Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - Framber & Bregman Stay Hot and Astros Tie the World Series 1-1 | 569

Episode Date: October 30, 2022

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Hello and welcome to talking baseball. The World Series is tied up one game apiece. It goes to Philly. It comes to five game series. Let's talk all about it. Hello and welcome to talking baseball. Thank you very much for tuning in. It's brought to you by Seat Geek,

who's been sponsoring everything we're doing this postseason with the code Jomboy playoffs. Get you 10% off tickets to any ticket. You want. Trevor Plouf was in town for the last two days. he's on his way back to California, so he's not with us on the show. It's myself. It's Jake.

It's B, B, D behind the dish producing. And it's the Astros who win game two, Jake. They did it. They did it. I mean, there is a little when we were streaming and when we're thinking about this game, it was like, you know, some people like Wheeler more than Nola and Phillies have some, the juice, whatever we can't label it as in sports. but the boys in Houston did what they had to do.

And it's it's lining up for a beauty, man. I know we're going to finish up this episode with game three Halloween night in Philly. That's going to be one of the ugliest scenes in the world. And I'm excited to get there. But the Astros took care of their business. We were doing the kind of not win-win, because if you're Houston, you obviously want to win both games at home. But like the Phillies took.

one and then Houston answered and it's not like they looked awful in game one like JV just gave up the lead so it's we're we're lining up for a good world series I think I think this is uh what everyone expected maybe not Phillies fans when they took game one but I I didn't think the astros is going to go down to actually I've read the stat that the Astros have lost every game of the world series in the last five world series they've been in kind of interesting I guess the dragging out to five includes the 2005 world series. Lost every game in the world series? Game one.

Every game one. Every game one. Game one. Yes. Every game won. Yes. Skip that one. The Nationals actually won because the Nationals,

every team won on the road. So the Nationals won game one and two. But against the Dodgers, they split. And against the Braves, they lost game one. And then one game two. So and then I was at first I heard that. And I was like, oh, okay, this is just kind of what the esters do. Then I was thinking, well, they've only won one of the three world series.

So it's good for the Phillies. Did they? They were down five nothing in game one. But we got to do game two. Let's burn it. Game two in Houston. And the Astros would put out a Framber alert for a missing W in game one is Valdez. We'll try to make sure the Phil's in fact would not be wheels up with a happy flight back to Philly.

Bottom one, double, double, foul ball, double. Wheeler on the mound with no wallet or shoes because he got jumped. Two runs on four bit pitches, and then these bitches do not love Sosa. E6, as the defensive replacement has a throwing error, it is. Three nothing H-town. And then in the fifth, my salsa. Reggie. Two-run Homer after Dusty with the delay.

How about that? Five-nothing Houston. Woo-woo. Framber was nasty. Philly looked like that bad movie trouble with the curve or whatever it is because they couldn't touch him. He goes 6.1, one turn, run. The fightans put up a couple late, but it is not enough.

As Houston holds serving, they win game two, five to two, fine. Wow. Little shots fired at trouble with the curve. Didn't see that coming. It's a 6.7 out of 10 moving. From you or somewhere else? From me? I'm going to guess that's...

I think that movie is good oh 6.8 on IMDB So you are kind of low on it I'm a little low on it yeah you're a little low on it Yeah

I was very excited for her but the ending kind of was like yeah you know I don't know I don't know Before we get into this game one which had some fun moments and some fun mental game aspects of it our game aspects of it

our game one of Blitzball Battle 2, baggage, forgotten rotten, redemption. We got Ice Love You as comes out Monday of this week. We got a little trailer for you. So here you go. All right. Jake, I felt like this game, you mentioned the delay there from Dusty with the really bizarre replay, like late replay that wasn't going to get overturned, but then it slows down the Phillies and then Breggman hits.

home run. I thought this whole game was a battle of delays. And the Phillies want to go fast, fast, fast, and the Astros want to say, slow down, play our game. Framber, he takes a while to pitch. The pitcher gets set and then he steps off in the pit or the batter gets set. And then he bends down. And then he's touching his hand. He's taking his glove off and put it on. And he's messing with everyone's head. Wheeler, he likes to grab and go in that first inning. They were making him slow down. And then Dusty does it. So that was kind of like the game within the game for me was the Astros just seemed to

really want to slow this game down on all sides of the ball. Yeah, I maybe control the tempo more because when Framber wants to go, he goes. Like when he's clicking and he, he decides he's not ready to be a showman yet, like in some of those middle innings. But once he he fully founded and he knew they weren't going to do any, off of them. And yeah, you're squatting on the mound. You're, you're dancing a little bit. You don't care. You're smiling. You do care. And then I mean, Wheeler, he didn't have his best stuff. He, he was missing middle. That was a shout out to our guy, Peter Moyland. Moilin was

worried about Wheeler missing middle in this game. And he did three of the first four pitches. They go actually four for four. I mean, Yordon hit a foul ball on one. but there's three doubles and four pitches and it's two nothing in a game that you really had to have. Like, you know, I know must win gets overused in sports because they could have not. But to go down 02 to this Philly's team and then head to Philly for three would have been a brutal task. And they put up a two spot in the first.

