Ep 15 "PIT STOP IN SEATTLE"

It's halfway through the 2023 season.

the Atlanta Braves have put themselves on top to own the best record in baseball at 60-29.

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Episode Transcript

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Really good boat tallenge and oh myis he doing it? Oh my goodness,
you're in that upper jack and leftyou're leaving with a souvenir. Oh
my god. Another the only thingstopping him as the clock right now,

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doors open. We are back inmid season four. Actually, welcome everybody
to sixty feet six inches. I'myour host and be with A's always right
hand man. Commission that we're backfrom my el both of us back and
so life and broken bones. Nobroken bones with this guy, but achilles

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tendonitis and a pinch nerv him back. How about that all in the last
two months. I finally recovered fromboth. That's good. I just went
back for a fallow up my foot. Yeah, I got to go ahead
and discharge. You're gonna play somegolf? Oh yeah, yeah, I'm
good. I went ahead and playedbefore. I was Oh yes, all

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right, now that's why you're healthy. Well, now I'll start shooting little
hoops. There we go. Yeah, it's been a long time. I'm
so glad to be back. Commission, I'm so glad to be talking baseball.
Um, it's the halfway mark.I did to be honest, I
mean with this episode. Um,I had to get back, we had

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to talk baseball game. I hadto um, there's a lot that's happened
throughout the whole season. Um,a lot of in my opinion, coming
to the halfway mark. I mean, there's a lot of surprises. I
would say, a lot of disappointments, a lot of I told you so.

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But we'll get into that. Butbe traditional, going back to on
this day in baseball history. Itfeels good to say that again. On
this day in baseball history, nineteenfourteen, old George Herman Ruth breaks in
with the Boston Red Sox, strikingout in his first debat. That's okay,

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you know, but pitched six inningsfor three win. You know,
of course, shortly after that,I mean he'd get he gets sent down,
but you know he'd be back upagain. But interesting player on this
day in baseball history of all players, Babe Ruth. You know, I

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love that part of the show.Hopefully, throughout the season, as we
get more shows pumping out, whichwe will glad everybody's back and listening,
we'll have a whole lot more interestingonce for you throughout the season, because
as the season gets going again,you know we'll be in full force.
But it's been a while commission.A lot of things have happened since the
start of the season. Yeah,I think maybe we met it was even

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before season, wasn't it in ourpredictions. I'll be interested to go.
I was wondering about that myself.I was obviously there's a lot of teams
that have surprised everybody. Now I'mgonna go out and say that a lot
of people were surprised are surprised nowby the Rangers. But to be honest,
I looked at the roster and Iwasn't too surprised on how well they're

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doing. Lost to Graham again unfortunatelysurprise. You think the Mets uh saw
something that we didn't. I meanthey're pretty blind, right, that didn't
see anything. I think Texas maybetook a chance knowing that that may happen.
But this saw the upside if heis healthy, you know. But

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um, I think you're seeing alot. I think it's great for baseball.
I think a lot of people werewatching baseball again number one with the
rule changes. Um. I sortof like the pitchclock. I didn't know
what I was in thinking of that, but I like it. I like
the bags a little bit bigger.It makes it, you know, more,
more stolen bases safer exactly. AndI'll tell you what. The teams

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that are coming up have exciting newyoung players. And I'm talking like,
you know, obviously, the Braves, Cincinnati Reds, the Baltimore Oriols,
the Arizona Diamondbacks. Yeah, allthese teams loaded with young talent. And

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where are they at. They're sittingright in the hunt, yeah they are.
They bring them up to the bigleagues and let them compete now.
And it's so funny that all ofthose teams that you just listened were the
exact teams that I was talking aboutto where they just submerged out of nowhere.
And uh, this player, keepin mind he's only played in about,

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you know, forty games, butEllie de la Cruz has already hit
for the cycle. He's already stolenhome. Huh. That series between the
Brays and Cincinnati was one of thebest watched series i've That was fun to
watch. It was very fun.Good team Cincinnati's leading their division right now,
which is that's a big surprise rightthere. Well yeah, now,

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I mean as compared to the beginningthe season, correct, But I see
them winning it now. The Brewersare starting to get off a little hotter
there within one game now. Butbut I mean if the Cubs, you
weren't realistically thinking even though they gotyou know, I went out, got
Hags Murphield and a little nostalgic,got Bell in jured, got Swanson,
got Nico locked down, you know, got Stroman trying to stay there and

