Heartbreaking Finishes in NLDS and ALDS Playoff Games

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Wake and Jake. It's the Yofs as we are Monday, October 5th day after my mom's birthday called her yesterday. She was on a beach bar in, Florida I believe it was a Grateful Dead cover band. Yeah, not bad And there was baseball going on there. Maybe they probably didn't care at that place, but we care here And we're gonna go through all four series. We have the first two Games of each National League DS series Milwaukee goes up to nothing in dramatic fashion the Dodgers split with the Braves Braves do not pitch Chris sale. They bullpen day. They end up winning three to two So we could talk about that and I guess we will we'll talk about all four series I guess the AL is actually easier because those games have now it feels like they happened forever ago I can't believe that Saturday. I realize we're in the teeth of it, but like with a full day of NFL and Two more playoff games and something about like Monday happening Yeah, it just feels like those games are so long ago And I have a couple silly a silly funny life things that that people who enjoy John boy media or myself will enjoy Let's do Let's do some Yankees quick and some of you are excited for that some of you aren't Actually, I'll do some life stuff quick because this even if you're not Yankees you like this. I'll turn my hat around I don't know how well you could tell on the camera, but below my right eye. I have a little boo-boo It's a noticeable boo-boo That you know, I feel like people have been looking at me this morning and they're like Jake Is that is that a pimple you went at did you do something? What happened? Struggled to get out of bed this morning. Just feeling we're running running midnight hours over here My average night is ending at 2 a.m. And then the nights I'm not working late I kind of don't want to mess up the sleep schedule because then I'll be sleepy the next night So I'm basically running late nights, whatever this morning Set an alarm for 9 30 a.m Wasn't happening couldn't get out of bed. Keep rolling. Keep rolling get to 11. It's like, all right I gotta gotta go gotta go. I go to grab my phone and I do the phone bobble We've all bobbled our phone So I do the recovery catch my phone comes up pops me in the face That's the phones doing that's my phone. That's me and my phone as I'm waking up this morning So, we'll see if it gets worse we'll probably have some fun with that on the stream tonight Come up. So I don't maybe tell me tell me a time. You've hurt yourself no, tell me time your cell phone has injured you because That was a tough way to wake up tough way to it And the only one who woke up worse than that was Padres fans in Austin Wells No, we're not gonna do that but I thought some of you might like them anyways and I felt like I had to address it because I Used to pop pimples in high school. Anyways Let's do Yanks quick because there isn't too much to go back on They basically got no hit through Rasmussen is amazing Brian Baker also amazing Those are the two raised pitchers who touched the mound with extra rest at home field That's kind of what it was supposed to be Yankee fans. Just didn't want it to be Didn't want it to feel like that. I mean you almost wish Cole got knocked around or something so you could be like, oh Cole hasn't been pitching that Well, he recovered to give them a nice start the Yankees bullpen looked really strong It's a one-nothing game And I guess I just want to circle back on the signature play on it because we did get a new video today Not of the play but of a reaction because Yankees internet has been having some fodder whether the Austin Wells play is I shouldn't say horrific. I guess there's two things that are getting misconstrued It's understanding what happened and calling it a terrible play And I do think this is the rare sports argument where both sides are kind of right Understanding what happened if you have no idea the Yanks were getting no hit in a one-nothing playoff game Against drew Rasmussen two outs in the eighth inning and Austin Wells hits a ball down the line Does it hit the line was it inside the line? I mean, it's right there. It's it's as tight as can be Let's see. We've got a replay up on the YouTube See if there's any I see like chalk flies up right like I mean that part Again, we end up not caring about because it's everything that happens afterwards, but Austin Wells literally hits a ball on the line To break up the no hitter. It's a weird corner in Tampa with some extra space out there And Austin Wells can run really well for a catcher and we'll talk about this In the Atlanta Braves game that happened last night. Michael Harris deuce gets to third. There's a wild pitch He scores that ends up being the game-winning run. So There's two things in play here that I laid out. It's it cannot happen. It's For everything else that's in play in that situation Whether it's the Yankees pinch-hitting Giancarlo Stanton whether it's drew Rasmussen who kind of pitches from the stretch normally He's one of