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Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live

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Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give

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Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop

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Speaker 1: on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: voter number seventy, Rob Parker.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. What

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Speaker 2: a show we have for you today. Washington Nationals manager

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Speaker 2: Dave Martinez, he stops by talks about the rebuild in Washington,

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Speaker 2: all the young players there. Also David Bassey, he covers

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Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Dodgers for AM five to seven of

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Speaker 2: the LA Sports.

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Speaker 1: All that and more.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Better up to lead off, it's getting robbed and keep

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Speaker 1: them on. Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories

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Speaker 2: Number one, I try to tell you that it's all

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Speaker 2: over in Houston. Look at the start by the Houston Astros,

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Speaker 2: six and fourteen and last place in the AL West.

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Speaker 2: That's a tough division already, and now they've dug themselves

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Speaker 2: a big hole. I know people thought that their run

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Speaker 2: would just continue because they've been so good for so long,

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Speaker 2: but you do see some weares in this whole thing. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: the pitching has been a big issue, a lot of

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Speaker 3: He will get better.

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Speaker 2: He's too good of a player, has too big of

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Speaker 2: the Calvarry's coming because Justin Verlander will make his first

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Speaker 3: But are you really asking.

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Speaker 2: A forty forty one year old pitcher to be your

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Speaker 2: saving grace that that's what's gonna save your season. Justin

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Speaker 2: Verlanders had an unbelievable career, but it's hard to believe

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Speaker 2: that he's gonna be the reasons why the Astros turned

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Speaker 2: you know, maybe, just maybe, and I'm on the that

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Speaker 2: start to look to retool. Michael Brantley retired, got a

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Speaker 2: lot of older players, and Dusty Baker's not there anymore.

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Speaker 2: I know people want to act like a manager doesn't matter,

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Speaker 2: but there are a lot of things different with this

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Speaker 3: They're not getting wins.

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Speaker 2: Number two, Cedric Mullins is a stud I think last

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Speaker 2: year we kind of lost sight of the the Orioles

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Speaker 2: this past week we did see Cedric Mullins return to

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Speaker 2: that all star level. Did you see the catch that

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Speaker 3: And then on Wednesday we saw him with his.

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Speaker 2: The Orioles are loaded, and I know they're bringing up

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Speaker 2: about Cedric Mullins.

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Speaker 3: This guy's an all star.

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Speaker 2: He can do it with the bat, with the glove,

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Speaker 3: What he means to the.

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Speaker 2: Orioles and what he can contribute. Cedric Mullins is on

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Speaker 2: his way to another All Star appearance. Number three, highly

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Speaker 2: touted Texas Ranger pitcher Jack Lighter, who will turn twenty

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Speaker 2: four in a few days, made his major League debut

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Speaker 2: on Thursday, And man, what a Lighter family business when

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Speaker 3: There's been some bumps along the road, but people believe

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Speaker 3: It's so good.

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Speaker 2: Now, let's welcome to the podcast. Washington Nationals manager Dave Martitez.

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Speaker 3: Dave, welcome, Thank you, Rob.

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Speaker 4: It's good to be on.

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Speaker 3: Always a pleasure. Let's talk about your well.

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Speaker 2: First, I want to say this, seven years manager in Washington,

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Speaker 2: and of course you won a World Series here, and

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Speaker 4: You know what, it actually has been amazing. Like you said,

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Speaker 4: you know, we won the World Series here in nineteen

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Speaker 4: We went through you know, obviously the whole world went

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Speaker 4: of It's okay. You know, people, I know we were

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Speaker 2: One guy we have to talk about who has blossomeden

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he's right now. He really is scratching

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Speaker 2: And you got a number of young players. Can you

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Speaker 2: tell me about who else has impressed you so far,

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Speaker 2: and you expect big things from as you know, as

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we have.

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Speaker 4: We have a lot of young players, you know. You know,

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Speaker 4: We've got so many young kids in them mynor leagues

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Speaker 4: I'm excited about the future of organization.

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Speaker 2: We talked about Josiah who started on opening day for

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Speaker 2: Our guest is Dave Martinez, Washington Nationals manager, seven years

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Speaker 2: here in d C. Baseball in general, the Dodgers, who

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Speaker 2: you guys played this week, The Dodgers are loaded. When

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Speaker 4: Oh, they're probably the best best in baseball.

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Speaker 4: It's you know, it's almost like when you come to

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Speaker 4: So but you look at that, you look at those guys.

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Speaker 4: You come here to Dodger Stadium and play here. I

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Speaker 4: You'll focus on the now and let's try to win

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Speaker 2: Today, baseball seems to be headed in the right direction.

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Speaker 2: They made the right changes, Dave. I was against some

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Speaker 2: Let's just get it over with as fast as we can.

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Speaker 2: And you know, baseball's never been on the clock, but

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Speaker 4: Absolutely? I mean, you know, we as a as a player,

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Speaker 4: when I played so many years, you know, when I

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Speaker 4: You know, it's all about throwing strikes, pitching, you know,

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Speaker 4: a sudden, the games got really long, and to sit

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Speaker 3: And nine pitching changes.

