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Oh, and then it's good and then it's gonna go back up to 70 Like the next day. So yeah, I could never live in Denver a Little a little volatile. You'd love it man 300 days of sunshine. Why would I like that? I like hate sunshine You like the sun as long as it's not hot. I Mean, I'm I woke up today. It's overcast and rainy. I'm excited. I like I like Swift seasons and then no intermingling like give me fall for Seattle your Seattle. No, no, no, that's just rain nonstop. I Like the Northeast a lot lived a lot of places like the Northeast a lot Chicago has no spring or these was winter to summer But Four even seasons and you don't fuck around in between them like snow and then 70 the next day. Come on get out of here There's a true Northeast argument out there that Jersey is not the Northeast Well, I mean, it's not New England. It's the Northeast Mid-Atlantic you get you get you start arguing with the people from Bitterford. Whoo. Where's Bitterford? I think it's in Maine just a good Northeast town South Jersey probably isn't I think it would be Jersey would be cut in half. I Love it. Yeah You love the games yesterday. I mean, I know you have a burn of the raise game We got one game to recap two games to preview We've had we're gonna have five Elimination games and like a two week span. It's been a really fun playoff baseball Yeah, it just sucks when a game goes exactly how everyone thinks it's gonna go like yesterday, but everyone knew hey, there's some There's some big things that happen in this raise game yesterday And maybe they matter. Maybe they don't but it may it changed a lot of things in the way the rate in the way The Astros move forward Which I think is really interesting. Do you have a burn? Do I burn it first? Always got a burn, baby. Here we go Raise versus Houston raise on the brink of elimination for the second time in two days On your mark Get set Burn Game four in Tampa as the raise go opener day with the chill bra San Diego Castillo against the varsity ace JV Justin Verlander top one It's gonna be tough to beat my raise cuz we are Family Tommy fam goes all caddy shack with a gopher ball in the first and that was just the start What you don't know about me? What you what you don't know about me RBI single for Travis? Joey Tribbiani Wendell says we're friends and family with an RBI double three Nothing raise after the first Baseball Susan Verlander with labor through the first few innings then Willie Adam as says I thought you were a damn ace deep to left center and call him right said Fred because he did a little turn on the catwalk It's for nothing raise Houston shut out until the eighth when we have the first participant in the Churrinos bowl. Yeah, Churrinos got some work in the pen But Robinson goes oppo taco for one raise that would be your final Castillo to Yarborough to Anderson to Pochette to Pagan to Snow see you in Houston for game five on Thursday who doggy What you know about me what you know about me my lip gloss is popping my lip gloss is cool What you know about me? It's a great song Top song my lip gloss is popping Notice it get back going on the the Spotify or YouTube wherever you listen to your music who sings that No, I think it's a female like rapper that went by Lil something Sure my lip Gloss is popping Lil mama Lil mama, I knew it. I was all over it. Didn't she have one more track that that that bumped I Don't know. This is what stuff. I guess is what the people came for Yeah, Lil mama. She was born on October 4th 1989. So she just recently turned 31 Congratulations or 30 30 I don't know this isn't worth it No game was good This game was good This game was baseball you can Chalk it up. How however you want the rays come out in the first and Jim I think the first thing that I I want to kick off to you and I saw you tweet and Many take a lump but not really take a lump because they still got to do it during the season at one time But how about the how about the Trap? Yes job was rocking. It was good man Yeah, I I've never had issue with the fans Well actually the ones on But that's a select few I mean that's that's literally 10 Anonymous high schoolers on Twitter that troll that troll me and they don't even troll me They're just dumb. They don't understand like humor and jokes. So they get well We have a major league baseball and anyone that's a fan of the sport has problems with the raised fans not filling the state Yeah, but they don't but that's because they don't realize I think once you realize how bad that stadium is to get to and you really like Would you drive an hour and a half to go watch a game in that stadium? I Wouldn't well It's not an hour and a half to get that's what they say they say with traffic. It's like an hour I mean one person doesn't live there, but no, no, that's what everyone in Tampa says I mean, I've been I've been filled to the teeth with this conversation Yeah, my girlfriend's family lives in Tampa. So but yeah, but there's the bridges and then it's a dump Like I even if that's my home stadium. I don't think I'd go watch games there Right, that's the big mark Cuban was recently asked like when he took over the Mavs he was like what? What did it? What were your like ideas? And he was like well first I had to convince the people with the money What we're