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stuff like that. I mean,you have good players, but realistically,
I don't think anybody was thinking thatthey were gonna win the division. Maybe
give up a fight, but probablynot. But what is going on in
Saint Louis? Oh my gosh,them in the match should just go on
vacation. Is there gonna be afire cell? Definitely for the Mets,

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I'm thinking, I mean, whonot many people would probably take him?
Who's that? I mean, anyany of the players. I mean,
whether it's on the Mets or Imean it's on the it's on the Cardinals.
I mean, you got Eronado,you got Goldschmidt, two all star

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corner infielders, great hitters, youknow, got Tommy Edmond. But the
thing is is, like you weretalking about, like the Braves, everybody's
talking about you know, going outand get needs at the trade deadline stuff
like that. I mean, dothe Braves really need anybody? I don't
think they do. Maybe a bullpenarm, but that's it. Maybe you

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know, Anthropolis is gonna do something, of course he is, um.
Maybe a right handed bat to umcompliment Rosario and left even though Polar's done
fine, he has Yeah, solidbench guys. That's the only thing I
could really see implementing as far asbats go, right right, A lefty

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reliever, middle relief, lefty.I mean, we are getting dolling Lee
back, that's true. Max Freed'scoming back. I mean, maybe you
get a could you bring in astarter? I don't know. I think
it's gonna be interesting. I don'tthink he's gonna do anything big and flashy.

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Of course, you know when hegot Rosario, Solaire and Peterson that
wasn't really big and flashy until theyshowed up exactly, that's right, So
it'd be interesting to see what happens. Yeah, you don't want to mess
with the chemistry right now, exactlyexactly. I mean, whenever you have
whatever. I look at that asMarcelo Zuna, this guy was a sneeze

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away from getting let go. Ohand I couldn't stand him. And then
and and now he's he's pulling hisweight. You know, we need a
we need a lat in our Spanishspeaking right, um, left field or
right e bat? Is there anyout there? I don't know? Are
there? He'll get taken care of. He'll get hazed in. Yeah,
Arcia and albis in a coon Youngsoon on all those guys. I think

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that uh if um, I meanyou bring in Nelson Cruz or something like
that. You know, he justgot dropped. I mean, I don't
know if you take a chance,but I mean there's a right handed bat.
But um, you're right. Thechemistry of the team is untouchable.
I mean, as you see,you know the Rays as for a while,
you know, we haven't covered this, we haven't talked about this the
Rays for a while. We're ona tear. Of course, they're human.

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And now I think, what arethey? They lost you know,
uh geez, three of their lastand they haven't been playing too good.
Yeah it's been yeah, yeah,they're a month of um. July has
been rough, right, And nowto the Atlanta Braves, best record in
baseball own the league sixty in twentynine. Goodness. But the thing is

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is this team has been clicking inhistoric fashion. That's why I'm so glad
we're talking about this. There's nota weak link in the order. How
do you explain it cannot pitch aroundanybody. You explain it that Anthropolis knows
what the hell he's doing. That'sright exactly. I mean when Swanson was
let go, right, we didn'tsign him and we were wondering, Okay,

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we were going through all these shortstopnames. He knew all long it
was gonna be That's right. Ohboy, RCA is an All Star.
Look at that starting insane and Ithink it has to do It has a
lot to do with, like youtalked about, chemistry and confidence that the
that the organization gives these players,say, you just go out and do
what you do. Man Sean Murphy, Oh my gosh, let go contres.

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We're like, uh, bringing SeanMurphy. Who's this guy? I
tell you he is. He's thebest dad gum catcher in Major League Baseball,
bat over three hundred, dag himdefense, Dude. You know his
arm is insane? Yes, doyou see his adjustment when they were in
Tampa Bay on turf. What hedid, m let it Bounce's right,

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unbelievable. Guy's a stud and yougotta have a good you know, size
smaller azzie to get down there withthat tag be perfect. That's it's it's
just a fun team to watch.It is, absolutely it is. And
they're you know what they average pergame? How many runs? Did you
know that? It's a seven?Seven runs? And I've seen it.
I've been watching. I'm thinking,you know, they'll score five and then

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you know in the ninth and eighthand ninth they'll score more. And Ronald
Acunu Junior is on pace to scorealmost to steal almost seventy five bags.
Yeah, he's doing definitely MVP numbers. That is him right there, That
is Ronald A. Coon Junior.I guess if there is a little bit

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of a I'm not too confident inour set up guy, and I'm not
too confident in our closer glaciers.I'm scary a little bit mentor too um
So I would hate to see playofftime come down and and pitching comes into

