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Speaker 1: Better Up.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to No Bunts, the show for the casual baseball

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Speaker 2: fan here on the Athletic Podcast Network from your sports

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Speaker 2: love and friends over at No Dunks. I'm task mouse

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Speaker 2: with me. Is the man making the magic happen?

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Speaker 1: JD? Hello, Hello, JD, Hello, Welcome to my construction zone.

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Speaker 2: Seriously, that isn't me banging the mic. There are some

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Speaker 2: gentlemen outside doing some work on the windows.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're replacing all the windows and all the siding.

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Speaker 1: And it was supposed to happen last week when we

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Speaker 1: were off for on our off days, and it was

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Speaker 1: raining on those days. So they here they are today.

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Speaker 1: It's a beautiful day here in Atlanta.

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Speaker 2: It is, Yeah, crispin cool. Perfect for them, total not

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Speaker 2: so perfect for us. No, But at the same time,

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Speaker 2: it's the off season, JD. We're all getting better. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're all working on our games.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right.

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Speaker 2: We're working on the studio, working on the house. We've

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Speaker 2: got a photo of it. If you're following along on YouTube,

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Speaker 2: if you're part of the Bleacher Creatures, much respect, much appreciated.

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Speaker 2: You were getting a look at the studio slash JD's house.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, getting ripped apart on the outside.

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Speaker 2: Listen, we're trying to improve. There's nothing wrong with that.

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Speaker 2: Now we've got new microphones here in the studio. If

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Speaker 2: you haven't heard so, I don't mind at all. We'll

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Speaker 2: fight through.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Tas, thanks for understanding, and thanks for everyone else

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Speaker 1: out there for understanding. You appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: So this week you might hear some bangs on a

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Speaker 2: new No Dunks episode that's coming up. We're going to

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Speaker 2: look at the current NBA players and one of which

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Speaker 2: ones of them are going to be locks? We recorded?

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Speaker 2: And is this good debating? Is two times speed on

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Speaker 2: a podcast or watching on YouTube a good thing or not?

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Speaker 2: You got a No Breaks coming up today? Actually here

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Speaker 2: on Tuesday discussing the latest race in Italy. And next

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Speaker 2: week No Buffs is back because Survivor is back. First

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Speaker 2: episode will be on September twenty second, the day after

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Speaker 2: the first episode of Survivor. JD excited. That is great,

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Speaker 2: looking forward to a new season. This is the most

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Speaker 2: excited I've been for a season in No Buffs really, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: because I took in last season. Yeah, and I think

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be better than last season.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I hope you're right. I enjoyed last season,

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Speaker 1: We've had back to back Canadian winners. Don't think there's

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Speaker 1: got smart. We're unbeatable there undefeating.

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Speaker 2: Well, today we have Derek Bodner coming on the show

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Speaker 2: to talk about baseball, basketball drones. We'll be doing that,

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Speaker 2: but before that, let's talk about baseball trying to make

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Speaker 2: its game better with a bunch of rule changes and

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Speaker 2: j D. I gotta say, I'm scared. I'm scared about

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Speaker 2: these rule changes because they're so damn good. I'm scared

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Speaker 2: because we may have to do a baseball show all

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Speaker 2: season long. Okay, that's the scary part because we started

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Speaker 2: the show in July of this year, so we've been

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Speaker 2: going for about two months.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The scary part to me is I may get into

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Speaker 2: baseball in April and may maybe not. I say that now,

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Speaker 2: but maybe not. I'm not saying we're doing a show

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Speaker 2: during the NBA season. I'm just I'm just saying that

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Speaker 2: I'm getting you ready, Get the construction crew ready. We're

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Speaker 2: gonna start back in April. Well, let's get to the

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Speaker 2: rule changes because I legitimately think that baseball is trying

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Speaker 2: through them quick and then we'll go through them one

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Speaker 2: by one. The three big ones are a pitch clock,

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Speaker 2: with that pitch clock. Next season, there will be a

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Speaker 2: And I know there are people out there.

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Speaker 2: We don't need clocks in baseball. Well, I don't think

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Speaker 1: The biggest factor is.

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Speaker 2: That it frankly, it's just going to make the pitcher

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Speaker 1: No more action, less ball scratching. Yeah you know what

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Speaker 2: No, no, there is absolutely one, no reason for that. Yeah, occasionally, listen,

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Speaker 1: That could happen. Yeah, but what what about like taking

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Speaker 2: And you know, people are up in arms right now.

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Speaker 2: You're changing our game is the biggest thing baseball fans

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Speaker 2: There's gonna be there's gonna be machines pitching the ball soon,

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Speaker 2: that's an argument that people have been made while they

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Speaker 1: And coming into this line, it is a picture's game

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Speaker 2: Because the bags are bigger, there'll be less col At

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Speaker 2: The stolee base rate, I should say went up. Right

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Speaker 1: Wow, it's not a lot now, just like one.

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Speaker 2: But with the pitch clock, they're also limiting the amount

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Speaker 2: If you don't pick him off, then a back is

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Speaker 1: So it's a free days.

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Speaker 2: Yes, so if you can throw over a third time.

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 2: I don't think it's going too far. I think in summary,

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Speaker 2: all good news.

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Speaker 1: JD.

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Speaker 2: It's all fairly good. Yeah, agreed. And there has been

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's that.

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Speaker 1: This will be quick.

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Speaker 2: The Dodgers became the first team to clinch a postseason

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Speaker 2: berth or wait did they It was funny. On Sunday

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Speaker 2: MLB said, Monday morning, actually, you know what, there are

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Speaker 2: Monday they won, and they're all good.

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Speaker 1: They're their math.

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Speaker 2: so they're actually in it and there's there's no worries

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Speaker 2: about it whatsoever. So yeah, I just took them an

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Speaker 2: extra day. They are the best team in baseball. They

438
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Speaker 2: are rolling Albert Pujols also rolling six hundred and ninety

439
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Speaker 2: seven home runs Saturday and Sunday ding ding back to

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Speaker 2: back games, back to back jacks. He is now fourth

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Speaker 2: all time, just trailing Aaron Bonds and the Babe who

442
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Speaker 2: if hit seven hundred plus, he passed Alex Rodriguez for

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Speaker 2: fourth of all time.

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Speaker 1: Will you do it?