selling like we're not selling a winning team We're not selling, you know star players We're selling a fun experience for families and tourists and people to come to and have a fun night And I mean I've talked to so many people out go to Tampa games and they're like half their concessions are closed So like the right field outfield concessions looks like a ghost town, which is very eerie he's like it's empty and It's like a high school game. So like they're not selling an experience at all but last night was really wild Like that was fun. They were loud. They were stay stayed loud for a while. So that was good Yeah, so that a that was cool The trap was rocking as always for my raise And then yeah, I mean they the place is going nuts Castillo. We mentioned the opener effect He gets through the first inning. I think they got one base runner on but he uh His his to see him or when it's right. It's it's pitch ninja gold Second-day referencing that but his his one fastball that struck it out to they went viral started outside corner Ended up would have hit out to vei if he didn't swing at it. He hits a lot of once they did Yeah Castillo or I'll do they castillo because that two seamers like a 99 mile per hour two seamer I don't know if he hits a lot of guys, but I feel like there's always like a very dangerous pitch I think batters are very nervous in the box with him Which it kind of should be and that's part of the goal actually, but yeah, it's good for him and Then so they get through that they get the momentum and then they come out in the first and I want to give I I do want to give credit to Purzynski and Gerardi, although I think you and I are gonna talk about this in a different line a little bit But they were all over it. I almost turned into jinx Twitter because Verlander didn't look right But they were all over it It was actually their best analysis of the game and they were like Verlander can't get a fastball down And he's not even coming close to his spots and they're like at AJ Purzynski was saying any time I worked with a pitcher on short rest the concern was never their velocity It's finding their location and Verlander never had his location I thought because it's Justin Verlander and this is how you're trained to think as baseball fans that he was Going to get through find a spot and get out and run and never happened There's two thoughts here. There's Gerardi and Purzynski and Verlander Verlander didn't look right and it's it's changes their plans for the ALCS Because if they don't pitch him on short rest now that means they have to use a fourth starter They don't really have a fourth starter Yeah So that changes that and the fact that they have to go game five now with Cole means Cole's not available for one And two which means it's probably Granky one Verlander two and that would line Granky up for Six or seven on normal rest. I think seven I think five Granky five Verlander six Cole seven. That's what it would be Cole three. Yeah, okay, but it changes their rotation Yeah, I mean the Yankees in theory Could if they were to somehow win in six games if Houston advances, which by the way ain't a lock Yeah, I mean Houston this I There is a little bias leaking out My Yankee Yankee blue is coming out of my side a little bit, but I think however This division series sorts out. I think that game four of the ALCS ALDS excuse me is going to be impactful in the ALCS whether it's Houston having to move things around or if it's Tampa doing the damn thing Tampa winning is It's a wild thought but it the odds are still very much in Houston's favor But who knows I at Tampa has make has glass now and I thought they were gonna save Snell to go glass now Snell pen, but they're probably just gonna go glass now it's a pen like like all their best pictures have to Get in this game. Yeah, okay. So you have to be there. It's it's glass note of pen And we'll we'll talk about that in the next talking baseball. That's a preview guys But I think Snell will be available out of the pen too. So I mean, it's all how you how you want to look at it I think he will be but like is are they gonna go to him over some of those weapons they have that have been doing it. I Mean he essentially closed the game. So yeah, I know that was kind of wild I closed I ended the game after the eighth. So And I was done. I mean in theory in theory. I think there's there's an argument to be made I'll say that so I don't corner myself, but there's an argument to be made that Blake Snell is their most talented pitcher Yeah So I'm trying to do well. There's a need easy argument So I don't want to say I'm trying to do the rotation for the Astros Cole Burlender off-day cranky So then it has to be fourth starter Then Cole game five Burlender six Hey, they got to advance buddy. I know but it does change what they would like to do Yes, so then it would it would be cranky two times in the first five games Which is much better Then Cole two times in the first five games Yeah, if you're if you're Houston, I mean you're not If you're Houston, you're having a bad time right now all the pressure is now on you We got to get more into this game Yeah, what do you want to talk about this game? We want to talk about Przenski and Girardi if I was an Astros fan I would have hated this broadcast Yeah, but as a third party I liked