March 27, 2024 • 48 mins
BASEBALL IS (almost) BACK! Luke Arcaini, Sean Brace, and newest co-host DJ Tonka talk all things Opening Day, new items down at Citizens Bank Park, and more!
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There's breaking ball popped up shadow right, Chica going off, Castiano's coming on
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cases. This is Luke and Ion the Phillies, brought to you by
Fox Sports The Gambler. I wasat that game. Wow, the juices
they're pumping right, Wow, comebaby, Opening Day. That ope got
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me pumped. One more sleep pumped. Let's go, Hello everybody, another
edition of Luke and I on thePhillies Live. We've got a lot of
cool things to get to, ofcourse, Opening Day. One more sleep,
Luke. I think we we havesaid it a few times. We're
here. We're finally right. It'sbeen a lot of we are very close
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now now it is basically we're here. We think it's one day away.
Maybe it's two days away. That'sneither here nor there, right, But
either way, over the next eitherone day or two days, there will
be Phillies baseball that we actually careabout. So not some not some spring
training with the third string outfielders gettingat bats. We got a full starting
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line up at us in the nextforty eight hours. So we're we are,
we are, we are there.We are right, it arrived.
Well, look here's the deal.This is Luke and I on the Phillies.
He is Luke Arcany all things Philliesinsider for Fox Sports, to Gambler
and of course the MLB as awhole. I am Sean Brace and we
got a new person joining the partythis year. We're excited, of course
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to have the great DJ Tanka withus all season long on how great I
am? Come on, man,super stoked to get you involved. Of
course we go back a little waysnow and what you've been able to do
you First of all, there's fiveof you guys that have taken on and
given, in my opinion, justthis new new life to Citizens Bank Park.
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It's just a whole different vibe sincethey added. Uh, the Phillies
DJs. Do you guys have acrew name? Do you guys like just
go by to Phillies DJ Yeah?Pretty much they put out they try to
put out a Spotify playlist of likewhat we played. They call us because
the division and the Phillies that wework for, it is called Fanovision.
I'm actually wearing their sweatshirt they gaveus for opening day. Nice. Uh,
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it's called fan of Vision. DJsis basically what they called us.
So that's maybe it because we're notallowed to say like the O word.
Uh, when when we talk aboutthe Phillies O F F I C I
A l oh got you yeah yeahyeah yeah, got understood and spleeped that
out And when we put this outon the podcast for look, it's exciting
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to get you involved, man,because you're gonna add another element to this
bad boy of course promotions and alittle behind the scenes. You're down there
yesterday you were rocking out with SmoothIs in Center City with the whip rally
and the b Yeah we did whatYeah, that's my boy. It was.
It was one of the fanats.I don't know, but uh,
it was a new guy because likehe's wearing a costume obviously, Like I
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know who it is by how heinteracts with me, right, So uh
this guy like sometimes they'll talk tome and it's so freaking yeah yeah,
yeah, he talks out of hisneck. Yeah, it's the freakiest thing
ever. And he couldn't He didn'tsay anything to me or Smooth And I
was like, Scott, something wedon't know is the usually like well,
like you know, I've interacted withthem both so for so long now,
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so it's like they're like to dude, you know, give me to this
person or you know what I mean, he'll like kind of coach me,
like, well what he wants todo. Uh, but yesterday I was
super silent, like he went fullcharacter. Many children listening. Uh yeah
that Santa Claus. We are inWe aren't over fourteen podcasters. Yeah.
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Yeah, but yesterday it was fun. It was it was just a it
was just a pepper rally that youknow, Comcast is really really loyal to
me and smooth, like we doall their pepper rally where it's Eagles or
Phillies, and the Phillies happily happensto work out because like we work for
them, right, So yesterday wasthis big pepper olly, get the city
involved, and it was super funand it was cold and everybody still showed
up. It's great, great,it's great. Michael Barkan actually gave me
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a great compliment. He wanted meto pass along to the DJs because he
lovest what we're doing at the Yeah. Yeah, it was a great look.
It starts, of course, withthe Phillies having that vision yeah and
saying, you know, like thisis something that could be cool. It's
another thing for you guys to hold, to take it and just run with
it. Yeah, you guys havedone that now. Season three, yep,
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third season four wild, it's wildall right. Now, we're not
going to ask you for all thenew stuff. The tricks of the trades,
guys were all out there. Butwe're excited, of course for this
year. I think you guys didsince you guys got that, they haven't
missed the playoffs. So that's whatwe're saying. That's what we're saying in
the building. Two playoffs run.It's funny there, Yeah, exactly,
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nice work. And they're very superstitiousover there, right. So last season
they kept the playoffs DJ schedule thesame, so if Eddie DJ and I
worked a game, I was backup because they didn't want to mess with
the magic. Me and I werelike five and oh, and we won
our first game together. And whatSmooth's record, to be honest, I
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don't know, but and he's he'sour DJ tomorrow, Smooth. We got
to start with a dumb man.We gotta I don't I don't remember,
but me and Smooth did a gametogether. I think I want to say
we lost them, Not sure.Now we won that I think we might
have won that one. Uh,And to be honestly, all the playoffs
kind of went. Yeah. It'salways you can't even enjoy like the win,
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right with you're the DJ that youcan't know you win, so everybody
around you is going nuts, andbut you're on the headset. That's why
I am. Now they're on theheadsets, like Tom could get ready,
we're gonna come out of this uhyou know home like the wind song.
You're gonna go right into you know, uh dancing on my own and then
you're gonna go right into a clubbanger. I'm like, okay, we
talked Tom Lingo now too. Itfeels like you're it feels like you're working
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the hardest when the people are justdoing the most random stuff like that is
when it's time. Yeah, that'ssports business right there, when you're in
it. And like you can't becauseI do the wings and that's the same
thing, and people will be comeand talking to me. I'm like,
you guys got to realize this earpiece does not stop. Like they're constantly
talking. You can't miss something.Yeah, And we we've had moments first
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season where people miss stuff and youknow, and it's like you can't take
that heads off headset off without tellingthem. I bet, like if I
have to go to the bathroom,I'm like, hey jumping off heads be
right back. Yeah, I meanI'm pretty far from the controller. Games
move faster than them, Oh mydude, Like I I'm I'm pretty quick,
pier, but like I feel likethat when you're in there, you
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can hear the game going next thingyou know, it's two ounces ago?
God is it if that guy's likesometimes the visitor due ups, Like there's
more commercials than Phillies due ups.So it's like, I know I have
a couple. I have a couple, like second leeway, but it's tough,
man, You're always working. Imagineyou guys like the pitch clock,
right, I can't can't well imagineyou're really in favor of that. Well
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earlier but well no, I likebefore I couldn't. Guys have they work
at nights. Yeah, so Ican't double up. Last Like the first
season, I was doubling up andlike taking games like at like gigs after
games, and it was so toughbecause I was getting openers and club owners
were getting mad because like I'm lateand they didn't want the opener that I
put there. It was like reallystressful. So like last year, I
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didn't do any doubles really and myyou know, my bank account suffered from
that. But now with the pitchclock, I know a six forty game,
I can make a nine to thirtystar nice, can I know that
I can do that seven o'clock games? Pushing it like, but I could
definitely make technically maybe make it,but six forty games I'm at a gig.
Definitely. No, it makes doublingup, man, That's where it
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is. Yeah, you know whatI mean. But it makes sense.
And like I said, we're excitedto have you involved this year for Luke
and I on the Phillies again,excited to be here, absolutely, brother,
he is Luke R. Kaney allthings Phillies for us. We're gonna
go over on today's episode, giveyou some predictions for some division winners.
We'll talk some MVPs all that.Of course, with the focus on the
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Phillies. We'll get into those detailsor that breakdown in just a second,
but more on what's taking place atthe Ballyard first of all, and I'm
sure like we're not gonna put tonkin a weird spot here, but let's
just use our brains. Yeah,there is a doppler out there, and
we know how this works. There'sconversations being taken place. The Phillies are
being inundated with phone calls and emailsand and all that. I'm sure that
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they would love to get this game, and that's the goal, but of
course Mother Nature has something else instore. It seems, Luke, the
latest that you heard was what thepossibily five, five thirty six o'clock.
The Phillies will reassess. I don'tknow if they're gonna say, hey,
like, we're not going to playthis game tomorrow. I just don't expect
that to come down at five orsix o'clock. But who knows, because
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Friday does show a beautiful day herein the Delaware Valley. Yeah, it
seems like tonight around five ish,that's when you'll hear at least like the
first update. I don't think,like you said, I don't think they
would just straight up cancel it tonight. But at the same time, it
is a big day tomorrow. It'sbig ceremonies, parade, roads are shut
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down, so that it's opening dayis a big deal at Citizens Bank Park,
so they do know in the backof their head, I think that
Friday is about mid sixties and sunall all day. Yeah, well as
tomorrow is looks like scattered rain,rain all throughout the morning. I mean,
if you're going just based off oflike the weather app then no doubt
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answer would be Friday. But Imean you are gonna most likely lose some
people. Uh, But I don'treally think that's it sucks. I always
like it does stick. I alwaysfelt bad for people where it was like,
you know, they're excited to goa game and then then we change
it, like do you have tolike recall out of work? You do
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you like? Do you like,hey, hey, so I'm gonna come
in today, but I'm gonna usemy call out for tomorrow. You're gonna
have to make a decision. AndI'm sure everybody uses a lot of those
dates up the previous week with themadness that yeah, you know a lot
of people already calling out then.And if I could give you, guys
any like kind of like insight,I'll let you guys know, like anything
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I can tell you. But likeMLB is the one that really controls it
all. I bet. Yeah.I mean so it's like crazy, like
we'll be sitting there stay games tomorrow. Yeah, we'll be sitting in a
Raindoway and like I've been there forRaindoway games and it is awful, like
nothing worse. We make jokes.We make jokes where they're telling me to
play all songs that do with rainand then like they'll give me like topics
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to stay on. It doesn't haveto be hype er anything. It's just
be funny just to give the fanssomething to do. And it's like out
of nowhere, we'll get a message, hey, games postponed tomorrow and we've
already been there six hours. They'refive hours. I'm like, we couldn't
have made this call like five hours. I remember there was a game I
forget exactly who it was against.I think it was later in the season
last year where there was a biglike there was not everybody was happy there.
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There were a lot of people upsethow they handled it, and I
mean it's tough. They obviously don'twant to just cancel the game, but
they have to try and do it. Yeah for everybody, But when it
comes down to it, it's Imean it's the league's decision. Yeah,
at the end of the day,because they got to one, they got
mouse to feed because they have tokeep programming schedules and stuff like that.
