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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Bryce Harper and welcome to The Philly Show.

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Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, Welcome to the Philly Show. Ruben Amar Junior,

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Speaker 2: Jim Salisbury. I'm Todds a lucky It's Friday, August ninth,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. We're actually taping this though Thursday night,

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Speaker 2: before the Phillies opened a big four game series gym

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Speaker 2: against the Diamondbacks. I just got back, just flew in

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Speaker 2: from La flew back from La following the first Phillies

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Speaker 2: series victory in almost a month. So you know, it's

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Speaker 2: something that they badly needed. Nick Castianus last night, he

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Speaker 2: he asked me like he knew the answer obviously. He

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Speaker 2: was like, I said, yeah, you guys finally won a series. Like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: who was the last team we beat last time we

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Speaker 2: won a series? I said the Dodgers. He's like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I go, what does that mean? He goes, I don't know,

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Speaker 2: Nick being Nick.

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Speaker 3: You know, he was going to give you something deep.

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Speaker 2: Well I think it was. I mean, he was kind

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Speaker 2: of like inferring it was deep. But then he's like, eh,

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Speaker 2: it's just it's just a weird coincidence. Man, they know

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Speaker 2: baseball being baseball, so uh, you know, good series in

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Speaker 2: LA for the Phillies.

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Speaker 3: By the way, we're without Reuben, but we do have Willie.

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Speaker 1: Willie's here, Yeah, Willy the Dog, Willy the Dogs.

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Speaker 2: If you're on YouTube, you can check out Jim's dog.

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Speaker 3: Long haired Mini docs And she's very needy today. She

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Speaker 3: she just wants to sit on my lap because it's

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Speaker 3: so radio so. But you're right, uh, you know, we

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Speaker 3: talked a lot about how they've been struggling, and you know,

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Speaker 3: all three of us felt like they would come out

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Speaker 3: of it. Yeah, and it looks like they are. They've

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Speaker 3: won three or four and they want a series important

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Speaker 3: series because they take the season series with the Dodgers

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Speaker 3: just in case they finished tied, they'll have the tiebreaker

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Speaker 3: in ant for home field, and that's important. Hope Field's

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Speaker 3: important for the Phillies because I know Game six and

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Speaker 3: seven last year against Arizona, but they're still very, very

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Speaker 3: good at home and that's a tough place to play

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Speaker 3: for visiting teams. So that was good. It was good

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Speaker 3: to see Christopher Sanchez have a good one. Really, I thought,

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Speaker 3: you know, Kyle Schwarber was the star of the show

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Speaker 3: on Wednesday, and he often is. He's a great player.

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Speaker 3: He's been a great Phillies signing that said, I want

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Speaker 3: to give a little tip of the hat to Tyler

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Speaker 3: Phillips the way he you know, he was down early,

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Speaker 3: but he really grinded and kept him in it and

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Speaker 3: kept it close so the bats could come alive. And

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Speaker 3: what a display by Schwarberg. It was the twenty sixth

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Speaker 3: three home run game in Phillies history. I wouldn't have

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Speaker 3: guessed they had twenty six three homer games, but they

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Speaker 3: have been around for one hundred and forty years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they happened around.

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Speaker 2: You remember Harper had one in April and that driving, cold,

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Speaker 2: frigid rainstorm against the Reds. Yeah, and uh yeah, Schwarber

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Speaker 2: was tremendous. But you know, going back to Tyler Phillips,

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Speaker 2: it's he gave up those two runs in the first inning.

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Speaker 2: But I mean, Brandon marsh just misses the ball at

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Speaker 2: the wall and left center field, Austin Hayes misses that

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Speaker 2: are caught. You know, who knows how the game happens,

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Speaker 2: but it was interesting. Then they mentioned Schwarber. Schwarber made

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Speaker 2: a point to go tell Tyler Phillips. I think after

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Speaker 2: Schwarber hit that three run home run to give him

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Speaker 2: an eight four lead, Kyle went up there and said,

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Speaker 2: hey man, you kept this in the game.

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Speaker 1: You need to know this.

