1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: on major League Baseball. Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: Come on, I've been covering major League baseball for almost 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 2: forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 2: in LA. 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: I love this game. Let's go. Welcome into the podcast. 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: have for you today. Coming up, we're gonna dive into 12 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: the Chicago Cubs who have made the postseason with Cole Wright. 13 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 2: He's a host pre and post game for the Cubs 14 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: on the Marquee Sports Network. We'll do that, plus we'll 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: have a pushback and much more. 16 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: Let's go better up to lead off, it's getting rocked 17 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: and keep them mind. Rob's hot take on the three 18 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Number one. All right, 19 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna own it. 20 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: I was the one who said that Juan Soto would 21 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 2: struggle to start the season in his career with the Mets, 22 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: and I was right. Didn't make the All Star Team. 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: I gave him the nickname one so so and all that, 24 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: but now I have to own up to the season 25 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: that he has put together. The one weird caveat is 26 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: that the Mets are worse than they were a year ago, 27 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 2: which makes no sense when you think about the numbers. 28 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 2: So here's a milestone. I gotta put my glasses on 29 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 2: for this. He's gonna have forty home runs, thirty steals, 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: one hundred and ten runs scored. Only two players have 31 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: ever put up those numbers after changing teams in the 32 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 2: first year, sho Hail Tani when left to Angels to 33 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 2: the Dodgers, and now Juan Soto from. 34 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: The Yankees to the Mets. It's weird both players. 35 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: We talk about, or basically both players went to the 36 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: same city, different teams. Here's the other stuff. He's on 37 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 2: pace to finish with a more run score than Tattis Junior, 38 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: more RBIs than Otani, more hits than Raleigh, more walks 39 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 2: than Judge, more home run than Alfonso. 40 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: I mean, let's pick that up. 41 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: Rob Gi, more home runs than Pete Alonso, more steals 42 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: than Carol. Just an unbelievable amount of numbers that he 43 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 2: was able to put together when you think about this 44 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 2: guy didn't make the All Star team, that this guy 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 2: got off to such a rough start despite the seven 46 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 2: hundred and sixty five million dollar contract, but his numbers 47 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 2: wound up being the numbers that people expect from him. 48 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 2: And maybe that's why the Mets paid him seven hundred 49 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 2: and sixty five million dollars because he lived up to 50 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 2: the those numbers. Obviously, the Mets need to make the 51 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: playoffs and they're teetering on that. If they do, people 52 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: can look past this season and move forward. 53 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 3: With Juan Soto number two coming into Thursday, Aaron Judge 54 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: is batting three twenty nine and leads the American League 55 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 3: in hitting. 56 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: With about nine or ten games to go in the 57 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: baseball season, he has a real shot to win the 58 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: AL batting title, which will be his first in his career. 59 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: He had three hits on Wednesday night in a finale 60 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: against the Minnesota Twins, so Aaron Judge has not faded 61 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: at the stretch. He's actually playing really well and I 62 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: think a batting title will add to his resume and 63 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: add to how impressive he is as a hitter. We 64 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: know he's a slugger and we know, the average batting 65 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: average in the major leagues is two forty two, and 66 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: yet this guy's nearing in on an another fifty home 67 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: run season and he can now win a batting title. 68 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: It looks like he's gonna win a batting title. So 69 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: I think that that separates him from his peers. Guys 70 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 2: are either sluggers or their hitters for average. Very seldom 71 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: you see a guy hit this many home runs and 72 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: still able to hit such a high batting average. 73 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: Go look at Kyle Schwarber with the Phillies. 74 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,679 Speaker 2: He's a home run hitter and batting two twenty thirty forty. 75 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 2: You know, in that range, he's not batting three twenty 76 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: nine with ten games nine games to go. 77 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: It's impressive by Aaron Judge. 78 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: It tells you about how good he is and where 79 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: he ranks in baseball. Number three movie icon Robert Redford 80 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: died this past week at eighty nine years old. What 81 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 2: a life, what a movie maker, director, activists and all that. 82 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: But we talk about in sports all the time how 83 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 2: hard it is to make sports move and for actors 84 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: to look natural like they are, you know, athletes, And Robert. 85 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: Redford did that in baseball movies. 86 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 2: And a lot of people look at him and think 87 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 2: of the natural He played Roy Hobbs and just to 88 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: swing in that and how dramatic that movie was. 89 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite movies. 90 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: Some people think it's their favorite baseball movie, you know, 91 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: for a comedy Major League that was very funny. 92 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: You know, Feel the Dreams. I don't know how you. 93 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: Could be a baseball fan and not love Feel the 94 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 2: Dreams and what that stood for. And then when baseball 95 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: had to feel the Dreams game in Iowa and just 96 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 2: what that looked like and the whole nature of it 97 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: is another one I love recently forty two, the Jackie 98 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,559 Speaker 2: Robinson story told through Wendell Smith, the Baseball Black Baseball writer. 