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Speaker 2: Welcome everyone to the first live edition of Fair Territory.

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Speaker 2: of rizzo, a lot i ken Fair Territory. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: I'm grateful that you're willing to have me tag along

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Speaker 2: Thanks Alana, and no need for those compliments. I'm just happy.

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Speaker 1: I think the timing of it all is interesting. I

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Speaker 2: You're absolutely right, and we'll see how this all turns out.

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Speaker 1: I like the Michael Lorenzen sign, but the Texas Rangers

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Speaker 2: And what I said is that when you're assessing free

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Speaker 2: agent contracts, how are they judged. They are judged by

433
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Speaker 2: guaranteed money. They are not judged by the number of

434
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Speaker 2: opt outs and flexibility. Now, Boris's point is that he

435
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Speaker 2: could have had long term deals for these players, but

436
00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,240
Speaker 2: they prefer because of where they were in their careers,

437
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Speaker 2: bass because the money they've made. Snell and Bellinger have

438
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Speaker 2: done well that they wanted that optionality, as he calls it.

439
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Speaker 2: They wanted the ability to go back in the market

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Speaker 2: next year, when perhaps the market will be better, when

441
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Speaker 2: some of this RSN uncertainty will be resolved, when things

442
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,919
Speaker 2: will be more stable. Now it's hard to say he

443
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Speaker 2: is wrong because he's done this before. Carlos Korea signed

444
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Speaker 2: a one year deal, then hit the big deal later

445
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Speaker 2: with the Twins, and then you go back to twenty

446
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Speaker 2: eighteen nineteen Boris did not have a great offseason, and

447
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Speaker 2: then the next offseason he crushed it. That was Scherzer

448
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:39,399
Speaker 2: and Strasburg and Rendon. I'm sorry, Cole, Strasburg and Rendon.

449
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Speaker 2: So you can't pass total judgment yet. But if you

450
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Speaker 2: would have said to me at the start of the

451
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Speaker 2: off season that Blake Snell, Cody Bellinger and Matt Chapman

452
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Speaker 2: will get the deals they did, I would have said, whoa, whoa, whoa.

453
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Speaker 2: What happened there? And I want to point out one

454
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Speaker 2: more thing, even if you buy Scott Boris's argument that

455
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Speaker 2: this is better for these particular players. Okay, there have

456
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Speaker 2: been some big deals signed this offseason, and I'm not

457
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Speaker 2: just talking about Otani. I'm not even just talking about Yamamoto,

458
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,240
Speaker 2: Aaron Nola one hundred and seventy two million, Eduardo Rodriguez

459
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Speaker 2: eighty million. That's as much as Cody Bellinger signed for

460
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Speaker 2: no disrespect to Edwardo, but I don't know that he

461
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Speaker 2: is thought of as highly as Cody Bellinger in some circles.

462
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Speaker 2: Hasn't won an MVP like Cody did, hasn't been Rookie

463
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Speaker 2: of the Year. So there has been money spent. Tyler

464
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Speaker 2: glass Now signed an extension for more than Blake Snell

465
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Speaker 2: got as a free agent negotiating with one team, admittedly

466
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Speaker 2: the Dodgers, a team that was willing to spend. So

467
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Speaker 2: we'll see how it all plays out. But the way

468
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Speaker 2: I wrote it was, at least in the short term,

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Speaker 2: it did not work out well for the Boris clients.

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Speaker 2: All Right, We've talked long enough. Let's go to the questions. Now,

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Speaker 2: Let's hear what the listeners and the viewers have to say.

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Speaker 2: What they want to hear from us. Fire away, guys.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we go. It's Ken.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's see I gotta pull this up here.

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Speaker 3: Grill and Ken.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we go up there.

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Speaker 3: Okay, hail Anna and Ken.

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Speaker 1: We talk about the hot seat when it comes to skippers.

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Speaker 1: What general managers should be on.

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Speaker 3: The hot seat this season.

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Speaker 1: Wow, we're coming in hot We haven't even season hasn't

482
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Speaker 1: even started. We're already talking about general managers getting fired.

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Speaker 3: What do you think, Ken?

