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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome to Dodgers Territory. Alongside Clint Cassius and

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it very much. Big show today. Dodgers pitching

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Speaker 1: coach Mark Pryor joining us in a few minutes. But first, guys,

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Speaker 1: let's get to the big ticket. All right, Katie, I

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Speaker 1: know that you're headed to Glendale for the first time.

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Speaker 1: I Belie leave for the first time in your career

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Speaker 1: to follow the Los Angeles Dodgers on your first spring training.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Katie does a great job writing for the

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Speaker 1: The calendar change is to February. We know that there

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Speaker 1: What excites you the most about seeing guys already at

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Speaker 4: But it's a messy can be a very messy situation.

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Speaker 6: I'm a big time on paper guy, and there's just

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Speaker 4: So Mark is.

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Speaker 1: Well, look, no further asking you shall receive Katie. We

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 6: Mark.

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Speaker 4: Hi, my name is Katie.

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Speaker 3: You'll meet me officially next week down at Camelback Ranch.

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Speaker 3: But thanks so much for joining our show. I wanted

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Speaker 5: He feels good. He wouldn't do this if he wasn't

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Speaker 2: Obviously, the intensity and the magnitude of those games is

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Speaker 2: You know, he started off, you know, obviously with high expectations,

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Speaker 2: the injury comes, you know, a role transition, you know, pitching.

437
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Speaker 5: In big playoffs, big moments in the playoffs.

438
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Speaker 2: So there's you know, there's a lot for him to

439
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Speaker 2: kind of you know, digest and learn from.

440
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Speaker 5: Like all major leaguers no.

441
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Speaker 2: Matter you know, whether they're you know, a high school

442
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:06,080
Speaker 2: college or you're coming over from you know, the Japanese

443
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Speaker 2: or Korean baseball leagues.

444
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Speaker 5: I mean, there's a lot to learn at that level.

445
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Speaker 2: And so I think he's he's probably had a lot

446
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Speaker 2: of time to reflect over the winner, on what went

447
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,800
Speaker 2: right maybe for him, what went wrong, what he needs

448
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,080
Speaker 2: to do to prepare, you know, to come into camp

449
00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,320
Speaker 2: and be ready to try to you know, put a

450
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Speaker 2: good foot forward to be a starter. I think the

451
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Speaker 2: probably the part that it needs to kind of still

452
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Speaker 2: be ironed out is we never really got to see

453
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Speaker 2: the full version of or the the healthy version of

454
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Speaker 2: Roki as a starter, and so I think that's intriguing

455
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Speaker 2: for I think everybody is. I think at the end,

456
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Speaker 2: we got a taste of it, of a healthy Rokie.

457
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Speaker 2: I think this year we're going to see the full

458
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Speaker 2: version of Roki and then we get to actually see

459
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Speaker 2: him grow and mature as a starting pitcher in the

460
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Speaker 2: major leagues.

461
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Speaker 1: Nothing but upside for Roki Sislockey Mark. I want to

462
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Speaker 1: talk about the sixth spot in the Dodgers starting rotation,

463
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Speaker 1: perhaps the one question Mark Dave and Andrew Friedman of

464
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Speaker 1: very high on. I'm just going to give you three names,

465
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Speaker 1: Emmitt Shean, River, Ryan and Gavin Stone. Make the case

466
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Speaker 1: or make what should we know about each of those

467
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Speaker 1: young men?

468
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Speaker 4: What can they bring?

469
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Speaker 2: I mean, look, all three of those guys are going

470
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Speaker 2: to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers at some point

471
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Speaker 2: this season. I think if one thing has been consistent

472
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Speaker 2: over the years is that we use our roster either

473
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Speaker 2: out of guys performing in the minor leagues and pitching well,

474
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Speaker 2: or out of need because I think some guys have

475
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Speaker 2: you know, had you know, some injuries. You know, all

476
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Speaker 2: three of those guys I think are going to impact

477
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Speaker 2: our roster and to win and how and in what degree.

478
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Speaker 2: I can't tell you that. The one thing that I

479
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Speaker 2: think that I've worn now going into my gosh, I

480
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Speaker 2: don't know seven season or eight season, whatever it is.

