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This is the Baseball Tonight Podcast for Friday, May

0:09

10, 2024 and today

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will be better than

0:18

yesterday. I'm Buster, only working from my

0:20

home in Montana. I'll be flying to

0:22

New York for this weekend's Sunday Night

0:24

Game between the New York Mets and

0:26

Atlanta Braves. Taylor Schwenk

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has actually worked for ESPN today. Taylor, how are

0:30

you doing? Doing well. We're

0:33

in Studio T over here. That's what I call this. It's

0:35

a huddle room that I've taken over here on Thursdays when

0:37

I come to the office. Do you

0:40

know why May 10 is especially a big

0:42

day in farm country? No,

0:45

I can't think of anything. It's

0:48

traditionally the day, and

0:50

maybe as climate has

0:52

changed, it traditionally has been

0:54

a day when cows have been let out into

0:56

pasture. And

0:58

they've been in the barn all winter and

1:01

they're all pooped up and then you let

1:03

them out into the fields. And man, you

1:05

talk about happy creatures

1:08

like they're running around. You got these

1:10

old cows who are eight years old.

1:12

They're sprinting around. They've got the zoomies.

1:15

It's a lot of fun. But May 10 is

1:17

that day, which is today. And

1:20

that's kind of what's happening with Paul Skeens, right?

1:23

He caught up to the big leagues the

1:25

first time. What do you think? Oh

1:27

man, let that kid loose. He's going to be

1:30

live when he gets out there on the mountain.

1:32

Very excited for this debut here. And I loved

1:34

how you weaved all that together, Buster. Well,

1:37

you know, I'm a professional. So

1:41

I had a, and I've

1:44

told you that my fantasy team that I

1:46

do with my son, Jake, it's

1:48

very much of a Jerry Jones, Jimmy

1:50

Johnson relationship. We're arguing back and forth.

1:52

And for the last three weeks, he's

1:54

been like, why are we carrying Paul

1:56

Skeens on a roster? What are

1:58

we doing here? And I'm like, just Just be patient.

2:01

Just be patient. Keep the

2:03

guy on the roster. No. He's

2:06

going to get called up at some point. How are

2:08

we looking today, Taylor? Looking

2:10

pretty good, Buster. Do you need Jake to

2:12

call me and for me to tell him,

2:14

like, hey, listen to your old man. He

2:16

knows some things. He's lived some life. You

2:19

know, not just in the fantasy baseball realm

2:21

either, Buster. I could drop some wisdom

2:23

on him. Well, thank you.

2:25

I appreciate that. Yeah. I

2:28

need backing because as any parent knows, their

2:30

kids think they're a complete idiot. So

2:33

my son, I'm hoping Paul Skeins does well in

2:35

his first start because then I got some bragging

2:38

rights with Jake for sure. But that'll be fun.

2:41

Him pitching against the Chicago Cubs on

2:43

the road for his majorly debut on

2:46

Saturday. Now every Friday we do our top

2:48

five and our bottom three. Making three is

2:50

easy at this point. All right? You

2:53

know, the White Sox are terrible. They're at number

2:55

30. I've got the Marlins at 29.

2:58

Maybe you could make an argument. The Marlins should

3:00

drop to 30 for this week after trading Luis

3:02

Arraiz. And then you have the Colorado

3:04

Rockies. Top five for me. And

3:06

let me be talking about this with Eduardo Perez coming

3:08

up. I've got Phillies at number

3:10

one. After seeing them last weekend, you

3:12

know, I'm so impressed by them. They've

3:15

got the best record in baseball. I've got the Dodgers

3:17

two, the Braves three,

3:19

the Orioles four, the Yankees at

3:22

five. It's a little different

3:24

than our friend Jesse Rogers, who had the

3:26

Cubs at number three in his power rankings

3:28

on Sunday night. Taylor, we didn't talk about

3:30

this, but my jaw was on the floor.

3:32

I mean, I love Jesse, but he is

3:34

a Chicago guy. He was drinking right out

3:36

of Lake Michigan with that take. I don't

3:38

I don't really agree with that one. I

3:40

feel like you could say they're top 10,

3:42

but top five, top three.

3:44

That's crazy, Jesse. Yeah. What do

3:47

you what do you think of the what

3:49

do you think of my top five? I

3:51

like your top five. I think and we're going

3:53

to hear a little bit of this from well

3:56

from Eduardo. I don't know. I don't

3:58

know about the Braves. I feel like maybe. Maybe you could

4:00

flop the braves and the ores but yeah, I like it.

4:02

I like the top five. Okay.

4:04

Yeah, I really walked away from watching the

4:06

Phillies saying that right now is the team

4:09

to beat. But you know,

4:11

well Eduardo's got a different perspective I'm sure

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by. All right, the top series coming

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up this weekend. We got the Yankees

4:29

at the Rays, the Diamondbacks are playing,

4:31

Taylor's Orioles, the Minnesota Twins who of

4:33

course have been surging in recent weeks.

4:35

They're facing the Blue Jays who kind

4:37

of feel like they're right on the

4:39

edge. There was a big team meeting

4:41

that they had before their game on

4:43

Wednesday. Dodgers at the Padres

4:46

and then of course the Braves and the

4:48

Mets playing on Sunday night baseball. It looks

4:51

like we've got Ice Elder

4:53

pitching on Sunday against Luis Severino.

4:55

Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter has pled guilty

4:57

to bank and tax fraud. Ipe

4:59

Mizzuhara agreed to plead guilty to

5:02

federal charges of felony bank fraud

5:04

and submitting a false tax return

5:06

after authorities found that he stole

5:08

nearly $17 million from Ohtani to

5:12

pay off gambling debts to an illegal sports

5:14

book. If

5:17

you read the stories, it sounds like

5:19

the plea agreement may end with Mizzuhara

5:22

serving somewhere between eight and ten

5:24

years in prison if

5:27

the plea agreement goes through. Giancarlo Stanton

5:29

had the hardest hit home run of

5:31

the season against the Astros on Wednesday,

5:34

119.9 miles per hour. Here's

5:38

what it sounded like. We'll get to a field.