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So I totally get it. Butit's still when you're a worker down there,
it's tough. Yeah, it's atough whole nother ballgame. Now,
let's talk about what's new this yearoff the top of your head, And
I do have a great post ufffrom Phillyvoice dot com where the seamous Clancy
went out there and tasted all thenew items at the ballpark. And uh,
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look, man, I'm getting hungryjust looking at this right now.
We've got to readers drop coming inhere. I'm gonna have some readers in
just a little bit. No,that's not available, I don't believe at
the Ballyard, but loaded funnel cakeFriday, Fridy Sunday. I can't wait
un till it's a chee day andI'm working. I'm gonna be all up
in there. Not just mozzarella sticks, we're talking about big motts. These
things look unbelievable. I'm surprised theydidn't roll with that name. Yeah.
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Actually a good day. They gotto consult with me. Moore, Primos,
you're now available. I didn't seethat. Yeah, Primos are now
available at the ball But I'll tellyou the number one item on this list
is a Schwerberger. It looks amazingin honor Kyle Schwerber. Of course.
The it's a new version for twentytwenty four. There's a Frida egg,
anything but a Friday and a burger. I'm in, I'm in, but
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the man a Friday egg got aburger at a ball game though, that's
that's that's that's a messy situation.You're definitely at the top. He said.
The egg wasn't messy at all.That's the trick. Well, it's
fried, so it could you know, the yo could spread if they tap
it, but gotcha they actually theyprobably will. Can you imagine like eating
a burger and egg yo getting allover your jersey? Brought house a broadworst
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sandwich, yepp Man and Manco andManko Pizza. They got some great stuff.
Great. I think the new one'slike right behind me now where I
DJ from. Really think they're onYeah, it's like but it's in the
three hundred, but it's like rightlike above and like behind me. Now
the other one that I would sayfrom what the Phillies are adding this year,
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Tanka, and and I need youto uh see if I can slide
in as fourteen years old because theCastianos jersey or the tank top, the
nick Cas tank top is by farthe best promotion I didn't see any Oh,
it's it's incredible. First of all, I get my I get on
my link, my all, myall, my like stadium insider stuff from
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Luke's page. So this is forfourteen and under, which is unfortunate.
And of course that won't even beclose to fit me no matter if I
get one or not. But theyare really cool for your daughter. Nice.
I appreciate that. Uh but tomorrow, let me ask you what what
do they got cooking? If thisgame does go off? I believe it's
a Philly scarf? Right, yep, that's awesome. Yeah, real quick,
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here's that jersey because that thing ispretty sweet. That ridiculous, it's
legit. They're gonna sell that under. I don't know what I'm gonna have
to do to get that thing,but we're gonna have to figure Fingers is
about, you know, five footsomething, so I'm pretty sure she can
pass it absolutely. Yep. She'sreally good too with like getting us giveaways
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because I can't get anything right.So like she's really good at like being
like hey, like she's so nice, like the super nicest girl on the
planet. So like she's really goodat like getting like more free stuff.
So I'll see if we can geta couple that that's fire tank top is
incredible. I'd wear that. Iwould be super tight. I'm two hundred
and twenty one pounds. Can youimagine me wearing that. I'll actually wear
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that, and I'll do some fanon the street video. There you go,
Brice and stop Bobblehead coming up thisyear. A little bit later,
we got the Ladies bucket hats.We got the Alex bowm T shirts.
Let's see he or what else?We got the Fanatic mittens that is for
children fourteen and under. The oneother item that I just saw looked really
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cool. Oh, sleeveless hoodie.I almost bought a sleeveless hoodie the other
like months and then people were like, dude, whatever you think, don't
do it. Nobody looks good ina sleeveless hoodie. It's fourteen under.
And Bill Belichick Belichick sleeveless hoodie childrenfourteen and under, and that that'd be
called there you go. Yeah,nice, that's April fourteenth, but to
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be a little chilly there as well. But we got some really cool things
going on and of course opening dayhere. Any changes for the Walk Up
music? Do you know this?We didn't get the list yet. No,
no, at least I didn't seeit. We were in there yesterday
like exid if we had to doa run through of everything, well it
was nine had to do the techday, but they like all of us
to come just in case there's abig change in the program, which it's
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a production that a lot of peoplejust sing, we're just DJ. No
right, it's actually big production thatwe're a part of. So like they
liked to have us there so we'reall on the same page. And I
didn't get to see they were allthey were loading stuff to the Walk Up
computer. Because I don't play theWalk Up songs. Oh you don't know,
I play. I played this likethe minute and a half to two
minutes week. I'm sorry, weplay a minute two minutes depending on depending
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on the broadcast. If it's ifit's Apple TV, we get like two
over two minutes. If it's NBC, we get a minute and a half
minute forty depending on home visitor.So like we play that two minutes before
the walk up songs. So likewe play the high energy stuff normally that
when you hear the ballpark rocking,that's usually us, and then the walk
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up song, like you know,Bryce Harper's stuff usually like brings the mood
down. You know, it's areally mood killer. We had to walk
up songs Like last year it's like, oh my god, dude, wait,
are you serious? Bryce Harper's song, there's like mood killer, which
one? What's that? What's thatone song he has? Uh? So
he's got like a fourth back likehis Nelly one pops off? Yeah,
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Like that's really good. Moby issolid. Yeah, but like he's got
the one, isn't it like acontry country song? Yeah? So when
you're up here like one hundred likeLuke, you might not get this,
but Bracewell, it's like one hundredand twenty eight bats from one hundred twenty
eve BEA's for a minute and you'regoing down to like a seventy nine country
song. I got you? Yeah, what are you doing right, Like
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if you have like Alec Bohm songwhere it's like you have like a chant
coming in, that's a good segue, you know what I mean? And
then okay, yeah, like likecome on like those like what are you
picking? And then yeah, that'sI actually got. That's kind of where
I wanted to ask, is what, like what which one? I think
I know the answer, but whichwhich Phillies walk up song do you think
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really gets the stadium going the most? I think I know your answer.
It's I would say number two isdefinitely boom, But the first one is,
uh, what's it? I thinkit stops? Yeah, yeah,
yeah, that's the that's the oneeverybody knows. Everybody loves. It's because
of the chant in the beginning.It's a good segue, right. And
then I actually have a funny storyabout Costiana says he did a Daddy Yankee
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song last year and they didn't knowwhere to queue it up. And I'm
like, oh, you got toqueue up at this part where it's where
who's donahmar Daddy Yankee? And hestarted he starts like like rapping. It
was from Tokyo Drift. At theend of Tokyo Drift and I'm like,
you guys started here already. There. Crowd went actually nuts. He hated
it. No, he wanted tomumble in the beginning, there was nothing,
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just like a nothing. I'm like, what do you want to walk
out through silence? He didn't likeit, but they were. They were
like, yeah, the reason behindthat that nobody knows of and nobody out
will Yeah, exactly. So it'sfunny. As soon as they don't like
one thing we do, we knowabout it immediately. There's a phone next
to my producer. And if thatphone goes off and it says something they're
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mad about something, it's crazy.It's really crazy. Well, yeah,
look, you know you got alot of loyal fans. Yeah, she's
a ticket holders of course, theownership is in the building. Yeah.
And then oh, by the way, the players, we were testing out
the new Subwulfers yesterday and we gotin trouble because it was too loud.
Wow, because there was a lotof meetings going on yesterday. Yeah,
so they were like, oh,it's too loud, you got to turn
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it off. You gotta come backwhen no one's here. They put more
subs into the stadium. Wow.Yeah, that's one thing you probably didn't
know. No, definitely there is. There was nineteen last year. There's
a lot more now. So Idid a podcast with a bakery and horsehom
called Locials. Yes, uh,what's I recorded on Monday? She was
like, my seat isn't behind thesub Wilfer and she said the drink like
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shakes like like Graassic Car. Sowhen that base is rocket in that stadium,
you're gonna know why. I don'tknow. That was supposed to be
a surprise for every day, butthere's more substance. Well, now we
know. They can tell you aboutthe screen, the app, the new
the new screen behind Castianos. Ican tell you about thee see And that's
the type of information you're only gonnaget right here on Luke and I on
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the Phillies music related on the Gambler. That's right. No, it's exciting,
man, and we're stoked. LikeI said the opening day, whether
it goes off today tomorrow, baseballis here and the expectations are through the
roof for this team and will continueto raise just with how well that they're
gonna come out and play. Ireally do think that it's going to have
a different feel compared to what wewent through last year, and for me
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personally, I know I talked aboutthis with you, Luke, but Tanka,
I just if we're gonna sit hereand say that Zach Wheeler is a
top three pitcher in baseball, whichhe is, and Aaron Nola is as
good as he is, of courserange as Suarez like. The expectations have
now changed so much so that whenwe go over our futures for this year,
I do have the Phillies winning thisdamn division. I do. I'm
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not giving a division to the Braves. The Braids are great, I'm not
going to do that here. I'mgonna take the Phillies to win this division.
You're gonna find out after this series, to be honest to what it's
gonna look like, because we're goingagainst their top three pitchers right off the
rip. You know, Yeah,you're gonna know. And I think it's
gonna be one of the seasons I'vebeen saying I think the whole time is
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if they get off to a hotterstart, there's no reason they can't win
the division. The month that haskilled them the last three years is the
month of May. I think they'reat least eight games, eight games under
five hundred in the in May,since like twenty twenty, the month of
May kills them. Every year Aprilthey always get off to a pretty good
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start. May they collapse, andthen by June first, they're like eight
or nine games under five hundred.If they just play like five hundred baseball
going to June first even better thanthat. Right, all they really need
to do is just stay around fivehundred. I mean we did last year
exactly then, and that NLE Eastis one thing. But I can see
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right if they play how they playedfrom June to October last year for a
full season, this team could winone hundred games. Like this roster is
built to. If they play thefull one sixty two season, they can
win one hundred games from June first. On the last two seasons they've been
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over one hundred win pace. It'sall about those first two months. I
saw someone's post. Was it yousomeone? It was someone that posted that
they predicted how many wins were weregonna have? Is it you might have
been? Yeah? Somebody posted withthey they guessed ninety seven wins to number.
Yeah. I mean I have theirI mean their win total to me
is extremely disrespectful. I got ityesterday, eighty nine and a half.