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Speaker 2: I love it, first of all, just the idea of

485
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Speaker 2: people already being disgruntled. You might have said, far Anxiety

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Speaker 2: even though we just got a contract extension. But I'll

487
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Speaker 2: talk about this a little bit later. Far Anxiety has

488
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Speaker 2: had a good offseason, and he has answered some of

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Speaker 2: the questions that were surrounding him. I can't think of

490
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Speaker 2: any off the top of my head that would automatically

491
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Speaker 2: be in trouble. Craig Breslow just got to Boston, and

492
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Speaker 2: certainly there are some rebuilding teams maybe where you want

493
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Speaker 2: to see some things happen in a quicker way. But Frince,

494
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Speaker 2: it's in Detroit. Scott Harris, a relatively new general manager

495
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Speaker 2: in Kansas City. JJ Piccolo is a new general manager

496
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Speaker 2: for the most part, and I'm just not saying where

497
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Speaker 2: anyone in particular would be in trouble. I'm trying to

498
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Speaker 2: think here a lot, have you got any ideas and no.

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Speaker 3: Especially in the Central divisions.

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Speaker 1: I feel like, unfortunately, the Central Divisions are kind of

501
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Speaker 1: the for lack of a better word, the mediocre division.

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Speaker 1: So when you're talking about the Kansas City Royals, the

503
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Speaker 1: Detroit Tigers, you know, the Chicago White Slacks, those type

504
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Speaker 1: of things, I don't think that any of those general

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Speaker 1: managers are going to be on the hot seat because

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Speaker 1: I just don't think that most folks think the Central

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Speaker 1: Division teams are going to be the you know, the

508
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Speaker 1: heavy hitters in this one. It's too early for me

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Speaker 1: to worry about general man Okay, go ahead.

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Speaker 2: I do have one Toronto Russ Atkins, and really they

511
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Speaker 2: didn't do as much this offseason as obviously they wanted

512
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Speaker 2: to do. They were in on Otani and on Yamamoto,

513
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Speaker 2: I guess to some extent, so I could see there

514
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Speaker 2: the urgency increasing. Now. I know Yankee fans want me

515
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Speaker 2: to say Brian Cashman in theory if the Yankees have

516
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,159
Speaker 2: another disappointing season, but we talk about it, talk about it,

517
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 2: talk about it, and it never seems to come to fruition.

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Speaker 2: I'm just looking at the list of teams. Otherwise I

519
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 2: would say Ross Atkins would be probably the one most

520
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 2: under scrutiny. And let's not forget also Aj Preller in

521
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Speaker 2: San Diego. He is one of the longest tenured general managers.

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Speaker 2: He is a guy that has done a lot of

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Speaker 2: tearing up and building up his roster, and yet the

524
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Speaker 2: view of many in the game, even among some of

525
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Speaker 2: his detractors, is that he's had one of his better

526
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Speaker 2: off seasons here, that he did a really good job

527
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Speaker 2: in getting the group of pictures from the Yankees and

528
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,119
Speaker 2: then turning of course one of them into Dylan Cees.

529
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Speaker 2: They're playing Jackson Merrill, They're mixing in Paulson as well.

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Speaker 2: They're going to have some kids finally on their roster contributing,

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Speaker 2: but certainly with the uncertainty in their ownership situation, with

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Speaker 2: the passing peerceler aj Preller could be a candidate to

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Speaker 2: be dismissed.

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Speaker 1: And going back to Toronto for just a second, I

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Speaker 1: mean Atkins is the window is closing there, Ken, because

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Speaker 1: you think about the fact that Dante bishett and Vladimir

537
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Speaker 1: ger Junior have two more years together right before they

538
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Speaker 1: hit free agency, and the time is now for these

539
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,640
Speaker 1: these this team to figure it out and not only

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Speaker 1: get to the postseason again, but to win postseason series.

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Speaker 1: So the time in which these they have this team

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00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:33,360
Speaker 1: together is running out as far as Padres are concerned.

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Speaker 3: That's interesting. What about to Poto in Seattle? I mean,

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Speaker 3: is that another one that?

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy that loves trading guys

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Speaker 1: and moving pieces more than anybody else.

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Speaker 3: What's your opinion on Jerry to Poto with the Mariners.

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Speaker 2: He's a controversial. I remember the fifty four line. Of course, yes,

549
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 2: so many people. They too, in my opinion, have had

550
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 2: a pretty good offseason. Now. They missed last year, but

551
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Speaker 2: part of their issue is ownership not wanting to spend

552
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Speaker 2: and go the full mile. And this off season basically

553
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Speaker 2: they had to retrench and then Topoto had to kind

554
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 2: of figure things out, and he did. They've got very

555
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 2: strong pitching. They should be pretty good. They're good up

556
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Speaker 2: the middle. I don't see him necessarily being in trouble.

