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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to episode nineteen of the Hammer

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Speaker 1: Territory Podcast. I am your host, Sprad Roland, coming to

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Speaker 1: you on a Sunday. It is our first episode of

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Speaker 1: the month of June and our first episode and quite

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Speaker 1: some time with my usual co host who is now

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Speaker 1: back from his never ending European journey, Scott Coleman. How

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Speaker 1: are you, user, Brad. It is great to hear your voice.

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Speaker 2: You and the fellas Stephen and Sean did a phenomenal

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Speaker 2: job holding down the fort while I was away. Very

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Speaker 2: fortunately was able to get away with my wife for

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Speaker 2: a couple of weeks. But the podcast it probably is

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Speaker 2: the best it has ever been without me on it,

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Speaker 2: if we're being honest. But you all did a great

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Speaker 2: job and very happy to be back and home Territory.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we're happy to have you back. That makes my

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Speaker 1: life a little bit easier not having to hustle down guests,

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Speaker 1: even though if it's definitely fun to talk to people

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Speaker 1: like Chris Willis and Grant McCauley, etc. We had Mark

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Speaker 1: Bowman of the show on Friday with Stevens, so if

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Speaker 1: anybody missed that, I would encourage you to listen to

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Speaker 1: all of our shows, but especially that's the most recent

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Speaker 1: episode on this podcast. Also, we are a part of

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Speaker 1: the foul Territory Network. Check out the entire network, including

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Speaker 1: the flagship show at foul Territory, and please subscribe to

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Speaker 1: this podcast anywhere you might find your podcasts, of course,

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Speaker 1: places like Apple and Spotify, but overcast, podecasts again, all

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Speaker 1: the places you can find podcasts. We should be there, Scott.

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Speaker 1: Beyond you being back, and that is clearly the headline

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Speaker 1: on this Sunday evening, But beyond that, the Braves actually

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Speaker 1: won a baseball series this weekend, and it sort of

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Speaker 1: would have changed the vibe of this podcast had they

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Speaker 1: lost the series, because earlier this week, as we covered

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Speaker 1: extensively on this podcast feed, they lost the series to

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Speaker 1: the Nationals. In fact, it would have it was still

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Speaker 1: a losing week overall in the seven day but on

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Speaker 1: a more positive note, they both won a series, and

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Speaker 1: in breaking with tradition, they won on Sunday afternoon.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you never want to make too much of a

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Speaker 2: game in what June second, but it felt like they

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Speaker 2: really needed to win today's game. Coming into Sunday, they

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Pirates, the Washington Nationals and the Oakland A's three

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Speaker 2: bad to horrible rosters. So to get a win on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: you win the series is nice. You have the day

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Speaker 2: off on Monday. I'm sure the flight to Boston will

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Speaker 2: be a little happier after the win. You never want

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Speaker 2: to lose series in general, and then you go out

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Speaker 2: with another series loss would have been really tough. So

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Speaker 2: thankfully they were able to pull out. But it ended

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Speaker 2: up being a pretty close to a fifty to fifty

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Speaker 2: offense was basically mia, which has been a theme for

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Speaker 2: a month now. I can't tell you how many times

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Speaker 2: because as that they Braves would usually start at one

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Speaker 1: We got a little bit of that over.

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Speaker 2: The weekend, but once again, it's really just coming down

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I got some very funny texts slash dms from

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Speaker 1: Scott at like six thirty seven am or something my

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Speaker 1: time that we're just basically what is going on here? Anyway,

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Speaker 1: and the takeaways on this show. Friday was a series

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Speaker 1: opening victory against the A's Ronald Lopez, who has been

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Speaker 1: a fantastic story. We've covered that in detail, but he

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Speaker 1: now leads the National League in era, which speaks that's

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Speaker 1: the end all be all. Well, his peripherals are not

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Speaker 2: Just you cannot say enough good things about Ronaldo Lopez

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Speaker 2: But it's almost impossible to not keep giving him the

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Speaker 2: which I don't know if anybody had that on their

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Speaker 2: Ronaldo being pushed back a day and there was no injury,

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Speaker 2: and a lot of people were having negative reactions, and

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Speaker 2: I think most of that, to be charitable, was because

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Speaker 2: but I think big picture, and I'd always encourage people

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Speaker 2: that makes a lot of sense because of what you

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Speaker 2: it ain't broke, don't fix it, Like give him five

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Speaker 1: If you have to sprinkle in a Schwellenbach, a ray

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Speaker 1: that's fine. I don't really worry about that. And honestly,

