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0:00Ron Kummer on deck. Ron he's been red hot. He's been in his zone. Ron Kummer. Let's see if the Cubs can respond. We're helping him out. Humber Drams one in the right center. Feel long run to the air. Pierre Dodgs misses it. It bounces all the way to the wall. That's a nice knock for the old hometown boy of him. Chicago Cubs radio announcer. The weight is over. The weight. It is over to Cubs. A world series champion. How does that sound partner? 1999 American League All-Star. And now the American League All-Star Infielder. Ron Kummer. The CUMDA. Ron Kummer. They're not going me folks. They're just yelling CUM. With Ha and Peyton on 104-3 the score. Welcome back. Good Friday morning, Chicago. This is the Ha and Peyton Show and Chicago Sports Radio 104-3 the score. David Ha, Jarek Peyton here until 10 o'clock. Time now to go out to our plumbers 9-1-1 hotline.

1:02Plumbing emergency call 1-8-3-3-plumb. 9-1-1 local 130 plumbers. Get the job done right the first time. And we go down to Miami where we find our guy Cubs radio analyst. All around good guy. One of God's great men. Ron Kummer. Good morning, CUM. Good morning, David. And Jarek, welcome. Welcome to the score. I've been watching many, many, many years on GM with Danny Rowling. So welcome to our team, buddy. So great to have you. Went to score and be able to talk every, every Friday as long as you guys will have these. So come. Come. Come. Let me tell you, man. It's an honor. Let me just tell you. It is an honor. I listen to you guys all the time at home. My family gets mad at me all the time because they want to watch it on the tube. And all I want to do is listen to it on the score. Well, I appreciate it. When you have a hollow fever sitting next to you, you just follow in the, follow in the way you can like this. Good. That's what I can tell you.

2:02And you guys were at your best last night, CUM. That what a night to be at Wrigley Field. It was great to see you and Pat and Zach before the game and Paul Zorang, of course. And then to stay for what was I felt like, boy, that was a tight game, two minutes, two hours and ten minutes or so, two to one victory for the Cubs. Crick Council said how much fun it was and you felt that watching it was more than just Caleb Williams and Caleb Wilson being there and pounding on the dugout. It was a game where You knew these were two playoff teams giving each other their best It really was that you saw two guys in pitching And Henderson and for the Cubs Cosmon who are doing it Kind of similarly, you know, the back and forth to speed and you see how Difficult that can be when two guys have their fastball working and then Goslin split was great, but change it for Henderson was great Geek got on one fastball and hit sitting the basket and straight away center and

3:02You know one son in a batch the whole ball game the other thing that's fun about yesterday is Is watching both defenses play and and how they're You know understanding that the pitchers you're doing so well in the moving of defense and the plays that are made and I just those are good games. Those are good Good ball games to win and they're fun because you see all aspects of the game happen That have to happen or else you lose and that's fun. Well, come I know it was a quiet first half for Alex Bragman But this series he was he was phenomenal right three for six Um and on Monday If I'm not mistaken and then on Wednesday Chauvin for more. I mean what just talk about talk about him and what he's done in this second half that is Put him on a tear as he goes into September glad I don't know that I haven't talked to Uh Bragman about this in particular Because it is right now you you want those

4:05Memories to be gone record because those early season memories to just be gone and talk about the current What I see right now is I see a confident guy and a guy who's playing um Baseball like he didn't Houston where you're a real confident you're You know you're gonna do well and you're not carrying that concert on your shoulders every at bat And I see that guy now and I think that's what he was doing Jared earlier in the year is that new deal and you're trying to play Play up to that deal day after day even in batting practice. It was you can see it laying on him But uh now it's different and he's on time and you know He covered a ball yesterday that he hit a line drive bullet off the left field wall To start to game and that was a fastball down in a way and to do that you have to be either timing He's got to be perfect and the swings got to got to be very good going through the ball. And he was um he's

5:05I just think he started doing some things you know a little bit ago Where he gave up on always thinking he had to pull the ball and get it elevated which is what he has done in his career So successfully and you start doing some other things and doing Taking what other team gives you and then it leads back to you doing what your strength is So I really feel like him Him kind of giving into the game a little bit has gotten him back on track He's gonna end up with a hundred rvi's he sees in the 80s now and You know he's When you when self-signed done you're gonna look at his numbers go down. He's at it. That's the year and he's done Well what he accomplished with p. Cora Armstrong as a as a tandem in the month of august was historic Maris and mantle were the last duo to do what they did in terms of 25 or more uh They had a lot of statistics that they they collaborated on and shows how dangerous they can be Kumman wanted to ask you about pca because not just how he has continued