481
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Speaker 5: Uh, every year, every year has.

482
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Speaker 2: Been different, but we've been consistently known that we do

483
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Speaker 2: need starters at some point. And and so I think

484
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Speaker 2: with Gavin Stone, I mean, you look at a guy

485
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Speaker 2: two years ago who you could probably say was kind

486
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Speaker 2: of almost like our bedrock in our rotation at the time.

487
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Speaker 2: The guy all the way through August was one of

488
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Speaker 2: our most consistent pitchers. He would give us, you know

489
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Speaker 2: games where he'd go deep into games, he'd give us

490
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Speaker 2: huge impact games. I remember against the Padres with some

491
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Speaker 2: big strikeouts and some unbelievable performances.

492
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Speaker 5: So you know, he's got that talent.

493
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Speaker 2: He came up in his rookie year and he had

494
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Speaker 2: a lot of learning experiences from understanding who he was

495
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Speaker 2: as a pitcher, what he can do to dominate, and

496
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Speaker 2: what his strengths were to tipping, and then then coming

497
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Speaker 2: back in that you know, twenty four season, what he

498
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Speaker 2: did was was unbelievable. So I expect him to you know,

499
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Speaker 2: probably we'll have to figure out where he's at.

500
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Speaker 5: He was just because of the timeline.

501
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Speaker 2: He never really got out to pitch a whole lot,

502
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Speaker 2: so we kind of see whether or not we at,

503
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Speaker 2: you know, where we're at with him from a standpoint

504
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Speaker 2: at the inn a Spring and how he competes em

505
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Speaker 2: and she and did what he did last year, I

506
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Speaker 2: mean coming off with Tommy John, he got thrown right

507
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Speaker 2: into the fire. I think it was against the Giants

508
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Speaker 2: in a game, and he stepped up big time. He

509
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Speaker 2: had a lot of big performances on the stretch and

510
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Speaker 2: a lot of games where I think he was key

511
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,720
Speaker 2: to our success where we started picking up and really

512
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Speaker 2: started firing on all cylinders.

513
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Speaker 5: So he's going to be in that mix for sure.

514
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:11,480
Speaker 5: And then River Ryan.

515
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Speaker 2: Look, I mean we only got to see a taste

516
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 2: of him that you know that year. He came out

517
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Speaker 2: of this and came up for us out of necessity

518
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 2: and he you know that gave me through against the Astros.

519
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 5: Was unbelievable. And I don't think any of.

520
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Speaker 2: Us we knew this stuff was there, but for him

521
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Speaker 2: to put it all together in that one performance, I

522
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Speaker 2: think that's the ceiling that you're looking for. And I

523
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Speaker 2: think it's in all accounts. He's he finished off his

524
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 2: rehab progression last year. He's bigger, he's stronger. I think

525
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Speaker 2: he understands what it takes to prepare to pitch at

526
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Speaker 2: this level. So I think we're all excited to kind

527
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Speaker 2: of see a little bit more of them, just because

528
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Speaker 2: we didn't see a lot of them the last time,

529
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Speaker 2: but excited to see him in a much more extended

530
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Speaker 2: look this year. And again, I think all three of

531
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Speaker 2: them were going to impact. It's just hard to pinpoint

532
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Speaker 2: when that's going.

533
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Speaker 5: To be and how.

534
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Speaker 3: Mark when you look at how this rock star a

535
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Speaker 3: shaping up, it's the first time that you are slated

536
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Speaker 3: to have a full two way show. Hey, Otani, there

537
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Speaker 3: is going to be some workload. Dave robertson at FanFest.

538
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Speaker 3: You know, he's going to be using Otani as a

539
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Speaker 3: traditional starter, but the usage might not be on.

540
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Speaker 4: A five day schedule.

541
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Speaker 3: You might get a six seven day rotation or for

542
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Speaker 3: FORROTONI just kind of to keep him healthy to start

543
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Speaker 3: the year. What are you seeing from Otani and what's

544
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Speaker 3: kind of the planned to start his spring?

545
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Speaker 5: Yeah, right now, he's throwing bullpens. I mean he is.

546
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Speaker 5: Last year, you know, was obviously a very unique year.