And then, I mean, after that, man, I mean, Wheeler for not having his best stuff, he still settles in and he's putting zeros on the board. that error by Sosa, I know it happened and you're like, oh, that's bad, but like, that's so bad. You're the defensive replacement guy and you give the Astros a free run in the first inning. That's that's atrocious. And I think like everyone just kind of shrugged a little bit and was like, well, Philly's defense, that kind of happens. Like, not supposed to be with that guy. And it's a World Series game to go from two to three.

I mean, that was nuclear at the time. They gave the error to six on the throw. I mean, we've seen Reese do this in the postseason a bunch just kind of like slap the ball instead of catch it or drop ones in his glove. I mean, I know it's not a perfect throw, but I don't even know if it was bounce.

Like Reese got to catch that. It bounce. I mean, you got to, I mean, we've done this a lot on talking yanks is here. You got to put, you got to put that throw in the chest, man.

You do. Yeah, I guess. Recer had a good. Reeser could have picked it, but he's still trying to pick a ball in the dirt. Like, that's World Series. Defense of Replacement. Can't be doing that. Well, he's starting for the lefty, right?

Which is interesting they do that. I don't know if he's that much of an upgrade, but I guess he comes in anyway. Yeah, he's been defensive replacing Bome, but he has been starting. And then starting versus lefties. Yeah. But, I mean. A, I mean, we can get there in hindsight's a little 2020, but how good Stott had looked. But that ties into the whole Phillies thing.

Like, that's been their plan, Veerling and Sosa against a lefty. Stats looked really good. I would have liked to see him out there. And again, maybe that's a hindsight thing. And this is the same Phillies team we talked about should they change their lineup. They didn't. And they got to the World Series. So it is what it is a little bit.

But you got to make that throw. It is. I'm watching it again now. Like, yes, you got to make a better throw. I think I think majority of first baseman catch that on the fly. Like he's not even outstretched and or, you know, so that's, it's a combination because we've seen Reese drop it. The throw has to be there.

That's part one. But I, I think a lot of good first baseman catch that before it hits the ground. Just turn their glove over and extend their leg fully and catch it. But that's, that's been one of the play. of the Phillies this year, which hasn't really plagued them all because they're in the World Series and they were up one-nothing is a big play in this game. It's, it's crazy. It would, this Phillies team that has been so threatening and so powerful, any time a runner would have gotten on base, you would have had the tying run at the plate for those, for four innings.

That instead, it was a three-run game, which, you know, in World Series baseball, that's not supposed to be attainable. I know we were talking about a Philly scene that just came back from 5-0, but especially Framber Valdez, who's one of the few starting pitchers that the more he gets settled in, the better he gets. It's not like a third time through thing. When he finds that curveball and he's cruising, he's nasty because you know the whole scouting report. Jim, you were laughing. Where he throws his curve ball, it's that down and in pocket.

That's where it's going. Like the scouting report is a lot of those. and a couple fastballs. And guess what? He had the most quality starts consecutive that a guy has had in a season this year and then he just dropped it in the World Series. Yeah, and had everyone talking about sticky stuff again,

which is, I don't know, man, I know that I, our audience has grown to the point where people tell me I can't do this. I absolutely love all of it. Rob Thompson had a great response, which I wish other coaches, had like not an excuse. He was like,

oh, whatever. Yeah, we knew it. We knew he did it last time. If I'm not being, find something, they find something. They check them. And it very well could be rosin and sweat or most likely is.

I don't know. And it could be Framber playing a lot of head games, which I would love because the amount of shit he does requesting to wear the dark jerseys when he pitches that they only wore on Sunday away games. I mean like, now I want those when I pitch. And people saying, because he wants to rub it off before he goes to the umpire,

which he does rub his hand on jersey before he goes the umpire. Changing his glove halfway through the game. He's done that his last three starts. That's weird. Changing his cleats. That's weird too. That is nothing to do with anything. Like that's not suspect at all.

