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Speaker 1: They say, the hardest thing in sports isn't winning a title.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to repeat seasons.

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Speaker 1: It's winning it again this Yearning is.

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Speaker 2: Not trying to win a championship. They're trying to repeat.

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Speaker 1: It's October baseball for your world champion in La Dodger.

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Speaker 2: The twenty twenty five Dodgers are the National League's Western

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Speaker 2: Division champions.

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Speaker 1: And you know what that means.

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Speaker 3: Sax and Kates and AM is back.

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Speaker 1: This is Saxon Kates in the Morning with Tim Kates

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Speaker 1: and former World Champion Dodger Steve Sacks.

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Speaker 3: Reacting taking your phone calls talking Dodgers playoff baseball all

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Speaker 3: postseason long.

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Speaker 1: Now here they are on AM five to seventy LA

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Speaker 4: Steve Sacks, Tim Kats.

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Speaker 1: Tim Kates and World Champion Dodger Steve Sacks.

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Speaker 3: Dodgers playing the waiting game as they wait till Friday

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Speaker 3: to find out.

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Speaker 4: Game one on the World Series.

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Speaker 3: Tonight see who they're gonna play as it's the decisive

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Speaker 3: Game seven of the Alcs, the Mariners and the Toronto

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Speaker 3: series going.

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Speaker 4: To a Game seven.

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Speaker 3: Shane Bieber will be on the Mount tonight for the

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Speaker 3: Toronto Blue Jays. If the Mariners win in advance, Dodgers

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Speaker 3: will have home field begin with Game one and two

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Speaker 3: on Friday and Saturday. If the Toronto Blue Jays win tonight,

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Speaker 3: the Dodgers will pack up and head north of the

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Speaker 3: border to Toronto, Canada for the first two games of

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Speaker 3: the seven game World Series. He is Steve Sacks, Iam

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Speaker 3: Tim Kak's two hours down, one to go. You missed

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Speaker 3: a lot so far. We got into showy Otani's greatest

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Speaker 3: performance ever on Friday Night with the three home runs

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Speaker 3: and the six shutout, any striking out ten greatest moment ever?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that wasn't it.

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Speaker 3: That's had to be her Gibson, Freddie Freeman's Grand Slam.

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Speaker 3: Those go to the top of the list, but greatest

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Speaker 3: overall performance in baseball history. No arguing that Friday Night

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Speaker 3: and shoey Otani what he did. Dodgers ruining baseball becoming

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Speaker 3: that big narrative now that the Dodgers have run through

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Speaker 3: this postseason, we got into that. We'll get into your

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Speaker 3: phone calls as well. I think this narrative, Steve of

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Speaker 3: the Dodgers ruining baseball picked up even more steam based

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Speaker 3: on what they did to the Phillies in the NLDS

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Speaker 3: and taking care of business in five games and then

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Speaker 3: and really dominating all four of those games. I think

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Speaker 4: Oh, they're not good for baseball?

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Speaker 5: Well, then then how did the Brewers beat the Dodgers

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Speaker 5: six straight during the season. If it was all about

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Speaker 5: spending money, It's not all about spending spending money, as

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Speaker 5: the Yankees, as the Padres, as the Mets. It's not

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Speaker 5: the team. It's about leadership. It's about players policing one

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Speaker 5: of things matter. It's the unity of the team. I

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Speaker 5: think that's huge. In eighty eight, we did not have

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Speaker 4: What do the Dodgers have.

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Speaker 5: They have unity and they have starting pitching. Those those

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and the Dodgers certainly have the great leadership in

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Speaker 5: which is the right thing to say, because it's true.

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Speaker 5: I mean, if there's a situation the seventh inning, we

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Speaker 4: So I think he called it right.

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Speaker 5: four more games they need to win. Can you imagine

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Speaker 5: this team next year? You know Sasaki's really a starter.

