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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's time to chat with Adnan.
Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on Major League Baseball?
It's Adnan Berkey's on the show. We're gonna talk some baseball and take a trip to the silver screen. That's right, it's time for Adnan. Yes, Adnan Berkey joins us now. We'll head out to the ball game and talk about all the films he's seen.
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Chapter 3: How did Canada perform in their World Cup match against South Africa?
What up, Adnan?
I'm doing great. Mike, Jason, I love the fact that you guys are the epicenter of the world right now. Everyone is watching the World Cup, and of course Vancouver yesterday had that Canada match.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of the recent NHL signings?
I wish we had won. I haven't cheered for a tie so hard since Flyers-Islanders-Patrick division like 1989. I'm like, come on, just give us... Give us a two-two tie. Come on. That's what we're pulling for. But thank God Canada moves on. I have to say this to you guys, and I apologize.
This may be like a comedian repeating one of his bits, but I have no issue with people using soccer terminology in relation to soccer, meaning if you're saying on the pitch they have to play better rather than field, I'm okay with that. What I have an issue with is when people start using these terms in other sports.
The other day at MLB Network, I kid you not, a guy said to me, the Mets need to play with more pace. And I said, what the hell are you talking about? You mean run faster? Oh, okay. That's right. More pace.
You know what? I've seen this happen before. It always happens during a major international competition, be it the Euro or the World Cup. And it seeps into our collective conscience. Don't worry. It goes away as soon as the World Cup is over. And they'll be back to speaking normally about baseball. Hey, look. Okay.
So on the weekend, we got a group text from Adnan and it read best win of the year. Jays are back. Now things haven't gone super swimmingly well for the Jays since then, but let's go all the way back to Saturday. What inspired you so much to send this text?
I know I rarely send group texts to you guys, but I was locked in that game. It was on MLB Network, and so I felt compelled in the delusion and hysteria of the Blue Jays coming back from a 5-0 win to text you both.
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Chapter 5: What insights does Adnan Virk provide about the Blue Jays?
Listen, it's what my friend Tim Kirchner used to call a circle game. He goes, every year, you can look at five games and say, this defined our season, either in a positive way or in a detrimental manner. And I think that game, to me, felt like, oh, my God, this is how you turn it around. You're down 5-0, for God's sakes. You're rallying five. Louis Varlin has been the team's MVP.
The guy's been tremendous for them. He should be an all-star. And obviously Kaz Okamoto, I mean, leading in power categories as a rookie. He's on pace for a 30, 35 home run, 90 RBI season. I just thought against the Cubs team, which is above average.
Chapter 6: How is Vladdy Guerrero Jr. performing this season?
So again, the Cubs have slipped certainly after a
a stellar start for themselves but i thought that's the kind of win that can galvanize a team if you get to 500 around the 500 mark of the season things can take off so perhaps i was just caught up in the drama of a great dan shulman calling okamoto's home run but that's why i was so compelled to text you guys as it got as well since they gotta go get some bats offense not nearly good enough
Well, you mentioned I posted Shulman's call to the same group thread after that. And you could tell that he understood the magnitude of the moment as well. Because, I mean, it's getting early, late. We're mid-June. And last year was around July where the Jays started to take off. And you want to see some signs or semblance of it.
Of course, you know what happens after that game is they get rained out.
Can I just add something, too? You can. It's not like... making the playoffs is an acceptable level of achievement. This is a team that was so, so close to winning the World Series last year, and they were hoping this year that they could get over the hump and actually win it.
So even if the Jays sneak into the postseason because the AL is mid, fans of the Toronto Blue Jays were expecting a team that could contend for the World Series, and right now they seem a long way away from that.
No one's going to make a better point than Jason Brough today on Morning Radio. But that is the essence of the issue right now with the Blue Jays. The amount of people, Jay, that say, well, just get in. I'm like, what do you mean, just get in? So you're an 84-win team? Really? The third wildcard? That's what's notable to you?
Does anyone believe that that team, as presently constructed, if they win 83 or 84 wins and sneak in as a third wildcard, are they going to do any sort of damage? Would they even win a best-of-three against, wait for it, the Chicago White Sox right now? Or against, perhaps, the Cleveland Guardians?
do you think they'd win that series probably not after that do you think they'd beat the yankees probably not this is not last season when they beat the rays probably not so i'm completely with you this whole fallacy of well the american league is so bad 84 wins get you in like but that's not what you want you want 90 wins you were 94 wins a season ago how could you possibly be pleased or you know accepting of a 10 win decrease so i think that's the biggest problem right now facing this team is that just when you say okay couple steps forward here we go they take a couple steps
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Chapter 7: What makes the Milwaukee Brewers a team to watch this season?
