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Speaker 1: All right, we've made the connection with our guys.

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Speaker 2: Sean asked this long time San Francisco Giant and opening

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Speaker 2: day yesterday did not go how we would have liked.

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Speaker 1: Seven to nothing. Sean, what's going on?

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Speaker 3: Man?

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Speaker 1: Happy baseball season two? You good to talk to again. Man,

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Speaker 1: what's going on? What's up?

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Speaker 3: Sean? Yeah, have happy New year to you guys. Not

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Speaker 3: a whole lot.

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Speaker 4: A whole lot was not a great start for the

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Speaker 4: Giants last night, but that's why they play. I guess

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Speaker 4: it was one hundred and sixty one more games, so

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Speaker 4: a lot of knee jerk reactions, I'm sure, but not

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Speaker 4: the way they wanted to kick things off.

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Speaker 1: No, for sure.

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Speaker 2: I mean and again, Tony, if I tell us said

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Speaker 2: it after the game, He's like, you know, there was

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Speaker 2: a missed opportunity to maybe score a run in the

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Speaker 2: bottom of the first inning there, first and third with

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Speaker 2: one out. They didn't get the run in, But he said,

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Speaker 2: you know, it's tough to go back to that point

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Speaker 2: and see how everything else might have played out just

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Speaker 2: But just in general, what are your thoughts on the

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Speaker 2: construction of this team right now? I mean, there's a

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Speaker 2: lot of questions on the pitching staff. I know the

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Speaker 2: offense didn't show up yesterday, but I do think that's

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Speaker 4: I have to agree Coapse, I'm I I really do

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Speaker 4: put up runs. I mean, this is obviously coming off

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Speaker 4: the heels of a shutout and a team that couldn't

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Speaker 4: do a whole lot against Max Freed, But I'm kind

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Speaker 4: of just hoping it's not the same story as we

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Speaker 4: saw last year, where the team really struggled against left

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Speaker 4: is one of the best, maybe the second best left

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Speaker 4: up against some pretty tough competition. But uh, if you

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Speaker 4: maybe maybe things change a little bit, right, the momentum

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Speaker 3: Freed uh doesn't isn't able.

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Speaker 4: To settle in like he did. Uh, But I think

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Speaker 4: the offense is definitely going to be better than we

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Speaker 4: it's going to be a long year. And I think

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Speaker 4: the construction of it, uh, you know, in what what

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Speaker 4: I saw in spring training, UH proves that they have

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Speaker 4: a lot more length and depth in their lineup and

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Speaker 4: and uh they're gonna put runs up. Pitching staff wise,

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Speaker 4: I love I love Logan and Robbie loved how Tyler

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Speaker 4: roupe coming off of a solid year last year. I

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Speaker 4: love the rotation. Is it the best rotation in the

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Speaker 4: National League? No, but it's it's a rotation where you

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Speaker 4: have five guys that are going to go out there

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Speaker 4: your team in the game. There's not a lot of

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Speaker 3: Bullpen to work in progress. But I love what I

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Speaker 4: Spring training from a lot of the bullpen guys. And

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Speaker 4: that's going to be something that Tony Vitella is going

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Speaker 4: figure out who those right handed guys uh to pitch

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Speaker 4: pitch the back end of ball games. But the one

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Speaker 4: one It was the one question mark I had coming

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Speaker 3: The guys that needed to work.

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Speaker 4: Obviously Elliott Ramos had a a blow average year defensively,

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Speaker 4: and last night it was swappy.

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Speaker 3: And that's the kind of.

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Speaker 4: What stood out to me, is that not necessarily you know, yeah,

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Speaker 4: And it really stands out when you have a guy

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Speaker 4: what's happening with with the Giants defense, you know that

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Speaker 3: Figure out as the season goes on.

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Speaker 4: But last night it just didn't look good, just visually

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Speaker 3: How I kind of see the team right now?

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Speaker 4: Is it defense is questionable, bullpen will have to wait

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Sean, I mean I don't think we need to,

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Speaker 5: you know, look too much into Logan Web yesterday it

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Speaker 5: Paul Skans not not a good performance to start the season.

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Speaker 5: But how did you handle poor first starts of the

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Speaker 5: of the season you can move on, But how disappointing.

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Speaker 5: Is it to be like, damn, that's how I started

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Speaker 3: I never had a bad outing hope in the season.

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Speaker 2: Okay, of course not, of course crazy, I'm sure Unfortunately.

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Speaker 4: You guys can probably go back to the archives and

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Speaker 4: figure out if I did or not.

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Speaker 3: No, I absolutely did.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And I remember pitching Opening Day in nineteen ninety

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Speaker 4: Unfortunately I had to come on opening day. The thing

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Speaker 4: logan web in four days. So he takes it as

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Speaker 4: I don't accept poor outings no matter when they come.

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Speaker 4: So you know, this was a spring training outing, so

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Speaker 4: I think he's gonna take it hard. But I think

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Speaker 4: that'll be a distant memory and you'll go out and

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna shouan ask us here on the UMA guest line,

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Speaker 2: how different does starts feel in March and April relative

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Speaker 2: But how different does that start feel even having pitched

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean, it's a game that actually matters to

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Speaker 3: To be the last team standing.

