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Speaker 1: None of these again, none these cuts really surprise me.

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to a brand new episode

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Speaker 2: of Dodgers Territory.

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Speaker 3: I'm Alana Rizzo.

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Speaker 2: That is Katie Wu also Clint to see us. Of course,

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Speaker 2: Side Territory joining us minutes as we shift our NL

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Speaker 2: competitive series to the Cubs. Remember we talked about the Phillies,

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Speaker 3: But first, guys, the big ticket. Katie is there.

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Speaker 2: couple of days. Katie, you were there when Dodgers camp

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Speaker 3: At least you're covering the team. I know you're in

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Speaker 3: Any names stick out to you?

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Speaker 1: First of all, I told you, guys, I look like

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Speaker 1: where's Waldough today? And why is that the first comment

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Speaker 4: We found Katie. We found Katie. Guys.

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Speaker 1: I think none of them are really surprising, and I'm

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Speaker 2: Did, Clint, you had mentioned when you and Katie and

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Speaker 5: They very much do. They have one of the.

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Speaker 5: This, this is all good. This is all good things.

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Speaker 3: We are in a great spot.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, somebody I've really enjoyed putting eyes on this camp

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Speaker 3: Who is it for you?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, let's get it. Let's give Jackson Ferris some love.

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Speaker 7: headed for a young player, understands that bad moments will happen.

440
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Speaker 7: Really learned from this awful start that he had in

441
00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,800
Speaker 7: Houston and kind of took off the rest of the season.

442
00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,680
Speaker 7: I think missing him in the postseason really hurt them. Yes,

443
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,520
Speaker 7: getting Justin steelback is huge, will be huge from May June.

444
00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,479
Speaker 7: He's on target. They're not going to rush him. They

445
00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,520
Speaker 7: saw how someone like Sandiel Contra kind of struggled, maybe

446
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,000
Speaker 7: rushed back or just coming back just because he felt,

447
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,720
Speaker 7: you know, he could pitch. Just be patient with him.

448
00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,600
Speaker 7: They have five guys, and then they have a six

449
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:26,880
Speaker 7: guy and Colin Ray that's a really valuable swingman six starter.

450
00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:30,320
Speaker 7: And then you have guys like Ben Brown, Jordan Wicks

451
00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,600
Speaker 7: is hurt right now and have a little setback, but

452
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Speaker 7: that's a veteran. Kyle Wright eventually will be back. I

453
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,159
Speaker 7: think they're happy that they have him as depth. He's not,

454
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Speaker 7: you know, he's way behind with all those injuries that

455
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,159
Speaker 7: he's had in his career. But it's a deep group

456
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,400
Speaker 7: guys that they trust that if if someone gets hurt,

457
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,800
Speaker 7: someone can step up and give them innings. If you

458
00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,119
Speaker 7: don't want to lose anyone for a you know, a

459
00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,760
Speaker 7: huge part of the season SHOWDA you mentioned his velocity back.

460
00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,320
Speaker 7: He's going to give up home runs. If they're not

461
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Speaker 7: three run home runs, you're going to take it. Because

462
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,159
Speaker 7: this is a guy that in twenty twenty four kind

463
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,600
Speaker 7: of took the league by storm. Last year the injury,

464
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,120
Speaker 7: Velo Dip just wasn't right physically, couldn't do the things

465
00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,679
Speaker 7: he wanted to do. When he came back and I

466
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,240
Speaker 7: think he's healthy. The velocity being back is huge for him,

467
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Speaker 7: and they have a lot of guys and you could say, yeah,

468
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,760
Speaker 7: I think he's a three or four. And then with

469
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Speaker 7: Cad Horton and Edward Cabrera, if they step up, you

470
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Speaker 7: kind of see like potential ones, maybe twos. And then

471
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Speaker 7: of course there's Matthew Boyd who just quietly went about

472
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,920
Speaker 7: business last year. Was in the periphery of the cy

473
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Speaker 7: Young talk early on and kind of faded at the end,

474
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Speaker 7: but had outside of that rough start against the Brewers,

475
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Speaker 7: he was there in the playoffs looking pretty strong for them.

