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A terse introduction today, after a late night. Started with watching Scotland win their first World Cup game in 28 years at Republica Empanada (highly recommended) in Mesa. Then over to the Mesa Amphitheater for a concert by The Human League, Alison Moyet and Soft Cell (whoever thought an outdoor concert in June was a good idea, should be tied down to an anthill). And finished off with eighties night listening to DJ Bueller at The Thunderbird. A lot of fun, but we are, frankly, too old for it. 🙂 A very relaxed Sunday is thus in prospect, with the D-backs hoping to get off the RISP trauma trail, and take the series in Cincinnati.

Throughout most of Saturday’s game, this series finale was setting up to be just another nondescript rubber match between inter-league foes. Then, in the ninth inning of a game that was out of reach, the Padres plunked Gunnar Henderson as retaliation for Xander Bogaerts being hit in the head earlier in the afternoon. Now this game has a bit more flavor to it.

Adding another dimension to it are Craig Albernaz’s strange comments afterwards. Mark covered it in the Bird Droppings this morning. Albernaz described the pitch that hit Henderson in the midsection as “the right way” and that the Orioles had “no gripes” about it. Huh? Henderson certainly seemed to have gripes standing on first base and in his own post-game meeting with the media. And there were angry reactions in the team’s dugout too when the HBP happened. The Padres had attempted to hit Henderson earlier in the game and failed. Twice. It should have been over then. Triple dipping on a bean ball attempt isn’t “the right way” at all.

The charitable way to interpret the manager’s comments are that he doesn’t want anyone else to be hit today. That could be understandable, although his wording is still poor. The more critical reading is that Albernaz is completely out of touch with the locker room. Maybe HE didn’t have any gripes, but some of the players definitely did. It is possible to condemn the Padres and support your players without stirring the pot any further. Albernaz did not achieve that.

My personal hope is that no one else is intentionally hit by a pitch today, mostly because that’s extremely dangerous and it would likely lead to some lengthy suspensions at this point. Albernaz clearly wants it to all be over too. It will be interesting to see what the Orioles players do. If Henderson is genuinely mad about the entire thing, it’s not out of the question that someone on the pitching staff—probably a reliever later in the game—takes matters into their own hands. If that happens, it would be a very bad sign for Albernaz and where he stands in that clubhouse.

Within all of that subtext is a game to win. The Orioles lost a game in their pursuit of an AL Wild Card spot on Saturday. They need to stay on the front foot and keep the heat on those ahead of them in the standings. Another good showing from Trevor Rogers would go a long way towards making that happen. Let’s see it!

Orioles lineup

1. Taylor Ward, LF
2. Gunnar Henderson, SS
3. Adley Rutschman, DH
4. Pete Alonso, 1B
5. Samuel Basallo, C
6. Leody Tavares, RF
7. Colton Cowser, CF
8. Jeremiah Jackson, 2B
9. Blaze Alexander, 3B

LHP Trevor Rogers (3-6, 6.15 ERA)

Padres lineup

1. Fernando Tatis Jr., 2B
2. Jackson Merrill, CF
3. Manny Machado, 3B
4. Xander Bogaerts, SS
5. Gavin Sheets, 1B
6. Samad Taylor, LF
7. Nick Solak, DH
8. Jase Bowen, RF
9. Rodolfo Durán, C

RHP Walker Buehler (3-3, 4.33 ERA)

The stage is set, and both teams are looking to close it out in this early Sunday matchup. The streets of New York are ready to add another win under their belts, but will the Braves put a stop to it?

First pitch is set for 1:40 PM EDT.

