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Speaker 1: Is Tony Pike since e three sixty about Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: From Cincinnati. This is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 1: All right, it's time for our number two.

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Speaker 3: Since he three sixty ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 3: Let's uh, we're going to Goodyear right now, Austin. Uh, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Goodyear Arizona because we got boots.

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Speaker 1: On the ground. Yes, that's correct.

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Speaker 3: Charlie Goldsmith is in Goodyear. He's been watching spring training

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Speaker 3: and he's nice enough to give us some time today.

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Speaker 1: Charlie, what's going on?

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Speaker 2: Man?

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Speaker 1: How are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great technically, I've got Jordan's on the ground.

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Speaker 2: Not fun.

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Speaker 3: Oh you and me both, Charlie Man, okay, okay, Charlie,

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Speaker 3: you've uh, you've had a chance to get out to Goodyear.

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Speaker 3: Has anything stood out to you in the short amount

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Speaker 3: of time you've been there thus far?

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Speaker 2: Talking to the guys, I think there's a vibe that

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Speaker 2: I didn't quite recognize until I caught up with each

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Speaker 2: of them about where they're at and how they're feeling individually.

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Speaker 2: And that's the fact that you look around this team

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Speaker 2: and even though they made the playoffs and took a

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Speaker 2: step forward a lot of guys had down years in

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Speaker 2: twenty five, and not that there's frustration, but there's a

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Speaker 2: little bit of that edge about how last year went.

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Speaker 2: You know, Stevenson had it down here, Sear had it

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Speaker 2: down here, McClain, Ellie Marte opened the year in triple A,

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Speaker 2: didn't have a full season, Benton up and down Green.

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Speaker 2: A lot of these guys feel like they weren't even

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Speaker 2: quite themselves. So now you flash forward to spring training

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Speaker 2: and I mean, I get here pretty early and this

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Speaker 2: is the first year. I'm not trying to say this

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Speaker 2: about me, but like, this is the first year where

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Speaker 2: the guys are beating me to the facility, like they're

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Speaker 2: already here working and grinding and adding to the fact

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Speaker 2: the days like on the first day of pitchers and

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Speaker 2: catchers reporting, seven of the team's top hitters were ready

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Speaker 2: to do live they be and they got some unbelievable

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Speaker 2: competition there like pitcher excuse me, hitters haven't even reported yet.

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Speaker 2: But everyone's here and everyone's working hard, like truly, because

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Speaker 2: there's that kind of edge.

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Speaker 3: I was gonna say, what does the overall vibe the

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Speaker 3: energy that that feels different to you? It feels I

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Speaker 3: don't want to say refreshed, but you had and a

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Speaker 3: guy like Johannio Suarez, and it sounds like everyone's excited,

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Speaker 3: including him, for that. But does it feel like a

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Speaker 3: confident team? Does it feel like a team carrying themselves

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Speaker 3: differently knowing what's ahead.

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Speaker 2: They're older, and it's almost very practical about what these

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Speaker 2: guys need to do to get better, whether it's you know,

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Speaker 2: first base defense or thing with your swing or pitch recognition.

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Speaker 2: Like it's a group of guys who have had learned

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Speaker 2: on the fly in the big league and lived with

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Speaker 2: the challenges that come with that, who now have enough

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Speaker 2: data both literally and metaphorically to know exactly what they

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Speaker 2: need to do, and now they're just getting to work.

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Speaker 2: It's like it sounds cliche, but care Frank says it

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Speaker 2: and he means it, like it is just a blue collar,

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Speaker 2: hard working group of guys that makes for a good clubhouse.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that there is an advantage that just

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Speaker 1: about everybody knows what their role is going to be,

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Speaker 1: that there's a defined kind of pecking order or role

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Speaker 1: of what is expected of everybody, that there's less questions

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Speaker 1: than there are or have been in the past. Do

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Speaker 1: you think that's an advantage for them.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of a huge not story, but it's kind

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Speaker 2: of the huge piece of camp. Like the Dodgers are

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Speaker 2: pretty well set. They know exactly how it's gonna look.

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Speaker 2: To write obviously at the Dodgers, but there really aren't

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Speaker 2: many teams that you can say that about, and the

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Speaker 2: rest are one of those teams. It goes down all

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Speaker 2: the way even to the fact that, like they know

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Speaker 2: talk about who they're opposite second art. I'm working on that,

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Speaker 2: but the fact that they have that much settled is rare.

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Speaker 2: It's a side of the fact that they are very

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Speaker 2: year ago, I remember talking to one of the high

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Speaker 2: people here and I was and he's gonna play third,

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Speaker 2: and they said, we don't know, and it ended up

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Speaker 2: being a four man battle between Jamer and CPS and

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Speaker 2: Gavin Locke too. I like Keavin a lot, but he

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Speaker 2: can't make it throw from third and Marte, who was

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Speaker 2: in the third baseman, like the Reds have those answers

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Speaker 2: now and will not all over were perfect and some

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Speaker 2: of them have plenty of flaws. There is a very

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Speaker 2: very clear vision of what this seasons.