it and I tweeted that people kind of didn't understand what I meant like they were being brutally honest Yeah, and if you're an Astros fan, you just be like dude shut the fuck up right now Shut the fuck up right now. I'm trying to watch this game like yeah, he looks off shut up about it Yeah, the the Verlander thing they did they did end up beating the dead horse on it by Because I mean he was letting a lot of traffic on the bases and I mean he's in there in the fourth inning So that was four innings of Justin Verlander doesn't look right and it's like okay guys Yeah, even as a non Astros fan that was that was a little intense. Yeah, you and you you caught that one clip where The the buccaneers tight end OJ Howard caught the ball and Przenski's like look at that and Girardi's like in in the bullpen if I was Houston, it's like whoa, they don't like each other. It's pretty clear I'm still I'm still looking for the person besides his mother who we mentioned on enough on the broadcast But who's out there at home clamoring for AJ Przenski to be on the broad maybe white socks fans Some of the insights good like maybe some I like I do I did like how the play-by-play guy Totally steps aside and let and let Girardi and Przenski have a conversation in between and they're talking about nitty-gritty like it's not dumb stuff. There's one part where What was the pitcher for they raise was it Castillo early in the game he threw a three he threw a 3-1 slider It was like the second inning through a three. He threw a 3-0 slider That went for ball four and Girardi was like, oh, that's a gutsy pitch and Przenski was like why the hell would you do that? If he it's a solo shot, you're still up to early in the game It's like I would never call that pitch and I was like Usually people beat around the bush. So I did appreciate that. This was yeah This was the most I enjoyed Przenski, but him and Girardi didn't get along at one point Przenski said I didn't have to split time with passata like you just like kind of a brutal deck Yeah, and then and then later on Przenski it hit the catwalk. I'm pretty sure that hit the catwalk guys and Joe's Joe's like, how'd you know that? I just I watched the ball and Joe goes. Oh, I watched the fielders and it was a little bit like of who's the better broadcaster off Where are we supposed to be watching? It was awkward. It's To to two catchers too many chiefs in the room a little bit, but Yeah, it had it had a couple highs that you were like, yeah, this is cool And then the rest of it was kind of like a this is This is tough. Yeah Jim our rays go Castillo to Yarborough to Anderson to Pochette to Pagan bless you to snap Bless you child Yeah, I mean we've been On the other end of this Bullpen days in the TROP Suck and the best hitting teams Will do poorly against it because they're impossible God damn. Yeah Sneeze attack Sneeze attack And yeah, I mean Yarborough we've seen the Yarborough show he slows things down Just a tough kind of annoying lefty Anderson man that guy is Unbelievable I thought If you told me if you asked me like who's who's the guy in the rays bullpen that I think would mess up a bullpen day I would go Anderson. I know he'd been incredible during the regular season But he just feels like kind of the prototypical Yeah, he found something in the regular season your face in the rays in the sixth seventh inning and Nick Anderson mows you down I figured like come playoff time that story changes. He looks incredible He looks incredible and then yeah, I mean that uh You and I have a little bit of a skewed view of Pagan because we saw the Yankees torch him a little bit But when he's right, he's filthy And yeah, the only run they get is Pochette in his second inning Chorinos gets in there like clearly the worst hitter In the Astros lineup and it's uh, yeah, this this this game is the accumulation of If you think you know baseball you then you just found out you don't know baseball It's not only through eight pitches. So I mean he should be good again Tomorrow, yeah, and I I think I think they like him later in the game. I think they feel like they have Their other bullpen arms can get them where to be and if they need to get You know yord on Alvarez late, that's what they brought him in for right? Yeah, I think that's um That's kind of what they're saying there They're they're not gonna give Yord on Alvarez a chance late in a game to beat them This game mirrored the twins Yankees game and on Monday night With the two screaming shots from Brantley and Reddick right at Choi and one goes for a double play. It's like just hitting the ball hard Ray think both of them might for a double play No, the the reddick one was just a third out. I believe I thought I don't know But yeah, it was the G-man show too and we thank him for becoming a patreon today saw that But yeah, G-man has three walks And they were like legit walks to he was kind of spitting on pitches. They were nice at bats and then the lineouts were Yeah, I mean if you're a Houston fan when you see you see that first That first line out you grab the pillow and you just squeeze the hell out of it That's second line out to Choi your throw in the because that one was a double play Yeah, the first one was just Reddick's wasn't the next one was and that's like come on and then the relay throw was incredible