturday,

790
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,760
Speaker 3: he orger. He had his longest start, going seven innings

791
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 3: and he fanned five. What would that tell you if

792
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 3: you were behind the dish catching.

793
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 1: That he's throwing strikes to get the strikeouts. Whatever, it

794
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. But the seven innings is what's important because

795
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,280
Speaker 1: that means he was throwing the ball over the plate.

796
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 1: Right again, that's what you want to see. Can he

797
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: throw it over the plate? Can he get guys out

798
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: of his stuff? He proved it mccullors did in the

799
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: minor leagues. Now he gets to face the White Sox.

800
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: Can he do it against the White Sox? A big

801
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,280
Speaker 1: league team? But he threw it over the plate. Because

802
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: the the important thing is seven innings. That means he

803
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: was up and down seven different times, warm cold, warm, cold, updowns.

804
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: We call him updowns, right, he had seven updowns. That's

805
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: a huge thing because that means he's feeling good, he's healthy,

806
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: because if there was any little snag, they would have

807
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 1: shut him down.

808
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 2: But to see seven innings huge for the Astros.

809
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 3: How much does mccullor's return, if he is healthy and

810
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 3: legitimately can take the ball every five days, how much

811
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,360
Speaker 3: of a boost is that to a starting rotation of

812
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 3: the Astros that is not nearly as deep and not

813
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,760
Speaker 3: nearly as formidable as they have been in the last

814
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 3: decade and change?

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00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,280
Speaker 1: Well, listen, if Hunter Brown keeps pitching the way he's pitching,

816
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: and then you have Fromber, who we all know how

817
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: good Fromber can be when he's right, and then you

818
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: throw in Blanco through the no hitter last year, and

819
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: then you put Lance mccallors in the middle of that

820
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: with whoever the fifth guy is, whoever the other person

821
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: is in that rotation. You're getting better. You're getting to

822
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: a point where that could be a playoff rotation. Now

823
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 1: you need Lance McCullers Junior to be healthy and be

824
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: able to pitch every fifth day. And if he's able to,

825
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 1: I mean, you go into playoff series with Brown, Valdez, mccullars, Blanco,

826
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: whoever else you throw in there, that's a pretty good start.

827
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Speaker 1: With their back end with Hater and a Bray you,

828
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: that's a dangerous pitching staff to go into a postseason with.

829
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 3: If they had stronger pitching, let's say, yeah, let's say

830
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 3: mcculler's was healthy or he is healthy moving forward with

831
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 3: stronger pitching, would they have made your power rankings this week?

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00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 4: No?

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00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: No, no, okay, no, I'm not quite there yet because

834
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: I think there's there's American League teams that are better

835
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: than them, and I think the National League, any National

836
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 1: League teams before you get to an American League team,

837
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,760
Speaker 1: and what the Astras are second or third or behind

838
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:12,399
Speaker 1: their third place?

839
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 2: I think so.

840
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, but it would help, definitely would help because a

841
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: record would get better.

842
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 2: And I'm a record guy.

843
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: I'm a wins losses guy, Alana, I'm not like you,

844
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: and I belt with my head, not with my heart.

845
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 3: Okay, moving on with White Sox whatever, All right, Baseball

846
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 3: reference their current odds to win the twenty twenty five

847
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 3: World Series based on their Simple Rating system AJ now.

848
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 3: The Simple rating system in Baseball Reference is a rating

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00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 3: that takes into account a team's average margin of victory,

850
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 3: so runs scored versus runs allowed, and its strength of schedule.

851
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 3: Right now, the Cubs lead the league at fifteen point

852
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 3: nine percent. Are you buying this?

853
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 2: No?

854
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 3: I'm not either.

855
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 1: I just put I bet with my head and not

856
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: with my heart. Alanna, And you think I'm going to

857
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: ever buy the Cubs to win anything?

858
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,320
Speaker 3: Now? Oh so that's that's but that's your head, not

859
00:39:59,480 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 3: your heart.

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00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, that makes me totally totally. Didn't you listen to

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00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 2: Mitch s Bannon?

