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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome to episode seventy eight of the Hammer

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Speaker 1: Territory podcast. I'm your host, Brad Rowland, coming to you

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Speaker 1: on a Sunday. It's September eighth, and I'm joined as

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Speaker 1: i often am, by Scott Coleman. Scott in about thirty

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Speaker 1: minutes on Sunday afternoon, the vibe of this podcast changed drastically.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Brad, that's right, For once a Sunday seemingly went

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Speaker 2: the Braves's way. You're right, I mean there was a

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Speaker 2: real moment where the Braves were down two to one

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Speaker 2: in the ninth inning and the New York Metropolitans were

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Speaker 2: tied one to one in the ninth inning, and as

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Speaker 2: fate would have it, the Braves ended up finding a

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Speaker 2: way to win, and the Mets finally lost a game.

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Speaker 2: I believe they had won nine in row before the loss.

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Speaker 2: So in you mentioned thirty minutes, I mean, legitimately, in

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Speaker 2: thirty minutes, that was a two game swing, and this

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Speaker 2: time of year, with three weeks left, those are huge

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Speaker 2: and you need a couple of them to bounce your

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Speaker 2: way if you're.

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Speaker 1: Going to make it into the postseason. That is absolutely right,

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Speaker 1: and even beyond the two game swing, just the mental

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Speaker 1: and emotional gymnastics that were happening on Sunday afternoon. One

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Speaker 1: day we will have to release our text messages together,

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Speaker 1: but not today. I would say between you and I Scott,

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Speaker 1: while we're here at the top of the podcast, we

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Speaker 1: only subscriber. But as we sort of alluded to there,

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Speaker 1: it was a good day for the Braves, a winning

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Speaker 1: week for the Braves four and two. It wasn't dominant

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Speaker 1: they win both series against Colorado and then Toronto, and

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Speaker 1: with nineteen games to go, clearly the margin for air

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Speaker 1: Escott aluds to is very very slim. We will dive deep,

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Speaker 1: I promise into the game on Sunday, because that was

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Speaker 1: a wild one later on in the show. But they're

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Speaker 1: not tied with the Mets. You said it, the Mets

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Speaker 1: final loss. The Mets have been incredible. They've been the

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Speaker 1: best team in baseball for like a couple of months now.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately for everybody else involved here, the din MAXs are

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Speaker 1: currently playing as we're recording, so that one's still up

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Speaker 1: in the air. But the pottery is slide a little bit.

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Speaker 1: It seems like the Braves are certainly not a lot

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Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs, but they are continue to

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Speaker 1: be favored in all the projections that I see from Fangrass,

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Speaker 1: Baseball Reference, et cetera. I guess we'll take this moment now, Scott,

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Speaker 1: to take stock of this. How are you feeling about

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Speaker 1: the Braves playoff chances? With exactly three weeks ago.

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Speaker 2: So it's pretty clearly shaping up to be four teams

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Speaker 2: is natural for all of us to just kind of

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Speaker 2: and I mean, I'm guilty of it two. But at

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Speaker 2: the same time, the Diamondbacks have left the door open

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Speaker 2: like you have four clubs. Who I mean, it might

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Speaker 2: go down to the last day of the season, Brad.

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Speaker 2: It kind of has that feel in terms of the

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Speaker 2: Braves making the postseason. Man, it's for reasons that listeners know.

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Speaker 2: I think it's hard to be bullish on a nightly basis,

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Speaker 2: But basically every single night other than Saturday, which was

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Speaker 2: a fluky blow up game for the pitching staff, the

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Speaker 2: pitching has given the Braves a chance to win quite

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Speaker 2: literally every night for a full month now, and we

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Speaker 2: know that in September and October, power pitching can really

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Speaker 2: gonna have to hope that, as has been the theme

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Speaker 2: even even a friend of the pod, Brandon Goddon tweeted

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Speaker 2: after the game that he felt like he went ten

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Speaker 2: rounds with Mike Tyson today. That's pretty accurate because every

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Speaker 1: It is. And you know, we always talk about the

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Speaker 1: to the wires. We'll get into. I'm with you one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent. It feels like there's four teams for three

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Speaker 1: So it's four games, four teams for three spots. In

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Speaker 1: the only time that the Braves will play ahead to

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Speaker 1: you know, if they had lost today, I was prepared

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Speaker 1: But hey, that's the nature of the beast in the

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Speaker 1: sports world, Scott. You can lose a game in incredibly

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Speaker 2: And I mean again, seriously, the difference between the Braves

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Speaker 2: The difference between that and being two full games back

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Speaker 2: really does just feel even if it is only two games,

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Speaker 2: credit to the Braves for somehow finding a way to

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Saturday and Sunday, let us dive into some

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Speaker 1: of the results from the weekend and if you missed it,

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Speaker 1: our colleagues Sean and Steven talked about the games on

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Speaker 1: one to catch up on. But the last two games

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Speaker 1: this stuff. The first time that a player has appeared

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Speaker 2: like the clinching hangover lineup, He'll go out there and

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Speaker 2: I think we are all in favor of giving the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been pretty much himself for always close to

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Speaker 1: it for a little while now. Maybe something about first

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Speaker 1: that has to play every day. Freddie was this way too.