Yeah, the relay and I I've been telling you all year mostly on talking Yanks, but it dripped into talking baseball drip drip. I love Kiermeyer Third base center field are the positions that speak to me and my soul Kiermeyer he does some he does some corny hot doggy things out there I think it's truly because he is just immensely passionate about being a good defensive center fielder And that relay throw I mean it's and it's so funny Jim You do the things in Little League and it's like alright you put the glove out here and you're ready for it So when it hits your glove you get your body momentum going the rays put on a clinic. It was no There was no funny business. It looked like a Tom a man ski relay Kiermeyer termed and throw hit Adamus on the glove side Adamus got his body weight into it crow hopped It was perfect. It was the definition of a perfect relay Yeah, and then the tag was perfect as well and it was pissing me off because FS1 wouldn't show a replay Like of home plate. They kept showing to the whole thing I was like, yo, this may be all for not show me if he was safe or not Like come the fuck on and then they never did and then they never challenged. I was like, I guess it was obvious, but Did you end up seeing the the actual plate the place? It's crazy Yeah, I mean it's nuts out too. They didn't even get plate like the glove just full-on stopped them It was all of it was perfect. It was nuts. Yes. It was how you draw it up like Adamus with the turn was crazy and then the next inning Garcia hits a homerun, right? Was it Garcia's homerun? I think it was a diamond homerun. Yeah. Yeah, it's been it's been the Adamus show this make a play in the field He don't make a play at the bat But that's a dagger. That's when if you're the Astros you're like this ain't our game It ain't going our way today boys God yeah, they um Trap was rocking there. There was that last inning you had the first like The rays were bending and you're like, oh, no Is this gonna be the story that the rays kind of owned their two games at home But the Houston put some together in the ninth and that was it and then no they they held There was that screecher up the middle, but I think Adamus was right there and run it back game five Yeah, well first we got two other game fives Want to get into those Sure, cool. Let's go to the ads if we have any Early so a lot of times we don't Should I play the music? We're getting a new transition. It's gonna be so mad at you Well, we're getting a new Mike Ratano who does the music for us said let me make you a real transition song Two game fives today, jake. I'm not even sure what time they start. I'm guessing five and eight I can inform you of that information James. That'd be wonderful first game is five Yeah, five on five oh two in Atlanta st. Louis Atlanta the second game is 837 Washington at LA It's got to be for two-minute commercial breaks, right? Like whatever was on until five they go to commercial for two minutes and the game starts That commercial those commercials cost more right before the start of the game. I don't know There's two minutes before like, you know the changing of the 707, I don't know No idea why games start when they do I think it's all commercial rights So 705 707 I don't know I wonder if it's like they don't want two games starting at the exact same time So like it's a seven and like the regular season they do that and I think it's nice like they'll have the The 655 7 o'clock 705 7 10, but yeah postseason The ad stuff kind of makes sense. I don't know we got jack flaherty versus mike folton evits in hot lana This is going to be a good game once again doesn't get primetime billing But that's only because they're east coast and dodgers are west coast so it makes sense And and this should is this the latest they've started a game though 840. I think it might be No, yankies twin started 840 I was talking about this series. Oh the braves cardinals. Yeah. Yeah. They've been all like one o'clock. This is their primetime game Yeah, that's funny This was a pitchers matchup from hell In game three like faulty Outdulled flaherty who pitched pretty good. They both what had seven innings They both went into the seventh with one or less earned runs, right? It was one nothing in the seventh inning last game, I believe And then do duval clips clips flaherty pinch hitting for faulty so Yeah, and the faulty story is cool, man And it it it came out a little more, but he he got sent down this year He was having a brutal year as era was up to six three seven in june He got sent down and faulty was really good last year. I think he had a two eight five era He finished eighth in the psi young voting um And then he comes back from Uh little minor league stint to get fixed in his last ten starts of the regular season He had a two six five era and then we saw him in the post season at home So this is like straight up pitchers duel It's who's who's gonna get on the board first and put the pressure on them You think this will be a pitchers duel like you think both go seven innings again Because I don't know if they're gonna be given the chance to To mess up I do I do because I don't think I think they are the better options than going to their bullpins in the sixth or fifth inning That's true. Although both bullpins did pretty well besides tear on last