But it's just like, okay, this guy's just, he's almost like a hockey goalie. Some hockey goalies like get undressed in between the period and get back dressed like three innings. Okay, new cleats, new glove, new game. maybe that's what he's doing.

And Jimmy, that's the sick part because all of it could have nothing to do with anything. Like, I don't know. I don't know. And he obviously, he was clearly, you know, going to that glove hand and getting a little bit. But, you know, they were checking his paws between each inning. And the Phillies, and the Phillies know this because because I got emails from scouts of other teams and places saying, like, the Phillies better check this. He goes to his glove.

I was trying to text you guys those yesterday. Like the Phillies know this. And that's what Thompson said. He was like, yeah, we know this. He did the last car, did it. Like they have people scouring tape on these guys. That's where I think it ended up being head games. I do think World Series game two goes down his head game day with everything Framber did.

And then I mean that that dusty review, maybe we're in a sick place where we're digging to give weird credit places, but I don't know. Well, why are we reviewing that? And then we started kind of just because if you've seen enough baseball, we started joking on the stream, like, you know, you just iced Wheeler for a couple minutes. If you're Braggy, swing big and maybe he leaves you one middle and he ends up doing it. And it's 5-0.

Now, do you think I haven't read a lot of what Philly's fans are saying after this game, Wheeler didn't look great. Like, I don't think he ever looked locked in, locked-down. in. And at that point, he has, he's at like 60 pitches, actually, because they jumped him so quick that they didn't drag it on. Do they wish, I mean, you have a, a 1-0 lead. It's a close game. It's three, what was the score at that point before the Breggman homerunner was three, three-nothing. And you have bullpen in an off day. Would you have pulled them? Is that, are Phillies fans upset that didn't pull wheeler? I mean, you either pull them or don't throw that two-oh pitch to break.

Yeah, I mean, he, in a way, he'd settled down. You're putting up zeros against Houston. And he's, he's still your guy. Like, you know, this is a guy that a lot of people think is better than Nola who pitching game one. He's a dude for this team. If he was someone else, if he was their third or fourth starter, and maybe you have some of those conversations. But this is Wheeler. You won game one. You can't overexpose your good bullpen. You're down three. and you kind of can't overexpose your second bullpen because with games three and four coming up, the depths of that Philly bullpen are going to be tested more. You're going to have to get through some innings with some of those guys

who we ended up seeing later in this game in Philly's bullpen looking pretty good right now. For me, it's just a little bit baseball kicked in here that I think the pause, before that at bat. I think Wheeler goes down 2-0 and then he absolutely grooves one and you can't do that. And then, hey, I know this is digging too far back, but if if soson Hoskins connect in the first inning and it's two nothing and that's a bonus out, you know, later in the game, are you facing Bregman there or was that the out? I know you can't do that, especially over a five-inning span, but baseball does that. And I think that's just what happened. Yeah, and the offense never gave wheeler any juice to play off of like it almost felt like yeah and sometimes that can happen

where the offense goes out and puts up okay it's three nothing after the first they put up at once even one spot in the top of the second and or and wheeler then he's then he's like let's get back it didn't happen until later when they had some chances and then they just always came down and the Phillies had some fun chances especially in the eighth inning which is kind of a story of itself I don't know if there's other stuff to get to before that. But that eighth inning was as eventful and uneventful as they come. Yeah, the only thing before that, I would say sixth inning, Framber, Walk, Schwabber, Hoskin, single.

You've got Real Mudo and Harper strikes out Real Mudo, and then he bangs Harper into a double play. So that was their first real opportunity to send a jolt into this game and then the eighth inning. Yeah, the eighth inning for the Phillies. I mean, you open up with home run or wait, wait, wait, wait. Stott walks with the crazy at bat. Yeah, which I don't care if you have a left you on the bump.

I think you play Stott. I mean, he's been a wild card. He's crazy at bat, 12 pitch at bat for Stott. He's averaging like seven pitches per play appearance now in this World Series. and then Schwarber hits a home run. It's not a home run. And they made a run around the bases. And you're thinking, oh, well, you never see a guy

do that and then hit another one. And then he got warning track out. That's a crazy sequence. No home runs. Two home runs. No home runs. Tough. Frazy sequence. Schwartz, man.

he uh yeah i i i mean schwarber schwarber's going to join this party soon um he uh it looked like his timing was a just a half click off or so and now i mean that that was great everyone kind of knew that it wasn't a homer except the umpires uh you can kind of tell by schwarber's reaction the fans were passionate to the degree of not just being fans of the opposing team like everyone I was like, that was a foul ball. I'm telling you, we're seeing more and more of these umpires called a thing that they think the stadium doesn't expect to be called for like a gofall factor. I think he was calling it as if it ricocheted off the pole.