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Speaker 1: the Braves kind of had this uniquely busy schedule because

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Speaker 1: But for me, like keep giving an extra day off

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Speaker 1: But Lopez, look, it's it's going to regress his eras

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Speaker 2: Be yeah, yeah, Now he's been a revolution for the

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Speaker 2: of course, Jared Kalnick is going to be playing every

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Speaker 2: the Braves went out and actively added Adam Duvall towards

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Speaker 2: never really going to face lefties, and that was a

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Speaker 2: His numbers are pretty average on the season. I believe

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Speaker 2: he's around a one hundred WRC plus, which is hardly

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Speaker 2: I don't want to blow this out of proportion, but

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Speaker 2: it feels like Kelnick is settling in a little bit,

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Speaker 2: and if he can give the Brave something in left

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Speaker 2: I think you have to take it and hope that

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Speaker 2: he just keeps getting better now, especially that they did

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Speaker 2: Marcelo Juna has been so good. If Kelnick can give

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Speaker 1: This is overly simplistic, but Jared Kellnick currently has a

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Speaker 1: I think that you are okay with him being a

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Speaker 1: like you mentioned so And by the way, I guess

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Speaker 1: we should acknowledge that you you missed the Iron Accunion

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Speaker 1: obviously saw it happen, but well, I tried to fill

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Speaker 1: in for you with the Tiger Woods memes along the way,

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Speaker 1: But did you have a reaction beyond that? Sucks that sadness.

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Speaker 2: Had a couple of glasses of wine and honor Ronald.

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Speaker 1: Very sad.

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Speaker 2: relive and pick at that scab, but very very sad.

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Speaker 1: We all know it was not good. They were thirteen

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Speaker 1: Yeah. The runner up for crazy stat in May, beyond

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Speaker 1: Like, Hey, the Braves are back. This is the Braves lineup.

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Speaker 2: all the better.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So there was ever a you know, no loss

436
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Speaker 1: to Oakland is ever going to be a good loss,

437
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Speaker 1: but the fact the offense did something was almost more

438
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Speaker 1: encouraging than the result itself. On Saturday, speaking of I

439
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Speaker 1: guess you know the tradition there is to Sunday's game

440
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,159
Speaker 1: in which it was kind of going back to what

441
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Speaker 1: happened in May, where the offense was not fantastic, but

442
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Speaker 1: the pitching was really really good. And it was a

443
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Speaker 1: really nice bounce back from Charlie Morton after his really

444
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Speaker 1: really rough start, like his worst start of the year

445
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Speaker 1: by far, in his last outing. He bounces back six

446
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,359
Speaker 1: scorre wass indings, one hit aloud, struck out six. He

447
00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,600
Speaker 1: did have some command issues. Like even I, as the

448
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,399
Speaker 1: resident Charlie stan will note that he was not exactly

449
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,600
Speaker 1: hitting his spots on Sunday, but it worked and he

450
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Speaker 1: kind of, you know, did his job and more obviously

451
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Speaker 1: leaving the game with a one nothing lead. They gave

452
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Speaker 1: it back after that, but then, hey, the Braves had

453
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Speaker 1: a couple of well timed, well placed hits and the

454
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Speaker 1: Murphy RBI double was probably the best example of that,

455
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Speaker 1: where it was like in a perfect spot. It wasn't

456
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Speaker 1: exactly roped, but it worked and they could have had

457
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Speaker 1: it on later on, let's say, but I just wanted to,

458
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Speaker 1: you know, sort of stay on brand here, Scott, you're back,

459
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Speaker 1: It's Sunday, and I stay Charlie Morton, who did my job.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Charlie, especially early on, really had it going and

461
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Speaker 2: it felt like he lost his command a little bit.

462
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Speaker 1: He hit. I know.

463
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Speaker 2: Steven made a great point about how if if you

464
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Speaker 2: took a drink every time Charlie hit a left handed

465
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Speaker 2: batter with a backfoot curveball, you would be you'd have

466
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Speaker 2: a moderate drinking problem.

467
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Speaker 1: I mean, did you see the stats. Somebody had a

468
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Speaker 1: stat today. I can't look at it and I'll try

469
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Speaker 1: to find out the actual career. I believe he is

470
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Speaker 1: top ten in the history of baseball now and hit

471
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Speaker 1: my pitch like that's an insane number. I know he's

472
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Speaker 1: forty years old, but the history of baseball Scott is

473
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Speaker 1: fairly long. I'm not sure if you knew that.

474
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Speaker 2: Yes, if you were top ten in quite literally anything

475
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Speaker 2: counting SATs.