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Speaker 2: But these are all good questions, and I appreciate you

558
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Speaker 2: guys bearing with me here, because when you're asking me

559
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 2: the questions live and a lot of live, we might

560
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 2: have to get our bearings a little bit. We came

561
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Speaker 2: up with what's going on?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're all trying to figure out the logistics of

563
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Speaker 1: everything going on. All right, So Patrick Pelton has this

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Speaker 1: question for you, Kenny, any other depth to add to

565
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Speaker 1: the news on Monty and the Yankees? How close were

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Speaker 1: they with Lorenzo and when they checked in last week?

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Speaker 2: I can't imagine they were close on Lorenzen because if

568
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Speaker 2: they would have spent five million, they would have had him, right,

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Speaker 2: he only signed for four and a half. So it's

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Speaker 2: really an interesting question how serious they are with Montgomery.

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Speaker 2: They haven't been serious all off season. They had been

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Speaker 2: talking about Snell and to Snell. Now with Montgomery the

573
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Speaker 2: only guy left on the board or the main starting

574
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Speaker 2: pitcher left, my Clevenger is still out there. I don't

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Speaker 2: see them necessarily doing it for all the reasons that

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Speaker 2: they weren't going to do SNeW luxury tax and that

577
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Speaker 2: kind of thing. But with Montgomery it's a little bit different.

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Speaker 2: He didn't get a qualifying offer because he was traded

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Speaker 2: in the middle of a season, So you could give

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Speaker 2: him a longer deal with opt outs and lower the

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Speaker 2: AAV that way. That's not inconceivable. So I don't know

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Speaker 2: how serious the Yankees are going to be. I don't

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Speaker 2: know if those talks are really even legitimate or not.

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Speaker 2: But Jordan Montgomery he would be a good fit. The

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Speaker 2: other question there is does he want to go back

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Speaker 2: to the New York Yankees. It didn't end all that

587
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Speaker 2: great there for him. Remember they traded him because they

588
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Speaker 2: felt he didn't or wasn't good enough to be part

589
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Speaker 2: of their postseason rotation. He said, they did some things

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Speaker 2: with me that I changed and got a lot better

591
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Speaker 2: when I got out of there. So I'm not sure

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00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 2: his desire is there. But at the same time, what

593
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 2: will be a week away from opening day and he's

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Speaker 2: still not signed.

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Speaker 1: That's what it's his desire to pitch or is a

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Speaker 1: desire to prove a point.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's interesting at this point.

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Speaker 1: And again, even if he signs now, it's still going

599
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 1: to take him three to four weeks to get stretched

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Speaker 1: out and be ready to pitch, so it's not like

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Speaker 1: you're getting question.

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Speaker 2: That's another interesting question because Scott Boris has insisted that

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Speaker 2: his guys are going to be ready it. Snell is

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Speaker 2: going to be ready to go. Snell said that yesterday

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Speaker 2: in his news conference that he's close maybe Jordan Montgomery,

606
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Speaker 2: but you.

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Speaker 3: Can't simulate game action though you can't stimulate I don't care.

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Speaker 1: I don't care how fancy the you know, the training

609
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Speaker 1: center is with the Boris Corp. It's not facing real

610
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Speaker 1: hitters in a game, albeit the spring training game.

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00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 3: It's not a real game.

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Speaker 2: That's my opinion a lot of as well, But of course,

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Speaker 2: you know Scott has his own thoughts. All right, let's

614
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Speaker 2: go move on.

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00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 1: All right, it is time now for the last question,

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Speaker 1: and then we're going to go ahead to get to

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Speaker 1: do to the week and dork of the Week Alana

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Speaker 1: and Ken, who do you expect to be most competitive

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Speaker 1: with the Dodgers, the d Backs, the Padres or the Giants.

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Speaker 1: I have to say, Kenny, I love now what the

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Speaker 1: Giants have done in terms of their pitching staff, of course,

622
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Speaker 1: but I am not going to ever question what the

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Speaker 1: d Backs can do, considering that they were the only

624
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Speaker 1: team that believed in themselves last year and they ended

625
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Speaker 1: up in the World Series.

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Speaker 3: What's your take on it?

