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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
You saw this weekend, Ronald Acuna finally starting to heat up.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
The power number's coming.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
So, you know, the team's just playing really good.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
And they've gotten Bryce Elders had a great year on the mound.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
Martin Perez has come in out of nowhere and added depth.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
So...
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
I'm so glad because I kept worrying, man, we're going to get some 32-year-old dude coming in that's never managed at that level and done that.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
And some of them have been successful.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
Look up in Washington, it's working right now.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
They're doing a good job.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
But for the Braves and for a veteran crew like that, I thought to get a guy like Walt, who is a grinder,
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
you know, was a tough, hard-nosed dude.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
You know, a lot of people don't know he's a black belt, man.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
Like, this guy's tough as nails.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
We saw him form tackle Jorge Soler early in the year.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
Like, when you see your manager do that, you know, as I always say, as a former player, how the heck could you not want to play for that?
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
So, you know, I'm happy for Walt.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
He's a great baseball man.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
And, you know, you see this sometimes, right, where guys... I was a part of that Philadelphia team that Ryan Sandberg got to take over for Charlie Emanuel.
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JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio
But by that point, it was gutted, right?