those like modern pitchers that does that but you know Do the Yankees pinch run a Jose Caballero who has the most stolen bases? Over the last two years made that stat up. I think it's right maybe in the AL Yeah, I remember last year. He led the AL and he was like really close this year. So made up accurate stat by me And then yeah, do they pinch it Stan do they do anything do the Rays go to the bullpen was Baker up and ready They didn't show us that shot. I know he was ready for the night And Rasmussen was into a hundred pitches that with basically the spirit of everything that is baseball and If you want to go to the nerdy side of things I think Austin Wells going from second to third there if you're a win probability added person. It was like point zero one Probability added trying to get that extra base which ends up getting him thrown out so it cannot happen I think the argument that it's getting misconstrued online is the Understanding how it happened and it's all that other information. It's the fact that Tampa has a weird corner it's the fact that Yankees had not had a hit and It's the fact that this game became very clearly the Yankees were trying to steal a win like the yank Say it one more time. No hits zero hits and not even a lot of Not a lot of robberies Lombard hit one. Well that a couple like well struck balls, but not There was it wasn't the Rays defense getting it done outside of like one No nice Chandler Simpson running in play, but that that was a kind of a bad play by him He said that wasn't a well-hit ball. No, he took like three steps back So yes It's the Yankees were getting absolutely dominated that it felt like it felt like the first moment and What happened is in the postseason where moments are magna magnified? He felt that and It also ties in there are some problems with this the Yankees philosophy and Wells had a quote after the game of like, you know They they made the two throws and it's like well, yeah In playoff baseball you have to assume that Victor Mesa jr Who's out there a talented defender strong arm and Taylor Walls? Who's one of the best defenders in the sport you have to assume they're going to make that play I said it on talking baseball. I forget if I said I'm talking Yanks It was I think my three things I said about that play was one it cannot happen Two I kind of get it and then three it can't happen You need to make them Do that and I again I saw some conjuncture a word on the internet this conjecture on the internet this morning of Yankee fans still debating it and this is all with a It sucks for Austin because again, he has the the only hit they like this the the microscope shouldn't be on him but it does especially with the Yankees recent history of kind of lack of attention to detail whether that's pace running or Defensively going back to the 24 World Series and then for me the icing on the cake and BBD if you can play the video we got the ESPN radio reaction of the Austin Wells play that I think this for me cemented it Because we got Kirk gin and Eduardo in there. I'm not sure the play-by-guy and my cousins That can't happen cannot happen Eddie, this is the big leagues. This is the playoffs as well So there one their dynamic kind of cracks me up, I mean those two guys have known each other for a while I Was laughing because obviously the internet slash Twitter still in shambles, I feel like we're making baby steps, but You know Rays fans were in the replies to that video and if you don't if you didn't see the video I'll try to verbalize a little bit Tim Kirk gin watching it is in shock He literally throws his glasses off of his face in frustration. By the way, this is radio And Tim Kirk gin is not clip farming on us He's just a man who's watched so much baseball and loves the game so much and it was another Realization that you can watch this game Every day every year and you're still gonna find a different moment in a different situation His turn to the play-by-play guy And his first line is the major Major leagues Eduardo says it's the playoffs just multiplying that But yeah, Ray's commenters are like below that saying. Oh, we know who ESPN's rooting for which don't get me wrong I get it Yankees race. There's there's fodder there But Tim Kirk gin is not to the fact that I looked up this morning and I was like Hey, does Tim Kirk gin have a favorite baseball team? and What comes up is he does not because he's an objective journalist It says he grew up growing up in Bethesda, Maryland. He grew up watching the Washington Senators so Senators Yes And I thought I had a DMV area. Yes. He has the accent him and Scott van Pelt used to have a lot of fun with that His hometown team would regularly lose the Baltimore Orioles. So he used to hate the Orioles he said And then yeah I mean it looks like there's a Clip here that who knows what ESPN was doing at the time that says the Rays were Kirk gin's favorite team to cover the past decade so He doesn't if if you believe Tim Kirk gin has a dog in the fight, then I don't know you're out you're out He's rooting for good baseball. He's a sweet little man