WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.240 You're listening to the downbeat on ninety seven to one. The freak, What 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.560 happened? That's a state fair the shooting. More details we talked about this 3 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:15.519 big shooting on Saturday at the state Fair. Starting to get to the bottom 4 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:22.039 of it. Some updated details, perhaps a motive or is it lying. 5 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:28.440 We'll give you that. Seven thirty, we'll take care of our or review 6 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.560 our predictions from Cowboys Chargers. Eight o'clock plus a little more on that game. 7 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:37.560 Eight thirty Dingo's Morning News. Now we'll do support report, get back 8 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.600 into Rangers a little bit. I have a little fun. Thank you for 9 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.799 joining us this morning. 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Thank you so much, Wagoneer 28 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:43.879 Derek Jeter Edition for jumping on board with us. I get to drive one 29 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.919 for free, you do? Yeah? Yeah? They put me in for 30 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:53.560 one day and I can only use it one overnight, maybe from Houston to 31 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:55.879 Tampa. Yeah, maybe we haven't figured it out. We'll have Derek Jeter 32 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:04.439 on in twenty twenty seven to talk about this. Rangers, they did it. 33 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:09.479 Heggie's ass is now showing a six, we believe with the tattoo. 34 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:17.599 All I could find when it came to jiffs and memes was Michael Jordan holding 35 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:22.280 up six when he went a six title And I found one of Burton Ernie 36 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:28.639 holding up a six. So that's good enough. Weird, weird start, 37 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:34.560 they like. Screw it, it's Framber time. Framber's the lefty who they 38 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:37.759 want to tell you every time he starts a national televised game. And I 39 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.479 know this because we played him in May and the ESPN broadcast is doing the 40 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:45.080 same thing. He's just such an emotional guy. I mean, if he 41 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:46.960 can keep it together, he's got the best stuff of any pitcher in the 42 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:51.960 league. He's just so emotional. Though, Will he lose his focus? 43 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.400 Oh, it's a shame. He's such a hothead because his stuff is outstanding. 44 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:01.039 Maybe he's just good and some days that's good. It's not. Yeah, 45 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:05.159 maybe it's just that to blame everything, I'm being emotional. He looked 46 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:10.960 pretty calm. I don't know, not the first man through the ball in 47 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:15.199 the right field. No, he looked a little rattled real early. Well 48 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.279 he's got crazy eyes. Okay, maybe that's it, and it's he was 49 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.920 sweating, which I don't blame him for. But I just keep going back 50 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:26.879 that what Gabby Rodriguez thing in Baltimore. Who's a good picture and Framber's a 51 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.079 good picture. And then I had a moment in the first thing where I'm 52 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:34.800 like, are these teams scared of the damn Rangers lineup? It's all relative. 53 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:40.519 I understand they're not literally frightened, but I don't know. I started 54 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:45.079 thinking, maybe everyone is just scared of this monster right now. And then 55 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:46.920 I mean, the Astros was a whole settle down and the Rangers got virtually 56 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.560 no hits after the first inning or two. But I was it gave me 57 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:56.879 a lot of confidence. I'm like, maybe they're just terrified of this murderer's 58 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:02.959 row. It was an interesting game plan strategy because you saw a lot of 59 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.160 first pitch swinging out of the Rangers in that ending, and that's what got 60 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:10.079 him on That's what got him on the board over and over and over. 61 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.920 My god, Yeah, I mean that that she lacking happened so quick, 62 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.920 and I think it stunned them for a while. Yeah, you know, 63 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:23.800 and it's one thing too, and we'll get to Uvaldi in a moment, 64 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:28.120 I'm sure, but you know they were trying to chip away. But look, 65 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:31.240 those those solo shot home runs are great for the crowd. And I 66 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:36.160 know they said this in the the booth last night, but I mean the 67 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:41.360 Rangers are looking at those going that's fine, Yeah, okay, no problem, 68 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:45.360 ain't nobody on base. The two hits in the first two pitches they 69 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:50.240 saw was awesome way to start, okay. And then I've been hard on 70 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:55.279 John Smoltz a lot in this series so far, in the last series, 71 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.639 but he made a really good point with Robbie Grossman back in the lineup, 72 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:04.480 you know, hitting their like he is a little different than Seger, who's 73 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.720 looking to swing at the first pitch. Robbie Gressman is looking to work account. 