WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off September 30th, 2022 (Ep. 607)

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome into the final leading off of

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty two season. I am one of the hosts,

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Welsh, joined by the great and powerful Joe Piezapia. Bye,

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<v Speaker 1>God bye, God. He's here, Joe Pizzapia, Hey Yo, Hey yo,

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on?

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<v Speaker 2>Welsh? I know like it's the last day of baseball season.

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<v Speaker 2>I always like to come on the last day and

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<v Speaker 2>say hello to those people who are still listening for

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<v Speaker 2>the baseball show. I see my cousins still here, and yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that is a football guy. I have not watched US

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<v Speaker 2>baseball in the last thirty days. I'm not gonna lie,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think Aaron Judges hit a lot of homers,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet I still don't think I'm anywhere near winning

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<v Speaker 2>that contest. Somehow, I don't know how that happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, how do you pick thereon Judge in perpetuity from

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<v Speaker 1>the start of the season, you would be winning this content. True,

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<v Speaker 1>you picked it a couple of months ago. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it was funny Donnie and I if people don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>cousin Johnny Donnie and lives actually right near me out

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<v Speaker 1>here in Arizona. And we all got to hang out

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<v Speaker 1>and we were trying to we were trying to coordinate something.

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<v Speaker 1>We were gonna even do a call today. I got

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<v Speaker 1>so busy yesterday I forgot. But he was getting to

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<v Speaker 1>the point where Donnie was gonna come to my house

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<v Speaker 1>and then just appear in the background that you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, if you give him your address, he might do

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<v Speaker 2>that anyway, just random mind now, But.

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<v Speaker 1>I got I also, I got like a sick kid

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<v Speaker 1>or two, so I don't want to bring anybody into

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<v Speaker 1>my house and that if you know what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>But we were going to do a whole thing with

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<v Speaker 1>that and like cousin Donnie show up. But it's been

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<v Speaker 1>a good season, and you have been missed, my friend.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been trying to miss on the court as the

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<v Speaker 1>substitute teacher. But it is good to see your face

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<v Speaker 1>me personally. It's good to do a podcast with you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been quite a bit. We haven't got to do

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<v Speaker 1>any football and it's been baseball and a bit. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's good to see that beautiful bald head, that beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>that beautiful smile, that Joe piece of Pierre resonates. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's good to have the crew back together, which if

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you think about it, Joe, you and I

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<v Speaker 1>in day one so far this year, which was a

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<v Speaker 1>new turn for us.

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<v Speaker 2>That's rights. And I'm another year older now too since

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<v Speaker 2>I last saw you, So that's that's happened as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wearing my leading off shirt as well, representing the

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<v Speaker 2>brand today hanging out. I will say this, I have

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<v Speaker 2>been sort of, you know, quietly following what's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>The Aaron Judge stuff is amazing, and I think that

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<v Speaker 2>the Yankees are going to be so upset that they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't try to get that contract done earlier because he's

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<v Speaker 2>thirty one years old. Well, he's thirty one years old,

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<v Speaker 2>and if he wins a triple Crown, how do you

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<v Speaker 2>not overpay this man? Like, how do you how do

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<v Speaker 2>you sell that to the fan base At this point

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<v Speaker 2>you can't. So They're gonna end up giving Aaron Jodge

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<v Speaker 2>a bad contract because they were trying to cheap out

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<v Speaker 2>on the front end. And I'm enjoying that that I'm enjoying.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm enjoying all the Justin Verlander shares that I not

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<v Speaker 2>cash out of that stayed true, no matter how tempting

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<v Speaker 2>it was at times. I predicted the demise of Shane

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<v Speaker 2>McClanahan when last I saw you, so or on pace

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<v Speaker 2>with that, and my Mets are still relevant, so go

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<v Speaker 2>figure they're still in the hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, things are things are working out in that respect.

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<v Speaker 2>And Alvarez got called up today. Did you see that.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna talk about that. Yeahs it's crazy. It's actually

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<v Speaker 1>it's like a really crazy time. But it is good

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<v Speaker 1>to have you on here. So like the theme though,

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<v Speaker 1>this is where if the world wanted to perfectly set

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<v Speaker 1>you an eye up, this would have happened. So last

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<v Speaker 1>night I'm doing my stuff and as a little thing,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if people know they saw that that

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<v Speaker 1>it's a huge, crazy thing. But I'm gonna be doing

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<v Speaker 1>some content with CBS Fanacy Baseball a little plug there,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was kind of prepping for that. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sitting there and I'm watching and I noticed Shohito Tani

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<v Speaker 1>has a no hitter going through the seventh and I go,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god. Joe Piezapia is coming back on the

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<v Speaker 1>show tomorrow. And if there is one thing, if there

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<v Speaker 1>was a theme to this year, it would have been

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<v Speaker 1>the constant, maybe nauseating conversation around Otani versus judge MVP.

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<v Speaker 1>All I wanted in the world was for Otani to

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<v Speaker 1>throw a no hitter. You and I to come on

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<v Speaker 1>here and then we get to burn it all down.

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<v Speaker 1>We get to turn the whole ship down. Unfortunately we

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<v Speaker 1>don't get to Otani still with an incredible performance. I

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<v Speaker 1>was watching some of it. He looked gassed and we

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<v Speaker 1>got a note here, Matt Birch, this is tweet. Otani

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<v Speaker 1>now fifteen wins with a two three five E almost

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<v Speaker 1>twelve K per nine in twenty seven pitching starts this year.

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<v Speaker 1>The only players all time to post those numbers are

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<v Speaker 1>better in a season Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson. I

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<v Speaker 1>would like to point out that is just one of

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<v Speaker 1>his personalities. That is the pitching personality. The hitter personality

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<v Speaker 1>is still there. I was also doing a early mock

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<v Speaker 1>draft twenty twenty three, early early mock draft, and Bogman

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<v Speaker 1>and I in our final in this League Baseball episode.

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<v Speaker 1>For like a month, we were looking at values and

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<v Speaker 1>looking at Yahoo system. Otani is a top thirty five player,

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<v Speaker 1>both parts of him because, as you know RPID Yahoo,

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<v Speaker 1>he's stupid. Yeah here, which is the dumbest thing on

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<v Speaker 1>the planet. I hate it to this day, but literally

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<v Speaker 1>both versions of him are top thirty five players. Yet

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<v Speaker 1>you know Judge is still going to run away with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe, Yeah, he is. And the interesting thing is he's

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<v Speaker 2>actually a lot closer to the people realize to Verlander

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<v Speaker 2>in a lot of ways. Both twenty seven starts for them,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and sixty one innings for Otani, one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and seventy for Verlander. Otani's got more strikeouts, but the

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<v Speaker 2>whip is lower for Verlander point eight five, which is ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>It's under one, and the era for Verlander is under two,

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<v Speaker 2>which is one point eight. So it's I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to get shut out of both awards, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think you could have made a case that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he could have won both. You know, it's and we've

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<v Speaker 2>seen that happen before, where like Verlander, Roger Clemens, guys

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<v Speaker 2>who have won the Cy Young at MVP in the

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<v Speaker 2>same season, but it's a pitcher doing it. The fact

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<v Speaker 2>that you know you have somebody who could legitimately do both,

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<v Speaker 2>but Aaron Judges just having that special season. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>funny because last year Vlad had a season that was

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<v Speaker 2>not historic, but on triple crown pace there for a

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<v Speaker 2>while and we all said, it doesn't matter if he

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<v Speaker 2>wins a triple crown. I think it's the sixty one

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<v Speaker 2>home runs. It's because he's a Yankee. That's why it's

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<v Speaker 2>taken off to what it has. But I keep going

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<v Speaker 2>back to the same thing too, which is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you are the Angels, you are not going to

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<v Speaker 2>win next year. It's not happening. Your team is terrible

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<v Speaker 2>outside of Mike Trout who hardly ever plays and shoey Otani,

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<v Speaker 2>who's amazing. This is your chip to move to remake

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<v Speaker 2>this organization. And if they don't do in the offseason,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a huge mistake. And I know it's

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<v Speaker 2>a pr nightmare, but so is losing. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how many years you can have a team that

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't make the playoffs like they do with a salary

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<v Speaker 2>cap or salary I should say as high payroll high as.

