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Speaker 1: Everyone, Welcome to another episode of Famway Faithful. We have

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Speaker 1: a very special guest here. We got Alex Cora on

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Speaker 1: the show. Alex, how you doing, my friend? How's your

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Speaker 1: off season going so far?

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Speaker 2: It's been it's been good, so far, so good. First

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Speaker 2: of all, happy in a year, a lot of good

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Speaker 2: things for you and your family this year and good

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Speaker 2: things for the Red Sox.

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Speaker 1: Right, yes, sir, Yeah, likewise, I hope you had a

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Speaker 1: great Christmas, great New year. But yeah, let's kind of

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Speaker 1: just dive in here. Well, you know, first off, you know,

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Speaker 1: how's your off season going. You know, I'm always intrigued

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Speaker 1: about uh, you know, players, managers, you know, off seasons.

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Speaker 1: We're always so you know, invested into the season. But uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, what's an off season look like for you?

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Speaker 1: Lots of family time and whatnot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, trying trying to spend a lot of time with

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Speaker 2: the kids and Angelica and the coolest thing we've done

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Speaker 2: besides obviously the holidays, we went to England and uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, we spent some time in London. We went

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Speaker 2: to Liverpool to watch two matches. It was actually two

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Speaker 2: good ones. It was Real Madrid on Wednesday and then

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Speaker 2: Manchester City on Sunday. So you know, those are the

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Speaker 2: the benefits of working for Fenway Sports Group, right. You

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Speaker 2: can get free flights to go over there, free tickets,

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Speaker 2: you know, spend time you know with the with the

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Speaker 2: players and the coaches and go to the academy. So

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Speaker 2: it was a good experience.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, we were just saying before we started.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's funny when the Red Sox, you know,

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Speaker 1: they joined together with Liverpool. You know, I'm a I

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Speaker 1: was a big Arsenal fan growing up, so it's kind

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Speaker 1: of I'm split when it comes to that, but it

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Speaker 1: is what it is. But you know, kind of looking

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Speaker 1: back here, you know, you've had a you know a

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Speaker 1: little bit of time to you know, kind of let

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Speaker 1: things Marinade, I think back to you know, this past

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Speaker 1: season twenty twenty four. You know, now that you've had

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Speaker 1: a little bit of time to you know reflect. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, what were some positives that you took away

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Speaker 1: from this past season? You know, anything you know that

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Speaker 1: you could see you know, yourself, the organization, the team

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Speaker 2: You know, there were there were a lot of good

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Speaker 2: stories last year, a lot of positives, especially in the

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Speaker 2: position player side. Uh, there were some growth and some

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Speaker 2: big steps. You know, we can talk about Willier in

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Speaker 2: right field if you think about it. You know, he

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Speaker 2: wasn't even playing the first road trip until Trevor gets

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Speaker 2: heerved and he becomes a Gold Glove defender and right

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Speaker 2: Uh Daron Duran, Uh you know, I mean, top three

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Speaker 2: player probably in the American League, right, the most dynamic

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Speaker 2: player maybe in our in our league, he's up there

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Speaker 2: with Mookie as far as like doing everything offensively, defensively,

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Speaker 2: running the bases. Uh him Bobby with of course, right,

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Speaker 2: but what he did where he comes from, right, we

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Speaker 2: we still remember the fly ball fanway with the bases

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Speaker 2: a plus defender, which is awesome. There there were some

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Speaker 2: kids that came up and they got their feet wet

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Speaker 2: and they actually contribute. Uh. You know, David Hamilton for

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Speaker 2: a month there was one of the most dynamic players

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Speaker 2: in the big leagues. The pitching staff, they they made

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Speaker 2: some strikes thirty starts for Tanner, Brian and Cutter. That

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Speaker 2: that that's that's huge, not only for what we try

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Speaker 2: and uh, they were in a good spot. We struggle

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Speaker 2: again after the traded deadline. We didn't play well, which

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Speaker 2: is kind of like, you know, something that keeps me

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Speaker 2: up just thinking about what we need to do better,

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Speaker 2: and we actually know what we need to do better.

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Speaker 2: We have to pitch better, we have to play defense.

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Speaker 2: If you're consistent in those two areas and in this game,

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Speaker 2: you're probably going to be in the hunt all the

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Speaker 2: way till the end. We play some miningful games in September,

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Speaker 2: but we knew that we were. You know, it was

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Speaker 2: a hell mary right, like they say in football. But overall,

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Speaker 2: with the expectations and being realistic of the roster and

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Speaker 2: an organization, it was an okay season. I will never

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Speaker 2: say that because at the end, that's the reason we're here.

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Speaker 2: We're here to dance in October. And it's not only

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Speaker 2: to Tipito for one series or just to make it.

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Speaker 2: We're trying to make it a long run, and long

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Speaker 2: run is to win the World Series. And we haven't that.

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Speaker 2: We haven't accomplished that since twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he nailed a lot of that. There

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of good steps forward in my opinion.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think honestly one of the best, one

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Speaker 1: of the best moves from last offseason was bringing in

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Speaker 1: Andrew Bailey. I think he was, you know, great, a

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Speaker 1: great had for the staff. He saw a lot of growth.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, looking for you know, a big step forward

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Speaker 1: But speaking of twenty five, you know, what do you

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Speaker 1: think of this offseason so far? You know, we've had

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Speaker 1: a few big moves here, Garrett Crochet the big one,

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Speaker 1: your thoughts on the offseason editions so far?

