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Speaker 3: Let's charge about.

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Speaker 2: Fourteen years, five hundred million dollars for Vladimir Gerrera Junior.

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Speaker 2: It broke late last night, Ken Rosenthal on the story

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Speaker 2: it's just real money. And it's the second most money

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Speaker 1: What I think about it. I think they played this perfectly.

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Speaker 4: Good for good for the Blue Jays, good for the

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Speaker 1: Agreed. But here's the thing is again, they had to

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Speaker 2: to talk to you. Thanks for the time. What did

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Speaker 5: Well a long time coming, and I agree with a

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Speaker 5: couple of years ago, guy named Argie Namala, he was

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Speaker 5: they've we've seen them have trouble attracting elite free agents.

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Speaker 3: They've certainly gotten a lot of them.

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Speaker 5: And I think that narrative is a little bit exaggerated.

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Speaker 5: But how were you going to get another player like

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Speaker 3: And so I think that this has gone.

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Speaker 5: Through a lot of twists and turns. This has not

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Speaker 5: most logical because this is what vladimirka Errol Junior wanted,

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Speaker 5: this is what the Blue Jays needed, and ultimately was

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Speaker 5: just about how do they find that path to one another?

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Speaker 4: Do we know who was kind of in a way,

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Speaker 4: Atkins said earlier, well the value is there. We might

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Speaker 5: I think there are a few ways to look at that.

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Speaker 5: First off, this is not happening without full ownership support, right,

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Speaker 5: No executive is committing half a billion dollars to somebody

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Speaker 5: I do think that was key here that there was

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Speaker 5: But you know, you can look at this and say,

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Speaker 5: Is he really committed to that? But I think Vladimirgerre

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Speaker 3: So I think if you're a.

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Speaker 3: Will he take four to twenty five?

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Speaker 5: Will he take four fifty and a certain point you realize, Okay,

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Speaker 3: Are we doing this? Yes or no?

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Speaker 5: And at that point the Blue Jays made the decision,

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Speaker 5: Yes we have to do this, and here we are.

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Speaker 2: Aj. It is time for people to get some new clubs,

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Speaker 1: Right, no doubt.

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Speaker 4: I was there today, I've been there before.

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Speaker 1: Sure, I mean he laid it out for him. He

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Speaker 5: Well, I've been on the road in New York over

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Speaker 3: And look, I think fans are smart.

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Speaker 5: They understood where the Blue Jays are in this cycle,

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: Well, then I got to ask what's their pathway to success?

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Speaker 3: They can get guys. That's not the problem.

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Speaker 5: I think that they've got a significant amount of money

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Speaker 3: And then, look, you spend money, you have money.

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Speaker 4: Well, this front office see another year. Is this a

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Speaker 5: I think that's the question on everybody's mind right now.

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Speaker 1: Sure, I got asked. It's just because you're in Canada

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Speaker 1: Got it. Got it all right. So then I got

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Speaker 1: I think Vlad played them like a fiddle. And from

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Speaker 5: to uh are allowing that to happen under those circumstances.

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Speaker 5: This is something that would be deeply considered multiple levels,

436
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,160
Speaker 5: because you know, even if things go well, the likelihood

437
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Speaker 5: is that.

438
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Speaker 3: This contract outlives this front office.

439
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Speaker 1: Suh before we let you go. I have to ask

440
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Speaker 1: the timing of this was strange to me because you know,

441
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,320
Speaker 1: Canada's favorite son, Wayne Gretzky, lost his goal scoring record

442
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,160
Speaker 1: yesterday and then the Blue Jays sign announced its extension

443
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,479
Speaker 1: right after that. Was there was that timing on purpose?

444
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Speaker 1: And how does Canada feel about them no longer having

445
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Speaker 1: the goalscoring record?

446
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean you got to steal Ovechkin's thunder, right,

447
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,640
Speaker 5: like you can't have that moment and take the spotlight now.

448
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,000
Speaker 5: I you know, there's a lot of excitement around it

449
00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,200
Speaker 5: because this is one of those records that everybody felt

450
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,280
Speaker 5: was probably going to stand the test of time and

451
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,159
Speaker 5: it didn't really last as long as you might have

452
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Speaker 5: expected it to.

453
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Speaker 3: So I think there's a lot of excitement around that.

454
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Speaker 5: But I think from a timing perspective, you know, all

455
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 5: kidding aside, you know, to me, this is definitely something

456
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Speaker 5: that ideally is done as spring training, and I think

457
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 5: you can make the case. Look the Blue Jays, they

458
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 5: probably could have gotten this done for less money if

459
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Speaker 5: they did this in October. And you know, and you know,

460
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Speaker 5: I don't want to be like second guest guy because

461
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,280
Speaker 5: I was writing about this back last summer that when

462
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Speaker 5: you're thinking about order of operations, you know, extend trying

463
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 5: to extend Vladimir Guerrero Junior in October and then going

464
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Speaker 5: to the free agent market with him in tow and saying, Okay,

465
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,200
Speaker 5: this is what we are, this is what we got

466
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Speaker 5: going on, this is how we're moving forward, would have

467
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 5: been way better than doing it this way, where you're like, hey,

468
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Speaker 5: come here, come help us try to rebuild after a

469
00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,159
Speaker 5: terrible season, and yeah, we'll figure out vlad and you

470
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Speaker 5: bow down the road. So I think from an order

471
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Speaker 5: of operation standpoint, you know, this could have been done

472
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Speaker 5: in October. This could have done been done before camp

473
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Speaker 5: or right at the beginning of camp. And you change

474
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Speaker 5: a lot of conversations, you change a lot of feeling.

475
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Speaker 3: You change a lot of narrative by doing that.

476
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Speaker 5: It's important that they've gotten it done now, better better

477
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 5: now than ever, but earlier better than later as well.

