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Speaker 2: We've got Ryan Walker from the San Francisco Giants joining

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Speaker 2: us right now, super reliever Ryan. Great to have you

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Speaker 2: on first of all, but can I call you closer? Like,

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Speaker 2: how do you like to get introduced? Obviously you've done

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Speaker 1: It doesn't matter to me, honestly, I always personally say reliever.

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Speaker 3: I don't know why. For me, what about super reliever?

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Speaker 3: I feel want to say that. That's fine. I mean, no,

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Speaker 4: You gotta say closer.

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Speaker 3: It's not air, I know. I don't know. It's something

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but now they're gonna take this when you go

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Speaker 4: to arbitration and they're gonna say, well, you actually went

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Speaker 4: and you didn't want to associate yourself with being a closer.

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Speaker 4: So we're going to diminish your value. No, you say

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Speaker 4: I'm a closer, you get a shirt that says I'm

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Speaker 4: a closer, don't get a tattoo, because you never know,

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Speaker 4: starters make way more in free agency. So there's that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good point. That's a good point.

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Speaker 2: How much do you like closing? I mean when you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a position I want to be in. I

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Speaker 4: Wait, why do you say that, Why do you say

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Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, I've never really been like

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Speaker 1: And my only goal in the big leagues to be honest,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you took advantage of the situation. You absolutely dealt

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Speaker 4: put yourself on the map to be that closer. What

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Speaker 4: how hard it is for you to get up for

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Speaker 3: It for you? It's very different.

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Speaker 1: I've always described it as my first time closing was

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Speaker 1: You're almost always facing the top of the order or

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Speaker 1: But that's what makes it fun to use that to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Wilmer is great.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, I don't think I would.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I like playing at that stadium, even if

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Speaker 4: For everybody who hasn't seen you pitch, obviously they don't

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Speaker 2: If you're a card collector or you'd like to get

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Speaker 2: into card collecting, may I suggest Arena Club and slab packs,

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you don't need me grabbing your packs because last

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Speaker 6: So let's not have that. And that's why Arena Club

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Speaker 2: Buy sell trade. They offer full transparency, showing every card

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Speaker 2: so you know exactly what's available before you buy. Get

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Speaker 4: Okay, all right, a little bit, a little bit of

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Speaker 4: off field. I got some inside information. Are you good

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Speaker 3: On my team currently? Yeah? Yeah, okay, I think so. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Okay, then why did it take you an entire year

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Speaker 3: My agent's name?

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Speaker 4: Okay, So you got you got bad information early? All right,

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Speaker 4: So my next, his name is His name is Alex,

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Speaker 1: Uh sorry, I came literally my immediate family. Oh no, no, no, definitely,

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Speaker 7: Could you beat her? Could you beat her in volleyball?

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Speaker 7: No shot, how good way we've played. I mean, she's elite.

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Speaker 5: He's has a nerve problem in his pack going on

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's been a great leader with the team.

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Speaker 1: to us. I've definitely touched him a few times. The

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Speaker 1: You know, he gets it. We're all trying our best

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Speaker 4: What did he What was his response when you apologize

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Speaker 3: That's what he said.

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Speaker 1: I said, amen, like I'm sorry, like this sucks, like

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Speaker 1: I don't I'm not trying to do that. His response

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Speaker 3: Doing his day.

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Speaker 1: You know, it was pretty it was handled very professionally

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Speaker 2: Hey, Brian, last one for me.

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Speaker 4: So yeah.

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Speaker 2: Berlanders added to the mix here. Domics added to the

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Speaker 3: So he's just he's there to talk to you if

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Speaker 1: When I was going through my little stint of rough outings,

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Speaker 1: You know, the fact that he's there and understands is huge.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think it just depends on the guy.

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Speaker 1: I think Birdie handled it really well. Obviously, the warm

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Speaker 1: Like it's more of like a all right, cool, like

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Speaker 1: So keep doing it.

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Speaker 2: So well, Ryan, this was great. I hope you enjoyed it.

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Speaker 2: Really appreciate the time. Great to have you on here

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Speaker 2: for chat. Good luck the rest of the way here.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us

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Speaker 3: Dude, thanks for having me