1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Bryce Harper and welcome to the Philly Show. 2 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, Welcome to The Philly Show with Ruben Amaro Junior, 3 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 2: Jim Salisbury, Todd Z A lucky. It is the morning 4 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 2: after Game three of the National League Division Series, a 5 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: seven to Phillies loss. The Phillies, gentlemen, on the brink 6 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: of elimination, some around earlier than they finished last season, 7 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: two rounds earlier than they finished two years before. They're 8 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,959 Speaker 2: in a spot that I'm sure they never imagined when 9 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 2: they all got together in spring training in February. You know, 10 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 2: they they expected to get to the World Series, win 11 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: the World Series, and now they're in such a bad spot. 12 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: When I watched that game last night, I don't know 13 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: what if there was this particular moment for you guys, 14 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: but for me, it was that sixth sitting at bat 15 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: with Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber's works a walk, Trey Turner 16 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 2: works a walk on five pitches, like four of those 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 2: pitches were all way out of the zone, and then 18 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: Bryce Harper goes down swinging on three pitches and I 19 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 2: was like, oh, that's that's not a good sign. And 20 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: certainly it wasn't Reuben. When you look back at that game, 21 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: it was there a particular moment for you that that 22 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: jumped out. 23 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 3: Well, that was certainly one of them, there's no question 24 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 3: about that, and that was a big one. I mean, 25 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 3: how many teams in the playoffs have two guys get 26 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 3: on via walk in the beginning of an inning when 27 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 3: you have your one and two hole guys and then 28 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 3: your three, four, five coming up and not score. And 29 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: that's one of the things that's sort of over the 30 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: last half of the season has really sort of plagued 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 3: the Phillies, the situational hitting, their ability to their ability 32 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 3: to put together and strange gather quality at bats back 33 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 3: to back to back. I just saw Harper in that situation. 34 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,839 Speaker 3: He really struggled with the angle from Sean Mania Sean 35 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 3: and I dropped down his angle. There's been a lot 36 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 3: of talk about, you know, what he did in the 37 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 3: adjustment he made in the middle of the season based 38 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: on you know, watching Chris Sale and from July thirtieth on, 39 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 3: he watched him on July twenty fifth, he implemented in 40 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 3: July thirtieth and then from then on he's been outstanding. 41 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: That said, that's one of those situations where he's got 42 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 3: to make have at least a productive out, but he 43 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 3: ended up swinging at a change up and then a 44 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 3: couple of breaking balls that were pretty tough ones. The 45 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 3: last one was well off the plate and it was 46 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 3: just you know, that was a that was a difficulty 47 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: bat for the team. And then you know, rarely do 48 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: you see Schober make based running mistakes. Line drive from 49 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 3: casianos to second base, low line drive. You know, Schober's 50 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 3: not a very fast runner, but he's a good base runner, 51 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 3: and he's an intelligence base runner gets doubled off and 52 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 3: that sort of took the wind out. 53 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 4: Of their sales. 54 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 3: But I think the biggest thing for them is in 55 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: the early part of the season they were getting out 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 3: to early leads, just pounding people with early leads and 57 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: get getting on that starting pitching. And it's been a 58 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 3: long time since they've done that consistently. They have not 59 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 3: been able to get early leads and give that starting 60 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 3: pitcher a breather. There's no breather for the starting pitcher. 61 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 3: He has to be perfect right now, and that is 62 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 3: a super difficult position to put them in, especially when 63 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: you have guys who are vulnerable like Aaron Nola to 64 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 3: the home run, and you saw that happen yesterday with 65 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 3: the single home runs. And really I thought Aaron pitched really, 66 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 3: really well. He made two mistakes. I don't understand why 67 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 3: they're trying to throw in not trying to throw in 68 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 3: on on Alonso, They're letting him get extended. 69 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 4: He hit a home run to right. 70 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 3: He's hit got three home runs to right and the 71 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 3: lasts like five or six games, I mean, and then 72 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 3: he keeps kind of pound them away. And then he 73 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 3: then and he threw it like basically a two to 74 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: one fastball right down the middle, which is where JT 75 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 3: was setting up for that against Winkers. They mean, I 76 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 3: saw the setup and it's literally set up right down 77 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 3: the middle of the plate on that two to one pitch. 