WEBVTT - Alex Vesia (5-8-26)

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<v Speaker 1>But you're here to see one man, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>a story of perseverance, overcoming adversity and becoming a back

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<v Speaker 1>to back World Series champion. He is the anchor of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bullpen Dogs for the Dodgers, the one and only.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Can I hear that? Can I hear the Can

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<v Speaker 2>I hear the dogs? Or there there it is.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's ready now and that beautiful beard and

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<v Speaker 1>living color.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome Alex Vesia to Downey Hyundai. There he is. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at that.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, man, he's making his way up the runway.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a stage, we got a big screen, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Thing here going Alex Vessia, my guy, man, beautiful how

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<v Speaker 1>about this?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, look look behind you, VESSI look at this Vesia.

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<v Speaker 2>There you are.

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<v Speaker 1>We got everything A right guy, Sam the man, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>learning that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's all him. Thank you for coming out.

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<v Speaker 3>This is awesome. Wow, I was traffic was traffic?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>This is cool.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the center of Los Angeles right here in

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<v Speaker 1>Downey and as you can see, the city loves you

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<v Speaker 1>very much.

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<v Speaker 2>Fans are wrapped around the building for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I appreciate it. This is this is super cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, Usually relievers don't get this type of love.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I feel like this is a very very

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<v Speaker 1>unique situation because relievers are kind of like offensive linemen.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody knows about them until the quarterback gets sacked, until

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a home runs given up. But these fans appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>and have wrapped their arms around you.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that for the last six years.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, it's it's a long, long, you know, long journey.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know, I think the the time on the

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<v Speaker 4>field and whatnot, and you know, I just I put

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<v Speaker 4>it all out there and I think it's recognizable and.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, it's a little overwhelming, a little.

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<v Speaker 4>Overwhelming, Dave, But no, it's super cool, really really nice

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<v Speaker 4>to be out with the fans to you know.

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<v Speaker 1>What's wild is when we see you on the mound,

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<v Speaker 1>you're so fired up, you hit that switch, yep.

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<v Speaker 2>And I feel like.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're on the streets of LA you're on the

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<v Speaker 1>streets of Downey, people expect you to have that type

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<v Speaker 1>of personality, but you're nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Like who you are on the mound.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's I mean, competition and competing and it's

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<v Speaker 4>way different.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's way different.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I definitely go into a different mindset when I'm

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<v Speaker 4>out on the mound, you have to. But I just still,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like normal, like today, it's a normal day.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like I'm a regular guy. I'm just trying

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<v Speaker 4>to live life like the rest of us. And you know,

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<v Speaker 4>this is this is cool. I like just kind of

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<v Speaker 4>hanging out and yeah, it' stuff. There's not as much tendency.

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<v Speaker 4>There's not you know, like I don't have red Bull

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<v Speaker 4>going through my veins right now or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, man, no, this is super cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you saying that when you walk up and down

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<v Speaker 1>Firestone Boulevard and Downey you're not wearing your fifty one

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<v Speaker 1>Vesie jersey?

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<v Speaker 4>No, No, but I'll see a lot of them here today,

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<v Speaker 4>which is really cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>That's Sam.

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<v Speaker 3>I know Sam's got it. I know that's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Relievers never have jerseys made of them, No, unless you're

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<v Speaker 1>like the closer. Yeah, but a guy like you, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>fifty one.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of fifty ones out there.

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<v Speaker 3>There is there is.

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<v Speaker 4>It's gotten a lot more popular the last couple of years, so,

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<v Speaker 4>which is a good thing.

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<v Speaker 3>That means I'm doing my job.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, exactly, And you have been doing your job

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<v Speaker 1>ever since you became a Dodger, and you guys just

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<v Speaker 1>got back from a road trip that felt like it

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<v Speaker 1>was a month long, more than just six games. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>when you go through something like that. And number one,

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<v Speaker 1>did you realize I wasn't on this road trip?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I realized it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I realized that you weren't in the clubhouse bugging

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<v Speaker 4>every player and getting into our business. No, no, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>this is a This road trip was really long.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but it was cool. I got to see d Ma. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's my guy, and we were locker buddies.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh, you know, with it when he was with us,

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<v Speaker 4>and then you know, with everything that he had had

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<v Speaker 4>gone through with surgeries and yeah, the sophagus stuff. Right,

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<v Speaker 4>so you know, he's been really really good friend of

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<v Speaker 4>mine and so I got to see him, got to

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<v Speaker 4>give him his ring.

