PHNX Arizona Diamondbacks Podcast - Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly looks to tie up World Series vs Rangers in Game 2

Episode Date: October 29, 2023

Remember that loss the Arizona Diamondbacks suffered in Game 1 of the World Series to the Texas Rangers? Yeah, we don’t either. We move on to Game 2 with Merrill “The Mainstay” Kelly on the bump for the Snakes looking to even the series. We discuss the pitching matchup in Game 2, the bullpen needing to bounce back, and this series being far from over.An ALLCITY Network ProductionSUBSCRIBE to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/phnx_youtubeALL THINGS PHNX: http://linktr.ee/phnxsports PHNX Events: Get your tickets to D-backs Takeovers, Knockout Nights & Suns Watch Parties at BetMGM, and MORE here: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/phnx-56002330273 Get 10% off your first order of Hero Bread at https://www.hero.co/ by using code PHNXSchedule a free in-home estimate with Empire Today! All listeners can receive a $350 OFF discount when they use the promo code PHNX. Restrictions apply. See EmpireToday.com/PHNX for details.Sign up for Gila River Resorts & Casinos $1,000,000 Big Red’s Showdown! Stay in the game and get rewards; it’s that easy! https://www.gilamilliondollarshowdown.com/Go to https://saturdayneon.com and use code PHNX for 10% off your order today. Free shipping for orders over $200!Download the DROPS by SoleSavy app by visiting https://links.solesavy.com/phnxGametime: Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code PHNX for $20 off your first purchase.Pins & Aces: Check out https://pinsandaces.com and use code PHNX to receive 15% off your first order and get free shipping.Circle K: Text PHNX to 31310 to join the Circle K SMS subscriber club and get BOGO 32 oz Polar Pops! Head to https://www.circlek.com/store-locator to find Circle Ks near you!OGeez!: Score 25% off a bag of your favorite OGeez! Fruits of Creams. Go to https://theflowershopusa.com, add a bag of OGeez! to your cart, enter promo code “PHNX” and pickup at a local The Flower Shop dispensary.Four Peaks: Follow them on social @fourpeaksbrew & @fourpeakspub! Must be 21+. Enjoy responsibly. When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello and welcome into our game two pregame show for the World Series. It still doesn't sound right to me. This is the PHA next time in back show. My name is Derek Montia. Occasionally known as your mayor of the playoffs. This man next to me. I'm sorry. That was wrong.

Let me correct that. I'm the mayor of the motherfucking yawks. All right. I did that out. Miss you, Sean. This man, of course, is Patty Plantain, aka the hot tag, my partner, Patrick Lyons. give it to me one time from DNVR. So glad to still have you here.

I know me and your wife have very mixed feelings about that sentiment. But of course, when we're here, we're, we're, my wife is barricaded under several blankets. It is snowing back in Colorado. Meanwhile, meanwhile, look at these legs. Hey, man. Look, someone's got to bring home the bacon. Yeah, yeah. Someone's got to make the cash.

That's right. And the diamond backs need to bring home the bacon. Definitely here tonight in game two of the world. Of course, we have Merrill Kelly on the mound going up against Jordan Montgomery. We'll talk about that preview first. But of course, game one did happen. There was a loss. But I don't remember it.

I don't remember it happening. Yeah, no. It happened. There's a game today. That's the game that's important. That's all it matters. Not the one that allegedly took place yesterday. Memory of a goldfish, right?

As they would say on Ted Lasso, of course, flush it, as Tori Lebella would say. Also like a goldfish. Also, what they have to do. Also flush it like a goldfish, especially when your kid. Didn't get a chance to see that it died. Paul Seawald, though, definitely needs to flush it. He cannot remember it either because the snakes are going to need him in this series. He cannot be impacted here, and they need him to close out these games.

So they're going to need their entire bullpen, which was exhausted, and we'll get to that obviously here in a little bit. But coming into that at bat, Corey Seeger was 0 for 8 in his career against Paul Sewell prior to last night's home run in the ninth inning. So of course, of course. one one he's going to allow the first hit. That's baseball. I mean, that's the phrase.