476
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Speaker 1: Counting stats, especially like it's hard to be thought any

477
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Speaker 1: baseball counting stat.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, he has the huge curveball. He has the fastball,

479
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 2: which moves quite a bit as well. So congrats to

480
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Speaker 2: Charlie for getting in the top ten in major League

481
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Speaker 2: baseball history. Yeah, you know, Chuck again, he's maybe not

482
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Speaker 2: an ace at this point in his career, but he

483
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Speaker 2: was perfectly fine, especially the way that Max and Sale

484
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Speaker 2: and Ronaldo have been throwing. You know, if he's the

485
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Speaker 2: number four right now, you take it. You mentioned the

486
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Speaker 2: five walks was a little bit of a wild ride,

487
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Speaker 2: but got a lot of contact on the ground, which

488
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Speaker 2: helps negate that a little bit. And then yeah, the

489
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Speaker 2: eighth inning rally especially felt really good. We know the

490
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Speaker 2: Braves have been barreling the baseball for weeks with very

491
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Speaker 2: little to show for it. They've been hitting the ball

492
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Speaker 2: harder than basically anybody in the league. So when you

493
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Speaker 2: get a couple of bloops to nowhere to win the game,

494
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Speaker 2: it feels especially good you take the wins however you

495
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Speaker 2: can get him, especially whenever you've been in this funk

496
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Speaker 2: now for five or six weeks.

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Speaker 1: I have a question for you about late in the

498
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Speaker 1: game on Sunday. Now it didn't matter, the Braves won

499
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Speaker 1: the game, and it could have added on to their

500
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Speaker 1: lead within some insurance two different times. The first time,

501
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Speaker 1: can't wait do anything about that. Rcia had a pretty

502
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Speaker 1: rough plate appearance in a big spot with one out,

503
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Speaker 1: and then in the eighth inning he came up again,

504
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Speaker 1: and it felt like, and this is not revisionists, a

505
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Speaker 1: lot of people, including me and I think Steven and

506
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 1: others were kind of wondering aloud if Snip might pinch

507
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Speaker 1: hit for Lando Arcia, which might seem weird for a

508
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Speaker 1: team that doesn't have huge depth. They did have Zach

509
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Speaker 1: Short behind him to come in to play shortstop. Short

510
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,959
Speaker 1: on shortstop, uhuh. But the reason I came up was

511
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Speaker 1: not just because of the spot and look, it was

512
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Speaker 1: a prime high leverage plate appearance, but Orlando has been

513
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Speaker 1: really bad for a while now, not only for the

514
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Speaker 1: full season. He has a seventy to one dow RC plus,

515
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,879
Speaker 1: which is obviously really brutal, but his ops is in

516
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: like the load to mid four hundreds for about the

517
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Speaker 1: last three or four weeks. Like that's really really tough.

518
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Speaker 1: I guess the bigger question is not whether you would

519
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Speaker 1: hit it, whether you would have hit for him or not,

520
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Speaker 1: which is certainly something you can answer, But like, are

521
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Speaker 1: you worried about rc is bat because you know, the

522
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 1: Braves seemingly just want him to catch the ball, and

523
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Speaker 1: I understand that. And for a while he was batting

524
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Speaker 1: sixth to the mania of people like me. You just

525
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Speaker 1: could understand that. Now he's hitting knife again, which is

526
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Speaker 1: where he probably should be thinking. But uh, are you worried,

527
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Speaker 1: because you know, there is a level of which it

528
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 1: gets to be a little bit troubling. If he's playing

529
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Speaker 1: good defense, he's got to hit a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's tough.

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Speaker 2: I really like Orlando.

532
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Speaker 1: He seems like a great dude.

533
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Speaker 2: I mean, every day there's a clip of him in

534
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Speaker 2: the in the in the dugout messing around with somebody

535
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Speaker 2: and it's like laugh out loud yea good vibes guy

536
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 2: for sure, and defensively just phenomenal defensively, I mean really

537
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,960
Speaker 2: really good defensive shortstop. But his at bats are genuinely

538
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:43,720
Speaker 2: tough to watch.

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Speaker 1: The one the seventh today was just yeah, yeah.