547
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Speaker 2: You know, he was coming off with Tommy John and

548
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 2: then he had the shoulder injury on the non throwing

549
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,680
Speaker 2: arm and and this year, yeah, full version at the WBC,

550
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,679
Speaker 2: will you know, maybe provide a little bit of wrinkle.

551
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Speaker 2: But he's so flexible with what he does, his ability

552
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Speaker 2: to win when he can pitch, and how he goes

553
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Speaker 2: about keeping himself sharp.

554
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Speaker 5: So it's going to be fun to watch him.

555
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Speaker 2: I mean, we'll go into spring training and he'll keep

556
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Speaker 2: throwing bullpens, you know, trying to get him to face

557
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Speaker 2: some hitters before he leaves for the WBC, and then

558
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Speaker 2: we'll just from then, we just kind of have to

559
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 2: wait and see where everything's at. You know, how long

560
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,280
Speaker 2: do they advance through the WBC tournament and then his

561
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Speaker 2: ability to continue to maintain throwing off a mound or

562
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Speaker 2: even if he can be able to face hitters, why

563
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Speaker 2: he's gone.

564
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Speaker 5: If he can, that's great.

565
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Speaker 2: If not, then we'll deal with it when we get

566
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Speaker 2: you know, you know, when he gets back to us

567
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,879
Speaker 2: and returns to the team. You know, the fun the

568
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Speaker 2: fun part about show is you know, he he'll pitch

569
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Speaker 2: as long as he knows when he's pitching.

570
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Speaker 5: He'll pitch whenever.

571
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Speaker 2: If it's six days rest, if it's eight days rest,

572
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Speaker 2: if it's three days rest, like he's willing to.

573
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Speaker 5: Do what he needs to do to help this club

574
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Speaker 5: win ball games.

575
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Speaker 2: And so we'll just kind of plan it out and

576
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 2: kind of go day by day like we always do,

577
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Speaker 2: you know, when we're in kind of these unorthodox situations

578
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Speaker 2: where you can't just map out, you know, the next

579
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Speaker 2: four weeks.

580
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Speaker 6: And we've talked a lot about the starting rotation. We

581
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Speaker 6: know that's going to be the elite. We expected a

582
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Speaker 6: lot of the bullpen last year definitely struggled to it's footing.

583
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Speaker 6: Now you add Edwin Diaz the back of that rotator

584
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Speaker 6: or so the back end of that bullpen, you're hoping

585
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 6: for probably more of what you expected out of Tanner

586
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 6: Scott entering the season. Kyle Hurt in the mix, Bruce

587
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 6: dark Grat are all back. I'll probably talk more about

588
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:15,679
Speaker 6: them in a little bit. But what do you like

589
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,239
Speaker 6: about this bullpen unit heading into the new season? Like

590
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Speaker 6: is this could you say it's the best bullpen in baseball?

591
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Speaker 5: Or they have that potential?

592
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Speaker 2: Well, I mean bullpens are unique, you know, I mean

593
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Speaker 2: they it kind of ebbs and flows year to year

594
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:37,159
Speaker 2: and season of season. You know, I for me personally,

595
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 2: you know, you never really know what your bullpen.

596
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,200
Speaker 5: Is until you kind of they kind of.

597
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 2: Form their own identity and you can have the same

598
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,439
Speaker 2: players for two, three, four seasons in a row, but

599
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,679
Speaker 2: those of the bullpen identities are always evolving and always changing,

600
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Speaker 2: and I think so you kind of have to give

601
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Speaker 2: it time. You got to kind of let it summer

602
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 2: a little bit and just kind of see how that

603
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 2: makeup starts to materialize. And you know, last year, you know,

604
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 2: we struggled on the field, but that bullpen was tight,

605
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 2: and bullpen was they stuck together. They went through a

606
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 2: lot of adversity and they but they kept kind of

607
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,439
Speaker 2: you know, showing up every day, putting their work together,

608
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 2: you know, similar to what they had done, you know

609
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 2: in the previous season. It just didn't have the same

610
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 2: fanfare and maybe the same you know, dominance from a

611
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:26,439
Speaker 2: statistical standpoint. Tanner obviously, you know, had his ups and downs.

