September 26, 2025 • 9 mins
Moments after Thursday's Reds win over the Pirates, and the Noelvi Marte catch that saved the season, Jeff Carr of the Locked on Reds and the Locked on Bearcats podcasts called in to talk about the win.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm looking at the call screen.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
He's been on Jeff Carr, locked on Reds and locked
on Bearcats podcast. I assume you called because you wanted
to talk on the radio.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Noel V.
Speaker 4 (00:09):
Marte, I've been waiting to say that forever.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
B Oh, he's a right fielder. Yes, let's go.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I think he might be the greatest right fielder in
Red's history.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
It's unquestionable. Since the twenty twenties, there's never been a
better right fielder than the Cincinnati Reds, at least since
the twenties. I I was sitting in the right field
corner in vowed Territory watching that catch, and I'm gonna
tell you why that that was probably the best player
I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
That was amazing.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You know I said before, that's a great catch.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
If it happens in the fourth inning of a five
to one game in May, you go, Wow, what a
great catch by Noel A.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Marte.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Add to it the fact he's played fifty games as
a professional baseball player in right field.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Add to it the.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Stakes, ninth inning, two to one, must win game like,
because of the circumstances, because of what was at stake
in that moment, That is one of the greatest catches
in the history of this franchise. That sounds like hyperbole.
There might be more physically difficult catches to make, there
might be more physically challenging plays to make. But given
(01:16):
everything you know, I've equated it to Glenn Bragg's Game six,
nineteen ninety, same opponent, same score, basically, same scenario, two
to one, one out in the ninth and Glenn Braggs
made his catch against Carmelo Martinez with the guy on
first base. But because of where it was and where
it was in the game, and which game it was,
and how close the game was, we remember that catch
(01:37):
thirty five years later, that catch today not dissimilar at all.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
That saved the season. And to be honest with you,
when you watch how he tracks that ball, that's something
that it felt like his first thingful of games he really.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Had a hard time doing.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Yeah, and even up until this past couple of games,
like you could watch him turn his head multiple times,
and they always teach him never to do that in
the right field, like you find it and you just
move your body, you don't move your head. And he
was able to track this ball perfectly. And I don't
think that he could have jumped any higher. I don't
think it could have stretched any further. That was literally
(02:15):
the limit of his physical range just to get to
that ball. And then it was hilarious too that. Oh,
by the way, like the very next pitch, another flyball
sinds at him that he has to range over to
catch and he still makes that play as well.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Like give the save to him.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
I know we don't give saves the position players. He
deserves it more than Emilio Pegan.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yeah, I put on Twitter Emilio Pagan should buy noelve Marte,
a Japanese samurai sword, the kind of Joe Burrobys for
his offensive line. You're right, I'm looking at a photo
from Jeff Dean and the credit goes to him and
Getty images noelve Marte with his left arm extended. I
don't think he could physically extend another inch. Like you
(02:56):
see catches where you know, a guy goes back and
he makes the catch at the yellow line, and then
you wonder like would that have gotten out or you know,
he'll catch it and it would have barely scraped the wall.
I mean, this was the degree of difficulty on this catch,
much less the circumstance just amazing. It is one of
the greatest defensive plays in the history of this franchise.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
And it's crazy to think too. Coming into this game,
he's been in a slump. He had an RBI single,
he had a moment where you're like, Okay, maybe he's
breaking out of the slump. Maybe he's going to finish
the year. Well, now he's finishing it in a way
like people were. People were saying that the stands like, yep,
right fielder next year, no question about it.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Write him down. That's who he is.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
There was there was a play last night on on
the Ball where Pittsburgh Pittsburgh scores their first run and
they ended up getting the out of third base. But
it felt like, all right, he didn't handle the carem
quite properly. He didn't handle the carem the way he
will if he plays. You know another seasons where the
games in right field er just gets more work out there,
and you're kind of saying and like, god, you know what,
next year, hopefully we're not doing this where we're trying
(04:03):
to fit square pegs into round holes in the field. Noelve, Marte,
as far as I'm concerned as a lifetime right fielder.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Those edges just got a lot more rounded off. And
it's man, Milwaukee, Milwaukee's gonna be tough.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
I know it.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I heard a stat from our lockdown Brewers guy that
Quinn Priester's pitching on Friday, and the Brewers have won
their last nineteen straight games that he has pitched.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So the only thing that I got to say to
that is sounds like he's due for a while.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, Like it's we will if they do this.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Okay, let's say they're playing and we're talking about the
National one of the National League Wildcard Series, and the
Reds are off to LA. We're gonna ask are they
gonna hit enough? If they if they somehow get to
the next round n LDS best of five where they
would get some home games, We're gonna ask, will they
hit enough? It's and so you could ask it on
(04:58):
a game to game basis. You could ask it about
a certain series, you could ask it about a certain opponent.