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Speaker 5: They've gone in there with five guys that could go

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Speaker 4: Dodgers got at least five.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think Emma Sheen, where does his role

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Speaker 3: I don't think he's ready at the beginning of the season.

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Speaker 3: But next year, in twenty six, we could see Gavin Stone,

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Speaker 3: He'll be coming back. Kyle Hurt will be coming back.

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Speaker 3: River Rhin will be coming back. He got arms that

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Speaker 3: To go along with all these stable of horses that

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Speaker 3: that's when it all starts to go away. And certainly

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Speaker 4: Possibly Tony Gonsolin.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, I forget about Tony Gonslin, who's still trying

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Speaker 3: All right, let's go back out to the phones. David

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Speaker 3: and Temecula, thanks for being patient. Welcome to scam on

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Speaker 2: How are you doing, Saxy?

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Speaker 6: How you doing?

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Speaker 4: Kate doing?

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Speaker 2: Great? Day morning, great morning, Greatest show. Hey on Earth, Baby,

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Speaker 2: everyone's jealous of the greatest show. Hey on Earth? Is

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Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Dodgers, best team in baseball? They can

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Speaker 2: all be jealous. They should follow us, because it starts

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Speaker 2: with class. Baby. We're a class act organization, and every

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Speaker 2: organization should be a class act. Every other organization who

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Speaker 2: likes to talk smack. We tip our caps, baby. We

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Speaker 2: respect the other teams, and that's what that's what that's

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Speaker 2: that's what baseball is, man, and that's what leadership is.

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Speaker 2: And we respect our competition. But we also will sweep

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Speaker 4: Right, David.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if other organizations are talking smack as

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Speaker 3: David'll lose. So I don't remember anytime recently a team

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Speaker 3: But all right, Uh yeah, certainly the Padres, maybe maybe

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Speaker 4: So Tim, what was it that? That was it? Uh,

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Speaker 4: let's see him trying to was it?

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Speaker 5: Yelich was saying, uh, you know about the team, He's

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Speaker 5: only get to be in that good I think he

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Speaker 5: said that. That was one of his quotes. So that

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Speaker 5: just beat him, beat him down four straight. Uh, they

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Speaker 5: saw the team full he flexed, They saw the team

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Speaker 5: It wasn't around the All Star break where there was

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Speaker 5: did have Blake Snell. This is a much different team

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Speaker 3: I think of Bryce Harper in the comments that he

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Speaker 4: He sounds like he wants to.

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Speaker 3: Come play for the Dodgers, and how respectful he is

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Speaker 4: And you know, as you meant.

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Speaker 3: One of the callers brought up earlier the Dodgers' last

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Speaker 4: That's not I just read.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's a reason for that, as the caller said,

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Speaker 3: When players come around, they're like, wow.

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Speaker 4: Look at this.

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Speaker 3: Hey, we're the visiting team and we're living in this

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Speaker 4: This is I don't know, it's class maybe yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 4: no doubt, no doubt. Class man.

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Speaker 5: You're helping the other side to be comfortable too, and

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Speaker 5: this is the team you're trying to beat. But you know,

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Speaker 5: they make the amenities nice and that's that's a pretty

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Speaker 5: cool thing.

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Speaker 3: Joe and San Diego, thanks for being patient. Welcome to

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Speaker 3: Saxon Kate today. And how you doing Joe, Yeah, really good.

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Speaker 7: Thanks guys for having me on Love the Show. Ste

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Speaker 7: Sex always been a big fan.

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Speaker 4: Thanks Joe.

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Speaker 7: Hey, here's what I wanted to here's what I wanted

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Speaker 7: to say in One of the callers said, you know,

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Speaker 7: it's a little bit disingenuous.

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Speaker 8: I sem.

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Speaker 7: I agree. Let me tell you where I'm coming from.

