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Hello and welcome to Talking Baseball. It is Monday, August 12th. We had a weekend full of games. We had some good series matchups today. You know I've been eyeing this twins Cleveland four game set and it brought some fun.

There were some rookie home runs some swelgan to get into slump watch. Gonna get it at all Jake here we go. Talking baseball episode. I don't know 13 I think.

Excited Monday Friday little late today and that's because the Yankees are playing a double header and we do a Yankees podcast that we had to get a pregame show out for. We apologize for the slight delay but we're here we're here now Jake how you doing.

We are here Jim I'm doing well a really fun weekend of games we you know you're you're vaunted twins Indians series we'll talk about that.

But yeah man we we had a lot of fun stuff we had some go for balls young guys a couple silly veteran plays one of the biggest upsets in baseball history according to Vegas in the past decade or so.

So I'm I'm gearing up had a good weekend went to a one to a show it red red rocks Saturday night.

Otherwise a watch a lot of baseball I'm starting to get into a dangerous wormhole where I'm starting to watch a lot of other teams too Jim and it's it's I mean it's awesome but it's probably bad for my health and my sleep and all that but a dude it's just so good and I know I'm going to talk about some individual players later but man it's getting the game out there more because I mean there there's a couple guys whose names I've known for a long time but I haven't you know watched a lot of action.

And then I've watched them play over the weekend and I'm like yeah that guy's really cool he did this this and this I love that so yeah now now my new J. Keeper gate is going to be how do we get players in front of people more but that's a that might be an off season deep dive how what what games did you watch.

Well I caught some of the Sunday night baseball I caught the I had that on first the Nats I caught some Cleveland Cleveland versus Minnesota because I knew how jazzed up you'd be about that what else did I catch I think I caught a little bit of the Cubs

I got some dude I'm falling head over heels for Ronald Acunio you're going to hear about me talk about him like me probably every episode I it might become Jake's Ronald Acunio corner so yeah man I I was all over and yeah now it's because normally the Yankees for us are kind of like the

all right the Yankee games over let's let's kind of tie a tie a few loose ends and call it now I'm like all right I'll throw in another game and so my girlfriend hates me how are you doing.

I'm good I'm good we have a double header today for the Yankees have a double header so it's baseball baseball filled day which I make so excited about I love double headers and like a little kid on Christmas just like two games let's do it all day all day but talking baseball I'm excited about this as well.

We're going up in the rankings the reviews keep coming in we get some tweets here and there like hey this guy's got to be in

Fuego this guy's got to be on slump watch I love that interaction I love the engagement so I'm excited speaking of engagement interaction this

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Bobby Hansi up Wilson Sun thank you Wilson or your son Wilson Wilson Sun two sons he could go by Sun Sun for short yeah that's fun Sun Sun I like that okay Matt McBride Matt McBride

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Brian Harmon Harmon I see a golfer with that name right now Jonah bone

Jenna bone oh this is another good one Sal Morale Sal Morale dude yeah that's good name Sal Morale David

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