Our 3 Takeaways From Pirates 8-4 Win Over the Red Sox

Yo. Welcome to the North Shore Nine podcast presented by FanDuel. This is the NS9 postgame show powered by Primanti Brothers. I'm your host, Anthony DiNardo. With me, we got Tyler and TyTy. Pirates win today, 8-4. How you doing?

It's a nice little win as you try to figure out your blurriness of your camera, which, to Nardo, you just look significantly better when you're blurry.

Just like this Pirates team looks better when they're blurry.

But, yeah, a nice little win over the Red Sox, who are playing really good baseball right now.

Don't want to make too much out of it, but that's back-to-back really nice games by your Pittsburgh Pirates.

Yeah.

This is a really good game.

Back-to-back, like you mentioned, big wins.

I don't know if it's too little, too late.

That's to be determined.

That's for them to decide.

But, at any rate, they've responded well after when Don Kelly mentioned that there was a message being sent to everybody.

The pitching has been good.

The bats have awakened.

And today, Bubba has a good start.

Four fantastic innings.

Does give up two and five.

Still a good start.

But that's certainly not the talk of today.

They do have the Boston Red Sox coming into town.

The Boston Red Sox have a lefty taking the mound, which you know what that means.

But also, Tyler, three of them.

Three lefties today.

And the Pirates put up eight runs.

That's the story.

That is the absolute story today.

For sure, but even then, like the other part of it is, like you use, you make the Red Sox use some of those lefties today, maybe.

Maybe you'll get lucky enough that they'll have to be down one of these games throughout this series.

Because we know that's a problem for the Pirates, is that they don't hit lefties very well.

So, if you're able to get to the bullpen early like they did today, that bodes well for the entire series.

It's always good to jump out and get the first one.

It is.

Well, yeah, for the same reasons why it's good not to walk the leadoff walk or hitter, you know?

Getting the first one usually leads to good things.

So, this is a team that took only one out of three in Miami.

Doesn't look good, but if you take two out of the three against Boston, it's better.

Hell, if you sweep them, then you know what?

All things remain the same.

You're still in it.

This is the start of that.

And again, facing a lefty.

That's their kryptonite.

Yeah, they have to go on a pretty significant run here.

And by significant, they need to basically win almost every single ballgame they play for a month and a half.

But, two in a row, two really nice wins.

You can't be mad about it because if you're looking at this series, obviously you can't be mad about it.

Like, what the hell am I talking about?

I'm telling you what, I'm coming with hard-hitting analysis tonight.

But, no, you got to get that first one out of the way, especially when you're looking at a series where you're going to face some lefties here.

Bennett's not a bad pitcher by any stretch.

And they jumped on them early.

And not to give the whole show away.

This was like the first time it felt like you got to really watch the bullpen as a whole.

And I felt pretty darn comfortable.

Well, it was the first time.

It's not like it was like it was.

It's August 14th, and we finally got to see this revamped bullpen.

Right.

Luke Weaver came in for his second appearance in the Pirates uniform with a lead.

First time with a lead.

Second time in total.

But you're right.

Like, you got to see what this team should be post-All-Star break and post-trade deadline.

And it's unfortunate, the skid that they had.

But this is what they look like as far as that bullpen goes.

And, again, pitching, they gave it four runs.

But, ultimately, the pitching was certainly fine.

Boba had a good start today.

Five innings.

Two earned.

Again, four looked fantastic.

Then he started to struggle that inning there.

And, again, the two runs were given up.

But he had a very good start on his plate today.

But then Greg Soto comes in.

They talked about it in the broadcast, which I think certainly showed it.

Because Soto was warming up as Bubba was pitching.

They're ready to pull him if needed, it looked like.

Gregory Soto comes in early.

We've talked about this before, as far as lefties go.

Well, Sisk is gone.

So, that makes things easier.

But, like, Soto, the first one out the pen.

Given to Lefty in the sixth inning.

And he does a...

In a Soto way, he does a fantastic job.

He looked like Gregory Soto.

Which is incredibly frustrating.

I hate watching him pitch.

He reminds me of Antonio Bastardo.

But he's effective, for the most part.

So, like...

This team is starting to finally...

Well, not finally.

This team is now treating these games like they're really must-win games.

