00:00This one deep to left, and it is gone!
00:05A release of frustration for Riley.
00:08He's got his first of the season.
00:11Good evening.
00:14Anyway, it was good to see Austin Riley go deep for the first time this year.
00:21I didn't, honestly, you said that earlier.
00:22I didn't realize that that was his first one.
00:25Yeah, obviously off to a bit of a tough start from a power perspective,
00:29especially given the spring that he had had,
00:31but he's been hitting the ball a little bit better lately,
00:33and obviously to do that last night had to feel good.
00:36Add that to Matt Olsen getting his fifth of the year,
00:38and Ozzy Albee's getting his fourth of the year.
00:40Ozzy, to be as little as Ozzy is, dude, that dude got some pop.
00:45He got some pop.
00:46It's crazy.
00:46He got some pop.
00:47Because he really is like 5'6", 5'7".
00:51He's the biggest bat on the team.
00:53Huh?
00:53Say what?
00:53He's the biggest bat on the team.
00:54Is that right?
00:55He's about as tall as he is.
00:56The bat is about as big as he is.
00:57Does he really have the heaviest bat on the team?
00:58Yeah.
00:58That's crazy.
00:59One of one or two, yeah.
01:00Well, remember all those years ago Chip Carey was on the show,
01:02and he referred to him as something like Battleship Strong or something like that?
01:07Yeah.
01:08That's what he is.
01:09Yeah, man.
01:09I'm sorry.
01:11What?
01:13Nothing, dude.
01:13I'm just, never mind, man.
01:15Never mind.
01:16But, no, I think that, you know, and what was the biggest thing?
01:19As long as he's hitting righty, I mean, he's got pop the left.
01:22That's the left.
01:22I think he has more power lefty.
01:24Yeah.
01:24And then his contact's a little bit better righty.
01:27But, look, whatever.
01:28Whatever.
01:29Exactly.
01:29He's batting .288 right now.
01:31He's slugging .466, and he's got four home runs on the year.
01:34And that's what it is.
01:35I mean, he's had such fluky, random, unfortunate injury history in his career.
01:41When he's healthy, he's going to give you about 30 home runs, and he's going to play some really good
01:44defense.
01:45A couple timely double plays last night.
01:48I think.
01:48What did he say?
01:4916 games?
01:51Is that right?
01:5116 straight games?
01:52With the double play?
01:53And they had two, obviously the one where they had to review it.
01:56Olsen with that great stretch.
01:57I mean, it's so helpful to have a 6'5 first baseman over there.
02:01But Dubon, he's, I mean, what a great pickup he's been.
02:06I mean, just on his own, he's been great.
02:08But then, obviously, with Kim being hurt as well.
02:11But, yeah, for him to stretch out and get that, it looked like a run was going to score,
02:14but they took the run off the board because they got the double play.
02:16Then they got one later in the game, too.
02:19I realized last night, I think maybe one of my favorite things in baseball is a timely double play.
02:24It's so nice.
02:24It's just so relieving.
02:25Yes.
02:26Because you're getting stressed, like, all right, come on, you guys are back.
02:27Because it was 6-0, then all of a sudden it's 6-3, and they got the tying run at
02:31the plate.
02:32It's like, come on, let's not mess around with the Marlins.
02:34And the Marlins are off to a pretty nice start this year.
02:36They got some okay players, but let's get out of here with a series win.
02:39You can't be up 6-0 in the rubber match and give it away.
02:42And, ultimately, they didn't.
02:44Bryce Elder, fantastic again.
02:45Yes, he was.
02:46Fourth really good start of the year for Bryce Elder.
02:49And I think, you know, because of where they are in the stands, again, we know it's still so early.
02:54But, hell, you remember where we were at this time last year?
02:56Oh, yeah.
02:56Okay, so, yeah.
02:58We only say it's early when they're back.
03:02Yes.
03:02It's okay to say it's early now, too, and enjoy it.
03:04Yeah, but, I mean, now they're about to go on a seven-game road trip starting tomorrow up in Philly
03:08against seven straight.
03:10In at least three against the Phillies, four against the Nationals.
03:14Spencer Strider's rehabbing tonight up there in Gwinnett.
03:17Is it Gwinnett, right, Bo?
03:18Rome.
03:19Oh, is it Rome?
03:20Yeah, it's Rome.
03:20I'm sorry.
03:20All right, Rome.
03:22Obviously, getting him revved up to go.
03:24I know we talked to Greg yesterday, so it's probably like maybe four starts before he's
03:27back in the rotation.
03:28So, as long as they can hold it down.
03:30Where's my paper at?
03:31That'd be pretty fun, by the way.
03:33If you're out that way, like if you're Rusty Manziel or one of the…
03:36Martin Perez will start tonight.
03:37One of his many friends out there in the Rome area.