5:40

There it's Don. Oh, it's Don. See

5:42

ya. Into the second deck. 5-1-8. That

5:45

was over 120 miles an hour off the bat. The

6:00

night because that got outta here some

6:02

other nodes the Reds Christian Encarnacion Strand

6:04

went to the injured list with a

6:06

broken wrist. Man they've had some bad

6:09

luck with injuries is expected be a

6:11

for six weeks. Jorge So where was

6:13

placed on the ten day injured lists

6:15

with a right shoulder strain and the

6:18

Texas Rangers brought back Robbie Grossman in

6:20

a trade with his Cargo White Sox.

6:23

Taylor What else you got? Buster.

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Low Post Soup Collective were being in

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the drum here and B A playoffs

6:29

marching along. The Knicks get another when

6:31

last night. That's or how you feel

6:33

about the know. We do have Yankees

6:35

fans a lot in, you know. How

6:37

do you lived in New York? This

6:39

like Knicks revival that's going on right

6:41

now. Does that? Does that make you

6:43

funding and so on? Yeah, that's it.

6:45

Absolutely resonates. I mean, there's no. I

6:48

don't think there's more any more fun

6:50

than ah having the next be great

6:52

for the N B, A L S's

6:54

mean that you know the championship caliber

6:56

man. Knicks fans live and die with

6:58

that. he made me sick or how

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they basically filled that arena even when

7:02

the team stuff for a lot of

7:04

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8:56

Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets. Eduardo,

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how are you doing this week? I'm doing

9:01

real well, Buster. Doing real well. Just

9:03

taking it all in. Loving to be on

9:06

with you. Nice. And

9:08

before we get started up talking about the

9:11

Braves and Mets, I do want to talk

9:13

to you about the biggest story in baseball,

9:15

which is the promotion of Paul Skeens to

9:17

start Saturday for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the

9:19

Chicago Cubs. What do you

9:22

think and what do you think his impact is going to be? I

9:24

think it's going to be big. Look, they've

9:26

limited his amount of pitching right to 75

9:29

pitches per game, but he's been very economical.

9:31

He hits the strike zone real well. He's

9:34

got a splitter and a fastball

9:36

that works and plays up at any level. We

9:39

saw it at the College World Series. We saw

9:41

it during the season last

9:43

year as well after he had signed. We've

9:45

seen it this year as well. And

9:48

finally, this is, man,

9:50

we haven't had a moment like this, I

9:53

want to say, since probably Strasburg. Right.

9:57

And Remember the frenzy about that. The Secondary Market.

9:59

that I checked it out this morning. Ah

10:02

same. See a ticket behind the plate.

10:04

Secondary market will cost you forty six

10:06

bucks. That. Same seat. Is

10:09

going for over two hundred and forty bucks

10:11

right now. While. So.

10:13

Others there's a the real with that. To

10:15

all of this. Post. We all

10:18

know that the Chicago Cubs fans travel.

10:20

In. The Pittsburgh with pair of hands. They.

10:23

Could be shown up in droves of for this one. Though.

10:26

Especially with the you know this. Get this

10:28

guy who, ah, you know that comparisons are

10:30

off the charts about what he might be.

10:32

I'm going to throw that back at you

10:35

when you mentioned Stephen Strasburg who were met

10:37

him or the late great Kevin Towers telling

10:39

me when he saw my college the greatest

10:41

pitching prospect that he's ever seen. Strasburg did

10:43

not disappoint. He was dominant from his first

10:45

game in the big leagues. Struck out fourteen

10:48

guys. Who. Do you think is

10:50

better at this stage in their respective careers?

10:52

Strasburg when he broke in or what we

10:54

see was gained Now. I think

10:56

what we're Dempsey was schemes. I think

10:59

I'll gag an ugly word. Strasburg was

11:01

dynamic. That though he did not disappoint

11:03

his first game that was it was

11:05

beautiful to watch. It was the great

11:08

experience. The environment that National Park was

11:10

great. But. There were flaws

11:12

the inverted wu at the time ball

11:14

facing down. For those of of those

11:17

of you fans I don't know about

11:19

that. Ah, When he delivered, it's.