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Speaker 7: I love baseball. They're always gonna get my money. I'll

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Speaker 7: be a lifelong fan no matter what. It's the most

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Speaker 7: beautiful sports in the history of man. It's the most

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Speaker 9: How you doing, buddy, I'm doing great. Thank you to

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Speaker 3: Game seven of this ALCS. David, We've been talking about

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Speaker 5: We saw the reaction. First of all, good to be

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Speaker 9: No, you're one hundred percent right, Seattle would be the

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Speaker 9: Yeah, it's you know, trying to latch on number one

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Speaker 9: It's way over my head. It's it's not something fans

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Dave, looking at the layoff situation right now.

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Speaker 3: Dave, real quick lasting for me. Have you talked to

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I could I could see that, Dave, for sure.

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Speaker 9: the shadows were very much in play. And if games

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Speaker 9: are going to be starting between four or five o'clock

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Speaker 9: Pacific time of the World Series, I mean it might

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Speaker 9: be advantageous again to have Glass now start at home

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Speaker 9: with the shadows as his advantage.

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Speaker 4: Doubt David, appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: We'll check out with you in a couple of days

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Speaker 3: and Dodgers will be working out and find out tonight

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Speaker 3: who they're underway on AM five seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 4: Thanks a lot, David, Thank you, David.

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Speaker 9: All right, guys, thanks guys.

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Speaker 3: All right, there he goes our Dodger insider David Bass.

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Speaker 4: We'll come back.

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Speaker 3: We'll get to more of your phone calls again. Steve's

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Speaker 3: take on the Mariners are blue jays. Who's a better fit,

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Speaker 3: who's a better opponent for the Dogs? Eight six six

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Speaker 3: ninet eighty seven two five seventy Dodgers just ruining baseball,

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Speaker 3: one winning a time, and they are four wins away

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Speaker 3: from a World Series championship. At Saxon Kates in the

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Speaker 3: AM on an FI seventy l A Sports, Saxon Kates

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Speaker 3: In the am on this Monday morning, October twentieth, as

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Speaker 3: the World Series run continues. For your Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Speaker 3: They made their way through the Cincinnati Reds in the

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Speaker 3: wild Card round, took care of the Phillies in the NLDS,

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Speaker 3: and a sweep over the team with the best record

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Speaker 3: in baseball during the regular season, the Milwaukee Brewers in

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Speaker 3: the NLCS, and now Steve Saxon Dodgers await the winner

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Speaker 3: of the Toronto Blue Chase and the Seattle Mariners in

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Speaker 3: this best of seven game seven a LCS that's being

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Speaker 3: played tonight up at the Rogers Center. Have you the

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Speaker 3: end of the Rogers Center? I'm assuming you have, right?

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Speaker 3: You played there late in your career, I imagine, right.

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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, played there.

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Speaker 5: Great atmosphere places rocks when it's full and especially when

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Speaker 5: that lid is closed. This place is loud, I mean

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Speaker 5: very very loud, very partisan, as you well know.

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Speaker 4: And here's the thing too.

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Speaker 5: If the team's not winning, like during the regular season,

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Speaker 5: you know they're not winning whatever, people don't go to

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Speaker 5: the game.

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Speaker 4: They don't just show up. You know, it's not forgeted.

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Speaker 5: But when the team's doing well, they packed the place

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Speaker 5: and especially now in the World Series, this place will

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Speaker 5: be jumping.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been a fun series. If you're a baseball fan,

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Speaker 3: I mean you got Toronto and Seattle. A ninety four

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Speaker 3: win Toronto team, a ninety win Seattle Mariners team. I mean,

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Speaker 3: let's keep in mind, the Mariners aren't just a flash

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Speaker 3: in the pan. The Mariners have been competitive and right there,

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Speaker 3: neck and neck and in the postseason, in the in

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Speaker 3: the Al East the last few years. This year they

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Speaker 3: ran away with the division and only to see the

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Speaker 3: Yankees come back and catch them because they went on

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Speaker 3: a late run in September to get back into it.