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I'm taking the over. I'm goingI'm going with your hat, Luke in
ninety six. It's good number,it's great numbers even Yeah, I mean
it's just I think, once again, Sean, I think they're just they're
too good. They're too good tobe like fourteen games behind the Braves like
they were last year. I justdon't think that's gonna happen. They won
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one hundred and four games last year, the Braves, they had five guys
hit over forty home runs. Theywere like they had one of the best
seasons a team has ever had inbaseball. I don't see them getting better,
right, I think they could saymaybe around the same, But like
I don't see marcel A Zuna hittingforty five home runs again this year,
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Like I don't. And Akunya isprobably the best player in baseball. It's
hard to ask gon to just havelike a forty five seventy season again,
Like, I just don't. It'sgoing to be really hard for the Braves
to improve. And if the Bravesmaybe take a step back, maybe four
five games and the Phillies put togethera full season there's absolutely no reason why
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they can't go out and win thedivision. Yeah, I really like what
you said, you know about likethem not being able to hit like that
many home runs and be that performanceagain. Because if you look at like
Rojas, right, he's batting lastin our lineup now, so like when
you're growing up, right, you'rebatting last. You're like, damn,
I need to I get bumped upin this lineup. I gotta start hitting,
you know, I gotta start producing. Imagine if he was started just
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single ball hitting, you know,doubles, singles, doubles, and then
you got you know, Schwerber comingup one DH with a man on line.
That's wild, right, Castiano's bettingwhat seventh? Yeah, it's crazy.
They have such they have a topthree lineup in baseball. It's it's
gross when it's completely on. It'sjust a matter of them all being on.
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And I think that number is anice one for the NLE. So
plus three ten right now in DraftKings, I'm going on right, I'm going
on right now. It makes usebrace as a promo code, all right,
yes, please thank you. TheBraves other than the Dodgers, have
the highest odds to win their division. The Braves right now are minus two
forty. I don't I don't thinkthis divisions a lock. I think it's
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going to be a race between usand the Braves. I don't think anybody
else has a chance, probably withinlike fifteen games. But I don't think
this this NLE East is locked uplike a lot of people think it is
again this year. No, andThat's where I'm at. And look from
the standpoint of the Phillies right there'sdefinitely some dog in them, and they
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know what everyone is saying, andoh that the Braves are automatically going to
win this division. There's gonna besome push pushback from those guys. Now,
it's a long damn season, sono one's going to fool themselves that
you're gonna win eight in April oranything along those lines. The old cliche
is you can't win the championship,but you can lose one. I somewhat
subscribe to that. You know,we've added some more postseason spots here as
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far as wild cards are concerned,So it's just a lot And look the
season where they fired Joe Girardi,the fact that they were able to go
on a run and make the WorldSeries. That clear everything up changed.
That just showed like what they can. I think they won eighty eight games
that year. They like they werelike fourteen games under five hundred when they
got rid of Girardi. Like ifthey just if if they just make those
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first two months five hundred, it'sone hundred win baseball team Like this,
This division to people is just lockedup the second because of the Braves,
And I just don't I don't thinkthat's the case at all. No,
I'm right there with you on thatone. So look, the game of
course coming up tomorrow. Let's talka little bit about this from ser Spencer
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Streider versus Zach Wheeler. We've ownedthem. We've owned Spencer Streider, Luke.
Now I'm I'm curious though, becauseyou pull up the numbers here on
draftings sportsbooks. Strider minus won twentyfive plus one on five for Zach Wheeler
seven and a half is your total. It's early in the season. The
Phil's bats were a little little lacklusterdown there in spring training. I'm not
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a big guy that says stuff carriesover from spring into regular season, but
I could see some troubles here,especially going up against a guy like Spencer
Strider. We know what's in hisrepertoire from pitches, and he's supposedly added
on another pitch which is gonna benasty. Your expectations tomorrow for Streider versus
the Phillies lineup is what Luke?I mean. I think he's gonna throw
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a really good game, as healways does. Right. It seems like
he doesn't have many bad games,I believe. I saw his strikeout number.
It's eight and a half last timeI checked. Okay, something like
that. But I think Strider hasa Strider is lined up this year to
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basically walk to the SI unless aguy like Wheeler or another guy can can
can take that from him. Imean, he had an absurd amount of
strikeouts last year. He threw anunbelievable season last year. Granted, how
much does that matter once you getto the playoffs and and and not much
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of it is there? I don'tknow. But he had two hundred and
eighty one strikeouts in one hundred andeighty six innings last year. It's it's
gross, it's it's it's it wasone of the better seasons that I've seen
from a pitcher when it comes tostrikeouts, and he finished fourth in the
Shy Young race last year. Howabout this. Look at this market right
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here for most strikeouts in the majorleagues this year, he's plus one fifty
number one. Gosman is number two, nine to one. Just think about
that drop off from the leader ofthe most strikeouts in the season plus one
fifty to nine under it. Yeah, I mean it's it's as long as
there is no injury. He hewill cruise to that number basically every year
his career. So if if youwant to bet, that's a lock in
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quotes, as long as there's aslong as there's no injury, Uh,
he's going to get to that number. My thing with Strider is he has
killed us in the regular season.The playoff numbers, I get it,
are on the Phillies side, buthe's eight and oh with a one six
rway with seventy two strikeouts against usin eight starts. He has murdered us
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every single regular season game that he'splayed. But you forgot one thing,
Luke, this is a new year, New Year, New year, New
Philly. I love it. Ifyou want to talk Phillies offense tomorrow.
My favorite bet on DraftKings right now. Is Brandon Marsh hit plus one twenty
five? Brandon Marsh has for somereason like owned Spenser Strider. Since Brandon
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Marsh has faced off against him onthe Phillies, there's gonna be some home
run props. I know. Castianosis a big one for tomorrow. At
least he's plus uh six hundred rightnow. Johan Rojas is not listed right
now, so he is listed ona few other books. But yeah,
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I don't really think anybody wants totouch that number tomorrow. You imagine,
can you imagine that that'd be great? It'd be a hot start, and
I think it would make a lotof people. Uh shut the mouse,
non affiliated Trey Turners for twenty fivefor a home run tomorrow, Harper for
seventy five uh a plus three sixtyfor Schwarmer. Uh he's never hit Strider.
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Great. I wouldn't really get onthat number at all. I mean,
if you do want to look atany Braves props, Ronald Acuna is
as he's killed Zach Wheeler in thepast few years. Really yeah, he
he has some really good numbers againstthe last two years. But he's got
good numbers everybody. I think it'sa low scoring I think you look,
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maybe these runs are later in thegame, maybe once Wheeler and those those
those guys are out of there.I don't expect these guys to go eight
to nine innings tomorrow. That's thatjust it never really happens on opening day.
These these guys aren't really ready toready yet for like a nine inning
game. Yep. So maybe youcan look at some late some late Phillies
props first five, if you dowant to lean there, maybe first five.
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I would maybe lean the braves.Yeah, I think, uh,
I think it's gonna be a fairlylow scoring game. I would look at
that under tomorrow. I believe it'sat seven and a half right now.
I mean, if you have thebest two pitchers in the National League on
the mound, I think I thinkthe Unders probably going to be your play
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there. Yeah. The one thingI would tell you is that watching Zach
Wheeler throughout the course of this spring, his stuff is absolutely electric. So
I'm waiting to see some more pitchingprops. I'll check out some strikeout props
because I could just see this gamebeing over in ninety minutes. These two
pitchers is mowing down both lineups.But then to Luke's point, this is
opening day. I don't expect theseguys to go deep into ninth inning whatever
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it may be, so something thatwill definitely be paying attention to. But
if you hang a low number asfar as strikeouts are concerned, I'm gonna
look at Wheeler over Strider. Ido expect Strider to go up, but
I'm sure that that number is gonnabe extremely juiced up. Wheeler will be
somewhat manageable, and that's definitely somethingI'm looking at. Difficult lineup to go
up against with the Braves, butWheeler was insane this spring, and I
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think that carries over to this.I found Rojas's number plus eleven hundred.
Jeez, I bet it to puta ball in play. We'll talk more
about the expectations for this lineup.We're just getting the juices going here,
of course, introducing DJ Tonk involvedwith the three man Weave. Now we're
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gonna be recording a ton over thenext season or over throughout the course of
the season for the Phillies and MajorLeague Baseball, giving you all the latest
what's happening at the Ballyard, allthat more behind the scenes, and of
course Luke, he's are insider forus on the Gambler. We'll talk more
about the x's and o's and ofcourse numbers and ways we can make money.
We will end on that, ifyou would not mind, Let's go
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ahead and fire up DraftKings sports bookand check out what the futures are here,
Luke and Ton, you can goahead and tell us your thoughts as
far as divisions are concerned, butwe're gonna go ahead and give you our
prediction for the twenty twenty four seasonhere. Okay, who's winning the divisions
and who will be the MVP fromrespected leagues? Luke, you want to
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go first here? Yeah, sowe'll start National League I am gonna go
Phillies, National League East plus threeten, National League West. I mean,
I think that one is pretty lockedup with the Dodgers. That's not
really a number. I don't thinkanybody's gonna bet by itself minus four fifty.
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But if you want to put theseall together, then that's another odds
booster there for you. And nowcentral is that this is such a weird
one this year. All of theseteams kind of stink. Uh, there's
there's there's not really one good teamin the NL Central this year, I
would probably lean I think the Cubs, I guess I think the like I
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just don't like any of these theseodds on on on any of these teams.
Maybe the Reds, you know,and I'm gonna go Reds plus three
fifty. I think if the armsare on the mound and been off it,
uh if if they're not messing aroundwith all the injuries in their rotation
like they have the last few years, I think the Reds can win a
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a really bad division American League East. I'm going Baltimore Orioles plus one eighty
five over the Yankees. Before theinjury to Garret Cole, I would maybe
lean Yankees, but I've been onthe Orioles all off season. I think
they only go up from last year. American League. Oh, this is
a fun one. This is probablyI would say the best division race once
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you get to October, just likeit was last year. I'm gonna go
Astros minus one ten. I thinkanytime you take that team and you add
Josh Hater to it, I thinkthey're just gonna be better. So I'm
gonna I'm gonna go Astro's minus one, ten, and then al Central.
I am gonna go with the twins, although I think Detroit is gonna surprise
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a lot of people this year.I think they're gonna be better than they
think. One of their pitchers isactually my vote to win the al Cy
Young this year. So I thinkI will get to those in a few
minutes. And but yeah, that'swhat I got for divisions, Phillies,
Red's Dodgers, Orioles Twins. Andas wonder what shahu Aatani's gonna be on
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show? Hey, Showy, Iwas wondering what you were if you're throwing
me a curb, I said hisname on us. Okay, that's all
right, brother. You know I'mgonna bust your stones over there. That
uh yeah, showey Otani in thatwhole situation, who knows what's gonna happen
there. I do know this much. If he lied, if he fibbed
about anything, he deserves to besuspended. But the Commissioner of Baseball is
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Rob Manfred. It's about as crookedas it gets. He's not suspending anybody.