11:22

You. Want the had the ball facing

11:24

up and Paul schemes does that

11:26

and he has the ability to

11:28

hit a hundred consistently. Is

11:30

as the ability of be able to pinpoint

11:32

and thought those purchases. And. I

11:35

think it's it's. It's

11:37

a fresher arm. Because. Of

11:39

that that has that been exposed

11:41

as much as Stevens was through

11:43

his childhood leading up to San

11:45

Diego State before getting to the

11:47

Bigwigs. Birthright. because

11:49

he that he was a converted catcher he has

11:51

been pitching for all their long he's not going

11:54

to have as much mileage selves therapy the game

11:56

with it will be watching on saturday and on

11:58

sunday we've got the cubs axes We've got the

12:00

Mets and we have the Atlanta Braves in

12:02

City Field as I mentioned The

12:04

Braves are interesting because they're

12:07

22 and 12 like they're

12:09

off to a great start They're again on

12:11

you know a pace to win a hundred

12:13

games and yet this Incredible offense of last

12:15

year when they led the majors and homers

12:18

and world as of the you know this

12:20

morning you and I talking They're 18th out

12:22

of the 30 teams in home runs with

12:25

36. They're 12th and run scored with 172

12:29

you take that as a good sign or a bad side

12:31

for the Atlanta Braves I

12:33

mean, let's you look at the record

12:35

right and you're saying this

12:37

team should be playing better They've

12:39

got 22 wins right on 22 and 12 And

12:43

I haven't had their main guys at

12:46

the top of the order get it going Olson

12:49

Riley a kunya no particular

12:51

order have been Not

12:54

meeting the expectations that we're used to seeing

12:56

from what we saw last year We saw

12:58

a team that scored early and often in

13:00

the first inning We saw a team that

13:02

could hit the ball out of the ballpark

13:05

But now take an account that

13:07

you have probably I have to say

13:09

the second best D.H. In baseball That's

13:12

leading the league and in

13:14

home runs and in RBI

13:16

because I still have Oh tiny ahead

13:19

of him But Marcella Zuna has been

13:21

fantastic He's leading

13:23

the league in RBI and those guys have not been getting

13:25

on in front of him at a high rate Just

13:28

imagine if they were just

13:30

imagine if they were productive just with their

13:32

on base percentage Where would he

13:34

be right now when it comes to RBI? So

13:37

yes, they've had other guys take

13:39

over a Zuna last year started terribly as

13:41

a matter of fact He got benched and

13:44

then the second half of the season he went

13:46

off and he hasn't stopped hitting sense He's in

13:48

a great place had a conversation with him about

13:50

it as well Where his focus

13:52

is a lot better and he's matured a lot

13:55

more I Can't

13:59

there's no way that I think that Acuna

14:01

is a 26% strikeout rate guy. Last

14:06

week was at 11%. That's

14:08

going to level out. And

14:11

once it does, once he starts not

14:13

chasing out of his own, he starts

14:15

walking more, letting the game come to

14:17

him. I think

14:19

we're going to see a more productive Acuna

14:21

because we've already seen it before he's done

14:23

it. And I'm no doubt that

14:26

Riley and Olsen are going to be the same. The

14:29

last time we had the Braves on Sunday

14:31

Night Baseball a few weeks ago, Kevin Seitz

14:33

or their hitting coach, Austin Riley and others

14:35

are telling me, Acuna is right there. He's

14:37

right there. He's ready to take off. He

14:40

didn't. Tell me why you think that

14:42

he has struggled early this season. I

14:44

think he's trying to replicate what he did

14:46

last year. And when you're

14:48

chasing greatness, and that's

14:51

what it was last year, and you don't

14:53

feel it, I think it hurts.

14:56

When he came into the

14:58

season last year, he

15:00

had gone to the Dominican Republic.

15:03

He worked out in the Dominican Republic. He

15:05

worked out in Venezuela in the Dominican Republic.

15:09

He was on a mission. I'm

15:12

wondering, and I can't wait to get to the

15:14

ballpark on Sunday, on

15:17

Mother's Day, and ask him, what

15:19

was your routine this year? Were

15:21

there more distractions this year because

15:23

he was the MVP? Were

15:26

there more distractions? Did he

15:28

have to take him out of his norm? He

15:30

had to go to a lot of presentations. The

15:32

focus wasn't there. Off-season is big

15:34

for a lot of players. It

15:36

sets the tone for that

15:39

season. And to me,

15:42

I'm wondering if that plus,

15:44

remember at the end of spring training,

15:46

we were now thinking,

15:49

is he going to be on the I.O. or not? Is

15:52

his knee 100%? He has 14 stolen

15:54

bases, but is it affecting him

15:56

at all? At the plate? All

15:58

those things are big for him. time questions that

16:01

have to be asked about Ronald the Crew the Junior. You

16:05

said something in the podcast which I think is

16:07

completely insane after we saw the Phillies last weekend.

16:09

We were having the conversation about which team is

16:11

better Phillies or Braves and in this moment. I

16:14

feel like there's no question in my mind the

16:16

Phillies are the better team. You

16:19

disagreed. I disagree. I

16:21

disagree and a lot of people call me crazy and I'm

16:24

you know, I love the Phillies team. I

16:26

think they're a very talented team, but are they this

16:28

good? Are they a hundred and they're

16:31

averaging right now to be a hundred and

16:33

thirteen game winning team. Do the

16:36

are they that? My answer is no. And

16:39

the reason I say this is because

16:41

no team in baseball has played more

16:43

games against sub 500 teams than the

16:47

Philadelphia Phillies. They are 20 and 9

16:49

against sub 500 teams. I

16:52

mean the team that's second on that

16:55

list right now is the New York

16:57

Yankees at 15 and 7 against 500 teams.

17:00

They have not played. They played

17:02

29 games against that and then

17:04

teams above 500 they've

17:07

only played nine games or six and

17:09

three and oh by the way,

17:11

one of the teams is

17:13

the the Washington Nationals.

17:17

So you have to take both

17:19

into perspective of the Atlanta

17:22

Braves who have really had to go against a

17:24

tougher schedule. They're 12 and two. They've

17:26

only played 14 games against sub 500 teams. When

17:28

that comes around to them, I expect the Braves

17:30

all of a sudden

17:34

to hit on all cylinders. Okay. And

17:37

of course they've got Chris Sale who's pitching great yesterday

17:40

through 37 sliders note from Paul and the Katie's 18

17:42

of which were a induced a swing

17:44

13 of which were whips. That

17:48

was Chris sale pitching against his

17:50

former team the Red Sox on Wednesday. He's been

17:52

outstanding. Where

17:54

do you see the Mets right now in

17:57

terms of heating this year not compete? at

18:00

Bordeaux? Yeah, look, I

18:03

still think I still think Mendoza has done

18:05

a really nice job especially after starting season

18:07

own five and be you know

18:09

there was a little panic in New York what's going

18:12

on when Dorr wasn't hitting at the beginning of the

18:14

season. The only Nemo

18:16

wasn't hitting at the beginning of the

18:18

season. McNeil the same thing was not

18:20

hitting then little by little they started

18:22

finding their groove and then Peter

18:25

Lanzo lost his groove. Once

18:28

these guys have to play almost they

18:30

have to they have to meet expectations

18:32

and exceed expectations. They lost you

18:35

know a big piece of Alvarez behind a plate. Tommas

18:38

Nito is a very good game caller.