476
00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,720
Speaker 7: There was one start where he came out on short

477
00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,359
Speaker 7: rest and the defense that really stout defense, which is

478
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,879
Speaker 7: a part of this starting pitching. The reason the Cubs

479
00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:02,639
Speaker 7: kind of overperformed at peripherals elite defense, especially on the infield,

480
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 7: everyone is plus plus. Even their backup in Matt Shaw

481
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,959
Speaker 7: is a great defender, so that that is kind of

482
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,879
Speaker 7: how they built this rotation, knowing that they have elite

483
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,200
Speaker 7: defense behind them.

484
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Speaker 4: I'm going to bring in a little bit more of

485
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,200
Speaker 4: the Dodger angle here.

486
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Speaker 6: Obviously Dodgers fans excited that we I was a part

487
00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,920
Speaker 6: of it, added Kyle Tucker in the offseason, but there

488
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,600
Speaker 6: was this kind of perception that followed him that maybe

489
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,920
Speaker 6: he didn't necessarily care or maybe didn't care as much

490
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Speaker 6: as other guys in that clubhouse. What was kind of

491
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Speaker 6: your view of Kyle Tucker in his loan season with

492
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Speaker 6: Cubs and what do you think is accurate?

493
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Speaker 4: What do you think is kind of people just making

494
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Speaker 4: a bs?

495
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,000
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think some of this stuff gets twisted and

496
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 7: gets like blown out of proportion. Is he like Nico

497
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 7: Horner or Alex Bregman, who like Nico Horner, I had

498
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 7: to step away from him after the loss to the

499
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 7: Brewers in the postseason because it was just like hard

500
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,480
Speaker 7: to be around someone's so upset and sad, like he

501
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 7: was like contemplating life and it was like a really

502
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,919
Speaker 7: difficult moment for him. And you know, you just like

503
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 7: these guys. Some of these guys take it, handle it differently,

504
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,760
Speaker 7: treat the game differently, treat what they do in between

505
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 7: games differently. Kyle Tucker puts in the work that needs

506
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 7: to be done. Is he this galvanizing force in the clubhouse?

507
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 7: Is he a you know, a game changer as far

508
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,880
Speaker 7: as talking strategy with the young players, that's not who

509
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,720
Speaker 7: he is. I've covered a lot of really great players

510
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,040
Speaker 7: that are just that's not who they are. They go

511
00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 7: about their business. Their teammates are fine with them, but

512
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,120
Speaker 7: they're not you know, going out to all the dinners

513
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,119
Speaker 7: and doing, you know, making sure that the team is

514
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 7: always together, hanging out in the you know, batting cages

515
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,160
Speaker 7: and talking over the posing pitcher. That's not really who

516
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,359
Speaker 7: he is. And and nobody I don't I didn't hear

517
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,680
Speaker 7: anybody in that clubhouse saying, you're this is a guy

518
00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 7: that's bringing us down. Is a negative force in the clubhouse.

519
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,439
Speaker 7: But there also were in people rating about him. It's

520
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,120
Speaker 7: like this guy is galvanizing the group and making sure

521
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 7: we win. He's just he goes out there and performed

522
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 7: when he's healthy. He is a great, great offensive force.

523
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,359
Speaker 7: There was some grumbling about the calf injury. Yeah, sure,

524
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 7: like when it's a caf in group, people were like,

525
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 7: where is this guy? It's the playoff push, But also

526
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 7: I think that's just like in the heat of the

527
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,520
Speaker 7: moment type stuff where it's like we're trying to win

528
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,120
Speaker 7: games down the stretch and make sure we're getting home

529
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,919
Speaker 7: games for the playoffs and all that stuff. So I

530
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,119
Speaker 7: understand that, but I don't think he's a negative force.

531
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Speaker 7: And I also think he's not like from my perspective

532
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 7: as a member of the media, he's not great for us.