That's why they play the game, but that's baseball. That's why I hate baseball sometimes. It's wonderful. Yeah, the home run by Cory Seeger, game tying, then the Adoles Garcia, go-ahead, game winner. That's actually the only the third time in World Series history. We've seen a game tying and a go-ahead home run

by team in the same game. It happened with Houston back in 2017. And the Yankees actually did it in 2001 against the Diamondback. So three times in baseball history twice the diamondbacks have uh i've been the victim well we also know about the diamond backs also being the victim of a closer giving up a run uh or or home run in the ninth inning there in a in a one run game and of course losing the game uh the way that they did so but the rangers had some more historic home runs than that that wasn't the only home whatever that wasn't the only

part about last night's game that was historic history it's great yeah baseball 119th world series and yet each and every game there's something new there's something that you we've never expected or never seen or couldn't have even predicted. That's what's so wonderful. That's why it doesn't really matter that the superstars are on display. I think the series is going to build momentum. I'm sticking with Diamondbacks in seven. And each game, it's going to build more and more momentum.

And people are going to realize, man, this is a really good series. Right out the gate. I mean, first walk-off home run in a game one since Kurt Gibson in 1988, off Dennis Eckerson. That's an all-timer. That's one. Right? And the first just walk off in general in World Series history since Max Muncie did in the

16th inning in 2018 and who did you do it off of the starter for the Rangers last night Nathan Evalde when he was a member of the Red Sox again that's baseball. The amount of connections here is incredible in fact it's also the first time in MLB postseason history we had game one go to extra

innings in the World Series in consecutive years. Yeah. Because last year went to extra innings as well. Houston and Philly that's right again you just you can't write this script up people just wouldn't believe we've talked so much about the Diamondbacks connections in the series to the 2001 year. But again, there's there's something, you know,

there's something different about this year. And, and there is something as much as we want to flush last night's loss and move on. There's something to build on there. You know, there, there was a mistake made. You could have asked for better performances. You could be a little bit, you could demand a little bit more from Zach Gallen. You could have definitely asked more Paul Seawald there in the ninth. You absolutely could have asked for the pitching staff to limit the amount of walks that they gave up. But the Diamondbacks were so close to taking that game and had they had they taken that game.

I mean, obviously it just changes the complexion of this entire series, but I still feel like they have a chance to do that tonight. If they take game two and can come back here, you know, even with the Texas Rangers for three games at Chase Field, that completely flips this series. That's how fast things can change from some of the doom and gloom we saw last night. And we know that Chase Field is, again, it's not quite the same fortress that citizens Bank Park is, but the Diamondbacks still have a 16 and 9 record all time at Chase Field. So they do have that momentum.

So as you said, yeah, winning tonight kind of flips that home field advantage because you win the next three, you do it all at home entirely and you don't have to go back out on the road in Arlington. But if they do have to go back out on the road again, look, it just doesn't matter. Baseball is wonderful in that way where there almost aren't home field advantages. We think that, right? You get to bat last in the inning, et cetera, et cetera. you got your fans, but look, it's baseball where even if you fail, seven out of ten times,

you are considered an all-time grade. It's just failing a little bit less. It's the game of inches. Yeah. It's the best sport in the world. I know it really is. I'm not biased. Not at all.

Not at all. I mean, I feel the same way. I'm so at times I'm so overwhelmed with emotions when it comes to this team and how far they've made it because we live in the reality of us having to do this show day in and day out, cover all these games and just kind of live in the moment. but I just cannot believe. I cannot believe still that we are here playing in the World Series. And I know we need to,

I know I need to get over that, but it's hard to. Like this is our team. These are our baby backs that we honestly were being very patient with. We're not, did not have this high of expectations for. Merely wanted them to, you know,

have a plus 500 season, merely wanted them to maybe sniff the playoffs a little bit, maybe get close to the playoffs, maybe get in the playoffs, you know, And then the expectations just kind of went like this throughout the season, especially when they won so much early on. People started talking about winning the NL West. People started talking about getting to the playoffs. And then it was the end of the world by the end of July.

And now, you know, look at this. What a roller coaster ride we've been on with this team this entire time. You know what I mean? It's just been incredible. But of course, they have a chance tonight still to really change this series and turn things around. And they can do that with our guy, Merrill Kelly, on the. mound but before we get to that i wanted to give a quick shout out to one of our favorite uh fans here of the phn next time and back show our guy nick sutton uh wishing nick a very happy birthday and i

wanted to just uh give you guys a little glimpse uh we tweeted this out but uh nick from his brothers and friends who got together uh got him this cake which he thought was going to be the present uh and then the other thing here that they got him was a ticket to game three uh of the world series so Good luck out doing that anybody that knows Nick Sutton for pretty much the rest of his life. That bar is set pretty high for him to get a chance to come see his favorite team play in the World Series. Nick's a solid dude. He dyed his hair in purple in solidarity with me during the Lordus Gurriel days. He also is an incredible artist.