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<v Speaker 3>That was really cool.

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<v Speaker 4>And then obviously playing in Houston, you know it was

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<v Speaker 4>it was all right. We took two.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was good. You gotta split on that road trip. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're almost at the quarter point of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you believe that?

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, that's so weird.

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<v Speaker 1>The schedule has been played already and you guys are

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<v Speaker 1>in first place in the n L West. I know

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<v Speaker 1>Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts understand how to navigate one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and sixty two games, But as a guy that's

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<v Speaker 1>in it every day, how do you navigate one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and sixty two games.

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<v Speaker 3>One day at a time?

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<v Speaker 4>Man?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean it's.

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<v Speaker 4>My routine is what keeps it kind of easy. I

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<v Speaker 4>do the same thing every day. I eat the same

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<v Speaker 4>thing every day. That's just kind of my thing. Oh yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I just chicken rice and avocado is like my absolute

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<v Speaker 4>favorite game.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, that's my thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Chicken rice, avocado, Chick fil a Sauce, chick It's the best.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, like that routine is kind of just what it's.

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<v Speaker 4>It's easy, it sticks, It's not super complex or complicated.

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<v Speaker 4>But like, one day at a time, one pitch at

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<v Speaker 4>a time is kind of the thing that you know,

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<v Speaker 4>Barto and the bullpen kind of tells us, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>And it worked the other night, you know, glass now

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<v Speaker 4>coming out of the game, Jack Dryer coming in had

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<v Speaker 4>a you know, super long, extensive warm up, and I

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<v Speaker 4>mean he set the tone for that whole game. So

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<v Speaker 4>that was super cool. I was really really proud of him,

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<v Speaker 4>and I didn't have to go in that.

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<v Speaker 3>Game, which that was good. I'll take it.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, you know, it's you never know what you're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna get, man, baseball one hundred and sixty two games.

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<v Speaker 3>It's never it's never the same.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, You go back and Alex Bessie is our

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<v Speaker 1>guest on Dodger Talk. We are at down seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>to fifty Firestone Boulevard.

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<v Speaker 2>You hear about guys. Yeah they work here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah they do.

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<v Speaker 2>They like where they work. That's good, that's good. So

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<v Speaker 2>guys like Will Climb.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody knew who Will Cline was until Game three of

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<v Speaker 1>last year's World Series, right, and.

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<v Speaker 2>He's come back this year. I mean we knew who

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<v Speaker 2>he was, yeah, we did. It was on our team,

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<v Speaker 2>but people in America did not know.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure many people in Downey knew who Will

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<v Speaker 1>Cline was before Game three of the World Series.

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<v Speaker 3>They know him now, yeah, they do? They know him?

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<v Speaker 2>How? You know?

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody wants to know, how do the Dodgers make this work?

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Vessia an unknown from the Marlins. Yep, you turn

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<v Speaker 1>into Alex Vesia. You can't go anywhere in Downey without

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<v Speaker 1>people knowing you.

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<v Speaker 4>Now about that?

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<v Speaker 3>But all right, Okay, where are you going with this, Dave?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so Will Klin.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you guys make him feel like feel like

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<v Speaker 1>he belongs after what he did in that moment? Coming

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<v Speaker 1>back a brand new season every year is unique and

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<v Speaker 1>he's been able to, you know, take his game to

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<v Speaker 1>the next level.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean I think it's there's a little bit

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<v Speaker 4>of both, right, and hang on with me, Right, It's

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<v Speaker 4>he did something super special last year. Right, There's also

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<v Speaker 4>this is a new season, this is new objectives, this

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<v Speaker 4>is new goals, this is everything is in front of him, right,

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<v Speaker 4>So it's being able to kind of still chase that

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<v Speaker 4>and not live right in the past.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>But last year was super cool man, watching him grow

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<v Speaker 4>and and just kind of become who he is now.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, he stepped up in a big way. And

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<v Speaker 4>I mean we knew he had really good stuff when

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<v Speaker 4>we got him. I don't know how much he believed

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<v Speaker 4>in his stuff, but you know, over the course of

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<v Speaker 4>the season, you know, bouncing up and down, and you

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<v Speaker 4>know he works really hard, and I mean it paid

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<v Speaker 4>off in that moment and then now you're seeing it

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<v Speaker 4>this year that you know, he's he's he's been really

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<v Speaker 4>good for us. It's been really awesome to watch him

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<v Speaker 4>throw and having a writing another writing in the bullpen

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<v Speaker 4>to uh, you know, take down. Right, he's lefties whatever

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<v Speaker 4>whatever lane Doc wantson and you know he's ready.