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Speaker 2: And then Tyler was kind of Joking's like no, man,

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Speaker 2: like you've been huge. You had the big double, you

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Speaker 2: had the home run, you had the leadoff home run,

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Speaker 2: Like you're having a huge game. And they said. It

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Speaker 2: was kind of a back and forth like no, no, no,

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Speaker 3: That's why Schwarber is a great teammate man totally those

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Speaker 3: little things and he pumps people up for doing those

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Speaker 3: little difference making things that can win a ballgame. You know,

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Speaker 3: we've talked about this before. I don't want to get

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Speaker 3: out a tangent, but he was very, very helpful in

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Speaker 3: Alec Bohm's maturation. When Bohm had some struggles early in

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty two, you know, we'd walk in the clubhouse,

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Speaker 3: you'd see them sitting there together, and I know one

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Speaker 3: of the anecdotes you know I heard was Bowman had

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Speaker 3: a tough night, or maybe another young player. But you know,

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Speaker 3: Schwarber pulls up a chair and says, hey, let me

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Speaker 3: tell you about the time I struck out four times

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Speaker 3: in a game. I mean, tell you about the times

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Speaker 3: and just kind of saying, you know, I've been there,

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Speaker 3: yourself up from this and turn turn a little bit

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Speaker 3: of failure into into something positive, into a learning experience.

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Speaker 3: Great signing on the field, great signing in the clubhouse.

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Speaker 1: So good.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I even like Saturday, Jim, and they blew

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Speaker 2: that game late against the Mariners, just an awful loss,

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Speaker 2: and uh, you know, Jeff Hoffman has his worst start

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Speaker 2: And Schwarbert after the game, he was kind of like

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Speaker 2: the voice of reason and you kind of like trying

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Speaker 2: to reassure everybody, provide some calmness. But he also said

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Speaker 2: something interesting I thought after the game last night, talking

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Speaker 2: about the Dodgers. He said, yeah, you know, I mean,

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Speaker 2: maybe we see these guys again, so you know, you

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Speaker 2: kind of have to remember you're at bats against them.

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Speaker 2: You have to remember how they attack you. You have

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Speaker 2: to remember just kind of you know, he's like, I

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Speaker 2: know they're shorthanded right now, but this is a team

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Speaker 2: that we could see again down the road. So I

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Speaker 2: have to remember, keep keep all these little moments in

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Speaker 2: the back in the back of you remind you think

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Speaker 2: that this could be a NLCS rematch.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think it could be. But you know, they're

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Speaker 3: going on to Arizona, and boy, that team has caught fire.

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Speaker 1: Yeah they have.

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Speaker 3: You never know, you just never know who they're going

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Speaker 3: to see in the playoffs and you never know. Hey,

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Speaker 3: they still have to perform to get to the NLCS,

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Speaker 3: so where you know, you can't take that for granted.

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Speaker 3: I don't think they're taking it for granted. I don't

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Speaker 3: think a Rob Thompson team would do that. A lot

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Speaker 3: of interesting things happening in the standings. You know, the

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Speaker 3: the Braves are like, you know, hanging on on that playoffs. Shit,

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Speaker 3: if they keep going south, they're going to fall off

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Speaker 3: the playoff grid. They're currently tied with the Mets for

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Speaker 3: the last wildcard spot. And the Diamondbacks have just come

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Speaker 3: twenty four out of thirty six. I think something like

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Speaker 3: been red hot. Now the Phillies is going to contend

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Speaker 3: with them over the weekend Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. A

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Speaker 3: four game series not going to be easy. But you know,

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Speaker 3: from a Phillies perspective, it's good. They've kind of gotten

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they want to keep it going as much as

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Speaker 2: they can, but you could tell that they you know,

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Speaker 2: I guess we'll Really it was the first time in

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Speaker 2: there was a buzz in the clubhouse after the game.

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Speaker 2: You know, they were excited that they won. You had

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Speaker 2: Castianos got hit with the pitch and then he was

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Speaker 2: barking at the pitcher telling him that's a big miss, bro,

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Speaker 2: that's a big miss. Matt Strom. Then the bottom inning drills,

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Speaker 2: a guy I got lost, Yeah you lost?

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Speaker 1: That one is.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, hey, you know what that's you can you know,

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Speaker 3: you can say, you know, it's dangerous to be throwing

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Speaker 3: at people, and obviously it is. But Strong handled it

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Speaker 3: the right way. Lucks handled the right way, ran down

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Speaker 3: to first base, yes, and that's you know, to quote

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Speaker 3: an old friend. That's good teammate behavior. You've got to

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Speaker 3: stand up for your buddies.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

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Speaker 2: One guy we did not see Jim in La was

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Speaker 2: Mookie Betts. Mookie Betts is on the injured list with

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Speaker 2: a hand injury, but he's going to be coming back

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Speaker 2: next week. And we had the opportunity the other day

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Speaker 2: to chat with Mooki for who's like, you know, one

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Speaker 2: for those that don't know, I mean Rubens mentioned it

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Speaker 2: a real you know, there's a real affection you know

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Speaker 2: that each each has for one another. That was it was.

