TRANSCRIPT: Ep. 8: Cubs v. Brewers Preview, Yelich HR streak, 6 Errors, Weight of Gold(schmidt), Universal DH

Text Transcript for Ep. 8

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Woah to. Welcome to the new best rivalry in baseball. All right. Welcome back. Baseball fan specifically cubs and brewers fans. It’s the ninety miles podcast. We are coming at you on Wednesday, April third we are prepping for the big series this weekend. I am here. I am Jesse. Ryan. Are you with us? Yeah. I’m here. Are you excited to be here? Yeah. Yeah. Really excited. Boy. It sounds like you’re not so excited. The cubs have well, we’ll get into that. Anyway. So few things we want to talk about in the episode. We’re going to do a little bit of a week one review that’ll be fun. Especially for Bruce fans across the board. You know, we’re going to get into what the series this weekend means to we’ve been ramping up the entire spring to get ready for this weekend. Cub brewers Miller park ninety miles podcasts Ray rarely bus, right. North wrong. They’re gonna take the bus right up from from Wrigley ninety miles up the highway gonna drive through the parking lots probably eat too, many brats and be fat and slow for the first game. Which is perfect. Yeah. We’ve got. They might be flying in from Atlanta, actually, most likely, but well, you know, whatever. Okay details. Yeah. Yeah. Are you gonna complain about the schedule in the opening? I didn’t expect that. Well, no, it’s okay. That’s okay. That’s. Yeah. It’s been it’s been quite a week. We want to cover a few things there’s been some historical significance to the week. So in the seventh inning stretch, we’re gonna cover some things related to one specific brewers outfielder. I think you’ve got a couple of things you wanted to relate about the lovable losers. Is that correct? Yeah. Yeah. Got a couple of things to say. Okay. Well, we can all tell Ryan’s really excited about this episode. You know, the one that we’ve been pumping up for I don’t know eight weeks. Now, he’s throwing you here. I am. I’m kind of excited. I you know, like I mentioned before just because they’ve been struggling early here. They’re not gonna continue to struggle, and I would be a little concerned because you know, they’re maybe they got a lot out of their system. And now they’re gonna come in. And and so you’d be concerned as a cubs fan is what you’re saying. I’d be concerned for the brewers. With the cubs coming in ready to to you know, already have gotten that all out of their system and ready to to actually playing some major league baseball for the first time this year. Other than game one. I guess but. You mean, you haven’t been looking at, you know, listening to the radio and just saying Rizzo. What are you doing like that blonde girl that’s all over the? Okay. It’s a little early. It’s a little early. Let’s get through what we’re gonna cover today. And then we’ll get into that fun stuff. Another thing in the NL central breakdown today. I think we wanna touch on holy Goldschmidt right now. Yeah. Not scary at all he really handled the brewers in one game. Yes. In that. Yeah. Suppose. Let’s just jump into it. Why don’t we? Okay. We kinda told you what we’re gonna cover. Let’s get into the week run week the. Yeah. Easy for you to say. Yeah. One review practice that. Of course, I won’t have to say it again till next year. But that’s okay. Well, let’s start off with some cubs chatter because I’ve rather I’d rather are cubs fans listeners at least get to hear you vent a little bit before they hear me do what I’m gonna do. Okay. A little bit started. I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m actually going to put I am going to put a little positive spin on it. You know, some of us along longtime cubs fans, you know, back in the day lovable losers day game. Like like the six air game being shut down by Lanta. You know would have been like, well, that’s you know, we come to expect from our Cubbies. It was it was in the. It was in the static for you actually kind of. Yeah. I will I will put the causes spin on the way that it was kinda style. Gic? I you know, it it’s it’s super early has been very few games. Played the team is way more talented than what they’ve shown, you know. I think I think of anything I I’ve kind of said before the seasons are my one area concerned a little bit was the bullpen.

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And that’s certainly been true that in that’s remains concerning. This starters will turn it around lesser lesser had a nicer, in fact, that’s I think he’s a great one to be going today. They had an off day yesterday full reset and then last going out today. So see if that can can turn turn things around the offense. The offense actually hasn’t been terrible at hasn’t been that bad. And you know, the the six airs, you know, their fielding. I mean, that’s a that’s an anomaly. That’s just bizarre thing. I mean Rizzo to to make two heirs and one play is just you know, that would say is. Yeah, did is gold glove get rusty or something that was that was the more amusing things I’ve seen in a while. I don’t think I’ve seen a first baseman from six feet away from the pitcher throw it into the dugout before. Yeah. It was a that led to one of the things that’s going to be all over the internet all year between cubs and Bruce fans that that blonde fan in the stands just screaming Rizzo. What are you doing and burying her face in her hands? It was like poetry and motion. If you’re a brew fan it was. Yeah. It was. Okay. I’m not gonna pile that was that was a crazy that was crazy sequence. Yeah. It it just there is nothing about the talent of this team that you know, any of these things are typical other than a little concern with with the bullpen. But okay. Are you ready for a hot take? Let’s do one hot take. We’ve never done one before is Joel Madden on the hot seat already. No, okay. I don’t think so either. But no, I have a little hot take fun. I mean, it’s been a dramatic week. It has been you know, I mean as far as that. I mean, I don’t think there’s anything mad and could’ve done. I mean, it was more execution players that that was the issue. I mean, I you know, and he has the bullpen. He has you know. And if they if I don’t think he put anyone out there and the wrong time or in the wrong way. Or I mean, you know, he he only has a pieces he has to work with. And you know, it’s it’s just what it is so far. But yeah, I’m I’m I’m hopeful. I don’t see this as being something that’s going to continue. There’s just no way some of these these things, and I it was painful as frustrating. But then again. It’s like, you know, it’s not that different than than like, I said went back in the day. We’ve seen that before. I it’s just the difference today is is I think it’s extremely unlikely to continue in entire season. I mean, there’s no way I’m putting. Anywhere near the bottom of the division or anything like that. So no. But it was a it was a glorious glorious week of baseball. Hey, it was. I mean, if it had gone the other way, I would be getting a lot of grief for me right now. You’re right. No. I absolutely. I it was a it was something beautiful watch into watch the the Twitter agony. You know from cubs fans and they’ve gotten a lot quieter, which is very unusual for our our brethren from ninety miles south for that to happen. So it’s been kind of a glorious week if you’re brewer fan. Yeah. Well, I think that’s where I’m going to be you know, I can give it a little positive spin in that now since it’s not the norm. And we we’ve talked about progression. And regression to the mean, while we know the mean for the cubs as far as performance in an almost every aspect is not what we saw. So the can. They can only go up from there. Well, I would expect them to win at least seventy games. I think that’s oh probable. Well, everybody wins. Sixty everybody loses sixty we know that much. We guarantee they’ll they’ll win a few more at least fifty nine more now. Pretty yeah. Pretty sure about that. No. I totally agree. The cubs aren’t likely to look like this all season. I mean, there’s always potential for any team to have a year where they just implode. I don’t think it’s the cubs ear to do that. They’re too talented. But you know, at some point they things will click, and you know, they’ll go on a six seven eight nine game winning streak somewhere. You know, this will get made up for somewhere. It’d be nice. If that they could just start that winning streak right now and roll rate through the brewers this weekend would be great. Going to happen about your prediction for the sweep and still feel fine about that.