You could ask it about the entire season. And we
have for one hundred and fifty nine games this weekend
in Milwaukee, where you're not going to have hundred greens
starting unless they do something. We don't expect where you're
certainly not going to have Nick Lodolo. Are they going
to hit enough against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I think that's going to be a tough question because
I don't felt like they hit enough in either of
these two these last two series, they hitched enough, and
that's kind of what you want to do as you're
heading into the playoffs. But man, with the Marlins playing
the Mets, like, I kind of don't know what I
expect from that because I hear a lot about how
(05:40):
the Mets struggle when they face the Marlins, But I
just don't know that in three games, if they somehow
beat the Cubs tonight and they maintain that one game
lead you're talking about the Reds pretty much have to
sweep the Brewers at that point.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
So that's going to be the tough part. And I
think that.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
You've really got to lean on somebody's got to get
that power back, because we saw it against the Cubs,
it went away against the Pirates, and that's the differentiator
that we all saw that Nick carl is the only
one that didn't see it this year, but we saw
the fact that this team needs power and when they
hit for power they win.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, the Marlins have lost. They lost last night, got
pounded by the Phillies. They've lost two games since September ninth,
and so there's a part of me fearful that Number
one New York's offense does get going because they have
a lot of stars. Number two, that the Marlins cool off.
We'll see. I just you need across three games. You
need what the Reds got on Tuesday. That should have
(06:38):
been the story. Elli Dela Cruz goes three for three
with a walk in a homer. Tyler Stevenson gave it
to him last night. I would gripe that he should
have played today. Like, across those three games, can I
get free superlative? You know, granted, Elli Dela Cruz, as
awesome as he was, it wasn't enough to carry them
to victory.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
But over these next three games.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Can can I get from standout performances that just give
them some baseline level of productivity and then you kind
of fill in the gaps I don't know. I mean,
trying to predict what this team's gonna do offensively is
obviously very very difficult. And you're right, they did not
hit a lot in this Pittsburgh series. They certainly weren't
(07:19):
great with runners in scoring position until the fifth inning today,
a ton of missed opportunities, all the double play balls.
They won the game one nothing on Sunday. It's not
like they drubbed the Cubs. They won two of those
game games won nothing. Are they gonna hit enough? The
question we've wondered for an entire season. The entire season
comes down to whether or not they can answer that question.
Will they hit enough? This weekend?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Ain't it great to be talking about, though, how the Reds.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Can continue the season? I mean, we haven't talked about
that in a long time.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
It kind of feels like it's great to look at
my inbox and I get the email announcing that National
League Division Series tickets are now on sale.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
That's what I like to hear.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
One thing. And I can't get over this. And I'll
hang up with Elizabeth after this. Is that all right?
If the Reds make the playoffs, did they feel vindicated?
And how to build a team? I ain't worried about that.
It just makes the playoffs, dude, I.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Will worry about that when they're done playing. Jeff I
was eighteen years old when they last advanced in the postseason,
then obviously if they got there, they'll have an uphill battle.
I just I want that to go away once and
for all. I want to stop talking about what the
price of gas was in nineteen ninety five, how OJ
had just gotten acquitted when the Reds were in LA
to play the Dodgers. I want to talk about when
(08:34):
I want to stop talking about when I was a freshman,
that you need driving down to buy tickets for the
Brave Series because they had won. I want to forget
nineteen ninety five and talk about twenty twenty five, and
so I'll worry about what they think about the construction
of the roster next year when they've played their final game,
which I hope isn't On Sunday, Locked On Red's podcast
and the Locked On Bearcats podcast, which I was a
(08:56):
special guest of. Jeff Carr, you're the man, thanks for
calling in Eggsamp
I'm looking at the call screen.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
He's been on Jeff Carr, locked on Reds and locked
on Bearcats podcast. I assume you called because you wanted
to talk on the radio.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Noel V.
