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Subscribe now. What's up everybody and welcome to episode 2-50 of the Talking chop podcast i and your host brad roland it is

wednesday evening or wednesday afternoon for my co-host on this podcast the braves lead the series

over the marlins two nothing and west coast correspondent scott coleman is here hello sir

hey brad thanks for having me on uh Yeah, the early, I guess they're not

as early as the Red Series, but an 11 a.m. first pitch today, but hey, there's something nice

about having an early game and then getting to enjoy the rest of the games throughout the evening

when you already have a win in your back pocket. So it was a great baseball game today and obviously a lot of good stuff

to talk about. For sure. And, you know, obviously the top line thought here is that the Braves are

in a commanding position. It is not over, but they lead two to nothing in a best of five series.

And given that they are also the better team on paper in this series, the lead is even more commanding

than you might even think that it is.

A couple of top line thoughts here. This is the first four-game playoff winning streak for the Braves.

That's 1999, which was quite a long time ago. You were a very young man at that point in time, Scott.

Also, the Braves became the third team in baseball postseason history to have three shutouts in the first four playoff games.

All kinds of stats we could get into, but in general, I will ask you sort of what your feeling is, because it hasn't been, yes, there was the offensive explosion at the end of game one, but really it's been the pitching.

And, you know, the bullpen we knew was going to be a strength. We knew Max Free was going to be a strength. But Ian Anderson

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