612
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 2: Of expect him to bounce back and and have a great.

613
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 5: Season edwin Is has been one of the premier.

614
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 2: Closers in baseball, and in all accounts, he's great to

615
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 2: work with and we've had a few conversations.

616
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 5: He's another one. Again, I think the one common thread

617
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 5: we had with all our players position players and pitchers.

618
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 5: Is they got one common goal and they just want

619
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Speaker 5: to win ball games. You know.

620
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Speaker 2: I think they're at a point in their careers where

621
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,120
Speaker 2: a lot of them feel very confident in where they

622
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 2: stand in the game, and so they're all about what

623
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 2: can they do to help their team win ball games.

624
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,199
Speaker 2: But back to the back to the bullpen, and I

625
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 2: think we have a bunch of we have a lot

626
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 2: of talented arms that can do it, can do a

627
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 2: lot of different roles that you know edwin. Obviously at

628
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 2: the back end, you know, going into the season is

629
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 2: gonna definitely shorten the games from our starters do or

630
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 2: to the finishing the games. And then you start adding

631
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 2: trying end is gonna have a great year. Best He's

632
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 2: gonna have a great year, Scott, you got Klin. I mean,

633
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 2: you got so many names with so much talent in there.

634
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 2: And I think once we get through those first six

635
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 2: weeks and you kind of start seeing what that identity is,

636
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,880
Speaker 2: you know, then it's up to them and them.

637
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 5: To kind of gel together and come together and do

638
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 5: their jobs. But it could, it could. It's lined up

639
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 5: to be. It could be a pretty.

640
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 2: Fun group to watch them go in out and go

641
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 2: out to work night in and night out. They got

642
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 2: a lot of talent, uh, and they pull for each

643
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 2: other and they're very close.

644
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 6: You know, one guy I wanted to expand on, ever

645
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 6: so slightly before we let you go is dude I'm

646
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 6: super high on. I mean, I think this guy just

647
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 6: got closer makeup even though he's kind of been a starter.

648
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 6: But I M call him big Hoss, Kyle Hurt. What

649
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 6: do you think about a potential role for him heading

650
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 6: into the spring. I'm telling you, if there's somebody I

651
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 6: want with me in a bar fight, it's Kyle freaking Hurt, dude.

652
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 5: But what do you like about I hope that I

653
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 5: would hope that he's not in a bar fight. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: just out there, use the right hand. Yeah. Well, look,

655
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Speaker 5: I mean Kyle is he's another one again.

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Speaker 2: We got big boys stuff out of him with his

657
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 2: fastball and his change up. Another guy that we saw.

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Speaker 2: You know, I guess my dating myself. I guess it

659
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 2: was at the end of the twenty four season, you know,

660
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Speaker 2: kind of what was going on with him, or maybe

661
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 2: it was the twenty again. My dates, my years are

662
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 2: all starting to blend together. But we saw what he

663
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Speaker 2: did against the padres late in the year one year,

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Speaker 2: and you saw that the skill and the talent and

665
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Speaker 2: just the raw stuff. And when you start seeing really

666
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Speaker 2: good big league hitters Machado, you know, cronin Worth at

667
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 2: the times, Tattias, and you see what he's making them

668
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Speaker 2: kind of take those awkward swings, then you know something,

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Speaker 2: something's in there and something's real.

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Speaker 5: And unfortunately he had the injury that came up. But

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Speaker 5: he's another one. I think he can put him in

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Speaker 5: any role.

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Speaker 2: I think he's a guy who can go in and

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Speaker 2: he could, you know, be a set up guy in

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Speaker 2: the eighth inning if you need him and that's the

676
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 2: way the game dictated. I think he can get you

677
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Speaker 2: out of trouble in the fifth or sixth inning if

678
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Speaker 2: that's the way the game.

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Speaker 5: Calls for it.

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Speaker 2: I think he can give you multiple innings as well.

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Speaker 2: I think he has those that ability, And that's the

682
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Speaker 2: one nice thing about I think all our guys. Clearly

683
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Speaker 2: Edwin's going to be probably at the back end. Tanner's

684
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Speaker 2: going to be mostly you know, kind of like one

685
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Speaker 2: inning at the back end. But all our guys, they're

686
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Speaker 2: all you know, they can adjust and they can adapt

687
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Speaker 2: to whatever the game is asking out of them or

688
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Speaker 2: what the team is in need of.