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Speaker 1: the book on the historic And that's crazy to say

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Speaker 1: a historic run of awesome starts for the Braves. Schwellenbach

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Speaker 2: imagine just connecting the dots to this point? How many

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Speaker 2: steps you have to get to to get to that conversation?

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Speaker 1: Is right? But I mean Okay, if they were ask

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Speaker 1: you this, if they were confident that made that wit

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Speaker 1: Maryfield could play by the Dodgers series, which is that

436
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Speaker 1: starts Friday, today's Sunday. If they were confident that we

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Speaker 1: could play on Friday, would you have put him on

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Speaker 1: the io? Uh?

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Speaker 2: No, no, because I think.

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Speaker 1: I think I would have still, but have been closer.

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Speaker 2: So it's ten days for players, correct, I believe it's

442
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Speaker 2: fifteen for pitchers.

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Speaker 1: Ten ten days.

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Speaker 2: Yes, So then he broke his foot on Friday nights

445
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Speaker 2: you're talking, so basically then he would be out throughout

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Speaker 2: the week the Dodgers series next weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it would have cost you about four games probably

448
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Speaker 1: of him being available again. They don't know he would

449
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Speaker 1: be back on Friday. And just to say this not loud,

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Speaker 1: because I'm sure people all got their radios, we understand

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Speaker 1: that they don't have any good options. That that is

452
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Speaker 1: a big part here, and I'm sure that's what the

453
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Speaker 1: Brays would say, is that they don't have anybody they

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Speaker 1: want to that they want to call up. The only

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Speaker 1: guy on the forty man is not Choe Alvariz, and

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Speaker 1: he's been better in gen last couple weeks. But it

457
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Speaker 1: seems clear as day to me, Scott that they do

458
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Speaker 1: not want to call him back up for whatever reason.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I mean it's hard not to blame them,

460
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Speaker 2: you know. Not Choe, by all accounts, good kid, hard worker.

461
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Speaker 2: He was just not ready.

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Speaker 1: It didn't go well. Yeah, no, no.

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Speaker 2: But hey, sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. And

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Speaker 2: I think at this point, man, I mean, you just

465
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Speaker 2: have to hope that either the broken bone in WIT's

466
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Speaker 2: foot or the broken bone in Ossie Alby's wrist one

467
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Speaker 2: of the two progress enough in the next couple of

468
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Speaker 2: weeks where the Braves can basically not start. Luke Williams

469
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Speaker 2: at second base is pretty much the bar. And I

470
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Speaker 2: mean that's you know, hey, Luke Williams is doing his best.

471
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Speaker 2: He gets thrown into the fire. I don't think there

472
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Speaker 2: was a person on Earth who saw Luke Williams playing

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Speaker 2: important innings for the Atlanta Braves down the stretch, but

474
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Speaker 2: you know, and it just kind of goes to show

475
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Speaker 2: that Braves is injury luck and how unlucky they have been.

476
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Speaker 2: Witt Mirifield has basically been an iron man for the

477
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Speaker 2: last decade of his career. I don't believe he's ever

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Speaker 2: been put on the injured list, and during his time

479
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Speaker 2: in Kansas City in particular, he averaged like one hundred

480
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Speaker 2: and fifty seven games a year. So, as fate would

481
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Speaker 2: have it, he joins the Braves. The very first day

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Speaker 2: he has that excruciating broken finger where like the bone

483
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Speaker 2: was popping out in his finger, and god, I'm thankful

484
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Speaker 2: that no picture's surfaced to that. And then a month

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Speaker 2: later he breaks a bone in his foot on what

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Speaker 2: looked to be a harmless foul ball. I mean, man,

487
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Speaker 2: it just when it rains, it pours, and I think

488
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Speaker 2: you just have to hope that one of the two

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Speaker 2: second basemen are able to play and play at a

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Speaker 2: relatively high level for these last couple weeks of the season.

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Speaker 1: To back you up, Maryfield once went four seasons from

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Speaker 1: twenty eighteen to twenty twenty one, missing four total games.