478
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Speaker 2: Shh.

479
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Speaker 4: I don't want Blue Jays fans to think that we

480
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:32,400
Speaker 4: don't know hockey. Wayne is light years above everybody else

481
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,760
Speaker 4: on points. But he did give up the goal. But

482
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Speaker 4: I get a Vechkin got him on goals, but light

483
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Speaker 4: years on points, which is goals and assists. For everybody

484
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Speaker 4: who doesn't follow hockey on the FT network.

485
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Speaker 5: Here look at that Cratzy. You're showing that you definitely

486
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Speaker 5: made the most of your time up north and that

487
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Speaker 5: you recognized right.

488
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Speaker 1: So good there, listen, don't don't don't let credits, will you.

489
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Speaker 1: I know Wayne and I talked to Wayne about this

490
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Speaker 1: a few weeks ago and I said, Wayne, oh, he's

491
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Speaker 1: going to get you. He's like, you know what, I'm

492
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Speaker 1: happy for him. He's like, I got the points record.

493
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Speaker 1: I don't think anyone's touching that, but he said, records

494
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,320
Speaker 1: are made to be broken. I'm gonna be there and

495
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be supportive for him. And you know what,

496
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Speaker 1: I give Wayne credit. He was there and he stood

497
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Speaker 1: up and he showed up. And good for Wayne and

498
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: getting brought him some attention, and awesome for Ovechkin. I mean,

499
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Speaker 1: I don't know that good, but he seems like an animal.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's uh, it's pretty incredible.

501
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Speaker 5: And yeah, you're right, like Gretzky, the total game and

502
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,280
Speaker 5: the way that he produced during that era, it was

503
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Speaker 5: just just been out of some of those point tolls.

504
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Speaker 5: And even like the single season ninety two in one season,

505
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Speaker 5: I'm not sure anyone's getting near that one.

506
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Speaker 2: I mean, for me, the reason that you know Ovi's

507
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 2: no Wayne is Wayne's friends with Ajobie's not, so he's

508
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 2: got work. It is true, Shy, this is awesome. I

509
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,880
Speaker 2: could not agree with you more on the October part too,

510
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 2: that they should have gotten that done earlier. But whatever

511
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Speaker 2: it's done now they move on. Thank you so much

512
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,640
Speaker 2: for hopping on quick. Great job reporting on the story too.

513
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,160
Speaker 2: You can follow Shy at s. I'd be on Twitter,

514
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 2: catch them on sports Net. Thank you, Shy.

515
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 3: Get catching up those all those guys. Be well.

516
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,359
Speaker 2: Dodgers not going undefeated on the year. Sorry, Dodger fans.

517
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 2: You don't even have the best record in baseball anymore.

518
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,879
Speaker 2: That belongs to the San Francisco Giants. We'll get to

519
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,440
Speaker 2: them in a moment. But the heavyweight matchup this weekend

520
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 2: was the Phillies, who are now seven and two, taking

521
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Speaker 2: two out of three against the now nine and two Dodgers. AJ,

522
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Speaker 2: you were there, what did you see? Well?

523
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Speaker 1: First of all, John Middleton came on the Phillies show

524
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 1: and said, we owned the Dodgers last year. If you

525
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Speaker 1: look at the numbers, I think they took five or

526
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Speaker 1: six and outscored him like thirty seven to sixteen or

527
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: something crazy. So the Phillies did own the Dodgers last year.

528
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,760
Speaker 1: They didn't play in the playoffs, obviously because the Phillies

529
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Speaker 1: got knocked out by the Mets. But I think the

530
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 1: Phillies matchup well with the Dodgers because of their starting

531
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Speaker 1: pitching and because their lineup can match up well with

532
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: him now the Dodgers through glass now, Yamamoto and Sazaki.

533
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 1: JT threw out two guys in the eighth and the

534
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: ninth to end the game. That one I wasn't so

535
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,399
Speaker 1: sure about. It looked like he might have touched his jersey.

536
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 1: But from this angle, like maybe touched the jersey. I'm

537
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,920
Speaker 1: not exactly sure if it was him or the win,

538
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 1: but they called him out. But JT the best throwing

539
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: catcher in baseball, not even close. Listen, I'll say this,

540
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: The Friday night game was a great game. The Saturday

541
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,119
Speaker 1: game was a really good game. The Phillies just couldn't

542
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 1: get a hit with runners of score, position and Cratsey.

543
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 1: How about this for your guy, Alec Boham. That day

544
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: on Saturday, he had four bats, he saw five pitches,

545
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Speaker 1: and he made five outs, and the Phillies had a

546
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 1: three pitch inning in the ninth off Tanner Scott with

547
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Speaker 1: a hit. Figure that one out. I don't know that

548
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,439
Speaker 1: I've ever seen that before in baseball and Major League baseball,

549
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 1: especially in the ninth inning. But an interesting game. Sazaki

550
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 1: made some steps. Talked to Dave Roberts for the game.

551
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,400
Speaker 1: He's like, we just need to see this dude move forward.

552
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: He threw some splits for strike especially in the first inning.

553
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,160
Speaker 1: He gave up two singles Schwerber turners first and third,

554
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: punched out Harper and he threw him splits for strikes

555
00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,800
Speaker 1: and that changed the hold of bat for Harper. He

556
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:01,919
Speaker 1: gave up a run, but then he was able. I mean,

557
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: I know, four innings, but listen, the walks were down,

558
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 1: the stuff was there. Why this dude doesn't throw a

559
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,359
Speaker 1: slider though, I cannot figure out. So I don't know

560
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,719
Speaker 1: that was a good step for the Dodgers scene. But

561
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: the Dodger bullpen is filthy good. The Phillies are really good,

562
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,919
Speaker 1: and these two were probably going to be in it

563
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,479
Speaker 1: at the end. So just because the Phillies took two

564
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 1: out of three, don't expect it much anything less because

565
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,400
Speaker 1: these two teams are really good and really.