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Speaker 2: About twenty games left, It's not a lock by any means,

446
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,120
Speaker 2: so that is a very interesting to watch. Speaking of homers,

447
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Speaker 2: Mike Trout of the Angels has homewred in seven straight games,

448
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Speaker 2: one away from the record. That record is shared by

449
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Speaker 2: Griffy Maddingly and Dale long way back in nineteen fifty six.

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Speaker 2: So Mike Trout had the back problems. I bring him

451
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Speaker 2: up because the Angels aren't playing relevant baseball, but seven

452
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Speaker 2: straight games is very impressive. He's one of the best

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Speaker 2: players in baseball. Yeah, yeah, I give it up for

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Speaker 2: Mike Trout. I bring it up because the Angels are

455
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Speaker 2: not relevant right now. They got younger at the deadline

456
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Speaker 2: show heey Otani isn't going to stay there after next offseason.

457
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Speaker 2: What about Mike Trout? Do they trade Mike Trout? I

458
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Speaker 2: think that's a fair question to ask. Also, we saw

459
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Speaker 2: some great games Braves Mariners. One of the wildest games

460
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Speaker 2: on Sunday. Mayors were up six to two in the ninth,

461
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Speaker 2: Braves down to their last out, their last strike, and

462
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Speaker 2: because of the new pitchclock rule, there was a walk.

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Speaker 2: Now the pitchclock real doesn't take into effect until twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty three. But Mike oh Harris hit a three run

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Speaker 2: ding dong at six five. Then Robbie Grossman hit one

466
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Speaker 2: up hit a two run homer, so they're up seven

467
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Speaker 2: to six. But the Mariners they did their thing in

468
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Speaker 2: the bottom of the nine, two solo home runs for

469
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Speaker 2: a walk off win.

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Speaker 1: That was great.

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Speaker 2: Bob Bishett is scorching for the Toronto Blue Jays as

472
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Speaker 2: they cruise into September here, which is pretty exciting. Twenty

473
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Speaker 2: games left. Playoffs will start on October seventh, so as

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Speaker 2: we get closer to the playoffs, we'll be talking more

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Speaker 2: and more about the games, and obviously all about the

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Speaker 2: games in the postseason. But right now, yeah, we're taking

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Speaker 2: it easy here with the hardcore talk.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure how much we'll get into hardcore Phillies

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Speaker 2: talk with Derek Barner Derek Bondner, but we will talk

481
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Speaker 2: about the Phillies with him, about how he looks like

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Speaker 2: a big Dueebis when he flies a drone, and a

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Speaker 2: whole lot more. But we got to take a quick break.

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Speaker 2: We'll be right back. Welcome back to No Bunts with

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Speaker 2: Us Now is Derek Bondner, who has been writing about

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Speaker 2: the Philadelphia seventy six ers for over a decade. Formerly

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Speaker 2: of The Athletic Now he's doing his own thing at

488
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Speaker 2: the Daily six newsletter, which you should check out. Good

489
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Speaker 2: deals going on right now. If you love the Philadelphia

490
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 2: seventy six Ers, you will love the Daily six Newsletter. Derek,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining No Bunts.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's my pleasure.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on.

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Speaker 2: People may be thinking, Derek Bonder on a baseball podcast,

495
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Speaker 2: what the heck is going on. I'll give you a

496
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 2: quick background of how this happened. I was tweeting about

497
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Speaker 2: the thirtieth anniversary of the ninety two World Series Braves

498
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Speaker 2: and Jays, and Derek reply, well, it was a lot

499
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Speaker 2: better than the next World Series where the Jays beat

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Speaker 2: the Phillies. And then I saw you write that that

501
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Speaker 2: experience watching the Jays beat the Phillies set you up

502
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Speaker 2: for life and being a Philadelphia sports fan, it just

503
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Speaker 2: got you ready for that. So tell me a little

504
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Speaker 2: bit about that. How did it at you up?

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00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 4: Yeah?

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00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 5: I mean, look, the Joe Carter home run is definitely

507
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 5: if you're a Philadelphia fan, a resident, a Phillis fan,

508
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 5: it will be etched in your memory for the rest

509
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Speaker 5: of your life. And that was right at the age

510
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Speaker 5: for me where I was really getting into sports. Baseball

511
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,399
Speaker 5: at that time was probably probably my number one sport.

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Speaker 4: It was certainly the one that I bonded with with

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Speaker 4: my father over the most.

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Speaker 5: We had a partial season ticket plan and to watch

515
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 5: that team in ninety three that we came in with

516
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 5: no expectations whatsoever, to get so close only for you know,

517
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 5: one of I guess fear from a different vantage point,

518
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Speaker 5: one of the most incredible home runs in baseball history.

519
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 5: It was very climatic, It was very heartbreaking. It was

520
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 5: It taught me very much that things can change in

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Speaker 5: an instant and that you're what you can go from

522
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Speaker 5: pure elation can just be complete devastation. That was that

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Speaker 5: was a tough one to get through, especially since Philadelphia.

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Speaker 5: We didn't ended up not winning a championship in the

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Speaker 5: city across all four sports for what another fifteen years

526
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Speaker 5: after that, didn't I have a whole lot of teams

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Speaker 5: that even really got close.

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Speaker 4: So that was that was.

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Speaker 5: A tough one to go through, And that was when

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Speaker 5: I it was really the I think the first time

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Speaker 5: I had my heartbroken as a fan, the first time

532
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,159
Speaker 5: of many, but the further I got back away from that,

533
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Speaker 5: it was a great ride up to that point. Like

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Speaker 5: I said, it was something that none of us, even

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Speaker 5: in the city expected of something they weren't able to

536
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 5: replicate even after the strike there after that they just

537
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Speaker 5: never got back to that. It was a flash and pan,

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Speaker 5: but it was very devastating as a fan, very very

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Speaker 5: devastating at the time.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm curious to know how big of a Phillies

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Speaker 2: fan are you now? Did you sit through a three

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Speaker 2: and a half hour rain delay on Sunday for that game?

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Speaker 4: No? No, I did not.

544
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Speaker 5: I was, in all honesty, I think covering the NBA,

545
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 5: I am less of a fan of the other sports

546
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Speaker 5: just from sheer time perspective.

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Speaker 4: I hear you growing up. The Phillies were huge.

