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Speaker 1: If the baseball's in the cove. It's time for another

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Speaker 1: episode of Splash Hit Territory. This is episode number thirty one.

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Speaker 1: We're getting there and our frequent contributor Susan Slusser, she's

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Speaker 1: in Scottsdale in her hotel room. She's been at the

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Speaker 1: ballpark writing eighteen stories today and she took time out

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Speaker 1: to be on the show. Susan, what's going on? Man?

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Speaker 1: How's Scott's So I'm gonna be there tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: I know I'm psyched about that. Yeah, I'm just back

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Speaker 2: from my little break and five am flight. Don't recommend that.

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Speaker 2: Don't take the at five am flight, although it was

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Speaker 2: wide open, so that part was kind of nice. Just

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Speaker 2: one story today, but it was nice to, you know,

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Speaker 2: see things back in action. And I'm staying like right

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Speaker 2: around the corner from Tempe Diablo and that's where the

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Speaker 2: action was today, So that works out pretty well. I

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Speaker 2: cannot complain FP. I loved my job anyway. But when

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Speaker 2: the ballpark's like basically across the street, percent, that is great.

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Speaker 1: So the Giants play the Angels today. You were at

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Speaker 1: the game and Logan web pits the web pits today,

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Speaker 1: So how did Logan Web. Look, he always looks good.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I saw the line, but you were there,

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Speaker 1: how DoD he look?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Logan looked fantastic. You look it. I he did

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Speaker 2: have to prepare a little bit differently this year, right

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Speaker 2: with a wbc Uh. He's going to be such a

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Speaker 2: big part of that team, but he's still got to

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Speaker 2: get ready for the Giants. And the first outing for

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Speaker 2: a team's opening night starter is big. I don't care,

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Speaker 2: it doesn't matter who it is. This is a guy

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Speaker 2: who is a horse. He's constantly in the Cy Young

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Speaker 2: Race every year. He's a huge deal. And I hope

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Speaker 2: a little bit of a tangent. I hope Giants fans

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Speaker 2: really appreciate what they have in Logan Web, Like, this

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Speaker 2: is a this is a dude, This is a guy.

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Speaker 2: He is a big deal, and he's so pleasant. He's

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Speaker 2: so easy going, he's funny, he's good natured. I kind

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Speaker 2: of feel like surround the Giants, like we kind of

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Speaker 2: lose track a little bit of that sometime, Like it's

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Speaker 2: just like kind of this big tay No. This guy's

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Speaker 2: a beast man. And he looked fantastic today for strikeouts.

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Speaker 2: All his pitches were working through all his pitches, hitting

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Speaker 2: his spots. He felt great. So I you know, I

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Speaker 2: like nothing but absolute a plus for Logan Web. And

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Speaker 2: it's a tricky spring for him, there's no doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: Two scoreless, like you said, four strikeouts, no walks. I

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Speaker 1: mean getting to Logan Web is the person like he's

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Speaker 1: a superstar, he's a rock star, he's an all star,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think of him like that because he's

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Speaker 1: such a humble dude, like usually somebody with his status.

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Speaker 1: That's what's he going on his fifth opening day start

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Speaker 1: and he's in the cy Young race, like you said,

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Speaker 1: every year. Probably could have won it a couple of

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Speaker 1: I just don't think of him like that. Maybe that's

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Speaker 1: an old school dude. He's such a throwback, and it's

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Speaker 1: good for the younger pitchers to see him passing the

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Speaker 1: and there's little things about when you get on the

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Speaker 1: big leagues, and the guys that have been there longer

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Speaker 1: about stuff like that. So he's passing on little itty

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Speaker 1: bitty traditions in the clubhouse, being the veteran guy he is.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I think we all need to This isn't

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Speaker 1: must be great to cover as a reporter because he's

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Speaker 1: over beer, I'm like, dude, you don't have to be

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Speaker 1: that accountable after the game, Like he wears it hard

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Speaker 1: when he doesn't get the job done, but that makes

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he almost takes too much on himself. You know,

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Speaker 2: he could the Giants could lose, and he could pitch

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Speaker 2: the game of his life and he will still blame himself. Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: It could be something behind him, it could be a

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Speaker 2: But maybe this is why he's good, right, Like this

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Speaker 2: He was actually like way more normal than I would

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Speaker 1: Anyway, what's next for Logan? Has he got one more

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Speaker 2: Yes, one more so, you know, probably in another three

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Speaker 2: then he leaves for the WBC team. He will not

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Speaker 2: be pitching against the Giants in that exhibition game on

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Speaker 2: the third, so sorry about that, and but he will

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Speaker 2: say on the sixth and that Slogan web and he

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Speaker 2: He is not doing a you know, a one and done.

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Speaker 2: He said, sounds like the hitters have a group chat,

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Speaker 2: the USA hitters, and apparently they had been super in

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Speaker 2: to the men's hockey the other day. Yeah, Logan says

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Speaker 2: They won a gold medal. So I was like, you

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Speaker 2: absolutely every minute. They were just as much as an inspiration,

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Speaker 1: So that well, you know, I went on and ran

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Speaker 1: the whole Olympics was the women's hockey. They were so good.

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Speaker 2: But I was really unfortunate because both great teams, and I,

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Speaker 1: So I thought the women were the best team, and

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Speaker 1: It was so cool the way that whole thing went down,

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Speaker 1: The WBC isn't the Olympics. Let's be real, But I

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Speaker 1: And I'm I was mildly excited to watch it. But

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Speaker 2: I'm absolutely with you.

