The Cardinals Really Lost To… The Rockies?! Contreras Return On Horizon?

The Cardinals Really Lost To… The Rockies?! Contreras Return On Horizon?

did you get any sound ready to go uh for the Cardinals I was actually pulling that up as we speak now but you’re going to pull up this B sound and they’re not going to have all the goodies on it yeah now hold on now let me I’ll be honest with you go ahead so things happen because we turn it around quickly MH okay and uh I show I up Brendon I don’t even know if you saw what I was trying to drive at okay but uh we so so Sunny gray did not Pitch well and in a trend where he’s been okay but not good okay not good he’s got a 546 RA in his last six starts what’s what’s his over what’s his over what’s his yeah it’s a bad Trend what’s his what’s his overall he been trending okay let me finish he actually says it it’s a bad Trend that he’s on but what’s his he I mean so far this year overall he’s been okay not 3.21 okay that’s my point but he’s trending badly so scream all you want Cole the Point Remains the Same got him you selfish bastard so last night the frustration came out oh yeah because like there’s a start like I’ve had enough after five I think he’s pitching through something that he won’t say I think there’s not injured but there’s something he’s dealing with that I I haven’t found out it’s just my sense no one’s confirmed that but I think he’s pitching through something so last night I mean there was a stretch where he struck out four straight and looked good yeah and there are other there’s walk walk you know wild pitch it’s just not F Inn was it’s kind of like what you’re not expecting from Sunny gray so anyway he’s waiting cuz he’s a professional he’s waiting for all the media answer the questions the best he can but you could see that he’s that he’s ticked at himself so I when he so he starts and he drops an s bomb and it was I was blank I pitched like blank blank and then he said and it’s a trend it’s a trend going the wrong way like that’s your quote so I text a producer at bal’s and I said hey sbom warning I actually made sure that the the card that it’s recorded on stay with me until I put the warning out there to the producer and I text it now go feed it and I said bleep the word don’t cut it out because that sound bite that part of the quote tells the exact story of Sunny gry in the game and I I’m not there to watch it I’m still in the clubhouse but I went back when I was home and looked at the the clip and they edited just past oh no yeah I don’t know why is this EJ no okay okay it’s Troy cuz I like EJ EJ likes you if I mean if he knew who you were yeah um if he remembers that chance encounter just bleep the SW word it was the headline sound yes so if we get CHP for that chirp us but I’ll throw everyone under the bus cuz I have the receipts I told them I told them seen the receipts because there are times like there are times like I love Lance Lyn but he drops a lot of a lot of e and there are times it’s going to be hard to bleep at all them so you you found you find a bite where it’s okay and it it passes along the same sentiment but in this case the sunny gray sound you wanted that in there because again sometimes two sentences tell a whole story and his reaction I think did yeah it did and uh if you want the the good stuff Cole you just come to me i’ I’ve got it you know I’m just saying but can he bleep it out yeah and I actually bleeped it out myself right all right give send it I’ve got to find that version I was going to say give me like two seconds I’ll do it he’ll do it but I didn’t know where to send him the where to send him it’s not on the it’s not on the it isn’t on the sheet and I did I did kind of covert text him right now like 10 minutes ago say hey got this for you just give me an email to send it to and I now let me ask you back when uh when you saw the B didn’t put that in you’re like right no it wasn’t that no it wasn’t I I actually kind of figured it could end up going that way just because sometimes it’s easier it shouldn’t have I I just think because you’re turning it around so quickly like literally literally we we send it and then it’s on the air and every once in a while something happens that in hindsight prob shouldn’t have been handled that way in my opinion now maybe maybe there was a boss who said we’re not running it but we’ve bleeped stuff before yeah so I don’t know tells the story Cole Cole was really Cole had to uh do you think he was uh going light on on Sunny gray at the beginning when he was telling that story that is that why you kind of yeah I and I this happened like five minutes ago at this point but I thought you said he was trending okay and I’m like no he’s been Trend I said he he’s been okay he’s trending bad I mean if you look at the overall numbers and plus like Sunny gray isn’t a guy that you expected to go eight Innings every time no and if actually I was looking at it last uh from last season he actually went longer later in the season which I was surprised where you see a couple of sevens in there but this year he hasn’t been going deep he’s had good stuff but the last few haven’t been good and last night was peculiar and he seemed frustrated by it yeah he did I mean he certainly did he seemed had a loss for it too he’s usually very willing to say what’s going on and what’s going through his mind anyway when it comes to pitching and last night I can’t count the number of times that his answer was just like I don’t know that was the that was the answer to his question four or five times and I was going to ask him have you been through it before but he answered that he has been through it before right and he basically said that he just focused on getting ahead and counts and that that was the interesting part right because he said he feels like if anything was to be diagnosed it’s the notion of maybe playing on the edges a little bit too much early in counts and he’d rather just go toward the middle and I don’t know if that’s a conversation that happens with the catchers to say like this is maybe the game plan that I would prefer because he needs to get ahead to be able to use his whole arsenal to put guys away and when he’s pitching from behind I think it becomes a bit of a mental block and so if he’s trying to be too fine on the edges he gets into those hitters counts and then he’s trying to work from behind and that doesn’t really suit his game very well so I wonder if like it was