And I know some of you remember that he sent us some hand-drawn baseball cards that he does that are just absolutely incredible. So big shout out to Nick. Happy birthday to you. And we look forward to seeing you here in Phoenix. Got a beer on me for your birthday when you get here. I love hand-drawn baseball cards. They're one of my favorite kind of baseball cards that are hand-drawn. Of all the hand-drawn baseball cards are my favorite.

Nick, happy birthday. Hand-drawn baseball cards, Nick. Are you, are you, do I say it a lot? What? No. I'm just saying that I personally do. Is he teasing me? What's his problem?

I'm trying to get Nick to do one for me. No. Don't you see what I'm putting it down? Absolutely not. Nick never, don't do anything for this man. He's an absolute monster. Some of the reason why I think it's such like a surprise. Like you said like it's like shocking is sure during the season.

Oh, they're not even going to make the postseason. That's okay. Let me think about the future. And then they back their way in and you go, all right, cool. Let's have some fun. Then they're down in Milwaukee and they come back and everyone listen to the show. I think knows all the details of that. And it really was like, oh man, this team of these 23,

year olds these rookies brandon fought 25 man the future is so bright yeah the future's right now here we're in we're in it yeah you know they need to tell us it's the good good old days yeah when you're in when when did why don't they tell you yeah why don't they tell you're in the good old days like we're in it right now and it's like no one no one even thought that that was going to be the case now and now it's like forget the future yeah like there's there's obviously no way to mortgage the future right but if this was you know in the middle of the season you'd like trade all the prospects, go all in. There's nothing that can even happen.

There could be some players right now that are like, I'm going to mortgage my own future and I'm going to go out there and pitch, even though I might have a little elbow issue, I can kind of work through it. And if I need Tommy John in the off season, we'll deal with that then because you don't get an opportunity like this very often. And you have to seize that day. And the time of acts are absolutely doing that,

much to the enjoyment of everyone here in the valley. I believe it was Jake Mintz, by the way, has an incredible article about Kevin. Ginkle that I read today, the guy, our buddy from Cestpitus family barbecue. He's great. And it was about just Kevin being like just this such a down to earth guy when it comes to like, you know, being this professional baseball player, especially now kind of, I mean, we've loved Kevin Ginkle all year. We've absolutely loved this good man. But I mean, you know, now America's getting a chance to see how America's getting a chance to feel that energy.

And yeah, it's just really funny to see that, you know, like just that he lives in a real humble apartment and like talking about the car he drives and apparently he's a big fan just like frank and beans all the time he had to be convinced that he has to eat other food and such so fun article to check out for sure but of course we know that the diamondbacks would not be here without that bullpen but they definitely wouldn't be here without our guy maryl so let's talk a bit about merrill and the pitching matchup tonight with jordan montgomery uh because of course both of these guys are incredible it's infuriating that the rangers were able to get jordan mcgomery uh and yeah And, yeah, I mean, I know he was definitely on our radar at one point.

But Merrill has just been that dude, right? Like during the playoffs, again, even though him and Zach have not been at their best at times, Merrill just this entire season was the guy that was able to come in at any point where you felt like there was a panic for this team and just deliver a solid start and help them just get, get past, get back to their winning ways and get things back on track. Yeah, each time there was like a little losing streak. it always seems like he's the guy that's coming up and you go okay good like that that's a positive thing two and one this post season with a 2.65 er a 19 strikeouts and a one whip opponents are only hitting

183 against him he has given up three home runs that was in that that last philly or his first philly start yeah he has made one start against texas in his career but it was back in 2020 nobody on that roster is still on this rangers team so that's kind of moot but what's interesting is he made that start during that pandemic season. That was his first start of the year. Merrill Kelly pitching the fourth ever game at Globe Life Field. And now here he is pitching in the third to last potentially World Series game at Global Life Field. The deep-seated roots and connections is just amazing between these two teams.