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Speaker 2: First of all, that's a great question, and I wrote

628
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Speaker 2: about the Giants today. My question that I posed in

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Speaker 2: the column was how good are they? Are they a

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Speaker 2: legitimate playoff team now and in the National League. Basically,

631
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Speaker 2: we have the Braves and the Dodgers up here, and

632
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Speaker 2: we've got all the other teams that are competitive, kind

633
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 2: of in a slog right, competing for the three wild

634
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Speaker 2: cards as well as the NL Central title. The Giants,

635
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Speaker 2: at least if you look at the projections and believe

636
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Speaker 2: the projections, are kind of at the top of that

637
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 2: group now or should be. I'm not totally convinced that

638
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 2: they're going to hit. I don't know. And the Diamondbacks,

639
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 2: I like what they've done this offseason. I like the

640
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 2: fact that they have young players who are still improving,

641
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Speaker 2: and they've got Gallen and Kelly and Edwardo Rodriguez. So

642
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 2: I would say that would be my choice, because I

643
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 2: still don't believe in the padres entirely. They're starting pitching

644
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 2: is really good, They're diminished in the outfield, I don't know,

645
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 2: the bottom of the order not great, even though today

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Speaker 2: they score fifteen. I just am not convinced by them.

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Speaker 2: So I'll pick the Diamondbacks in that question, all right.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, the highest ever opening day payroll

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Speaker 1: for the Arizona Diamondbacks. They made that commitment, of course

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Speaker 1: after going to the World Series. All right, is it

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Speaker 1: time now for Dude of the Week and dork of

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Speaker 1: the Week? It is time, all right. So this is

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Speaker 1: my first one of doing this with you. This is

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Speaker 1: the first fair territory that's ever live, and I'm so

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Speaker 1: grateful to be able to join Ken on these things.

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Speaker 3: But let's start with dude of the Week for you.

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Speaker 3: Who is it?

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Speaker 2: It's Farhan xiety as the Giants president of Baseball Operations.

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Speaker 2: We segue nicely here into Farhan and they've taken a

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Speaker 2: lot of heat the Giants have for their inability to

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Speaker 2: sign certain free agents, and Harper was one judge, was

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Speaker 2: another Shoheo tani Yamamoto. But in the past two off

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Speaker 2: seasons they have spent a lot of money on free agents,

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Speaker 2: almost two hundred million last offseason this offseason more than

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Speaker 2: three hundred and twenty million. But the reason Farhan is

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Speaker 2: due to the week is because he played it perfectly

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Speaker 2: with the two big bors clients. He got Chapman for

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Speaker 2: fifty four million, He got Blake Snell for sixty two million.

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Speaker 2: That's one hundred and sixteen That's barely more than he

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Speaker 2: gave Jung lu Lee, another Bors client who is coming

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Speaker 2: over from Korea. So for his negotiating and from waiting

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Speaker 2: out the market and getting the prices that he wanted.

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Speaker 2: And I know Scott Boris loves these deals, but guess what,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure the giants loved them even more so. Faw

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Speaker 2: Anxiety has taken a lot of heat. He's put together

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Speaker 2: a much more entertaining team I would expect, and probably

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Speaker 2: a much better team. We'll see where it goes. But

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Speaker 2: he is my dude of the week.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Justin Yamus thinks that Chapman is a much better defensive.

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Speaker 3: Upgrade over JD. Davis.

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Speaker 1: Anyway, Okay, let me My Dude of the week for

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Speaker 1: the first one is Joey Vado. First of all, it's

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Speaker 1: no secret I think this man is a two nation treasure.

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Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with Joey Vado. I love everything that he

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Speaker 1: is about. I just I think he's a great human

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Speaker 1: being and just an awesome person. But to me, the

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Speaker 1: reason he's due to the week this week ken is

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Speaker 1: because he could very easily just right off into the sunset.

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Speaker 1: He's made a bazillion dollars, he has nothing else to prove.

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Speaker 1: But he said, you know what, I still want to play.

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Speaker 1: I have something left to give. And he says, you

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Speaker 1: know what, I know that I'll probably start the regular

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Speaker 1: season in the minor leagues and I'm willing to earn

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Speaker 1: my way to the major league roster. Hey, guys would

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Speaker 1: do that with the resume that Joey Vado has not.

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Speaker 2: Many, if any. That's a great choice, no question about it.

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Speaker 2: So I guess we should get to the dorks of

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Speaker 2: the week, right.

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Speaker 3: Yes, dork of the week.

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Speaker 1: And it's funny too because you're dude of the Week

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Speaker 1: with San Francisco, but you're also San Francisco.

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Speaker 2: It absolutely is Alana, and for good reason. Now, I know,

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Speaker 2: teams don't value public address announcers and even broadcasters the

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Speaker 2: way they do players. That's the way of the world. However,

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Speaker 2: when you have certain public address announcers and certain broadcasters,

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Speaker 2: they become institutions. They become part of the fabric of

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Speaker 2: your team. They become popular, they become people that you

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Speaker 2: want to keep as long as you can. What am

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Speaker 2: I getting to? I am getting to the Giant's parting

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Speaker 2: of ways with their public address announcer Renelle Brooks Moon.

