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Speaker 1: Oh to the Hammer Territory podcast. It is a pleasure

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Speaker 1: to be with you once again, and Stephen, it is

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Speaker 1: always good to be with you after a Brave's victory,

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Speaker 1: but not only a Brave's victory. Stephen, Let's break this

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Speaker 1: It's a Braves victory where the offense was on fire.

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Speaker 1: It was a Brave's victory where Grant Holmes was dominant

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Speaker 1: victory in which Wiley Ballard was spitting game like crazy

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Speaker 1: in the stands. So wherever you were in the ballpark,

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Speaker 1: anybody associated with the Braves was either on their game

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Speaker 1: or spitting game, and it was awesome to see Stephen

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Speaker 1: always play to be with you. Go Braves man. Big

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Speaker 2: Yeah they needed it, but there was a rough series

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Speaker 2: in Tampa. The offense did start to show life, which

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Speaker 2: was great and continued tonight, of course, and without Azuna two,

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Speaker 2: which is big. Everybody scored, including the broadcasters. If you

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Speaker 2: missed it, you know, Wiley Baller had a pretty funny

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Speaker 2: live on air, which was incredible. I tweeted that if

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Speaker 2: that's the moment that this season turns around, he's gonna

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Speaker 2: go down in Braves history. I mean, it's just legendary stuff.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, a really fun game, like early on, early offense.

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Speaker 2: Like it's not one of these things where we had

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Speaker 2: oher lead. Grant Holmes looked incredible. It was just like

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Speaker 2: an easy win, like he just it was a stress

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Speaker 2: has been damn near impossible. So yeah, a lot of fun,

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Speaker 2: season so far, quite honestly, and a big win because

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Speaker 2: you know, they they can't they can't fall much more,

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Speaker 2: So every win's a big win. Great great start to this.

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Speaker 1: Series, absolutely, and the timing of it cannot be better, right,

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Speaker 1: the timing of it being the second, I think the

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Speaker 1: first game this year, the really the only game this

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Speaker 1: whole was the opening game in the Marlin series, in

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Speaker 1: which we won Tend to Nothing Spincer Schwellenbach was on

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Speaker 1: the mound. But let's consider this as well, the timing

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Speaker 1: of this victory not only in terms of it being

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Speaker 1: victories they can get right now, but you're coming off

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Speaker 1: that series in Tampa Bay, where the offense being at

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Speaker 1: the level that it was, you really expected to get

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Speaker 1: Chris Sales struggled once again in his outing. So the

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Speaker 1: Brains really needed to get a bounce back tonight and

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Speaker 1: they got it in a big way. And as we're

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Speaker 1: this win really sets up the Braves to potentially get

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Speaker 1: a bit, but I think the timing of the victory

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Speaker 1: not only in terms of getting the needed win, Steven,

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Speaker 1: but it was just nice to see this team outside

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Speaker 2: Yeah, listen, Toronto has not been a kind place to

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Speaker 2: of their worst series of the year. Even in years

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Speaker 2: You know, you saw the lineup that got rolled out

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Speaker 2: maybe it's the Wiley Ballard, you know, whatever, the opposite

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Speaker 3: Good luck charm.

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Speaker 2: He's our you know, he's our full bucket of chicken.

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Speaker 3: Quite honestly, in.

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Speaker 1: Other words, what you're saying is that if a boost

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Speaker 1: You're welcome, Steven. The thing about the Braves is tonight, Stephen,

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Speaker 1: And let's start with Sean Murphy. He's already in our

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Speaker 1: FANDO of Player spotlight this year already, Stephen, but he's

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's gonna hit four home runs every

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the spectacles, right, I mean he got

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean he looks great. I mean, the

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Speaker 2: I know, people love Drake Baldwin, but the Braves can't

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Speaker 2: You can't take Sean. Sean Murvey's got like a two

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Speaker 2: I said it at the time. The person who needs

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Speaker 2: So as long as he's not hurt from this this

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Speaker 1: From a splendidly spectacled Sean Murphy to an absolutely awesome

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Speaker 3: Stephen, again, you are welcome.