Game Notes

Lineups

Preview

Mets lineup

1. Carson Benge – RF
2. Bo Bichette – SS
3. Juan Soto – DH
4. Jared Young – 1B
5. A.J. Ewing – CF
6. Marcus Semien – 2B
7. Brett Baty – 3B
8. MJ Melendez – LF
9. Luis Torrens – C

Freddy Peralta – RHP

Braves lineup

1. Michael Harris – CF
2. Mauricio Dubon – SS
3. Matt Olson – 1B
4. Ozzie Albies – 2B
5. Dominic Smith – DH
6. Austin Riley – 3B
7. Eli White – RF
8. Mike Yastrzemski – LF
9. Sandy Leon – C

Bryce Elder – RHP

Broadcast info

First pitch: 1:40 PM EDT
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2

The Mariners will try to wipe the slate clean today behind Emerson Hancock. He could use a great outing as much as the Mariners could use one from him. Since his first start in May, Hancock has looked less like a breakout star and more like a somewhat improved version of his old self. Over that time, his K%-BB% is down to just 12%, and he’s outrunning his peripherals on the back of a .200 BABIP. That’s all fine, and even that version of Hancock has more of a career in front of him than the guy who finished last season. But one hopes he can adjust back now that the league has clearly adjusted to him.

The Nats will counter with PJ Poulin, who will work as an opener in front of Miles Mikolas.

Lineups

With Randy Arozarena still down with the hamstring issue and Julio Rodríguez getting a DH day, we’ll see an outfield of Luke Raley, Víctor Robles, and Dominic Canzone. It’s giving 2024. I wouldn’t read too much into Raley, Canzone, and Miles Mastrobouni getting starts against a lefty since Mikolas is expected to get the bulk today for Washington. Honestly, I’m surprised more teams aren’t trying a lefty opener against the Mariners.

Pretty standard lineup for the Nats except that Curtis Mead has the day off, and James Wood gets DH duty. On the seventh day, they rested.

Game Info

First pitch: We got ourselves brunch baseball, baby. 10:35 PDT first pitch.
TV: Mariners TV
Radio: Old reliable

San Diego Padres (36-33) at Baltimore Orioles (34-38), June 14, 2026, 10:35 a.m. PST

Watch: Padres.TV

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards – San Diego, Baltimore, Mary.

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

Spencer Strider is back in Atlanta after having gone on the 10-Day IL due to what the Atlanta Braves were calling “right arm soreness.” It wasn’t just the elbow acting up on Strider before he exited this past Friday’s game against the New York Mets, as his shoulder was also reportedly in pain as well.

As such, Strider received an MRI while he was here but reportedly the results were apparently inconclusive. As a result, Walt Weiss informed the media before Sunday’s series finale with the New York Mets that Strider will be heading to go see Dr. Keith Meister for further evaluation.

If that name sounds familiar, that’s because Dr. Meister was the surgeon who performed the internal brace procedure on Strider back in 2024. Of course, it’s not a name you’d like to hear associated with Strider again since this does bring up the possibility of another surgery. If Strider does end up going under the knife again then we may have to prepare to deal with the fact that we’ve just seen Strider throw his last pitch of 2026. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that but it’s certainly a possibility if we’re getting to this point.

There’s still “nothing definitive” as Walt Weiss mentioned in the report above and I’ll try not to speculate any more than what I already have. Still, it’s going to be a bit of a nervy week for everybody involved as Strider and the Braves try to get some answers as to what’s going on with him. We’ll see what happens.

The Phillies got shut down by the Brewers’ ace on Friday night. On Sunday, Cristopher Sanchez will attempt to return the favor as the Phillies aim to win their second straight game against the Brewers.

The Brewers will counter with Kyle Harrison. The Phillies have had troubles with lefthanded starters this season, and Harrison has pitched well, going 7-1 with a 2.72 ERA.

Game time is 2:10 Eastern and will be televised locally by NBCSP.

The Cincinnati Reds got off to a miracle start to the 2026 season only for their luck to effectively run out in May. Lefty Andrew Abbott, however, got off to a mostly miserable start to the 2026 season only for his fortunes to return as the end of April graced the calendar.

It’s quite the juxtaposition. On April 30th, Abbott entered with an ugly 6.59 ERA through his first 6 starts of the season, and that even included a brilliant 6.0 scoreless frames against Boston on Opening Day. He fired 6.0 IP of 2 ER ball that day as the Reds won to move to 20-11 overall on the season, a high mark they’ve not come close to replicating so far this season. They began an 8-game losing streak the very next day, and are just 13-25 overall since that day.

