The A's stay alive, the Yankees face elimination, the Braves roll, and Dodgers-Padres drama heats up
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Eno, Britt and DVR discuss the state of all four Division Series, which could all draw to an end Thursday as the A's, Yankees, Marlins and Padres all face elimination.
Rundown
3:24 The A's Mash Their Way to Game 4
9:04 Did We Undersell Atlanta's Bullpen?
16:32 The Yankees Face Elimination
27:44 The Randy Arozarena Experience
30:40 A Robbed Home Run, Blowing Kisses, and a Near Blown Save
41:09 Why Didn't the Padres Add MacKenzie Gore to the Roster?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and Barrels, episode number 151, playoff episode number 9. |
| 0:19.9 | It's Thursday, October 8th. |
| 0:21.9 | On this episode, we discuss another four-game postseason slate. |
| 0:25.5 | The Yankees have joined the A's on the brink of elimination in their ALDS matchups. |
| 0:31.2 | The Braves and Dodgers doing their part to earn a couple of extra off days before the NLCS |
| 0:35.9 | with 2-0 leads over the Marlins and Padres. |
| 0:40.0 | Britt, how's it going for you on this Thursday? |
| 0:43.0 | You know, going pretty well. |
| 0:45.9 | I'm a little sad. |
| 0:47.1 | I think we've all been kind of pulling for the Padres a little bit and now doesn't look |
| 0:51.7 | so hot for them. |
| 0:52.9 | So, you know, it's been good. |
| 0:55.4 | It's been a good day of baseball watching. |
| 0:57.3 | I know there was a big birthday in the Sarah's household. |
| 1:00.6 | It's not Eno's because I don't think he would care that much. |
| 1:04.4 | So tell us about the big birthday and the cake. |
| 1:07.9 | Calvin turned six. |
| 1:09.2 | He had a Lego cake. |
| 1:11.6 | He, we had a Zoom. |
| 1:14.3 | He only lost his crap like two or three times. |
| 1:18.5 | And, uh, they got a, actually, they got a really fun present that is like a self-flying |
| 1:26.0 | drone that, um, has a sensor on it, then you can like wave your hand |
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