03:40You go see Spencer Strider and Sean Murphy play tonight for the Rome Braves.
03:43Nice.
03:43That's pretty good.
03:45That'd get you…
03:46But I got to go…
03:47Like, because…
03:48Whoa, did you ever tell me which affiliate or which team replaced the Macon Braves?
03:56So, the Columbus Clingstones are the double-A team that are down there.
04:01Okay.
04:01And then Macon moved to Mississippi.
04:02Okay.
04:03All right.
04:03And it's Mississippi that moved to Columbus.
04:04So, yeah, it is them.
04:05Yeah.
04:05Okay.
04:06Are they still the Mississippi Braves?
04:07No, it's Columbus Clingstones.
04:09Okay.
04:09All right.
04:10And then Rome is still the Rome Braves.
04:12Emperors.
04:13Oh, they're the Rome Emperors?
04:14Yeah.
04:14Oh, they're not the Braves anymore?
04:15No.
04:15Oh, okay.
04:16Okay.
04:16All right.
04:16Never mind.
04:17They're the Emperor Penguins.
04:18Okay.
04:19You know, because of all the…
04:21Emperor Emperors.
04:21Because of all the Penguins that are in there.
04:23Nothing says Penguins like Georgia.
04:26Like…
04:28Okay.
04:29I liked how they used to all be the Braves.
04:32Yeah.
04:32There was the Gwinnett Braves, the Rome Braves, the Mississippi Braves.
04:35They're going to the Macon Braves game.
04:36Yeah.
04:37Oh, I bet.
04:38I bet.
04:38Yes.
04:39What level were they?
04:40Were they double-A?
04:41They are.
04:42They still are.
04:42They still are.
04:43Okay.
04:43But they're just in Columbus.
04:44Well, I've talked to Mo about the Clingstones a couple times.
04:47They've redone their little stadium down there and all kind of stuff.
04:49And it's really nice going down there with a double-A ballgame.
04:51I love…
04:52Minor League Baseball games are so much fun.
04:53So much fun.
04:54When I was a kid, the Tacoma team is now the Tacoma Rainiers, and they're the triple-A
04:58team for the Mariners, which makes sense because that's short drive and all that.
05:01Yeah.
05:01When I was a kid, they were the Tacoma Tigers, and they were the triple-A team for the Athletics.
05:06And so, like, we got to see Mark McGuire make a rehab game with the Tacoma Tigers.
05:12We got to see Jose Canseco make a rehab stint for the Tacoma Tigers.
05:17I got Johnny Gill's autograph.
05:19He sang the National Anthem.
05:20You told me that.
05:20Yeah.
05:21At the game one time.
05:22That was pretty fun.
05:23Right near…
05:23That's the big mountain, right?
05:25Yep.
05:25Okay.
05:25Because I know Jack's named after him.
05:27Yep.
05:27And then…
05:27It's a volcano.
05:28Oh, but it's not hikeable.
05:31You can hike it.
05:32You can hike a volcano?
05:33Yeah.
05:34Okay.
05:35You're going to pretty much…
05:36I mean, if it was going to erupt, you probably wouldn't want to.
05:38Right.
05:39But…
05:39Yeah, I know that.
05:40But they usually know.
05:41Yeah, I know that.
05:42They usually know.
05:43Yeah, I know that.
05:44Volcanoes are pretty…
05:44A few days ahead of time, at least.
05:45Yeah.
05:46There was only one guy that died when Mount St. Helens erupted because he didn't leave.
05:51Oh, no.
05:51They were like, hey, dude, you should get out of here.
05:53It's going to blow up, probably.
05:54Of course not.
05:54He was like, that's what they always say.
05:56Yeah, of course.
05:56Yeah, and then he got engulfed by mountain ash, volcanic ash.
06:01Tough way to go.
06:02Tough way to go right there, man.
06:03But maybe you get, like, preserved, you know?
06:06No.
06:06Like, mummified.
06:07Oh, no, you disintegrate it.
06:08You think so?
06:08Yeah.
06:09Oh, yeah, and magma or lava, yeah.
06:11It's going to burn you up.
06:12Yeah, probably.
06:13Yeah.
06:13Yeah, no, you disintegrate it.
06:15Okay.
06:15Yeah.
06:15I was thinking maybe they'll find them.
06:17It's not like tree sap.
06:18We'll find them in like…
06:22Now, what happened in Pompeii?
06:23They got hit by volcanoes and they turned into statues.
06:27Yeah, but they weren't at the base of the volcano.
06:29They got covered by all the soot and ash and stuff.
06:31Okay, got it.
06:32The ones on the…
06:33The ones right near the volcano, they got burned up.
06:35They got burned up.
06:35Yeah, yeah.
06:36Well, anyway, try to avoid volcanoes when they're going to erupt.
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