game Yeah, st st louis has more of a reason than atlanta to believe in their bullpen But I mean faulty is going to be approaching triple digits on the gun. He already gave you the incredible start I think if you're the braves, I mean, I I think you want to go You'd rather go down with faulty than some of the guys that could be coming out of that bullpen Who got to him last time donaldson Donaldson and uh And someone else combined donaldson and duvall That was in the seventh inning Right in the first inning. I believe it was It was albies and Donaldson that combined so donaldson is a guy. He's got to watch out for that's fun. Yeah Try to think if there's someone uh that like That got owned by faulty or whatever and see if we if there's any changes that get made Who do you think has to make the changes here the batters or the hitters or both? The batters or the hitters are both like is faulty going to come out with the same exact repertoire same exact um Oh, yeah I mean faulty if you're mike faulty now it's you're saying I I went to the minor leagues. I got fully fixed I figured it out. I've been a stud since august Um, and I threw one of the best games of the playoffs so far. You're you're not changing anything if you're flairity You're saying I made two mistakes the the rbi single to donaldson and then the home run to duvall Other than that, I was perfect and okay. I made those two mistakes. Now. I will make zero mistakes Harrison bader went 0 for 3 with 3 k's versus faulty. You think he's got big changes to make start bunting more harry bader Do do they if if you're one of the guys without an impact bat in this lineup You're almost hoping that there's like a runner on second One out so you can either create some havoc somehow Um Yeah, it's gonna be small ball. There's I mean there has to be they have to there's gonna be small ball You'd like you'd like to think that there's gonna be a question of Um, you know if if it is the fifth or sixth inning and atlanta has two guys on the base One out two outs and faulties up I mean, are they gonna go to adam duvall? Are they gonna go to someone? Um, I mean that that's where this game is gonna get or Excuse me. That's where I think this game would get really interesting because both of these teams Want flairity and faulty out there basically as long as they can But if there's a chance to drive and runs and that pitcher spot comes out like I it would be interesting to see I wonder if one of the managers would play a game of chicken of like, I don't know Walk in dan's b swanson. So there's a runner on base for that pitcher spot in the fifth inning. Are you are you gonna You just gonna let faulty get out. What are you gonna do? Pinch it duvall early would be fun It would be crazy and I guess the other the the guy that we we've briefly mentioned A couple times in this series because we were kind of surprised by his role How about max freed max freed had those first three games one inning appearances He's a guy that's been solid for them. He's a guy that they could probably trust in some of those middle innings um, he came he came out behind faulty last time And through some nasty curveballs to get some strikeouts Yeah, I mean that yackers no joke All right, who do you got who do you you have you have a rooting interest you have a betting interest Who do you want? Who do you think? I I I've liked the baby braves for a while. That's my only lean You know, I jack flirty, I think that dude's special so if he can do something awesome today and like Finish off the first chapter of his book like I'm I kind of support that too. I'm rooting for the stars to be honest I that What game was it the the old man game? I was rooting for the old man. I'm out on them I I don't I don't need mccann You know, I don't I don't need anyone right in their last chapter I need one of these guys right in their first chapter. I need an akuna walk-off I need flarity being special I want one of the young guys to like welcome themselves to the rest of major league baseball I need I need the main action to take place in the bottom of the eighth And then they close it out or the bottom of the ninth I just want to hear atlanta and the chop going crazy late in the game. Okay with a close game um Home team would be fun, but whenever I watch these games. I just find myself rooting for whatever I think moment would be more of a like wow, holy shit Yeah, it's it's who's ever whoever's been down for like an inning. I end up rooting for that team. You think there's any excess bat flipping throat slashing jersey wiping Nonsense in this game. I mean it's game five of elimination on both sides. I don't think you can really be Preoccupied with that. I would hope no player is I'm gonna say yes I think you've kind of got hot heads on both sides. You've got emotional guys on both sides And kind of like what I was saying before like yeah, there's a couple vets out there But there's this series has been intense. I want the yachty stuff got looked into um, even dude Paul goldschmidt, um I think it was the eighth inning of of the game they came back on or maybe it was the seventh But he gets a high strike called them and he just turns to the ump and gives him like Like a fuck no or something like that and it was like goldy Let's go, baby I hope it's a throat slash off like I hope akuna