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Speaker 1: Our lead this hour. We start from the Selection Committee. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the Selection Committee. Selection Sunday has come and now gone.

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Speaker 1: The twenty twenty six NC DOUBLEA men's basketball bracket, Locked

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Speaker 1: in Stone, Locked in Stone, And as I mentioned, if

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Speaker 1: you were listening to the Fifth Hour podcast, the early

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Speaker 1: Sunday edition with Danny g and Me mentioned that this

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Speaker 1: time time of the year is one of my favorite

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Speaker 1: times of the year. Every everyone that does this for

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Speaker 1: a living, every bloke, as our friends in Australia say,

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Speaker 1: every bloke that does this kind of work for a living,

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Speaker 1: and we completely ignore men's college basketball unless there's some

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Speaker 1: kind of ridiculous blow up like our friend gottlieb our

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Speaker 1: old teammate who just starts screaming at the referee. Well,

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Speaker 1: if that happens, we talk about it, right, But the

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Speaker 1: exact same playing, the exact same play exactly outside of

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Speaker 1: that though, Yeah, come on, what do we doing? We

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Speaker 1: don't talk about it. And now, through the magic of

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Speaker 1: talk radio, we are all bona fide experts, bonafied experts

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the men's basketball tournament, and we

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Speaker 1: are fully guilty. We're no different. We are no different. No,

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Speaker 1: I have occasionally been watching some of these college games

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Speaker 1: because I was so burn burned out the on the

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks and during the All Star break in

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Speaker 1: the NBA, which wasn't that long ago, I watched a

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Speaker 1: lot of college basketball. So I have watched it. And

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Speaker 1: so if you didn't keep tracked, these things have been

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Speaker 1: telegraphed for some time. The top seeds in the men's tournament,

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Speaker 1: and so if you missed it for some reason, you've

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Speaker 1: got Duke. So I see a lot of blue ballige.

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Speaker 1: They got Duke Arizona, of course, Arizona now moving on

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Speaker 1: to the Big Twelve, but Duke Staple, the acc Arizona,

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Speaker 1: Michigan and the Florida Gators that's it. That's all those

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Speaker 1: teams separated by a few millimeters, but they had separated

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Speaker 1: the four pack of the top seeds. Now, last year

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Speaker 1: we had all Chalk, all Chalky mcchalk in the final four.

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Speaker 1: I think Florida won last year. I remember. If I

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Speaker 1: think the Gators won last year, I don't even remember.

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Speaker 1: I believe it was the Florida Games. But anyway, the

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Speaker 1: point is that those of the four teams that are

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Speaker 1: of the Atlantic Coast Conference of the ACC. They won

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Speaker 1: So they doubled up on that. Arizona the big bad

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Speaker 1: won the regular season title and the conference tournament as

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Speaker 1: well Michigan and Florida. It is interesting to node, and

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Speaker 1: note that the Florida and Michigan squad did not did

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Speaker 1: And so that's all a good jumping off point. Let

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Speaker 1: here after a literally minutes long Mallar style deliberation, the

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Speaker 1: Why I believe Duke is of the number one seeds,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at Duke here, and yeah, Duke's got Cameron Boozer,

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Speaker 1: This thing in Miami. It's so odd to see a

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Speaker 1: There was no parachute for Aaron Judge. There was none.

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Speaker 1: And he needs some scrubbing bubbles because he really has

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Speaker 1: to clean some stuff up here. This guy's got he's

429
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Speaker 1: got that big game Kotie thing going on. There's some

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Speaker 1: stank and it won't wash off. It will not wash

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Speaker 1: off now. Fortunately he's playing for the Yankees and their

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Speaker 1: ownership doesn't seem to care about winning anymore. It's old

433
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Speaker 1: family money. George Steinbrenner is dead, he's not coming back.