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Speaker 3: It was a cool talk, no question, I've heard Ruben

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Speaker 3: talk about Mookie Bets. So Rubin after his time as

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Speaker 3: Phillys GM was up, he very quickly went back on

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Speaker 3: the field, put on a uniform with the Boston Red Sox,

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Speaker 3: the base running. Oh, Mookie Bets is their right fielder

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Speaker 3: They developed a great bond and a great respect for

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Speaker 3: each other, and Ruben was able to secure the US

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Speaker 3: uh interview with Mookie Bets. So, MOOKI you know, I

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Speaker 3: I I didn't ask him this, but I'm sure he

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Speaker 3: considers a career highlight to appear on the Todd Pod. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I think I'm pretty sure. He was texting everybody afterwards.

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Speaker 2: He was like texting Freddie Freeman and Otani going, dude,

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Speaker 2: you gotta go on, you gotta go on.

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Speaker 3: It was the time of my life.

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Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: Well, what do you say, Let's uh, let's give it

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's look. Yeah, you gotta listen to this and

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Speaker 2: and and one thing I want you to keep an eye,

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Speaker 2: Mookie Bets says farewell to Reuben. You guys are gonna

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Speaker 2: get it. I think you guys really can enjoy this. Mookie,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining us. We really do

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Speaker 2: appreciate the time. All of us have a lot in

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Speaker 2: on base with Mookie bets with Bleacher Report, and you've

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Speaker 2: had some big time to hit, you know, heavy hitters. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: I have an Aaron Judge, Mike Trout, Francisco and Freddie Freeman.

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Speaker 2: But I think Philly's fans are gonna be most interested

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Speaker 2: in your last guest. I saw you just posted a

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Speaker 2: photo of you with Aaron Nola, and I'm wondering when

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Speaker 2: is that episode going to drop? And what did you

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Speaker 2: learn most about Aaron Nola that might interest Philly's fans.

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Speaker 4: It was live, so I don't know how it works

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Speaker 4: after it's live. But you know, I've loved doing the podcast,

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Speaker 4: and I really loved getting to know people like I

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Speaker 4: really can sit down in front of really anybody and

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Speaker 4: get to know a lot about.

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Speaker 1: Them in an hour.

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Speaker 3: And so.

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Speaker 4: Going in knowing that I was doing Nola, it was

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Speaker 4: I was like, well, he hasn't ever said anything, so.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm gonna get. I mean, he

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Speaker 1: doesn't smile on the field, he doesn't do anything.

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Speaker 4: I know he's obviously now I know he's having fun and.

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Speaker 1: Whatnot, but I wasn't sure what to expect.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, you've had some pretty good success against

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Speaker 1: No, I mean it's just not the same. No, we're not.

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Speaker 4: Even though we do play hard and we take everything serious,

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Speaker 3: Hey, Rookie, thanks again for being with us. One of

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Speaker 4: You know, to be honest, he didn't teach me a

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Speaker 5: It wasn't baseball that really stood out. It was really

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Speaker 1: And it was like no matter how yeh, there we go,

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Speaker 5: Like bro, just swing, just hit, just go.

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Speaker 1: Of baseball stuff. It was more like the life within

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Speaker 6: And what was interesting about being with Mookie is he

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Speaker 6: I he was one of the hardest working guys, perfectionists,

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Speaker 1: I was actually glad he got picked off once. He

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Speaker 6: Something like that, and I was like, dude, just go

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Speaker 1: Really.

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Speaker 3: When Ruby was the gym in the Phillies, I know

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Speaker 4: He said that, he said that, and he said he's

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Speaker 6: I needed an infielder. There were some guys that thought

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Speaker 3: How did Ruben I know he used to pitch batting practice?

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Speaker 1: It was all right? I mean really he got He

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Speaker 4: That's why I don't see myself really as that much

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Speaker 4: you say.