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<v Speaker 1>They do, you know. And the funny thing is you

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<v Speaker 1>could go both ways, like can they even trade him? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>After this season? It looks even tougher, but it would

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<v Speaker 1>have been even more impossible if you were to win

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<v Speaker 1>the MVP. How can you trade the MVP two straight years,

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<v Speaker 1>so you could maybe get out from under it. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the interesting things. So I went to go take

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<v Speaker 1>a look and see what was out there. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know what was still out there at DraftKings to

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<v Speaker 1>look at the awards. That was our thing we did

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<v Speaker 1>for so long. It's nostalgic. Ah, we get to go

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<v Speaker 1>and look back at the Oh, well it's gone. They're

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<v Speaker 1>all gone, but they're all still One bet that is

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<v Speaker 1>out there, and it is fascinating. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>get down and dirty for the next what is it,

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<v Speaker 1>five days of baseball? Six days of baseball? I want

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<v Speaker 1>to get down and dirty. You have this bet available

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<v Speaker 1>for you, and the juice is interesting. It is Aaron,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to get your take on this. Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>judged to win the Triple Crown minus one fifteen on

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<v Speaker 1>both sides, yes or no. So check this out. Home

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<v Speaker 1>run in the bag, RBI in the back. He is

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<v Speaker 1>point zero two batting average points behind Luisa Rise. Right

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<v Speaker 1>now he has a three thirteen batting average. Louisa Rise

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<v Speaker 1>has a three to fifteen batting average. He has to

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<v Speaker 1>make that up in this time. Would you what side

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<v Speaker 1>would you bet?

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<v Speaker 2>Because you can they have left tier schedule wise or

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<v Speaker 2>the last remaining games for the Yankees. That has something

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<v Speaker 2>to do with it too, because if those teams have

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<v Speaker 2>quit and those teams are thrown out, you know, Jabebroni pitchers.

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<v Speaker 2>It makes me like the Judge probably, I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>interesting you're getting minus one fifteen. I wouldn't have thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was that much. I thought it was like minus

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<v Speaker 2>one oh five.

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<v Speaker 1>See I well, oh really, I actually thought they might

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<v Speaker 1>like play the no to like minus one forty and

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<v Speaker 1>the yes to like minus one oh five. They might play,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're literally just hedging on it right there. So

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<v Speaker 1>they've got the Orioles and the Rangers to finish out

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<v Speaker 1>the year, and you know, no foot is being to

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<v Speaker 1>take off the gas with Judge going for number sixty

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<v Speaker 1>two and continuously trying to run this out. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>what you've got for the Yankees moving forward. Six games

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<v Speaker 1>left and.

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<v Speaker 2>They're in Yankees or No, they're on the road.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a key marker here. They are the next three

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<v Speaker 1>against Baltimore, it is, but they finish out the year

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<v Speaker 1>of four game stretch in Texas and the twenties is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a neutral park.

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<v Speaker 2>Just said, you know, I think Vegas is telling you

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<v Speaker 2>they feel pretty confident that he's going to get it,

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<v Speaker 2>because I would have thought, you know, this would have

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<v Speaker 2>been a different number personally, so I think it.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's both sides are one fifteen though, like you

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<v Speaker 1>think that confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>The yes again, everything you know, I think for this

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<v Speaker 2>is when those everything has to break right where batting

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<v Speaker 2>average is so fluky, you know, in terms of like hits.

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<v Speaker 2>You know the fact that it's not a bigger number

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<v Speaker 2>for the yes with the juice, like it was like

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<v Speaker 2>minus one thirty or something like that, or I'll excuse me,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't you know something where they were enticing you more.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that, yeah, I kind of think that I

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<v Speaker 2>would go towards the yes side of this one.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, well see, but that's kind of the thing is

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<v Speaker 1>I also think, like who in God's name is going

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<v Speaker 1>on there and betting no? So I think that that's

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<v Speaker 1>where they could have played to the juice more.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone who hates the Yankees, well yeah, but I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>if you hate the Yanks, you really hate Judge that much,

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<v Speaker 2>you hate that he can't get a triple crown. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the only thing I think you do I think you

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<v Speaker 2>still do ask ask the where's where's uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the cardinal fans in here? Where's were wearing wonky penguin

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<v Speaker 2>in here? What does she think about this?

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<v Speaker 1>That's I'm curious in the chat who's making or what

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<v Speaker 1>side of this bet are you making? He gets it

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<v Speaker 1>or he doesn't. He has point zero two batting average

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<v Speaker 1>points behind Louisa Rise. Let me see if there's anybody

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<v Speaker 1>else that's closed here. Xander Bogarts has a three zero nine,

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, this is a one. This is a two

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<v Speaker 1>dog race here because Xander Bogarts is point zero four

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<v Speaker 1>batting average points behind. A break is not going to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, so qualified, that is it? Luisa Rise versus

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Judge point zero two batting average between the yes

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<v Speaker 1>or no on whatever side gets it. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a fascinating bet right now because we can't do our

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<v Speaker 1>MVP bet because.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what's you know what? Also, I hope that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I know we talked a lot of fantasy.

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<v Speaker 2>We did talk a lot of wagering this year too.

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<v Speaker 2>I want people to feel more comfortable making baseball wagers

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<v Speaker 2>because I think that you know, fantasy is a very

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<v Speaker 2>long drawn out thing, you don't get as much action

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<v Speaker 2>on it. I think if you were smart this year

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<v Speaker 2>and you didn't even have to make very big wagers

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<v Speaker 2>on things that you could have come out really positively.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna throw some of and this is straight from

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<v Speaker 2>sportsbook on my bets. Julia Rodriguez fifteen bucks, right, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna win ninety seven to fifty on that fifteen dollars investment, right, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul gold Schmidt, a ten dollars investment, gonna win fifty

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<v Speaker 2>two bucks on that, right, A Hunter Green, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>take a bath on. I was very aggressive. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>lose it. That's gone, that's done. Justin Verlander ten bucks

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<v Speaker 2>to win two sixty and that was at the plus

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five hundred. At plus thirteen hundred, I put another

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<v Speaker 2>ten bucks in there plus one forty, so I got

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and forty dollars in and then another one

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<v Speaker 2>fifty dollars where I tripled down at plus seven hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred dollars, So a combined let's see twenty seventy

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<v Speaker 2>dollars on Justin Verlander is going to net me almost

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred. Actually, no, on a thousand what am I

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<v Speaker 2>saying almost one thousand dollars. You can do this, everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not hard. You don't have to have a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of money to make betting on baseball work for you.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to pay attention to it. Like the stock market.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to cash out when you can, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna lose some money here and there. You're gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>some money here and there. But the trick is, can

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<v Speaker 2>you get some of the big things? Right? I think

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<v Speaker 2>I have judge as well, Sandy al Contra. Ten dollars

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<v Speaker 2>is going to win ninety on that, fifteen dollars is

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<v Speaker 2>going to win eighty two to fifty on that, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's it for the baseball bets there. So look, I

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<v Speaker 2>want people to stop with this nonsense of like, well

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have enough money to wage or it's a

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<v Speaker 2>hard thing. Well it's not. Just follow along with us

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<v Speaker 2>when we say we're doing it, do it along with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Five bucks ten bucks again, a seventy dollars investment is

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<v Speaker 2>now going to become one thousand dollars, right. I bet

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<v Speaker 2>that is more than most people win in all their

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<v Speaker 2>fantasy all year round from playing fantasy baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, see season long bets are almost think of

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<v Speaker 1>it like best ball at this point, because what it

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<v Speaker 1>is is your investment is something that you're You're just

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<v Speaker 1>tracking from a fun perspective to be cashed out at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the year. There you go, Donnie, that's right,

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<v Speaker 1>Joey drinks are on you. So for sure on that side,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd also say that the n seat, like there's steps,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the long award season stuff is fun to bet,

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<v Speaker 1>but you also can find your niche, you know. I

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<v Speaker 1>think the exposing of like the betting the first five

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<v Speaker 1>has been a lot better than just betting like run

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<v Speaker 1>lines total, the prop market has been fun. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we found out strikeouts are probably.

