Blue Jays vs Yankees: ALDS Showdown with Frank Ammirante
October is here and that brings with it the excitement of falling leaves, pumpkin spice, and postseason baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays are American League East champions after a decade and are competing against the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series (ALDS). Special guest Frank Ammirante discusses the Blue Jays' strengths, their journey (05:18), pitching matchups (10:29), and how the Blue Jays managed to secure a first-round bye. Key players like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Addison Barger, and others are highlighted.
The episode also touches on the Yankees' ups and downs (02:22), managerial strategies (14:57), and potential challenges from other teams like the Seattle Mariners (19:15). The closing discussion includes bold predictions and the significance of postseason for Toronto.
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Welcome into the PSP Universe.
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:It is October.
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:That means it's fall in North
America pumpkin spice season,
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:if you're about that, but fall
also means postseason baseball.
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:The best time of year because
the games come in thick and fast.
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:It's wall to wall stick bowl,
and it's a great place to be.
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:And in the city of Toronto, after a 10
year absence, the team is sitting at the
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:top of the American League East Division.
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:So that earned the Blue Jays of Bye.
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:Through the Wild Card series and
now they face the New York Yankees,
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:the division rival, the Reigning
American League champions in:
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:there'll be much to play for.
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:Let's bring back one of
our friends of the show.
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:He knows Bowl, not just
baseball, but football.
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:I'm sure we'll get into
some pig skin later on, but
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:baseball is at the forefront.
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:So without any further ado, it is
friend of the show, Frank Amir.
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:You can find his work on Roto Baller.
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:You can find his work at Deadspin.
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:In fact, the question you need to
ask is where is this guy not writing?
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:Nowadays, he's writing a.
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:Everywhere and he's all over the universe
of sports and fantasy sports and betting.
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:He helped me to win some fantasy leagues.
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:He'll probably help you to win some
money if you'd like to throw a few
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:shekels on the game, and he's very
knowledgeable on the matches we're
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:gonna be looking at this weekend.
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:So make sure you check him out on the X
slash Twitter at FA double M-I-R-A-N-T-E.
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:TFJ.
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:Let's bring him in.
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:Frank, how you doing?
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:Frank: It's a goal and always a pleasure.
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:Love coming on this show.
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:What an exciting time.
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:Can you believe it's the first
time that the Blue Jays have
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:faced the Yankees in the playoffs?
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:I find that a crazy stat, but it's it's
true, and it should be a hell of a series.
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:I can't wait to dive into it.
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:PSP: Absolutely it is unique because
the Blue Jays will be celebrating a 50th
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:anniversary in a couple years time, and as
you said, they've never faced the Yankees.
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:They actually never faced the
Red Sox in the postseason.
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:So regardless of what happened in
the previous round, there was going
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:to be a first time matchup in a LDS.
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:Frank, you were following the
wildcard chase between the Yankees
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:and the Red Sox pretty closely.
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:As much as I was.
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:you had the Red Sox pushing
past the Yankees as your
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:prediction before the series.
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:How surprised were you to see the
Yankees pull it off in game three
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:after losing in game one on Tuesday?
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:Frank: Yeah, I like the Red Sox
coming in just because, you know, they
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:played, they play good fundamental
baseball, timely hitting good defense,
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:good bullpen, and the Yankees.
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:That's probably their main flaw.
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:Like you look at their
lineup, it's stacked.
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:The pitching looks good on paper.
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:The bullpen is good, but they just make.
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:Mental errors, it made, you
know, bad mistakes in the
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:field, bullpen blown leads.
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:So that's why I was on the Red
Sox and I really was confident
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:that Boston would get it done.
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:you know, they took game one with crochet,
and then late in game two, they had
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:what, first and second I believe with, I
don't know if it was none out or one out.
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:And Raphael, a bunt pop up,
popped up a bunt, and it just
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:from there went downhill.
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:So I was a bit surprised that the
Yankees came back, but I mean.
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:Not too surprised just 'cause like, of
course it's a stack team on paper, but
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:I do think that flaw of their, you know,
their questionable bullpen and their
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:questionable defense and they just seem
to make mistakes at inopportune times
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:will come back to bite the Yankees.
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:PSP: That is a good point you raise.
