WEBVTT - Fightin' Fish Sweep Phillies in Statement Series...But Still Selling? 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:03.120 Hey, this is Kyle Stowers and you're listening to Fish 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:03.960 On First. 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.160 Welcome into fish On First Live, part of the Foul 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:42.400 Territory Network. I'm Jeremiah Geiger joining me today, Eli Sussman, 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.320 Sean Millrick, and this is gonna be a fun show 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:50.800 because the Marlins broke the streak twelve straight losses. They 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.279 had been swept over and over. It felt like they 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.120 were never gonna win a game, and just when it 0:00:56.160 --> 0:01:00.000 seemed like all hope was lost, the Marlins faced off 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:03.560 against the Philadelphia Phillies and sweep them three games to nothing, 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:08.920 including a couple of really awesome games like the first game, 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.039 a comeback win, the last game today that just ended 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:16.720 about an hour ago, another awesome comeback down six to nothing. 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:18.800 They find a way to get it done at a 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:23.280 time in which they needed to sweep the Phillies. If 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:25.600 there was ever a series that needed to be swept, 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:30.160 this was it. The Marlins left for dead. A lot 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.959 of the fan base is despondent, and then they respond 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.959 they're the fighting Fish. So we're gonna break down each 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:39.400 game of this series, and let's start with this. Mattinee 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.720 Marlins win eight to six. Griffin Conine is the hero 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.759 in this one, with a go ahead two run blast 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:50.240 in the bottom of the eighth. Pete Fairbanks goes out 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.240 and pitches a clean ninth inning to get the save 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.160 to cap off the sweep. So I'm gonna start with 0:01:56.200 --> 0:02:00.400 Eli your takeaway from this game in particular, because this 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.880 was probably one of the more entertaining wins of this season. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.640 The biggest shock at the very end, as you know, 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.440 Pete Fairbanks actually making it easy in the ninth inning. 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.040 That has not been the case for so much of 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.960 the year. But in all seriousness, this really was as 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:17.600 extreme as it gets. It got the one probability swing 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.320 from this game. I think it maxed out at the 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:24.000 Phillies having a ninety six percent chance of winning at 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.440 one point or at really multiple points in this game. 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.000 Let me see if I could get that up right there. 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.600 In the middle endings, Ryan Gusto start wasn't particularly good. 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.280 Hasis Lozardo on the other side, was cruising through the 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:38.520 first four plus six nothing Phillies at one point. And 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.720 even though the Marlins do have this reputation of coming 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.800 back in games when things are going well, it's never 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:44.680 been like this. It has not been from a six 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.920 run deficit that is the biggest comeback of their entire season, 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.840 and then they actually top it off and finish it 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:54.200 off by pulling ahead and winning the game late on 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.160 Conine again, as we'll get to he had more heroics 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.640 earlier in this series. I just want to talk about 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:03.480 Conine for a little bit, both him and Bert Bert had. 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:05.440 He was the one that really gave him the spark 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:07.320 in this game too, when he hit that home run 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:11.400 earlier that finally give him some signs of life, Like 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:13.040 it really did look like this one was going to 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:14.720 get out of hand early when the Marlins are going 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:19.359 to Dax Fulton already down by six runs, and it 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.120 was both those guys showing their power to the middle 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.400 of the field that has really wowed me. Both those 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.359 guys were top of mind entering the season as guys 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.400 that would be part of this Marlins roster, but it 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:31.720 would have been a stretch to see them as anything 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.440 close to true middle of the order guys you could 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:37.200 rely on, and both of them have been if you 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.520 want to really stretch it out, like the last two 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.600 months really well, since Griff came back from his injuries, 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.920 since Bert came back from TRIPLEA. Both of them have 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.640 been been the best hitters on the team during that stretch. 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.760 They really had been the most important offensive players on 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:52.720 this team for a very excented stretch that goes back 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.080 to when things are going well and when things are 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.040 going really badly during the losing streak. You like pull 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.160 up the numbers that Bert had and that griff Head 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:00.960 during that stretch they were still pretty good. It was 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.160 basically them two on their own islands offensively when we 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.000 were really frustrated by the lack of performance from this 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.640 Marlins team at the play those past couple weeks. Those 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:11.720 guys have been the constant for a really long stretch 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:15.000 of the season. That has to rank as a pretty 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.440 big surprise that they've been so crucial to the scene. 