78 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 4: And how often do you. 79 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 3: Do that with a guy like Nola or Wheeler or 80 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 3: Sanchez or Suarez. You just don't ever do that set 81 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 3: up in the middle of the plate. And that's what 82 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 3: they did. And uh, and he whacked it out of 83 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: the ballpark. I mean, they served up two cookies and 84 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 3: there down to nothing. 85 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 5: I mean, maybe are they did he not set up 86 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 5: in because they don't have confidence he can execute the pitch, 87 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 5: and I raised that because you go to that sixth 88 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 5: inning and the Harper at that and seean Maniah opens 89 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 5: up Harper with a change up, uh, and he kind 90 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 5: of you know, and a left on left change up, 91 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 5: and that pitch takes a lot of confidence to throw, 92 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 5: and it set up that hole at that. Now he 93 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 5: he goes away in a way and he gets them, 94 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 5: and that was a big turning point there. 95 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 3: I just don't know, I think and listen, I think 96 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 3: I thought I thought Aaron Ole was commanding the pitch 97 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 3: pitches fairly well. But if I mean, if I'm gonna 98 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: get beat why not get beat away? I mean, pitch 99 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 3: them away, play them away if you're gonna and they 100 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 3: put they set up on that particular pitch. 101 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 4: I'll go back and look at it again, I just 102 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 4: because I did. 103 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: And JT set up literally right down the middle on 104 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 3: a to one pitch was just war course right there. 105 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 3: Threw it right to the glove and it was a 106 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: crushing I wasn't I don't really understand what. 107 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 4: Was going on there, whether he was trying to just 108 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 4: get a strike or what. Anyway, there was a lot 109 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 4: of there's a lot to unpack there. That it has 110 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 4: been terrible. They have not well, you know, the at 111 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 4: bats have been horrible in an early part of the 112 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 4: early part of the game. Alec Holme's lost. 113 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 3: I mean, you have all types of stuff going on 114 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: right now where you're just not you're not getting what 115 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: you need out of your guys, and uh, and it's 116 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 3: and you got and and the Mets are playing good baseball, 117 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 3: and you got to give them because they're playing really good, 118 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 3: really good baseball, they're coming up with gigantic two out 119 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 3: hits at the same time. To think about when the 120 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 3: Boston Redstots won their World Series. 121 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 4: What was it in twenty eighteen. 122 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: I mean, I think there was a team that had 123 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 3: the most two out RBIs in all of baseball, particularly 124 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 3: in the postseason. When you do that, man, it is 125 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 3: a backbreaker for teams. And uh, you know, Marte did 126 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 3: it yesterday, did the Phillies. 127 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 5: And the Phillies had a bunch of them in Game two. 128 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 5: But I will point out they've only had four good offensive. 129 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 4: Innings in three games. 130 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 5: And you know, they have been inconsistent really since early June. 131 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 5: So it's not surprising really the inconsistency we're seeing offensively 132 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 5: because we all talked about it going in. That was 133 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 5: our biggest fear coming into this series. So it. 134 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: Does just remind me of the past what we've been 135 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 2: watching for the past few month. I mean, this series 136 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 2: just looks like late September when they were up here 137 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 2: not get being able to put any string any hits together. 138 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: You know, it looks like August. It looks like July 139 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: to me. 140 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: And you know, then you sit there and go, okay, 141 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 2: Game four Wednesday night at City Field, you just don't 142 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 2: have a great feeling about this team's ability to string 143 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: together a big inning early. I mean, they certainly can 144 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: do it, they definitely can do it. But it just 145 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: the more you watch this team coming down the stretch 146 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: like oh okay, maybe this is you know, it kind 147 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 2: of reminds me a little bit of the end of 148 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: the twenty eleven season. I think there were some concerns 149 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: about the offense right going in, and they just weren't 150 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: hitting the ball that great and man, maybe Hunter Pence 151 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 2: can provide some punch and then it just it just 152 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 2: didn't happen. You know, like a couple of balls to 153 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: go to the warning track, but the caught, you know, 154 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 2: a couple of hard hit balls. The first inning they 155 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: crushed three balls, one in the air, two on the ground, 156 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: all outs. 157 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: They just sit there and go, Yeah. 158 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 5: They have to figure out a way tonight game four 159 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 5: to get the ball into Wheelers' hands for Game five. 160 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 5: But it's gonna be a very tall order with the 161 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 5: way this team chases, because you know, Quintana is a 162 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 5: guy that tries to get guys out or make guys 163 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 5: get themselves out by chasing, and this team is so 164 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 5: prone to it. You know, Quintana might be a bad 165 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 5: matchup for this team. If he's missing his spots and 166 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 5: he's over the plate, they'll hit him. But if he's Quintana, 167 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 5: they're gonna have trouble. 