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:Because when you look at the way that
the World Series ended for them, when
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:they went to the postseason last season,
they took the Dodgers to five games.
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:But in that game five at Yankee
Stadium, they had the lead and it
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:seemed like we were going to see
the series head to LA for game six.
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:And then Aaron Judge takes
his eye off the ball.
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:In the outfield, he drops.
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:What is a fairly routine popup?
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:It hits the ground.
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:The Dodgers get one on on base,
and then there's confusion between
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:Anthony Rizzo and Garrett Cole.
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:So there's another error there.
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:And before you know it, the Dodgers.
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:Get this momentum, which is gifted to them
by the Yankees, and they not only end up
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:turning that deficit into a lead, but they
end up closing out the series in New York.
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:My thing is I don't see the,
the Yankees learning from that.
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:I don't think.
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:There was much effort in spring
training to improve the fundamentals.
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:It definitely hasn't translated
on the field of play this season.
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:There seems to be consistent errors
in defense and also on the base paths.
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:Jazz Chisholm, for example, yeah, I
definitely hear what you're saying
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:when it comes to little things
becoming a big deal later on.
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:And they did keep fairly tight
in the World Card series.
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:There was an era by Ben Rice in Game
three, but they were able to get
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:around that and shut out the Red Sox.
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:The Blue Jays definitely punished them.
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:In the regular season when it came to
defensive miscues and errors on the
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:field of play, they, they actually won
the regular season series eight to five.
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:I have to ask Frank how much of that
plays into this post-season rematch?
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:How much of the sample size and
regular season counts towards the
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:second season of the postseason?
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:Frank: I think if it was non
division rivals, it would mean
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:less, but because these teams
are so familiar with each other.
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:think you have to factor in the season
series a little bit because to that end of
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:the Yankees struggling with fundamentals,
this year's Blue Jays team has really been
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:like the opposite of what we've seen in
previous years when they've been good,
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:where they'd make these mental errors.
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:Similar to the Yankees this year,
the Jays, the defense is great.
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:They come up with timely hitting.
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:They're pesky at the plate.
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:They don't strike out.
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:They have like the
lowest strikeout in MLB.
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:So I think it's a, I think the
Blue Jays are a tough matchup for
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:the Yankees, and honestly, I'm
in my predictions, I'm predicting
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:the Blue Jays to win this series.
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:PSP: Okay.
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:Yeah, it is a five game series, so
we'll get to the prediction shortly.
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:I want to zero in on the series
though, because you made a good point.
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:The, the Blue Jays definitely hang around
a lot more than they have in previous
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:seasons games where the opposition
might get up by one or two runs.
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:Say in 2020.
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:2024, fans might say that's a full on
clusion game over, but not in:
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:The Blue Jays have come back
consistently, 49 times they've.
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:Won a game where they've had to
come from behind at some point
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:during the nine innings or or more.
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:And of those 49, I believe it's 24
or 25, where it's in a multi run
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:deficit that they've had to eat up
on the way to getting a victory.
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:So the resilience is there that
they definitely stay in the fight
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:and as you say, they, they turn
that bats into real battles.
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:Guys like David Schneider,
Addison Barge, they definitely.
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:Hold the pitcher accountable
and they refuse to give in.
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:It'll be interesting to see how the,
the Blue Jays are positioned on Fox
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:'cause this is gonna be a Fox game.
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:And as you know Frank, the Blue Jays
don't get a lot of national games in
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:the US and they don't get any, they
don't get Sunday night baseball.
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:They only really get Apple and Amazon
if they're lucky, but no Fox, no TBS.
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:So they're gonna get a whole new audience
of people that are gonna say, oh wow.
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:I haven't seen these guys before.
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:I haven't seen any Clement.
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:I haven't seen Addison Bajo, David
Schneider, who are some guys who
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:have stepped up in 2025 for the
Blue Jays that our audience should
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:be looking out for in the A LDS.
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:Frank: Well, you mentioned a couple great
ones like Barger hitting the ball so hard.
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:Clement's such a pesky hitter, putting
the ball and play a good defense.
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:You know, the common audience
knows about Anthony Santander.
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:I think he, he could be.