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<v Speaker 2>The first five when you have those those big pictures

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<v Speaker 2>on the mound too, you know, like how are those

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<v Speaker 2>first five innings? You know, there's there's ways to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not somebody like you know, I'm actually not

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<v Speaker 2>a betting person. Like I've been to Las Vegas twice

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<v Speaker 2>one the first time I was there, I never played

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<v Speaker 2>a single thing. I know, people are like, what are

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<v Speaker 2>you crazy? Like I just didn't care. I don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not my thing. But if you know baseball and

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<v Speaker 2>you like baseball. There's ways to turn that into something

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<v Speaker 2>that is a car payment or or you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>nice weekend with your kids somewhere, or a nice weekend

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<v Speaker 2>away from your kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Betting interest to have different fun. By the way, side note,

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<v Speaker 1>the first time I went to Vegas is ampletely truor sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>first time I ever went to Vegas. When I was

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<v Speaker 1>old enough. We stayed at New York, New York. We

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<v Speaker 1>were with a friend. They were the girls were up

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<v Speaker 1>at the hotel. Me and my friend walk down, go.

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<v Speaker 2>To a.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh god, what is it roulette table? I go put

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<v Speaker 1>it on. My birthday's twenty two, So I put it

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<v Speaker 1>on Black twenty two, twenty bucks, Black twenty two, hit

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<v Speaker 1>Black twenty two. You've never seen like a dealer like

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<v Speaker 1>the guy through it. He was so annoyed because it

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<v Speaker 1>was like he's like, you guys, just get I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>just got here, blah blah blah, Black twenty two. Very

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<v Speaker 1>first time I ever played roulette in my life doing anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would you pick the full on number only put

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<v Speaker 1>one bet down? Yeah, Vegas. So sometimes you can also

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<v Speaker 1>hit that with baseball, and there's a lot out there

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<v Speaker 1>for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about early on too, and we were doing some

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<v Speaker 2>of these shows together where we talked about, like the

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<v Speaker 2>win total of the Mariners this year was eighty two

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<v Speaker 2>and a half, right, and we said that's too low.

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<v Speaker 2>They were in a five hundred team last year. Look

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<v Speaker 2>how much better they got year over year and they

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<v Speaker 2>got to have Julio this year. There's things that you

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<v Speaker 2>can do, and there's ways you can look it where

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<v Speaker 2>you take all this fantasy baseball knowledge and while you're

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<v Speaker 2>playing fantasy baseball, use it to make some more immediate

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<v Speaker 2>and long term money because it can be done. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think that was the one thing I'm most proud

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<v Speaker 2>in the last two years that we've done on this

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<v Speaker 2>show is we've taken the fantasy stuff. We've wrapped it

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<v Speaker 2>into the gambling stuff. We've made it kind of one

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<v Speaker 2>thing where people can go out there and be successful

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<v Speaker 2>with it. That's what I want people to do. I

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<v Speaker 2>want people to have some action and enjoy what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on and take all this knowledge you're pouring over, these stats,

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<v Speaker 2>you're pouring over these trends. You know all these things,

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<v Speaker 2>make some investments in them, pay attention to what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on there, because it's literally you're leaving money on the table,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't have to have thousands of extra dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to end up making thousands of dollars. I've literally probably

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<v Speaker 2>made a couple hundred dollars of investments, and I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to walk away this year, just like last year with

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<v Speaker 2>Bryce Harper and Otani, a couple thousand dollars and that

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<v Speaker 2>is huge, and it's something that I want everybody to

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<v Speaker 2>feel more empowered about next season too.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And you know, lastly, one of the things I've

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<v Speaker 1>kind of harped on it a couple of times was

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<v Speaker 1>taking the awesome home run contest, which we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about at the end. Take the home run contest,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've parlayed loosely, I would use a home run

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<v Speaker 1>contest into betting total base props, you know, like when

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<v Speaker 1>you do your work and you find your absolutely great

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<v Speaker 1>point home run. I don't bet the home run like

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<v Speaker 1>some people would do. I go bet the total base

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<v Speaker 1>to get two total bases, so if you just miss it,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't tell you how many times I got a

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<v Speaker 1>guy in a homer and he would hit a double.

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<v Speaker 1>So I agree with you full through. Something we could

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<v Speaker 1>be talking about all off season some different ways to

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<v Speaker 1>attack betting if you're new to it or you want

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<v Speaker 1>to get into it or whatever. But it was fun.

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<v Speaker 1>It was fun translating and you said it best. You

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<v Speaker 1>can translate fantasy Info into betting and you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to go crazy or anything like that. All right, let's

0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.280
<v Speaker 1>blow through some of this stuff. Joe. You mentioned one

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<v Speaker 1>of the probably the biggest pieces here that we could

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<v Speaker 1>hit on. For whatever reason, we're six days before the

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<v Speaker 1>season is going to end, and the Mets are like,

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<v Speaker 1>now it's time. Francisco Alvarez. Officially, I know he's coming up.

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<v Speaker 1>He's eligible for the playoffs because he was on the

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<v Speaker 1>forty man roster before we turned into September. He's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>come up. They said he's going to hit against lefties,

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<v Speaker 1>which they're just talking about this last night. That there's

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<v Speaker 1>only one lefty in the lineup scheduled coming up, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's Max Freed, So I imagine they're gonna give some

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<v Speaker 1>other spots, most likely going to DH so that's the plan.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought he would actually come to the Airs in

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<v Speaker 1>a fall league which starts next week, which I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>to get more playing time, but no, they're going to

0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.520
<v Speaker 1>push it into the playoffs. I think he will probably

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<v Speaker 1>strictly DH. I cannot imagine they're gonna throw this young

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<v Speaker 1>kid out, you know, catching a Jacob mcgrahm game or

0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:26.080
<v Speaker 1>anything like that, either DH, Bat and Joe. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's what he's going to be. And we talked a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about Alvarez through the year. It's just weird that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we were talking about him coming up when

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<v Speaker 1>you left, and we're talking about in the day you

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<v Speaker 1>come back that he's making his debut. So I know

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't been a.

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<v Speaker 2>Lot of an injury in between. Wasn't there Didn't he

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<v Speaker 2>have an ankle or something.

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<v Speaker 1>There's like a hand injury he was out for. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why go to the AFL. But you know he got

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<v Speaker 1>came back like a couple of weeks ago, and similar

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<v Speaker 1>to what the Rockies do with Tovar Zekie, Tovar missed

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of time, not a ton of experience. Instead

0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.800
<v Speaker 1>of pushing him lightly, they just brought him right up

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<v Speaker 1>to the majors. And that's what Alvarez is. Because I

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<v Speaker 1>really truly believe that Alvarez is going to break camp

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<v Speaker 1>with the Mets next year so a they can put

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<v Speaker 1>his bat in at DH and be a second catcher,

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<v Speaker 1>and see ABC would be for him to be viable

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<v Speaker 1>for the extra award for guys finishing in the top

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<v Speaker 1>three of rookie You can get a first round pick

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<v Speaker 1>if your guy wins the Rookie of the Year, and

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<v Speaker 1>you can get other compensatory picks if they finish in

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<v Speaker 1>the top three. So the Mets are also going to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to get themselves an extra pick with him

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<v Speaker 1>being fully eligible next year. But to me, this is

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<v Speaker 1>a sign he's breaking camp next year and it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to make a very interesting fantasy guy.

