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Speaker 1: What's Up, Mets fans, Welcome back to another episode of

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Speaker 1: the Mets Up Podcast, episode number one seventy three. We

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Speaker 1: have a very exciting episode for you guys today. We're

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Speaker 1: starting to drop our spring training interviews. We're going to

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Speaker 1: talk to Dan vogel back here in a few seconds.

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Speaker 1: If you guys did not see on the feed on

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Speaker 1: International Women's Day, we had a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: women takeover episode. Amazing episode. You guys should definitely go

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Speaker 1: take a listen to it. But we're talking about Daniel

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Speaker 1: vogel back now because the conversation it was pretty awesome, right.

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Speaker 2: James, Yeah, it was good to peel back to current

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Speaker 2: on Danie voggelback, guy who kind of came to the

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Speaker 2: team last year and we didn't really get to know

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Speaker 2: him super well because you only spent a couple months

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Speaker 2: in the organization. But nice talking to him, nice getting

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Speaker 2: to know him. Nice, just like sitting down with him

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Speaker 2: and kind of just grown out for a few minutes. Good,

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Speaker 2: good conversation with Dan.

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Speaker 1: I also love that when we were done with the interview,

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Speaker 1: you guys won't get this, but he took a deep breaths.

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Speaker 3: And say, oh that was easy. That was great. You

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Speaker 3: guys were fun, like that's what we want with these players.

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Speaker 1: That's what we're hoping to build relationships with them like that,

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Speaker 1: and they'll be excited to come out and talk a

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Speaker 1: little bit more maybe during the season.

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Speaker 3: So, without further ado, well let's talk to Daniel Vogelback.

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Speaker 1: What's up, Mets fans, back here with another interview at

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Speaker 1: spring training. You know, well, Daniel Vogelback, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for joining us. How does it feel to be

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Speaker 1: back in spring training, back with the boys.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it feels good. You know, anytime you get back

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Speaker 4: to spring training and be back with the teammates and

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Speaker 4: the guys, it's exciting, especially when you come to a

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Speaker 4: group like this.

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Speaker 5: New grew up in Florda. Is it fun to be

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Speaker 5: back in your home state? For sure?

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Speaker 4: You know, you're like far enough away from home, but

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Speaker 4: close enough to where if you want to go home

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Speaker 4: all the time, you can. But no, this is only

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Speaker 4: my second spring training in Florida, so it's done Arizona

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Speaker 4: my whole career, so it's nice to be back at home.

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Speaker 1: Last year getting trade from the Pirates, you went from

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Speaker 1: a team that wasn't a contender to a team that's

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Speaker 1: actively trying to win a World Series.

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Speaker 5: How does it feel to be wanted by a team

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Speaker 5: that's trying to have that goal?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, I think what you just said is so big.

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Speaker 4: Anytime you're wanted, especially by a team and an organization

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Speaker 4: that's trying to do what they're trying to do, it

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Speaker 4: makes you feel good, you know, knowing that you know

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Speaker 4: they can go out and get whoever they want, and

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Speaker 4: they trust in you and they want to give you

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Speaker 4: an opportunity. It feels good.

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Speaker 5: We all know New York's a very unique city.

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Speaker 2: Was a leg adjusting New York City in the middle

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's especially coming from Fort Myers. It's a little

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Speaker 4: different living a little different than being there. But you know,

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Speaker 4: it was actually easy. The fans and the people and

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Speaker 4: everybody made it really easy, easy transition, and I'm looking

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Speaker 4: forward to another year.

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Speaker 1: You played high school ball with a bunch of different

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Speaker 1: great players, but you had Francis Glendora on one of

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Speaker 1: your teams. So what's your relationship like with Francisco?

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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I've known I'm Francisco since we were sixteen. I

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Speaker 4: always tell people he hasn't changed at all in a

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Speaker 4: good way. He's you know, you play against him and

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Speaker 4: you wonder if he's like that all the time, and

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Speaker 4: he is. He just a genuine good person. He cares

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Speaker 4: about people more than baseball. And there there's a reason

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Speaker 4: that you know, he uh not only got the money

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Speaker 5: We've been down here for a few days. We were

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Speaker 2: We were watching you guys work out in the field

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Speaker 2: what's it mean to have like that kind of lightness

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we played for a long time. We played for

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Speaker 5: Good people around you. It's easy to do. Yesterday was

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Speaker 5: I believe, your first experience with the pitchclock. How was that?

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Speaker 1: Because I mean we're seeing Peter Lonzo sprinted and we're

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Speaker 5: How have you felt about it so far?

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Speaker 4: It definitely speeds the game up. Yeah, And I think

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Speaker 4: there's gonna be an adjusting period. But I think that

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Speaker 4: what it's for, I think it'll be okay. And it's

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Speaker 4: just like anything else, when you do something for so

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Speaker 2: You're also player has been shifted the guest a lot

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Speaker 5: How do you think the shift band's going to affect

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I definitely think there's gonna be a lot more hits.

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Speaker 4: But I also think that, just like anything else, they're

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Speaker 4: so whether you know, the only difference is they're gonna

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Speaker 4: shift everywhere. But I do think that people are gonna

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Speaker 4: But it's gonna be interesting to see how people play.

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Speaker 4: But there's definitely gonna be a lot more.