99 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: I love that version of the Jackie Robinson movie, of course, 100 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: called forty two. 101 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: And then A real sleeper was in the seventies. Robert 102 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: de Niro starred in this movie. He was the. 103 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 2: Catcher, a sick catcher who a star pitcher held up 104 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 2: and made him his private catcher so that he could 105 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 2: stay in the Big league. This's a heartwarming story called 106 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: Bang the Drums Slowly. If you're a baseball fan, try 107 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: to find that movie and watch it. Bang the drums slowly. 108 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 2: I think it was Moriarty and de Niro or the 109 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: stars of that and it resonated with me. 110 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: I don't know it's one of those. 111 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 2: But Robert Redford dad in eighty nine and people always 112 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 2: remember him as Roy Hobbs in the Natural. 113 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto, 114 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: if I'm writing, I'm ripping, Let's bring in a writer 115 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: or broadcaster, old or new. Now, let's welcome in. Cole Wright. 116 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: He is the host, pre and post for the Chicago 117 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 2: cub for the Marquee Sports Network. Friend of mine, one 118 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: of the best in the business. We worked together at 119 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: FS one at ESPN. We could go on and on 120 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 2: and on. And the thing we both love more than 121 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: anything other than family and wives and all that. 122 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: Kind of stuff is baseball. What's up, Cole? How are you? 123 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 4: Rob? How you doing? Man? Glad to be on the 124 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 4: show today? Man, How you doing doing great? 125 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: Always a pleasure, my man. 126 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 2: And you know I had to get into you and 127 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 2: talk to you to get a deep dive on the 128 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 2: Cubs and where they are. They clinched a playoff spot 129 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: for the first time since twenty twenty. Was this expected 130 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 2: or not. 131 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 4: I mean, I think it was expected. 132 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 5: I think the one thing that the team set out 133 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 5: at the very beginning of the season that they said, 134 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 5: you know, we want to be a ninety win team, 135 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 5: and then everything else kind of falls into place. And 136 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 5: I think, you know, when you look at the track 137 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 5: record of ninety win teams over the last I don't know, 138 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 5: five seven ten seasons that they have had a whostseason trajectory. 139 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 5: So I think that one went Craig and Carter when 140 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 5: they constructed this of Jed and Carter and Craig, when 141 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 5: they constructed this team, they really thought that they wanted 142 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 5: to have a ninety win team with postseason aspirations. They 143 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 5: went out, they got Kyle Tucker, They made sure that 144 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 5: they had all these these pieces of the puzzle in 145 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 5: place and right now, and man, if they don't win 146 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 5: ninety games, and that's their own fault. I mean, you know, 147 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 5: they're you know, they're over twenty games above the five 148 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 5: hundred mark. 149 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 4: They clinched that postseason birth. Like you said, so right 150 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 4: now not. 151 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 5: Necessarily smooth, Salem with with the playoff in hand, there's 152 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 5: still work to be done. It's like I tweeted out, 153 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 5: with the Kobe Bryant gift the other day. You know, 154 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 5: job's not finished. And that's exactly what Craig said after 155 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 5: they clinched yesterday during the celebration. 156 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw that and I thought right away, no 157 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 2: doubt about it. I mean, it's nice to get in. 158 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 2: When you get it, you have a chance, But there's 159 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: other work to be done, for sure. 160 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: I want to just talk about some of the players. 161 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 2: Pete crow Armstrong, who started a season he was in 162 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 2: the MVP, you know conversation. 163 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: He had put together. 164 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,359 Speaker 2: Such a strong start to the season, coming into Thursday 165 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 2: batting two forty seven. 166 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: What's happened there with Pete? 167 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 5: I mean, he's young, and baseball's hard. I mean, he's 168 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 5: still really good. I mean, was anyone going to take 169 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 5: anything away from him on the defensive side of the ball. 170 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 4: I don't think so. 171 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 5: You know, the the amount of five Star plays that 172 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 5: he has, everyone else's pales in comparison to this dude. 173 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 4: I mean, everything that he brings to the table every day. 174 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 5: Being able to watch him play defense in person, I 175 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 5: mean I never watched Willie Mays play, but I mean 176 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 5: I now only saw Ken Gripey Junior play in person. 