No, So they're gonna bury this. I don't I'm not gonna sit
here and say cover up. ButI don't expect anything to come from the
investigation. And even if there isa little tweak or a twist of something
here, he still has to answera lot of questions. I don't know
who's doing what as far as coveringit from whatever outlet who can get the
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information. But when it comes tothe Commissioner of Baseball suspending the unicorn,
that is showy Otani. I'm justnot holding my breath. Done it?
Yeah? So all right, hey, Luke, you tell me where you're
at with me here plus one ninetycards taking the Central I'm cool with that.
That's just that is just such atoss up. I just I don't
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even really know. I agree,I don't. I don't really have a
great pick for that. One.Phillis plus three ten in the East,
of course, out in the West, I'm not touching the Dodgers. No,
I'm going with the San Diego Padresplus eleven hundred plus eleven hundred to
take the West. Do I believethe Dodgers are gonna run away to Absolutely,
But I'll take the Padres right now. A little fun there, and
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who wants to cheer on the LaDodgers? All right? Over to the
American League. I'm gonna go withthe Baltimore Orioles in the American League East
plus one eighty five. I'm takingthe Seattle Mariners in the West at plus
two to eighty five. Julio Rodriguez, Baby, let's go this year.
Nice, Okay, come on down, Kansas City Royals. A lot of
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people buzzing right now. I'm nottaking the Twins. I got no interest
in anybody in that division. Giveme the Royals at plus eight fifty.
Like the Guardians are nothing. TheWhite Sox can be terrible. The Tigers
they got some young guns. Everyone'stalking about the Twins. They're boring at
minus one fifteen. So give methe Royals for Major League MVP. On
the American League side, I'm goingJuan Soto six to one with the New
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York Yankees, all right, andthen on the National League side, a
young man by the name of O'NeilCruise five to one, O'Neil Cruz,
let's go. Those are my futuresfor this year. I just locked them
in on DK nothing too crazy,A little sprinkle, just to have it
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registered, Yeah, just to havea registered. Shoot your receipts exactly.
I'm showing I'm flashing up eight wagers? What six eight wagers? Yeah,
I just entered in the middle ofmadness. So yeah, the pocket's definitely
a little light right now. Ifeel you. I stayed away from madness
this year, to be honest,I didn't do a bracket or anything.
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But I'll I'll jump in here.All right, let's see the Central.
You guys are probably gonna laugh,but I gotta go with my I'm gonna
say the Brewers because Reese I thinkhe's gonna give him little spark to her
lineup. You know, you justone. They say one player can't make
a difference, but one player canchange a locker room. So we'll see.
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I wouldn't say the Brewers for theCentral, but like to all yours
points, like who really cares?So Phillies obviously can't go against the squad.
I gotta jump down he because draftKings puts the West all the way
at the bottom. Yeah, it'sweird. I'm gonna go the Diamondbacks there.
Actually, yeah, I have youhave to. You have to look
how they played last year. Ihave to, and at the right time.
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But you know, and anybody butthe Dodgers. But We had a
unit corner up our butt two yearsago, so you know they could.
They could run a baby. They'regonna be another one of us and like
run it back. But for AmericanLeague. You know, everybody hates the
Yankees. But I'm an Orioles guy, a big cal ripkin fam my whole
wife. So I wouldn't go withthe Orioles. But I I really do
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like the Rays too as well.The Rays looked they looked okay in spring
training, so it's like, youknow, spring training, who really cares
is like anything else. So I'mactually gonna I'm gonna go with the Rays
there, you know, because Iwould go with the Rays. Actually,
I'll go with the Rays, andI don't hate it americanly West. Now
this where it gets a little funny, right because it's like the Astros like
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no, like I'm not I don'tcare. No, I'm never picking the
Astros or anything. I don't careif they win a hundred games, I'll
bet a gunst them every game.But I have to uh yeah, uh,
I'm gonna actually go with the TexasRangers there plus two thirty. That
seems like pretty good odds to me. You know, it's midway point,
you know, it's kind of theother side of the coin. So and
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then the central I really like thethe Royals eight fifty. I'm a big
I'm a big far shot kind ofguy. Yeah, you know, do
it. My dad is one ofthose guys that used to go to the
track and bet only on white horsesor silver horses. You know what I
mean. They're like the long shot, right, so the one big payday.
So, but I'm actually gonna gowith the Guardians there plus three fifty.
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All right, nice nice work there. Anything from you MVPs, I
can't find that on here. Awards. Go to awards. I'll give you
a few that I took. Okay, yeah, American League. I went
Julio Rodriguez. He is now Isaw. I got him at ten to
one. He's now down a sixto one now. I also took Bobby
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Witt junior. He is thirteen toone on DraftKings for National League. I
did. I did take Bryce.I think Bryce hits nearly forty homers this
year. I think it's a bigpower year for Bryce now just being over
at first base. Al Cy Young. I took the dude from Detroit uh
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Reek scoopball. I believe he rightnow, he's nine to one, So
that was around when I got him, and then I also took I did
look at Grayson Rodriguez eighteen to one. Uh, he flashed him stuff last
year. That was kind of along shot one for me. If you
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wanna, if you want to havesome fun, gonna sound crazy, I'll
throw like a five dollar bill onit. Ranger Suarez a hunter to one
NL cy Young. I think it'sa big year for Ranger. I think
I think it's a year where Rangerkind of let me just start be there.
Ranger Sarez win as the cy Young? What does that mean from the
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Philly success this year? As faras regular season, they're probably at least
when the NL East they went overone hundred games. I agree, Yeah,
if if Ranger is in the huntfor cy Young, they're gonna be
pushing near the one seed in theNational League probably. I think this is
a year where Ranger kind of putsthe league on notice that he's just like
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another two. Uh, he's notthe Phillies three. If if the Phillies
needed another number two starter, Ithink Rangers going to be able to show
everybody that he is able to dothat. So that's a fun little flyer
there for me. One more thatI have, uh, Reliever of the
Year National League Jose Alvarado fifteen toone. I think those are pretty good
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odds for a guy who was whowas one of the best relievers in the
entire sport last year. He lookedthe last few years. First out,
he looked terrible. Yeah, thoughtwas horrible. And then now top five
reliever in the league last year.So who's that fifteen to one Reliever of
the year excellent? All right,I'm looking at it now. So brace
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you want to go? No,do you? Well? What do you
I'm good. I just did them vps. I don't I'll do the
American League and National League MVP.All right, all right, so American
League, Uh, you know yougot your your top people all the time,
Aaron Judge, bon Soto blubblah blahblah. But I'm gonna go with
a Philly guy. I want togo with the Philly guy. I think
he's got a big year coming.You know, he's been kind of lackluster
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lately. I'm gonna go Mike Troutplus two plus two thousand, Yeah,
because now he hasn't a Botani there. Now he's the guy again. If
he stays healthy, he's always inthe run, right exactly. And I
think I think that's the big thingfor Trout. I think it's a good
year to take odds like that onTrout because all he has to do is
just stay on the field and he'sgonna be in the run every single season.
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Oh yeah, and plus two thousand, that's that's worth it for me.
Uh So, National League. Ireally like Luke's take with Bryce.
But I don't want to be thatguy, you know, like I do
that. You know, I'm gonnalook at this and like you know,
I'm looking through the names, andlike I said, I like long shots.
I'm a big long shot kind ofguy, right because long shots are
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ones to pay the bills, youknow what I mean, One long shot
pays the bills. I'm one ofthose guys that puts like the ten like
parlays in because I won one tenyears ago. Awesome moonshot. That's not
wronging app Yeah, So just lookingat the numbers here, mm hmm Werber
plus ten downs, I can't there. I would never do that. I
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can't do that. Uh see.I can't pick him because he's a Mets
season and Mets. It's like,it's really it's really tough looking at this,
but I'm gonna go with actually,I'm actually saw it with Luke here,
I'm gonna go with Bryce ar Yeah, locking in. Yeah, good
luck on all those plays. Boys. It's gonna be a fun season.
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Believe me. We're gonna be recordinga ton over the weeks and we'll be
busting some stones and and keeping upwith everybody's wagers all throughout the course of
the season. Uh, Luke,I hope that we got a game in
my friend. Enjoy opening day.But bottom line is we'll be back on
Friday talking about it either one wayor the other, whether it's a uh
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recap looking at game two or it'sgame one in the season. So definitely
we got a long way to go. And with that, Tanka, great
to have you on board, myfriend, looking forward to work with you
all season long after me, great, good luck this season. Man,
It's it's a grind for you guys. Yeah, you guys are doing a
bang up job. So please getanybody anybody listening, if you want to
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come say hi. I'm in sectiontwo of nine to two ten split all
the way up? Yep, comesay what up? We're right next to
we're halfway Yeah, we're right outsidethe Hall of Fame club. Yeah,
so yeah, what's up. Youguys got fans now? Yeah, it's
we have time for a funny story. Yeah, sure. So nine is
playing a playoff game, right,and a little kid comes up with a
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like a like a player's card,but it's a picture of me. It
says DJ Tonka on it and itwas framed and she was hoping it was
me so I could sign it.And I was like, did you take
a picture of it or you bustingmy stones here? And he's like,
no, Smooth was there? Cosigned it. I was like, oh
my god. I was like,how cool is that? So we might
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have fans that I don't even knowabout. I was talking about actual fans
over Oh yeah, no, wehave one fan. Yeah yeah, YesYes,
that's my number two biggest fan,my my girlfriend Dutually they're holding the
other one. I thought you weretalking about that, but I think somebody
has a baseball card of you.Yeah, that's what I tell me.
I was like, are you guysyou're kidding? You're like because they know,
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they know I would drop anything todo Phillies games. I'll drop I
will drop like DJ and a weddingtwo thousand dollars to go do a Phillies
right. So I think they werejust busting my stones. And then they
were like, no, dude,this was real. It was. We
were so shocked. We did evenpull our phones out. We couldn't believe
it. She had like multiples pictures. DJ all right, well this fan
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TONK fan. Yeah, please,I want to sign this card. I
want to see it. The DJsdo need their own trading. Yeah.
And I think, you know,as cool as we keep like intertwining and
doing such good times at the ballpark, I think it's's only going to elevate
because we were supposed to be movedthis year. We're being center field this
year center uh and they just didn'thave the budget for it. So we're
just gonna make two oh nine twoten more of a party zone by adding
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like lights and you know more thatwe have a camera on us now,
which is cool. Great, likewe're gonna be We're gonna be promoted a
lot more this year. It needsit needs that, it needs that.