168 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 4: Absolutely, You're you're right at You're spot on. 169 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 3: I mean they've had trouble with him in the past 170 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 3: because of that, because he knows how to pitch, he 171 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 3: knows to stay off the plate enough to let other 172 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 3: people get themselves out. 173 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,479 Speaker 4: To a great point, Jim. 174 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 3: You know, one of the things I think about with 175 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 3: this lineup is that, you know, you don't have a 176 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 3: whole lot of guys who are great hitters. 177 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 4: They are dangerous hitters, and. 178 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 3: They have power, but when a guy like Alec Bohm 179 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 3: is not going well. 180 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 4: He's one of their real good hitters. 181 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 3: I mean, he's he's a you know, he's a two 182 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: seventy five to three hundred, you know type of a 183 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 3: hitter who can use you know, go gap to gap. 184 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 3: Right now, he's lost, and that crushes them because they don't. 185 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 4: Have a guy in the middle of that lineup. 186 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 3: Who are other than Harper, who's a hitter, who's a 187 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 3: guy that you know that will work and grind in 188 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 3: at bat. They don't have a Jose Iglesias who's in 189 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 3: grinding at bats out, who's putting balls in play, who's 190 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: working Brandon Nimmo, who grinds out at bats and makes 191 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 3: the picture work and makes him throw strikes and stays 192 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 3: in the strike zone. They have a lot bunch of 193 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: hackers and slashers basically who who can hack and slash 194 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 3: really really well when they're going well, but they can 195 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 3: be they're also very very exploitable, which is exactly what's happening. 196 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 3: And again it's going to be after like a level 197 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 3: of patience and taking swings at and making good hard 198 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 3: contact on pitches that they're supposed to make gar contact 199 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 3: with and that's really the formula, and it's not happening 200 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 3: right now for the Phillies because they don't have They 201 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 3: don't have like the classic You would think that Bryson 202 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 3: Scott would be that guy, that the guy like Marsh 203 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 3: would be that guy, but they just haven't been those 204 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 3: guys in the latter part of the seasons. 205 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 5: Boombs drop off to me is as confounding as Rangers wis. 206 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 4: I totally agree with that. 207 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 5: And two made you know, I know they're there, so 208 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 5: this word sounds funny, but two major losses. 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If Ranger Suarez can just discovered that 236 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 2: October magic the past two years, you know, maybe they 237 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 2: can have a shot. But really, I think you're going 238 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 2: into it going can he get four in it? Can 239 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 2: they get four innings out of him? Does he get 240 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 2: through the lineup once and then go to the bullpen. 241 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: But here's the problem. I mean, Jose Ruiz Ryan kirk Ring. 242 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: You know, the bullpen is not pitching well, so it's 243 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 2: a really, really tall challenge for him. What do you 244 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 2: guys expect out of Ranger tonight or what's what's the 245 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 2: best case scenario for Ranger besides putting up zeros? 246 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,719 Speaker 5: The best case is that he pulls one out of 247 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 5: you know what, because I don't have a ton of 248 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 5: confidence and you know, Ranger, he could be a touch 249 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 5: and field guy and he hasn't pitched him what eleven days? Okay, 250 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 5: I know the bullpen, that's fine, but he don't. I 251 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 5: don't think he's pitched since that Washington series and he 252 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 5: got lit up there and I guess you could pull 253 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 5: a rabbit out of him. But what we saw and 254 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 5: you know, late in the season doesn't inspire a lot 255 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 5: of confidence. And then handed, you know, handing the ball 256 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 5: off to the bullpen the way they're going doesn't inspire 257 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 5: a lot of confidence. They're gonna have to They're gonna 258 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 5: have to hope Quintana's over the play and they just 259 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 5: outslugged this team, and I don't know if that's true. 260 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 2: Right, So real quick, I'm gonna ask you this question, Rubin, 261 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 2: so the Phillies have said, Ranger, he pitched two innings 262 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: in that inner squad game last week, and what they've 263 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 2: told us is, Man, he looked really good in those 264 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 2: two innings. 265 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: He looked really good in those two innings. 266 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 2: Is that if you were in that spot in telling 267 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 2: the media that, I mean, how much is that is 268 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 2: actually truth? 