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Speaker 1: Somebody must have told Austin Riley when the Braves returned

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Speaker 2: He was crushing baseball tonight, like he's got all of

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Speaker 1: While Steven may be frustrated and tired of my absolutely

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Speaker 2: Do you have this do you have this stuff written

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Speaker 2: It's incredible, This is fun. This is a Wily Ballard level.

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Speaker 2: His range has really really limited. You know, he's a

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Speaker 2: it and speed and defense. You know, at this point,

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Speaker 2: Orlando is just not the same defender. And if if

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Speaker 2: Orlando's not catching the ball, he literally does nothing, I mean,

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Speaker 2: he provides nothing. So yeah, you just gotta keep running

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Speaker 2: Allen out there. I would love for them to get

435
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Speaker 2: a long term answer at shortstop at some point. We've

436
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Speaker 2: literally been asking for it for since Dan's Bey left basically,

437
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Speaker 2: you know, three years ago. And we'll see if they

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Speaker 2: finally address the position in a more long term answer,

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Speaker 2: you know, in the in the at the trade deadliner

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Speaker 2: in the winter. But right now, you got to run

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Speaker 2: with You gotta roll with Nick Allen, you do. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I every time I the lineup, it is the first

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Speaker 2: thing I look at is Orlando playing, or is Allen

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Speaker 2: playing and going forward, it just needs to be.

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Speaker 1: Allen speaking of looking at the lineup, and and kudos

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Speaker 1: to Nick Allen for taking advantage of the opportunity. And again,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, even if that regressing comes back and

448
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Speaker 1: something that alex and Toplas has always put value on

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Speaker 1: his defense and he may now have Nick Allen Dansby

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Speaker 1: probably was a bit better, you know, in his his

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Speaker 1: best days with the Braves. But Nick Allen, I think

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Speaker 1: it's a serviceable shortstop when it comes to mainly his

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Speaker 1: value being the depense.

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Speaker 3: But at the at the end of the day, ride

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Speaker 3: the wave until.

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Speaker 1: You can't ride it anymore. But you mentioned looking at

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Speaker 1: the lineup, and one big thing that was really odd

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Speaker 1: Steven when looking at the lineup was the absence someone

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Speaker 1: who was not there, and that was Marcelo Zuna. Of course,

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Speaker 1: for those you know who may not have watched, you know,

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Speaker 1: too much of the weekend games, I'm an appear on

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Speaker 1: Saturday at the end of the game that Marcelo Zuna

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Speaker 1: tweaks something on his leg.

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Speaker 3: He pulled up a bit limp.

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Speaker 1: Many you know, miss observers who were watching the Braves game,

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Speaker 1: they were asking about to ask Mark Bowman others about

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Speaker 1: it well, and then we.

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Speaker 3: It was evident on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: You know, he pulled up pretty limp, I believe, on

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Speaker 1: his last at bat about the six or seventh.

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Speaker 3: Then he was pulled from the game.

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Speaker 1: After that, it was speculative, you know, what was going

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Speaker 1: on with him, And so we got news on Monday

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Speaker 1: that it seems like he's dealing with some type of

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Speaker 1: hip ailment. They sent him back to Atlanta to get

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Speaker 1: an MRI. Initial results from tests that they did didn't

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Speaker 1: leave him too concerned. They think it's just a minor

478
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Speaker 1: element that may be dealing with this hip. But he

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Speaker 1: is out for the Toronto series, so a lot of

480
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Speaker 1: outcomes could still be out there. You're hoping, obviously that

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Speaker 1: it is a minor opportunity. Kudos to the Braves for

482
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Speaker 1: just you know, getting it checked out, getting it addressed.

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Speaker 1: But without a doubt, as good as the offense is,

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Speaker 1: there's a different level when Marcelo zoom is in it,

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Speaker 1: especially since he's been our bestitor so far this year.