540
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Speaker 2: I mean, it looks like a low minor league player

541
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Speaker 2: trying to, you know, hit a major league slider for

542
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Speaker 2: the first time. Is bluntly, I think what it kind

543
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 2: of reminds me of. It's just overmatched offensively. You know,

544
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Speaker 2: last season he got off to a really nice start

545
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Speaker 2: offensively and then was pretty bad in the second half

546
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Speaker 2: of twenty twenty three, and that, of course has continued

547
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Speaker 2: into twenty twenty four. I'm glad that. I mean, he

548
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Speaker 2: should not be batting anywhere else other than ninth. I

549
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Speaker 2: really don't care who else is in one through eight

550
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 2: that day. Arcia has to be hitting ninth right now.

551
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Speaker 2: I think the Braves have because of the injuries, they

552
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Speaker 2: have a starting pitching issue. They could use another outfielder,

553
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Speaker 2: I think. I think in a perfect world, I think

554
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 2: alex Entthopolis would be looking at possible shortstop options in

555
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,880
Speaker 2: the next two months, not necessarily that he would replace Arcia,

556
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Speaker 2: but at least see what's out there, even if he

557
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Speaker 2: does it quietly and not wanting to upset a guy

558
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 2: who I'm sure is liked well in the clubhouse. But man,

559
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,639
Speaker 2: I mean offensively, you just kind of have to close

560
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 2: your eyes up whenever he's up there. In terms of

561
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 2: pinch hitting for Arcia, Travis Darnault was available. They did

562
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Speaker 2: have Chadwick Trump as well as the third catcher, so

563
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 2: it wasn't like you were at risk of that today.

564
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Speaker 2: But Arcia's defense is so good and you already had

565
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Speaker 2: a two to one or three to one lead at

566
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Speaker 2: that point. Maybe you prefer the defense in that kind

567
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Speaker 2: of a situation. But I don't know if anybody has

568
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Speaker 2: a lot of confidence whenever Orlando is at the plate,

569
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Speaker 2: because the at bats and the approach have just been

570
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Speaker 2: really tough to watch.

571
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Speaker 1: You mentioned this the decline last year. I pulled some

572
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Speaker 1: numbers last basically almost a calendar year, you know, from

573
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Speaker 1: late June of last year where his swoon kind of

574
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Speaker 1: began until now. It's almost six hundred play appearances, so

575
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Speaker 1: almost a full season worth of bub at bats for

576
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Speaker 1: for Orlando, and he has a seventy four varsity plus

577
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Speaker 1: so like that's not what you want. He's the Fortunately,

578
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Speaker 1: he's the only guy on the roster, even with the

579
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Speaker 1: slow starts this year, the only guy, only full time

580
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: guy on the roster that is anywhere near that, so

581
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Speaker 1: that you can kind of live with that. It's always

582
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Speaker 1: been a talking point around Arcia is that you can

583
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Speaker 1: have one badhead in the lineup. It's not a big deal,

584
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Speaker 1: but just noting that there was optimism a year ago

585
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 1: that maybe he had turned the corner a little bit.

586
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 1: He had basically had his best full season of his

587
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: career the previous season, even though that was basically, you know,

588
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,679
Speaker 1: he was only a league average bat, but that was

589
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Speaker 1: a step forward, and then last year in the first

590
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,360
Speaker 1: half he was really really good, and then basically he's

591
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: become the guy he used to be before then, which

592
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,400
Speaker 1: is not what you want. Offensively. I'm glad you brought

593
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: up the depenstive because it is very important, and at

594
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: shortstop it's a lot easier to take the bat basically,

595
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 1: so we don't have to do the whole thing on

596
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 1: him every time we talk. But it just it felt

597
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: particularly notable today because he had the two biggest flameouts

598
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,359
Speaker 1: at the plate and again they won again, which made

599
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,880
Speaker 1: it a little bit easier. But anytime you're talking about

600
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Speaker 1: pinch hitting for a guy who's a regular in a

601
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 1: big spot, and a lot of people were like, man,

602
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: they probably should have done that there. That kind of

603
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 1: speaks to how bad he has been recent at the plate.

604
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 1: So hopefully they can find us some equilibrium there when

605
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: it comes to Orlando. But still a win and that

606
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 1: was nice to see despite the lack of insurance at

607
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 1: the end. Anything you want to get to like on

608
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Speaker 1: the field, because there's a little bit of like news

609
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Speaker 1: and notes, e stuff like aj minu Her is on

610
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: the il right now, they're seemingly optimistic about him. But

611
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Speaker 1: anything that you want to add on about anything you've seen,

612
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 1: because look, I know you were I know you were

613
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,439
Speaker 1: traveling abroad and we couldn't possibly do everything while you

614
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 1: were gone. But open floor for you, my friend. Yeah,

615
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: I mean nothing really.