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Speaker 3: You're definitely an example guy because you play the game

438
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Speaker 3: the right way. You're one of those guys that when

439
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Speaker 3: a young kid is sitting in the stands with his

440
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Speaker 3: mom or dad, the parents says, see that guy right there,

441
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Speaker 3: that is the way you play the game. That was

442
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Speaker 3: like how Chase subtenly played it too. Yeah, Chase, Yeah,

443
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Speaker 3: hats off to you for that. I wanted to ask

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Speaker 3: you a lot of time. You know, we're in Philly,

445
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Speaker 3: we're Philly guys. A lot of time we'll see these

446
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Speaker 3: player polls and a lot of players will say Philly

447
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Speaker 3: is the toughest place to play as a visitor, As

448
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Speaker 3: a visiting player, is there any truth to that. You've

449
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Speaker 3: been through Philly a few times. What's it like playing

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Speaker 3: in Philly in front of that rock as fan base

451
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Speaker 3: that they attract on a nightly basis.

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Speaker 1: It's fun, man, it's fun.

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Speaker 4: When I was in the outfield, they say some good

454
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Speaker 4: stuff out there, they say some good stuff out there

455
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Speaker 4: there in New York they got they got some good stuff.

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Speaker 1: But I think that's uh. At first, it.

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Speaker 4: Would get to me and I would, you know, turn

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Speaker 4: around and like, you know, y'all really talking to me

459
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Speaker 4: like this, you know, and whatever and so.

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Speaker 1: But now while man, I'm in the infil now, so

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Speaker 1: I don't really hear it.

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Speaker 4: But I just got to a point where you just

463
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Speaker 4: get numb and you feel the atmosphere but you don't

464
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Speaker 4: really hear what they're saying, but you definitely feel it

465
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Speaker 4: going into Philly no matter no matter if.

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Speaker 1: It is April or June or October, you're gonna feel it.

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Speaker 1: You know you're gonna feel it.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 1: The game may be a little.

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Speaker 4: Different, obviously because during the regular season during the postseason,

471
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Speaker 4: but Philly always brings it. And that's one thing I

472
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Speaker 4: do appreciate about going going into Philly.

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Speaker 3: Anything creative that you might remember that they said to.

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Speaker 1: You, not that I can say on here.

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Speaker 2: I feel like Boston probably prepared you for it. I mean,

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Speaker 2: that's not like Boston's an easy place to play. I

477
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Speaker 2: know you played great there, but you know the team

478
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Speaker 2: doesn't do well. I'm sure team heard some booze from

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Speaker 2: time to time.

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Speaker 1: Oh absolutely.

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Speaker 4: And that's that's one thing that I really appreciated being

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Speaker 4: in Boston because no matter what, no matter how you feel,

483
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Speaker 4: no matter what day it is, no matter what time

484
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Speaker 4: it is, every time you put on that uniform, you

485
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Speaker 4: have to strap it up and be ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Like there's no.

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Speaker 4: Going to your point, like you're gonna get booed. You're

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Speaker 4: gonna get booed if you don't run down the line,

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Speaker 4: or don't play the game the right way, or don't

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Speaker 4: do extra work or whatever. You're not accountable in front

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Speaker 4: of the media, like you're gonna get booed. And so

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Speaker 4: all these things, to your point, help me to who

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Speaker 4: I am today.

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Speaker 6: Just one quick one, last quick one about the transition

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Speaker 6: to the infield. I know that you used to take

496
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Speaker 6: ground balls all the time. How much joy are you

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Speaker 6: having right now? I mean, how much fun are you having?

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Speaker 6: I mean sometimes?

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Speaker 5: I mean you're one of those guys who wants to

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Speaker 5: be involved in the action.

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Speaker 6: Tell me about how that's out feeling that shorts.

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Speaker 4: It's coach, It's probably one of the best feelings in

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Speaker 4: the world. Because when I got drafted, I was as

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Speaker 4: short and immediately got moved off of short, probably ten

505
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Speaker 4: twelve games in going to second base, and so I

506
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,760
Speaker 4: never got there. Nobody ever took the time to teach

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Speaker 4: me or whatever it is. And I understand that have

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Speaker 4: the reasons, so you know, whatever the reasons is, it

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00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 4: worked out, so thank you, right, But you know, I

510
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,439
Speaker 4: wish I would have gotten that instruction and gotten to

511
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,360
Speaker 4: learn how to play short and so when all these

512
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Speaker 4: years and never got to do it, and now it

513
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,400
Speaker 4: comes back full circle and the practice is so much

514
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,880
Speaker 4: fun for me, just the ground balls, the pregame routine.

