00:00We do have the White Sox and the Astros getting ready to go.
00:04In fact, they are just underway now in Houston.
00:08I just, I'm laughing, Greg, I was going, oh, so this is a bullpen game by not just one
00:15team, but by both teams in a wild card round.
00:20Well, both teams had to empty the tank, right, in order to be able to even get here.
00:25So I guess it makes sense, but at this point, I would only want the dog in a spot like
00:32this,
00:33right?
00:33If there's not, I don't see a lot separating these two teams, so I will take the plus money
00:38across the board here.
00:41You know, I was down in Miami today.
00:44I was back at the Marlins putting a bow on the season, and we were talking a little bit
00:49about the postseason.
00:50And Joe, when you really stop and think about it for a second, maybe the team that has the
00:57best chance to go to the World Series in the AL is Cleveland, as crazy as it sounds.
01:05I mean, think about that.
01:06Cleveland's going to get one of these two teams battling it out, bashing their head against
01:12the wall with no pitching for two days or three days.
01:15They're going to have to go to Cleveland to start.
01:18Cleveland's probably going to win that series and face off with, you know, a team that's
01:25probably also going to be battling Tampa Bay and Boston or New York.
01:29I mean, they're probably going to, that's going to be a seven-game series too.
01:32I think Cleveland's going to go, has a good shot to go, Joe.
01:35I don't want to say they're going to go to the World Series, but it feels like, and that
01:38is crazy to say, all things considered, but their path is not going to be all that tough.
01:44They're going to face, I think they sweep through the next series, so they're going to face the
01:52Yankees, the Red Sox, or the Rays, who are absolutely going to fight the three of those
01:57teams, whoever makes it in the next two in Tampa or New York, Boston, whatever, that's
02:01going to be a fight.
02:02Do you see the odds are starting to represent that a little bit?
02:06And then would you take it a step further and say Cleveland's got the best shot to win
02:09the World Series?
02:11I mean, is this crazy talk right now?
02:13The Cleveland Guardians, who a month ago didn't even look like they were going to make the
02:16postseason?
02:17I guess I digress here.
02:19I personally, Joe, have absolutely no opinion and continue to have no opinion on the game
02:24today.
02:25I mean, this game is just the strangest of all.
02:29And then on top of it, I'm very happy, of course, when everybody can make some money,
02:34and I'm glad Major League Baseball did this new contract with Peacock.
02:37But let me say that again, the game is on Peacock.
02:40So if you don't have it, you're not going to see it.
02:43And the other part of it is, with all due respect to these two teams, who in their right
02:47mind today is running to get a Peacock subscription to see this game today between the White Sox
02:52and the Astros?
02:54So once upon a time, Joe, if this was the Springer and Altuve and Bregman and Gurriel and Josh
03:04Reddick and, you know, all the great players that Houston had, this would be a different
03:10story.
03:10They're just, I just don't think Houston's that good.
03:12I don't think Chicago is all that good.
03:15But I'll just go with whatever you like tonight, whatever handicap you have, because I can't
03:19sit here and tell you that I love any of the plays today.
03:22I'll see you next time.