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred percent. I picked him up mid year in

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<v Speaker 2>my keeper league for a buck, and I'm going to

0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.880
<v Speaker 2>hold him next year for the dollar escalator. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not every day you get somebody who could be

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<v Speaker 2>a top five offensive catcher. And I always say the

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<v Speaker 2>same thing, which is catching's always harder. You got a

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<v Speaker 2>situation where these guys have to learn the pitchers, learn

0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:54.280
<v Speaker 2>what's going on all that stuff. Offense sometimes gets fall

0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:56.040
<v Speaker 2>to the wayside. But the nice thing is now the

0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:58.080
<v Speaker 2>National League you have the DH Bob, so you can

0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.000
<v Speaker 2>get him in there and maybe he ends up being

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<v Speaker 2>part time catcher. Who knows because the bat's so good.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe that's the way they want to handle. We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>what the off season brings for them, but that's definitely

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<v Speaker 2>somebody that I agree He's going to be somebody next

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<v Speaker 2>year that I do think is going to break camp

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<v Speaker 2>with the team. I think if he can help them

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<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs, they want him to help them in

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. Like they're in. Steve Cohen is in. They

0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:20.480
<v Speaker 2>have gone all in. I commend them for having some

0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:23.120
<v Speaker 2>of the discipline they had, but at the same time,

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<v Speaker 2>I think they did miss out on some moves they

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<v Speaker 2>could have made. I've been looking to in the last

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<v Speaker 2>thirty days what I've missed, and you know what, I

0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:31.680
<v Speaker 2>also found that was really charming and fun. The first

0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:33.800
<v Speaker 2>thirty days of this show, it felt like it was

0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:36.600
<v Speaker 2>dominated by Steven Kwan. You know, he hit three twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eight over the last thirty days. How about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he ended up as like a top fifty player.

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<v Speaker 1>When you get into like algorithmic fantasy places like how

0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:48.760
<v Speaker 1>they rank it, Yeah, no, one percent. It is a

0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:51.600
<v Speaker 1>full circle. We started full circle, We're ending back with

0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:54.040
<v Speaker 1>Stephen Kwan doing all the counting stats. It really is

0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.800
<v Speaker 1>fascinating speaking of stats. Let's go through a couple of

0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:58.600
<v Speaker 1>stat heroes and would you look at this though, this

0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:02.280
<v Speaker 1>is my favorite one from yesterday. Jared Kelnick with a

0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.800
<v Speaker 1>double don Night, two for five, two homers, three RBI,

0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.520
<v Speaker 1>three runs. Going into last night, Kelnick in the month

0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:13.000
<v Speaker 1>of September already was rocking a two seventy batting average

0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:16.680
<v Speaker 1>and only struck out in five five times in eight games.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe it was hit his third home run in

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<v Speaker 1>this is the ninth game here. Only little dodgy thing

0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:25.200
<v Speaker 1>is everything he's doing is still off of fastballs. Both

0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:28.080
<v Speaker 1>homers he hit last night solid TV over one hundred,

0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:31.600
<v Speaker 1>great launch angle as he does, but both were fastballs.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're getting this little diny taste of Jared Kelnick

0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:38.040
<v Speaker 1>before we go into the offseason, whether he's with a

0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:40.600
<v Speaker 1>new team or not. There's gonna be a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more biting back into Jared Kelnick, which is gonna probably

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<v Speaker 1>be a very fun conversation for us to have in

0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:47.679
<v Speaker 1>the offseason, Joe, and would be very interesting how it

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<v Speaker 1>comes out in the Fantasy Black Book off season.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta tell you, man, I wonkee I see in

0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:56.720
<v Speaker 2>the chat saying don't fall for Kellennick, and I understand.

0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:58.960
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't care that these sitting fastballs. I

0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:02.280
<v Speaker 2>care that he's identified fast balls and when they're coming

0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:05.480
<v Speaker 2>into count to him, if at all, And that's good.

0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.240
<v Speaker 2>So I'm not gonna to freak out about that because

0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:10.879
<v Speaker 2>I think most of the you know, most balls the

0:21:10.880 --> 0:21:12.440
<v Speaker 2>guys are gonna try are going to be fast balls

0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:14.080
<v Speaker 2>most of the time. Not everyone's a good off speed

0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:18.000
<v Speaker 2>pitch hitter. I wonder if Kalenick is this guy who

0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:20.480
<v Speaker 2>just becomes more valuable to the Mariners this offseason and

0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:22.840
<v Speaker 2>that potential than it does to some other team. I

0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:26.240
<v Speaker 2>think a change of scenery would be fascinating, but it's

0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:29.200
<v Speaker 2>it's also fascinating to look back and think about that trade,

0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:32.040
<v Speaker 2>right that that trade got crushed when it was made,

0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:35.760
<v Speaker 2>and think about how what Edwin Diaz became this year

0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:38.800
<v Speaker 2>and what Jared Kalnick has been. And I think if

0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:41.000
<v Speaker 2>you're the Mets, even with that cano salary you took on,

0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:43.639
<v Speaker 2>you would make that deal every single day and twice

0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:46.040
<v Speaker 2>on Sunday to go back there again.

0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:49.280
<v Speaker 1>They love to redo that trade and just like do

0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:51.280
<v Speaker 1>the opposite again, like can we get Edwin d I

0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:53.160
<v Speaker 1>mean they would love to pull that off, and you're

0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:54.720
<v Speaker 1>just not going to be able to do it, you know.

0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:57.120
<v Speaker 2>And looking at the standings too, of you know where

0:21:57.119 --> 0:21:59.200
<v Speaker 2>everyone's finishing. You know, Seattle's at eighty five wins already,

0:21:59.200 --> 0:22:00.960
<v Speaker 2>so they're gonna blitter that eighty two and a half

0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:03.439
<v Speaker 2>win total that they had going into the season. I

0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:05.520
<v Speaker 2>think it's fascinating to see here at the end of

0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:08.160
<v Speaker 2>the year, the White Sox are still two games under

0:22:08.200 --> 0:22:11.800
<v Speaker 2>five hundred. After all this, they just couldn't figure it out.

0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:13.840
<v Speaker 2>I think it's fasting to see Cleveland at the top

0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:15.960
<v Speaker 2>because we always said Minnesota was a paper tiger and

0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:18.800
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't gonna last. Those were all things that were

0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:21.000
<v Speaker 2>very good. But I think the most shocking thing just

0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:22.919
<v Speaker 2>in the America League is that the Baltimore Orioles are

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a five hundred team this year. That

0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:28.600
<v Speaker 2>to me is stunning and looking back at it, what

0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:31.479
<v Speaker 2>we thought, oh man, you know that big ballpark factor

0:22:31.480 --> 0:22:33.840
<v Speaker 2>that changed that they made. Did you think it was

0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:36.199
<v Speaker 2>going to have this much? It definitely has had an

0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:38.840
<v Speaker 2>impact on these games where they've been a little bit

0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:41.479
<v Speaker 2>more able to stay in these home games. There's no

0:22:41.520 --> 0:22:43.200
<v Speaker 2>doubt about that. Do you think it was going to

0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:47.119
<v Speaker 2>have such an impact potentially because at home they are

0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:50.880
<v Speaker 2>ten games over five hundred for the year. Ten at home, No.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I mean the positive is like the development

0:22:53.560 --> 0:22:56.600
<v Speaker 1>they've been putting towards their pitching. They this is the

0:22:56.640 --> 0:22:58.879
<v Speaker 1>fruits of their labor, like bringing in that while just

0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:01.119
<v Speaker 1>a little bit extra space. They've seen a lot of

0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:02.960
<v Speaker 1>success with the pitchers. I didn't expect them to be

0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:06.040
<v Speaker 1>this good. And what's so great about it is what's coming.

0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:08.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean, Adley Ruchman, I believe, had the second highest

0:23:08.560 --> 0:23:10.800
<v Speaker 1>war in the second half of the baseball season, and

0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:13.280
<v Speaker 1>he's going to go in in the talk of the

0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:15.520
<v Speaker 1>top three catchers we're going to be drafting in fantasy.

0:23:15.800 --> 0:23:18.160
<v Speaker 1>He will be a top one hundred. I actually suspect

0:23:18.200 --> 0:23:20.560
<v Speaker 1>he will be a top seventy five overall pick. I

0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:23.679
<v Speaker 1>think Adley, Varshow and Romuto are going to be, you know,

0:23:23.720 --> 0:23:25.639
<v Speaker 1>the three catchers that everyone's vying for. And said the

0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:28.000
<v Speaker 1>top one hundred. Gunnar Henderson has come up and looked

0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:31.480
<v Speaker 1>fantastic and they still have more guys coming. So it's

0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:34.560
<v Speaker 1>a very bright, bright bright future for the Orioles right now.