177 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 5: Later in his career. You know, I never saw him 178 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 5: as a as a Seattle Mariner. I saw him as 179 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 5: a Cincinnati Red So I think that being able to 180 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 5: watch Pete car Armstrong, you do get to watch one 181 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 5: of those elite style defensive players. However, his bat, what 182 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 5: he was able to do at the beginning of the year, 183 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 5: it's tough. Like I said, it's baseball's hard. These guys 184 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 5: are starting to figure him out. And the one thing 185 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 5: I've seen lately, he's had some really good takes, and 186 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 5: takes are a good indicator of how a guy is 187 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 5: going about his play appearances, and Pete he's had some 188 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 5: more productive plate appearances as of blat And if he 189 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 5: gets going during the postseason in these last ten games, 190 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 5: then I say watch out for everybody. Don't let him 191 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 5: get hot in Cincinnati over the next four because the 192 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 5: ball is going to jump in Cincinnati. 193 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,479 Speaker 4: It's still warmer there right now. It's a ballpark. 194 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 5: And Pete, I mean, he's one home run away from 195 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 5: being just the second Chicago Cub to join the thirty 196 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 5: thirty clubs. Sammy did it twice, and no one has 197 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 5: ever had thirty home runs thirty stolen bases in thirty 198 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 5: doubles as Chicago cub. 199 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 4: So Pete, he's doing all right. 200 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 5: I think this needs to corral some of that youthful 201 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 5: energy and he'll be just fine. 202 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: Man, those are good numbers. Did not know that. Let's 203 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: talk about Kyle Tucker. Came over in the trade big 204 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:43,599 Speaker 1: for Chicago. 205 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 2: There was talk off to his start that he's going 206 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 2: to sign a four hundred million dollar plus contract, and 207 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 2: then the rains came, or what they call the slump 208 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 2: in baseball and so bad that he was benched at. 209 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: One point during this season. 210 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 2: What do you make of Kyle Tucker and what he 211 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 2: went through and him rebounding from that. 212 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 5: Well, I think he you know, there was clearly an 213 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 5: injury going on in his hand that that was aggravated 214 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 5: by a slide earlier in the campaign. And I think 215 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 5: the one thing that just speaks to him is he's 216 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 5: a gamer. He's gonna go out there, he's gonna play 217 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 5: sometimes maybe to a detriment, but I think that's the 218 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 5: one thing that you'll get from all gamers, like they'll 219 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 5: like they'll think to themselves, Okay, sixty percent of me 220 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 5: is better than one hundred percent of my backup. So 221 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 5: I think that's that's the mindset that Kyle was under, 222 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 5: and he was going out there every day trying to 223 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 5: just play through it and go get after it. And 224 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 5: I don't it wasn't necessarily a benching. It was more 225 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 5: so of a Okay, let's take this time, let's let's reflect, 226 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 5: let's get you feeling a little bit better, and then 227 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 5: once you are better, we'll get you back in the mix. 228 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 5: And now him dealing with the calf, that's that that's 229 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 5: tough because there are only ten games left in the season. 230 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 5: He still is on the shelf, and he is going 231 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 5: down to Tampa right now to get some extra work in. 232 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 5: So I just feeling like the best thing for everybody 233 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 5: would be to have a full a full health for 234 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 5: Kyle Tucker for the postseason, because I mean, you've seen 235 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,559 Speaker 5: him play before. I mean, he's a champion, and when 236 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 5: he's going good, there's not a whole bunch of guys 237 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 5: in the league who are that much better than him. 238 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 4: I mean, pitching to him. 239 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 5: If you're on that mound and you see Kyle Tucker 240 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 5: digging in a healthy Kyle Tucker, you know that you're 241 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 5: gonna have your hands full. And that's what the Cubs, 242 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 5: and that's what every Cubs fan is hoping for, to 243 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 5: have a full bill of health for Kyle Tucker in 244 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 5: the postseason. 245 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: Cole, tell me about Matt Boyd. 246 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 2: He leads the Cubs and wins coming into Thursday with 247 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 2: thirteen but just tell me about that starting staff, a 248 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 2: third best er ray in the National League, so obviously 249 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 2: it's not just a one man band. Tell me about 250 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 2: how good this pitching is. 251 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 5: Well, the Cubs pitching staff has been unbelievable. And Matthew Boyd, 252 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 5: you know, last night things didn't necessarily go exactly how 253 00:12:58,360 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 5: he wanted him to go, but we talked about that. 254 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 5: Flyff Floyd and I were doing a pre pre and 255 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 5: post game and in the first inning, Matthew Boyd was 256 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 5: was Peyton corners pow pow pow, and he wasn't getting calls. 257 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 5: And I looked at Cliff and I said, oh, boy, 258 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 5: I said, this is going to turn into runs because 259 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 5: then he has to go over the heart of the plate. 260 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 4: And that that's what we saw. 261 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 5: I mean, we saw him give up a three run 262 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 5: home run in the first inning and just before the 263 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 5: Cubs have already already built a four zero lead, boom, 264 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 5: it's a one run game, it's four to three, and 265 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 5: then it was tied, and I just think it's Matthew 266 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 5: Boyd has had just a few bumps along the way 267 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 5: right here, but he's been. 268 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 4: So steady all season long and he's won. 269 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:37,719 Speaker 5: I don't know if you've ever had a chance to 270 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 5: talk with Matthew Boyd or or meet Matthew Boyd in person, 271 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 5: but he's one of the nicest dudes. 