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Speaker 2: Comes up with it, reaches to the bank when a

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Speaker 1: No, he joins Turney work every week.

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Speaker 2: Here's the two two pitch Arelia HiT's one deep collet Field.

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Speaker 3: And that baby is out hair A grand play pull

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Speaker 2: Second home run.

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Speaker 3: Of the season and his first grand plan of his career.

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Speaker 1: It is bored to nothing for every Giant which Aurelia

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Speaker 1: on thee sports Leader. We'll do it every Thursday throughout

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Speaker 1: baseball season. A guy, Rich Aurelia, former Giants shortstop, joins

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Speaker 1: us on the UMA guest line and he's a part

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Speaker 1: of NBC Sports VREUS pre and postgame coverage of Giants

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Speaker 1: baseball all season long. Richie, what's going on man? Happy

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Speaker 1: baseball season to you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, hopefully it's happier tomorrow. Huh.

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Speaker 1: Last night, well then reset, I was like, get in

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Speaker 3: Like I can only imagine what the players are going through,

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Speaker 2: it was it was like New York vibes.

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Speaker 1: Come on, It's just like you grew up.

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Speaker 3: Do they even have taxis in the city.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it got easier for me. You know,

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Speaker 3: there's only one Opening Day every year, and you know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, last night was just weird with the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot more of these things. Talking to

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Speaker 2: this spring, we talked to you about Bryce Aldridge, one

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, looking at it in long term,

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Speaker 1: guys had back then. Levo estes Wood he could handle

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Speaker 1: the bat. We said, Guardy wasn't like an automatic out,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, he could do it a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Russ Ertees wasn't bad. Who did you have

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Speaker 1: the most confidence in with the bat in their hands?

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Speaker 1: If you guys needed a knock and the pitcher spot

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Speaker 1: was up, who did you want up there as a pitcher?

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Speaker 1: And Schmid was okay too. He had a little bit

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Speaker 1: of pop.

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Speaker 3: He could hit. He was okay. But every time he

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Speaker 3: swung the bat, he said, he looked weird.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't like that, Timitty, sit down.

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Speaker 3: Do whatever't swing the bat? He throwing ninety eight?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's all we knew.

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Speaker 3: Who would I I mean, I'd have to say, like

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Speaker 3: I mean, Levaughn was the most consistent.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he could hit.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he could hit and then you know, I mean,

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Speaker 3: but he could hit for power too, and he hit

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Speaker 3: the ball the other way. He could bunt. I mean

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Speaker 3: I actually thought there were sometimes where they give him

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Speaker 3: the buns and he would mess it up on purpose

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Speaker 3: because you want to sweep. But uh but I'll tell

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Speaker 3: you what what what do you what do? He called

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Speaker 3: him the big Fella and the big fellows. He was

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Speaker 3: pretty athletic for a for a big fella. He could move,

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Speaker 3: and he was really good defensively, you know, on the mound,

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Speaker 3: and he could hit. So Levo would probably be my

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Speaker 3: you know, if I needed a home run. Felix Rodriguez too, Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Oh well, he was a catcher in the Minor Red

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Speaker 3: before he was a pitcher. And you watch Felix take

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Speaker 3: batting practice. I mean he'd be launching them into like

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Speaker 3: the upper third of the bleachers, like in less center.

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Speaker 3: Like he just had like unreal pop. But he never

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Speaker 3: got to hit in the game, so.

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Speaker 1: Never did dude him and him and the big cat

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Speaker 1: going toe for toe on distance, and I love that.

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Speaker 1: So he could swing it. Man, Richie, we could talk

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Speaker 1: all day about two thousand giants. We'll do it throughout

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Speaker 1: the season. Man, every Thursday, Richie's gonna join us. Always

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Speaker 1: fun catching up, bro. We'll talk to you soon. Thanks

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Speaker 1: rich All right, guys talking about it. Good deal there. Richard,

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Speaker 1: will you with us every Thursday threat Giant season and

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Speaker 1: you can see him on NBC Sports Barriers pre and

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Speaker 1: postgame Giants coverage.

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Speaker 2: I always loved talking to rich just going back to

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Speaker 2: like meeting celebrities in real celebrities. So it was always

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Speaker 2: hit or miss if people are gonna react. Well when

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Speaker 2: I would follow my dad to you know, uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: broadcasting booths or on the field before game.

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Speaker 1: What do you mean like sometimes you'd end up in

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Speaker 1: people like other broadcasters or players would be upset.