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Speaker 1: The kids just don't care as much. They don't. That's

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Speaker 1: the reality. So it's okay. I mean, imagine, if I'm

436
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Speaker 1: dating myself this, a guy named George Steinbrannder used to

437
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Speaker 1: own the Yankees, and he was a complete lunatic, complete

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Speaker 1: nut job, right, and he's the guy nicknamed Dave Winfield

439
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,880
Speaker 1: mister May because it's Dave Winfield's big starbacking a million

440
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 1: years ago and played really well in May and down

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Speaker 1: the stretch would always fall apart, at least in the

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Speaker 1: eyes of Sime Renner. And the kids just don't have that.

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Speaker 1: They don't have that thing. The apple occasionally does fall

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Speaker 1: far from the tree and it rolls down a hill

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Speaker 1: and into a creek. And that's what's happening for the Yankees.

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00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: So that's a good thing, because if this was the

447
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 1: old Yankees, they'd trade Aaron Judge and say, my god,

448
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,920
Speaker 1: this guy can't perform in big games. We're all about

449
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 1: big games. He just can't get it done. We've got

450
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Speaker 1: to get rid of his guy. If it looks like

451
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Speaker 1: a choking dog and it bats like a choking dog,

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Speaker 1: it's a choking dog. Arf that's Aaron Judge, So stop

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Speaker 1: defending it. I know you're all on the take. I

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Speaker 1: got you all your baseball scribes that have jobs around

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Speaker 1: madj Legu based some of the broadcasters that are approved

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Speaker 1: by Major League Baseball. I get it. I understand that

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00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 1: hopefully some of you will have enough common sense to

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00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 1: realize you're being fed propaganda. You're being fed propaganda. And judge,

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00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,119
Speaker 1: would I want them on my team in May or

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Speaker 1: June or July. Absolutely, of course I would. Unfortunately, when

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00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: there's a big game, he turns into a cardboard cutout

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00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 1: and it's raining and it's not covered any kind of

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00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 1: protective stuff there. So anyway, all right, now turning the page,

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Speaker 1: but not far Now that the twenty twenty six World

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Speaker 1: Baseball Classic has been stuffed into a time capsule. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's slap a malor approved review label on this. Bad boy,

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00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: bad boy, bad boy? What are you gonna do? All right?

468
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Speaker 1: So the question, did the latest edition, the latest installment

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Speaker 1: of the World Baseball Classic live up to your expectations?

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Speaker 1: Did it live up to expectations? So the way I'm

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Speaker 1: going to tackle this one, I'm gonna surprise you. Not

472
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Speaker 1: only did it live up to expectations, it pull vaulted

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Speaker 1: over them like an Olympic gymnast that has been drinking

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Speaker 1: can after can of red bull, if you know what

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Speaker 1: I'm saying. All Right, so let's be honest. Here the

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Speaker 1: secret sauce. What was the secret sauce? Well, the secret sauce.

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Speaker 1: The reason I am Benny Bright's out on this is

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Speaker 1: the blessing of low expectations. I've been asked do these

479
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Speaker 1: radio hits on different shows and whatnot. And I got

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00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 1: asked a few times doing these things. I say, what

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Speaker 1: are you Are you excited for the World Baseball Classic?

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00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: And I was like, yeah, not really, Like I'll watch

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Speaker 1: it for the talk show. I got to come up

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Speaker 1: with stuff to talk about it. I'm not that excited

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Speaker 1: about it. My expectations were rock bottom, and the lower

486
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Speaker 1: the bar, the lower the bar, the easier is to

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Speaker 1: zoom past it. And that's exactly what happened here. And

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Speaker 1: so this thing had some juice. There appeared to be passion.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot of dancing, shaking your tushy. There

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00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 1: was some drama, little Shakespearean type situation here, which we like.

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Speaker 1: And you had heroes rising up like sour dough bread

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00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 1: and others crumbling like a day old cookie. So you

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00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: had a little bit of that, and it's always fun.

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Speaker 1: We see pressure, pressure, pressure, but it's one of the

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Speaker 1: great things that the reason we watch these games, right,

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Speaker 1: the reason we love sports, and it's who performs and

497
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: who does It's make or miss league and all that,

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00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: and some guys rise up there and they turn into

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Speaker 1: a fire breathing dragon in the big moment. And then

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Speaker 1: there's others that turned into a lizard under a heat lamp.