533
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 7: He's just not a good quote. So he shouldn't be

534
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 7: the go to guy in the clubhouse. He doesn't. It's

535
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,400
Speaker 7: not like he dislikes us or was mean to any

536
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 7: of us. It was just that he's not someone you

537
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,480
Speaker 7: go to in LA. He's gonna fit h well because

538
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 7: you have other people to go to, and also there's

539
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 7: all these stars in the lineup. He could just go

540
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,439
Speaker 7: go to work, do his job, rape and be a

541
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 7: great player and it works. I think it's a great

542
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 7: fit in LA, and I.

543
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Speaker 2: Really believe that because I remember when Cody Bellinger got

544
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 2: the call up and Corey Seeger had already been there

545
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 2: a couple of years. I remember Corey when Cody was

546
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,680
Speaker 2: having his MVP year. Corey was so thankful that he

547
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 2: didn't have all of the attention on him.

548
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,360
Speaker 3: Because Corey doesn't like interviews.

549
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,959
Speaker 2: Good kid, good guy, professional, always kind, but he's just

550
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 2: not a guy like Jock Peterson. Hates interviews for different

551
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 2: reasons than obviously Corey did.

552
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 3: But he was so Cody.

553
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 2: Corey was so happy to see Cody, and I'm sure

554
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 2: Kyle will be super happy to see Freddy and MOOKI

555
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 2: and on and on and on. Let me ask you

556
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,920
Speaker 2: this the hot again, another personality question. And maybe it's

557
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 2: unfair of us to judge, but PCA of course making

558
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 2: those comments about Dodgers fans just kind of showing up

559
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 2: only there to take pictures those types of things.

560
00:25:58,840 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 3: California kid.

561
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,359
Speaker 2: Maybe different perspective on the Dodgers, But tell us a

562
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 2: little bit more about him. What give us a better

563
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,879
Speaker 2: understanding of who you think being around in PCA is.

564
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 7: I think he's a really good kid, really respectful to

565
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 7: the media, really respectful to like the game, and I understand. Look,

566
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 7: he kind of leads into rivalries and he's not afraid

567
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 7: to kind of speak his mind at times. I don't

568
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 7: think he meant that in like a malicious, malicious way.

569
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,760
Speaker 7: I think he meant, you know, it's just something that

570
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,439
Speaker 7: was on his mind and he said it. He was

571
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,880
Speaker 7: being honest. Sometimes being honest with the media can get

572
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 7: you in trouble. I think he's a I think some

573
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,639
Speaker 7: people get it twisted because they see him really emotional

574
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 7: on the field, and he does need to work on that.

575
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,639
Speaker 7: He's he's still young. He needs to he needs to

576
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 7: pull it back a little bit where it's if you're

577
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 7: the team's up and you strike out or you ground out,

578
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 7: you can't slam your helmet because guess what the team's doing. Well,

579
00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 7: if that comes in a big moment, and that happens

580
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,680
Speaker 7: once every a couple of weeks, sure that that's understandable.

581
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 7: But if you're you, you've got to control your emotions

582
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,439
Speaker 7: better on the field. And I think he's learning that.

583
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,200
Speaker 7: He's a very emotional player. You see it. He wears

584
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 7: it on his sleeve, and that's the good and the bad.

585
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 7: That's him pumping up his teammates when he slides into

586
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,639
Speaker 7: third with a triple or something like that, or rounding

587
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 7: the bases after a home run. He is going to

588
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 7: be flashy, and I think that's a big part of

589
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 7: his game. But he's a hard worker, really respects veterans

590
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 7: like Glombs onto them. Was attached to Justin Turner last year.

591
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 7: Carlos Santana was around for a month and I saw

592
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 7: him after every game going up to him kind of

593
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,840
Speaker 7: breaking things down, talking, getting advice trying to learn, and

594
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 7: he's doing the same with Alex Bregman. He is attached

595
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 7: to him, obviously, they're both at tm USA right now,

596
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 7: and my guess is Pete is doing a lot of

597
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,239
Speaker 7: learning among those players in the tam USA, Like this

598
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 7: is a great experience for him. I don't think. Look,

599
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 7: I think he's going to tick off the opposition a ton.

600
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 7: I think that's the type of player he is. He

601
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 7: is flashy, He likes to make plays, and he likes

602
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 7: to talk a little bit, and I think in the

603
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 7: heat of the moment, that's fun and that's all just

604
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,120
Speaker 7: like part of the game. I think that's good for baseball.

