WEBVTT - Max Muncy (2-5-26)

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<v Speaker 1>And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>I know Miguel Rojas and Will Smith, they were heroes

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<v Speaker 2>offensively and defensively, but without Max Munsey's home run earlier

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<v Speaker 2>in that game to make it a one run game,

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<v Speaker 2>there are no heroes for the Dodgers. So here is

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<v Speaker 2>Max Munsey. We had a chance to catch up with

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<v Speaker 2>him at Dodger Fest.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>We are drawing right now by a man that has

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<v Speaker 2>been to the World Series four times with the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>Max Munsey showed up in twenty eighteen, left his mark

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<v Speaker 2>and now has become the all time home run king

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<v Speaker 2>and Dodger postseason history, including one of the biggest home

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<v Speaker 2>runs in Game seven of the World Series. Max Munsey,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for joining us. Great to see you, always

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<v Speaker 2>good to be here with you. Oh three time World

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<v Speaker 2>Series champion. Has time for the little people. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>Save it.

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<v Speaker 1>Save it. You've been out here all day with everyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, Well, you like to make the grand the

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<v Speaker 2>grand entrance. You know you're you're the guy at the party.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want to show up right on time. You

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<v Speaker 2>want to be twenty minutes late. So everybody knows Max

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<v Speaker 2>months he's at the party.

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<v Speaker 1>That's false, that's fake, fake news. Dave.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you just welcomed in your third child to

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<v Speaker 2>the world. What's the off season been like for the

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<v Speaker 2>Mounsie family coming off back to back World Series championships

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<v Speaker 2>and having to deal with real life.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been short, It's been hectic, It's been lovely, all

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<v Speaker 3>the above. You know, a lot of emotions going through,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's just, you know, it's it's it's been a

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<v Speaker 3>little challenging trying to get ready for a season and

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<v Speaker 3>then also you know, trying to be a dad at

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<v Speaker 3>home newborn and you know, just trying to help out

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<v Speaker 3>as much as I can and trying to make sure

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<v Speaker 3>I'm getting healthy and you know, getting ready for the season,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's just, uh, yeah, it's been like I said, short,

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<v Speaker 3>hectic and crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I told Will Smith, I've been his spokesperson all off

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<v Speaker 2>season because he's been in hibernation, but I also have

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<v Speaker 2>been a Max Mounsey promoter that you're a home run.

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<v Speaker 1>Without it, there is no Miguel.

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<v Speaker 2>Rojas game tying home run, and certainly no Will Smith

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<v Speaker 2>heroics in the eleventh inning. When you hit that home

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<v Speaker 2>run and pulled the Dodgers within a run. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>feel that was as big as it turned out to be?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean I've said multiple times like in the moment,

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<v Speaker 3>for me, I just knew it guaranteed show hey, one

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<v Speaker 3>more bat and we were it was only a one

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<v Speaker 3>run def sit at that point, so I was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>we got a chance. But at the same time, it

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<v Speaker 3>kind of just built a little bit more more more

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<v Speaker 3>momentum for us, and you know, you started feeling that,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think the whole team felt it, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I know you keep saying my home run was big,

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<v Speaker 3>but every single play in that Game seven was big,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, we don't win that World Series without

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<v Speaker 3>every single guy on the roster.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just it's really cool to look.

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<v Speaker 3>Back at that and understand that every single person played

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<v Speaker 3>an important role in winning that World Series.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a true team effort.

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<v Speaker 2>So many guys could have checked out mentally, like Miguel Rojas,

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<v Speaker 2>Andy Paters, justin Dean. What does that say about who

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<v Speaker 2>you guys are in the culture the players have created

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<v Speaker 2>that they remained engaged.

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<v Speaker 1>It just means a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's real easy for some of those guys

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<v Speaker 3>to check out, and they didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they understood what was at stake.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't about them, it was about the team, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, and that's how we've always been. And it

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<v Speaker 3>really showed right there. You know, it really showed in

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<v Speaker 3>that World Series that the guys were all about each other.

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<v Speaker 3>They were willing to do anything for each other. And

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<v Speaker 3>it's just special made it's so special. Obviously winning the

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<v Speaker 3>World Series a special as it is, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>being able to do it the way we did it

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<v Speaker 3>just felt it felt truly amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been really in tune with this city.

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<v Speaker 2>The city loves you since you showed up and brist

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<v Speaker 2>onto the scene in twenty eighteen. What's the reaction you've

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<v Speaker 2>gotten from fans that you've come across or just.