interesting because at first he said I don’t know I I can’t explain what’s going on and then as he was asked more questions it’s almost like he was thinking through it out loud and said maybe that’s a thing that you know I the last time this sort of happened to me what maybe brings me out of it is I I kind of get back to the basics and I need to be willing to work the middle a little bit more get ahead and then be able to kind of pick and choose where you throw those next pitches to put guys away he said that before that his approach to a lot of his pitches is try to land it in the middle of the strike zone which is interesting which is which but he has said that before meaning he’s not really trying to nibble on the corners and his stuff when he’s right has good movement and he does throw a lot of strikes last night was not one of those and the stuff is is good enough I think that if you’re like if you’re trying to throw to the middle it’s not a mistake pitch right but if you can get to that two- strike count that’s when he’s able to expand the zone and I think he becomes lethal because he’s got five pitches that are are going to be able to be thrown for if not strikes they’re going to look like strikes when when they come out of his hand and here’s another thing he said that I really liked cuz you got to admire him like he stands on business like of any picture they’ll say that’s the guy who goes over every detail and it’s methodical about his preparation and he was asked well I mean there was a stretch where you struck out four straight and he’s like who cares that’s not my job my job is to stay on on the mound I like it keep running like accountable here we go I mean I pitch like it’s a trend trending in the in a wrong direction so got to come in and um come up with a plan moving forward and um get back on track son you mentioned last time about not being synced up is that still an issue or was it something different if I if I knew I’d tell you all right so not a whole lot of words there interesting somebody said Jimmy sounds uh like he’s a he’s broadcasting from a cave Jimmy sound okay my throat I thought so I’m right here maybe cuz you’re turning in your head again yeah that he’s got Brendon on one side down microphone on other side we’re down a microphone so I’m kind put him up a little bit so we could because this microphone doing so good for months years at the beginning I remember listening back and I couldn’t hear we got a producer back there we got Charlie to my left because Nate was back there and Jimmy always had to look back correct ow all right we’re going to try this live on the air Brandon try mic 5 just to see if it’s work you want me to try a different microphone I will try this one hello how are we doing today everybody I’m talking into this microphone Cole’s looking at me nobody’s giving me any feedback now talk M four and so when I switch to this microphone do you tell difference I don’t know that’s good except for when you touch that one it has a little static it’s a little tiny I thought this mic didn’t work that well no that you sound good to me I don’t know what’s going on here this is this the g spot finder said is a mic checks live is good radio the G-Spot finder the mic checks were not on the sheet though I no this [ __ ] I keep staring at this we can’t talk about mic check I can’t I keep staring at this I emailed that I’m emailed that to you at like noon yesterday you should have known at at noon yesterday yeah yeah I just I don’t really look at my email that much it’s the one thing I don’t look at I didn’t expect you to oh man oh I I did it just in case so I think that’s a legitimate thing like I get a lot of emails and you can get lost in there if you want me text me yeah I know I I don’t understand the email communication back just text me what happens at work all you see the email not not really why oh there it is okay I’m just Spam spam I got to like delete all them thousands and thousands thousands of unread emails for me it’s bad but I think with work stuff people maybe feel compelled to not bother you unless it’s like urgent and so maybe that’s the way to it’s like inoffensive to email somebody but if you are inundated with all these texts you’re like uh at least you know I have it I prefer text text me inoffensive it doesn’t bother me it doesn’t bother me when people text it Nei it doesn’t honestly matter when either I’ll just I’ll look at it when I look at it but to go back to uh to the Cardinals game so it’s the Rockies yeah and the Rockies have a really really bad Bullpen so the Cardinals did enough to come back it was kind of a sloppy game all it was it was kind of like they schocked it up a little but the Cardinals did enough and they’ve won a lot of close games like you think if it’s a close game the Cardinals have the advantage and then it came down to that last stepb gold Schmid gets a hit yep their Bullpen and the knife had had an erra of of eight this guy was this guy’s the the the final pitcher had a decent erra no the last guy Kinley was like an 83 guy before him was Jaylen beaks was a lefty though so they they took him out thank you by the way bud black three- hour game and we’re changing pictures with one out to go saw your I saw your no one wants to hear the media playing the game no no one wants to hear you can’t hang around for 3 minutes of a commercial break no one wants to hear them media complain that it’s too hot too cold I acknowledged that it was just tongue and gave you time to eat more free food okay I didn’t eat anything as we talked about I’m watching my weight he’s losing weight more free drinks water free water see it was free water but they get the match up at the end of the game goldi comes through hadn’t been great this season comes through gets a base hit man on here comes the guy who had six home runs on the road trip 10 home runs since May 10th Gorman and he’s got the right matchup he’s got a righty on the mound and this guy has been locked in yeah he’s had some strikeouts cuz he’s a power guy but he’s been much better with that pitch selection has been the key and he peed down his leg it was an awful of did it was an awful that was for you yeah he kind ofes more frustrating that Gorman at bat or Donovan staring down three strikes the other day stop that’s brutal Donan to me yeah that was at least Gman tried he did but that’s the matchup you want yeah yeah you have like the fish on the line all you got to do is reel them in