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Speaker 1: Well goo everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory.

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Speaker 1: I'm Ken Rosenthal, and we do have a lot to

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Speaker 1: talk about on this Monday. As I just tweeted, people

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Speaker 1: often ask me, after all this time covering baseball, this

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Speaker 1: is my thirty ninth season, do I ever get sick

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Speaker 1: so interesting this sport on a daily basis, on a

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Speaker 1: seasonal basis, year after year. This weekend alone, we had

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Speaker 1: things happen that we didn't really expect. And I'm not

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Speaker 1: talking about Trevor Story's ridiculous hole rode off the pesky Pole,

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Speaker 1: which was very cool. I'm talking about some races that

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Speaker 1: a move that took place, a post deadline roster move,

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Speaker 1: transaction that kind of came out of nowhere. I'm talking

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Speaker 1: the Al East and with the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen

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Speaker 1: and we'll go from there. As I just said, you

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Speaker 1: have the Blue Jays up top, still in a good position.

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Speaker 1: We're a month away from the season ending. Less than that,

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Speaker 1: there's still two and a half games up on both

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Speaker 1: Jays bullpen is collapsing. And let me take you through

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Speaker 1: the week that was, because this was as horrific a

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Speaker 1: this is going back Last Tuesday, Jays lead the Twins

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Speaker 1: solo homer by Mickey Gasper and a three run shot

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Speaker 1: off Brendon Little and Lewis Varland. Then Saturday, one one

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Speaker 1: and then on Monday, just yesterday, four to two lead

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Speaker 1: Four horrific bullpen losses in the span of a week. Now,

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Speaker 1: the problem is when you have a situation like this

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Speaker 1: it's past. All you can do is look for help

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Speaker 1: from John Morosi last night that illustrates the current problem.

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Speaker 1: And it goes beyond anyone pitcher, as JP says, and

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Speaker 1: The solution begins as JP wrights with more throwing more strikes.

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Speaker 1: Over the last thirty days, Jay's relievers averaging five point

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Speaker 1: sixty five walks per nine. That is the worst mark

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Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball over that period. So, now, what

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Speaker 1: does the bigger picture look like? In the Ale East,

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Speaker 1: the Yankees and Red Sox each have one series left

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Speaker 1: against the Blue Jays, and for the Yankees in particular,

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Speaker 1: this game. And for another example of that, look at

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Speaker 1: the Texas Rangers. Here is a team that has been

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Speaker 1: underachieving all season, a team that all of us were

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Speaker 1: They're on an absolute role. They've won six in a row,

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Speaker 1: They're seventy three and sixty five. They're still in a

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Speaker 1: And this is a team that loaded up on the deadline.

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Speaker 1: going to talk about the Ha Song Kim situation with

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Speaker 2: One of the newest shows on the FT Network is

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Speaker 2: called Friar Territory. That's right. If you're dialed in on

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Speaker 2: the Padres, then you want to listen to Kyle Glazer

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Speaker 2: and former padres Mike Cameron and Heath Bell who joined

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Speaker 2: him during the week, to break down everything that's going

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Speaker 2: on with this exciting team. We're throwing a curveball at

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Speaker 2: you this week for our Arena Club segment, as AJ

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Speaker 2: has opened up a Pokemon slap pack.

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Speaker 3: Did you say it?

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Speaker 2: Pokemon? Flatman? Pokemon? Don't ask me to say what that

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Speaker 2: card is, but what're you doing with that card? I

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Speaker 2: already sold it back, baby.

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Speaker 3: I bought it and then I got more money than

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Speaker 3: I paid for the pack, so I sold us straight back.

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Speaker 2: and you can go get yourself something that you maybe

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Speaker 3: Yes or no what it is. I exaid it because

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Speaker 3: I saw certain people open in Pokemon and they're making money,

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Speaker 3: and guess what I got.

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Speaker 2: Lucky made money off of it too, exactly. But of course,

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Speaker 2: if you're into sports cards, that is something that you

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Speaker 2: By sell slab pack trade twenty percent off your first

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Speaker 2: slab pack or card purchase can be had at arenaclub

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Speaker 1: scoring position most of the season. He's doing that now.

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Speaker 1: So can he carry them? Yes? He can carry them.

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Speaker 1: But as we saw, it was just yesterday they had

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Speaker 1: And in the postseason, they'll get there. I'm pretty confident

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Speaker 1: of that. How long they last, that's a better question.

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Speaker 1: All right, here we go one more question, at least today.

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Speaker 1: How big was the Cubs come back for their wildcard chances?

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Speaker 1: Certainly big? And frankly, we've underestimated the Cubs a little

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Speaker 1: I say, Weave me, I've underestimated them, and we've kind

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Speaker 1: here's the deal. I don't have the standings in front

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Speaker 1: on the injured list, Kate Horton. How strong will he

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Speaker 1: but that is a concern. The same time they're having

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Speaker 1: going to be back to form. It couldn't be as

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Speaker 1: bad as it was for however long that slump lasted.

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Speaker 1: All right, I want to thank everyone everyone for listening.

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