And Don Kelly's going after darn near every game.

And that was a sign of it right there.

You have Soto up in the fifth inning.

In August 14th game.

With Bubba Chandler on the mound.

Yeah.

They're...

They're putting the foot on the gas pedal now.

And they have to.

you can't blame them.

They don't have a choice right now.

You have to go after every one of them that you can do.

That you can get...

That you can win.

It's, again...

Like, this is literally your last...

Your last chance to really start making a run and getting some ground here.

you can't squander too many more series to still technically be in it.

At some point, you're just really not technically in it.

You can argue if they're technically in it right now.

We made our decision.

We talked last night.

But this team has to...

Has to still have that mentality that they're in it.

they are in it.

And as any team...

Like, if I'm...

If I'm in that clubhouse and anyone's talking, it's over.

That's such a loser mentality.

I don't want you in this clubhouse.

Right?

Like, you need to be talking winning.

And we're trying to go for something here.

So, I don't want anyone in that clubhouse thinking it's over.

And it's done.

And move on.

Right?

They should be fighting.

They should be battling.

They shouldn't have waited until, yesterday to start really doing that.

But, here we are.

And they are.

And today, another great game.

Huge response in the past, too.

And, again, I do really want to get to this offense.

Because with a lefty up there, you knew it was going to be trouble.

And the scoring came in the way of, like, exactly what you thought it was going.

it needed to be.

Guys that hit lefties.

Rafael Flores, Ezmerlin Valdez.

And they came through very clutch today to get things going.

The first four runs were scored because of those two.

Yeah.

And I think we have to talk about Flores a good bit here.

Because I'll be the first one to put my hand up.

I've beat up on the kid a good bit.

And whatever you think about Rafael Flores as a major leaguer is irrelevant.

Whatever I think about him as a major leaguer is irrelevant right now.

They need some people who aren't in that core group of this lineup to step up right now.

Especially when you're going against one of your kryptonite, essentially, left-handed pitching.

And Rafael Flores, Ronny Simon.

Those are guys that, like, I'm not really penciling them in the lineup in 2027, 2028.

They got a ways to go on that.

But, damn it, they need them right now.

Like, this is the one thing that those two guys probably do well is hit lefties.

Or maybe not even well, but they do at least competently.

Right?

You need them to step up right now.

So, they got to trot them out there against every lefty they face.

And they need them to come through.

Today, Rafael Flores, and yesterday as well, he came through.

You see the power that was enticing that Ben Cherington went after.

There's a reason that he was sought after a little bit and rose up prospect rankings.

And we're seeing some of that right now.

Yeah, the contact rate was always a big thing.

But it was the same thing with Ezmerlin, too.

And Ezmerlin has improved upon that year after year.

And, I'll say this.

I think you're taking a little bit away from them, especially Ezmerlin.

Rafael still has a little bit more to prove.

But, Ezmerlin has hit lefties.

I said Ronny Simon.

I did not say Ezmerlin.

Ezmerlin's up.

No, I'm putting his name in Sharpie.

Okay.

Okay.

He's here.

No, he's here.

Then everything you said is absolutely fair.

Absolutely fair.

Yes, correct.

So, yeah.

Like, I guess what I do want to allude to here is, and this also goes to Ezmerlin, you're saying that these guys have to step up.

And the thing about this season and this team is, for the most part, give or take a few guys, like the password who was sent down, he really wasn't part of this group, unfortunately.

And it's not to tear him up down or anything.

Again, all these guys are rookies for the most part.

But, a lot of the guys that have had to come up and step in and fill in some big shoes, they've done so.

And, as you mentioned with Rafael Flores right now, like, he's one of those guys that has to step up and perform right now during the stretch.

Like, this is what this Pittsburgh Pirates team has actually done.

honestly, the reason that they're where they are today isn't even so much.

Like, I know you talk about lack of depth, and that is, I think, more, of course, on the pitching side, obviously.

But, it isn't even so much on the depth in that sense.

It's the guys that you are counting on not performing.

When the, when this stretch of game started, like, Brandon Lowe disappeared.

Bryan Reynolds has disappeared.

When they're starting pitching, Paul Skenes has disappeared.

Mitch Keller literally has disappeared on us, right, because of health.