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You know, it’s like I said, I you know, we were talking about that the other night. Sometimes you get a little nervous when you face a team. That’s really really been struggling. That’s actually a pretty good team. Because you know, at some point something’s going to click, and they’re just gonna go on a tear. And you don’t want it to happen when when you’re facing them, and and that could be what the brewers might see. So, you know, just coming off the last September and October in the way Milwaukee’s been playing they picked up right where they left off their winning close games. They’re doing exactly what they did last last season. I don’t see it coming down to that. Today. This year. I’m sorry opening day. The season was something. I’m never gonna forget. That was one of. It was almost as good to watch game one sixty three. It was it was it. I’m not even kidding. Yup. And the season at home against Saint Louis Saint Louis jumps out to three nothing lead. In the top of the second inning. You scrape one back in the bottom of the second. And then your National League reigning MVP comes up and the bottom of the third inning and absolutely crushes. Okay. It just cleared the fence and center three run bomb and take the lead. They go up for two three. It was a beautiful thing. They add run. You’ll leash seen hits Dinger pitchers hitting. You gotta love it. We’re gonna talk more about that. We didn’t mention it before we’re going to get into that a little bit in the tweet of the week this week cards make it close in the seventh. And then the catch, you know, not to overstate it. But the Lorenzo Cain game saving catch in centerfield. How does this guy not have a gold glove seriously? I mean, even as a cubs fan, you have to think that’s pretty unbelievable that center fielder of that quality does not have a gold glove. Would you have to agree with that this a little bit? I would agree a little bit. I know it’s really hard to get that. But this guy was absolutely robbed Dinger of a of a gold glove last year. All the all he did was save the game. Yeah. It was the ball was out. He reaches up pulls it back. Basically. It was a walk off a walk off game saving. Catch hater just started laughing on the mound. It was his second inning for the save. You know, nobody was touching them. And then that fly ball that almost got out he watches Kane hit it. He just turned smiles and laughs and starts walk into the high five line. It was gorgeous would’ve been it would have been a home run. If it weren’t for right? Hey, hey, the reason hitter is not not great. I’m sorry. One more time because I might have to I might have to create a button bar and put that in there every time every time he shuts down the cubs. I can just push the button. My great. Yeah. Well, I had as to do something there. I had to say something. That’s true. That’s it was a. Yeah. I can’t I could wax poetic for hours about this. But the you know, I saw. Just mentioned something positive time about the first game of the year. How about the cubs first game of the year? Everyone’s kind of forgotten about that. Well, yeah, what happened? I don’t even remember now all I can hear circus music and watching errors on the field bunched. They wouldn’t twelve to four we had a little pole. We had a little pool. What was the great greatest zoo? Add the best performance on opening day and and biased the Renzo Ken higher by one. So won the pole and the poll. Okay. Yeah. What did he come up with you came up with like forty six percent of the vote and then two percent voted for Kris Bryant, which is I don’t even know? And then the brewers split the vote between yelich and Kane and actually had fifty one percent. If you look at that way. Oh way. Yeah. In a way, the brewers won the pole. Oh, sure. Sure. By as gets the individual award for opening day bombs to those nice four be is. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, yellow Chad one bomb three RBI’s Cain Zayas game. I don’t know not as good. You guys are playing the Rangers and still managed to lose two out of three of the Rangers. Yeah. When we wanna get Goldschmidt and the cardinals Goldschmidt, speak of the three bombs in game. Two was. Oh, yeah. Scary as hell us both. Yeah. Yeah. Don’t do. Yeah. That’s not good. We’re gonna touch on that in the in the NL central breakdown later, but Paul Goldschmidt is scary. Good. Yeah. Like super scary. Good Christian yelich as having an incredible start to the season, but Goldschmidt, just scared. The crap out of me that night because I thought we were gonna have two more games where he was doing that. I mean, he did hit another bomb if I’m not mistaken head four in the first four games, but yelich also hit for and consecutive games.