6:10This torrid pace and he's got 39 home runs now But particularly how he hit the one he hit last night and how often he Reaches low to send the ball out of the ballpark last night was the fifth time this year That the ball that he hit for a home run Was 1.2 feet or lower off the ground that's the most in major league baseball. Why is pca such a good low ball hitter for power Well, that's For for here that is right in his wheelhouse if you're pitching him down He's he's gonna do damage. She really is and that that's been a common thing David through the years for left-hand Hitters when you pitch them down and then particularly down and then that's kind of their sweet spot That has some of that talk has gone away Over the last years because of style of pitching with a lot of high fast balls of things like that, but he When his swing is good

7:13He naturally covers the ball down really well He's you know, he's in a really athletic position and when you watch him hit that ball last night Everything goes down to the ball his his hands go down His body kind of goes down in his head just faced right down in contact And he finishes the swing and his head hasn't moved until the balls long gone and Well, when you're swinging like that it the other thing too is he's taken some pitches that You know our borderline pitches to get to that spot So I just thought that was a perfect swing and Yeah, him pitching him down You know, I don't want to give away trade to put everything's out there and baseball You know, I'm not doing that, but you know, he's gonna do damage against just Few make a mistake and you know around the zone at the knees his approach is phenomenal right now Come and everything you're saying I've been seeing that you said something earlier about just talking about Gosman and just his night on the mound, but

8:16Talk about the Ryan's coming in and holding it down last night down the stretch in the eighth and ninth inning Yeah, guys came in and did the job that that was the gilly seal and the end game two and three in the series um Last night is a winning you know winning combination when you when your starter can go Seven innings and pitch as well as he did like gives your team a chance to win and I thought Roluson came in he said something after the game to Bruce had him and he was talking to him and he said I didn't want to make too much out of it Meaning he was pitching in the ninth as the closer and just come in and do what he normally does and that's You know throw a lot of strikes with his best stuff and take your chances And you know, he got two routine ground balls right back to him in a hard ground ball the second base that Remairs their nice play on but That's a pretty good mentality You know when you don't put the added pressure of oh god, this is a safe situation

9:21And you just go this could be the seventh it could be the sixth it could be the ninth and he just came in through his pitches and got ground balls and Denning was over. I thought that was that was a very mature You know answer in a really good way of thinking about it now You know that's encouraging very much so kind of thinking about it without thinking about it That's the way it goes you want him to be oblivious to the pressure But at some point in time kumai do wonder where this Bullpen roulette is going to land and how this is going to to shake out because All right last night worked well. You had zephyr john and roles and we just talked about that Jacob web has got a Swelling in his in his forearm from what happened the other night and I don't know what you could expect from him Daniel Plenzi is struggling with command mildly. I don't need to tell you that you called every pitch Meanwhile down at Iowa I wonder if Edward Cabrera is coming up and what role he plays What about Jackson Wiggins who has I think seven straight scoreless innings out of the bullpen

10:22There's a lot of possibilities What do you expect to happen to the cup bullpen in high leverage situations down the stretch? I think what's gonna end up happening is it's gonna kind of shake itself out here in these next 20 some games I you know the other guy that I think we've got to talk about is a sob That there's something about that young guy gets to me Yeah He may just show himself and And end up being a big part of this too because Nothing seems to rattle him He just comes in and throws that thing there and a little slider and a little change up and you know He gives up a hit or two and then he gets the double play ball and you know three outs and get rolled it over again I think there's something about him too Cabrera. I would say we're gonna see him soon very soon. We're gonna see him here and We'll see how that goes pitching out of the bullpen is different But boy that that blazing heater if he's if he's throwing for an inning or two

