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Speaker 1: our next guest can tell us more about that as

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Speaker 1: we head out to the Kailee Common Spirit Health Outline

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Speaker 1: and bring on a voice the Rockies, Jack Corrigan. Jack,

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Speaker 1: you're on with Dave Logan, Ryan Edwards to Shelby Harris,

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Speaker 1: my friend. Good to catch up with you. How are you?

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Speaker 2: I am good, thank you? And we were told by

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Speaker 2: Rockies personnel that that was the Ryan Edwards fan club.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if that was or not.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, you know what that now it makes a

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Speaker 3: lot of sense to me, Jack swing shirts.

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Speaker 4: Because they said one of us would changed your tire.

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Speaker 1: Yeah that's right, Yeah it was flail shirts. Then I

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Speaker 3: But as side, hey, Jack's talking about that that topic,

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Speaker 3: when did you first sort of recognize that that group

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I mean it was sort of one of those phenomenon, Dave,

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Speaker 2: that just sprang up. It surprised us, of course. The

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Speaker 2: I don't think on Easter Sunday there'd be a bunch

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Speaker 4: Hey, jach Shall be here here. Just the Rockies are

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Speaker 4: hot right now? You know this is this is a

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Speaker 4: Is it optimistic? Is it just waiting for the inevitable

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Speaker 2: A Yeah, you know, Shelby and I always love talking

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Speaker 2: and I don't think it's phony by any sense of

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Speaker 2: That's what the long baseball season does. But there's a

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Speaker 1: Let's impressed you the most, especially in the midst of

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Speaker 2: Well? From an offensive side, certainly the contributions to some

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Speaker 2: Rumfield, even though he's a rookie, he did have all

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Speaker 2: There's no doubt this team struck out way too often

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Speaker 2: So I think the approach is better. I like the

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Speaker 3: You know, Jack had we had Walker montfort on with

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that obviously, when you're talking about acquiring

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Speaker 1: Well, the point that you were making there and sort

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Speaker 2: Well, I think I mean, yes, you want to throw strikes.

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Speaker 4: Hey, my last question here is pretty much what this

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Speaker 4: We already have six wins. And I know it's a

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Speaker 2: Well, the good thing, you know, baseball from a historical perspective, Shelby,

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Speaker 1: All right, My last one here is Jimmy Hergy going

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Speaker 1: Certainly does. Jack always appreciate the time, my friend, looking

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Speaker 1: forward to the call tonight. Let's keep this thing going.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it, sir.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, my pleasure anytime. Guys, talk to you soon.

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Josh are right boys, the Rockies. Jack Horrigan