00:00Kevin Gossman, he's the most important guy you picked up at the trade deadline.
00:04And he's in a big-game situation, which is why the Cubs targeted him.
00:10It wasn't necessarily the numbers that he was putting up this year.
00:12It's the fact that this man played in the World Series last year,
00:16started in the ALCS last year, started in the World Series last year,
00:21and that's how he comported himself last night.
00:23Seven innings, one run, he gave up the home run to Andrew Vaughn,
00:27and it was an absolute blast, but he was pitching like a bulldog,
00:31like in the fifth inning, runners on second and third,
00:34and Gossman, oh my God, freezes Bryce Terrain with a 97-mile-an-hour fastball
00:41right down the middle.
00:42You get what I saw for the first time from him was a pump fist.
00:46He became a Cub last night, in my opinion, especially on that play.
00:51He beats a good team in a rowdy atmosphere.
00:54Not that we didn't think he could do that.
00:56The resume has told us that he can, but you needed to see it,
01:00and you needed to see it last night in a series that ends, I suppose,
01:03happily with the split.
01:04You love the fact that you go out at the trade deadline,
01:07and you see your depleted rotation, your bullpen,
01:11and you take matters into your own hand, and you say,
01:14all right, well, I'm going to get three starters
01:15and hope that at least one of them can hit for me.
01:18Clay Holmes, you weren't necessarily sure what you were going to get
01:20coming off of the injury.
01:21Obviously, he's been pitching well for you, but Kevin Gosling was the guy.
01:24You heard Craig Councils glowing when speaking about him,
01:28and then for him to come out, and, you know, I mentioned it yesterday
01:31when I was on with Spiegs, you know, the up-and-down nature of his season,
01:34where you might have a good game, then you might have a bad game.
01:37You saw the last time out against Cincinnati, five innings,
01:40gave up five earned runs, but the performance before that
01:42against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a playoff-caliber team,
01:45you shut them out.
01:46So you were wondering if he could duplicate that.
01:48Nine strikeouts, the most he's had since his first two starts
01:51of the season back in April.
01:52You want to talk about being injected with the cubby juice
01:55and having your eyes fill up blue like a superhero?
01:58That's Kevin Gosling right there.
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