We talked about, you know, Toy Lovel managing his first game against Bruce Bochie, getting that walk-off win against Mark Malanson. And of course, we have a comparison graphic here in regards to Merrill Kelly and Jordan Montgomery. I mean, these are their regular season numbers, but as you can see, Montgomery was very, very good this season. As with Merrill Kelly, this is a, this is a marquee matchup right here of two guys that not a lot of people that aren't big baseball fans know, which is why the World Series is so great. People complain about this shit. When they complain that these teams aren't big enough, this is why these guys deserve their flowers. They get to, they should, based on their numbers this season, be pitching on a stage this big.

And it's going to be exciting to watch these two to duel it out tonight. So even, such a level matchup. And Montgomery has had similar success so far this postseason. 3-0, 2.16 ERA opponents, actually hitting a lot better against him than against Merrill Kelly 2.72. The interesting thing is, with a win tonight, should Jordan Montgomery get it or even get it at some point in this series? Montgomery and Iovaldi would join Randy Johnson and Kurt Schilling in 2001 and Clayton Kirsch on Holyo Your Eyes. Who cares about them as the third pair of teammates in MLB history to record four. four or more wins and a single postseason.

So we're talking about Eovaldi Montgomery doing things like shilling in Johnson. But don't like that. Don't like that one bit. You hope that the poor man's. Keep that stat to yourself next time. The poor man's shilling in Johnson, which would be Zach Allen, Merrill Kelly. You want them to get four. And maybe they still will.

Maybe they will. Maybe Brandon Fott is part of that two-man rotation that you're talking. Maybe it's Merrill Kelly, Brandon Fott. Let's show that graphic up there again because as you noted during the regular season, These numbers, oh my God, so close. 3.29 ERA for Merrill Kelly, 3.20 ERA for Montgomery. You had the whips that are identical at 1.19, 187 strikeouts for Kelly, 166 strikeouts for Montgomery. So, yeah, this is like a push when you ask for a pitching advantage here.

Really what it's going to come down to, I think, is how long can Merrill Kelly go? How efficient can he be? Are we going to get Merrill that we've seen at times last, you know, maybe not go nine innings? but look like he can based on how he can keep his pitch count low. He is very good at doing that at times. And if there was ever a time the Diamondbacks needed that, it would be now. We know that that bullpen game is coming up here in two games

and they need to do everything they can. They do have a day off in between then and now tomorrow. So that definitely helps. But should they need to call on their bullpen as much as they had to call on it yesterday, things don't look great for this team heading into that game four. Rangers have not seen Merrill Kelly very much. much the most played appearances anyone on the roster has is

Austin Hedges and he's coming off the bench. No one has more than a hit against Kelly. Only Robbie Grossman has even an extra base hit. Another guy who's starting the game on the bench. But the dimebacks, they do have guys who have seen Merrill Kelly a bunch. He had made two starts against the debacks, one that was not very good in April when he was with St. Louis. And then one that was great eight shutout innings back on August 21st. But Gabby Moreno in his career four for seven with a double homer for RBI. Like that. Catel Marte 3 for 6 against Montgomery and then Loris Gariel and Evan Longoria combined 9 for 32. So, you know, just under 300 there.

So a lot of experience, a lot of looks on Jordan Montgomery that's going to help with the offense, which, you know, I don't know who maybe needs the boost more. Is it the offense? Is it the bullpen necessarily? I think the offense did a good job last night. It was good. Yes. We asked them to start stealing bases more creating that chaos. They were able to generate five runs, which again, you theoretically, you know,

in the grand scheme of things. You want more, but that's good. That should be enough to win a baseball game, right? And at times what we've seen as the starting pitching staff and the bullpen can combine together. And last night, they just weren't enough. Zach Gallen wasn't tight enough to keep it a low enough scoring game. And obviously we know what happened with Seawald there. And it's unfortunate because it does feel like we're picking on the bullpen as a whole where those guys did their job last night.

Seawall just had a bad, one bad pitch. Yeah, that's it. You know, against the guy that's really good at hitting, you know, high fastballs. And like you said, the location wasn't even off. You just got to tip your cap to Seeger on what he was able to do there, right? But I mean, you know. And Seeger, look, he is big in those spots. He already has a World Series MVP under his belt.

In fact, that's his 10th home run in the postseason at Globe Life Field. A lot of that because during the pandemic year of 2020, you know, that was the World Series site. It was just a neutral site. So for him, the 10 home runs at Global Life Field, tied for fifth most of any player in one ballpark in a postseason. So he's used to that. That's his stomping grounds each and every way. Shout out to our chat.

