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Speaker 1: Welcome into Northside Territory FIUL Territory Networks Cubs podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: Sahada Sharma with my partner Patrick Mooney. We are your

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Speaker 1: Cubs beat writers over at the Athletic and Patrick. That

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Speaker 1: weekend in Cincinnati did not go as Cubs have hoped.

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Speaker 1: Not a great time for their first four game losing streak. Look,

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Speaker 1: I think I said this either I said this to

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Speaker 1: some Cubs fans that I was talking to over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: or I'm pretty sure I said it on the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I just like this matchup. I don't like Cubs versus Reds.

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Speaker 1: For the Cubs, they don't match up well against this

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Speaker 1: pitching staff. Nobody does. This is a really good pitching staff.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I believe they were shut out twice.

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Speaker 1: You know, there were some games that the Cubs pitching

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Speaker 1: looked really good and then some other games where you

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Speaker 1: were like a little worried about what's going on with

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Speaker 1: the starters. But uh, I don't know if if fans

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Speaker 1: are in panic mode, I still felt like the Cub's

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Speaker 1: offense was coming around. I don't know if I can

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Speaker 1: make that argument anymore. Uh, But that was that was

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Speaker 1: not a good weekend. What was what was it like

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Speaker 1: there in Cincy and what you know, how's the how

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Speaker 1: was the clubhouse?

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Speaker 3: How?

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Speaker 2: How did the team react?

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Speaker 1: And and I'm assuming knowing this group, there are no

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Speaker 1: signs of panic.

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Speaker 4: No, no panic, but I think there's a recognition that

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Speaker 4: they have to play better. And Counsel didn't really like

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Speaker 4: the you know, it didn't really go along with the

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Speaker 4: whole letdown idea or the energy narrative. It was like, look,

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Speaker 4: we just got to pitch better. And then when they

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Speaker 4: did pitch better, it's like you gotta score runs with

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Speaker 4: you know, two one nothing losses. Uh, kind of framing

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Speaker 4: that four game sweep. And yeah, you're right, the Reds

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Speaker 4: are that classic team you don't want to face in

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Speaker 4: a short series. We've talked about Hunter Green throwing almost

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Speaker 4: one hundred and two miles an hour in the ninth

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Speaker 4: inning of an almost no hitter. You know, I think

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Speaker 4: that Ballpark two it's just kind of a it's just

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Speaker 4: kind of a hard one. I just feel like stuff

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Speaker 4: it certainly plays different than Wrigley Field does. So like

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Speaker 4: if your Cup's pitcher, you're probably gonna feel pretty good

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Speaker 4: pitching at the friendly confines in October. If you're pitching

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Speaker 4: at Great American Ballpark when the Reds are fighting for

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Speaker 4: their playoff lives, like, it's going to be a different experience.

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Speaker 5: And so.

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Speaker 4: It is amazing that their longest losing streak of the

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Speaker 4: season happened immediately after they clinched a playoff spot, and

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Speaker 4: Council was trying to reframe it as look, three and

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Speaker 4: four road trip isn't great, but it's not bad. They're

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Speaker 4: still in a very good position looking forward. I think

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Speaker 4: there's a little bit of grading against the curve as well,

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Speaker 4: like the Mets on the verge of an epic collapse.

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Speaker 4: You see what's going on in the American League between

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Speaker 4: to answer a lot of tough questions if they don't

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Speaker 4: turn things around. And within the National League, I don't

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Speaker 4: think you see any team that's like an overwhelming favorite.

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Speaker 4: I mean, that was supposed to be the Dodgers, and

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Speaker 4: maybe they'll kind of flip a switch in October, but

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Speaker 4: like the Padres, who the Cubs will likely face, are

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Speaker 4: still kind of grinding through it here. You know, the

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Speaker 5: And you know, the.

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Speaker 4: Brewers aren't amazing overachieving rare season team, but haven't really

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Speaker 4: done that much in the playoffs. So I think there

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Speaker 4: are certain things you want to see this week, and

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Speaker 4: we'll get into that later in the show. But I

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Speaker 4: don't think it's time to be like overly alarmed, as

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Speaker 4: long as you understand, like, yeah, they just got to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's kind of how I look at it. They're

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Speaker 1: the Padres.

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Speaker 2: So you know, just just.

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Speaker 1: Win a couple of games this week, and I hope

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Speaker 1: games against the Padres next week. That's the bottom line.

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Speaker 1: And you know, you can talk about getting hot at

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Speaker 1: the right time, getting cold, being too cold right now,

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Speaker 1: that indicative. It can be a mental thing, perhaps, but

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Speaker 1: baseball is such a random sport sometimes that as long

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Speaker 1: Pete had a pretty good series, and then Sunday he

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Speaker 1: didn't look good. You know, It's like he had two

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Speaker 1: I don't know when someone's getting hot. I don't know

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Speaker 1: when they're going to be cold again. In one bad

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Speaker 1: So, you know he's he's obviously huge for this team.

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Speaker 2: You want Ian have to stay hot.

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Speaker 1: Almost a little weird that he didn't have a crazy

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Speaker 1: UH game series in Cincinnati. That's probably his first time

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Speaker 1: going to Cincinnati and not you know, feeling like an

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Speaker 1: MVP UH caliber player for the entire series. Uh, it

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Speaker 1: was it. You know, I thought the offense had two good,

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Speaker 1: that can just change so quickly. I want them to

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Speaker 1: you know, find some gaps. That's the one thing that

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Speaker 1: you know some of this stuff. It's like the Reds

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Speaker 1: won on Sunday because they hit back to back doubles.

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Speaker 2: That's all it was. You you hit, you.