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:Like he could just be somewhat
of an X factor if you could
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:find that power stroke.
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:But of course you gotta,
you know, anticipate.
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:Like a adapting period after
such a long layoff for Santander.
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:But maybe to the question
you're asking of an unknown.
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:How about Nathan Lucas?
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:What a surprise he is.
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:Been like He's been, everyone knows Vlad.
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:Everyone knows Var show.
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:Everyone knows Springer Lucas has been one
of those key role players who just comes
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:up with timely hits, plays good defense.
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:I've, frankly, I'm like, was quite
surprised with the year that he had.
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:He is been such a nice.
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:Complimentary piece and he just
fits the identity of the team.
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:And you know, David Schneider has been
that that plate discipline has been great.
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:He just gets on base so frequently.
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:It's, these are key, you know, under
the radar pieces in your lineup that
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:allows you to make these comebacks.
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:Taking that walk, making that timely hit.
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:that's why I think the Blue Jays will
be well suited in this series against,
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:you know, a Yankees team that lives
and dies by the home run pretty much.
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:PSP: That is a good point about
the power, as you say, there is a,
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:a contrast between the two teams.
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:The Yankees have definitely got
power throughout the lineup.
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:Judge Stanton, Bellinger, jazz Chisholm,
even the, the catchers, Ben Rice,
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:Austin Wells, everyone chases the long
ball, but the Blue Jays definitely
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:find their runs in different ways.
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:They.
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:It can be through power hitting.
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:It can also be through moving the
carousel with smaller ball and
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:just being savvy with, with base
running and things like that.
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:I will note that the, the blue Jays
definitely, they definitely need
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:the runs when it comes to winning.
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:They have a exemplary record when
they score five or six runs or more.
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:They've, I believe they've
only lost a once when they
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:scored . Six runs or more in 2025.
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:So when the Blue Jays tack runs, , they
definitely jump on the opponents.
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:Now, one thing Yankees can
point to is the rotation.
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:They did lose Garrett Cole
in spring training, but they
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:were able to acquire max free.
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:From free agency, Louis
Hill came back from injury.
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:They also have uncovered a talent
in Cam SLR who was thrown into the
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:fire in game three against Boston,
and he was able to shut them out
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:with eight innings and 12 strikeouts.
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:, He really put, put his name up
in lights in the Bronx there.
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:Legendary performance
against the big rival.
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:Where do you see the pitching light?
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:Because you touched on the bullpens
being a bit iffy definitely for the
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:Yankees, and some might say for the Blue
Jays in certain spots, but how do you
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:see the pitching matchups in the A LDS
when the Yankees face the Blue Jays?
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:Frank: This is what was so huge for the
Blue Jays about securing that first round.
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:By, by winning the ales is now
they, you know, they get to set up
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:their rotation and now game one.
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:Kevin Gosman and the Yankees are for,
forced to go with Luis Hill Now he'll,
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:you know, he has some upside, but he
only pitched 57 innings this year.
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:Coming off injuries.
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:Got significant control issues.
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:Walk rate over 13%.
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:So the Blue Jays really have a
big edge on the mound in game one.
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:And given the pesky nature of their at
bats, how they're able to extend that
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:bats, foul pitches off, take walks,
you know, would it shock you to see a
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:really short outing from heel force, the
Yankees to use up their bullpen even more?
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:And then that just trickles
down throughout the series.
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:Like, you know, you may have a, a
reliever who's overworked that could
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:not pitch to form in one of the games.
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:Like, these are things that
I think matter and that that.
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:The first round buy will
play a major impact.
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:You know, the Blue Jays rotation could
match up well with these Yankees.
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:We got Gosman game one.
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:We could have Bieber, know, sure
there's hit or miss, but you could
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:combine them with Lauer and, and
a sort of piggyback kind of start.
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:But I think the first
round buy is gonna be huge.
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:Game one is huge.
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:The Blue Jays need to take game one
with Gossman on the mound with such
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:a significant edge over Luis Hill.
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:PSP: Yeah, for sure.
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:And not only in terms of the series,
but also in terms of the recent
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:postseason history of the Jays, they.
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:They've avoided the wild card this
time, which is great for their purposes.
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:But the last time out they did
lose in straight sets to Minnesota
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:and the previous year they went
out , in a sweep by Seattle.