Hmm. Because it looked at one point like it kind of did. But yes, it's wild that watching on TV and all the fans in the stadium. And that's that dude's one job, man. And that umpire that's deep. Literally one job. Look what you. You got the line on bloops in front of you and you got the foul pole.

That's your job. And everyone in the stadium and everyone at home with their own eyesight is like, what? That was foul. And you go home run. We didn't even react on the stream. We were watching. We heard,

I think Joe Davis said, it's a home run and none of us still flinched. And then when they showed him circling the bases, we were all like, Okay. But yeah, I mean, that always just these are. The only thing I wonder is if the umpire's doing the Astros is solid there because all home runs are reviewed without a challenge.

So by calling it a home run, you're guaranteed to go to the board. Right. Instead of putting it in Dusty's hands, if it's worthwhile, which obviously it is. Like how almost like in football, they started just calling everything because they knew that it could be chance. challenged or whatever. But that's my one like excuse. Otherwise, I don't know how you call that. That. Yeah, make make the call a little bit to World Series X-Roms. And then yeah,

Schwerber, you know, gets, gets jammed on one and he hits it, you know, 346 to right field where if it was 347, it's, uh, it could have been a yacker, which I mean, credit to him for being able to come back in the box and do that. Um, and then, yeah, a real mood of reaches after that and then Harper, he gets jammed. Hoping to put another jolt in it and be these scary Phillies. And I know Phillies fans probably aren't ready for Sad Boy Talk, but, you know, they look at this game and they were a couple swings. Like this game, the Houston dominated and they were in control and there wasn't a ton of drama.

But that's only because Philly had a couple swings or plays away. If that Schwabobomb goes and you make the play in the first inning, like this game was around it for them. But when Framber started rolling and a couple of those things didn't happen, it was Houston's night. And the guy who leads Houston in the World Series with hits, probably the guy I would have bet on on draft Kings who had good odds because he ended the ALCS,

three little thinkers against the Yankees after going 0 for 22. I don't know. What do you think the odds were that he had that? And now, Altura has a three hit night, has the most hits on the Astros, hitting balls above his heads, at his toes, whatever,

ducking out of the way of double play balls. I wouldn't have made that bet. That was a funny. Draft Kings, you would have made it, though. For sure. Making your bets at draft Kings. Because the October baseball is here. people here probably know that.

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backhand tosses at the second and L. Tuve just ducks. The replays are hilarious. If that came to matter, I mean, Harper gets into the double play afterwards, but if that came to matter, oh, man. That was probably of everything the Phillies were doing. And, you know,

they have their lineup that anytime there's a runner on, you think a Castiano's bomb, Harper, Real Mudo, Hoskins, or Schwervers, had a chance to send one noodle and make it more of a game um noodle just got in my head on that that play was the the only moment of like oh if the Phillies capitalize on this that's when you start feeling it in the back of your knees if you're Houston like to have a play like that which, you know, was innocent. And it's again, it's where it's where baseball is so, so beautiful because real Mudo's running.

And he runs a hard 90 down to first. If it was a, if it was someone who was slower, I think Pena fields it and eyeballs first base and fires one over and you get out of there. I think that was in his head that he had to go over in the middle a little bit, make the play. so he was like, you know what, I'm, I'm going to go the short way and not risk that. And that was too late because Al Tuve had ducked to get out of the way of the throw. I thought he was trying to turn two. I don't think so. I think he was just trying to get a for sure out.

I think Altuvae read it that the, for sure. Well, if you watch it, the way Altuvei would have had to. So I had it as a double play, like impossible for Artouva to, his, even if it was a hard feed to get there and turn it, it would be like so awkward. But yeah, they both. I think there were two outs, right? Well, I didn't Harper hit into the double play after. The Harper fly out to shortstop.

When was this? Was this the eighth inning or the, yeah, I think it was the eighth. I think that's when Harper flew out. I'm all twisted up. But yeah, it was the eighth. I thought that was, what was the Harper double play ball? Harper double play ball was the six. thinning rally. Shorberwalk, Hoskin single. He strikes out real mood.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yes, yes. So there's one out. So they both just chose which how it was the easiest and they disagreed. Yes. It's funny. Harmless in the end. Very funny screenshot. Yeah. I wish one. I wish trap was on because I'd love to hear the communication breakdown there. You always hear about outfield or screaming it. And, you know, if the pitcher fields a ball or third baseman comes in, the catch. is yelling 1-1-1 because they see the field. On that ball, how does that get communicated? I'm genuinely just curious to hear if that's something taught.