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00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: When a team disappoints you for so many years, you

863
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 1: just start expecting him to disappoint you. I just can't

864
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 1: believe that the Dodgers in the Mets, I mean the

865
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 1: Tigers too, Okay, but the Dodgers are ninth.

866
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 3: How did the Dodgers have a five point winning the

867
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,359
Speaker 3: World Series? How is the How are the Phillies at

868
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 3: point six? I don't under I don't understand this again,

869
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,720
Speaker 3: runs scored versus runs the loud and strength of schedule.

870
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 3: But I just I'm not buying this. I mean the

871
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 3: teams with less than zero percent or less than zero

872
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,360
Speaker 3: point one percent, I will buy this. The Angels, I'm sorry,

873
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 3: but the Rangers have a much better chance than zero

874
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 3: point one percent to win the World Series. The White

875
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,840
Speaker 3: Sox are right, I'll take that. Baltimore, that's a little

876
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 3: low for them. I don't know that they're going to

877
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 3: make the postseason. But come on, Colorado, buy that. Pittsburgh

878
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,760
Speaker 3: I don't buy it. Saint Louis, I don't buy it. Washington,

879
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 3: I don't buy it. Miami I buy it. The Athletics

880
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 3: I buy it, and the Twins I don't buy it.

881
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 3: Less the one point one percent. That seems a little.

882
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 3: It seems a little too low.

883
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 2: How are they okay? The Rockies are ahead of the Orioles.

884
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 2: The Rockies are ahead of anybody right now?

885
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 3: Come on, didn't be ahead?

886
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 2: I know they The Rangers are twenty ninth. Here's my thing.

887
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 2: The Red Sox point five percent.

888
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: I think they have a better chance because if they

889
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: get in with Crochet Bueller some of their guys and

890
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 1: Endeavors gets hot and Bragman gets hot.

891
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:25,440
Speaker 2: It's I don't know.

892
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:30,360
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, Yeah, but I mean, come on, like,

893
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 1: this is I don't know how they did this thing,

894
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 1: but the fact that the Rockies aren't thirtieth on this

895
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: list makes this listen.

896
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 3: That's all you need to That's all you need to know.

897
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 3: The fact that the Rockies are twenty fifth on anything

898
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 3: out of thirty clubs right now. And again, I love

899
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 3: Baseball Reference. I go to it a thousand times a day,

900
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 3: but this is this one's a little suspect. Evan Grant

901
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 3: does a great job covering the Texas Rangers for the

902
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 3: Dallas Morning News. He's also I think the number one

903
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 3: reporter that we've had here on Foul Territory as far

904
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,399
Speaker 3: as appearances are concerned. Carter Watch. Evan Carter was two

905
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 3: for four last night, has a one point two seven

906
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 3: ops so on base plus slugging, and his last ten

907
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 3: games he's reached safely in all seventeen games he has

908
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 3: played this season. So that's good. I think the Rangers

909
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 3: are better than we're giving them credit for. I have

910
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 3: a tremendous amount of belief in that team.

911
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, and if Evan Carter comes back, is their chance

912
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: of winning the World Series? That go up from point

913
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 1: one percent to higher. I mean, this is a big piece.

914
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: A couple of years ago when they won, Remember everyone

915
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: was talking about this guy's gonna be a superstar. He

916
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 1: was hurt last year. This is exactly what the Rangers

917
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: wanted to see when they sent him down to Triple A.

918
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: Was they want to see him go down there, get

919
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 1: some confidence, stay healthy, and then call him back up

920
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 1: and hopefully he helps their outfield offensively and defensively, because

921
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 1: he was great when he was up a couple of

922
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:47,919
Speaker 1: years ago.

923
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 3: And I would imagine a team that has Jacob deGrom,

924
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 3: the healthy Jacob Degram, the guy that has unbelievable stuff.

925
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,759
Speaker 3: Six innings yesterday with seven k's. I mean, you've got

926
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 3: to have a higher chance than point one percent to

927
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 3: win the World Series with a guy like that on

928
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:02,760
Speaker 3: your staff.