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Speaker 1: He also played three consecutive years without missing a game,

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Speaker 1: so he doesn't miss games. But he is thirty five. No,

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Speaker 1: I mean that maybe that's part of this, but it

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Speaker 1: really is. I don't mean to pick up with Maryfield,

497
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Speaker 1: who's done a great job for what he's been asked

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Speaker 1: to do. The Braak's got him for nothing, all caveats apply.

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Speaker 1: I just feel like they're treating him like he's a

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Speaker 1: star right now with the way that they're not putting

501
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Speaker 1: him the il because the thing is I glossed over

502
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Speaker 1: it earlier, but just to say this one more time

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Speaker 1: out loud, a doctor told him six weeks on Friday,

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Speaker 1: and then another specialist said, oh, maybe he can play

505
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Speaker 1: in a few days because it's just pain tolerance. That's

506
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Speaker 1: a pretty I made fun of it on Twitter. That's

507
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Speaker 1: a pretty wide gap in projection. But I mean, is

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Speaker 1: he gonna be good on Friday, Like, let's just say

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Speaker 1: he's back on Thursday, he's going to be in pain.

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Speaker 1: Is he going to be good? I don't know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's not a lock. It's Wood Maryfield. This is not

512
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Speaker 1: a superstar player. Like I know he's he's been good

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Speaker 1: for the Braves, But I mean, do you want to

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Speaker 1: play six percent away Wood Maryfield? Maybe? I guess, but

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Speaker 1: I feel like there is some drastic downside when you

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Speaker 1: factor in not just today. I mean, today's a good

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Speaker 1: example of it because they I guess it works because he,

518
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Speaker 1: like White, had a great game today, but he's not

519
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Speaker 1: a second baseman and Smith's managing every game like it's

520
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Speaker 1: the World Series right now. I mean, he's he's doing

521
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Speaker 1: everything's he's pressing every button. It's Freddye Gazale style. He's

522
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Speaker 1: he's smashing buttons right now every game. You can't really

523
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Speaker 1: do that if you don't have a single backup infielder

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Speaker 1: and your stars and your stars Luke Wims. It's just

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Speaker 1: it's insane. Like I'm laughing at the whole situation. It's

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Speaker 1: very funny to me, like this shouldn't matter, but I

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Speaker 1: just don't. I think it's a little bit strange. They

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Speaker 1: didn't even think about it. It's like, all right, I

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Speaker 1: would be good, I think, yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean they are tiptoeing a very fine line right now,

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Speaker 2: and it's, man, it is pretty bleak in the middle of.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I have a question for you. We'll move on,

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Speaker 1: I promise. I have a question. What happens if Orlando

534
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Speaker 1: RCA rolls and ankle in the first standing on Monday?

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Speaker 1: I will be starting a shortstop. I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: they would probably put ll it short Luke Williams at

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Speaker 1: third and Eli White at second. But then what happens

538
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Speaker 1: when something else happens? I mean, I'm not being a

539
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Speaker 1: doomsday person here, I promise you. But they this is

540
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Speaker 1: this is the thing where you don't have a bench,

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Speaker 1: Like I don't care about benches generally speaking when it

542
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Speaker 1: comes to the dh era, but when you don't have

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Speaker 1: anyone who can basically play the infield, it's it's tough.

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Speaker 1: And it might be even in that scenario that lay

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Speaker 1: out earlier that we'll say Thursday, Friday, what's back. That's

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Speaker 1: three or four games between now and then and plus

547
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Speaker 1: today where they had to play Eli White at second

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Speaker 1: He wasn't really tested there. I don't know if he

549
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Speaker 1: can really do it. Maybe maybe he can, And maybe

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Speaker 1: that's why they're not worried. They think that Eli White's

551
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Speaker 1: just like going to be fine a second base. If

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Speaker 1: that's the case, then I'll be wrong. I just it

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Speaker 1: seems a little bit reckless to me.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, it is a good reflection of all of

555
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Speaker 2: the injuries the Braves.

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Speaker 1: Have dealt with this year.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that we're even having to have this conversation, I

558
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Speaker 2: mean you.

559
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Speaker 1: Made it out. Read the names off Scott you had

560
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Speaker 1: in our document here about how like just as a

561
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Speaker 1: reminder everybody how crazy the injuries have been for the

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Speaker 1: Braves go ahead, nuts. I mean, this is like if

563
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Speaker 1: you added a bunch of like low level free agents

564
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Speaker 1: to the player list. I'm about the list off here.

