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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Monday but Tuesday edition this week of

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Speaker 1: Fair Territory. I am Ken Rosenthal. I am coming to

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Speaker 1: you live from San Diego, where tonight I will be part

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Speaker 1: We have what has been so far an extremely entertaining playoff,

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