272 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 4: And it's not an act. 273 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 5: It's there's there's there's no there's no there's no falsehoods 274 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 5: about him. Everything this dude says is true. That he 275 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 5: told us the story one time where he said, I 276 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 5: was going to my little my kid's little league. 277 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 4: Games, and you know, people were asking, hey, what do 278 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 4: you do? 279 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 5: And this is when he was in limbo, didn't know 280 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 5: where he was gonna go before he the Cubs and 281 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 5: they said, well, you're a baseball player. 282 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: What team are you on? 283 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 5: And he said, well, and he had to tell him, 284 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 5: you know, he was a free agent and they just 285 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 5: looking to pick up with a new squad. So that's 286 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 5: one of the reasons why he always has so much gratitude, 287 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 5: Like he walks around every ballpark. 288 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 4: Before every start, he kind of looks around and he soaks. 289 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 5: It in and he realizes that I don't have to 290 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 5: be here right now. They wanted me to be here. 291 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 5: I'm here to go out and pitch well, and that's 292 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 5: what I need to do. And that's what he does. 293 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 4: Man. 294 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 5: I think that the win loser draw, he's going to 295 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 5: let you know if he pitched well, if he didn't. 296 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 5: He's always going to let you also know what needs 297 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 5: to be worked on. And I think that's the kind 298 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 5: of guy that you want to have that's leading your staff. 299 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: And he's not just the only one. Like you said, 300 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 5: this staff is dirty, Colin Ray. He's a guy who 301 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 5: I don't think a lot of people expected to be 302 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 5: a whole bunch this season. But the Cubs are are 303 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 5: sixteen and nine when he starts. Brad Keller signed to 304 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 5: a minor league deal. He's a former starter. This dude's 305 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 5: coming out here blowing doors now ninety eight ninety nine. 306 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 5: Daniel Palenci is hurt. So who we have in the 307 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 5: closer role, it's Brad Keller. Brad Keller can also come 308 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 5: in and he can chew up the eighth inning. He 309 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 5: can chew up the ninth inning. So those are good 310 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 5: things about the staff right now. I mean, there's so 311 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 5: many guys Kate Horton. I mean, if Kate Horton hasn't 312 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 5: already locked up the National League Rookie of the Year, 313 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 5: I don't know who has. They're talking about Drake Baldwin. 314 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 5: That makes me think of the Breakfast Club meme with 315 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 5: Soldier Boy. 316 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 4: Like that. 317 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 5: I mean, it's not even close. The things that Kate 318 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 5: Horton does when he goes out there. I mean, he's 319 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 5: on a pitch count. He knows he's about to carve 320 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 5: you up, and I think, you know you're about to 321 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 5: get carved up when he's out there, and that's what happens. 322 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 5: And that's I mean, just look at him after the 323 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 5: All Star break. He's he's Paul Skeins, He's twenty fifteen 324 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 5: to twenty sixteen, Jake Arieta. 325 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 4: He's that good right now. That's sub one eer. 326 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 5: And I keep saying I would throw him Game one 327 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 5: of the postseason. We got into, you know, a little 328 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 5: bit of a debate yesterday Bruce Levin, myself, cliff Elise Meniker, 329 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 5: We're on the show, and Bruce said that he would 330 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 5: go Matthew. I love Matthew Boyd. He's been he's been 331 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 5: a rock solid presence so far this year. But right now, 332 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 5: when you need a win, who you're going with, You're 333 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: going with your stopper, You're going with Kate Horton. 334 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 4: He's been that dude and the lefty lefty matchups. 335 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 5: You know, I'm not really worried about Showda Monaga or 336 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 5: Matthew Boyd going back to back games because real gamers 337 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 5: don't care who's on the mounta. 338 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 4: They want to go out there and hit. 339 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 5: We had Derek Lee on the other day because it 340 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 5: was Derek Lee and Sammy Sosa day for the Chicago 341 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 5: Cubs them going into the Hall of Fame. 342 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 4: We had d Leon doing an. 343 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 5: Interview before I said, d Lee, lefty, righty, what matchup 344 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 5: did you prefer? He said, I don't care, man, bring 345 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 5: them all on. That's what That's how real hitters think. 346 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 5: So Kate Horton, he's a former position player at Oklahoma. 347 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 5: He thinks like a real hitter, he thinks like a 348 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 5: real pitcher, he thinks like a gamer. He is ready 349 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 5: to shove every single time he's out there, and that's 350 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 5: that's what we've seen, and sometimes we've seen. 351 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 4: Some great starting performances squandered. 352 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 5: So the Cubs bats slowly but surely starting to come 353 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 5: around because you saw what they were able to do offensively. 354 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 5: I mean, they were an absolute juggernaut beginning of the sea 355 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 5: and just not their fourteenth shutout win of the year. 356 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 5: There's a lot of teams who are really good who 357 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,479 Speaker 5: don't even have ten. So that's that's the thing that 358 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 5: the Cub's pitching. They'll hold you down. They'll take in 359 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,719 Speaker 5: the deep end and they'll hold you under the water man. 360 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 5: They won't let you up. 361 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 2: Our guest is cold Right from Marquee Sports Network in Chicago. 