566
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Speaker 4: Confident and both teams can't hit starting pitching. It's unbelievable.

567
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,400
Speaker 4: You're like, what, how is this possible? Like even when

568
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 4: the Phillies got to glass now with a lot of walks,

569
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 4: you know, it's cold blowing on his hand. What I

570
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,200
Speaker 4: loved about this series when two teams match up like this,

571
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 4: sometimes you can look at it and go, well, that

572
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 4: would have never happened in the playoffs. They would have

573
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 4: never brought so and so in the game. They would

574
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 4: have never had this guy hitting like these guys were

575
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,119
Speaker 4: these they had? They put the best out there. Did

576
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,919
Speaker 4: Wheeler go No, I get it. But the bullpen guys,

577
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 4: they pushed them hard. I know Romano didn't do great

578
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 4: and he's kind of been struggling a little bit, but

579
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 4: you sit there and you go. This was back and forth.

580
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 4: These are two teams that know how to take advantage

581
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 4: of situations. Pajes did what he did in the outfield,

582
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,679
Speaker 4: the Phillies were able to take advantage of it, and

583
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 4: it was back and forth, back and forth. Had they played,

584
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 4: had they played ten games, it probably would have been

585
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 4: five and five. It could easily have been the Dodgers

586
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,439
Speaker 4: winning two and the Phillies winning one. Like This is

587
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 4: the type of matchup that kind of disappointed we get

588
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 4: it in April, kind of want to see it in August.

589
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 4: So it's like a preview of what these teams are

590
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 4: gonna be. But man, they're both hitting on all cylinders

591
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 4: and they had some crappy weather to play through too,

592
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 4: So credit to the Dodgers for coming out of nice

593
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 4: weather to go play a net.

594
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, they both are pretty close to full strength right now.

595
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 2: Obviously when you meet up at the end of the season,

596
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 2: usually have some players banged up. Oh, Tony will get

597
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 2: to that's a separate case. Wheeler, by the way, is

598
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 2: by far the number one starter on the Phillies. You

599
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 2: didn't pitch in this series, so to me, that gives

600
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 2: even another point to Philly.

601
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Speaker 1: Lozardo was philled fee I mean, he.

602
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 2: Talked about out two hits eight case.

603
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 1: He talked to the Dodgers about what they saw from him.

604
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: They're like, wow, that was impressive. It was impressive. Rob

605
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: Thompson was super pumped about it, and if they can

606
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: keep him healthy. By the way, so I saw him

607
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 1: for the first time in person. I'd never met him

608
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,400
Speaker 1: in person. He is Jack by the way, like Jacked

609
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: that's Scott Jack but close.

610
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a weight room guy. Well, we know, we

611
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 2: talk about this all the time. There's some pictures that

612
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 2: are like no upper body craziness, and then some are like, Chapman,

613
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 2: I'm gonna do whatever I want to do to be

614
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 2: feeling as freaking jacked as possible, and that's going to

615
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 2: be my life. Lozarda is more in the Arald this

616
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 2: Chapman camp. I mean, he's he was a Miami guy

617
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 2: for a minute, so a that's going to bring the

618
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 2: best beach bot out of you too. But anyway, in

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00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 2: all seriousness, quote of the series.

620
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: Has the best beach Tyler Glass. Now that's what was

621
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Speaker 1: the just I mean, surfer bod True? Yeah, true?

622
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 2: Did you see the Harper quote? Before the series started,

623
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 2: They're like, oh, what do you think about the Dodgers?

624
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 2: I got all the players and he's like, I feel

625
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 2: like only losers complain about what they're doing. Such a

626
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 2: good quote.

627
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: I mean I tweeted it. I quote tweeted it and

628
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: got crushed for it. I was like, I don't know,

629
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 1: because yeah, because I was like I love this quote.

630
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 1: Go out and beat them, I mean, and then people

631
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: are like, oh, you run on a small market team

632
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: and never complained. I'm like, actually we didn't. When I

633
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: was with the Twins, we were responding, and we want

634
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: to know without two thousand and five we were like

635
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 1: thirteenth in payroll, and we beat the Red Sox, we

636
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: beat the Astros, and we beat the Angels all over

637
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: ahead of us in payroll. We never complained. We just

638
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: want to kick their asses. So I love this colte

639
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: by Harper. Harper's like, you know what, we think we're

640
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 1: better than them. We'll go out and prove it. Don't

641
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: complain about it. They still have to go out and

642
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: beat everybody. And the Phillies beat them two out of three.

643
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: So to my capter, the Harper and the Phillies.

644
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 4: And fans and fans I think sometimes need to be

645
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 4: reminded that players never look at it that way, or

646
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 4: at least not players that majority of players would respect.

647
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 4: They don't look at it and go, we're playing the Dodger.

648
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 3: We got no chance.

649
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 4: You don't want to play with anybody that says that.

650
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 4: You don't even want to look yourself in the mirror

651
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,959
Speaker 4: and say that, like, you want to go out you

652
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,840
Speaker 4: have an opportunity to beat the other team, no matter

653
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 4: how much payroll they have, they got to put nine

654
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 4: guys out there. They got to put a picture on

655
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 4: the mound, and you get an opportunity to beat them

656
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 4: every single night. So I loved it that Harper said that,

657
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 4: and I think play I think majority of players I've

658
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 4: had ninety eight percent of players would agree with him.

659
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 2: Hey, by the way, the Dodgers are gonna have to

660
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 2: figure out, you know, this pitching injury epidemic that they've

661
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 2: been experiencing. I know Snells had injuries, but he's also

662
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 2: been in decent shape the last few years. Already, after

663
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 2: two starts, he hits the shelf shoulder inflammation. Hey, stacked.