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<v Speaker 1>The dynamics of a bullpen are so interesting, right, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>big time.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been through.

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<v Speaker 1>This for the last six years. Guys have come and gone,

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<v Speaker 1>Guys have helped you grow. You're helping young guys grow.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you guys?

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<v Speaker 1>Have you guys started to find an identity for this

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<v Speaker 1>bullpen because you guys in twenty four were called the dogs.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say this version of twenty six is very

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<v Speaker 1>similar to those guys.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it is, No, it is, And I'm I'm really

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<v Speaker 4>really looking forward to having Gradol back. Yeah, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>he's back. He had he's had one or two rehabit

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<v Speaker 4>rehab outings. I still keep in touch with them, you know, right,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, just you oh, absolutely like asking him how's

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<v Speaker 4>you know, rehabs going. You know, it's a it's a

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<v Speaker 4>long process. We also we're also getting Evan Phillips back.

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<v Speaker 4>That's another one that he'll text me from time to

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<v Speaker 4>time and you know, keep me updated and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 3>But uh, the identity. I still like the Dogs, I

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<v Speaker 3>really do.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that there's still that core group of guys

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<v Speaker 4>that twenty four that you know, we'll be back for

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<v Speaker 4>twenty six.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think we'll have to you know, we'll have.

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<v Speaker 4>To talk to everybody, because it's not I'm not making

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<v Speaker 4>that decision on what we're gonna call each other.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just the dogs as long as you're good with that.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that.

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<v Speaker 2>On the Dodgers, it's the bullpen dog.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that. Come on.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think anybody else would, uh would change it,

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<v Speaker 4>but yeah, one one game at a time for us,

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<v Speaker 4>and uh, you know, we still got a lot of baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Has Tanner Scott found the dog inside Tanner?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? That man, that that guy. He's the funniest dude

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<v Speaker 3>in the world.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it like try a sense of humor round

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, But sometimes I wonder if his humor connects with you,

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<v Speaker 1>because then you'll be like, oh, Tanner's settled down or yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you say.

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<v Speaker 2>Tanner.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I feel like you're like the elder statesman now,

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<v Speaker 1>you're the adult now, which is incredible to believe.

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<v Speaker 4>In that, you know, Yeah, he makes me on my toes.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll tell you what on my toes. But yeah, he uh,

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<v Speaker 4>he's been really really good this year, and I'm just

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<v Speaker 4>hoping that you know it. You know, we keep going

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<v Speaker 4>back and forth, and you know, when he pitches one night,

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<v Speaker 4>maybe I'll pitch the next night and we will just

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<v Speaker 4>kind of It's it's also fun like doing going over

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<v Speaker 4>scouting reports with him, since like we're similar in like

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<v Speaker 4>certain areas with like fastballs and sliders. Obviously he throws

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<v Speaker 4>harder and his sliders a little different than mine, So

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<v Speaker 4>it's like just kind of picking his brain on that

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<v Speaker 4>you have to actually be in the bullpen to get

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<v Speaker 4>those answers. If you're in the clubhouse, you're not getting

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<v Speaker 4>those answers from him. So yeah, it's you know.

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<v Speaker 2>He turns into a different guy when he's in the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, oh yeah, And that that is a very special,

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<v Speaker 4>very special human right there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, I would say so so is Alex Vessia,

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<v Speaker 1>right who doesn't love Alex Vessi uh, yeah, we are

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<v Speaker 1>down at hum days, seventy five fifty fires throwing boulevardel.

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<v Speaker 2>I got it.

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<v Speaker 1>I got an idea that I wanted to run by

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Kelly was on the show last Thursday, Joe Kelly.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Kelly was Mariachi Joe.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, he's got a new fancy Mariachi Joe hat

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<v Speaker 1>that new era made for him.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean that. What is he up to these days?

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<v Speaker 3>What is he doing?

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<v Speaker 1>He is the He calls himself the self proclaimed drake

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<v Speaker 1>of the Inland Empire, because he'll show up at an

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<v Speaker 1>Ontario Tower Buzzers game, he'll show up at an Anaheim

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<v Speaker 1>Ducks hockey.

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<v Speaker 3>Game, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, we got to get you at Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 1>And the idea was to have Joe Kelly, Mariachi Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly sit in one of those seats that overhangs the

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger bullpen, just show up and sit there and surprise

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<v Speaker 1>his old teammates.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, would you be up for that?

