WEBVTT - MikeYastrzemski’s trade call tale, Hype for future w/Posey & Devers

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Destremsky of the Kansas City roy is joining us

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Yeah, it's great to have you on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for the time. How's life with the Royals

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<v Speaker 1>your first week and a half?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thanks for having me. It's it's been good so far.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, it's it's the show man, doesn't Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no bad place to be.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're in a playoff race, right you could be

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<v Speaker 1>traded to worse situations, So exactly, First off, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you notice when you when you step foot there and

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<v Speaker 1>you've been a week and a half there, give me

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<v Speaker 1>one thing that stands out as a difference could be positive, negative,

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<v Speaker 1>or neutral about Casey versus San Francisco.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, I mean, these guys are into it, like these

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<v Speaker 3>guys care. These are this is a group of ballplayers.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a crazy star studded roster, but it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of quality of bats. The guys play the

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<v Speaker 2>game the right way, they play hard, and the pitching

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<v Speaker 2>is electric.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's it's everything you could ask for.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, Mike, I know, I know Salve is the you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the the vent in the clubhouse and he's the guy,

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<v Speaker 4>but I just want to know a guy that you

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<v Speaker 4>know has bounce, who bounced around throughout his career. Now

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<v Speaker 4>you are traded. Who's the funniest guy in the clubhouse

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<v Speaker 4>so far that you've noticed?

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<v Speaker 2>Just from the jump, I would say, I mean, Salvey's

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<v Speaker 2>up there, man, He's he's always laughing, he's smiling. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and he has such a big presence it's it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to miss him. So we'll go with Salvey for now

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<v Speaker 2>until I till I dig a little deeper, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get back to you guys.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, Yeah, that's fair. Catchers are always the best personalities, players, athletes,

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<v Speaker 5>everything on the field, so it doesn't surprise the debatable.

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<v Speaker 3>But we'll we'll figure.

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<v Speaker 5>That out, you know, listen as as the second best

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<v Speaker 5>player from bridge Hampton. Okay, guys, stand down for a second. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>stand down? All right? All right, now you got traded

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<v Speaker 5>from the Giants to the Royals. How did you find

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<v Speaker 5>out you were traded? Can you tell that story for us?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>So, uh, you want you want the full story? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>I want the full story?

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<v Speaker 3>All right?

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<v Speaker 2>So I uh, my brother in law sets sets me

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<v Speaker 2>up with a mutual friend between me and Dave Fleming

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<v Speaker 2>and my brother in law to him too, and he says, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't you guys come out and play shinnecock.

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<v Speaker 3>On on the off day.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, yeah, sure, sounds like a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>Go out, have a great day. You know, a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of beers, we're we're hitting fairways, we're making putts, we're

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And and it was supposed to surround and we escape that.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm like, I'm on cloud nine.

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<v Speaker 2>And I get into the clubhouse and I'm about to shower,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is a it's like a strict no phones place, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's like very respectful, like you're on this historic property.

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<v Speaker 3>We're we're not touching our phones.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm about to hop into the shower and my

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<v Speaker 2>phone starts ringing and it says buster posey. And I

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<v Speaker 2>show it to my brother in law, who walks out

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<v Speaker 2>of the shower button naked, and he just looks at

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<v Speaker 2>the phone and he goes, is this real?

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm like, oh yeah, buddy, I gotta go. And

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<v Speaker 3>so I shoot right over to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh to the little phone booth that they have and

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<v Speaker 2>it's a glass window and so I'm sitting there and

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<v Speaker 2>there's like ten or twelve people just walking by, and

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<v Speaker 2>the same people keep walking by and like they keep

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<v Speaker 2>poking their heads in, and I'm.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, oh boy, this is this is it.

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<v Speaker 2>And so Buster Busterer gave me the call and told

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<v Speaker 2>me I was going to Kansas City. And I went

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<v Speaker 2>back in and told the guys and they're like, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>let's figure out how to get you there.

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<v Speaker 5>Did you okay? So now, because as a as a

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<v Speaker 5>Hampton's guy, and for people that don't know, if Shinnacock

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<v Speaker 5>is in Southampton right next to National and Sabonic and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, and your grandfather was from Bridgehampton, which is

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<v Speaker 5>right there too. When you checked into golf at Shinnecock,

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<v Speaker 5>did people say are you related to Carl? Did people

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<v Speaker 5>how many people there were like wait, I know because

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<v Speaker 5>there's a lot of old timers that work at Chinnacock.

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<v Speaker 5>And then once you got traded, did you just walk

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<v Speaker 5>out and be like I'm gone see you guys and

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<v Speaker 5>you got on your helicopter and put.

