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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Cardinal territory. You're watching this on Friday

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Speaker 1: May sixteenth, right before the Cardinals kickoff a three game

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Speaker 1: interleague series against the Kansas City Royals. And here to

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Speaker 1: talk to me or with me about these Red Hog

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Speaker 1: Cardinals is someone who has been instrumental in the team's

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Speaker 1: success so far this season. Steven Matts. Welcome to the show.

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Speaker 1: I'm thrilled to have youer. Thank you for having me

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Speaker 1: so nice time to be a Cardinal right now. I

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Speaker 1: feel like you guys have played some really good baseball,

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Speaker 1: one of the best teams in the Major since the

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Speaker 1: start of meg just coming off a big series win

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Speaker 1: against Philadelphia.

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Speaker 2: What is the overall vibe in the clubhouse right now?

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Speaker 3: You know, the overall vibe is really good. I think

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Speaker 3: actually it even started in spring training. I think we

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Speaker 3: all left spring training and we all were kind of

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Speaker 3: looking and talking to each other and.

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Speaker 4: Like, Wow, that was a really enjoyable two months.

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Speaker 3: And I felt like it was the same sentiment around

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Speaker 3: the clubhouse, whether I was talking to the trainers whoever

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Speaker 3: it was the players. Everyone's like that was my most

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Speaker 3: fun spring training ever had. So I think we kind

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Speaker 3: of set the tone early there and we enjoy each other.

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Speaker 3: It's a great clubhouse. It's cool to have success with them.

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Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever heard anyone describes the last

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Speaker 1: two or the two months of spring training as being enjoyable.

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Speaker 1: But I did hear just from a bunch of veterans

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Speaker 1: on the clubhouse that it was a very laid back camp.

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Speaker 1: But that is what you want, right especially when you're

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Speaker 1: coming into spring you know the next six months are

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Speaker 1: going to be crazy and hectic. It seemed like the

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Speaker 1: vibe would show up, get your work done, and we

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Speaker 1: are going to handle the rest we be in the

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Speaker 1: koaching staff. How does that benefit a club just in general?

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Speaker 3: I think it benefits a lot. You know, there's a

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Speaker 3: there's just a looseness to everybody. You know, everybody can

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Speaker 3: going to be pulling on their end of the rope.

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Speaker 3: And so I think that that definitely set the tone.

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Speaker 4: It was. It was good and it shows so.

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Speaker 1: In Philly, I felt like Game two was probably the

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Speaker 1: most impressive or important win for you guys so far

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Speaker 1: this season, and I think Cardinals stands in general, and

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Speaker 1: maybe people who haven't been with the team from a

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Speaker 1: immediate perspect every day are going to look at May

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Speaker 1: and think what changed between the Cardinals in May and

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Speaker 1: what the Cardinals were doing in April. And Ali Marmal

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Speaker 1: says us a lot that the style of play hasn't

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Speaker 1: changed from you guys, that just the results have changed.

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Speaker 1: And I've seen, you know, almost every single one of

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Speaker 1: your games so far this year, and I would agree.

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Speaker 1: But for those who maybe aren't watching the Cardinals every day,

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Speaker 1: or for fans who you know, don't have the luxury

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Speaker 1: that we do have seen the inner workings of the clubhouse.

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Speaker 2: What does all he mean by that?

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Speaker 3: I think the best way to sum it up is,

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Speaker 3: I think you hear it a lot in sports nowadays,

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Speaker 3: is kind of a buzzword. Is just really focused on

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Speaker 3: the process. I think that's really what it comes down to,

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Speaker 3: as cluiche as it sounds nowadays, but I think everybody

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Speaker 3: who was just focused on their process, you know, and

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Speaker 3: and that everyone put into spring training. You know, you

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Speaker 3: look at Mason win for his sample, you know, he

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's he's one of our best hitters in

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Speaker 3: but I think kind of everybody did this. Pictures got

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Speaker 3: their own complete game shoutouts, and they were just kind

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about their rotation a little bit, because

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Speaker 1: you've been in this hybrid role pretty much since the

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Speaker 1: whether you're talking to Dusty Blake or all of himself

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Speaker 1: of the versatility in your role and how effective you've been.

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Speaker 1: It's not easy to do what the Cardinals have asked

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Speaker 1: you to do. You're in the final year of a

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Speaker 1: future does matter here, and you would have every right

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Speaker 1: to have said, yeah, I don't want to accept this role,

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Speaker 1: or I want to start every five days because that's

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Speaker 1: where the most value is. But instead you said, whatever

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Speaker 1: Why was that your reaction?