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:And that was a game where they had
a big lead in game in the dome.
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:And then there was a collision
of George Springer boba shit, and
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:things went downhill from there.
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:That may have transformed the franchise.
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:Anyway.
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:It's definitely important for
the team to, to win a postseason
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:game just to calm some nerves.
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:I think in the stands, I, I do get the
feeling that some, there will be stress
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:if the Blue Jays go down one, nothing.
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:I also think that.
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:These are two very passionate fan
bases, so you have to hold surf whether
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:you are in the dome up in Toronto
or in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium.
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:You don't wanna lose at home because it's
gonna be so hard to get outta that hole.
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:And it's only five games.
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:You don't, there's not a
lot of room to move with the
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:Pitchings pitchers, as you say.
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:So.
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:For the Blue Jays to be able to reset
their rotation and go with who they
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:prefer as opposed to who's available.
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:That could be a, low key
difference in this series.
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:So definitely want to watch there.
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:Frank: Yeah, definitely.
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:And.
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:Of course it, it really sucks that Bob
Beche, I mean, he's, it, I, the latest
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:report says Bo is it's coming down to
the wire, whether he is on the A LDS
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:roster, but the fact that it's, you
know, this close to where you have to
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:announce, it tells me that Bob Beche
will probably be unavailable, and
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:that's obviously a huge loss, but.
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:I think that's outweighed by the
fact that, like you said, the
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:Blue Jays got to set the rotation.
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:Bieber's been excellent for them as well.
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:So, and Gossman down the stretch
has been absolutely fantastic.
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:And then you add in home field advantage
in the best of five series with the
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:Yankees just finishing a three game series
where they have to use up their bullpen,
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:but that gives the Blue Jays the edge in
my eyes, especially with how they've had
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:success against these Yankees this season.
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:PSP: I think there's also a
hat tip that needs to go to
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:the manager, John Schneider.
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:He's probably gone through.
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:The ringer.
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:In previous years, a number of people
have questioned whether he was the
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:right guy to lead this franchise
forward, but it seems like he's
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:making really solid in game decisions.
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:I think you only need to look at Game 1
62 last Sunday at the Dome against Tampa.
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:He really nailed it in terms of.
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:Went to hold and went to fold
making moves for the offense and
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:for the pitching staff there.
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:And , it's put them in this position.
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:Both teams are coming into this series
with an identical record, but the
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:blue Jay won the tiebreaker because.
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:They nominated at home.
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:They, they, they swept the Yankees in July
from memory and, and they also took a few
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:games in June when New York came off here.
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:So that'll surely be
confidence boost for this team.
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:On the other hand, Aaron Boone being
in the biggest market in North America,
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:he has the pressure on every game.
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:Every decision is magnified.
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:You only need to look at Game one of
the World Series when he not only took
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:out Garrett Cole a bit earlier than
anticipated, but he did put in Nesta
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:Cortez to try and close out the game.
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:And that ended up in a walk off
for the Dodgers and the Yankees
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:never recovered from that.
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:So in-game decisions will be
so important going forward.
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:Who do you think has edge in
terms of, the dugout, Frank?
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:Frank: Well, firstly, I do wanna touch
on one thing you said about the home
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:record and yeah, that's a huge thing.
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:Look how dominant the Blue Jays
have been at home this year.
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:Their offense has been better.
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:I'm pretty sure they have one of
the best home records , in MLB.
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:And you know, one thing I wanna
say, speaking of in-game management
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:is I hope that the Blue Jays have
learned from their previous two
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:series with their picture decisions.
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:I don't wanna see strategy where
they're preemptively deciding to pull
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:a picture no matter how they look.
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:At a certain point in the game, for
example, that loss against the twins
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:two years ago, was it two now or three
time flies, where Jose Barrios was
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:pitching the game of his life and they
just took him out because, you know,
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:they didn't want him to face the twins
the third time through the order.
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:I don't wanna see that.
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:I want, I hope they've learned
from that and that they, you know.
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:a plan, but then adjust
it based on what they see.
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:Maybe, you know, Gossman splitter
looks better than usual, it's
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:getting more whiffs, so you
leave them longer than you think.