That's great, you know, that'sbecause the attention is there, so why
not shine the light on it?Yeah? Awesome, dude, Well,
good luck this week. You can'twait to see out at the Ballyard and
Luke will be a touching base prettysoon here on the next episode of Luke
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and I on the Phillies. Onceagain, you missed anything. Everything available
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me pumped. One more sleep pumped. Let's go, Hello everybody, another
edition of Luke and I on thePhillies Live. We've got a lot of
cool things to get to, ofcourse, Opening Day. One more sleep,
Luke. I think we we havesaid it a few times. We're
here. We're finally right. It'sbeen a lot of we are very close
(01:11):
now now it is basically we're here. We think it's one day away.
Maybe it's two days away. That'sneither here nor there, right, But
either way, over the next eitherone day or two days, there will
be Phillies baseball that we actually careabout. So not some not some spring
training with the third string outfielders gettingat bats. We got a full starting
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line up at us in the nextforty eight hours. So we're we are,
we are, we are there.We are right, it arrived.
Well, look here's the deal.This is Luke and I on the Phillies.
He is Luke Arcany all things Philliesinsider for Fox Sports, to Gambler
and of course the MLB as awhole. I am Sean Brace and we
got a new person joining the partythis year. We're excited, of course
(01:57):
to have the great DJ Tanka withus all season long on how great I
am? Come on, man,super stoked to get you involved. Of
course we go back a little waysnow and what you've been able to do
you First of all, there's fiveof you guys that have taken on and
given, in my opinion, justthis new new life to Citizens Bank Park.
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It's just a whole different vibe sincethey added. Uh, the Phillies
DJs. Do you guys have acrew name? Do you guys like just
go by to Phillies DJ Yeah?Pretty much they put out they try to
put out a Spotify playlist of likewhat we played. They call us because
the division and the Phillies that wework for, it is called Fanovision.
I'm actually wearing their sweatshirt they gaveus for opening day. Nice. Uh,
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it's called fan of Vision. DJsis basically what they called us.
So that's maybe it because we're notallowed to say like the O word.
Uh, when when we talk aboutthe Phillies O F F I C I
A l oh got you yeah yeahyeah yeah, got understood and spleeped that
out And when we put this outon the podcast for look, it's exciting
(03:05):
to get you involved, man,because you're gonna add another element to this
bad boy of course promotions and alittle behind the scenes. You're down there
yesterday you were rocking out with SmoothIs in Center City with the whip rally
and the b Yeah we did whatYeah, that's my boy. It was.
It was one of the fanats.I don't know, but uh,
it was a new guy because likehe's wearing a costume obviously, Like I
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know who it is by how heinteracts with me, right, So uh
this guy like sometimes they'll talk tome and it's so freaking yeah yeah,
yeah, he talks out of hisneck. Yeah, it's the freakiest thing
ever. And he couldn't He didn'tsay anything to me or Smooth And I
was like, Scott, something wedon't know is the usually like well,
like you know, I've interacted withthem both so for so long now,
(03:52):
so it's like they're like to dude, you know, give me to this
person or you know what I mean, he'll like kind of coach me,
like, well what he wants todo. Uh, but yesterday I was
super silent, like he went fullcharacter. Many children listening. Uh yeah
that Santa Claus. We are inWe aren't over fourteen podcasters. Yeah.
(04:13):
Yeah, but yesterday it was fun. It was it was just a it
was just a pepper rally that youknow, Comcast is really really loyal to
me and smooth, like we doall their pepper rally where it's Eagles or
Phillies, and the Phillies happily happensto work out because like we work for
them, right, So yesterday wasthis big pepper olly, get the city
involved, and it was super funand it was cold and everybody still showed
up. It's great, great,it's great. Michael Barkan actually gave me
(04:35):
a great compliment. He wanted meto pass along to the DJs because he
lovest what we're doing at the Yeah. Yeah, it was a great look.
It starts, of course, withthe Phillies having that vision yeah and
saying, you know, like thisis something that could be cool. It's
another thing for you guys to hold, to take it and just run with
it. Yeah, you guys havedone that now. Season three, yep,
(04:57):
third season four wild, it's wildall right. Now, we're not
going to ask you for all thenew stuff. The tricks of the trades,
guys were all out there. Butwe're excited, of course for this
year. I think you guys didsince you guys got that, they haven't
missed the playoffs. So that's whatwe're saying. That's what we're saying in
the building. Two playoffs run.It's funny there, Yeah, exactly,
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nice work. And they're very superstitiousover there, right. So last season
they kept the playoffs DJ schedule thesame, so if Eddie DJ and I
worked a game, I was backup because they didn't want to mess with
the magic. Me and I werelike five and oh, and we won
our first game together. And whatSmooth's record, to be honest, I
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don't know, but and he's he'sour DJ tomorrow, Smooth. We got
to start with a dumb man.We gotta I don't I don't remember,
but me and Smooth did a gametogether. I think I want to say
we lost them, Not sure.Now we won that I think we might
have won that one. Uh,And to be honestly, all the playoffs
kind of went. Yeah. It'salways you can't even enjoy like the win,
(06:00):
right with you're the DJ that youcan't know you win, so everybody
around you is going nuts, andbut you're on the headset. That's why
I am. Now they're on theheadsets, like Tom could get ready,
we're gonna come out of this uhyou know home like the wind song.
You're gonna go right into you know, uh dancing on my own and then
you're gonna go right into a clubbanger. I'm like, okay, we
talked Tom Lingo now too. Itfeels like you're it feels like you're working
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the hardest when the people are justdoing the most random stuff like that is
when it's time. Yeah, that'ssports business right there, when you're in
it. And like you can't becauseI do the wings and that's the same
thing, and people will be comeand talking to me. I'm like,
you guys got to realize this earpiece does not stop. Like they're constantly
talking. You can't miss something.Yeah, And we we've had moments first
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season where people miss stuff and youknow, and it's like you can't take
that heads off headset off without tellingthem. I bet, like if I
have to go to the bathroom,I'm like, hey jumping off heads be
right back. Yeah, I meanI'm pretty far from the controller. Games
move faster than them, Oh mydude, Like I I'm I'm pretty quick,
pier, but like I feel likethat when you're in there, you
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can hear the game going next thingyou know, it's two ounces ago?
God is it if that guy's likesometimes the visitor due ups, Like there's
more commercials than Phillies due ups.So it's like, I know I have
a couple. I have a couple, like second leeway, but it's tough,
man, You're always working. Imagineyou guys like the pitch clock,
right, I can't can't well imagineyou're really in favor of that. Well
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earlier but well no, I likebefore I couldn't. Guys have they work
at nights. Yeah, so Ican't double up. Last Like the first
season, I was doubling up andlike taking games like at like gigs after
games, and it was so toughbecause I was getting openers and club owners
were getting mad because like I'm lateand they didn't want the opener that I
put there. It was like reallystressful. So like last year, I
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didn't do any doubles really and myyou know, my bank account suffered from
that. But now with the pitchclock, I know a six forty game,
I can make a nine to thirtystar nice, can I know that
I can do that seven o'clock games? Pushing it like, but I could
definitely make technically maybe make it,but six forty games I'm at a gig.
Definitely. No, it makes doublingup, man, That's where it
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is. Yeah, you know whatI mean. But it makes sense.
And like I said, we're excitedto have you involved this year for Luke
and I on the Phillies again,excited to be here, absolutely, brother,
he is Luke R. Kaney allthings Phillies for us. We're gonna
go over on today's episode, giveyou some predictions for some division winners.
We'll talk some MVPs all that.Of course, with the focus on the
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Phillies. We'll get into those detailsor that breakdown in just a second,
but more on what's taking place atthe Ballyard first of all, and I'm
sure like we're not gonna put tonkin a weird spot here, but let's
just use our brains. Yeah,there is a doppler out there, and
we know how this works. There'sconversations being taken place. The Phillies are
being inundated with phone calls and emailsand and all that. I'm sure that
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they would love to get this game, and that's the goal, but of
course Mother Nature has something else instore. It seems, Luke, the
latest that you heard was what thepossibily five, five thirty six o'clock.
The Phillies will reassess. I don'tknow if they're gonna say, hey,
like, we're not going to playthis game tomorrow. I just don't expect
that to come down at five orsix o'clock. But who knows, because
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Friday does show a beautiful day herein the Delaware Valley. Yeah, it
seems like tonight around five ish,that's when you'll hear at least like the
first update. I don't think,like you said, I don't think they
would just straight up cancel it tonight. But at the same time, it
is a big day tomorrow. It'sbig ceremonies, parade, roads are shut
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down, so that it's opening dayis a big deal at Citizens Bank Park,
so they do know in the backof their head, I think that
Friday is about mid sixties and sunall all day. Yeah, well as
tomorrow is looks like scattered rain,rain all throughout the morning. I mean,
if you're going just based off oflike the weather app then no doubt
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answer would be Friday. But Imean you are gonna most likely lose some
people. Uh, But I don'treally think that's it sucks. I always
like it does stick. I alwaysfelt bad for people where it was like,
you know, they're excited to goa game and then then we change
it, like do you have tolike recall out of work? You do
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you like? Do you like,hey, hey, so I'm gonna come
in today, but I'm gonna usemy call out for tomorrow. You're gonna
have to make a decision. AndI'm sure everybody uses a lot of those
dates up the previous week with themadness that yeah, you know a lot
of people already calling out then.And if I could give you, guys
any like kind of like insight,I'll let you guys know, like anything
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I can tell you. But likeMLB is the one that really controls it
all. I bet. Yeah.I mean so it's like crazy, like
we'll be sitting there stay games tomorrow. Yeah, we'll be sitting in a
Raindoway and like I've been there forRaindoway games and it is awful, like
nothing worse. We make jokes.We make jokes where they're telling me to
play all songs that do with rainand then like they'll give me like topics
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to stay on. It doesn't haveto be hype er anything. It's just
be funny just to give the fanssomething to do. And it's like out
of nowhere, we'll get a message, hey, games postponed tomorrow and we've
already been there six hours. They'refive hours. I'm like, we couldn't
have made this call like five hours. I remember there was a game I
forget exactly who it was against.I think it was later in the season
last year where there was a biglike there was not everybody was happy there.
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There were a lot of people upsethow they handled it, and I
mean it's tough. They obviously don'twant to just cancel the game, but
they have to try and do it. Yeah for everybody, But when it
comes down to it, it's Imean it's the league's decision. Yeah,
at the end of the day,because they got to one, they got
mouse to feed because they have tokeep programming schedules and stuff like that.
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So I totally get it. Butit's still when you're a worker down there,
it's tough. Yeah, it's atough whole nother ballgame. Now,
let's talk about what's new this yearoff the top of your head, And
I do have a great post ufffrom Phillyvoice dot com where the seamous Clancy
went out there and tasted all thenew items at the ballpark. And uh,
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look, man, I'm getting hungryjust looking at this right now.