362 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 2: He does the pre and post game for the Chicago 363 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 2: Cubs and a couple more things. 364 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: Colin, I'll let you go definitely. 365 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 2: Craig Council, of course, came over from the Brewers last year. 366 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: Second year as Cubs manager. 367 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 2: Just changes from twenty I know the Cubs went eighty 368 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 2: three and seventy nine his first year, but changes. Have 369 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 2: you seen anything changes or it's just different with the players, 370 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 2: or what's happened here to take this team to the 371 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 2: next level. 372 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 5: I think it's just a just a calm demeanor that's 373 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 5: how That's how Craig is man. You know, he never 374 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 5: gets too high, it never gets too low. He's like 375 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 5: those those low Kai bracelets. You ever seen those ones, 376 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 5: all the little bubbles in them, like they have mud 377 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 5: from the Dead Sea and they have water from the 378 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 5: from Mount Everest. So it just reminds you not to 379 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 5: get too high, not to get too low, just kind 380 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 5: of stay even keel. That's the kind of dude that 381 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 5: Craig is, and I think a lot of his players 382 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 5: they kind of they attach themselves to that mindset. You know, 383 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 5: Dansby Swanson, he's just cool man, that's just what he is. 384 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 5: He's gonna make plays, he's gonna get some knocks. I mean, 385 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 5: and when you look at it, are there situations where 386 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 5: you'd be like wow, you look for another a bigger 387 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 5: hit sometimes, But when you look at Dansby stats, you 388 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 5: know it could begin the year he struggled with runners 389 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 5: in scoring position. However, when you have a shortstop who 390 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 5: plays gold glove caliber, I mean, that's what he is. 391 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 5: He's a gold glover who's going to bat two fifty 392 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 5: because that's right around what all shortstops hit right now. 393 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 5: It's not like you have shortstops that are that are 394 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 5: burning up the charts. Hitting three twenty five, it doesn't happen. 395 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 5: He's gonna hit two fifty. He's going to hit you 396 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 5: right around twenty five home runs and he's going to 397 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 5: drive in about eighty five stakes. So I mean, I mean, 398 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 5: think about that. That's pretty good in the grand scheme 399 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 5: of things, along with playing gold glove defense. So I 400 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 5: think that Dansy Swanson he is also taken on that 401 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 5: kind of personality like Craig has, and I think that's 402 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 5: a lot of guys that are just even keel just 403 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 5: the easy demeanor or Justin Turner. He's one of the 404 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 5: sources of inspiration for this team. I mean, he's been 405 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 5: there before. But he's also not a player coach because 406 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 5: Clips says that all the time, like guys don't want 407 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 5: to be called the player coach, but that's kind of 408 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 5: what he is. He came in yesterday had two huge 409 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 5: hits that drove in runs, which was really big. So 410 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 5: I think for him to be able to chip in 411 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 5: and still remain relevant with this squad and be able 412 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 5: to impart wisdom on some of these young guys, man, 413 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 5: I think that's one of the biggest things. 414 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 4: I think it all starts with Craig all right. 415 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: Last thing, where do you see the Cups. Can they 416 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 2: get to the World Series or are they just almost there? 417 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 2: Or do they have enough to go through the Dodgers 418 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 2: and the Padres or whatever team they have to the Phillies, 419 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 2: you know, the Mets in order to make this happen. 420 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 5: Well, they've got three with the Mets after these next 421 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 5: four with the Reds. So we're gonna see because the 422 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 5: Reds are hungry team right now, they're right on the 423 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 5: outside looking in. And the Mets right now they're kind 424 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 5: of spiraling. We've seen what's going on with them. They're 425 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 5: pitching not really there. I think that anyone has a 426 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 5: chance in this, in this postseason tournament this year. I mean, 427 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 5: there's not really one world beater squad. You know, the 428 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 5: Cubs have had a winning record. 429 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: I agree with that. I agree there a lot of 430 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:19,479 Speaker 1: all the teams have flawed. 431 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 2: I don't I don't think anybody knows who's going to 432 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: be in the World Series for sure. 433 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: I don't. 434 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 5: And that's and that's the best part of it. I mean, 435 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 5: it's it is. It is a crapshoot, right now. And 436 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 5: like I said, the Cubs they won the season series 437 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 5: against the Dodgers. You know they're they're they're taking on 438 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 5: the Mets these next these next three after Cincinnati, a 439 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 5: four pack Insinsey. So I think these next ten will 440 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 5: be a big indicator. Like we talked about it on 441 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 5: our pregame show, Cliff and I, there's thirteen games left 442 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 5: to go. This was three games ago, and I said, 443 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 5: what needs to be done is win as many of 444 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 5: these games as possible and get as hot as you can, 445 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 5: and every one of these series needs to be looked 446 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 5: at as a playoff series. You got to win against Pittsburgh. 