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Speaker 1: An absence that's going to be felt no matter how

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Speaker 1: good this offense is. You hope he's back soon.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The report I saw said he had inflammation in

489
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Speaker 2: his hip. I'll be honest, I don't know what that means.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how serious that is, but yeah, you

491
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Speaker 2: could tell on Sunday. I mean, you could tell on

492
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Speaker 2: Saturday that something was wrong and listen, one hundred percent healthy.

493
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Speaker 2: Marcel runs like a rose bush. So like, you know,

494
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Speaker 2: if he's if he's got something going on with his

495
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Speaker 2: hip or his leg, you know, it's you know, he

496
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Speaker 2: might as well just walk. It's kind of what he's doing.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, you know, you got to get that checked out.

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Speaker 2: You don't want it to be something that affects you

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Speaker 2: for the long term of the season. So it sucks

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Speaker 2: right now, even with Ronald out and obviously Profar is

501
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Speaker 2: still out and now you got Azuna out, Like we're

502
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Speaker 2: dipping into the depths of this road. This lineup, which

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Speaker 2: after the starting nine, didn't have a lot of depth

504
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Speaker 2: to begin with, so.

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Speaker 3: It's not great.

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Speaker 2: You know, the fact that they're gonna be without him

507
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Speaker 2: for the entire series sucks. He's one of their best hitters,

508
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Speaker 2: obviously been their best hitter on the team this year.

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Speaker 2: But Riley and Murphy stepping up tonight, I mean Murphy

510
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Speaker 2: Murphy stepped up since he's been back, but Riley stepping

511
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Speaker 2: up to night that's a good sign that, you know,

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Speaker 2: somebody else can can pick up the the weight that

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Speaker 2: Marcel left. I just hope it's not serious. Hibs can

514
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Speaker 2: be tricky, and I've seen guys miss a lot of

515
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Speaker 2: times with him. I'm not saying that's what's gonna happen

516
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Speaker 2: with Marcel. They didn't seem overly concerned about it. So

517
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Speaker 2: if they're not concerned, I'm not concerned. But you know,

518
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Speaker 2: Marcel is not the youngest guy in the world, and

519
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Speaker 2: he's you know, he's already lost quite a bit of

520
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Speaker 2: his athleticism he had in his youth, and hibs can

521
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Speaker 2: be tricky. So this this is what I'm gonna watch

522
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Speaker 2: pretty closely to see if this ends up being a

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Speaker 2: fifteen day or ten day IL trip, you know, how

524
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Speaker 2: how quickly he gets back, and what they're saying publicly

525
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Speaker 2: about it. Because I am a little worried about this,

526
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Speaker 2: if I'm being honest.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, And it's another thing where you know, the best

528
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Speaker 1: outcome may be that ten or fifteen day absence to

529
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Speaker 1: ensure because it's one of those type of injuries that

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Speaker 1: even if he gets taken care of now, could PAP

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Speaker 1: pop up later in the season, You'd rather get it

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Speaker 1: done now with minimal chance of it reoccurring and see

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Speaker 1: it continue to go. But listen, plenty of exciting stuff

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Speaker 1: going on in the game. A bit of concern when

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Speaker 1: it comes to you know, Marcel, Hopefully he will be

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Speaker 1: So Stephen Toldert, I don't think that anybody that could

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Speaker 1: argue that tonight was a victory full of obs in

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Speaker 1: a very valuable time when it comes to the Braves,

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Speaker 1: it was absolutely awesome. But the theme of the night,

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Speaker 1: to your disgust, has certainly been a literation. Correct, that's

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Speaker 1: the thing for the night. Have you asked yourself?

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Speaker 3: Why? Though?

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Speaker 1: Have you asked yourself why I've put such an emphasis

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Speaker 1: on a literation? And Steven Tolbert, I'm gonna give you

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Speaker 1: the floor. Why have I been so so focused on

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Speaker 1: a literation when it comes to the braves over the

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Speaker 1: next few days.