We've got to readers drop coming inhere. I'm gonna have some readers in
just a little bit. No,that's not available, I don't believe at
the Ballyard, but loaded funnel cakeFriday, Fridy Sunday. I can't wait
un till it's a chee day andI'm working. I'm gonna be all up
in there. Not just mozzarella sticks, we're talking about big motts. These
things look unbelievable. I'm surprised theydidn't roll with that name. Yeah.
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Actually a good day. They gotto consult with me. Moore, Primos,
you're now available. I didn't seethat. Yeah, Primos are now
available at the ball But I'll tellyou the number one item on this list
is a Schwerberger. It looks amazingin honor Kyle Schwerber. Of course.
The it's a new version for twentytwenty four. There's a Frida egg,
anything but a Friday and a burger. I'm in, I'm in, but
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the man a Friday egg got aburger at a ball game though, that's
that's that's that's a messy situation.You're definitely at the top. He said.
The egg wasn't messy at all.That's the trick. Well, it's
fried, so it could you know, the yo could spread if they tap
it, but gotcha they actually theyprobably will. Can you imagine like eating
a burger and egg yo getting allover your jersey? Brought house a broadworst
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sandwich, yepp Man and Manco andManko Pizza. They got some great stuff.
Great. I think the new one'slike right behind me now where I
DJ from. Really think they're onYeah, it's like but it's in the
three hundred, but it's like rightlike above and like behind me. Now
the other one that I would sayfrom what the Phillies are adding this year,
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Tanka, and and I need youto uh see if I can slide
in as fourteen years old because theCastianos jersey or the tank top, the
nick Cas tank top is by farthe best promotion I didn't see any Oh,
it's it's incredible. First of all, I get my I get on
my link, my all, myall, my like stadium insider stuff from
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Luke's page. So this is forfourteen and under, which is unfortunate.
And of course that won't even beclose to fit me no matter if I
get one or not. But theyare really cool for your daughter. Nice.
I appreciate that. Uh but tomorrow, let me ask you what what
do they got cooking? If thisgame does go off? I believe it's
a Philly scarf? Right, yep, that's awesome. Yeah, real quick,
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here's that jersey because that thing ispretty sweet. That ridiculous, it's
legit. They're gonna sell that under. I don't know what I'm gonna have
to do to get that thing,but we're gonna have to figure Fingers is
about, you know, five footsomething, so I'm pretty sure she can
pass it absolutely. Yep. She'sreally good too with like getting us giveaways
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because I can't get anything right.So like she's really good at like being
like hey, like she's so nice, like the super nicest girl on the
planet. So like she's really goodat like getting like more free stuff.
So I'll see if we can geta couple that that's fire tank top is
incredible. I'd wear that. Iwould be super tight. I'm two hundred
and twenty one pounds. Can youimagine me wearing that. I'll actually wear
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that, and I'll do some fanon the street video. There you go,
Brice and stop Bobblehead coming up thisyear. A little bit later,
we got the Ladies bucket hats.We got the Alex bowm T shirts.
Let's see he or what else?We got the Fanatic mittens that is for
children fourteen and under. The oneother item that I just saw looked really
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cool. Oh, sleeveless hoodie.I almost bought a sleeveless hoodie the other
like months and then people were like, dude, whatever you think, don't
do it. Nobody looks good ina sleeveless hoodie. It's fourteen under.
And Bill Belichick Belichick sleeveless hoodie childrenfourteen and under, and that that'd be
called there you go. Yeah,nice, that's April fourteenth, but to
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be a little chilly there as well. But we got some really cool things
going on and of course opening dayhere. Any changes for the Walk Up
music? Do you know this?We didn't get the list yet. No,
no, at least I didn't seeit. We were in there yesterday
like exid if we had to doa run through of everything, well it
was nine had to do the techday, but they like all of us
to come just in case there's abig change in the program, which it's
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a production that a lot of peoplejust sing, we're just DJ. No
right, it's actually big production thatwe're a part of. So like they
liked to have us there so we'reall on the same page. And I
didn't get to see they were allthey were loading stuff to the Walk Up
computer. Because I don't play theWalk Up songs. Oh you don't know,
I play. I played this likethe minute and a half to two
minutes week. I'm sorry, weplay a minute two minutes depending on depending
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on the broadcast. If it's ifit's Apple TV, we get like two
over two minutes. If it's NBC, we get a minute and a half
minute forty depending on home visitor.So like we play that two minutes before
the walk up songs. So likewe play the high energy stuff normally that
when you hear the ballpark rocking,that's usually us, and then the walk
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up song, like you know,Bryce Harper's stuff usually like brings the mood
down. You know, it's areally mood killer. We had to walk
up songs Like last year it's like, oh my god, dude, wait,
are you serious? Bryce Harper's song, there's like mood killer, which
one? What's that? What's thatone song he has? Uh? So
he's got like a fourth back likehis Nelly one pops off? Yeah,
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Like that's really good. Moby issolid. Yeah, but like he's got
the one, isn't it like acontry country song? Yeah? So when
you're up here like one hundred likeLuke, you might not get this,
but Bracewell, it's like one hundredand twenty eight bats from one hundred twenty
eve BEA's for a minute and you'regoing down to like a seventy nine country
song. I got you? Yeah, what are you doing right, Like
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if you have like Alec Bohm songwhere it's like you have like a chant
coming in, that's a good segue, you know what I mean? And
then okay, yeah, like likecome on like those like what are you
picking? And then yeah, that'sI actually got. That's kind of where
I wanted to ask, is what, like what which one? I think
I know the answer, but whichwhich Phillies walk up song do you think
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really gets the stadium going the most? I think I know your answer.
It's I would say number two isdefinitely boom, But the first one is,
uh, what's it? I thinkit stops? Yeah, yeah,
yeah, that's the that's the oneeverybody knows. Everybody loves. It's because
of the chant in the beginning.It's a good segue, right. And
then I actually have a funny storyabout Costiana says he did a Daddy Yankee
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song last year and they didn't knowwhere to queue it up. And I'm
like, oh, you got toqueue up at this part where it's where
who's donahmar Daddy Yankee? And hestarted he starts like like rapping. It
was from Tokyo Drift. At theend of Tokyo Drift and I'm like,
you guys started here already. There. Crowd went actually nuts. He hated
it. No, he wanted tomumble in the beginning, there was nothing,
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just like a nothing. I'm like, what do you want to walk
out through silence? He didn't likeit, but they were. They were
like, yeah, the reason behindthat that nobody knows of and nobody out
will Yeah, exactly. So it'sfunny. As soon as they don't like
one thing we do, we knowabout it immediately. There's a phone next
to my producer. And if thatphone goes off and it says something they're
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mad about something, it's crazy.It's really crazy. Well, yeah,
look, you know you got alot of loyal fans. Yeah, she's
a ticket holders of course, theownership is in the building. Yeah.
And then oh, by the way, the players, we were testing out
the new Subwulfers yesterday and we gotin trouble because it was too loud.
Wow, because there was a lotof meetings going on yesterday. Yeah,
so they were like, oh,it's too loud, you got to turn
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it off. You gotta come backwhen no one's here. They put more
subs into the stadium. Wow.Yeah, that's one thing you probably didn't
know. No, definitely there is. There was nineteen last year. There's
a lot more now. So Idid a podcast with a bakery and horsehom
called Locials. Yes, uh,what's I recorded on Monday? She was
like, my seat isn't behind thesub Wilfer and she said the drink like
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shakes like like Graassic Car. Sowhen that base is rocket in that stadium,
you're gonna know why. I don'tknow. That was supposed to be
a surprise for every day, butthere's more substance. Well, now we
know. They can tell you aboutthe screen, the app, the new
the new screen behind Castianos. Ican tell you about thee see And that's
the type of information you're only gonnaget right here on Luke and I on
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the Phillies music related on the Gambler. That's right. No, it's exciting,
man, and we're stoked. LikeI said the opening day, whether
it goes off today tomorrow, baseballis here and the expectations are through the
roof for this team and will continueto raise just with how well that they're
gonna come out and play. Ireally do think that it's going to have
a different feel compared to what wewent through last year, and for me
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personally, I know I talked aboutthis with you, Luke, but Tanka,
I just if we're gonna sit hereand say that Zach Wheeler is a
top three pitcher in baseball, whichhe is, and Aaron Nola is as
good as he is, of courserange as Suarez like. The expectations have
now changed so much so that whenwe go over our futures for this year,
I do have the Phillies winning thisdamn division. I do. I'm
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not giving a division to the Braves. The Braids are great, I'm not
going to do that here. I'mgonna take the Phillies to win this division.
You're gonna find out after this series, to be honest to what it's
gonna look like, because we're goingagainst their top three pitchers right off the
rip. You know, Yeah,you're gonna know. And I think it's
gonna be one of the seasons I'vebeen saying I think the whole time is
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if they get off to a hotterstart, there's no reason they can't win
the division. The month that haskilled them the last three years is the
month of May. I think they'reat least eight games, eight games under
five hundred in the in May,since like twenty twenty, the month of
May kills them. Every year Aprilthey always get off to a pretty good
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start. May they collapse, andthen by June first, they're like eight
or nine games under five hundred.If they just play like five hundred baseball
going to June first even better thanthat. Right, all they really need
to do is just stay around fivehundred. I mean we did last year
exactly then, and that NLE Eastis one thing. But I can see
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right if they play how they playedfrom June to October last year for a
full season, this team could winone hundred games. Like this roster is
built to. If they play thefull one sixty two season, they can
win one hundred games from June first. On the last two seasons they've been
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over one hundred win pace. It'sall about those first two months. I
saw someone's post. Was it yousomeone? It was someone that posted that
they predicted how many wins were weregonna have? Is it you might have
been? Yeah? Somebody posted withthey they guessed ninety seven wins to number.
Yeah. I mean I have theirI mean their win total to me
is extremely disrespectful. I got ityesterday, eighty nine and a half.
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I'm taking the over. I'm goingI'm going with your hat, Luke in
ninety six. It's good number,it's great numbers even Yeah, I mean
it's just I think, once again, Sean, I think they're just they're
too good. They're too good tobe like fourteen games behind the Braves like
they were last year. I justdon't think that's gonna happen. They won
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one hundred and four games last year, the Braves, they had five guys
hit over forty home runs. Theywere like they had one of the best
seasons a team has ever had inbaseball. I don't see them getting better,
right, I think they could saymaybe around the same, But like
I don't see marcel A Zuna hittingforty five home runs again this year,
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Like I don't. And Akunya isprobably the best player in baseball. It's
hard to ask gon to just havelike a forty five seventy season again,
Like, I just don't. It'sgoing to be really hard for the Braves
to improve. And if the Bravesmaybe take a step back, maybe four
five games and the Phillies put togethera full season there's absolutely no reason why
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they can't go out and win thedivision. Yeah, I really like what
you said, you know about likethem not being able to hit like that
many home runs and be that performanceagain. Because if you look at like
Rojas, right, he's batting lastin our lineup now, so like when
you're growing up, right, you'rebatting last. You're like, damn,
I need to I get bumped upin this lineup. I gotta start hitting,
you know, I gotta start producing. Imagine if he was started just
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single ball hitting, you know,doubles, singles, doubles, and then
you got you know, Schwerber comingup one DH with a man on line.
