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Speaker 1: Welcome everybody to the Water Relief podcast and they fish

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Speaker 1: on First Podcast Network. I'm here with Marlin's closer, AJ Puck.

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Speaker 1: He was acquired from the Oakland Athletics and the trade

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Speaker 1: for JJ Bde in the late offseason. I'm finally back

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Speaker 1: within the rules of what a relief. I had Brian

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Speaker 1: Howing on for the last episode. He started a game,

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Speaker 1: so I don't mess with the rules. This is a

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Speaker 1: relievers podcast, and he's encroaching on the rules. If I

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Speaker 1: have any complaints, please file them to Eli or me.

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Speaker 1: But we're here with the AJ Puck. First off, how

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Speaker 1: you doing.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing good, doing good, no complaints.

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Speaker 3: So we'll start with the trade. How did you get

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Speaker 3: the news? What was the reaction? Where were you?

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Speaker 4: Uh? Yeah, So I was already h I was already

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Speaker 4: in Arizona getting ready for the A spring training and uh,

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Speaker 4: you know, I was just hanging out and I got

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Speaker 4: a phone call from the A's GM and uh telling

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Speaker 4: me that they're about to trade me, and then and

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Speaker 4: called me right after, and uh, you know, it.

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Speaker 2: Was definitely definitely crazy.

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Speaker 4: I wasn't expecting all because I mean I was three

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Speaker 4: days away from you know, being in the a for

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Speaker 4: spring and preparing for that, and uh, and yeah, I

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Speaker 4: got the phone call.

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Speaker 2: But it was definitely exciting and happy to be here.

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Speaker 1: So I know you you and Hays was bizarre to

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Speaker 1: have a friendship from apparently from what I hear forever.

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Speaker 3: So you also went to the University of Florida.

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Speaker 1: So coming back over here, back to like close to

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Speaker 1: where you are, not closed, it's like a ten hour drive,

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Speaker 1: but close to where you went to college and to

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Speaker 1: where some of your family is. Your brother Owen is

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Speaker 1: here at FIU. What was your feeling towards that and

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Speaker 1: how what was your excitement level?

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Speaker 2: Ah?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, No, I was definitely definitely really excited to be

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Speaker 4: traded here to Miami, just you know, from going to

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Speaker 4: college out and the University of Florida and I'm not

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Speaker 4: my Buda's college to live out in Florida and then

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Speaker 4: have my little brother here down at FIU playing baseball,

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Speaker 4: and I'm just excited that I was gonna be able

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Speaker 4: And and yeah, you know, it was definitely definitely awesome,

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Speaker 1: So on your brother, Owen, he's coming off of Tommy

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Speaker 1: John surgery obviously, what advice have you given him in

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Speaker 1: his young career so far? And have you gone out

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Speaker 1: to see him pitch? And when the season gets going,

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Speaker 1: do you see a little bit of yourself and Owen?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean yeah for sure.

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Speaker 4: I mean I kind of told everybody that kind of

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Speaker 2: To like a lower like a lower not like a high.

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Speaker 4: Division one like like I did, just because I was

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Speaker 2: You know, he was still throwing the same as hard

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Speaker 4: A senior in high school and he was just right

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Speaker 4: then everyone nowadays there's one hundred right now.

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Speaker 2: But he's gonna come back from this injury.

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Speaker 4: Know, he's doing everything that he can for it, and

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Speaker 4: to be for sure, and I'm excited to see what

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Speaker 4: healthy again.

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Speaker 1: So what was your collegi college recruiting process like and

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Speaker 1: how does compared to what we see nowadays?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, So, I mean I was kinda I always knew

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Speaker 4: I wanted to play, Uh, college baseball and you know,

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Speaker 2: I wasn't getting recruited, not all ever.

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Speaker 4: And I was just going into my junior year and

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Speaker 4: I didn't have, you know, any offers, and he cooms

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Speaker 4: just look around like everyone's kind of committing already, like

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Speaker 4: their freshman, sophomore year, junior year. And I was asked

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Speaker 2: And happened real fast after that.

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Speaker 3: So the college you played in the College World Series.

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Speaker 1: And the College World Series going on right now in

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Speaker 1: the UF being in the Omaha right now, Is there

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Speaker 1: any player on that team that catches your eye?

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Speaker 3: How much have you been taking to Yeah, I haven't.

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Speaker 4: I haven't seen much, but I know my little brothers

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Speaker 4: actually they played play together in a couple of teams

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Speaker 4: now if they just kind of in high school. The Jack,

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Speaker 4: the lefty pitcher that's hitting hidden pitches.

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Speaker 2: I'm blank on his last name.

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Speaker 2: Well the same here, but no, I know.

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Speaker 4: old Tania college baseball, I guess. And so I mean

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Speaker 4: that's definitely cool to see and cool to see those guys,

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Speaker 4: and they were the championship for sure.

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Speaker 1: So we went through the whole draft process. What was

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Speaker 3: And what was that whole experience.

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Speaker 4: Like, Uh, yeah, I mean it was kind of I mean,

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Speaker 2: They kind of had a.

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Speaker 4: I mean, we had a lot of guys that we're

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Speaker 4: And so, I mean, I was definitely in contact with

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Speaker 4: at either you with the A's or actually the Marlins

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Speaker 4: the seventh pick and I think one right before Braxton. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: uh so, so I kind of it was definitely exciting.

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Speaker 4: All my family was there, you know. It was definitely

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Speaker 1: So shortly after that, you played in the Futures Game

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Speaker 3: What was that whole experience? Like I was there with my.