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it like it probably will and usget I don't even want to say it,
but anyway, you know, theRangers went out. Got Chapman from
the Royals. Did see that?Yep? Um, and um, you
know they've got a pretty well.I mean they got to two game lead

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above Houston, you know. Butum, I mean in the West,
ye got the Mariners and he gotthe Angels. Angels are done. Yeah,
I mean he's not even pitching tomorrowtoday actually today, everybody, just
to remind you, today is theAll Star Game. So see on the

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block. You think he's going somewherebefore. It's funny that you say that,
because I was thinking, Okay,fill this scenario out, so you
get everything that you can for Rotani, right, and then during the offseason,
what do you do? You signhim back if you can. He's

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not gonna go back. He wantsto play somewhere the Wins. I agree,
come to Atlanta. We'd love tohave you. Yeah, okay,
let's think about that scenario, right. Yeah, we can give him a
slew of people. You want,you want a handful of people? I
got the group for you. Yeah, Grisome, there you go, ro
sorryo yeah, Ozma, Okay,freed, Okay, he's not a true

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number one. Okay, Um,who else you want? We're throwing a
couple more grisome. Need a youngguy, dude, you can, I'll
give him Jared Schuster also, Ohyeah, even though he's good, I
like him. Even though he hasn'tbeen that great this year, I still

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like him. Such a good handful. A couple of starters. Come on,
I mean, we're a couple ofstarters. Sign on that dotted line.
Show a couple of outfielders. Yeah, up and coming, um,
middle endfielder? Why not? Comeon? Are you thinking we'll give you
a pick next year in the draft? Do you want Angels now? But
can you imagine vote Tani in thislineup the next ten years? It'd be

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like, are you gonna hit leadoff? Okna? Absolutely? Yeah, you
have to let a cony keep going? Wow? Can you imagine that lineup?
O? My goodness. We're justtalking easy right now. But you
know, Antopolus, you never know. He might make it happen. But
I think he's gonna go. He'syou're right, I don't think he's gonna

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stay. That would be the scenarioto do it. But that's a fun
talk, but it's not gonna WheneverTrout got hurt um and broke that bone
in his hand, I was thinking, oh, that's it. They're not.
You're talking about the AL West yea, Yeah, it's basically Houston and
um Texas. Yeah, I meanthat's it. And then you're basically talking
to whoever wins the lowly East,Right, it's gonna be I mean it's

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it's gonna be so Minnesota or Cleveland. Yeah, I mean it's the Guardians
are already ahead. But the rest, I mean the East. I didn't
mean the East, the Central,Yeah, but the Al East will have
the remaining teams definitely. Definitely,you have to think Tampa Bay in Baltimore
and absolutely, I mean they're Baltimore'scomes within. But I mean they've got

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two spots are gonna come down toprobably um Yankees, Houston and Toronto,
right, is that what I'm thinking? Yeah, so or or whoever or
Texas? Right, So it couldbe yeah, it could be it could
be the Yankees or Boston and thenso No, so the the six teams
make playoffs, so it would beBaltimore, Houston, and Toronto in and

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then the Yankees in Boston would prettyno, they're already in. They'd won
the division, right, so yougot three division winners. Okay, excuse
me, you're right exactly. Soit would be Tampa Bay, Baltimore,
Houston, and Toronto, what right, and then the Yankees in Boston,
so they'd be six. There's onlythree divisions, right, So you Tampa

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Bay, right, and you're talkingum, Minnesota or Cleveland. That's the
second spot or the third spot.And then you're talking Texas or Houston,
right, yes, excuse me,I'm sorry, Tampa Bay, Texas and
Cleveland. Right. So then yougot Houston, Houston, Baltimore, Baltimore,
Toronto, Toronto and the Yankees.Yes, exactly, three spots exactly.