who loves the sport and we love that Yeah, I I don't know. I guess as far as Yankees Rays wanted to go I kind of want to put the icing icing on the cake with that play because it's over the Yankees play tonight It's cam Schlittler your AL Cy Young winner Obviously a lot of eggs in that basket a historic road season It's like the fifth lowest road era and MLB history So if you believe in that if you believe in the Rays being a light hitting team outside of their top three and a half guys And just the Yankees needing a win and kind of the old standard of what an ace is The Yankees conjecture, although there was an article that came out today that in quotes if we bunt we win written by Tim Kirk gin about the Tampa Bay Rays, so it'll be interesting to see how the small ball gets involved in that Yeah, that's cams one one six era on the road this year. So and Then yeah for the Yanks, they'll see Freddy Peralta So again, if you love a good just corny baseball storyline the two New York aces to start the season Freddy Peralta was the Mets one And he is now on the Rays tough start when he came over finished as the pitcher of the month in September as the Rays try to get a quality start on them and feel Continue to put the pressure on the Yankees who for the first time this postseason the real postseason are gonna be feeling pressure It's gonna be very interesting when that lineup drops Are the Yankees going to make tweaks? Are they going to add right handers to their lineup as an article drops about? Playing defense, you know, the easiest move is taking McMahon out and put a caballero at third which Caballero can hang defensively McMahon has more experience over there. And then if if that's your only right Righty added to the lineup. How much does that really change your team's dynamic? They have Elliot Ramos as well in Carlos Stan, but I don't have a spot for him. So It'll be very interesting has like face Freddy Peralta a lot with some success Yeah, there's I think if I had to guess and this is gonna be proven wrong in the next Two hours or by the time you listen to this, I would guess they're gonna run it back there's been a run it back theme with the Yankees this year and they played one baseball game and I Mean, they literally got no hit so Yeah, I think they would say we did Stack lefties lineup against Boston and it worked against any great who had a good game Yeah Yeah, so We'll see what happens there Today's episode is sponsored by Warby Parker the thing about Warby Parker sport sunglasses is they don't look like sports sunglasses They look like something you'd actually want to wear every day But they're built to stay on hold up when things get moving No slip design lightweight frames and lenses that give you sharper clearer vision when you're active Great for the ballpark the golf course a long walk outside or anything that keeps you moving performance Eyewear that doesn't look the part which is kind of the whole point Eyewear that's made to move with you and right now buy one pair of glasses and get 20% off any additional pairs at Warby Parker.com slash bakers. That's 20% off any additional pairs when you purchase one pair at Warby warbyparker.com slash bakers the other ale Matchup the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland guard dogs. They got the 5 p.m. Draw tough ale central Sometimes sometimes that's how it goes. The White Sox took game one With an impressive bullpen outing and they're gonna do it again. Anthony K is gonna get the start. He's uh, he is look strong thrown hard from the left side They're trying to muddy it up and like we've seen a lot in this postseason and postseasons past when the bullpen day works out It's a torture chamber You don't get in it bad against the same guy and you know If you do get momentum going They're going to that bullpen and they're bringing in a different guy that's got a different matchup and a different look It can also feel really bad when you run out of pitchers. Look at the final Phillies Phillies game It's in Cleveland Gavin Williams is on the bump. I could give him an argument for underrated if you follow the game I don't think you think so because the strikeout numbers are pretty wild and he has a stuff The energy the White Sox have right now is just a ton of fun They're young guys, they know they're gonna strike out but they think they're gonna score runs and they have been so far this postseason Undefeated three, you know, why not? And yeah, they've had some some pitchers break out Hagan Smith and Grant Taylor Grant Taylor had a great year But he's taken that to a new level this postseason Hagan Smith has has turned it on now that yeah They need more efforts like that. It's cool seeing a guy like Jordan Hicks I remember when he first came up with st. Louis and it was like wow, look at this What is this guy gonna be and then they tried making him a starter and that didn't really work and then San Francisco He's in the Devers trade. He goes to Boston and I mean, they're basically done with them But that ends up being like another dump out That he's been amazing this postseason