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MLB Baseball ⚾ SUPER Season Preview ft. Omar 'Sports Professor' Fonseca with MLB Insiders Amul the Agilist, That Girl Avil from Audible Podcast & AP from Let's Talk & Rec Room Sports!
Breakdown of American & National League Divisions + World Series, MVP & Cy Young Winners!
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Welcome and MLB Superseason Preview
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Yo, yo, yo, what up friends? Welcome
Engagement and Social Media Promotion
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back. Ball and Buds is back at it again. I am Omar, the sports professor Fonseca, and we are happy today to present the Major League Baseball Superseason Preview.
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Yes, indeed. It is going to be an amazing time. Happy opening day to everybody. One of the most glorious days of the year. And I have a glorious panel joining me today. Hopefully everybody will join. I've invited... Over 10 people. We'll see how many people actually join. Thank you for hitting that like button, whoever that was. Everybody watching, make sure you hit that like button, what whether watching now or on the replay. Helps everyone out here in the algorithm as well. Make sure you subscribe to Ball and Buds. B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. Handy QR code is up there on the right-hand corner. Once I move my
Introduction of MLB Panel and Avril's Debut
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screen out of the way, you'll be able to check that out at the link tree and follow all of Ball and Buds social media. But that's not what's important right now. Because what is important is baseball. Yes.
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We are here. All right. So let me introduce the people who are here so far with the panel. The distinguished people that like to show up early. ah First of all, let me bring in, you know him very well. One of my one of my best friends since a very young age. Knee high to a grasshopper down this age, about a five-ish area.
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Shout out to Amul, our spring training insider. ah Went down to Florida with us there. Amul, how are you doing today, my brother?
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ah You're muted. You are muted. All right. Never mind. Opening day jitters. Happy opening day, everybody. How you doing? He doesn't know how to work his microphone and camera all of a sudden.
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That being said, you can check him out at AM 23 Photography. He does awesome photography work aside from doing our spring training recap from Fort Myers. Check that out on YouTube. I just posted it today.
MLB Season Storylines: Labor Battles and Spending
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Next up, AP, I will come to you because I know you in terms of chronological order, but ladies first. uh averil representing the audible podcast yes uh first time by the way on ball and buds we are so happy to have her and actually a historical moment for ball and buds as she is the first woman lady ever to appear on ball and buds and we appreciate you how you doing today hey i'm excited
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Yes, we're excited to have you other than you being a Yankees fan, but we'll get to that. And finally, last but not least, shout out to the man in the down right-hand corner from Let's Talk Sports, from rec room, from pretty much everywhere on the internet that you can find Sports Talk at.
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He is AP. What's good, brother? As one of the greatest PA announcers once said, It's baseball time in Texas. Let's go. o I don't know who that was. It wasn't Ben Scully, and it wasn't Gary Cohen, so I don't know who that was, but I'll take it, my friend. I'll take
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You're going tell me who it is? Okay, that's fine. that all right let's come after that Not after that rebuttal. No. as well All right. Well, let's move it in. Let's talk some baseball. Let's get what everybody came here for. Look, y'all,
Criticism of Mark DeRosa's WBC Management
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huge season coming up.
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Lots of storylines. So first of all, Let's start with, I'm just going to throw some storylines out there. And I want everyone to start with what is their storyline going into this season out of the major ones that I'm about to say. So first of all, we know we just came from the World Baseball Classic. You are allowed to talk about that if you want. Venezuela was the champion. Someone may want to talk about Mark DeRosa's bad USA decisions. I don't know. I'll leave that up to anyone here, but that's there. Venezuela, congratulations to be the champion.
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Amul, this may be the one you actually touch on, as you like to touch on this a lot, as you are a a law student, a law professional. Labor battles. We are expecting disagreement at the end of the year.
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ah We saw what happened with the WNBA, Avril. You know, me and you have talked about that. This could come MLB and be honest. the wrong time instead.
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Also, AP, maybe this is something
Debate on MLB Salary Cap Impact
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you want to talk about. Have and have nots. Where are the Dodgers on the scale of can we keep letting Dodgers and Mets and teams like that continue to spend at an amount that may, and you know, this has been going along on a long time. It's not like it's anything new. but actually end up hurting in the long run. What else do we have? ABS.
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Wow. The ABS system coming into play this year for the first time. Players will be able to challenge Bucs. balls and strikes for the first time ever. And if you didn't see it last night, we had our first challenge by Jose Caballero of the New York Yankees.
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Unfortunately, he was incorrect. And umpire, shout out to the umpires who never get any credit, was right on this account. So we'll go around the horn. Ladies first, what is your storyline for this season, April?
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Um...
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Mark DeRosa does not need to be the manager of Team USA. um
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McLean is a so-called Ricky Pallott. Come on now. I know he was bad. I know he was shaky.
Critique of MLB Opening Day Broadcasts
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He was bad in the Italy game.
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He had that wild pitch against Venezuela. and I'm just happy that it's now regular baseball season because he pitches for the Red Sox. So let's go.
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let's go Well, yeah ah he pitches for my Mets, and that's okay. As a New York fan, I know you hate the Mets so much that you wouldn't think about that. But tell me more about the World Baseball Classroom. I know it's one of the two. um ra Roman is the other one. He's the other rookie to watch, and he's on the Red Sox. on Yeah. um No, you're good. We'll get the Rookie of the Year. But I do want to follow up and ask you question. Oh, no, no, no. no So with McLean –
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Why would you put him in that spot as a rookie? a rookie. Why would you put him in that spot? Mark DeRosa does not need to be the manager of Team USA.
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he's He's done. Wow. Absolutely not. so I don't blame McLean in that situation. i blame Tyreek Scooble because that was supposed to be his start.
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And Scooble bowed out of the tournament. So... Now, do we blame Scooboo or we blame the Tigers? partially the tiger Partially the Tigers. i blame i don't blame i don't blame I don't blame either of them. And I said this on Audible.
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I don't blame Scooboo. I understand what he did. I respect him. And after watching Webb last night and skiing today,
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ah Yeah, I'm glad that Scoogle said, nope, I'm pitching this game, and then I'm going back to my team. He did the correct thing. On my season. Okay. All right. Not as a starting pitcher.
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ah Yeah. No. I kind of throw blame on DeRosa, too, because he yeah he did not manage that game well he did not manage that game well. He didn't manage the whole World Baseball Classic well. He didn't even know the rules about them being eliminated. Yeah.
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no he didn't he didn't know the rules he didn't know the challenges he had left what was he doing as the manager of usa like who picked him can i just ask that who picked him because you have so many you have kona you have uh wow you have other managers who are far tons of experience tons of managers who who are far more experienced thank you that you know would be a would have been a better fit It's not even that. It's like he he went into it like it was an exhibition game and the players went into it like it's the World Series.
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Right. Yes. OK. Because it was. And that's not fair because they actually they actually wanted this like. They did. Bad. Yeah. They wanted it bad. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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I mean, with their espresso dances, like, I mean, that was hilarious. That was great.
NL West Division Analysis
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But, like, they they every other team wanted it more, seemingly. than the I mean, I guess the USA team didn't want it a little bit, maybe 15%.
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But they didn't want it the same way everyone else did. so well I also think, again, Mark DeRosa hampered them a little bit. And I also because and also think they had luck on their side. They should have never, AP, got past Dominican Republic on that strike call at the end of the game.
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Mm-hmm. sure and and And also the U.S. side is like it still kind of treats it like a business still, whereas you have teams protect your investments you have teams like the Dominican, you have teams like Venezuela.
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This is their life. This is their culture. that's all those who For those who do not know Latin culture, baseball is like okay is life for some of these guys. And this is this is something they love to do. This is something that they love to participate in. You can Half did the the Hispanic players, because of visa purposes, were upset that they couldn't participate in this event.
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wow It's just the Hispanic players want it more. Obviously, the Japanese players want it more because they have such a strong team as well. um Again, as long as the US continues to treat it like a business, I don't think they're going to ever be successful in the WBC.
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Because like you said, a all other teams just want it more. They're not gonna take it with the serious as the grava a gravitas that they need to. Even Derek Jeter, who isn't even playing. Like you're an announcer. Stop talking. Like I realize that's tough to do, but like to say that, okay, it's better to be in the World Series than to be in the WBC. I don't recall him ever playing in the WBC.
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So how is he qualified to make that, you know? They didn't have it then. Yeah, they didn't have it then. So, you know, in that regard, maybe maybe jeans should just you know sit down and i don't know wear one of poppy's t-shirts or something that he likes to give away that one is there you go ap what's your storyline for this upcoming season i mean there's a lot you can go through as far as you know what what to choose i mean we're going to talk about the dodgers anyway so we might as well throw it out there
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This is this. ah People are are saying that this is a dynasty. They're already a dynasty because we forget they won a World Series in 2020. Say what you want about the COVID here. But and they've already won ah won a World Series in 2020. They've won the last two.
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That doesn't mean they're invincible. That doesn't mean the three-peat is guaranteed by any stretch of the means. Because if you remember in 2023, they won over 100 games but got bounced in the wild card by the Arizona Diamondbacks. So. back They can get beat. Any team, it doesn't matter if you're the number one seed. doesn't matter if you're wild card team.
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Once October hits, it's a whole different
NL Central Division Surprises
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ball game. And it is so tough to repeat as as a 3P champion. I mean, the last team to do it was the Yankees in the in the the late 90s and two thousand so um So let me follow up on that with you then.
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Do you think that the fact that we, okay, even an easier question, people are talking about salary caps. What do you think about an MLB instituting a salary cap?
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Honestly, I think it's going to be detrimental to the league. I think it's going to be more detrimental than anything because it's just going to cause so much financial chaos in Major League Baseball that it's not going to be sustainable, especially when you have a strike season coming.
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That's not going to be good at all. um And people are like, well, why why why how do we stop these teams from – People don't understand there are ways that these lesser teams have been able to win games.
