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Speaker 3: Way, Mark Pryor, Dodgers pitching coach, is going to be

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Speaker 3: joining the program today in just a moment, So get

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Speaker 3: How about we get to the big ticket, all right, Clint,

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Speaker 3: you have been seeing the praises of Miguel Rojas mcgil.

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Speaker 2: For Gavin Lux, it appears, my friend, that he is

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Speaker 2: Mark Pryor, always the plethora of information.

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Speaker 3: We can't thank you enough for taking the time to

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Speaker 3: be with us here on Dodgers' territory.

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Speaker 2: We love this team.

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Speaker 3: You know that.

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Speaker 2: Take care and I hope to talk to you soon.

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Speaker 6: Well, I appreciate it. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: On all right.

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Speaker 3: Mark Pryor, the Dodgers pitching coach, tremendous talent there obviously

446
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,080
Speaker 3: was known for having the greatest mechanics ever. Could have

447
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Speaker 3: had a really really long career before he got hurt.

448
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Speaker 3: Must be that usc education that comes with Mark Pryor

449
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Speaker 3: given us all the good time.

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Speaker 2: Now, Clint Ford behind the seams.

451
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Speaker 3: And this may seem a little bit crazy, but have

452
00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,439
Speaker 3: the Dodgers already locked up the NL West.

453
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Speaker 2: They're seven and a half games in the league.

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Speaker 4: Listen, you got a seven and a half game lead.

455
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Speaker 4: This team is playing really, really good baseball, but still

456
00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,360
Speaker 4: not playing its best baseball. We left obviously a lot

457
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Speaker 4: of meat on the bone there that we could have

458
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Speaker 4: talked to Mark Pryor with. I would I would love

459
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Speaker 4: to get a bottle of booze and talk to Prior

460
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Speaker 4: for three or four hours about pitching. I have a

461
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Speaker 4: passion when it comes to pitching and Dodgers pitching injuries.

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Speaker 5: But we have guys. This team has guys that they're

463
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Speaker 5: gonna keep coming back.

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Speaker 4: You know, the sort of internal trade trade deadline that

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Speaker 4: we talked about in our pre production meeting. They're gonna

466
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Speaker 4: keep getting better and we're not seeing any any sort

467
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Speaker 4: of advancements. And he steps forward from the other teams

468
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Speaker 4: in the NL West. You know, the Padres riding high,

469
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Speaker 4: taking two of three from the Dodgers. Then they go

470
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,080
Speaker 4: and get swept by the powerhouse Rockies, which is hilarious.

471
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Speaker 4: D Backs are in there hanging around, lingering around, but

472
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Speaker 4: they're not the same team so far that we saw

473
00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:56,080
Speaker 4: last year in the playoffs. I don't know that it's over,

474
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Speaker 4: but it's it's feeling pretty close, like like October is

475
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 4: the next month of the season after May. Here it's

476
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,359
Speaker 4: fun to watch this team dominate and still not be

477
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Speaker 4: that dominant.

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Speaker 2: Yet here's my.

479
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Speaker 3: Fear when it comes to a seven and a half

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Speaker 3: game lead in a division race on May sixteenth. And

481
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Speaker 3: obviously we're talking about this because we can and it's

482
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Speaker 3: fun and we can't wait for people to blow us

483
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Speaker 3: up that are not Dodgers fans. But the point is,

484
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Speaker 3: I get a little nervous if you kind of run

485
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Speaker 3: away with the division so early on in the season.

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Speaker 3: Let's say, by the All Star break, you know, they've

487
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Speaker 3: got a fifteen game lead, and barring an apocalypse, they

488
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Speaker 3: win the division. I just it's so difficult to play

489
00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,920
Speaker 3: good baseball at the right time when you're supposed to

490
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Speaker 3: be doing it in the postseason. So it's like I

491
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Speaker 3: almost feel like I wish they'd have a little bit

492
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Speaker 3: more adversity in the regular season then they do. You know,

493
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Speaker 3: not to say that they don't respect all of their opponents,

494
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Speaker 3: but three and three on a road trip I'm not

495
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Speaker 3: super excited about that. When we had our show on

496
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Speaker 3: last week, when we said or Monday, I should say

497
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Speaker 3: that I wanted them to bury the Giants. You know,

498
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Speaker 3: they want the first two. They lost the last third,

499
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Speaker 3: but I mean it was a bullpen game. Let's be honest.

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Speaker 3: It's fine.

501
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Speaker 2: I don't know, a little a little bit more adversity.

502
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Speaker 3: I want them to play the likes of the Phillies

503
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Speaker 3: and see how they, you know, stack up against them.

