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Oh, man.

I tried to put some energy into that read, Alex, for the sake of our sponsor, Wendy's.

I'm not feeling super energetic after this series.

I mean, I feel like I should maybe be happier after splitting a series, but man, what is

happening to the offense?

That was more energy than I saw in four games for the most part, with the exception of what,

one inning when they got a free runner.

Hey, do you like the runner on second rule now that the Giants?

That was the only way they could score basically the whole weekend.

No, absolutely not.

I do think it needs a little tweaking.

There's probably a way it can work.

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