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:Things like that.
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:I don't want a strategy that's set
in stone in terms of who I think
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:has the edge, in game management.
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:You know, I agree with you that
Schneider's improved, and I know
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:Boone has been criticized often,
most recently, you know, with
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:taking out Max free pretty early.
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:But given that the Yankees went
to the World Series last year, you
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:know, Boone is more experienced.
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:have to give them the edge there, despite
the criticism Boone has faced lately.
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:It's just about the track
record in that regard.
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:But to sum it up, love the home field
advantage given how the Blue Jays have
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:played particularly on offense there.
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:that the strategy, you know, has
changed compared to previous seasons,
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:but still, you know, the Yankees have a
bit of edge with manager, I would say.
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:PSP: Okay.
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:Yeah, that's fair.
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:And I will say that tho those series
that the Blue Jays played in at Home
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:to Seattle and away to Minnesota, I do
think things were different back then.
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:It seemed like a team that was
trying to get into the playoffs.
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:Frank: agreed.
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:PSP: After they extended Vladimir
Guerrero to his $500 million contract,
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:which kicks in next year, the talk
is trying to win a World series.
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:We're trying to win a World Series.
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:Everything is geared to a World
Series, and it seems like the
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:words being matched by the actions.
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:So you would like to think that
Schneider gets a little bit more
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:leeway, intense decisions as opposed
to a game plan that's been pre-planned.
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:Otherwise the city might burn down.
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:But anyway this series is gonna be tight.
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:It's gonna be close, it's gonna
be one that we're gonna be talking
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:about in the years to come.
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:It's gonna be memorable.
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:It's a great thing that
baseball is reaching the crest.
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:I love this time of year.
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:Frank, if I told you that the winner
of this series is going to win the
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:American League, what would you say?
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:Frank: I would say it's quite possible,
but I wouldn't go that far because I think
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:the Seattle Mariners are a major problem.
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:Like you look at that lineup
up and down so much Power.
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:Cal Rally, Julio Rodriguez, Eno Suarez.
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:You look at that rotations.
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:Stacked with ACEs, Brian Woo,
Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, even
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:Luis Castile's, a dependable bet.
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:You look at that bullpen, Andres
Munoz at the back end of it.
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:I mean, all the pieces in place.
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:They're very dangerous, I would say.
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:And so despite the fact that I think,
you know, the Mariners, Yankees
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:and Blue Jays are clearly outta
the tigers, if the Tigers somehow
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:shock the Mariners, I would agree.
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:It's just that I think Seattle is just
very good and I, I don't think we should.
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:Tread light.
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:I, I don't think we should
count them out to by any means.
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:PSP: I won't count them out,
Frank, but I will say that.
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:If we live in a world where the Seattle
Mariners win against Detroit, which seems
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:plausible, if they get the Blue Jays,
there's gonna be a lot of people driving
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:down from Vancouver, and if they get the
Yankees, they're gonna have to fly across
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:country and deal with that cauldron.
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:That is Yankee Stadium.
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:Are we sure that the
Mariners can hold up against.
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:Either of the two teams that are
playing at the dome this weekend.
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:Frank: That's a fair point for sure.
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:But my counter to that would be
the Mariners, you know, knocked off
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:the mar blue Jays as recently as
a couple years ago, and you know.
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:They have like, they have the power
to match the Yankees, they have
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:the pitching to match both teams.
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:You know, their bullpen, I would say is
better than both the Yankees and Jays.
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:yeah, they, I right now, 'cause I was
going bold with saying the Red Sox
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:could maybe get to the World Series.
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:That was way off.
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:regrettably will have to say
that my pick to get to the World
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:Series right now is the Mariners.
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:PSP: Well, we'll have some
fun with this 'cause I'm gonna
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:go with the bold prediction.
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:I won't give you a
prediction for the series.
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:You've given us a prediction
for the series, so I'll go a
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:little bit further down the line.
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:Get ready.
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:The winner of the American League
Division series between the New
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:York Yankees and the Toronto Blue
Jays will win the:
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:There you go.
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:I, I just think that we, we know
the National League is strong.
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:It is a bit of a royal rumble out there
with the Phillies going up against LA
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:and the brewers and the Cubs going at it.