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Speaker 3: You know, I think it was just the right point

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Speaker 3: in my career to do this. You know, I think

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Speaker 3: as a younger player, I don't think I would have

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Speaker 3: I've seen a lot now, and you know, an expiring

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Speaker 3: a kind of a different appreciation for just kind of

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Speaker 4: And it's kind of been paying dividends. That mindset for

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Speaker 1: Think about balancing the role that you have right now,

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Speaker 1: you're in shorter relief since the Cardinals have been so

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Speaker 1: because they want to keep everyone on a six days

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 3: Hold on, somebody just knocks on my doors, are delivering

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Speaker 3: the curbs.

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Speaker 4: Hello? Can you edit this part?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. We're gonna find out. This is like

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Speaker 2: behind the scenes big league stuff.

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Speaker 4: For the family to visit. Yep, I supposed to have

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Speaker 4: two only half one? All right, we'll continue.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, what's fine?

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Speaker 1: Look people think that the big leagues are glamorous.

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Speaker 4: Okay, what was the question?

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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 2: How have you balance the hybrid role? Just in general?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been a little bit of a learning curve.

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Speaker 3: I think as I go, I think being okay with

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Speaker 1: You have established your career, and you know it's not

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Speaker 1: easy for any player to do this. But when you

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Speaker 1: think about what the Cardinals are doing in this transition

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Speaker 1: season and presenting opportunities for the next future core of

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Speaker 1: this club. They really didn't want to put Matthew Libertore

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Speaker 1: because they'd ask them to do it so many years

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well so, I mean Michael McGreevey, he's done a

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Speaker 3: But I think, you know, just I can speak from

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Speaker 3: I needed the ability to know and trust my stuff

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Speaker 3: that I can get out and be able to throw

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Speaker 4: So that stuff was really important for me as a

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Speaker 3: So I'm glad that I got to the point where

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Speaker 2: What have you seen from Libby?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean both him and Andre spoiler alert,

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Speaker 1: but from Libby. It just seems like he has taken

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Speaker 1: And just where they were playing, the Phillies lineup, and

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Speaker 1: how he handled himself. When you look and see where

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Speaker 1: compared to Livy, what do you see?

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Speaker 3: I see someone who really is convicted in this stuff.

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Speaker 3: I think it's started last year in the bullpen.

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Speaker 4: You saw it. He wanted the ball every day.

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Speaker 3: I think being out there last year for a month

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Speaker 3: wanted to pitch. And I think that's a really good

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Speaker 4: Early in your career.

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Speaker 3: You can doubt yourself, you can kind of have you know,

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Speaker 3: I think we all saw that in him last year,

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Speaker 3: and obviously the team did as well with the plans

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Speaker 3: and when I mean when you watch his bullpens. You're like, Wow,

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Speaker 2: Well, we'll get into a lot more about your teammates.

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Speaker 1: One of my favorite things and having players on the

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Speaker 1: show is that we get to kind of do a

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Speaker 1: That's See, this is good inside stuff. This is why

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Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 4: No, I don't. I don't agree. I don't agree.

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Speaker 1: Do you think you are the best overall? Like if

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Speaker 2: About was boring. He gives people what they want. But

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Speaker 1: It's good of running joke on this podcast. As we

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Speaker 1: with terms like this. I feel like the Cardinals are

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Speaker 1: a good PfP team. PfP pitching, fielding practice, and a

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Speaker 1: lot of times when you see.

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Speaker 2: A picture, this is just the way of the game.

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Speaker 1: Go out and feel the ground ball, throw it first,

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Speaker 1: like you're clenching, You're a little worried, You're like, is

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Speaker 1: this bald and sail in the right field? What's going on?

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Speaker 1: But with you guys, I am so confident in this group.

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Speaker 1: It's very athletic pitching staff. Who who is the.

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Speaker 3: Best the best fielder? I mean, I'm gonna have to

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Speaker 3: go with uh, He's got enough innings this year where

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Speaker 3: I can give him credit. McGreevy wow, because he was

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Speaker 3: like a shortstop? Was he short stop in college or

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Speaker 3: something like that? And he's a really good fielder, so

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Speaker 3: I gotta give I gotta give him that credit. I

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Speaker 3: think Sonny's maybe close with Sonny might have almost want

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Speaker 3: to go a glove a few years ago or something

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Speaker 3: like that. But I gotta I think I'm going with McGreevy.

