00:00So Tampa's already secured the East, right?
00:03Yankees are right there.
00:06Boston's not catching the Yankees, and the Yankees aren't catching Tampa, obviously.
00:10So it's just going to come down to what?
00:12The last couple of games for the White Sox and the Guardians, and I don't know.
00:18Does Houston, who all of a sudden can't hit water if they fall out of a boat,
00:22do you still give in Houston the opportunity?
00:24I mean, all of a sudden, Texas, don't look now, Texas is finally starting to put it together.
00:30Yeah, it's amazing how just nobody ever turned it on, whether it's Houston or Texas,
00:38Seattle, kind of expected Seattle to.
00:40They never did, Joe.
00:41I mean, none of these.
00:42It's just a bunch of 500 baseball teams, and whichever one happens to prevail.
00:48It's not even like the Astros losing three in a row.
00:51How do you – seven of the last ten, final two weeks of the regular season,
00:54it's right there for you, and you just – I mean, seven of the last ten.
00:58It's just remarkable.
01:01So, yeah, those are the two – well, really three races, right?
01:04I mean, if you want to count the last wild card spot.
01:06The AL Central – and it's funny, we've mentioned this before,
01:11but the AL Central has a three-game lead over the AL West leader, right?
01:16So, if you're Cleveland or Chicago, you're going from getting the second seed,
01:22a buy in the first round, to maybe not even making the playoff if you completely fall apart
01:28because you've got four teams battling for – or really five teams battling for that final wild card spot with
01:33Toronto.
01:33So, you could fall theoretically so far you don't even get a wild card spot,
01:37or you could actually win the division and have the second-best record and get a buy in the first
01:43round.
01:43That's how crazy it's been.
01:45And it's been that way for the longest time.
01:46No one's winning.
01:47Yep.
01:49It's been absolutely crazy.
01:51And the Cubs, we know, they're going to be probably the number one wild card team.
01:56I think we're less the Philadelphia, who's got 86-70 as Philadelphia,
02:02but Philadelphia's not catching Atlanta, I don't believe, anyway, for the National League East title.
02:10Milwaukee's going to win 100-plus games, obviously.
02:12They're sitting at 98 wins right now.
02:15And then the Dodgers are 96-60.
02:18So, I guess the Padres – you give the inside track to the Padres getting that final wild card spot,
02:24but then it's just a matter of jockeying for position here.
02:28I mean, the Diamondbacks had every opportunity and blew it.
02:31I mean, who are we kidding here, Scott?
02:33Yeah.
02:34Yeah, they did.
02:35They fell off the map.
02:36They really did.
02:37They lost six in their last ten.
02:39So, they're like, what, one game?
02:41I think one is the elimination game.
02:42I think it is for the Phillies.
02:44Maybe one game, one or two, right?
02:46So, but it's funny.
02:48You know, Cubs, 87 wins.
02:51Padres, 87 wins, Joe.
02:52And the Phillies, 86 wins.
02:54And, again, that's all matching up.
02:57You know, if you want to try and figure out who's playing who in the first round, you don't know.
03:00Then it's like who's playing who in the second round.
03:02You really don't know.
03:03It could be any one of those.
03:05I still say that the team I would not want to face are the Phillies.
03:08That, to me, you know, I'll face the Padres.
03:10I'll face the Cubs.
03:13You know, but it's the Phillies with those two big lefties and Wheeler as well.
03:17That, to me, is the most dangerous team.
03:20If I'm a Dodger fan, that would be the one.
03:23Let me stay away from them.
03:25Do we even see it?
03:27It's funny because I'm still scratching my head going.
03:30I know the Dodgers don't care about home field.
03:34But maybe Milwaukee doesn't either, although Milwaukee should because Milwaukee at home was 52 and 26 this year.
03:42They dominated at home, Scotty.
03:45But I don't know.
03:46Are you throwing Miz out there for another?
03:49Are we throwing him out there for any reason over the next week?
03:52Why?
03:55Yeah.
03:56You know, the only one would be with the Dodgers, right?
03:59But I think if you told the Brewers, listen, you're going to be in the National League Championship Series.
04:03They'd be so giddy.
04:03It's like, I don't care.
04:04We'll play in the moon.
04:05You know?
04:06Whatever.
04:06Who cares, right?
04:07We'll play in the moon.
04:08Why?
04:08Let me get my guy.
04:09Why don't we even give him an extra rest, right?
04:12Yeah.
04:12I don't.
04:13You know.
04:15Or maybe pitch him like three innings.
04:17Just give him a little something.
04:18Yeah, but I wouldn't go too, too crazy.
04:20They're not going to fall.
04:21You know, they've already clinched at least a bye.
04:23So, they're not falling, you know, further than the Braves.
04:25They really have clinched that.
04:27That, to me, is the biggest game, Joe.
04:28Just first round bye.
04:30I don't want to play in those goofy best of threes.
04:32And they've clinched that.
04:33So.
04:33Mm-hmm.
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