664
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 2: They've got plenty of depth. But you get that news

665
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 2: while we get the news about Otani over the weekend too.

666
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 2: I don't know if they said anything to you, AJ,

667
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 2: but it's kind of like Ken's report over the weekend

668
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 2: had to do with them really slow playing things because

669
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 2: they're thinking about the playoffs. Pitching wise, for him, he's

670
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 2: got to pitch before that if the progression continues. But

671
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 2: he had his second session twenty six pitches mixed in

672
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 2: the splitter. Usually from this point to getting back on

673
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 2: a big league mount as a starter. It's about six weeks.

674
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 2: It sounds like it's probably gonna be maybe double that

675
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 2: to get him back. They're gonna really slow play it.

676
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 2: What do you think.

677
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: Well, I was in the same meeting that Ken was in,

678
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 1: so I know exactly what was told to him, and

679
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: that was exactly what they said. I mean, Ken was

680
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: standing next to me when Dave Roberts told us his update.

681
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: And yeah, they are slow playing it because they don't

682
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: know how to rehab them. We asked him. I asked,

683
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts, what do I keep saying, how do you

684
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: rehab show Ay? Because you can't send him to Oklahoma

685
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: City and for Triple A and say throw five innings.

686
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to do, you know, simulated games, and

687
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to do this and do that. And

688
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: then I said to him, I said, Dave, well what

689
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: do you do when he actually does get into a game.

690
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: And he's like, I don't know. And I said, you're

691
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: going to piggyback in with Snell or Glass now or

692
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 1: so zaki ye, And he's like, I don't know about

693
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 1: that either. So there's a lot of questions because nobody's

694
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 1: ever done this. But yeah, they are slow playing this.

695
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: And one thing Dave did say was, yes, we want

696
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 1: him ready for October. That's what he wants. That's when

697
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 1: he wants to be ready. So they have plenty of

698
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: time to figure this out. The Snell thing is concerning

699
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: because man, he did he said the last few years

700
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: he's been pretty healthy. So to see him go down already.

701
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: But what was interesting to me and hopefully he gets

702
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: back sooner rather than later.

703
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 2: Legendary walkoffs this weekend. We had five on Sunday? Is

704
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: that right? Five walkoffs on Sunday? Yes, do you want

705
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 2: do you want to get in your your gator talk

706
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 2: to here?

707
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: No, we'll get four, We'll get in slow pins crats.

708
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 2: Four walkoffs on Sunday.

709
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 4: Five My thumb was outside of the cream.

710
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 2: Oh h, gotcha, your thumbs too big. Five walkoff wins

711
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 2: the most across MLB on a single day since five

712
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 2: were pulled off on July eighth of twenty twenty two.

713
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 2: That's fun for the first weekend of the season. Well

714
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 2: technically the second.

715
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 1: Right, the Giants.

716
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 4: The Giants one was like was delayed. It was like, oh, okay,

717
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 4: well they're probably gonna come back. And the roeblace injury.

718
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 4: I hope his shoulder's fine, but that looked bad. That

719
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 4: looked bad, and they called him out of play because

720
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 4: he had hit the net completely and fell and bounced back,

721
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,919
Speaker 4: and you can't use the net to stay and play.

722
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 4: I didn't know that, but one pitch what right the

723
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 4: right field. Wilmer Flores was part of those five, and

724
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 4: I think now he's tied with Bryce Harper for the

725
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 4: most walk off of any active player in baseball. I

726
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 4: think it's thirteen, which is crazy Wilmore Flores, when I

727
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 4: would not have picked him to be tied with Bryce Harper.

728
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 2: Let's there's a hot corner time. So we can cover

729
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 2: the Pirates Yankee series in here. But it was the

730
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 2: Pirates home opener on Friday, and frankly, it was an

731
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 2: utter disaster, a nine spot for the Yanks. Judge hadnopohomer,

732
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 2: they had some mistakes on the field. It just didn't

733
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 2: look like good, clean first home game baseball from Pittsburgh,

734
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 2: and fans were heated. AJ we can only go off

735
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 2: what we hear on the broadcast and what reporters were saying,

736
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 2: many of which have spent a long time covering the team,

737
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 2: and the consensus was sell the team, Sell the team.

738
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 2: They were chanting loud. It sounded like Oakland last year.

739
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 2: And then there was the one fan trying to chat

740
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 2: with Bob Nutting who had the kind of fake oopsie

741
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,480
Speaker 2: smile on his face. The owner of the Pirates as

742
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 2: he was trying to head to his suite, but he

743
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 2: wanted to just I guess walk through the concourse to

744
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 2: get there, or maybe there's no other way to get there.

745
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 2: I don't know. They lost the next day. They did

746
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 2: pull off a walk off win yesterday five to four.

747
00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,800
Speaker 2: They're off to a bad start, and it just feels

748
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,760
Speaker 2: like they finally hit a boiling point on many levels

749
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 2: because they are going through a long rebuild right now

750
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 2: and it looks like the same sludge this year.

751
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: Where do you start? The video of the fans getting

752
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,759
Speaker 1: after him is one of the craziest, funniest videos of

753
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: all time. I don't, I don't, I don't know, I

754
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, I don't expect or want to

755
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: condone at all any fan going up to an owner

756
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: and saying some of the things that were said. So

757
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: let's get that out there in the air. In the opening. Yeah,

758
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: we can show it because listen, say what you want

759
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: to say. Be respectful though the guy, you know, he

760
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 1: still owns the team, so be a little bit respectful.

761
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 2: I wouldn't say it because of that. I just say

762
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 2: be respectful because he's a human being. Also true, I

763
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 2: don't care about that because he's not true.