0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:37.199
<v Speaker 1>And a few of the other lower teams in trying to,

0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:40.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, change out the competitive balance just a few

0:23:40.520 --> 0:23:42.919
<v Speaker 1>other little stat things. Is I want to get, you know,

0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:44.560
<v Speaker 1>through to the home run contest. We don't need to

0:23:44.600 --> 0:23:46.280
<v Speaker 1>go through all them. Hanniger did have two homers. If

0:23:46.280 --> 0:23:48.600
<v Speaker 1>you're talking about y kel Nick might be expendable. That's

0:23:48.640 --> 0:23:51.199
<v Speaker 1>another one of those reasons. On the pitching side of Tawny.

0:23:51.320 --> 0:23:54.439
<v Speaker 1>In that game, went eight, struck out ten, did end

0:23:54.480 --> 0:23:57.240
<v Speaker 1>up giving two hits, and he got it seven to

0:23:57.240 --> 0:23:59.600
<v Speaker 1>two thirds before he gave up the hit. Unfortunately, walked

0:23:59.600 --> 0:24:02.000
<v Speaker 1>one for down huge game. Only give up two hits,

0:24:02.000 --> 0:24:05.760
<v Speaker 1>struck out ten and Jeffrey Springs, who have a whole

0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:08.159
<v Speaker 1>off season conversation about how underrated I think he is.

0:24:08.440 --> 0:24:12.159
<v Speaker 1>Went six, gave up three hits, five k's, has not

0:24:12.280 --> 0:24:16.000
<v Speaker 1>given up more than two runs in the month of September.

0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:18.119
<v Speaker 1>It's actually six straight starts where he hasn't given up

0:24:18.119 --> 0:24:19.680
<v Speaker 1>two runs or more. He's only given up two runs

0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:23.160
<v Speaker 1>once this whole time. So he has been insanely impressive

0:24:23.160 --> 0:24:25.760
<v Speaker 1>and he will be in the off season. Joe, you've

0:24:25.800 --> 0:24:29.320
<v Speaker 1>been gone the home run contest? Has did you been

0:24:29.320 --> 0:24:33.760
<v Speaker 1>gone so close? This is a fun fact me and

0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:36.679
<v Speaker 1>Sir Sis the only ones with a homer yesterday. I

0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:40.160
<v Speaker 1>unfortunately didn't put the magic out that you and Mayer

0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:43.760
<v Speaker 1>did with you know, I mean essentially you slash judge.

0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:46.440
<v Speaker 1>I did cross the forty homer marker, which I'm pretty

0:24:46.440 --> 0:24:48.520
<v Speaker 1>sure that was kind of a big thing for me

0:24:48.560 --> 0:24:49.159
<v Speaker 1>in learning it.

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<v Speaker 2>Where am I I don't even know where? I mean?

0:24:51.640 --> 0:24:53.280
<v Speaker 2>Top ten you are.

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<v Speaker 1>Unfortunately we don't have any art. We haven't had art

0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:58.760
<v Speaker 1>for a little bit. Here happens, Yeah, we haven't had

0:24:58.800 --> 0:25:01.200
<v Speaker 1>it for a bit. But you all are top ten

0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:06.080
<v Speaker 1>the leader going into this weekend. Unfortunately, you know, leading

0:25:06.119 --> 0:25:07.520
<v Speaker 1>off is done, so you guys are gonna have to

0:25:07.560 --> 0:25:10.600
<v Speaker 1>go into the discord and find out the results and

0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:13.080
<v Speaker 1>everything like that. Fantasy pros probably share something like that.

0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:16.800
<v Speaker 1>Cat Fox is in the lead at fifty six.

0:25:16.960 --> 0:25:19.800
<v Speaker 2>Oh where'd that name even come from? I know that name.

0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:22.480
<v Speaker 1>It was just up up, up, up took it. Cat

0:25:22.520 --> 0:25:25.000
<v Speaker 1>Fox is in the lead. Helpless in Miami and l

0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:29.159
<v Speaker 1>Scale are both in second with fifty five, one homer away.

0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:32.199
<v Speaker 1>High Covees at fifty four, and then you got a

0:25:32.200 --> 0:25:35.520
<v Speaker 1>couple of fifties lower deep b leming go cards. Mike

0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:41.400
<v Speaker 1>Mayer is eighth and Joey is ninth, except you guys

0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:43.639
<v Speaker 1>are tied. You're both technically eight. You both have forty

0:25:43.680 --> 0:25:45.360
<v Speaker 1>eight home runs going.

0:25:45.600 --> 0:25:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Why is he ahead of me? Though? That doesn't make

0:25:47.320 --> 0:25:47.919
<v Speaker 2>any sense at all.

0:25:48.040 --> 0:25:49.920
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think whoever put the leaderboard up here

0:25:49.960 --> 0:25:52.639
<v Speaker 1>put Mike Mayor. I trying to actually get the logic.

0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:53.479
<v Speaker 1>Why is he out there?

0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:55.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, there is no logic to it. That's

0:25:55.480 --> 0:25:57.000
<v Speaker 2>just Mike Mayor pulling strength.

0:25:57.200 --> 0:25:58.880
<v Speaker 1>I think it's just because you put Judge in there.

0:25:59.359 --> 0:26:02.679
<v Speaker 2>Probably. But here's the other thing too, Looking back in

0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:05.040
<v Speaker 2>the season now and 're looking at it, I think

0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:08.520
<v Speaker 2>it's so apparent, especially actually it's really in both leagues,

0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:10.200
<v Speaker 2>but it's even more so. I feel like in the

0:26:10.280 --> 0:26:13.960
<v Speaker 2>National League, how stark it is between the good, the

0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:16.479
<v Speaker 2>really good teams and the really bad teams. You know

0:26:16.680 --> 0:26:19.600
<v Speaker 2>where you know, you have the Mets and the Braves

0:26:19.640 --> 0:26:22.679
<v Speaker 2>approaching one hundred wins. You have the San Diego Padres.

0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:25.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at you know, they haven't exactly been exactly

0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:28.120
<v Speaker 2>where they wanted to be necessarily, but they are sixteen

0:26:28.160 --> 0:26:30.000
<v Speaker 2>games over. The Phillies are still in this hunt. The

0:26:30.000 --> 0:26:32.640
<v Speaker 2>Milwaukee is still in this hunt. But then after that,

0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:36.000
<v Speaker 2>the Cubs are such a bad team. Colorado, Miami's gonna

0:26:36.040 --> 0:26:38.679
<v Speaker 2>lose ninety games, so they already did. The Cincinnati is

0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:41.520
<v Speaker 2>gonna lose maybe over one hundred, Pittsburgh iss gonna lose

0:26:41.520 --> 0:26:43.840
<v Speaker 2>close to one hundred, Washington's gonna lose one hundred. Losing

0:26:43.840 --> 0:26:45.720
<v Speaker 2>one hundred games is bad for baseball. And on the

0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:48.919
<v Speaker 2>other side too, Detroit, Kansas City, and Oakland are all

0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:51.960
<v Speaker 2>gonna be ninety plus lost teams. That's bad for baseball.

0:26:52.480 --> 0:26:55.080
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know when we're going to find more

0:26:55.119 --> 0:26:57.840
<v Speaker 2>parody in the league, but there needs to be more

0:26:57.880 --> 0:27:00.720
<v Speaker 2>parody in the league in the sense that we can't

0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:03.280
<v Speaker 2>have this continue and Baseball things that it wants to

0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:06.080
<v Speaker 2>expand again, which I know they've talked about, which is absurd.

0:27:06.240 --> 0:27:08.679
<v Speaker 1>I just can't even do the expand stuff. It's that

0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:12.400
<v Speaker 1>just beyond me. If you keep expanding baseball, just talked

0:27:12.400 --> 0:27:15.080
<v Speaker 1>about the subagman, keep expanding baseball, you're going to get

0:27:15.080 --> 0:27:17.280
<v Speaker 1>to the point we are literally not you know how

0:27:17.280 --> 0:27:20.439
<v Speaker 1>we had the figurative different leagues al and you're literally

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:22.120
<v Speaker 1>going to have to break the league up. You can't

0:27:22.119 --> 0:27:24.679
<v Speaker 1>have thirty eight forty team you can't keep doing this.