74 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:13.240 So it's just a pretty good balance there if you needed it. Because 75 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.480 like the Simon hit and then the Segar dumps one into left field. I 76 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.519 don't know what you guys, I watched the first inning or the top of 77 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:24.360 the first inning, just kind of standing up five feet away from the TV, 78 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.920 kid, because that was I don't know, just heartbreat was up and 79 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.240 you were doing it again, the white dad on election night. Yeah, 80 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:35.000 I was doing that again, standing up three feet from the screen. And 81 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.519 every every base hit, every run scored, it's another precinct in and keep 82 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.519 in mind to you in that first inning, It's not like the Rangers just 83 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.240 every time they got a hold of the ball were just lacing ropes, you 84 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.079 know, to the wall. And they had a lot of good fortune on 85 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:54.560 their side too, a lot of seeing eyeballs and perfectly placed little loopers. 86 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:59.639 An error didn't didn't hurt their cause at all. So I mean, it's 87 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.040 it's just like anything else. Man, it takes skill, but it also 88 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.120 takes right place, right time, good fortune, luck, chance, whatever 89 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:12.120 that may be. And man, so far through seven of these damn games, 90 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.560 the Rangers, it's kind of all falling in their direction. Even though 91 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:19.120 there's some white knuckle moments, it's they have still working lost. It's amazing, 92 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:25.600 dude. Robbie Grossman barely made contact and then Framberg Valdez got it and 93 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.279 threw it right at the Rangers first base coach, you know, And I 94 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:31.920 was like, Okay, so you're good. One run scores and then I 95 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:36.600 think the next one was a dolly's just ripping one into right field to nothing 96 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.959 more on him in a minute too. Is he's a new he needs to 97 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:46.120 be the new MLB logo. Honestly, the cartwheel was incredible. Yeah, 98 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:50.000 and then garb rips one in the left as yet him and Grossman in the 99 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:54.720 lineup as they went with the play to start Evan Carter on the bench, 100 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:01.079 another boachy magic touch. I love that too, because not only I love 101 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.079 the strategy of it, but I also love the confidence that they have in 102 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:09.920 Evan Carter because the second that Framber's out, Carter is right back in. 103 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:13.079 Yeah. Well, because there was like many online panic when that lineup came 104 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.600 out and we're like, oh my god, no, stone cold Evan Carter. 105 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.560 And then the logic behind it made sense with the lefty righty and then 106 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:24.600 yeah, you're right, and they they said that the second Framber's out, 107 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.560 Evan is in, and then he was in defensively before the about even came 108 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.039 up, so they know what they were doing, and I guess it worked. 109 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:35.879 I mean, Grossman was involved at least didn't get a hit, but 110 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:41.360 he did scoring a run and the speed of Grossman calls the framber air four 111 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:48.919 runs, five hits, two errors at the top of the first like four 112 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:56.480 runs, and you're just like, the pressure's on. The pressure is clearly 113 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:00.159 on. A lot of air is sucked out of that building. Absolutely. 114 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:05.919 I mean they were the better team from the second ending on, Yes, 115 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.120 you know. I mean they pitched really well, the Astros did, because 116 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:16.840 that felt like a potential crush job. That that I think might have I 117 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.120 don't know how it works, but might have had lasting impact on the remainder 118 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:24.919 of the series. Double dig you do what we've been doing. You score 119 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.440 four and then you had two more and then a three pack in the sixth. 120 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.879 I mean, that could have been the whole good Lord, who are 121 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:37.200 these people? But the Astros got some confidence by in a loss. I 122 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.799 had a home run at home too, like crowd goes nuts, like when 123 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.440 Jordan Alvarez ripped that, I mean, crush it, but no one's on 124 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:48.320 for one. And then I thought it was really good. The first batter 125 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:52.759 of the top of the third, Joanaheim, It's like, oh, canceled, 126 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:54.799 what you did? Canceled? Yeah? And boy that that proved to 127 00:09:54.799 --> 00:10:00.799 be a pretty damned important run too, the way our wild ass bullpen Riode 128 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.600 turned out. You know, let's do of all the and I want to 129 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.559 start with the point you just brought up, which they did mention that he 130 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.679 pitches the contact. He didn't, he didn't care. But a solo home 131 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:16.879 run okay, nice hit, cool, but man, he kept the bases 132 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.279 clean and when he did run into trouble, dude, dude, that serie, 133 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:26.320 that sequence against their nine to one and two was as good as you 134 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:31.440 could expect any pitcher to do in a playoff situation like that. That was 135 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:37.879 absolutely stone cold, ice cold, badass playoff pitching. The I had the 136 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:43.159 tweet written because he got the first when