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Speaker 2: Yes, So I mentioned earlier that whenever my dad was

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Speaker 2: doing a Diamondbacks game. Funny enough, Tom brennanman, very nice individual,

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Speaker 2: haven't said? Baby His partner, Mark Grace, yeah right, not

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Speaker 2: a fan of me and the broadcast booth.

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Speaker 1: Mark Grace the former Cubs first baseman. Yeah, he won

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Speaker 1: a World Series with the d Back Yes he did.

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Speaker 2: And so my dad was doing Giants games and they

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Speaker 2: would go to they would go to Arizona a lot,

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Speaker 2: or you know, playing here, and Mark Grace would always

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Speaker 2: make a stink about me being in the Broadway.

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Speaker 1: You're not even in his booth.

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Speaker 2: I know, but he would he wouldn't like it. Like

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Speaker 2: he would see from a distance he had have the

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Speaker 2: binoculars on.

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Speaker 1: He would look and he'd be like.

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Speaker 2: He actually talked to security, be like, is that young

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Speaker 2: man supposed to be here?

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Speaker 3: Hold on?

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Speaker 1: Hold on, Mark Grace is broadcasting for like Arizona. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And he would see that Greg Papa brought his son

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Speaker 1: you to the broadcast booth, not the one that he

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Speaker 1: was in, just another booth, and he made a fuss

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Speaker 1: with it.

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Speaker 2: He had an issue with it, dude, because he kind

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Speaker 2: of saw it like the clubhouse where it's like, hey,

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Speaker 2: we don't have a children in here. This is a broadcast,

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Speaker 2: but we're doing our job. And I always stayed quiet.

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Speaker 2: I didn't get any anybody's business. Mark Grace did not

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Speaker 2: have a did not did not like me being there

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Speaker 2: now on the flip side, which you heard of it,

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Speaker 2: like you heard him, oh yeah, all the time. He

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Speaker 2: was not happy I was there.

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Speaker 1: Like Mark Grace would talk about you in front of you.

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Speaker 2: You don't know my name. He'd be like, who's a

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Speaker 2: little uh crap that that's like like you know in

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Speaker 2: the booth right there, are you a little less or

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Speaker 2: a little yes?

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Speaker 3: He need with.

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Speaker 1: I love that. It's dude, it's not your business.

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Speaker 3: I know.

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Speaker 2: But like on the flip side players, some players would

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Speaker 2: be like, what the hell is this kid doing, but

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Speaker 2: they wouldn't say anything. Richard really always would be the

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Speaker 2: nice person on the Giants, like, you know, I was

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Speaker 2: looking for Barry Bonds.

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Speaker 1: Rich really come by, like, what's.

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Speaker 3: Up, dude?

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Speaker 2: You want to you know, like you want to play

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Speaker 2: some caps. You want to like, you know, hang out

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Speaker 2: and talk about balls like so nice, Mark Grace, not

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Speaker 2: the case.

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Speaker 1: Mark Grace said, get that kid out of not my booth,

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Speaker 1: your booth. Yes, Mark Grazy. We knew he was such

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Speaker 1: a karen about his booth.

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Speaker 2: Apparently, so he had called the man. He was there

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Speaker 2: to do a job, and I get that, but I

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Speaker 2: didn't interfere whatsoever. I was just being quiet, you know,

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Speaker 2: playing games on my dad's a little laptop.

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Speaker 1: And did Greg just ignore him or did he defend

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Speaker 1: your honor?

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Speaker 2: He was just like, yeah, I know, I know, Gracie,

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Speaker 2: I know, Grazy.

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Speaker 1: It's okay.

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Speaker 3: I know. I'm and I hate kids.

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Speaker 1: I don't I don't. I don't want him here either,

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Speaker 1: but I can't leave him in the window. Cracked. It's

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Speaker 1: it's it's part of the court order.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: I was quote wanted to bring him to the ball

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Speaker 1: game in the booth with me, Gracie. I'm sorry. I

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Speaker 1: didn't want him here as much as you do. If

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Speaker 1: that was a shot, I'd put him back there. Uh,

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Speaker 1: that's pretty good. Adam Copeland d popped in done with

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Speaker 1: you on a Thursday evening. A lot of Fundaday get

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Speaker 1: into some of our our celebrity run ins. After we

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Speaker 1: ran into it to Marlin's Man last night, I see

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Speaker 1: somebody here. Chris is hanging on the line, wants to

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Speaker 1: talk about running into the legion of Boom and Vegas.

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Speaker 1: We can get to more of your celebrity run ins

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Speaker 1: at awkward moments with them. We'll do that with Chris

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Speaker 1: when we come on back. Plus, we've got a sound

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