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Speaker 3: They finished with an identical record with the Yankees. But

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Speaker 3: this is a Blue Jays team with really good pitching.

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Speaker 3: They got veterans and Shane Bieber and Max Scherzer, and

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Speaker 3: as David Vassa alluded to, vlad Guerrero six home runs

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Speaker 3: a fifteen hundred OPS in ten games this postseason, let

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Speaker 3: me repeat that his OPS is fifteen hundred. Yes, and

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Speaker 3: he's got six home runs in this postseason. I mean,

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Speaker 3: it is unreal what he has done. He's NLDS and

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Speaker 3: the ALCS, and they got guys that you may not

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Speaker 3: have heard of that are contributed as well for Toronto.

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Speaker 3: That's why this series has been so fun to watch.

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Speaker 3: Who do you want to see in a World Series matchup?

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Speaker 5: Steve Well looking at these two teams, especially now when

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Speaker 5: when Vladi is really hot, Remember this is the kind

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Speaker 5: of a guy that can carry the team for two weeks,

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Speaker 5: two three weeks at a time when he's hot, and

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Speaker 5: that's where he is right now.

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Speaker 4: That's not a good thing. Number one.

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Speaker 5: Number two is toronto best record I believe in the

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Speaker 5: American League at home? Yes they were and it wasn't

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Speaker 5: even close. Fifty four and twenty seven at home. And

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Speaker 5: Seattle was a really good team at home as well,

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Speaker 5: fifty one and thirty both at plus fifty win seasons

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Speaker 5: at home.

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Speaker 4: So both the teams are good. Toronto a little bit better.

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Speaker 5: I would look at this thing right now and say

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Speaker 5: Toronto would be the team that I probably wouldn't want

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Speaker 5: to play as much. If I could pick one of

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Speaker 5: the two, I would choose Seattle for the travel, for

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Speaker 5: the fact that the Dodgers are going to have home

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Speaker 5: field advantage as well. The Dodgers are much better team

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Speaker 5: at home than on the road, so for those reasons.

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Speaker 5: It's pretty simple. I'd rather go with the Mariners than

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Speaker 5: have to go and play Toronto.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm with you.

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Speaker 3: I'm with you. I don't want anything to do with

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Speaker 3: Rogers Center right now. I want nothing to do with

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Speaker 3: that crowd. And when they were rocking last night, it's

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Speaker 3: like it was like an avalanche on Yes, the Seattle Maritors.

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Speaker 4: It was sundating.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like thunder there, and it just has a

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Speaker 5: way of is building throughout the game. You have this

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Speaker 5: this gigantic, you know, crescendo that comes towards the end

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Speaker 5: of the game, especially if it's a close game and

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Speaker 5: they're able to get some some kind of you know,

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Speaker 5: rally going. The thing gets really really raucous in there,

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Speaker 5: and not a good place to play if you're in

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Speaker 5: the opposition.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean, I look at the Seattle lineup with

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Speaker 3: Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raley, and you know, they went

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Speaker 3: out there and got Suarez to play third base, and

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Speaker 3: you know, at one point he was leading baseball and

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Speaker 3: home runs. They got all this power and it's been

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Speaker 3: neutralized in these games that the Blue Jays have come

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Speaker 3: back and won. And I look at the roster, I

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Speaker 3: mean the lineup. I mean Barger, what he's doing at

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Speaker 3: the bottom of the lineup for the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Speaker 3: You know, George Springer went over four last night, and

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Speaker 3: still the middle of the lineup with Clement and varshow

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Speaker 3: and you know Vlad Guerrero and and Menez at the bottom.