the bases were loaded and he struck 137 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:45.480 out the first two and I was like, oh my god, if he 138 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:48.519 strikes out the side here, still got the out, no problem. I 139 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:54.320 mean, that's top twenty, maybe way better moment in Rangers history. I 140 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:58.000 agree, And had he got the strikeout, I would have no doubt screamed 141 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.480 it was top ten. May be better than that, may top seven, 142 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:07.120 so like, because holy hell, because that Astros dugout was salivating at that 143 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:11.320 point. They're looking at that those that matchup. When those bases were loaded, 144 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:18.360 no outs and you've got those three guys coming up, you're you, 145 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:20.840 You're just it's a given that they're gonna they're going, they're gonna score. 146 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:24.080 Yes, they're gonna get something out of that, and you're just like, 147 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:28.360 get us out of here with one and they get nothing. Do you remember 148 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.679 the game one of the Baltimore games, and it was either Chapman or Spores 149 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:37.720 who walked the first two guys, which we were up by one. He 150 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.799 threw, yeah, eight straight ball, they want the first two guys I 151 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:46.039 think it ended up being Chapman though, and they end up hitting a hard 152 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:48.440 hit ball and Josh Young got it and they turned the double play. Yeah, 153 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:52.919 and it was like, oh my god, we'll remember that one forever. 154 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:58.759 This was times ten of that yep. I mean, unbelievable. And 155 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.720 it's like you could see him gear up a little bit too. He just 156 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:05.399 started throwing a little harder. I don't at the miles per hour. I 157 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:07.320 don't know if it would show that, okay on the on the gun, 158 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.679 but he started grunting and like you're like, okay, this is he's really 159 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:15.320 letting it hang right here. In the fifth so I think it was in 160 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.480 that inning. I had no idea again, Bally, but I had no 161 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:22.440 idea that he led the American League in batting average with runners in scoring position 162 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:31.279 all season, you know, pitching. I didn't know that, and they 163 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:33.559 show that. I'm like, good, Lord, Really, if all the 164 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:37.039 studs like, that's a mad like batting average whatever, you can discount the 165 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:43.080 importance of batting, but would running this morning position, I am the best 166 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.720 at shutting it down? He may be, And then to do what he 167 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.879 did, it just proves whatever you just said. Either there's more, he's 168 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:56.320 got more in the tank, or he's just such an artist that he knows 169 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.519 how to handle these situations the calmness required. He's the best to the American 170 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:05.000 League this year. And then the basis chucked and he did that. As 171 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.120 far as his ability and mental makeup and what it takes to be successful as 172 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:13.399 a pitcher in the playoffs, he may be the number one out of the 173 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:18.440 four remaining teams. Well, yeah, there's because look, high pressure, 174 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:22.399 I mean, the leverage is so heavy on these guys, and especially when 175 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.320 you've got three dudes on bases behind you and no outs and you're able to 176 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:30.600 get out of that jam. Yeah, I don't know many pictures that could 177 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.480 do that, not like that. There's pictures that would be thrilled with giving 178 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:39.360 up one, maybe two runs in that situation. A sack fly, you 179 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:43.519 know, a double play that that that that a run gets in, you 180 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:48.480 know, and you'd probably be happy with giving up two runs. But for 181 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.120 what happened to happen. And dude, I know we we don't mention this 182 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:58.159 enough, but not enough can be said about how effing good the Rangers defense 183 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:01.039 is. I mean, I know we had you had the one error. 184 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:07.159 Josh had the one air at third base where that would have happened to anybody, 185 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.039 and that was big and scary, but he more than made up for 186 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:13.080 it. And hell, that played deep in the hole that he made that 187 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:18.600 Oh my god, on the back end of the foul line. Yeah yeah, 188 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:22.159 throw good lord. I mean, now that's ridiculous. Who say about 189 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:24.639 YUVOLDI real quick, there's a lot of people who just jumping on board probably 190 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:26.639 the last two or three weeks. That's true with with Rangers baseball because of 191 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:33.440 the valley situation. It's Mikey, it's baseball. I personally took about seven 192 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:37.240 to ten years off of not watching any playoff baseball outside of Rangers because the 193 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.799 games were slow and boring. I'm really glad that they reset what he did 194 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:46.399 in the twenty fifteen World Series. Whatever year that was, I forgot. 