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Speaker 5: I mean they were well, it was a sport that

549
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 5: I was best at playing, and I think whenever you

550
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 5: play a sport, there's a little stronger of a connection

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Speaker 5: to it.

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Speaker 4: It was the sport that I.

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Speaker 5: Bonded with my father the most, was one that he

554
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Speaker 5: was the most into. It was, you know, we had,

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Speaker 5: like I said, we had a partial season ticket plan

556
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 5: for a while there after I graduated college. I had

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Speaker 5: a partial season ticket plan while I lived in Philly.

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Speaker 5: In fact, I was at Game five of the two

559
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 5: thousand and eight World Series. I was very invested in there.

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Speaker 5: And one way, it was sort of the Phillies and

561
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 5: baseball were sort of my last tra as a normal fan,

562
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Speaker 5: I would say, because when you start covering a sport.

563
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Speaker 5: And I really realized this in a weird ways. It's

564
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Speaker 5: another Toronto situation, but I really realized how much a

565
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Speaker 5: fandom had been beaten out of me when the Kauhi

566
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Speaker 5: shot went in and I'm up there in Toronto covering

567
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 5: the game for the Athletic and you don't really feel

568
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Speaker 5: the way you feel as a fan.

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Speaker 4: It's how am I going to get home? How am

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Speaker 4: I going to cover this?

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Speaker 1: Event.

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Speaker 5: What does this mean for me in terms of exit interviews?

573
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Speaker 5: And you're worried about all those logistical details. I think

574
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Speaker 5: that was when I really realized that Phantom had beaten

575
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 5: at of me, well the Phillies and at run or

576
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Speaker 5: eight run where they did finally win it.

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Speaker 4: Where I was there. I actually have the ticket behind me.

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Speaker 4: It's still displayed in my office.

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Speaker 5: That was sort of like my last raw as a

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Speaker 5: fan because a year after that, two thousand and nine

581
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Speaker 5: is when I started covering the NBA Draft and it

582
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Speaker 5: just changed so much of my perspective on sports and

583
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Speaker 5: how I think about sports now I cover sports that

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Speaker 5: it will always have a very strong place in my heart.

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Speaker 4: Do I still watch Phillies?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Do I sit through a three and a half hour delay? No?

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Speaker 5: No, I have better things to do with my life

589
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Speaker 5: at this point, but it is baseball will always have

590
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Speaker 5: a special place for me.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a very long delay, let's be honest. Three

592
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Speaker 2: and a half hours is a lot for any human

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Speaker 2: to sit through. But it's funny you mentioned that era

594
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Speaker 2: of going back to eighth nine because the Phillies surprisingly

595
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 2: haven't made the playoffs since two thoy and eleven and

596
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 2: it sounds like, I don't know if you can hear this,

597
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 2: that like we're at a stadium right now, cheering. There's

598
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Speaker 2: cheering going on. There's a celebrations going on. Because I

599
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 2: said the phil had made the playoffs since twenty eleven,

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Speaker 2: there's some Philly fans out there, I guess, banging on

601
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 2: this house doing some construction. But twenty elevens the last

602
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Speaker 2: time that they got there, And as you said, things

603
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Speaker 2: can change very quickly. But I will say they are

604
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Speaker 2: in a very good position to make the postseason. They

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Speaker 2: would actually line up with the Atlanta Braves, our new

606
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Speaker 2: adopted team here. Currently they would be the four or

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Speaker 2: five matchup. Is there any excitement level in you, especially

608
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Speaker 2: considering it's the off season here for you know, for basketball.

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00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 2: Are you watching at Mundo Sosa go headfirst into first base.

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Speaker 2: There's some exciting stuff happening on this Phillies team. Any

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Speaker 2: excitement level for this, this potential playoff run here?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 5: Sure, Now there's a good amount of excitement both from

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Speaker 5: my own perspective in the city.

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Speaker 4: You know, I think we.

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Speaker 5: All the Phillies over the last couple of years have

617
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Speaker 5: had some pretty notable September collapses. So I think we're

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Speaker 5: all sort of like, I don't want to say we

619
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Speaker 5: weren't buying in, but there's a little bit of skepticism

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Speaker 5: or at least just bracing ourselves for what has happened

621
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Speaker 5: here over the last couple of years. A lot of

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Speaker 5: debate over someone like Aaron Nola and whether I can

623
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Speaker 5: hold up throughout the whole season, whether or not you're gonna

624
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Speaker 5: get enough from him. I still think there's you know,

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Speaker 5: I think I think Philly is pretty optimistic right now,

626
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Speaker 5: but we know that that.

627
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Speaker 4: Could change very quickly.

628
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Speaker 5: But you know, I mean, this has been a you know,

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Speaker 5: I think when Bryce Harper went down, everyone's expectations took

630
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 5: a huge hit, and they were maybe a couple games

631
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Speaker 5: over five hundred. They weren't really in a playoff run,

632
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Speaker 5: and then it went on an incredible run without him

633
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Speaker 5: and put them in a spot. I think, especially with

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Speaker 5: the coaching change and the you know, a lot of

635
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 5: the younger players stepping up, I think there's a lot

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Speaker 5: of optimism here and I think everyone will look at

637
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 5: them and say, well, are they.

638
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 4: Good enough to make a run? Who knows?

639
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Speaker 5: Like this is year one of getting back in the playoffs.

640
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 5: Baseball is weird, you know. I remember going back when

641
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 5: there was you know, the the eight playoff teams and

642
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 5: doing a I was looking at it and it's like, well,

643
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 5: if at the teams that were great offenses, great pitching staffs,

644
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 5: great fielding teams, teams that ended hot, everyone pretty much

645
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 5: had about a one to eight chance of winning. Baseball

646
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 5: is so weird where there's just so it's so hard

647
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 5: to playoffs and actually do a great job of determining

648
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Speaker 5: the best team so once you get in, you have

649
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 5: a real chance. But I think a lot of people

650
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 5: are still realizing that this is maybe not a complete team.

651
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Speaker 5: But there's just a lot of excitement because, like you said,

652
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 5: they haven't been in the playoffs in over a decade,

653
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Speaker 5: which is sometimes tough to do in baseball. There's been

654
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Speaker 5: a lot of frustration from then to now. But yeah,

655
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 5: I think there's a lot of excitement over this team.