and they win that game it’s really like the Cardinals kind of they’re they’re kind of I I don’t want to say they’re over the ledge because I think right now I think I think they’re at a point where they’re probably not going to be awful and there’s a chance to be okay they just got to take those steps forward should put that on a t-shirt don’t don’t you think I look I’m not saying a chance to be okay I’m not saying you’re selling TI on the but it’s true and it’s a long way from where they were earlier this season yes but you got to beat the teams you got to beat them that are not good and you got to beat the teams that you have set up to beat them late which you know you’ve done pretty good in close games yeah two out of four against this Rockies team would be an abject failure and they’re they they’ve lost the first one so you got to win the rest of them against the Rockies or you didn’t do your job against this team because at some point you do have to as much as I agree with you they’re not I don’t think going to be terrible this year you have to build on a record to get above 500 at some point and this was the stretch to do it you weathered the storm on the road trip I mean the Phillies are one of the best teams in baseball I know the Astros record but they’ve been playing better and they’ve got a lot of guys over there so to weather the storm on that road trip go four and five I’m not saying you throw a parade for that but it was like okay you did what you had to do there to set up this homeand where you maybe win five out of seven and then you lose the first game with sunny on the mound you you had eight hits six walks and you scored two runs and you can’t it can’t happen I mean the biggest problem this season has been risp right Runners and and they were doing better and now they’ve kind of backslid that’s it’s interesting it’s a big problem but like for a while oie marmal would not characterize it that way he was Bas his point was basically look we are having approach problem overall and so with risp it’s going to be the case as well but I would say as a team they’ve kind of come out of it overall where they’re taking better at bats but still with risp now that’s a more glaring issue because it’s sort of the the Bugaboo if you’re able to get eight hits in a game and your working counts to be able to to walk six times you’re doing something right but to not be able to come through on very many of those they had base runners on the entire night and they scored twice and sometimes if you’re hitting two three homers in a game which they have you don’t look at the risp right because yeah that’s fair and if you’re not hitting homers then suddenly the risp is the glaring well Matt Carpenter kind of hit Homer but then that guy was that guy I got to give him a shout out Michel tolia to say his name to he took it to the G is Sil yeah baby and I didn’t think he had it at first no he had it I thought he had it he caught it it was awesome and then he kind of hid that he had it for like a split second right I thought he I thought he was playing like I don’t have it but he did have it that was a great catch damn good cat you don’t see that kind of catch in that part of of the stadium you know what I mean right field Corner that’s a tough kind of angle to get to a lot of like there there’s nothing better than bringing a homer back it’s fun to watch I don’t care what side of the that’s going to be too for the player one of the most exciting things you can do in game besides let be honest most of those catches or balls it might not have even gotten out this he had this he had to time going on an angle yeah it’s a tough and go back and actually pull it back that was a brilliant catch yeah and it was two two three feet over the wall I mean it was a it was a home run that was legit what’s your take Cole what are you thinking Cole what’s on your mind I think this is a portion of the schedule where you have to collect a lot of wins because we’re starting to do the allstar talk and once we get to the all-star break that’s where we start to talk about it that’s where we start to form whether or not you’re going to be a buyer or a seller or you’re going to do a little bit of both and be Arbitrage at the deadline so the Allstar Weekend is coming sooner than you think and you got a lot of opponents that are beatable here in this stretch with Colorado Pittsburgh Cubs who are kind of trying to figure out who they are they they blew a game against the Reds last night in the Marlins you definitely should be beating up on them so I agree with Brendan like I I never require anybody to sweep anybody especially not in a Four game series but I I I did not expect Bush Jaden to be where five game losing streaks go to die like that that was a game you should have won for sure and I am concerned about Sunny gray because it has been a trend he had a 89 RA in his first six starts and a 5.46 ra in his last six starts so for just as much time as he was one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball he now has an equal amount of time where he has been miles michelet dang it I was thinking that that was going to be the way you characterized it and then I thought that’d be kind of mean but maybe do it you’re right that is mean to Miles Michaels he’s been a little bit better than that it’s like I telepath I was like I’m I might jump in and say miles Michael is here but Cole might do it himself and then you did I didn’t plan that either that was nice so you and I both thought that on the Fly oh my word by the way though miles Michael is seven of his last eight has been quality start or what I would consider better because two of those starts were five and 2/3 with two runs five innings one run which is not technically quality starts has been coming down it came down like a about it comes down slowly because he never has a scoreless outing he’s always going to give up that solo shot he’s always going to leave a a slider right dead center middle of the plate once a game prob you give up last last five starts what do you think uh opponents are hitting hitting against miles Michels last five starts 200 I mean I don’t know he’s been good2 212 you know what they’re hitting against this fast ball probably probably not very much at all 111 I was going to say because when he gives it up it’s always an and here’s the key first first pitch strikes in that 77% League average The League average is like I think below 60 that’s what he