195 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.480 I'm sorry, I don't know what year was Vivaldi, Yes, fifteen or 196 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:52.679 sixteen for the Red Sox, were he in a nineteen inning or eighteen inning 197 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:58.799 game, pitched six innings out of the bullpen, and then gave up the 198 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:03.200 game, losing you know, home run, but still pitched awesome. And 199 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.120 I'm glad they reset that because I forgot all about that. I might have 200 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:09.639 remember it at the time. I forgot all about that. And when de 201 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.720 Gram went down, there's a little panic here. He I. It's easy 202 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.200 to forget because he was hurt in the second half of the year. How 203 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:20.720 he carried this thing in was an all star, and how he carried the 204 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.600 whole pitching staff, you know, the first half of the year. And 205 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.679 we just haven't thought about him that way for a little bit because he was 206 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.799 hurt and never trying to figure all that out. And they almost did the 207 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.679 smart thing somehow. The Raiders have made every magic stroke happen because they basically 208 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:41.879 said no, get right, And basically he didn't pitch for over a month 209 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:45.720 just to get his arm right because his velocity was dipping, which is highly 210 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.000 concerning. And maybe they just did maybe they just wore out some of their 211 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.200 arms in April and May. But he is fantastic and was an All Star 212 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:56.200 for a reason. And here we are now going, is this our kolbe 213 00:15:56.279 --> 00:16:00.679 Lewis moment? You know, maybe or maybe it's better than that. It 214 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.879 actually might be better than that. Well, let's move on to the later 215 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:08.960 innings and talk about how the collective tearing of clothes and gnashing of teeth happened 216 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:12.679 for the second night in a row. As uh, you know, the 217 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:21.080 slipperiest of all slopes were you? Were you curious that Boachie made the decision 218 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.240 to go with the exact same formula from the night before. The only difference 219 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:27.600 is asking your closer to get four outs instead of three. Uh spores, 220 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:32.559 Wow, I mean, you can't say enough about him. He's shown up. 221 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:36.799 He's a streaky bullpen pitcher during the year too. If this, if 222 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.720 he's on a good streak, it's the perfect time for that to happen. 223 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:48.039 And then comes Chapman. Yeah, and Ranger Nation is going really boachie again? 224 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.919 Last night wasn't scary enough? We were doing this well. Isn't that 225 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:55.919 the first run he's given up in the postseason. I mean it's scary, 226 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.879 but I mean those are also really good hitters. He's up against you. 227 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.879 I know it's gonna be uh. I'm not questioning white Knuckle for sure, 228 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:08.519 but who else? That's my question is And I texted this to you guys 229 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:14.799 last night. Does this show what he thinks of the other components in his 230 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:18.519 bullpen that he's willing on back to back nights to go with the exact same 231 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.079 formula, knowing that Chapman is going to be a roller coaster in one of 232 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:25.000 these days, it's gonna bite him. I fear that it's going to bite 233 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:30.599 him. But so far, boy egg on on our faces that have doubted 234 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.480 those decisions because they're working, and who knows better than him? It ain't 235 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.880 us or me. Maybe they got all the biting out in the summer. 236 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:41.119 Maybe so right, I don't know. He gives up there was three times 237 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:47.400 a week, but he gives up a smush, a massive solo again solo 238 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.319 shot home run, which kind of was meaningless. Yeah, just try to 239 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:53.039 get ahead too. Yeah, I agree with Smolter. He was doing just 240 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:56.359 a let me get up one and then we can really attack this guy. 241 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:02.039 But then to make the change for clerk to get four outs, but you 242 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:07.160 didn't want to have a lefty facing or bray and I walks him and the 243 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:10.359 clerk walks him. Yeah. Yeah, And then but the clerk gets out 244 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:15.319 of that and then rests and then comes back through a half innging and that 245 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:19.200 comes out and and is perfect in the in the bottom that first one was 246 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:26.599 hit hard. The adule is caught in the warning track. The Jeremy pinaeah, 247 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.640 I mean it was like weird because like because not only let's go go 248 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.680 back to the eighth inning real quick. Leckirk walked Brantley too right after, 249 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.519 so he walks guys on first and second and you're just sitting there going and 250 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.880 Maddox went out and talked to him, and then it was two to oh 251 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.960 and Heim did the light. Hey, we put both arms out and go 252 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:48.759 settle down. And then somehow got out of the grand ball to Josh Young 253 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.720 I think, or the seeker and the Jermy Pina thing was just a guy 254 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:56.759 hitting a fastball. Yeah, the pitch did most of the work, it 255 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.480 seemed, yeah, and then that was there. It's just so perfect. 