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<v Speaker 2>It so uh, nobody said anything. Actually, I think it

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<v Speaker 2>was just assumed, you know, when you're when you're out

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<v Speaker 2>in the Hamptons and you have that last name. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's just an assumption. They don't even need to ask.

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<v Speaker 2>But uh, it was it was wild. I went in

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<v Speaker 2>there and I actually knew a couple of the the uh,

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<v Speaker 2>like the assistant pro there. I'd met him a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of times at some other places, and so it was

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<v Speaker 2>nice to to see those guys and they're all fired

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<v Speaker 2>up how everything was going. And then all of a

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<v Speaker 2>sudden I was leaving and they're like, all right, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess for Royals fans now, So it happened quick.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, hey, Mike, I want to know, how do you

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<v Speaker 4>go phoneless at a time like that? Right? Like were you?

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<v Speaker 4>Were you? Just like you know what, there could be

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<v Speaker 4>a chance or I don't even want to know, Like

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<v Speaker 4>I won't. I wanted to find me the hardest way

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<v Speaker 4>possible to find me, Like how do you.

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<v Speaker 3>Get how do you do that?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm off the grid if you if you can't, if

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<v Speaker 2>you can't find me, you can't make the transaction, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>No. But it actually it was just peaceful. It was like, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>it just brought a a lot of like.

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<v Speaker 2>Calmness to that day where you know, you're out on

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<v Speaker 2>the golf course, you're overlooking the water, we're bouncing over

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<v Speaker 2>to to Nationals halfway house to grab some drinks. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just like it's one of those things that it

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<v Speaker 2>was just a it was a day that was meant

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<v Speaker 2>to happen.

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<v Speaker 4>Right. So, So with that said, on all the history

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<v Speaker 4>that you know that last your last name carries the

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<v Speaker 4>moment that you that you've created yourself in that Giants uniform,

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<v Speaker 4>how was that personally though? Like you know, to think,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, did you ever I'm sure you know the

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<v Speaker 4>business of it, you thought that day could come, but

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<v Speaker 4>did you ever think, hey, it could be coming this soon?

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<v Speaker 4>And how does it feel to be in this new clubhouse?

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<v Speaker 4>And how do you feel that your you know, your

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<v Speaker 4>role is now?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I felt like.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the cool things was I felt really like

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<v Speaker 2>I completed my my journey in San Francisco. Other than

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<v Speaker 2>obviously I wanted to win the World Series there, it

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<v Speaker 2>would have been super cool.

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<v Speaker 3>But in terms of the personal.

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<v Speaker 2>Things, I you know, I lasted seven years longer than

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I would, so it was it was super cool.

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<v Speaker 2>The hardest thing was to leave the guys in the clubhouse.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the relationships that you've cultivated over seven years,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they were they were my family, and so

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's the hard thing. And then the fun thing

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<v Speaker 2>is you're you're stepping into somebody else's.

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<v Speaker 3>World, and I was I was eager to learn.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to learn about the Royal Way and how

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<v Speaker 2>these guys do things over here, you know, meet some

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<v Speaker 2>new teammates, play some new card games, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>whole deal.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was it was fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, we love ripping flap packs on Arena Club. I

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<v Speaker 1>just ripped one in a ruby pack. Those are fancy

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<v Speaker 1>schmancy kip and I pulled a matt Shaw twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three Bowman Draft Aqua Lunar Creater Refractor card and I

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<v Speaker 1>guess what. Guess what? I got a little offer. You

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<v Speaker 1>get the instant offer right away. Okay, so they're offering

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<v Speaker 1>me one hundred and twenty one bucks, sell it back

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<v Speaker 1>and then I can get a new slab pack.

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<v Speaker 3>What do I do?

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<v Speaker 6>I want to see this thing? Hold on, look at that.

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<v Speaker 6>That's a beautiful car, right, you know what. I think

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<v Speaker 6>that's a safe bet. I think it's gonna make you

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<v Speaker 6>a little bit money. I think the more more big

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<v Speaker 6>league time he gets, I'd almost take the deal, though

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<v Speaker 6>I'm in it for the chase.

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<v Speaker 3>I like opening more packs.

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<v Speaker 6>I think that one hundred and twenty one can buy

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<v Speaker 6>you a couple more slabs to open. And uh, I

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<v Speaker 6>think you keep chasing until you get someone you really like.

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<v Speaker 6>But that's the best part about it for me.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>You can sell it back one hundred and twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>bucks and then open up another slab pack. Use the

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<v Speaker 1>code foul to receive twenty percent off your first slab

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<v Speaker 1>pack or card purchase at arenaclub dot com slash foul.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, I gotta go back before we get more

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<v Speaker 5>into the trade. I gotta go back here for a second.