does when he’s at his best so he’s getting ahead and counts you’re right though he’s always going to give up the solo Homer and that’s one of the reasons why they they got him out the other day is cuz he’s in a hit you a problem with that did you I I at the time I did oh really I did interesting but then as as it was explained to me miles was on board with it was look the pitch counts low but he’s seen a lot of hitters and when it goes as we saw cuz he gave a back toback homers it goes quickly right our bullpens rested we got the the three-step you know situ I call the trium I call the the three-step three-step program that’s and so they and so they had that ready so they were like we’re doing it and Ali told me if that didn’t work out that #f fire Ali thing would have been flying all over Twitter he knew he he knew that don’t but it was the right call but and so the funny thing is cuz I had the uh miles on pregame yesterday so and I asked Ally about it I saw this and he said so I might have mentioned on the air so Alli goes to get him and I thought miles was mad yeah because it took him a while to get out of the trainers room and you know pitches don’t like getting lifted after 62 pitches not when they’re cruising yeah so apparently uh Ali came to get the ball and Miles said I perfectly understand what you’re doing but you’re going to have to explain this to my mother and he said that his bomb sometimes doesn’t watch the whole game but always goes right to the box score yeah and mil said if she doesn’t see a 100 pitches she calls him and says you should have done more that is awesome and I believe it % because this past spring when miles was throwing a Sim game or whatever you’d call it on the live BP on the back fields I was standing next to a woman who was talking and saying this and that and there was a there was a hit that someone had hit to the a batted ball someone hit to the Outfield but of course with ibp there are no fielders and it’s not it’s all simulated and she turns and goes we’d have caught that one right and I was like and like I didn’t know who she was and so I I was like yeah I mean maybe I don’t know and I was thinking no probably not but then as the conversation continues oh well that’s my son I’m like okay makes sense so she’s like that’s an out right yeah that one would have been and so I can I can see his mom kind of being locked in like that because she was she was for live BP so I’m sure for a regular season game that she would Cole hat like that sounds like bobblehead don’t need to care about his mom that’s bobblehead that’s Brandon Ryan bobblehead night that’s that’s one incarna bobblehead Knight you know what you’re the thing is like people love Brandon Ryan you don’t know that cuz you’re a pirates guy and you’re a trans people love Brendan Ryan I enjoy some Brendan Ryan everyone does except Cole well some coal I was not aware of the time that you got to meet him while you did that that changes things a little bit if you get to meet Brendon Ryan all right God Trio is so negative on here like send in something one thing that’s positive Trio let’s see I I’ll run through want to do that today they can’t do it can’t do it the people that can’t do it can’t do it tell never with him and if we’re not talking baseball or something he’s gets really really [ __ ] he’s like no accountability Jimmy all I’m hearing is excuses I don’t know what that means I when they say that I don’t know what that means four four out of five is pathetic glad you guys are rocky fans this is how this is how some gray is worthless wa is this the guy that that’s got change that is this the guy that tweets me what who is this yeah he tweets me this guy is like just the most sour sour thing no one no one’s rooting for the Rockies no one’s making excuses we did just have a a discussion about Michael is being better since Mother’s Day 3.72 ER by the way pretty good pretty good he’s trending Sunny gray trending in the opposite direction not good not not an excuse I I don’t know why people get so mad and Trio listen I get it you’re a bodybuilder and you’re a martial arts expert I get it well at least be clever you know what I mean like wombat it’s wombat’s negative but he’s funny with a little bit of juice to it right he chimed in the thing that I was going to say when you mentioned everyone loves Brendan Ryan I was going to say well maybe not Chris Carpenter and that’s what wombat ref ago which Cole doesn’t know about and and makes more belove he forgot his glove and then Chris Carpenter chewed his ass out in the Dugout cuz he’s a hard ass you’re just from here I’m not you’d like that story if you were around when it happened Chris kind of seems like a guy who’s not cool he hey here’s something about Manny sangan you’re a pirates fan get out of here he actually just got into the Pirates Hall of Fame I don’t care got my favorite picture get a bobblehead Aus Chapman yeah Paul Paul did you see my boy I think we’ll see Paul SK next week yeah I think he’s going the game are you which day is it do we know have they lined up their schedule yet the P technically have not even released today’s starter to my knowledge so they’re like they’re behind but I mapped it out assuming they do because they have one guy who’s injured so they have to fill in a gap and that’s why everything’s TBD okay there’s a lot of pressure on them let’s be honest they the Pirates and after once they do that Paul SK should be pitching Tuesday at the earliest so if he pitches Wednesday that means Jared Jones is on Tuesday which means you got to face two bad Bo the cardal lose that series to be honest with you if they have to face those two they very well could lose did you see who the pirat just beaten the series the Dodgers no uh-huh wow they um we kind of they teed off during the SK game are you going to be decked out in Pirates gear do you have a SK uni yet you got to get one dude that’s that’s our guy right there baby that’s our guy our guy does uh does Livy travel for the road games what’s going to be theore there I don’t think can’t get her into St Louis huh you know what we we’ll see honey we’re going to St Louis you want to come yeah I’m all right I don’t know if Livy Dunn necessarily has a goal of seeing 30 ballparks like we all did as kids I still would like to yeah are you going to be decked out in Pirates gear though of course he will decked out oh yeah everything I mean I’m going to a pirates game you are you one of those guys