Speaker 4 (00:09):
Marte, I've been waiting to say that forever.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
B Oh, he's a right fielder. Yes, let's go.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I think he might be the greatest right fielder in
Red's history.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
It's unquestionable. Since the twenty twenties, there's never been a
better right fielder than the Cincinnati Reds, at least since
the twenties. I I was sitting in the right field
corner in vowed Territory watching that catch, and I'm gonna
tell you why that that was probably the best player
I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
That was amazing.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You know I said before, that's a great catch.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
If it happens in the fourth inning of a five
to one game in May, you go, Wow, what a
great catch by Noel A.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Marte.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Add to it the fact he's played fifty games as
a professional baseball player in right field.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Add to it the.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Stakes, ninth inning, two to one, must win game like,
because of the circumstances, because of what was at stake
in that moment, That is one of the greatest catches
in the history of this franchise. That sounds like hyperbole.
There might be more physically difficult catches to make, there
might be more physically challenging plays to make. But given
(01:16):
everything you know, I've equated it to Glenn Bragg's Game six,
nineteen ninety, same opponent, same score, basically, same scenario, two
to one, one out in the ninth and Glenn Braggs
made his catch against Carmelo Martinez with the guy on
first base. But because of where it was and where
it was in the game, and which game it was,
and how close the game was, we remember that catch
(01:37):
thirty five years later, that catch today not dissimilar at all.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
That saved the season. And to be honest with you,
when you watch how he tracks that ball, that's something
that it felt like his first thingful of games he really.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Had a hard time doing.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Yeah, and even up until this past couple of games,
like you could watch him turn his head multiple times,
and they always teach him never to do that in
the right field, like you find it and you just
move your body, you don't move your head. And he
was able to track this ball perfectly. And I don't
think that he could have jumped any higher. I don't
think it could have stretched any further. That was literally
(02:15):
the limit of his physical range just to get to
that ball. And then it was hilarious too that. Oh,
by the way, like the very next pitch, another flyball
sinds at him that he has to range over to
catch and he still makes that play as well.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Like give the save to him.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
I know we don't give saves the position players. He
deserves it more than Emilio Pegan.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yeah, I put on Twitter Emilio Pagan should buy noelve Marte,
a Japanese samurai sword, the kind of Joe Burrobys for
his offensive line. You're right, I'm looking at a photo
from Jeff Dean and the credit goes to him and
Getty images noelve Marte with his left arm extended. I
don't think he could physically extend another inch. Like you
(02:56):
see catches where you know, a guy goes back and
he makes the catch at the yellow line, and then
you wonder like would that have gotten out or you know,
he'll catch it and it would have barely scraped the wall.
I mean, this was the degree of difficulty on this catch,
much less the circumstance just amazing. It is one of
the greatest defensive plays in the history of this franchise.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
And it's crazy to think too. Coming into this game,
he's been in a slump. He had an RBI single,
he had a moment where you're like, Okay, maybe he's
breaking out of the slump. Maybe he's going to finish
the year. Well, now he's finishing it in a way
like people were. People were saying that the stands like, yep,
right fielder next year, no question about it.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Write him down. That's who he is.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
There was there was a play last night on on
the Ball where Pittsburgh Pittsburgh scores their first run and
they ended up getting the out of third base. But
it felt like, all right, he didn't handle the carem
quite properly. He didn't handle the carem the way he
will if he plays. You know another seasons where the
games in right field er just gets more work out there,
and you're kind of saying and like, god, you know what,
next year, hopefully we're not doing this where we're trying
(04:03):
to fit square pegs into round holes in the field. Noelve, Marte,
as far as I'm concerned as a lifetime right fielder.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Those edges just got a lot more rounded off. And
it's man, Milwaukee, Milwaukee's gonna be tough.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
I know it.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I heard a stat from our lockdown Brewers guy that
Quinn Priester's pitching on Friday, and the Brewers have won
their last nineteen straight games that he has pitched.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So the only thing that I got to say to
that is sounds like he's due for a while.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, Like it's we will if they do this.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Okay, let's say they're playing and we're talking about the
National one of the National League Wildcard Series, and the
Reds are off to LA. We're gonna ask are they
gonna hit enough? If they if they somehow get to
the next round n LDS best of five where they
would get some home games, We're gonna ask, will they
hit enough? It's and so you could ask it on
(04:58):
a game to game basis. You could ask it about
a certain series, you could ask it about a certain opponent.
