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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, everybody on this Monday, May sixth, Welcome to

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Speaker 2: a live edition of Dodgers Territory. I am Alana Rizzo

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Speaker 2: alongside my host Clint Pisias. And by the way, Clint,

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Speaker 2: we have a new Dodgers Territory page out about that.

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Speaker 2: Look at us getting big and fast so quickly.

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Speaker 3: You know at some point you have to leave the mothership,

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Speaker 3: So guys, make sure you subscribe here on YouTube. Of course,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, like, join, subscribe all of the things. Clint, I,

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Speaker 2: before we get into the big ticket, is there something

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Speaker 3: Of perhaps a bigger measuring stick, a bigger ruler, longer ruler.

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Speaker 3: If this was a measuring measuring stick series, still very

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Speaker 2: Yes they did. It's a three game series. I see

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Speaker 2: And we're just going to move on from that. Questions

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Speaker 2: load up the questions in the chat for Blake and Clint.

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Speaker 2: How about you and I get to the big ticket.

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Speaker 2: It was a huge weekend for our Los Angeles Dodgers

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Speaker 2: and Clint. Is it fair to say that Andy pajis

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Speaker 3: You got a four hit game, it was the first

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Speaker 1: I mean, I love thump and beats, so I just

433
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Speaker 1: I'm a pretty mellow guy for the most part, but

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Speaker 1: in those situations and in the weight room, I'm going

435
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Speaker 1: to have something more beat. But it's called fire e

436
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Speaker 1: Momoji's what I've had for the last few years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they are a little bit. They are a little

438
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Speaker 2: bit crazy, a little bit something that maybe Walker Bueller

439
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Speaker 2: would would.

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Speaker 1: Come out to.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of b Tane, you guys get him back in

442
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Speaker 2: the rotation tonight against the Miami Marlins. I'm sure you

443
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Speaker 2: can relate on how much he's wanted to be out

444
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Speaker 2: there and pitch. He's a competitive guy, he's a fiery guy.

445
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Speaker 2: What does it mean to get be Tane back?

446
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Speaker 1: Blake, Well, no more days off for Bueler, he gets

447
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Speaker 1: to come back to work. So I'm I'm excited. I'm

448
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Speaker 1: excited to see him. I've watched him go through the

449
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Speaker 1: process last summer in Arizona is me JP and and

450
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Speaker 1: Walker really for most of it, and watching some of

451
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Speaker 1: his starts now in Oklahoma City. Uh, the competitiveness. He's

452
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Speaker 1: still one of the most clutch, big game guys I've

453
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Speaker 1: ever seen, uh pitch in person, and Max sers Are

454
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Speaker 1: being another one, Kershaw being another one, and I I

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Speaker 1: just I'm excited for him because I know how much

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Speaker 1: time and effort he's put into it. And you know, tonight,

457
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Speaker 1: I think it's like a dog's been in a cage

458
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Speaker 1: for so long and maybe the gate and so we'll

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Speaker 1: see what what Walker has I and it'll be it'll

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Speaker 1: be good, because he's looked pretty dang good in his

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Speaker 1: rehab starts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's amazing. That's not amazing because you guys have

463
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Speaker 2: always had the personnel to make it happen, despite having

464
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Speaker 2: eleven guys on the I L But really, it's impressive

465
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 2: where this club is despite not having some of your

466
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Speaker 2: best arms on the hill. Blake trying and welcome back.

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Speaker 2: You looked great yesterday in the eighth inning. It's so

468
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Speaker 2: nice to have you back, huge, huge boost to the

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Speaker 2: back end of that bullpen. Continued luck to you and

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Speaker 2: continued success. And thanks so much for coming on Dodgers'

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Speaker 2: territory with Clinton and I today. We really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Well, Honors bind thank you for asking me.

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Speaker 2: All right, Blake trying and and the Dodgers bullpen. We

474
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Speaker 2: always appreciate that very much. All right, time now for

475
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Speaker 2: behind this seems Clinton, we talked a little bit about it,

476
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Speaker 2: but here comes Walker Buhler.

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Speaker 1: Let's do it.

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Speaker 2: Expectation level, I mean, let him go as long as

479
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,800
Speaker 2: he can go, or you thinking, you know, five innings,

480
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Speaker 2: six innings, eighty pitches, what do you think is going

481
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Speaker 2: to happen tonight?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, if you can get him into the six,

483
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,320
Speaker 3: that'd be pretty damn impressive. It is the Marlins, so

484
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Speaker 3: it's not out of the realm of possibility. But leave

485
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Speaker 3: him with a good feeling coming off the mound, leave

486
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Speaker 3: Dodger Stadium, you know, giving him a standing ovation and

487
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,440
Speaker 3: all that. He can earn that very easily just by

488
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Speaker 3: showing up. But it's been a very very long time,

489
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Speaker 3: nearly two years since We've seen Walker f and Bueler

490
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Speaker 3: on the bump there, So just keep the bar low,

491
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Speaker 3: have some fun, and try not to hurt yourself. I

492
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Speaker 3: think that's what really everybody needs to look forward to

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Speaker 3: with Buttine. But I'm expecting a lot.