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Speaker 2: You know, it did take me a minute early in

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Speaker 2: the show to put this together where you were going

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Speaker 2: with this? I did, you know? I don't claim to

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Speaker 2: be the smartest person in the world. I did eventually

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Speaker 2: figure out that we have the Spencer S and Spencer

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Speaker 2: S show coming up in the next two days for

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Speaker 2: the first time ever, first time ever, Spencer Strider and

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Speaker 2: Spencer swallenback I've ever pitched in the same rotation and

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Speaker 2: they're pitching back to back days, same city, And so yes,

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Speaker 2: I did pick it up. The alliteration is in an

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Speaker 2: honor of our next two starting pitchers.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and I'm throwing that all to the side. Listen,

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Speaker 1: the whole point of this is to have fun. But

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Speaker 1: it's going to be fun, and I want to sit

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Speaker 1: here and emphasize with excitement how absolutely a static I am.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I'm done with it.

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Speaker 1: To watch the next two days because Spencer Swellingboch and

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Speaker 1: Spencer Strider are pitching back to back day Steven, we

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Speaker 1: are talking about, and I am here to tell you

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Speaker 1: with full confidence, we are talking about a duo that

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Speaker 1: could eventually be a top three duo in all of

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Speaker 1: baseball if they can get healthy.

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Speaker 3: That is the potential.

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Speaker 1: We've already seen it over the past year from Swellenbach,

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Speaker 1: We've seen it in twenty twenty three, in late twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two into early two thousand and three, and Spencer Strider.

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Speaker 1: We finally have them together to go along with Chris Sale.

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Speaker 1: But it is going to be so exciting to be

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Speaker 1: able to know that they are going to be two

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Speaker 1: fists of our rotation. And it could not come in

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Speaker 1: a better time. When I talk about the timing of

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Speaker 1: tonight's victory, this victory coming before we have Spencer Swellingbock

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Speaker 1: and Spencer Striyder on the mounds to potentially get a sweep.

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Speaker 1: That not coming to a better time for the Braves. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be awesome to see starting with swelling Back tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm so excited. I mean, listen, Spencer Swallenback days

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Speaker 2: have been the best days of the season so far

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Speaker 2: bar none. There's not even a close second. So every

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Speaker 2: day he pitches as an event, he's got a I mean,

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Speaker 2: he's already really jumped up, Like Cy Young conversation Cy

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Speaker 2: Young Odds listen, it's early. I get that, but you know,

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Speaker 2: people have noticed how good this guy is, and so

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Speaker 2: that's one. Of course, you're always excited to see Spencer swallenback.

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Speaker 2: But we haven't seen Spencer Strider pitch in a Major

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Speaker 2: League game in over a year. You know, it was

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Speaker 2: almost exactly twelve months ago. It was a little more

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Speaker 2: than twelve months ago that he left that start, and

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Speaker 2: we haven't seen him since. And you know, he was

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Speaker 2: just he was destroying Triple A hitters in Gwinnett. You know,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure they put a collection plate together to have him,

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Speaker 2: you know, ship his ass back to the majors so

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Speaker 2: they could stop having to hit him. I can't wait

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Speaker 2: to see Spencer Strider pitch again in the majors. I'm

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Speaker 2: very curious to, you know, get some of the numbers

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Speaker 2: that we get on statcast when guy's pitching the majors.

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Speaker 2: I want to see some of the spin stuff, some

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Speaker 2: of the velocity stuff, to see where he's at baseline,

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Speaker 2: not to overreact to one start, just to get a

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Speaker 2: baseline where's he at right now? And then yeah, I

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Speaker 2: mean you could eventually have you could eventually have Spencer Swallenbach.

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Speaker 2: You could have Spencer Strider, you could have Sale, you

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Speaker 2: could have Smith Schalver. You know, that is a that

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Speaker 2: is a solid group of starters, if you will, you know,

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Speaker 2: a solid a solid group of starters. And I don't

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Speaker 2: love the fact that they sent a J. Smith Schalver

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Speaker 2: down for Bryce Elder. We're not gonna litigate that right now.

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Speaker 2: This is this segment's more about Strider and swallow Back.

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Speaker 2: But the Braves, these guys to be good. They've already

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Speaker 2: had enough. They've already had enough, you know, damage to

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Speaker 2: the rotation with Ronaldo. I don't want to see a

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Speaker 2: lot of Bryce Elder. I need Spencer Strider. I need

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Speaker 2: Spencer Swallenbach back in my life. And tomorrow we get

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Speaker 2: them or the next two days we get them both.

