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Speaker 1: Logan Gilbert of the Seattle Mariners is here, Logan, great

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Speaker 1: to have you on. Thank you for spending some time

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Speaker 1: with us during the bye week here while you watch

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Speaker 1: the other team slug it out.

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Speaker 2: Great to have you on.

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Speaker 3: How you doing, Hey, all good? Thanks for having me on, guys.

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Speaker 1: So, Logan, it's crazy. This is already your fifth season

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Speaker 1: pitching in the bigs, pitching for Seattle. I'm gonna give

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Speaker 1: you a layup to start. I'm guessing you haven't seen

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Speaker 1: Seattle quite like this over the last couple months. Really,

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Speaker 1: maybe call it since the trade deadline. What has it

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Speaker 1: been like over the last couple of months versus what

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Speaker 1: you experienced in your first four years.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the team, the whole team is probably

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Speaker 3: the most complete I've ever seen it since I've been here.

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Speaker 3: One of the best lineups in the league and probably

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Speaker 3: the most complete top to bottom. And then you know,

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Speaker 3: we've had good pitching for a long time. I feel

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Speaker 3: like we set up good pitching, our bullpens, really good

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Speaker 3: Mooney on the back ends, one of the best closers.

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Speaker 3: So I think, all the way around, just one of

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Speaker 3: the most complete teams probably.

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Speaker 4: Logan, did you you guys had the scrimmage game? Was

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Speaker 4: it yesterday? You guys had the scrimmage game to try

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Speaker 4: to stay sharp.

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Speaker 2: Did you pitch in that? Uh?

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Speaker 3: No, it was mostly bullpen guys. It was just like

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Speaker 3: a five inning game, so them getting some work. We

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Speaker 3: got another one today and each ye row was out

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Speaker 3: there in right field too, so that was pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Well, my question was why didn't you do it like

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Speaker 4: the Phillies didn't open it up to fans. Phillies had

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Speaker 4: thirty one thousand people at their scrimmage game last night.

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Speaker 4: And second of all, do you think you could punch

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Speaker 4: each Ro's ticket if you got the chance to face him?

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Speaker 4: He is like fifty years old, so you think you

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Speaker 4: could punch his ticket if if he faced him?

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Speaker 3: I would love to try that. He might humble me, though,

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Speaker 3: so I actually don't know if I want that. He

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Speaker 3: still got it for sure, putting work every day in

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Speaker 3: the cage. You hear him in there, so I really

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Speaker 3: don't know if I could or not. But we did

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Speaker 3: have fans. We had like five thousand out there. They

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Speaker 3: kept it to five thousand, but we're still able to

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Speaker 5: Wait, okay, the bullpen guys threw. Is there a more

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Speaker 5: complaining group of people than bullpen pitchers. I throw too much,

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Speaker 5: I don't throw enough, and now you have a whole

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Speaker 5: scrimmage that's just built around those guys.

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Speaker 3: I can't say a word because it's going to get back,

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Speaker 3: and those guys have saved way too many of my

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Speaker 3: love those guys. I hope they get all the rest

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Speaker 3: that they want. If they throw, that's great, But they've

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Speaker 5: That's really what I was bringing it up for rest.

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Speaker 5: You guys got the buy not last year, the years before.

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Speaker 5: Everyone's like, oh, this team they sat, it's no good.

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Speaker 5: The buye is terrible. Even one of the guys on

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Speaker 5: our show, Tod Frazier's, has said about it. What's the

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Speaker 5: feeling in your locker room when you guys knew you

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Speaker 5: were getting the by and now that you're in it

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Speaker 5: and you're rested, our hitters like this is great. I

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Speaker 5: feel like it's the first day of the season or

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Speaker 5: the like I can't ever get a hit against another

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Speaker 5: big league pitcher again.

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Speaker 3: I think. I mean, if you get to a point

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Speaker 3: I think we're in a good position where you're one

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Speaker 3: hundred and sixty games in. You gotta let the body

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Speaker 3: rest for a day or two. That's that's a really

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Speaker 3: big deal as a hitter, as a pitcher. So it's

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Speaker 3: not an excuse to show up if you win a

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Speaker 3: game or lose a game, if you had to buy

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Speaker 3: or not, it's the best team's gonna win the game.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it should be an excuse ever. And

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Speaker 4: All right, Logan, I got a flat to Seattle tomorrow

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Speaker 4: to do your series here for Fox.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So.

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Speaker 4: Have they told you what game you're pitching so I

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Speaker 3: Have they have?

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Speaker 2: They said, because we keep asking and nobody will tell us.

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Speaker 2: So have they told you who's starting Game one? Are

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Speaker 2: you starting Game one? Two?

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Speaker 3: Three?

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Speaker 2: Where were we at here?

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Speaker 1: Well?

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Speaker 3: I guess it hasn't. Nothing's been announced, so we're still

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Speaker 5: You know though, you know, so just give me a.

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Speaker 2: Twice.

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Speaker 3: We didn't. Yeah, I didn't know if it was announced yet.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you just told me. I guess it wasn't announced.

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Speaker 3: Or I don't know what what the schedule is. I

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Speaker 3: think that's the answer I'm supposed to say, yeah.

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Speaker 4: But we don't want the answer you're supposed to say.

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Speaker 4: I want the answer of when you're pitching. Dang it,

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Speaker 4: I don't so I'm gonna say game two. I'm just

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Speaker 4: smile if it's game two, Game.

