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Speaker 1: bit about their to do list. Guys, I'm gonna pose

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Speaker 1: the first question to you about Ace Hunter Green. He

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Speaker 1: has three years and forty two million left on his contract.

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Speaker 2: There have been.

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Speaker 1: Rumors that the Reds, if I have to say this

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Speaker 1: have listened, but don't have any intention of trading Hunter Green. Eric,

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Speaker 1: what's your reaction to that.

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Speaker 3: And thought to to your visceral hate for listening. Let's

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Speaker 3: do both.

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Speaker 1: Let's do both, my viscral.

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Speaker 3: Have you ever told somebody I wish you were a

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Speaker 3: better listener? Like, maybe that's a good thing that somebody says,

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Speaker 3: you know what, we are listening. You know why they're

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Speaker 3: listening because their teams that don't want to spend money

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Speaker 3: and they have the most capital ever. It's like they

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Speaker 3: have this big like coupon that just is sitting there like, ooh,

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna cash this in for something, well, you know what,

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Speaker 3: like they don't need to. Maybe the Reds should have

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Speaker 3: looked at themselves and been like, you know what, we

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Speaker 3: didn't really build the entire roster, and we you know,

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Speaker 3: our hitters weren't quite who they thought we thought they

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Speaker 3: were going to be. We have an ace at the

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Speaker 3: number one. He's not an ace a number one at

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Speaker 3: the top of our rotation that you know what, It's

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Speaker 3: okay to say, we're gonna listen, but it's also okay

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Speaker 3: to not go anywhere because he's got three more years

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Speaker 3: on his deal and he is below market value. No,

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Speaker 3: they're not going to trade him because I think it's

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Speaker 3: still in this winning window.

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Speaker 1: All right, I've heard we have a guest ready for

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Speaker 1: us to talk a little Red.

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Speaker 3: He knows he's not a spell.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how to spell. I'm still trying to learn.

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Speaker 2: And I think it's the wrong sport too.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, maybe we welcome in Danny Graves, who knows

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Speaker 4: a lot more than we do about the Reds.

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Speaker 1: So, Danny, we need to know what are your top

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Speaker 1: three to do lists? To do things on your to

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Speaker 1: do list for the Reds this offseason.

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Speaker 2: I'll explain the hat real quick for you, Cratzy. So

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Speaker 2: it's hockey weekend. I have to travel for travel hockey

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Speaker 2: for my ten year old son. Soon as I get

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Speaker 2: off this I'm going to pick them up from school

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Speaker 2: and we're going to Dallas big tournament this weekend. So

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Speaker 3: Soop Speed got speech and coming on with us. We

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Speaker 3: love it. Yeah, I hope you got no traffic.

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Speaker 2: No traffic, that's so I'll driving through Austin is awful,

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Speaker 2: So it'll take me like seventeen hours. But here's the thing.

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Speaker 2: What I got for the Reds, what I wish the

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Speaker 2: Reds could do. I really think they need to solidify

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Speaker 2: their bullpen. Emilio Pegan was great for them last year

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Speaker 2: at the back end thirty two saves, one of eight

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Speaker 2: It's hard to fight that guy at the back end

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Speaker 2: that could shut down games for you. He is a

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Speaker 2: free agent. Whether they'll try to sign him back, I'm

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Speaker 2: not sure. I know he's going to be demanding a

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Speaker 2: find somebody. Tony Santia did a great job eighty games

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Speaker 2: last year a sub three era. Could he close possibly,

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Speaker 2: But I do feel like they need some kind of

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Speaker 2: veteran leadership in the bullpen. Also a power bat. We

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Speaker 2: need some pop at great American small park. Guys twenty

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Speaker 2: de la Cruz. I believe it's twenty two. That's not

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Speaker 2: also I think they need to solidify the outfield.

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Speaker 3: TJ.

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Speaker 2: Friedel's been really good. Noel Vie Marte has been awesome

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Speaker 2: the transition from third base to right field. But they

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Speaker 2: I don't know if he's gonna come out of retirement,

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Speaker 2: every single time. I'm not trying to talk you into anything, Kevin.

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Speaker 5: When I was reading this list, when I was reading

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Speaker 5: sounds like me. If twenty two homers, If twenty two

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Speaker 2: Although right now, so right handed I would prefer and

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think KP could hit KP could hit Dingers,

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Speaker 3: going to stick to your to do list and I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna hit the first topic, the bullpen. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 3: every team is going to have that is on their

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Speaker 3: to build you got to build an entire new bullpen

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Speaker 3: because you killed them all this year. Do you feel

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Speaker 3: like it's an easier job? And I know it's a

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Speaker 2: So I don't know if it's easier Cratzy. I do

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Speaker 2: think they're gonna have more options because they have starters

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Speaker 2: I do feel like they want to go out and

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Speaker 2: I don't think they were expecting him to be their

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Speaker 2: make a big difference. I think if your starter goes

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Speaker 2: So if you're burning them out, your toast. So hopefully

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Speaker 2: they can find somebody that's not going to cost them

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Speaker 5: All right, My question, since I'm no longer available to

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Speaker 5: dream scenario of that power bat that you're thinking of.