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And that is an MLB record. Which is very cool. He joins Trevor story Chris Davis of Baltimore and twenty thirteen. Yes. The Chris Davis that can’t break them in does align anymore. What happened to that guy? Nelson. Cruz in two thousand eleven Mark Maguire and ninety eight and Willie Mays and seventy one those are the only six players MLB history to lead a season off with four home runs. So, you know, here’s the Christian yelich leading it off rate where he left off last season. Everybody talked about. Aggression. This guy doesn’t even know what the word means. It’s well, it’s it’s coming. Well, he’s not gonna hit four seventeen all. Likely more likely he’s going to regress a lot and it kinda have to right? He’s not going to be on pace, the hit, you know, over one hundred home runs and over four hundred one of his teammates. Did you know in an interview say something to the effect of I haven’t seen anything quite like this? You know since Barry Bonds that’s high praise and maybe a little bit hyperbolic, but I don’t know. I can’t remember the last time I saw anything like this certainly from Abreu. I can’t remember anything. You maybe go to the eighties and look at the Paul Molitor hitting streak. I don’t know. It’s done. It’s been a joy to watch this first week of the season for Baru fans, everywhere you go. You’re just pumped every time they’re on TV. And in fact, they’re on TV right now playing the reds as we do this podcast. Yeah. Let’s go in on right now the bruiser leading one nothing. In fact, I think yelich at the plates were in the top of the third inning. So it’s it’s been a good start. So far, it looks like a LARs starting to get things turned around a little bit. He had a little bit of a slow start overall. You know, we were gonna talk more about our predictions in a bit. I did predict at one point for basically six brewers, plus a seventh rotational guy to have Opie on base plus slugging over eight hundred eight now we’re sitting at four, but there are two pitchers that are over a thousand. So that’s pretty cool. Anyway, we’ll get more into that. I’m sure I could wax poetic for hours about this team and the start, but you’re. Yeah. Yes. And yet it kind of leads us. You know, the pitcher talked leads us into what we were gonna do for the to the week. Do you have up or do you want me to go with it? Oh, you got you gotta pull up. I do. I do. So one of the groups that I follow on Twitter being the brew than I am at brewer nation this came through. I believe about nine o’clock yesterday, April second, basically, the tweet is this tell me again, how the D H is better than Zach cranky and Madison Bumgarner and in parentheses Yuliya seen Brandon Woodruff hitting dinger’s. I couldn’t agree more. I think watching pitchers dinger’s is one of the most exciting most fun things that baseball has going for especially you know, obviously the National League. I don’t know. How are your feelings on that? Yeah. I’ve always been a I mean a big fan of nationally ball and a big part of it is with the pitchers hitting. And I think you. No, the strategy involved with that. And I I actually don’t mind the American League having D H and the NL not you know, I like the little bit of variety. I like the rule like whatever the home park you’re playing in. That’s the rules. So, you know, lead to you know, I think I mentioned this before some pretty exciting moments in the two thousand sixteen World Series with cows Schwarzer returning from a knee injury. And being able to play have some at bats in the World Series as a D H. Yes. Yes. That’s come on Christmas from the other perspective looking at it from the other way rights, and then you go back, and you look at Brandon Woodruff hitting a home run off of Clayton Kershaw a relief pitcher, essentially last you’re going lefty on lefty and taking Kershaw of the are the look on kershaw’s face. And I think Clayton Kershaw a great player, and I do enjoy watching them. But also like watching them. Have that? Are you freaking kidding me? Look on his face when that turns around on him. It was beautiful. Why got a question for you? What what do you feel is the biggest single reason that there would be a push for the D H is it to protect the pitchers from injuries. Is it to increase offense is a things. I think from the MLB perspective they’re going to play it on all three fronts. I think the thing they believe the most is that it will increase offense and reduce pitching changes. So it’ll shortly game on one hand and lengthened on the other, right? I I mean.

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Their wash in a lot of ways you’ll have a little less double switching. Well. You’ll have no double switching. Why would you? Switch out a. Yeah. Right. Eliminates one of the reasons that have a versatile bench player. It eliminates a lot of the strategy. People will tell you that it doesn’t. But it absolutely does. It changes the whole nationally game. I think their perspective is that they’re going to say this will increase offense and be better for player safety. Jimmy, Nelson is the best example, I can think of Jimmy Nelson is a career something like one oh five hitter. He rips a single into right field. He’s pumped. He goes around first base way too hard if I’m not mistaken. It was. Who was in right field that day for the Cubbies? I’m sure it was Hayward. Probably anyway went back into I yesterday back into the bag. And here we are year and a half later the guys pitched in the big sense. That is very legitimate reason to look at the. Yeah, I feel I still think baseball’s baseball. You gotta be able to play every why is it? Why is there one position? Why really I I wonder if their word if there was the age would would the pitchers in general and particular relief pitchers? Well, no, I mean, no starters. To know. I guess I don’t know. I’m just thinking like it would never make sense ever for pitchers to do any batting practice whatsoever. Any kind of base running drills whatsoever. Practicing bonding at all it would never make sense. Do any of that? That would be completely just a waste of time. So they would only be focusing. They’d become hyper specialists, only pitching, I mean, the quality of pitching at all or having you know, with the amount of strikeouts and things that are happening now because of the launch angle era the increase in calling strikes in the upper part of his own. I don’t think it’s going to get much better for pitching hand. Really? I think they are specialized I think in the National League what happens, you know, on a daily basis for pitchers they lay down some Bunce and the guys that actually have legit swings. We’ll take a few hacks, and that’s about it. Yeah. I a lot of them to strike out. Sometimes they don’t even care. Just watch them. And just be like, I, you know, they don’t even want to run the bases or focused on pitching rights. And and that is another argument to bring the the universal D H over. Honestly is there is a true lack of skill at the pitching position to hit the baseball. However this opening week with the brewers has been super exciting Yuliya scene goes deep couple of days later Woodruff goes to for two. I think he had a double driving in runs. It’s really really fun to watch these hers pitchers hit, and I don’t want it to go away. Go away. I’ve had my moments to cubs of had some pitchers I can can take him deep as well area to of course goes on. And obviously Carlos Zambrano could. Oh, yeah. What about Zipp Bronco forgot? He’s he was fun to watch too. Yeah. I enjoyed watching ZIM Brown pitch because he was well, he didn’t look athletic. But he’s he’s early was. And that was it was just. Yeah. He’s the time back to the new. Yeah. Exactly to tie back to the ninety miles. Same. Bruce and cubs Brooks Kieschnick when the cubs drafted him. And he ended up not totally panning out as they thought he would as a field or a belief, and then became a reliever in the Bruce system came up hit some bombs did some pinch hitting which I think is fantastic. Is it Michael Renton is the reds pitcher that absolutely rakes as well. Although he last night kinda got lit up by the bruise offense a bit on the mount, but he is another guy that’s fun to watch the bat. I’m just not a fan of changing that particular rule of the game. Even though it has some negative effects. When it comes to guys getting hurt. I don’t want the H two B universal. Once it goes, universal D H. We’re never going to see pitchers hit again. It’s done. It’s. Yeah. It’s it’s going to happen. A few times a year in weird pinch hitting situations where they run out a bench player. And here’s my best hitting pitcher who hasn’t taken breading practice in three weeks. He can do. It’s gonna be it’s gonna be sad and kind of pathetic to watch. Yeah. I just don’t agree that well, I mean on the injury front too. I just thought I mentioned, you know, it was that Pedro Strope towards the end last season pulled his hamstring running trying to beat out, you know, play at first base Sherm, and, you know, especially relievers, certainly don’t get as many at bats, they rarely get bad.