That's wild, right, Castiano's bettingwhat seventh? Yeah, it's crazy.
They have such they have a topthree lineup in baseball. It's it's
gross when it's completely on. It'sjust a matter of them all being on.
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And I think that number is anice one for the NLE. So
plus three ten right now in DraftKings, I'm going on right, I'm going
on right now. It makes usebrace as a promo code, all right,
yes, please thank you. TheBraves other than the Dodgers, have
the highest odds to win their division. The Braves right now are minus two
forty. I don't I don't thinkthis divisions a lock. I think it's
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going to be a race between usand the Braves. I don't think anybody
else has a chance, probably withinlike fifteen games. But I don't think
this this NLE East is locked uplike a lot of people think it is
again this year. No, andThat's where I'm at. And look from
the standpoint of the Phillies right there'sdefinitely some dog in them, and they
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know what everyone is saying, andoh that the Braves are automatically going to
win this division. There's gonna besome push pushback from those guys. Now,
it's a long damn season, sono one's going to fool themselves that
you're gonna win eight in April oranything along those lines. The old cliche
is you can't win the championship,but you can lose one. I somewhat
subscribe to that. You know,we've added some more postseason spots here as
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far as wild cards are concerned,So it's just a lot And look the
season where they fired Joe Girardi,the fact that they were able to go
on a run and make the WorldSeries. That clear everything up changed.
That just showed like what they can. I think they won eighty eight games
that year. They like they werelike fourteen games under five hundred when they
got rid of Girardi. Like ifthey just if if they just make those
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first two months five hundred, it'sone hundred win baseball team Like this,
This division to people is just lockedup the second because of the Braves,
And I just don't I don't thinkthat's the case at all. No,
I'm right there with you on thatone. So look, the game of
course coming up tomorrow. Let's talka little bit about this from ser Spencer
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Streider versus Zach Wheeler. We've ownedthem. We've owned Spencer Streider, Luke.
Now I'm I'm curious though, becauseyou pull up the numbers here on
draftings sportsbooks. Strider minus won twentyfive plus one on five for Zach Wheeler
seven and a half is your total. It's early in the season. The
Phil's bats were a little little lacklusterdown there in spring training. I'm not
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a big guy that says stuff carriesover from spring into regular season, but
I could see some troubles here,especially going up against a guy like Spencer
Strider. We know what's in hisrepertoire from pitches, and he's supposedly added
on another pitch which is gonna benasty. Your expectations tomorrow for Streider versus
the Phillies lineup is what Luke?I mean. I think he's gonna throw
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a really good game, as healways does. Right. It seems like
he doesn't have many bad games,I believe. I saw his strikeout number.
It's eight and a half last timeI checked. Okay, something like
that. But I think Strider hasa Strider is lined up this year to
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basically walk to the SI unless aguy like Wheeler or another guy can can
can take that from him. Imean, he had an absurd amount of
strikeouts last year. He threw anunbelievable season last year. Granted, how
much does that matter once you getto the playoffs and and and not much
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of it is there? I don'tknow. But he had two hundred and
eighty one strikeouts in one hundred andeighty six innings last year. It's it's
gross, it's it's it's it wasone of the better seasons that I've seen
from a pitcher when it comes tostrikeouts, and he finished fourth in the
Shy Young race last year. Howabout this. Look at this market right
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here for most strikeouts in the majorleagues this year, he's plus one fifty
number one. Gosman is number two, nine to one. Just think about
that drop off from the leader ofthe most strikeouts in the season plus one
fifty to nine under it. Yeah, I mean it's it's as long as
there is no injury. He hewill cruise to that number basically every year
his career. So if if youwant to bet, that's a lock in
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quotes, as long as there's aslong as there's no injury, Uh,
he's going to get to that number. My thing with Strider is he has
killed us in the regular season.The playoff numbers, I get it,
are on the Phillies side, buthe's eight and oh with a one six
rway with seventy two strikeouts against usin eight starts. He has murdered us
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every single regular season game that he'splayed. But you forgot one thing,
Luke, this is a new year, New Year, New year, New
Philly. I love it. Ifyou want to talk Phillies offense tomorrow.
My favorite bet on DraftKings right now. Is Brandon Marsh hit plus one twenty
five? Brandon Marsh has for somereason like owned Spenser Strider. Since Brandon
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Marsh has faced off against him onthe Phillies, there's gonna be some home
run props. I know. Castianosis a big one for tomorrow. At
least he's plus uh six hundred rightnow. Johan Rojas is not listed right
now, so he is listed ona few other books. But yeah,
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I don't really think anybody wants totouch that number tomorrow. You imagine,
can you imagine that that'd be great? It'd be a hot start, and
I think it would make a lotof people. Uh shut the mouse,
non affiliated Trey Turners for twenty fivefor a home run tomorrow, Harper for
seventy five uh a plus three sixtyfor Schwarmer. Uh he's never hit Strider.
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Great. I wouldn't really get onthat number at all. I mean,
if you do want to look atany Braves props, Ronald Acuna is
as he's killed Zach Wheeler in thepast few years. Really yeah, he
he has some really good numbers againstthe last two years. But he's got
good numbers everybody. I think it'sa low scoring I think you look,
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maybe these runs are later in thegame, maybe once Wheeler and those those
those guys are out of there.I don't expect these guys to go eight
to nine innings tomorrow. That's thatjust it never really happens on opening day.
These these guys aren't really ready toready yet for like a nine inning
game. Yep. So maybe youcan look at some late some late Phillies
props first five, if you dowant to lean there, maybe first five.
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I would maybe lean the braves.Yeah, I think, uh,
I think it's gonna be a fairlylow scoring game. I would look at
that under tomorrow. I believe it'sat seven and a half right now.
I mean, if you have thebest two pitchers in the National League on
the mound, I think I thinkthe Unders probably going to be your play
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there. Yeah. The one thingI would tell you is that watching Zach
Wheeler throughout the course of this spring, his stuff is absolutely electric. So
I'm waiting to see some more pitchingprops. I'll check out some strikeout props
because I could just see this gamebeing over in ninety minutes. These two
pitchers is mowing down both lineups.But then to Luke's point, this is
opening day. I don't expect theseguys to go deep into ninth inning whatever
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it may be, so something thatwill definitely be paying attention to. But
if you hang a low number asfar as strikeouts are concerned, I'm gonna
look at Wheeler over Strider. Ido expect Strider to go up, but
I'm sure that that number is gonnabe extremely juiced up. Wheeler will be
somewhat manageable, and that's definitely somethingI'm looking at. Difficult lineup to go
up against with the Braves, butWheeler was insane this spring, and I
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think that carries over to this.I found Rojas's number plus eleven hundred.
Jeez, I bet it to puta ball in play. We'll talk more
about the expectations for this lineup.We're just getting the juices going here,
of course, introducing DJ Tonk involvedwith the three man Weave. Now we're
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gonna be recording a ton over thenext season or over throughout the course of
the season for the Phillies and MajorLeague Baseball, giving you all the latest
what's happening at the Ballyard, allthat more behind the scenes, and of
course Luke, he's are insider forus on the Gambler. We'll talk more
about the x's and o's and ofcourse numbers and ways we can make money.
We will end on that, ifyou would not mind, Let's go
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ahead and fire up DraftKings sports bookand check out what the futures are here,
Luke and Ton, you can goahead and tell us your thoughts as
far as divisions are concerned, butwe're gonna go ahead and give you our
prediction for the twenty twenty four seasonhere. Okay, who's winning the divisions
and who will be the MVP fromrespected leagues? Luke, you want to
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go first here? Yeah, sowe'll start National League I am gonna go
Phillies, National League East plus threeten, National League West. I mean,
I think that one is pretty lockedup with the Dodgers. That's not
really a number. I don't thinkanybody's gonna bet by itself minus four fifty.
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But if you want to put theseall together, then that's another odds
booster there for you. And nowcentral is that this is such a weird
one this year. All of theseteams kind of stink. Uh, there's
there's there's not really one good teamin the NL Central this year, I
would probably lean I think the Cubs, I guess I think the like I
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just don't like any of these theseodds on on on any of these teams.
Maybe the Reds, you know,and I'm gonna go Reds plus three
fifty. I think if the armsare on the mound and been off it,
uh if if they're not messing aroundwith all the injuries in their rotation
like they have the last few years, I think the Reds can win a
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a really bad division American League East. I'm going Baltimore Orioles plus one eighty
five over the Yankees. Before theinjury to Garret Cole, I would maybe
lean Yankees, but I've been onthe Orioles all off season. I think
they only go up from last year. American League. Oh, this is
a fun one. This is probablyI would say the best division race once
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you get to October, just likeit was last year. I'm gonna go
Astros minus one ten. I thinkanytime you take that team and you add
Josh Hater to it, I thinkthey're just gonna be better. So I'm
gonna I'm gonna go Astro's minus one, ten, and then al Central.
I am gonna go with the twins, although I think Detroit is gonna surprise
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a lot of people this year.I think they're gonna be better than they
think. One of their pitchers isactually my vote to win the al Cy
Young this year. So I thinkI will get to those in a few
minutes. And but yeah, that'swhat I got for divisions, Phillies,
Red's Dodgers, Orioles Twins. Andas wonder what shahu Aatani's gonna be on
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show? Hey, Showy, Iwas wondering what you were if you're throwing
me a curb, I said hisname on us. Okay, that's all
right, brother. You know I'mgonna bust your stones over there. That
uh yeah, showey Otani in thatwhole situation, who knows what's gonna happen
there. I do know this much. If he lied, if he fibbed
about anything, he deserves to besuspended. But the Commissioner of Baseball is
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Rob Manfred. It's about as crookedas it gets. He's not suspending anybody.
No, So they're gonna bury this. I don't I'm not gonna sit
here and say cover up. ButI don't expect anything to come from the
investigation. And even if there isa little tweak or a twist of something
here, he still has to answera lot of questions. I don't know
who's doing what as far as coveringit from whatever outlet who can get the
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information. But when it comes tothe Commissioner of Baseball suspending the unicorn,
that is showy Otani. I'm justnot holding my breath. Done it?