605
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 7: And I understand why Dodgers fans would be annoyed. I understand,

606
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 7: you know, in the future, like Cardinals, Drewers, all the

607
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 7: NL Central teams, they're going to be annoyed by him.

608
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 7: And I'm sure that's you know, the Cubs fans feel

609
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 7: similarly about other flashy players on other teams and when

610
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 7: their rivals are competing against you. So that's just part

611
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 7: of baseball. I don't think he's a bad guy or

612
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 7: has anything any malicious intent. He can be a little immature,

613
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 7: and he's growing in that way. But I think he

614
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 7: understands what it takes, what he needs to do to

615
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 7: become really good. And he's got all the talent in

616
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 7: the world. He's got to put in the work and

617
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 7: he does so. I respect that a lot. That it's

618
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 7: not this guy that I'm talented. I'm just going to

619
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 7: come and do what I need to do. I'm a

620
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 7: top prospect. I'm flashy. This is what I do. That's

621
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 7: not really who he is. He's a hard worker and

622
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 7: his teammates respect him for that. There's little things he

623
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 7: needs to work on, and he's doing it. You know.

624
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 1: I'm with you, sat of as someone who loves the drama.

625
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: I get why Dodgers fans would not like those comments,

626
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: but I think it's great for the game to have

627
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 1: that kind of emotion, to have fans get riled up

628
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: when the Cubs come to town.

629
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 5: Now, like more of that in baseball?

630
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 7: Please?

631
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 1: We have one hundred and sixty two games plus the postseason.

632
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 1: Let's spice it up. Let's do something fun. Speaking of fun,

633
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 1: the NL Central looks a little different this year coming in.

634
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,240
Speaker 1: It looks between the Cardinals and the Brewers, and this

635
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: is a division that the Brewers have pretty much had

636
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: a hold on for the last five years. They won

637
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 1: four to the last five titles, the same those Cardinals

638
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: irrelevant this year. The Pirates are kind of on the rise.

639
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: They have good pitching. I like their off season moves,

640
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 1: but not enough for me to be all in. And

641
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: the Reds are like the most five hundred team ever.

642
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 5: So when you're looking at the.

643
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: Cubs and the Brewers, do you feel like the Cubs

644
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: had the off season then to make them the team

645
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: to be in this division? Or do you think this

646
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: is a pretty even matchup between them and Milwaukee.

647
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 7: Yeah, so I think on paper, the Cubs should be

648
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 7: the team to beat. I think they have the mentality

649
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 7: of we got to take the division. Finally, we got

650
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 7: to beat the besky Brewers. The Brewers are I just

651
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 7: need to stop doubting them. I have stopped doubting them

652
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 7: for a couple of years now. It's been it's been

653
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 7: like six seven years of saying I don't understand why

654
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Speaker 7: this team is going to be good, and then they

655
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Speaker 7: there's stars that just emerge out of nowhere or players

656
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Speaker 7: that just you know, take a step forward. Uh So

657
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Speaker 7: I'm not going to doubt them. I know they lost

658
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Speaker 7: a lot from last year that you could say that

659
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 7: about last year going into last season. So I don't

660
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 7: know exactly how they're going to do it, but they're

661
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Speaker 7: going to be annoying and pesky and probably compete for

662
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Speaker 7: the division. I don't know, I don't. I just can't

663
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Speaker 7: say that the Cubs are going to run away with

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Speaker 7: this division because the Brewers are just such a well

665
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Speaker 7: oiled machine. When it comes to it, they're really the

666
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Speaker 7: envy of the league. Obviously the Dodgers are great, but

667
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 7: when it comes to not spending money and just building,

668
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Speaker 7: uh you know, year and a year out producing talent,

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Speaker 7: they're the envy of the league. And people I've talked

670
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Speaker 7: to scouts this spring that are just like I was

671
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 7: asking them, how do they do it? And They're like,

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00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 7: that's the question. Everyone is asking how how do they

673
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Speaker 7: do it? And we're trying to figure out what are

674
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Speaker 7: the Brewers doing? And you know, these things go in cycles.

