00:00Absolutely here.
00:01You know, speaking of the deadline here, do you think in the American League,
00:04we talked about it not being really some good baseball in the first half here.
00:09Do you think environment matters, George?
00:11And what I mean by that is if you're the Rays,
00:14a club that traditionally doesn't spend a lot of money because, again,
00:17they don't have a lot of money right now until they get their new ballpark here,
00:21would you be a buyer here knowing that right now you're sitting at four up
00:25in the American League East and really nobody's running away with any division
00:30right now in the American League?
00:31Would you be a buyer if you were the Rays and go for it?
00:36To whatever they can, yes, because the Yankees aren't going to be the Yankees, right?
00:40We've seen that judge.
00:41Judge, you don't know if he's going to come back.
00:42Is he going to be judge?
00:44Freed?
00:44Is he going to come back?
00:45Is he going to be freed?
00:45Rodon, you know, there's a lot of ifs there with the Yankees
00:48about what team they can be,
00:49and they generally don't play all that great in October.
00:50Anyway, Rays do play baseball.
00:53We love the way they play, right?
00:54They're going to move runners over, steal bases, bump,
00:56all old school baseball there.
00:58Would they like a bopper?
01:00Absolutely.
01:01You know, and I think that could help.
01:02Could they use another starting pitcher?
01:04Yeah, but I don't think it's necessary.
01:05I think they're one of those teams.
01:07You know, I don't think they're going to be that big buyer right away at the deadline.
01:11They're going to see what's left at 3 o'clock,
01:13which maybe the prices come down a little bit
01:14and what they can add from there.
01:16Maybe a Joe Ryan at Minnesota, if no one wants to pay that price,
01:19he would look good up at Tampa Bay.
01:20Because I talk about school a lot.
01:22Joe Ryan's really good, too.
01:23He's not school, but he's really good.
01:24He can help a contender here.
01:26But I think the Rays, yeah, because, Dan, you said it.
01:28We talked about this last week, too.
01:29American League's terrible.
01:31There's no great team.
01:32All right?
01:32If you told me right now the Chicago White Sox
01:34were going to represent the American League in the World Series,
01:36you know, Dan, I wouldn't be floored.
01:37I wouldn't be.
01:38Maybe it's Tampa.
01:39Maybe it's Seattle.
01:40Keep on Seattle.
01:41Now they can't win a ballgame to save their lives.
01:43You know?
01:44So, yeah, I think Tampa has as good a chance as anybody
01:45and maybe the best chance out of anybody.
01:47Maybe it's the best chance out of anybody.
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