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Baltimore thinks, well, Boston stilltwo games within, so I mean
they could run away with it ifthere's a series or something like that happening.
Excuse me, Hi apologized, Thankscommission, all right, So yeah,
I mean other than that, Imean the the nil is pretty cutting
dry. I mean, well,with the Dodgers in the in the Diamondbacks,
I thought Corbyn Carroll was gonna behurt for a while, but he

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came back. No big deal.He swinging violently. I thought he threw
his shoulder out. I'm telling youa team you better watch out for because
they have unbelievable pitching, and theyhave some really good young talent. We
talk about the Marlins. Absolutely,I would not want to face them in
a short series. I agree.Then we're San Diego to the way the
Blake Snil has been pitching San Diegoagain sneak in. I mean, I
think the Brazen Marlins or Shoe Ends. Um, I agree. I think

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whoever wins the Central isn't. Oh, obviously they're in, but that's gonna
be the only team. Um,and then you gotta think Arizona and the
Dodgers n right, Yeah, solose one spot and the Giants me get
the one spot San fran right,San Diego, Philadelphia, yep, or
the brus because Philly in the Milwaukeehere within how they are Okay, so

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maybe the the Central could get toit. Yeah, you never knew,
but Mum, as a Brace fan, I'm really hoping the Dodgers win the
West. You don't want to playArizona, huh, I don't want to
play Dodgers. You hope the Dodgerswin the West so they get the buy
is there we're talking about? Yeah? Yeah, because then they could get
beat by Yeah, they can getbeat by Arizona, especially with corporate carrel.

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Well, I'd much rather have umplay play the four or five Yeah,
wild card matchup right, yep?So talking play Arizona and Arizona yep
m hmm yeah, much better thanplaying the Dodgers. Absolutely, even though
they haven't been doing as well.Thinking way ahead, we still got seventy

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games left. We still we stilldo. But uh, I mean,
the Mets are historically bad. Aswe all knew it was going to be
like that. I saw it waspretty funny. I saw the other day
there somebody was chirping, Mets fans, never give up. We're only six
out of the wild card not orseven whatever. They were, not knowing

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that there's like six teams in frontof him. I said, you know
what else, you're about six outof the seller where Washington is exactly,
Oh my gosh, exactly. Okay, so don't don't get too excited there,
buddy. No, And it's umIt's gotta be a team chemistry thing,
right, it has to be right. I mean, you got Buckshaw,
Walter's a good good skip Your stardidn't even perform last night at the

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home run derby. That's true,Peter, did you see any of the
players talking to him or surrounding himor anything. I saw that. They
avoid him, don't they. He'sa weird cat man, he's a weird
guy. It's a weird organization him. You got Nemoa Nemo Yeah, mister
Hustle, Yeah, just exactly weirdoand mister no knob. Who's that isn't

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that McNeil? Oh? Yeah,then you got some dude with two different
colored eyes. I don't ye know. Yeah, man there, that organization
is a mess. They're still paying. Oh, by the way, we
just passed um Bobby Boni Day.That's right, we did pass Bobby Bonilla.
Day's still still getting about one onepoint two every July first, right,

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David Bowie on fame and plays itwhile he gets that money. It's
crazy he still has like twelve moreyears he does. I think it's like
saying thirties, right or two thousandand thirty two or something like that.
It's crazy. Yeah, but Imean he's smart. I saw that,
Um that Mookie Betts did that too, Like he backdated his salary. So
he'll be making like uh, Iwant to say, like in the late
twenty thirties and forties, he'll bemaking like ten and then eleven, eleven,

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eleven. Yeah, so that's prettysmart. You know, even Griffy.
Griffy's still getting paid by Cincinnati.He is still getting paid highest paid
player on the team. Speaking ofthe Mets, last time, we've got
to mention the Mets today. Yeah, you need to watch um, you
probably already have on Netflix. Whatlet me know, it's a it's a

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Met it's a Mets doc on whenum they won the series and eighty six.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,I've seen that. Yeah, bikes
and good Oh yeah, A crazybunch of cats they were, and um
Keith Hernandez Yeah yeah. Have youseen that, uh that Reggie documentary on
Amazon? No, No, it'sreally good, isn't Yeah good stuff?
Oh yeah cool. I mean,um, I'm I'm surprised how fast the

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season's gone by, you know,yeah, whether the Brits sixty and twenty
nine, sixty and twenty nine,yep, sixteen, Yeah, that's not
I mean, we're only seventy twogames, seventy three games a while.
It's gonna go fast. And Ibelieve I believe that I heard somebody say
before the season started that I alsomight hit fifty home runs. Did you

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say that I did say that inour podcast before, or you just did.
No, no, no, no. How many how many games did
we say they'd win over one hundredlast year? I said over one one.
We might have said even more.I think we might have said about
one oh four. I think Isaid one oh eight. Actually, okay,
could they get one ten? Dude? I don't know, be insane.
Max Free coming back had a solidstart in Gwinnette feeling good. All