That April 30th start got Abbott’s season very much back on track. Counting that day, he’s pitching in 8 games since April 30th and owns a 2.54 ERA in those starts (46.0 IP). The Reds, in those starts, are 5-3, meaning they’re just 8-22 in games started by anyone other than Abbott since April 30th. Woof!

Abbott will take the mound again on Sunday in Great American Ball Park as the Reds look to close out a series victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, who they defeated 2-1 on a late Noelvi Marte homer on Saturday evening. Veteran righty Zac Gallen will start for the Snakes, and he’s slipped to a 7.02 ERA over his last 8 starts dating back to May 1st as he continues to get rolled out in my fantasy lineup, for whatever stupid reason I continue to justify.

Cincinnati activated catcher Jose Trevino prior to this one, with catcher PJ Higgins optioned back to AAA Louisville to make way on the roster. Trevino will start today in his return.

First pitch is set for 1:40 PM ET.

Here’s how the Reds will line up to start:

1905
George Davis stole four bases in a 5-3 win at Washington, a mark that has stood for 121 years now (though tied nine different times). Davis led an onslaught that saw the speedy Sox swipe seven sacks on the afternoon without once being caught. Woe was Senators catcher Malachi Kittridge.

It was truly a different, dead-ball era, in that nine different White Sox swiped at least 11 bases in 1905, and the team totaled 194. Davis, in spite of his four-swipe day, did not lead the team; his 31 finished one shy of first baseman Jiggs Donahue. Davis did, however, finish with 7.2 WAR to lead the American League and make him the presumptive MVP (it was not officially honored as such in the early days of baseball). In the extreme dead-ball era, Davis’ hitting prowess landed him at just a .693 OPS.

Davis was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously, in 1998.

1942
With an 11-4 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader at Washington, Eddie Smith won his first game of the year, in 12 tries, to improve to 1-10. What’s crazy about Smith’s winless streak, which stretched back to the start of the 1942 season, is that he didn’t pitch badly at all: seven complete games, five one-run losses, two two-run losses, and an 3.83 ERA/4.16 FIP.

In the 11 games leading up to this blowout win, the White Sox scored just 21 runs total (not runs in support of Smith, but TOTAL runs in all of the losses, plus one ninth-inning win when Smith had been removed from the game).

If you stretched back to the end of 1941, Smith’s losing run heading into this game was 15 straight, having lost his final five decisions in that season.

Despite a 3.98 ERA that wasn’t that much worse than league average (90 ERA+), Smith would end up leading the AL in losses, at 7-20. While it would be easy to blame a bad White Sox team for Smith’s misfortune in 1942, by 1920-50 White Sox standards the 66-82 White Sox weren’t all that bad; applying their winning percentage to Smith’s 27 decisions, the hurler should have gone 12-15 on the season.

1953
White Sox pitchers Billy Pierce and Sandy Consuegra both fired shutouts in beating the Boston Red Sox in a doubleheader at Comiskey Park. The Sox won, 6-0 and 1-0. Pierce was brilliant in the opener, with two hits and one walk against eight Ks for a 90 game score. And although the 1-0 score in the nightcap doesn’t indicate it, Consuegra was a lot luckier with his win, spinning a shutout on an eight-hitter; Chico Carrasquel knocked in the only run of the game, with a single to center in the second inning.

With the sweep, the White Sox moved from a tie for fourth place with the Washington Senators to third place, leapfrogging the Red Sox with these head-to-head wins. Chicago would spend much of the season in second place from there, but would fall no lower than third for the remainder of the 1953 season.

2000
The White Sox trounced Cleveland, 11-4, but still managed to fail. How? Well, a club-record 17 games hitting at least one home run was snapped in the win.

The streak started on May 26, when Frank Thomas hit a solo home run off of Cleveland’s Chuck Finley in the first inning of a 5-3 win. The White Sox hit 28 home runs during the streak, but interestingly from just seven hitters: Thomas (eight), José Valentín (five), Carlos Lee (five), Ray Durham (five), Magglio Ordoñez (three), Chris Singleton (one) and Greg Norton (one). Eighteen of the homers were solo shots, seven came with one runner on, two were three-run shots, and one was a grand slam.