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Speaker 5: And so that's something that has been built with their culture.

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Speaker 2: I think it goes back to, you know, almost the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty season, and it starts with Blake. He kind

692
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 2: of started that, and then you kind of have guys Daniel,

693
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Speaker 2: Hudson and ken Ley. They all have kind of built

694
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Speaker 2: on it, and they all kind of compounded on each other,

695
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 2: but they're all adapt to whatever was needed for us

696
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 2: to win a ballgame. And I think that's been the

697
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 2: beauty to watch this team. It's not about what do

698
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 2: I need to do or what do I need out

699
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Speaker 2: of what role do.

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Speaker 5: I need to be in.

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00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 2: They just need to know like am I available today

702
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 2: or am I not? And then they're ready when the

703
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 2: phone rings. And it's again that doesn't happen everywhere. I

704
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 2: know what happens other places, but it's a nice as

705
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 2: a staff and as a coach, it's nice to watch

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00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 2: these guys pick each other up and support each other

707
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 2: because that's what makes it fun and makes it a

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00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 2: lot of fun to go out there and win ball

709
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 2: games together.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, take the ball whenever the phone rings. Before I

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Speaker 1: let you go. A two part question, how strange is

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Speaker 1: it going to be for you Mark to not have

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Speaker 1: Clayton Kershoff in some form or fashion in your starting rotation.

714
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: And Andrew's really chomping at the bit for Clayton to start

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Speaker 1: working with you. Guys, are you making any phone calls

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Speaker 1: to number twenty two, like, Hey, i's a matter of

717
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: retirement early, come work with us.

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Speaker 4: What's that going to be?

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Speaker 2: Well, well, it's definitely gonna be different without him. There's

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Speaker 2: a lot of things that have been said that you know,

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Speaker 2: I don't need to repeat.

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Speaker 5: I mean, he's but.

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Speaker 2: It's it's it's gonna be different without his presence. He

724
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Speaker 2: is You've been around him enough and you've seen it.

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00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 2: You know he has a presence on what he does

726
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: to prepare I think that everybody's documented that. But he's

727
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 2: also an energy giver when people don't realize it or

728
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 2: don't see it. I mean, this guy when road trips

729
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 2: are getting long, or it's early nights or a quick

730
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 2: turnaround Sunday day games, this guy will get people going.

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Speaker 2: This guy will get people. Clayton will get people motivated.

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Speaker 2: He would always bring energy, and you know, it's gonna

733
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Speaker 2: be different. It's gonna be a little quieter in the

734
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Speaker 2: weight room. The music's gonna be a little softer. He

735
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 2: had some he has some cartoons, So it's it's gonna

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Speaker 2: I'll be miss seeing him around. I I I feel

737
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 2: very blessed, unfortunate that I had a chance to just

738
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Speaker 2: you know, be a small part in his career. And

739
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 2: he taught me so much about being how to be

740
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 2: a coach. You know, it's it's it's not always a

741
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 2: linear path and a linear job, and you've got to

742
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 2: communicate through a lot of different things. But he was

743
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 2: a pleasure to work with and it is going to

744
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 2: be But that being said, Clayton will never be gone.

745
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 5: He's always around us.

746
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 2: He'll be texting, and you know, he's doing this pseudo

747
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 2: unretirement thing for the WBC, and and I'm extremely happy

748
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 2: for him.

749
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Speaker 5: I know he was bummed he couldn't pitch the last time.

750
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Speaker 2: So I think everybody's extremely excited to see him pitch

751
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 2: and get a chance to represent the US because that's

752
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 2: a special that's a special thing, and and and for

753
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 2: him to actually have this chance and this opportunity now

754
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 2: I think caps everything off.

755
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, from the WBC perhaps to NBC not officially but

756
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: he could be one of us coming to the dark side.

757
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Speaker 1: Mark Pryor, always appreciate the unbelievable insight and your thoughtful answers.

758
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: We'll see you at spring training in about a week

759
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: and change. Thanks for coming on. We appreciate you very much.