504
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,280
Speaker 3: The Phillies have only played three games against an opponent

505
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,040
Speaker 3: that has a five hundred or better record. That was

506
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Speaker 3: the Atlanta Braves, and the Braves won that series. So

507
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Speaker 3: I want to see how the Dodgers stack up to

508
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Speaker 3: the Phillies. I want to see how the Dodgers stack

509
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Speaker 3: up to some of these other good teams in the

510
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Speaker 3: National League. And you know, we know that the Dodgers

511
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 3: are going to make the postseason, right, but.

512
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Speaker 2: Let's I don't know.

513
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Speaker 3: I'm not saying that they've locked it up, but I

514
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 3: can't imagine a world where the Dodgers don't win the division.

515
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Speaker 5: Yeah yeah.

516
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Speaker 4: Adding on to that, before we move on to last licks,

517
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Speaker 4: I just want to say this is something I've been

518
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 4: kind of bitching about complaining about While talking on this

519
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 4: YouTube space talking Dodgers over the last few years, that

520
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,680
Speaker 4: was one of the conversations after like the twenty one

521
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 4: or the twenty twenty two team, It's like, just blow

522
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,199
Speaker 4: it all up, don't bring anybody back, go out and

523
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,159
Speaker 4: win eighty eight games, try to make the postseason, you know,

524
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 4: sneak in as a wild card. See what happens. You

525
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,680
Speaker 4: don't need to always be at the very top, because

526
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,720
Speaker 4: we've seen it doesn't help teams in baseball anymore to

527
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,720
Speaker 4: have the best record in baseball, to win the respective

528
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Speaker 4: divisions or whatever.

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Speaker 5: It doesn't help. If anything, it feels like it hurts.

530
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Speaker 4: Saw that last year with the Dodgers, saw it with

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Speaker 4: the Orioles, saw it with the Atlanta Braves. I don't

532
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,679
Speaker 4: know baseball needs to fix itself, but I would love

533
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Speaker 4: to see the Dodgers struggle a little bit more, and

534
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,399
Speaker 4: then we'd have a lot more to complain about here

535
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Speaker 4: on this show.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's the thing. I think we take it for granted.

537
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Speaker 3: The Dodgers, by the way, go to Philadelphia July ninth

538
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 3: to the eleventh. They'll be playing the fightings at Citizens

539
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,640
Speaker 3: Big Park at the beginning of July. But the thing

540
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 3: is or no, yeah, the Phillies Hostedy Dodgers in July.

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Speaker 3: The thing is, though, it's like, I don't want them

542
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:55,159
Speaker 3: to struggle, but I also want them to have that

543
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Speaker 3: fire and that eagerness. It's almost like when the Atlanta

544
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Speaker 3: Braves back in the day, you know, one Pennant or

545
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 3: excuse me, won the division every single year and it

546
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 3: was like, all right, then they'd start, you know, the

547
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 3: season the next year and Bobby Cox would be like,

548
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,639
Speaker 3: all right, you get forty games to dick around and

549
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 3: then we got we gotta get it going.

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Speaker 2: It's like you almost take for granted how good this

551
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Speaker 2: team is year in and year out.

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Speaker 3: I just need them to be playing really good baseball

553
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Speaker 3: at the right time in the postseason when it matters.

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Speaker 6: All right.

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Speaker 2: Time now for last licks.

556
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Speaker 3: And I was trying to convince our producer Jeremy Meyer

557
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Speaker 3: that he absolutely needs to adopt this dog. And I

558
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 3: realize that Jeremy doesn't live in southern California, but there

559
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Speaker 3: are ways to get Jack to Jeremy. Look at this puppy,

560
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Speaker 3: Clint Piscias. Jack is a four month old German Shepherd

561
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Speaker 3: mix is that not the cutest guy.

562
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Speaker 2: I know you guys listening.

563
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 3: Can't see Jack right now, but make sure you check

564
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 3: out Roger's Territory on YouTube TV on the Foul Territory

565
00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,440
Speaker 3: channel later, because my goodness, he is the key. He's

566
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Speaker 3: just a cutie pie. He's a German Shepherd mix. He's

567
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Speaker 3: four months old. He's working on botty training. He's getting there,

568
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Speaker 3: he's working on his commands.

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Speaker 2: He's just a baby. I was born a dog. I

570
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Speaker 2: identify a dog as a dog. What mama says, I'm

571
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Speaker 2: just a baby as my dog's looking at me right now.

572
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Speaker 3: He's available for adoption through Healing Hound's Rescue. He's healthy,

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Speaker 3: he's eager to learn. He needs an active family, a

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Speaker 3: fenced yard.