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:21.120 Both of those guys acquired very cheaply. Originally what the 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.359 Griffin that trade six plus years ago and totally forgotten 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.760 about passed over the Rule five draft, really guy that 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:29.880 faded to the back of people's minds, and then Byrd 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:31.720 as a minor league free agent signed a couple of 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:35.200 years ago. Those too, in particularly, I just can't they're 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:39.040 been They've been absolutely they carry the team in these 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.040 past few games, but it's really been a long stretch 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.279 of having those two as the most important hitters, and 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:48.640 I that has meant everything. That has really made the 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.440 difference between the Marlins potentially flung all the way out 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.200 of this and versus now being in this really awkward 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.560 limbo situation just because they have a couple of key 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.560 hitters like that that seem legit. 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.880 I feel like when it comes to this Marlins team, 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:06.040 this series against the Mets is everything, this weekend series, 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.599 because you know you have momentum. 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:11.320 You got to continue that momentum three straight. It's good. 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:12.279 You got a serious sweep. 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:16.000 Sweeps are rare in baseball, and the last five series 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.839 have been a series sweep. But typically it's rare, and 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:22.159 in a one hundred and sixty two game season, you 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:23.680 tend to brush. 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.200 Over a result or two. You know, you lose some, 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:26.880 you win some. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.520 But this is where the rubber meets the road for 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:31.920 the Fish if they want to compete. Let's talk about 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.440 that second game of the series, because this was an 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:41.080 absolute pitcher's duel between Sandy Alcantra and Aaron Nola, who's 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:44.760 having a really bad year but pitched pretty well in 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:48.000 this one, just one run in the first inning, and 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:51.039 that was a courtesy of a Kyle Stowers home run, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.919 and that was all the Marlins needed to get a 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:58.680 one to zero victory. Sandy Alcantra is turning back the clock. 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.640 That was Vin Hitch. Sandy looked like twenty twenty two. 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:03.800 Sandy al Contra. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.599 Seven shutout innings, He walked just one, scattered four hits, 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.599 and struck out five. His season er now is a 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:14.599 three point eight to two, so miles ahead of where 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.520 it was at this point last year. And a lot 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:21.159 of concerns surrounding Sandy was he's not the same pitcher, 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:25.599 He's not an ace, he's not reliable, and he has 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:29.680 put those those murmurings to rest. I mean, that was 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.960 an absolute gem at a time in which the Marlins 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:36.680 really needed it to happen. And again Pete Fairbanks a 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.480 perfect ninth inning, struck out a couple to get the safe. 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.000 So back to back days for Fairbanks getting getting the 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.240 safe and Sandy al Contra was masterful. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:46.680 Eli. 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:50.680 Your takeaway with Sandy just how good he's been consistent, 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.400 he's been for the majority. 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:52.479 Of this year. 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.440 Yeah, it really has been a big difference compared to 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.159 it's I'd say it's similar to where he was exactly 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.000 a year ago. But it's the thing is, the first 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.840 three months of last year was a total wreck, and 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.680 this time it's been it's been more good than bad, 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.279 and throughout it it's been eating endings, which has been 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.920 so incredibly valuable, especially right now. This has been the 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.400 stretch of the season going back a few weeks and 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:18.040 continuing for at least another few weeks that the bullpen 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:20.200 is shorthanded. There's only so many guys in this bullpen 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.560 at all that you want to see pitch. Michael Peterson, 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.240 for example, they won this series, they swept this series 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.560 without him because he's day to day with his own 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.040 minor issue, and that really leaves very few guys that 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.320 you want pitching outside of Sandy on the days that 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.080 he starts. So that's been all the more crucial is him. 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:39.000 I don't think I think it was too much to 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:40.840 ask to expect him to throw a shutout any time 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.600 it takes a mound, but to have him be really 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:47.200 close to that is everything. And as you mentioned, this 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.480 is a game in particular that went off scripts because 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:52.440 you were very generous to Nola. I mean He's not 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.120 only having a bad year this year, he was bad 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:56.200 last year too. He's been one of the worst stars 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.720 in baseball going back the last two years as a whole. 