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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the You Got Mail Podcast presented by

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Speaker 1: Delta Dental. I'm your forty nine Ers team reporter Brionna Janelle,

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Speaker 1: and in today's episode, we're talking with kicker Eddie Pinero.

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Speaker 1: We talk all about his upbringing, his passion for representing

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Speaker 1: the Latino community, and also what life is like in

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Speaker 1: the Bay Area.

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Speaker 2: Now, we also.

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Speaker 1: Answer a ton of fan questions, all submitted by the faithful,

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Speaker 1: And now my episode with Eddie, I'm sitting with Eddie Pinero.

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Speaker 2: Eddie, you've been on a roll.

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Speaker 1: You've been perfect on your first fifteen field goal attempts,

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Speaker 1: tying a forty nine Ers record. How does it feel

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Speaker 1: just to come into a new team and make that

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Speaker 3: It feels great. Just being part of the team's been awesome.

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Speaker 3: Getting a lot of support from the guys that has

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Speaker 3: been super important. Coaching staff these guys are blocking their

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Speaker 3: butts off. You see, there's a lot of blocked field

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Speaker 3: goals in the NFL right now going around. So, I mean,

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Speaker 3: these guys are just putting in the time and the work.

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Speaker 3: So I'm super blessed to have them on my side.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome. You hit a career best a fifty nine

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Speaker 1: Just tell me about your confidence coming into a new

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, confidence feels awesome, It feels high.

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Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, I knew it was an important kick,

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Speaker 3: and you know, you don't want to let these guys down.

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Speaker 3: And you see them there on the you know, on

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Speaker 2: So that's awesome.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's swe All right, let's get to know more

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Speaker 1: about Eddie. I knew you grew up in Miami, the

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Speaker 1: son of Cuban and you got a Wednesday parents. What's

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Speaker 1: life in Miami like?

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Speaker 4: As a kid, life in Miami was great.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: I went to Miami Sunset Senior High School, ended up

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Speaker 3: going to the University of Florida. But you know, the

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Speaker 3: Miami culture is a little bit different. You know, I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know.

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Speaker 1: All so your first love was soccer because your dad

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Speaker 1: was a professional soccer player. Was he the one that

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Speaker 4: Yes?

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Speaker 3: Yes, my dad was definitely a big influence in my life.

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Speaker 3: And you know, he told he you know, he told me, listen,

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Speaker 3: let's let's try this football thing. Because I actually a

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Speaker 3: lot of people don't know this, but you know, I

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Speaker 3: quit football twice before I took it serious. So in

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Speaker 3: I quit, like I don't want to play football. And

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Speaker 3: the same situation. The junior college coach was like, hey,

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Speaker 3: So I went out and I played one game with them,

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Speaker 4: I want to concentrate in soccer.

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Speaker 3: And then and then you know, my dad was just like, hey, listen,

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Speaker 3: let's go to one camp and if you get a

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Speaker 4: If not, you quit forever.

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Speaker 3: You've already quit twice, Like I was like, okay, So

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Speaker 3: I went to Alabama and went to their camp and

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Speaker 3: ended up getting a full scholarship and then that's when

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Speaker 2: Let's sweet.

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Speaker 1: I think you must have a really close relationship with

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, My dad is definitely like my trainer.

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Speaker 3: You know, he's set me through my workouts with kicking

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Speaker 3: I grew up and the way that he would you know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I've also heard if I heard the story correctly, one

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Speaker 1: of the big motivators for you why you switched over

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Speaker 1: opportunities with football. When was that moment when you realized

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Speaker 3: That moment definitely happened my last year at the University

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Speaker 3: of Florida, when I knew I had a good shot,

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Speaker 3: you know how all these agents approaching me like, hey,

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Speaker 3: you know, you want to kick at the next level,

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Speaker 3: and obviously that was my goal.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, I mean it was tough for me and

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Speaker 3: You know, when I told my parents I'm done playing soccer,

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Speaker 3: I mean, it kind of hurts my dad a little

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Speaker 4: But you know, the reason.

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Speaker 3: Obviously I took football over over soccer was obviously to

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Speaker 4: So that was my goal.

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Speaker 2: Are your parents' car set, house set, everything.

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Speaker 4: Fir set. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I bought him a house right next to mine and

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Speaker 3: they literally live two houses down.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, it's been a blessing. I thank God every day.

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Speaker 2: Oh, praise God. That's awesome.

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Speaker 1: The World Cup is coming to Levi Stadium. Do you

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Speaker 1: still follow soccer? Are there any teams or players that

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Speaker 4: Fans of not as much as I used to.

