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Jacob Miseroski is a rookie. He only has
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a handful of starts this season for the
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Brewers, but he's been absolutely
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untouchable in many ways and has been a
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complete kind of household name phenom
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type thing happening in Melewalk, which
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is Alangquin for the good land, I
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believe. And Miseroski, aka the Miz, is
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firing tripledigit fast balls. I mean,
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most of his throws are hitting triple
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digits. So, people are just in awe of
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him right now. And Major League Baseball
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named him as one of the National League
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Allstars. Well, this did not make the
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Philadelphia Phillies happy. Maybe other
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teams as well, but the Phillies had a
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couple of guys specifically in their
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bullpen they thought were more deserved
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than Miseroski. And they said that
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basically the All-Star games becoming
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the Savannah bananas. And this is a
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joke. He's not a veteran. He doesn't
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have enough service time. He doesn't
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have enough starts this year and they're
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just putting on a show. And so the
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Phillies decided to decided to belly
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ache this week about it. From a Philly
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you want to circle the wagons, defend
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your guys, say we got dudes that belong
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in the All-Star game. Maybe they also
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have All-Star game bonuses in their
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contract. You want to see them get
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rewarded. You want to see them get
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honored and recognized. Hey, that's
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being a good teammate. That's fine. I
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got no problem with that.
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But let me tell you, Philadelphia
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Phillies, you don't matter here. You
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really don't. Because when you
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dismissively say, "What are we now? The
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Savannah Bananas." Guess what the
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Savannah Bananas do? Sell out football
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stadiums night after night after night.
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Not in Savannah, Georgia. And there is a
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waft, I would say, a whiff of what is
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happening at times in the WNBA of
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looking at Caitlyn Clark's
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success or popularity
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and not recognizing that's good for
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everybody and sniffling at it, scoffing
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at it, saying, "Well, what are we, a
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Well, I would say to those around Major
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League Baseball, do you sell out
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football stadiums night after night?
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Have you become a cultural touchstone?
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Do you play on a baseball team that is
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known not for what players are on the
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team, but because it's in your social
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media feed constantly and people are
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excited about the fun, the excitement,
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the joy, the memory that is built there?
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Cuz if not, you should maybe take a look
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at what the Savannah Bananas are doing.
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And from Major League Baseball, does
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this have a touch of, "Hey, he's
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popular. He trends on social. We should
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get him into the game." Yeah. Yeah, it
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does. But I would answer, what's wrong
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with that? This is a showcase for the
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sport. This is an exhibition.
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This does not count for anything. It's
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no longer about homefield advantage in
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the World Series. It's not about league
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pride as it was once upon a time when
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Pete Rose ran over Ray FY. It's not
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about any of that anymore. We know this.
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We had to come to that conclusion
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because you guys on the field proved
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that because you wanted to play in one
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inning and then be taken out because the
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managers made it as though it is no
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longer really a competition because it
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no longer has any value to it on the
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field. So, if that's the way it's going
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to be and it is just a showcase of the
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sport, then Jacob Miserowski, The Miz,
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does need to be in here because he's
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clearly one of the best stories of the
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first half of the season. No,
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we could go back to Paul Skins. If Paul
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SK does what he is doing right now, but
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starts to qualify for an all-star bid,
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should he not be invited, or does he
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move the needle? Is he what people want
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to see? I think it's ridiculous. And
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don't get me wrong, I understand wanting
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to earn your stripes in the All-Star
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game. This is an important thing for
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everybody to have on their bio on their
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baseball reference page for their Hall
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of Fame credentials or whatever. The
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more All-Star games, the better your
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career looks and the better your postc
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career prospects are. I understand all
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that, but let's also get real baseball
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and baseball players and specifically
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the Philadelphia Phillies griping about
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If Jacob Miseroski starts against your
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team and there is a full house and there
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are millions of people watching on TV
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because of him, that's good for you. And
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don't ever forget it. That's good for
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you. The more eyes that are on your
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sport at the right time, better for you.
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Rising tide lifts all boats, right?
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That's the simple fact of the matter.
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when my company Sirius XM and I do the
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morning show on channel 82 Mad Dog
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Sports Radio went out and plucked were
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signed Stephen A. Smith. Well, guess
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what? I understood that the decision was
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to move the needle. I liked a lot the
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the two hosts that they replaced Stephen
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A with and that was Michelle Beetle and
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Cody Deck are two friends of mine and I
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really like their show and they did a
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really really good job. But if I'm here
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as part of a a business operation and my
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my business believes this is what gets
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more eyes on the channel or more ears on
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your your channel or your place of
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business and that should be in the long
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run good for everybody. I've got to say
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yeah it is no hard feelings. I get it
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and I think the Phillies should
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understand that. I think baseball
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players in general should understand
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that baseball lacks the cultural
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significance of the NFL and in some ways
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the NBA in some parts of the country as
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well. Guess what grabs that? Guys like
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the Miz. So is it going to be by the
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book the way it used to be? Maybe not.
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But to scoff at what are we the Savannah
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bananas? If you had attendance,
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attention, and social media curating
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like the Savannah Bananas, you'd be a
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better league. And the bananas are
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what you don't do well. They are filling
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the void of a country that loves the
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sport actually of baseball but needs
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some fun or some juice or some
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excitement or can you believe they did
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this or social media, selfie, Instagram,
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Tik Tok worthy moments. That's why the
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bananas work. They took a sport that we
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already love, but they put it with turbo
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boosters and fun behind it. If Major
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League Baseball players think that they
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don't want to be the bananas,
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well, guess what? You won't be.