256 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:03.880 Here comes two of the big villains, the biggest villain, well, the 257 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:08.440 smallest villain, al Tuove and then Bregman. Like these are guys like, 258 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:12.240 I don't know, I don't really have anything bad to say about Jordan Alvarez, 259 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:18.200 he's a monster black Bregman and al Twove it makes me had punchable dudes, 260 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.440 Yep, it makes me so happy that al to l two a struck 261 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:26.119 out looking Yeah, that's that just makes me so happy. A guy that 262 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.880 you don't like just decides I'm gonna let this one go. Oh game over. 263 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.640 I remember mid season when they were asking Bochi about the bullpen, the 264 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.400 bullpen sucking, and he's like, look, this is baseball. He's like, 265 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:40.599 you can't. We can't just be great across the board everywhere all year. 266 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:44.559 That's not how this works. And this bullpen in the postseason has been 267 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:47.920 really, really good, incredible. Yeah, you know. Starting pitching obviously 268 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:51.799 has been good. Offense has been either great or certainly good enough. Like 269 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.000 you don't need it all to work all year, you need it all to 270 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:56.640 work at the end of the year, or most of it to work at 271 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:59.400 the end of the year, and you can even manage the other things that 272 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.119 aren't working. But the fact that we were getting quality bullpen working. I 273 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:07.200 don't really care about a solo shot when Garcia's serving it up there at one 274 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.160 hundred. Yes, skilled batter is gonna be able to turn on one every 275 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:14.559 now and again, and that's okay. But the clerk has been great at 276 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:18.000 slamming the door. And there's a one run game in the damn Alcs on 277 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:25.160 the road and they definitely got it done. Kudos the damn bullpen. Incredible. 278 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.759 It's really hard to believe that we are sitting here right now the way 279 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:32.799 that last week of that season went, and we are sitting here and then 280 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:37.200 the Rangers have not lost a playoff game, and they're coming back home with 281 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:41.519 five games left to win two and you're asking your opponent to win four out 282 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:45.440 of the next five to advance, not just like leading series, not just 283 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:48.720 playing well, not just staying alive. They haven't lost. Yeah, I 284 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:52.400 mean, I'm not saying anything, but that's just the truth of it. 285 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.920 And I have sure, sure it's gonna be weird we'll talk more about that. 286 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:00.359 Let's do that. I want to talk about what would happen and if 287 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.240 the floodgates open, and sure they're just wasn't ready, just real quick. 288 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:07.240 So Alexurigez, David Ortiz and Derek Jeter that postgame, you know, sitting 289 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:12.119 on the field with the Wagoneer guy, the wagoneer guy. So well, 290 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:15.079 not that part with Evil. They all love EVI, all leagues, they've 291 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:18.359 all played with him. But A Rod was talking about, you know, 292 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.599 Houston, they know what's in front of them because they've got the experience and 293 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:27.160 you know, they were a great road team. And then Derek Jeter dunks 294 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:32.240 on a Rod and goes, yeah, but the Rangers are better at home 295 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:34.759 too. That offense is just gonna be much better. And it was just 296 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:37.759 like, oh, he's right. It does kind of cancel that out, 297 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:44.759 clearly, not over clearly big question marks with your injured pitchers, we're gonna 298 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:48.400 be pitching. It's probably sures Are and John Gray the next two games. 299 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:52.400 I'm amazing if those two of the two starting pitchers, and yeah, I 300 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:56.759 mean the two home games of the Alcs and we know it. Sure as 301 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:00.680 are right and it's probably gray and four. Probably they could pull the plug 302 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:06.319 on that and go with Martine or Dunning or Heeni or whatever they want to 303 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:08.960 do. Some type of cocktail, I would imagine, But how are we 304 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:14.039 here? It's fun, man, don't want to change anything. There's nothing 305 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.160 better, keep it up, Just keep doing what you're doing. And luckily, 306 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:21.079 even like luckily, when there was a shooting at the State Fair, 307 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:23.880 it didn't kill anybody, so they get to enjoy it too. But some 308 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:27.200 people were injured, so we should handle that with the levity that it deserves. 309 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:33.079 A story that we discussed yesterday, the shooting at the State Fair, 310 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:37.000 well there's a new wrinkle or two. We'll discuss the update of the State 311 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.759 Fair shooting next to ninety seven won the free