The streak came close to snapping only three times, with two homers coming as late as the seventh inning to keep the streak going. The homer streak came closest to snapping on June 13, when Durham’s solo shot in the 10th inning kept it going.

The White Sox went 13-4 over the 17 games of the streak, raising their record from 26-20 to 39-24 and extending their AL Central lead to five games by streak’s end. Despite snapping the longball streak, this game came toward the start of a eight-game winning streak and wins in 14 of 16 to shoot to a commanding lead in the division — one that would not be relinquished.

One of the two losses in the stretch came against the Cubs, in a June 11 game when the White Sox exploded for five home runs — all solo shots — in a 6-5 final.

2009
With American League pitchers still having to bat in any interleague game played in NL parks, White Sox pitchers had long been a hole in the batting order of such games. Mark Buehrle, coming into a start in Milwaukee as a career 3-for-36 hitter with zero extra-base hits for a -49 OPS+ and a .083/.108/.083 slash, homered to lead off the third inning against Braden Looper.

Buehrle never homered again in the major leagues, and in fact would have just five hits (two doubles) in his career after this game. In his 14 years hitting in the majors, Buerhle was 9-of-125 for a .072/.087/.112 slash for a -1.0 WAR and -47 OPS+.

The White Sox prevailed in this tight game, 5-4, when A.J. Pierzynski singled in the deciding run in the bottom of the eighth off of Hall of Fame closer Trevor Hoffman. Interestingly, pitcher Clayton Richard had pinch-run for Jim Thome in the inning and scored the eventual winning run.

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The Chicago Cubs just won their first series dating back to the first week in May after taking the first two games in San Francisco. That was also the last time Chicago had a win streak as long as this current three-game streak.

The Cubs will look for a sweep in the Bay Area, but they have their work cut out for them. My Cubs vs. Giants predictions and MLB picks expect the Giants to salvage the series finale.  

Who will win Cubs vs Giants today: Giants -1.5 (+155)

The San Francisco Giants have scored just one run in each of the last two games, but the offense could get an assist from this Chicago Cubs pitching rotation today.

Chicago is expected to start opener Ryan Rolison, then follow with Colin Rea. Rolison walks 4.5 batters per nine innings and has a FIP two runs higher than his ERA, while Rea has a 5.19 ERA. This Cubs offense also may be down a man after Seiya Suzuki left Saturday’s game with an injury.

I'm subbing out Giants moneyline (-135) for Giants -1.5 at +156, but would take the runs back at -110 or better.

COVERS INTEL: In addition to Ryan Rolison's high overall walk rate, he’s been surprisingly ineffective against the leadoff and two-hole hitters in the lineup throughout his career. Rolison has allowed the top two batters in the order to hit .353 with 1.186 OPS and 171 OPS+ (71% above league average). The other seven batters are .274, .777, 18% below league average.

Cubs vs Giants Over/Under pick: Under 7.5 (+105)

The Giants start their ace on Sunday in Logan Webb. He’s been dependable and effective for years, but since returning from the injured list at the end of May, he seems to have found another level.

In his three starts since returning, he’s allowed two runs and nine hits in 19 1/3 innings. He’s avoiding barrels, inducing grounders, and his barrel rate is down two percentage points from last year. He’s also in the 96th percentile in ground-ball rate.

The Cubs have been scoring, but against Webb and without Suzuki, that could change. Getting plus-money odds with Webb is a no-brainer. I’d stay Under until -110.

Cubs vs Giants odds

• Moneyline: Cubs +115 | Giants -135
• Run line: Cubs +1.5 (-185) | Giants -1.5 (+155)
• Over/Under: Over 7.5 | Under 7.5

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There isn’t much for Blue Jays news today.

Vladimir Guerrero (back) and Andrés Giménez (wrist) both are out of the lineup today. The team isn’t saying how long either will be out.