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All so. Yeah. But that had one or two last year, and okay it too. Well, but hater makes a little bit more sense. I mean, usually he might be going couple innings, but you know, especially guys that just go and inning nationally Klay. They rarely bad. I mean, the the point is to avoid that. And then just switch, you know, swap out, but rights. The three the three better minimum. How’s that going to affect pitchers who hit relief pitchers? It’s I mean, obviously once they’re done with the inning. They can come out of the game. But yeah, you might you might see a couple more relievers in that situation. Get up to the plate. I don’t know. Yeah. I’m not excited about that rule. Anyway. I don’t wanna talk about it right now. Anyway. Yeah. Let’s not that. I think that covers that covers the tweet of the week pretty good. And we’ll talk about as about that as the season goes out. I’m sure about university H, and and that so. Brings us the let’s get ready for the cubs and brewers this weekend. Yeah. It’s. Yep. It’s here. And I’m going to be very carefully watching today. Tomorrow’s games with the cubs and hope to see a it turning around. For sure. And I think I think they could come in strong this weekend to Bawadi. I think there’s they can only they can only go in one direction, really. Yeah. That much is pretty much true. Yeah. There’s there’s nowhere to go. But up, right? Yeah. Are you do the cubs have some guys that started the season hot that? We’re just not covering because it’s been disastrous as far as wins and losses go so far is anybody out and running hot for the cubs this year. Well, you know, I think Byas one to continue to watch, you know, obviously opening day hit hit two bombs. You know, he’s. Let’s see he’s batting three eighty nine on the season. Couple couple home runs on that. I first game. Six Rb is he’s got a couple of stolen bases. So he’s been swinging the bat pretty well for sure. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Interesting. I think bring him up. Yeah. Warburg has has is one to watch this year as well. He’s got a he’s got two home runs. Also. And he’s been looking good. He’s batting three eighty five. And he’s the coach the coach seems to be working. Yeah. Yeah. Kinda shifting back to some of his older style of hitting. And I, you know, but yet it’s interesting because he’s doing kind of like he did before except now he’s the still the the leaner more fit shorter. So I don’t know. I could be this season could be finally the huge kind of breakout season for shore. Well, that’ll be fun to do. He’s looking really good. I can’t wait for Nelson to Cam like five times the first time, they meet. That goes back to predictions. We’ll get later in the. Sewed speaking a bias. I did want to mention this the guys over at my fan. Shies fantasy baseball Glenn. Specifically who is a cubs fan Glennon, Mike or the guys that do that Glenn realized very recently that he took havi by as in as number eight overall letting yellow slip to me at number ten overall. So we’ve got ourselves a little bit of a friendly rivalry going on within the fantasy. So yeah, there’s it’s really cool. When fantasy baseball gets into a little bit of the reality of it with a couple of fans like that. So this is going to be a, you know, if you’re at all fantasy baseball person their podcast is super fun to listen to it’s someone informative, but it’s more just enjoyable at talks a lot about the league Rin, but that is another element to the rivalry. I feel like it’s cool when you got a couple of fans get players on their favorite team, and they get to go head to head once in a while both he and I have been pretty steady in the playoffs over it. So it’s gonna be good. It’s going to be fun to watch that. Way just wanted to mention that I was going to mention too because I know you’re mentioning PS above brewers players, so far, you know, obviously tying to your prediction you made before. I just want a mentioned that at least with cubs hitters at have been playing regularly. Not not some that are are have been playing just a little bit. But with like ten at bats minimum. The cubs do have four with over a thousand Opie s over thousands.

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Okay. Well, he’s twelve to four win made a difference. Milwaukee hasn’t hasn’t busted out in any individual game. They’ve just been scoring enough run. Your prediction was it wasn’t a thousand it was over eight hundred because over time. Yeah. I mean thousand is stupid over a season. No. Yeah. That was that. Couldn’t remember what the. Yeah. The cubs. Four over thousands have five six six over eight hundred right, including. That’s of contrarius has thousand PS Kris Bryant over a thousand Schwab Rin by as their over thousands factual errors one point three five to Opie s right now, his odd. Baseball Senate is four twenty nine and he’s got a nine twenty three slugging which is. Which? Oh, yeah. I wanna compare apples and apples a little bit. You know, yelich has jumped out he’s got a one point six to seven Opie as right now, he’s hitting four oh nine it’s been a smoking. Hot start for your MVP. There are basically four brewers that are over nine hundred on opiates right now, you got stock us at nine ninety eight Shah and Braun at nine forty four piece, but the Burs do have three guys over one thousand but you have to count a couple of pitchers so. Woodrow finish seen have been absolutely hilariously raking. So far this year it won’t last. Don’t get me wrong. But the Burs as a team as an entire team all the vets and all the played appearances combined are at eight oh five for the team opiates, which is obviously not sustainable, but you know, it’s just been an exciting years. Typically sounds like some of the cubs players are very hot. So this should be a very interesting series. You’re going to see the back three for the brewers pitching staff. So this should be good. Yeah. Well, offensively the cubs have have been fine. It’s just been the bullpen specifically, some atypical performances by the starting staff, and and then that that one game just just made it all look a lot worse because of the six airs, but it did. But hobbies been struggling hair in the field compared to last season hasn’t he he’s been missing some of the more basic plays. He he’s. Definitely spectacular to watch. But sometimes does that. And you know, I mean, he is playing shortstop as opposed to second base. Yeah. No Addison, Russell at this point. Right. Right. So, you know, I think everyone, you know, especially that game. Everyone was just pressing too much. Just you know, and that’s where those some of those kind of errors. But I mean hobbies one of those he he might occasionally get overly fancy with things and might make a mistake here and there, but he will make a lot of plays at a lot of their players won’t even Chata making. So, you know, it’s yeah. But one guy did wanna bring up just briefly because I think it’s such an interesting thing that the Bruce did I do wanna touch on Mike moussaka and his start his only hitting two fifty. But that’s normal career stuff for him as that to fifty range. What’s interesting is the ability that he’s been having at second base. He’s been struggle. A bit. He has not turned the double plays super. Well. But I think when you take the value that you typically get from a second baseman who’s playing second for the cubs right now. For instance. Well, it’s not been the same typically through. Yup. Has played a little bit. You know? So it’s I mean, that’s the thing. That’s another one spot. That’s not been. I didn’t wanna pick on that. I just wanted to point out when you get a thirty plus home run guy at second base for an entire season as opposed to last year. It was the last two and a half months this offense. And this lineup is just sick. The only guy that’s really struggled in the whole bruise lineup. Overall Aguilar’s off to a slow start. But I’m not even worried about him. The only guy that struggled at all is our SIA and that was half expected. Although last night he finally went the other way got his first hit. It was three run home run that just hugged the wall and Cincinnati. That’s how he hit some hits down the right field line. I just wanted to point when you get the value offensively that the bruiser going to get out a second base. I’m I’m just really excited to see how that goes. And that plays into the prediction I had about the bruise leading the league in shifting or being the top refer shifting in April. And that’s something. We’re tracking will know more about hopefully next week. I’ll kind of do an update on that where they’re at. Any any other players that are rolling for the cubs that you want to highlight.