447 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 5: They won three against Pittsburgh. You need to win three 448 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 5: or four versus Cincinnati. If you could do better than that, 449 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 5: that'd be fantastic. Then you have three with the Mets 450 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 5: and then three with the Cardinals. And if you don't 451 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 5: think the Cardinals are gonna come in and play spoiler, 452 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 5: if they're not still in the mix with the last 453 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 5: three games left, then shame on you because you don't 454 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 5: you must not know about Saint Louis Cardinals baseball. So 455 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 5: and then I'm not talking to you, Rob. You know 456 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 5: Saint Louis Cardinal Becks. You know, you know what I'm saying. 457 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 5: But I just think that that's gonna be how these 458 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 5: guys run through the tape here is going to be 459 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 5: a big indicator. I mean, having three games at Wrigley, 460 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 5: it's gonna be huge, you know, if you're able to 461 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 5: lock down and solidify that that top spot in the 462 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 5: wild card. 463 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 4: San Diego they're good, the Mets, they can play. 464 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 5: There's always those those land those land mines that you 465 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 5: have to watch out for, Pete the Killer, Juan Soto. 466 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 5: So it's it's all about matchups really in the postseason 467 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 5: and who gets the hottest is it? All the good 468 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 5: teams make it, but who is the best of the 469 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 5: good teams at that time and was playing the best baseball? 470 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 4: That's gonna be the biggest picture right there, no. 471 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: Doubt about it. 472 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 2: His name is Cole Wright from Marquee Sports Network in Chicago, 473 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 2: does the pre impost for the Chicago Cubs. 474 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: One of the best baseball guys out there. Man. I 475 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: appreciate you, my man. I'll see you soon. 476 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 4: Thanks any time. 477 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 5: Rob, when you come to Wrigley, Man, let me know 478 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 5: know it. 479 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: In case you missed Rob Parker on the MLB Networks. 480 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: Here's his latest appearance on mL DINA. 481 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 6: All right, time now for the showdown with Rob Parker. Rob, 482 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 6: good to see how you doing, Buddy. 483 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: I'm doing great, Steve, how are you doing great? 484 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 6: Glad to have you here today. All right, so let's 485 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 6: talk Padres Dodgers NL West. Two game advantage right now 486 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 6: for the Dodgers in that division, and it looks like 487 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 6: it's probably gonna finish this way. We'll see if it 488 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 6: does or not. But if it does, and even if 489 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 6: it doesn't, can the Padres beat the Dodgers in postseason baseball? 490 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 4: Well? 491 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: I know that they're still kicking themselves from last year. 492 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 2: They should have been to Dodgers last year and they 493 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 2: let that one get away. 494 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: I still like the Padres. 495 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 2: I picked them before the season, and there's a couple 496 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 2: things Steve. Obviously, they have a tremendous bullpen. They made 497 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 2: some great pickups at the trade deadline. We know about 498 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 2: the lineup. They just have to go and get it done. 499 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 2: Here's what I don't like about the Dodgers is that 500 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 2: they started a season eight No. They spent like twenty 501 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 2: billion dollars in the off season. 502 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: They were supposed to. 503 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: Run through everybody, and it just hasn't been that kind 504 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 2: of season. And I know they played better of late, 505 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 2: but I still think they can be had and be beaten. 506 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: So I think the Padres have a shot at this. 507 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 6: So here's the way I look at I don't think 508 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 6: the Dodgers are invincible, but they've had so many injuries 509 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 6: to explain where they are in the standings. Yet they've 510 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 6: had so many injuries they're still going to win the division. 511 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 6: I don't think the Padres can beat the Dodgers. I 512 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 6: think there is the thing they've got the thing. Take 513 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 6: a look go back to twenty twenty. The Padres are 514 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 6: thirty two and fifty five against the Dogs, and even 515 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 6: when they had them on the brink last year in 516 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 6: the playoffs, they couldn't finish them off. I think that 517 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 6: the Padres road to the World Series cannot be through 518 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 6: the Dodgers. My Mets teams couldn't beat the Braves back 519 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 6: of the day we went to the World Series in 520 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 6: two thousand because somebody else took the Braves out. The 521 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 6: way that these playoffs are set up right now, they'd 522 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 6: be in different brackets. The Dodgers would play probably the 523 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 6: Mets have it started right now. The winner of that 524 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 6: would play the Phillies with the Padres need is for 525 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 6: the mets of the Phillies to take the Dodgers out 526 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 6: of it and then they can go on in advance. 527 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 6: But I don't think that they can beat the Dodgers 528 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 6: head to head. They need somebody else to take them out. 529 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I disagree. I don't think the Dodgers are invincible. 530 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 2: I think you're living in last year and you're looking 531 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 2: at the roster, living in Los Angeles and watching them 532 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 2: on a nightly basis. 533 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: I'm just not that impressed. 