18:40

Pictures trust him. I've seen that pictures

18:42

have actually gotten a little bit better

18:45

with Narvaez and Nito behind the

18:47

plate but this

18:49

has to be led by their superstars

18:52

and Alfonso and Lindor

18:54

and Nemo have to be

18:56

excellent on a daily basis for

18:58

them to have an opportunity. J.D. Martinez

19:01

is going to add to it but I think

19:03

he's still a month off. I

19:05

don't believe his swing is still there

19:07

going through an abbreviated late

19:09

spring training for

19:12

him so I expect a

19:15

good second half from J.D. but those are

19:17

the three guys have to carry it early. Late

19:20

in Kansas City's game against

19:23

Milwaukee on Wednesday this is what it

19:25

sounded like Bobby Witt Jr. at the

19:27

plate. Witt has scored two

19:29

of the three runs doubled

19:32

and scored in the first walk and

19:34

now he launches a high drive deep

19:36

well field through the wall and

19:39

gone. Bobby Witt. It

19:42

has been a while since Bobby Witt

19:44

watched a home run so

19:47

a big insurance run for

19:49

two royals. At

19:51

Steny Mathews 610 KCSP Bobby Witt Jr. now at

19:53

Warro is on a pace for 153 runs for

19:56

this season. 47

19:59

doubles. Bonnie. One

20:01

triples, only one homers over

20:03

fifty stolen bases. One.

20:05

Sotos batting three. Thirty eight nine

20:07

homers, Thirty three Rb I Lps

20:09

of a thousand. Twenty three. I

20:12

think there's any doubt these two with the

20:14

moments would be or early front runners for

20:16

American League Mvp Where you got. I

20:19

got one Soto right now but limiting

20:21

something. Bobby Wood Jews not going anywhere

20:23

Who's going to be right there in

20:26

the. Poughkeepsie. Rows of played

20:28

great baseball. We. Played great baseball.

20:30

Was Salvador Perez still doing what he's

20:32

doing and his aides behind the plate?

20:35

Elite numbers. You. Have Bobby

20:37

Wood due to his exciting on both ends

20:39

badly have a decent not only with a

20:41

bad but also base running. Or.

20:43

Has been spy cues off the charts

20:46

and plaza the kids to be royals

20:48

committed to a player like that. They.

20:50

Needed it. And Bomb! They needed

20:52

to get off to a really great start And

20:54

they done. I it a

20:56

lot has to do with their with

20:59

their pitching veteran pitching. Some little Bhutto

21:01

has been rape. He's been a bar,

21:03

been able to go out there take

21:05

the balls. Last outing at seven plus

21:08

innings. Of. Work as. Intended.

21:10

To lease keepers t minute.

21:13

They. Have some really good arms in the bathtub. It

21:16

went to one. You know when when

21:18

we get any these discussions about ah

21:20

you know I Mbp and you have

21:22

a small market player gets a big

21:25

market player. There's no question that the

21:27

big market player gets more exposure but

21:29

I do wonder if it's sometimes works

21:31

to the benefit of the small market

21:33

player because once Soto surrounded by Aaron

21:35

Judge and John Carlos stand in a

21:37

Anthony both be any. he's a deeper

21:39

team where you have any right. Salvador

21:42

Perez up to great start. But.

21:44

Bobby Wood Jr has the advantage of be

21:46

in the one guy you know. Aaron Judge

21:48

is getting hotter. I do wonder if when

21:50

you look at the voting at the end

21:52

of year that might play and it to

21:55

a to some advantage for Bobby Wood Junior.

21:57

It could point to some advantage, but.

22:00

The reality of the be during in New

22:02

York you can do it anywhere right over

22:04

fried so make it and make it here

22:06

you may get anywhere. That's exactly what New

22:08

York is all about. and. Want.

22:11

Soto. Early in this year they started

22:13

the season off against the Houston Astros.

22:15

They are done playing the Houston Astros

22:17

already. And. He'd created damage

22:19

against one of their biggest nemesis

22:22

in baseball for the last few

22:24

years the Astros and I'm. At

22:27

a Gas Was are happy that they don't

22:29

have to deal with Want Soto for the

22:31

foreseeable future this year, but at the same

22:33

time they are. He

22:36

the game changer. He's a game changer that

22:38

all up. In you know you're

22:41

able to a mix in the righty

22:43

lefty righty hope he's been great And

22:45

the leadoff spot? you get Soto then

22:47

you get judge New mentioned it. Judge.

22:50

Starting to get out of this thinking what?

22:53

What? For three two days ago. Yesterday.

22:56

He goes three, four, five. Whip.

22:58

Up the three rugs driven him and he

23:00

drives the ball to out of three times.

23:02

the right center with authority One for home

23:04

run, one for a double. This.

23:06

Guy is about to be. A

23:09

Anthony Wright dogs can be the best!

23:11

Version. Of Judge. We're going to see it from

23:13

here on out because it's figured it out. Or

23:17

added water. Thanks for doing s ah I

23:19

will see you in New York. Or.

23:21

Via hopefully for the cat the Tonka. A

23:31

numbers game with several a fairway.

23:33

support, A producer for mlb.com and

23:35

also someone who's taken out numbers

23:37

throughout Sunday Night baseball. Sarah: hey

23:39

there one. And then

23:41

Fairfax area. However, I'm

23:44

doing great. Ah, I'm gonna throw

23:46

a questionnaire to write off the

23:48

bat with zero preparation which is

23:50

always fun. Or if you add

23:52

a valid today who is your

23:54

American League Mvp? Is it wants

23:57

soda or is it Bobby with

23:59

Jr. They kicked off raid

24:01

warden know. From. Moto a junior

24:03

at a pace for one hundred sixty

24:05

three runs for forty seven doubles for

24:07

twenty one triples, twenty one home runs

24:09

a war know I think we're of

24:11

flexibly said one so dog as we

24:13

talked about him. I. Think Bobby

24:15

Wood Jr is when the vote as of

24:17

today because he's a shortstop. Are you got.

24:20

I really hesitate. He's got

24:22

our senses. Sam. Neill

24:25

Nice mother bear away from me

24:27

the a few games. Now

24:29

that means yes, the as done as

24:31

he was. Messing.

24:34

Us needs some. Doing

24:37

this and and contact parents

24:39

are is here in New

24:41

York. Everything in Science single

24:43

I mean. Worse. Than

24:45

the scenes or glance five

24:47

cars on the individual class.

24:50

Where. You live in a sense.

24:53

So I enjoy our citizens

24:55

buying less whether lately. And

24:58

using Eleven The elsewhere Where the

25:00

T V Re now and love

25:02

for a long term. Plan.