269 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: Not that's saying that they're making it up or anything, But. 270 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 2: Is that Can you take anything out of pitching well 271 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 2: in two innings in an inner squad game last Wednesday 272 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: at Citizen Bank Park with nobody in the stands? Is that? 273 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 2: Could that possibly make you feel confident as a general manager, 274 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 2: or as a manager or as a teammate. If he 275 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: goes out and throws well in two innings in an 276 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 2: intersquad game. 277 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 3: Well, it can give you some level of confidence, But 278 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 3: it really doesn't tell you much about whether or not 279 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 3: he's going to be able to, like go like more 280 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 3: than two or three innings, because they really sort of 281 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 3: need him to go as long as he possibly can 282 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 3: and be effective for as long as he possibly can. 283 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 4: Know, velocity doesn't mean any enemy. 284 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 3: Is the way the ball's coming out of his hand 285 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 3: and the life he has on the pitches and his ability. 286 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 3: You know, his ability physically to be able to make 287 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: his pitches. I just don't know that he is in 288 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 3: the same physical condition to be prepared to pitch the 289 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 3: way he pitched in the first part of the season. 290 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 4: In the first part of the season, he was in 291 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 4: great condition. 292 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 3: It was the first time he ever had a full 293 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 3: spring training where he got his legs underneath him, his 294 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 3: body was in a good position. 295 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 4: His back flared up. 296 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 3: He wasn't able to do whatever conditioning stuff he needed 297 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 3: to do with his hips, his lower half, whatever the 298 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 3: case may be, to sustain that. When he came back, 299 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 3: never went out on a rehab assignment. 300 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 4: I get it. 301 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 3: I know why they do it. Now I don't. I 302 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 3: guess I shouldn't say I get it because I don't 303 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 3: get it. 304 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 4: I think he's a. 305 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 3: Guy who probably should have gone out and thrown like 306 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 3: two or three games to get himself back into a 307 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 3: physical space to be ready to pitch in this environment 308 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 3: right now. 309 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 4: He did not, and so now he is. 310 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 3: You're hoping that he can come back and have the 311 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 3: life on the stuff he has his life on, his fastball, 312 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 3: change up, breaking ball, everything In the first part of 313 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 3: the season, was as good as anybody's in baseball. He 314 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 3: was a cy Young Award candidate and maybe the best 315 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 3: left tended. We're talking about Tarrek Scougle right now, we're 316 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 3: talking about Chris Sale, and we're talking about Zach Wheeler. 317 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 4: This guy was a cy. 318 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 3: Young Award candidate and he was as good as it 319 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 3: was as you can get. And then physically now he's 320 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: not able to be that guy. 321 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 4: That's sort of inexcusable. 322 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 3: That said, Probably a lot of it had to do 323 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 3: with the fact that he was not able to do 324 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 3: things because of his back. 325 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 4: The back means a lot. Back affects the lower half. 326 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 4: Lower half affects your. 327 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 3: Ability to to you know, to to be effective, and 328 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 3: you know, and you're hoping against hope right now that 329 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 3: he can he can do just what he does now. 330 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 4: If there's anybody who can do it, Metalie, it's him. 331 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 4: If there's anything, because he can. He can be robotic, 332 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 4: he can be like a cliff League. 333 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 3: He can be a robot sometimes out there because the 334 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 3: things don't things don't affect him. And I think that 335 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 3: the Phillies are hopeful that he can do that. 336 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 2: I could walking out of it when he was packing 337 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 2: up and getting out of the clubhouse history, he almost 338 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 2: he had that typical kind of like ranger. 339 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: I don't say smirk, but just kind of like, you know. 340 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 2: It's a little swag going. He's getting his stuff together leaving, 341 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 2: and he kind of had a little smile on his 342 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: face and a little less than a smile, but you 343 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, he had that Ranger like you said, 344 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 2: that Ranger swag. So he didn't seem to be sweating 345 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 2: bullets walking out of the ballpark last night. And you 346 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 2: know he won't be getting on the mound. It's just 347 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 2: what guy are you going to get? 348 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 5: Nobody you mentioned you Todd, You mentioned that Rob said 349 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 5: he threw the ball really well on the Answer squad, 350 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 5: But who knows. I mean that comment might have been 351 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 5: as much for Rangers consumption and Rangers confidence as anything. 