0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:27.840
<v Speaker 1>You can't expand to do markets unless you're just taking

0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:30.840
<v Speaker 1>away from markets that are not doing their job and

0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:33.480
<v Speaker 1>putting them in other spots. You know. I would also say,

0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:36.440
<v Speaker 1>like if you're petitioning for like, well, this state doesn't

0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:38.679
<v Speaker 1>have a team, well, we also don't need three in

0:27:38.760 --> 0:27:40.600
<v Speaker 1>one state, you know, and you're not going to change

0:27:40.600 --> 0:27:43.119
<v Speaker 1>the tradition of the Chicago Cubs of the White Sox.

0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:46.040
<v Speaker 1>We don't need too much. Like, I can't do expansion.

0:27:46.119 --> 0:27:48.760
<v Speaker 1>I can't do all of that talk too. It's too much, Joe,

0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:51.200
<v Speaker 1>it's too much for there's too many things baseball isn't

0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:54.600
<v Speaker 1>doing correctly. That would just be another in the added list.

0:27:54.800 --> 0:27:57.600
<v Speaker 1>We just need it to be better, not adding more

0:27:57.680 --> 0:27:59.000
<v Speaker 1>like we add a omaha.

0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:00.919
<v Speaker 2>Well but I mean we've talked about it. They're never

0:28:00.960 --> 0:28:02.679
<v Speaker 2>going to do a salary cap there his CBA has

0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:04.720
<v Speaker 2>now agreed on and all this stuff. You know, it's

0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:07.880
<v Speaker 2>just the you're trying to find the incentive. They've all

0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:10.639
<v Speaker 2>got these major TV contracts and these major deals and

0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:13.360
<v Speaker 2>the money's flowing in there. But I continue to say

0:28:13.359 --> 0:28:15.040
<v Speaker 2>the same thing, which I know everyone thinks I'm crazy,

0:28:15.119 --> 0:28:17.240
<v Speaker 2>But the regular season is just too long nowadays for

0:28:17.320 --> 0:28:19.080
<v Speaker 2>what And I know it upsets a lot of purists.

0:28:19.119 --> 0:28:21.840
<v Speaker 2>And I was once a baseball purist myself, and then

0:28:21.840 --> 0:28:23.879
<v Speaker 2>I had my first beer, and then I realized that,

0:28:23.960 --> 0:28:25.680
<v Speaker 2>you know, there's more to life than one hundred and

0:28:25.720 --> 0:28:28.040
<v Speaker 2>sixty two baseball games. At this point, we just need

0:28:28.080 --> 0:28:30.399
<v Speaker 2>to do it better in a better way. More playoffs,

0:28:30.680 --> 0:28:34.160
<v Speaker 2>less regular season. I think that will spark some new

0:28:34.200 --> 0:28:37.320
<v Speaker 2>life in baseball. Baseball should have the most life in August,

0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:39.880
<v Speaker 2>because it's the point in time when the sports calendar

0:28:40.200 --> 0:28:42.120
<v Speaker 2>where there's just more opportunity and you have a lot

0:28:42.160 --> 0:28:43.560
<v Speaker 2>of kids who are off and there's a lot of

0:28:43.600 --> 0:28:46.400
<v Speaker 2>time to watch these games. And instead they're just dog

0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:48.080
<v Speaker 2>day of August games that really don't mean all that

0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:50.320
<v Speaker 2>much and we're all just focused on September. That I

0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:52.880
<v Speaker 2>think is is a problem that they still yet to address,

0:28:53.080 --> 0:28:55.080
<v Speaker 2>and I hope that they do. I know they're never

0:28:55.160 --> 0:28:58.040
<v Speaker 2>going to. I just hope at some point we get

0:28:58.080 --> 0:29:01.120
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more parody, because if you've expanded the playoffs,

0:29:01.120 --> 0:29:03.240
<v Speaker 2>you want to have more teams that are really viable

0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:05.760
<v Speaker 2>for it. Instead we have once again, we've just gone

0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:09.040
<v Speaker 2>down one more tick and we have Okay, Now, instead

0:29:09.040 --> 0:29:11.480
<v Speaker 2>of these two teams fighting, now three teams are fighting,

0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:14.280
<v Speaker 2>and then there's one other ancillary team. It should be

0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:16.440
<v Speaker 2>six other ancillary teams. It should be hot as hell

0:29:16.520 --> 0:29:18.240
<v Speaker 2>right now. We should all be thinking, oh my god,

0:29:18.240 --> 0:29:19.760
<v Speaker 2>these like six teams could all make it if this happens.

0:29:19.760 --> 0:29:21.760
<v Speaker 2>If this happens, it should feel like March madness. But

0:29:21.800 --> 0:29:24.240
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't. Unfortunately, it feels like a foregone conclusion where

0:29:24.240 --> 0:29:26.160
<v Speaker 2>we're just watching the phillies of the Brewers punch it

0:29:26.200 --> 0:29:26.760
<v Speaker 2>out here at the.

0:29:26.760 --> 0:29:30.120
<v Speaker 1>End, I agree that that it should be shortened, but

0:29:30.400 --> 0:29:33.320
<v Speaker 1>I would you know, point you as we in this part.

0:29:33.400 --> 0:29:36.440
<v Speaker 1>I would point you to how Baseball managed changing their

0:29:36.480 --> 0:29:40.080
<v Speaker 1>baseballs and how fans have totally not freaked out over

0:29:40.200 --> 0:29:43.360
<v Speaker 1>extending a couple inches to a base that they're adding.

0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:47.840
<v Speaker 1>Baseball and fans on team change, they don't mix very well.

0:29:48.000 --> 0:29:51.200
<v Speaker 1>So talk about taking games away Baseball, I'm not.

0:29:51.120 --> 0:29:52.640
<v Speaker 2>Talking about sea and that's the thing. I'm not talking

0:29:52.680 --> 0:29:55.560
<v Speaker 2>about taking games away. I'm talking about restructuring them. I

0:29:55.600 --> 0:29:57.800
<v Speaker 2>want to restructure the games. I want to make them

0:29:57.800 --> 0:30:00.960
<v Speaker 2>more playoff orient. I want to make one hundred game

0:30:01.000 --> 0:30:03.720
<v Speaker 2>regular season or one hundred and one games and then

0:30:03.720 --> 0:30:06.720
<v Speaker 2>I want sixty one game tournament to get to the end,

0:30:07.240 --> 0:30:09.120
<v Speaker 2>and I think that would be super cool, and then

0:30:09.320 --> 0:30:12.160
<v Speaker 2>run it in first week October, but can't because the

0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:14.920
<v Speaker 2>way they are already past that point, it can ever

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<v Speaker 2>be done. I'm living in a fantasy land. But I

0:30:17.800 --> 0:30:20.440
<v Speaker 2>will say this, there's some wonderful things in baseball this year.

0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:24.360
<v Speaker 2>The Aaron Judge home run thing has been amazing. Even

0:30:24.440 --> 0:30:27.440
<v Speaker 2>from a Met fan perspective, I think it's been fun

0:30:27.480 --> 0:30:30.440
<v Speaker 2>to see favorite teams like the Dodgers and Mets actually

0:30:30.760 --> 0:30:32.960
<v Speaker 2>be favorite teams. I think it's been super fun to

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:37.560
<v Speaker 2>see Shoheo Tani do what he's done. Julio Ronriguez, I mean,

0:30:37.600 --> 0:30:39.440
<v Speaker 2>what were your other high points this year? Welsh for

0:30:39.640 --> 0:30:42.040
<v Speaker 2>the year in baseball. Julio was a big one for

0:30:42.120 --> 0:30:43.400
<v Speaker 2>me too. He's just so fun to watch.

0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:47.160
<v Speaker 1>I think Julio was probably one of the biggest me personally,

0:30:47.320 --> 0:30:50.520
<v Speaker 1>but I think Bobby Witt it was criminally underrated and

0:30:50.640 --> 0:30:55.480
<v Speaker 1>overshadowed by what Julio did. I mean, also from a

0:30:55.520 --> 0:30:57.920
<v Speaker 1>fantasy perspective, we had a lot of changing of the guard.