Elizabeth says we're due for a blowout W. We got Nicholas who said if Merrill can go six tonight, that would be so big. We all seem to crush them so that we don't have to utilize our high leverage guys. Again, that's another great point. If we could maybe see, you know, Miguel Castro again and Luis Frius and stuff go out there instead of having to use ginkle or even seawald. That would be great. Connor says,

here's hoping a lefty can wake up Christian Walker's bat. Please, God. Please, baby. Good take, Connor. We don't win this World Series without contributions from Seawalk at the plate. That's such a great point. Of course, without Christian Walker, this team isn't as dangerous,

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I can take it. But anyway, leave us review. Make sure you subscribe on that side as well. Of course, one of our big questions tonight is how this Diamondbacks bullpen is going to respond after last night. Again, collectively, it's weird. When you're part of the bullpen, you're just a whole ass bullpen. So if you are the cog that worked, you're still just thrown in with the rest of it, right?

So Paul Seawall took this one and he tipped his cap to Corey Seeger. I mean, the man was 0 for 8 against him in his career. You wouldn't, statistically, you couldn't imagine a better matchup for CWald out there. So it's not really like anybody did anything wrong other than Seeger just hit the crap out of a ball that, you know, he kind of, I guess, left a little down from where he was trying to get it to, right? But aside from that, you know, sometimes hitters hit, and that's what this is about. And just in pointing out in the chat, I mean, chat just really on point right now on the PHN at PHNX Sports Channel on YouTube. saying, well, there's a couple of bad pitches there to Leoti Tavares.

That's true. Maybe not a four, but still, you don't, no, he's right, though. That's the fourth pitch. Really, walking, rocking, walking him is the egregious thing here, way, almost more so than the home run. Because, Corey Seeger's going to hit a home run. Corey Seeger's going to do something. He's going to hit a double.

He's going to hit something, right? So it's like you would have loved to see it limited to only a double with the way that he was able to get out of the inning. But my God, there's another thing that you could consider here too, which is if the ghost runner rule is still. in effect. The Diamondbacks would have lost last night's game prior or I guess after that, but I mean, in extra ratings prior to the prior to when they did lose anyway. So it doesn't like all sorts of things. But the really when it comes down to it is you're right. I mean, that was a bad pitch.

There were the bad pitches to walk the ninth hitter that had no business being on base. But again, I don't, I have no idea why I'm seeing this so optimistically. And again, I hate what this did for the bullpen both in, you know, in the fatigue factor for the bullpen and what it does to someone like Paul Seawald's confidence. Like he was rolling, right? I mean, he said after the game that he has to have a short memory, just like we talked about earlier on. He does.

But, but yeah, I know, but can you? Like, can you? I often say fantasy football victories don't bother me here in the office. But then I lose sleep at night thinking about losing to Johnny Venerable. I'm his only win in the fantasy league this year. I gave him his only win. But there's a difference between losing to Johnny Venerable and losing to Corey Seeger. No offense to Johnny.

Like, great guy. He's right. You know what I'm saying. He's right. That's kind of what it comes down to. And then that's what it's going to come down to. I would much rather lost to Corey Seeger in fantasy football. And I think you're, I think you're more positive too because, I mean, think about,

think about where the Diamondbacks were. Think about where the show was after game two, losing 10, nothing to the Phillies. and you go, yeah, no, these Phillies, they're a powerhouse. They are a monster, and sure, it's shifting back to Chase Field, but there is zero momentum for the Diamondbacks. And the Rangers, they eked one out. Again, Seawall doesn't give up that home run to Corey Seeger. This doesn't happen.

So we're talking, you know, literal pitches of difference. And so, yes, the Rangers beat the Diamondbacks. Were they better? You could make the case. Maybe they weren't. I think they were. Look, they came out ahead there in general. They eked it out in the end when it mattered.

But it wasn't this thing of like, man, do the Diamondbacks belong here? Like, we're done asking that question, right? And the Diamondbacks, I think, are done answering it as well. Tori did it well enough and showed all the receipts. And now I think people in the media that are more national that haven't been watching this postseason are kind of done asking that question. They learn not to goddamn, you know, bet their retirement on this team winning and losing. I know that for a fact. Yeah.

Fuck around and find out. That's as they say, right? And someone did. So I don't know. I feel like that's just an idiot I was using. So I think I should get away with that one as well. But again, the bullpen.