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Speaker 1: Hits to feel nice to get one lay through that

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you look up and you're used to someone standing

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Speaker 2: Unless you're A picture went viral of you and Pete

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Speaker 5: It was a pretty pretty fun moment. What's it been

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know I keep saying it about guys, but

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Speaker 4: Pete just a good dude, and he uh, he's really

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Speaker 4: good at baseball. He just cares, you know, he cares.

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Speaker 4: He wants to win. You guys see it on the field.

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Speaker 4: He's competitive and everything. He works hard every single day

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Speaker 4: you see out there take around balls and by the

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Speaker 4: time we're done, Pete looks like he played in a

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Speaker 4: gonna make a lot of money. But more than that,

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Speaker 4: you know, every day you see me, ask you how

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Speaker 4: and it's a reason we win. Our great players are

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Speaker 1: Take us through your daily prep as a designated hitter, like,

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Speaker 1: how do you stay focused in the game. What are

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Speaker 4: I like to stay in the dugout and be engaged

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Speaker 4: I want to be energetic, and it's hard for me

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Speaker 2: You've had a legendary I for your whole career going

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Speaker 2: back some of those years in the Mariners Org you're

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Speaker 2: rocking like twenty percent walk grades. How'd you develop that

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Speaker 4: I've always been pretty selective at the plate. I've always

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Speaker 4: same thing with that pitch with two strikes as I

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Speaker 4: could now. So, you know, pitching is hard. Those guys

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Speaker 4: and I'm just trying to look for a mistake that

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Speaker 1: We've been watching you guys practice and you get to

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Speaker 1: see Buck run practice, which is really cool from you know,

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Speaker 5: What's it been like playing for Buck?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know that you're going to get to

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Speaker 4: play for a guy that knows more baseball and cares

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Speaker 4: and it's it's really really cool to see how engaged

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 5: Some things you like to do outside of the base.

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Speaker 4: When I'm home, I fish a ton. I love the

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Speaker 4: in the off season, no, I just I want to

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Speaker 4: be home. I'm a homebody, close to my family, and

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Speaker 4: I just want to take advantage of being home with

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Speaker 5: What's your favorite like type of fishing?

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Speaker 4: Because I backwhat I ensure in off fish just depends

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Speaker 5: Of offshore, but you know the weather. I'll tell you

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Speaker 5: what you can do and can't do. If you ruin

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Speaker 5: a baseball player, what do you think keep be doing.

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Speaker 4: I always get this question, and I don't know exactly,

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Speaker 4: but it'll be something with kids. I love being around

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Speaker 4: special needs kindergarten teacher, and we've always the My mom

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Speaker 4: was the head of Special Olympics of Florida for a while.

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Speaker 4: So like just like stuff like that, Like anything to

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling about this team and the expectations

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Speaker 1: this season?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it's good to have high expectations.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 4: If you don't have high expectations, you know, you know,

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Speaker 5: Your team's very good.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so you can look at it two ways. But

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Speaker 4: I think that with the group of guys we have

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Speaker 5: What's up? Mets fans?

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Speaker 2: Back with another interview here from Port Saint Lucy. We

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Speaker 5: Ever say hi to William. Glad to be here.

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Speaker 2: We met well William at picture Day and we're just

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Speaker 2: So wait, first of all, something that's kind of silly

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Speaker 2: Billy Hollywood.

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Speaker 6: It was really fun just being back out there in

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Speaker 5: I like to knock on wood. How you played that?

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Speaker 5: Have an injury every yet? Knock on wood. That's good.

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Speaker 5: Everyone watching it the home you saw, well, just knock

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Speaker 1: So you got to make your major league debut last season?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I've said it a million times. It was surreal

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Speaker 6: I honestly kind of enjoy it, Like it's it's a

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Speaker 6: So I actually have a funny story my very first

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Speaker 6: Now I'm like his teammates, I'm like, hey, really the

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: Cool.

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Speaker 2: We all grew up watching these guys and they're still

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Speaker 5: I love podcasts. Talk about podcasts.

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Speaker 6: It's like four minutes long, So if you get in

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Speaker 5: What do you like to do when you're not playing baseball?

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Speaker 6: Video games? Hang out with family. I'm a big family guy.

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Speaker 6: What games you're playing right now? Call of Duty and

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Speaker 6: Agwart's Legacy is good. It's really good.

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Speaker 5: I've heard a lot of good things about that game.

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Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, we've heard, We've heard a lot of the

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Speaker 5: Is there any like inter inter squad gaming that goes on?

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Speaker 6: Not yet, but there might be, so I'll have to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but thank you so much for coming out, and

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Speaker 1: hopefully we get to see you at some point and

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Speaker 5: Yeah, thank you, appreciate you as well.

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Speaker 3: All Right, there're the interview guys. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: We have an episode coming out on that we want

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Speaker 1: you guys to check out with new Radio Voice of

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Speaker 1: the Mets, along with How He Rose. Of course, Keith

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Speaker 1: Rad that was also a fantastic interview. Super excited for

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Speaker 2: James Nothing World Baseball Class getting into action this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Everyone check out Team USA Saturday evening, Saturday afternoon. Mark

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Speaker 2: probably knows exactly the time of that game. The exact

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Speaker 2: milliseconds couldn't be first pitch, but it's gonna be a fun

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So we'll see you guys on Monday and enjoy

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