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right, So speaking about guys comingback, Elder's been amazing, amazing,
Strider is who he is, unbelievable, Quadzilla, Um, Charlie's been really
solid. He has that started gettingTampa was disgusting. He's been really good.
It was great outing and then we'vejust been filling in. Yeah,

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oh you know who else I'd throwin that trade to thing for Otani A
J. Smith Share Siroca. Yeah. The dude's meat. He is big.
Have you seen him? He?I mean not meat as an assassa
say it, meat as in likebeach balls coming at you. Yeah,

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he hasn't. He just hasn't showhim anything. Dude. I think he
needs to get torn up a couplemore times and figure it out or something
I don't know. I mean,the last time that he had wasn't it
was a whole lot more improved thanhis previous start. Everybody, everybody wants
him back. I mean, yeah, I'd love to see him make a
comeback. I just don't think it'sthere. But I think because he's a

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lot thicker, he may be alittle bit less flexible. Maybe he can't
sling it. Well. He didsay he had to change everything up,
keep himself from learn how to pitchdifferently. I got you, Well,
he's a hoss out there. Idon't know, but I mean other than
the Braves. Um, I mean, I really, and this is unbiased.

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You know, we're trying to keepan unbiased. Of course, we're
just talking baseball. I seriously,I can't. The Tampa Bay Rays were
a team that I knew that wouldgive the Braves to run for their money.
They won the series. Um,I'm looking at a Texas series.
I wasn't looking at an Angel series. I even got tickets to h Angels
game. But if they trade outTony, you might not get to Sea

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and that's in August next month.Wow, both be gone. That would
absolutely suck. But but I don'tI mean, you see, so a
couple of teams that scare me.Yeah, if we go play when we
make it, if we got plays, let's silly. When do we make
the playoffs? Like I said,I would not want to face the Marlins

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with their pitching. Alcantrera, Imean, he he's a little off,
but he'll find it. Yeah,that's scary. Yeah. Did we get
the jury Perez? We did.We did scary too. He got sent
down after that game. They gotsome guys. Yeah, and they scare
me. Philadelphia scares me. Yeah, just because their bats. Yep,

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they're hot at the right time atthe wrong time. Yeah, that'd be
good, just to putee. Justdon't scare me. I don't think so
either. They m their pitching ishas not been good. But I mean
they're still winning because obviously they've gotgreat hitters and JD. Martinez is having
a freak season. Nobody in theWest really scares me, Nobody in the

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Central. It's because, I mean, the Braves have won eleven series in
a row, you know they Imean, they've dominated Oakland's in the American
Lake. We don't have to facethem again. God Lee, Well that's
the last team to beat us.It was freaking a's Oh and speaking of
they're going to Las Vegas, canyou believe that? As a fan myself,

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I don't agree with the move,But business aspects, of course,
I understand it because you got toget fans out there. But if if
ownership is not willing to spend money, that's what I don't understand. Oakland's
a dump, man, it is. It is a dump. You know,
the Colosseum has hasn't been the samein a while though. An ownership

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is not putting any kind of roughor real talent and spending money on the
field. Billy Beans still the guyout there. Yep. I think he's
the executive vice president. As longas they keep feeding us players, I'm
good with that. I'm cool withthat too, man, I'm cool with
that too. And that's what Antopolus, that's where his genius comes in,
because a lot of these players don't. I mean, where's Kyle Mueller,

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I mean where's Patchet traded? He'son the Phillies now, he's dropped leg
of Leers. He's getting a lotof he's getting a lot of reps in
Oakland, which he's a good catcher, he'll be a good catcher. But
I mean, we got guys thatwe've lost. Have they done anything?
Not much? Not much, youknow. So, I mean it looks
like Anthopolus has a time machine andhe looks forward before anything he's getting made,

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and he sees how the impact couldbe made. And that's what the
impact has done. There's something that'sgoing on in this clubhouse to where it's
making these players so comfortable and sojust relaxed that they're just they're just playing.
Yes, they're having fun, that'sright, and not even thinking about
fun to watch. I actually lookforward to watching Braves game every absolutely,
every single night. Yep, whattime are they one? Exactly? And

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it's so funny because when are youtalking about Murphy? It's probably the most
baseball watched since I was like akid. I love watching Murf throw people
out, like you were talking about, I love it. You're just waiting
for the long ball? Yeah,yeah, speaking of a home or what?
In twenty six straight games the longeststreak in baseball history not history,
is it? Yes, a franchiseexcuse me, franchise record. Yeah,

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this season. I think the longestwas twenty five so and then um,
I don't know what the season itis. Yeah, look at him.
Um. But speaking of home runs, geez exactly, Um, speaking of
home runs, Um, Julio RodrigueUm showed me something different last night.