It's going to be interesting to see how they respond tonight, especially like Seawald said, they are going to Seawald to get again tonight. You know, and they should, right? Unless they don't have to. Unless they don't.

But there's like no way that they're not going to have to, right? That would be nice. That would be insane. Why not us? It's like a two. Well, okay, there's the blow. out option. There's the Merrill Kelly

going nine. You know, the other thing is you could go, oh, well, maybe Kevin Ginkle gets the final three, but not after throwing 28 pitches yesterday. So that scenario is kind of not out there either, right? I'm big on the blowout. Half of like seven innings of Merrill Kelly. Look,

the Diamondbacks are used to dealing with some big sluggers in the lineup, and I think that they learned after a while how to approach guys like Schwerber and Harper and not let the rest of the lineup hurt you. Even when Trey Turner hitting damn near 500, I think that they'll figure it out. Put a game plan together and understand you can't mess with these guys.

These guys aren't to be trifled with, if you will. So you got to do what you got to do to get around them and let the other guys beat you. I think that's going to be huge for this team tonight. And I think Merrill Kelly is smart enough to do that. And I think Paul Seawald learned his lesson last night. So it's going to be interesting to see how things go. But you know what? I do not relent on my betting, even though last night absolutely did hit and would have made you thousands of dollars if you bet like 50 bucks on it.

Let's go ahead and look at another one because we're doing this again. Derek's five-leger result. Rangers win. Total runs. I'm taking under nine and a half with these two pictures on the mound. I think this one's going to be a low scoring affair. I'm taking Corey Seeger putting the bad juju on him tonight with the home run. Didn't work on Garcia.

That man is entirely too powerful. I can't put any magical spells on that man. But I went with player batter struck out for Jordan Montgomery two plus. And I got here. Player hits Ketel Marte to extend that. hitting streak to a historic level, which I probably shouldn't even be talking about right now, but if he does

get a hit tonight, that will be 18 games consecutively that that man has had a hit in the postseason. And he would be the first person in MLB history to do that. Hedge those bets. Hedge those bets. Why not? Get down on emotional. I am Sonic the Hedgehog. I blocked that for a half a second. Did you say that if you got

a homer? Oh yeah, if you got a homer, six consecutive. It would be a homer in six consecutive games. Oh, yeah. That would tie Daniel Murphy's record with the Mets in 2015. No, I don't want that to happen. He would also, that would give him RBI in eight consecutive games, which ties Ryan Howard's record back in 2009.

I probably should have cursed him is what you're saying. Maybe. It didn't work last night. Got to hedge those bets. Got to hedge those bets. But of course, we got a baseball game to watch you guys. And it's a Diamondbacks baseball game. In the goddamn World Series game.

And. Give me more. Give me more. We did not go into a time machine and travel back to 2001. It's still present day, 2023. If we did, I would have made so much money on the stock market. Like, straight up. No, you wouldn't have.

Why? I'm calling you out. Oh, why? What stocks? Would you? You know anything about stocks? No, I really don't. Maybe sports alman act.

Okay, there you go, Biv. All right. You biff it out a little bit. Yeah, okay. I can definitely get the overrunner on some of the season totals, right? That's for sure. But anyway. Yeah, yeah, that's the move.

Yeah. Sports gambling. Sports gambling. Yeah, everything I own. I'll invest in Apple. I mean, there's a couple of things. Sell, your America online stock back in 2001.

There is a scary alternative timeline in which I want a lot of money, sports gambling because I went back in time. And that's not the time. Healer River wouldn't exist. You don't want to live in that time. It would be Montia River. It would be the name of your casino. Something like that.

It would be good. It'd be good. But anyway, we're going to go watch the baseball. You should too. Make sure to join us back here. I keep saying 10 minutes, but it's more like 15 minutes after the final outs. Make sure to join us tonight. We will be back here in the meantime.

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So, wow, all right. Well, I'm excited. We're not reading all the comments. I know the comments. The comments are really good earlier. Everything's going good. And then someone had to get crazy. But anyway, we love you guys, no matter how crazy you want to get with your comments.

So, but we appreciate you. We'll be back here, of course. Like I said, 15 minutes after the final out. Thank you guys for your time right now. Go snakes. Snakes are alive. Snakes alive. Excuse me.

I screwed that catchphrase up. We are a goddamn wagon. And let's go win us a baseball game. Again, we thank you for your time. Remember kids baseball is fun but it's so much more fun when Merrill Kelly is on the mound in a big world series game