565
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Speaker 1: It's like an eighty five ninety win baseball team. So

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Speaker 1: the Braves injuries here, just for the housekeeping note, Here

567
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Speaker 1: we go. Ronald Acuna, junior, reigning nash League MVP, Spencer Strider,

568
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Speaker 1: top five pitcher on Planet Earth. Austin Riley has been

569
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Speaker 1: hurt twice? Is he all hurt twice? Michael Harris missed

570
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Speaker 1: two months, Sean Murphy missed two months, Jorge Solaire pulled

571
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Speaker 1: a hamstring basically hasn't been the same for three or

572
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Speaker 1: four weeks. Now, the Rex Yeah, Max Freed elbow issue,

573
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Speaker 1: Rinaldo Lopez elbow issue, AJ Minter recurring hip issues all

574
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Speaker 1: year out for the year. And now you have wit Mirifield,

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Speaker 1: who has basically never been hurt and his entire big

576
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Speaker 1: league career is now hurt for the second time in

577
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Speaker 1: a month and a half since signing on with the Braves.

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Speaker 1: It is I mean, you couldn't. I tweeted this the

579
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Speaker 1: other day asking legitimately, is this the worst most injury

580
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Speaker 1: riddled season in the history of the Atlanta Braves, an

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Speaker 1: organization that's been around for decades, and I mean basically

582
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Speaker 1: everyone said, yes, there were a couple of years that

583
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Speaker 1: popped up with the plethora of injuries, but just I

584
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Speaker 1: mean literally, since day one, this team has not been healthy.

585
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Speaker 1: And I feel like we say it every Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Brad, it is a legitimate miracle that with three weeks

587
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Speaker 2: to go in the season, the Atlanta Braves are firmly

588
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Speaker 2: in the playoff picture. I am not sure there is

589
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Speaker 2: a single team in baseball other than the Dodgers, who

590
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Speaker 2: have been equally bettered by injuries all year. There's not

591
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Speaker 2: another team in baseball who would be even close to

592
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Speaker 2: the postseason picture. With everything the Braves have had to

593
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Speaker 2: deal with. We agree, but hey, at least this sign

594
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Speaker 2: Kevin Bigio this weekend. If you are a warm body

595
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Speaker 2: who might be available, it makes sense and right, I mean,

596
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Speaker 2: it makes sense to bring them over. And if you

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Speaker 2: have to call on Bigio at some point, I mean,

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Speaker 2: to answer your question a minute ago, if something happened

599
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Speaker 2: to Orlando, god forbid, or to Geo or Schella, God forbid,

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Speaker 2: you're probably calling up Bigio from the minor leagues because

601
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Speaker 2: I mean, you just don't really have any other choices

602
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Speaker 2: unless you want to throw not Soo Alvarez out there again.

603
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Speaker 2: And I'm just not sure anybody wants to do that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, their own names going that too worth noting, just

605
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Speaker 1: says out loudt Vgo who they acquired for nothing. It's

606
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: not a matter of league deal. He is not playoff eligible,

607
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: which I mean it may not matter. It wouldn't matter anyway,

608
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: but I don't think. But if his utility is like

609
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Speaker 1: you just said, if they get two more injuries and

610
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Speaker 1: you got to plug the hole for the next two

611
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Speaker 1: and a half weeks, you can call him up. He's

612
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Speaker 1: not very good, but he's a major league caliber player,

613
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Speaker 1: and that's why you bring that guy in over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go back to the game. Sorry for

615
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: that sidetrack, but it was a good time to talk

616
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Speaker 1: about it because it was it came it became relevant

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Speaker 1: because listen, are our good pal Mark Bobus But on

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Speaker 1: this podcast before, in his column postgame, call today's game

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Speaker 1: the Eli White game, which I find funny but it's

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Speaker 1: also kind of true.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, they're gonna need Eli White to step up.

622
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Speaker 2: They're gonna need. Yeah, I mean yeah, good for for Eli.

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Speaker 2: He has a very specific skill set and he did

624
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Speaker 2: his job on Sunday. And that's what you need to

625
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Speaker 2: win these ballgames. You need players like Eli White, Ramond

626
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 2: and Noria, players who we had no expectation of contributing

627
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Speaker 2: late in the season. The Braves are going to need

628
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Speaker 2: these guys if they're gonna weather all the injuries that

629
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Speaker 2: they have.

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Speaker 1: That's right. And the other White had two hits and

631
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Speaker 1: score the winning run today. He is not a great player,

632
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: we understand this, but they he's a good guy. He's

633
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: this year's not exactly the same, but this version, this

634
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: year's version of Forrest Wall. He's like a great guy

635
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Speaker 1: to be at the end of your bench. He's really fast,

636
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: he can run. That came in handy today, et cetera.

637
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: But anyway, the brist tied the game of the ninth

638
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Speaker 1: after singles by White in Ozuna and the only time

639
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Speaker 1: in recent memory the Braves actually executed a sacrifice fly

640
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Speaker 1: when when they when they had to have. It was

641
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Speaker 1: Matt Olsen driving a Eli White to tie the game

642
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Speaker 1: in the nighte inning. Nice to see, yeah, it was.

