award-winning journalists new york times bestsellers no topic out of bounds no opinions left unsaid an institution for sports talk and information this is the sports reporters here's mike lupica mitch album and bob r. I'm Mitch Album of the Detroit Free Press.

I've heard of both of them.

I'm Mike Lupick and New York Daily News MLB.com.

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Sports Reporters podcast.

We do this on Monday and Thursday, and we got plenty to talk about today.

Starting with one in so many ways, one of the most memorable nights to ever end a world series and

in a game six and and not a game seven and guys i will tee it up this way okay this to me

was one of the most talented teams i've seen lately in baseball because of the core of this team,

meaning Betts, Bellinger, Seeger, Bueller, Bueller, and still Clayton Kershaw,

that has won a World Series lately and they finished it off in fine style.

And guys, tell me if you didn't see it coming that Kevin Cash was going to pull Blake Snell too early.

Well, because of this third time around thing that they live by.

Yeah, you could see it coming.

And you go, oh, no, not really.

And then, you know, you say, you're hoping yourself, you're saying yourself, well, look how good he's, well, he's pitching.

They've got to make an adjustment.

You know, you've got to not do it.

And you can't do it.

He's, defense for this.

Okay, you're going to do it.

But wait until he pitches to Mookie.

Mookie, who has been impotent against left-hand pitchers all year.

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