25:04

Man is a green classes and

25:06

know as far as that this

25:08

is either ah under Needs Employees

25:11

sex. And. Knows her entire same

25:13

for Allah these here right now.

25:16

Go. Without a doubt and I think

25:18

it's there's a gap I think those two

25:20

are wanting to in in whatever age where

25:22

you want to have and that I think

25:24

there's a gap and may be or and

25:26

judge closes it owes A Ramirez always seems

25:28

to find his way into the conversation but

25:30

those two guys are are right for the

25:32

way. Wanted to know, right? Let's play the

25:35

numbers game. Numbers: Surrey.

25:38

Similar. I'm in

25:40

nineteen Point Nine. Sneak

25:42

in one of those of

25:44

us and our son on

25:46

land saying in the winter

25:48

and nineteen point nine long

25:50

narrow run like a chorus

25:52

of you know and thing,

25:54

let him. Know. The only

25:57

as thorough hi this and nowhere land

25:59

or say. When. Have

26:01

the same credible. Haven't.

26:03

Farm farmlands a lethal hundred

26:05

ninety miles an hour. And.

26:08

Flame Fifteen and bring for of the

26:10

plows. Here. Six of them

26:12

and they run out and therefore has

26:14

six of them. Is. This

26:17

and me as they want a advance

26:19

know Course, it wasn't just one hundred

26:21

and Ninety nine or one. Hundred

26:24

eighteen Point A loner How

26:27

one on to say? So.

26:29

He became facing now.

26:32

Under such as was a hundred

26:35

a team last. Long.

26:37

Our homeland. In a single

26:39

calendar month and the other guys is

26:41

the way to all. Tone did it

26:43

on back to our days. And.

26:45

Of course of the doing good. June

26:48

of one mean seven came

26:50

on the Sandman new and

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nimbly incredible and will France

26:55

and exactly what the he

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needs funding her with them

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are too. Numerous. To

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any slow as mine bullied know

27:10

him. So. Sure de

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nada. The Rams. One

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point, no answers. Selling

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precise and. Silly

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nonsense alone plan. This is the

27:22

without fail in. Mind.

27:24

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for giving up Santa one miss

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final and in work in his

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most recent sense when he said

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the ending of indian names such

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as his his wonder if they

27:36

come home. And.

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Then memoir saw a movie. Them once

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saw a man named. When.

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A when. One. Point L A

27:45

and Just Fly was from his

27:47

first something criticized. No.

27:50

Other patrons had me around that

27:52

long. And. That you lost.

27:56

And fine mean for hims

27:58

time. Right

28:00

thing and face on workplace. wish

28:03

that as they remain in their

28:05

them and we came as no

28:07

less waste them. I

28:09

saw the more loyal one by Mayor

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Rahm. And. Five for a

28:13

funeral. I've seen any single scene

28:16

from Selling Turn Slam. The

28:18

only other can see that I'll never

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and me when I'm. Home

28:23

Coin, Nothing Servants answers his

28:26

career. Shakeri.

28:28

And in one, noom. Fifteen Of

28:30

course. Why? In

28:32

fact, for in nineteen fifty, them.

28:35

And were alexander and maintaining

28:37

one me? He. Is

28:39

telling say hi Kill

28:41

innocent. And. Grillo calling

28:43

from say one. And say

28:46

gear hear this There was no the size

28:48

land new are now them. As

28:50

saying is just so the laws

28:53

that to. Noble?

28:55

Yeah, No one

28:57

is to twenty five. Cents.

29:00

And little foreigners croquet things I

29:02

mean Q V I am. He

29:05

saw last five games those villagers

29:07

have club. Has. Been snow

29:10

hours and twenty four mans

29:12

or assured him. As

29:14

the first hundred nameplates, Five say

29:16

game. And June twenty

29:19

five are shown them. Since.

29:21

How into Southwest shrieks of

29:23

them. In. Range he

29:25

the. Last. Sunday

29:27

longer. A shame. When.

29:30

He was a place six

29:32

straight games last shred in

29:34

July and nineteen. Drilling a

29:36

silence and their game on

29:38

Wednesday was says an hour

29:40

and fifty five minutes. It

29:42

was there sure enough, Nine Ending

29:45

Am. Turns. Me for

29:47

two thousand three him from wire

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is. Also one to see

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why the know course. The

29:53

dire little tender and langham.

29:56

Was. None other than the era

29:58

when. Name. Right

30:00

now they random when. We.

30:03

Have seen last game of

30:05

course Manson Landsman Anthony List

30:07

of that town. Various.

30:10

For the Korea thing low on the

30:12

willing the has him. Know. The

30:14

Naga amanda last name.

30:17

For a players near his. Name.

30:19

Now playing games this last and not

30:21

long and fun though as roll I

30:23

call. It is the

30:25

I mean do you know how fast the

30:27

read more to it? You wouldn't think that

30:29

normally. Because. About other

30:31

appearances rights very patient offers.

30:34

So. One last question for you before you

30:36

go. I talked about this with it Wardell. I

30:38

walked away from my watching the believe us we

30:40

can say they're the best team in baseball right

30:42

now. Ah and and War know disagrees

30:44

with me. He says the Atlanta Braves you get

30:46

to be the tie breaker and if you want

30:49

you to throw the Dodgers intuit. Who's.

30:51

The number one team in baseball right now right

30:53

now and I'm not holding shudder. Your.

30:55

Pick in a World Series winter. But how they are right

30:57

now, who would you pick? Moink.

30:59

Hi Sammy, that's irrelevant. Let's have

31:02

five when. I'm I

31:04

am lane the oil sands Scioscia.

31:06

Wow okay I know they have

31:08

a closer as you a now

31:11

we're seeing now on display. Financing.

31:14

This minutes and tell ourselves

31:16

on me I heard there

31:18

was no going back on

31:20

gluttonous knowing our Sunday night

31:22

baseball in the early morning

31:24

on Thursday. And they think

31:27

you mean survey point? then. Naive.