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I just wanted to touch on the value Milwaukee’s getting out of that second base position in the lineup. You know? I mean in in limited at bats Guna says has been alright he’s three for six discuss owes three for seven. So when he’s been in there. He’s got a double aguna says three doubles also on those three hits. Let’s start. Okay. Yeah. Contrasts has been looking really good as well. He’s another one that I think underperform last year. So I’m looking to see you know, that him kind of really break out is that’ll be fun comparison the watch the season to grand all versus contrasts continues to catcher grand all obviously is to it should be fun to watch grills had a few cases of the drops. He’s already this year. We kind of knew we were going to get a little bit of that. But the offense is starting to come. He’s also been framing the ball extraordinarily. Well, I think it’s underrated. I’ve seen some pitches off the corners that pitchers are getting calls on that. They normally didn’t get last year. And that’s a that’s an a plus for grand all how is confused behind the plate. I’ve never I haven’t paid a ton of attention. I know he’s got an arm on him. Oh, yeah. He’s got got a hell of an arm. He he’s has a great move to to. I he’s he’s thrown out. A lot of runners taken a little. More of a lead than they should at first. And he I think the one area, which I know I think he’s been working on in the in this season his pitch framing. Maybe isn’t quite the best Oklahoma. But I think he’s he’s you know, he’s aware of that and working on that. But yeah, I mean, he’s pretty saw. He’s very durable back there very athletic catcher. So that’s that’s a big. Plus, so yeah, he’s as yeah. So let’s move on a little bit. It’s you know, it’s always too early to talk about the standings at this point of the year. But I’d just like to take a quick peek. What’s going on National League central? Sure. I would I really really would, you know, the regression to the mean hasn’t happened yet for the brewers which you know, I knew every going in. But nobody else seemed to care in the nation. So the Burs are up at five and one they opened that cardinal series with three wins to one loss, which was huge three of the games were very very close. And then the one loss was a kind of a blowout win by Saint Louis when Goldschmidt just basically Goldschmidt beat the brewers. It wasn’t. It wasn’t the cardinals. I think what. Three home runs five RBI and they lost nine two four nine two five nine to five. But yeah, so Pittsburgh is our I’m sorry Saint Louis sitting at two and three. And then we’ve got the cubs and the reds tied at one and three in Pittsburgh at one and two in the middle. Not exactly how. How we thought the season might start. What happens if the cubs don’t come into Milwaukee and get at least two out of those three wins. How are you going to be feeling going into the third week second week of the season there? Well, great. I mean. I don’t know. I don’t know either. I’m just looking at it. I’m just I’m just happy. I don’t know. What to do? You know? It’s well, I think the sweep who really, you know, get things a little bit better and order. So that’ll be good. Are you little surprised at Cincinnati starting the at one and three? No, not necessarily. Early. It’s super early right early yet. You know, I think I think a conversation about about starts seasonal make more sense in a couple more weeks. Yeah. We gotta get. So few games. That’s why did say it’s too early to talk about standings. But I still wanted to talk about him. So yeah, I mean, it’s really looking at the pieces and how they’re gonna shake out over larger spans more more games. You know? And absolutely, absolutely. You know, I don’t think the cubs record reflects the talent of the team or in any way, you know, is any sign of what they’re going to do. I mean, right. You know, they got they’ve lost. They’ve lost three games in a row. I mean that could be the law. This could be the longest losing streak. They have the season. Who knows you know? Oh. Okay. Right. You should make that as one of your bold predictions. And speaking of bulls, we should probably get into that. This is what we’ve been ramping up for. Yeah. This is the rivalry between you and me. Now, we’re going to finally have some results on these things. Are you gonna see how this goes? I know I well, yeah, we have to adjust one of your predictions is that we do.

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And and actually I’m I’ve been thinking about it. And I think what I like to do as a way to double down on this series. I know we talked a little bit before about how I thought of modifying. My you know, the u Darvish with ten strikeouts or more versus the brewers. Well, of course, that’s now because of the shuffle in the rotation, you know, he’s going to be pitching tomorrow. So that’s not gonna happen. This series. Okay. I know we talked about moving that to the next time. Darvish faces faces the the Birtles, but I. I think I wanna modify it. A different way to keep it still on this series. And then of course, make a new prediction for the series as well, if you’re gonna be okay with that. Let’s hear what you got. Yeah. So I was thinking for let’s see I just wanted to double check something real quick. I I was thinking let’s keep the prediction the same. But the pitcher let’s change the pitcher. Okay. I don’t think anybody on your staff has the stuffed Irish does the strikeout ten guys. So have your can Tana. Okay. Well, yeah. The lefty against all the bruise left is that would probably be the only one that would have a chance in the three-set. I’d like to change it to cantata ten or more strikeouts. Versus the brewers and end cantata is slated to start Friday. Okay. So that’s that’s with that. Yeah. Okay. It’s not going to happen. So I’m gonna take. Well, I want to mention if you didn’t know cantata did come come in of relief of Darvish. Darvish is short start his last start and pitched four innings and he struck out eight. Yeah. Wow. That’s that’s pretty good. But it is. You know, the Texas Rangers who lost to. I can’t he other thing. The other thing I wanted to mention is is you probably already know this but cantatas splits against brewers. I don’t wanna talk about it. Pretty good. One point. He’s got a career one point six to Yarra versus the brewers while they’re going to double that this weekend. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that would probably take like ten runs in four innings though. But yeah. Okay. Yeah. No Catanha has been a bit of a brewer killer. I was just really happy that the birds were able to get to them in game one sixty three. So the last time the Bruce faced they did beat them. But yes can cantata in history. You know, I have to admit it. He’s given the Bruce fits I he likes Ed Miller park. He’s got a one point five five Yara specifically at Miller park against the booth. Brewers have such a lefty heavy lineup compared to the rest of the division. I think that’s and cantatas a good pitcher. The brewers were definitely in the mix trying to get Catanha and the trade deadline here couple years ago. So yeah, you know, it’s not like, I don’t hate cantata hate the fact that he’s a that’s all. Yeah. Well, well, that’s so we’re so you accept that that swopped basically swap in new Darvish with cantata. So on sign this series. I do I feel a little a little betrayed by Joe Madden. Here. He was. Supposed to leave it. So Darvish was there. Because I’m pretty confident Darvish wasn’t gonna make it through four innings against the pruder’s. And now you’re getting the best guy that you probably should’ve picked the first time around right, which she probably might not have been cantata might not have been starting against the birds. It’s hard to say because given the days off. I mean men might switch some stuff around even regardless of of Darvish is short start. But I it’s hard to say, but that it might have been a plan. It might have been part of the plan to have cantata come in after Darvish went four five innings. We don’t know. Yeah. It’s that sounds like a Joe Madden thing to do do them totally random and weird. And see if it works, but unfortunately for your club Darvish didn’t even make it through three full in four full innings. So it was just one of those things. Let’s review some of the other predictions that we straighten that went out. Yeah. We’re swapping out cantata for Darvish Darvish for cantata. You also predicted here. Back in episode three that the cubs would sweep the brewers. In the first season set. How do you feel about that right now still feeling I feel good about it? I wouldn’t you. But that’s okay. Yeah. Let’s see here. I have one my my April fifth through seventh series.