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00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 5: Anytime I pleasure and I'll see you guys next week.

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Speaker 1: All right, Mark, our longtime pitching coach for your Los

762
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Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers. Let's get to last lips. All right, guys,

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Speaker 1: I've said it once, I'll say it two or three

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Speaker 1: or twelve more times. This is Morgan and she has

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Speaker 1: been officially adopted, but we're trying to get her from

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Speaker 1: San Diego, Texas. Calm Down, San Diego, Texas to Hacienda Heights, California.

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Speaker 1: Her family is waiting. Her adoptive family, who has also

768
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Speaker 1: adopted a pup by the name of Mookie, is waiting

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Speaker 1: for Morgan to join their family. We've raised about half

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Speaker 1: of the money so far. We need the second half

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Speaker 1: of the transporter secures licensed and insured transporter. So if

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Speaker 1: Let me talk about the foundation and letting me talk

775
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Speaker 1: about some pups in need. All right, so before we

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Speaker 1: get to our baseball thought for the road, Clint, what

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00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: do you have coming up on All Dodgers with Clint Pisias.

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Speaker 5: That's right.

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00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 6: I will be back live Saturday morning eleven am Pacific

780
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 6: time or eleven thirty. We'll figure that one out. But

781
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 6: it's a voicemail show. I want people's thoughts, their opinions,

782
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 6: their excitement for the season. Cleats are hitting the concrete,

783
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,439
Speaker 6: so that means baseball is here and it's a fun,

784
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 6: exciting time for everybody. Get your final gripes in before

785
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 6: you know, we get really into it. But appreciate the

786
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Speaker 6: opportunity to talk about that. And I really want to

787
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Speaker 6: talk about what our final thought is our thought for

788
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Speaker 6: the road here?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well Katie has, Yeah, Katie has props, Katie wu

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00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: has what our last our thought for the road is

791
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Speaker 1: show Heyo Tani. Not only is he a multi World

792
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,800
Speaker 1: Series champion and multi MVP Award winner, probably going to

793
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: get a cy Young too at some point, he's also

794
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: a published author and his pup decoy is.

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Speaker 4: Also a superstar.

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Speaker 1: So show hey Otani tweeted, Decoy and my first children's

797
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: book is out today. We can't wait for you to

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Speaker 1: read it. Is there anything, Katie Wu, that this man

799
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Speaker 1: can't do?

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Speaker 4: Apparently not.

801
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 3: I you know, went to college for four years to

802
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 3: become a writer, and he's a published author before I am,

803
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 3: the Decoys a media star already, and now he has

804
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 3: books after him. I was actually going to do a

805
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 3: little unboxing for all of you guys, but I think

806
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,359
Speaker 3: we're like pretty short on time. I did buy the

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Speaker 3: book for a gift for my friend, who is a

808
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 3: big o Tawni poster like loves loves supposed that.

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Speaker 4: Otani loves to talk about him. Uh So I figured

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00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 4: why not give him a little book? So I'm you know,

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Speaker 4: and maybe I'll buy another one just for me. Why not?

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00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean he got to fill out the apartment, right, sure, sure, sure.

813
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 4: Well, I mean I have something you guys.

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Speaker 1: I have young kids in my life. I have young nephews.

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Speaker 1: If Shohy and his team want to send some some

816
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: books about Decoy to the Dodger's Territory staff, we would

817
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 1: be happy to share those with the young folks in

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Speaker 1: our lives. Great show today, we're a little bit over time.

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Speaker 1: But it's worth it. When Mark Pryor comes on the show.

820
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: Katie Wu is headed down to camel Back next week.

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Speaker 1: I believe on Wednesday, Clinton and I will be there.

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Speaker 1: On the seventeenth, Clinton and I and Katie hopefully we'll

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Speaker 1: be back on My day with you guys. So thanks

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Speaker 1: for watching, Thanks for being here. Always get your comments in.

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828
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Speaker 1: so we'll see you on Monday. Have a great weekend.

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Speaker 1: Go Dodgers and go Broncos. Oh wait, they're not in

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Speaker 1: the super Bowl all right.

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Speaker 6: Bye bruh Bye