Like, the core guys have really not done their job.

Your Esmerlyn Valdez's, your Rafael Flores's, even your Ronnie Simons, to some level, they have come in and they've contributed and helped this team.

Yeah, we talked about it on Thursday, or last night.

Damn, that was last night we talked.

Also Thursday.

You are true.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But, I don't know what day of the week it is anymore, DiNardo, but we talked about it yesterday.

One of the reasons that they're in the position they're in is a lack of depth.

You alluded to it a little bit with Stinson Garcia.

He came up.

He was probably, coming into this year, your next man up.

Oh, yeah.

In the outfield.

Didn't work out.

You're seeing Esmerlyn Valdez step up.

We've seen him step up, I should say.

You've got Ronny Simon that's, he's contributing.

And then, Rafael Flores now has over 1,000 OPS.

Now, granted, yes, a lot of that is due to the last two days and hitting three home runs in a row.

Three straight at-bats.

he was like a low average.

He increases his OPS by how many points?

Yeah.

But, that's what you need.

You need somebody to come through in these types of spots.

We've seen Tyler Callihan do it.

Today, we saw Flores do it.

We've seen Jacob Gonzalez do it.

You need those things to happen to be a good baseball team.

And, again, I'm not saying they're a good baseball team.

They still have to put a lot of things together to get back into this thing.

But tonight was a good step.

Yeah.

Well, you don't have to correct yourself to be a good baseball team.

You have to do these things.

Get to a couple of supers here.

Of course, Michael B., $5.

Sure, glad they won, but I will not be fooled again.

The team is still three games under .500, last place, and they have disappointed all of us year seven.

I get it.

I get it.

And, hey, we said our piece last night.

it's very improbable that this team is going to make the playoffs.

But there's still a chance, and they better have the mentality that there's still a chance, and they've got to play some good baseball.

And, hey, two days, back-to-back games, they've done exactly that.

Another $5 super from SilasTV.

They would need five out of six this homestand to get my heartstrings back to tug on.

It's crazy to think that I'm the most worried about the Skeen's start.

And, again, that's why we talk about it's improbable.

Like, they do need to take five out of six this homestand.

at least four out of six.

I'm going to ask you, what do they have to do to get you back into this, to have just a little bit of hope again?

Well, to be fair, we're talking, like, in absolutes right now, they have to take four out of six.

That's what's going to put them in a good position right now.

But, it's all over time as well.

They can still have a mediocre week.

And, like, what if after next week they string off the wins that we're trying to see?

And they roll you back in next week?

it just depends.

Again, the time that they're able to do this keeps shortening in length.

And that makes it even more improbable because then you absolutely have to take, like, a 13 out of 15 at some point.

You don't want to get to that part.

So, that's why winning now is important because you've got to chip away at this thing.

You can't just act as if, yeah, we'll just go ahead and do a Boston Red Sox run here and win.

What was it, 24 out of 29 or something stupid?

like, you're just not going to do that.

That's not probable.

Yeah, I think at least for me, and I know I'm probably taking the easy way out here, but you have to be above 500, like, September 1st.

They've got to find a way to be above 500 or even at 500 on September 1st.

Then maybe I can be talked into, you're playing for something here.

The schedule gets easier.

It does.

But they've got a lot of ground to make up here and not much time to do it.

You have two weeks.

You're, what, four games under now?

Four games under now.

It's doable, for sure.

But you can't, like you're saying, if you win 5 of 6 here, you can't do that and follow it up by losing 5 of 6, which we have seen them do.

And I'm telling you what, man, I'm coming with hard-hitting analysis tonight.

You can't follow up 5 or 6 wins with 5 or 6 losses.

I'm just bringing it.

These are all jokes about how stupid I am.

So, again, as mentioned, the Rafael Flores night.

He goes 3 for 4 after, again, having 6 RBI and 2 home runs yesterday.

He has another home run today.

Goes 3 for 4 with 2 RBI.

Also, Bryan Reynolds, 2 for 4.

Esmerlyn Valdez, 1 for 4.

I know it was an error.

It shouldn't have been counted a hit to begin with.

But they did give him the hit.

And then it got taken away.

Count as the error.

But that also drove in some runs.

Like, that was a big error by him.