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.000 It's an era around over the course of two seasons, 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:05.600 over two hundred innings of a near six ERA guy 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:08.000 that's very hittable. They get to him early and just 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:11.520 did not add on whatsoever. So it's interesting given the 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.920 fact that the offense, of course was great in both 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:15.400 the first game, in the last game, and then the 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.480 middle one, just had that one solo home run that 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:20.240 ended up holding up. I didn't think that'd be enough 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.600 to hold up over the course of this game. But 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:24.640 this is something that came to mind to me when 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.800 I was previewing the series on the last stream, is 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.720 that the Phillies offense has been one of the worst 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:30.960 in baseball this year. I think that would shock a 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.680 lot of people. They happened. They've been carried so much 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.959 by Schwarber at times Bryce Harper, but even he's been 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:38.760 a little bit up and down, and a lot of 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.760 outside of them, almost everybody else is underperforming, and so 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.640 that is I can't be too shocked about them shutting 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.319 out this team despite the name recognition they have in 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.240 the veteran presence. For whatever reason, they've not gotten to go. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:54.280 And this has been the worst Phillies offense in many years, 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.679 probably since the last time they were rebuilding, and so 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.280 at least in one game in the series, Marlins were 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:03.560 able to fully capitalize on that in one run actually 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:07.000 turned out to be enough for a rare instance. 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:13.200 Sean, any takeaways from watching Sandy or just in general 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:17.560 and that pictures duel that classic one zero Marlins win. 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.720 Just to say about that being what your ace is 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.640 for and you're supposed to do, Like if that was 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.720 after getting that crazy win you know, the night before 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.400 you know which we'll get to, then that's one of 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:35.079 those moments where your need, you know, your ace to 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.760 step up, and Sandy just taking that mantle that he's 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.680 taken so many times, you know, in the past, and 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.200 you know, delivering one of his best efforts you know 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:46.080 of the season, you know, at least since way back 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.840 in the beginning of it was you know, had to 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:51.160 mean so much, you know, to that clubhouse and set up, 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:57.480 you know, set everything up for today. Honestly, then that's 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.200 I was just just why we love to have him 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:01.760 on the team and what you'd love to see and 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.920 why you hope he why you hope he sticks around. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.000 It's funny that we can always find all these interesting, 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:13.319 well i should say, somewhat contrived records, hyper specific records 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.240 for Sandy. So another one that came up with is 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.640 he said the franchise record for quality starts in a 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.880 career passing freaking Alaska. He's just a couple starts away 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.480 from Ennings pitched setting that record, and then a few 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.839 our starts after that he'll set the record for total 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.000 career starts. So if you slice it down, you can 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.800 find something historic. And every time it takes the mound, 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.800 just a reminder that basically nobody in franchise history has 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.800 been had this long tenure as a pitcher with this 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.840 Marlins organization. So it's not just the quality, it's now 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.440 the quantity is getting incredible. I mean we should note 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.200 like the tiny, tiny possibility that what is it a 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.120 two percent chance that this is his last start as 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.240 a Marlin. I know last year at this time that 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.200 was it felt like the totally flipped. It felt like 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:56.720 every single time he was taking the mound, it was 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.800 emotional feeling like that could be the last one this time. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.600 Though it's not impossible, it seems pretty close to it, 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.880 just because it's clear that he has so much sentimental 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.240 value to his organization. He's more valuable to the Marlins 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.640 than he would be to any other organization in terms 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.280 of what they could get via trade. Just you know, 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.000 laying out the facts that that was the last time 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.840 he'll pitch, and in Miami before the trade deadline, that's 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:20.920 the last time he'll pitch, period. This was the last 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.080 start before the deadline, because the deadline is gonna come 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.000 right after the Mets. Oh, I should say on Sunday. 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.160 On Sunday, he'll have one more outing right before the 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:32.559 deadline in New York. I do hope people enjoyed seeing 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.360 him on the mound though this most recent one, And 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:36.960 I think it's very fitting that, just in the small 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:41.360 chance that they get blown away and do the typical 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.520 Marlins thing that's also unpopular, at least he went out 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.000 in that case on a very high note. 