675
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 7: Sometimes it's Cleveland, sometimes it's Tampa Bay.

676
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Speaker 4: But right now.

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Speaker 7: Milwaukee's that team that everyone's wondering, how is this small

678
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 7: market club doing it? I wouldn't. I think the Pirates

679
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 7: and the Reds are both going to be pesty. Those

680
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 7: teams have such great pitching, I think they are going

681
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 7: to be serious. Where the Cubs go to Cincinnati and

682
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 7: and well, I guess going to Cincinnati means they're going

683
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 7: to score a lot. But let's they go to Pittsburgh

684
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Speaker 7: and Pittsburgh just shuts them down with pitching, and Cubs

685
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Speaker 7: fans are freaking out, pulling their hair out because how

686
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Speaker 7: are they losing to the Pirates. Well, because you face,

687
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Speaker 7: you know, Paul Skins and Bubba Chandler or whoever's going

688
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 7: that day that they have deep pitching both these staffs,

689
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Speaker 7: and when that happened, and if a couple guys just

690
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 7: emerge on offense, I think those one of those teams

691
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 7: could pop. I don't you know. I kind of lean

692
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Speaker 7: Reds just because of Terry Francona, but I'm not going

693
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Speaker 7: to rule out either team. But yes, I agree it's

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Speaker 7: between the Cubs and the Brewers, and the Brewers just

695
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,480
Speaker 7: don't go away. So I don't know how they get it,

696
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Speaker 7: what the path is to it, who this next great

697
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 7: player is or you know staff Ace is, But someone's

698
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 7: gonna pop. Someone's gonna be like, yep, that's the guy.

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Speaker 7: We should have seen it coming. This guy's great and.

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Speaker 6: Of course all of those teams are battling to be

701
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Speaker 6: runner up, runner up behind the Dodgers for that National

702
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Speaker 6: League pennant. So how do we appreciate you man, one

703
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Speaker 6: of the best to do it, and make sure you

704
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Speaker 6: guys are watching as well. North Side Territory part of

705
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Speaker 6: the Foul Territory Network you got so hot of you

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Speaker 6: got him with Patrick Mooney, a couple of guys.

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Speaker 4: There's your athletic take over there, Katie. But they are

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Speaker 4: live a.

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Speaker 6: Few times per a week on North Side Territory part

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Speaker 6: of the Foul Territory Network.

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Speaker 4: Again, we'll catch you during the season.

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Speaker 7: Thanks for stopping by, man, of course, thanks so much

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Speaker 7: to you guys. Soon take care of ckdh.

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Speaker 6: Hi Here all right, guys, we got some more stuff

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Speaker 6: to talk about. We got we can't do a show

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Speaker 6: during the WBC without talking about the WBC.

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Speaker 4: So what do you think we.

718
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Speaker 6: Talked about it here with Fox One.

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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 2: All of our World Baseball Classic coverage brought to you

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Speaker 2: by our friends at Fox one, which is live stream

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Speaker 2: all your Fox favorites together in one place, including all

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Speaker 2: WBC games over the next few weeks and after that

724
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 2: the best Major League Baseball action all season long. Guys,

725
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 2: a big game tonight. I'm excited about this one. I

726
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 2: hope you too are as well. I think I think

727
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Speaker 2: you will be.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, Mexico and USA USA looks great, but so do

729
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 3: the Mexicanos. Clint to sieus as people, the Mexicans, they

730
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 3: look great. I love it.

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Speaker 2: Cuba are my people, itally Italy my people America of course,

732
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Speaker 2: but this is gonna be a good game, Katie.

733
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Speaker 3: What are you most looking forward to in this one?

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Speaker 1: The Skeme's debut, This to me is like the first

735
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: real test for Team USA was looked lights out.

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Speaker 5: I love the I love the entire WBC.

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Speaker 1: You guys know this, but I love how much this

738
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Speaker 1: tournament is impacting players.

739
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Speaker 5: Like we know Scooble.

740
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Speaker 1: We knew the plan for him all along was to

741
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 1: make that one start against Great Britain, go back to Detroit,

742
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Speaker 1: get ready for opening today.

743
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Speaker 5: He pitches, and.

