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Speaker 1: It's Grayson Rodriguez of the Angels joining us back on FT.

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Speaker 1: Uh does it feel more normal this time around? So

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Speaker 1: this is the second time we've spoken to you since

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Speaker 1: we've introduced you this way.

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Speaker 2: Does it feel more normal now?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, for sure? Yeah, definitely. I mean getting ready

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Speaker 3: to roll, ready to go to spring training. Already been

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Speaker 3: out to the complex in Arizona. I think, you know,

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Speaker 3: the last time I talked to you, all hadn't been

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Speaker 3: there yet. I think the trade was pretty fresh. So uh, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I've been talking to a lot of the staff and

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Speaker 3: now it feels like home and and ready to ready

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Speaker 2: How was the trip to the facility in Arizona? Who

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Speaker 2: did you meet with? What did they tell you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so some of the strength staff was there, a

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Speaker 3: couple of other players, But yeah, I got to go

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Speaker 3: out there work out for a few days. Obviously, the

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Speaker 3: facility is super nice, brand new. I think they had

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Speaker 3: just finished it within in the last year, I want

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Speaker 3: to say, so definitely an upgrade for me. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: super excited. You know obviously, you know, lifting around stuff

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Speaker 3: in the weight room. Uh, you know, ran around a

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Speaker 3: But uh, but yeah, I got to throw and they

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Speaker 3: have a super nice indoor lab, super cool, so I

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Speaker 4: Did you talk to anybody about it what it used

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Speaker 4: to look like? And people been like, hey, it's a

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Speaker 4: good thing. Like do they keep the tent up that

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Speaker 4: they used to have their weight room in just for

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Speaker 4: like just for like, you know, remembering sake.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's definitely a few people that said that,

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Speaker 3: you know, it used to not be that nice. So

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Speaker 3: definitely pretty fortunate that I picked the right time to

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Speaker 3: I don't have to deal with it or you know,

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Speaker 3: I don't even have it pictured in my head. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: so when I show up here in the next couple

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Speaker 5: Let me ask you this. So you've you've been in

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Speaker 6: You have you talked or seeing Kurtzuzuki and Mike Maddox

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Speaker 6: a little bit?

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Speaker 5: Have you guys had conversations?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, obviously talk to them a couple of times each.

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Speaker 3: You know, awesome guys. Hear a lot about mad Dog,

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Speaker 3: I guess is what some of the guys call him.

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Speaker 3: But uh, yeah, I heard some really good things about Kurt.

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Speaker 3: You know. I had some guys that some veterans in

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Speaker 3: him as a catcher. So you know, they're excited to

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Speaker 3: see what he can do as a manager, and you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm kind of in the same boat. You know, I'm

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Speaker 3: excited to see what he has to offer for us.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, mad Dogs, Mad Dog's gonna hold his mustache. He's

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Speaker 4: gonna hold his mustache on, and he's gonna put his

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Speaker 4: hand everybody said it, put his hand on so he

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Speaker 4: He's not covering his mouth. He's holding his mustache on

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Speaker 4: because it's fake. So every time he does this and

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Speaker 4: he's talking to you, I want you to think about that.

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, fake stash, got it?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, like the ones where he glue it

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Speaker 4: what I really need you to. Nope, he's just holding

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Speaker 4: you can't see it. What are some of the things

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Speaker 4: and I really like how you got a million dollar

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Speaker 3: Not that you yes, sir, Yeah, I mean mad He's

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Speaker 3: I mean kind of you know, I hear mad Dog's

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Speaker 3: I think is gonna be the goal. And uh, man,

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Speaker 4: Do you look good in red?

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Speaker 3: I think so. I mean my mom says so. But

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Speaker 3: I think everybody's kind of excited to get to ditch

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Speaker 6: For sure, you are an avid hunter, as you can

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Speaker 6: if so, like tell us about them, like talk to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean obviously you know I hadn't got to,

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Speaker 3: And you know, I know he attempts to hunt. If

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Speaker 3: seeing it. You're seeing it right now, you know, you're

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Speaker 3: seeing it behind me. You know, not all these are mine.

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Speaker 3: I won't take credit for all of them, you know

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Speaker 3: we like to hunt. Yeah, love to hunt, love to

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Speaker 3: eat them. The venison is the best part about it.

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Speaker 3: You know, you can go to the grocer shore or pick

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Speaker 1: Hey, do you think you can create a relationship with

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Speaker 1: Trouty like you have with Ryan Mountcastle where you guys

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Speaker 1: and frankly, I think they're going to miss that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't. I don't know if trout you know,

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Speaker 3: Trole's taking me deep. I think he took me deep

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Speaker 3: And like Mountie, did you know they're spring training? So yeah,

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Speaker 3: that was a little bit different about it. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: definitely gonna miss those relationships. But I have a feeling

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Speaker 3: I have a hunch that we're gonna make some more.