So, but yeah.

the bats, again, like, it was funny.

Like, the bats didn't come alive in a big way.

This team was just super clutch.

When guys are on, they drove them in.

they had 9 total hits.

They scored 8 runs.

They had 9 total hits and 1 walk.

It's not as if they had, like, 15, 16 guys on base.

You scored 8 runs.

They had 10 guys on base.

They only left 2.

Well, I guess actually 3.

They left 3.

They maximized their opportunities.

They did.

And the long ball came through tonight.

Mm-hmm.

Which is something we've been waiting on.

And you have to have, you gotta hit the ball over the wall.

You're just, plain and simple, not going to be able to string together enough hits to really be a really good offense.

You have to hit home runs.

They did that tonight.

I think, speaking of Valdez a little bit there, I think we're seeing he's coming out of that slump he was in.

And at least what I'm seeing out of him is we're just, he seems a lot less passive right now.

I know there's been a lot of talk about his plate discipline, which has been really good.

And he's still walking at a, he was still walking at a good rate while he was struggling.

But we saw him, I think, a little bit too passive where the swing decision was just too late.

Mm-hmm.

Right now, I think we're seeing him start to get back into that mode of attacking.

And it's good to see him adjust back to the league because the league did adjust to him.

They started coming in on him.

I think that backed him off the plate of touch.

Now we're seeing him make an adjustment back.

The league punched him.

He's punching back right now.

And that's again, like rookies need to be afforded the opportunity to have the struggles and develop and learn.

And that's what you're seeing with Valdez do.

he was still walking.

That was the positive he can take in his major struggle, the biggest struggle he's had so far.

And he was still getting on base at like over 35% of the time.

I don't know if he was pressing.

he just lost.

He was just lost, but he wasn't seeing any good pitching either, to be fair.

And past few games, he's starting to turn it back on.

So if he's coming through, Oneil Cruz is awaiting here in the mists.

He's going to be coming up at some point in time, putting things together.

there's, I'm not here to say this team is going to now just suddenly be good against lefties.

I'm not, but if they are going to be competent enough that they're not dropping too many games versus lefties and still can be in it as long as they're also winning against righties, it's going to be because Valdez is back,

and they're getting contributions from others like Rafael Flores, like you mentioned.

If this team is going to somehow get their way back into this.

That's Esmerlyn Valdez has to be a major reason why.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

It's not fair to him, but.

But where else is it coming from?

Right.

Brandon Lowe's been relatively consistent all year.

Bryan Reynolds has been relatively consistent all year.

There's still four games under.

They need another piece.

To be fair, he's brain allows also been relatively consistently not good versus lefties all year.

No, but today, but today three run shot off of a lefty.

So to speak to him too, that's also why this team was where they're at.

Not just because they rely on the guys that do typically hit lefties.

It's because guys like Brandon Lowe who has struggled versus lefties all single week game of the year for the most part came through a huge day.

It is 26th home run, three run shot.

that it was a four, two ball game.

It's not, it's not anything that makes any Pirates fan feel safe, but it's a four, two ball game.

They were in the lead and that three run shot that made a lot of people feel a lot better about this game.

And I'm sure even for that team itself and Don Kelly and his bullpen usage going forward.

Now that lead looks very comfortable.

It was huge.

Mm-hmm.

Like that home run was huge.

And it's a four, two game at that point.

I was starting to get a little bit worried.

you've got a long way to go with this bullpen.

And in all reality, it's a, at least your higher leverage guys haven't been used very much.

So who knows what you're walking into there.

I tend to believe in the group they have at this point.

Or, at least three of these guys, but not feeling that comfortable with a four, two lead in the, what was it?

The fifth inning.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Not feeling great about that.

Right.

But yeah, that's the way and the way, because also how it became a four, two ball game, because there's a four, nothing ball game.

Right.

And I'll tell you what, we'll transition to that.

Just get a couple more supers here.

So thanks for the $2, Silas TV, Cruz this weekend, or nah.

I don't know.

He wasn't going to be here today.

He was still in Altoona.

again, this is a tough injury to come back from.

You've been out of baseball for two months.

There's a lot of timing.

I get maybe why rushing Cruz, because you're at your ends here.

Like something needs to give.

YOLO.