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Speaker 3: You mentioned the two hole, and that is something that

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Speaker 3: I think, out out of a lot that is known

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Speaker 3: of spring training, that is still a question that is

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Speaker 3: out there. I thought it was revealing on the Hot

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Speaker 3: Stove League earlier in the week with Terry Francona mentioning

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Speaker 3: that maybe at times last year they stuck with Matt

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Speaker 3: McLain a little bit too much and waited for him

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Speaker 3: to hopefully turn things around. So as you look at

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Speaker 3: what's going to happen with the two hole getting into

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Speaker 3: the meat of spring training, what are you expecting in

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Speaker 2: I talked with Terry Francona a lot about this this

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Speaker 2: morning actually, and what he really stressed and where he's

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Speaker 2: is going to be key because of how many times

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Speaker 2: they felt teams just able to sleep walk through the

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Speaker 2: cat and mouse game and just bring in the left

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Speaker 2: hander at the top of the order when the Reds

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Speaker 2: They really are good at value hitting lefties at that

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Speaker 2: two spot. Now, Marque has been bad versus lefties. I know, organizationally,

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Speaker 2: one of the things that got the most attention during

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Speaker 2: where that goes. Spear hits lefties very well. My line

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Speaker 2: of projection right now would have fear hitting second. Frank

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Speaker 2: Coonuriator aded today. Ideally, if it's all said and done, mcclains,

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Speaker 2: do we think he is? And he fixed in perfectly there.

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Speaker 2: One thing to I asked was why not Ellie? And

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Speaker 2: because I kind of think that getting him those extract

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Speaker 2: and let Elly be more of a run score as

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Speaker 2: opposed to have the deep more of an RBI guy.

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Speaker 2: But but Keito said the left right stuff was what

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Speaker 2: he was putting the most emphasis sports with a lot

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Speaker 1: Speaking of La you wrote about his leg kick and

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Speaker 1: what that means, and it does kind of coincide with

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Speaker 1: Reds are trying to hit home runs. Can you explain

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Speaker 1: this leg kick in Ellie's swing, why it went away

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Speaker 2: This is a huge deal and Ellie, like I mean,

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Speaker 2: you know, Ellie like he's not going to come out

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Speaker 2: and say I want to hit forty homers this year,

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Speaker 2: like that's not him. But the leg kick is him

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Speaker 2: saying that without saying it. He debuted with it in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three and there was a mighty leg kick

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty fourth. What were you talking about? Ellie strikes

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Speaker 2: out too much. Ellie strikes out too much. He needs

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Speaker 2: to control his own So last year he switched from

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Speaker 2: fewer moving pieces, and Ellie's average went enough significantly. His

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Speaker 2: Part of that was the quad, but a part of

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Speaker 2: that was the leg kick. And during the terrible second half,

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Speaker 2: a story we didn't talk enough about in September was

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Speaker 2: with two weeks left ago, Ellie kind of just said

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Speaker 2: forget it, going back to the leg kick. He was

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Speaker 2: and he said, I'm just gonna go for it, and

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Speaker 2: he quietly was great during the last two weeks of

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Speaker 2: the season. This Ellie with the leg kick is to

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Speaker 2: quote Baker Mayfield, the guy who woke up feeling dangerous

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Speaker 2: and going back that this season is a sign of

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Speaker 2: type of hitter he wants to be. He can live

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Speaker 2: with some more strikeouts. There's a plan to work on

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Speaker 2: controlling his core to hopefully get both of both the

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Speaker 2: best of both worlds. And there's some week we you

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Speaker 2: know we could, but you know, it's kind of word

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Speaker 2: to talk about that. Uh, the overall power is the

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Speaker 1: Is there any concern about the let's say his strikeouts

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Speaker 1: go up, about the obviously high number of strikeouts that

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Speaker 1: au Haanio Surez has had the last couple of years

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Speaker 1: and throughout his career, is there any concern about that much,

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Speaker 1: that much swing and miss, that many strikeouts in the

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Speaker 1: middle of the lineup.

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Speaker 2: Sure I mean they're right to have a top five rotation,

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Speaker 2: I think I don't think they have a top five lineup.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they have a top five middle of

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Speaker 2: flaw in that group's going to be. It's going to

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Speaker 2: be the strikeout stuff. Now, you know, it's it's chasing

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Speaker 2: your tail a bit like well, they needed more power

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Speaker 2: and then you know we'll come back around. Well, you

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Speaker 2: have too many strikeouts, Like that's just how this goes.

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Speaker 2: They think there's going to be enough balance around them

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Speaker 2: with TJ who doesn't strike out and is a perfect

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Speaker 2: miss stuff. I was a guy like Spencer Steers, but

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Speaker 2: strikeouts just have to be part of it, and that'll

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Speaker 2: be a flaw in the middle lineup.

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Speaker 3: Let's talk about the rotation, because there's been some conversation

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Speaker 3: about who man's the back end of the rotation, Chase Burns.

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Speaker 3: I know Terry Francona has talked about Red Louder outside

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Speaker 3: of those two is or anyone else we should be

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Speaker 3: talking about as a potential for that fit spawn the rotation.