Bob Nightingale says that ‘teams’ expect Bo Bichette to opt out of his contract with the Mets after this season. I’m finding it hard to believe. He’ll have $79 million left on the contract, that would be hard to give up to go off into the unknown. And it isn’t like he’s having a great season, Baseball Reference has him at a -0.5 WAR. He’s hitting .236/.283/.361. I don’t think his defense at third base has been terrific, though he’s been playing mostly short lately.

Today’s lineup.

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Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Yohendrick Pinango is at the center of today's Yankees vs. Blue Jays predictions as he draws a favorable matchup against New York starter Will Warren.

Read my MLB picks below for a full breakdown of today's matchup.

Yankees vs Blue Jays predictions

Yankees vs Blue Jays best bet: Yohendrick Pinango Over 0.5 hits (-160)

Yohendrick Pinango profiles well against New York Yankees starter Will Warren.

Warren is a contact-pitcher who lives in the zone with a heavy dose of the four-seamer and sinker to left-handed batters. Pinango owns a .385 average against that pitch mix, with a .500 xSLG rate. 

Additionally, the Toronto Blue Jays rookie owns a well-above-average solid-contact rating of 6.7%. Warren allows solid contact at a 7.8% clip, well above the 5.9% league average.

Pinango has eclipsed his hits total in eight of his last 11 games, garnering a .994 OPS in that stretch. I’d buy Pinango Over 0.5 hits up to -165. 

COVERS INTEL: Will Warren doesn’t have swing-and-miss stuff and allows consistent contact, which should play into Yohendrick Pinango’s strengths with his .283 xBA and 6.7 solid-contact rating. 

Yankees vs Blue Jays same-game parlay (SGP)

We'll continue to bank on a productive day for the Blue Jay bats in today’s SGP with Ernie Clement and Alejandro Kirk hitting props.

Clement has a hit in 22 of his last 25 games, posting a .964 OPS in that stretch, averaging 2.3 bases per game. He is a premier contact hitter, and Warren is a contact-friendly pitcher. 

For the last leg of the SGP, I’ll bet on Alejandro Kirk to keep swinging his hot bat. He draws back into the lineup after a 3-for-3 outing in his return on Friday. He’s one of the best contact hitters in baseball with a .306 xBA.

Yankees vs Blue Jays SGP

• Yohendrick Pinango Over 0.5 hits
• Ernie Clement Over 0.5 hits
• Alejandro Kirk Over 0.5 hits

Yankees vs Blue Jays home run pick: Kazuma Okamoto (+450)

Kazuma Okamoto has gone back-to-back games with a home run and leads the Jays with 15 homers this season. He also hits Warren's pitch mix well with a .500 slug-rate and a 58% hard-hit rate,

This positions him well for success today as the Yankee starter pitches to contact, while ranking in the 43rd percentile in hard-hit rate.

However, Warren has only allowed one home run in his last 5 starts this season. Therefore, I’ll be making this a half-unit wager today.

Yankees vs Blue Jays odds

• Moneyline: New York -130 | Toronto +110
• Run line: New York -1.5 (+125) | Toronto +1.5 (-150)
• Over/Under: Over 8.5 (-105) | Under 8.5 (-115)

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SAN FRANCISCO — Sunday notes…

• IT’S PRETTY RARE: The Cubs swept three games at San Francisco on Sept. 13-15, 1993. They have done it in only one of the 35 subsequent series before the current one, July 26-28, 2013. This is their 12th since then. Five times, the Cubs won the first two games and lost the third, most recently in 2023. In 2009, they won three, then lost the fourth. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• RUN SCORING NOTE: The Cubs have scored 20 runs in their last three games (nine, five, six). They had scored at least 20 in 11 previous three-game spans this season, some overlapping, but only twice since May 8: 21 runs, May 15-17, and 22, May 27-29. They played 10 more games after the last of the previous span before the first of the current span. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• THE PITCHING IS BETTER THAN YOU THINK: Cubs pitchers have yielded no more than three runs in a season-best four consecutive games. They had allowed three or fewer in three straight three times, all between March 30 and April 20. The Cubs have allowed eight runs in the last 40 innings. Six came on five homers, one on a triple and one on a walk-off single. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• PCA! PCA! PCA!: Pete Crow-Armstrong is on a 17-game on-base streak in which he is batting .370/.425/.726 (27-for-73) with six doubles, a triple, six home runs, 10 RBI and 14 runs scored.