616
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Speaker 2: I think listeners are obviously tuned into the braves. They

617
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 2: probably have the same frustrations and questions that I do.

618
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Speaker 2: You know, we did see Dylan Lee and in the

619
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Speaker 2: seventh inning, and Dylan Lee has been perfectly fine, but

620
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Speaker 2: you do feel the impact whenever Aj Mintor is not

621
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 2: around not having him as your top lefty, everybody has

622
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 2: to slot up or wrong, So you have to hope

623
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Speaker 2: that Aj is buying. A hip issue for a picture

624
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 2: is always a little concerning just because of the torque

625
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 2: and and everything that goes into that, but you have

626
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 2: to hope that Mintor's buying. And and you know, for

627
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 2: Lee and Aaron Bummer, they're going to be called upon

628
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,720
Speaker 2: for important innings as long as AJ is down, So

629
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Speaker 2: it's going to be a you know, interesting to see

630
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Speaker 2: how Brian Snicker navigates the left handed situation the next

631
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Speaker 2: couple of weeks as AJ is not available.

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Speaker 1: The troubling thing there is that it was clearly bothering

633
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: him before he went on the ail, which everybody's kind

634
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 1: of admitted now, kind of a one of those things

635
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: that bugs me by the way that sometimes the briand

636
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 1: tandle things. But it does seem like they might like

637
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,959
Speaker 1: he might be back as Susie's eligible to be back,

638
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: So we'll see if that actually he takes place, but

639
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: it's it's a big loss for sure. Elsewhere on the

640
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 1: major league roster, front Trump was optioned after the game

641
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: on Sunday, they did not announce who's gonna come up.

642
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 1: They have it off day on Monday. I know this

643
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: is something we talked about for years. I mentioned it

644
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: earlier this week even, but there's just not really a

645
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: reason to carry a third catcher in the DH world

646
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 1: a special I guess the theory would be that Snid

647
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: is so averse to ever pinch hitting his second catcher

648
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: that you want to just kind of snitproof the roster.

649
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: But he didn't even do that. So maybe maybe with

650
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: a final start, I have this theory that Alex decided

651
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Speaker 1: to option Trump as soon as Orlando hit the batter's

652
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Speaker 1: box today. I'm kidding, but I'm not.

653
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Speaker 2: It sometimes does feel like that. Yeah, you know, with Trump,

654
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 2: the I like that they can kept Chadwick up because

655
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 2: it freed up Travis or Murphy to be that pinch hitter,

656
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 2: presumably for if Jared Kelnick was out there and facing

657
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 2: a lefty, you could bring Darnault in. If Orlando Orcia

658
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 2: was in a big spot, especially if you were trailing

659
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 2: and you didn't care about the defense as much, you

660
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 2: could pinch hit Travis. But there's also not like a

661
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 2: massive gap offensively between those three players. So yeah, I'm

662
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Speaker 2: curious to see who they bring up. There's just kind

663
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 2: of this carousel right now of bench options for the Braves,

664
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Speaker 2: which we expected. I mean that that's the case for

665
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 2: a lot of teams. But yeah, I do like Chadwick.

666
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 2: Trump seems like a good dude.

667
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: I know.

668
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 2: The pitchers, especially Chris Sale. I mean, Chris Sale is

669
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Speaker 2: a guy who's been around the game and has thrown

670
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 2: to a lot of catchers. When Chris Sale goes out

671
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 2: of his way to praise a catcher, I think it's

672
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 2: pretty noteworthy. And he talked about Chadwick's work both in

673
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 2: game and before the game. With this prep and everything,

674
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 2: I am sure we will see him again at some point.

675
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 2: And you know again, I think in a perfect world,

676
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 2: whoever they do decide to bring up for Tuesday's game

677
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 2: in Boston probably not going to see the field the

678
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: whole bunch, but takes his an injury and suddenly you're

679
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 2: thrown into the mix.

680
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Speaker 1: That is the argument for keeping Trump. I mean, in

681
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 1: an optimal world, I would not have three catchers. I

682
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: will preface that. I've said that many times. But when

683
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: you if you're Alex and you know your manager and

684
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: you know Snid is terrified for whatever reason to have

685
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: an injury to a catcher and be out without a catcher.