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One prediction was yelich batting five hundred or better with at least two home runs in the first three game set. Speaking of yelich. He is smoking hot the season. He’s got four dinger’s hitting four. Oh, nine it’s not as outland of predictions. I thought it would be to be honest with you. Well, we’ll see against Catania that you know. Yeah. Sure. Sure. I’m just glad he’s my fantasy team Glenn anyway. So. I. For for cubs will score fifteen or more runs in that in that series. Sorry. Aita that one feels not too bad. I mean, given the offense has been pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. Have the best starting rotation and their dinged up in the bullpen. I didn’t think that was that bowl of prediction the first time around. But anyway, I even more more likely to be to come through. But the bruisers still gonna win the three-game set doesn’t matter. Yeah. All right. Okay. Then I had a bullpen prediction. The bullpen will have a two or less ERA versus the cubs in the series. And with the bullpen being dinged up. That’s a little bit more bold than than one would think it just takes one three home run or one three run bomb from somebody to kind of wait at thank clean. Yes. So we’ll we’ll see Schwartz do that. Okay. Jimmy, Nelson is not there to get him out. So yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, then mine was you was Darvish strikeout. Ten or more. But we switched that. That’s cantata. Yup. Ten or more brewers in their first meeting, which will be Friday. So that’s right. And you can see all of our predictions. If you go to ninety miles podcasts that com, click the predictions portion, and you can see how we’re doing in our personal rivalry with each other. We’re finally going to have some results, which will be cool and date. Yeah. I’ve got a bold prediction for you today. So with with cantata being shuffled into the line of this is a little more bold than I thought it would be. I think the brewers are going to compile twenty-seven or more hits during the series. Ooh, that’s averaging nine a game. Yeah. This bruise lineup mocking hit is a lot of hits. And I think they’re going to do it. Is that enough is that bold enough for you? That’s pretty bold. It is it is. It’s a lot more bold than fifteen runs in my opinion. But that’s okay. We don’t get credit for boldness. We just get credit for being right? Still do need. If anybody out there listening has some good ideas as the punishment for losing at the end of the season. Whoever loses this battle as it were a give us, you know, draw the line. I know, Robin. Did Robin wraps issue. Brother did. Yeah. Mention potential body paint in the opposing team’s colors. I don’t think anybody out there wants to see that. So something else. That’s moderately embarrassing for somebody to do that would be appropriate. Just drop us a line on that. You can hit me up at brew crew winning at brew crew winning on Twitter. You are at where ran at wraps cubs win. And that’s our AP S Y S win on Twitter. You might want to change that at reps. Cubs lose just so yeah, that’s a good one. Good. No. It’s not it’s actually awful now. So I’m grueling with twenty seven hits in the series. What do you got for me? I’m actually trying to think here because I was actually thinking of doing the cantata one or one with him. But now I’m trying to think of. I’ve got a I’ve got a yellow one. Do you wanna back Glenn up and come up with a nice Byas prediction to kind of tie the two together with the the my fan shies fantasy baseball. In fact. That’s funny. You say that because I’m actually. Yeah. Thinking by as and I’m trying to determine what what specifically I want to. I’d want to do. So. Yeah, let’s do one for bias for the series. Let’s do. Boy. You just don’t think he can hit five hundred with two bombs do. Oh. I’m not saying you should copy mine. I’m just saying, you know, it won’t happen. That’s probably not a good idea. I think yelich can do it though. I’m going to say. Baya’s will have. Yes. Yes. Let’s say, okay. I’ll make let’s go a little bowl.

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That’s he’s gonna have eight RBI’s. Holy smokes. Not even Goldschmidt did that. I don’t think. Have eight hour be is the series against the Burs that bold enough for you. That’s more than bold enough. Because I don’t think all eighths of goldies RBI’s came against Milwaukee that and that was a four-game set. Eight is eight RBI. Are you? Sure you. That’s that’s where you wanna go with that eight. Okay. Yeah. All right. Go bigger. Yeah. Should be that should be right up there with my Elhage prediction as far as boldness. I believe. All right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. ’cause years, you know, five hundred. That’s the hard part. Yeah. Well, runs not that bold but hitting five hundred over the series. That’s pretty bold. I’d say eight RBI’s is is events. Same kinda zone through the end of this. We might get through the end of the series, and none of us have any points. No. I know. Oh. Oh, larry. Maybe we need to come up with a scoring system where you get like two points for a right answer. One negative one for a wrong answer something. So right now, I I have it laid out as stats being the number of correct predictions made out of the number made an average like a batting average. Yeah. I like that. That’s good. Yeah. ’cause hitting around three hundred with crap we’re trying to pull off. Yeah. Right. That’s all. I think we talked about that way back on soda one. Okay. Yeah. Let’s rule with that. Basically batting average wins. You know average of the correct number made know out of the number total number made like a batting average kind of kind of thing. I a plan. That’s a good. That’s a good good thing to roll with. Let’s jump. Yeah. Be sure to check the site on Monday or even Sunday night ninety miles podcasts dot com and go to predictions, and we should have some stats for our predictions there. So yeah, you have some fun with it gives some crap about it. We need some we need more Twitter grief don’t way, I mean. Really? Yeah. It’s it’s actually been it’s been pretty good on Twitter this week, but for brew hands. Anyway, let’s jump into our seventh inning stretch. We wanted to come cover a couple of historical aspects of. The two starts of the clubs for Moore. And I wanted to just touched on the yelich four home runs to open the season. Only six players of done that one really cool one that I thought I should mention is. What is the law reminded me? What’s the longest consecutive game streak with home runs and the number is eight eight straight games with a home run. And it’s been done by three dudes. None of these are surprise, really Ken Griffey junior. Did it with Seattle? Don Mattingly did it with the Yankees and a ninety miles Tien and not really but a pirate Dale long in nineteen fifty-six. All three of those guys homered in eighth street games to think about how difficult that is. I mean, that’s it’s it was hard enough for four games in a row ripe, eight games consecutive with a home run. You talk about group swings. And you know, two of those guys are I don’t know if Dale young I don’t know much about Dale young. I should probably look more into him at some. Point, but Griffey junior. Don Mattingly had a pair of the sweetest. Left-handed swings. You’ll ever see definitely not a surprise. And when you watch Christian yelich as a left handed hitter get really excited. It is a beautiful swing that. He’s got. He’s starting to hit the high fastball, which is interesting. And I think that’s where that bonds comparison gets a little bit attraction. I think the bonds comparison somewhat somewhat ridiculous at this point. It’s pretty early comparison wehrley, right? You gotta do this like eight years in a row, and you know, have your melon grow four sizes before we do that. But it’s yeah. Griffey junior. Don Mattingly day-long eight straight games, pretty amazing stuff. So I’m just you know. I was just going to mention for. I mean, that’s that’s pretty I mean, at least that’s a positive one. I I’m actually gonna look at the six error games that just, you know, seeing six airs really kind of blew my mind. And of course, you know, I saw. Yeah. Reports came out, and yeah, you grew up in the eighties watching WGN, the it was lovable losers esque. Absolutely. Yeah. Well, and and six airs wasn’t isn’t that common? That’s that’s it’s not that common. Basically the last time. The cubs had six errors in a game was against the dodgers. In two thousand six cubs were fifty eight eighty seven that season. They were not good. Ooh. And you know, they that the thing is is that was an eleven inning game though.