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00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: So there is that this was gladiator stuff. The World

502
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Speaker 1: Baseball Classic was gladiator stuff. Ergo the old the character

503
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Speaker 1: Russell Crowe back in the day in the arena screaming

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Speaker 1: are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Yeah? Like that?

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Speaker 1: And for once, the answer was not a sarcastic shrug

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Speaker 1: which I normally give and give side eye when I'm

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Speaker 1: asked that question, were you not entertained? Off? Please losers? No,

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Speaker 1: this was a full throated yes, Benny Brightside Again, even

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Speaker 1: Rob Manford could not mess this up, which is shocking.

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Speaker 1: Which is shocking. And the timing people keep saying we

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Speaker 1: got to move it. We was not more about this minute.

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Speaker 1: They can say we got to move the World Baseball

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Speaker 1: Classic to the either after the World Series or do

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Speaker 1: it do it at the All Star break. I think

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Speaker 1: the timings a chef's kiss, I really do. And here's why.

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Speaker 1: It's right in that Bermuda triangle on the sports calendar.

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Speaker 1: You feel me on that. So the Bereana Triangle is

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Speaker 1: post Super Bowl, post NFL free agency, before March madness,

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Speaker 1: so this is kind of there's like a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks and they timed. I know that, the marketing people

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Speaker 1: to Baseball, they said, we'll put it here. This is why.

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Speaker 1: It's one of the reasons they put it there. And

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Speaker 1: it makes perfect sense. So two enthusiastic thought comes up,

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00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: which almost never happens, to the World Baseball Classic, a

525
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: rare win for Major League Baseball. And it was not

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Speaker 1: well it wasn't major League Baseball production, but it was yeah,

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Speaker 1: all right, last word. Now, speaking of the timing of

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Speaker 1: all this, some comments made my USA skipper Mark DeRosa,

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Speaker 1: who will return to his TV job. He believes that

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Speaker 1: every player and paraphrasing every player would volunteer to play

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Speaker 1: in the World Baseball Classic if it is moved to

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Speaker 1: the All Star Break. Now, I just explained, I like

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Speaker 1: the fact that this is in March and it's around

534
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Speaker 1: big events and all that stuff, so they would be

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Speaker 1: according to this, a quote from Derosi said, they would

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Speaker 1: be more prepared and more dialed in. Team USA skipper said,

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Speaker 1: and we'd be dealing with way less restrictions and way

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00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 1: less guidelines on the pitching, He stated, the pitching if

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00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: it has moved to mid season, no question about it.

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Speaker 1: So the question for us again, Mark de Rosa believing

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Speaker 1: every player would volunteer for the World Baseball Classic if

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00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: it has moved to the All Star Break? How realistic?

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00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: Here's the question, how realistic does this come across? So

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00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: my reaction is what planner are you living on? That's

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00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: my reaction. And where you're at here? Maybe you're on

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00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: an island somewhere? Is it fantasy island? Is it? I

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Speaker 1: don't know. That is My word is humbuggery. That is

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00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:30,880
Speaker 1: some humbuggery by Mark de Rosa, And it sounds good

549
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: in a press release to send it out there, grow

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00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: the game for the good of baseball. You throw that out. Meanwhile,

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00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 1: all the players here is goodbye vacation, Hello extra work, right,

552
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: hello extra work. The All Star break is sacred. Baseball

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00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: Teams play anywhere from six to seven days a week.

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00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: They normally get a couple days off month, but they're

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00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: playing every single day. There's travel days and things like that,

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00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 1: and they get paid a lot of money. And trust me,

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00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: they travel like kings, travel like kings, but they still

558
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: complain about it, because everyone complains about everything. And so

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00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 1: the All Star break is a very special time. That

560
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: is a time for the banana hammock, the umbrella cocktail drink.

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00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: And you're asking, guys, if you play the World Baseball Classic,

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Speaker 1: to swap Cabo for Tokyo is what you'd be doing.

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00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: And spring training World Baseball Classic it works because it's

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00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 1: a field trip. It's like you're getting out of something.

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00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 1: You're escaping the monotony of the Grapefruit and Cactus League.