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I mean, we've seen the Tampa Bay Rays of all teams who have literally no financial gain very true go to the World Series twice. Hell, this team right here has no financial gain. They won a World Series three years ago. That's true. Very true.
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So the Washington Nationals, another team that won a World Series recently. yeah just because a team spends all the money all of it and yankees fans now do you think those are outliers do you think that's outliers that have come ever i mean that that's what the that's like what they want to paint it as it's like if you spend the most money you're going have the most success but unfortunately omar you know you know well your mets have spent a lot of money and they haven't done squat so i do i mean and and it's kind of the same with the yankees here recently they've spent a lot of money but you know the
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you get to the ALCS and not have any success. yeah So t just because you spend a lot of money doesn't mean you're always going to have success. It's only being talked about because it's the Dodgers.
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It's it
NL East Division Prospects
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that they've won the last two world series and it's the, it's the culture we live in where people are, don't, they don't like seeing success. We don't, people in this day and age don't like seeing success. So when we see the teams like the Dodgers or teams like the Yankees,
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or whoever went back to back World Series, its it it puts a sour taste in people's minds. Now, should it is it success or is it repeated success?
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that it should It's probably repeated success because if you look at the NFL, it's the same thing with the Chiefs. It was the same thing with the Patriots. it's It's the repeated success and people, well, everybody thinks parity is good for the league.
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In some cases, it's not really. I mean, it's great to see, you know, yeah it's great to see some of these teams win every once in a while. It's great to see some of these up and coming teams like How great was it seeing the Cubs win a World Series for the first time in 100 years? That was one of the most must-see things. so um That was fabulous.
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has teams Teams are going to look like and and and commissioners are going to look at what brings in the most profit. What matchup do we want in the postseason? And right now, what brings Major League Baseball the most profit is the l L.A. Dodgers, unfortunately. Yep.
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Yep, and Shohei Otani. Amul, I know you were like law. Are you going to tell me about the labor update? What are you talking about? I mean, I can't. My headline was going to be about breaking up the Dodgers. That's fine. You can talk about both. Go ahead. Yeah, AP took that a little bit. But I'll start with the labor side of humans.
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So, in my view, Manfred needs to take this more seriously. I saw an interview. i'm sure we all saw it. I'll raise the hands real quick. Is Manfred the worst commissioner in sports?
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i mean a current The current one? Out of all four big sports, is he the worst commissioner? Out of hockey, basketball, football, and baseball, is he the worst? Betman's gotten better, so I'm going to ahead and raise hand. Betman much better now in hockey. Yeah. And even Goodell is better, too, in football. Yeah.
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I still say it's Adam Silver. wa I don't like these. I don't. Even though my team won the NBA team last year, I hate the NBA product as a whole. He's bringing basketball back to Seattle with the expansion.
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even given a truth yeah Screw Seattle. You couldn't handle your team getting taken away. but to crime That was yeah that was like like the same kind of owner that Oakland's got.
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Fair enough. So I'm going to take it one step past APs. I'm going to say Kathy. Kathy got to go. She is the worst. yes Oh, yes. Kathy is the so Okay. That's fair. Yeah. It's between Kathy Manfred. I'm going to have to keep him.
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Kathy got to go. And and note ah ah notice Manfred didn't reinstate Pete Rose until, one, he was already passed, and two, it's at the very end of his term. So he's basically leaving it for whoever takes takes on the mantle next. I mean, you know what? I didn't put WNB up there, but Kathy Engelbert, by far, you're the worst. You said basketball. You didn't specify. You said basketball. And it's basketball. And that's why I brought you on, because smart you are. Amul, continue on. Can we get a total side note? We can discuss this later. But since Jerome powell and Powell's term is ending, Can we get him to run baseball after Manfred is done? We're not doing politics right now. we Me and you. I know. I know. no no, no, no. That's more finance. But my point is this, that in the interview that he had yesterday. Yeah, I know. You like how I told that line? No, we got to get a we got to get a political show. So me and you. That's all. But but the the the more can use the answer. I'll continue. ahead.
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And now we begin the show, ladies and gentlemen, of of the guests carrying his podcast. um This is a tradition, by the way. So I would say this, that Manfred said yesterday in his interview that he just, he was kind of like, yeah, I'm looking forward to the season. and Nothing about labor side agreements, nothing about things that actually matter. We're facing like, ah you know, not only a shortage, but also the fact that we're going to have a strike next year. So ah there was no talk of that whatsoever.
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He should have gotten it done. He should have said that immediately and talked about it because you know that's the most important thing. We're going to face no baseball in 27. AP, what do you think? No baseball in 28? Avril, how long do you think the do you think the the strike last?
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You guys there? um So i hope that they don't strike. Okay. Because I need baseball in my life. But.
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Well, they're definitely goingnna strike. I think we can all. if it had If it happens, I hope it doesn't go longer than a year. I don't know if I can go more than a year without baseball. I mean, to be a completely completely honest though, Avril, and I agree with you completely, it shouldn't happen at all because we will remember what happened. Well, AP, you're too young. And Avril, I think you may be too young too. But me and Amur. I was going to bring this up. Do
AL Central Division Predictions
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you remember the strike of 94? Yep. And two years. I was younger. I remember it but I was younger.
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It took almost two years for for all fans to come back. Maybe three, Omar. And and what did it take? yeah It took Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire to bring everyone back. to yeah home runs yeah Because shakes dig the long ball, as Nike once told.
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By the way, let's move on to another subject. Last night, Netflix's debut of Major League Baseball. First of all, shopy most most most baseball fans and and most every person that wanted to see baseball on opening day had no clue Netflix was the one promoting the game.
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no um and And then they had these cavalcade of stars, including Barry Bonds' high-voiced ass. Yeah, we know why, sir. um Also, you had Jameis Winston. God bless him. I love Jameis Winston. And I know you play baseball, and I know you're fun to watch, a joy to watch.
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But does he belong on baseball? To me, it's seen by Netflix. Yes, hoor only didn yes. Yes, he absolutely did. You will not slander his name. No, not today. little not Let the man have some work, sir Let me finish the question. I love Jameis. What I'm going to say is, though, how how was everything so fragmented in Netflix's production of opening day game? You had all these different entities, all these different elements that completely contrasted each other.
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Did anyone else see this or am I the only one that saw it? Okay, so let me go for Let me go first. Let me go first. i'm say i mean um So was it cheesy as hell? Yes, it was. It absolutely was.
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To an avid baseball watching fan, it was cheesy as hell. To mascots and dancers on the trolley, by the way. And the New York cab. They had dancers and mascots on the New York cab and the trolley. What are we doing? Is this baseball or is this the bad buddy? Let It was cheesy, yes.
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But with that being said, let's be real. Everybody that watches baseball, I don't care what service it's on, It's opening day, opening night. If you're a baseball fan, you're going to watch.
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That's a given. It was put on Netflix to bring, if you if you normally if you normally watch baseball, you're going to watch baseball on whatever service it's on. You're just going figure out how to watch it.
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That's true. that All that extra stuff was not for us.
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They are trying to make baseball more TV friendly. which is why hate pitch clock. Games are too long. um I mean, I thoroughly enjoy turning on the game, and being able to take a nap, wake up, and it's only the seventh inning.
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I miss that. I love my entire day being taken away from my baseball. So with that being said,
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and they're trying to bring people back into loving baseball. That's why I was on Netflix. That's why I had all the cheesy stuff that didn't match. It was to bring in different demographics. So they had a little bit of something for everybody.
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Was it cheesy? Yes, but it was what baseball needed because you just brought in a whole new demographic that Even if they have T-Mobile, they're not going to sign up for the free MLB TV.
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They're
AL West Division Contenders
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not. Yeah. But it's on Netflix and it's free and it's right there. It's been in our face. As soon as you open Netflix, that's a whole new demographic that they're trying to bring in into baseball. So do I like what it represented and what it stood for and what it could mean in the future?
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Yes, I absolutely loved it. But was it cheesy? Absolutely. And it's too promotional. Oh my God. I can't wait until he's done playing so that he can actually do announcing full time because, Oh, it's going to be great.
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It's going to be great. By the way, Netflix's price just went up today. So of course, Netflix again, Yep, it went up again. And look, if i I see one more Stranger Things freaking promo, like this is what Netflix does.
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They buy these sports to promote Stranger Things and all these other shows. Look what they did with WWE Raw. They bought Raw, and then the first thing they did was a Stranger Things episode. Like, what are we doing right now? But I guess the good part about that is you got Jey Uso yeeting at the opening day game. Like, what is – What do these things have to do with each other?
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Nothing. I too did. i too did. I heard the MLB network guys or guys and gals like the the announcers and was just like, who so is this MLB network or is this Netflix? Like, oh, I didn't realize that they were being contracted out. Okay. So that's, that's how we're doing this. Okay. Yeah. I can't wait until he turns heel. I'm done with the yeeties. No, man. Hey, Jay Uso's everywhere. i I literally turned on a game last week. I got NBA League Pass, and I turned on the the Pistons and and Rockets game on League Pass. And during halftime in Detroit, Jay Uso was doing the yeet. I was like, what are we doing in life? Like, how is he all over? They didn't even know who he was at the Pistons game. They were like, we don't even know who this is. but the music is cool yeah and we're going to eat. We're going to eat. The yeet is this generation's Macarena. I'm just going to say
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I'm just going to say it. The yeet is this generation's Macarena. That's all I'm going to say. Pretty much. I will say this though. Whatever hell they showed, it was way better than what they have on Apple TV.
00:26:39
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Apple TV is awful. I hate Apple TV's production of Major League Baseball. The one thing I like more about Apple TV is that they showed a lot of statistics. They showed a lot of like, um you know...