homers in the first now as he's rounding second He's just cutting off heads and then yachty homers in the third and as he's rounding second He's just cutting off more heads and they're just looking at each other just throat slash in all game It's just yeah that one scene from 300. Yeah. No, I if there was if I could bet $5 to win 20 That akuna goes yard and gives the throat slash. I would place that back I'll take it Take it. Well, I don't want no. I don't okay. Well, I've taken the bet It's the bet's been taken. You give me $5 if he hits a home run. Yeah and throat slashes. I'll give you 20 back Okay. Wow. It was great bad bad bad bet by who? Yes I was gonna say about the umps. I don't think the umpires have transformed any game yet There's been a kind of what if you're with me? What's that? Knock on wood if you're with me, man. There's been a handful of bad calls But that's I mean with 300 pitches a game. You're not gonna get every close pitch correctly Yeah, and that's that's the the only call that does jump out. I think it was that inside cutter to ozuna Uh in the ninth inning when they were rallying that got called strike three. I think it was a three two count um, I think what has been consistent was the um in these games if an umpire has a bigger zone Like and and maybe this is where playoff baseball is better is that the teams haven't been complaining They just say okay, that's the zone like but those are the rules for today. Let's play baseball We're in the regular season. You'd hear the oh, well, what's going on? That's in the death league Yeah Yeah, there's not been a game where like I feel like everyone's like he's been fucking up that call all game Yeah There was another one. There was like an oh one pitch to Someone on the cardinals in game Two I believe that was just not a strike So there's been a handful, but I don't think there's been like game changing bad home plate umpiring No And yeah, actually I had a little chuckle to myself yesterday that We still have left field and right field umpires whose only job are to call Fairfile balls and like we have replay now. So yeah, but do you remember the astros red sox last year? Joe west was the right field line and he called it Not home run talking about the home run. Yeah, the fan interference home run like that was Yeah, I mean that's fan interference still people people could argue about that all day still There's still no solution But the only reason it got called what it called is because Joe west called it that live So like they still have some power to fuck things up Yeah, Joe west always has power, but it is funny that they're like right in the lines Just play it through and we'll replay it after Yeah, no one trusts you I think it's funny how close those umpires play to the They're like 10 they're like 10 yards deeper than the first and third base umpires, but they get a better view I guess yeah That's what I'd like to see A right fielder go for a foul ball and whack into the ump. I'm here for that 1996 world series or 98 world series That happened with the Yankees remember the right fielder The braves the ump got in the way all three of them tried and the ump was in the middle and a drop That's on one of the Yankees world series vhs. That's what i'm rooting for. Yeah, that's just wild We've got a fantastic Pitchers rule if you think folty versus flairty's good Well, what do you think about strassberg versus bueller in a game five going to the Dodgers? home stadium this one's fun I mean, you've got the best postseason pitcher ever steven strassberg four game sample And asterisk four games asterix in whatever sample size fits the narrative that we wanted to say that we found it Yeah, do a three game. Oh, he's not the best ever do a five game. Oh, he's not the best ever Okay in a four game sand doesn't have five doesn't have five yet. He will tonight See how it goes because he shut him down earlier No one on the Dodgers has a home run off strassberg No one on the nationals has a home run off bueller So there's one thing with the game fives we haven't talked yet with and I And maybe this is a false narrative thing or I kind of want your thoughts on it because it's going to be bigger These series the the two nl series we knew we're going to come down I there's great baseball two really good teams In the al there's going to be a lot of pressure technically on houston. Yes, they have garret coal But if garret coal gives up a one a solo shot in the first the pressure on houston is going to be Insane they're supposed to be the favorite for the world series They're facing tampa at their home building the pressure will be on houston In either of these games. Do you feel like the home team has more pressure because it's at their house or Do you think it's just toss up both ways or what all the pressures on the Dodgers Okay Top T to team Best record everyone shoe in for the national league world series spot The Braves kind of climbed up to maybe the Braves can contend with the Dodgers If they lose to the gnats in the ds I mean like we said they they've been to the world series. What two times in a row three times. What is it? Two times And this run this would be this would be their this would be their third Yeah, and they haven't won and If they don't even make it to the cs That's like an epic failure Whereas the