656
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, and with it, you should be expanded postseason, six

657
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 2: spots in each postseason. That definitely riles up some fan bases.

658
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 2: I'm sure it's riling up the Philadelphia fan base currently

659
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 2: because they're in a very good spot. They're up three

660
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 2: and a half on the Brewers, who are the team,

661
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 2: you know outside the wild card position four and a

662
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 2: half technically with the tiebreakers, I mean, I'm getting into

663
00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 2: tie breakers here, Derek. I didn't think I would be

664
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 2: doing that out covering baseball, but yeah, they're currently four

665
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 2: and a half up. A lot of weird stuff also

666
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 2: with this wild card situation, because if you're in a

667
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,359
Speaker 2: race like the Braves are to win the division, they

668
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 2: could be pitching their best pitchers down the stretch each

669
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 2: and every game, while the Phillies could have their position

670
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 2: locked up, and then you have a three game wildcard

671
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 2: series could be Braves Phillies, where the Phillies could be

672
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 2: in a better spot in terms of the rotation than

673
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 2: the Braves, which is a little scary for our team

674
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,879
Speaker 2: trying to win one of those top two buys, trying

675
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 2: to win the division and get the buy over the Mets.

676
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 2: So Phillies could be in a good spot, although you

677
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 2: know Bryce Harper, Yeah, coming back, there's weird stuff there

678
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 2: positionally with ed Mundo Sosa, Zach Wheeler is out. But

679
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 2: just getting moving on to you are everything Philadelphia. Looking

680
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 2: at your Instagram page, you went to a hustle pre screening.

681
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 2: Sure that we discussed earlier. We did a film session

682
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 2: on the movie Hustle, which was a fantastic movie. How

683
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 2: was that experience seeing Adam Sandler Tobias Harris up on stage.

684
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, well it was.

685
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 5: It was a little funny because it was right around

686
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,959
Speaker 5: that time where you didn't one hundred percent note whether

687
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 5: or not Tobias would You didn't one hundred percent of

688
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 5: the reception Tobias would receive and whether he's still be

689
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 5: a team. It was right there at the beginning of

690
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 5: free agency when that premiered.

691
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 1: But yeah, it was.

692
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 5: It was a fun event. I'd love to say I

693
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 5: sat here and chatted up with Adam Sandler.

694
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,479
Speaker 4: That didn't happen. That's fine, that's fine.

695
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 5: And you know what, I give it one star because

696
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 5: they didn't offer me any kind of cameo in the movie.

697
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 4: That's my only real complain about the movie.

698
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 5: But it was it was a pretty you know, I

699
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 5: could sit here and and it's it's funny because everyone

700
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 5: asked me that, I know, like, how how realistic is it?

701
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 5: It's like, well, they got pretty much everything about the

702
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 5: draft process wrong, but I think they got the essence

703
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 5: of a lot of of of the job right, and

704
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,600
Speaker 5: I think it was an entertaining It was like a

705
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,080
Speaker 5: basketball spin on Rocky. It was a It was a fun,

706
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 5: well done movie for what it was.

707
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 4: The premiere was fun.

708
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,320
Speaker 5: It was great to see a bunch of people that

709
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 5: maybe I hadn't seen in a while, especially since the

710
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 5: work the world has been so weird.

711
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 4: Over the last couple of years. But no, it was

712
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 4: an enjoyable, moving, enjoyable event. I think they did a

713
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 4: good job with it, and I'm glad the It.

714
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 5: Seemed like a lot of Sixers players and staff members

715
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 5: had some fun with the two, so it was it

716
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 5: was fun all around.

717
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: Were there any media cameos in the movie?

718
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 2: There was.

719
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 5: There was Anthony Gargano. He is a radio host on

720
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 5: a local radio station. That's the only one I can

721
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 5: think of off the top of my head, but there

722
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 5: was at least one.

723
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, all right, so you you deserve to feel

724
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 2: a little bit bitter. I get it.

725
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 5: I mean, look, I'm completely self centered in My rating

726
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 5: of the movie is dependent on what it did for me,

727
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 5: and it didn't do enough.

728
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 2: I didn't get you there. What was totally wrong about

729
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 2: the draft process in the movie. Now I'm going into

730
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 2: a film session. But do you remember offhand what wasly incorrect?

731
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I think they they said that the

732
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 5: Sixers had a chance to sign him and they declined to,

733
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 5: so then he entered the draft. That's you know, you

734
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 5: have to go through the draft before any team can

735
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 5: sign you. That was one big you know, they basically

736
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 5: had to find a way.

737
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 4: To set the Sixers up this sort of like the

738
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 4: early movie.

739
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 5: Villain, and they just kind of like created something out

740
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 5: of dinner. Okay, But I did appreciate that the GM

741
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 5: was very reminiscent of maybe a Sixers nepotistic GM who

742
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 5: was handed the franchise and wasn't very very likable player

743
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 5: or person. So I did appreciate that greatly.

744
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, was there any Brian Colangelo flashbacks at that point?

745
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: Was there? Yeah?

746
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 2: A high collar? I don't even remember, But no.

747
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 4: I don't remember him wearing a high collar.

748
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 5: But yeah, they definitely painted him to be the villain,

749
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:39,839
Speaker 5: and I think a lot of whether or not they

750
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 5: intended that to be the case, I think a lot

751
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 5: of Philolphy fans made that connection for sure.

752
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 2: Well, checking out your ig page, it sparked a question

753
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,759
Speaker 2: in me because we have a show here on the

754
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 2: No Dunks Network called is This Good? We debate random

755
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 2: things and whether they're good or not. Camping has come

756
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 2: up recently. You were camping with your bros while back,

757
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 2: So just a general question camping.

758
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: Is it good? Oh?

759
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 4: No, I think it's it's I think it's very good.

760
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 4: I enjoy it quite a bit.

761
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 5: It's one instance where me and my two brothers we

762
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 5: get to go out there pretty We do it pretty

763
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 5: much every year. It's like a combination camping and mountain

764
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 5: biking and kayaking and that sort of thing, and it's

765
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 5: one way that the three of us just sort of

766
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 5: get away from everything, away from the rest of the family,

767
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 5: away from our jobs and responsibilities, away from the world.