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ready I like that you can do the radio. You can dial into the local radio broadcast and Apple TV. That was the only reason I liked it. That is the only good benefit from it. That is the only good benefit. Yeah. they need If they're really serious about doing production for Major League Baseball, they need better commentary. They need better production. They need but need better shows general.
00:27:15
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Because the the production of Major League Baseball on Apple TV is horrendous. Aside from, like you said, as ah aside like you said more other than the radio broadcast. I mean, apparently the and MLB Network people are available, so just have them ah you know sinokica have them do Apple TV broadcasts too.
00:27:33
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They're not going to be doing Netflix all the time. so So depending on the game, because it's not every game, but depending on the game, um on and MLB TV at least... Two seasons ago I could do this. You can catch some of the radio broadcasts.
00:27:47
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Like you can um you can watch the the regular streaming, but then you can change the um broadcast to the radio. That's how I used to watch, um listen to John.
00:28:00
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I don't think you can do it. like i was I was streaming a couple games today, including the Mets just, you know. telling paul skeins and it's not it's not every game i know it's not every game but every once in a while you can catch them yeah i couldn't i couldn't find it today and then i when i switched over to the red sox game i still couldn't find it so i think for the moment they've sort of disabled that feature but maybe they'll bring it back Or maybe I just didn't. hopeful i'm I'm kind of excited to see what Peacock and NBC do with baseball here. i think the first first game is was actually today. the The Pirates game was on NBC, but you've also got the Peacock game tonight. I'm kind of excited to see.
00:28:47
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how they how they do sunday night baseball this year by the way peacock i have a problem with you okay and april i know you're not going to want to hear this and i apologize
AL East Division Insights
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in advance uh i am not a fan of musicals okay So when and I don't know if you are either, but you may be a maybe a mood. Y'all may be fans of this, too. I am not.
00:29:11
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All I know is once I watched my met blow out the pirates, I started cleaning up my apartment. Wanted to make sure I got a little tidy before the show went on. And I was starting. I started hearing some singing.
00:29:23
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And I said, man, what is that singing going on? where Is that coming from Broadway? Because, you know, I live right by Broadway, so I got all the music going on out my window. And I was like, nah, man, that sounds like some some kind of musical.
00:29:35
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And all of a sudden, I look up, and I see Wicked on my screen playing in the full-length movie. Peacock, I am not your target demographic. I do not want to watch a peacock.
00:29:50
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No, do not blame that on Peacock. That is your algorithm because I am a fan of Broadway, a huge fan of Broadway. And Wicked doesn't just start playing as as many musicals as I watch and Broadway shows as I watch.
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Wicked does not just start playing. Well, this is you know, school.
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first and for foremost ladies and gentlemen i'm pretty sure he like seventeen seventy six when he when we were in high school and then well before that the outsiders you know when we were i love the dope Don't go there and say you don't like musicals, sir.
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like Don't say that you're into Hamilton. You saw Hamilton. i but Only because the lead is Puerto Rican. By the way, ah what do y'all think? i was thinking about going I was thinking about dyeing my hair blonde like Ponyboy. Yeah, I would do it.
00:30:56
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Yeah, I would do it. I would do it. yeah Thinking about dying the hair soon. Let me know. Anyways. you embrace your it Embrace your age. Go gray. what don't do that no i have literally plucked every gray out since they've been coming in well omar you know omar you don't want wisdom i've got plenty i've got plenty of mine you can borrow if you like yeah we i'm like i'm literally just gonna let my hair go gray at this point like no i can't i can't i look i look too good for that um all right let's move it on into our actual baseball talks it's sweet going on in for ladies and welcome to All right, well we're start in the NL since all of y'all
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00:31:37
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are AL fans. We're starting the NL.
00:31:39
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Major League Baseball, National League West. Obviously, the Dodgers are the favorite here. So let me go ahead and just kind of break this down.
00:31:52
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Dodgers are on their quest for the three-peat. As we know, we'll see if that happens or not. They are the favorites in the division as we're going into it. But obviously, you also have the Padres, obviously always trying to spend a lot of money there. So let's bounce through some things real quick, and then y'all can pick your division winners.
00:32:11
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um So first, we don't need to go to the Los Angeles Dodgers. We know they spend a lot of money. They got Shohei, the best baseball player on earth. They ah they got Mookie Betts. They got Freddie Freeman. They won the past two titles.
00:32:23
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Let's move on to the San Diego Padres. They are the second team here. They may have a chance to win this division. Last year, they were 90 and 72. Not shabby at all.
00:32:35
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They made good additions this offseason as well. The other teams, we can talk about them if they want, but I'm only going to mention the favorites.
00:32:46
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But if you think that there's an underdog that could supplant one of those two, please go right ahead. We will start with you, Averill.
00:32:58
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If Webb can come back to form. San Francisco, okay. The Giants might be a ah silent contender in that division.
00:33:15
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Ball cart team, you're talking? Right? No, just just a silent sleeper. I mean, they they they may surprise you, but they Webb has got to...
00:33:27
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He has to go back to his regular form. So I guess, what do you think about this? Because I think last night, this kind of, and it wasn't very pronounced, but we have to remember that they have a new rookie manager in Tony Vitello, who came from the collegiate ranks.
00:33:44
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How do you think that affects them, Averill, in this upcoming season, the the Giants?
00:33:55
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Cause we haven't seen that many collegiate managers get hired to the big leagues. I don't even know. what i don't I don't even know what to expect with that because it's, you don't really see it. Hmm.
00:34:13
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If he can figure out his rotations and how to work his rotations, I think he'll be fine. Um,
00:34:24
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He has to learn how to um manage his pitching rotations. That's going to be his his big thing because that game got away from them last night. It's crazy.
00:34:38
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Yeah. Yeah, it did. And we can't forget the Diamondbacks in this division as well. Corbin Carroll, Geraldo Perdomo, and Quetel Marte, three of the best young you know players in the league. um So go ahead, Avril. Who do you have for your winner in the NL West?
00:34:57
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What's a wiener? Yeah. I said a wiener. Wow. You didn't have to call me. What's wiener? You could have just kept going with it. You had to call me out. That's my stuff. Wow. Wow. see yeah you Do me see you even English, brunt? Now you're piling on? Okay. Like I don't have one of the biggest vocabularies on sports talk television. Let's get that. I wouldn't i mean, you do throw out some words, yeah, but okay. That's a stretch, but sure.
00:35:26
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I hate you so much. I hate you so much. Averill, who is your winner before I get very upset? We'll always have me. Did you say winner? Like W-I-N-N-E. Who is your damn winner? thought you said something else, which is why i was like, what is he talking about? Okay, you know what, Averill? Let me play along with your game.
00:35:51
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Who's your biggest NL West wiener? Who is your biggest wiener in the NL West?
00:35:58
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The horrible one the Rockies. Okay. Yes, they are. That's a good point. Never mind. You got it. Um, but I am gonna say I'm gonna say the Padres as my winner.
00:36:09
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hey am I allowed to curse? ah excuse me Okay, but the Dodgers Freddie Freeman is a national treasure, fucking Dodgers. So with that being said, I'm gonna go Padres.
00:36:23
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Okay, the upset with the Padres. No one is calling that on earth except Averill, but hey, we're going on with it. Hey, Pete, who you got? And what is your analysis on NLWIS? um I see one team giving the Dodgers a run for their money.
00:36:38
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ah It's not the Giants and it's not the Padres. oh It's the Arizona Diamondbacks. The D-backs. think Perdomo is going to blossom this year. He's going to become not not really a superstar, but he's going to become a great number two to Corbin Carroll.
00:36:56
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Not only that, you have Nolan Arenado in there now who is a great veteran bat. um It's all going to come down on the arm of Zach Gallin. If Zach Gallin can find his footing again in that pitching rotation, I think the Diamondbacks are going to challenge the Dodgers for the West. I still have the Dodgers winning the West. I still have the Dodgers winning the West, but I think that that the the only team that can potentially challenge the Dodgers in the West is the Arizona Diamondbacks. I'm not sold on the Padres. I think they're going to fall off, and I think the Giants are going to be awful this year.
00:37:30
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Wow, Giants, awful. Amul, thoughts on the NL West? So I would like, there are a couple the couple threads that I'm pull on here.
00:37:41
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First, I would like to see the Dodgers collapse and collapse hard. I mean, everybody would, I think. but Yeah, yeah. Just fall face first in a vat full of concrete.
00:37:53
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ah I like the Padres, ah but I love the Giants infield. So if they can turn their pitching around, you know, and not do, if Logan Webb can not do what he did last night, that would be great.
00:38:07
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And, ah you know, but aside from that, I'll i'll i'll go with the Padres. i go with the Friars. There you go. Hey, can you pull your camera down a little bit? Because your face is blocked by your name. There you go.
00:38:17
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All right. I agree with everybody. I would like to see the Dodgers obviously go down. No one wants to see the evil empire, you know, as Averill would know with her Yankees back in the day. No one wants to really see that. So um I would say that the...
00:38:34
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I hope the Padres as well win, like Averill said, but I do expect the Dodgers to take this. I don't see any reason that they wouldn't accept injuries. I mean, they have the deepest staff, the deepest rotation, I mean, ah deepest, um God bless, lineup and deepest bullpen in the NL.
00:38:54
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I mean, so there's not really much you can say about it. And yeah, the biggest wiener is the Colorado Rockies. Can y'all please try fill the team? i don't really understand kind of what you're aiming for, Rockies, but you have such a good home field advantage with that ballpark and that high air that maybe you should start trying to play to that. I don't know.
00:39:14
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I play my baseball sim, and I try to make sure that the team is fit for the ballpark. But what the fuck do I know? I'm not a GM. Anybody heard anything from Chris Bryant lately? Literally just, he's been pulling a Ben Simmons the last couple of years, so. Yeah.
00:39:32
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Big talk. Well, yes. yes he He kind of has, though, because he couldn't sign with the Nats that he chose not to. He couldn't sign with anybody else. He went back to Denver. So. he yeah He made his choice, feel like. i'm in still i think i mean I think at this point, maybe it's how his career has gone.