686
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: You know, it probably happens once every decade, but he's

687
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: he just lives in fear of that. There's an argument

688
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: for that twenty six rotter spot that basically is almost

689
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: a zero all the time for this team, the way

690
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: they operate. If that's Trump and that allows you quote

691
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: unquote or at least you know permits you and snit's

692
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: mind to use your best pinch hitter every once in

693
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: a while. It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

694
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 1: So maybe that's why they did it. Also, just to

695
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: say the logical thing out loud, Murphy being hurt for

696
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: as long as he was, there's some insurance there, Like,

697
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: you know, there's a reason, another reason chop up for

698
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: a little while after Murphy came back, just in case

699
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 1: he has some flare up or whatever. But now we're

700
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: a week into this, he seems to be just fine

701
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: health wise, and you make the logical move. But I

702
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be Luke Williams if I had to guess.

703
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: But they don't really have a guy that's exciting. We

704
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Speaker 1: all know that. So that's why it's that's why it's

705
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Speaker 1: at minute thirty plus of the rundown, not earlier in

706
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Speaker 1: the podcast. It is what it is. Oh one more.

707
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Speaker 1: I guess this is a minor league note. Herson Waldrop

708
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: is now in Gwinnette and he had a big game today.

709
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: He struck out of eleven, which is I believe is

710
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 1: a career high for him in the minor or something

711
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: like that. He was awesome Missippi. Seven straight starts with

712
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: two runs are fewer to close out his double a time.

713
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: Scott and I will always acknowledge we're not the biggest

714
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: minor league gas in the world. But I talked to

715
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Speaker 1: Garrett Spain on the show about Waldrop and others only

716
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: about you know, we can half two weeks ago at

717
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: this point, and Waldrop is the guy if you pulled

718
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,840
Speaker 1: Braves fans, whether they're actually engaged in the minor leagues

719
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 1: or not, he's the one guy that almost all the

720
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 1: fans can name and nope, because he's a first round

721
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: pick and he's very exciting, so people have an eye

722
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Speaker 1: on him. Know there was a reaction when he was

723
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 1: not the guy they called up last week, but you know,

724
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 1: just keeping it on him, and I know he made

725
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 1: it to Guenett last year very briefly, but this is

726
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: like a real trip to Genette, like he's going to

727
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Speaker 1: be there for a while.

728
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Speaker 2: It seems yeah, And I'm you know, I think the

729
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 2: Braves are going to have a real decision to make

730
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 2: because in a perfect world, Hurston Waldrip is going to

731
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 2: get months to continue developing in Gwinnett, but circumstance may

732
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Speaker 2: not allow for that.

733
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Speaker 1: They might have to.

734
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Speaker 2: Call him up at some point to start. We know

735
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Speaker 2: what the carousel has been like for that fifth starter job,

736
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 2: but I mean eleven strikeouts against a pretty good lineup

737
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 2: on Sunday afternoon. That split finger is nasty. There's some

738
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Speaker 2: video of him today. I mean, just so many swing

739
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 2: and miss guys just flailing at the pitch without really

740
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 2: any kind of a chance. It sounds like his fastball

741
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 2: and his breaking pitches still have some ways to go,

742
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Speaker 2: and that's why I think in a perfect world you'd

743
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 2: allow him to continue developing in the minor leagues. But

744
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 2: we also know that the Braves are going to push

745
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 2: their players whenever they feel like they're ready. You know,

746
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 2: it's been a crazy run for Waldrop, who this time

747
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 2: a year ago was pitching in the College World Series

748
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 2: for Florida, and here he is now right on the

749
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 2: doorstep and in Gwinette for the Braves. Let me let

750
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 2: me ask you, brad over under July thirty first, for

751
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,280
Speaker 2: Hurston Waldrip's first major league start.

752
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: I think I will take over slash after, but I

753
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 1: would not be surprised if I'm wrong, only because you know, again,

754
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 1: the minor league guys know this stuff more than I do.

755
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: They seem to think that the Braves just want in

756
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: an ideal warter, even close to that, a little bit

757
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: more seasoning for Waldrop, Like you know, they want to

758
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: Schwellenbach and a lot of the fans were like, who's that?

759
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,399
Speaker 1: And I get that, but like, you know, the more

760
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: polished option. And no one's arguing that waldrop ceiling isn't higher,

761
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,919
Speaker 1: because it is. But I think that they are. They've

762
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 1: seemingly tried not to do it so far, but you

763
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: know as well as I do, if they if Schwellenbox

764
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 1: struggles this week and you get another whatever at some point,

765
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: if you know something, if you're down ten in the division,

766
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff too can into your mindset. So

767
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,920
Speaker 1: I think the Braves have shown they're willing to be

768
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 1: patient with Waldrop. And part of that's because they kind

769
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: of need to be, because you know, the minor league

770
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: guys that we that I trust I'll speak to myself,

771
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: love the stuff. But they all are kind of like, hey,

772
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: he's not quite ready yet. And and I get it

773
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 1: because you know, like you just said, he he's a

774
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: year away from being in college. Like this is not

775
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: a it's not surprising that he's not been up yet.