764
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: He's a human being. But I mean, I don't know,

765
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: but just be respectful to other people, please, Yeah and

766
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: so and fans caught him. But what I don't want

767
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 1: to know is why was Bob nutting walking through the crowd.

768
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: He knew this was coming. You have to know you

769
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: cannot be that dense in life, right crotchy to know

770
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 1: that if I walk out through the crowd at this point,

771
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,760
Speaker 1: with all the stuff that's been going on, that's someone's

772
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,839
Speaker 1: not gonna say something crazy to me. And this guy

773
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: took a shot and Bob nunning to his I'll give

774
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 1: him credit for this. He didn't fire back, and he

775
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: got a security to get in the way and get

776
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: him out of there. But you had to know this

777
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: was coming. And that's what's surprising to me.

778
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 4: I mean, he I mean, there's definitely another way to

779
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,919
Speaker 4: get to his suite. I think it was. I think

780
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 4: he planned to walk out there because if you see

781
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 4: where he's walking, if we can show the video or not.

782
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 4: If you look see the video, he's walking up that rotunda.

783
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 4: I think it's called that goes in left field. It's circular,

784
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 4: it gets you to the upper deck. It's a really

785
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 4: really awesome unique thing that that PNC Park has. But

786
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 4: you go there and you're like, why would you walk through?

787
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 4: As much as I'm like, hey, be an owner of

788
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 4: the people. Because John Middleton was just was just on

789
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,839
Speaker 4: the Philly Show the other day. You can see he's

790
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,919
Speaker 4: out in the he's out among the people, and people

791
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,280
Speaker 4: aren't chirping a little bit here like it's a nice

792
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,280
Speaker 4: it's an awesome walk So I like that you're all

793
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,399
Speaker 4: out around the people and he acts like nobody's even

794
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 4: talking to him.

795
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 2: But yeah, they're screaming, sell the team, sell the team,

796
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 2: and the whole ballpark was doing that really for the

797
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 2: entire game. For the Friday home opener. Yeah, it was

798
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 2: kind of a nightmare series aside from the walk off win.

799
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 2: But we just showed you a little bit of video

800
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 2: there and there's nothing to hear. They're just yelling sell

801
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,439
Speaker 2: the team, what's the deal? Why is Trent Grisham having

802
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 2: the time of his life this weekend against US? Stuff

803
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:45,760
Speaker 2: like that two over game shot.

804
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: Well Saturday, My bigger question is not only was did

805
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: this happen? But I think we're going to go there.

806
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 1: The Roberto Clementi stuff to me was like that is

807
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 1: like you can be the owner and you can piss

808
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: off folks. One thing you don't I'm doing Pittsburgh is

809
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 1: you don't mess with Roberto Clementi. And for them to

810
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: take the Roberto Clementi twenty one off the wall. That

811
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: is the Roberto Clemente wall, and it's twenty one feet

812
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: high because of Roberto Clemente. And if you ask Latin

813
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,839
Speaker 1: players in baseball, they will tell you that they think

814
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: Roberto Clementi was as important as a Jackie Robinson and

815
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: that they should retire that number throughout baseball. I don't

816
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: know that's going to happen, but you see the difference

817
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 1: right there. And for them to just for the Pirates

818
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: to be like it was an oversight, like are you

819
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: kidding me? It was an oversight? Like that was one

820
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: of the cool features of going to P and C

821
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: was that wall and why it was there, and the

822
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: height was special and everything. So I don't know. I

823
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: think that was just it just more of the bad

824
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 1: weekend vibes that Scott was talking about.

825
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're fixing it. I mean, you needed Roberto Clemente

826
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:48,399
Speaker 2: Junior to come out publicly and almost kind of hint

827
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 2: that there are fractures and things that need to be fixed.

828
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 2: In general, it's just it's really ugly, and the team

829
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 2: was like, oh, this was just an oversight. Oops ce.

830
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 5: Me.

831
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 2: I'm like, you had to physically remove it or replace it.

832
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 2: That's not an oversight, is it. And it's like Kratz

833
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,479
Speaker 2: they said, because they decided after COVID that they would

834
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 2: put the extra twenty one up there. I'm like, okay.

835
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 2: It just feels like when you're honoring someone who is

836
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 2: a legend in the organization who has passed, you can't

837
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 2: put something up and then take it away. Part of

838
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 2: the excuse on the Oopsie was like, well, we have

839
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 2: other stuff honoring him. I get it. I get the

840
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 2: sponsor ship part, right, everyone has sponsorship to pay the bills,

841
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,320
Speaker 2: but like, there are many other places to put something.

842
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 2: You think that replacing something like that with a sponsor

843
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 2: is going to go over. Well, now the sponsor's pissed

844
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 2: and they probably want their.

845
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 4: Money back, as they should. Don't offer that to them.

846
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 4: They did this on purpose. And the I'm not sure

847
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 4: what his name was, the guy who said, I take

848
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 4: full responsibility.

849
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 2: Head of sales, Travis Williams, not president of the.

850
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,240
Speaker 4: Travels thank you. And he said I take full responsibility.

851
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 4: But then if he would have stopped there, you'd have

852
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 4: been like, okay, fine. But then he said, well, we

853
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 4: actually have twenty one. And if you would look at

854
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 4: that picture, it's really hard to see, but above the

855
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 4: scoreboard about halfway up there's a cement line. It's where

856
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 4: people can like stand, and it's above that automated scoreboard

857
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 4: that they have there, and it's a twenty one that's

858
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,359
Speaker 4: this big to me. They felt like they had done enough.

859
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 4: They felt like they had enough. Roberto Clemente. You can

860
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 4: see it, I mean so so tiny. The black on

861
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,439
Speaker 4: the right on the right picture, there's a twenty one.