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<v Speaker 3>How would Yeah? I'm in on that. I think.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I think we could get him, like, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the spot that's right next to the bullpen door, it's

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<v Speaker 4>the first seat and that looks over it like actually

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<v Speaker 4>into the field.

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<v Speaker 3>I think if we got him right there, that would

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<v Speaker 3>be even better.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh what do you think he'd do?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? He would he would chirp us. For sure, all

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<v Speaker 3>his comments would be not arable.

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<v Speaker 2>No, that's for sure, but they get the dumb button

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<v Speaker 2>ready when he comes on.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, absolutely absolutely, yeah, he that would be that'd be fun.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, okay, it was very available these days.

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<v Speaker 4>I bet he has a lot of time on his hands,

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<v Speaker 4>but he's got he's got a few kids to take

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<v Speaker 4>care of.

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<v Speaker 3>He does Yeah, what is cursh call it his starting

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<v Speaker 3>five and.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you miss Kursehaw talks about.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, yeah, we we were in Colorado. Thomas the trainer.

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<v Speaker 4>He uh, he facetimed him, so that was I was

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<v Speaker 4>asking what he was doing.

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<v Speaker 3>He was like, I did some bench. I'm done for

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<v Speaker 3>the day. It was so funny. Man. So he's he's

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<v Speaker 3>keeping active for sure, But but.

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<v Speaker 2>How much What was your relationship like with him?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh? My relationship with him, we competed in the gym

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<v Speaker 4>every single day and not there was It wasn't weightlifting,

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<v Speaker 4>it wasn't uh cardio.

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<v Speaker 3>It was just who could be in the gym first.

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<v Speaker 1>Who would show up for at first? And how many

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<v Speaker 1>times would you beat him?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I'm definitely gonna give him. He beat he

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<v Speaker 3>beat me more.

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<v Speaker 4>His routine was also just way different being a starter

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<v Speaker 4>in mind being a reliever. But yeah, no, he his guidance,

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<v Speaker 4>his you know, just veteran presence day in and day.

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<v Speaker 3>Out, is definitely why I do certain things the way

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<v Speaker 3>I do them.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, We've had multiple conversations with you know, having bad outings,

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<v Speaker 4>having adversity, you know, holding yourself accountable in a standard.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Without Kursh, I definitely would not be in the in

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<v Speaker 4>the position that I am. So yeah, he's been a

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<v Speaker 4>great mentor for me, and I just will always remember that. Like,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, he's it doesn't matter how like good of

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<v Speaker 4>a baseball player, it's always was how good of a

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<v Speaker 4>person you are. And that's, you know why he's one

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<v Speaker 4>of the best Dodger pitchers ever, you know. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>he's uh yeah, so shut shout out to him.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's why all these people respond to you.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got great character as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, maybe that's a I like that you.

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<v Speaker 1>Care, you care, all right, they want to meet and

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<v Speaker 1>greet with you. So I'm gonna ask you one more question. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we have ten pairs of tickets to give away to

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers Phillies game on May twenty ninth. It's Alex

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<v Speaker 1>VESSI is Bobblehead night, what do you think aboutlehead?

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<v Speaker 3>And Oh, it's unbelievable. It's so perfect. Yeah, it's so

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<v Speaker 3>so perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah they missed, but this time they hit.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>When they send it to me, the purple glove was awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>But then like the facial expression yea, and then like,

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<v Speaker 4>how like the picture that I wanted when I you know,

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<v Speaker 4>my parents had asked me, even Kaz asked me about

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<v Speaker 4>what bobhead I like, it's the exact picture of like

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<v Speaker 4>what I wanted. So that was cool, and I didn't

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<v Speaker 4>have really any say in it. They just kind of

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<v Speaker 4>said it to it. Hey, this's your ball ahead. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>it's perfect. I'm I'm so happy about that. I think

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<v Speaker 4>my dad's thrown out the first pitch, so I think.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought maybe I thought you were going to announce that. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I was throwing out the first pitch.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, not gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, hey coming, we love Youssif all the fans are

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<v Speaker 1>ready to meet you, get you kiss some babies, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>throw them up in the air, maybe throw some adults

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<v Speaker 1>up in the air.

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<v Speaker 2>But protect that left arm. This is the golden left arm.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you to alex Vessia to coming out to downy

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<v Speaker 1>Hondai seventy five.

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<v Speaker 2>Point fifty Firetone Boulevard thanks to our guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Sam. Yeah, very cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, sting all of us