Let's see if Cruz can add something here.

Because again, you know what you have without him, but also at the same time, we're talking about fair fairness to players.

Like it's not fair to have Cruz go in a few minor league games and come back and now try to win this season, take this team to the playoffs after that injury.

So I'm going to stick with nah.

I think we do.

I don't think it's the right call though.

And I think it's going to be a rough stretch for Oneil Cruz when he comes back.

Nothing against him.

It's just the type of player he is.

There's a ton of swing and miss in the game.

He's going to struggle off the bat.

So that's why you have these rehab games.

And yeah, if you're not going to give a guy like Oneil Cruz the comfortable amount that you probably should give him to get him ready to make an impact in the major league

level, then yeah, you're asking for the struggles to come up here as he's getting his timing down at the major league level and important, meaningful games.

And if I can pivot off that to Nardo there, another part of that is you're putting Oneil Cruz, well, potentially putting Oneil Cruz back in center field, which getting rid

of Marcell Ozuna might make things a little bit easier because you can DH Cruz now.

But with that being said, I'd be remiss if I didn't shout out the play that was made by Jake Mangum out there and the relay by Jared Triolo in the fourth inning after a broken

bat single in the infield that probably should have scored a run.

Mangum barehands it perfect throw, perfect relay by Triolo, perfect tag by Henry Davis.

My God, that was gorgeous.

For the team that has fundamentals escape them nightly.

That was perfect.

Just well done.

Well done.

Absolutely.

And just the wherewithal by Jake Mangum there to grab that with his bare hand off the wall.

And I've been harsh on him time from time to time because he does some silly things.

But the wherewithal to grab that barehanded because they needed every split second they had.

And then just a terrific relay by Triolo, terrific tag by Davis.

if they don't throw him out there, three run game with two guys on at the end of it's a tie ball game with a home run.

Granted, Mason Montgomery's just deals and doesn't matter.

But at that time, that's a big play.

You don't know what happens after that.

No, it's early in the game.

You never know.

Could be a momentum shift right there.

Wasn't keeps bubble locked in still.

No harm, no foul.

There gets out of that.

So, yeah, absolutely.

Great play off.

And again, like you mentioned, all three parties, it was just done perfectly on all of them.

And if it wasn't perfect, if any of them was just good and not perfect, that run probably scores.

So, yes, absolutely.

Shout out to those three.

Yeah, it was a well, very good play.

It was nice to see good defense by this team.

Right.

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I did want to go ahead and get into Bubba.

So, before we give off the free sandwiches, and again, get your hashtag raises in the comments.

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I stated that the offense was certainly the talk.

we did talk about them.

But I do want to talk about Bubba here because we saw what Ashcraft did yesterday.

Amazing.

Beautiful.

If this team is going to be good, they have to get some good performances out of starting pitching.

Bubba was on a roll today also.

I want to get, again, I know the fifth inning wasn't great.

The fifth inning started with two walks.

That's never led to good things.

And it continues to defeat starting pitchers.

But before we get to the fifth inning, to talk about the first four, he looked outstanding.

I'm not saying he was Bubba, or Bubba.

It wasn't Braxton Ashcraft level outstanding, but he looked outstanding.

And we've been talking about Bubba turning a corner, and you were seeing a lot more of that today.

You did.

You did, DiNardo.

And, well, he's been better.

Like, his last, he's had starts better than today, for sure.

But I thought, yeah.

He did a good job of getting ahead of hitters.

Like, stuff-wise, I thought he looked really good.

And even with that, like, the command issues just really popped up in that fifth inning.

The two walks are what ended up hurting him there, and what led to him being taken out of the game.

Probably, but it might have been a little premature.

Because if this is a May 15th game, Bubba's out there for the sixth.

And then if he gets through that, we're talking about a six-inning, two-run game.

It's a really strong start.

It's just in the position they're in right now.

They pulled him when they did, and it's fine with that.

He's also coming off.

And also, let's just say, but also, like, yes, kudos to Kelly and all that for doing that.

Yeah.

But he's also in that situation, and I don't want to make excuses for him, because you have to learn to get through this.

He's coming off a long inning there in the fourth.

Pirates put up three runs.

It's a little bit longer.

You were sitting around a while.

