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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to a brand new week.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to a brand new edition of Dodgers Territory. I

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Speaker 2: am your host, Alana Rizzo. That is our pal over

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Speaker 2: from Friar Territory. Kyle Glazer. Great to have him with

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Speaker 2: us today. Clint Psias is on assignment, so he will

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Speaker 2: great to be with you. Let's get into it. Let's

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Speaker 2: talk about the big ticket.

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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 2: We're going to talk a lot about the San Diego

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Speaker 2: of love as we always do here with the Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: and let's give some appreciation to Mookie Bets. Kyle. Of course,

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Speaker 2: when you think of the Dodgers, you think of Shoheo Tany,

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Speaker 2: you think of Freddy Freeman, but you have to think

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Speaker 2: about Mookie Bets. And where do you think his walk

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Speaker 1: Certainly top three when you consider the context after being sick,

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Speaker 1: losing twenty pounds to come out two bombs, including a

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Speaker 1: I can remember from his career, which is saying something

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Speaker 1: still think the top moment for me of Mooky Bets

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Speaker 1: He rounds the bases, lets it all out. That is

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Speaker 1: That being said, this is a superstar who on any

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Speaker 1: say wow. And his walk off home run on Ring

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Speaker 2: Yeah, when I think about top moments, I tend to

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Speaker 2: twenty World Series home run. But he also had that

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Speaker 2: great catch Kyle and the National League Championship Series in

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Speaker 2: having lost twenty pounds and not even knowing, honestly, if

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Speaker 2: domestic opener on Thursday, having lost all of that weight,

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Speaker 2: does that make it even more impressive to you that

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Again, Mookie Betts is not the biggest guy. He's

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Speaker 1: always had more wiry strength than you give him credit for.

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Speaker 1: He's always had more power than you think, especially to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's just a ridiculous athlete all the way around.

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Speaker 2: Wait till he gets all of the weight back, even

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Speaker 2: Bets of course is a veteran. He's a guy that

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Speaker 1: The main thing is you can see it. He's overthrowing

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Speaker 1: You will see him spray fastballs, you will see him

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Speaker 1: Again, this is a young kid who has a lot

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Speaker 1: I encourage everyone to be patient the emotion. Again, there's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's not forget that Clayton Kershaw was optioned back

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Speaker 2: Much more to come with Kyle Glazer. We're talking about

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers' next opponent, the Atlanta Braves, and we're also talking,

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Speaker 2: All right, let's talk about the Atlanta Braves, Kyle, because

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Speaker 2: You have basically been their advanced scout a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Well, right now, the Braves offense did not perform well

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Speaker 1: Certainly strange recent years they always have an April matchup.

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Speaker 1: two double play balls, kept the ending going. Turned into

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Speaker 1: an RBI single as opposed to the inning ending a

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Speaker 1: few batters earlier. They're just doing all the little things

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Speaker 1: that's very much Mike Schilt. He's going to be aggressive,

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Speaker 1: he's going to go right at you, and they're going

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Speaker 1: to not waste anything. They're not going to leave anything

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Speaker 1: on the field. They're going to run out every ground ball,

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Speaker 1: they're going to make great defensive plays, They're going to

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Speaker 1: be focused and attentive, and ultimately, Mike Schilt has been

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Speaker 1: the perfect fit for this Potters team. They have absolutely

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Speaker 1: taken on his personality in all the right ways, playing

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Speaker 1: with an edge, playing smart, playing fast, doing the little

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Speaker 1: things and the big things that make a difference.

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Speaker 2: One of the best owners in the game, unfortunately is

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Speaker 2: no longer with us and Peter Seidler passing away after

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Speaker 2: a long battle with cancer, and the game is worse

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Speaker 2: without him in it. Kyle, he loved this team so much,

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Speaker 2: and he loved the community so much, and he told

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Speaker 2: aj Priller, do what you need to do.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: He wanted to put a winning product on the field

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Speaker 2: while he was still around. Unfortunately, that did not happen

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Speaker 2: in terms of a World Series championship. But how does

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Speaker 2: the direction of the team and the front office go

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Speaker 2: now in Peter's absence, especially with everything going on with

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Speaker 2: the ownership of the team.

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Speaker 1: It's outside they're one of Peter's brothers officially to control

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Speaker 1: the team, And everything that's being said, both publicly and privately,

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Speaker 1: is that they expect to maintain the status quo. They

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Speaker 1: expect to maintain top ten payrolls, They expect to maintain,

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Speaker 1: you know, all the elements of the ballpark that have

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Speaker 1: drawn three million fans a year after year after year

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Speaker 1: and turned Petco Park into one of the best home

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Speaker 1: field advantages in baseball. And that's what everyone's hoping for.