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Speaker 1: And let's not ignore also that this myth that the

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00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: owners and the executives and the nerds in baseball are

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00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: going to all of a sudden stop hovering like overprotective parents.

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Speaker 1: That's not gonna stop. Don't touch my two hundred and

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00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: fifty million pitcher. You think they're gonna loosen restrictions, like

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Speaker 1: that's what Mark de Ros's pitching. He's like, Wow, we

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00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: move to the All Star Game, it will be less

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Speaker 1: restrictions on pitching. Really, I want to bet on that,

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Speaker 1: no chance. Plus the other thing is if a guy

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00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 1: gets hurt in March, it's not good. However, you haven't

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00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: played a regular season game yet. You can adjust and

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00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: say well, he wasn't part of the team. You have

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00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: you have time just in July. If this thing goes

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00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: on in July, it's Oregon Donors stuff, is what it is.

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00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: You know, unless there's a giant bag of endorsement money,

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00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:40,959
Speaker 1: the idea would be da dead on arrival. That would

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Speaker 1: be That would be that. Plus you'd have to have

583
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: what a month off for the All Star break because

584
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: this thing two weeks. You'd have to have a week

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Speaker 1: to gear up for it, get the players get together

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00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: and sing Kumbaya, and then you'd have to have a

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00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: week after it where the guys could go on vacation,

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Speaker 1: So it would be a four week pause in the

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00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: Midsummer portion of the baseball schedule.

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Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Malors

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Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.

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00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,919
Speaker 1: All right, anyway, all right, let's let's get to the game.

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Speaker 1: What do you say here? Game time? Game time? Game time,

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Speaker 1: game time, game time, game time. You know we need

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00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: to design. Are we playing the imaging before or after the.

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Speaker 2: Get to the top.

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Speaker 1: Well, you already decided lo rain and you just played it,

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Speaker 1: so you made it seem like I needed to play

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Speaker 1: something I don't care. It's fine, it's all right, it's

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Speaker 1: all good. We've got let's see here menie money mode.

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Speaker 1: D block is in Miami. Hello, d Block, welcome, good.

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Speaker 2: Morning, Good morning on a rainy Miami day.

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Speaker 1: Man, it's a typical chamber of commerce Miami day, a

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00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: little tropical rain for it. All right, Buke, you're gonna

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00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: play the game. Who do you? Who do you want

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Speaker 1: to partner on with D block? With two? Well, thank you?

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00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 1: All right, hold on a second, mister popular Lorraina picked

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Speaker 1: door number one or doornumber three? I like door number

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00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: three today? Okay, well you have picked j C, who's

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00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 1: just down the street from us here in beautiful Sherman Oaks, California.

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00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: Hello j C. Oh my god, it's bag big bean.

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00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,280
Speaker 1: And just actually know Dorena.

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Speaker 2: The reason why I caught in you play that song

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Speaker 2: by the Eagles, big big fan.

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Speaker 1: And I was I was motivated. That was actually the

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Speaker 1: MAM's in the papas.

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Speaker 4: No.

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Speaker 1: Oh, okay, who cares? Alright? I want to win. I

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Speaker 1: want to win, Benny.

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Speaker 2: I want to win, Benny.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well you're in it. You're you're gonna play the game,

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Speaker 1: jac and let's go you want to partner up with

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Speaker 1: Lorena or Coop? Coop? Okay, I want to win choice good? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: good good good.

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Speaker 4: Call hurry, we're categories here, Coop all right, gentlemen, this

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Speaker 4: is good. This is Mallard's Mount of Money. Billy Corgan edition,

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Speaker 4: lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins. Yes, I lookcited. He

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Speaker 4: turns fifty nine years old today. The categories are share

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Speaker 4: a Rock, nineteen seventy nine, bullet with butterfly wings, and zero.

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Speaker 1: And let's se let's see d block. You're on the

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Speaker 1: r first. Which category would you like? Nineteen seventy nine?

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Speaker 2: All right?

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Speaker 4: One?

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Speaker 1: That one? Which category would you like? Jac Man? Well,

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Speaker 1: I know you can't get now, which one do you want?