who says you know grown-ups can’t wear a jersey or what’s your no okay uh I understand that why you feel a little bit weird wearing the jersey of somebody who you are older than if you’re older and you’re younger than I think the idea is like you’re supposed to look up to athletes that’s why kids are they want they want to play like athletes they want to go out there on weekends for their little league games and play like the big Leaguers so I get it if you’re an adult I understand the sentiment that some adults have of like I’m I’m I’m past that point in my life but yeah if you want to wear a jersey I I also think it’s just cool fashion and appropriate fashion a ball game Jud you for it yes C do the Pirates have bobblehead nights and stuff we do do you like those I want that SK bobblehead I have no idea they make do do pirate bobblehead head nights make you angry like they do 2024 bobblehead nights at PNC Park I’ve got it up right here on my laptop screen if they have a Clint barmas bobblehead night I will do they have a Spanky lav we’ve got an Andrew McCutchen City connect that’s coming up here pretty soon God the Astro City connect was and then there’s a there’s a whiz those pajamas those are the only two those are terrible Wiz KH ah yeah they play up the yinzer themed bobblehead first 20,000 fans take home a bobblehead featuring Pittsburgh’s their own Whiz Khalifa that’s coming up on Saturday July 20 Pittsburgh has Whiz Khalifa and they had MC Miller That’s they don’t have him now though no they he passed away didn’t he passed away that is what happened okay 27 Club yep yeah 20 27 too damn overdose is that okay that they have bobbleheads there yeah if they’re if they’re current players or actual Legends like I said Andrew McCutchen counts as both of those he actually actually although he he doesn’t matter if they have a Rowdy tles bobblehead Knight no one’s showing up to that game he is Public Enemy what about Pedro Alvarez Cardinal killer H he was killed him killed him killed him he was an Allstar even so he was a semi bust he he had a brief moment in time my thing is you wouldn’t care if they had like a guy who was popular but played there a few years it just makes angry for the Cardinals cuz you’re a hater he is kind of a hater by the way though speaking of hating and Jim saying well they’re not going to be terrible they are a half game up on last place again suddenly like it’s not the the Reds by the way I think like if you had to I don’t know what the odds would be but I think right now if you had to pick kind of a dark horse to win the division I’d still think Cincinnati they’ve won five in a row and if they figure it out with some of their young players they’ve got a lot of talent they got a lot of talent and you don’t think so of the Cardinal agree with Brenan on this one the cardal today if you look at the NL Central standings and go by run differential there are four teams that are all just right next to so basically everybody but the Brewers are all right next to each other the reds are positive now the Reds have a really good run differential and the Cardinals have a terrible run differential minus 46 yeah a lot of people put stock in run differential we it’s not even Flag Day yet that’s why but here but here’s the thing they they got to win that last game of the road trip in Houston okay so they’re four and five and people are like that’s not terrible it’s four and five hey they lost that game they’re not four and five no so my point is every win and loss now seems to be sort of a a narrative changer for the Cardinals and what I want to see and you pointed this out you’re playing the Rockies you should beat the Rockies got to win three you got to get to 500 and then you got to make a move if there’s a move in there because you’re in the NL Central being in the NL Central means never having to say you’re sorry because you can lose a lot of games and still be in the hunt it’s an opportunity that I don’t want them to waste do we undersell the Brewers though when we have that conversation because I don’t believe that the Brewers are going to maintain it listen I didn’t believe in him last year but then they sort of did it and I don’t believe in him this year but they are 10 games up on 500 like they’re now granted they’re coming on a little bit of a skid right now they don’t they’re also just less talented they are they are but they keep doing it okay I know that they may have done it last year get away with it I know but they also don’t have Corbin Burns they don’t have Devin Williams they don’t have from last year three allari right now their pitching staff isn’t good and it’s not like their offense is going to blow you away right now they’re getting they’re playing well as a team and they’re winning a lot of games I just don’t think based on their talent it’s sustainable I think we’re going to see a the six best year seismic shift in the central maybe a team like the Reds will jump up maybe it could be the Cardinals my point is I think the Cardinals have the talent to be at least near the top of the central they just got to start winning games you can’t lose a game like last night yeah I agree with that that was kind of like a sloppy game that was the ugliest loss of the Year actually to me it was ugly a lot ugly and lo and behold all of a sudden you’re you’re down just one with a chance to win and you didn’t all right I actually you brought up something at the beginning of that about the Astros game that you won and I want to bring up something and Brendan you know I know that you patrolled the Twitter streets too so you you let me know if you you’ve beenen what I se okay do Carinos fans think they’re the only team who gets bad balls and Strikes calls every now and again I mean honestly everyone’s complaining about that yesterday that Astro you won that Astros game in part because of a blown strike three call that should have been called and then you scored two runs out of that I mean my goodness Cardinal fans you guys are not the only people you guys are not the only team that catches a bad ball or strike call every now and again I think they’re the only team that complains about it though smooth brain what because you’re focusing on Cardinal fans you’re going to see those complaints if you focus on every team in baseball fans will say the same thing and they’re all wrong Cardinal fans don’t think they’re the only ones that get bad balls or strike calls every team has fans that