00:39:51
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He was a very much expected prospect who played well the first few years and quickly flamed out. And, you know, after that, maybe you just look for stability.
00:40:02
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Maybe you just look for company. I don't know. I was going to compare him to Anthony Rendon, but he might have a point there. no No, no, no, no, no. Don't you ever do that. Don't besmirch the name. Okay? ah Don't do that. and Anthony Rendon out outwardly paid into baseball. So that's a totally different thing. He is an enemy of our great game. is in well He went to the LA National. Because he knew he would get paid for nothing.
00:40:33
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Because he knew Artie Moreno is the worst f***ing owner in sports, if not close to. He's got a point. The Angels are hot garbage. They really are. Trump did hit a home run, though, to that.
00:40:46
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So there's that they can celebrate. Let's move on to the NL Central. Obviously, the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers are your two biggest contenders there. Chicago Cubs re-signed their star. I'm still crying that we traded Pete Crow Armstrong away, but they signed Pete Crow Armstrong to a long-term contract. You as well got the Milwaukee Brewers there. Both of those teams will be there at the top. Averill, start us off. Who you got in your nl Central?
00:41:13
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Um... Just after watching the one game that like actually caught my eye today, going to say the Cardinals going to surprise us this season.
00:41:26
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Wow. Okay. Didn't expect that. All right. That was actually a good game. um i i have the MLB package, and so i was watching um the big inning, and they kept flashing to that game, and the Cardinals like just kept coming back, and they won.
00:41:46
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um I think they're going to surprise a lot of teams this season. right, the Cardinals. But. Oh, sorry. Keep going. Oh, but as my overall winner. Yeah, I'm going to go Pirates. Oh, I that was your winner.
00:42:00
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No, that's just the team. I think they're going to shock everybody. They are going to have a better season than people are going to expect them to have. But Pirates going.
00:42:13
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Wow. excuse me Pirates. Pittsburgh Pirates. that the who
00:42:19
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Paul Skeen's and friends. but no no I'm sorry. I think I think i i must have misheard what Averill said.
00:42:29
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I really, really. If Skeen stays, if he stays, I think he's going to be traded by the deadline.
00:42:45
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And it's going to be because he's asking for a trade. Let me get this straight. You believe Paul Skeens is going to get traded by the deadline. And yet you still believe that the Pirates will win the division? If he stays. So if he does not get traded.
00:43:03
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If he stays. If he gets traded. Yeah. know Girl, let me tell you what you're saying. If the Pittsburgh Pirates were to get anywhere close to the winning the division, you would be a savant.
00:43:17
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Because there is no way on God's green earth the Pirates are winning that division. It's just not happening. I'm sorry. I i don't i can't see it. i You never know.
00:43:29
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I hope you're right. I really, really hope you're right. Because I hope I'm wrong. Because I would love to see that, honestly. But I just can't. AP, who you got? So there's all there's two words or the reason why the Cardinals aren't going to surprise anybody, and that's Olly Marmol.
00:43:45
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okay One of the worst managers in baseball. Makes very bad decisions. Yes. make Very, very bad decisions. The Cardinals. Here's the thing. The Cardinals usually start off hot, but then once the break comes around, they start to flame out pretty badly.
00:43:57
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Very true. um I have them finishing dead last in the Central, actually. So i have the pirate I have the Pirates better than the Cardinals, at least. um Yeah.
00:44:08
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My NL Central winner is actually the Cincinnati Reds. I have the Reds winning the Central because their rotation is going to be great this year, once healthy.
00:44:20
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Ellie Dela Cruz is going to become a superstar. I love the addition of Key Brian Hayes to that team. They have a lot of great weapons in that lineup. Say what you want about the Cubs, but the Cubs are old.
00:44:35
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ah Brewers lost a lot of good pieces and in the offseason. I think the Reds are winning this division. Not only that, I think the Reds are, i I'll save that for later, but yes, I like i like the Cincinnati Reds.
00:44:49
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AP, I trust your baseball analysis very much as we worked together over the past few years. um But right now, you're very much upsetting me because the Cincinnati Reds have no freaking chance. What are you talking about right now? You don't know that?
00:45:07
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You don't know that? They have a better chance than your Mets. That's not true at all. And you take that back right now. You take that back right now. Just wait till we get to the NL East.
00:45:23
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You're going to hate me when we get to the NL East. I am flabbergasted. on but who i yeah yeah so yeah I have the Reds winning the Central.
00:45:35
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You have the Reds winning the Central. Okay. All right. That's a choice. um It's a choice, all right. Not a good choice. i but ah um I've got the Cardinals as cellar dwellers. I have the Pirates, if they keep schemes, no more than third.
00:45:49
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I have the Cubs winning the NL, neck and neck with the Brew crew. So, thank you. Thanks to, of course, the Cubs taking you the the best Red Sox third baseman.
00:46:05
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that we have had in quite some time, Alex Bregman, and just signing him to a wall of Germany. So that's that's my pick for the NL Central.
00:46:15
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I've got the Cubs. I'm curious though, with Averill, real quick, where do you think, if Skeens gets traded, where will would he get traded to? I have not thought about that. i don't want to think about that yet. I have not thought about it I think I know where, I think I know where, and Omar, you might not like this. I think he goes to Atlanta.
00:46:42
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I think he goes to the Braves. No. Because he's from Louisiana. it's it's one of the closest places It's one of the closest places there. And if he gets added to the Braves, they're a World Series championship team.
00:46:56
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yeah as long as we can do I mean, there already are. They're already going to be competitive competing in the National League, but you add Paul Skeens to that rotation. They're on the level of the Dodgers. As long as we get Terry's goal. actually like that. I actually like that move.
00:47:11
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Yes.
00:47:14
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I will be okay with him going to the Braves. I will be okay with going to the Braves. And I'd be okay with both him and Tarek Skubu going to the Mets. Let's go. All right. Anyways, Chicago Cubs will win this division.
00:47:29
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P. Crow Armstrong is too strong. And, yeah, the rest of the Cubbies there are going to. I do like the Brewers, though. It could be neck and neck. I could see either of those teams winning. But.
00:47:40
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For sake of picking, I will go with the Brewers. Let's move it in. Also, a real quick, Omar, shout out to the Angels for beating the Astros. The Astros are trash this year. i get I'm going to bet.
00:47:51
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Angels did beat the Astros today. so it It was a $14 ticket to get into the game, I saw. That was that was the the cheapest ticket in the MLB. that Most expensive?
00:48:03
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Was Houston? Most expensive was the Dodgers. Yeah, it was in Houston. Was it Houston? It was in Houston. It was in Houston. That was the cheapest ticket to get in. Take them back to the Astrodome, baby. Let's go. The year the year that um the Yankees played Houston in Houston, like two years ago, I went opening weekend.
00:48:26
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And I want to say I paid $23 per ticket. I got three tickets. We said third base side. Yeah. Bottom level. Yeah.
00:48:38
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I went one year. Also, the Angels are a poorly run organization is why the tickets were so cheap. Yeah. I went one year when we're about to go to ah New Orleans Heritage Fest.
00:48:49
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And like right before that, I got tickets for $30 at Minute Maid. So this is back when it was called Minute Maid.
00:48:59
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All right. and Anyway, at at least. Let's go ahead and move it on to the NL East. Obviously, I will go last because my division. Avery, we'll start us off again.
00:49:20
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yeah If the Braves were to get another pitcher,
00:49:28
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I would feel more confident about them, but I'm going to say Phillies. I think the Phillies are going to win the East. um I think y'all greatly overplayed um for someone who cannot play right field.
00:49:41
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um And a true right fielder stopped his ball in that Dominican-USA game, even waved by to him.
00:49:52
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He even said that he misses us. Oh, it must suck having to play next to dump. um So please start with the delusions of Granger that y'all are going to do anything.
00:50:07
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No. um But that means it's going to be between the Phillies and the Braves, but I think the Phillies are going to win that division. You're wrong.
00:50:19
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Phillies ain't winning nothing. Don't try to slumber on my birthday party. Not up in here, brother. No, the Mets are going to win this division. Screw the Phillies and the Braves. I mean, I don't know what else you expected from me. You're going to hate me. the You're going to hate Go ahead. Because I have the Mets finishing fourth. I think I have the Marlins ahead of them.
00:50:40
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that You did that in Berthold. Wow. did that in Berthold. No, i actually, I don't know. The Marlins are scrappy. The Marlins can be scrappy. You don't believe that. You don't believe that. have no faith in the Mets. I have no faith in the Mets because their rotation is ass.
00:50:54
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Their rotation is ass. you know I'm sorry. ju so Juan Soto can only carry you so far. I have the Braves winning the NL East, even if they don't get another pitcher.
00:51:05
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You know what sucks is y'all got Luke Weaver. And that makes me so mad because i feel like he needs to just come back home. he does not need to go in your bullpen to try to save y'all out of a game that y'all are not going to
00:51:24
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His talents are going to be wasted.
00:51:29
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are the And then Clay Holmes is a starter now? Clay Holmes is a starter? You washed out with the Yankees. So now you're trying to reinvent yourself? So you went to the dump to go reinvent yourself.
00:51:42
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Okay. Thank you for bringing him up. But that's y'all's rotation. But that's y'all's rotation. Like...
00:51:54
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And I feel bad because Lou Weaver got injured and he had some bad innings. And in we brought in other guys because he was just having ah hard time. And he he found it again.
00:52:08
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but by the time he found it, we had already brought in somebody to replace him. And it sucked. Because I really love Luke Weaver. He does not deserve to have to play in a stadium or a baseball park near a dump. It's not fair to him.
00:52:22
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He is such a better baseball player than that.
00:52:27
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I don't give a damn about no Luke. I am not your father Skywalker Weaver. I don't give a damn about him. i don't give a damn about the Yankees talking about that's one of y'all. That's one of the best pictures in ball.