31:29

and then this name they played

31:32

tempered team have really show and

31:34

no idea. I'm the smaller

31:36

than a Yankee away from them

31:38

on T V thousand know classes

31:40

and the even in the mail

31:43

and season. He. Had the

31:45

villains and mass play. Saw that. One.

31:48

Tell us a lot about what to

31:50

expect moving plan. As

31:53

I I'm with you. There's part

31:55

of me that was to fast

31:57

forward to the playoffs. Gazette The

31:59

Dodger Billie brave the situation. Is.

32:01

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Rate of the The chief executive of our

34:31

weekly Squares. He's a graphic artist whose work

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thought rate I'm.com today doing this week. Good

34:40

posture. How are you doing? I'm a hang it

34:43

in. Britain.

34:46

Is cough. Before

34:48

we get started, are you mention that

34:50

you've got some a baseball cards and

34:52

one of them is Sit? With

34:55

the deadly someone we know, well. Yes,

34:58

I'm holding it in my head

35:00

right now. I was gifted a

35:02

box of baseball cards and I've

35:04

been at the top of the

35:06

pile. basically. Is

35:08

a twenty twenty three tops Allen and

35:10

get your card of our friend and

35:13

colleague Sarah Lengths to How cool is

35:15

that? The A very cool I

35:17

I I think we know where you can get

35:19

that personalized if you want, Todd if that interests

35:21

you. It. Dealt it doesn't interest me and I'm

35:23

going to take you up on it. So. right?

35:25

So we did get an interesting

35:27

bleacher tweet question this week and

35:30

we we talked about it on

35:32

know the parts, Guess it Came

35:34

on a Wednesday: Tim O'brien in

35:36

Bomber. Ah, Rights

35:38

Is there not the strongest

35:40

chance to taught rate? M

35:42

P of Infinite Travels in

35:44

Contacts actually works for a

35:47

certain unnamed. Are. Destined

35:49

government agency and I thought.

35:51

You. Know I've know Todd for so

35:54

long. Ends meet to that's a

35:56

possibility of say you. Are

35:59

not at liberty to. That's

36:04

gotta be the answer, right? You do

36:06

know every one and I know you've

36:08

had contact with former presidents. So.

36:10

I'm now beginning to wonder I'm putting it

36:13

all together. todd. It could

36:15

very well be boast or but the you know as the

36:17

saying goes, if I told you I'd have to kill you,

36:19

I would never do such a thing. Oh

36:21

my, that's true. I for to endure in

36:24

your words you can't necessarily go on take

36:26

credit for it. So. Everything.

36:28

Is sort of under wraps with you in

36:30

l. A I am I

36:32

the origin of the hell does his

36:35

thing which goes along of now it's

36:37

lot about coming full circle round he

36:39

was coming full circle. By

36:41

let's get it is very small, park

36:43

and beyond or buster. Today we're going

36:46

to take the Long Island Rail Road

36:48

to Babylon New York. We will exit

36:50

the train and walk a couple of

36:52

blocks west to Railroad Avenue and Argyle

36:54

Park. Walk. Along the lake

36:56

there and it's a far western ended

36:58

it will come to a stone monument

37:01

with a plaque which commemorates the birthplace

37:03

of the Cuban Giants, the first African

37:05

American professional baseball team. They

37:07

were founded here and eighteen eighty Five

37:10

when he Argyle Hotel stood on the

37:12

site. For. Was constructed

37:14

by August Belmont and financed

37:16

by Long Island Railroad President

37:18

Austin or been. In

37:20

opened at eighteen eighty Two and it's

37:22

tailored to wealthy summer visitors from nearby

37:25

New York. It contains three

37:27

hundred fifty rooms. And. The hotel

37:29

was staffed by black service workers,

37:31

who along with players from several

37:33

other Black baseball teams, form the

37:35

core of a ball club that

37:37

they initially called the Babylon Black

37:40

Panthers. Organized. By head

37:42

waiter Frank P. Thompson. The. Team

37:44

began play in August. Eighteen

37:46

Eighty Five's. They. Took on

37:49

all comers including their first

37:51

major league opponents, the American

37:53

Associations New York Metropolitans on

37:55

October fifth of that year.

37:58

The. Seem was good and the of. Acted

38:00

attention. They. Travelled south that

38:02

first winter, playing their way to the

38:04

region on their way to Florida. Where.

38:07

They took on employment waiting tables at

38:09

the hotel pump still a young incense

38:11

in St. Augustine. They. Didn't

38:13

traveled back up north where the

38:15

reportedly one forty straight games. The.

38:18

Club soon gained the backing of a

38:20

white businessman from Trenton, New Jersey named

38:22

Walter Cook. That. Season Cook

38:25

paid his players. Pitchers. And

38:27

catchers reportedly got eighteen dollars

38:29

a week plus expenses. Infielders

38:32

got fifteen dollars and outfielders

38:34

twelve dollars. Could. Change

38:36

the team's name to Cuban Giants. There

38:38

were no Cubans on the team bus

38:40

or but a few players did play

38:42

their prior to the teams formation. We.

38:44

Can surmise that the name was

38:47

either a protective or promotional device

38:49

of sorts, a counter action to

38:51

hostile white American audiences, or perhaps

38:53

a tool to appeal to a

38:55

broader audience. Whatever. The case.

38:57

The team played all year round

38:59

including into both within and we

39:02

were incredibly popular, drawing huge crowds

39:04

of enthusiastic fans. In

39:06

July eighteen eighty six, the To been

39:08

Giants defeated two major league clubs. The.

39:11

American Association, Cincinnati Reds saw

39:13

things, and the National leagues

39:15

Kansas City Cowboys, the Cuban

39:17

Giants by now based in

39:19

Trenton, were crowned quote World

39:21

Colors champions of eating eighty

39:23

seven. And eighteen Eighty Eight. They.

39:25

Shifted operations sig, York, Pennsylvania

39:28

and eighty ninety of Inslee

39:30

fractured and finally disbanded in

39:32

nineteen, fifteen. As. For the

39:34

Argyle Hotel it began to fall at a

39:36

favor and was torn down and ninety know

39:38

for. Replaced. By a series of

39:41

twenty cottages. Go to the park that

39:43

occupies part of the site today and

39:45

think about the Cuban Giants, the first

39:47

Black Pearl club. Who. Were founded

39:49

there one hundred forty years ago. It's.

