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Speaker 1: straight Fire fan, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: August three, and boy, was there a lot happening in

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Speaker 1: the sports world on Tuesday. My gosh, the text between

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Speaker 1: I mean, MLB trade deadline with bonkers. You had one

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Speaker 1: Just as a upfront news flash, your boy happened to

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Speaker 1: was Stephen Ross of Miami Dolphins. Listen, I bemoaned the

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Speaker 1: When you start looking into Stephen Ross, the greedy rules

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