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<v Speaker 1>Through your wife.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you realize how much this one meant to the city.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the thing you hear the most is not congratulations,

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<v Speaker 3>it's thank you. You know, you hear that from the

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<v Speaker 3>fans all the time. It's thank you, thank you for

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<v Speaker 3>bringing a championship back to the city, thank you for

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<v Speaker 3>bringing the Dodgers back to us, and you know, it

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<v Speaker 3>just it just makes it so special and I talked

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<v Speaker 3>about this when we got that first parade in twenty

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<v Speaker 3>four that you know, when you're driving through the streets

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<v Speaker 3>and you see everyone holding up pictures of grandparents or

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<v Speaker 3>parents that aren't there anymore, just like these are who

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<v Speaker 3>made me Dodger people, And that's when you start realizing

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<v Speaker 3>that it's not just a team, it's a community, it's

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<v Speaker 3>a family, it's an organization. You know, the whole city

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<v Speaker 3>is built in on it, and it just it's it's

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<v Speaker 3>truly been a blessing to be able to play for

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<v Speaker 3>the Dodgers as long as I have, and it's definitely

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<v Speaker 3>not something that I ever take for granted.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it surreal for Max Moncy to look around the

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<v Speaker 2>clubhouse after winning back to back championships with these group

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<v Speaker 2>of teammates and look back on the same group or

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<v Speaker 2>the group of players that you played with in twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty and you know, leading up to.

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<v Speaker 2>That championship, how the faces have changed, but the feeling

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<v Speaker 2>and the winning commitment to winning hasn't.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, the faces haven't changed that much. There's

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<v Speaker 3>been a lot of us that have been been around

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<v Speaker 3>for a long time, and you know, it's just that's

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<v Speaker 3>what makes it great. We've just had so many players here,

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<v Speaker 3>a core group of guys, and uh, you know, unfortunately

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<v Speaker 3>this year is gonna be without Kersh. But you know

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<v Speaker 3>we're all chimly happy for him. But you know, he's

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<v Speaker 3>the guy that's kind of started this whole culture for us.

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<v Speaker 3>And I know he says it started before him, but

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<v Speaker 3>you know, for me, he was always the guy that

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<v Speaker 3>that led it.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know he never let it with his words.

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<v Speaker 3>He led it with how he competed and how he

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<v Speaker 3>prepared and how he acted. And you know that's he

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<v Speaker 3>just set the example that all a lot of us

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<v Speaker 3>have tried to follow. And uh, you know it's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>be hard to do it without him, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I think we're up for the challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>Feels good at number thirteen and Max months here are

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<v Speaker 2>going to be back for the three p Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for stopping by, and uh, maybe we could just set

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<v Speaker 2>the ground rules right now spring training. Should I ease

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<v Speaker 2>into approaching you or do you feel like I should

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<v Speaker 2>just dive in and hover around your locker day one?

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<v Speaker 3>You know how Dave, I might I might give you

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<v Speaker 3>time and day I might not give you time and day.

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<v Speaker 3>You know when it comes to you. You just you

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<v Speaker 3>always you're you just kind of float you know, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>you just kind of float around. And so maybe maybe

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<v Speaker 3>i'll maybe I won't, might throw a comment your way.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>I do have a lot of feel. That's the one

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<v Speaker 2>thing people say about me. I have great feel.

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<v Speaker 1>No one's ever said that about you. All Right, Munsey,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for stopping by. I love you. There he

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<v Speaker 1>goes Max Munsey.

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<v Speaker 2>I think people think he hates me, but it's a

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<v Speaker 2>love hate relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's all love, Dave, it's all love. Great to

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<v Speaker 1>catch up with Max Munsey.

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<v Speaker 2>So many of you have come up to me during

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<v Speaker 2>the offseason and asked me, what's the deal with you?

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<v Speaker 1>And Munsie?

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<v Speaker 2>Does he really not like you? No, it's a great

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<v Speaker 2>thing that we have going here. It's a sarcastic, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of dry sense of monthsy humor that he throws at me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm so grateful because Munsey has been very inclusive

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<v Speaker 2>and always gives insightful, thoughtful answers and is a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more honest with his answers than most players. And I

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<v Speaker 2>love that about him, and I think that's why those

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<v Speaker 2>of us that cover the Dodgers go to Max months

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<v Speaker 2>when we have questions, because he is going to give

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<v Speaker 2>you an honest answer, and if he doesn't feel like

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<v Speaker 2>he should answer that certain question, he's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>give you some generic answer. He's just going to pass

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<v Speaker 2>on answering that question. So love having Max Munsey on

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<v Speaker 2>the show. Can't wait to see him out there in

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