I mean, he has to be the star for this team. They're not going to go anywhere without Vlad Jr. being productive, period. You can't say, well, eight other guys will step up. I'm like, no. He's the fulcrum of the offense. He's the focal point, and you've seen his ability to carry the team, certainly against the Yankees, you know, World Baseball Classic moments like that.
So it's a mystery right now, and as you said, Mike, most importantly, I think the pressure's getting to him. I think previously it was like, well, he's kind of blocked out the noise, do what he can. Now it's unavoidable. Now wherever he goes, whether it's visiting teams, the home team, like, hey, what's wrong with Vlad? What's wrong with Vlad?
That's going to be a question that keeps getting posed until he figures this out.
Okay, I want to ask you about the Milwaukee Brewers, which is something you don't hear very often, but I do because the Milwaukee Brewers are, to me, the Houston Texans of Major League Baseball in that when the playoffs start, they're always there, but not for long. And...
I just want to know if this Brewers team, is there anything about this current Brewers team that makes things different and makes one believe that they could actually get over the hump, beat the Dodgers, and get to a World Series and maybe even win it?
Two words, Jacob Mizorowski. Maybe that's the difference this time around. They've never had an ace quite like this. They've had great starters. Brandon Woodruff, they had Freddie Peralta, they had Corbin Burns. But they never had a guy quite like Mizorowski. And brought that game when he had 15 strikeouts and one hit. That is about as good a pitching performance you'll ever get. It's awesome.
So to your point, if you're going up against the Dodgers and we know the Brewers, you know, it's an inconsistent offense. A little punch and Judy come playoff time and all of a sudden they're tossing out Glasnow and Snell and Otani and here we go again. Well, can you match them pitch for pitch? And with Mizorowski alone, it's like a terrible scruple effect.
You go, okay, well, five game series, he's pitching games one and five. or games one and four and short rest, we get a chance here. We wouldn't miss the start so we can win this thing. So I think he's that important. He's that much of an equalizer because offensively, they still don't have the stars that stand out. You know, Bryce Turing is a good player. William Contreras is a great catcher.
Jake Bowers is at a nice season. There's still no guys that really overwhelm you. An excellent, fairly benign, you know, no-nonsense bullpen. But this is what they've done, as you said, for years. Last year, they had 97 wins, and I could not find one person, one person, one analyst to go, yep, I'm calling the Brewers to do it.
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Chapter 8: What factors contribute to the success of a team's power play?
And that's exactly what happened. So I hope it's a difference this year for the good people of Milwaukee. You know, 82 was the last time they were even in the World Series. So that's the thing. You've had sustained success in terms of winning the Central. And every year you go, well, it's now the Cubs' turn or the Reds or whichever other team. But the Brewers still standing at the top there.
But are they better than the Dodgers as presently constituted? No. But Miz, I do think, could be that kind of an X factor because he's that special.
Tell me a little bit more about him because there are not many pitchers that can throw 104.5 miles per hour. He's 24 years old. What was his story growing up? Where did he come from?
Yeah, Mizorowski is a fascinating story because he's the kind of guy where... you know, normally you hear these guys from a while away, just how good they're going to be. And then sometimes they kind of sneak up on you. So I feel like we were hearing with Steven Strasburg for years where he came up and certainly that's been the case with other guys that get Jacob to grow up.
Mr. Roscoe wouldn't say slip through the cracks, but it was kind of a late bloomer. Like when, when he got called up last year, uh, There was a little bit of buzz, but it wasn't like those other names that I mentioned. And then all of a sudden, it was eye-popping. And then it got ridiculous. There was a big backlash. Why? Because he only had five or six starts. He made the all-star game.
You know, this is ridiculous. And people were so mad. And rightfully so. I thought it was a joke myself. And Rob Manfred said, well, you know, it's all about stars and sizzle and people like this kid and whatever. But the arsenal is so imposing. And I think at the end of the day, you can look at certain pitchers, Jay, and go, I appreciate this pitch.
Like, you know, there's nothing better than a Burt Blylevin curveball or a Dave Steve slider or... you know, Clayton Kershaw. But when you just say, hey, man, go ahead and hit it. I'm going to throw this thing as hard as I can. You try to hit this thing. That start he had against Martin Perez two starts ago, he had 54 pitches above 100 miles an hour. I've never seen that before.
I mean, normally if you hit triple digits, it happens five times. Or it's a role to Chapman throwing 15 pitches and seven or eight of the 15 or 100. I've never seen a starter throw 54 of 97 pitches for 100 miles an hour. Like, his average is 100. Like, think about that. If someone says to you, I'm sitting 100. And after that, if I really get some giddy, I go 103, 104.
Honestly, I've seen some great pitchers. Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens. Never seen that kind of velocity from this young man. And, of course, you always worry, what if he gets hurt? It's the same thing you hear about with Paul Skeens. Well, all these guys, it could happen, especially with that kind of pressure in your elbow. But he's a great straight. He's a baby-faced assassin.
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