352 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 5: And this whole thing about yeah, you know, the conditioning 353 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 5: in the lower half. Okay, he's been back for weeks. 354 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 5: He's had more than enough rehab starts. They've just been 355 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 5: at the big league level. He needs to go back 356 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 5: in time, you know, to April, May and June tonight 357 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 5: and kind of team with with with a rabbit out 358 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 5: of his hat. He's got to give him five. I 359 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 5: don't know if he can give him any more than that, 360 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 5: but they've got to hit for him, They got to 361 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 5: hit for everybody. Give these guys some margin for error. 362 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 5: And you know this, I don't have a lot of 363 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 5: confidence there because of just what we've seen, the inconsistency 364 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,479 Speaker 5: in the second half, the inconsistency in this series. Like 365 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 5: I said, they've had four decent innings in this series, and. 366 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 2: Also, like you never, you know, it's not good when 367 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 2: going into game four, you're sitting there going, should West 368 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 2: and Wilson start and left field either? I mean, it 369 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 2: sounds like that is a possibility, but you know, you 370 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 2: know my point, you know what I'm saying, it's when 371 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 2: you're going into game four, it's it was like last year, 372 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 2: everybody killing Johann Rohas. And yes, he was terrible offensively 373 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 2: last year, so bad four for forty three, one walk, 374 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 2: fifteen strikeouts. But if the other eight guys are doing 375 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: their job, it doesn't matter what Johann Rojas is doing. 376 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 2: If you're sitting there going, maybe we need to play 377 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 2: weston Wilson to help this offense out in game four? 378 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 2: What what are we doing what's what is happening right now? 379 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: Something else is really not going well. 380 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 5: Same thing with Sosa, Same thing with say because your 381 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 5: boys haven't been your boys, So now it's gonna be 382 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 5: West and Wilson and we're gonna put the blame on 383 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 5: the center fielder, and you're gonna put the blame on 384 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 5: Austin Hayes. The big boys need to be the big boys. 385 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 4: No question about it. You guys hit the nail on 386 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 4: the head. 387 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 3: The guys in the first five, the five positions in 388 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 3: the lineup can't just go, you know, one hit, no 389 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 3: extra base hits. You have you know, four pitches and 390 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 3: out and that stuff can't happen because if it does, 391 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 3: the season's over. They have to be the guys, and 392 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 3: you can you can talk about it till you're blue 393 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 3: in the face. 394 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 4: Should stop play? Should this guy play? Should boone play? 395 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 3: Guess what, guys, those guys who are paid millions upon 396 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 3: millions of dollars, they have to play and they have 397 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 3: to produce because they're not pitching around all of them, right, 398 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 3: they can't pitch. 399 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 4: Around all of them. I mean, somebody's gonna have to produce. 400 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 2: It's the old Uh yeah, it's the old like Michael 401 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 2: Martinez thing. Remember into five guy, everybody everybody hated your 402 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 2: Ruben because he had Michael Martinez. 403 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, because you're a good little athlete and he and 404 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,239 Speaker 3: all he did run around the field and do you know, 405 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 3: try to try to do as much. 406 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 1: As that sunk the twenty eleventh Phillies. 407 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's He's definitely the reason. 408 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 1: But I meant point being, you know, I guess I 409 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 1: made it. 410 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 2: You know, just you know, those those last guys in 411 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 2: the bench are not going to make or break the Phillies. 412 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 2: You know, they need they need some good innings from Ranger. 413 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 2: They need the bullpen to not do what it's been 414 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 2: doing the first three games. Would you would you throw 415 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 2: Christopher Sanchez out there tonight? 416 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 1: I mean it would be he threw a bullpen. 417 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 4: He threw a bullpen yesterday. Someone said, but listen, I'm 418 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 4: all hands on deck. In fact, I wanted to a 419 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 4: little it, which is Wheeler. I was Wheeler rail one. 420 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 3: I think they Rob Tobbins had asked about that and 421 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 3: he said, hey, everybody's available, and I believe in that. 422 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 3: I mean, listen, you got to be able to you 423 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 3: got to be able to be hands on. Everybody has 424 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 3: to pitch and be ready to pitch. 425 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 4: And I get it. 426 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 3: Maybe it's maybe Wheeler can't go on Friday because of it, 427 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 3: but you can't get the. 428 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 4: Friday unless you went on, unless you win tonight. 