768
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 5: I enjoy it a bit. I enjoy just the general outdoors.

769
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 1: You know.

770
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,479
Speaker 5: It was I guess a little over a year ago

771
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 5: I drove back from Vegas from the summer league just

772
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 5: to sort of explore all of the national parks in

773
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 5: Utah and get a drive across country and do.

774
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 4: All that stuff.

775
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,280
Speaker 5: So that's kind of right up my alley anyway. But yeah, camping,

776
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 5: I think is wonderful. I don't know if I can

777
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 5: do it for more than like four or five days.

778
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 5: I think that's probably about my limit. There is certainly

779
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 5: a point where it gets to be too much of

780
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 5: a hassle and a burden. But just a couple of

781
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 5: days out in nature, I enjoy it.

782
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, how much on the glamping side?

783
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: Do you go?

784
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:05,560
Speaker 2: Do you need to shower?

785
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 5: Do you need I do shower? Yeah, there's a there's

786
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 5: a place that we drive to. I want to say,

787
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 5: down the.

788
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 4: Road, probably twenty minutes away, where we shower. I would

789
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 4: not be able to survive, I.

790
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 5: Don't think without feeling a little bit cleaner than all

791
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 5: the grime.

792
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,800
Speaker 4: I get home in camping's shower.

793
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's where you draw the line. That's yeah, no, yeah,

794
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 2: I'm exactly at that point with you. I do enjoy

795
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 2: a few days and then yeah, I wonder if it's

796
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 2: it just kind of it just kind of gets to me.

797
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,359
Speaker 2: I guess, yeah, yeah, I want.

798
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:36,320
Speaker 4: It's sort of like Vegas.

799
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 5: I can do Vegas for a couple of days and

800
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 5: then you got to get out because it's just it's

801
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 5: too much, it's overbearing. It's like Vegas, but the exact opposite, Yeah,

802
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 5: the exact opposite, but the feeling of it in terms

803
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 5: of having a deadline is definitely there.

804
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: Yeah.

805
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 5: I remember the first year I went out to Vegas

806
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 5: Sumer League and went out there for like eight days,

807
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 5: and it's like that's way too much. There's no way

808
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 5: this is ever happening again.

809
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 2: Ah, you're preaching to the choir. We used to do

810
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 2: eleven straight shows, so we were there for or like,

811
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 2: you know, if we sandwiched it twelve thirteen days, and God,

812
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 2: I just feel drained talking about it. That's not that's

813
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 2: not what any human should be doing.

814
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: It was.

815
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 2: We were even put at the beginning into a hotel

816
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,320
Speaker 2: which was somewhat off the strip and didn't have a casino,

817
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 2: so it really didn't feel like Vegas when we woke up,

818
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 2: when we went down the elevator, the whole experience wasn't Vegas.

819
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,240
Speaker 2: But still it just seeped.

820
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 1: In, as it does.

821
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, everything does seep it. You do love the outdoors.

822
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 2: I saw you do a lot of drone filming and photography,

823
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 2: and if you're on YouTube, we're showing you a photo

824
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 2: of Derek wearing his drone goggles. I guess they're called

825
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,399
Speaker 2: And I know you keep mentioning every time you post

826
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 2: a photo that you like doing it, but you always

827
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 2: look like a huge dork while.

828
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:54,399
Speaker 1: You do it.

829
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 2: Can you tell us about the whole drone experience, because

830
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 2: I think you get some great footage. It looks extremely cool.

831
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 2: But at the other the other end, do you avoid

832
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 2: anyone seeing you because of those goggles, those huge VR

833
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 2: type goggles that you're wearing.

834
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 5: I think I've given up on trying to look cool anyway,

835
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 5: So that's fine, that's fine. I would not have posted

836
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 5: that if I was too worried about how I look. No,

837
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 5: I've drone is you know, I got into it.

838
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 3: I have.

839
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 5: I actually just took them down for the shoot. But

840
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 5: I have probably seven or eight drones, and some of

841
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,399
Speaker 5: them are like DJI, like camera drones. Some of them

842
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 5: are more like freestyle and racing drones. Some of them

843
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 5: are long range, flying up and down a mountain. I'd

844
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 5: like to do a lot of sometimes just flying and stunts,

845
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 5: and some of them can hit like one hundred miles

846
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 5: an hour, And I like to do a lot of them

847
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 5: for you know, pictures and videography and that kind of stuff.

848
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 5: Cinematography drones.

849
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 4: I have a good little fleet.

850
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 5: Going is one of the few hobbies that I have

851
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 5: kept up over the last couple of yours.

852
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 4: It's just it's it's fun.

853
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 5: I there's a sense of speed I've always I always

854
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,840
Speaker 5: enjoy like I've always wanted to go skydiving. I enjoy heights,

855
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 5: I enjoy the feeling of flying, and this is a

856
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 5: way to do it without killing myself, which seems like

857
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 5: a good, good compromise.

858
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:17,360
Speaker 4: But mostly it's I would.

859
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 5: Say it's probably for the cinematography trying to create some

860
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 5: kind of videos and content out of it.

861
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 4: Not that I post any of it because I'm not

862
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 4: good enough at it. But it's a it's fun.

863
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 5: There's a lot of different ways to approach it in

864
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 5: terms of cameras and photos. There's just it's a way

865
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,839
Speaker 5: to take pictures that you never otherwise could have.

866
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,399
Speaker 4: It's it's a it's a fun hob yet I enjoy.

867
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 2: So you do get a sense of speed from it

868
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 2: that you do get.

869
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 5: Yeah feeling Oh yeah, no, I mean, like I said,

870
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 5: I have I have one that can probably hit I've

871
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 5: never tested it, but like I probably hit about triple

872
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 5: digits on it.

873
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,240
Speaker 4: And because you have it with the goggles, with the FPV,

874
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Speaker 4: it can.

875
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,919
Speaker 5: Yeah, there's all kinds of races and I'm not good

876
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,760
Speaker 5: enough to do it, but there's all kinds of races

877
00:42:55,760 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 5: where you compete against other people. It is a it's

878
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,280
Speaker 5: it's one of my bigger hobbies for sure.

879
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,839
Speaker 2: I think we should get you if the Phillies face

880
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 2: the Braves here, we should get you part of the

881
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 2: broadcast because I think you could add you could add

882
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 2: something with your You're you're filming?

