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Speaker 1: A major injury, a surprising turn of events in the

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Speaker 1: quite an interesting team to watch all summer long. For

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Speaker 1: where the Cubs go from here The Athletics. Patrick Moody

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Speaker 1: the entire Foul Territory Network. Now in the NL West,

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Speaker 1: I mentioned the surprising turn of events and why is

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Speaker 1: Next question, and this one comes from Matteo, who asks

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Speaker 1: He has been that way for a long time, very

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