0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:01.560
<v Speaker 1>I think pitching expand a catchers I think are kind

0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:05.560
<v Speaker 1>of reformed the dh brought new life into the value

0:31:05.800 --> 0:31:09.000
<v Speaker 1>of having an owning catchers. Now, I mean where in

0:31:09.120 --> 0:31:11.520
<v Speaker 1>most worlds a Sean Murphy wouldn't be someone you need

0:31:11.560 --> 0:31:13.600
<v Speaker 1>to consider, or a halle Hendro Kirk or something like that.

0:31:13.640 --> 0:31:16.080
<v Speaker 1>Those guys staying out in Dhing gives more life and

0:31:16.160 --> 0:31:19.200
<v Speaker 1>Dalton Varshow has got there. I think there's a litany

0:31:19.400 --> 0:31:21.320
<v Speaker 1>of highlights that we could take from it, and we

0:31:21.360 --> 0:31:24.640
<v Speaker 1>can look back on from what I think has changed

0:31:24.680 --> 0:31:27.880
<v Speaker 1>in Fantasy that will be expanded upon in this next

0:31:27.880 --> 0:31:30.920
<v Speaker 1>season and the Fantasy Black Book, which I know is

0:31:30.960 --> 0:31:33.880
<v Speaker 1>going to be in the works. Here one other shout

0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:35.200
<v Speaker 1>out we want to do Joe And I don't know

0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:38.440
<v Speaker 1>if you have it handy, but you know, for.

0:31:38.680 --> 0:31:41.200
<v Speaker 2>I always have it handy healthy purposes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, the King and the Queens always go to bet MGM.

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0:31:49.960 --> 0:31:52.480
<v Speaker 1>at bet MGM have been with us all season long

0:31:52.720 --> 0:31:54.960
<v Speaker 1>and just want to give them a shout out. Whether

0:31:55.200 --> 0:31:58.760
<v Speaker 1>you are rocking an incredible crown like that or even

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<v Speaker 1>just a tiny.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing that is incredibly dainty that it's the string bikini

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<v Speaker 2>of Tiara is Unfortunately this is from cousin Donnie cousin

0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:09.920
<v Speaker 2>Donnie's I know he could have he got have splurge

0:32:09.960 --> 0:32:11.680
<v Speaker 2>a little bit gotten. You're like a real size on me.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's like it is.

0:32:13.280 --> 0:32:15.000
<v Speaker 1>I tells you it's a string bikini of them, but

0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:19.560
<v Speaker 1>they are beautiful. I'm gonna make some game used memorabilia

0:32:19.600 --> 0:32:20.160
<v Speaker 1>from this joke.

0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:23.000
<v Speaker 2>NFTs of Welsh and the tiara. Is that what we're doing?

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:24.800
<v Speaker 1>Well, this is going to be an NFT right here.

0:32:24.880 --> 0:32:28.560
<v Speaker 1>But gmlcas Along has been supporting leading off. You guys

0:32:28.600 --> 0:32:30.680
<v Speaker 1>are used a promo code leading off, you got hooked

0:32:30.760 --> 0:32:32.960
<v Speaker 1>up with a couple different benefits. Most recently the one

0:32:32.960 --> 0:32:35.280
<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars risk free bet has been there for you.

0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:37.120
<v Speaker 1>So Joe and I talked a lot about gambling at

0:32:37.120 --> 0:32:39.240
<v Speaker 1>the top. You guys could go in. You could get

0:32:39.240 --> 0:32:41.320
<v Speaker 1>in on it today. Use that promo code in your

0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:43.480
<v Speaker 1>first bet leading off, you'll get hooked up.

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<v Speaker 2>Bet.

0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:46.360
<v Speaker 1>MGM also does a fantastic job about all their freebies

0:32:46.400 --> 0:32:48.840
<v Speaker 1>they give you. You can be a king, a queen,

0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:52.440
<v Speaker 1>a prince, or a princess, whatever it is. Fantasy Pro

0:32:52.560 --> 0:32:56.160
<v Speaker 1>supports you as we do. And you know, maybe if

0:32:56.200 --> 0:32:58.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm back next year, I can get a upgrade on

0:32:58.720 --> 0:32:59.440
<v Speaker 1>a crum maybe.

0:32:59.800 --> 0:33:02.040
<v Speaker 2>I think that's got We ought to find budget for that.

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<v Speaker 2>I also want to say number one, the Welsh is

0:33:05.000 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 2>the best. I want to thank the Welsh for not

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:10.280
<v Speaker 2>only you know, coming on this year doing the show

0:33:10.280 --> 0:33:12.280
<v Speaker 2>with me. I know he's been dealing with a lot

0:33:12.320 --> 0:33:14.520
<v Speaker 2>of stuff in the last year. He is not only

0:33:14.520 --> 0:33:16.280
<v Speaker 2>a great friend, he's a great co host. He's a

0:33:16.280 --> 0:33:19.000
<v Speaker 2>great baseball person, He's a great human being. He also

0:33:19.080 --> 0:33:22.120
<v Speaker 2>knows a whiskey, which I appreciate quite a bit. I

0:33:22.120 --> 0:33:24.480
<v Speaker 2>want to thank everybody who's filled in too in the

0:33:24.560 --> 0:33:27.560
<v Speaker 2>last month, because you've had I know, Casey Bubba, I

0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:30.720
<v Speaker 2>know Blonkey's done it. I know we had Andrew. Who

0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:33.760
<v Speaker 2>else am I missing here? I'm missing and Clegg and

0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:37.920
<v Speaker 2>Chris and Chris Clegg as well. Everybody just fantastic filling

0:33:37.960 --> 0:33:40.720
<v Speaker 2>in there. I also want to thank everybody who's listened

0:33:40.720 --> 0:33:44.920
<v Speaker 2>and watched this show, because you guys are make it fun.

0:33:45.080 --> 0:33:47.120
<v Speaker 2>Like that is why we're here every single day doing

0:33:47.120 --> 0:33:48.560
<v Speaker 2>this show. Because then you guys are here at the

0:33:48.640 --> 0:33:51.520
<v Speaker 2>end and there's still people watching it live on September thirtieth,

0:33:51.520 --> 0:33:56.000
<v Speaker 2>that's absurd, Like, you guys are crazy personally, I love you.

0:33:56.320 --> 0:33:59.040
<v Speaker 2>Thank you. It's it's amazing to be part of this

0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:01.800
<v Speaker 2>little cult community to hear of people who still love

0:34:01.880 --> 0:34:04.720
<v Speaker 2>baseball and still care about baseball. And you know what,

0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:07.280
<v Speaker 2>I think I hope that you see this show as

0:34:07.280 --> 0:34:09.600
<v Speaker 2>that platform too, because you've seen the espns of the

0:34:09.600 --> 0:34:11.319
<v Speaker 2>world get rid of baseball and you've seen those of

0:34:11.560 --> 0:34:14.520
<v Speaker 2>downsides that everywhere. I'm trying to grow it here Fantasy Pros.

0:34:14.760 --> 0:34:16.560
<v Speaker 2>Welsh coming in was a huge part of that. I know.

0:34:16.640 --> 0:34:18.319
<v Speaker 2>Last year Dan and I were doing this show, and

0:34:18.320 --> 0:34:20.720
<v Speaker 2>everybody who stayed here, even on the first week, everybody

0:34:20.719 --> 0:34:22.799
<v Speaker 2>didn't like Welsh. See by the end you did. I

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:25.040
<v Speaker 2>told you he's like an acquired taste. You got to

0:34:25.080 --> 0:34:25.840
<v Speaker 2>stick with it.

0:34:25.760 --> 0:34:27.040
<v Speaker 1>A fine one.

0:34:28.960 --> 0:34:31.839
<v Speaker 2>And there's doctor Glenn see we tolerate you too, and

0:34:31.880 --> 0:34:34.760
<v Speaker 2>the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks. You're all the best.

0:34:34.920 --> 0:34:36.440
<v Speaker 2>Like seriously, it's great.