643
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Speaker 2: It was rare ABC Baseball for the Braves, which I

644
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Speaker 2: mean again, Man, I don't I feel like we're being

645
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Speaker 2: negative Nancy sometimes tonight, Yet again, when this team is

646
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 2: regularly wasting leadoff doubles because they can't hit two five baseballs,

647
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 2: me con you gotta they have to figure out a

648
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 2: way to improve the approach at the plate and make

649
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 2: the most of the opportunities that they get.

650
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the eighth thing. We talked about it

651
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: briefly earlier with with darn O, but they pitch hit

652
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: him and he struck out with a guy I'm third

653
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: and one out, and I love Travis. It was not

654
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 1: a great play appearance. It is what it is that

655
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: it happened. Sometimes like it is not a guarantee. I

656
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 1: think some people go too far the other way. I'm

657
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: guilty of this too. It's not easy quote unquote to

658
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: get a guy in from third with one out, but

659
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: you just you have to do it more often than not.

660
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: It's just the reality. In the tenth, the Braves failed

661
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: to score after Iglesias will be out of a jam

662
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: as he is wont to do in the tenth, He's great,

663
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: the Braves asked Geo Orchella. It's a bunt. I can't.

664
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Speaker 1: I can't remember while I got the stats. So my

665
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 1: apologist whoever said it because I wouldn't look it up,

666
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: and confirmed it. But Orchella has two career sack bunts

667
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 1: and he has not bunted in a sacrifice for seven years.

668
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: And Scott it looked that way, well, he was what

669
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: he was bunt to get it again.

670
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,360
Speaker 2: It's maybe it's like the theme of the podcast asked,

671
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 2: can you imagine a scenario where even two months ago

672
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 2: I said the Braves needed a crucial sacrifice bunt from

673
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 2: third baseman Geo or Schella. I mean we also called,

674
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 2: well we almost called this podcast no bunts or never bunt.

675
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 2: That was one of the lists of one of the

676
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 2: lists of podcast names we hate bunts. Uh, I didn't

677
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 2: necessarily there are a certain level of hitter where I'm

678
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 2: okay with it in extra innings like I don't hate it.

679
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,719
Speaker 2: Orschelle is that kind of hitter. But apparently he just

680
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 2: he can't bunt, which you probably need to know when

681
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 2: you call a bunt. He looked, he just looked like

682
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 2: he had no idea what was going on. And he

683
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 2: and of course he he butted it into a force

684
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 2: out and that kind of killed things a little bit. Yeah,

685
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 2: I I don't think Geo does a lot of bunting practice,

686
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 2: and he takes batting practice before the game every single night,

687
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 2: you know, thankfully, even with all of the extra inning shenanigans.

688
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 2: The Blue I mean, the Braves won this game today

689
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 2: in the bottom of the eleventh by scoring two runs

690
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 2: in the baseball did not leave the infield.

691
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, they got a big assist from the not playoff

692
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: bound Blue Jays. Yeah. On the whole, including that ending.

693
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: I mean, we should at least say out loud that

694
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: Glaciers got out to give give up a run on

695
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 1: the eleventh. Listen, you can't always really ever bake on

696
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: giving up no runs and extra innings. The math is

697
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: not on your side. The stat's pretty crazy to me.

698
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: Iglesias still doesn't allowed to I believe it earned run

699
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: in like almost three months. It's like an insane run.

700
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: Opponents have like a ninety bat the average gainst him

701
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,719
Speaker 1: in like thirty appearances or something crazy. But he allows

702
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 1: a run. But you said, I mean it was it

703
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: was bunt, single error, intentional walk. And then Sean Murphy

704
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: hits a ground ball to the right spot, basically that's

705
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Speaker 1: how they won the game. Yeah, I mean, I guess

706
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: they're due for some good fortune. That's kind of all

707
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: I have on that. It's like, it's kind of ironic

708
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: that the Braves won the game that way because they

709
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 1: just never do that this year. That's like the yeah, hey,

710
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: all help is appreciated, you know, for every night where

711
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: the Braves have outslugged, or you know, had the been

712
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,399
Speaker 1: on the wrong side of the babbit battle, or had

713
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 1: like an expected batting average of four hundred and just

714
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: kept hitting it right at players and right at the glove.

715
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: The Braves are due some good fortune, and who knows,

716
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: maybe the ball will bounce their way over these last

717
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,919
Speaker 1: three weeks and then propel them into a postseason run.

718
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: But it just felt good. Even after Ricelle was so

719
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: close to getting through that eleventh inning without giving up

720
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: a run. George Springer just happened to bounce a ball

721
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: up the middle to kind of Nowhereville that got through.

