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I am Ben Moubert of the Ringer joined by Sam or of ESPN, Los Angeles

Well Ben, we are speaking on Monday afternoon between World Series games 5 and 6

So we've got a lot of World Series action to catch up on

We did another Patreon live stream on Friday during game 3

But as always we were somewhat distracted by the talking

And then there were two more games after that so it was obviously an all Astros weekend

Is there anywhere in particular you want to begin?

Why don't we talk about the microphones on the umpires this season?

Yes, they are pretty loud aren't they?

They are very loud by loud I don't mean like distracting to the rest of my life

I mean like they're very audible they're clear and I'm curious to know

Before game 5 of the World Series what you had thought of them

And then we'll probably talk about how they became a central part of game 5

And what people are talking about today

So probably speaking before game 5 of the World Series

What was your take on umpire microphones?

I hadn't thought that much about it except that Jesse was watching one of the games with me

And she kept hearing one of the umpire strike calls

And she said is that the umpire?

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