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Speaker 3: I'm just so focused on football now, but obviously it's

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Speaker 2: So yeah. Now the World Cup coming to levi is

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Speaker 2: will you be there?

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Speaker 4: Sure? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sounds fun, right, It's like once in a lifetime.

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Speaker 4: I would love to be there. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: This also isn't your first time in the Bay Area.

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Speaker 1: When you first entered the NFL, you joined the Oakland Raiders,

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Speaker 1: So tell me what's it like joining a Bay Area again.

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Speaker 2: Were you happy to come back?

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Speaker 4: Super happy? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I started my career here eight years

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Speaker 4: I'm happy to be back.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I mean this this is the weather is amazing,

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Speaker 3: the fan base is amazing. I mean they have the

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Speaker 3: and I mean it's just super supportive, and you know,

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Speaker 4: I feel like I'm in Miami again.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, that's awesome.

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Speaker 1: You've seen a lot of places throughout your journey within

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Speaker 2: Tell me the story.

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Speaker 1: You've told it a few times, but when you decided

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Speaker 2: A member of the San Francisco forty nine ers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I was supposed to get on a fly.

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Speaker 3: I was on the way to the airport to sign

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Speaker 3: don't you know, don't sign that. You know, we want you,

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Speaker 3: we need you here, and you know, I made that

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Speaker 3: you know, I didn't get on the flight, and the

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Speaker 3: next morning I missed that flight, and then the next

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Speaker 3: morning I just came over here and you know, everything

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Speaker 1: So so you were literally in the airport and you

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Speaker 1: turn you around, Yes, you called it. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I was like, hey, listen, this is going to be

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Speaker 3: And you know, they, you know, they had a lot

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Speaker 4: You know, I was just like, no, this is this

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Speaker 1: So now that you're in the San Francisco Bay area,

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Speaker 1: what's it like getting to know the players, the coaches,

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Speaker 2: How would you describe the culture here amazing.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the best staff I've been around in the

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Speaker 4: It's amazing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you also mentioned that you love having the Latino

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Speaker 1: Nikadawa very well as the first Nick Got a Wednesday

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Speaker 1: player in the NFL, also Cuba. What kind of messages

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Speaker 1: do you get from fans, either back home or here

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Speaker 3: I get a lot of messages definitely back home, but

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Speaker 3: you're a lot more from from Nicadawens fans and Cubans,

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Speaker 3: and you know, they're just super supportive. Like wow, Like

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Speaker 3: and you know, just having that support I just, like

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Speaker 3: I said, I just feel like I'm back home.

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Speaker 4: I feel like I'm in Miami.

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Speaker 3: And you know, even playing in the stadium, I can

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Speaker 3: a lot of Hispanics, you know, trying to talk in Spanish,

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Speaker 3: and I'm just like wow, so it's it's it's awesome,

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Speaker 3: like it's just it's just cool.

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Speaker 4: It's cool. It's cool to have.

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Speaker 2: So it feels a little bit like home.

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Speaker 4: It feels like home.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's awesome. All right, are you ready to play

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Speaker 2: a little game.

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Speaker 4: Let's do it.

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Speaker 2: Let's do all right. This game is called through the Uprights.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to give you a few short prompts and

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Speaker 1: you're going to send it through the uprights by finishing

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Speaker 1: my sentence.

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Speaker 2: Are you ready?

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Speaker 4: Okay?

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Speaker 2: Awesome. My teammates would describe me as Hispanic everything. It's

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Speaker 2: just everything. The most underrated part of being a kicker is.

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Speaker 4: Probably the pressure.

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Speaker 2: My pregame ritual is hearing.

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Speaker 4: The gospel music, Christian music.

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Speaker 2: I love it. Do you have a favorite song?

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Speaker 4: I listened to Hills song a lot Oceans.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, very mellow. I love it. Gives you that piece,

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Speaker 2: it gives me a piece. The teammate who hypes me

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Speaker 1: Also, you got to give love to the Homeland. The

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Speaker 3: Is I don't know if there's any guys that kick

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Speaker 2: People would be surprised to know that. I m hmm.

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Speaker 4: That I have a bunch of tattoos.

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Speaker 4: First tattoo was sixteen years old.

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Speaker 3: It's been great. Yeah, the fans are amazing. You know,

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Speaker 3: That's one word that I use in my head, just

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Speaker 3: It's in downtown in Brickle in Brickel, Yes, downtown Bricko.

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Speaker 3: They got a really good fried fish. They have a

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Speaker 4: At that time, I was hurt, I wasn't playing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just how supportive they are, and you know how

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Speaker 4: It's awesome. It's that's my favorite part.

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Speaker 1: I love it.

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Speaker 2: Awesome, Well, Eddie, that's all I have for you on

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