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Speaker 3: These guys just produce and they get on base, and

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Speaker 3: they just they when they get that lineup going, and

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Speaker 3: they have long innings and they get good pitching like

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Speaker 3: they did last night with you seven. I mean the crowd,

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Speaker 3: it's just it's a snowball effect and it can get

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Speaker 3: on you early there at the Rogers Center and next

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Speaker 3: thing you know, you're down for nothing in a second inning.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, their team, that builds a lot of momentum up

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Speaker 5: and the crowd's very much in it. You mentioned Barger,

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Speaker 5: you know he's he's having a pretty good postseason. And

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Speaker 5: how about Lucas, who's a regular journeyman throughout the minor leagues.

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Speaker 5: He's hit over three forty in postseason. But the guy

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Speaker 5: that I really look at that's been a big difference maker,

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Speaker 5: and they got him over here not for his bad

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Speaker 5: but for his defense is Ernie Clement. And this guy

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Speaker 5: is one of the toughest outs on this team. He's

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Speaker 5: hitting almost five hundred postseason. He's not gonna really hit

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Speaker 5: you a lot of home runs. But this guy is

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Speaker 5: like a Tommy Edmund. Plus he's just doing an unbelievable

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Speaker 5: job for this team. So they've got guys that you

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Speaker 5: wouldn't expect besides Vlade and Springer, et cetera, to come

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Speaker 5: up and pick it up. And you know, they got

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Speaker 5: their catcher, Alejandro Kirk, who doesn't look like a baseball player,

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Speaker 5: but boy, you can hit.

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Speaker 4: He's a really good player. He's an All Star. They've

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Speaker 4: got a very eclectic group over there in Toronto that

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Speaker 4: can hurt you.

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Speaker 3: I love Kirk because he looks like he should be

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Speaker 3: catching in a Sunday Beer League game in the Valley

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Speaker 3: rather than good player Game six and seven of the

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Speaker 3: Alcs like he's been doing. And yeah, he's a fun

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Speaker 3: guy to watch. I mean, yes, Vlad Guerrero is so scary.

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Speaker 3: It's man, he coaks after his dad.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I don't know that he's as good as

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Speaker 5: his dad, but he's certainly putting up a lot of numbers.

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Speaker 5: He's been he's you know, most most notably, he's been

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Speaker 5: dealing with a lot of things in his weight early

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Speaker 5: in his career, having to fight that. I think he's

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Speaker 5: got that under control. He looks good to me. He's

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Speaker 5: certainly putting up numbers. He's sitting four sixty two in

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Speaker 5: postseason right now. He's driving the baseball. He's not just

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Speaker 5: a guy that's gonna go put up average numbers. I

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Speaker 5: mean batting average numbers. This guy across the spectrum. You

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Speaker 5: talked about his ops over fifteen hundred. He's sitting the

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Speaker 5: ball out of the ballpark like he's supposed to. But

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Speaker 5: he's also an extremely tough and he moves along the lineup.

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Speaker 3: And just think, this is a Toronto Blue Jays lineup.

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Speaker 3: If they were new Advance, couldn't be adding bobashed back

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Speaker 3: to their lineup.

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Speaker 4: He isn't play.

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Speaker 3: He's been out with his sprain knee, and you think

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Speaker 3: about what he's done. I had to look it up

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Speaker 3: because I was like, man, this guy was one of

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Speaker 3: the hottest players in baseball. In fact, he was one

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Speaker 3: of the.

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Speaker 4: Hits leaders throughout the American League.

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Speaker 6: Yes.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, last forty six games of the regular season, he

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Speaker 3: hit three seventy with a nine to eighty nine ops,

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Speaker 3: six home runs, forty one ribies and a four to

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Speaker 3: twenty three on base percentage. He goes down and they're

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Speaker 3: still winning here in October, and there's rumor that he

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Speaker 3: could be good enough to go if they get to

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Speaker 3: the World Series. So that's scary to think.

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Speaker 5: Well, you have to think about too, all that time

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Speaker 5: off for him, how effective.

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Speaker 4: He will be. He might be.