722
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,720
Speaker 1: But again, good on the Braves.

723
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 2: A perfectly executed bunt and some I guess good contact

724
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 2: in the moment, even if they didn't exactly drive the baseball,

725
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 2: they needed to put the ball in play and on

726
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 2: everybody for executing and finding a way to win that game.

727
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: E Lie White, E Lie White. Okay, yeah, so a

728
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 1: really good win. All joking aside, Like it was not

729
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: a win that was comfortable. It felt like October in

730
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: some respects, Like the angst level was quite high, including

731
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: for me. Again, I alluded to it earlier, but Scott

732
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: and I texts were pretty funny together in the ninth, tenth,

733
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: eleventh today. But hey, it was a win as a

734
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: win as a win, and we didn't even say the

735
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,919
Speaker 1: name of Chris Sale yet. Chris Sale was once again

736
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,359
Speaker 1: completely and utterly brilliant. Uh he didn't get the win.

737
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 1: I don't care about that, but six innings, two hits,

738
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: one walk, seven strikeouts. He has not allowed more than

739
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: two earned runs in a start since June first.

740
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, Brad, we are talking about the very likely National

741
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 2: League Cy Young winner. I mean, I think we have

742
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 2: we have run out of all of the superlatives to

743
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 2: talk about Chris Sale. He was phenomenal again on Sunday.

744
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,439
Speaker 2: I know a lot of folks were probably tuning into

745
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 2: football and didn't catch a lot of the game today,

746
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:09,280
Speaker 2: And if you didn't, Chris Sale was just vintage Chris Sale,

747
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 2: a ton of strikeouts. Toronto really didn't get any kind

748
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,840
Speaker 2: of a rally going. There was thankfully no adventure and

749
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 2: right field with Jorge Sohilaire, which has become like a

750
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 2: bizarre thing in Sales starts. But Solair actually had a

751
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 2: nice running catch down the right field line to get

752
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 2: out of the sixth inning, which was good to see.

753
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 2: But yeah, man, I mean again, Chris Sale, phenomenal year,

754
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 2: phenomenal trade. I just sincerely hope the Braves can make

755
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,760
Speaker 2: the postseason and have Sale out there for Game one.

756
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 2: It would be a fitting reward to put him on

757
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 2: the mound for game one of a playoff series. With

758
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 2: how good he has been really all season long.

759
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: Absolutely, and not that he needs another stat to episode

760
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: how Grady has been for a guy who's leading the

761
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 1: National League in ERA fifth War strikeouts, et cetera. He

762
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,399
Speaker 1: also has a one point three to two ERA in

763
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: his twelve starts following a Braves loss. So that's like

764
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 1: an old school baseball ism of your like stopper, the

765
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: guy in your lotation that doesn't let you have a

766
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: losing streak, et cetera. I don't always think about that

767
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: that way, but I think a couple of the Beat

768
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 1: guys had that today. It's a good stat I mean,

769
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 1: it's hard to lose when you have a startup that

770
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 1: has a one point three two bra It just kind

771
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 1: of helps you to not have these long losing streaks.

772
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 1: Because Chris Sale has been incredible all year long. That's

773
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: just one more to add to the pile. And uh yeah,

774
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: I mean what would it take to have him not

775
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: wins I young at this point in time? Three blow

776
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: ups in a row? Yeah, probably, it might take three

777
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: bas threats in a row and he's not done that

778
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: all year long.

779
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,879
Speaker 2: So yeah, or something else which I'm not even going

780
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 2: to speak and.

781
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: Do exactly correct and not tell what as I said

782
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: that you shouldn't You couldn't hear me. Yeah, Okay, Well

783
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,319
Speaker 1: that's a good wrap up of the weekend. I think

784
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,399
Speaker 1: unleshuld have more to add about what transpire. We can talk,

785
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: we can look ahead a little bit too. Kind of

786
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: a weird week of scheduling for the Braves, headlined by

787
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: a bizarre one off game on Sunday, So sorry, Monday,

788
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: the Reds come to town for a makeup game from

789
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: July twenty fourth. The Braves have it easy here, no travel,

790
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,399
Speaker 1: It's a game at home. The Reds come in from

791
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 1: New York and then have to go to Saint Louis

792
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: the next day. So we're one for them. But you

793
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,759
Speaker 1: don't often see one game series in September, and here

794
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: we are.

795
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the Reds were a team that came

796
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 2: into the season with a lot of hype and a

797
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 2: lot of excitement, and you know it's just gone poorly

798
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 2: for them. It is an opportunity to see Ellie de

799
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 2: la Cruz, who has just tormented the Braves in his

800
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 2: young career. But you know, you have to hope that

801
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 2: with the Reds basically done for the season, I mean

802
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 2: they you know, I don't believe they have even a

803
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 2: prayer of making the playoffs. Yeah, they're they're far back.