Like, who would have to be yelling there? Pena's making the play, so he's not supposed to be like also yelling. Right. Yeah. Maybe we'll ask, remind me to ask Trev tomorrow. We'll have to bump Uncle Trev. I mean, the best I would have because Pena is fielding it. I mean, especially Al Tuvae, I don't want to play the short card,

but it feels like you got to get to the bag just in case you think that's a thought in his mind, but I don't know. I don't know. Seems like it would have to be discussed before the play. Like just plays out one, but plays at two is there as well. Right. I'm curious because it seems like a wrinkle now where I'm like,

I don't know who's at fault. No one. It's just a weird fucking play. Just a weird tweener ball. I would lean slightly to vei and again, credit to J.T. Realmudo who puts, I think if it's anyone else, any other catcher, how about that? Any other catcher in MLB running? I think Pena pops up and just fires to first, but it wasn't. It was the best one in the game. Any other talking points we need to get to before we talk about game

three? That Maldonado bat situation is funny, but nothing. I mean, remember those bats? I wonder of travel. Yeah. Yeah, we were talking about that a little bit on the stream. I don't care. Maybe they do you remember those bats? When you say remember those bats, what do you mean? The maple, the Johnny Damon bat, the maple bat. Yes. I mean, they would splinter all over. It wasn't like they would break in half. It would be shards of wood. They'd have to pick them off the grass and throw it. So they're illegal for that reason. They broke too reasonably and they were dangerous. There's no competitive advantage to them. It's just, you know, I don't, you know I don't like saying this word and talking baseball

people know I don't say this word. Those bats were hella dangerous. It's just like, we can't do this. I jade them break a million bats a year. I wonder if there's people that kind of don't remember that. But I did not know. It's an interesting tip. I did not know that.

Bulls like they were grandfathered in and pool has been using it for 12 years or 10 years. has he been breaking bats like crazy Albert's never broken a bat but yeah those bats were crazy dangerous I think the only other thing that really really pops up

is just bullpen conversations because Montero A dusty stays with him further than we thought he was pitch count head into the 30s he had pitched a little bit the day before. They let him stay in for Harper,

which again felt like kind of one of those moments where it's like if you, if Harper clips you on your 30th pitch on your back-to-back day's pitch and that's going to be a bad look. He's also kind of your guy, so I understand it. It ends up not being a problem.

And that was after the Schwabber stuff where he almost gave up two homers and Harper comes up. So that was kind of crazy. And then on the Philly side, we see Bellotti, Brogden in hand. I think Baleady and Brogden, you know, with how many Ritees Houston has, you know,

seeing those guys and what they bring to the table, A, was fun just on a general baseball, you know, level. Like how many Phillies games do I truly watch during a regular season when I see Cobrae and Bolladi come in? It's not a ton. You just got to be honest. seeing Baladi find his little tight slider. It took him a couple pitches.

And then Brogden's got one of those nice, righty changeups that he pulled a couple of those. With the bullpen game coming up and a Ranger Suarez game, you know, those guys are probably going to be factors. They get their feet wet. They look good, but also Houston gets to see him. Yeah, they get to see Hand. They get to see Baladi,

Brad Hand with one of the only one, two, three innings. Astros were kind of like, nah, this isn't worth our time. That's the old bait and switch, you think? Yeah. Yeah. Um, I would stick with Framber, man. And I know I was watching you guys when you're saying, like, take him out or what are you doing? Just his mentality on the mound is, is worthwhile, even if his stuff dips.

Like, and, and that's what the, yeah, go. he because what was it he that sixth inning Schwabber walk Hoskin single and then it's Real Mudo Harper he did his first pitch to J.T. Real Mudo was kind of a actually the first two strikes he threw to JT had a lot of plate and it was just like

okay he gave up a walk he gave up a single you know pitch count in the 90s it's a world series game so, you know, that's not a regular season 90 pitches. And again, just the magnitude of Houston somehow lost this game to have a team that has such a strong bullpen during the regular season, I get both sides and it ends up not being problem. And Framber ends up being that dude for a couple more outs. But I don't know, a couple scary pitches.