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Speaker 1: All right?

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Speaker 2: Rock?

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Speaker 4: Rock?

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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, very good. I feel like there's some

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Speaker 1: pregame Saint Patti's Day celebration going on with JC. I

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Speaker 1: feel like he's starting the party early. Everyone hold on here.

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Speaker 1: We don't hang up. And if you're on hold as

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Speaker 1: one of our backups, you stand by. If one of

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Speaker 1: these guys hang up, we'll go to the bullpen and

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Speaker 1: you'll get the chance to play. It's going to be

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Speaker 1: moments from now. Malors mountain of money. We'll get to that,

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Speaker 1: and we will do it next.

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Speaker 1: Alright, back to it.

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Speaker 4: Here we go.

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Speaker 1: Let's play the game. We've got my guy, d Block.

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Speaker 1: You cut him open. It's like deep dish Chicago pizza.

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Speaker 1: But he's in Miami. Geez. He's enjoying the nice weather

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Speaker 1: and JC in southern California and he's also enjoying the

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Speaker 1: nice weather. All right, here we go, gentlemen, let's play

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Speaker 1: the game. Coop, who's going first? I believe I am

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Speaker 1: going firstus that it's correct? All right? You picked nineteen

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Speaker 1: seventy nine. D Block? Are you ready? Does not sound

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Speaker 1: like d Block is ready?

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Speaker 2: Hello? Yes?

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Speaker 4: Third?

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Speaker 1: All right, here we go. Here we go, d Block?

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Speaker 1: Are you at work right now?

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Speaker 4: All right?

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Speaker 1: I do not want to get you in trouble. Are

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Speaker 1: these athletes we're all born in nineteen seventy nine. Then

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Speaker 1: we need first and last name and we're on our way.

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Speaker 4: Go.

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Speaker 1: Greatest quarterback in New Orleans Saints history. He almost signed

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Speaker 1: with the Dolphins. All right. The greatest running back in

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Speaker 1: San Diego Chargers history also played with the Jets. Oh boy,

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Speaker 1: all right, we're doing very well. The Greek god of

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Speaker 1: walks for the Boston Red Sox. I think you should

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Speaker 1: go to somebody else, all right, tight End for the

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Speaker 1: Colts with Peyton Manning in the early two thousands. The

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Speaker 1: tight End then you you. I'm sorry, man, I'm breaking

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Speaker 1: part different. I'm sorry, man. Okay, NBA player changed his name. Wow,

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Speaker 1: I think we still have time. You can have someone.

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Speaker 1: You could have gone to the bullpen at anytime, all right,

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Speaker 1: d Block, I love you, man, I'm going I'm hanging

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Speaker 1: up on you next time. All right, next time. Ray,

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Speaker 1: you're my bullpen guy. Ray, I'm coming to the I

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Speaker 1: need you out of the bullpen. All right, hold on,

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Speaker 1: all right, jac we have Cherub Rock right by the way,

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees, Ladanian, Tomlinson. What else did it? Kevin Yuclus,

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Speaker 1: the Greek Gota walks, Dallas Clark, My god? All right, Jac.

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Speaker 4: These athletes were or are so clean cut that they're

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Speaker 4: almost angelic.

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Speaker 1: In your opinion, Coop forty that's objective. Forty five seconds

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Speaker 1: on the clock.

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Speaker 4: Let's begin, longtime quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, went to

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Speaker 4: the Broncos and the Giants and he sucks.

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Speaker 1: Now, Wilson, what's his full name? Your name is.

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Speaker 4: One of the best pictures of all time for the

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Speaker 4: Los Angeles Dodgers. He just retired. What's his first name?

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Speaker 1: I need the full name? I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Okay, how about the quarterback from floor who who kneeled

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Speaker 4: and he was he was drafted by the Broncos Heisman

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Speaker 4: Trophy winner.

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Speaker 1: His name is Oh did this really happen? This? There's

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Speaker 1: no way this is happening, right you? Jay C. Russell, Wilson,

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Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw, I got I got it right. Well, you

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Speaker 1: know you got to say the full name. That's the bit.