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That guy is not human, justsending bombs. You can't even I'm telling
you, you can't even watch thehome run derby. You can't even see
where these balls are going because they'regoing. He was like, it was
like a robot. Those guys hadseats in the second level and I'm left
field had a blast last night,and they are catching and dodge it and
catch it and dodge it. Iprobably saw it two or three kids literally

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get drilled in the face. Didyou see the one kid in the field?
And I actually saw it before everybodyout of it because I don't want
to laugh, but I see whowas hitting. I think it was Luis,
Luise Roberts or Luise one of them. So it's like they hit and

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and I see this kid laying onthe floor, laying on the ground,
and then he hits it again.He's still there and I'm like, oh
my god, can they stopped thisand helped us guy out? He ends
up. I saw a kid comein on the ball that was slicing to
the left field side and he comesin he gets drilled in the face,

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and everybody's of course, you gottago back and look at it because the
people around him are like like touchingtheir face and thinking, oh my gosh,
this kid might be dead. Butin the bullpen last night, there
were people that were hanging around rightthere. They got beers and stuff like
that. They're catching them left andright. It was crazy. Better wake
up out there. That's that partof the home run derby. I just

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I don't like. It's just mebecause I liked if somebody's gonna hit a
freaking tater, I wanted them towatch it, and I want to be
able to watch it. There issomething, though, I know what you're
saying, but there is something aboutseeing it when they get going boom and
then they have to go back andsee him hit it again. It's just
it's exciting to watch athlete Ruschman wasI was about to say the most sweating

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thing. And they't hit eight foreight or something like that. That's crazy,
isn't It should have probably batter writingwhole time. I mean, that's
that's the most exciting thing. I'veseen Homard every the coolest thing. I
thought that was really cool. Ithought that was on a Julio's round.
First round was pretty sick. Umlittle uh what's his name? Adolas Garcia,

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his guy who's pitching to him Heims. He pissed me off. He's
throwing sinkers and throwing two seams,and then Adolas Garcia just say, hey,
man, just throw it over theplate. There was even a camera
angle where they showed him him talkingto Alonzo's pitcher. Sucked ass too.
Yeah, he's awful. That didn'thurt my feeling, No, of course
not. I'm glad that Alonso gotknocked out. That guy's goofy. The

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guy's he's Pete Alonzo. I meanhe's that kind of guy. But um,
Vlad Junior ended up winning and thatwas a I mean that's exciting,
don't get me wrong. But aftera while, these guys have lost about
five pounds. They are exhausted.No wonder a Coon you didn't want to
want to do it or Olsen,I think it. The hr should carry

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over, like you have your toteMaine. Your total is the winner,
right right, So the winner ofthe first round and then your total goes
into the second round, and whoeveris behind goes first. M I got
you. You know what I'm saying. You can do it all the way
through it that way? Yeah,okay, because Julio's first round forty one

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home runs. Yeah, I mean, and then what it also does.
It stops the guys that like winby one and still have a minute and
a half left, right exactly.Yeah, which isn't fair. No,
that's not so That's how I woulddo it. Yeah. I like it
though, and it got I don'tI heard somebody saying, oh, I
want the ten outs to come backso we can watch the home forget that.

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You know how fun it was watchingJulio just keep cranking them out and
out and out, and the cameracouldn't even follow it, and you just
saw it going off the bat andgoing, oh my gosh, I know
those kids in left field, we'rehaving a good time. Yeah. But
I will say I'm on that sidewith the ten ounce I do. I
don't know why, I just Ido know why. I like I like
watching the home round better. Ilike I like them slowing down and them
hitting the absolute piss so long it'dbe so boring. But somebody's gonna get

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hurt one of those days doing thosefour minute round where they're swing against swinging
swingings. Don't put kids out there. What are you thinking now, I'm
talking about the players? Oh yeah, because I mean after a while,
you know, they have that bonusround where if they hit two balls over
four forty, somebody gonna tear ito bleak out there. That didn't hurt
my feelings that Akunya and Olsen didnot participate. No, you know why
focused on that ring. That's whatit is. And Akunya will be the

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MVP. He will be you knowwhat I mean my statement with that,
But um, I mean the team'squicking. Team's quicking and every way possible.
And you got a franchise record eightall Stars tonight on the All Star
team, which you won't see Strideror Older. They're not pitching. Um