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Speaker 3: So I already been talking to some of these guys,

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Speaker 3: and you know, they love to talk a lot of

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Speaker 2: I like it.

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Speaker 1: Hey, while we're on that topic, what do you think

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Speaker 1: of the situation for your boy, Ryan Mountcastle heading into

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Speaker 2: I mean, they have the DH spot and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: But have you followed what the Orioles have been up

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Speaker 1: to since you were traded away? I mean they signed

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Speaker 2: But how do you think the puzzle pieces will fit?

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Speaker 2: I guess I'll put it this way too.

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Speaker 1: You know, at times on our show we were critical

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Speaker 1: not getting time. You could put Kobe Mayo in that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely you could kind of see it like with

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Speaker 3: Mawnie's an awesome guy. You know, whether he's playing in Baltimore,

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Speaker 3: I Mean, you know, he's great in the he's great

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Speaker 3: But yeah, Free Agency. You know, you kind of still

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Speaker 4: You throw away all your oriol stuff. You talk about

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Speaker 4: turning the page. I still have I don't have anything

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Speaker 4: but at the end of the year, you throw it away.

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Speaker 4: Now that you got traded and we've had some time

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, we've definitely given a lot of it away.

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Speaker 3: I wish i'd say we've given it all away, but

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Speaker 3: there's just more boxes, and it's like you know, over

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Speaker 4: trivia for you. Okay, you have a teammate Kirby Yates.

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Speaker 5: Do you know what.

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: What he did? What he did after they won the

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Speaker 3: What he did?

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Speaker 4: What he did? What he he said? If we win

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Speaker 4: the World Series, I will do this.

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Speaker 3: Mmm. Got man by a tractor.

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Speaker 4: He got a tattoo on his butt cheek? And will

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Speaker 4: you last longer than a day meeting him without saying

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Speaker 4: I want to see that?

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Speaker 3: That sit?

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Speaker 5: Well?

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Speaker 3: I mean no, I guess I know he's got a

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Speaker 3: I mean that. I'll have to ask him about it.

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Speaker 3: You know, I don't know if I want to look

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Speaker 4: You're gonna look at it. You're gonna be in the shower,

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Speaker 4: and they're gonna call you. They're gonna call you. Eyes up, Grayson,

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Speaker 4: like honestly, like, keep the keep the eyes up. But

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Speaker 4: I will tell you what the tattoo is. I'm sure

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Speaker 4: you could google it and you would find it real quick.

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Speaker 1: Oh, tell him, I'll tell him. It's it's more fun

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Speaker 1: to tell him. So he's got the icebreaker right from

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 1: There's a famous character, video game character, and cartoon character, Kirby, right,

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Speaker 5: Dude.

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Speaker 3: Yeahs that like Pokemon or something.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if Kirby's a Pokemon or if it

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Speaker 1: looks it's similar, though it looks pokemon ish, yes, and

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Speaker 1: it's it's honestly a little before your time. It's like

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Speaker 1: So he was like, I'm getting.

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Speaker 2: A tattoo on my ass if we win a world

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Speaker 1: So anyway, you have a teammate like that, who apparently

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean, maybe I'll look forward to meet Kirby, but

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Speaker 4: You see or you don't see it, Like, let's just

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Speaker 4: be honest, all right, Grayson, I get it's not your

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Speaker 2: You're saying he's gonna make everyone see it. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: He will put on a show at some point and say, hey, everyone,

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Speaker 1: this is what we're chasing. We're chasing not just titles,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, there we go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: Well, enjoy the what last few weeks you got here

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Speaker 2: We'll catch out there.

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Speaker 5: He let me finish with this. That's funny you bring

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Speaker 6: I texted Trout and I said, you're not the king

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Speaker 6: So they're all enclosed in a fence. So he he looked.

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Speaker 6: I took a picture. He looked at him. He says,

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Speaker 6: He's saying, So we'd have to get a little challenge

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Speaker 6: going on or something. I'm not I'm not a hunter.

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Speaker 6: I've never hunted before. I don't think I ever will.

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Speaker 6: But we got we got a little challenge here. Spring

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Speaker 4: Like Trout likes his cameo.

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Speaker 2: He's Rambo.

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Speaker 1: Just send him a Ramo picture, Rambo picture. Back to know, right,

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Speaker 1: he probably watching this like, huh, look it up.

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Speaker 5: Kids with Charlie Sheen, the old Charlie Sheen one that

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Speaker 2: What was the well, no, they had the.

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Speaker 5: That was the fun I think that was the I

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Speaker 4: Yeah, hot shots, that's what it was, all man.

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