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<v Speaker 5>You said you bet. Okay, For people that don't know,

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<v Speaker 5>Shinnecock Hills as hosted US opens. The course next to

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<v Speaker 5>it is called National, and then there's another course called Sabanic.

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<v Speaker 5>They're within you can literally throw a baseball from all three. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>they're they're literally right there. Okay, So there are three

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<v Speaker 5>of the top twenty courses in the world USA for sure,

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<v Speaker 5>and they're within baseball. Hit a baseball. You can hit

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<v Speaker 5>a baseball from one to the next. They're cross the street.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like now four, But how how did you get

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<v Speaker 5>from Shinnacock and then you said you.

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<v Speaker 4>Went to the National halfway house.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I know there's no fence or anything, but

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<v Speaker 5>they just let you walk because your name is just

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<v Speaker 5>stremp Skiek. So next time I go to out East,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm calling you because you know I can get on them,

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<v Speaker 5>but I have probably a little more difficult time than you.

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<v Speaker 5>So I'm calling you next time for the hookup. If

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<v Speaker 5>you can just walk from Shinnecock to go to.

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<v Speaker 3>Nashville, come on.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, the the Southsiders at National hit a

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<v Speaker 2>little different. And when you got when you're playing is

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<v Speaker 2>a foursome, you got a twosome behind you. You got

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<v Speaker 2>to make a little way. And so we let them

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<v Speaker 2>play through on the third home and we're just like,

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<v Speaker 2>let's you know, we'll just go grab a drink, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>no problem.

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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, so jeal Scott has no idea what we're

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<v Speaker 5>talking about. But I'm so jealous. I'm so jealous.

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<v Speaker 1>No, respectfully, I don't care about respectfully, I don't care.

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<v Speaker 1>I gave for a golfer and I'm sure I am

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<v Speaker 1>into the story though. This is this is fascinating. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>for me, were you anxious leading up to that point,

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<v Speaker 1>I know you mentioned, and I agree. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>want to have a day where you don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>worry about looking at your phone seeing Ken Rosenthal just

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<v Speaker 1>rip breaking news left and right. We're on for like

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<v Speaker 1>eight hours that day. So did you have a feeling

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<v Speaker 1>going into that process that you could be moved based

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<v Speaker 1>on you know, contract status, being free agent, and also

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<v Speaker 1>where the giants were that they had indicated they were

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<v Speaker 1>going to make a deal, and I think the night

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<v Speaker 1>before is when they did the Rogers trade, so that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of let everyone know, hey, they were going to

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<v Speaker 1>do a mini cell.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I knew there was ultimately a possibility, but

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't positive, you know, And I'm glad I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have my phone, that I wasn't on Twitter all day

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<v Speaker 2>checking everything out, because if I somehow found out that

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<v Speaker 2>I was traded before Buster got a chance to call me,

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<v Speaker 2>I would have been pretty bummed out. You know, that

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<v Speaker 2>would have felt like a like a weird way to go.

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<v Speaker 2>But they handled it unbelievably professionally. You know, Buster was

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<v Speaker 2>a good friend of mine, good tate, and that that

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<v Speaker 2>whole conversation you would think was super strange, but it

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<v Speaker 2>was It was really smooth.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like he was incredibly respectful and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>had a great talk. And it's not the end of

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<v Speaker 2>a relationship. It's just, you know, we'll see in a

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<v Speaker 2>year or two.

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<v Speaker 3>Right exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you played with Buster and then now you you know,

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<v Speaker 1>played on a team where Buster was running the front office.

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<v Speaker 1>What was your reaction when you heard that news initially

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<v Speaker 1>that Buster Posey was going to lead the front office

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<v Speaker 1>of the Giants? And how did he do? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you went from QUI anxiety. Who he's been on our show,

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<v Speaker 1>both of them have. He is a very different human

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<v Speaker 1>being than Buster Posey is, so kind of give me

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<v Speaker 1>the lay of the land here of how things went.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard he had like some amazing spring training speech

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<v Speaker 1>about hustling and just the way they were going to

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<v Speaker 1>do things, and that even went into roster decisions. So

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<v Speaker 1>I want to hear it from someone like you that's

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<v Speaker 1>been with this team a while.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I was fired up. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the one of the things that's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>hard as a player is when the front office is

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<v Speaker 2>making decisions and not to take any you know, power

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<v Speaker 2>decision making process away from anyone, but when you hear

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<v Speaker 2>it from someone who's doing things on a computer and

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<v Speaker 2>crunching numbers and not having the flow of the clubhouse

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<v Speaker 2>and knowing what it's like to be moved, knowing what

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<v Speaker 2>it's like to be in it with the guys. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a different aspect and Busters obviously respected on the playing level,

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<v Speaker 2>on a human level, on the.