776
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: But so I'll take the over. Maybe it's September, but

777
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 1: it would not shock me if it was in the month.

778
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,959
Speaker 2: Yeah, at some point soon, let's say, he'll be there.

779
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,360
Speaker 2: I would assume they will continue to start him, although

780
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 2: you know he always has the bullpen as a fallback

781
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 2: option with his fastball and that split finger especially, I

782
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 2: mean that splitter is going to give him a career

783
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 2: as a reliever for a long time, just a matter

784
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 2: if he can keep improving that fastball, and I believe

785
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 2: he throws a slider as well, just to keep hitters.

786
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: Honest.

787
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 2: I mean that's Waldrop has legitimate mid to top of

788
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,240
Speaker 2: the rotation upside. From everything I've seen and read and heard,

789
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,839
Speaker 2: I think the Braves are smart and just not over

790
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,240
Speaker 2: pushing him. You don't want to rush a picture and

791
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,919
Speaker 2: cause him to not develop the way that he can

792
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 2: to his full potential. So very excited for Waldrip in Gwinett.

793
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 2: It's going to be appointment viewing every five days there.

794
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,879
Speaker 2: And I am sure at some point we will all

795
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 2: get our first glimpse of him in Atlanta. Whether it's

796
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 2: in a month or two or three, yes, absolutely. And

797
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 2: before we got here, a brief look ahead at the

798
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 2: week to come. The Braves are off on Monday. That

799
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 2: is their first game without it with the first day

800
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 2: without a game I should say since May eighteenth, and

801
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 2: get that actual day was a rainout, so they have

802
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:29,919
Speaker 2: not had a scheduled off day and quite some time

803
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 2: after having a bunch of them.

804
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 1: Early in the year. And then they begin a three

805
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: city road trip. First a quick two game trip to

806
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 1: Boston in a rematch of about you know what a

807
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,839
Speaker 1: month ago now at this point, and then they go

808
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,359
Speaker 1: to Washington for a quick rematch after they lose three

809
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: or four to the Nets this week. Other than the

810
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: normal previews stuff, I think the biggest talking point is

811
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: that Schwellenbo's gonna get another start on Wednesday. Snid was

812
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 1: pretty he didn't say that definitively, but he was pretty

813
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: I think you kind of like overshared maybe a little

814
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 1: bit to say he was gonna stay up, and that

815
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: ended up happening. He's now on the probables list. I

816
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: thought he looked pretty good in his first start. The

817
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 1: end did not go very well, but as far as

818
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,760
Speaker 1: debuts go, I thought he looked like a major leg starter.

819
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: That's good to see. But we will see another run there.

820
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 1: Also on the road. Boss is not a fantastic team,

821
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:21,960
Speaker 1: but certainly not a terrible one. And I still test

822
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,839
Speaker 1: the Family a park and I'm sure the youngster will

823
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 1: have some big eyes as he's pitching a family apart

824
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 1: for the first time.

825
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Boston, their rotation is fantastic. I mean,

826
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 2: maybe the best pitching team in the American League so

827
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,879
Speaker 2: far in the early going of the season. But offensively

828
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 2: it's not been great. A note that von Grissom, I

829
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,839
Speaker 2: hate to say it, has been one of the worst

830
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 2: players in Major League Baseball this season. I believe he

831
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 2: had like a negative war and now he's on the

832
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 2: injured list again, which is sad for Vaughn. But a

833
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 2: weird two games then four at the Nationals man the Braves.

834
00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: I caught the highlights. I did not.

835
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 2: Fortunately, I did not have to watch any of the

836
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 2: full games because of travel and all that against the

837
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 2: Gnats this past week. But that was about as pathetic

838
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 2: of a Braves effort that I've seen in years. I mean,

839
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 2: those were just terrible baseball games. So let's hope they

840
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 2: kind of wake up a bit. Two games in Boston

841
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 2: is always a fun kind of get the juices flowing,

842
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 2: and then four at Washington. It's a place where I mean,

843
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 2: if the Braves are going to make a comeback in

844
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,799
Speaker 2: the East, they have to start beating some of these

845
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 2: bad teams, which is not something they've done necessarily so

846
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,919
Speaker 2: far through the first two plus months of the year.