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.960 We we'll talk about the deadline later on in the show, 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:54.320 but yeah, real quick on Sandy, I would be shocked 0:11:54.520 --> 0:12:00.120 if he gets moved. It just feels like the way 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.920 this season has gone. He has an extra chip on 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.040 his shoulder, something to prove, and he's means so much 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:07.120 to this Marlins team. 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:09.640 ELI wanted to ask, I'll get. 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:13.160 Responses from both of you guys, But the way Sandy 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.960 has pitched this year, if you think about the entirety 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:20.000 of his career, is he the best starting pitcher in 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.120 Marlin's history? Is it fair that we can call him 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:27.079 that given all he's accomplished, even with you know, really 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:31.720 no postseason success. He's been in the postseason twice, but 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.400 didn't pitch in twenty twenty three with the injury. I 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.560 think it's fair to call Sandy el Contra the best 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.000 starter in Marlin's history. 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:41.520 It's an interesting It's al as gonna be difficult to 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.880 compare him to Jose, just because he never saw Jose 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:48.560 really as anything but awesome, given how short he was 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:52.360 around and how amazing he was at his peak in 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.920 his individual games. I think the dominance that Jose Fernandez 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.360 had was a slightly different tier than Sandy was. And 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:01.199 if you look at all the rate stats, those still 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:03.679 and those will always I would say for a very 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:05.000 long time, a lot of those stats that he put 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:06.360 up are going to be in touchable in terms of 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:10.000 having a mid twoes career era and the strikeout rate 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:13.760 that he had, the performance specifically at home that Jose 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.280 Fernandez had during his career, those are going to be 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.240 very difficult to touch. At the same time, it's yeah, 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:22.120 the tenure has been so different, the way that Sandy 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:26.080 has kind of gravitated towards his leadership role on this 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:30.480 Marlins teem, The way that he's been so he's just 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.559 been He's gone incredibly mature. He's matured before our eyes 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:36.960 and seeing him like grow up to be by default 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.560 like the veteran leader of this team and to make 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.560 a difference in that respect has been a big part 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.000 of his legacy. So I'd say his it's in terms 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.240 of his legacy, I think he's going to be the 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:52.040 most beloved individual starting pitcher that this team has had, 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:56.199 So it's yeah, it depends how he wanted to define best. 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.760 I think he's the most important one though, So to me, 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.120 that's kind of where I focus on, is that he's 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.320 the most significant figure on the pitching side that I 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.640 feel that they've had. So yeah, I agree, it seems 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.400 extremely likely that he'll at least get to finish out 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.360 this season there and then we'll see what happens in 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:19.360 twenty twenty seven. But it's yeah, it's been really cool 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.280 to see the journey that he's been on. To be 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:26.440 realistic that he hasn't quite recaptured his ace form coming 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.560 back from surgery. Ever, twenty twenty two was that outlier. 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.480 That was that one year where he was on another 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.440 level and frankly like his other seasons have been significantly 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.160 different than that. Yet at the same time, he could 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.480 come to appreciate, uh, what we just touched on here, 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.320 the fact that his ability to eat more endings than 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.640 anybody else, to be a total outlier with his generation 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.320 to still be such a throwback in that regard. Yeah, 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:55.040 that's going to be what people adore him for. So 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.520 I think his popularity is gonna is just off the charts. 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.200 If you're a Marlins fan and you watched Sandy's career, 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:03.080 like this is a guy that has pretty close to 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.200 one hundred percent approval rating because of the way he's 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.840 carried himself and the way that he has you can say, 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.680 sort of reinvented himself coming back from Tom John that 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.760 he's added new pitches. He's yeah, he's made it work 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.640 even without being being quite as dominant as he was 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:18.600 during his peak season. 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:25.520 Let's talk about this final game, or the first game 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.520 of the series, but the final game we're going to recap, 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.720 and this was a crazy one. Marlins jump out to 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:34.720 a five to two lead. It looks like everything's going well. 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:39.040 Tyler Phillips is pitching very well, and then he gets 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:43.000 pulled at just seventy six pitches. The bullpen comes in 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:47.160 in a combination of Cad Gibson and Tyler. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:48.240 Zuber blow the lead. 