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Speaker 3: He's he looks pretty his throws. It's hard to throw

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Speaker 3: as a picture because you're you know, you're you get

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Speaker 3: the angle and you're so mechanical and you're just throwing

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Speaker 3: it pretty much hards you can every time and then

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Speaker 3: just pump the brakes like that. Going a first is

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Speaker 3: kind of a hard deal for a lot of people,

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Speaker 3: but Greevy makes it look easy.

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Speaker 1: So I would have gone side, but I wasn't thinking about,

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Speaker 1: you know, outside of the five or six. Right now,

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Speaker 1: I'm Agreeby's a sneaky good pick. He's he's also a

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Speaker 1: super good golfer. It's annoying.

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Speaker 2: How are you so good at.

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Speaker 2: Right, Steven.

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Speaker 1: I know it's been a minute since the Cardinals have

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Speaker 1: played such good baseball, but I for when I'm really

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Speaker 1: enjoying it. I think it's just an all around super

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Speaker 1: fun time to be back in with the club. And

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Speaker 1: I know some fans are a little skeptical, some fans

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Speaker 1: are back in. What's your message to fans who might

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Speaker 1: be on the fence right now?

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Speaker 2: And if this streak is legit, you.

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Speaker 3: Can't fake it in the major leagues. I think that's

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Speaker 3: the bottom line. I mean, you know this is a

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Speaker 3: tough league. We beat the we beat the Phillies two series,

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Speaker 3: beat the Mets in a series, beat at Lant in

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Speaker 3: the series. Or no, we didn't beat it Land in

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Speaker 3: the series, but we played.

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Speaker 4: Some really good baseball. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we didn't beat Lana, but no, we played some

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Speaker 3: good teams. We're winning good quality games, we're scoring a

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Speaker 3: lot of runs, and we're pitching well. So I don't

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Speaker 3: think it's like I said, you can't fake it in

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Speaker 3: this league. It's it's too tough of a league to

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Speaker 3: fake it. It's just about being consistent and hopefully we

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Speaker 3: can show that down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: What are you enjoying the most about just being on

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Speaker 1: the team this year and what are you liking.

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Speaker 3: Well, obviously when you're winning, everything is more fun, and

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Speaker 3: so that that's been It's been great.

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Speaker 4: But uh, I think, like just what we talked about.

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Speaker 3: Earlier, it's just the camaraderie we have, just the there's

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Speaker 3: guys are playing loose, you know, there's it's a good

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Speaker 3: group of guys, you know.

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Speaker 4: I think I think sometimes when you go through tough.

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Speaker 3: Times together, you know, essentially this is the same team

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Speaker 3: as last year for the most part. A few changes,

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Speaker 3: but I think there's something that you kind of learned together,

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Speaker 3: you grow together, and now to experience some success, I

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Speaker 3: think it makes it even more enjoyable.

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Speaker 1: Last question, when you look ahead before it should be

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Speaker 1: another exciting series, what what gives you comment evidence that

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Speaker 1: this is going to continue?

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Speaker 2: And what do you really like about the club?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: So I think every night, a different guy is playing

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Speaker 3: a huge role in the win. Like you know, last

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Speaker 3: night it was you know, Mason getting four hits with

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Speaker 3: a homer. You know, a few nights ago, it was

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Speaker 3: Wilson with a couple of big hits. A few games

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Speaker 3: before Thattti Eric Vetti throwing a complete game, shutout Kyla.

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Speaker 3: He come out of the pen and throwing you know,

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Speaker 3: three innings of shut down baseball. And so I think

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Speaker 3: that's what really, It's not one guy carrying the team

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Speaker 3: when he cools off, you know we're in trouble. It's

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Speaker 3: it's everybody stepping up, you know, different night and big

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Speaker 3: moments to give us the win.

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Speaker 1: Agreed, It's made for some really fun baseball, and I

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Speaker 1: for one hope it continues. So we will see again

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals three games in Kansas City before they return

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Speaker 1: to Bus Shadium for three against the Detroit and three

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Speaker 1: against the Diamondback. Stephen Mats should be all over it

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Speaker 1: as he has been all seasons. Stephen, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for joining the show. I appreciate it, all right,

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Speaker 1: Thanks Katie, All right, Cardinal Territory, we're back with you

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Speaker 1: at the end of the weekend. As always, thanks for

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Speaker 1: watching for Steven. I'm Katie Woo