believe that every team human a is part not wrong that’s why he’s a smooth human eror is part of the game I saw your beer last weekend in Winghaven you see that text Theo want to try that it was like a smooth smoothie ale or something so was it like a fruit mixture flavor it really was kind of like almost with the foam on the top almost smoothie consistency yeah I had some it was like a beer tasting like a competition and so you you would try each beer and and rate it you drinking like thisw bad takes right off the bat my takes were still good my my takes were still as I’m giv you one anyway sorry yeah there it is I don’t Fair that’s only the second of the hour he does it to himself I have a with it but if he’s doing it on behalf of somebody else track I’d like when Cole gets rled up and I was like what is he talking about now and a that was such a Jerry rig tape like don’t you understand that if you monitor the Twitter of every everybody’s [ __ ] everyone watch Marlin’s Twitter watch white I still like it Cole I still like it Marlin’s twit and White Sox Twitter are complaining about something else the white sock is complaining that they lost 14 in a row everybody has a bad run I guess you go up against Tanner H you should expect that they probably did this boring ass team is going to hover over 500 hover around 500 all year and we’ll likely add another old starter at the deadline going to be a brutal season we need college football now smooth brain bring in the stats this morning you’ll get college football in the 9:00 hour at the sheet there’s a whole sheet of paper here with itat I’m sending you the sheet cam gear this conversation away from this boring ass team get back to your sweet spot natural disasters national anthem talk we finally get the cat we the cat decides to show up for work today I’m here on a Friday and and they don’t want to hear the baseball talk oh it’s funny dude that hurts a little let’s see what trio saying no that’s the text line you can say whatever you want Cole is not from here but Cardinal talk is that’s the staple it is good or bad I don’t of course I know that Cardinals talk is a staple why why did you preface that with’s not from here as if I wouldn’t you’re not because you’re seeming more transplan today he came in with an attitude he did come in it’s always when I’m here I’m telling you it’s consistent wait a minute it’s been consistent since January he had his hoodie on he didn’t show it didn’t say hi he skul he skul then he came in and threw the paper at us threw a paper threw 90 seconds before the show began yesterday was in a good mood he probably shows up at 6:30 every other day of the week no no no no he don’t do that but yeah that’s right it’s you I’m just saying it’s you transplanted we’ve been on the air for 45 minutes and I have done 30 seconds where I sounded like a transplant talking about the Umpire trans news here’s a good take lot of trans news I don’t have it ready pretty good that fantastic here’s a good hockey take for you when it’s hockey season are Blues fans the only fan when their team is on the power play they yell shoot Sho yell at him Cole yell at the fans I already did oh let’s see here the only good thing is when I guess that’s a positive thing he hits and he hits and he hits and credit to ollie for you can’t put that guy any lower than six watch if there’s a day you want Brendan Donovan bet and lead off that’s fine I think he’s going to come around to be a productive hitter for the Cardinals long term but you cannot Mason win eth anymore he’s got to be up higher in the lineup on the days he doesn’t lead off he’s a lot of trans news is coold right there baby yeah credit to can we say credit to the cat because he was consistent coming into the season that he was in on Mason win having a big year I said we’re only allowed to talk about his o’ takes because we can remember see the thing is you can remember the good ones and the bad ones and then you can talk about he FL for that too he took but and said I would trade him oh I agreed with that but I but I said too I you know think he’ll be able to come around this year I didn’t even Envision and the cat can answer for that once he’s done with his coughing pit whether he envisioned a 300 batting average for win and like little pop to where the Ops is getting toward 800 I mean that’s that’s next level actually because he had a little pop in the miners and he’s trying he’s actually like a real disciplined hitter he’s great with two strikes one of the best in baseball unbelievable but he can drive the he’s getting a little bigger but here’s a here’s a here’s a fail that I had that fail since the Rockies are in town I wanted to I made a mental note to make sure I claim this but Dak is on that team yes he is k h was a guy and he’s terrible thank you Cole I was bringing that up just so I could say that thank you for jumping in you got you got me a little bit excited when you brought up a terrible player oh man I was wrong about Dakota Hudson I thought once he got through his his surgery he just never got it back he came back and and he was good in the minors he’s an example of like when Tommy John most of the time we just kind of assume that a guy’s going to be fine and and he’s an example of I think he lost the zip on his pitches after Tommy John and I don’t know that he ever really found it back he lost like two miles an hour fast but we usually Tommy John happens and we just kind of mentally catalog like yeah he’ll come back and the guy will be fine and I think that is an example in the modern day where he maybe how big is how big is win how much do you think he weighs Mason win yeah what do you think cat according to his baseball he said in January that he was trying to play at a little higher weight so that when he loses natural weight throughout the season he gets down to 180 185 instead of down to 165 170 he’s 180 so he’s 180 I think he’s at least 180 listed at 18 I think he’s I believe that he’s 185 of his life he did put on some a little muscle during the off season so he has a little more pop but he also said my job is to get on face but you see this I think this guy he will admit it if you push him he thinks he’s going to be like the 1520 homework I think he certainly could be too but what impresses me about him is the bat control to be able to guide those swings down the right field line Fair how many times has he done that where he just kind of sticks the Bat Out hits a a liner soft