00:52:41
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That's one of the best pictures in your ball pitch. He's a backup. You better recognize. you're lucky to get off the bench. Get out of here with that. Anyways, keep moving. It's going to be a mischievous coach by the end of the season.
00:52:56
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It'd be good. Yeah. Go ahead, Amor. I have the Braves winning the East. You know, I've been a friend of Lamar's for a long, long time. It better be the Mets. There's a reason why not looking at the camera right now.
00:53:11
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Listen, bro, we've known each other for a long time. A long time. Have you looked at your roster lately? like You've got Freddy Peralta, which is fabulous. Marcus Simeon.
00:53:22
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You've got freaking Francisco Lindor. I saw that. No, I saw that. No, no, listen. I want Soto. What more do you want? Ladies and gentlemen, this is the – for those following my my Instagram story, this is the Mets-related crash out I was referring to. um
00:53:41
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You did predict that. You did predict that before the show. It happens. It happens every time we have one of these conversations. You know what? And you're in, you're in, okay, all right. Well, what Omar doesn't know is that this is an intervention, not an actual show. Yeah, it's an intervention. it's ah I'm just, i' i'm looking at it I'm looking at the roster. And they have, I mean, they have decent players if you're looking to play for the future.
00:54:10
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okay If you're looking to play you know in a couple years, aside from Freddy Peralta, you got Juan Soto, you got Francisco Lindor, Beau Bichette, but I think the Braves are probably going to be um the ah they're going to upset the Phillies, ah which aren't going to um please my my Philly friends, but I don't really care.
00:54:34
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ah And they'll probably take the East. Yeah. I don't really have the Mets anywhere. um Maybe third? I don't know. um It depends on how well the Marlins do and if the Nats actually do decently well. Yeah, I said it.
00:54:51
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so I think the Nationals at this point are just kind of retooling. Obviously, they traded McKenzie Gore to Texas. I could say James Wood. Enjoy it. Treat them well is all I'm going to say.
00:55:04
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I'm going to say, and then maybe Wood gets traded. ah Yeah. Well, I think they might sign Wood. They might sign Wood long-term, which will be nice.
00:55:15
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But still, I think that, I don't think as much as Omar wants his beloved Mets to to win the NL East, I don't think as the roster as constructed.
00:55:28
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You let Edwin Diaz go. Why would you do that? Like, why would you do that? you know Even I knew MLB The Show to sign Edwin Diaz when he hit the free market because that's what you do.
00:55:43
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Okay? That's what you do. um
00:55:48
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You good over there, Omar? You good? See the Mets. Feel the Mets. See the Mets. The Mets, don't get me wrong, the Mets. No, I completely agree with that. Look, look, if you're the match slide if you're trying to find someone that is going to disagree with you about the free agent signings of the Mets, if we had Pete Alonzo and we had Edwin Diaz instead of bum ass, whoever the hell Aver was just talking about some bum, I don't know.
00:56:17
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That's it. Weaver. Yeah, whatever his name is. If we had Pete Alonzo and Edwin Diaz instead of bum-ass Luke Skywalker, Weaver, and Jorge, I ran into a Polanco.
00:56:29
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Or Clay Holmes. Or Clay Holmes. Or Clay Holmes. Bum to all bombs all the Yankee bombs, you know, yeah that's what you get from the Yankees are bums mores and might signing yankee players I mean
00:56:47
Speaker
and soon as we get the most out of a player Here comes your owner and here comes your general manager. Oh, let me take your leftovers. We're going to sign you to all this money. We know we're not going to win, but I'm going to throw all this money at you.
00:57:06
Speaker
And then they trade them to Texas and they have success. And way by the way, they're not Yankee bums anymore. They're on your roster. So what do you call it when they're on the when when you've got Hobbs and Weaver on your roster?
00:57:18
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Are you going call them the Mets bums? What are you going to call them? No, they're still Yankees bums. Let's keep it moving. oh more we Okay. i I told you already. I was at Atlanta. While you were having your crush out, Atlanta was going to be there. I got the Mets. Let's keep it moving. To the AL.
00:57:34
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ah We'll save the AL East for last since we got a couple of fans here from the AL East. Yes, we So we'll start with the AL Central. And we will start this time with you, AP. Who you got in the AP Central?
00:57:51
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I have the Kansas City Royals. Cole Reagans. If he's healthy, i think he's going to be a stud.
00:58:02
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Seth Lugo, another good stud. Bobby Witt Jr., superstar. Jonathan India, who was a great signing for them last year. Salvador Perez looked pretty good in the World Baseball Classic. I know he's getting up there, but I think Kansas City has a lot of good components and a lot of good pieces.
00:58:23
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i have i I actually have the Tigers finishing third. because even though Scoobble's a great pitcher, Frambois Valdez is a locker room cancer.
00:58:35
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Frambois Valdez is a locker room cancer. Yeah, he is. Followed in Houston. We saw his crash outs in Houston, which is why their team imploded. He is going to hinder the Detroit Tigers. not Wow. Okay. He has crash outs on MLB The Show, too, for those wondering. here's the Here's the thing. The only reason I'm not putting the Tigers any farther is because the White Sox are mid at best. Mid at best. must say And if not for the Angels, the Twins are the worst run organization in baseball.
00:59:11
Speaker
behind a mo so you had things to say about that in spring training didn't you i did i i i did i did did how much time are you gonna give me because i could just i could just wax poetically about oh first before you go just make sure it'd be finished if you didn't finish sorry yeah i yeah i have done i have the royal i have kansas city winning the the central So do I. just want to say that right now. I have Kansas City doing it as well. i think the um I think they really focused on making sure that the outer depths of their team and their bullpen were better. I believe that the fall of the Tigers really hurt them last year. And while I like the Guardians from year to year, they're very up and down. And while they were 88 and 74 last year, I believe that this gambling thing will hold a cloud over their head. Go ahead, Amul.
01:00:02
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I like the Royals. I do. i have thoughts on the twins. I feel bad about them because, or for them, because their fan base deserves so much better.
01:00:12
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But when I was down in Fort Myers, like the the people that I spoke to consistently said, hey, we'll we'll go to games, but it's just the game. That's it. There isn't anything else going on in the in the ballpark. there There isn't anything fun.
01:00:28
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there i i think the age range, the guy told me that I spoke with, that was speaking with, the age range of those attending were like, you know, in their seventies or late sixties, early seventies. Like, like, and this is down in Florida because like, it's just, it just doesn't capture what baseball should be. So I don't know if the owners, I would like the owners to sell, but I don't think that'll happen.
01:00:53
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It's what I'm saying. um I do think the Tigers will have a decent year, probably not as good as they did last year, because in my view, you can't ride Scoobo the whole time. You just can't.
01:01:06
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There's a reason why, you know, other teams have fortified behind their ah their number one pitcher. And the Tigers have too, but not to the extent that they should have.
01:01:18
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you know To go ahead and say, okay, well, I'm not going to sign you to a long-term deal. I'm only going to take the one year and that's it. Don't do that to your to your number one pitcher. Don't do that because he's going to leave. He'll probably leave for the Yankees or he'll go somewhere else or the Mets, wherever he wants to go.
01:01:33
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He might go to Vegas um if they expand on that. But that's what I got to say about the second one. so all right cool uh april what you got on the al central
01:01:48
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yeah um it's gonna be the tiger and that sucks because um if we have to face them in postseason they have been really really good um especially if we have an off day So they scare me sometimes when we have to face them. Um,
01:02:16
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because of teams that he's been on, I am not a Verlander fan, but I like him in his pitching rotation.
01:02:28
Speaker
i think even with all the issues, I think they're going to be the team to beat. Plus, um, Torres had a really good um World Baseball Classic and then ah who else? um Oh, it was somebody else. um Not Dillinger. um
01:02:50
Speaker
McGonagall. When they played in yeah when they played in Puerto Rico, they played the Dominican Republic team in an exhibition game right before World Baseball Classic.
01:03:02
Speaker
oh That first ball that he hit off of Seve, that was beautiful. He is a rookie to watch. um
01:03:13
Speaker
Yeah. I think he helps in a big way, and that puts the Tigers where they need to be to actually fully contend with this team in this league. Yeah.
01:03:27
Speaker
I agree completely. Everybody have your rookie of the year candidates ready because we're about to get to that in a second. But yeah, I completely agree. well He's going to be a really, really good player. All right, let's move it to the AL West. This is your division, AP.
01:03:43
Speaker
Are your Texas Rangers going to win this division or is it the favorite Seattle Mariners? What a freaking juggernaut they got there in Seattle. I'm going to say this. Cal Raleigh's not going to hit 60 home runs again this year. No, we will not. i don't think he will.
01:03:59
Speaker
We will not. Losing in Eugenio is going to be huge for them because he was such a backbreaker, especially in this rotation. I'm not sold on Naylor being the the cleanup hitter.
01:04:13
Speaker
okay I don't think i don't i don't think that Julio's going to find his stride like he did last year. I think he's going to go back to what he was two years ago. They have Luis Castillo fourth in this rotation.
01:04:26
Speaker
There's something wrong with Castillo right now. They did not have him start opening day. They they have him fourth in the rotation. There's something going on with that. And this is history, guys.
01:04:38
Speaker
Every time the Mariners have a great year, they fall off. the following year okay the Astros are going to be terrible this year I feel they're not going be as bad as the Angels even though they lost to the Angels today but I still don't I I do not have uh the Astros being competitive in the West top to bottom The best roster in this in this division is the Tech Rangers. Here we go. All right.
01:05:11
Speaker
Best DRA in baseball last year. and Best DRA in baseball last year that you just added McKenzie Gore to. If they find an offense, it's going to be hard to stop them.
01:05:22
Speaker
But as kind of a little surprise, I think the second best team in this division is the Ace. What? I love Nick Kurtz.