White Sox are fun So is Cleveland when they're right like I'd let's see this play out although I think the stat was Teams that have split the first two in the five-game series are 30 and 19 Like if you're the road team in a five-gamer and you split those guys, too So if you've stolen one of those first two home I believe that was the stat I heard and that was due to the Atlanta Braves But yeah, Chicago already with the leg up and they could they could take a strong advantage in this series or I don't know. I I have this series going five I mean two divisional teams that know each other really well and Again, Tim Kirkjian who just threw his glasses watching Austin Wells round second This this series could be anything I know that doesn't feel like analysis, but could this series be The road teams win the first four games Absolutely, like I don't know. Is there a name for series like that? There's not like a term, right? It hasn't happened a lot. No, but and you could also see I could see Cleveland sweeping out I these two teams are so evenly matched I do think it's just gonna go five and it's gonna end up In a couple pitches in game five back in Cleveland and will that matter for either team? I don't know One of these teams is gonna be in the CS keep having to remind myself that Let's do some National League Baseball because we have some new updates over there because they did play yesterday As I'm sure a lot of you know, and it starts with San Diego, Milwaukee Well, hey I guess if I'm gonna talk Austin Wells The last thing that we were sent away with on Saturday night was Ty France hitting the ceiling. I'll be honest I still don't know I'm still not sure exactly what to do with it. I know. Oh, that's my computer. I know John is working on a breakdown of You know every ball hit at that launch angle with that velocity The other thing is I saw them getting into research on it Max Monson the big storm who helps Jimmy out with gathering some footage As he was early going through some of those videos It was it was interesting because not all of them are like pulled down the line Like there was some that were you know that launch angle that exit below but it was to left center So it didn't really have a chance That there was one. I think it was jock Peterson hits one down the line a couple years ago So again, it's also lefty and it's a different stadium and it's everything that It's brutal it's a brutal break for the San Diego Padres You can't let it define the series. I mean by the rules everyone got everything, right? Like we play in domes. That's part of the rules of the dome It sucks. I mean, it's horrible. I can't imagine if that happened in a Yankee game like the words that he BBD Joe's Jimmy would be Let's say play another game in the trap tonight. Yeah, right buckle up But yeah, it stings there is a there is an asterisk that the Brewers would have had a chance in the bottom of the ninth of that game to and look at what happened in the bottom of ninth of game two So it sucks. You have to wash it I mean tie France commenting on Ryan Cohen's Instagram being like that was a home run. That's a Just what world are we living in? and I I guess credit to San Diego because they didn't let that bother them coming into the next game in fact They are up three to two. They score in the first inning tie France RBI single pretty nice little Go with the ball RBI single which allowed him to have the amazing year he had this year They go up to nothing Again a sloppy defensive game by Milwaukee, which you don't see they had three errors in this game and they had another one that could have been I just didn't get labeled that way that Three was the season high for Milwaukee this year and it kind of could have been for that sloppy, Milwaukee baseball You don't see that a lot Sal Freelick Michael King was cruising Until the fifth inning where it was again if you've seen a lot of baseball games They get my king in the stretch. They get a couple more pitches to hit they put a rally together I think it was three straight hits after not having one That it's a 2-1 game Tie France again in the seventh inning with another RBI single Fernando running the bases electric that it's 3 to 1 Okay, let's get it done with that super San Diego bullpen, although of note they do not go to Adrian more a home who was part of their like special bullpen this year part of the reason we Hold the Padres in such right high regard or high potential is more honed He got hit in the first game that he does not pitch in this game. They go to Yuki Matsui there was a lot of game left, but also you have Mason Miller on full rest, which we'll get to that but They end up scoring on the 7th on a Jake Cronenworth error So I you know some of the best defenders in this sport were on the field in this matchup are on the field in this matchup Especially at second base. I mean to rang and Cronenworth both have errors. It's just I mean jarring jarring Hamilton who's a guy that is out there to always play defense? Yeah, that's two outs that leads to another run which makes it a 3-2 game They go to the