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Speaker 1: Fan Fast warm Up Show with Bill Laski on the

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Speaker 1: All right, Welcome back to the KMBRE warm up Show

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Speaker 1: out here in San Ramon, the second stop for the

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Speaker 1: Work from two to six. They'll be doing some Q

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Speaker 1: A of course the ace Logan Web what a great

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Speaker 1: He'll be going down to Arizona right after this to

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Speaker 1: Steve Croner, good friend of mine. Of course, he covers

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Speaker 1: Yeah, five times five time All Star Steve, five time

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Speaker 1: Just a good guy for Cal and he represented him

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Speaker 2: Bill always appreciate it. And back to your enthusiasm for

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Speaker 1: I'm off for that, all right, is Bill Laski on

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Speaker 1: the CAMBR warm up show. A few more minutes as

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Speaker 1: the doors have been open now for almost an hour

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Speaker 1: a beautiful day here in San Ramon. My name's Bill Laski.

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Speaker 1: This is a K ANDBR warmup show. More coming up

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