39:51

This week stop on our season long

39:54

journey to the ballpark and beyond. Bad.

39:57

As outstanding Thank you for

39:59

that grade History the a

40:01

lesson every week for a

40:03

spin. Just absolutely fantastic. I'd

40:05

say this to it may be was

40:07

the first example of analytics right? Where.

40:10

He's paying his pitchers and catchers

40:12

eighteen dollars week plus expenses, the

40:14

infielders fifteen into the appeals getting

40:16

just twelve. Yeah. And

40:19

and are they had submit there was

40:21

no salary cap I imagine right? exactly.

40:23

But the major thing and I will

40:25

say this part of the research into

40:28

the segment that we're going to be

40:30

talking about all season long involves looking

40:32

at. At street view

40:34

of on google maps and are

40:36

you could literally freeze your footsteps.

40:38

And it's fascinating to see what

40:40

is there now and to see

40:42

how things are commemorated if they

40:44

are commemorated. Also, it's pretty cool.

40:47

Yeah. Oh, without a doubt, yeah

40:49

I'd I'd love this and and

40:52

there's no the pictures as you

40:54

sent along. Also, to attach some

40:56

of these entries. The

40:58

it's it's fascinating. So thank you for the

41:00

to work that you put in on this

41:03

and every year you put in someone's work

41:05

on this. Ah right, let's get to this

41:07

week. Squares are a week Six guys. So

41:10

here we go. What? Are

41:12

the Kansas City Royals named for. Is.

41:14

It a Negro Leagues team the Jackie

41:17

Robinson played for. Is it

41:19

be the nickname up sounding on are

41:21

you in common. Is a

41:23

see a nod to tend to cities

41:25

all mark corporation. Or. Is

41:28

it a D v American

41:30

Royal Livestock? So. What? Are

41:32

the Kansas City Royals name for. The

41:34

Negro Leagues team the Jackie Robinson played for.

41:37

The nickname for founding on arguing Health

41:39

min. A nod to Casey's

41:41

Hallmark Corp. Or the American

41:43

Royal Livestock. So. Tell.

41:46

What You got. All

41:48

of those sound extremely plausible. I.

41:51

Think I'll go with saw. Nickname

41:53

of the owner. I'm.

41:56

Going to go with D. Todd. Authors

41:59

correct. Yeah, because most

42:01

or knows about livestock more than two.

42:03

I've right. if you get a cow,

42:06

question is inherent advantage for me. To

42:09

the Kansas City Royals are name for

42:12

the American Royal Livestock So pretty amazing

42:14

stuff. I love that Baylor and

42:16

not didn't decide you don't know this but

42:18

the we recorded the open The Show and

42:21

Buster Bus or Tell Todd why are mates

42:23

and as such a special day and the

42:25

eyes and for farmers. In guess

42:27

at why mates as as a special day.is

42:29

it the beginning of mud season in Vermont?

42:32

Buster? I have no idea. That.

42:34

Something along those lines made sense as

42:36

the day the traditionally cows are let

42:38

out to pasture. And yes

42:40

and so if you can imagine you have

42:42

all these cows in a get a herd

42:44

of cows you know we have fifty milking

42:47

cows. I can I'm and you let him

42:49

outside. And. You talk about cows gone

42:51

crazy like they are running around. They got

42:53

the Zumiez you got old cow they'd nine

42:55

years old you are just run in in

42:57

the lead being and and that was my

43:00

way of introducing the fact that Paul Scheme

43:02

has been called up to the big lakes.

43:06

Sometimes ceremony that accompanies all of this bovine

43:08

say our cities. it's yeah, I don't know

43:10

that those dates at is. My sister told

43:12

me that the the form that I grew

43:14

up on. Hauser. Put out to

43:16

pasture a week ago. Okay, what When we

43:18

were growing up mates heads was like a

43:21

special day and it was no now way

43:23

yeah. We let him out. And it

43:25

was a big deal. We all wanted to

43:27

see it to see the enthusiasm of the

43:29

cows going out into the past year for

43:31

the first time ever been cooped up all

43:33

winter. Bovine. Chaos. It could

43:35

be a band name and I will say

43:37

this, it seems like it needs a commemorative

43:39

logo. That. The oh my God

43:42

I thought of beauty and one of

43:44

those you might become a legend in

43:46

Vermont. Ah well, that's part of my

43:48

secret government thing that the to or

43:51

listener. Tweeted. In about. As.

43:53

You very nice are are paid

43:55

for doing this.is always it around

43:58

you're really busy. You're.

44:01

Not believe I appreciate you being flexible.

44:03

Thank you. Please

44:07

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44:42

this is only Norlander in Upstate

44:44

New York. I'm going with a

44:46

question about the Braves. They're.

44:48

Doing fine right now. the record is pretty

44:51

good, but they did just get swept by

44:53

the Dodgers and their announced second to the

44:55

Phillies than the nationally East as part of

44:57

the problem. Is. That

44:59

not often enough, producing. He.

45:01

Is sitting only one fifty nine and

45:04

the last month is not hitting home

45:06

runs. So. My question is pretty

45:08

simple. What's wrong with not often?

45:10

Face. Real. It's really

45:12

interesting, but if you look at the

45:14

underlying metrics with Matt Olson, They're.