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Speaker 2: My production has it's Burns, like when I talk about

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Speaker 2: the rotation, I said earlier it'll be a top five group,

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Speaker 2: Like I don't think there's any hyperbole when I say

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Speaker 2: that that Hunter Green's one of the best pictures in

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Speaker 2: baseball and he's healthy, that Andrew Rabbits one of the

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Speaker 2: most polished pitchers in baseball, and that Nick Fidolo is

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Speaker 2: a true all star talent who just hasn't had that

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Speaker 2: recognition yet, and maybe just because he hasn't had as

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Speaker 2: much of a spotlight, had it catch up to the

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Speaker 2: hyperbly to throw praise onto those guys. I'm using all

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Speaker 2: my hyperbole points the hype up Chase Brown, Chase Brown,

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Speaker 2: Chase Burns. Chase Brown too, but Chase Burns. I just

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Speaker 2: think this guy's really good man now. Brandon Williamson is

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Speaker 2: sneakily one of the most interesting guys in camp. He

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Speaker 2: is a completely different pitcher than he was two years ago,

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Speaker 2: and that's because he has had eighteen months to do

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Speaker 2: nothing but shoulder rehab and he finally put he was

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Speaker 2: dealing with for nearly his entire career in the Red

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Speaker 2: guy who pitched the contact, which he was in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty three when he was the Red most insistent pitcher

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Speaker 2: in that year, he can actually also beat guys with

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Speaker 2: the fourteen fastball. That's several miles per hour factor this year,

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Speaker 2: and that's a big development. So this is a good

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Speaker 2: rotation battle. I almost see how that hits out.

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Speaker 1: Does Some fans have asked about the idea of a

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Speaker 1: To the news. I guess becoming official last night that

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Speaker 1: Then they head out.

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Speaker 2: We'll do a little more like Gino is out here

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Speaker 2: So we all know Geno is a unique guy. We

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Speaker 1: All right, go chase him down, Charlie, Charlie, thank you. Hey, guys,

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Speaker 3: the home opener, if you can believe it against Atlanta United.

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Speaker 1: Let's try to get caught up. Though.

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Speaker 3: We talked yesterday on the show, this team's got new

438
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Speaker 3: kids this year, marking the seven Hills in Cincinnati. Outside

439
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,959
Speaker 3: of the new kids, Tommy, what has happened? What is

440
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Speaker 3: different from the last time we spoke about this roster

441
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Speaker 3: to right now?

442
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Speaker 6: Yeah, a little bit of turnover, maybe some new ideas.

443
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Speaker 6: The one change on the coaching staff, Dom kaneer out

444
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Speaker 6: and a new broad body brought on to add a

445
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,200
Speaker 6: new face into the coaching staff for Pat newonan NFC Cincinnati.

446
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Speaker 6: You know Brenner's not back at the end of the

447
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:44,080
Speaker 6: season when we recapted it, he left everybody with this

448
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 6: great feeling and everybody wanting more of Brenner up there

449
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 6: with Dan Kang and Evander. But the way that the

450
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 6: roster construction works, it wasn't it wasn't to be. He

451
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Speaker 6: would have had to be in a DP spot and

452
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Speaker 6: simply they don't have one available. So Brenner is out,

453
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Speaker 6: and I think there's a lot of questions who steps

454
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Speaker 6: in and.

455
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Speaker 1: Fills that role.

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Speaker 6: We saw Tom Barlow come in. He scored actually yesterday

457
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Speaker 6: against Houston in the final you know, regular season tune up,

458
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Speaker 6: and I don't know that Tom Barlow is gonna be

459
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Speaker 6: a regular starter. I think we'll see a lot of

460
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Speaker 6: Ayu Jabari, who we saw a bit of at the

461
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Speaker 6: end of the season and I'm excited to.

462
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Speaker 1: See more of.

463
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Speaker 6: But for the most part, most of the regular pieces

464
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 6: are back. Luca Orshano we now know has been sold

465
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Speaker 6: to Monterrey, so he is out, and Brian Ramirez, another

466
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Speaker 6: South American left wing back in and he thinks he

467
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 6: has done pretty well bringing in guys to South America

468
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Speaker 6: to play at that position. So I think that the

469
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Speaker 6: right pieces are in place to start the season. And

470
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Speaker 6: that Chris albrighton his staff will continue to examine the

471
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Speaker 6: situation and see when is the right moment to press

472
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Speaker 6: the button to bring in additional bodies. But right now

473
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Speaker 6: I think that they have a team I will compete

474
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Speaker 6: with the best in the Eastern Conference.

475
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Speaker 3: I think that's unique at the At this time last year,

476
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Speaker 3: we were talking about all these new pieces coming together,

477
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Speaker 3: and then the season started. In the way the schedule

478
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 3: shaped up, there was no time in between matches to

479
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 3: really get work done. So how different will that be

480
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Speaker 3: for this team to get off to a fast start

481
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,360
Speaker 3: knowing that you're not trying to incorporate as many new

482
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Speaker 3: bodies with how hectic the start of the.

483
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Speaker 1: Season can be tony.