You could ask it about the entire season. And we
have for one hundred and fifty nine games this weekend
in Milwaukee, where you're not going to have hundred greens
starting unless they do something. We don't expect where you're
certainly not going to have Nick Lodolo. Are they going
to hit enough against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I think that's going to be a tough question because
I don't felt like they hit enough in either of
these two these last two series, they hitched enough, and
that's kind of what you want to do as you're
heading into the playoffs. But man, with the Marlins playing
the Mets, like, I kind of don't know what I
expect from that because I hear a lot about how
(05:40):
the Mets struggle when they face the Marlins, But I
just don't know that in three games, if they somehow
beat the Cubs tonight and they maintain that one game
lead you're talking about the Reds pretty much have to
sweep the Brewers at that point.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
So that's going to be the tough part. And I
think that.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
You've really got to lean on somebody's got to get
that power back, because we saw it against the Cubs,
it went away against the Pirates, and that's the differentiator
that we all saw that Nick carl is the only
one that didn't see it this year, but we saw
the fact that this team needs power and when they
hit for power they win.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, the Marlins have lost. They lost last night, got
pounded by the Phillies. They've lost two games since September ninth,
and so there's a part of me fearful that Number
one New York's offense does get going because they have
a lot of stars. Number two, that the Marlins cool off.
We'll see. I just you need across three games. You
need what the Reds got on Tuesday. That should have
(06:38):
been the story. Elli Dela Cruz goes three for three
with a walk in a homer. Tyler Stevenson gave it
to him last night. I would gripe that he should
have played today. Like, across those three games, can I
get free superlative? You know, granted, Elli Dela Cruz, as
awesome as he was, it wasn't enough to carry them
to victory.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
But over these next three games.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Can can I get from standout performances that just give
them some baseline level of productivity and then you kind
of fill in the gaps I don't know. I mean,
trying to predict what this team's gonna do offensively is
obviously very very difficult. And you're right, they did not
hit a lot in this Pittsburgh series. They certainly weren't
(07:19):
great with runners in scoring position until the fifth inning today,
a ton of missed opportunities, all the double play balls.
They won the game one nothing on Sunday. It's not
like they drubbed the Cubs. They won two of those
game games won nothing. Are they gonna hit enough? The
question we've wondered for an entire season. The entire season
comes down to whether or not they can answer that question.
Will they hit enough? This weekend?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Ain't it great to be talking about, though, how the Reds.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Can continue the season? I mean, we haven't talked about
that in a long time.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
It kind of feels like it's great to look at
my inbox and I get the email announcing that National
League Division Series tickets are now on sale.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
That's what I like to hear.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
One thing. And I can't get over this. And I'll
hang up with Elizabeth after this. Is that all right?
If the Reds make the playoffs, did they feel vindicated?
And how to build a team? I ain't worried about that.
It just makes the playoffs, dude, I.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Will worry about that when they're done playing. Jeff I
was eighteen years old when they last advanced in the postseason,
then obviously if they got there, they'll have an uphill battle.
I just I want that to go away once and
for all. I want to stop talking about what the
price of gas was in nineteen ninety five, how OJ
had just gotten acquitted when the Reds were in LA
to play the Dodgers. I want to talk about when
(08:34):
I want to stop talking about when I was a freshman,
that you need driving down to buy tickets for the
Brave Series because they had won. I want to forget
nineteen ninety five and talk about twenty twenty five, and
so I'll worry about what they think about the construction
of the roster next year when they've played their final game,
which I hope isn't On Sunday, Locked On Red's podcast
and the Locked On Bearcats podcast, which I was a
(08:56):
special guest of. Jeff Carr, you're the man, thanks for
calling in Eggsamp
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