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Speaker 4: And so when when that game actulutely absolutely matters, uh,

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Speaker 4: as you take the mound every fifth day spring training,

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Speaker 4: a lot of day games. They've sprinkled in more night

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Speaker 4: But you know, some guys get off to just really

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Speaker 5: Talking to Sean Estas on the UMA guest line. As

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Speaker 5: far as the roster, there was one surprising move where

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Speaker 5: Elis Mantos was waived in favor of Jared Olive. Were

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Speaker 5: Luis Mantus's time as a Giant.

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Speaker 3: I was actually really surprised.

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Speaker 4: I mean they made it obviously, the last was the

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Speaker 3: No, nobody is right.

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Speaker 3: So he's to me the key to.

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Speaker 2: Sewan asked us the voice you hear on the UMA

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Speaker 2: Yankees one thirty five, first pitch right here on these

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Speaker 2: sports leader, Sean, I did find the ninety eight opener

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Speaker 1: You did did knock to around. But you know what, dude,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna give you some property.

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Speaker 2: You guys won the game anyway, and you rope the

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Speaker 1: That nice first pitch.

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Speaker 4: Say, thanks for focusing on the positive.

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Speaker 1: You got to w man, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: So I got to w you.

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Speaker 1: You didn't. You didn't get it a bit, dude, Rob.

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Speaker 2: I think then might have that he came in two

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Speaker 1: That's all.

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Speaker 4: That's right, That's right.

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Speaker 3: Well, I at the bat going early.

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Speaker 4: I got to get the arm going right.

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Speaker 3: It without a doubt. I mean we we.

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Speaker 4: Gardy was Guardy wasn't it out either, but you know

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Speaker 1: Like guy, Yeah, you're great talking to him.

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Speaker 2: Always fun catching up and looking forward to talking to

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Speaker 1: Man, we'll do it again soon.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Sean, Okay, thanks guys, great.

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Speaker 2: Stuff, man, d I love geting to talk to giants

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Speaker 2: A little bit later, Sean.

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Speaker 1: Has a grand slam off of Roger Clouds reveens. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Did yeah, they hate some guys who could hit the giant.

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Speaker 1: Ever, Logan to Web, right, oh yeah, and.

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Speaker 5: You my encounter with Shawn Ases back in the day

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Speaker 5: So I was working weekends at the other station in

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Speaker 5: and every weekend he had Shawn Ester coming studio. Now,

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Speaker 5: Sean doesn't do elevators, He's not herely takes stare.

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Speaker 1: He's definitely afraid of elevators.

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Speaker 5: So he comes in, he's riding his bike and he goes, hey, Derek,

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Speaker 1: And I was like, well, you know, we.

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Speaker 5: Got gotta make a quick here, Sean, I gotta get

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Speaker 5: back to the studio, goes, you have time to go

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Speaker 5: up twelve flights of stairs with me. So I'm going

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Speaker 5: upstairs with him. Yes, And Sean is in perfect shape

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Speaker 5: and I'm just hoffing him puff and he goes, damn, dude,

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Speaker 5: I'm forty years old.

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Speaker 1: You can't get through one flight of stairs. Good god man,

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Speaker 1: I'm like a Sean get a peanut? Forgot about that

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Speaker 1: was that him? That was him a year ago?

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Speaker 5: And I remember, like Dave's like, go go get a

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Speaker 1: No, get another pe hudge, Come on, Sean. That's pretty good, dude,

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Speaker 1: that's pretty funny. I met Sean asked this.

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Speaker 2: My dad was interviewing him at on Mornings on two

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Speaker 2: Our guy Richardrelli is joining us for his weekly conversation

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Speaker 2: at four fifty. We can talk more about that Giants era.

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Speaker 2: When did Richie feel like his swing was in form

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Speaker 2: at the start of the year, Because I don't know

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Speaker 2: if the Giants had it going last night three minutes

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Speaker 2: as they go down to one of the better starters

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Speaker 2: in baseball in match free, plus Andy Baggerly to give

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Speaker 2: us the reporter side of things after the game from

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Speaker 2: Bytello's angle last night after.

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Speaker 1: The loss, We'll take a quick break. When we come

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Speaker 1: on back.

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Speaker 2: We continue to get into some of your stories, and

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Speaker 2: we got we've got more to get to in terms

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Speaker 2: of our funny and odd celebrity run ins. Plus like

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Speaker 2: if we're gonna go like low class celeb we're gonna

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Speaker 2: mention my dad. Okay, you know what I mean, like

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Speaker 2: B class. I'll say that our guy Pat h noting

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Speaker 2: if the patt ahe crap section.

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Speaker 1: YEA had a little county. Yes, I run in with

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Speaker 1: my dad yesterday at my dad's house. What did they

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Speaker 1: got office?

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Speaker 2: A little bit later, Plus I did I did have

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Speaker 2: that weird running with Gabe Kapler at that time on

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Speaker 2: his birthday. I can tell you that's his birthday too.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you that story again as well. We'll take

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Speaker 2: a quick break. When do we come on back Danny's

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Speaker 2: double dips. More to come, dirty work on the Sports Leader.

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Speaker 1: Take a drink, DC got water.

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Speaker 4: Don't eat another peanut, Take a drink.

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Speaker 1: I'm done talking. I've done