484
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Speaker 6: Everybody I've talked to over the last month or so

485
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Speaker 6: since the team reported what was it January ten to eleventh,

486
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 6: twelfth that weekend, the one word that they've used is continuity,

487
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Speaker 6: Because you're right, last year there was distractions and there

488
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 6: was a lack of continuity. Lucho Acosta was not in

489
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 6: the group, obviously ended up being traded to Dallas. You

490
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Speaker 6: had Luca Orson or port late, you had ju Yeah

491
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Speaker 6: Kuba or port late after a holdout and then Evander

492
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Speaker 6: comes in literally days I mean before that first match

493
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 6: in Hondoras in the Concap Champions Cup, so he didn't

494
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Speaker 6: get a preseason with the team. Now he gets a

495
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,159
Speaker 6: full preseason with the team, gets a full preseason with

496
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Speaker 6: his striker Kevin Dente, and with the other new pieces

497
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Speaker 6: and the new faces that are there. So I think

498
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Speaker 6: that continuity piece is going to be really big for

499
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Speaker 6: this team, especially a team that's gonna play a lot

500
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Speaker 6: of games here potentially of the season, so a lot

501
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Speaker 6: of different faces are going to get out there.

502
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Speaker 1: And I know they've used.

503
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Speaker 6: These preseason games to work on different rotations, to look

504
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 6: at different tactics, and to see who fits together well

505
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 6: on the pitch. So I think that continuity is going

506
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 6: to pay some early dividends for this club.

507
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Speaker 3: This club is picked right now going into the season

508
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,920
Speaker 3: with the six best odds to win the MLS Cup.

509
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Speaker 3: You mentioned that the conference itself, when you look at

510
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,240
Speaker 3: the Eastern Conference, they're right there, picked third from the

511
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Speaker 3: betting standpoint, So as you mentioned, it's not like this

512
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Speaker 3: is a team picked in the middle of the Packet's

513
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Speaker 3: a team that is projected to be in the hunt.

514
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Speaker 3: And I would imagine that's means you're going to get

515
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Speaker 3: a lot of other team's best shot knowing that.

516
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Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely, And that's been the case since twenty twenty

517
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 6: two when Newton came in. It took this team to

518
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,200
Speaker 6: the playoffs for the first time, and then twenty twenty

519
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 6: three you win the supporter Shilp for the first time,

520
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Speaker 6: and then you have a target the size of the

521
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 6: moon every night, and people know that TQL Stadium is

522
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 6: a tough place to come play, so it's a challenge

523
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,440
Speaker 6: and you got to come in and be ready every night.

524
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Speaker 6: This team's done very well on the road historically under

525
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 6: pattent In, and I assume that that will continue this year.

526
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Speaker 6: And if you can really regain that fortress mentality and

527
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 6: that fortress situation over TQL Stadium, then I think you're

528
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 6: in a really good spot for this season. Now, the

529
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Speaker 6: Eastern Conference, I think it's going to be very difficult.

530
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Speaker 6: You have Miami defending MLS Cup champions. All they've done

531
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Speaker 6: is reload. I mean, I don't I don't think so,

532
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:42,879
Speaker 6: But why doubt David Beckham, you know, and and Orge

533
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 6: Moss and those guys in the way that they constructed

534
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Speaker 6: their team.

535
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Speaker 1: But yeah.

536
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Speaker 6: I mean they may have more talent top to bottom

537
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,120
Speaker 6: now than they did when they want MLS Cup back

538
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 6: in December. So you know, they're going to be the

539
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 6: favorites obviously in the Eastern Conference, with Cincinnati's going to

540
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 6: be their challenging them. Philadelphia is going to be their

541
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Speaker 6: challenging them. You know, come on to the course, we'll

542
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 6: be in that conversation again. I'll be it with a

543
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 6: new manager for the first time in years, and I'm

544
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,360
Speaker 6: interested to see how that goes and how the crew

545
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,679
Speaker 6: look with new leadership. So I think that there's a

546
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 6: lot of factors in the Eastern Conference. But I think

547
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 6: if if anybody, you know, I saw somebody and I

548
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 6: don't even know who it was, you know, social media

549
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 6: will dump all types of nonsense on your feet and

550
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 6: somebody who picked et since how.

551
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Speaker 1: You finished tenth?

552
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Speaker 6: And I don't see that any world in which that's

553
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 6: the case. But they're gonna have to fight to be

554
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 6: in that top four in the Eastern Conference. I think

555
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,639
Speaker 6: the other teams are improved. Nashville one of the teams,

556
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 6: you know that that kind of lingered around and proved

557
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 6: to be a formidable opponent. So I think that MLS

558
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 6: is gonna have a really good season with a lot

559
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 6: of really good teams. But I also believe that C

560
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 6: Cincinnati is one of those really good teams.

561
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Speaker 3: Talk about the start of the season, because you got

562
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Speaker 3: the home opener, you got MLS play, and then sandwiched

563
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Speaker 3: around now you got concuer calf that's still happening as well.

564
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Speaker 3: So talk about first of the Conka kan How does

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Speaker 3: that work to start the year. I know we've talked

566
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Speaker 3: about this before, but for those not familiar, how does

567
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 3: that work on top of the already scheduled MLS matches.

568
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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's crazy because some of the MLS team's already

569
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 6: played their Champions Cup matches in the past couple of

570
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 6: weeks and now they're sitting waiting for the home opener Ceaconcinnati.