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00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, he's like, wait a second, I

745
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: don't know if I can leave. Like we I think

746
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,279
Speaker 1: the more we see the WBC and the more it's marketed, right,

747
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 1: and the more exposure that we get we see how

748
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: much it means to these players. Mexico is such a proud,

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Speaker 1: passionate baseball country. I've been locked into everything that their

750
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 1: manager has been saying about this game like this, it's

751
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 1: so fun to watch meaningful, powerful baseball in early March.

752
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: So there's so many different storylines I can go with,

753
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Speaker 1: but I guess I'll go with Skeens because if he

754
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: has even half the reaction that Scooble did to pitching

755
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Speaker 1: for the first time, we are going to see an

756
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Speaker 1: incredible display on the Mounta and I'm looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: I think what you just so sorry what Katie was

758
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,360
Speaker 2: just saying about Skeens. And I love the fact that

759
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,239
Speaker 2: Schooble's now questioning whether he wants to go back.

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Speaker 3: I think that's really cool.

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00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 2: I think a lot of a lot of it too,

762
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 2: is going to be like getting him set up to

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Speaker 2: pitch for opening Day for the Tigers. It's got to

764
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 2: be able to line up. So I'm sure aj Hinch

765
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 2: and his staff is trying to figure that out. But man,

766
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 2: he's like, wait a minute, this means a lot. This

767
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 2: means a lot more perhaps than he maybe he thought

768
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Speaker 2: it did. I mean, you saw what Chinese type aid

769
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 2: did when they beat Korea and they were no longer eliminated.

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Speaker 2: Just how much this means to these guys. I think

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Speaker 2: it's awesome.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, the people in the stands, the fans, the players,

773
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 6: you know, I saw there have been so many different

774
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 6: memes of it. You know, in a regular baseball game,

775
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,280
Speaker 6: somebody hits a homer and it's head down, even though

776
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 6: that's kind of inaccurate these days there's a lot more

777
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 6: pimp jobs and homers and.

778
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 4: Doubles and Dodgers doing all of this kind of stuff.

779
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 6: But I mean, everybody thinking that they just hit a

780
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Speaker 6: walk off homer for a single in this tournament. It's

781
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 6: this means so much to everybody. And for what is

782
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Speaker 6: this tournament number like five, six, six seven, I don't

783
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Speaker 6: know which one it is.

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00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 4: I had to get one in there. It took me

785
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 4: everything to not pause, by the way, when he dropped

786
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Speaker 4: to six seven in there. But I am I am forty.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

788
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 6: The people are having fun and this tournament keeps getting better,

789
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 6: and for us to be seeing Team Mexico having its

790
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 6: best club ever, Guys like Schooble, like you mentioned, Katie,

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Speaker 6: he really wants to be there and he has his

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Speaker 6: you know, uh.

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Speaker 4: What's his name?

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Speaker 6: Lebron James announcement coming up, I think in a couple

795
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 6: of minutes or a couple of hours. But whether or

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00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 6: not he is going to stay or go back to

797
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 6: boring Detroit Tigers camp. It's a lot of fun. I'm

798
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 6: enjoying watching this, and tonight is going to be a

799
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Speaker 6: blast USA versus Mexico.

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Speaker 3: I agree, it's super cool.

801
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 2: By the way, Foul Territory will be live with the

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00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 2: post game tomorrow, right.

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00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,280
Speaker 4: We're live tomorrow night tonight and after.

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Speaker 2: The wind Foul Territory is yeah, live with the post

805
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 2: with the post game tonight and following Wednesday's big Dominica

806
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 2: Republic versus Venezuela game, we are going to be live

807
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Speaker 2: tomorrow after the Dodgers game.

808
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Speaker 3: But guys, don't forget from the WBC.

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Speaker 3: Fox one streaming now.

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Speaker 2: All right guys, I want to tell you a little

817
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 2: bit about Peyton. This is a sweet girl that her

818
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 2: owner had passed away, so the owner's husband was going

819
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 2: to dump her at a high kill shelter. That's incredibly cruel.