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Speaker 1: Sequenced correctly, your your extra base hits. And the Cubs,

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure if they did they have an extra

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Speaker 1: They did not have an extra base hit yesterday. And

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Speaker 1: and they went ohero for seven with runners in scoring position.

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Speaker 1: And that's the that's the bottom line, that's the difference

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Speaker 1: in in a close game. And and those are the

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Speaker 1: Like that can and keep you from moving on in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. You just hope they get hot at the

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Speaker 1: I think that's the bigger deal than losing four in

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Speaker 1: They're now effectively in the playoffs with the Mets in

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Speaker 1: they have enough on offense that you know, certain guys

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Speaker 1: they have talent on offense. It's not like it's a

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Speaker 1: They have a Hall of Fame manager and they know

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Speaker 1: he and he managed that series really well. I thought

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Speaker 1: It was just really interesting to watch how he was

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Speaker 1: great baseball. They didn't play terrible baseball. The bigger thing

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Speaker 1: is watch out for the Reds. In my opinion, the

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Speaker 1: Cubs wouldn't face them if it got that far until

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but I do. I'm with you.

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Speaker 4: I still think we could be recorded again later in

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Speaker 5: Crashed and all of a sudden.

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Speaker 4: It's just the nature of this season and that kind

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Speaker 4: a good point in terms of urgency that they were

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Speaker 4: all have seen how good SHOWDA has been. Obviously Kate

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Speaker 4: And I think everyone trusts Shoda in a huge moment

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Speaker 4: But he's been like a very good picture rather than

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Speaker 4: that just kind of ace he was last year, you know,

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Speaker 4: the Cy Young conversation, he's been kind of more solid

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Speaker 4: But like that will be a moment where if he's

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not quite the twenty twenty four show to

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Speaker 1: of a question Mark not a disaster, but certainly can

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Speaker 2: We'll just see where he's at. He's someone I.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, it's not as sharp as you'd like it

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Speaker 1: believe he'll yeah, he'll have one more start to kind

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Speaker 1: So, Patrick, we were gonna, at least I'm gonna avoid

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll just kind of walk this through and explain

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Speaker 2: Uh. He chose not to. And and that's obviously like

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Speaker 2: As far as where he was Sunday, you know, it was.

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Speaker 4: But look at this is it's unusual for a rookie

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would assume he's going to speak at some

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Speaker 1: The Kyle Tucker saga and his CAF has gone on

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Speaker 1: much longer than I think any of us expected. This is,

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Speaker 4: So the expectation kind of heading into the weekend was

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Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. And like, well, we'll see, we'll see

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Speaker 1: how it reacts, we'll see when he plays. And this

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Speaker 1: is just this has just gone on far longer than

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Speaker 1: I expected it to. But hey, uh, it's kind of

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Speaker 1: been that type of season. Not and I'm not talking

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Speaker 1: about the Cubs talking about in baseball, it has been

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Speaker 1: that type of year where just like that, like getting

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Speaker 1: back to what we started with. I have no clue

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Speaker 1: who has who's gonna win the World Series this year.

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Speaker 1: I don't know who the favorite is because I don't

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Speaker 1: think there is one. Uh, Like teams are banged up

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Speaker 1: teams like teams don't. There's no dominant team. It's a

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Speaker 1: it's just been a weird season and and we'll see,

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Speaker 1: uh who does what the come postseason. Obviously having Kyle

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Speaker 1: Tucker makes the Cubs a lot scarier.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, this is just common sense, not like based on

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Speaker 4: inside information. It's hard to imagine Kyle Tucker not coming

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Speaker 4: back for at least a cameo appearance here by the

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Speaker 4: final weekend at Wrigley and playing in the playoffs. Like

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Speaker 4: he just says, way too much at stake as a

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Speaker 4: free agent this offseason. He's invested way too much in

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Speaker 4: this team. He's like, way too good of a player

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Speaker 4: that I just have a hard time seeing him in

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Speaker 4: the Cubs not deciding that he's crossed a threshold. Again,

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Speaker 4: that's more of my just opinion. That's not a guaranteed

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Speaker 4: Locke And if anyone could do this, it might be

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Speaker 4: Kyle Tucker, who was a very low maintenance approach, Like

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Speaker 4: you said, a guy who could just kind of like

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Speaker 4: roll out of bed and start hitting. That's him, As

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Speaker 4: Council pointed out, he had a fantastic September last year

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Speaker 4: coming off of a fractured shin.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, much more significant injury.

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Speaker 4: And that you know, he went back to the same

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Speaker 4: place that he worked with last year and has worked

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Speaker 4: with in the past.

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Speaker 5: Maybe that peace of mind will help.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, man, until he's back out there, it's just

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Speaker 4: kind of a lot of interpretation and conjecture.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see if he when I agree with you,

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Speaker 1: like he's gonna cut it almost has to just for

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Speaker 1: himself for his own sake, just come out there and

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Speaker 1: test it, see what happens. You know, as long as

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Speaker 1: it's not like some dire situation, I think he'll be

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Speaker 1: out there. Uh, and you know what, he could very

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Speaker 1: well be a dominant force if he performs, he performs

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Speaker 1: like he did in September of last year, or believe me,

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Speaker 1: Cubs fans will be very happy. Like that was a

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Speaker 1: superstar performance. It was what we saw earlier this year,

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Speaker 1: and the Cubs I think could really use that right now.

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Speaker 1: Just a jolt of energy and confidence throughout that team

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Speaker 1: would help right now after a four game losing streak

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Speaker 1: where it just you know, I don't think any Cubs

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Speaker 1: fan was thrilled with that. All right, We'll be back

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Speaker 1: later this week with more, probably more Kyle Tucker news

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Speaker 1: because that's just kind of what we do every episode.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening everyone, This is Northside Territory. Make sure

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Speaker 2: Said the day loladed