429 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 5: So they need one of those efforts like in twenty 430 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 5: twenty two when they beat the Braves. Remember they used 431 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 5: like six pictures, seven pictures. They had no walks, fifteen k's. 432 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 5: I'm not saying it'd be that extreme, but you're gonna 433 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 5: need multiples all to be on top. 434 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 3: Of the game, no doubt, no doubt. And you're right 435 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 3: about that, Jim. I mean, these guys have to score 436 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 3: some runs. Man, they got to give they give somebody 437 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 3: a breather. Everybody talks about. 438 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 4: Well it's Aaron Nola's falling the bullpen. Well guess what 439 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:34,359 Speaker 4: guys They had five hits, Yeah, zeros. And it's a 440 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 4: big ballpark. 441 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 3: It's not like you know, it's a place you can 442 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 3: you can do some damage. And I think the one 443 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 3: saving grace I think that they might have is that 444 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 3: they've already seen a left hander. They just saw a 445 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 3: left hander who has sort of similar types of stuff. 446 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 3: I mean, it's a little different because seanman I is 447 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 3: coming from a different angle. But they sinking ton on 448 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 3: a lot. They just saw Searmanyah, maybe they're poised to 449 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 3: be able to make the adjustment that are necessarily against. 450 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 4: Who knows. That's the beauty of baseball, baby. 451 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 5: Early leads are when you get an early lead, you 452 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 5: put a lot of pressure on the imposing team. Now, 453 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 5: I know you can say, well, they got an early 454 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,959 Speaker 5: lead in game one, schwar Worth. I mean, there's no 455 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 5: better way to start a game, and they but they 456 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 5: didn't can They didn't sustain that pressure. They need to 457 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 5: put up a funny looking number early in the in 458 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 5: the in the game tonight, just to again like in 459 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 5: Game two when they when they came alive, they JT said, 460 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 5: we finally were able to breathe. Well, they need to 461 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 5: put up an early lead tonight, a decent sized early 462 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 5: lead where they can breathe and then sustain because they 463 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 5: you know, build some confidence and they're not press them 464 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 5: and and it allows them to sustain because they're not 465 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 5: just grinding the bat handle. 466 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 4: And they can't stop. 467 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 3: There's like in the early part of the season when 468 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 3: they score early, you got to keep scoring, got to 469 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 3: score a sixth and the seventh and the eighth. You 470 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 3: got to keep scoring, because guess what, Mets aren't going away. Baby, 471 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 3: they're battling, they're grass, they're playing with house money, and 472 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 3: they're playing with confidence, and they're enjoying this time right now. 473 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 3: You see how many joyers on their face. They're they're 474 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 3: loving it and they're believing in themselves. So you got 475 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,959 Speaker 3: to keep pounding at it. And uh and you see, 476 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 3: you know there's tension on the Philly side. There's no 477 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 3: tension on it on the Mets side. And it's a 478 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 3: very difficult game to play with tension. 479 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 4: And I'm more their way go. 480 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: And you need is that the love of the game. 481 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 4: Love of the game. 482 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 5: Yeah, you need to just let it fly. You need 483 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 5: to love it. You need to instead of just saying, 484 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 5: you know, we're we got the way to the world 485 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 5: on us, go out and just love the game and 486 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 5: bathe in it, and get an early lead, and and 487 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 5: bathe in this rivalry, and and and and take great 488 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 5: pleasure in hushing up forty four thousand people and that's 489 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 5: what And get an early lead and see what happens. 490 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 5: If not red, October is going to be quite gray. 491 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 3: So not only that, but that's what Cassianos was saying 492 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 3: at the end of the game yesterday. I mean, that's 493 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 3: what that's what it was all about. You got to 494 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 3: embrace it, man, embrace it and make it happen. 495 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, he says, we've never been closer to the death. 496 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 2: That should make us feel more alive than ever. 497 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 4: It's very profound. He's a deep thinker, man. 498 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: He is a deep thinker. 499 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 2: When he said that, I was like, huh, I'm gonna. 500 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 5: Stick my finger in light sockets more alive. I want 501 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 5: to feel what it feels like to be that close 502 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 5: to death, and I'll never feel more alive. 503 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: Well, we'll see. 504 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 2: We will be back tomorrow whether the Phillies are alive 505 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 2: or dead. We'll find out if they get to get 506 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 2: back to Game five on Friday night. Guys, Thanks a lot, 507 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 2: talk to you, guys. 508 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 8: This is The Philly Show. If you haven't already. 509 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: Please subscribe to The Philly. 510 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 8: Show wherever you get your podcasts. You can also watch 511 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 8: us on our YouTube channel. 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