liner into the right field corner or down the right field first base line I mean it’s been really impressive his swing just seems so natural and fluid like he’s so comfortable he’s a good athlete man have to rearrange his body to hit a low like he crushes low balls but he can catch up with the high ones stop coughing I can’t we got to get that you leave the room to do it I was kidding come on he gets a lot of steps in he’s smooth but I mean you think about it here here’s a guy who’s still a kid and he’s like the top guy second in all of talking in the microphone there in two in uh in Jimmy what I’m talking these things he likes to he likes to include everyone I try to look at someone when I’m talking Works harder than anybody get real close so I can hear him two strikes with two strikes uhhuh he’s like the best hitter in baseball with two he’s like the Top Line Drive hitter in all of baseball this might it just goes out what is going on I think you got to talk into it I turned him down okay that’s actually that time that’s actually pretty funny that was good I did that one time I didn’t do time cuz that was the time I really Hur I’m like uhoh and he’s made a lot of Errors lately like we he’s got 10 errors weird but I think everyone looks at him and realizes probably a gold Glover at some point I think so with the arm and the the range that he brings Trio won’t like it no no he don’t like anything you can project that though but 10 er is 10 errors is more than arado has at this point no Trio’s the one that said the only good thing is win then he goes I want dit to start firing people for this season didn’t he say that under 500 wasn’t good enough for the town or fan base yet the media keeps accepting the jering of the bar the what the lower the lowering of the bars that’s what they meant no no it’s it’s lowering but I had a little no I had a little thing that was stuck on there and it looked like piece OFW little piece of chew that you spit out oh my gosh what is going on on Kate’s computer it’s always the media’s fault for accepting 500 but because because of Trio were there he would have started a knife fight he would have shot somebody yeah we have to people don’t realize but we have to talk about the team or write about the team every single day and we could get in that energy and just be hateful all the time but you’re not going to get very far you have to just kind of analyze it for what it is sometimes like for example last night you should have said to Sunny gray shut it down well you shut it down I did I did ask him about the wild pitches and he that was the I don’t know that ended the Press confence ended the scrum you know it’s funny because he didn’t want to you ended the scrum that was you that was I’m going to go find it so no I left by then unless he has it the B the B they were out so I think that to be honest I think that ended it when I left but so I I just wanted to get it on the air so I know you’re not CR but I’m trying to tell you the thought process okay so I get stuff I’m like all right we got enough I want to get this on the air and then as I was walking away it seemed like abruptly ended and that was your question like one question after last I don’t know after Lynn’s question which inspired the who cares about four strikeouts I was there for that the last yeah so then I walked away and I was like wow they wrapped that up quick was you that ended it happens sometimes how did you see the wild pitches playing out there and did it contribute at all to kind of the inning speeding up on you do you feel I don’t know that was it whoops lat it’s not it’s not a just when I when I left that Sunny was like that’s he was ready to be done talking right so it’s fine but I but the reason I asked about it damn good question the reason I ask about it is because and I love the guy but ion Herrera has I mean that’s starting to become a glaring issue his ability to control the running game the first wild pitch I thought was all on Sunny that was just it was awful the second one is kind of like e kind of want to block that but there are two stolen bases in the inning as well Avon Herrera has the lowest caught stealing percentage in baseball of any catcher that has at least 20 opportunities this year and he’s three he’s 3 for 39 with an 077 if you were an 077 batter people are going oh boy that’s tough so he’s thrown three guys out 36 have stolen off of him and it’s it’s I mean it’s been kind of a thing but I think teams are starting to get wise to where they say if we’re on first base and we’ve got anybody with a modom of speed we’re going to test him when the sched next those guys run I did not uh I did not get this in the game last night but it was in pregame cuz I think it’s an important update so yeah I think the Cardinals catching situ I like Herrera I think he’s a good bat he’s young I think he’ll get better but they could use something well Wilson conteras who has a fractured forearm is going to get Imaging today and if it’s clean then he’s going to start he’s cleared to swing the bat and start coming back he told me I’m playing catch I’m doing everything the hitting is the last thing he feels like he’s going to be back before the All-Star break which I don’t think anyone thought was possible I don’t agree that nobody thought it was possible I thought when it happened yeah when it happened I thought fractured forearm yeah I thought he was out for a long time well he said the night of after getting the Imaging and remember that was the one where they instantly came back they didn’t say he’s in some discomfort they said he broke his arm like it was instantaneous with the the report from the Cardinals that night and so in the clubhouse he’s saying you know I I think weeks six to8 weeks is what they’re saying to me I know what I know what he said know and it usually never translates that often translate that way except he was he’s already been swinging the bat I think but six weeks would have been late June and and like I I don’t know that he gets it’s O we need to go on to the next topic on the calm down with your damn paper I think I how how much of a let’s say it goes well today how much of a ramp up do you think he needs I certainly think before the All-Star break is not only plausible but likely at this point right but and I think when people first saw the fracture that was maybe the line horrific I know he was upbeat after but then the other thing is with an injury like this so he