nationals had their wild card come back They've had some great games They didn't fully expect to be here You know at many times they probably said this isn't the season Dodgers have never said this isn't the season You know, so I think all the pressures on the Dodgers here What about in the first game Um the Braves I think that's equal. I think it's Okay, yeah, I mean you could say home team just because they're home But I think that one's pretty spread equal equally to division that one's two division winners two best pitchers on the mound I'd say I think it's braves by a nudge because of home field and because like Flaherty has been so dominant. We're like fault. He's been good of late But Flaherty was had a historic Second half like the cards cards have everything out there Um, but yeah, no, I'm I'm with you and I I think that's why I've I've kind of been on the gnats. I think Um, this is exactly where they wanted to be Strasburg Game seven the pressure will be on la and If la has to audible I it's it's what Ryu or Kershaw coming out of their bullpen early Yeah, I don't I think Bueller's gonna Be pretty good Kids got moxie I'm uh, I'm a Strasburg over Bueller guy. I think you're a Bueller over Strasburg. Well, I think they're both good Strasburg went six innings pitched Three hits one earned run 10 strikeouts in game two Yep in game one Walker Bueller went six innings pitched One hit zero earned runs eight k's one hit no runs Yeah, I mean for me that was tough because they just flew across the country They just survived the wild card and that was la's first game of the playoffs. I mean both guys are gonna shove Both guys are gonna absolutely shove I'm uh, I've I've been saying it. I just know reason to turn back now I think this is the end of the Dodgers. I think they've been to the playoffs For seven straight years one two three four five six seven straight years They were in the world series the past two years the The nlcs the year before that Um, I just think Dave Roberts I don't think the Dodgers fans really believe in him. I I think this is the fall of the Dodgers pseudo fake dynasty Wow tough words. Yeah I like counting one two three innings. I don't know why but I do Bueller five of his six for one two three Yeah, they had to be and one hit and Strasburg four of his six Bueller Bueller looked nasty and you're right. There was like a We're coming off the wild card win. We flew across country and welcome to walker Bueller like that sucks There's a little more preparation a little more preparedness now I think both teams Will scratch and claw some runs against these guys where I think cards braves might go six innings Zero and runs both sides. I think the the braves and the Nationals may be able to scratch and claw and I think the better pitchers are in the air with Dodgers I just think this game is more The Dodgers have so much more pressure on them Are we bearing the lead What do you what's the lead we believe in all four starting pitchers, right? Yeah Who don't we believe in every team's bullpen? The Nationals can piece up them together if they go Scherzer Do little Hudson like that's not Strasburg What's that? No Scherzer out of the pen Oh Oh really, I don't know if they do that Where they if I mean he's not it might be a throw day if he's I think I think he said his arm was tired and after seeing after seeing Verlander yesterday, it's not a throw day. I think tomorrow because there was another off day for the wild card today Okay, well then well then the Nationals their pitching path to victory Has to be just do little and Hudson at the back. They can't throw anyone else I think they I could see them using Corbin as a lefty specialist Like just trying to get bellinger out for one at bat, but you can't push them any further than that Yeah, I mean with the Dodgers we we kind of trust coloreck versus versus uh Yeah excited for the colorex Soto at bat tonight. Um, and then uh, I mean, I don't know who else Who else coming out for the I mean we we haven't seen like ken lee jansen with a one run lead yet That's scary. They don't want to see that Right and think about that. That's their closer like if if if it's the ninth inning That's what a team should want to see and I don't think dodger fans do Um julio your eyes as 3.2 innings pitch and kenta made as 3.2 innings pitched Those are the most those are the most used relievers in this series and then dust in may Yeah, and may may had two innings. I think one hit two k's his in the last game I mean, it's gonna be all hands on deck Uh, I think maybe the difference here is when the Dodgers go to the bullpen They can still have a quick hook because right now the difference between iris mayeda, joe kelly, dustin may I mean, there's only so much difference, right for washington They got a couple dudes and then that's it. Yeah, I mean washington. You cannot throw hunter strickland You cannot throw tannerini. You cannot throw fernando rodney. You have scherzer do little Hudson I mean, they'd go anna ball out of the pen before they go Strictly. Oh, yeah, I think anna ball could be used. Yeah Anna ball could be used today. Okay. So that's that's an option for them at least. Yeah um Yeah, I don't know. I'm uh, I'm drinking the latitude. I'm drinking the kool aid You're in on the gnats. You're in on the braves East coast