534 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 2: Despite the injuries, even when they've had people together, it 535 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 2: just doesn't feel the same as a year ago. And 536 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 2: they got awful lucky to win a World Series without 537 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 2: starting pitching, because that's what they got. Had the Yankees 538 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: won Game five, the Dodgers wouldn't have won the World Series. 539 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 2: And they got the big hit from Freddie Freeman in 540 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 2: Game one which changed the whole series. I'm not buying 541 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 2: the Dodgers this year under any circumstance. I'm out on 542 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: the Dodgers. 543 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 6: Well, boy, the Dodgers starting pitching put on a show 544 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 6: against the Philadelphia Phillies, including Bake Blake Snell, Snell on 545 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 6: the mountain yesterday, you know, into the seventh inning, and 546 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,360 Speaker 6: he ends up getting a little bit of trouble. Dave 547 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 6: Roberts goes out to try to take him out of 548 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 6: the game, and Snell tells him, no, I can get 549 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 6: this guy and a man called Otto, and he gets him. 550 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 6: He strikes him out, stays in the game. Dave Roberts 551 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 6: celebrating it from the dugout. I love this. I love 552 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 6: this from Dave Roberts and Blake Snell. How about you? 553 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: I don't love it? 554 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 2: No, come on, this is a big game. He had 555 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 2: walked two guys in a row. That's your undermining the 556 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 2: manager of that blew up in Dave Roberts face and 557 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: the Dodgers. 558 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: Because he was running out of gas. 559 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 2: It worked out, so you can pump your fist, Dave 560 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 2: Roberts and the Dodgers, but only a two game lead. 561 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 2: Your pitcher's tiring in the seventh then and you do 562 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 2: a season high one hundred and seven pitches in that 563 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 2: game and you're playing with fire. It worked out, but 564 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 2: I didn't like it, and I think at some point 565 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 2: that's why you're the manager and we've seen him take 566 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 2: out Show Hey pitching a no hitter because he's thrown 567 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 2: too many pitches or whatever it is. Blake Snell just 568 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 2: should not be able to demand or or get his 569 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 2: way in that situation when the whole team and it's 570 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 2: a playoff, lives on the line. 571 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: I just didn't like it. 572 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 6: Two times Cy Young Award winner who tells the manager, 573 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 6: I can get this guy. And I believe that we 574 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 6: teach people how to treat us, and I think that 575 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 6: Blake Snell was always the guy that came out after 576 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 6: facing the lineup twice. Kevin Cash took him out that 577 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 6: in San Diego. 578 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: That was the way. 579 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 6: But I think now he's returned to the point and 580 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 6: he's proven the Dave Roberts he can get that big 581 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 6: out when he needs it. I thought this was great. 582 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 6: I never want a guy who wants to come out 583 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 6: of the game. I want him to fight the manager 584 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 6: taking him out. He did it respectful. 585 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: It would be everybody, Steve, you can't have that. Everybody 586 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,719 Speaker 1: you would do that guy. Everybody wants to stay in. 587 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: Oh no, don't pinch it for me. I can get 588 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: a hit here. That's why you have a manager. 589 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 2: That's why you have a guy absolutely to make those 590 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 2: decisions sometimes for the players. 591 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 6: Yeah, so you think that if it blew up, it 592 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 6: would have been Snell's fault. I think that's on Dave 593 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 6: Roberts to make the college while he gets paid the 594 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 6: big bucks. If the pitcher says I can get him, 595 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 6: it's up to him at that point to make a decision. 596 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 6: Vessia was on his way onto the field end of 597 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 6: the game and Dave Roberts says, you know what, I'm 598 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 6: gonna give him this one, and that can make a 599 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 6: difference down the stretch. And for Snell not to be 600 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 6: a two times through the lineup guy, I think is 601 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 6: huge considering how poor the bullpen it pitched for the 602 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 6: Dodgers in the first two games. 603 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: But if you're gonna win the. 604 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 2: Series, Steve, if you're gonna win a World Series, that 605 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 2: bullpen has to come through. So if you want to 606 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 2: avoid the bullpen at all costs, and that's the messager 607 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 2: sending to the bullpen that a guy can walk to it, 608 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 2: guys or loses control and you're still not going to 609 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 2: the bullpen, how is that going to help you come 610 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: postseason time? 611 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,439 Speaker 1: It's not If they don't like it. 612 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 4: Pitch better. 613 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: All right? How about this? 614 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 6: The Tigers in danger of collapsing? Is that true? Four 615 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 6: and a half game lead the Al Central. The Guardians 616 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 6: playing great baseball right now, they are four games remaining 617 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 6: with the Guardians. Are the Tigers in jeopardy the better 618 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 6: first place? It feels like all season long. 619 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, they could wind up being in nineteen sixty four Phillies, 620 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 2: which lost ten of their last twelve games and gave 621 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 2: up the division. 