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Speaker 2: And I'm not surprised that Dave became a manager. Dave

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Speaker 2: Well, maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is

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Speaker 7: Hey, Rob, great to be a Dodger stadium with you,

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Speaker 7: to practice the way they would play. I have not

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Speaker 7: seen that level of focus and intensity since then, and

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Speaker 7: that's the reason why you're seeing this guy.

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Speaker 3: And I have declared.

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Speaker 7: Twenty four the Year of Mookie Betts, and so far

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Speaker 7: he has proved me right.

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Speaker 2: He could win the MVP with Otani on his team

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Speaker 2: and Freddie Freeman. Let's not pooh pooh.

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Speaker 3: You know what he does well.

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Speaker 7: I feel like Muki Otani and Freddy get all the attention.

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Speaker 7: But how about Will Smith, an All Star catcher last year.

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Speaker 7: He's hitting as we speak three seventy. He's the cleanup

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Speaker 7: hitter behind those guys. I feel like he's the most

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Speaker 2: If there is one weakness, and we know this day

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Speaker 2: we've been coming baseball for a long time. Best team

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Speaker 2: on paper doesn't always win in baseball.

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Speaker 3: It just doesn't. And we've seen it time and time again.

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Speaker 3: What would be the.

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Speaker 2: One area of this team where you would say, you know,

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Speaker 2: something could come to bite him down the road.

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Speaker 7: Well, as we've seen the last two years, there's another

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Speaker 7: layer of rounds in the postseason, and teams the Dodgers

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Speaker 7: play are playing really well to even get to the

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Speaker 7: wild Card and get themselves to the NLDS. To me,

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Speaker 7: it's the little things Rob. I know nobody wants to

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Speaker 7: talk about that. It's not a hot take, but trying

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Speaker 7: to slug your weight to the World Series has been

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Speaker 7: proven it doesn't work. You've got to be able to

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Speaker 7: move runners over timely hitting. Yeah, you got to have

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Speaker 7: unselfish at bats too. Right now, the Dodgers have four

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Speaker 7: guys that have struck out twenty times already. That's not

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Speaker 7: going to get it done in the postseason, and that's why. Yes,

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Speaker 7: the first four guys are big, but the rest of

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Speaker 7: the guys cannot try to be them. So to me,

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Speaker 7: that's going to be the difference between the Dodgers getting

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Speaker 7: there or not getting there. And their pitching has to

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Speaker 7: stay healthy. Their depth already has been tested. But they

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Speaker 7: went out and got glass Now and Yama Moto. I

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Speaker 7: know people thought that was a luxury. It wasn't. It

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Speaker 7: wasn't necessity.

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Speaker 3: I agree with you. They needed pitching.

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Speaker 7: Yeah. Could you imagine if they did not have Tyler

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Speaker 7: glass Now or Yamamoto, they'd be in a bad spot

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Speaker 7: right now.

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Speaker 3: His name is David Vasse. He covers the dog.

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Speaker 2: I hate to say it, but like a blanket for

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Speaker 2: AAR five seventy LA sport, Dave.

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Speaker 3: Always a pleasure for you dropping by. Thank you, buddy.

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Speaker 7: Hey, great to see you, Rob and enjoy your Buffalo

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Speaker 7: Wings wherever.

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Speaker 1: Now, bring in the closer.

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Speaker 7: You know.

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Speaker 1: Here's why MLB is better than the NFL or NBA,

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Speaker 1: and it isn't even close.

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Speaker 2: Reason number nine hundred and fifty five we are Major

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Speaker 2: League Baseball is better than the NBA and better than

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Speaker 2: the NFL. It's about rivalries. The perfect example came on

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Speaker 2: Sunday when I was in New York at City Field

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Speaker 2: for Dwight Gooden's number being retired, number sixteen. And Dwight

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Speaker 2: was fine with the fans until one thing happened he

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Speaker 2: mentioned the Yankees. Mets fans booed Dwhite good on his

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Speaker 2: day twice when he brought up the Yankees. Of course,

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Speaker 2: good enough pitch for the Yankees as well. He won

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Speaker 2: a World Series with the Yankees and also pitched a

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Speaker 2: no hitter with the Bronx Bombers. But rivalries run deep

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Speaker 2: in baseball, and even on a day where you're celebrating

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Speaker 2: one of your favorite players, you don't want to hear

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Speaker 2: about the other team in town. It's just not gonna

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Speaker 2: be tolerated at any circumstance. And it was funny. Dwight

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Speaker 2: was able to clean it up. And then he said

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Speaker 2: and appease the crowd by saying, I'm a Mat, I'm

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Speaker 2: always a Met, I'm a Met. And it's those baseball

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Speaker 2: rivalries that make the game so much fun. And it

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Speaker 2: was great to see on Sunday in New York. In

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Speaker 2: the words of New York TV legend the late Bill

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Speaker 2: Jorgensen thanking you for your time this time until next time.

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Speaker 3: Rob Parker out he can't, Davin. This could be an

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Speaker 3: inside the Parker.

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Speaker 1: See you next week, saying bad time.

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