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Let me get to the first. Give me a thought on the ALCS on the Yankees and the Astros. You know, I thought it was a great series. It really came down to the Yankees. If they get two more hits, they probably win the series, is what it comes down to. and they didn't get them, and the Astros got those two extra big hits, and that was the

difference.

Do you, were you, do you, do you, do you okay with Chapman and his approach to L-Touvet?

Would you rather he lost with his fastball?

What was your thoughts on his approach to L-Tube?

I mean, you can talk about that his fastball is his best pitch, but, you know, his slider's really good. I mean, it's really good. And the one that he threw to get back in the count was a great one. Two-0 to two-one, was a great one. Yeah. So if he throws the same pitch, right? Yep. It's probably strike two. He just hung a pitch and you can make a mistake

with a fast. It's not like Altova can't hit anybody's fastball either. I mean, I saw him take

Glassnell out on 99 up and away and he took him deep. So, you know, it's not such an easy

decision. He just didn't execute the pitch. After the fact, a lot of people want to walk him there. I can't see a manager walk in the winning run and the scoring position in the deciding game in the bottom of the ninth inning where you get beat on a bleeder. Yeah, I think that's hard to do. If you're going to pitch around him, you know, that's one thing. Right. I agree with that. I agree with that. You can't, though, intentionally walk him there. I don't think anybody would do that because then if you get beat with a bloop, you're going to be sick for the whole year. I mean, that's right. You'd rather get beat with the homer than get beat with the bloop. I agree. I can't. That's a hard thing to do. It's easy to say, but it's a hard thing to do.

How about Sanchez is catching? I mean... bloop. I agree. I can't. That's a hard thing to do. It's easy to say, but it's a hard thing to do.

How about Sanchez's catching? I mean, it seemed to deteriorate again. Yeah, he struggled.

You know, I don't know if it was frustration or, I mean, some of the balls of Britain threw him.

I mean, I don't think it's fair to critique him on those. Those are fastballs that are 95 that catchers, you know, don't block fastballs.

We either pick them or they get by.

So some of those pitches, you know, I don't necessarily think are fair to critique him on.

But, you know, I think that's who he is.

And there's so many good things that he's capable of doing, you know, throwing and he's a pretty good receiver and he calls a pretty good

game. And he can hit a lot of home runs and drive-in runs. You know, that's the one thing that,

you know, that he could probably, you know, continue to work on. But when you don't hit, you know, that's the one thing that he could probably, you know, continue to work on.

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