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Speaker 5: Give me who you think they end up with. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: So I think my dream deal would Pete A. Lonzo

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Speaker 2: that's everybody's dream. He would be perfect, a perfect fit

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Speaker 2: I do like Auhanio Suarez reunite. I know they were

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Speaker 2: but they couldn't get a deal done. I don't know

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Speaker 2: a guy that's thirty five years old. Why not go

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Speaker 2: But you know, I know he didn't have a ton

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Speaker 2: But the guy can hit the ball out of the ballpark,

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Speaker 2: and his career numbers a great American are pretty good.

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Speaker 2: I think it's two eighty plus with twenty homers and

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Speaker 2: so I think there's options there. But again, you got

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Speaker 2: be plugged in. So where do you put that power bat?

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Speaker 2: I have no idea. Your guess is good as mine.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they ever listened to me Kevin anyway,

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Speaker 2: So but why don't they go out and try to

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Speaker 2: get Pete or Suarez?

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Speaker 3: All Right, Danny, I got a way that you can

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Speaker 3: cross off two pieces on your to do list. Anytime

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Speaker 3: I have a to do list, sometimes I write something

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Speaker 3: just to make me feel like I accomplished a lot.

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Speaker 3: So I'm going to give you your our bat and your

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Speaker 3: outpha one and it's not going to cost you what

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Speaker 3: I think this team needs an alpha. Do the Reds

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Speaker 3: have enough to go and trade for Byron Buxton to

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Speaker 3: solidify that outfield because it's under market value? Or are

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Speaker 3: the Reds not built as an organization that you know

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Speaker 2: Ooh, that man you just got. You gave me chills

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Speaker 2: when you said that. I don't know if you saw

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Speaker 2: my reaction. That's pretty intense. That would be pretty amazing.

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Speaker 2: I agree with you there. They do need an alpha

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Speaker 2: and Buxton, oh my gosh, he would fit perfectly. But

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Speaker 2: what would they have to give up? You know, I

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Speaker 2: heard you right before I came on and talks about

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Speaker 2: Hunter Green. I know that there were kind of talks

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Speaker 2: because he's under he's under market value right now, they're

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Speaker 2: getting him for pretty cheap. I don't know if they would,

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Speaker 2: but if it was a chance to get Byron Buxton,

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I like that though.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'll send that to some of the upper people

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Speaker 2: see if they as an anonymous caller or something, see

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Speaker 2: if they can throw that out there.

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Speaker 3: I love that.

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Speaker 2: Get it done, and then you're getting credit for it.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I don't need credit for it. I'm fine. I

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Speaker 3: don't calling me.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Hunter Green. We've talked about the Reds rotation

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Speaker 1: a little bit. It's one of the deepest in baseball.

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Speaker 1: But the Reds have said, you know that they have listened,

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Speaker 1: but don't have any intention of trading Hunter Green, who

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Speaker 1: has three years and forty two million left on his contract.

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Speaker 1: I guess what are you hearing from that front or

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Speaker 1: what do you happen?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think honestly, it was just something that was

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Speaker 2: I'm sure they're listening to anything, because at this point

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Speaker 2: there's really nobody on this team that you would say

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Speaker 2: is untouchable. If there's the right deal and the right

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Speaker 2: think you take it. But I also think Trish, you've

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Speaker 2: been in this game long enough too, Like things get

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Speaker 2: Is there any like headway behind it?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 3: Probably not.

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Speaker 2: I don't think Nick Kral had any intention going into

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Speaker 1: So. Let's talk a little bit about the man in charge,

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Speaker 1: Tito Terry Francona, and just the confidence in him to

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Speaker 1: they just add a few more pieces to that roster, Danny,

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Speaker 1: Is that kind of what we're feeling from the Reds

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Speaker 3: Yes, I do.

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Speaker 2: I don't feel like they're going to go out and

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Speaker 2: Tito didn't come here just to help rebuild or just

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Speaker 5: Yeah, to follow up on that, when they hired Tito

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Speaker 2: I see, anytime you have a Tito Francona running your team,

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Speaker 3: Was it a little bit quick?

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Speaker 2: I think if you look at the roster that the

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: I think with Tito, he brings that little extra confidence

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Speaker 2: I don't necessarily think I was surprised because Tito. Whatever

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Speaker 3: All right. Last question, you watched this team the whole year.

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Speaker 3: Did the Reds make the play else or did the

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Speaker 2: B Yeah, so yeah, I think the Mets kind of

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Speaker 3: The Reds.

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Speaker 2: I think if you watched them a lot, you saw

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Speaker 2: then wait, what is this team's identity? So I think

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Speaker 2: they were trying to get steady towards the end. Of

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Speaker 2: obviously to put that pressure on the Mets. But I do,

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Speaker 2: at the end of the day think that the Mets

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Speaker 1: I would have to agree with that take, Danny. I

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Speaker 1: think that, Thank you, thank.

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Speaker 3: You, I was hoping for somebody to agree.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to I very much agree with that take.

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Speaker 1: And I got a soft spot for the Reds in

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Speaker 1: my heart because I grew up in southern Indiana, so

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Speaker 1: I grew up watching them. But I agree with that take.

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Speaker 1: The Mets lost that chance, all right, Danny. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much, and don't forget to catch Riverfront Territory with

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