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Speaker 2: Now she is the first female public addressing announcer they've

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Speaker 2: ever had. She is also great at her job, that's

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Speaker 2: more important. And she's someone that endeared herself to fans,

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Speaker 2: endeared herself to players, especially the black players on the Giants.

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Speaker 2: She had an affinity or a relationship with some of them.

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Speaker 2: And she's just someone who, as I said, should be

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Speaker 2: considered an institution, not someone you throw to the side.

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Speaker 2: So the San Francisco Giants for being tone deaf, for

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Speaker 2: making a decision that is, in my view, inexplicable. Dorks

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Speaker 2: of the.

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Speaker 3: Week, no question about it.

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Speaker 1: She is a synonymous to me Ken with the San

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Speaker 1: Francisco Giants. I mean she has been the voice, the

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Speaker 1: PA voice of the San Francisco Giants since Oracle Park

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Speaker 1: at the time at and T Park opened twenty four

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Speaker 1: seasons that Renelle has been there. I mean, I don't

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Speaker 1: remember a game at Oracle Park that wasn't with her

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Speaker 1: behind the microphone. So I agree with you there. My

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Speaker 1: dork of the week is actually a current player, Jazz

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Speaker 1: Chisholm of the Miami Marlins. I understand, and I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying that Jazz shouldn't be Jazz, but for him to

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Speaker 1: pubblically call out very thinly veiled publicly calling out Miguel Rojas,

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Speaker 1: a former teammate of him, to me is unacceptable.

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Speaker 3: You can act the way you want to act.

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Speaker 1: I love his charisma, I love the way that he

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Speaker 1: goes about the game, I love the personality. But to

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Speaker 1: publicly call out a former teammate who is acting in

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Speaker 1: his own right, in his own way, to me is wrong.

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Speaker 1: And Jazz Chisholm hasn't accomplished anything in the game to

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Speaker 1: the level that Miguel Rojas has accomplished. I don't understand

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Speaker 1: the benefit that comes with a guy calling out teammate

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Speaker 1: about the way that he handled things in the clubhouse.

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Speaker 1: There's certain things that you do as a veteran player

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Speaker 1: in this game that I'm not saying that Jazz Chisholm

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Speaker 1: has to do, But I don't like him getting on

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Speaker 1: a veteran player for going about things the way that

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Speaker 1: he was taught to go about things.

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Speaker 2: Ah, right, very good, There you have it. Now. What's

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Speaker 2: great about having Alana is we get two Dudes of

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Speaker 2: the Week and we get the week. So you heard

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Speaker 2: the choices that we made for this week and a

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Speaker 2: lot of you've got a lot more to come.

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Speaker 3: We do have a lot more to come.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited again to be with you on this fair

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Speaker 1: territory with you, Kenny.

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Speaker 3: And by the way, I mean, I got to get

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Speaker 3: this right because this is all about this is what pays.

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Speaker 1: Our bills, correct, So I want to make sure that

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Speaker 3: So is that it? Kenny? Did we do our first

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Speaker 3: show together?

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Speaker 2: We did, and I think it went great. I hope

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Speaker 2: people will agree. And Alana, I want to say one

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Speaker 2: thing before we let you go. When we announced last

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Speaker 2: week that we're going to have a co host, but

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Speaker 2: we were keeping it on the down low. We weren't

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Speaker 2: going to announcement, we had a number of people in the

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Speaker 2: YouTube comments say, I hope it's Alana Rizzo. Well guess

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Speaker 2: what you got your wish? Thank you, thank you for listening.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to everyone for watching. Now you know where to

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Speaker 2: find us. I'll do this part of it a lot.

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Speaker 2: I do it every week.

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Speaker 3: Ye actually, go ahead, down, I got it. I got it.

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Speaker 2: We're on Spotify, We're on Apple sometimes, we're on Twitter.

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Speaker 2: You have to like us, you have to subscribe to us,

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Speaker 2: and you have to follow us each week. We will

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Speaker 2: be back Monday with the regular podcast and show on YouTube.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you for everyone for joining us, for

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Speaker 2: your questions, and thank you Alana. It's great to work

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Speaker 2: with you again.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you, Ken, and don't forget bual Tour. Terry

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Speaker 1: is back at eleven am tomorrow. Then Ken is back

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Speaker 1: on Fair Territory on Monday, and then myself and Clint

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Speaker 1: Facias start Dodgers territory on Monday as a WHO Outstanding