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Speaker 2: And that's awesome. That is that is great, a excitement

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Speaker 2: level for Brace fans.

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Speaker 1: And the whole thing is, as we wrap up this

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Speaker 1: edition the Hammer Territory Podcast, I want to end on

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Speaker 1: Steven is that we're still early enough in the season

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Speaker 1: to where we're searching for that turning point. Right we

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Speaker 1: thought maybe it was that first Marlins game with swelling

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Speaker 1: Back on the mound. We thought perhaps that it was,

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Speaker 1: you know, the second game of the Tampa Bay series

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Speaker 1: when we hit those four home runs. Perhaps this is it,

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Speaker 1: and this seems to be the best set up again

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Speaker 1: the victory. Tonight, you get Swelling back on the mound. Tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: you get Strider on the mound on Wednesday. You know

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Speaker 1: that you've got the advantage in those two games, if

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Speaker 1: you at least been one, hopefully both them, then you're

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Speaker 1: now what seven to eleven, much better position than you

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Speaker 1: have been.

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Speaker 3: But you also think to your.

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Speaker 1: We just got Strider back. Eventually, ozun is going to

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Speaker 1: come back. Eventually, Okunya is gonna come back. Profar will

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Speaker 1: be back at some point in time too, though I

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Speaker 1: know that you can't put too much stock in him

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Speaker 1: this year. But just think about we're two days away

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Speaker 1: with reasonable expectations of being in a pretty good position,

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Speaker 1: with some significant talent coming back to our team. That's

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Speaker 1: a good perspective to look at at some point. I

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Speaker 1: am fully confident the Braves are going to look are

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Speaker 1: going to turn these potential perspectives into actual reality. And

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Speaker 1: I think that this is the best opportunity, and you know,

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Speaker 1: you know that they are ready to seize the moment,

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Speaker 1: especially with Swelling back on the mountain Strider after him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and listen, there are reports, nothing confirmed yet, but

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Speaker 2: there are reports that Alex Erdugo might be joining the

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Speaker 2: team tomorrow. There are reports that he might join the

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Speaker 2: team today. But Toronto threw a lefty today, so you

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Speaker 2: know they're throwing two righties. I will say Toronto's throwing

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Speaker 2: probably two of their best pitchers tomorrow and Wednesday. They're

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Speaker 2: telling Kevin Gosman and Chris Bassett. So it's not gonna

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Speaker 2: be easy to win these games, even with Schreider and

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Speaker 2: Schwallenbach back or Swallen back and then Strider back. So

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Speaker 2: the offense has got to keep going, right. I really

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Speaker 2: hope Sean Murphy's fine. I've actually been scrolling Twitter to

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Speaker 2: see if there was any update on Murph. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I would not take him out of the lineup as

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Speaker 2: long as he's good. We need Austin Riley, we need

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Speaker 2: Matt Olsen, you know, we just need the we need

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Speaker 2: without Azuna and you got you need your big you

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Speaker 2: need your big bats, you need your middle of the

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Speaker 2: older guys. I'll be curious see if Rdugo comes up

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Speaker 2: tomorrow who he comes up. For if Keln, it goes down,

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Speaker 2: if they dfa fairchild what they end up doing. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: you're right, I mean there is there is light at

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Speaker 2: the end of the tunnel. Now the Strider's back, a

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Speaker 2: Zuna will come back. Acuna will come back eventually, Profar

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Speaker 2: will come back. Eventually, will get far enough into the

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Speaker 2: season where we can actually start talking about real trades

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Speaker 2: to address the bullpen, which I think might be the

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Speaker 2: biggest issue on this team long term. I know that's

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Speaker 2: not been the biggest issue of the team to start with,

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Speaker 2: but I think long term it might be, so that

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Speaker 2: might have to be addressed. But if you can just

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Speaker 2: get going a little bit and the offense being the

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Speaker 2: normal offense would help a lot. So tonight was a

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Speaker 2: great sign. Yeah, and I can't wait, can't wait for tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: can't wait for Wednesdays, especially with Strider back, and just

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Speaker 2: see where we are. You know, I don't want to

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Speaker 2: I don't want to freak out over one start. It

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Speaker 2: might be a bad start. He hasn't pitched the majors

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Speaker 2: in twelve months.