said he wants to start taking BP I don’t know I think they ramped that in slowly he had a fractured forarm and so and he’s been swinging the bat I’m saying little front action I think he’s sooner than later I agree but you never know what the doctor say in terms of making sure everything’s healed properly before they let him start stressing the form hope he’s not on the Tommy Edmond plan that’s all I know what’s going over there what’s going on over there Cole we took a call that was that was something so what he goes hey I got a question for cam I said cool what’s your name he goes why why is the blues mascot that damn bear and I just hung up oh geez Louise is that hockey Bob no no wa he I don’t know who it was he didn’t give me his nameedit to hocky weird I know that we we get weird calls man we also have a unique setup that Cole is answering the phones while he’s on the show and it’s on the air but as someone who’s called in to be a guest and was hung up on well oh that’s right I think maybe we should treat that wasn’t Matt holiday maybe we should treat that’s right maybe we should treat our callers better I kind of agree with would you have been interested in hearing that call no but you hung up on me he did you hung up on you didn’t say you hung up on me you were rude Phil in houon no you’re Philadelphia big is going to talk about you know his recovery with cancer andu stuff like on let he let him sit for like an hour it’s trending in the wrong direction just hung up on I he was so mad you got angry he called me he called Kate he called every he called Kate yes it’s like bitching about you to everybody well that’s a shame he’s really gonna poor guy yeah Big Al is gonna ruin my career because he’s got media personality in his Twitter bio whatever a guy recovering from illness and I’m sorry he’s one of our top fans he’s been a long time mixture in this town not you’re a trans I know you’re new here that’s fine and that’s good been around a while that’s good news he’s a Wy veteran that’s good news for this charity for this town big because get something out of it either that’s perfectly fine and he’s more charitable than I he is more charitable than I and I’m glad that he’s recovering and I mean that sincerely all I’m saying is it does not need to be a 10-minute story and I’m not exaggerating when I say 10 minutes I saw how long it went on the audio file he really is a hater if your dad had hugged you one time different guy today where is your dad had hugged you one time today one time you need a hug the vocal when you were a kid in your for in your formative years two minutes 2 minutes is a long time if you’re monologuing 2 minutes is a long time when we have depends on what you’re doing a million voices on the show and occasionally drops occasionally not but you hear that a million voices on the 10 minutes and I’m not even blaming Big Al for that that much I’m blaming the guy who had the chance to say all right Big Al thank you yeah cam I’m just saying 10 minutes I I don’t want him on for 10 minutes but I just wait you once in a while just let him do his thing you know what I mean like if we had anything going on he’s going to support us 100% And I’m glad he does just letting you know he’s got to take care of those guys man yes he always comes back around doesn’t you give him a show I didn’t get we we don’t give him a show he didn’t call him that trust me he ain’t up this early unless he stays up so you’re having an angry Friday you are angry a million voices what is going on with you oh that’s another shot at you I see right through it no oh man that was I’m worried about you a little bit it’s a good take you’re worried about your weight so much I mean I just there’s a lot going on 18 starving himself damn boy the vocal fans are the worst they worry complain and criticize things like wins and losses and how the team is playing that is not for any fan to be a part of because no amount of whining complaining nor criticizing by any or all fans will ever change the status quo so it’s basically a big waste of their time and energy which is totally useless who do you think wrote that hockey Bob here’s what I need from you oh had hockey Bob cuz I thought it was sarcasm at first but then it was he’s hitting that bom wasy Bob I need I need you to inform me as to just how blind you are so I can figure out if I need to use you for Uber rides or not in the future so I can figure out just how mean to be to you text nobody is safe not one person is safe today from his R what is going on with him hold on that was good hold on Cole Cole was that good this an intervention man oh come on man what’s going on oh man we’re having fun three of us are having fun we’re having fun that was theatrical that was theatrical he was bringing out the history onics there you go I’ll tell you that it was it was I was having fun oh man oh man I’m sick of hearing it I’m jumping on this cons uh constant negative choo choo train as well screw you Brendan screw you you 10 speed rid a-hole blocking the damn road screw you Obama screw you Taxas screw you Ukraine screw you Bob that works at aut Zone and pineapple belongs on pizza pizza wallt right there baby I’m giving it to him got to give it to him there it is he don’t mess around he gave me a Brendan with an oen there what are you riding a bike or no I think that was a separate person I was just the first person that was phenomenal and then a little Obama action a little Ukraine action he’s mad at everyone today screw you Ukraine and while we’re at it put you know what put people in the drama club in that too yeah speaking of which by the way uh cam he does a great job reading the text but he missed my Kono and I thought it was pretty funny what’s up morning sorry to bring it up early in the show but I was driving in I could swear I heard the Beloved missus simp drama boys say that after working the game last night he had to do some Street walking keep your head high Brendan I’m sure things will pick up for you broadcast and print journalism are getting really lucrative these days because I said I needed to get my my steps in I thought that was pretty funny you one those night walkers when I got home I was atale prostitute no I simply had to walk the street Fallon to get my steps in that’s all it was walking into my car after the game didn’t get me to 10,000 I got to get to 10K in order to you know reach my goals that’s all

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