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:I do wonder who has the homefield
advantage there, by the way, I think
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:the Cubs are gonna take over Milwaukee,
but there is something about the way the
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:Blue Jays have gone about this season.
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:Again, when they inked Vlad Guerrero Jr.
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:To that big contract,
there was ambition and.
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:If they can get to the championship
series, like you said before, then
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:Bobette comes back into the pitch.
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:Remember, this team has not
played with all of Guerrero,
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:sho, Bette, Santander, Kirk,
offspring , regular everyday starters.
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:They have not played with all of them.
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:Once this season, someone has
been out or injured at some point.
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lineup, keeping in mind that they've
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:won 92 games with an incomplete
lineup, I think this team will be very
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:hard to stop now if the Yankees win.
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:Obviously they have the pedigree.
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:Having been to the World Series
in the previous season, I do
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:I think there, there are still flaws that
we've talked about in terms of defense and
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:how they conduct themselves in the base
pass and just making plays using baseball
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:IQ sometimes, but the inclusions that
they have with Gold Schmidt Bellinger.
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:That definitely adds some starch.
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:Replacing the likes of Rizzo
and Juan Soto, I think that does
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:And also with the bat, we'll see
how the, the pitching arms go, but
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:if they get close to a sniff of the
World Series, yeah, there'll be a
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:definite redemption story there.
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:So that's my thing with
the prediction for.
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:The World Series for the four Classic.
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:You can fight me, you can argue with
the world if you like, but that's a fun
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:Frank: You are not scared of the
Dodgers, like this year's Dodgers team.
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:I know like in the season that.
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:You know, they had their ups and downs,
but now if they're pitching, you know,
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:like Tani and form on the mound as well.
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:Blake Snell's back, he was dominant
in his first postseason, star.
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:Yamamoto had a huge year.
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:They still have Tyler Glass, like
they're pretty scary, I gotta say.
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:They.
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:PSP: They are scary with the rotation.
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:Absolutely.
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:They have five, they have six on,
if you count rookie Sasaki who
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:may be pitching on the bullpen.
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:But my question is, who's
gonna be closing the games?
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:Is it gonna be Blake
training all the time?
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:Are they gonna trust him?
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:Are they gonna trust someone else?
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:I feel like that's a question that's been
bubbling under the surface the whole time.
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:But because of their offense and the
way that they deal with opponents, it
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:hasn't really become a question, but.
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:You know how it is in October when it
starts to cool down a little bit, the
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:bullpens become a bit more magnified.
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:And I have questions about the Dodge's
bullpen, although you could ask the same
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:question about the Phillies bullpen,
who's, who's gonna close to them?
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:'cause I rather suspended, . So
the doctors are very, very strong,
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:but it's so hard to repeat.
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:And if the starters can hold up.
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:They might get back there, they might
just get back there, but who in your
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:opinion, would you trust coming outta
the bull end for them to close out games?
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:Frank: one quick thing
that you, which I get.
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:'cause he was acquired at the deadline.
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:But with the Phillies, don't
forget about Joanne Duran.
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:They're closer now.
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:He's a stud.
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:PSP: Ah, yes.
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:Frank: That's okay though.
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:But,
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:PSP: Duran Duran.
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:Can't forget him.
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:Yeah.
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:Good call.
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:Good call.
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:Frank: should be interesting.
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:Should be a great series.
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:The MLB playoffs are
just awesome to watch.
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:Can't wait for tomorrow to get it started.
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:PSP: it all gets started.
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:Well, we get have a, we have
a game starting at two, so
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:that's gonna win the appetite.
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:And then for us in Canada and in the
state of New York, it's four o'clock.
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:Four o'clock we get, we get
some action at the dome.
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:It's gonna be rocking 42,000 fans.
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:It'll be loud.
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:Hopefully the roof is open.
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:The weather's gonna be nice.
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:the ball might be flying
around a little bit.
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:And we'll see.
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:If we go to five games, we'll be
back at the dome next Friday night.
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:But there's gonna be a few twists in
the tail every pitch, every swing.
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:It's gonna be a lot to take in.
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:And I'll say this, stay hydrated
and get some sleep where you can.
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:But if you have to lose sleep on
some nights, I totally get it.