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Speaker 1: Potters went through this back in the late two thousands

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Speaker 1: when John and Becky Moor's got divorced. The Potters at

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Speaker 1: that point were an perennial contender. Once the divorce happened,

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Speaker 1: payroll got stripped, the team, they trade away everyone, and

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Speaker 1: you know, it was a decade in the wilderness after that.

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Speaker 1: The daughters have experienced it too, with Frank and Jamie McCourt.

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Speaker 1: Anytime there's ownership discord and a lawsuit, it can result

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Speaker 1: in some really ugly things. But so far the Potters

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Speaker 1: have said everything will be the status quo regarding Sheil

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Speaker 1: Seidler's lawsuit. We just have to wait and see what happens.

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Speaker 1: I know everyone wants answers right now about exactly how

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Speaker 1: everything's gonna play out, but the legal process takes time

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Speaker 1: until it does. Though, John siler And and Eric Grupner

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Speaker 1: and everyone involved. The Potters have really turned themselves into

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Speaker 1: a first class organization over the years under Peter Sidler's direction,

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Speaker 1: and all points are that they're going to maintain that.

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Speaker 2: All right, It's gonna be great to see the Potters

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Speaker 2: and the Dodgers hook up finally in mid June, two

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Speaker 2: teams very much in the thick of things in the

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Speaker 2: National League West. Potters have a lot to prove that

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Speaker 2: they're not the little brother Dodgers. Would love nothing more

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Speaker 2: than to go back to back with another World Series championship.

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Speaker 2: Let's get to last licks, all right, everybody, let me

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Speaker 2: introduce you to Chip. This is such a good boy.

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Speaker 2: Look at that picture. Find me a better picture and

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Speaker 2: a more dapper little boy. This is a Chip. He's

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Speaker 2: one years old. He's looking for an active family. He's

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Speaker 2: great with kids, he's great with other dogs. He's a

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Speaker 2: little timid at first, but he has every bone in

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Speaker 2: his body is a sweet one. He's looking for an adopter.

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Speaker 2: He has his first round of vaccines and then he's

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Speaker 2: getting his second round in about three or four days,

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Speaker 2: and then we are getting him newtered when he is

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Speaker 2: done with his vaccine. So if you're interested in learning

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Speaker 2: more about Chip, he's a mixed breed. Good boy was

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Speaker 2: found abandoned in the West Covina area. Please hit us

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Speaker 2: up Gidri's Guardian dot org or hit me up on

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Speaker 2: social You know how much I care about the pups, Kyle,

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Speaker 2: and I'm so grateful for you for adopting one of

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Speaker 2: our pups.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. I can't emphasize enough how great of an organization

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Speaker 1: Gidri's Guardian is and the work A Lota is doing.

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Speaker 1: I encourage everyone please please please support, donate, adopt anything

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Speaker 1: you can do. A few years ago, Alana was able

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Speaker 1: to point me to a really, really sweet boy, one

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Speaker 1: year old male pit bull mix who needed a home.

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Speaker 1: We brought him in and he's been a tremendous addition

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Speaker 1: to our family. He's BFFs with my four year old daughter.

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Speaker 1: Our family would the same without him and Gidrie's Guardian

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Speaker 1: really is an amazing organization. Please please please, I encourage

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Speaker 1: everyone to donate, do anything you can. I've witnessed it firsthand.

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Speaker 1: It can make a great difference. And we're so happy

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Speaker 1: to have our late addition to the family through ALTA.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that very much. Thank you very much, and

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Speaker 2: I hope that Duke is doing well. I wanted to

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Speaker 2: before we say goodbye, I want to get to a

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Speaker 2: super chat here. I be stroking super Chat two dollars.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate you. Great solo show Alana with Kyle Clint

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Speaker 2: get well soon. Yes, Clinton's feeling a little under the weather,

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Speaker 2: but he's going to be just fine again. Thanks for

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Speaker 2: being here. You can catch Kyle on Friar Territory and Clinton.

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Speaker 2: I'll be back on Dodger Territory on Thursday with the

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Speaker 2: brand new episode. Don't forget to like us. Subscribe all

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Speaker 2: of the things. Before we say goodbye, though, I wanted

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Speaker 2: to pay our respects and give out condolences to the

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Speaker 2: family of Nancy B. Hefley, the long time wonderful Dodger organist.

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Speaker 2: I mean, she was a Dodger organist for decades, Unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: she passed away recently. Her son had posted a notice

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Speaker 2: there on Facebook that her his mom had passed and

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Speaker 2: while it's a huge loss to all of us, she

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Speaker 2: is reunited with her long, long, long love Bill, who

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Speaker 2: passed away several years ago. So our thoughts and prayers

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Speaker 2: are with Nancy Bee and the family, and we appreciate

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Speaker 2: you guys for being with us. Kyle, thank you so

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Speaker 2: much for being here. I appreciate you, and again catch

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Speaker 2: everything prior related with Kyle and Clinton. I will be

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Speaker 2: back on Thursday. Bye, guys,