622 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: And the Tigers, as you know, have been very streaky 623 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: this year. 624 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 2: They had an awful stretch in July where they lost 625 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 2: a twelve out of thirteen and they've lost nine out 626 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 2: of fourteen to start the month of September. 627 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: They're in trouble. Look at their schedule. 628 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 2: They played the Braves three games at home, but then 629 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 2: they go on the road for three against Cleveland. 630 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: This is after today's game against Cleveland. 631 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 2: They going to road for three against Cleveland and another 632 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 2: three against Boston. Could I see them losing their final 633 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 2: six games and losing a division? Absolutely, because other than 634 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 2: schoolbul and if they Cleveland beat schoobl today, they're. 635 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: Really going to be in trouble. 636 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 2: That's a game they need, and I think that if 637 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 2: they lose that game, there's a good chance they could 638 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 2: choke down the division. 639 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 6: My goodness, that dark cloud. I'm from Detroit, Rob, you've 640 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 6: been there, and you put this dark cloud cloud over 641 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 6: my family there right now. I'm not that worried about 642 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 6: him at all. I think that they're going to rally through. 643 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 6: They've been a very resilient team in aj Hinch, one 644 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 6: of the best managers in the game. They'll find their 645 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 6: way through. They'll still end up winning the division overall. 646 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 6: All right, the Yankees bullpen in October? Is that really 647 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 6: going to be something that is a strength or a weakness? 648 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 6: Could it cost them or will it be the reason 649 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 6: that they win? 650 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 2: I just think that if you look at the arms 651 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: there and just look at Devin Williams his last five outings, 652 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 2: he looks like the stuff he has, the stuff he 653 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 2: had in Milwaukee, Rookie of the Year, one of the 654 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 2: best closers. I look at the movement on the pitches 655 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 2: and then the other guys they brought into the other yeah, yeah, 656 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 2: you know, like they bought it during the trade deadline. 657 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 2: The Yankees got high marks on those pitchers. Now they 658 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 2: haven't performed up to their abilities. And even Luke Weaver 659 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 2: has struggled. But if you look at what these guys 660 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 2: have done and what they're capable of, and if they 661 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,959 Speaker 2: get righted, like Devin Williams to me has gotten righted, 662 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 2: they will be tough. 663 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: In the postseason. If these four. 664 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 2: Guys can pitch like they like they're expected to pitch now, 665 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 2: if it's the same miss Moss that we've seen, obviously it's. 666 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: Not gonna work. 667 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 2: And you know this, in the postseason, it's about the bullpen. 668 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: The reason the Yankees won all those World Series. 669 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 2: They have Mariano Rivera, who was the best of the best, 670 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 2: and that's what you need in the postseason to win. 671 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 6: I have more confidence in the Dodgers' bullpen right now 672 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 6: than the Yankee bullpen to get things turned around. Rob, 673 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 6: thanks so much, always great debating with you. Have a 674 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 6: great afternoon. 675 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: All right, Steve, always no, this is bloding. It's the 676 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: Parker pushback. 677 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 5: Here. 678 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: Rob tackles the outlandish takes in Major League Baseball shop. 679 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 7: I'm Rob Parker, and here's my pushback. All you Dodger 680 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 7: fans and people who are you know, rallying around manager 681 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 7: Dave Roberts for letting Blake Snell basically talk him out 682 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 7: of coming out of the game in the seventh inning. 683 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 2: After a couple of walks, and he was struggling and 684 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 2: looks like he was losing it. 685 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,719 Speaker 1: And I get it. 686 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 2: Everybody wants to play. Nobody wants to come out. Give 687 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 2: me another chance, coach, manager, whatever you want to say. 688 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 2: But that's why a manager's hired. Dodgers don't have anything 689 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 2: sold up. They could get knocked out. Can you imagine 690 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 2: had they blown that game or they left Blake Snell 691 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 2: and and everything blew up in their face, Dave Roberts 692 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 2: would be facing the music today. 693 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: I get it. 694 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 2: No player Anthony Richardson maybe the only player I can 695 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 2: remember a recent in the NFL, asked out. Said he 696 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 2: was tired or something. But all players want to play. 697 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 2: All players want another at bat, another chance to face 698 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 2: the next batter. I get all that. It's a dangerous 699 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 2: move by Dave Roberts. You're the manager, and fans and 700 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 2: Dodger apologists, stop making an excuse because it just doesn't. 701 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: It didn't make sense. Not when your start had walked. 702 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 2: Two batters in a row in the inning, it tells 703 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 2: you he had lost something and could have blown up 704 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 2: in the Dodger's face. 705 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: I'm Rob Parker and that's my pushback. 706 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 2: In the words of New York TV legend the late 707 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 2: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until 708 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 2: next time. 709 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: Rob Parker out. He can't get it. This could be 710 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: an inside the Parker. 711 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 4: See you next week, the same bad time, say Matt Station.