Didn't hurt Ashcraft yesterday, but hurts Bubba today.

Thought the slider looked good.

Waited a little while to get the fastball VLO up, but all in all, I'm going to say it every time he starts, I feel like.

I've liked the progression we've seen out of Bubba Chandler.

I want to talk about the velocity here a little bit also, too, because he was holding it back on them.

Yeah.

Trying to go a little.

he dug, it was like the fourth inning.

He pumped 1-0, was it 1-0-1-0-2?

What did he max out at?

Oh, I guess he maxed at 9-9-7.

So I guess it was 100.

But maybe that was Mason I was thinking of.

I don't know.

Anyways, his velocity, like, it went, it crept up every inning.

96.7 the first, 97.5 the second, 97.6 the third, 98.6 the fourth, and 97.8 the fifth.

But yeah, like that fourth inning, he was just unleashing a little bit there.

Sure was.

Like I said, it was a little weirdly like a throwback at old Verlander, where he'd just ramp up throughout the game and become his own closer.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Graphic card tomorrow.

Tyler Sweeney says, Bubba Chandler, just like Justin Verlander.

Yeah, except I don't like the idea of doing that.

I'd rather him just throw gas and do what he does.

But, hey, he was effective enough.

He got through it.

Like, he pitched well.

He didn't just throw well.

He pitched well.

The curveball looked good.

Fastball looked good.

Change up.

He threw a few times.

Looked good.

Yeah, the whiffs weren't really there today, but.

But oddly enough, like, it just seems almost every start that he pitches in, that he performs well in, that's the nature of the show.

It wasn't a whole lot of whiffs, but he actually still ends up getting strikeouts and pitches effectively, where unlike the early on this season, there was a lot of whiffs, but it was five earned in five innings.

But that's something that when we talk about Paul Skenes, like, sure, he does a good job of getting guys in two strike counts.

He's struggling to put them away.

Bubba didn't have the whiffs today, but he still was able to put them away with two strikes.

You don't have the swing and miss there, like the raw numbers of swing and miss, but still it's strikeouts because with two strikes, he was able to sit their ass down.

He had his first three ball count in the fifth inning, of course, when he gave the walk up.

So, again, to talk about Bubba getting ahead of the hitters all day long, essentially, the guy was throwing strikes.

He's doing what he needs to do to do to be effective, and that's what he did today.

So, again, like, just this team is going to need this type of a Bubba for them to perform.

Tomorrow, we can see if Jared can continue this.

Yeah, that's one that needs to bounce back here.

Yeah.

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But our very first winner is Brock45, so congratulations, Brock.

You are a winner of two sandwiches.

Because, hopefully, they're capping cheeses with an egg because then you're doing it right.

Shout out to our second winner, Ray Tolerico.

You also have won two sandwiches.

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Love it.

Bucks win.

You win.

And while we're at it, let's give Brock two more sandwiches.

Because Jim in here says that Jim is asking us to redraw because Brock apparently makes fun of Louisville.

So, it's good to know that we have smart listeners here.

Brock, if you say something mean about Louisville in the chat, maybe we'll consider it.

I'm going to buy him two sandwiches if I ever see him.

Yeah, I'll throw him in my own pocket.

Yeah.

I'll pay for it myself.

Everyone in North Shore Nine is all going to pitch in for two sandwiches for Brock.

And you know how I'm going to do that, DiNardo?

I'm going to go ahead and lay some money on the buckos tomorrow through FanDuel because they are plus 106 with Jared Jones on the mound.

I know it's Sonny Gray across.

That's a toughie.

But, if you're going to get rolling here, you've got to get through some of these roadblocks.

And Sonny Gray's been one of those roadblocks.

You've got to find a way to get it done tomorrow.

Got to.

Hey, if you can do it against a 25-year-old rookie who's a left-handed pitcher, this team can do it against anybody.

They could.

I know that's not Brock, but Paul, I accept the comments also.

Love it.

Are we done?

I think I'm good.

We'll be back tomorrow.

Me and you again.

Oh, okay.

I'm pretty sure.

We'll be back tomorrow.

Yeah.

So, like the video.

Download the app.

Game chat was lit tonight.

We'll see you guys tomorrow.

Bye-bye.

Peace out, Groscouts.

All right.

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