929
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 2: And big game Nate, don't forget Nivaldi. Nivaldi, yes right, I.

930
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 1: Mean, and Bruce Bochi knows how to use a bullpen,

931
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,399
Speaker 1: knows how to get bullpen in the right spot. So

932
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: zero point one percent of me is just crazy and

933
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: crazy low. But what Langford's been great. They're gonna get seegerback,

934
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 1: Simmon's gonna get going.

935
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 2: This team has the pieces.

936
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: Can they just stay healthy and get it going because

937
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 1: they're higher than point one percent for me.

938
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 3: Apparently everybody was required aj to be on the field

939
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 3: yesterday for outdoor batting practice. None of this under the

940
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 3: tunnel of batting practice stuff. What does that say to you?

941
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 3: With a mandatory VP.

942
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: I took VP on the field every day. I played

943
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 1: with The first guy I ever saw do this was

944
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,440
Speaker 1: Nick Markakis, not take VP. I loved going out there

945
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 1: when I was playing, especially now. I complained a little

946
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: bit when I wasn't playing because I was old and crotchety.

947
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 2: But I liked hitting on the field. I don't know.

948
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 1: I liked it, got a sweat going, It got me

949
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:01,839
Speaker 1: used to the conditions. I climatized. H I don't know,

950
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: but this.

951
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 3: Was this was mandatory for them though. This was mandatory,

952
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 3: so everybody, a.

953
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 2: Lot of I know, I.

954
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: Get it's trying to change it up and saying, get

955
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,319
Speaker 1: your butts out there and let's try to get ready

956
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: for a game because we ain't been hitting. So he's

957
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: trying to do something different. He's going back to the

958
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: old school ways, which is fine.

959
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 2: Nothing wrong with it. We survived. I don't know how,

960
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 2: but man, we survived.

961
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 3: Time out of slappands aj Piersinski, Alana Rizzo. Here as

962
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 3: we uh close out the show, we talked about the

963
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:48,120
Speaker 3: Atlanta Braves. They started oh and seven, aging and disastrous fashion.

964
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,800
Speaker 3: We were running them, sending them to the moon. Since

965
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 3: that start, Atlanta leads the National League in w RC

966
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 3: plus with one hundred and twenty one Homer's slug percentage

967
00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 3: w O b A while averaging four point nine five

968
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 3: runs per game. Whatever the hell wo but is non Coincidentally,

969
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 3: the Braves are thirteen and eight over that span, which

970
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 3: is a one hundred win pace. So they went from

971
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 3: oh and seven to potentially probably not gonna happen, but

972
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 3: to potentially winning one hundred games. This is why I

973
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:19,280
Speaker 3: never count out Alexanthopolis and Brian Snicker. I just don't.

974
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,239
Speaker 1: Here's what I love. Oh, they're thirteen and eight, They're

975
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 1: on pace to win one hundred. What about the oh

976
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,800
Speaker 1: and seven start? You can't just erase that they're thirteen

977
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: to fifteen. I'm a Braves guy. I finished my career

978
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 1: with the Braves. Snicker was my last manager I played for.

979
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 1: I grew up a Braves fan. They got a great

980
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:38,720
Speaker 1: chance still to make the playoffs because of the extra wildcards. Okay,

981
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: but let's not get crazy and say they're gonna win

982
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 1: one hundred games. If they win one hundred games long,

983
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to switch your allegiance from the

984
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: Dodgers to the Braves because it would be their chance.

985
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 3: No chance.

986
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 2: Okay, that's not happening.

987
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: But I mean, I love this. Every team goes through

988
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 1: ups and downs. We've talked about this. They're hot right now.

989
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: They've also who they played and where have they played?

990
00:45:58,840 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: Where are they playing right now?

991
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't right.

992
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: Colorado, Colorado, Colorado.

993
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 3: So they got a shot, is what you're saying. So

994
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 3: they're saying there's a chance. Speaking of Colorado, how about

995
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 3: the Corsfield horror stories? Thirty years of baseball at altitude.