571
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Speaker 6: Every year, though, has had their Champions Cup matches sandwich

572
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 6: around their home opener or their season opener. So this

573
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Speaker 6: year they get to go to Dominican Republic next.

574
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Speaker 1: Week Wednesday night.

575
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Speaker 6: That'll be their season opener, take on a Club O

576
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Speaker 6: and MFC out of the Dominican Republic. So they're one

577
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 6: of those qualifiers from the Caribbean and it's a two

578
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 6: leg competition. So they'll play It's coming Wednesday down in

579
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 6: Dominican Republic and then they'll come back to Tquel Stadium

580
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Speaker 6: on the other side of the home opener on that

581
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Speaker 6: Wednesday and welcome O and m to the Queen City.

582
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Speaker 6: Now that's an aggregate score. You look at it, Cincinnati advances.

583
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: And they should.

584
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Speaker 6: Then they would likely play Tea Grace as they moved

585
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 6: through the competition, and that means the same team they

586
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 6: played in the second round last year when they went

587
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Speaker 6: back to Monterey, and it would be a third year

588
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 6: in a row going to Monterrey for the second round.

589
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 6: They took Don Rayados two years ago, and then they

590
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 6: would they would like face Tea Grace here in the

591
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 6: second round. So it's it's an intercontinental competition, so you're

592
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 6: taking the best from North America, from Central America and

593
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 6: the Caribbean and whittling it down to a champion. Miami

594
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 6: get to buy because they won an US Cup. And

595
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Speaker 6: Dave Beckham, I think you know, before the Champagne had

596
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 6: even dried on his clothes after the game, was saying

597
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 6: how that he wants to win that competition, and that's

598
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 6: how his goaling out that he has MS Cup. He

599
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 6: wants to win Champions Cup moving on to twenty twenty six,

600
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 6: so MLS teams certainly are going to fight for it.

601
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 6: Seattle was the first team to win the modern day

602
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 6: version of it a couple of years back, and Cincinnati absolutely.

603
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Speaker 6: You don't want to win trophies and this is the

604
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:03,880
Speaker 6: first opportunity to win one this year.

605
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Speaker 3: Let me finish with this, because every year, at the

606
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Speaker 3: start of the year, you kind of set expectations, and

607
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 3: I know every team that gets together they set goals,

608
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 3: and for FC Cincinnati and and for how the schedule

609
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 3: shapes up, there are multiple things that you want to

610
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Speaker 3: kind of check off the box as you enter into

611
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Speaker 3: a season. But talk to me about where you're setting

612
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 3: those sites for FC Cincinnati, things that you want or

613
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Speaker 3: expect them to kind of check off the box this

614
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Speaker 3: year from an expectation standpoint, Yeah.

615
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Speaker 6: I think it starts stony with the goal scoring and

616
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 6: the attack for a C Cincinnati. That's where I think

617
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Speaker 6: a lot of people have had concerns over the last

618
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Speaker 6: year or two. I felt like, listen, if there's another

619
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Speaker 6: goal or two, then a lot of those draws, a

620
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Speaker 6: lot of those losses, you know, flip to more point

621
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Speaker 6: gaining situations. Maybe you're winning a supportership, then you're in

622
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Speaker 6: a better situation in the playoffs, you know, much like

623
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Speaker 6: we saw in twenty twenty three. So I think that

624
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Speaker 6: early on a lot of people will be watching that

625
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 6: to see what the offensive production looks like. I think

626
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 6: the defense is going to be very strong again. You

627
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 6: have your your now fifty year goalkeeper in Roman cell

628
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 6: and Tunnel. You have a guy who I expect to

629
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 6: be on the US men's national team World Cup squad

630
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 6: come this summer, and Miles Robinson anchoring the back line

631
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Speaker 6: in front of him, to anginab is back, Nick Haglan

632
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 6: his back, Alberta Flores's back, Matt me alas Good is

633
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 6: working his way back from injury, to hood Bey in

634
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 6: the mix, and sometimes I think that that piece of

635
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 6: the puzzle is very strong. And your defensive midfielders are

636
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 6: very good with Albino Woboedo and forbel Buca and Sammy

637
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 6: Gide who came on nduring the summer window last year.

638
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 6: So I expected the defense to be very good again

639
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 6: and a lot of attention to be put on the attack.

640
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 6: And if the attack is as good as I think

641
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 6: they're capable of being. Then you're gonna win a out

642
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 6: Yangs and you're gonna put yourself in a situation to

643
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 6: win the Eastern Conference, go to win the Supportership and

644
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 6: all right, there's no trophy if you win the supporter Shield.

645
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 6: But the ultimate bowl was MLS Cup, and that's the

646
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 6: standard now brus City Cincinnati.

647
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: It's not okay to get to.

648
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Speaker 6: The playoffs as it was when Pat Ninnen was making

649
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 6: his debut as head coach. You know what a now

650
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 6: four years ago, it's win MLS Cup. So the playoffs

651
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 6: are this standard and winning MLS Cup is the expectation

652
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 6: in Cincinnati, unfortunately has fallen short in their four straight years,

653
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 6: and going to the playoffs of that ultimate goal, with

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Speaker 6: the closest to it coming in twenty twenty three. So

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Speaker 6: I think that that's.