862
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,359
Speaker 4: The scoreboard's off so you can really see it. It's

863
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 4: that little. It's a little dot on the scoreboard, I

864
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,840
Speaker 4: mean above the scoreboard there that says twenty one. And

865
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:45,839
Speaker 4: I think there's one at the other end of it.

866
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 4: To me, they felt like they had given enough enough

867
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 4: respect in homage to to me, he's bigger than just

868
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 4: the Pirates. There's a Roberto Clemente museum in Pittsburgh. Like

869
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 4: Pirates fan connect with this, there is a majority of

870
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 4: players that connect with Roberto Clemente and what he did

871
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 4: and his ability to bring Latin players that that you know,

872
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 4: opened it up some for lat there's Latin players before him,

873
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,840
Speaker 4: but he really brought that flash and flare and a

874
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 4: lot of them that never knew him really gravitated to that.

875
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 4: And I they they missed it. And now you gotta Now,

876
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 4: you gotta figure out what to do with Surfside, because

877
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 4: you know you told them, hey, we can sell you

878
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 4: the falpole line. We can sell you the line right

879
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 4: next to the foul pole. That's going to be huge

880
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 4: because when home runs go there, Now, where are they

881
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 4: gonna put them? You better, you better figure it out

882
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 4: because you had this and you made that promise. Now

883
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,839
Speaker 4: Surf Side can sponsor Hot Corner if they want. We'll

884
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:46,919
Speaker 4: always show you on here.

885
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 2: That's true. But also if I'm them, I'm pissed that

886
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 2: you know there was a miscommunication here because you know

887
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 2: that's not on the sponsor to know exactly what was

888
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 2: replacing what and all that. So you made them look

889
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 2: bad and that's not cool. So yeah, there were a

890
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,240
Speaker 2: lot of really big swings and misses from the Pirates

891
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,479
Speaker 2: this weekend, aside from Tommy fam with the walk off

892
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 2: after a blown lead for one, Grisham got him again

893
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,759
Speaker 2: at one point it would have been really bad, but regardless,

894
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 2: like you got to pick on them when they're down

895
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 2: right now because fans need a voice and we're here

896
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 2: for you because it's bs what's gone on there. Meanwhile,

897
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 2: Yankees look really good as usual. They won two out

898
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 2: of three here. They're off to a nice start to

899
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 2: the year. Let's hit the Giants and Rangers when we

900
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 2: swing back, both off to sizzland starts. Oh Buster, Posey's

901
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 2: looking good right now. Best record in baseball belongs to

902
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 2: a team that's won seven in a row, the San

903
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 2: Francisco Giants. They played some close games this weekend too,

904
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 2: against Seattle. Obviously, Seattle gets swept. They lose Roeblayce for

905
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 2: a while. It could be bad news for them. But

906
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,920
Speaker 2: on the other side here aj A damis for the

907
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,240
Speaker 2: home opener getting the walk off. And I've already heard

908
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,240
Speaker 2: from who is it Zach Manasan who is the brother

909
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 2: of Perry who runs the Angels, that a domis in there.

910
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 2: This was a good line from him. Treats every game

911
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 2: like opening Day, like every game is this genuine excitement

912
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,279
Speaker 2: that you're playing again without overdoing it? And that is

913
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,480
Speaker 2: a fine line. So it sounds like he's already really

914
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 2: like bringing the spark that you saw with him in

915
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:18,720
Speaker 2: the Milwaukee Brewers for years.

916
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 1: This is why he was so valuable in Milwaukee. Besides

917
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:23,640
Speaker 1: the stats, just a smile, he brings the energy, he

918
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: brings scrats no, scrats on. But listen, man, I know

919
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: I think that the Giants listener. Are they off to

920
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:30,719
Speaker 1: a hot story he has. Is it great for the

921
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 1: Giants in their fan base? Yes? Is it great for

922
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 1: Buster Posey? Absolutely?

923
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 4: You know what?

924
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: You know what the best part about this is baseball

925
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: players can run teams. Look at the Red Sox, look

926
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: at the Rangers, look at the Giants. Now, baseball players.

927
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: It doesn't have to just be people from IVY League schools, right,

928
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,400
Speaker 1: baseball players, No, baseball Let's put some more baseball players

929
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 1: in there. I'm happy for Giants. Fans are excited. It's

930
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: good for baseball. When teams win, you bring someone back,

931
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: past player. Guess what, Buster Posey a legend in San Francisco.

932
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: He wants the Giants to win. Let's we need to

933
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,360
Speaker 1: see more of this. We need baseball people in baseball.

934
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 4: Can his just aura of winning? I mean, Buster Posey

935
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 4: is just he's winning, That's what it is. The one

936
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 4: you know, they won, and then he got hurt and

937
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 4: they didn't win, and then he was back again. They

938
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 4: won again and it was an off year. Like he

939
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:24,360
Speaker 4: was always in the playoffs. He was always around winning.

940
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 4: So can that permeate in just his first year in

941
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,800
Speaker 4: the front office because he was working for the team.

942
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,360
Speaker 4: You know now that he's pushing the buttons, is he

943
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 4: really making that much of a difference. I don't know,

944
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 4: but this is a great start. A lot of close games.

945
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 4: It would say that those close games would even out,

946
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 4: but close games are won not by offense, by pitching

947
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:51,600
Speaker 4: in defense. And these boys can pick it. They can

948
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 4: pick it, and if they know how to play in

949
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:58,359
Speaker 4: San fran maybe they have an advantage there because they

950
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 4: can pick it. And they're gonna try to be able to,

951
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 4: you know, outlast teams with their pitching and defense, which

952
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:04,480
Speaker 4: could be huge.

