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Speaker 2: Hey, we've got the athletic Sam Blum joining us right

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Speaker 1: Honestly, I wouldn't. That wouldn't surprise me at all. I

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Speaker 1: we all know how the Angels operate, right, Like, they'll

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Speaker 2: So I think this is a very different case from

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Speaker 3: Where are those pieces that they would fill in. Let's

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think they missed the boat on this,

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Speaker 1: uh get back on baseball field, because if that story

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Speaker 1: illustrates anything, it's that's where he belongs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we love wash. Wait he was chewing you out, Sam?

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, oh, I love it. I love that.

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Speaker 1: That's great to.

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Speaker 3: Hear over under a number of f bombs during your

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Speaker 3: all the drills that you guys did, what do we

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Speaker 3: shout that?

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Speaker 1: I'll say about forty eight probably it was gotta be high,

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Speaker 1: you know. Then afterwards, sitting in the dugout, he's smoking

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Speaker 1: a cigarette. He's just ripping, you know, his team and

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Speaker 1: times were they were like on a seven game losing

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Speaker 1: streak at the time, so it was, you know, he

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Speaker 1: comes and again like that's he was willing to. It

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Speaker 1: was the first day after they had a long Roacher play,

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Speaker 1: lost every game and he comes out and does that,

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Speaker 1: so it was cool.

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Speaker 2: Very cool. Well, Sam, thanks for putting that together. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: I agree that the Bobby Jenks work was amazing too.

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Speaker 2: And we're thinking of Bobby and the family right now.

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Speaker 2: But Sam, good to talk to you. Thanks for the time.

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Speaker 2: We'll catch you soon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks god, Thanks guys.

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Speaker 4: Take care