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Speaker 1: The ultimate goal.

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Speaker 6: And then around that you're gonna try to win Champions Cup.

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Speaker 6: And if you make it through these first couple of rounds,

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Speaker 6: then you're gonna see, you know, more attention and focus

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Speaker 6: on those competitions. And of course we'll have Leagues Cup

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Speaker 6: in August and that format is going to be you know,

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00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 6: tweaked again a little bit this year and then you

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Speaker 6: have a chance to win a supporter Shield. So there's

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Speaker 6: four trophies out there. Ever since then he wants to

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Speaker 6: win them all. But I think for all these teams,

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Speaker 6: the ultimate goal is that US Cup.

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Speaker 3: For you personally, Tommy, not only are you getting ready

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Speaker 3: to go into a year number eleven with FCS Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: as we're watching along with the Olympics and USA Hockey,

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Speaker 3: I see Fourth Floor Creative has a hand in what's

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Speaker 3: going on with.

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Speaker 1: USA Hockey as well.

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Speaker 3: So I know it's a busy time for you, but

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Speaker 3: also an exciting time with Fourth Floor and with going

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Speaker 3: into year eleven. I can't imagine your excitement going into

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Speaker 3: another season.

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, absolutely, I'm thrilled. Yeah to the Olympics. I mean,

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Speaker 6: I think everybody's enjoyed watching the Olympics, but especially I

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00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 6: would say our crew. Every time the US Sport let

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00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 6: the women go at three o'clock today, so every time

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Speaker 6: that they score, we're watching for the social media graphics

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Speaker 6: that we created going out of Media and all those channels.

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Speaker 6: So that's been a lot of.

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Speaker 1: Fun, Tommy. I know it's a busy time.

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Speaker 3: I know a lot leading up into the season, we

686
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Speaker 3: can't thank you enough and look forward to getting to

687
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Speaker 3: talk to you a lot more.

688
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 6: Yeah. Absolutely, I appreciate you guys with the flexibility today

689
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Speaker 6: and let's keep it wrong. Talk to you next Friday.

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Speaker 3: There we go, Tommy, that's Tom Gallader, the voice of

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00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 3: the See Cincinnati Tommy G on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: Sports Station. Remember your talkbacks. We'll get started at the

693
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 3: top of our number three. We've got plenty more to

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00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 3: go between now and then we'll open up the phone

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Speaker 3: lines as well. Five to one, three, seven, four, nine,

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00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,399
Speaker 3: fifteen thirty More to come, ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: There is an affordability crisis.

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00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,320
Speaker 3: Welcome back Sincy three sixth the ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: Sports Station. As we roll along, talkbacks at the top

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Speaker 3: of our number three, and just a few moments, what

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00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 3: else do we have going on?

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Speaker 1: Austin. First of all, this made me think, can you whistle?

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00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: I can't really Nope, no whistling. I can't whistle well,

704
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: but I can whistle you whistle well? Well, I can't

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00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: say how much whistle could whistle? Well? If will could

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00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: whistle well, how much wood could would chuck chuck of

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00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 1: whisow could Chuck wood yep, Mark Finesand and Mark Sheldon

708
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: are reporting that the Reds have made a signing. The

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00:34:55,360 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: Reds have signed left handed hitting first baseman Nathaniel Low.

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00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Low formerly with the Washington Nationals and Texas Rangers

711
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: or with the Tampa Bay Rays, if you'll excuse me,

712
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: low last year hit eighteen homers, batted just two twenty eight,

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00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,439
Speaker 1: had a three to zero seven on base percentage, and

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00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: uh did that in five hundred and forty at bats.

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Speaker 1: Not great against left handed pitching. Ninety four games last year,

716
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: in which he had one hundred and fifty five at

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Speaker 1: bats against left handed pitchers, he hit just one sixty

718
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Speaker 1: eight with two homers. But against right handed pitchers, Nathaniel

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Speaker 1: Lowe hit sixteen homers, hit two fifty two, had seventy

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Speaker 1: four runs batted in in three hundred and eighty five

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Speaker 1: at bats against right handers. For Nathaniel Low, it is

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Speaker 1: he was a twenty twenty three World Series champion with

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Speaker 1: the Texas Rangers. He's won a Gold Glove, He's won

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Speaker 1: a Silver Slugger. It is important to note Nathaniel Low

725
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,840
Speaker 1: not a roster It's a non roster deal. Okay for

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00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Low. He's played with the Rays, Rangers Nationals, finished

727
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: last year the last month of last season with the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox on a tear. Hit really really well in

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00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: the final month of the season. So he is an

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00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 1: option now for the Reds. And additionally, Chris Paul was

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00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: traded to the Toronto Raptors. As you know, he's been

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00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: waived by the Raptors and Chris Paul has officially announced

733
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Speaker 1: his retirement from the NBA. It is that means I

734
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,359
Speaker 1: can go dig up all of my old Chris Paul

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00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: rookie cards and put them on he good. Good.

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Speaker 3: While you start that process, we'll grab a phone call

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Speaker 3: and then a break.