01:05:35
Speaker
alright so my pool I love Jacob Wilson. This is a good young team. I have the A's being a wild card team this year.
01:05:45
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no
01:05:48
Speaker
Rangers are winning the West. and two a ah But I have the A's above the Mariners getting a wild card spot. And obviously the Angels are booty, so I put in them in less. So range range Rangers win the West, but the be A's are going to be a sleeper team in the American League this year and be a wild card team.
01:06:09
Speaker
Amul, you look like you have some disagreement there. What do you think? um So i'm i'm I'm just, I like, where we have these when we have these confabs, I like to look at the roster, like to, you know, you know study it ahead of time, but while we're in the middle of the conversation, you know, figure out why you're feeling the way that you are. um I will agree with you, AP, on the A's being a wildcard team.
01:06:40
Speaker
If... and and only if their owner stays out of their way because their owner likes to meddle. And we know what happened when the when we know what happens when the owner likes to meddle you know, March shot, pick up the phone.
01:06:58
Speaker
um I'm going to say for the West. Jerry Jones, line one. Jerry Jones, line one. Jerry Jones, definitely. I was i was going to i was goingnna keep it to a baseball reference, but sure, that works too.
01:07:09
Speaker
um Listen, I realize that you're saying that after this year or after a good year that the Mariners will fall off. And this may be my optimism speaking, but I would like to see them with the division. I'd like to see the Mariners with the division. Sure. Cal Rowley is not going to hit 60.
01:07:31
Speaker
That's okay. We don't need him to, you don't need him to. Why am I saying we, I don't, um I don't live in Seattle. um I like Julio Rodriguez, obviously. Victor Robles may have a resurgent here.
01:07:44
Speaker
right They have Rob Refsnyder now who is a super utility from the, yeah I know him from when he was with Boston. He's great. He's clutch. I think that the... Bro, don't be mentioning utility players on this program. We don't have time for this.
01:08:01
Speaker
I just did, okay? You'll be okay. You'll be okay. about the utility players. go Go have a shot. You'll be fine. Give me the Mariners and their creative bobblehead ideas as the division winners in the West.
01:08:14
Speaker
and and their creative ah bobblehead ideas as they're as a division winners in the in the west LBAs to be the the wild card. Alright.
01:08:27
Speaker
April, who you got? So, ap you said something and I feel like it is my job to bring the receipts and tell you why you're wrong. um Because I like to bring receipts and I like to prove you wrong with evidence. So, you said that the manners had not had to um Back to that good seasons. and i say that I didn't say that. I didn't say that. I said typically after they have a good season, they kind of fall off.
01:09:03
Speaker
Okay. So I would like to, I would like to show you why you're wrong. um So as of the end of the 2025 season, they hit a five year streak of achieving five consecutive non-losing winning seasons.
01:09:24
Speaker
So what? and you know How many of those were playoff appearances? No, no, no. of They still had a back-to-back good season.
01:09:34
Speaker
The playoffs are not the only thing that dictates whether you have a good season or not. That is not. you have to have success. No, no. They still had a good season. So whether they flamed out in the playoffs or not It's another story. They had a good, decent season. So they had one really great season.
01:09:55
Speaker
And then, okay, didn't make it that well in playoffs. But then you still had another back-to-back really good season. You're not going to discredit them like that. Now, if they flame out in the playoffs, they flame out in the playoffs. That's on them.
01:10:09
Speaker
But with that being said, you're not going discredit them. They have had five consecutive good seasons. We're not going to do that. So they're essentially the LA Chargers. They're going to win. They're going to win that division. They're going win that division. they know They're the LA Chargers because the Mariners are going to Mariner their way out of it.
01:10:29
Speaker
i' No. No. they're They're going to have another good season.
01:10:37
Speaker
Make it six consecutive. Amul? feel sit I mean, what what what happens? What will happen? You know, I see where AP's coming from, but what happens when all you only have is Wyatt Langford do to to fall back on?
01:10:52
Speaker
You know what I mean? i already i already I think i already said the Mariners, but like... Oh, did you? My bad, my bad. yeah i said the bad news already and oakland or not oakland but the a's to be the wild card the biggest a's yeah let's start with you then on your division and averill's division we'll save abro for the last since she went first no no i feel like i should yield my time to the yankee uh she can go first i'll let her how about i go first how about i go first since this isn't my division at all and i'm the unbiased party here Let's go.
01:11:26
Speaker
AL East. AL East, I think this is going to be a fun division to so to watch this year. i think there's a good chance that all five teams can potentially be very competitive. Yeah, it's wide open. bridge here Wide open. yeah um With that being said, though, hope I have Boston winning the AL East.
01:11:45
Speaker
o I have Toronto finishing second. Good. and interest it's a toss up between the Yankees and Rays for third.
01:11:56
Speaker
okay So you have okay. i am Here's the thing. Red Sox what when they're if they get if they get Garrett Cole back to full strength when he comes back, then yeah, the Yankees are going to be very, very competitive.
01:12:12
Speaker
But one thing we know is that when people come off Tommy John, it usually takes a year or so for them to to to fully get back to where they need to be. Ask Jacob DeGrom that for a reference.
01:12:23
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um Not only that, Carlos Rodon is also out. Obviously, Max Fried's going to be great. Max Fried's going to be great. But we also just saw Aaron Judge strike out five times last night.
01:12:38
Speaker
Bum? What a bum. That is not a good start. That is not a good start. Six foot seven bum. He could probably still win AL MVP.
01:12:50
Speaker
I don't have the Yankees in the playoffs. what I have Boston winning the East and I have Toronto being in as a wild card.
01:13:01
Speaker
Mmm, spicy. I'm sorry, Avril. I told you you were going to hate me today. bias this Spicy, spicy. Avril, what you going to say? You're entitled to your opinion. I mean i know, I know, I know. You're never right. I mean, I continuously prove you wrong all the time.
01:13:19
Speaker
wow But, I mean, you're entitled to yell in a team. Except for that time when I told y'all the Cardinals were going to beat the Cowboys on Monday night and y'all didn't believe me.
01:13:31
Speaker
Because the Cardinals always beat us on Monday night.
01:13:37
Speaker
oh I'm just saying. Go ahead. Sorry. I mean, do they? Do they? they do oh They actually do. I went and looked it up and they actually do. It fucking sets and he was right. They actually do. I went and looked it up. I literally have to go to therapy. Baseball show. Baseball. Baseball.
01:14:00
Speaker
Sorry, Cardinals both in baseball and football give me trauma. Omar saying baseball show repeatedly really loud reminds me of when ah Captain America said a language in the ah Avengers movies.
01:14:17
Speaker
like He said a bad word. i said a bad word. I don't know. um know want some you interest I don't watch superhero movies. I don't like them.
01:14:28
Speaker
I think they're stupid. um a that's that's um We should discuss that. We should all discuss that later. I gotta go. What do you mean? like I started my doomsday prep work a month ago. I'm only like fourth into my doomsday prep work. What do you mean you think superheroes are stupid? What is wrong with you? You're stupid. What? No, no, no. What do you mean superheroes are stupid? What?
01:15:02
Speaker
for long say what do you mean super herals are stupid what This is how it's essentially turned into an Omar Intervention show. Yeah, this is this is's always an Omar Intervention. This is what love coming on this show. I really do. Now, what I said, i said I don't care for superhero movies. Doesn't mean I don't like superheroes. Doesn't mean I never watched comics or cartoons as a kid. I liked X-Men. I liked Voltron. I liked Transformers. But I don't like what it's turned into. All this shit is really stupid.
01:15:33
Speaker
They turned it into all the CGI nonsense stuff. So i have to watch, I want to go back to where Transformers were on VHS and I would watch them actually come together in some mechanical formation that you can't see on CGI. And I'm tired of this nonsense. Avatar, stupid as shit.
01:15:53
Speaker
Avatar, forget that. I don't want to watch some blue people flying together looking like some idiots. No, Marvel, they messed up X-Men. Only thing I like is that blue screen. Oh, my,
01:16:28
Speaker
If I had money, I'd pay for it. You need to let that go. You need to let that Yeah, you need to. mean, do you want us to have an extended show where we just counsel you on this? Because I feel like we should.
01:16:41
Speaker
Yeah, April, i I feel like we should, right? Yeah, just not tonight because i got another show at 9. But yes, yeah we should definitely have a whole show where we counsel you on this because what?
James Cameron vs. Russo Brothers Debate
01:16:52
Speaker
Yeah, we need to do that, I think. Superhero movies. Like, James Cameron, Avatar, Fire, and Ash made James Cameron my favorite director over the Russo brothers. Now, the Russo brothers can redeem themselves with Doomsday, but as of right now, the way that Fire and Ash was done the job that James Cameron did, sir, sir,
01:17:19
Speaker
She's got voice. Madam, who are you? Who are you? May I introduce you? May I introduce you? Oh, wow. Because apparently you...
01:17:34
Speaker
Apparently you don't know James Cameron. May I introduce you to the greatest film of all time by the name of Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
01:17:46
Speaker
Better than any superhero Back to back to the aeys because Because clearly, and I apologize, ladies and gentlemen, watching this, we did not anticipate a third crash out by Omar this evening. and we did not think that that he was going to be this sensitive about movies that haven't really been around for a while. I mean, you all know how old am. You never thought that this would happen.
01:18:15
Speaker
But it did. For him to reference Titanic, which, by the way, Celine Dion, I mean, cool. But like... heart would go on! Not for you, though. How about that? Okay, all right, well... Who hurt Everybody, April. Everybody.
Social Media Support Request
01:18:32
Speaker
If you want to donate some of your services, I i am JetsGirlForLife.