847
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 2: They have to start beating the Nationals. We talked about,

848
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,720
Speaker 2: they went four and six against three pretty bad teams

849
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 2: over the last ten days. Soupefully, you at least get

850
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 2: one in Boston, if not two, and then try to

851
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 2: win the series against Washington. There's just no comparing those

852
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 2: two rosters. And let's hope for better days because I mean,

853
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 2: I guess the good news, Brad is you cannot play

854
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 2: worse than what the Braves played against the Nets this

855
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 2: past week at Truest.

856
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: Well maybe they could, they could have got swept, I

857
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: guess if you want to roll about it, But no,

858
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: all the way across the board, you know, what's one

859
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: of the ways to make up a deficit. And like

860
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, as we're recording this Philly play tonight, so

861
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: we don't know the deficit exactly as we're talking. As

862
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: we're talking, but it's a sizable one by June standards.

863
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: And the Braves also have to play later on this month.

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Speaker 1: The Orioles on the road, they're very good. The Yankees

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Speaker 1: on the road, they're very good. So, like, you've got

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Speaker 1: to beat the teams that you're better than. And that's

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Speaker 1: always the case in baseball, but it's especially the case

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Speaker 1: when you're facing a Phillies team and your division that

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Speaker 1: is scolding. They've been awesome all year long, and maybe

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Speaker 1: they'll cool off. But you know, if you're worried about

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Speaker 1: extending the division streak, as people probably still are as

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Speaker 1: they should be in June, beating the teams that you

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Speaker 1: are clearly better than is part of the ticulust there,

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Speaker 1: for sure. That's all we gotta think, Scott. It's nice

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Speaker 1: to have you back though.

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Speaker 2: Just be back, Brad. I will say it again. You

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Speaker 2: and the fellas and all of our guests did a

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Speaker 2: fantastic job holding down the fort while I was away.

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Speaker 2: Very happy to be back. That's hope. Now that May

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Speaker 2: is behind us, the Braves have some better days on

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Speaker 2: the horizon, a nice start to the month. You gotta

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Speaker 2: win today to win over the A's, But as you

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Speaker 2: just said, there's some tough games on the horizons. Let's

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Speaker 2: hope the team wakes up a little bit. God man,

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Speaker 2: let's let's get healthy. The injuries this season have been unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it feels like the year of the oblique

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Speaker 1: is on top of everything else too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, every other morning, when you open up your app

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Speaker 2: or whatever you go to get your news, it feels

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Speaker 2: like the Braves are putting somebody new on the injured list.

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Speaker 2: I mean, just unbelievably bad injury luck through the first

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Speaker 2: two months of the season. So let's hope that stops.

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Speaker 2: They get healthier, they get guys rolling again. I mean

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Speaker 2: it has to be tough. I mean, obviously you and

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Speaker 2: I are not major leaguers, but can you imagine how

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Speaker 2: difficult it must be for Sean Murphy to not play

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Speaker 2: for two months and then just try to go zero

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Speaker 2: to one hundred, even after a couple of rehab games

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Speaker 2: in the minors like that, hitting a baseball is hard enough.

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Speaker 2: And then when pitchers have had two months to get

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Speaker 2: in their groove and you're just kind of going back

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Speaker 2: out there for the first time all regular season. I mean,

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Speaker 2: that has to be brutal to try to do as

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Speaker 2: a player. So let's hop their better days on the horizon.

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Speaker 2: Guys are healthy, Guys stay healthy, and they can pick

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Speaker 2: up some wins this week, because really, six games against

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Speaker 2: the Red Sox and the Nationals are winnable and let's

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Speaker 2: hope for four or five.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we agree on all of that. That's it for us.

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Speaker 1: Please subscribe to the Hammer Territory podcast anywhere you might

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Speaker 1: find your podcasts, especially places like Apple and Spotify, as

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Speaker 1: all those places, and please support the Foul Territory Network. Scott.

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Speaker 1: Where can folks find them if they are new listeners

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Speaker 1: to this podcast?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you everybody. I am at Scott Coleman fifty five.

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Speaker 2: We will be back again soon here on the feed. Please,

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Speaker 2: as Brad always says, please tell a friend. If you

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Speaker 2: have Braves fans in your life, please let them know

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Speaker 2: about the show. We really do appreciate it, and we'll

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Speaker 2: be back soon with a new episode.

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Speaker 1: Yes we will, so stay tuned. More to come this

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Speaker 1: week from us as well as Stephen, Sean, etc. We

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Speaker 1: appreciate you listening to the podcast and we'll see you

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Speaker 1: all next time.