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Welcome back to starting nine episode 284.

The league championship series round is set and it is the exact same shit as last year,

except for the Boston Red Sox who played possum in a Mickey Mouse season and secured the

best prospect in the Major League Baseball draft only to then in a rebuild year, Dallas.

Gain entry to the see if you can beat the Astros to get to the World Series Challenge,

which is now half a decade running.

Houston Astros are going back.

The Atlanta Braves are going back.

And now after last night we have learned and credits of Gabe Kapler by the way,

because I know the Internet exploded over a blown call on a Czech swing and that's the final out of the ballgame.

Giants lose their seasons over one run ball game.

Gabe Kapler was like, yeah, I mean, like you can be disappointed about that,

but there's multiple reasons why we lost that game and I had nothing to do.

I mean, there's that's one reason, but there are a multitude of reasons why we lost that game.

And if you want to go back, don't remember the series earlier in the year,

between the Dodgers and the Giants.

Yes.

Yeah.

Aaron Ruff.

Was that in Dodger Stadium?

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