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Speaker 1: We have Aaron Hicks with us at the pro retired

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Speaker 1: MLB longtime player Aaron Hicks with us and former Aircraft's

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Speaker 1: teammate too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's cool. And also I'm sorry, Pratts, you got

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Speaker 2: anything else for the intro here?

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Speaker 3: I mean nothing, I mean yeah, like that's what you said. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: like we had a great time. We had a great

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Speaker 4: Unbelievable, Hicksy, No, we did, we did. I definitely enjoyed

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Speaker 4: it for sure. It's always a pleasure to have you

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Speaker 4: as a teammate. Okay, that's fair, that's better.

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Speaker 2: I was retired life it's.

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Speaker 4: Good, you know. I guess uh, you know, be daddy

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Speaker 4: most of the time, play golf and just enjoy been

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Speaker 4: doing a little bit of traveling. So just enjoy it, man,

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Speaker 1: What was life like for you after being with the

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Speaker 1: Yanks for a while, So you had the nice run

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Speaker 2: Because you were with the Yanks for a while.

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Speaker 4: It was definitely different, especially going to Baltimore, which which

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Speaker 4: was amazing. I absolutely enjoyed it, but going going going

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Speaker 4: then trying to get used to another organization. It's definitely

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Speaker 4: it definitely takes time. And Kratzy definitely knows that it

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Speaker 4: takes a while to get used to your new teammates.

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Speaker 4: And but I had fun. I definitely had a blast,

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Speaker 3: What's the biggest different What was the biggest difference from

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Speaker 3: both teams were trying to we're trying to win, and

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Speaker 4: What was the different biggest difference for you, biggest difference

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Speaker 4: I have to say playing time. You know, as soon

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Speaker 4: was dope, especially be with that team. Uh, with such

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Speaker 3: about the Orioles or the Yankees, like not playing a lot.

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Speaker 3: I always have a theory like you took, you put

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Speaker 3: out of every five days, three out of every five days,

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Speaker 3: the numbers go down. Can you talk about that and

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Speaker 3: how that is? Like you're an everyday guy, You're a

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Speaker 3: There ain't no you always have a platoon advantage and

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Speaker 4: It's definitely tough. I mean you go from you know,

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Speaker 1: Have you been keeping up at all with MLB this season?

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Speaker 1: Are you one of those guys where were like, hey,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, No, I don't really watch baseball games, I think

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Speaker 4: I'm uh, I pretty much just watched the Golf Channel

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Speaker 2: Who are you keeping in touch with from your playing days?

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Speaker 4: From playing day? Yeah? I text Judge every now and

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Speaker 4: then see how he's doing. I mean, I pretty much

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Speaker 1: Are you surprised at how ridiculous Judge continues to be

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Speaker 4: You saw? Well?

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Speaker 2: Did you see because you were with him when he

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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, I see this. No, I definitely definitely yeah,

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Speaker 3: Yet if you're not, if you're not watching a lot

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Speaker 3: So you've seen that Volpi. Volpi's had a little bit

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Speaker 3: and I saw I heard Cashman back you in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 3: I expect Aaron Hicks to get back to an elite

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Speaker 4: Mm hmm. I mean when you get backed, it definitely

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Speaker 1: Hold on, just one more on this. So a lot

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Speaker 1: But do you think that would actually make any sort

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Speaker 4: No, No, not at all. I think most of most

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Speaker 4: of the stuff should be done internally. You know, if

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Speaker 4: it is probably being done internally right now. I'm sure

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Speaker 4: Volpi's working extremely hard right now to kind of get going.

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Speaker 4: But no, all that stuff is kind of done internally,

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Speaker 4: You know, we don't you don't need you know, other

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Speaker 2: Any good old Tony stories.

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Speaker 1: I know it wasn't you know, but you did you

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Speaker 4: I mean, i'd probably say I took VP with him,

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Speaker 4: this is just different, you know what I mean? Like

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Speaker 4: the there's there, you know, there's players, right, you have

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Speaker 2: All.

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Speaker 1: Right, let's spend the last couple of minutes here talking

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Speaker 1: about the pro. So, first off, where do you see

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 1: In the golf world, you were always talked about it

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a hit.

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Speaker 1: It was McNeil, Tyler Clipford when right, and now he's

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Speaker 3: Ian Happ, Yeah, see I always had Hicksy ahead of

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Speaker 1: I didn't say he's I'm just saying, yeah, I was

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Speaker 4: But no, guys, they're definitely good at golfers. Sure, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I've definitely heard that Ian happits good. H Small, He's

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Speaker 4: of baseball, that's for sure. But I think I think

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 4: I think there's a lot of really good golfers in

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Speaker 1: Smolt said, yeah, you're one of the guys to watch.

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Speaker 1: How did you, you know, pick up such a good

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Speaker 4: I mean, I actually grew up playing golf before baseball.

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Speaker 4: So I started right around when I was five years old,

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Speaker 3: To let people know. You don't carry left handed and

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Speaker 4: No bag no.

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Speaker 3: But but if you had a hit left handed on

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Speaker 4: I've already I've already done this, Cratzy, I've already done

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Speaker 4: it all right. So first round left handed, I shot

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Speaker 4: ninety seven and I'm extremely excited about it. Broke a hundred. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Ask most guys around here if they want to just

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Speaker 1: switch sides and see how that goes, they won't break

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Speaker 1: you got to practice it too, right.

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Speaker 4: I think a lot of it comes down to shore

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Speaker 4: strokes putting and chipping, So hitting it out it is

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Speaker 1: All right, I got one more because you said you

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Speaker 1: started playing golf at five, which you know at least

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Speaker 1: we're somewhat similar age. It wasn't the most common thing

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Speaker 1: where it's like five, all right, first thing, I'm doing

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Speaker 1: golf and then you stopped, you said, at twelve. So

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Speaker 1: what was the progression there of playing that and then

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Speaker 1: moving on to baseball like you said.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I kinda I kind of just wanted I

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Speaker 4: so you know, when you're playing golf, you're pretty much

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Speaker 1: Well and great to see you, good luck in the tournament,

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Speaker 1: and crats want to say bye to your buddy.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to stay by it because when off camera,

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Speaker 3: off camera, he was kind of like, oh, hey, what's up.

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Speaker 2: You're locked in.

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Speaker 4: I get it, You're you're locked in. I'm getting ready

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Speaker 4: to go.

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Speaker 3: Man, you're my pickin, you're my pick to win. I

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Speaker 3: better come through for the boys.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate it. Man, I'll try hard for you