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good, Yeah, you don't needto need to take a rest. Yeah.
Now there's a good chance that uum possibly could be Murphy behind the
plate, Freddie at first, Azzia second short, Austin Riley at third,
A reheas is that second as theguy from Miami. Well, I'm
just saying just at any time,just throughout the game starting. But yeah,

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held you say it short Dansby.Now he's out? Is he out?
Okay? What? Never mind?Okay, well, idea going.
I was just about to say thesame infield twenty twenty one, that'd be
cool. Just put Olson out therein first Yeah, let's screw Freddy.
Yeah. Olson has been tearing upthe ball leading in RBIs can we at
one point have Murphy Olson, allbeasts, Arcia and Riley, Let's do

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that exactly, are pretty much ourwhole infield, just for one inning,
exactly whole infield. And then umAris didn't make it, Diddy, no,
no, no, he got thatfirst. Yeah he got first half.
Yeah. But he's been doing reallywell. He's been absolutely tearing up
the ball. Oh yeah, EddieRosario has been hitting well, you know.
And uh, like you were talkingabout Kevin Pollard off the bench.

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This this team is complete. That'swhy we talk about him so much,
because they're complete. They don't haveany holes, you know, And um
I'm sure a lot of teams aretrying to do something to improve their team.
You know, it's in August.I think I think it's July thirty
first maybe or for August first,something like that, we got some time.
Yeah, but um, what Imean it's gonna be the the the

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Rangers and the Braves think Yeah,I mean the Rays could do something,
but I mean, yeah, Idon't. I don't think you can count
out that al East, any ofthem, No even the Orioles or Yeah.
Man, I hope you're right.Definitely want to see the Braves back.
Yeah, and then they would,don't. I believe that the only

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thing that would really hold them backis if is if they get winded like
they did last year, just tryingto chase the match, chase the match,
you know. Yeah, but wewind We're not. They're having to
get a whole time exactly. Guyslook forward to coming to the park.
I like, That's why I doappreciate these guys starting every day. You
know, get used to it.There's a certain kind of rhythm to it
whenever you get going, you know. But um, got the All Star

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Game tonight, you know. Um, I hope I don't know if they
are, but I hope the playersare wearing their their own jerseys or not
that gummit, those jerseys are sougly. I haven't even seen them,
and I already know that they are, because they always are. Yeah,
that was I heard that conversation lastweek. Yeah, what do you think

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about that? No, they Ithink they should wear to their home team
jerseys and just were like an AllStar hat or something like that, you
know, yeah whatever, Yeah,yeah, I just um, that's how
they used to do. Keep itsimple like that. You know, they're
trying to change everything. You know, see your guys with your team exactly.
Yeah. Yeah, it'd be coolif we can wear our our um

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or was it, uh, cityconnects. It'd be pretty cool. That
would be sweet. Yeah, that'swhat they should have let them do.
That would have been pretty cool.But I don't think everybody has them yet,
do they? I don't think so. I know a recent one that's
always Kansas City. I know that. Okay, so the Twins got it,
Rangers got it, Diamondbacks, Braves, Marlins, the Yankees, and

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I can't know. The Yankees don'tdo they They don't have a city connect
No, they don't. That'd bea cool thing that once everybody gets them
to do that, that wouldn't becool. Yeah, wear your city Yeah.
And also I saw another thing Iknow him going left commission but um,
thinking, I was just thinking ofteams randomly. You know, they
got the U they feel the DreamsGame. You know who's playing in it

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that the Cardinals at the Cups,like two terrible teams, Why why don't
they Because they're close to that,They're close to Iowa. That's sort of
there. I got you. Well, I guess that makes sense. Next
year, I think, have theydone it? No, it's this year,
you're right, Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry it is this year.
Yeah, yeah, they haven't doneit yet, right, No,
I don't think so either this yearnext year. But I mean else just

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thinking that makes me that makes sense. I mean, if they are closer
to where it is, But that'dbe fun, wouldn't that? That would
be awesome. That's what I wasthinking. That'd be fantastic, you know.
But um, I mean I couldgo on and on talk about this
team commission. I mean, Icould talk about other teams, but I
just really think that with nobody seesthis team like we do. You know,

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see him every day, and that'syou know, I'm trying to be
as unbiased as possible, but Imean, this team is going on historic
fashion as far as being if notthe greatest team in franchise, you know,
history. We'll see how everybody does. I mean, you got a
whole team that's batting over three hundred, the whole team even got your catcher
batting over three hundred, you know, and I got a backup catcher like