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Speaker 5: I mean, he's young guy. He could pick that thing,

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Speaker 5: maybe pick that right up. So this is a team

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Speaker 5: that's stacked. I mean you saw what you savage? Did

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Speaker 5: you know? He has got just one of the nastiest

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Speaker 5: split fing or changeup whatever that is he's throwing that

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Speaker 5: just never gets there. These guys know it's coming, they're

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Speaker 5: sitting on it, and they still can't hit it.

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Speaker 4: He's just been devastating, all right.

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Speaker 3: So we agree we want the Seattle Mariners rather than

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Speaker 3: Toronto Blue Jays to come out of the American League.

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Speaker 3: Game one either way is going to be Friday nights.

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Speaker 3: Go back out to the phone, Scott in Ontario. Thanks

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Speaker 3: for being patient, Scott on this Monday morning.

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Speaker 4: What you got.

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Speaker 8: Good morning, guys, just want to talk about how the

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Speaker 8: Dodgers are not ruining baseball. Just reading an article in

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Speaker 8: Baseball America and the Dodgers have twenty three players that

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Speaker 8: I've gone through their system are actually signed with the

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Speaker 8: Dodgers and are on a playoff team right now. That's

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Speaker 8: not including all the other players that have come through

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Speaker 8: their system, either by trades or any other ways, that

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Speaker 8: are on other teams. So in my opinion, the Dodgers

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Speaker 8: are making baseball better by develop helping players, by coaching

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Speaker 8: players that come to them. It's it's just I don't

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Speaker 8: know how anyone could think they're ruining baseball.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no doubt.

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Speaker 3: Scott appreciate the phone call. Nate and Irvine also been

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Speaker 3: waiting patiently on this Monday morning.

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Speaker 4: What you got, Nate, Hey, I just wanted to lend some.

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Speaker 6: Historical perspective about what showhy is about and what he's

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Speaker 6: doing in my mount rush Moore, in my life, in

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Speaker 6: my sixty years of add the Southern California sports watching,

651
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 6: there's the Mountain Rushmore, is Gretzky, Tiger Woods and now

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Speaker 6: show Hero Tani and of course with an asterix, maybe

653
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Speaker 6: Steve Sachs as you know, a position holder. Until we

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Speaker 6: actually get to see in number four all right, So

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Speaker 6: the and why is it? Because these guys do things

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Speaker 6: that you could not have imagined before they did it.

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Speaker 6: In other words, what Gretzky did and I don't want

658
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Speaker 6: to go into hockey, but what Tiger Woods did. For instance,

659
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Speaker 6: everyone knows that Gretzky held all four majors at the

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Speaker 6: same time, defended all four at the same time. No

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Speaker 6: one's ever done it. No one's done it since no

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Speaker 6: one did it before. But what people also don't know

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Speaker 6: is that while he held all four, he was the

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Speaker 6: scoring champion in all four based on par and oh,

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Speaker 6: you want to go one more deep cut, Tiger held

666
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Speaker 6: the largest margin of victory in each of those four

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Speaker 6: while he was defending. Soheyes, three home runs were all

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Speaker 6: in and of themselves legendary, the first one because he

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Speaker 6: became the first pitcher ever regular or postseason, to lead

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Speaker 6: off the game with a home run. Oh and a

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Speaker 6: little deeper cut. After striking out three. He didn't strike

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Speaker 6: out the side. Okay, he didn't strike out the side,

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Speaker 6: everyone is miss stating that. But he struck out the

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Speaker 6: three after letting the guy get on I think by

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Speaker 6: walk right, And so then the second home run it

676
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 6: was out of stadium. In my life, it was only

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00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 6: Willie Stargell who hit that, and Steve you remember when

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Speaker 6: it was there were no cement concession stand area behind that.