804
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 2: You know, you just have to hope the Braves take

805
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 2: care of business on Monday with Charlie Morton on the

806
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 2: mound and you just kind of keep it rolling, especially

807
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 2: after all the good vibes that you picked up on

808
00:38:55,880 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 2: Sunday with that comeback walk off win Ellie Dela Cruz.

809
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: Case you thought Scott was exaggerating. So in his rookie

810
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: season twenty twenty three, He had an OPS of twelve

811
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:12,799
Speaker 1: seventy five against the Braves this year. Granted it's only

812
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 1: nine plate appearances. His OPS is seventeen eleven, so it's

813
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: like fifteen hundred in his career against the Braves. He

814
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: has been Aaron Judge plus I guess Atlanta in his.

815
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 2: Yeah he I mean he is like Ronald Dcunya junior

816
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 2: in terms of talent and speed, skill power. I mean,

817
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 2: he can do it all. And the Reds have given

818
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 2: the Braves in trouble over the past couple of seasons,

819
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 2: so you would hope that with the travel obviously not

820
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,800
Speaker 2: being in advantage for Cincinnati, the Braves can take advantage

821
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 2: and win because then they have to go. It's kind

822
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 2: of a weird week with the makeup game Monday. Originally

823
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 2: it was going to be an off day, which kind

824
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 2: of sucks that the Braves won't get it. Then they

825
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,760
Speaker 2: fly to Washington for a two game series against the Nationals,

826
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,720
Speaker 2: who play like their greatest baseball of all time against

827
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 2: the Braves this year, and then they're off again Thursday,

828
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 2: and then a rare Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday four game

829
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 2: series against the Dodgers. Just kind of an odd schedule

830
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 2: this week, but hey, I guess with three weeks ago

831
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 2: you kind of just you take it day by day

832
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 2: and see what happens.

833
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: It is odd, and this Reds makeup game is actually

834
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:25,799
Speaker 1: they lost the first two games of the Reds only

835
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: by the Reds once this year, and they are owed

836
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: too against Cincinnati in that in that series. This is

837
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 1: part of the series, I suppose, so they aim to

838
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,240
Speaker 1: avoid a very extended sweep against the Reds. It's Charlie

839
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: Morton on the mount on Monday for Atlanta. He blew up,

840
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: of course, in epic fashion about a month ago against Milwaukee.

841
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: Since then, he's been quite good, era about three point two,

842
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: striking out a lot more guys in recent days. That's

843
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: been good to see. Even if I am always in

844
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: a tank for Charlie, even take the ticking that away,

845
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 1: he has been pretty decent in recent days. And the

846
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: Braves are currently in the batting market on Monday. We

847
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:00,759
Speaker 1: don't also do this for games, but because it's a

848
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: one off, they're like a sixty percent ish favorite in

849
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: the betty market right now minus one fifty ish. That

850
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 1: sounds about right to me. They're at home. Morton is

851
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: not their best pitcher by any stretch, but they're the

852
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: better team. They're playing at home advantage and travel, et cetera,

853
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,719
Speaker 1: so a nice spot to get away and hopefully.

854
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Charlie has done a really nice job in

855
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 2: recent weeks. You mentioned he had that blow up against Milwaukee,

856
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 2: but since then he's been quite good. You know, the

857
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 2: Reds are going to start Nick Martinez, who has had

858
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 2: a nice season for them, a three point sixty seven era.

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00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,959
Speaker 2: He's been kind of in a hybrid starter bullpen type

860
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,719
Speaker 2: of situation this year. But you know, he's he's made

861
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 2: seven starts, and he has an ear array in the

862
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 2: threes and solid strikeout numbers, doesn't walk a ton, so

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00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 2: it's by far it's not a gimme game by any means. No, then,

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Speaker 2: and then you know, you hopefully you win the game

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Speaker 2: on Monday evening, and then you fly to the face

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Speaker 2: the Nationals, and God, let's hope the Braves find a

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Speaker 2: way to play better baseball against Washington because I mean, again,

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Speaker 2: we said it earlier at the top of the show,

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Speaker 2: but the Mets are playing really good baseball right now.

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Speaker 2: It feels like the Diamondbacks and the Padres are going

871
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 2: to be in this race as well. Every single game

872
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 2: is gonna matter for this team, and you just have

873
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 2: to hope that they keep winning. And I mean overall,

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Speaker 2: other than the Philly series, the Braves have done a

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00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,760
Speaker 2: better job of winning series over the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 2: I think just because there was that very frustrating weekend

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Speaker 2: in Philadelphia in the middle of it, it maybe doesn't

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Speaker 2: feel that way, But overall, maybe over the last month,

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Speaker 2: I think the Braves have won just about every series

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Speaker 2: they have played.