953
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: But do we think, does anybody think they're going to

954
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: win the division even though it's nice start. I'm just saying,

955
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 1: and I know Scott, I know Scott doesn't care, but

956
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: they do have a negative run differential.

957
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 2: I definitely don't care because they're winning close games right now,

958
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:25,360
Speaker 2: runners in scoring position, machines, two out, RBIs, walk off wins.

959
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 2: Adamis was a posy ad right. Chapman getting extended, who

960
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 2: had a nice weekend with some big plays and some

961
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 2: timely hits was kind of a posey move with the

962
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 2: way that he got it done. And overall, I do

963
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:40,880
Speaker 2: know that there have been some changes already with the

964
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,400
Speaker 2: analytics staff still doing their thing but taking a step

965
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 2: back and being so close to the players and kind

966
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 2: of surrounding them. And I mean, you guys, tell me,

967
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,880
Speaker 2: does that make a difference right off the jump if

968
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 2: you feel like it's a little more baseball and just

969
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 2: a little more separation in the right way.

970
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: Winning. But let me ask you also, Scott, you say, oh,

971
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter who you play. Who did they just

972
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:07,480
Speaker 1: sweep Seattle?

973
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 2: They swept Houston before that, and they won two out

974
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 2: of three against Cincinnati, and that one loss was by

975
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 2: one run, so they look good. Those are all good teams.

976
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: I'm just asking. You always say you know, it doesn't

977
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,600
Speaker 1: matter who you play, but I mean, Seattle's not playing great.

978
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 1: They're not swinging the bats very well.

979
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's that's not a bad to a thirty

980
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 2: five scoreless. I'm just saying no, but it's not like

981
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 2: they opened up against the Rockies and White Sox. To me,

982
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 2: those are all formidable teams. Even if they're average teams.

983
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 2: They're they're good. Houston should be good. Seattle, Yes, I

984
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:39,320
Speaker 2: don't think he's I think they're going to be in

985
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 2: the same range as usual. They'll be in like the

986
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 2: low to mid eighties. They'll miss the playoffs by a

987
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 2: game or two fifty four, and then Cincinnati. We don't

988
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,000
Speaker 2: know yet. But my point is they're not bad teams.

989
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 1: Okay, I just I just wanted I love how you

990
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: flipped the narrative to however you wanted to fit.

991
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,319
Speaker 2: The true We're talking about the Rays when they had

992
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 2: their undefeated start and they played some weaker.

993
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:04,320
Speaker 4: Appeasant He's a scout, he writes, whatever he writes, whatever

994
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 4: narrative he wants. This guy unbelievable. Great speed, not high

995
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,759
Speaker 4: end speed, but speed that comes off the bas is

996
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 4: Scott Scott's scout. We hear it, We hear it at him.

997
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 4: He flips the narrative when he needs it.

998
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:19,400
Speaker 2: I think Ad misses me. We're going to be in

999
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,280
Speaker 2: studio together on Wednesday, as long as there's not another

1000
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 2: National Championship game, aren't we?

1001
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:25,920
Speaker 4: Huggs hugs.

1002
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't. I don't know if I'll change

1003
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 1: the code on my door or not.

1004
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,719
Speaker 2: All right, here we are. First off, one more bit

1005
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:36,799
Speaker 2: of news in the AL West or the National League West.

1006
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:40,400
Speaker 2: Make it to tell Marte Hamstring Streen put on the

1007
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 2: Ale Saturday. That happened in Friday's game, running out a

1008
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 2: double in the first inning. He was off to a

1009
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 2: hot start, one sixty seven ops plus first eight game,

1010
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 2: six walks to four k's. They'll be okay, but that

1011
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 2: still sucks. I mean, he's a top five player right

1012
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 2: now in the National League based on what he did

1013
00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 2: last year in the start to this year. So that

1014
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 2: helps San Francisco too to stay in the pack here

1015
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 2: with the wildcar contenders. You know it knocks Arizona back,

1016
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:07,400
Speaker 2: potentially a couple of games, depending on how long he misses.

1017
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:14,759
Speaker 2: Rangers eight and two, they sweep the race, thoughts their

1018
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 2: offense hasn't even gotten going really yet.

1019
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:21,319
Speaker 1: By the way, Sorry, I got confused. I thought we're

1020
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:26,320
Speaker 1: tugging Rangers. The Rangers have the negative run differential. Sorry, sorry, sorry,

1021
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 1: The Giants actually have a huge run difference for the

1022
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,319
Speaker 1: Rangers are the ones? So Apologies everybody in the chat

1023
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:33,279
Speaker 1: on Twitter. I was confused. I was listening, but I

1024
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 1: was too excited to burn Scott on the Rangers instead

1025
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: of the Giants. So go Giants. As someone that has

1026
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,000
Speaker 1: their number retired by the Giants, I am a Giant,

1027
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:42,000
Speaker 1: so I get it.

1028
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:43,839
Speaker 2: And you're a Ranger and the Rangers. I had.

1029
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: Yes, the Rangers are eight and two and they do

1030
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:51,320
Speaker 1: have a negative run differential, so yes, which is so Scott.

1031
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 1: They suck according to you.

1032
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 2: Isn't that because of the one game where they got

1033
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 2: clocked by the Reds. Yeah, that's still That's why run

1034
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:04,600
Speaker 2: different rental is so stupid. It's so dumb. It is

1035
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 2: such a bad stat and the fact that we're smart numbers.

1036
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 2: People rely on that, like, oh, they're Pythagorean record. I'm like,

1037
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:14,880
Speaker 2: so a team can lose two games by a combined

1038
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 2: score of thirty to three and throw somebody out there

1039
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 2: that just eats it for a while, and that's going

1040
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,319
Speaker 2: to affect how you look at that team for the year.

1041
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:24,799
Speaker 2: That's a terrible stat.

1042
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 5: I like it.