bad man Mason Miller for two innings Which I think is important. He ends up throwing 40 pitches In his first inning to rang strikeout Bauer strikeout Contreras fly out lets out a primal yell Kind of wild you don't you don't normally hear yells that good, but I I know the feeling that's one of my missed it Celebrations. Yeah, if you get the audio DVD Contreras pops it up. You heard this frustration from William Contreras Tati's cause of Cronenworth and you heard the scream of Contreras Wild right? That's you just don't you don't hear anyone make that noise a lot It's like a someone dies in a movie screen So they go down that is five pitches five pitches is a 12 pitch first inning by Mason Miller McGill comes out get knocks them down and then Mason Miller comes back in gets Garrett Mitchell reminder Yeah, Tati to the track There's a couple of those the other day Yelich hit one in this game that Jackson Merrill catches and does a nice little wall bump into Garrett Mitchell speaking of he grounds out So one out in the ninth here comes the captain Christian Yelich He ends up walking Mason Miller leaning on his slider hit I would say or I would say Six of his first seven Pitches were sliders to start the inning Including the ball he walks Yelley on so Yelley gets on base You know an older different version of Christian Yelich, but he shows he's still got it. He steals second And it was a nice deal Yelley Yelley has kind of a unique running style his limbs feel long, but he he steals the base nicely You know, he was running earlier in the game and showing on still got it And why I think that is important there are some rumors and my scouting committee of John boy and Trevor Plouffe Jimmy O'Brien Respected There is some belief that if you're behind Mason Miller at second base, you can tell what pitch he's throwing There's a couple things on the internet Again, sometimes freeze frames and images whether it's pitch tipping or if it's you know, sometimes NFL People will get on the NFL quarterbacks and be like look how open that guy is and it's like well Yeah, cuz right out of the frame. There's a cornerback running full tilt that he's through that So, yeah, I see this one Sal Frelick touching his neck Trevor Plouffe sometimes baseball people are cool and smart that like You know, we see teams that are obnoxious with their our Yankees if they think a pitcher is tipping they flail their arms I think there's some theatrics to it The other thing Trev said that was kind of cool is sometimes base runners because you're if you have the tip on the pitcher There's also times you don't want them to know That Trev was like he was trying to figure out if the base runner on second Like when the pitch was when they were getting their lead if they started walking towards the mound He said like, you know when you see a runner take a lead off second base and sometimes they come out wide He's like that's another way you can do it we've heard in the past, you know Whatever foot you have on the base or however many feet so there are sneaky ways to do it You know, one of the screenshots going around was that when when Miller was thrown a slider you could see more of his like undershirt Wrist so who knows Again, literally be anything Jim Jim's digging further into it I would tell you as that inning goes and Sal Frelick works a nice walk Vaughn flies out to center just misses one again a lot of sliders Which which again it is an extremely effective pitch for Mason Miller It's one of the best pitches in the game because one it's a good slider to guys are geared up for 103 Gary Sanchez Pinch hits with two outs El Gary Can you believe it 2-0? Goes to 2-2 He takes a fastball low For ball three and then he takes a slider inside which is where Miller was missing with a lot of his sliders Which then brings up? Jackson to Rio who And he's a guy that Was a big factor in the world baseball classic He's a guy that whenever you talk Brewers baseball and you do like hey, who's the best player on the Brewers? It's probably him Bryce Terang has had an Ascension this year But for how dynamic to Rio can be when he's right and yeah, the one that a lot of this at bat a lot of people are talking about because he He fouls off The fourth pitch is a fastball 103 down and away And he's he's on Fouls it straight back So four fastballs to start strike swinging ball strike swinging foul ball, and then he takes a slider which looks like I was gonna say the pitch of death which either sounds too dramatic or it sounds Harry Potter ish, but like It's an impossible take it's an impossible to strike take After fouling off 103 almost perfectly like he was perfectly on time for 103 down and away 104 it pops up on the screen To take that slider that starts middle and ends up just below the plate And again, this is a Mason Miller who hasn't given up a lot of rallies a Mason Miller Hasn't given up a lot of run a Mason Miller who hasn't given a lot of action face the Brewers every time no but There is a chance that getting a runner to second base or first or third who knows the the full operation of it Could have