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Speaker 3: It might be. It might be a.

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Speaker 2: Horrible start, But just having him back setting a baseline

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Speaker 2: for where he is That is the exciting part.

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Speaker 1: Well, after tonight's victory, I hope everybody listening in Braves

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Speaker 1: Country has a shwell of a day tomorrow with swelling

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Speaker 1: back on the man and if he can get the

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Speaker 1: job done, you can stride on endo work on Wednesday

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Speaker 1: with a smile on your face with Spencer Strider going

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Speaker 1: for a sweep on Wednesday. It has been absolutely awesome.

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Speaker 1: The happiest man in America right now is Stephen Tolbert

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Speaker 1: from experience in this podcast with me, Steven, besides the

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Speaker 1: appreciation that you have for me right now, anything else

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Speaker 1: that you want to say to wrap up this edition

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Speaker 1: of the Hammer Territory podcast.

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Speaker 2: That was beautiful. That was that was unbelievable. Yeah, great win.

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Speaker 2: You and I have actually got to do a couple

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Speaker 2: of wins, which is you know, not a given considering

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Speaker 2: they've only got five of them. So fun podcast. We

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Speaker 2: love talking about wins. I love talking about Austin performances.

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Speaker 2: I love watching Austin Riley just destroy baseball's especially when

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Speaker 2: there's two or three guys on that that is music

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Speaker 2: to my soul. And watching the Braves just get an

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Speaker 2: easy win tonight was it was It's just so much

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Speaker 2: fun when this team is playing the way they should play,

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Speaker 2: and it makes it so much, you know, so much

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Speaker 2: more frustrating when they don't. So here's to the Braves

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Speaker 2: use this. I don't think they've won two games in

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Speaker 2: a row all year.

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Speaker 1: So you know what the key is.

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Speaker 3: You know what key is.

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Speaker 1: The last time that we talked about this last week,

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Speaker 1: it was hashtag bring it home for Brad. We're going

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Speaker 1: to go hashtag breed too home for Brad because then

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Speaker 1: that means on Wednesday that he'll be able to podcast

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Speaker 1: about two straight victories. Bring hashtag bring too home for Brad,

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Speaker 1: make it go viral Braves Country.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, our next podcast will be on Wednesday after the game.

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Speaker 2: It'll be Scott and Brad. So it would be awesome

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Speaker 2: to not only win two in a row, but to

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Speaker 2: win three in a row for the first time this

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Speaker 2: year and really actually get on a roll. That's that's

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Speaker 2: the next goal. The offense has shown life, the rotation

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Speaker 2: has shown life, but now let's actually get on a roll,

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Speaker 2: start stacking some wins, get back to five hundred and

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Speaker 2: then we can really get going on this season. And

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Speaker 2: great win tonight. Here's to two more in the next two.

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Speaker 1: Days absolutely and we can't thank you enough again for

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Speaker 1: all of our listeners. I know that it has not

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Speaker 1: been that fun of a start to the season, but moments,

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Speaker 1: but the struggles so far make successes like tonight even

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Speaker 1: more fun to talk about. And today, you know, just

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Speaker 1: be able to experience. Can thank you enough for supporting

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Speaker 1: Hammer Territory. You can find myself Sean Coleman at stats SCC,

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Speaker 1: on Twitter, slash x. You can find Stephen Tbart at

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Speaker 3: Across social media.

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Speaker 1: Part of the Foul Territory family of podcasts. Absolutely wonderful

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Speaker 1: lineup of podcasts. When it comes to the Foul Territory

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Speaker 1: however you enjoy your baseball content. For Steven Tlbart, my

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Speaker 1: name is Sean Coleman, Go Braves. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: again next time here on the Hammer Territory podcast