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Speaker 2: Two, perfect, got it, thank you.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 5: Does it matter? Does it matter to you what game

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Speaker 5: you pitched? I know everyone's gonna say just whatever for

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Speaker 5: kind of like an opening day feel, everybody's gonna have

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Speaker 5: enough rest to throw. Does it matter which game you throw?

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Speaker 3: I think everybody wants the ballgame one, to be honest,

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Speaker 3: that's that's a big deal. But only one guy's gonna

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Speaker 5: How's Brian Wu? How's that inflamed pectoral muscle which I've

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Speaker 5: never heard of before? But how's he feeling?

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Speaker 3: Uh, he's feeling good. I checked in with him yesterday.

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Speaker 3: I think he has a bullpen today and everything's been

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Speaker 4: Okay, I'm gonna ask you the easiest question you've ever

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Speaker 2: Right now? Who's the American League MVP?

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Speaker 3: It's Coal right, it's gotta be.

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Speaker 2: I mean, right, why you're asking me. I've been banging

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Speaker 3: You tell me if you count the homer yesterday in

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Speaker 3: That's It's a big deal what he's doing.

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Speaker 2: Who do you go deep off of yesterday?

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Speaker 3: Oh gosh, I was a bizardo I think?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, all right, that's fair. That's fair. Do you

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Speaker 3: I just saw that came out. That's that's pretty cool.

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Speaker 4: I mean, platinumli sixty one homers.

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Speaker 3: MVP for me, just to be nobody's done it.

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Speaker 1: Well, Logan, I'm sure you've seen this. I mean, there

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Speaker 1: thinks that Aaron Judge should win the award. And obviously

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna have you knock or say, you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to get is more depth within how a

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Speaker 1: maybe numbers can't describe, right. I think often the MVP

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Speaker 1: award is becoming a war award, and those two are close.

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Speaker 1: But Judge does have the advantage. He has the advantage

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Speaker 1: like he's two thirteen cols one eighty or whatever it is. Right,

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Speaker 1: So I think coming from you, it's important to understand

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Speaker 1: into the conversation we have two catchers on our show

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Speaker 1: every day. Is a catcher more important than an outfielder

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean if you're talking most valuable player, it's

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Speaker 3: So he's hitting sixty home runs, banged up, getting a

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Speaker 3: Most prepared guy I've ever seen. So we're talking about

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Speaker 5: All Right, so the kids call that glazing bro, Like

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Speaker 5: you're totally glazing him. I need you to tell us

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Speaker 5: what his least admirable trait is, Like cal has hit.

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Speaker 5: Everything he's done this year has been perfect. He has

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Speaker 3: Finally, I've been waiting for that question because yeah, it's

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Speaker 3: the whole year it's been talking about how how good

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Speaker 3: cal is. Rightfully so, but yeah, he gets He gets

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Speaker 3: the starters take exception to this. He's usually right. I'll

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Speaker 4: Let me let me let me explain something to you. Logan,

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Speaker 4: all catchers get moody and cranky. Wha us off, okay,

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Speaker 4: because you guys don't know what you're doing, You don't

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Speaker 4: know what you all think. You all think you're smart,

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Speaker 4: because they were like, oh, I watched a film once

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Speaker 4: not just a cow thing. It's every catcher. I'm sure

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Speaker 4: Garv gets upset if you shake him off, He's like, no,

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Speaker 4: you gave up a hit. Listen to me. It's not

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Speaker 3: I usually give up a hit two when I end

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 1: Also, they were roommates, right, You guys have been together

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Speaker 1: Becomes a little bit of a step brother the situation,

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Speaker 1: right because you guys like could finish each other's sentences.

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Speaker 1: Is the bond even closer because of how much time

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. I saw him back then when he

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Speaker 4: The baby for you guys when he gets these big hits,

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Speaker 3: I'm still waiting to see it. I don't know. I

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Speaker 3: They're both great. Geno is the man. He's a ton

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Speaker 3: Nails is awesome him to him, I didn't really know

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Speaker 5: Travel. Travel has been a real thing, and we've talked

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Speaker 1: And I want to do one nerdy baseball question for you. So,

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Speaker 2: Right, Logan, I got to ask.

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Speaker 4: I know, I don't know who the answer to this

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm gonna be wrong either way, right, I

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Speaker 2: No, there's a few of those. There's Chris Johnson, you Kluber.

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Speaker 4: But so I'm from Orlando. Okay, you're Scott. We're in

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Speaker 4: I want to know is you were born in winter Park,

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Speaker 3: That's so funny because I've heard a lot about that

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Speaker 1: He's getting all this free plump blaz do you pa,

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Speaker 4: Listen, when I went to doctor Phillips, Greenkey went to Apopka, okay.

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Speaker 2: Really, oh oh, huge rival.

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Speaker 3: It's like an hour from here, right, I was like

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Speaker 4: Okay, it's not even it's not very far from it.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, no, but the Blue Darters, boy woo.

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Speaker 4: We used to have some battles sunny Wise, remember Sonny

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Speaker 1: Well, you gotta tell. We'll end with this, Logan. Maybe

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Speaker 2: I would tell.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell the producer when we do your graphics. And

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Speaker 4: I don't think we ever show that, but I'll make

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Speaker 3: That's right, that's right, that's right.

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Speaker 2: Way in a popka, it's way more street kid, trusty.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, exactly. Hey Logan, this was great. Hope you

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Speaker 1: enjoyed it. Thank you so much for joining us. Good

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Speaker 3: Thanks guys, had a good time. Thanks for having me