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Speaker 2: She's a senior gallon. She's been in foster care with

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Speaker 2: us since July. Unfortunately, she was acting a little bit

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Speaker 2: sick and we found we went and took her in

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Speaker 2: for X rays and unfortunately she has a tumor on

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Speaker 2: her spleen. So what we need to do is we're

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Speaker 2: going to get her an ultrasound to see if we

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Speaker 2: have a better determination of what we're dealing with here.

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Speaker 2: But it's incredibly expensive, so we're asking for donations. Honestly,

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Speaker 2: fifty cents makes the difference. So if you could donate

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Speaker 2: to Gidri's Guardian dot org put Peyton on your donation,

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Speaker 2: that would help us a lot, try to get her

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Speaker 2: the care that she needs to to kind of see

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Speaker 2: what we're doing in the best course of action to

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Speaker 2: at the very least make her comfortable if we can't

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Speaker 2: have surgery and if it's going to be safe for

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Speaker 2: surgery to go that way. So please, Gidri's Guardian dot

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Speaker 2: Org and help Peyton out. All right, guys, Baseball thoughts

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Speaker 2: for the road and Clint. This one also involves dogs.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, if you guys don't follow show how Yo Tani

839
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 6: on his Instagram, do it because he posts some just

840
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 6: random absolute gems on there, including Decoy being a bad boy.

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00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,919
Speaker 6: It's true, he can be a bad boy. He has

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00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 6: he has assassinated, he has killed two of his Teddy Bears,

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00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 6: which is just I mean, look at that. Look at

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Speaker 6: that poor Teddy bear. If you guys are watching, that.

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Speaker 2: Teddy Bear had Isaac and a nos at one point,

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Speaker 2: what happened two of them?

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00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 4: The other one had a whole snout removed.

848
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 3: But wow, deepoint looks so like so kind, and I

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Speaker 3: guess not.

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Speaker 6: I mean the good thing is, you know show he

851
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 6: makes enough money to replace those toys. But maybe, you know,

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00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 6: maybe Decoy's upset that that daddy's out there trying to

853
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 6: win the WBC for Team Japan.

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00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 3: I mean, let's be honest.

855
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 2: You could buy a bear and a buy actual bears

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Speaker 2: Bears bears you wanted to.

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Speaker 3: He didn't buy the Chicago Bears if you wanted to.

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00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 2: But Katie, not only is Decoy taking the show on

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00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 2: show Hayes Instagram, but you're a little concerned about perhaps

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Speaker 2: how he's treating one of his teammates.

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Speaker 5: Tell us more some bullying of Yamamoto.

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00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: Big Walk All, Big Celebration Win and show Atani's Instagram

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00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: story are two not the most flattering photos.

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Speaker 5: Of Gamamoto I've ever seen. But you know what, I

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00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 5: love their banter.

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Speaker 1: I love their relationship, just seeing it from Afar and

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Speaker 1: now being able to see it from some of the

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Speaker 1: time in the clubhouse.

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Speaker 5: Real friends post ugly photos of you on Instagram.

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Speaker 1: We know this because my friends do that all the time,

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Speaker 1: and they are gonna have a field day when they

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Speaker 1: see the Whereaswaldo comments from the beginning of the show,

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Speaker 1: so let's keep it up. We love the romance between

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Speaker 1: show Hey and Yamamoto.

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Speaker 5: It is so cute.

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Speaker 1: Love it more hilarious pictures please and decoy.

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Speaker 3: Yes, he's still a good boy either.

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Speaker 2: It's it's never the dog's fault, it's always the owner's fault.

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Speaker 2: I'm just throwing it out there, you guys, thanks so

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Speaker 2: much for being with this. We went a little long today,

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Speaker 2: but that's all right. Don't forget foul Territory is after

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Speaker 2: the USA Mexico game tonight, and then myself, Katie and

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Speaker 2: Clint will be back tomorrow for postgame after the Dodgers

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Speaker 2: Cactus sleep play. Don't forget to like subscribe guess to

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Speaker 2: twenty thousand subs.

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Speaker 3: We appreciate you. We'll see you tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: FI our stuff too, okay.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, fire stuff hey fye

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Speaker 6: Okay, thanks, bye,