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.880 The Phillies roar back to take a six to five lead, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.160 and then they added another run in the eighth to 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.200 make it seven to five. The Marlins surely looked like 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:00.920 they were going to lose their thirteenth straight in very 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.880 disappointing fashion, and they said not so fast. They put 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.680 up three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Roberto 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.480 Hernandez ties the game with the bases loaded, a single 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.320 up the middle, and then you have Griffin Conine who 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.720 walks it off, sends the fans home happy, and britt 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:20.000 and breaks the losing streak and then started a started 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.600 a new one because now they've won three straight. So 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:27.280 this game had everything. They had, some pitching, they had 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.560 some bad pitching, some offense. It was a very entertaining 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:32.560 game to watch. And I'm gonna be honest. When the 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:36.960 Phillies jumped out to that lead, I had jiu jitsu. 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:38.800 Class and I said, I can't do this. 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:42.280 I can't watch this Phillies team win again yet another 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.200 blown lead. So I tweeted out, Hey, I'm going to 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.560 jiu jitsu, hopefully they win. Come out and it looks 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.480 like they want so a little good luck charm there. 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:51.880 But Sean, how. 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:55.160 How important was this game? Any takeaways? This was really 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.880 the game which gryffin Conine was the hero. He was 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.360 awesome in this game. A couple hits, including a home run, 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:03.080 and then of course the walk off single. 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.480 Well you came clean emitting of the us. We're at 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.120 jiu jitsu. I went to see The Odyssey Monday night because, 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.240 you know, after after losing twelve games in a row, 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.320 I needed I needed a refresher. And just as you know, 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.160 Clayton was quoting it over the weekend, you know, feeling lost. 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.360 I was happy to see that the Marlins had found 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.520 a way to get home at the end. At the 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:25.040 end of the movie when I walked out of the 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:29.359 theater that it was Gryffin Conan, you know, pulled that off. 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.680 You know, any time he has success with this club, 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.800 you know, that just rings great, you know, given the 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.280 franchisees history of his dad and just the end of the 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:40.119 year a Griffin Colin is having for himself. Certainly as 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.600 we were talking about earlier, but to end that street 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:44.879 that we did not have to worry about writing about 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.399 coming up with puns for the number thirteen and the 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:53.280 ongoing losing street was just great to end and you 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:58.680 know and put behind so definitely much needed, you know, 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:03.280 victory and a great moment you know for Griff's Marlin's career, 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:05.400 his you know, first time walking it off, and then 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:08.000 you know, two days later that other big hit against 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:11.720 the Phillies I can remember back in two thousand and 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:15.720 three because Jeff having a couple of big games against 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:18.680 the Phillies down to stretch do do a lot of 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:22.040 damage to them in that postseason race. And hopefully we're 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.359 starting to see some signs of that same thing. So 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:28.119 I got three games off against Philadelphia for you know, 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.439 down to stretch, So hopefully Griff's still here damaging him. 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.800 Then yeah, it was real quick about how at the 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:37.959 end of every series I do these grades for who 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:41.199 won series MVP based on win probability added. And this 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:42.960 is the rare time where I didn't even look up 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:44.520 the numbers. I just did it off the top of 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:46.400 my head. I'm like, when you have a walk off 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:48.880 hit to break up a tie game in the first one, 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.080 and then you have the go ahead again in a 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.720 tie game today in the eighth inning to flip the 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.959 game as well in the later innings, I didn't even 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:58.520 have to look up the numbers, so I know it 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.199 was MVP. That's one of the few times this year 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:02.919 where you've had, whether it's a Marlins player or an 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:06.440 opponent that's had multiple moments like that in a series 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:08.800 that it's just been so obvious that they were the 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:11.720 main character there. So you just feel great for him, 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:16.280 like the overall numbers are elites, and he's actually doing 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:19.200 it in important spots, as important as it could possibly get. 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:21.040 During the course of these three games. 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:23.560 We're going to take a quick break and when we 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:27.400 come back, we're going to discuss the future because the Marlins, 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:30.760 of course, are in contention for a wild card spot. 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:32.960 What's their plans look like that? Are they going to buy? 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:34.960 Are they going to sell? 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