bias, baby I think the Dodgers come through because if because I because I just It's just riding chalk and it's just if they don't that's terrible It's the end If they don't I'm not trying. This is a genuine question. Not a hot take. Right. Does the front Does the top breast think about moving on from roberts or whoever makes the strategic decision? Roberts is fired within 48 hours if they don't win this game You think so there's something just has to change about the way they do post think of all the pitching and talent they've had Whether this year or the past three five years I mean, we're talking about like revolutionary game changing guys kershaw now. We're on to walker bueller Um, the re you could have won the sigh young this year Um, I I don't know man bellinger might still win the mvp And yeah, roberts is the thing that stays the same and when when have we ever been like Dave roberts Never No, it's true. It's true All right. Well, we did the bullpens for those. Let's go back to braves cardinals and do the bullpens there Because that's the braves. It's sad You go max freed freed a lot of eggs in the max freed basket. Yeah, I mean shane green You don't and I I've liked shane green I mean at least shane green's close games and he's looked solid this series melanson He had a good outing in game two I can believe in mark melanson with the two run lead. I can't with a one Well, what's he done so far he in the first game he sucked In the next two he's gonna clean anything not really And and it's cleansed no no i'm wrong in the second And he's got to save in games two and three, but he gave up two hits in game two and one hit in game three Not kind of scary Shane green luke jackson. I don't think they want to use him Oh day maybe for like a batter That's all and then the cardinals. They're not as bad man. They they I mean martin has in a close game. You don't fucking I mean I I don't even know if that's an option You might have to go to another starter or something Do you think they can throw him out there in the ninth inning and jimmy? I feel like this is what we're missing right now like what what other of the starting pitchers are going to be available Can wane right come out for the cardinals in close just throw a couple curveballs and figure it out I mean why not michaelus came out of the pen yesterday Michael is yep, you do not want to give I mean he's there closer, but I wouldn't want to give him the ball with the game on the line No, saroka you wonder if he's available for the braves um Yeah, I I wouldn't be shocked if we see saroka and wane right um And like we said for the second game the soto kola wreck at bat get excited for the the freddy freeman andrew miller at bat Andrew miller won last time easily it was boring dude Carlos martinez 1.1 inning pitch two hits three earned runs in game one One inning pitch three hits three earned runs in game two And then yesterday he had a clean inning or he had one hit but uh he's been Bad and a little preoccupied I actually kind of I don't like him that much Right which I think is fine I think even cardinals fans would be would have to admit deep down in their heart like we understand why opposing players wouldn't like him Oh, absolutely with yeah, I think they've been trying to get rid of them forever Well, anyway, I'd like to see him blow it that would be awesome He would be he would be a I'm now rooting for bottom end of the game Braves in a tide game or down one martinez trying to close it out runners on base and the chop going fucking crazy Give me that situation Okay Give me the same situation with wainwright because I just think that's a toss-up Okay, cool Like I think if martinez comes out we know how that situation ends if wainwright comes out I mean that's fucking badass Yeah Cool All right, we got anything or you want the chat's been talking Let's see Jared agrees with you fall of the foe dynasty Just saying the fact the fact they have nothing to show right now Andrew says saroka can maybe go out of the pen for the braves Both braves losses weren't when we're kykel was the starter guys think that means anything Not really I don't think like they're on kykel not really this series has been crazy. Yeah Yeah And then we have someone in here talking out his butt Saying if the Yankees want to win Judge better start producing as if he wasn't the best player on the field in the ds Sure I mean, what are his stats? They always know how to provoke you to I think well, I think he's being honest I'm trying to broke two four Six seven judge got on base seven times in three games He had a 538 on base percentage Time to step up judge do more Three diving catches Any talk about hicks, uh, that's pretty Yankee centric. We'll save that for talking the Yankees. That's Championship series stuff. Yeah. Wow. Yeah Yankees have moved on. All right two game fives today should be exciting I hope they're both great games At least for the first four innings, they're going to be really intense one might get carried away But if they're within three down to the end That's going to be really really fun baseball. Good for mlb to get three game fives They got to be happy. All right, jake any final closing thoughts Be decided because of good players not bad players. Oh, wow. You don't want Bader to hit three home runs He's a good player. Hello. Bye