679
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,759
Speaker 6: It was just you hit it over the roof and

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00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,880
Speaker 6: it was in the parking lot and that's what it

681
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 6: used to be. And show Hey did that. So that's

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Speaker 6: deep cut number two, historic home run number two, and

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Speaker 6: then the third one was for three. Now we can

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Speaker 6: start imagining stuff because there's no possibility that Show Hey

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Speaker 6: can't do it. Okay, how about this. He pitches a

686
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Speaker 6: perfect game in Game seven of the World Series and

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Speaker 6: hits for the cycle. Why is that not possible? It's

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Speaker 6: definitely possible now because he's going to become the first

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Speaker 6: pitcher who's such a slugger to do it in the

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Speaker 6: World Series. He's going to have the first opportunity. Now,

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Speaker 6: I guess it was Babe Ruth was the last one

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Speaker 6: who did it. But you know, it's a totally different.

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Speaker 4: Different time, Nate. I appreciate the fone call.

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Speaker 3: I mean, let's be real, there's no way he's throwing

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Speaker 3: a perfect game in hitting for the cycle in Game

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Speaker 3: seven of the World Series. If that were to happen,

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Speaker 3: I quit, I'm done. I'm never coming back again. No,

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Speaker 3: I mean because that would be the greatest thing we've

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Speaker 3: ever seen in the history of professional sports in the

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Speaker 3: entirety of this world.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, before during and Abbotts.

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Speaker 3: That's that's unbelievable, but would certainly not be out of

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00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 3: the realm of possibility for Sho Heo Tani since he

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Speaker 3: is not from this planet. Eight sixty six nine eighty

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Speaker 3: seven two five seventy more of your phone calls coming

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Speaker 3: back and a final sweep as we play the waiting game.

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Speaker 4: Who with the Dodgers.

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Speaker 3: Face in Game one of the World Series on Friday

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Speaker 3: night will find out together tonight from Toronto Blue Jays

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Speaker 3: and the Seattle Mariners who you're rooting for. Who's a

711
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 3: better matchup? Who would you rather see Pike's Place or

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Speaker 3: the Maple Bar in Toronto? Eight six six nine eighty

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Speaker 3: seven two five sevent eas Steve Sax, I'm Tim Kates.

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Speaker 3: It's Sax and Kate's and the AM on this Saurday morning. Scam,

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Speaker 3: Sax and Kate's and AM. On this beautiful Monday morning

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Speaker 3: here in southern California. The sun is out, the sky

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00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,879
Speaker 3: is blue, not a cloud in the sky on this

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Speaker 3: Monday as you make your way to work, heading in

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00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,280
Speaker 3: that commute, sitting in traffic, taking the kids to school,

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Speaker 3: whatever you're doing on this Monday morning, we appreciate you

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Speaker 3: being with us. No, you got a lot of options

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00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 3: out there, so we certainly appreciate you taking this with

723
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Speaker 3: you on the drive as you make your way through

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Speaker 3: southern California on this Monday. The Dodgers awaiting now the

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Speaker 3: winner of the Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners that

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00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 3: is coming up tonights from the Rogers Center in a

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00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:47,800
Speaker 3: Game seven winner moves on to face the big, bad,

728
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 3: ugly Los Angeles Dodgers, the team that is ruining baseball.

729
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 3: Steve Sacks wrecking baseball.

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Speaker 5: That's right, just with a big, gigantic cement, reckon ball, right,

731
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Speaker 5: just just crushing it. Yeah, because they like to win.

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Speaker 4: Because they're they're doing something that the objective exactly. I thought,

733
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Speaker 4: you know, you're supposed to do whatever you again to win.

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Speaker 4: I think that. I think that's what it is.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's just like no other team can think

736
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Speaker 3: of this, Like, you know, we're gonna have this game plan.

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Speaker 4: We're gonna go out and do this.