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Travis Darnel. It's pretty much astar clutch that guy. You know.
He uh he had the fewest homeruns in June. You know how many
how many he had? He hadfive? Everybody else had more. And
that crazy. That's perfect for him. Man, he doesn't have to catch
that much. He can a goodmentor good guy to have around. And

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that's right. She does, hedoes. And um, I'm I'm really
glad that that Arcia that started.He deserved it, you know. After
It's so funny how the Atlanta Braveshad that campaign for Van Gristom, had
that little thirty minute special Ron Washingtonand everything working with him and then bam.
But I mean we talked about it. He knew it was gonna be

(37:42):
RCA, you know, you know, get the staink for but uh,
a lot of fans didn't understand it. But I'm glad that he went with
his instinct and said, hey,well, you know we got a pro
in Rcia. You know we alreadyknow he's gonna be there. You know,
this guy's young, he's got plentyof time. He can soak in
the minor leagues, get a littlebit more experienced. Probably the coolest thing
I've seen all year that that doubleor that not a double play? Wow,

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you know what I'm talking about?Or he dove first, they sort
of they sort of played a doubleplay, but it was like ten feet
from the bag, like close tothe grass when I'm always dove and just
sort of flipped at Darcy and heedAll. I was sick. Yeh,
never seen That's one of the thingsyou've I've never seen baseball. Arcia has
a hose, he has a feetthrough a frozen rope. And Austin Riley

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is a gold glove guy. Yeshe is, mm hmm. Hopefully don't
get overshadowed by aeronauto, which Iknow he will usually happens right just by
Yeah, and he hasn't even gottenhot yet. Once he starts getting hot,
that's what's great. When you havenine guys that can hit exactly,
gonna have two or three they're coldand you're just fine. Yeah. Look
at I mean Michael Harris hit twohome runs, but a week or two

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ago, you know, in agame, just while he and then Ozuno
is cold early. That's right.You know Marcy has been cold of late.
Yeah, it's okay. Riley hasbeen of light. It can change
up, man can. Yeah,that's what's so great. And then you
have Murphy going going crazy in Cleveland, you know, going nuts, hit
the bombs and um and in Tampayou know that to one game that they

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won, that was a great game. I think it great. I think
to see this Price team, Iwould road trip to Cincinnati just for the
play in the um little league parkthat they play in, great American small
park. I'm and it's so funny. Whenever I was watching that series,
Uh, whenever Ellie Dayler Cruise neededthat double, I was thinking, you
know, all he's gotta do isjust pop it in the gap. But

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the thing is if you pop itout there, it might go out,
you know. So of course itwas a one hopper right at the uh,
right at the wall. You know. But um, I mean it's
good. I mean this team isrunning. They're like a freight train running
on the train tracks. And nobody'sgetting in their way. No, not
at all. They have. Theypaved the way for the duration where they're
going right at the top of thehill, you know. But um gosh,

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it has been so great to getback in your commission. Really seriously,
it's been too long, you know, so real quick division winners,
you see right now, all right, right now, I'm gonna go with
the race in the East, inthe Guardians. In the Central, I'm
gonna go with the Rangers. Inthe West. Of course, the East,
I'm gonna go with the Atlanta Braves. We're gonna go, and the

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Central we're gonna go the Reds,and of course I'm actually gonna go the
Diamondbacks in the West. Okay,yeah, hey, I like Braves,
Reds, I like Dodgers. Ijust I just think that'll happen. I'm
gonna go out of them. Iwant to say, Baltimore wins the East
and over there I agree with youwith Cleveland and Texas. So yeah,
there you go. Yeah it soundsgood. I mean, they're not gonna

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be the Braves, so no matter, but good. I'm actually excited to
see the way that Atlie was hittinglast night at home run everyboy. I'm
excited to see what he can dothe playoffs and still Trout. I will
say this before we go. Troutneeds to be in the playoffs. He
needs to stay healthy. You know, Tiny's not Gonny is probably not gonna
be there. But we'll cover that, you know next time. We got
plenty in season left halfway halfway there, you know, halfway there, halfway

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gone. All right, but weare class half full kind of people.
But thanks for tuning in, everybodyagain. It's great to be back at
the studio. Commission. Thanks again, man, that's always this has been
sixty feet six inches. Keep yourgrass green and your pants dirty, so
long, everybody,