494
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Speaker 2: I don't know that he can keep the bar low.

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Speaker 2: That's the problem with that. Yeah, right, it's so hard

496
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Speaker 2: for him just to kind of like just go go slow.

497
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Speaker 2: He only knows one hundred and fifty miles an hour.

498
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Speaker 2: So what do you need to see from him? I mean,

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Speaker 2: the goal right is to get out of the sitting,

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Speaker 2: out of this outing healthy. But what do you need

501
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Speaker 2: to see stuff wise to know that Buttane is on

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Speaker 2: the way back.

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Speaker 3: Well, number one, we need to see the tight pants

504
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Speaker 3: back an that's an absolute life.

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Speaker 2: But not with these time, not with these uniforms, bro,

506
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Speaker 2: not with these uniforms. Wait till they go back to

507
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Speaker 2: the way that they used to be. I don't need

508
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Speaker 2: to see that.

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Speaker 3: I don't give the fans something to look forward to,

510
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Speaker 3: something else to look forward. No, have a giveaway day.

511
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Speaker 3: If not they can give away, well, I'll walk away

512
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Speaker 3: from that. But what you need to see from him

513
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Speaker 3: is as Dave Roberts would say, it just strike the ball,

514
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Speaker 3: hit your locations. He doesn't need to throw ninety eight

515
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Speaker 3: ninety nine anymore. Really, what they're trying to do right now,

516
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Speaker 3: great piece drop today in the LA Times from Jack

517
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Speaker 3: Harris talking about the mechanical changes they've kind of adjusted

518
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Speaker 3: with Bueller. Everything is focused on no more injuries. You

519
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Speaker 3: do not want to have him blow out the arm again.

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00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 3: Of course, he's already two time Tommy John surgery guy.

521
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Speaker 3: You don't want that again. So they're trying to get

522
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Speaker 3: him more into that back leg and let the body

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Speaker 3: work for him more. But don't overthrow, don't let the

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Speaker 3: adrenaline get to him. And I think he will be okay.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be hard, though, I tell you what.

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Speaker 2: Though he was on there was a picture of him

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Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium the other day when he was on

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Speaker 2: the hill. And I know that he's in the weightlifting.

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Speaker 2: I know you're talking about the lower body and the

530
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Speaker 2: load and everything, but he his arms. The guns are ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: It's like sons out, guns out. I swear he's lifted

532
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,359
Speaker 2: a ton of weight. He looks completely different. He's like

533
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Speaker 2: growing into his body. If you can say that, and

534
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Speaker 2: I can say that because I was there when he

535
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Speaker 2: got called up and he was just a babe. But

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Speaker 2: Nick brought up a good point in our chat as

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Speaker 2: he continued, you know, as our fans continue to join

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Speaker 2: us here on Dodgers territory. He said, smart to start

539
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Speaker 2: him against the Fish. And I couldn't agree more because

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Speaker 2: you want a soft landing, right, I mean, this is

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Speaker 2: a Marlins team that's depleted. They just traded their arguably

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Speaker 2: their best player, so why not start him at home

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Speaker 2: against the Marlins versus starting him anywhere against the Braves.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it looked like the starting him against the

545
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Speaker 3: Braves wasn't going to be that big of a deal.

546
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Speaker 3: But I know everybody was happy about the whole idea

547
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Speaker 3: of the soft landing for Bueller. We got ka ti

548
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Speaker 3: tchrooon saying, e's them in. You know, it's the Fish,

549
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Speaker 3: He's got this. It's been a long time, So I'm

550
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Speaker 3: okay with that, that kind of soft landing, and you

551
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,359
Speaker 3: hope for the best because baseball is weird. Just because

552
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 3: it's a bad team air quote bad team doesn't mean

553
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 3: you know, these are all as mookie bets will say,

554
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 3: they all drive nice cars too, yeah, I.

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Speaker 2: Get it, but it is a bad team. I'm going

556
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,199
Speaker 2: to take away the air quotes. It's basically like the

557
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 2: Miami Marlins looking at the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago

558
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 2: White Sox and saying, hold my beer, and that leads

559
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Speaker 2: us Clint to last licks. And before we get into

560
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Speaker 2: our pup of the week for Gidry's Guardian Foundation, what

561
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 2: was your honest opinion when you found out over the

562
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 2: weekend that the Miami Marlins had traded Luisa Rise to

563
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Speaker 2: the San Diego Potters.