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So so they beat the record. They didn’t nine. That’s impressive. Well, yeah. And I was just going to mention because it’s always fun looking back. It’s like who are who is on the cubs. You know in two two thousand six and you know, they had their their starting lineup was one Pierre. Freddie bynum Derek Lee jock Jones, Matt Merton, Scott more Henry Blanco Ronnie Sodano, and and Sean Marshall was pitching. So for so many cubs fans that were watch back then that be a little bit of a. Kind of an back. Yeah. There’s not a good type of that’s like a PTSD type flashback or so. Well, yeah, that’s a. But now the the last time they did it in nine innings. Actually, I was pulling that game up that was on June fourteenth nineteen eighty two they had six errors in in a nine inning game. Eighty to you. Okay. Yeah. Oh, and I should mention in that game against the dodgers. They one nine two eight in eleven innings with the six errors with the six heirs and the game in nineteen eighty-two in nine innings was against the Phillies, and they won twelve to eleven. They won that game. Wow. With the Sixers also. But what’s interesting though, about the the six errors is that three of them were by a rookie who future hall of Famer who has a rookie at the time three years in that game. Ryan sambergen. Yes. He was a heck of a ballplayer. Just not values playing. He’s playing third base. That’s what he originally played. I didn’t know that came came from Philadelphia. So this is against his former team. I mean, he he wasn’t officially a rookie with the Phillies, but he came up through the Phillies system, and then came to Chicago and eighty two and yeah, three errors that game of the six were Ryan sambergen, who of course, laters known to be one of the better fuelling second baseman to play the game absolutely Famer without your favorite player growing up. If I’m not mistaken pro. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I played second base through through school too. So I was well aware of them. I know he was a it was a heck of a player. He was fun to watch. Yeah. And didn’t care about the cubs because they were in the National League the bruiser in the American League. So it didn’t hurt right Sandberg? Like it kind of hurts now to watch the cubs. Anyway. One other thing I wanted to cover on the historical side to Milwaukee is off to a super fast start this five and one start. Should they beat Cincinnati today? They’ll be six in one the last time they were six in one to open a season was nineteen ninety eight. I believe five or five and one I believe the last time was two thousand eight but just to go back like you do a little bit in history here. The brewers to go six and one in two thousand eight or I’m sorry to go. Yeah. To go six and one in two thousand eight I’m sorry. Did I say five and one? Boy, I’m stumbling over everything the movement six one in two thousand eight by beating the reds three two two. So just the name a few of the guys off of that squad. This is when Milwaukee was starting to get good yet Rickie weeks at second base. He had prince field in the lineup. One man named Ryan bronze still plays for the crew. Of course, JJ hardy was your shortstop. He had Corey Hart and right field. Bill hall, everybody. That’s Bruce fan remembers the mother’s day home. Run that Bill hall hit with the pink bat. Great brewer memory there you’d Gabe gross and Gabe Kaplan plans from centerfield Gabe Kappler now, managing the Phillies. If I’m not mistaken Craig counsel pinch hit for Jeff soup. Jeff supine is not our favorite. Brutal. Remember, but Craig counsel pinch hitting for them that your that’s pretty cool air gonyea was on the club. Jason KENDALL was catching some really fund memories of that particular squad. That’s when the brewers were just finally getting back to back to some winning ways. So just a little little trip down memory lane. They’re two thousand eight you had Craig counsel on the club. You had Ryan Braun on the club. Kind of cool that eleven years later is still have those ties. So. Yeah. Well, that’s that’s cool. I just realize you mentioned the two thousand six cubs. They did end up sixty six ninety six I think I had the wrong number. I gave the numb their record at the time of that game which was late in the season. Sixty six and ninety six and the eighty two cubs ended up seventy three in eighty nine in.