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Speaker 2: You know what, it's been good, not only in the

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Speaker 2: public eye, but I think there's a lot of stuff

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Speaker 2: far as like plans with players. You know, Raphaela has

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Speaker 2: made some progress. You know, we gave him the freedom

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Speaker 2: some weight, which is huge for him. David Hamilton, you know,

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Speaker 2: Connor Wong Trevor's story. They got together a few weeks

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Speaker 2: And for everything I'm hearing, for everything I saw, as

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Speaker 2: far as like the videos and all that stuff, they're

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Speaker 2: in a good place. As far as the addition, there's

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Speaker 2: no secret we were looking for pitching. We're still looking

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Speaker 2: for pitching, and then we have to be better in

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Speaker 2: that area. The two years that I have managed the

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Speaker 2: Red Sox, the rotation was pretty solid. And it's not

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Speaker 2: the names. It's about going out there and going five

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Speaker 2: and six inning consistently, or six inning is consistently, let's not,

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Speaker 2: you know, sugar coat, This five minutes is not good enough.

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Speaker 2: So in eighteen we did it. In twenty one we

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Speaker 2: did it, and we made it to the dance. You know,

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Speaker 2: Garrett is a huge edition. Walker brings something to the

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Speaker 2: equation that you cannot quantity quantifive. I think just the

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Speaker 2: He learned a lot from from Kershaw, and hopefully he

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Speaker 2: they're not young anymore. They're twenty seven, right, and uh,

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Speaker 2: just help him to to keep developing at this level

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Speaker 2: the bullpen, the deeper the better, and we got some

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Speaker 2: stuff now, right. Uh. You know Chapman, he's throwing one

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Speaker 2: hundred and four. He he he's like he's like wine

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Speaker 2: right the you know, he's aging very well. One of

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Speaker 2: follow Chapman. He's taking a piece. You know, it's amazing.

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Speaker 2: And then and then Wilson, you know, uh, very subtle

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Speaker 2: haven't talked about it, but I do believe, you know,

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Speaker 2: that's an area that we have to keep improving. You know,

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Speaker 2: Murph is on. You know, he's doing an outstanding job

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Speaker 2: Last year we struggled with lefties, you know, with our lefties.

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Speaker 2: competition is always a good thing. So I think in

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Speaker 2: that aspect, he's been a good off season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that you just mentioned the competition aspect,

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Speaker 1: and that's something I actually think is a pretty underrated

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Speaker 1: I feel like these guys can really help, you know,

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Speaker 1: to the you know, actually quick question here when it

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Speaker 1: has it been like this off season from your point

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Speaker 1: of view? Where has your phone been off the hook NonStop?

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Speaker 1: how does that work necessarily?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean going into the off season, you have

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Speaker 2: because if we're talking about Plan D, we're in a

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Speaker 2: that happened, right, There's a lot of stuff that we

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Speaker 2: You know, they're they're they're always you know, working to

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Speaker 2: make this roster better. And you know there's thirty teams

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Speaker 2: projected wins. You know, a lot of teams are shooting

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Speaker 2: I don't know where we at. I don't get into that,

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Speaker 2: you know, but I think we we have accomplished a

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Speaker 2: lot of good things in the off season. The phone

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Speaker 2: is always on, but you have to trust the process.

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Speaker 2: obviously I have an idea. I have ideas, and I

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Speaker 2: share it with them, but not all the time. They

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Speaker 2: this is what we're doing because Alex wants that, you know,

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Speaker 2: I just give him my two cents and they actually,

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Speaker 2: I think we're in a good spot. The off season

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Speaker 2: is not over yet. We still got time. If you remember,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I think Jd, you know, prove that,

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Speaker 2: And we're still working at it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, JD Martinez a great example, you know,

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Speaker 1: honestly one of the better free agent signings in the

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Speaker 2: I do believe. I do believe he him and Manny

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Speaker 2: And I think it's being more consistent. Just keep working

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Speaker 2: the things that you know you have to work to

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Speaker 2: to to become an elite baseball team, and you know,

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Speaker 2: stay humble, keep your head down and keep going, going going,

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Speaker 2: and see where it take us.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and like you said, this offseason, you think it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a more fun season this coming year.

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Speaker 1: Definitely has been some good strides this offseason. I'm excited

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Speaker 1: for it. But Alex, I want to thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for coming on here, you know, coming being.

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Speaker 2: In the YouTube world.

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Speaker 1: You know, you don't usually see the managers of the

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Speaker 1: major league team, you know, come on the channels, So

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Speaker 1: this is a huge I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: It's awesome.

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Speaker 1: And one quick question before I do get out of here,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll be there. I'll be there. You know, it's different,

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Speaker 2: but it should be fun. Fun to be around staff

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Speaker 2: but I think a different pace, you know, can benefit

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Speaker 2: you know, people show up and you know, go meet

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Speaker 2: temple for for for the rest of the year for sure.

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Speaker 1: And you know, one thing I've been seeing people say,

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Speaker 1: it could be quite chilly. Are you going to be

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, uh, you know, it's actually we had

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Speaker 2: all that complaining about it. But we'll be ready how

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Speaker 2: it works. So one thing for sure, one thing for sure,

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Speaker 2: I always tell the players, we always complain about the

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Speaker 2: weather early in the season in February and January, April, May,

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Speaker 2: but we never complain about the weather in October. So

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Speaker 2: let's not complain about the weather in October. Let's let's

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Speaker 2: play in thirty five degree with her. That'll be fun.

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Speaker 1: That's always fun. But Alex Man, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on today. Go have a

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Speaker 1: good rest of your week and good luck this coming season,

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Speaker 1: my friend.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, appreciate it. Man, good luck with everything.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, man, thank you so much. We'll talk soon.

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Speaker 2: By bye always Man, take care you too,