738
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Speaker 3: We're gonna scout this way, We're gonna draft this way,

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Speaker 3: We're gonna sign players this way. We're gonna keep our

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Speaker 3: guys in house and sign them to deals. I mean,

741
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Speaker 3: this is you look at the future and and I

742
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:26,879
Speaker 3: don't want to look too far ahead, but I mean,

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Speaker 3: Paul Schmes is a guy Kyle Tucker's already been talked about,

744
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 3: uh as a future Dodger. Where's this is something that's

745
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 3: gonna be interesting moving forward? Is the whole Paul skiings.

746
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Speaker 3: Can he survive in Pittsburgh? You got an opportunity to

747
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 3: build this guy and have him as your franchise pitcher

748
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 3: for decades. You got to build around him. If you're

749
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 3: not gonna build around him, he's gonna mandage. Is he

750
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 3: gonna demand a trade? He's gonna be demand something to

751
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 3: get out of Pittsburgh. This, to me is the next

752
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,919
Speaker 3: test for Major League Baseball is how they handle Paul

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Speaker 3: Skins in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I mean, I mean, this guy's an elite pitcher,

755
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 5: maybe maybe the best out there, and so they have

756
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 5: an opportunity to make it good. I mean, yeah, it

757
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 5: all starts with pitching. You either got the perfect guy

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Speaker 5: right there in their own house. I start there, Tim,

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Speaker 5: if i'm then and then I work out from there.

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Speaker 5: But this is this is the kind of guy you

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Speaker 5: build around, no question.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I just.

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Speaker 3: I assume they can keep him. I'm assuming they can

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Speaker 3: pay him whatever he wants. The problem is, if you're

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Speaker 3: a team like Pittsburgh, you cannot build around him, probably

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Speaker 3: in the same fashion that the Dodgers or the Mets,

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Speaker 3: or the Yankees, or the Cubs or the Giants canon.

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Speaker 4: Or can they.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they got a money, they got a stadium

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Speaker 3: that's beautiful, they got a fan base there. If you win,

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Speaker 3: you're gonna put more butts in the seats. If you're

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Speaker 3: competitive in your division and give yourself a chance to

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Speaker 3: win the division, the team's gonna bring in more revenue.

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Speaker 3: More revenue means more spending on players.

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Speaker 5: That's all true. And the way I look at it

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Speaker 5: to Tim, I look at it in the very obvious

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00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 5: way on his face. Some teams have more resources than

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Speaker 5: other teams.

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Speaker 4: That's fine. Okay, that's fine, but what I also know.

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Speaker 4: What I also know is it's not all about money

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00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 4: that wins. I mean, look at the examples. We say

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00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:04,839
Speaker 4: it time after time.

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Speaker 5: Plenty of teams out there spend boatloads of money and

784
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Speaker 5: they don't get very far, and.

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Speaker 4: So there's those other elements that really count, no doubt

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Speaker 4: about it.

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Speaker 3: Steve, great stuff this morning. We got a lot of

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Speaker 3: conversation this morning that we got into looking forward to

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Speaker 3: in the next couple of days and tomorrow we'll dive

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Speaker 3: deep into who the Dodgers are facing in this World

791
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 3: Series matchup that begins on Monday or a Friday night,

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Speaker 3: either Dodger Stadium or in Toronto. So can't wait for

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Speaker 3: a buddy great show today. We'll talk to you tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: Good job, Tim talking tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: All right, there he goes Steve Sacks. Thanks to Michelle,

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Speaker 3: Thanks though you Dodger fans for being a part of

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Speaker 3: the show. Colin Cowhard Coming up next, Rogan and Rodney

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Speaker 3: Ad three Petro Some Money begin at They're at New

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Speaker 3: and Petro Some Money begin at three o'clock. This afternoon,

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Speaker 3: We'll got a little Monday night football for you. There's

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Speaker 3: a double hitter tonight in the NFL to wrap up

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Speaker 3: the week. We got Texas and Seahawks at seven o'clock.

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Speaker 3: Up next, it's The Herd with Colin Coward