01:18:40
Speaker
You can contact me on TikTok, Instagram, so we can get Omar some help. u n us s You asked who heard him. let's Let's see. The Mets, the Raiders, the Celtics a couple times. Oh my God. I am so upset right now. I crash out for a fourth time. Let me, let me, let me, let before, it before Omar decides to end this, before Omar decides to turn the show over to all of us and then leave. Let
01:19:13
Speaker
let me give you my, let me give you my AL fix.
AL East Team Preferences and Yankees Focus
01:19:16
Speaker
Um, all right about this I am Sox fan. Yes, i got the i got I went to spring training. Loved spring training.
01:19:25
Speaker
This is the Margaritaville jersey, which I love. Pull it down a little bit. We got pulled down. It's one of the best jerseys I think I've ever worn or owned.
01:19:39
Speaker
um And if the Yankees have one in spring training that's equally as cool, that'd be cool. you know that's That's awesome. that you know Whatever works. um I've been thinking about this. I would like to be a homer and pick the Red Sox as my AL East, but I'm not going to. I'm not going to pick that.
01:19:57
Speaker
Because I want, I want, I would like, i would I'm going to pick them because they've got Marcelo Mayer on there for starting it in the second base.
01:20:08
Speaker
I would say,
01:20:12
Speaker
see i kind of want the Blue Jays to get redemption over the Dodgers. or at least win a pennant in our lifetime. um Give me the Blue Jays to take the AL East.
01:20:25
Speaker
ah If the Yankees had a better, and don't get me wrong, I say this as a Sox fan, if they had a better starting like five after,
01:20:39
Speaker
Garrett Cole, because I feel like I've been watching the Yankees a lot recently. They rely a lot on Cam. I think it's Schittler is his last name. Stop saying it. oav Schittler. Sorry. don Sorry. shit oh Sorry. and like that My bad. Yeah. um And I apologize, April. I really do. I really do. I realize I'm wicking you out. But like ah ah I'm going to go with I'm going to go with the Jays for the time being and the Sox to get the wild card because I think the Sox need to earn the division.
01:21:14
Speaker
I really think the Sox need – if you're going to whiff on a third baseman that we desperately needed, if you're going to whiff on little relief that we desperately needed and then you ended up signing athletes and players, Don't get wrong. I love Caleb Durbin. I love that he we got him. You haven't dealt with Yoshida.
01:21:33
Speaker
You haven't dealt with Marcella Mayer. You could have traded both of them. You could have kept – that would have resolved the Jared Duran situation. um I'm going to stop before this turns into a Red Sox podcast. Please do. Jesus.
01:21:49
Speaker
I'm not having a crash out, but, like, you know, i just – that's the way feel. Pick your damn team. I did. The Jays. Okay, stop talking, please. Jesus, wait. The Red Sox are going to win this division, but I got more on the Jays later. Averill, who's your team? We know who it is
01:22:09
Speaker
is. Okay, so let's talk realistically for a second. Okay. Here we go. I forgot Boston existed for a couple years.
01:22:21
Speaker
Wow. Y'all trying to come back? Y'all trying to come back? I mean... I forgot y'all existence for a couple years. That's okay. Let's not go there. Let's not go there. There were times, especially when we were talking about the payroll earlier, there were times where I feared playing Tampa Bay Rays more than I even thought about going to Boston. Like, what?
01:22:45
Speaker
a Excuse me. No. So let's not do that. Y'all trying. Y'all ain't there. Now, since you want to talk about my rotation, let's get it right.
01:22:57
Speaker
First of all, you have Max Freed. yes He is one of the best left-handed pitchers, starting pitchers in the ALE. Yes, the Sox wanted him for a little while.
01:23:11
Speaker
So, first of all, you're not going to discredit Max Freed. He is the one that carried the team. He had 19, 19 wins. nineteen wins last season. 19th. So let's not, we're not going to discredit Max Freed.
01:23:25
Speaker
So, I have two aces because my real ace, my love, Garrett Cole, is going to come back in June. And he's already throwing.
01:23:37
Speaker
had, in the game that he played in spring training, he had nine strikeouts, seven strikeouts. Oh, but yeah, he's recovered from Tommy John surgery. Okay.
01:23:49
Speaker
So he'll be back by June. Rodon will be back by May. um He had either elbow, shoulder, something. I don't It wasn't Tommy John, but it was something minor that he's recovering from. And he should be back soon.
01:24:03
Speaker
So maybe a month. Okay. So that's the first two plus and Max Freed. So that's three. But, oh, you were worried about who was going to be after Garrett Cole. Okay.
01:24:14
Speaker
So Garrett Cole, Max Freed, because Max Freed is going to take the number two. Rodon is gonna take the number three, but then you got Slytler. He's the rookie.
01:24:26
Speaker
So but he did in Boston last season. Remember that? Okay. um So let's throw him in there. And then right now, Heo isn't even on the five-man rotation because we're playing out West.
01:24:40
Speaker
So we're not even going to start our five-man rotation in until we get to the Seattle series. So then Heo will join that five-man rotation. And um if I recall, he was the rookie of the year. Okay.
01:24:54
Speaker
He's still at an elite form. You got him behind Garrett Cole. And then we also have Will Warren, who I absolutely love. And they they're going to have to figure out who is going to join bullpen or what they're going to because we have too many pitchers. And then i don't even know about Ryan Weathers. Like, I don't know about him.
01:25:10
Speaker
Like, this is his first season. And he's one of our starting pitchers. what do you mean who's going be behind Derrick Cole? Like, are you are you delusional? Like, I would love whatever you're smoking because that has got to be some good good shit.
01:25:25
Speaker
Now, with that being said, because of the injuries that we have, we have a lot of people injured. you were We're going to win games, but our season is not going to start off as good as I would like it.
01:25:44
Speaker
And realistically, I think Toronto is going to win the ALEs. Realistically, I'm going to give them their props. They're a good team. They are. We have people coming back that's going to make us better.
01:25:58
Speaker
So I think the second half our season is probably going to be a lot better than the first half because we have so many people out. But with that being said, when it comes down to it and it's the AL Championship, it's going to be us and we're going to go to the World Series next season. So can all y'all just stop with the delusions? This is Chase for number 28. Like, duh.
01:26:18
Speaker
Case for number 28 means the case to to be late. I ain't got time for the New York Yankees. So I will always. Hey. Yeah, you like them rhymes? That's bars right there. You see them Anyways, let's keep it moving. All right. We got to. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Wait, one more thing, one more thing.
01:26:36
Speaker
Because you said Aaron just struck out five times last night. So if you actually watch him, you call him the bum one more time to see what happened.
01:26:49
Speaker
So if you actually watch Aaron Judge, you know that he doesn't start beating up until the middle of April. We get to normally around our home opener, maybe a week after our home opener, and he locks in.
01:27:05
Speaker
and it's going from there. But if you are an actual Aaron Judge fan, an actual Yankees watcher, if you actually watch baseball and watch that man play, you know that he does not start locking it in until the middle of April.
01:27:18
Speaker
So everything happens before now, great. Now, if he's not hitting like that in the middle of April,
01:27:28
Speaker
you maybe can think about calling him a name. But before then, it shouldn't even cross your mind. But when Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor did that last year, all the Yankees fans came out the Woolworks calling them bums. So you know what?
01:27:45
Speaker
They all bums. I never called Soto a bum because of hitting. I said he was a bum because he can't field for shit. He is not a right fielder. Catch the goddamn ball.
01:27:59
Speaker
He can hit. He is an amazing hitter. can't catch the fucking ball. Let's be real. You paid him $300 million to not catch a damn ball. I'm so i'm sorry I'm sorry, you guys.
01:28:15
Speaker
Okay? I'm sorry, you guys. Six, seven, sasquatch. All right? That looks as ugly as a sasquatch. Oh, ugly-ass Aaron Jones. I actually kind of agree with Abel. I'm not sold on Soto's fielding.
01:28:28
Speaker
I mean, no one is. He wasn't meant to be a defender. What are we talking about? That don't mean shit. I don't mean nothing. So you don't pay $300 million for a designated hitter. We pay $300 million for the AL. I mean, the AL. For the... You got me now fumbling my words. For the crowd. about to crash out again. about to crash out again.
01:28:48
Speaker
and And actually, there there is evidence of paying $200, $300 million. um to a DH. I i think the Nats, well the Nats didn't do it, but I think the Red Sox did it a while back.
01:29:03
Speaker
ah The O's have done it way back in the player but the player but whos player So like probably ortiz probably doing rough Rafael and rafael palmro and i was thinking of many actually,
01:29:17
Speaker
but yeah All right. Well, i was saying i do have to I do have to go to the Ryman tonight. I got tickets to go see Robert Plant before he before he might pass away soon enough. He's 78 years old.
01:29:33
Speaker
I can't believe that. But he's playing tonight at Ryman, and I got tickets, so we'll go see him. And I got 20 minutes, so I got to hurry up. Anyways, let's keep it moving.
01:29:43
Speaker
Let's get our champions, MVPs, and Cy Young for each league. We're not going to rookie a year. i don't have enough time. I apologize, Averill. Actually, you know Averill, I know you did a lot of research.
01:29:55
Speaker
I'm going to let you give your rookies of the year. No one else can give their rookies of the year. Who's your rookies of the year, Averill?
01:30:03
Speaker
I'm going to say McGonagall going to be rookie of the year. i like him. In the AL, yes. huh And in the NL?
01:30:19
Speaker
I'll have one. All right. That's no problem. all In the NL, I'll say Winterholt from the Cardinals. Might be the only good thing the Cardinals have this year. I disagree. I think Nolan McClain is going to come back from that abhorrent WBC performance. Yes, Averill, he should not have been in the last game.
01:30:38
Speaker
He did not have the nerves for that. He was not ready for that. But that does not mean he can't win Rookie of the Year. Nolan McClain is the next Jacob deGrom Rookie of the Year.
01:30:50
Speaker
um move I was actually going to say Trey Yesovich. no oh He's my AL. He's my AL. It's Trey and get his name right, AP. Yes, Savage.