883
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 1: Uh are you?

884
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 2: Do you consider yourself a bit of a thrill seeker?

885
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 2: Because I did also see in twenty nineteen, I think

886
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 2: you mentioned that Sixers Toronto series. You're in Toronto cntwer Tower. Yes,

887
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 2: that edgewalk. They were showing you a photo of where

888
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 2: you're literally hanging above the city of Toronto with a harness,

889
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 2: but you're it's a you're free, You're you're out in

890
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 2: the open air. How was that experience?

891
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that was that was That was high.

892
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 4: That was definitely hot.

893
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 5: I don't wouldn't say I'm afraid of heights, And I

894
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 5: think with that one specifically, I had enough faith that

895
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 5: I was able to There's just something to me about

896
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:53,440
Speaker 5: in terms of thrill seeking, about your everything in your

897
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,800
Speaker 5: mind telling you not to do it and doing it anyway.

898
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 5: And I think that's what I get out of heights

899
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:00,479
Speaker 5: and sort of challenging that fear.

900
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Speaker 4: That was a gorgeous view.

901
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 5: I remember sitting up in my hotel during the course

902
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 5: of that series and it was, you know, maybe a

903
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 5: fourth of the height, but just looking at it and

904
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 5: looking at the skyline of Toronto and the coastline and

905
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,440
Speaker 5: how beautiful it was. I think that's probably when I

906
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 5: talk myself into doing that one, specifically the seaand Tower,

907
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,960
Speaker 5: just because I wanted to get a real good view

908
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:24,240
Speaker 5: of it. And I think that height is ads it's gorgeous.

909
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 5: Like I said, there's something about conquering your fears, or

910
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:27,840
Speaker 5: at least doing something that your brain is telling you

911
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,840
Speaker 5: not to do, that I enjoy. But yeah, I probably

912
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:34,879
Speaker 5: enjoy heights, probably more than a lot of people.

913
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 4: I think that's probably fair. Yeah, there's there's some real seeking.

914
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 5: Aspect to it, for sure, and that that's the same

915
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 5: with the thing with flying too, because it is first person,

916
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 5: because you do have the goggles on. You can get

917
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 5: a lot of thrill out of.

918
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:47,479
Speaker 2: That for sure.

919
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 5: And I think when I maybe the first time I

920
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 5: really noticed that I took it out to Vegas a

921
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 5: couple of years ago and flying up and down Red

922
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 5: Rock Canyon and flying through the mountains. I think that

923
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 5: was probably my first passion in terms of drone flying.

924
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 5: So yeah, I would say height and thrill seekings a

925
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Speaker 5: part of it.

926
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Speaker 1: Oh, it sounds cool.

927
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 2: Was it so scary that you cried like Joel Embiid

928
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 2: did at the end of that Sixers Raptor series.

929
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:12,479
Speaker 1: I'm a jerk.

930
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 2: I got no problem with Joel Embiid crying. There's nothing

931
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:20,239
Speaker 2: wrong with crying. That was an incredible series. When you

932
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 2: look back, I almost wish I was a pure fan.

933
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 2: What I choose my career path versus being a fan

934
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 2: for that one moment. Of course I choose my career path,

935
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:32,080
Speaker 2: but that was a ridiculous moment. I was in awe

936
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:35,440
Speaker 2: of that four bouncer moment. Anything else that you remember

937
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 2: other than trying to get the heck out of the

938
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Speaker 2: air Canna Center Scotia Bank Arena.

939
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that's probably the one instance. I think

940
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 5: there's a lot of instances where I regret losing the

941
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 5: pure fandom. That's probably one where I'm glad that I

942
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 5: was in the media and I didn't have to focus

943
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,320
Speaker 5: on what would be a pretty traumatic experience because I

944
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 5: still have, Like my one brother is a pretty big

945
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 5: basketball fan. He's a Philly fan, and watching the devastation

946
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 5: on him was it made me realize what I avoided.

947
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 4: That was a that was a tough.

948
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 5: One for a lot of people, one of the toughest,

949
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 5: I think, just because of the sheer absurdity of it.

950
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 5: You know, I'll never forget standing there sitting there in

951
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 5: the upper bowl watching that shack go in and watching

952
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 5: it hit and I think it was probably about the

953
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 5: third bounce where it really hit me that that's going in.

954
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 4: It was absurd, you know.

955
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 5: I remember after because there was a mark Stein report

956
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 5: that Brett Brown was going to be fired if you

957
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 5: lost the series, and I remember beating a bunch of

958
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 5: the coaching staff and the way they reacted, and I

959
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 5: firmly believe that they thought they were going to get fired.

960
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,320
Speaker 5: It very much felt like they were saying they're goodbyes.

961
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:45,800
Speaker 5: I'll always remember that it was a truly fantastic series.

962
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 5: That was a well played series on both ends. You know,

963
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 5: I think that was a competitive series. I think that

964
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 5: was maybe the best playoff series of sixers have played.

965
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 4: During the Strill and Beat era.

966
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 5: It's sort of a shame that it ended the way

967
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 5: that it did, but there was one where you just

968
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 5: really have the tip your hat to Kawhi and to

969
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 5: Nurse and to the Raptors, and it was an extremely

970
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 5: well played series. It's probably one of the highlights of

971
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 5: my career covering a team. Not highlights for Philadelphy fans,

972
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,839
Speaker 5: but highlights in terms of what I got to witness.

973
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 2: And I'll just ask you one question about these sixers

974
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 2: before we go. Additions this offseason.

975
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:21,080
Speaker 1: PJ.

976
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 2: Tucker, Montres Harald, the Anthony Melton. I know you just

977
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,760
Speaker 2: wrote about the addition of Mantres Harold, which was recent.

978
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,359
Speaker 2: James Harden took a pay cut. Just general thoughts of

979
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 2: the Philadelphia seventy six ers going into a big season.

980
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:38,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think they're well positioned to the way I've

981
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:41,600
Speaker 5: been phrasing it the entire time. If James Harden has

982
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:45,239
Speaker 5: a bounced back here and is more maybe not the

983
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:47,400
Speaker 5: James Harden of let's say twenty twenty when he was

984
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 5: an MVP candidate, but somewhere in between where he was

985
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 5: last year and where he was back then. These Sixers

986
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,279
Speaker 5: now have the depth and the pieces to capitalize on that.

