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Speaker 2: He covers the team for NBC Sports Bay Area, hosts

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Speaker 2: Orange and Black. We're going to get into that coming

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Speaker 2: And also if you want to learn more about the

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Speaker 2: of the book coming up. Alex. First off, great to

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Speaker 1: Juiciest part, you know, the Giants. I'm sure you guys

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Speaker 3: Is this Buster Posey's new way to do things. They've

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that is so refreshing. That is so refreshing in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think if they can just generally pitching. They've

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Speaker 2: Alex really appreciate the time, and we definitely want to

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Speaker 2: bump the book on the way out here. So any

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Speaker 2: final words while we show the book QR code for

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Speaker 2: everyone that wants to get a piece of the franchise.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm just really appreciative of you guys having me

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Speaker 1: on and I hope people enjoy it. And if there's

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Speaker 1: a sequel, I promise to get both these catchers in there.

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Speaker 2: Ooh, I like that guarantee. That's great right now there.

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Speaker 4: Right now, don't waste your time.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he does.

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Speaker 2: He does. Alex, thank you, really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys,