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Speaker 1: Padre Berliever, Mason Miller back on foul territory. Mason, good

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Speaker 1: to see you, man. How's the off season going for you?

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Speaker 2: Good?

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Speaker 3: A cel off season's going great. Snow falling in Pittsburgh

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Speaker 3: right now, So I'm ready to get back to spring

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Speaker 3: training here soon. Get some get some sun.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you happen to be playing for a team

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Speaker 1: where you'll get a lot of sun the entire season now,

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Speaker 1: which will be nice for you too. So I wanted

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Speaker 1: to start, actually Mason with WBC News since it's real hot.

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Speaker 1: Did you see the news today about Clayton Kershaw?

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Speaker 2: I did about that one.

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Speaker 3: What do you think count count me in the surprised boat?

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Speaker 2: But uh, you know that just adds.

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Speaker 3: To the uh you.

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Speaker 2: Know, the further allure of the WBC.

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Speaker 3: You got guys coming out of the woodwork that you know,

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Speaker 3: you weren't even expecting to go to an already like

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Speaker 4: Do you do you go into it saying yes, you're

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Speaker 4: playing for Team USA, But do you go into it

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Speaker 4: saying Okay, Clayton Kershaw's pitching, ah, man, I hope he's

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Speaker 4: got it. I hope. I hope he's got it because

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Speaker 4: we're looking to win this thing and you need everybody

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Speaker 4: guys don't win it all.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's early, early in the year for sure, So

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Speaker 3: I think just having having the ability to treat some

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Speaker 3: of the games, the exhibition games, getting a couple of

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Speaker 3: early spring training games is at least how I'm approaching it.

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Speaker 3: And I think it's it's kind of silly to sit

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Speaker 3: you know how many years now and pitches so many

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Speaker 3: And you know, he wouldn't be signing up to come

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Speaker 2: So I don't think that's something to worry about at all.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Clayton Kershaw has never not just look at his

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Speaker 4: baseball reference, He's never not done it. So it'll be fine,

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Speaker 4: you said not mid season fourm So when you go

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Speaker 4: I don't know who you guys will play, but it'll

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Speaker 4: Okay. And you are only topping out at ninety eight.

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Speaker 4: You're fine with that. You're like, I'm good. I know

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Speaker 4: And then the first game you're facing Brazil, closing the

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Speaker 3: I don't know if the velocity is what I was

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Speaker 2: But you know the way that you're feeling, at least.

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Speaker 4: So you're saying, adrenaline brings the best out in you,

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Speaker 3: Pitching in a bunch of different atmospheres over the course

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Speaker 5: I mean, I know there was people talking about that,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it seems like everybody's got a lot of thoughts.

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Speaker 3: And you know, I think my value right now is

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Speaker 3: you know, down the road maybe we'll see, but this

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Speaker 4: I appreciate you thinking that I would ask that question,

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Speaker 4: I see it. I see it. But your manager was

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Speaker 3: Well, the reaction to Stay I'm saying that is awesome

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Speaker 4: So that's fair like that. And he's Jack and if

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Speaker 3: You put it out there and you know, get your

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Speaker 4: As a guy who's not going into free agency, is

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Speaker 4: But do you watch it?

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Speaker 3: Of course? I mean I'm a baseball fan. Baseball player

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Speaker 3: falling and having those conversations at the gym and amongst.

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Speaker 2: The guys you're working out with.

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Speaker 3: You know, I think it's fun to theorize and you know,

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Speaker 3: I predicted this months ago. But I always like following,

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Speaker 5: My last question here from a fan, Neil Katz six.

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Speaker 5: He asked how much how much have you picked the

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Speaker 5: excuse me? How much have you talked to Trevor Hoffman

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we we spoke a little bit last year.

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Speaker 3: Actually before the trade even through through Katts's relationship with him.

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Speaker 3: Being able to lean on a guy like that a

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Speaker 3: So I'm always excited and eager to pick guy's brains,

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Speaker 2: Mason question for you.

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Speaker 1: The way the season ended for the Padres obviously wasn't

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Speaker 1: You've been able to get a taste of this. They

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Speaker 3: I'm extremely interested to see how it goes. I mean,

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Speaker 2: At the big league level, I think will be really

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Speaker 3: You know, as a closer, I'm kind of hoping the

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Speaker 3: and you know it's they got one challenge left, and

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Speaker 3: it's like, well, we're just going to challenge it just

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Speaker 2: But we'll see.

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Speaker 3: I think it'll be something something, really. I guess different

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Speaker 3: are allowed to challenge, you know, how does that get

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Speaker 2: So I don't think you'll see me challenge a single

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Speaker 4: I like that you talked about ending the games the

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Speaker 4: game's over. Are you gonna or have you thought about

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Speaker 4: having a different walkout song music? Because now you're in

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Speaker 4: a different city, you have, you know, kind of a

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Speaker 4: starting a new chapter. I obviously played for the Padres

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Speaker 4: Do you do you try to change your walkout music?

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Speaker 3: Potentially there there's been conversations and you know, I guess

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Speaker 3: I'll put you guys in the same boat as everybody else.

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Speaker 3: We'll find out when I come out of the bullpen

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Speaker 3: from my first selling this year.

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Speaker 4: Is it a tough decision? Is it tough to side

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Speaker 4: between do you have? I mean if you narrowed it

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Speaker 4: I got four songs I'm really loving with Meek Mill's

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Speaker 2: It?

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Speaker 4: Like, can you give us a genre? And is it

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Speaker 3: It's definitely down to a few songs, but kind of

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Speaker 3: so so last year. So I think we're gonna go

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Speaker 5: And I'm gonna finish with this. I want to go

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Speaker 5: back to comedy. So you said you're gonna take the

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Speaker 5: You're too emotional, You're not gonna challenge any of the pitches.

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Speaker 5: So I have a hard time believe in that three

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Speaker 5: calling I'm calling bullshit. I'm just being I know it's

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Speaker 3: I just I'm taking I'm taking this move, this moves

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Speaker 3: entire trust is in Freddie back there and decisions he's

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Speaker 2: He's seeing it. You know.

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Speaker 3: If we get to a point of the year and

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Speaker 3: it's the same situation I said about the hitters. If

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Speaker 4: But uh, you know, go ahead one and a half.

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Speaker 5: I'm calling the over. You're gonna do it more than

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, right, if Freddy convinced it, because really

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Speaker 1: the thing is, I mean, Mason, you could go like

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Speaker 1: and then be like, all right, I got your back.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing it.

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Speaker 3: Maybe, I think fred Freddie will if I throw my

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is off.

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Speaker 4: The best, the best receivers, the best receivers have said

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Speaker 4: I forget who it was. If it was David Price,

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Speaker 4: it was somebody was talking about how when jose Molina

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Speaker 4: They were like, dude, I almost got thrown out of

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Speaker 4: I'm like, oh, that's a strike, and the umpire calls

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Speaker 4: I don't let these two non catchers tell you you

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Speaker 4: I control yourself.

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Speaker 5: It's human nature.

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Speaker 2: It's human nature.

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Speaker 4: Now that he's not human, do it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm gonna see one. He's gonna freak out one

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Speaker 5: time too, and we're gonna get him on the show

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Speaker 5: and I'm gonna go like this, I told.

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Speaker 2: You see, everybody gets one. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, Amazon, this was great, man, great to catch up.

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Speaker 1: We're excited for WBC actions, so hopefully we'll catch it

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Speaker 1: then at some point I'm here, guys appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: As always, we