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Speaker 1: Wow, the Sports Leader presents on Giants Executive Show. Every week,

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Speaker 2: Hey what now here.

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Speaker 1: Are Murphin Markets with Giants President of Baseball Operations, Buster

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Speaker 3: Then we're starting our Thursday tradition, the rotation Buster Posey,

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Speaker 3: Tony Vtello, Zach Menazion and Larry Behar And it starts

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Speaker 2: Marcus, Here we go on the UMA guest line. Well, Buster,

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Speaker 2: welcome back to the Murphin Markets Show. Will afford to

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Speaker 2: doing these every four weeks.

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, the game did not go the way any of

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Speaker 3: us wanted last night.

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Speaker 2: But first and foremost, good morning, all right.

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Speaker 4: Morning us there, Good morning guys, good morning. Yeah, good

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Speaker 4: to be with you, and uh yeah, look forward to

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Speaker 4: to chatting throughout the year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll be checking in periodically and different storylines will

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Speaker 3: be unfolding. And so let's start with we definitely want

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Speaker 3: to talk about the roster and and how you guys

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Speaker 3: came to it, But let's start with last night. How

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Speaker 3: did Buster Posey process last night? What did you see

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Speaker 4: Well, it's a baseball game. You never know what you're

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Speaker 4: But uh, it's baseball. You know, you bounce back and

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Speaker 4: and Friday is a new day, new start. So you

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Speaker 4: I think you take take the good and you learn

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Speaker 4: from me. You take the bad and you learn from it.

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Speaker 4: I think I think Webby was just not as sharp

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Speaker 4: you know, not being sharp. He still gives you five innings,

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Speaker 4: is going to be there for him throughout the season. Uh,

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Speaker 4: you know, had an opportunity to score in the second.

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Speaker 4: You'd like to see that run cashed in from third.

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Speaker 4: It's less than two outs. But Freed was pretty dial too.

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Speaker 4: And look, I've hit in those shadows and you can say, well,

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Speaker 4: the Yankees were hitting in the shadows too. I get that,

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Speaker 4: but it still doesn't mean that it's not difficult to

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Speaker 4: positives for me as making good plays defensively in the outfield.

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Speaker 4: I thought that Keaton Winn looked really good, brew Baker

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Speaker 4: looked good, and then kill You looked good as well

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Speaker 4: there in the ninth. So not to start, not the

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Speaker 4: opening day start we wanted, but one hundred and sixty one.

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Speaker 5: To go, yeah, and not the traditional opening day as

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Speaker 5: you pointed out, game was at five o five, a

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Speaker 2: You were the only show in town.

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Speaker 5: So, Buster, do you think the theatrics may be played

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Speaker 5: into anything in last night's game, from lown Web to

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Speaker 5: Tony Vatteler or just having to deal with any of

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Speaker 4: No, No, I don't think so. I think they tell

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Speaker 4: So no, I don't think so. I mean opening days

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Speaker 3: Buster Posey, the voice you hear on the Yuma guest line, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: a bit of a dott he called in for sure.

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Speaker 3: And then tomorrow we do another opening day kind of

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Speaker 3: You got to catch him in when he's very, very sharp.

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Speaker 3: You know, will be theories, and we kicked it around

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Speaker 2: Maybe you're out of your routine, maybe you're not in

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Speaker 3: I don't know what value do you place in that theory?

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Speaker 4: No, I mean it's it's a. It's a one game.

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Speaker 4: I haven't even thought about that.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Busser, I'm not going to ask you to evaluate

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Speaker 4: Well, he's he's going to bring it every day. There's

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Speaker 4: far as feeling like he's prepared, feeling like the coaching

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Speaker 4: So I think you know, I put my former player

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Speaker 4: I had to be okay with that. Now, you know,

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Speaker 4: you want to throw a perfect game? Of course? But ultimately,

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Speaker 4: Tony's one of those people.

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Speaker 3: Well sure or for sure, we'll watch him with great

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Speaker 2: Buster Posey here every fourth Thursday.

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Speaker 3: It's the Executive Show at this time Thursdays at seven thirty,

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Speaker 3: it'll be Buster Posey, Tony v Himself next Thursday, Zach

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Speaker 3: tradition here on the Murphy Marcus Show. Okay, Roster Construction,

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Speaker 3: Big deal. You guys released it yesterday at nine am.

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Speaker 3: The big big news was Luis Mato's designated for assignment.

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Speaker 2: That's a guy, you know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there was a time he was considered one

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Speaker 3: And you guys, you and Zach and everybody made the

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Speaker 3: What did you not see from him? Was it a

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Speaker 3: of years ago Giants fans were counting on.

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Speaker 2: Who's now not on the opening day roster?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I won't get into all the details of

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Speaker 4: But you know, I think when you're making these last,

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Speaker 4: With with Matos, it was it was a tough call.

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Speaker 4: The way I look at it is being thirty and

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Speaker 5: Buster Posey's the voice you hear this morning on the

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Speaker 5: years and Buster. Jared Oliva was definitely one of the

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Speaker 3: As always, we'll look forward to these every four weeks

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Speaker 3: and hopefully tomorrow everybody gets a w and you get

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Speaker 3: to enjoy.

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Speaker 2: So thanks for hopping.

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Speaker 1: On with us.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks, Busterer, All right, take care there.

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Speaker 3: He is, Buster posey on the sports leaders,