987
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 5: And I think what they did and if you look

988
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 5: at their roster, probably their fifth through eight most important players,

989
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,359
Speaker 5: we're all added this offseason, and all in part because

990
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,480
Speaker 5: James Harden was willing to take that pay cup. We'll

991
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,720
Speaker 5: see what that means on his next contract, but because

992
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 5: he was willing to take that pay cut, they were

993
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:13,360
Speaker 5: able to add their depth. And because they're able to

994
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 5: get that the Anthony Melton trade and then make those signings,

995
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,120
Speaker 5: and because of the Montres Herald situation played out the

996
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 5: way they did, they are.

997
00:48:20,239 --> 00:48:21,879
Speaker 4: A much much, much deeper team.

998
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 5: They have way more two way players, way more two

999
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 5: way wings, they have more shooting, they have more defense.

1000
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 5: I think they are a much better team. I'm not

1001
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,399
Speaker 5: sure any of that really matters if James Harden looks

1002
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:35,200
Speaker 5: the way he did last year against the Heat, and

1003
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:36,760
Speaker 5: I think that's going to be the key to this season.

1004
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,240
Speaker 5: But like I said, if James Harden has a bounce

1005
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 5: back year, they now have the pieces and the depth

1006
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 5: and the defense and the two way players that they

1007
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 5: can capitalize on that, and I think that's important. I

1008
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,239
Speaker 5: think it's probably about the most Daryl Moore could have

1009
00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:50,800
Speaker 5: done in this offseason. He can't turn back the clock

1010
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,399
Speaker 5: and make James Harden into who he was five years ago.

1011
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:58,080
Speaker 5: That's going to rest on James. But they're a much

1012
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 5: better team. I expect them to be among the top

1013
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 5: three teams in the Eastern Conference.

1014
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:02,560
Speaker 1: You know, you.

1015
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,799
Speaker 5: Obviously have the Bucks and the Celtics, who I think

1016
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 5: you would put. I think the Sixers probably have similar

1017
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,720
Speaker 5: level upside to them, but I think you're more confident

1018
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:12,880
Speaker 5: in the Bucks and the Celtics. Outside of that, I

1019
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,320
Speaker 5: think the Sixers are above pretty much everyone else. And

1020
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 5: if you look at the NBA as maybe having you know,

1021
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 5: I think one of the things we talked about with

1022
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 5: baseball it's great is that once you get in the playoffs,

1023
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,800
Speaker 5: you have regardless of how good of a team, how

1024
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:27,919
Speaker 5: complete of a team, you have a chance just because

1025
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 5: of the randomness of baseball and the shortness of a

1026
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,359
Speaker 5: playoff series and basketball it's a little different. You don't

1027
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 5: really see all that many times where teams come out

1028
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:37,360
Speaker 5: of nowhere to make a run to the NBA finals.

1029
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:39,720
Speaker 4: If you were to pick the top five or six.

1030
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 5: Teams that have a real legitimate shot of winning the championship,

1031
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 5: I think the Sixers are in there, but I think

1032
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 5: it's gonna be James Harden, and it's going to determine

1033
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,279
Speaker 5: whether or not they have a realistic chance or whether

1034
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:49,399
Speaker 5: they are more pretenders.

1035
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I wonder if the East, excuse me, is a

1036
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 2: little bit more like baseball than basketball has been in

1037
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,280
Speaker 2: the past. And I say that because you mentioned the Sixers.

1038
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 2: You could these at least the Sixers coming out of

1039
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 2: the Eastern Conference. The Celtics are there, the Bucks are there,

1040
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,319
Speaker 2: and you know, the Miami Heat should be part of

1041
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,840
Speaker 2: that category. And then there's you know, some Tier two teams.

1042
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 2: But it feels like, as it always does this time

1043
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 2: of year, that there's more teams that could make it

1044
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:20,040
Speaker 2: than not. But I do think the Sixers should be

1045
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:21,840
Speaker 2: a part of that conversation. I am a big d

1046
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:23,280
Speaker 2: Anthony Melton fan, but you're.

1047
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 1: Right, it does.

1048
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:30,040
Speaker 2: Probably it does lay on what Harden can do and

1049
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 2: how fresh it keeps Embaid as well just effective. If

1050
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 2: Harden puts on, you know, a little bit more on

1051
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,760
Speaker 2: his shoulders going into the playoffs, and if he performs,

1052
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:41,720
Speaker 2: and I think that's.

1053
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,240
Speaker 5: One thing we've seen Joel Embiid take a minor step

1054
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:46,359
Speaker 5: back here defensively over what he was earlier in his career,

1055
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:47,640
Speaker 5: and I think part of it's just that he has

1056
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:50,279
Speaker 5: to carry so much. I don't think anybody really saw

1057
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 5: him at the beginning of his career developing into a

1058
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 5: thirty point per game score or a league leading scorer.

1059
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:56,040
Speaker 5: Now that he doesn't have to do quite as much,

1060
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,520
Speaker 5: both because of Harden and the development of MAXI I

1061
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 5: think you could get a better defense version of Joel Embiid,

1062
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:03,800
Speaker 5: something maybe a little more aching to the twenty seventeen

1063
00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 5: version of Embiid, and I think that will help, especially

1064
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:08,759
Speaker 5: since they have way more permeter defenders than they've had

1065
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 5: pretty much at any time throughout his career. So I

1066
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:12,279
Speaker 5: think they should be a very good defensive team. The

1067
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:15,839
Speaker 5: question is brother Harden's offense, We'll elevate them to where

1068
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 5: it needs to be.

1069
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,440
Speaker 4: It'll be it'll be a fun season. Sure.

1070
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,840
Speaker 2: Well, thanks Derek, I appreciate you. You're coming on your insight.

1071
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:25,960
Speaker 2: You can catch Derek's coverage of the Philadelphia seventy six

1072
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,799
Speaker 2: ers at the Daily six newsletter. Thank you so much

1073
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:29,720
Speaker 2: for coming on today.

1074
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, pleasure anytime.

1075
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,239
Speaker 2: All right, we got to take a quick break, but

1076
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:39,440
Speaker 2: after this short break, a tweet worthy of the Crown.

1077
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:40,480
Speaker 1: We'll be right back.