996
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 3: But I refuse to blame the altitude. This is ownership

997
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:27,440
Speaker 3: and this is not putting together a good team on

998
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 3: the field. But thirty years ago, Aja, the New York

999
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 3: Mets and Colorado Rockies opened at Course Field on April

1000
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 3: twenty six, nineteen ninety five, in a game that would

1001
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,360
Speaker 3: embody the beauty if you were a hitter and the

1002
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 3: absurdity if you're a pitcher of the ballpark when they

1003
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 3: combined for twenty runs day and thirty three hits in

1004
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 3: an eleven to nine fourteen inning, Colorado win.

1005
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: I love playing in Colorado, and I think what was

1006
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,520
Speaker 1: Walker Bueller at the bottom said, It's not the home

1007
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,319
Speaker 1: runs you give up, it's the bloopers, and you have

1008
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 1: to make a choice. Bring your in outfielders in to

1009
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: take away the bloopers and let the balls go over

1010
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 1: your head, or move your outfield back and take away

1011
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: the extra base hits. I always prefer to bring the

1012
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: outfielders in take away the bloops because in those solo

1013
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: homers don't turn into two and three run homers. It

1014
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: is an amazing stadium. The sky there is some of

1015
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:14,279
Speaker 1: the coolest sky. Whether it rained there and then it

1016
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 1: was clear and the sky would get these colors. But listen,

1017
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: it's a great place to play. They haven't figured it out.

1018
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:21,200
Speaker 1: I'm calling for him to go back to that ninety

1019
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: five ninety six Blake Street bombers.

1020
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 2: Baby, let's go.

1021
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 1: Let's bring those boys backs, try to outslug everybody.

1022
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 3: No doubt about it. Colorado is one of the most

1023
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 3: beautiful stadiums and honestly, Corsefield revitalized lower Downtown. That's why

1024
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 3: they call it LOTO because Corsefield, and it was a

1025
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 3: disgusting area downtown before Corsefield went in there, and they

1026
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 3: really did a wonder for the downtown area. It's just

1027
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 3: it's a beautiful park, it's a beautiful city. It's just

1028
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 3: unfortunate what's happening with the team. But you're right, it's

1029
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 3: not just the home runs. The outfield in that park

1030
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 3: is ridiculous. It's not just the home runs that get you,

1031
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 3: it's you know, the doubles turned into triples because of

1032
00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 3: the vast outfield at Corsefield. Anyway, that's gonna do it

1033
00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 3: for us here on foul Territory, I am headed to

1034
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:07,800
Speaker 3: the Derby tomorrow.

1035
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 4: A J.

1036
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 3: Britt Jeroli is going to be hosting foul Territory, so

1037
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 3: we're excited to have her back on the show. She's tremendous,

1038
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,400
Speaker 3: does tremendous work for the athletic. I do you want

1039
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 3: me to place some bet for you through my Twin

1040
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 3: Spires app on Jason Worth's horse Flying Mohawk.

1041
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:25,719
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1042
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,600
Speaker 1: So I don't know anything about horse racing, but after

1043
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 1: that interview, after that interview, I mean, am I not

1044
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 1: going to be watching the derby rooting for the flying mohawk.

1045
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 2: I might put my hair in a mohawk.

1046
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 3: Just to there you go. And by the way, Toby Keith,

1047
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,560
Speaker 3: God Rest his soul, his horse gender, what the heck

1048
00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:46,840
Speaker 3: is it called? Render Judgment? Render Judgment is finally going

1049
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 3: to race. That was one of his lifetime dreams and

1050
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 3: it's gonna be coming to your fruition. So there we go,

1051
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 3: all right, for a j Pierzinski, for Eric Kratz, for Claudia,

1052
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 3: for Jeremy, for Mark, for all of us at foul Territory,

1053
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:01,640
Speaker 3: I'm a lot of We will see you tomorrow, Brit

1054
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 3: d'oli at the helm. Here's a yes or no run

1055
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:08,160
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1056
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1057
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