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00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 4: You see me out there, I'm out there an hour

516
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Speaker 4: every day. Especially why right now I'm hurt. I mean,

517
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Speaker 4: I'm taking ground balls an hour straight and it looks tiring, this,

518
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Speaker 4: that and the other. But like I'm having the time

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Speaker 4: of my life out there, just having so much fun.

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Speaker 4: But the only thing that that may not be the

521
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Speaker 4: time of my life is the stress that comes with

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Speaker 4: playing like this, Like like you you may only get

523
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,399
Speaker 4: three plays, but you better not mess them up. And

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Speaker 4: it's like in the eighth inning, first and third, two outs,

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00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,919
Speaker 4: and they hit you like a backhand that's a relatively

526
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 4: routine backhand, but for me, that's not relatively routine.

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Speaker 1: Like I'm just learning this.

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Speaker 4: I'm just I'm just learning how to do I just

529
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Speaker 4: I just learned this two days ago, so I'm trying

530
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,360
Speaker 4: to put it in the game now and so that

531
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 4: part is stressful, but you know it, it's fun. It's

532
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 4: definitely kept me up, kept me up at night.

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Speaker 2: Though, Mookie, last one for me and we'll let you go.

534
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,920
Speaker 2: You know, I was listening to the Mike Trout podcast

535
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 2: and it's and I think, what's cool about your podcast?

536
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 2: It's not You're not in there going like what are

537
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 2: you working on the cage right now? Or you know

538
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 2: that it's all human interest stuff, learning the player off

539
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,200
Speaker 2: the field. And so I'm wondering, you just had Aaron

540
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 2: Nola on who is next on your Phillies wish list?

541
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Speaker 2: And why would you like to interview them and dig

542
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Speaker 2: into who they are as a person.

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Speaker 4: Well, honestly, I mean, I know the world wants to

544
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Speaker 4: see Bryce, they want to hear from Bryce, and this

545
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,880
Speaker 4: is no shot at Bryce by any means. I feel

546
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Speaker 4: like we've known you since you were sixteen, bro, you

547
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 4: know what I'm saying, Like we've known everything you've been

548
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,120
Speaker 4: on Baseball America, and like we know everything about.

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Speaker 1: You since you were sixteen seventeen.

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Speaker 4: So it's not that I don't want him, but on

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Speaker 4: there by any means I feel like it's the podcast

552
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 4: is geared for people like Aaron Nola, who nobody really knows.

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Speaker 5: So my my from the Phillies, my next one.

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00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 4: I would really like to get Zach Wheeler on there,

555
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 4: because he didn't talk. I know nothing about him, nothing,

556
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:03,680
Speaker 4: and so that was the good thing.

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Speaker 5: That's what I enjoy because going with Aaron.

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Speaker 4: I saw him in the lobby when I got there

559
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 4: and we hadn't started. Obviously, we're walking up to the

560
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,359
Speaker 4: room together, and from the lobby walking up to the

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Speaker 4: room together. When I first saw him, I said, Aaron,

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Speaker 4: I'm not talking to you because everything I'm going to

563
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 4: talk to you about is going to be on air.

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00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 4: So me and him did not talk for twenty minutes

565
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 4: and we were three feet away from each other. And

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Speaker 4: so the good what I love about it is like

567
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 4: I'm genuinely getting to know Aaron as.

568
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Speaker 5: The show is going on, because I don't know him.

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Speaker 4: So like for Zach, there's no possible way I haven't

570
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 4: spoken to him now, so there's no way I would

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Speaker 4: speak to him until on in front of the camera.

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Speaker 4: So hopefully he says, yes, you know, we'll we'll see, we'll,

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Speaker 4: we'll see.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome, and I hope that happens because that would

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Speaker 2: be that would be a great listening. Because you're right,

576
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 2: Zach is a little bit of a man of mystery,

577
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,200
Speaker 2: you know exactly.

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to solve the.

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Speaker 2: Mooky. Gotta make it happen. Man, We really appreciate it,

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00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,640
Speaker 2: appreciate the time. Thanks so much for joining us, Thanks.

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Speaker 1: For bringing so much joy.

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Speaker 6: Thanks for bringing so much joy to me and to

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Speaker 6: the fans of Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 1: Man, it's been awesome to watch you go. Love you coach.

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Speaker 2: That was a lot of fun. Thanks again to Mookie Betts.

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Speaker 2: We had a great time. Ruben will be back on Monday.

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Speaker 2: We'll be back on Monday to talk about the Diamondback series.

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Speaker 2: We'll do a look ahead at the homestand remember folks

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Speaker 2: you on Monday.

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