00:00How about those Atlanta Braves, one of the best teams in Major League Baseball?
00:02I guess you can call them the best.
00:0331 wins on the season, 15 losses, 6-4 in their last 10 games.
00:08Very good at home, very good on the road, solid organization.
00:11They're going to take on the Marlins in Craig's neck of the woods.
00:15Four games, Craig.
00:16Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
00:18You look at the Marlins at 21-25 in the season.
00:22Ten games back.
00:23Come on, Craig, call it now.
00:25Three or four games going to the Marlins here.
00:27Drag those Braves back to the pack.
00:29I can see it.
00:30Hope so.
00:31Hope so this week.
00:32I'll be on the sideline for the broadcast in these four games starting tomorrow.
00:37So it'll be a busy week for me.
00:39Look, I think the trouble spot for Miami is when a left-handed pitcher goes.
00:45So naturally, that's that Wednesday matchup with Sale.
00:48Thursday is really the big marquee matchup.
00:50You have Strider and Sandy Alcantara.
00:52Sandy pitched very well for Miami on Saturday again.
00:55And Max Meyer, you could say, has been the Marlins' best starting pitcher.
01:00But Braves are going to throw two lefties at Miami, it would appear, this week.
01:04And that's kind of been the bugaboo for Miami.
01:06They've had a hard time hitting left-handed pitching.
01:09But I'm looking forward to it.
01:10It should be a fun series this week.
01:11And that Tuesday game in particular, Donnie, the Marlins are doing something very interesting.
01:17They're basically taking a shot, okay?
01:19So the Marlins decided to play one game this season during the week at 4 o'clock Eastern.
01:28Just one.
01:29This is it.
01:30They're just doing it Tuesday at 4 o'clock just to see what happens.
01:34They're going to see what the attendance looks like, if it's well-received.
01:38I don't know what's going to come of it.
01:40But it is a rare afternoon game.
01:43I think it's probably the only game I'm going to guess that day before 6 o'clock.
01:46Look at that, trying to capture the West Coast audience there, a little day game action.
01:50Let me ask you this, Craig.
01:51What is a day in the life of Craig Mish?
01:53Now, let's just go Monday, which is a night game.
01:55Perez versus Meyer.
01:56When do we get into the ballpark?
01:58And what do we actually do once we get to the ballpark?
02:00Take me through a Craig Mish day here.
02:03Well, I've never done sideline before.
02:05So I don't know.
02:07Yeah, so I don't know.
02:08But after I get done with Newswire, I probably will leave almost right away.
02:14But the sideline role, since it's an in-game role, I don't have to get as earlier to the ballpark
02:20as I normally would when I'm doing pre- and post-game again, because my broadcast will start earlier before
02:24the game is concerned.
02:25But I think in this case, because they've been on the road, Monday, Donnie, sounds to me like a day
02:30that I have to prepare for the rest of the week in terms of things that I want to talk
02:34about throughout the game.
02:35So, like, that preparation is already underway, looking at some of the potential stories that I'll do during the game.
02:42But having this be the first time I've ever done it, I really don't know what to expect.
02:46So I'm sorry I don't really have a great answer for you.
02:47But if you ask me about Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I'm the analyst on the pre- and post-game show,
02:51so I know exactly how that works.
02:52I'll get to the park, go upstairs, put my stuff down, go down to the clubhouse, do my interviews, go
02:57hang out, do my meeting, and get ready for the show.
03:00But sideline's going to be a little bit different.
03:01The other thing – oh, I don't have it with me.
03:03The other thing for sideline, Donnie, is I bought myself a metal clipboard for sideline because everybody has those.
03:13You know why they have those metal clipboards, Donnie, for the sideline?
03:16To protect your head?
03:17To protect myself if a foul ball comes in.
03:21I got a nice one there just in case.
03:23I am right there and I'm all set to go.
03:24So I don't know.
03:25We'll see.
03:25Everybody could watch Monday night and Tuesday afternoon to see how it goes for me,
03:29because I don't know.
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