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Speaker 1: What is up?

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Speaker 2: Mets fans?

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to another episode of the Mets Up Podcast.

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Speaker 3: We got another interview for you today here on episode

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Speaker 3: number one seventy four. Last episode we had Daniel Vogel.

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Speaker 3: Back on, we had William Woods. Today we have new

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Speaker 3: voice on the radio for the New York Mets.

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Speaker 2: Keith Rad. Talked to him down at spring training.

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Speaker 1: Had an awesome interview.

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Speaker 2: I think I think we got a new friend at

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Speaker 2: the stadium now, right, James, I think we do too.

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Speaker 4: Us and Keith are similar age like, similar grind, grind

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Speaker 4: type of lifestyle in baseball. We talked about a humble

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Speaker 4: beginnings as announcer, some crazy jobs he's had, starting to

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Speaker 4: get to know Howie, working with the Cyclones a lot,

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Speaker 4: seeing himself ascend through the organ same organizations, a lot

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Speaker 4: of the players. Cool interview, talked about a lot of

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Speaker 4: fun stuff and excited to let you guys here and

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Speaker 4: get to know Keith a little bit.

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Speaker 1: So here's the Keith Rad interview.

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Speaker 2: What's up, everybody?

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to another episode of the Mets Podcast, Live

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Speaker 4: from Clover Park, porn Saint Lucie Spring training for the

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Speaker 4: New York Mets. We have a very special interview with

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Speaker 4: you today, Keith rad new radio voice in New York Mets.

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Speaker 2: Keith, how's it going?

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Speaker 1: Amazing? Good to see you guys. You guys have been rockstars,

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Speaker 1: so this is this is an honor, thank you.

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Speaker 3: Shit.

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Speaker 4: First question, though we had to do it. We started

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Speaker 4: weighing this way. We started having this way very important question.

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Speaker 4: What is America's favorite tea? And that includes hot.

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Speaker 2: Or over iced?

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Speaker 1: It is It is big, a lot.

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Speaker 2: Bigelot, America's favorite t all right, one for one. We

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Speaker 2: did it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we got all show with the booth off to

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Speaker 3: a hot start for sure. Let's talk about your journey

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Speaker 3: a little bit because you were doing stuff with Brooklyn

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Speaker 3: Cyclones and now you're with the New York Mets.

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Speaker 2: How does it feel to make that transition.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's pretty wild to go from single A baseball

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Speaker 1: to the major leagues now. But it's such a family atmosphere.

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Speaker 1: I mean being here at Clover Park, you get to

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Speaker 1: walk around and see players that used to be cyclones, trainers,

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Speaker 1: coaches that used to be cyclones. So when you get here,

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Speaker 1: it's like, ah, this is this is family a little bit.

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Speaker 1: So it's it's a big jump, but it's home kind

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Speaker 4: Even just coming through spring training a little bit. Now,

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Speaker 4: have you noticed any major differences between the day to

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Speaker 4: day of being Cyclones broadcaster versus now here with the Mets.

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Speaker 1: So the broadcasting wise, you're kind of gathering stories in

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Speaker 1: the same way. You're just talking and listening mostly two guys.

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Speaker 1: I don't have to run back to the front office

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Speaker 1: to answer the phones and sell tickets and sponsorships and

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Speaker 1: then run back out here during VP. So that way,

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Speaker 1: the minor leagues and the major leagues are a little

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Speaker 1: different because now I just get paid to show up

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Speaker 3: How do you even get started in the industry, Like

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Speaker 3: how do you make even to jump from the Brooklyn

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Speaker 1: So it's a kind of a loaded question. Everybody has

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Speaker 1: a different journey. I'm sure if you asked Howie and

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Speaker 1: Gary Cohen what their journey was, it was a lot different.

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Speaker 1: But you just start doing games. I started in college

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Speaker 1: University of Dayton out in Ohio. Our basketball team went

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Speaker 1: And so you're just doing these games and you're getting

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Speaker 1: And then when you jump in after graduation, the grind

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Speaker 1: So to dedicate the time to putting in that work

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of really good guys and gals that

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Speaker 4: I think I remember that day and run because I

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Speaker 2: That was Aaron Crafts last year.

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Speaker 1: It was Aaron Crafts last year, and on the cover

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Speaker 2: Beautiful, easiest choke in the world.

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Speaker 4: So you talked about grinding out a couple of those

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Speaker 4: What was the craziest job that you had on your

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Speaker 1: So on the way up, I did some postmates, I

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Speaker 1: But the most fun was refing youth hockey and men's

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Speaker 1: hockey leagues. Actually, a ten year old broke my wrists

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Speaker 1: take you on that date, you know. So getting here

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Speaker 1: now it's amazing. I do miss skating, though, but that

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Speaker 3: So you talked about hockey, basketball, baseball. Is there any

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Speaker 1: The baseball is definitely the most instinctual for me. It

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Speaker 4: We saw that as you were coming up, you did

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Speaker 1: I believe it absolutely.

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Speaker 1: during during VP and stuff. And then during the game,

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Speaker 2: It was a crazy hockey story.

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Speaker 3: What's the craziest minor league baseball story that you got

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Speaker 1: Baseball story that I could share. Oh man, there's there's

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Speaker 1: a boy. Put me on the spot here. I'm definitely

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Speaker 1: definitely ruining the show by by thinking.

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Speaker 1: I think the most minor league story is in the

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Speaker 4: That's hysterical. I'm thinking about I'm thinking about the show

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Speaker 2: They you just got to do it all then.

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Speaker 4: But you're joining the Mets radio booth, joining how we

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Speaker 4: And how well have you guys to know him so far?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? So being down at Clover Park here in Florida,

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Speaker 1: I thought he would be. Ye from our phone calls,

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Speaker 1: And just just soaking it all in and letting it breathe.

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Speaker 1: to everybody, to the person that's running the gate outside. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: So that's we share that similar personality where we kind

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Speaker 1: that's what I love the most about his personality and

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Speaker 2: You guys got a chance to talk hockey yet.

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Speaker 1: We talked a little bit about referee because I didn't

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Speaker 1: that's where he that's where he started Islanders all that stuff,

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Speaker 1: so he loves it too.

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Speaker 4: You're also taking the seat Wayne Randazza, who's now going

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Speaker 4: on to be the television voice of Los Angeles Angels

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Speaker 4: of Anaheim, as Wayne was shout to with all any

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he was very kind once the announcement was public

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Speaker 1: to give me a call and kind of give me

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Speaker 1: He set a huge standard in the booth. And it's

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Speaker 1: not new Mets fans, no, going way back to Bob

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Speaker 1: Murphy and Yeah Kiner and Lindsay Nelson, big shoes to

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Speaker 1: Phill and Wayne was just the next really good broadcaster.

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Speaker 1: That's why he got a great job with the Angels.

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Speaker 1: So you know, he said, good luck, good luck.

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Speaker 3: Does it feel real yet? Has it sunk in exactly

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Speaker 1: So I keep getting that question, and I keep kind

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Speaker 3: I think it's really cool too that you got to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, good to see you guys, Keith before you go

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Speaker 3: All right, that was awesome, right, I mean talking to

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Speaker 4: All right, yeah, we crushed with the announcers. You guys

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a little little network of guys you talk for

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Speaker 2: We'll catch you guys on the next episode of the

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Speaker 2: Mets Up Podcast. Peace Out,