45:16

Actually, similar to what they were

45:19

last year. like exit velocity, hard

45:21

hit rate, that sorta thing. On

45:23

at so I I knew I don't

45:25

need as sound like yeah of forty

45:28

games a quarter. The season doesn't mean

45:30

that much, but I do feel like

45:32

you will see a correction with medals

45:34

and at some point the underlying numbers

45:36

suggest that you know at some point

45:39

it's gonna click inform. but it is

45:41

kind of amazing that the Braves are

45:43

where they are without really having had

45:45

much production from Austin Riley oh Ronald

45:47

Cooney Junior. Or Mandelson. Have

45:50

you guys is bad map from Toronto now

45:52

living in the Washington D C. Love the

45:54

A partner for you. I'm sure

45:57

a question for what is the proper

45:59

fight for? Barring whether or not teams

46:01

are placed in the L, ord is an

46:03

hour for what does that look like. Historically

46:06

and going forward whenever it is that we end

46:08

up with. New teams that are

46:10

national or Portland Or. hopefully bring back

46:12

the actors who decide which leaked as

46:14

just another day. So much how to

46:17

get off. So. Major

46:19

League Baseball. The owners will have a

46:21

committee like in it's expansion committee and

46:23

new study proposals and will be forwarded

46:25

by. Are different groups from different

46:28

cities and then nil have situations where

46:30

accidentally they will mix and match so

46:32

they might say. Well we liked this

46:34

owner but we like this team president

46:36

and we met so together and yes

46:39

we've agreed to his sale price. ah

46:41

that sort of thing here for example

46:43

and it was an expansion team but

46:45

you know Derek Jeter wanted to lead

46:47

a team and he had some potential

46:49

investors and then they want a matching

46:51

them with Bruce Sherman. Ah, another

46:54

another owner. Same thing happened in

46:56

a John Henry was a actually

46:58

an owner of the Marlins. And.

47:01

Sweet the Red Sox up for sale. They say

47:03

com switched him over and they're like, well, You.

47:06

Know how about owning the Boston Red Sox

47:08

instead and then his share of the moral

47:10

hazard were sold to somebody else. That's all,

47:12

sort of done within the private club of

47:15

thirty owners. A by physicists

47:17

job that day from Columbus, Ohio.

47:20

And you're mentioning on your Monday

47:22

podcast the know about baby at

47:24

System. As seen it. Used.

47:27

In the minor league. And

47:29

it's really quit. Very.

47:32

Fast for them to overturn are

47:34

confirmed the on the field and

47:36

also my thoughts on it or.

47:39

I think it is help the umpires.

47:42

Be trained. To. Find

47:44

better zone. If.

47:47

They think appear to the shrine in

47:49

it actually a ball and the get

47:51

corrected within three seconds. I think they

47:53

could actually get better at your job

47:55

or he thinks. I. Think it

47:57

has actually gotten help them get better. The

48:00

a bassinet a great know like

48:02

column they came out last week

48:05

bout how the the percentage of

48:07

correct calls is gradually climbing which

48:10

doesn't surprise me because easy the

48:12

umpires being graded more specifically with

48:14

the help of the box. So.

48:17

What You know what the end of the

48:20

game They get feedback and they're like well

48:22

you are right on this percentage of your

48:24

this man and calls and I think the

48:26

you know the just getting repeated the you

48:28

know attempts to do that with a very

48:30

specific system. I think it makes sense of

48:32

those numbers would go up on you know

48:34

that The one thing it's I do always

48:36

find interesting is that guess who's at the

48:38

top of those lists Taylor. So. Easy

48:41

under umpires doesn't surprise me the right

48:43

younger up wires. oh he seems great

48:45

higher in the ball striker. Or

48:47

ratings. Fresh, Eyeballs? I guess.

48:50

Or last voicemail. Last question for

48:52

the wheat Pedro was landed from

48:54

Atlanta Foster. I believe the most

48:56

influential injury to this point of

48:58

the season was Wilson's interests of

49:00

the Cardinals are pleased with this

49:03

person squarely in seller mode this

49:05

summer. I was also wonder what

49:07

color moves you think they can

49:09

make to return to roles and

49:11

three over the next year? So

49:13

I would say that they're going

49:15

to make a change of manager

49:17

and also. Who. Do you think

49:19

would be a good fit for that? Maybe

49:21

our people holsters idea of a leader or

49:23

someone else about to get your thoughts on

49:26

our of the Cardinals? Thank you! It's interesting.

49:28

I think part of the reason why the

49:30

the leadership of that team gave all your

49:32

mom all his extension was they wanted to

49:34

avoid all that conversation about you know, having

49:37

a lame duck manager and whether or not

49:39

Albert Pools Yadier Molina, Skip Schumacher might be

49:41

in a replacement at some point. But guess

49:43

what? because the team is playing poorly. All.

49:46

That speculation is still out there.

49:48

I think at some point. Ah,

49:51

I'm yeah if they continue on this

49:53

trajectory than they will have some some

49:55

parts to be sold off in. I

49:57

agree with you about Wilson guitarist his

49:59

injury. Was as been one of the

50:01

most affected players for the Cardinals. He's improved is

50:03

catching. They felt like you put in a lot

50:05

of work but no and Les Paul Goldschmidt I

50:08

think picks it up and some of the younger

50:10

players pick it up and it's gonna be another

50:12

long season for St. Lois. Tyler.

50:14

O'neill probably so happy he does

50:16

not know I at yikes Aria

50:18

they they you know I mean

50:20

again I. I think of

50:22

Mrs in the past. While. Or O'neill

50:24

for her. right? After

50:26

great start and rainy arose Urena.

50:29

A dual is garcia. A l

50:31

from the Cardinals, it's just feels like over

50:34

and over and over again, they picked the

50:36

wrong guy or something has gone on and.

50:39

That would have to be something that

50:41

internally the Cardinals have probably already talked

50:43

about the need to talk about more.

50:45

Why is this keep happening to them?

50:47

Were young players young prospects don't seem

50:49

to translate as well they do with

50:51

other teams new talent development? Boss her.

50:53

That is a key part of running

50:55

a professional sports operation. So odd years

50:57

night and the Dodgers is the other

51:00

end of the spectrum they're They're really

51:02

good at developing players. Are there you

51:04

go? Landon thanks for a cone and

51:06

everyone has ugly her tweets, the number,

51:08

the email. Addresses on the show node shut

51:10

up Scott Durbin Bread fans sorry about person

51:12

And for Nancy I'm stream that's a that's

51:15

a tough one. Thanks for reaching out. Will

51:17

be back on Monday morning. Ah,

51:19

that's it for today. That's it for this week.

51:21

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51:23

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