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Speaker 1: What's up Mike, Mike? Maybe we'll talk to Mike another time.

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00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 3: We got nothing from Mike right now. What we do

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Speaker 3: have is a quick break. We'll come back, we'll finish

741
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Speaker 3: up hour two. We'll get to talk back to kick

742
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Speaker 3: off the third and final hour of the Friday edition

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Speaker 3: of Cinty three to sixty on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports.

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Speaker 7: Station WCKY Cincinnati and iHeartRadio station Gararan teed Human ESPN

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Speaker 7: fifteen thirty I Heard Radio from the bron Heating temp

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Speaker 7: Star Weather Center.

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Speaker 1: Here's your forecast.

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Speaker 7: As we moved through the afternoon, temperatures will climb to

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00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 7: the upper forties, right around that fifty degree mark with

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00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 7: mostly sunny skies. Temperatures tonight dip down to around thirty.

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00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,799
Speaker 7: We hit the low fifties tomorrow with increasing clouds through

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00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,359
Speaker 7: the afternoon, rain overnight into your Sunday. That's your nine

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00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 7: first morning forecast time Meteorologist Cameron Harden.

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Speaker 1: This report is sponsored by Mel's Auto Glass. Mel's Auto Glasses.

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00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:54,319
Speaker 3: Welcome back Cincy three to sixty ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati

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00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 3: Sports Station. While we have them in at Austin, can

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00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 3: we can we take a moment to salute someone here locally?

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00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:00,760
Speaker 1: You sure? Can?

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00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 2: You know?

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00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 3: iHeartMedia and us here on ESPN fifteen thirty, we salute

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00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 3: Cincinnati's own Proctor and Gamble, and today we would like

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Speaker 3: to recognize who Austin.

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Speaker 1: We'd like to recognize our friend Molly Norman. A right,

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Speaker 1: Molly over at P ANDNG. Now, Molly is She's a

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00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 1: big deal over there at P ANDNG. And I know

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00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: she has a lot on her plate, certainly working with

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00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: some of her her coworkers I've heard about.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to name any names over there, ye,

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Speaker 1: but shout out to Molly Lways doing a great job

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Speaker 1: over at P and G. Shout out to Cincinnati's own

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Speaker 1: Proctor and Gamble yesterday, Molly, because making you make it

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Speaker 1: better for all of us. You do, Molly and P

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Speaker 1: and G. Does I think yesterday was P and G Day? Wow,

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Speaker 1: you got the United States of America. You got your

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Speaker 1: own day. You're a big deal. Wouldn't be possible without

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Speaker 1: people like Molly Norman. Molly Norman. Shout out to you, Molly,

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Speaker 1: have a great weekend, long weekend. You know her last name,

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Speaker 1: Molly Norman. Yes, what's the last name? Oklahoma? Oh, it

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Speaker 1: was good.

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Speaker 3: That's a good one. Thanks, that's a good one. I

782
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 3: used to live in Lake Norman in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Speaker 1: Man, simpler times back then, I'll tell you what simpler

784
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 1: Happy pockets were getting heavy back gets were good back then.

785
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: What was that like for you? Like you know, we

786
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,280
Speaker 1: all have experiences of when we look in the checking

787
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Speaker 1: account and payday. Today was payday. I know that you

788
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: you got paid today and you were filled filled with

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00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: joy when you saw that deposits. What was it like

790
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: when you got Now I know you didn't make No,

791
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,919
Speaker 1: I didn't. I know you didn't make first round money

792
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: in the NFL. This is not something I don't think

793
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: we've ever talked about, but like when you get that

794
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 1: first NFL paycheck? What was that like?

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Speaker 3: It's not even about I think the enjoyment of it.

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00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 3: It's about the tax aspect of it. Like to me,

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00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 3: that was the shock. Yeah, just how much comes out? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: because in your mind you're like, all right, this is

799
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Speaker 3: my contract, so if you break it down, this is

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Speaker 3: what it'll be, and it's just such a smaller number

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Speaker 3: than you expected. You're like, wait a second, where'd that

802
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Speaker 3: money go?

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Speaker 1: That's funny. I miss the first one is always the

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Speaker 1: worst one, right, Yep, Yeah, I missed. I missed the

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00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:15,439
Speaker 1: I missed the lake. You know, knowing what I know, now,

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00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: why don't you just go? Knowing what I know and

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00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 1: how things have been, try I'm gonna tried to keep

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00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: that baby and just like rented out like airbnb it

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00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 1: that just wasn't a thing back then because I I

810
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,399
Speaker 1: literally it was a steal. I walked into a deal

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Speaker 1: on the water where the rent was cheaper than it

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00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 1: would have been anywhere near the stadium, and so that

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Speaker 1: was that was awesome, and I just like being on

814
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Speaker 1: the water or around the water. But man, it was.

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Speaker 3: Knowing then what I know now, I would still I

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Speaker 3: would try to own the place instead of just rent it.