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<v Speaker 3>Front office level.

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<v Speaker 2>So to have a guy like that who was leading

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<v Speaker 2>the charge was like empowering as a player. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you felt like you could go talk to him about anything.

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<v Speaker 2>You could talk to him about game planning, you could

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<v Speaker 2>talk to him about positioning, you could talk to him

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<v Speaker 2>about rules in the clubhouse, travel, what you want to

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<v Speaker 2>wear when you fly, all these things that end up

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<v Speaker 2>creating a culture.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's what he wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted to create a winning culture, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he did everything he could.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he made the right moves and we just played.

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<v Speaker 2>Horrible down that stretch where we needed to play well

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<v Speaker 2>to give him confidence to keep the band together.

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<v Speaker 3>But sometimes that's how it goes.

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<v Speaker 1>I got one more for you on you personally, a

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<v Speaker 1>couple homers early here with the Royals and some nice

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<v Speaker 1>pops so far this year.

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<v Speaker 3>I read it was a while ago about how you

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<v Speaker 3>were working with Pat Burrell? Is that true right this year? Okay?

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<v Speaker 3>So what's that like?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he like, hey, biceps all day and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>ripped the gym? Like what did you talk about with Pat?

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<v Speaker 1>That led to some more pop man?

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of things, A lot of it is.

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<v Speaker 2>The best thing about him is he remembers how hard

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<v Speaker 2>the game is and he doesn't look at you and

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<v Speaker 2>think you should hit every pitch or hit every pitch

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<v Speaker 2>for a homer or walk every time. Like sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>walk back to the dugout and he'll laugh and look

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<v Speaker 2>at you and just be like, yeah, you had no chance,

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<v Speaker 2>and you'll not You'll be like, yeah, you were absolutely right.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there's a there's a realistic expectation with him

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<v Speaker 2>where you understand the type of player you are and

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<v Speaker 2>he helps you understand the type of player you are

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<v Speaker 2>and the best pathway that you can have to becoming

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<v Speaker 2>the best version of yourself to fit the role that

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<v Speaker 2>you have on the team.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, ask Paper about the machine. That's all I'm gonna say.

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<v Speaker 5>Ask him about the machine.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure there's plenty of talk about it.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, good, Good, because Pats that's one of my all

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<v Speaker 5>time favorite dudes I was ever around in my life,

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<v Speaker 5>so I'm glad he's doing well. I want to know, though,

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<v Speaker 5>there was the big trade you guys made in San

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<v Speaker 5>Francisco with Raffie Devers. Can you explain, because Raffie Devers

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<v Speaker 5>has taking a lot of heat, what was he like

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<v Speaker 5>being Raffie Devers teammate? Because all I ever do is

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<v Speaker 5>see him smiling, So I've never played with him, so

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<v Speaker 5>can you talk about your short experience with him as

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<v Speaker 5>a teammate.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the best man like, awesome teammate, willing to

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<v Speaker 2>do whatever he had to. I think he just got

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<v Speaker 2>thrown into a weird circumstance. And you know, I think

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes as players, you have to stick up for yourself

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that's what he tried to do. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think the wording of it was delivered poorly. Because

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<v Speaker 2>he's an awesome teammate. He works his tail off. He

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<v Speaker 2>tries to help everybody, like if you face the guy

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<v Speaker 2>that he if you're facing a guy that he's faced

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<v Speaker 2>and you haven't faced him, full scouting report, where you

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<v Speaker 2>want to look for the ball, what pitch you want

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<v Speaker 2>to hit, How he's going to pitch you. He's really

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<v Speaker 2>smart and he cares about winning so much so I

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<v Speaker 2>don't understand where all the heat came from.

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<v Speaker 3>That tracks.

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<v Speaker 1>That tracks with some of the onework that was done there,

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<v Speaker 1>the disrespect behind the scenes leading to a broken relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>and hey, benefit for the Giants now who have one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best hitters in the game for a while. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this was awesome, Thanks for checking in. Trade story was great.

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<v Speaker 1>Good luck here. We're rooting for you. See if the

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<v Speaker 1>Royals can make a little run here down the stretch.

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<v Speaker 1>We like that they bought instead of many in their

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<v Speaker 1>spot that would have sold.

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<v Speaker 3>So do your thing man, all right, boys, appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>Good to see you