been very beneficial In them getting that game and then at the same time I mean that that line drive hit by true Rio is right out of Jake Cronenworth's reach that What if he snare if he snares that I'm not saying he should have but I'm just saying in the world of baseball where? Cronenworth gets his feet step. What if he got set a foot to the right accidentally that play We'd be talking about a Padres win Really tough ask this was my toughest series to pick of the postseason or even the fake Postseason before it started as I was like dreaming of matchups Because of the Padres high-end talent because what the Brewers have done this year and what ended up winning me over which sounds pathetic but The Brewers were playing for something more this year like the the Padres season Was getting to the post it not selling at the deadline was the first step then they added then they played amazing baseball They're one of the best teams of the final two months And then once they got to the dance, it was kind of like alright, let's let's be dangerous Let's get to the Dodgers like we can if we can get leads our bullpen can close games and we can win against anyone That was scary to me because it really is high-end talent with San Diego the Brewers less of the high-end Name talent, I suppose although, you know when it comes playoff time like William Contreras. I don't care what his stat page says Cheerio is gonna climb everyone's charts this year terrain has taken a leap Maybe the Padres have a little more name power and maybe it's Miller on the back end but like the Brewers have always been able to pitch and they can go lefty righty out of their bullpen with anyone and For me just the sports mentality that I want to believe in that the Brewers got embarrassed at the party last year they came back they got better and Okay, the whole thing with that franchise and Pat Murphy being a tough guy Them getting better this regular season wasn't going to matter and in fact was gonna be slightly Embarrassing if they got embarrassed in the playoff Like if they did all of this to come to the postseason just to get knocked around and shut out again You question everything you're like, this doesn't work We need a new game plan for them to take these first two games in Milwaukee On a on a ceiling ball Which that doesn't get mentioned in the sport a lot And then however, you'd want to label this final game, I don't know but They'll head to San Diego, which San Diego has been in my opinion the best home field advantage. It'll be Pavetta verse May If there's a weak spot for Milwaukee, it's probably Dustin May And again, it'll be all all hands on deck for San Diego in a five-game set and Pavetta has kind of done What's been asked of him this playoffs? It's been like hey get us Get us three and a half innings. Maybe he can do more than that Maybe he can't and I do think the desperation that San Diego should be playing with along with home field advantage It's tough to picture them getting swept after everything. They've done this year and the roof ball and that final game It will be interesting Milwaukee is a great team and we've kind of respected them in a way but another way we haven't that And if they can get to Pavetta, I don't know I ended up picking the Brewers I'm ending up feeling great about it right now because they're up to nothing I'll tell Padre fans. I don't know if you want this Brewers fans. I don't think you want this I'll root for San Diego because at this point I just want to see good series But Milwaukee, I don't know taking the first two. That's This team is too good at all-around baseball To feel the hope that San Diego would want to hey, it's defend your home field. And then Mike King would be ready for Her game five, but they got a lot of work to do to get there Today's episode is sponsored by booking.com booking. yeah an official travel partner of MLB booking.com makes it easy for every baseball fan to travel and catch a game wherever the team schedule takes them and for me Following my team on the road means exploring a new ballpark Also an entirely new city a steakhouse worth to stop before the game the hotel short walk away from the park So the whole night stays easy That's the kind of road trip that ends up being about more than just the final score booking.com Makes it simple to find the right hotel or vacation home near wherever the schedule is taking you so The trip comes together just as fast as the decision to go Once somewhere gets in your head go on book that trip It's easy the easiest way from where you are to where you want to be booking.com booking. yeah an official travel partner of MLB Major League Baseball trademarks use of permission and then your final series The one that I had the stat again I think it was 30 and 19 or is like 31 and 19 of teams that split the first two games of the five-game series The Atlanta Braves who I The last time I checked in I was dead set on Atlanta throwing Chris sale Because if you pitch him in game two Then you'd have them for game five if you could potentially get to game five against the mighty