Yeah, yeah. He started to miss spots more. He's so dominant early. Even the Hoskins was like an O2 curbow in the zone, I think. Yeah. Yeah. I found an article from 2011 when they banned that bat. And the president of the company that made the bat said,

it's actually something that we welcome. We don't want all that breakage on the field. We ban us. We're bad. We're bad. Take me to jail, please. Phillies at home, haven't lost a playoff game at home. Neither had the Astros before the World Series.

And the atmosphere is going to be awesome. And you hope that the Phillies can control the game, like the Astros controlled game, too. Cinderguard McCullors. How's your hair? That's fun. You know, Cindergarde, talk about an interesting, I mean, career path to now get him to this point.

In the playoffs, he's looked kind of solid. We'll see what he can give to them. I mean, even if he looks good, like he's not like stretched out, stretched out. And then Lance McCullors, Jr. A guy who wants to be the bad guy. If there's one, man, that's awesome. Like if I had to pick maybe one starting pitcher in baseball, that could go into Philadelphia on a World Series year on a Halloween night

and be doing his faces on the mound like I don't care. I mean, Lance McCuller is a pretty good dude for that one. So it was the only pitcher that didn't pitch well in the CS. Against, what do you do against the Yanks? It was the only game the Yankees scored runs. they dink-and-dunked all over them. Sure. I don't want to over-hype it because expectations.

Sometimes if you come into a movie not expecting a lot and you get a B-plus, you like the movie even more. The city of Philadelphia and what Halloween does to our society and a World Series game does to our society, I just hope that place is a nut house. And I, you know, it could be a memory. My brain's not so good. I want to remember this game forever.

And I think it has a chance for that. Tough task. But me tough task, though, for me. Because you're going to be live streaming. It's tough to remember things while you're streaming. So can't remember a lot. We might have special guests coming. We'll see, which could add to it.

Who? I guess I got it can't see over there. Uh, I tone the slab crew is trying to come through. I forget if it was. Oh, that would be awesome. I forget if it was three or four. Jerry Blevins will be in town. So, yeah.

McCullors won five innings pitched. Three earned runs against the Yankees with eight hits, one walk. So pretty bad whip in trouble a lot. The only pitcher the Yankees did anything against. That doesn't mean much because he can come out and be lights out. He's pretty good. Right. Right.

Yeah. And the Phillies. And Sindigards. that's pitch count super low like i wonder if this is uh i'm very interested to see how topper manages this game for the phillies being it's one to one um especially if they're tied or or down down a one down a run or two interested to see if they're up it gets a little easier for him but if they're down close or tied even like up close it's very interesting to see what topper does here uh cindergarde he threw 30

35 pitches and three innings against the Braves. That was kind of the most he throws. I think that's kind of the most you'd be expecting. I think you're those five guys who pitched in game one. I mean, Sir Anthony, Alvarado, Eflin, you know, D-Rob. You've got enough pieces if you're the Phillies, but like you've been saying, Jim, with what they're doing with their bullpen, if the Astros Steel won, like that changes the series.

that like if the Astros steal one the Astros have such a big leg up in this that yeah a tight game in Philly bridge guy to those guys the guys you just named if they say they got Alvarado Sir Anthony D Robb those three for four innings 9 8776 now you go Eflin again as the as a bridge

say Sindegarde gives you two just to play on the lesser side. That's probably if you could get four from Cindergarde and Eflin, I think that's a goal. And then you're, so then the only inning we're missing there would be a Brogden or Blotty or someone who I, I think they can do that. But yeah,

someone has a bad day and that's, that's where bullpen days get really scary. But they also, you know, in that first game, Alvarado only three, seven pitches in one inning. like well yeah but i have them getting you know four you're not going to get five of those guys in

the game three in a five game set think of it more as a five you can't anticipate it you can't anticipate think of as a five game series in this game one you're not going to burn your entire bullpen so i'm interested yeah brogden ballotti i mean i don't know a hand comes in to get the last out of an inning like they're going to have to play because syndigard went 35 he went 16 in the in the other DS game and he went 17 in the CS out of the pen set of starting so I'm interested that's going to be fun to watch how does he do that bullpen and and maybe the other maybe the other thing is maybe like everyone maybe everyone gets three batters and like because you have ranger swars the next day who you like but he already pitched in this series so you need a bullpen

the next day. So maybe everyone's going to get invited to the dance on a spooky night in Philly. Ooh. Excited to watch it. All right. Well, enjoy the rest of your Sundays and see you Tuesday morning. No episode tomorrow. No game to recap. Bones are there money.