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Speaker 1: The bit is the full name. And then Tim Tebow?

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Speaker 1: Tim Tebow bad clues by you, Coop. I think I won.

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Speaker 1: I've got better. Well, the game's not over yet. So

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Speaker 1: just for the record, the listeners so far do not

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Speaker 1: know who Drew Brees, Ladenian Thomlinson, Kevin Eyuklis Dallas, Clark Russell, Wilson,

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Speaker 1: Clayton kershar Tim T. Barr. And we're doing a sports

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Speaker 1: talk radio show. Yeah, how about all right? Nobody the

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Speaker 1: bullpen for me. I'm going to I'm going to my believer,

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Speaker 1: Ray from Milwaukee. Hello, Ray, okay, we've we've got bullet

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Speaker 1: with butterfly wings and zero? Which category?

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Speaker 4: All right?

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Speaker 1: What do you say? He says? Zero? Okay? These athletes

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Speaker 1: all war? Or where number zero? Are you ready? All right?

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Speaker 2: Here you go?

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Speaker 1: Forty five seconds? Journeyman guard. He's for the Sacramento Kings.

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Speaker 1: Now he had a triple double. He averaged the entire

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Speaker 1: season for Oklahoma City. He's still playing. Yes, start for

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Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. He's he was out most of this year.

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Speaker 1: He just came back, helped the Celtics win the championship.

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Speaker 1: Forward for the Celtics, no played. How about this guy

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Speaker 1: played for the Milwaukee Bucks. Number zero was traded back

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Speaker 1: to the Portland Trailblazers. Oh my god, all right, we're

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Speaker 1: getting punked her coop. Yeah, there you go. All right,

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Speaker 1: Agent zero for the Washington Wizards back in the day. Alright, wow,

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Speaker 1: what are we doing?

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Speaker 4: Well?

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Speaker 1: You got forty points? I need Andrea? Andrea is there's

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Speaker 1: something going on with the moon.

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Speaker 4: Alright, all right, JC, we got we got bullet with

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Speaker 4: butterfly wings. You said that last time he said that

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Speaker 4: last time. These athletes all struggled with fame. All right,

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Speaker 4: get these athletes, all these athletes all struggled with fame.

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Speaker 4: All right, forty five seconds. Let's begin. Boxer who bit

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Speaker 4: somebody's ear off. Yes, let's go, all right, running back

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Speaker 4: for the Dolphins back in the day. He smoked a

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Speaker 4: bunch of weed.

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Speaker 1: His name, all right.

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Speaker 4: This guy was the worm on the bulls. He had

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Speaker 4: colored hair, was all right, this guy was his nickname

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Speaker 4: was Money. He did the money sign. He played for

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Speaker 4: Texas A and m or.

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Speaker 1: He all right. Uh.

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Speaker 4: This guy was the power forward for the Cavaliers and

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Speaker 4: the timber Wolves. H is white guy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's go. Let's go. Come on, I think that's it.

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Speaker 1: We win, We win. Good job, Jeal. You won't listen.

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Speaker 1: D Block, I don't know what happened. D Block took

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Speaker 1: he took the wrong medicine today. He took stupid pills today.

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Speaker 1: D Block, you didn't do much better, by the way, Uh,

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Speaker 1: Jay C you gotta go to ticket jay Z all right,

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Speaker 1: all right, fake, all right, get back to your party.

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Speaker 1: You know what's going on. Everyone's they're doing the Saint

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Speaker 1: Patty's Day thing. I'm convinced. Now, normally that doesn't affect

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Speaker 1: the show because we have drunks call the show all

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Speaker 1: the time. But I feel like there's something going on

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Speaker 1: with Saint Patty's Day. And I thought, normally you wait

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Speaker 1: till the sun comes up on Saint Patty's Day to

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Speaker 1: celebrate the day. But these guys, these guys are pregaming

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Speaker 1: for saying they're drinking the green beer. They're having a

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Speaker 1: grand old time here. They celebrate green bagel, yeah, eating

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Speaker 1: the grain I mean, or smoking some green stuff. They

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Speaker 1: got a lot going on here, man,