mighty Dodgers They do not pitch Chris sale They co with now Atlanta postseason hero Ray Kerr is back out there and taking on Otani twice Pitching around Mookie Betts to get to Otani with Ray Kerr now his story is nuts. It was working at a 7-eleven Insane They go bullpen day. They get the early lead Snell does not look sharp. He has five walks and five strikeouts Over what is it? Does he pitch 3.1? Let me get just clicked away Yeah, I'm a big Snell defender and that at three point two one earned run five walks five strikeouts can be a tough walk watch Sometimes Atlanta loaded the bases in the first two outs Mauricio Dubon Infield single and that's obvious one nothing Freddy matches and that's obvious It's a 1-1 game then Michael Harris deuce and this was Again in Austin Wells defense if you still want to do that if you're if you feel the need It's two outs in the top of the fifth and Chris boob itch is pitching for the Dodgers of course Gets Matt Olsen to pop out gets Ozzie Albies to ground out and then Michael Harris to who has been out of his mind This postseason and just a reminder. I don't know what you root for in sports Michael Harris too is one of the true guys. That's like he was a fan of the Atlanta Braves I believe the 21 World Series run he has a bunch of like posts and tweets from him being in the stands and like Like go brave all that not in like a hokey way. Like he's an Atlanta Braves fan who happens to be their center fielder now He goes down Oh to Oh to two outs Chris boob itch who I Was sneaky one of my favorite moves of the trade deadline because it was like wait I mean think about all the teams trying to do pitching chaos right now You could have Chris boob itch come in and pitch two innings why not Oh To foul ball foul ball and then he hits one down the left field line Tay Oscars out there. He's out there for the bat turns into a triple and then wild pitch Michael Harris to scores Gives them the lead a 1-1 game is a 2 to 1 game The game continues on Edwin Diaz comes out some trumpets he has a clean inning although Drake Baldwin hits a ball that might be a 2 for 30 haven't looked into it yet, but the Everyone is holding their breath in Atlanta did he a Fuentes? Who is becoming a star of this postseason at one point was I think the youngest player in baseball this year? Waken Jake people may remember that he was drafted in our all-young guys draft on the right side of history, too Not your team Bailey And Andrew Painter who turned it around I don't have to defend my pictures I will drink Baldwin ball a 1 out of 30, and you know the one I sure do 2 out of 30 last year when they had a replica Yankee Stadium in the league In Steinbrenner again this year Didier Fuentes comes in he looks electric. He can throw a lot of different pit Give me the Atlanta article whether it's now or in the future about what he learned from Reisel Iglesias because it feels like I don't know almost father and son Didier's 21 Reisel's 38, I think Almost four perfect innings his last batter two outs in the ninth It's Max Muncy full count of course he homers so it goes from 3-1 to 3-2 Fuentes on his 47th pitch of the outing they go to Reisel He comes in the Dodgers pinch hit to Paula The other kid in this series who hasn't made an appearance yet They pinch hit him for Tommy Edmund Tommy Edmund has always been a better hitter from the right side That I know what the Braves are doing here, I mean it is what it is I mean this kid is supposed to be the future 21 years old his player comp is your Don Alvarez so in a big moment. They're like well shoot. Let's try him over Tommy Edmund which I don't know if you if you want to be critical of that you could Tommy Edmunds played in this game He's taken a lot of big at-bats. He's had a lot of big moments. You have Mookie Betts on deck They throw the ball out there Reisel ends up getting him he fouls out to third always hate a foul out just Down and in change piece the Atlanta Braves they split in LA They go to Atlanta with a chance If they take care of their home field They could win the series the next game Chris sale verse Yoshinobu Yamamoto buckle up for that that one That's got like historic feels to it. It just really does And then after that it would be Meili verse glass now, so if either team wins two games They'll win the series a little analytics by me sale verse Yamamoto with sales done this year, and he's got a little twinkle in his eye of kind of like if We were to do something special this year, maybe I tip the hat and just keep it moving and and this is how I go Yamamoto just a reminder might just be that guy pal What he did last postseason basically what he's done every time we see him on a mound That is going that's probably the most must-watch game of the postseason so far game three Atlanta in LA Tuesday night sale Yamamoto after that the Tyler's Meili verse glass now Okay, both of them can pitch a little bit, too It's a fun set it. Uh, it is funny seeing some of the Braves depth pieces Rowdy to Les gets a pinch hit at bat. I thought he was coaching on the team not even trying to be rude Didn't