Cubs lineup:

Giants lineup:

Ryan Rolison, LHP vs. Logan Webb, RHP

Ryan Rolison is going to open this game because the Giants generally stack the top of their lineup with left-handed hitters. This is an attempt to try to neutralize that. Rolison threw a scoreless inning vs. the Giants last Saturday at Wrigley Field and overall this year, lefties are batting .182/.263/.182 (6-for-33) against him with 13 strikeouts. Rolison last pitched Thursday against the Rockies, throwing one inning and 17 pitches.

After Rolison, Colin Rea is supposed to be the “bulk guy” this afternoon. Rea got hit pretty hard by the Rockies in his last start, last Tuesday at Coors Field. So what do you say we try to pretend that didn’t happen?

In Rea’s three previous starts he posted a 3.57 ERA and got into the sixth inning in all three of them.

Current Giants, though, have hit him hard (small sample size alert): 16-for-32 (.500) with four home runs (Luis Arraez, Matt Chapman, Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee).

Rea has two outings this year as the “bulk guy” and in those he’s thrown 9.1 innings, allowed eight hits and four runs, and struck out eight.

Logan Webb has been the Giants’ best starter for the last five-plus seasons, with Top 6 Cy Young finishes three times in that span. He’s continued that this year, with a bit of a higher ERA (3.88), which has come down over his last three starts (0.90 ERA, 0.672 WHIP, no home runs in 19.1 innings).

Webb last faced the Cubs Aug. 28, 2025 in San Francisco and allowed three runs in seven innings. Ian Happ is 5-for-14 (.357) against Webb with a home run and Dansby Swanson has homered twice off him in 14 career at-bats, including a homer in that game last year.

Here is the weather forecast for the area around Oracle Park.

Today’s game is on ABC (full national broadcast, no blackouts) and streaming on the ESPN App. Announcers: Jon Sciambi, David Ross and Buster Olney.

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The 2026 game discussion procedure has been changed, so please take note.

You’ll find the game preview, like this one, posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).

At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page, titled “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of week/date) game threads.” It will contain every post related to that particular game.

The Live! (formerly “First Pitch”) thread will still post at five minutes to game time. It will also post to the front page. That will be the only live game discussion thread. After the game, the recap and Heroes and Goats will also live on the front page as separate posts.

You will also be able to find the preview, Live! thread, recap and Heroes and Goats in this section link. The StoryStream for each game can also be found in that section.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

It’s time for some Sunday baseball. The Atlanta Braves are looking to take the series against their division rivals in this afternoon’s finale, and the rosters are set.

Let’s take a look at them.

Michael Harris II is leading off for the Braves today, swapping places with Mauricio Dubón. Austin Riley, Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson have the most experience facing Mets’ Freddy Peralta.

Albies, with 14 at-bats against him, hasn’t recorded as much success, only batting .071 with a .378 OPS, but Olson and Riley, however, with 11 and 14 respective appearances, find their ways to bases pretty frequently, with Riley batting .429 against him with an OPS of 1.396.

Dominic Smith has also found his pitches against Peralta, batting .400 with an .800 OPS.

The person Peralta really has to worry about, though, with only two appearances against him, is Eli White. Batting in the seventh hole, he averages .500 and has 2.500 OPS against the righty.

The Braves are looking for Bryce Elder to hold the Mets’ defense off, as a few key players are known to get hot against him, and have shown in this series that they could rally at any point. Though the name Bo Bichette has been ringing throughout the series, it’s Juan Soto, who’s seen him the second-most behind Brett Baty, that Elder needs to look out for. Soto’s average is .429 against Elder with a 1.413 OPS, in which he also recorded one homerun and one RBI.

A lot of possibilities as both teams look to close this matchup with a series win. New York is looking to continue their celebration and defeat their division rivals to add to a fresh NBA finals win, but the Braves are looking to shut it down before getting back on the road.

Tune in at 1:40 PM EDT to watch it all play out.