1078
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to No Buns. Yeah, we don't really lay

1079
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 2: him down here on this show No Bunting, but we

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Speaker 2: do hit dangers like this.

1081
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Speaker 3: Next tweet tweet overnight Wow Twitter, Yeah, the big.

1082
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Speaker 1: Setups, now, Jad, I was expecting you to say tweet

1083
00:52:03,719 --> 00:52:05,880
Speaker 1: of the night. I was awaiting and.

1084
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're here, tweeted the night.

1085
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, No, no, no, I liked it. What you

1086
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: did was great. I just hesitated.

1087
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Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean ippointed as well.

1088
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Speaker 1: I wasn't lucking at you.

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Speaker 2: Well I thought you could see me partially. Yeah, there's

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Speaker 2: a lot of equipment in front of you. Yeah, there's

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Speaker 2: a lot happening. There's a lot happening. But yeah, I

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Speaker 2: didn't want to repeat it. I always repeat myself, especially

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Speaker 2: going in a break, so I've gotta take a great

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Speaker 2: quick break. But after this break there's a break. Fair enough,

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I didn't want to repeat it. Also, it

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Speaker 2: isn't the best setup because it really makes it seem

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Speaker 2: like I tweeted it or one of the No Dunk's

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Speaker 2: crew tweeted, I said, we hit dingers. I can't take

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Speaker 2: credit for this amazing tweet from Lindsey Adler of The Athletic.

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Speaker 2: She writes about those darn Yankees, and she tweeted something

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00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:57,840
Speaker 2: she wrote after a Yankees Jay's game a year ago

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Speaker 2: which related to Queen Elizabeth. This is what she wrote

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Speaker 2: in Canada, the Queen is on the currency for the Yankees.

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Speaker 2: On Tuesday night, Michael King was on the money.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 2: Yes, now it's not a very current again again, this

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Speaker 2: is tweet of twenty twenty one. Really, but Lindsay Adler

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Speaker 2: tweeted because Queen lives with the second past, and she

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Speaker 2: tweeted her old lead to an article on The Athletic

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Speaker 2: which if you're not subscribing to the Athletic, If that

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Speaker 2: doesn't get you to subscribe, I don't know what will.

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Speaker 2: The Athletic dot com slash no dunks a dollar a

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Speaker 2: month for the next six months get you in there

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Speaker 2: if I didn't get you in there with Lindsay Adler's

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Speaker 2: in Canada, the Queen is on the currency for the Yankees.

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00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:49,319
Speaker 2: On Tuesday night, Michael King was on the money. Darn good,

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Speaker 2: I was just in Canada.

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Speaker 1: JD.

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Speaker 2: Obviously the flag's flanet half masts. Queen died at ninety six.

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Speaker 2: I was at my man Ryan Setton's wedding. Yeah, and

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Speaker 2: one of the first people on the dance floor was

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Speaker 2: grandmother of Loren the bride, who is ninety four.

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Speaker 1: Wow. And she was phenomenal. She was.

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Speaker 2: She was basically the only one on the dance floor

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Speaker 2: for she was. I think she was dancing during dinner

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Speaker 2: or during times when you weren't really supposed to be.

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Speaker 1: You know, no one was dancing, but she was. She

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Speaker 1: was just happy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, granddaughter got married, great granddaughter, granddaughter, granddaughter.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, ninety four, Yeah, she was. She was going nice. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: good time, good times were had. Congrats to Loren and Ryan.

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Speaker 2: A very very, very very good time to be back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm going out tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Yes, you're gonna love it. I don't know if you're

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Speaker 2: coming back, Judy, I'll say it right now.

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Speaker 1: But because of the nightmare at Pearson or just because.

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Speaker 2: Because of that, you know, it's Canada. Yeah, that's the

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Speaker 2: biggest reason, the second biggest reason. The weather is just

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Speaker 2: too good right now. You're gonna love it.

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Speaker 1: It's the perfect time. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I didn't run into any airport problems, so no, I

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Speaker 2: don't think that'll be a part of your calculation rates.

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Speaker 1: Great to hear.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm calling it now. You're not coming back air quotes.

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Speaker 2: There were problems at the airport, but anyway, yeah, you'll

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Speaker 2: be you'll be gone, but there'll still be shows being

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Speaker 2: produced here from the factory of course. Yes, yes, yes,

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Speaker 2: there's a no Dunks coming up, No Brakes coming up,

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Speaker 2: which you can find on its own feed. Is this

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Speaker 2: good in the feed next week? No Buffs has its

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Speaker 2: own feed. And one last thing before we go here

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Speaker 2: from one of the Bleacher creatures, the term we use

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Speaker 2: for people watching live on YouTube, Kojak said, what's the

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Speaker 2: over under for for bangs on the pod? I got

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Speaker 2: thirty five?

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Speaker 1: It was way more than that, so much on what's

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Speaker 1: worse the saw or the bangs? I gotta go bangs? Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: well listen back. Actually I probably won't be able to bring.

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Speaker 2: Myself to listen to this one, nah, because we just

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Speaker 2: got rid of the table banks problem with the new microphones,

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Speaker 2: which sound phenomenal. Yeah, I mean I can't even you

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Speaker 2: can't even make that bang sound. But then they were replaced.

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Speaker 2: It was a nice little nostalgic throwback to a week

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Speaker 2: ago before we implemented these new mics.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So anyway, if you want to be part of the

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Speaker 2: Bleacher Creatures or the stream team, join us, YouTube dot com,

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Speaker 2: slash no dunks ink Buffer Now, Clipper bros.

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Speaker 4: You heard it here first, have a great time, turn up,

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Speaker 4: love you guys, awesome.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 2: And remember, as I said earlier in the show, average

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Speaker 2: major League Baseball game three hours and seven minutes. They're

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Speaker 2: trying to shorten that with the new rules, which they

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Speaker 2: will do. And then the sport that will become the

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Speaker 2: longest of the four major sports. And by those I'm

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Speaker 2: talking about hockey, basketball, football or baseball will be which

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Speaker 2: one j.

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Speaker 1: D Football you better believe.

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Speaker 2: Come on, let's go baseball, let's do it, head it

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Speaker 2: out of the park. And you did with these new rules.

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Speaker 2: I really enjoyed it. All right, we'll see you next time.