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Speaker 1: pitching because I just found your name very interesting, just

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Speaker 3: A cool dude.

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Speaker 2: The long hair.

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Speaker 1: What was that whole experience like in coming now getting

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Speaker 3: Do you ever reminisce about that experience?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, definitely, no, especially when I straight over here

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Speaker 2: So, I mean we talked about that a little bit.

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Speaker 4: But now that was definitely probably my favorite experiences for sure,

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Speaker 4: I had a couple of a couple of college buddies

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Speaker 4: You know a lot of a lot of you know,

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Speaker 1: So draft didn't developed by the A's obviously, there's a

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Speaker 1: assuming you spent some time playing for the Las Vegas Aces,

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Speaker 1: Thoughts on on the whole situation with Oakland now that

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's definitely, I mean, definitely sad to

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Speaker 4: But you know, at the same time, I think, you know,

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Speaker 2: Be definitely kind of cool to see what happens for sure.

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Speaker 1: So before I get into major league stuff, you grew

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Speaker 3: Were you a Twins fan?

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Speaker 4: I was, actually I was just born in Minnesota, but

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Speaker 3: So what was your favorite team growing up?

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Speaker 2: I was a singles Cardinals fan.

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Speaker 3: Cardinals? Man, who's your favorite player?

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Speaker 2: I mean that was kind of I mean Albert.

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Speaker 3: All right, so this season you've been to team's primary closer.

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Speaker 1: How different is the mindset in the pitcher in the

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Speaker 1: and where times you can still find yourself on high levels,

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Speaker 1: high leverage situations, but nothing really compares to the ninth

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Speaker 1: how's that mindset change?

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Speaker 3: And how have you dealt with that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's kind of I mean just knowing

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Speaker 4: And but for me, I man, I had a little

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Speaker 3: How have you changed your mindset?

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's been and he's been helpful for sure.

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Speaker 1: a couple of quick ones. Who's the toughest hitter you've

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Speaker 4: I mean that's always hard. I mean, so many good hitters.

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Speaker 1: Unblinking all right, how much fun is it to watch

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Speaker 4: I believe, I mean someone when he doesn't get a hit,

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Speaker 3: Isn't it's it's it's newsworthy when he doesn't hit.

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Speaker 3: So who's the funniest teammate in the opinion.

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Speaker 2: The funniest teammate?

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Speaker 4: I mean, there's a lot of funny guys here, you know.

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Speaker 4: I think I think Tann is pretty funny. I mean

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Speaker 2: Going around, I mean naughty and then now we got

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Speaker 4: I mean, I mean the bullpens a bunch of funny

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Speaker 3: Who's who, in your opinion, is the team hype man?

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Speaker 2: The hype man? I'll probably say Arise, you know he's

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Speaker 4: Energy and uh, you know, it goes around make sure

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Speaker 2: Everybody going for sure.

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Speaker 3: What's your favorite ballpark?

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Speaker 4: Mm?

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Speaker 1: Hm?

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Speaker 4: I mean I think it's hard. Hard to go against

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Speaker 3: What's your least favorite ballpark?

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Speaker 4: H I mean, I don't want to say the A's

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Speaker 2: I didn't mind a lot of a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people don't like the coliseum because of

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Speaker 4: The Yeah, but I got I got used to it.

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Speaker 3: It's your favorite song.

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Speaker 2: My favorite song right now or all time? Mean, I

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Speaker 3: Have a Let's go both.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know if I have an all time favorite.

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Speaker 2: Now, But that's fine.

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Speaker 3: Who's your favorite artist?

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Speaker 3: So who in the club? As are you giving the

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Speaker 4: The ox scord too? I mean since uh, since we

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Speaker 2: So he gets he gets makes all the guys happy

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Speaker 3: Who you not giving the yaks too?

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Speaker 2: Who am I not? Uh? Some guys say me that

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Speaker 4: I was like, all right, but uh yeah, I'll probably

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Speaker 1: So he said that, you're he loved the Rangers ballpark

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Speaker 4: Man, I probably gonna go to Miami. Yeah, I've been

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Speaker 1: What's the weirdest thing you've had to autograph.

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Speaker 2: I mean I've autographed. There's probably like some guy's arm.

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Speaker 4: Had me just it was in short season in Brooklyn,

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Speaker 2: I was like, it's gonna wash off. He's like, no,

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Speaker 4: I guess, but but i'd probably say, yeah, some some

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Speaker 1: What's one thing people don't know about Ajpuck?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. That's a tough question. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Probably a lot, but I don't know. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what to say to those answers.

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Speaker 1: I guess if you have any secret talent or secret hobby,

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Speaker 2: No, I guess I'm just just a boring old guy.

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Speaker 2: You know. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: So you're the fourth guy to say I'm just a

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Speaker 3: You're a major league baseball player.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that'll do. I've got a knee. Anything crazy?

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Speaker 1: Is there before we wrap up? Is there any message

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Speaker 4: No, not too much, And I appreciate all the support

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Speaker 4: and keep supporting us, and hopefully, you know, we keep

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Speaker 4: playing well.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, thank you so much for coming on

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Speaker 1: the podcast. This has been the water Relief podcast on

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Speaker 1: the Fish on First Podcast Network. I have no idea

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Speaker 1: my fault. And yeah, we'll be back very soon with

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Speaker 1: another Marlins reliever, unless it Howan decides to break the rules.

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Speaker 3: Again. Thank you everyone for watching