Yeah? So all right, hey, Luke, you tell me where you're
at with me here plus one ninetycards taking the Central I'm cool with that.
That's just that is just such atoss up. I just I don't
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even really know. I agree,I don't. I don't really have a
great pick for that. One.Phillis plus three ten in the East,
of course, out in the West, I'm not touching the Dodgers. No,
I'm going with the San Diego Padresplus eleven hundred plus eleven hundred to
take the West. Do I believethe Dodgers are gonna run away to Absolutely,
But I'll take the Padres right now. A little fun there, and
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who wants to cheer on the LaDodgers? All right? Over to the
American League. I'm gonna go withthe Baltimore Orioles in the American League East
plus one eighty five. I'm takingthe Seattle Mariners in the West at plus
two to eighty five. Julio Rodriguez, Baby, let's go this year.
Nice, Okay, come on down, Kansas City Royals. A lot of
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people buzzing right now. I'm nottaking the Twins. I got no interest
in anybody in that division. Giveme the Royals at plus eight fifty.
Like the Guardians are nothing. TheWhite Sox can be terrible. The Tigers
they got some young guns. Everyone'stalking about the Twins. They're boring at
minus one fifteen. So give methe Royals for Major League MVP. On
the American League side, I'm goingJuan Soto six to one with the New
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York Yankees, all right, andthen on the National League side, a
young man by the name of O'NeilCruise five to one, O'Neil Cruz,
let's go. Those are my futuresfor this year. I just locked them
in on DK nothing too crazy,A little sprinkle, just to have it
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registered, Yeah, just to havea registered. Shoot your receipts exactly.
I'm showing I'm flashing up eight wagers? What six eight wagers? Yeah,
I just entered in the middle ofmadness. So yeah, the pocket's definitely
a little light right now. Ifeel you. I stayed away from madness
this year, to be honest,I didn't do a bracket or anything.
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But I'll I'll jump in here.All right, let's see the Central.
You guys are probably gonna laugh,but I gotta go with my I'm gonna
say the Brewers because Reese I thinkhe's gonna give him little spark to her
lineup. You know, you justone. They say one player can't make
a difference, but one player canchange a locker room. So we'll see.
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I wouldn't say the Brewers for theCentral, but like to all yours
points, like who really cares?So Phillies obviously can't go against the squad.
I gotta jump down he because draftKings puts the West all the way
at the bottom. Yeah, it'sweird. I'm gonna go the Diamondbacks there.
Actually, yeah, I have youhave to. You have to look
how they played last year. Ihave to, and at the right time.
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But you know, and anybody butthe Dodgers. But We had a
unit corner up our butt two yearsago, so you know they could.
They could run a baby. They'regonna be another one of us and like
run it back. But for AmericanLeague. You know, everybody hates the
Yankees. But I'm an Orioles guy, a big cal ripkin fam my whole
wife. So I wouldn't go withthe Orioles. But I I really do
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like the Rays too as well.The Rays looked they looked okay in spring
training, so it's like, youknow, spring training, who really cares
is like anything else. So I'mactually gonna I'm gonna go with the Rays
there, you know, because Iwould go with the Rays. Actually,
I'll go with the Rays, andI don't hate it americanly West. Now
this where it gets a little funny, right because it's like the Astros like
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no, like I'm not I don'tcare. No, I'm never picking the
Astros or anything. I don't careif they win a hundred games, I'll
bet a gunst them every game.But I have to uh yeah, uh,
I'm gonna actually go with the TexasRangers there plus two thirty. That
seems like pretty good odds to me. You know, it's midway point,
you know, it's kind of theother side of the coin. So and
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then the central I really like thethe Royals eight fifty. I'm a big
I'm a big far shot kind ofguy. Yeah, you know, do
it. My dad is one ofthose guys that used to go to the
track and bet only on white horsesor silver horses. You know what I
mean. They're like the long shot, right, so the one big payday.
So, but I'm actually gonna gowith the Guardians there plus three fifty.
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All right, nice nice work there. Anything from you MVPs, I
can't find that on here. Awards. Go to awards. I'll give you
a few that I took. Okay, yeah, American League. I went
Julio Rodriguez. He is now Isaw. I got him at ten to
one. He's now down a sixto one now. I also took Bobby
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Witt junior. He is thirteen toone on DraftKings for National League. I
did. I did take Bryce.I think Bryce hits nearly forty homers this
year. I think it's a bigpower year for Bryce now just being over
at first base. Al Cy Young. I took the dude from Detroit uh
(41:53):
Reek scoopball. I believe he rightnow, he's nine to one, So
that was around when I got him, and then I also took I did
look at Grayson Rodriguez eighteen to one. Uh, he flashed him stuff last
year. That was kind of along shot one for me. If you
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wanna, if you want to havesome fun, gonna sound crazy, I'll
throw like a five dollar bill onit. Ranger Suarez a hunter to one
NL cy Young. I think it'sa big year for Ranger. I think
I think it's a year where Rangerkind of let me just start be there.
Ranger Sarez win as the cy Young? What does that mean from the
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Philly success this year? As faras regular season, they're probably at least
when the NL East they went overone hundred games. I agree, Yeah,
if if Ranger is in the huntfor cy Young, they're gonna be
pushing near the one seed in theNational League probably. I think this is
a year where Ranger kind of putsthe league on notice that he's just like
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another two. Uh, he's notthe Phillies three. If if the Phillies
needed another number two starter, Ithink Rangers going to be able to show
everybody that he is able to dothat. So that's a fun little flyer
there for me. One more thatI have, uh, Reliever of the
Year National League Jose Alvarado fifteen toone. I think those are pretty good
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odds for a guy who was whowas one of the best relievers in the
entire sport last year. He lookedthe last few years. First out,
he looked terrible. Yeah, thoughtwas horrible. And then now top five
reliever in the league last year.So who's that fifteen to one Reliever of
the year excellent? All right,I'm looking at it now. So brace
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you want to go? No,do you? Well? What do you
I'm good. I just did them vps. I don't I'll do the
American League and National League MVP.All right, all right, so American
League, Uh, you know yougot your your top people all the time,
Aaron Judge, bon Soto blubblah blahblah. But I'm gonna go with
a Philly guy. I want togo with the Philly guy. I think
he's got a big year coming.You know, he's been kind of lackluster
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lately. I'm gonna go Mike Troutplus two plus two thousand, Yeah,
because now he hasn't a Botani there. Now he's the guy again. If
he stays healthy, he's always inthe run, right exactly. And I
think I think that's the big thingfor Trout. I think it's a good
year to take odds like that onTrout because all he has to do is
just stay on the field and he'sgonna be in the run every single season.
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Oh yeah, and plus two thousand, that's that's worth it for me.
Uh So, National League. Ireally like Luke's take with Bryce.
But I don't want to be thatguy, you know, like I do
that. You know, I'm gonnalook at this and like you know,
I'm looking through the names, andlike I said, I like long shots.
I'm a big long shot kind ofguy, right because long shots are
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ones to pay the bills, youknow what I mean, One long shot
pays the bills. I'm one ofthose guys that puts like the ten like
parlays in because I won one tenyears ago. Awesome moonshot. That's not
wronging app Yeah, So just lookingat the numbers here, mm hmm Werber
plus ten downs, I can't there. I would never do that. I
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can't do that. Uh see.I can't pick him because he's a Mets
season and Mets. It's like,it's really it's really tough looking at this,
but I'm gonna go with actually,I'm actually saw it with Luke here,
I'm gonna go with Bryce ar Yeah, locking in. Yeah, good
luck on all those plays. Boys. It's gonna be a fun season.
(45:37):
Believe me. We're gonna be recordinga ton over the weeks and we'll be
busting some stones and and keeping upwith everybody's wagers all throughout the course of
the season. Uh, Luke,I hope that we got a game in
my friend. Enjoy opening day.But bottom line is we'll be back on
Friday talking about it either one wayor the other, whether it's a uh
(45:57):
recap looking at game two or it'sgame one in the season. So definitely
we got a long way to go. And with that, Tanka, great
to have you on board, myfriend, looking forward to work with you
all season long after me, great, good luck this season. Man,
It's it's a grind for you guys. Yeah, you guys are doing a
bang up job. So please getanybody anybody listening, if you want to
(46:19):
come say hi. I'm in sectiontwo of nine to two ten split all
the way up? Yep, comesay what up? We're right next to
we're halfway Yeah, we're right outsidethe Hall of Fame club. Yeah,
so yeah, what's up. Youguys got fans now? Yeah, it's
we have time for a funny story. Yeah, sure. So nine is
playing a playoff game, right,and a little kid comes up with a
(46:39):
like a like a player's card,but it's a picture of me. It
says DJ Tonka on it and itwas framed and she was hoping it was
me so I could sign it.And I was like, did you take
a picture of it or you bustingmy stones here? And he's like,
no, Smooth was there? Cosigned it. I was like, oh
my god. I was like,how cool is that? So we might
(46:59):
have fans that I don't even knowabout. I was talking about actual fans
over Oh yeah, no, wehave one fan. Yeah yeah, YesYes,
that's my number two biggest fan,my my girlfriend Dutually they're holding the
other one. I thought you weretalking about that, but I think somebody
has a baseball card of you.Yeah, that's what I tell me.
I was like, are you guysyou're kidding? You're like because they know,
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they know I would drop anything todo Phillies games. I'll drop I
will drop like DJ and a weddingtwo thousand dollars to go do a Phillies
right. So I think they werejust busting my stones. And then they
were like, no, dude,this was real. It was. We
were so shocked. We did evenpull our phones out. We couldn't believe
it. She had like multiples pictures. DJ all right, well this fan
(47:44):
TONK fan. Yeah, please,I want to sign this card. I
want to see it. The DJsdo need their own trading. Yeah.
And I think, you know,as cool as we keep like intertwining and
doing such good times at the ballpark, I think it's's only going to elevate
because we were supposed to be movedthis year. We're being center field this
year center uh and they just didn'thave the budget for it. So we're
just gonna make two oh nine twoten more of a party zone by adding
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like lights and you know more thatwe have a camera on us now,
which is cool. Great, likewe're gonna be We're gonna be promoted a
lot more this year. It needsit needs that, it needs that.
That's great, you know, that'sbecause the attention is there, so why
not shine the light on it?Yeah? Awesome, dude, Well,
good luck this week. You can'twait to see out at the Ballyard and
Luke will be a touching base prettysoon here on the next episode of Luke
(48:27):
and I on the Phillies. Onceagain, you missed anything. Everything available
at Fox Phl Gambler dot com.
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