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Speaker 1: Yes, since the Colorado meltdown, they have lost one series,

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00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: and it's the Philly series. So they're playing well, not

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00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: playing incredibly well, but they're playing well enough to win games.

884
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: And I believe they're back at their season high of

885
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: thirteen or five hundred right now, which has been their ceiling.

886
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 1: Hopefully they can get kind of break through that. On Monday,

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00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: you mentioned this series of Washington. We won't preview the

888
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: Dodger series. It's a long way from now. That just

889
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,320
Speaker 1: sound like you said it's a rap around series. But

890
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Speaker 1: the Braves are four and seven gets Washington this year.

891
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 1: They can't score for some reason in those games, or

892
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 1: I guess that's just the theme of the season. They

893
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Speaker 1: did win the last time around, though in August. They

894
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: had really struggled with Washington before the break. They won

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00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:14,400
Speaker 1: the series last time a couple of weeks ago, and

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00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: it's going to be for now. They're listing Lopez and

897
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 1: Freed in that series, so advantage Braves still there. The

898
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: Nats are not good, even if they have played the

899
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 1: Braves well, and road series are not anything to scoff at.

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00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: And those are weirdly time. I think they're six to

901
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: forty five the little bit early earlier games. They do

902
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: have the day off on Thursday, so a weird one.

903
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: But hopefully they can get always go too in one

904
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 1: of the next three games. That's like my always, my

905
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 1: safe projection. But it's it's true. That's what you kind

906
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 1: of have to bank on. And if you want to

907
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:42,919
Speaker 1: get greedy, to get greedy. But two and one would

908
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: be a pretty good result.

909
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, you would take it. And you know, Washington's going

910
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:50,360
Speaker 2: to have some pretty solid pitching. Mackenzie Gore is going

911
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 2: to start on Tuesday. The Braves have seen a lot

912
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,240
Speaker 2: of him this year and he's a solid young lefty.

913
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 2: And then they're going to see Jake Irvin on Wednesday,

914
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Speaker 2: who has had a weird year. He's been quite bad lately,

915
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Speaker 2: but then he threw like seven scoreless against the Braves

916
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Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago, and you know, naturally, right,

917
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Speaker 2: So it is an opportunity for the Braves to now

918
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Speaker 2: play three games in three days against pretty bad teams.

919
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Speaker 2: And then the schedule does get a little tougher. You

920
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Speaker 2: have the Dodgers, The Mets are on the horizon. They

921
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Speaker 2: do have a series in Cincinnati as well, and in

922
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,360
Speaker 2: that ballpark, anything can happen. It's like, you know, course

923
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 2: Field of the Midwest or whatever. And then the Royals

924
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 2: are also on the schedule. Kind of weirdly, the Braves

925
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 2: close out the regular season with the Kansas City Royals,

926
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Speaker 2: who are in the postseason mix and a ton of fun,

927
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Speaker 2: so very very important three weeks of games ahead, and

928
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Speaker 2: I mean, bra it's just kind of crazy to think

929
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Speaker 2: and say that this time, three weeks from right now,

930
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Speaker 2: the regular season for baseball is over in twenty twenty four. Yeah,

931
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Speaker 2: nineteen games to go. It's not gonna be comfortable. I'll

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Speaker 2: tell you that right.

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Speaker 1: Now, and then we'll hopefully, hopefully, hopefully you and I

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Speaker 1: will do a podcast that night in a few weeks

935
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Speaker 1: that previews the playoffs and they if we don't, it's

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Speaker 1: going to be run or grim on the pod. But

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Speaker 1: either way, Scott, we will be here because we print

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Speaker 1: ourselves on that. We did not go away in the

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Speaker 1: all season. Some podcasts might go dark when the season ends,

940
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: not us. We are here twelve months a year, so yeah,

941
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Speaker 1: stay tuned for all that. Anything to add for we

942
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 1: got here Scott, or if not plug everything you have

943
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Speaker 1: going on in your baseball watching.

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Speaker 2: Self, nothing to plug. A big thank you to everybody

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Speaker 2: for checking out the show. As always, we mentioned it

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Speaker 2: And we'll have plenty of shows this upcoming week. As

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Speaker 2: we have said, every single game is important, so Steven

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Speaker 2: and Sean will be back soon. I think Brad and

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Speaker 2: I are on for two more shows this upcoming week,

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Speaker 2: so we will have all kinds of Brapes coverage here

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Speaker 1: it's going to be a good week for the Braves

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