575
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Speaker 2: Check him out.

576
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Speaker 3: You can go to Gidry's Guardian dot org. You can

577
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 3: check us out on Instagram and on Twitter as well.

578
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Speaker 2: Jack Jack is such a good boy.

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Speaker 5: Jack is a ridiculously dapper and handsome dog.

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Speaker 6: Right.

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Speaker 4: You brought some good ones here to the show, but

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Speaker 4: that one, that one is, you know, I might I

583
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Speaker 4: may need to get rid of a couple of cats

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Speaker 4: and add a third dog here.

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Speaker 2: Sorry, don't say that.

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Speaker 3: Don't say that all animals deserve a loving home. But

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Speaker 3: Jack is wonderful. All right, We're getting ready to close

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Speaker 3: out our show here on this Thursday afternoon. What do

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Speaker 3: you have coming up on and we got, you know,

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Speaker 3: before we get to the Red series, what do you

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Speaker 3: have coming up on your program?

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Speaker 2: Thirsty Thursday, Bro.

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Speaker 5: Thirsty Thursday.

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Speaker 4: As we will be live at five thirty on my

595
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 4: channel tonight talking more five thirty Pacific time, talking more

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00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,159
Speaker 4: about your Dodgers. I'm probably gonna break down some of

597
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 4: the things on my show that we spoke about with

598
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Speaker 4: Mark Pryor, because again I'm I'm kind of you know,

599
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 4: I'm riding that rush of talking you know, nerd talk

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Speaker 4: with with prior there. But yeah, tube in all Dodgers

601
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,639
Speaker 4: here on YouTube, All Dodgers with Clympass. Hey, that's me

602
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,439
Speaker 4: here on YouTube. Not six pm today, it will be

603
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Speaker 4: five thirty because we got a Dodger game at seven

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Speaker 4: ten and it is show Hey o Tani Bobblehead night

605
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 4: at Dodger Stadium as the Dodgers welcome the Reds. And

606
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 4: this is going to be an absolute shit show at

607
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 4: Dodger Stadium tonight. Everybody wants this goddamn bobblehead. The Dodgers

608
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 4: also decided to bring a gas tank to an already

609
00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 4: burning fire by announcing that they have seven seventeen hundred

610
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 4: extra I guess their road like alternate bobble heads. You guys,

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00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 4: leave your weapons at home. Be nice, don't tell me,

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00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 4: you know, just be friendly to the frickin' ushers. They

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00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 4: can't their Yeah, it's not their fault. They have a

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00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 4: certain allotment. They don't know what they have. These people,

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00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,920
Speaker 4: you know, they're just doing their damn job. Be nice

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00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 4: to people there. Get your bobblehead, don't choose violence, Be friendly,

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00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 4: and if you can't get one, go spend an absurd

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00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 4: amount of money on offer up or what have you.

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Speaker 4: Not a sponsor, but we'll take the money from them.

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00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll take the money from eBay too, which a

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00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 3: lot of these o Tani bobbleheads are going to end

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00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 3: up on. But again, the ushers and the support staff

623
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 3: at Dodger Stadium had no control over when you decided

624
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 3: to get there, so be nice to them. Here's one

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00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 3: thing I want to take away before we say goodbye

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Speaker 3: on this. Don't let this red series, Clint be a

627
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,719
Speaker 3: trap series. And I say that because they're coming off

628
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,120
Speaker 3: a three and three road trip against two divisional opponents.

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Speaker 3: We've talked about the seven and a half game lead

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Speaker 3: in the NLS, but the Reds are still a Major

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Speaker 3: League Baseball team, So don't use this as a trap series.

632
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 3: Your home, you're feeling comfortable, you're sleeping in your own bed,

633
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 3: the whole deal. Just dominate, dominate, Please, thank you, that's mine.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

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00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 6: I love it.

636
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I was worried about that with that

637
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 4: Marlin series. Of course, the Dodgers end up giving it

638
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 4: to the Marlins when they met them. When they need

639
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 4: to do it again, they need to do it again.

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00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 4: Reds haven't been as good as some people hoped, but

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00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 4: you know, Dodgers better.

642
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, have a good show tonight, all Dodgers.

643
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 3: Of course, Clint is going to have that tonight Thursday, Thursday.

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00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:35,880
Speaker 3: Good series against the Reds.

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Speaker 2: Clinton.

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Speaker 3: I will be back with you on Monday at twelve

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Speaker 3: Pacific three pm Eastern.

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Speaker 2: Go Dodgers. We'll see you guys later.

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Speaker 5: Subscribe