01:31:00
Speaker
Yes, Savage, baby. Trey Yesovich is going to be your AL Rookie of the Year. Okay, moving on. I'm going to go McGonagall for Rookie of the Year. And then if if the Pirates actually give him a start, like bring him up from the minors, give me Connor Griffin.
01:31:23
Speaker
You can't get one start and make it. But yeah, OK, I got what you're saying. All right. No, I'm saying if they actually bring him up from the minors and actually play him, then I think Griffin can make the case. And they have to do it before April 9th.
01:31:39
Speaker
If not, then that whole, yeah what is it, the rookie thing? Yeah, then the time shifts. Yeah, that whatever yeah they buy a year. the rookies yeah buys a year yeah i would say for uh cyung give me no no no hold on we're not we're not okay with we're not there yet okay all right we are there now we are there now a i hey you know what i agree with you uh garrett crochet it's my al young give me crochet i think he's gonna get it this year april who's your al do you want me
01:32:17
Speaker
Not yet. For AL, Max Free. Max Free. All right. AL Cy Young. That's still a good choice. AP, who's your AL Cy Young? Cole Reagans.
01:32:30
Speaker
Cole Reagans, AL Cy Young. All right, let's move to the NL Cy Youngs. Paul Skeens if he stays with the Pirates. All right. If he doesn't, stay with the Pirates. Skeens.
01:32:41
Speaker
Yeah, Skeens. But you said he's going to get traded. So what happens if he gets traded? No, I don't think they will want, they're not going to want to trade him. i think after what happened today in that game, he's going to ask for a trade. That's a whole different situation. Okay. AP.
01:32:57
Speaker
It's Paul's games. thiss paul jamess No, I agree. Let's make it for Paul schemes for sure. Um, let's go to the, de we did a L. So young, we did L. So let's do NL MVP show. Hey, as you see the odds at the beginning, bottom of the screen, everybody, I've been putting the odds down there. If you haven't seen show, Hey, is your leader in the clubhouse? Avril, who you got?
01:33:21
Speaker
Um, for which one? Um,
01:33:33
Speaker
Fuck it. Tatis.
01:33:37
Speaker
Tatis, all right. AP. I will never go for that other man. am a the The one true greatest player in the National League, Ronald Acuna Jr. Ronald Acuna Jr. Amul.
01:33:52
Speaker
Shohei. Shohei Otani. I mean, you can't go wrong going with Shohei, but I'm not doing that. I'm going with the rest of the crew. I want to go something
MVP and World Series Predictions
01:34:00
Speaker
different. i'm going with Juan. daughter from the New York Mets just putting it on from the beginning of the year. let's go i don hate Don't hate. Don't give me like y'all ain't been homers the whole entire time we've been doing this fucking show. And now you want to play a homer. No, i say I didn't do that. I didn't do that.
01:34:19
Speaker
Hey, yo, MVP, Aaron Judge is your leader in the clubhouse. As you see the odds at the bottom of your screen, Bobby Witt, Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez, and Nick Kurtz. Surprise, number five in DraftKings odds, even though he was the rookie the year last year. Let's start with you, AP. What do you got?
01:34:36
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Bobby Witt, Jr. Amol. The prodigal wizard, Bobby Witt, Jr. Wow, two. Averill. Come on.
01:34:47
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For real. We really asked me to... Aaron Judge, no. Aaron Judge, yeah, figured. Aaron Judge, I'm going to go opposite everything here. I'm going with the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. off of signing a new contract.
01:35:01
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Just blows everybody out the water. And that takes me to my champion pick. Yes, we will do our champions picks right now. So let's go around the horn.
01:35:15
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Averill, ladies first. Who is your World Series matchup and champion?
01:35:22
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Matchup, who I would like it to be? um would love it to be the Braves versus the Yankees. Who do I think it's going to be? I think it's going to be the Dodgers versus the Yankees. And winner, of we're getting number 28.
01:35:38
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Of course. I shouldn't expect anything else. Anyways. A.P.,
01:35:44
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Braves-Red Sox in the World Series. Braves-Red Sox, okay. And I got the Braves winning in six. Braves in six. a oh
01:35:56
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let's go Let's go Blue Jays because they have a tight window ah versus not the Dodgers. Let's go Braves. Yeah, let's do Blue Jays and Braves and have the Blue Jays win it in six.
01:36:12
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For weights, this is the way too early World Series pick. No, of course. We always update to the season. And by the way, all of these people here will be with me throughout the season. We're going to keep doing MLB shows, as you know, here on Bowling Bloods throughout the season. So we'll have all three of these guests on with us. So please make sure you tap in with them in their channels because it's very, very important. All right, you've got Averill. She's at Audible Podcast there with Bobby G and Wild Card Mar. I want to give them a shout out because they're going on right now in about 15 minutes. So I want you to go right after you get over here. Don't even leave YouTube.
01:36:48
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Just go right over to the Audible Podcast and keep your ass on YouTube. You can also find AP and Averill and the rest of the crew at Let's Talk Sports. You can also find Rec Room, Bobby G, AP, Scott, and the rest of the crew. Hey, congrats on that new one to Rec Room for the ESPN 980 radio gig. We appreciate that. You can find Amul at AM23 Photography on IG and as well at Ball and Buds.
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01:37:18
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Let me give you my picks.
01:37:20
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World Series, I agree with them all. I think the Blue Jays from the AL are going to come back, and I believe it will be a revenge, um and they'll get the win on the Dodgers in a a repeat of last year. I hate to say it because I want my Mets to go, but I just don't think we're there yet, maybe next year.
01:37:38
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um So I'll take the Blue Jays getting revenge in six games over the Dodgers in the repeat of the last year's World Series. By the way, a few facts to end off here. um Phillies, for the first time in their franchise history, had an opening day save at home.
01:37:55
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It has never happened in their franchise history. What? Until today. They haven't had save in 40 years? That's crazy. They've been around since 1883, have not had –
01:38:07
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and they have not had An opening day. 130 years? um They have not had an opening day save. Johan Duran became the first Phillies reliever to save a game at home on opening day.
01:38:21
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Wow. Wow. wow That's awesome. I still hate them. the Phillies. I saw that stat just now. I was like, that that can't be right, can it? like No, it can't be. But you know what is right? The Mets still have the best opening day record, 42-23 with a 635 winning percentage, and we whooped that ass. We said, Paul Skeens, take your ass out the game in the first inning, which, by the way, y'all, before we get out of here,
01:38:57
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That's fucked up. If you're the Pirates manager, there's no way you embarrass your pitcher and take him out with one out left. Like he couldn't have got that last out. Yeah.
01:39:08
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Does everybody agree with me on that? That's messed up. Yeah. You let your pitcher get that last out if he's false schemes, right? Yeah. yeah And maybe try to trot him out there in the second inning if he wants to rebound.
01:39:23
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that's what the That's what the Giants did with Webb. Yeah. Trotted him out there after he gave up four because that's what you do with your ace. You don't fucking embarrass him by taking him out with two outs in the first inning. That's so embarrassing. He said that man was to be fired. I mean, we gave up two runs to the Phillies earlier here today, but Evaldi pitched all the way through the fifth at the very end least. you. Starting pitchers, great pitchers learn how to adapt, even if they give up a big first. That is a poor that poor management decision. You don't do that to your to your start pitcher.
01:39:54
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It is. yeah But you know what's not a poor decision? It's tuning into Ball and Buds. And that's what you should do. Make sure you subscribe to Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. Hit that QR code up on the right-hand corner. That'll take you to our link tree. You can subscribe to all our so social media as well. Make sure you tap in with everybody here.
01:40:14
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Averill will be on in T-minus 13 minutes at the Audible Podcast. So y'all go to at the Audible Podcast on YouTube and tap in with them for tonight's show. AP is at Let's Talk Sports and The Rec Room. Amul, you can find him at AM23 Photography on IG. And the website's up.
01:40:36
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And the website's up. AM23 photography. Hold on. Hold on. I'm to give you your last word. Calm down there, guy. I'm coming back around the horn. I'm coming back. Calm down. Okay. Okay. Okay. this fine i know how you I know how you are with your crash outs, though. Just trying to streamline everything. Find AM23 photography. What you got, AM?
01:40:59
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Last word. i'm I'm at am23photography.com. The website just launched a couple months ago. Shop will be coming soon. And you'll have me. or I've got spring training reflections. I'll be. It should actually already be live. But if it's not, it will be eventually. And yeah, just keep chilling there.
01:41:21
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and yeah tune in five tune in for Tune in for Omar's crash outs throughout the season. I'll be here to help steer the the podcast in his absence. um That's all I got.
01:41:33
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By the way, Nico Horner and the Cubs have agreed to a six-year extension. so yeah that That pisses me off. That pisses me off because we wanted Nico Horner. Now he's with the Cubs for at least six more years.
01:41:47
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well You don't get everything you want in life. AP, sign off for us, brother. Guys, awesome show. Love doing this with y'all. Even though we we have our differences at times, it just shows that we love each other and we're are always willing to to have great arguments with each other no matter what. so Yes, sir. i'm I'm excited for the season. This might be ah kind of a last hurrah with the the impending strike coming, but ah let's enjoy this baseball season while we can, y'all.
01:42:15
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Yep. April, what you got for him? Great show. I can't wait to do this little bit more with y'all because I love talking baseball. um But I need to go be a mom for a few minutes before I have to jump on my other show. So i gotta to go.
01:42:33
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All right. Well, we appreciate everybody in the comments. Chris, Red Sox fans, salute to you. We appreciate you, my brother. Rock Chalk, best true crime podcast on YouTube. Y'all check out at Rock Chalk, true crime. Bobby G, I'm sending April to you right now, my brother. Y'all tap on an audible podcast. We love you. Check us out here in the next few weeks. Make sure you hit that notification bell at Ball & Buds, we'll see you next time. Holla.
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