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Also, there’s gonna mention in that nineteen eighty two game. Fergie Jenkins was the was the pitcher for the cubs. Cool pitcher, very cool. But anyways. Yeah. I mean is, you know, looking at some the negative history. It’s it’s not the funnest thing. But sometimes it’s you know, it happens. I mean, I’m sure we’ll during the year. We’ll be doing that with the brewers. Oh, yeah. Not every week is going to be like this week was there’s no doubt about it. And if you have some fun with the losing a little bit here and there it makes the season. A lot more tolerable. Don’t let it affect your mood everyday. I know easier said than done. Yeah. Ways your said than done when you love the game. Like we do. But you know, just try and find the fun part about it. I mean the six era game. That’s that shouldn’t happen again for another twelve fifteen years. You have that to look forward to right? Yeah. That’s true. And yeah, that’s you know, just gotta have some fun with it. I think we’re gonna wrap up and get into the NFL central break down just a little bit. Of we didn’t really want to talk about it too much. But we kind of have to Paul Goldschmidt is scary. Good and. I would’ve prefer to nevers never hear his name again. But I have a feeling we’re gonna be talking about them. Basically every week. He’s been an all-star since two thousand thirteen every year. He’s been an MVP candidate every year, except maybe well even last year, he still finished sixth in the voting. This guy is ridiculous that three home run game against the brewers. Now, the first one that he hit was really impressive, Freddie, Peralta through a breaking ball kind of on the inside of the plate. I think it was probably three or four inches in and Goldschmidt pulled his hands in drop the head of the bat and just Gulf out of the out to left field. But it wasn’t like it wasn’t golfing. I think that went into the seats. And if you’ve watched enough games at Miller park, that’s not just dropping over the fence. That’s a good forty feet up. And then the other two were just absolute bombs on pitches that sh- just Chint have been thrown whether thrown, but well, he’s he’s got a one one point three one seven P S so far this season nine hundred slugging percentage for seventeen OB p batting three hundred four home runs. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Saint Louis went from you know, a pretty darn good team to borderline scary because he can absolutely carry them through a game. And when at four, oh, he’s got a nine thirty two career. Oh p s and if didn’t know I’m I’m seeing that nine thirty two that is it’s awfully difficult to have an opium over eight hundred for career. I mean, those are a lot of really good hitters that eight fifty two nine hundred range nine thirty two is well, that’s pretty much ridiculous. He’s got a forty a forty point three war. Career. He. Yeah. He averages. He’s usually. Over five war on a season. Yeah. And even in while in two thousand fifteen at eight point seven war in that game against Milwaukee. It wasn’t just what he did with the bat either. The brewers had a couple of opportunities to try and get a rally going. There was a throw from. And remember how bad Saint Louis was defensively last year. They’re not a whole lot better Goldschmidt is gonna cover up. So much of that. There was a throw from shortstop. That was just absolutely terrible. He was Goldschmidt for his stretch, basically, laid out flat. I don’t know. How tall the dude is probably six four six five and caught it on his way falling to the ground at maximum reach. It was six six three six three. Okay. He looks bigger. What’s that’s still pretty tall? It is. But I mean, he just he just looks scary. I think. Yeah. Yeah. And I would have had them speaking of that in my fantasy league. But Jeremy took them before. Anyway, that’s a different story. Three three Gold Gloves. Yes. Four silver sluggers. He’s he’s on the all star team every year. He’s he’s not one an MVP yet. But he’s been second to couple times and third another time. He’s you know, he easily could have won back in his twenty thirteen season. That’s when he hit thirty six home runs to lead the league, his top number in home runs is thirty six. He’s done it twice. But remember coming from Arizona. Arizona’s not, you know, it’s I think it’s kind of a medium ballpark. I think it plays fair both ways. But then you’re playing San Diego, you’re playing in LA for you know, at least eighteen total games, you’ll get Colorado for nine, but those other two parks are not your hitter.

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Friendly parks in this division known the central. I think that between for home runs are greater and also think, you know, I don’t even wanna talk about of Saint Louis goes on some kind of a run. And that I mean, I think gold Schmitz potential of winning an MVP in the next few years went up by going to Saint Louis. I would agree. I don’t want to say that. Because that doesn’t mean good for the cubs or Burs. But yeah, it’s. Don’t be so selfish, man. We don’t like him either. Yeah. I know. I know it’s a little odd talking to you now or like so agreeing on this. But yes, we don’t do it much on the podcast. But yeah, everybody everybody is fearful of Paul Goldschmidt. And they should be in this division with the Cincinnati ballpark. Obviously already hit four in Milwaukee four games. Yeah. It’s it’s and then if the winds ever blowing out and Wrigley all like, his pop flies his pop fly. Go to the left fielder standing out on the track. Now, imagine with the wind blowing out what’s going to happen. It’s yeah. Yeah. It dude is scary. And he’s scary good. He made that Colonel seem a lot better. I honestly still think Milwaukee is a better club than Saint Louis, but it’s gonna take everything they have to win that season series because of one Paul Goldschmidt. So I think the only positive is that he is thirty one right? What? Was his extension was his a five-year extension. I don’t remember. We’ll have to look that up. And maybe talk about road something like that that seems right? It wasn’t you know, one of those extremely long ones, given right? I think given his age, but I feel like five, but yeah, I guess we can we can check that out. But. Yeah. That’s enough waxing poetic about Paul Goldschmidt. And the stupid. I’m over that as far as the rest of the division. We already covered the standings. But just a refresher Pittsburgh sitting at one and two Cincinnati at one and three Saint Louis at two and three they did manage to get a win yesterday. So that that brought them back up. So right now, Milwaukee sitting at five and one it’s a beautiful thing. They did some damage against Saint Louis. They had to hold on game one that I’m never gonna forget canes catch to open the season like that it it re remember reminiscent of kion Brock’s than having that catch. I think either last year two seasons ago to save a game too. It’s always fun. It’s always fun to see stuff like that. But oh, I I was just gonna it does look like he won’t be a free agent till twenty twenty-five when he’s thirty seven years old. Okay. Goldschmidt says five years. It was a five year extension because he was signed through this season. Yep. Make sense or zero six year extension then zero through five. Anyhow well, six with this year yet, right, right, whatever. Carbon twenty four Colonel suck who cares? All right. Well, let’s let’s get outta here. You oh what’s happening in the brewers game quick? Oh, yeah. Update on the Bruce. I think we’re still sitting at one nothing. We’re on a commercial brick, so okay. That’s what’s going on right now. And then the Cubbies have games. Tonight and tomorrow is that correct? Yes. Yeah. Finish up against Atlanta. So Leicester’s go onto night. So I’ll be all over that game and hope in for a turnaround here. Right. Yeah. And Atlanta’s absolutely solid team. But they’re off to a slow start as well. They’re sitting at one in three as we speak as well. Right. So something’s gotta give in that series. You got two games left to kind of turn that around Philadelphia’s off to a Hoster at anyway, why are we talking about the rest of the league? Yeah. All right, anyway, let’s get out of here. And I guess we’ll catch you all after the cubs brewers series more than likely what we’re gonna do. Yeah. Don’t forget. If you get on the mailing list know ninety miles dot com or ninety miles podcast dot com. Get on the mailing list, and you will receive the upcoming track for free the MP three. You can get it. You know, we know. That’s really why you listen just listen to the end here. The theme song that we did. But we talked about last week. Just don’t forget, we’re we want to give you guys something for listening, and it’s just a small. Thank you. So get on the mailing list. Then we’ll absolutely get you hooked up with a totally radical themes on. Yeah. A lot of other things down later on in the season. We got a lot of fun. We’ve got a mailing list. We’ve got some giveaways plan. We’ve got some different things going on. We’re just ramping up. We’re just getting started. It’s the first series against brewers ninety miles. Let’s do it. Cub suck. Burs sock. We’ll CNN time. Bye. Bye. Bye.