1043
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:28,360
Speaker 2: What do you think about the Rangers?

1044
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:30,759
Speaker 1: That's a scout coming out again Cratsey by the way,

1045
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:32,799
Speaker 1: because you know he just picks the stats he likes.

1046
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:35,320
Speaker 1: But I like, I love the Range. I think the

1047
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,319
Speaker 1: Ranger are good as long as they're as long as

1048
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,879
Speaker 1: their pitches to have stays healthy. Jack Lader's already down

1049
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,600
Speaker 1: to get to Grun stay healthy. Canivaldy stay healthy? Can

1050
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: Maalley stay healthy? If they do? But we your no

1051
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:49,480
Speaker 1: verse boat. You can run a bullpen. That's the biggest thing. Boats.

1052
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 4: You'll get that value out of that bullpen no matter

1053
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 4: what time of year it.

1054
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 2: Is, correct, all right, So good start for them, And yeah,

1055
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:00,920
Speaker 2: played a nice series against a race team that is

1056
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:03,000
Speaker 2: probably going to stand out for it's pitching more than

1057
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 2: anything else. They got to Tej Bradley in that matchup?

1058
00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 2: What was that On Saturday? They got to Tash So yeah,

1059
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:14,359
Speaker 2: good start for them. All right, let's slap. We've got

1060
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,440
Speaker 2: a lot of things to do. First off, watch party.

1061
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:17,880
Speaker 2: Next one we're doing, We're gonna do this once a

1062
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 2: week on playback Dodgers and Nationals. It'll be a foul

1063
00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:25,719
Speaker 2: territory Dodgers Territory little collab. We'll call that whole game

1064
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,839
Speaker 2: four o'clock Eastern time. Catch it this Wednesday. Will give

1065
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 2: you more info tomorrow and of course on Wednesday as well.

1066
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 2: Alanaizzo already confirmed, and we're working on some others as well.

1067
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,480
Speaker 2: All right, let's get to AJ's story here for two minutes.

1068
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 2: I want to hear about your Max Monsey conversation because

1069
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:43,120
Speaker 2: he's coming on the show tomorrow.

1070
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 1: I know I'm not gonna be on tomorrow because I

1071
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:47,319
Speaker 1: have to get home from San Antonio. By the way,

1072
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:49,120
Speaker 1: if you haven't been to San Antonio, I haven't been here.

1073
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,239
Speaker 1: I've been here one other time. It's awesome. The river

1074
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 1: walk is awesome and it's not hot, so which makes

1075
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:55,359
Speaker 1: it even better. So I'll be on on Wednesday again

1076
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,560
Speaker 1: unless I fall into the river after Florida Wednesday night

1077
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:00,000
Speaker 1: and I don't get out, which is a distinct possibility.

1078
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:04,320
Speaker 1: We'll see. But I was in Philadelphia this weekend. I

1079
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:05,880
Speaker 1: as a Fox analyst. We get to go in the

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00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:07,880
Speaker 1: clubhouses and Max was in there and I was talking

1081
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:09,920
Speaker 1: to him and he's like, oh, you know, I'm kind

1082
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:11,640
Speaker 1: of struggling. I'm like, dude, you're like three for twenty.

1083
00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:13,640
Speaker 1: I forget what the numbers or whatever. I'm like, but

1084
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 1: if this was in June, you know, nobody would carry.

1085
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 1: He's like that's a good point. I'm like, Max, you've

1086
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:18,920
Speaker 1: gotten too many hits. You're too good to let this go.

1087
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: And he's like, you're right, you're right. I'm like, oh,

1088
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 1: I got Nola, and you know he's gonna flip you

1089
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:24,279
Speaker 1: some curveballs. Just just get out front and you know,

1090
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:26,000
Speaker 1: clip it out front and hit one down the right

1091
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,120
Speaker 1: field line and then you go from there. And he's like, ah,

1092
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:29,719
Speaker 1: you know, da da da da. I don't know, we'll see,

1093
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:31,200
Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see. I don't want to swing at

1094
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: the curveball. I'm like, well, at some point, you're gonna

1095
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: have to swing at one. He's just kind of like,

1096
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:36,360
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know. But it all started

1097
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,080
Speaker 1: because I wanted to see his torpedo bow, which he

1098
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:39,560
Speaker 1: had thrown in the garbage because he said I had

1099
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:41,520
Speaker 1: no hits in it. So I'm like, just you know,

1100
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:43,520
Speaker 1: get your torpedo bat out of the garbage, flip one

1101
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 1: down the right field line. You'll get going.

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00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 2: Well.

1103
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:47,680
Speaker 1: Max months he guess that he does three for three.

1104
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:49,919
Speaker 1: I had no idea at the time. He was one

1105
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 1: for twenty one off Nola with eleven punchies. I had

1106
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,360
Speaker 1: absolutely no idea because I hadn't read the notes yet. Instead,

1107
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: I felt like an idiot. He went out went three

1108
00:52:58,080 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 1: for three, So Max, you owe me, so up him

1109
00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:02,120
Speaker 1: for those three for three when you come on tomorrow. Brother.

1110
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Speaker 2: Wow, that was coaching status right there. Wow.

1111
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 1: Yep had no idea. Yep went in there was like

1112
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 1: just you don't believe in yourself, come on, you can

1113
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 1: do it, and doing for the gimper, doing for the

1114
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: old man up there in the booth. Let's go in

1115
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:20,839
Speaker 1: three for three. So off Nola, All off Nola too.

1116
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: By the way, firstbody get.

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00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:28,320
Speaker 4: Somebody, somebody get a Jason the shoulders patting himself on

1118
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:33,280
Speaker 4: the back. Worst hitting coach ever. Never tellybody give hitting

1119
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 4: coach advice.

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Speaker 2: It works, though,