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Speaker 3: Well, the first thought I had was this early, this

565
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 3: kind of trade, this early. But I don't understand. I mean,

566
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 3: I'm gonna look at the Padres side first. I don't

567
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 3: understand why the Padres needed another infielder who I mean,

568
00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 3: he kind of isn't necessarily a great defender. But beyond that,

569
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Speaker 3: how how could a team like the Marlins, who were

570
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 3: just in the playoffs, just earned a playoff birth last year?

571
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Speaker 3: How could they punt and just give up so so

572
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 3: quickly and be so very open and honest about the

573
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Speaker 3: fact that they are punting the season.

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Speaker 2: Now, question about it. They basically waved the proverbial white

575
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Speaker 2: flag when they traded Louis a Rise, who's a batting

576
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 2: champion in two different leagues. By the way, when they

577
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 2: traded Louis a Rise to the San Diego Patres over

578
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Speaker 2: the course of the weekend and then Clint, they doubled down,

579
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Speaker 2: and Baseball Operations President of Baseball Ops Peter Bendix says,

580
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Speaker 2: we don't think we're likely, we're unlikely to make the

581
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Speaker 2: postseason this year. Well, no shit, because you trade your

582
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Speaker 2: best player on before single Demio, You let Kim Ing walk,

583
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Speaker 2: who has more experience in her left pinky than most

584
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 2: of us do in our entire body, and then you

585
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 2: tell the fans that you're not going a fan base

586
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 2: that doesn't go to your game anyway unless it's the

587
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 2: WBC or an international tournament, you're telling him that we're

588
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 2: giving up. And my issue with this is that you

589
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,479
Speaker 2: are trying to run the Miami Marlins like the Tampa

590
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 2: Bay Race, and the only team that can run the

591
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 2: Rays like the Rays are the Rays. You cannot continue

592
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 2: to lower payroll and win. This is just such an

593
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 2: odd move to me. I just don't understand it.

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00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 3: As a Dodger fan. I guess I'm happy it happened

595
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 3: before the Marlins are coming here, so we'll take some

596
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 3: solace in that. But as a baseball fan, terrible, stupid,

597
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 3: it's it's it's embarrassing to baseball to see so many

598
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 3: organizations really right now run so extremely poorly.

599
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 2: But well, now we have to see Luisa rise a

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Speaker 2: billion more times though as a Dodger fan, that part

601
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Speaker 2: stinks all right, last licks, as far as the puppers

602
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 2: are concerned, let me introduce everybody to Poncho. Pancho was

603
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 2: found running through the busy streets of Los Angeles. Listen

604
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,760
Speaker 2: to this sadness with a empty suitcase tied to him,

605
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 2: and he was running with the suitcase behind him. He

606
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 2: was found near a homeless encampment and no owner was found.

607
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 2: So some good Samaritans, huge Dodger fans. By the way,

608
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Speaker 2: one of our producers for sportsnet La Brett Teal and

609
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,920
Speaker 2: his wife took him in and right now, Poncho went

610
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 2: to the vet today, got a baseline wellness exam, got

611
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Speaker 2: his first round of shots, he got a fecal exam,

612
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 2: all those things that you need to make sure that

613
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 2: he's okay. He's about one and a half years old.

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Speaker 2: He loves kids, loves other dogs is going to remain small,

615
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,520
Speaker 2: is already well trained, even though he's I don't believe

616
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Speaker 2: he's ever had a family before. We're going to get

617
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Speaker 2: him neutered, We're going to get him chipped. Today's vet

618
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Speaker 2: visit was about four hundred and fifty bucks. So if

619
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 2: you want to help us out with that, Guidrisguardian dot org.

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Speaker 2: And he definitely needs a forever home. So if you're

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Speaker 2: interested in adopting Poncho, visit us again Gidri's Guardian.

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Speaker 3: Listen for the people that are listening to the podcast

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Speaker 3: side of this, that is one adorable, be cute.

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00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 2: He's so cute. He has he's all white and he

625
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,959
Speaker 2: has a little bit of blackness around his eyes. I mean,

626
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 2: every dog is cute, let's be honest. But Pancho's adorable.

627
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 2: And our social media guru Derek said, if he lived

628
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles, he would take Poncha on a heartbeat.

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Speaker 2: Well you know what, buddy, we have planes. We can

630
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Speaker 2: get him to you. So anyway, Pancho's available for adoption.

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Speaker 2: But if you can't adopt, you can always help by donating.

632
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Speaker 2: And don't forget Clint, we have a Dodgers territory page now,

633
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 2: so let's make sure everybody likes subscribes, Join us on YouTube,

634
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 2: get us on the YouTube page, and also anywhere that

635
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 2: you get your podcasts. A massive thank you to Blake

636
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 2: trin And for joining us on the show today, and

637
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Speaker 2: Clint and I will be back live for you on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: We'll see you then.

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Speaker 3: Hi,