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00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 1: Now, if I'm not mistaken his airness himself, Michael Jeffrey Jordan,

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Speaker 1: he's got a place on it. Lives on Lake Norman.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: If you guys want any indication of the type of

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Speaker 1: tax bracket Tony was in, well, there's a different part

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Speaker 1: of Lake Norman. There's an apartment complex that I stayed in,

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Speaker 1: and then there are houses like Jeff Gordon. Oh, Jeff

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Speaker 1: Gordon was down there.

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Speaker 3: A lot of the NASCAR guys live on Lake Norman. Interesting,

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Speaker 3: Michael Jordan lives on Lake Norman. So there are different brackets.

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Speaker 1: But I lived.

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Speaker 3: I lived right across the highway from Davidson College, which

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Speaker 3: at the time I was down there, Steph Curry was

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Speaker 3: playing basketball.

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Speaker 1: Did you ever run into stuff down there at the bars?

832
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: Not at the bars, but I went and watched a

833
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,880
Speaker 1: couple of his games. Okay, so there's probably not a

834
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Speaker 1: ton of people outside of the Davison Lake dies Landing. Yep,

835
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Speaker 1: that could say, oh yeah, we went and saw Steph

836
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Speaker 1: play a couple of times in college.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was crazy because I moved in to the

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Speaker 3: place I stayed, which it was like it didn't really

839
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 3: matter because traffic made it bad. But I was I

840
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,760
Speaker 3: was getting to the facility at six in the morning

841
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,280
Speaker 3: and getting home later, so I never really.

842
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Speaker 1: Hit about an hour after Jimmy.

843
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 3: Yes, easily an hour after Jimmy, but you never really

844
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Speaker 3: worried about traffic. But it's it's probably without traffic twenty

845
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Speaker 3: twenty five minutes from the stadium, which is crazy because

846
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 3: when I moved in, there was a gentleman outside walking

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00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 3: his dog that had a Carolina Panthers pike jersey. You're lying,

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00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 3: I swear, And it's probably the only one I ever

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00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 3: saw at the stadium and it just so happened to

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Speaker 3: be a guy that lived in the same apartment complex.

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00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: Did you ever talk to him? Yes, he became good

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00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 1: friends down So what was the story? How did he

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00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,880
Speaker 1: get the jersey? He was just is he since.

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00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 3: He well he is a He was from Kentucky, huge

855
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 3: Kentucky basketball fan, and I think, being so local, watched

856
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 3: a lot of Cincinnati games.

857
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 1: He said.

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00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 3: When they drafted you, I was super excited, and the

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Speaker 3: first thing I did was by your jersey. Wow, And

860
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 3: I just happened to move in next to the guy.

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Speaker 1: That's a pretty cool feeling.

862
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, But at the time you thought, man, if

863
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 3: he's got one, I can't imagine how many other folks

864
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:47,760
Speaker 3: of the LC.

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Speaker 1: Over I, uh, wow, that's a that's a great story.

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Speaker 1: I don't think.

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Speaker 3: You just didn't seem many after that.

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Speaker 1: I don't think you ever told that story. That's cool.

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Speaker 1: It was, it was cool, you know. It's kind of

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Speaker 1: like I was trying to tell Luke Colmes. I got

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Speaker 1: a bunch of Tony Pike rookie card autography.

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Speaker 3: And Luke never say anything back, never heard from Maybe

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Speaker 3: it's a good time to double dip on him.

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Speaker 1: I think he's busy at the moment. Didn't he release

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Speaker 1: an album today? Oh? If he did, I didn't know

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Speaker 1: it would be my listening enjoyment later. It has a

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Speaker 1: place on Lake Norman. If I had to guess he

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Speaker 1: might be over there by. Did you say Jeff Gordon,

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Speaker 1: the NASCAR driver? A lot of NASCAR folks that I

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Speaker 1: was raised to despise Jeff Gordon, it was.

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Speaker 3: It was so weird in that light, Like you would

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Speaker 3: see NASCAR guys around Lake normant like bars and restaurants,

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Speaker 3: and they were treated like normal folks. And most of them,

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Speaker 3: it's not a shot at them, most of them. If

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Speaker 3: you didn't know what you would have never guessed. I

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Speaker 3: oh that's a NASCAR driver, sure, Like they're just they're smaller,

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Speaker 3: they don't really look you know, and portray athlete.

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Speaker 1: But a lot of them from that area. Yes, yeah, yes, interesting.

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Speaker 3: Quick update for the first time ever Austin, the US

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Speaker 3: women curling team have just beaten Canada at the Olympics.

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Speaker 1: It's it's a tough time to beat Canada right now.

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Speaker 1: It is. I mean, you're getting it's built to ask

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Speaker 1: from the United States repeatedly. Yep. There is a two

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Speaker 1: way tie at the top of the total medal count.

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Speaker 1: Canadian gear is sick, though, he says it is Norway

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Speaker 1: lose crashing in the stock.

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Speaker 3: Mart Norway and Italy eighteen total medals, USA and third

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Speaker 3: with fourteen total medals entering today's Olympic play. We'll take

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Speaker 3: a break. When we come back. We'll kick off our

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Speaker 3: three a little bit differently. On this Friday, it'll be

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Speaker 3: your talkbacks next on the Home of the Bengals ESPN

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Speaker 3: fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 1: Run a business and not thinking about podcast