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Speaker 2: So we're gonna get into it right now in the

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Speaker 1: will that kind of clear up some of the middle infield,

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Speaker 1: you know, surplus that they have going on.

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Speaker 5: I think that's possible.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, with Kik, I mean, I think it makes

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Speaker 1: sense to find a spot for him because he really

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Speaker 1: I remember thinking during the NL Division Series last year,

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Speaker 1: after I think the first three games that you know,

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Speaker 1: this team really needed some sort of spark plug and

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Speaker 1: I was kind of wondering myself, where does that come from?

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Speaker 1: And then the answer was pretty obvious, like one day later,

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Speaker 1: like he's the energy you know that I think the

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Speaker 1: team really needs. And you know, something about him and

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers and the postseason, you know, it all just

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Speaker 1: it all just works, and I think he's a really

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Speaker 5: I don't really know how that looks.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I wonder if you know, if they could

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Speaker 1: get him in on a minor league contract or something

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Speaker 1: like that.

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Speaker 5: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of hard because, as you said, it is

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Speaker 1: a really crowded forty man roster and there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of just tough decisions going forward.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to get really, really super creative. And

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Speaker 2: we also know they're going to need to make space

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Speaker 2: for Clayton Kershaw at some point they've already said, hey,

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Speaker 2: he's coming back. I want to come back. That's going

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Speaker 2: to happen. It expects to be. We should expect more headlines,

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Speaker 2: more insanity, more excitement, more thing for you to be

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Speaker 2: writing about over the next you know, month and change

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Speaker 2: until spring training. Everybody getting out there to Glendelle Arizona.

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Speaker 2: So it should be fun. But we'll be watching, We'll

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Speaker 2: be following you on Twitter and on of course Dodgers

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Speaker 2: dot com. Sonya appreciate you joining us here today. Hopefully

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Speaker 2: we can have you back soon. We'll be talking about

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Speaker 2: maybe some key K signings, maybe some crazy trades or

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Speaker 2: whatever the hell happens from then or from now until

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Speaker 2: spring training. But thanks again for joining.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having me. Great to be here,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, great to be on the beat.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, enjoy it. It's a lot more fun here in

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Speaker 2: LA I'll tell you it's as opposed to talking about Oh,

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Speaker 2: everybody you know doesn't want I'm not getting you in

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Speaker 2: trouble with the Oakland fan base and MLB and all that.

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Speaker 2: We'll keep things a kosher for now, but now we're

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Speaker 2: gonna throw to last licks. Thanks again to Sonia for

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Speaker 2: joining us. But today we are talking about a couple

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Speaker 2: of dogs that y'all heard about on Thursday from Alana.

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Speaker 2: These are Clyde and Corky. And these are four month

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Speaker 2: old German Shepherd mixes. And they are in need of love,

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Speaker 2: and they are in need of a home, and they

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Speaker 2: are adorable looking pupperronis. If I do say so, how

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Speaker 2: could you not want to pet those faces and give

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Speaker 2: them all of the belly rubs. If you guys are

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Speaker 2: interested in adopting, in helping Ilana and Gidrey's Guardian in

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Speaker 2: any way with fostering or or donations, visit Gidrey's Guardian

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Speaker 2: dot org, or of course, slip into Alana's DMS. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure she will very much appreciate that as long as

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Speaker 2: you're respectful about it. But those are the pups. Before

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Speaker 2: we get out of here, guys, we got to talk

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Speaker 2: a little bit about uh. One move the Dodgers, you

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Speaker 2: know they did. We talked about it at the beginning

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Speaker 2: of the year. One move they did which was smart

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Speaker 2: to me, and that was having a reintroductory press conference

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Speaker 2: for Teoscar Hernandez. It became official and we appreciate Tao.

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Speaker 2: And that's spot and mister Seeds coming all the way

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Speaker 2: back being home here with Los Angeles Dodgers. Listen, this

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Speaker 2: is a team that is set up for success. On success.

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Speaker 2: It's a great time to be a fan of the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what. And they're not done. We know

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Speaker 2: they're not done. KEI k A. Clayton Kershaw, you should

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Speaker 2: be happy. I know some people here on the internet have.

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Speaker 2: It's not a love hate relationship with Clayton. It's more

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Speaker 2: so worrying about the age. Yes, Clayton Kershaw is older.

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Speaker 2: By the time opening day is here in twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 2: he will be thirty seven. We're in the twilight of

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Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw's career, but he still has something left in

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Speaker 2: the tank. We saw it. We saw him pitching through

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Speaker 2: injuries over the last couple of years, but if we're part,

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Speaker 2: you know, if he's mixing in part of that six

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Speaker 2: man rotation, given guys like Yamamoto time to be healthy,

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Speaker 2: time guys like Otani to get himself healthy and ready

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Speaker 2: to go glass. Now keep him healthy and actually available

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Speaker 2: for October. You want somebody like Clayton Kershaw in the mix,

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Speaker 2: and it wouldn't it be fun to send him off

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Speaker 2: with a real ring, something he earned. Yeah, he got

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Speaker 2: a ring this year in twenty twenty four, or last

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Speaker 2: year in twenty four. He told us during the parade,

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Speaker 2: He's like, I didn't really feel like I earned this,

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Speaker 2: but I'm happy to be here. Dodger for life. He

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Speaker 2: won one in twenty should have won one in seventeen.

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Speaker 2: But let's let's send him off. You know, more hardware

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Speaker 2: for Clayton Kershaw. But the Dodgers get better bringing back

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Speaker 2: Taoe and there's just there's it. They're set up for

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Speaker 2: a run of I don't know if it's unprecedented success,

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Speaker 2: but they are set up for success for years to come.

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Speaker 2: That's about it for today's edition to the show. Hopefully

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Speaker 2: you guys enjoyed it in some way, shape or form.

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Speaker 2: I will be back on Thursday. Here I should be

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Speaker 2: joined by somebody. We don't know quite yet. I haven't

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Speaker 2: got a text back about that one. But subscribe to

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Speaker 2: the channel with that notification. But to know when we

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Speaker 2: are going live. I will not be live on my

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Speaker 2: ch channel tonight, but tube into my channel on Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: or my friend Casey Porter from Dodgers Daily here on

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Speaker 2: the YouTube we'll be joining us. We'll be talking a

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Speaker 2: lot of prospects and more. Again, subscribing to all the channels,

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Speaker 2: at follow Alana on social media, follow me on social media.

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Speaker 2: Just don't follow us home and that's about it. Thank

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Speaker 2: you for watching, thanks for listening, and we'll see you

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Speaker 2: on Thursday. Okay. Bye,