know about all that Lane Thomas out in left field a little brewer Hicklin pinch run They're facing the mighty mighty Dodgers Braves have their recipe It has to do with Didier Fuentes. It has to do with rice. Oh and Robert Suarez who deserves a shout-out He was when they were rolling this year the back end of their bullpen was dynamic He's a guy they paid a lot of money. He just came off the IL He comes in first and second nobody out and gets out of it against the Dodgers that yeah between those guys They've got the two lefty Dillon's and whatever the hell Ray Kerr has turned into they can pitch enough that if they get the offense From Michael Harris to and Olsen gets his first hit and Acuna and Baldwin Yeah, they look at Ray Kerr six innings zero and run crazy And yeah, as I've mentioned here, I've mentioned on talking baseball. I'm I'm rooting against the Dodgers just because Would be tough for the CBA I Don't I guess there's a little bit of Yankees. I'd want them to have the last three Pete Yeah that corny probably I'd love for them to not be able to point to that and we spend the whole CBA times talking about that It's lame and I don't know. They've just turned into the Dodgers. So this could be the best chance to get them We'll see if the Braves have it Hopefully Atlanta Atlanta they got kind of screwed in the wild card with those 2 p.m. Games. I Mean nighttime games against the Dodgers. Those are gonna hit just a little differently Time are those games? Let's check 6 p.m. Counts. We got enough cut out of work early now 6 p.m. And then I'll be 930 tip-off, San Diego Milwaukee, so Yeah It makes sense make six is fine six is fine Six is fine Kind of must what maybe we double stream that because I know Ryan Cohen's Padres got some good content, but Yamamoto sale that I'd have to Read a will be just those two. Yes, because the the ales doing every other day. So The central matchup Guardians White Sox and the East matchup Yanks Rays again There will be another off day that'll feel like another whole world of games happened before the Yankees get to the big house in the Bronx and the White Sox get to the house and South side or side. I always mix it up The South siders are the White Sox. Yeah Why do I I always get scared for a second, I don't know what it is, I'm not great at Chicago geography I haven't spent a lot of time there. I just know that they're South it is and that's big facts I Guess I would just know better if they called the Cubs the North siders if both of them were embracing what side they're on I guess Sox South I mentioned I gave myself a mini black eye And I thought people would like that update this update people won't care about as much My main fantasy football league I I'm mad at myself. I Have two tight ends Dallin Kincaid and Tucker Kraft I'd started Tucker Kraft the first few weeks Kincaid played out of his mind. I finally make the swap Kincaid played awful And he had one catch at the end Kraft ends up getting a touchdown. He also should have had another he kind of like stopped himself from catching it Whatever don't need to talk about that And it was looking like I was gonna lose by about ten points fourth quarter of The Lions Panthers game. I'm down about ten points. I got just enough out of Chuba Hubbard Son got Amon Ross St. Brown and kicker Jake Bates That the last I think it was the last play of the game Amon Ross St. Brown on one catch for three yards Allowed me to win my matchup 101.6 to 101.56. So just massive Just massive. I know For those that play we don't care. Nobody cares in a way we all care Because we all have our own situations with that that just honestly So dumb how much that affected my morale? Because my team is two and one but now they're gonna be three and one instead of two and two Like we just went one just from borderline playoff team to leading the league. Maybe I Know you don't care, but I told you about my black eye story The witching hour in football yesterday was unreal Unreal a quad box with literally all four games Having intense potential game winning or game losing action the New York football Giants chefs kiss on entertainment this year The pick six to end it and I'm glad he did I do think we've come too far as a society of like Oh, just catch it and slide down and the game's over either way score a touchdown If like literally anyone was in front of him sure. Yes, but like Good non-issue sick And then yeah, what were the other Patriots Bills came down to the wire Jaguars Bengals came down to the wire Rams Eagles as the Rams steal it Trev's guy nine at the end of the game Cowboys Texans like it was A lot of like crazy catches this week. Yes, and it was really Scott Hanson who does red zone is perfect. Just perfect at it But yeah, that was a that was one of the highlights from yesterday before the baseball. So with all of them a mini black guy baseball football We'll see you back on Wednesday. I should text Bailey Jolly's doing everything We'll be back. We'll talk about sports and life and other stuff. You guys are the best kind of go Yankees. Go your team, too We'll see you Wednesday