0:34:36.760 --> 0:34:38.800
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I just want to add thank you to everybody.

0:34:38.920 --> 0:34:41.279
<v Speaker 1>I have no idea what my future holds here with

0:34:41.320 --> 0:34:43.719
<v Speaker 1>Fantasy Pros. This is my last show and I'm just

0:34:43.800 --> 0:34:46.480
<v Speaker 1>out into the wilderness. Hopefully I'm back because I do

0:34:46.560 --> 0:34:48.680
<v Speaker 1>love you all. I've enjoyed the show very much as

0:34:48.719 --> 0:34:50.719
<v Speaker 1>I've explained to multiple people, it's been weird this year

0:34:50.760 --> 0:34:52.680
<v Speaker 1>because a lot of what I've done is I've felt

0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:55.360
<v Speaker 1>like a substitute teacher, where I've kind of been like

0:34:55.400 --> 0:34:57.719
<v Speaker 1>fit well now, like filling into what other people do.

0:34:57.840 --> 0:35:00.000
<v Speaker 1>So there's some things that are maybe not as natural

0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:01.799
<v Speaker 1>to how I would normally be. But hopefully in the

0:35:01.800 --> 0:35:05.319
<v Speaker 1>future I can continue to bring my weirdness out into

0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:07.520
<v Speaker 1>the Fantasy Baseball scape, and hopefully I can do it

0:35:07.560 --> 0:35:09.480
<v Speaker 1>here because I really do. I like the community, I

0:35:09.480 --> 0:35:12.080
<v Speaker 1>love the podcast like the people at Fantasy Pros. I

0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:15.120
<v Speaker 1>desperately missed doing podcasts with you, Joe, So hopefully you

0:35:15.200 --> 0:35:18.680
<v Speaker 1>guys tolerated someone enjoyed or maybe really enjoyed me here.

0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:20.640
<v Speaker 1>But like I said, I don't know what it holds,

0:35:20.680 --> 0:35:23.279
<v Speaker 1>but hopefully I will be seeing you all in the

0:35:23.320 --> 0:35:25.759
<v Speaker 1>near future, very very much. So, Joe, let's end this

0:35:25.800 --> 0:35:27.560
<v Speaker 1>bad boy out with a home run call. You know

0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:29.239
<v Speaker 1>you haven't been here for a long Let's get you

0:35:29.320 --> 0:35:32.080
<v Speaker 1>home on calling me buddy, but Aaron Judge for.

0:35:32.080 --> 0:35:34.479
<v Speaker 2>The first anybody but Aaron Judge? But well, no, here's

0:35:34.520 --> 0:35:37.000
<v Speaker 2>this is trap? Is Maryady? Have somebody in perpetuity? No?

0:35:37.120 --> 0:35:37.480
<v Speaker 2>I haven't.

0:35:37.880 --> 0:35:39.640
<v Speaker 1>To be honest with you, I have not really seen

0:35:39.719 --> 0:35:41.799
<v Speaker 1>Mayor's picks. I know he's probably making them. He has

0:35:41.920 --> 0:35:43.840
<v Speaker 1>no perpetuity. I think he just comes in at some

0:35:43.960 --> 0:35:45.040
<v Speaker 1>random time and does.

0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:48.600
<v Speaker 2>It tonight for one night only, Pete Alonso, and then

0:35:48.640 --> 0:35:50.000
<v Speaker 2>I want judge the rest of the weekend.

0:35:50.040 --> 0:35:52.440
<v Speaker 1>That's Albarette.

0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:54.800
<v Speaker 2>I will make a home run call tonight, give me Alonzo,

0:35:54.840 --> 0:35:56.000
<v Speaker 2>and then judge the rest of the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay Ooh, Julio's hurt. I mean, you know, here's a problem.

0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:03.080
<v Speaker 1>It would have been hilarious if Byron Buxton was there because.

0:36:02.840 --> 0:36:03.480
<v Speaker 2>I could pick him.

0:36:03.520 --> 0:36:05.440
<v Speaker 1>But the guy's been earned all year, so it's like,

0:36:05.440 --> 0:36:06.600
<v Speaker 1>I can't do anything with that.

0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:08.759
<v Speaker 2>Ill Byron Buxton. But he's hurt.

0:36:08.880 --> 0:36:11.120
<v Speaker 1>Give me Bryce Harper. I'll end out with Bryce Harper.

0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:12.240
<v Speaker 1>He's got a good BVP.

0:36:12.239 --> 0:36:14.040
<v Speaker 2>I gotta see what did he end up doing? Like

0:36:14.080 --> 0:36:16.640
<v Speaker 2>I was started, like where is the end of the Buxton.

0:36:16.360 --> 0:36:18.640
<v Speaker 1>Twenty eight homers? But I think he played like thirty

0:36:18.680 --> 0:36:20.040
<v Speaker 1>eight games, So.

0:36:20.560 --> 0:36:22.120
<v Speaker 2>Let's see how how many games did he play? Don't

0:36:22.120 --> 0:36:23.880
<v Speaker 2>even look? I ask you how many games? Off the

0:36:23.920 --> 0:36:24.719
<v Speaker 2>top of your head do you think you.

0:36:25.160 --> 0:36:28.520
<v Speaker 1>Take a get? I think it was like, it's ninety

0:36:28.520 --> 0:36:30.759
<v Speaker 1>two or one hundred and ten somewhere in there. That's

0:36:30.800 --> 0:36:32.960
<v Speaker 1>my range I'm taking. I know, that's why.

0:36:33.040 --> 0:36:34.480
<v Speaker 2>Why can't I find the game? Oh? Here we go,

0:36:34.520 --> 0:36:36.960
<v Speaker 2>Here we go, games played, Here we go, ninety two,

0:36:37.200 --> 0:36:41.880
<v Speaker 2>ninety two games played. Hey, twenty eight home runs, only sixteals,

0:36:41.880 --> 0:36:43.920
<v Speaker 2>but twenty home runs and a lovely two twenty four

0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:46.800
<v Speaker 2>batting average. There. Oh oh Byron Buxton.

0:36:46.520 --> 0:36:50.320
<v Speaker 1>Oh double header for Harper, there you go go. Cards,

0:36:50.880 --> 0:36:53.479
<v Speaker 1>always honest about the double headers. Can never get away

0:36:53.480 --> 0:36:55.719
<v Speaker 1>with anything. All right, then I will change mine.

0:36:55.920 --> 0:36:58.640
<v Speaker 2>To even at the end. This group keeps you honest.

0:36:58.680 --> 0:36:59.399
<v Speaker 2>I love this girl.

0:37:00.239 --> 0:37:03.239
<v Speaker 1>You know I'm gonna pick tonight Aaron Judge. I get

0:37:03.239 --> 0:37:08.799
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Judge it. So that's it, all right, guys. Uh,

0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:11.399
<v Speaker 1>awesome to have Joe back. I'm glad Joe you're You've

0:37:11.400 --> 0:37:12.960
<v Speaker 1>been busy as hell. You got a lot of stuff

0:37:13.000 --> 0:37:17.279
<v Speaker 1>going outside of podcasts and inside of podcasts that's going down.

0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:19.719
<v Speaker 1>So uh, I'm glad that you were able to uh

0:37:19.800 --> 0:37:21.960
<v Speaker 1>shake out a little time, especially on the last one

0:37:22.000 --> 0:37:24.880
<v Speaker 1>of the season. Here. So you're a great friend, your

0:37:25.000 --> 0:37:27.799
<v Speaker 1>awesome host, a great fantasy guy, and hopefully we're doing

0:37:28.040 --> 0:37:30.560
<v Speaker 1>more in the near future. Joey, I'll let you. I'll

0:37:30.640 --> 0:37:31.359
<v Speaker 1>let you send us out.

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:33.600
<v Speaker 2>That'll do it for us. But the story of the

0:37:33.640 --> 0:37:35.600
<v Speaker 2>game goes on for the Welsh and all the Peanuts

0:37:35.600 --> 0:37:38.319
<v Speaker 2>and the cracker Jacks. I'm Joey P. We'll see you

0:37:38.320 --> 0:37:41.520
<v Speaker 2>next time. Kids, lead up,