11:24And you didn't have to try to save himself for a hundred pitches that could be something that's Interesting and gives gives up to the other teams some different look Um the guy also yesterday's effort John he's got a He's got a pitch good if the cubs are gonna go deep in October and it was a fun fun game for him yesterday He had good commands and everything looked really good Um and blancy has got to you know you got 20 some games to try to get him on track if you're Tommy out of it You know so comes got a little work. I think uh, you know They've got great arms and a pen. They've got some good ones I think it's gonna shake itself out David that's the only thing that you could really say is gonna is gotta happen It's kind of plays itself out Come you talked about pitching Better what about show to you minaga? What do you make of his struggles? Um, I would say shoulder his issues right now to me

12:25You I always wonder and this isn't just him But certain guys that get down the stretch where are they? Are they a little tired or they a little worn down? That's a really long season. He's not a really big guy You know, he's you know He's not like you know some of the guys that are throwing in that you know It's just size-wise So he has to be good with a fastball very good and he's got to be able to locate that because if he doesn't locate fastball The split finger isn't as effective and the last couple outings um, the split was wasn't quite there So You know that that's one of those things are they gonna maybe Maybe not put him on the injured list, but skip him one Are they gonna do something to give him an extra some extra time off and just let him refresh a little Don't far counts as head no and we'll just see what happens

13:25But um when he's good. He's very good. He's had a very good year and that is first Two-thirds of the season was good. He's got to find a fastball location and Beep when he does that then the split is good as soon as the fastball starts fading back to the zone The split ends up having issues too. So it's kind of a common thing for him So cool. I can't help but notice Miguel amaya struggling really struggling it seems Carson Kelly can't catch every game. Do they have other options there? And I want I'm asking this in the context of You saw the cubs call up bj Murray and rely on him immediately in a key series against the brewers I wonder could they be thinking Owen airs at any point the young catching prospect at triple A bringing him up for a little bit of a boost It I have not heard that let's put it that way and and I think if they were gonna do that they would have already done it David I you know what What probably you know and I see the same thing with amaya

14:28He can have some really good moments as a hitter and then he's one of those guys when you just look at the hitting coach type guy When I look it just looks like to me he stuck Like he stuck him at load position and he does he's not Is athletic is I've seen him before with some movement and things like that and and to me his his body just gets It's kind of stagnant in his setup. So They're gonna have to do something with him But you know he's done this before you we all have that those things that We've the traps we fall into as a hitter And then you gotta go to the cage and work at work itself out And when it does then he can be a very productive hitter. So I think you're gonna go the catching situation with what you got And if he continues to struggle you know, Carson will probably catch a little more But hopefully you'll mile figure it out because they got a good good tandem when it's working

15:30When you look at this lineup cum Guys like Ian Hap didn't play much in the series, but also as well Michael Bush Didn't really Kind of show up in the finale. How much does this offense need both of those guys or at least one of them to get going Yes, I definitely do you know when you Look at yesterday's vlog game half or popped out a couple times. I think and struck out a couple times You know when he's going good. He really stretches this lineup And Michael Bush last year was probably the hottest hitter in baseball Going into the playoffs and then had a great playoff It was hitting bombs night after night. It seemed like He was he was a really near miss twice yesterday Same thing with a couple days before that we're just missed Long-home runs and what I'm hoping is You know you're getting really close to being right on time and getting on top of ball a little bit

16:30And instead of those balls being towering fly balls to the outfield They end up being home run. So hopefully Bushy is getting really close And uh if he gets hot with the way Pete and Breggman and some of those guys have Slong and Niko here over the last couple months That would be a great left-right combination up and down the lineup to make it very tough I mean opposing manager on who you bring that left hand too Come watch you have a good road trip because when you come back We might have to plan something might have to have a restaurant owners showdown here on the hot paint show I see who can serve the most yinling on any given Friday night. I'm down with that come if you want to let's go I am too Jared. We we did pretty good last week with the US 99 show I think half a lot for it's still Feeling it David but Did Austin and Melissa deliver? Yeah, oh my gosh. You couldn't have asked for anything better Than them that you know and they were singing and we had a great time So it was a awesome time with them and I couldn't thank them enough along with yinling

17:33We had if we had a fun night. So um Jared we got I can't wait to go out and watch a game with you out at your place We'll bring that hot character with us and we'll go out there and watch it Yeah, your your money your no your money's no good at any of my places anytime cool. I I think we make David bye Great. Yeah, hold on crew. You're breaking up have a great trip down All right, you boys have a great weekend you too see cum ron kumer cubs analyst all around good guy down in Miami