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:'cause in the walkout shoes, I'll
staying up late watching some games
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:we'll see how we'd go with Sundays.
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:You gotta plan for Sundays
with football season.
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:Frank,
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:Frank: Yeah, because I love, you
know, I'm a football nut and you
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:know, I'm watching it and doing
fantasy content, betting content.
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:I like the commanders.
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:I'll probably, yeah,
I'll be watching both.
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:The beauty of like and baseball, trying
to watch both at the same time is because
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:obviously there's the stoppages, it's
easier to do than, let's say a hockey game
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:or a basketball game with one of those.
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:'cause you know, it's more free flowing.
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:So I'll just be watching
both at the same time.
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:PSP: There we go.
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:Yeah, Sunday afternoon is booked.
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:If you wanna find me, you're gonna
have to contact me during a commercial
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:break or in between innings and, yeah.
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:Otherwise, get to me before one o'clock.
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:But before we get to Sunday, we do have
games on Saturday, and before we get to
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:Saturday, we need to find out where we
can find your work, Frank, so we can get
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:really dialed into some of these matches.
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:So Frank, tell us where
can we find your work?
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:Frank: You could find my work
at Roto Baller Fantasy Pros.
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:You know, I have some work
at the game day still.
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:Lots of betting and fantasy content.
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:Pro football network lineups.com.
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:There's a lot of sites.
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:It's all on my Twitter, bio fm or
anti TFJ that you introduced earlier.
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:And always a answering, you know,
fantasy questions on there, posting
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:pics interacting with the audience.
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:But yeah, that's where
you could find my work.
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:And go Blue Jays.
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:PSP: It's good for the city, honestly.
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:It really is a city that has been
relatively starved of postseason success,
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:to be honest and definitely starved of.
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:Baseball success.
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:So it'll be great to see the Blue Jays
go on a run seeing them win the di.
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:The division was special seeing the way
that fans on Brev Boulevard and on Front
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:Street were celebrating those just genuine
happiness and you sometimes you need that.
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:It's something special in cities that
haven't seen successful in a while.
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:It's really.
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:So who, if they can go all
the way to the World Series.
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:Yeah, may police is gonna have
to sit down for a few days.
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:This is gonna be a baseball town.
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:This is gonna be a baseball town.
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:October is a baseball, and by the
way, I stand with Ben McDonald.
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:I know he got flamed.
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:He's the ESPN and MASN announcer.
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:They tried, they asked him about
the opening night of NHL and he
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:said, yeah, I'm not watching.
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:And at the time I get, he is an
ESPN employee probably should be
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:pumping up their assets, but he's
also a former MOB pitcher, so.
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:I get it.
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:He's an October baseball enthusiast
like us, so Sorry, hockey.
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:Sorry, basketball.
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:Frank: I gotta say though, I was watching
that game when it happened, and then I was
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:like, in my, it didn't really bother me,
but in my head I'm like, wow, he is really
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:going hard because he just like, he meant
like he's not watching a second all year.
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:Like he was just ripping it.
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:It wasn't like, it wasn't a thing
where that announcer was oh,
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:it's October, it's baseball time.
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:I'm not watching hockey.
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:I think he was, he was really
emphasizing to the point like.
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:He doesn't even watch hockey at
all, so he is just ripping it.
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:So I get the criticism, but
obviously get what you're saying.
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:Hopefully we don't turn onto our, you
know, local airwaves and hear about
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:discussion of the Leaf's fourth line or
the third pairing during a Blue Jays run.
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:That's what I'm hoping.
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:PSP: Frank, let's be real man.
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:I mean, the Blue Jays were in a
divisional run in the past week or two.
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:I was still hearing about.
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:Some third line of coming
outta camp or whatever.
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:Instead of, the Blue Jays and Yankees
are neck and neck for the division.
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:That's what it should be.
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:That is a headline.
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:I don't care what Austin
Matthews had for lunch.
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:I don't care.
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:I definitely don't care about what
Mitch Min's vacated points look like
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:because guess what, it's October.
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:It's baseball, it's
Toronto, blue Jay City.
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:Get it.
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:Frank: Yeah.
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:PSP: And on that note, this has
been another episode of PSP.
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