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Speaker 1: Okay, let's uh Land and Root pitch today. So we

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Speaker 2: Landa looked terrific and it was really interesting because you know,

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Speaker 2: He looked great. The main thing is his health, you know,

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Speaker 1: So talking about the record, there were times as a starter,

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Speaker 1: and I've told you this before where I'd come out

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Speaker 1: in the fifth end and get my weight, work in shower,

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Speaker 1: go home, and we would come in the clubhouse the

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Speaker 1: next day and say did we win yesterday? Because you

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Speaker 1: don't stick around for the final when you come out

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Speaker 1: in the fourth or fifth inning. But I'll say this,

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Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about this in a second

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Speaker 1: that I got called over one year from expos camp.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't invited to big league spring training, and they

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Speaker 1: kept calling me over and I would come play a game,

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Speaker 1: and you get out of a minor league camp and you're

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Speaker 1: like looking around at Spike Ow and Tim Wallack like

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Speaker 1: all these big league players. They're giving you bats and

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Speaker 1: you're taking big league bats back. So I was going

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Speaker 1: in like the seventh eighth, ninth inning every game scrub

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Speaker 1: wards and I was playing pretty decent, and they kept

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Speaker 1: asking me back, and they kept asking me back. Next

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Speaker 1: thing I know, I'm in big league camp for like

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Speaker 1: two straight weeks, and the expos were so cheap the

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Speaker 1: way they you know, they didn't want to pay me

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Speaker 1: the per diem or they didn't want to pay me

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Speaker 1: for going to camp. So I was having a blast.

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Speaker 1: I was in Double A at the time, thinking this

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Speaker 1: is so cool. One of the coaches came up to

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Speaker 1: me after camp and said, do you know you almost

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Speaker 1: made the team, Like there was a serious discussion about

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Speaker 1: you breaking camp with us. You almost made the team.

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Speaker 1: I had no idea. I'm just going the seventh eighth

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Speaker 1: and any put some good at bats together, making decent plays,

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Speaker 1: like just playing my game. And so when we talk

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Speaker 1: about scrub wars and we talk about guys going in

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Speaker 1: the seventh eighth and ninth. Like the manager's still there,

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Speaker 1: there's still fans in the stands. They're watching every move

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Speaker 1: you make. And it's not always about getting hits or

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Speaker 1: hitting a home run or striking three goals guys out.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of about how you carry yourself as a

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Speaker 1: major leaguer. So even though like on this side as

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Speaker 1: a broadcaster, I hate when the substitutions come in because

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Speaker 1: I don't know anybody's name, and you guys are probably

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Speaker 1: get this game over, like we got a story to right.

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Speaker 1: These are valuable times for these kids, and even if

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Speaker 1: they come over for camp for one day, they're calling

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Speaker 1: their parents on the phone. They're like, I played against

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers today. I did this today and I was

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Speaker 1: in big league camp and there was a crowd and

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Speaker 1: it was awesome. So while well maybe it's tough for us,

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Speaker 1: this is such a big opportunity for those guys and

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Speaker 1: Hayesus Rodriguez got in there today, Bryce Eldridge got in

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Speaker 1: there today, and even though it's the late innings, you

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Speaker 1: can still impress Buster Zach and the manager.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I actually, you know, I laugh

486
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Speaker 2: about scrub doors, and sometimes it's irritating as a reporter

487
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Speaker 2: because you're like, hey, I got a deadline here, could

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Speaker 2: you not suddenly score fourteen runs in the ninth inning?

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Speaker 2: But look, fans, you know, sometimes you see people streaming

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Speaker 2: for the exits obviously when when all the regulars come out,

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Speaker 2: But think about the people that like, there's some of

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Speaker 2: the games great players were not quite as heralded like

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Speaker 2: they weren't you know in Big League Spring their first year.

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Speaker 2: If you stuck around Tempe Diablo, you might have seen

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Speaker 2: Mike Trout in a scrub war. You might have seen

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Speaker 2: in the in Florida, you might have seen Aaron Judge,

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Speaker 2: like some of these guys. Were these guys you know

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Speaker 2: they were they were out there in the late innings

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Speaker 2: and people were like, who's that tall guy? Like, stick around,

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Speaker 2: you might be seeing future greatness and you can tell

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Speaker 2: people I saw like, hey, you know, it was a

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Speaker 2: game that was well decided and they were getting crushed

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Speaker 2: and then this kid came up and at a home run.

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Speaker 2: That might be the next big star. So stick around.

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Speaker 2: It's super fun. But what I will tell you with

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Speaker 2: the four and oh record right now, the one thing

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Speaker 2: that is impressed I think everybody is the play has

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Speaker 2: been crisp, and I'm gonna tell you hasis Rodriguez's. He's

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Speaker 2: an interesting one. He's been playing some second. I think

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Speaker 2: people know he's only been a catcher for a few years.

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Speaker 2: He has been an infielder. He didn't look half bad there.

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Speaker 2: He made a nice play there in the night, and

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Speaker 2: so Bryce Eldridge made a nice play in the ninth.

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Speaker 2: They're playing well defensively, they're doing fundamental things. They're running

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Speaker 2: the bases pretty well. You know, I think they've had

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Speaker 2: one or two maybe missaps on the basis, but as

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Speaker 2: spring train I'm going to take the good out of

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Speaker 2: spring training and not like maybe the but this the

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Speaker 2: defense for the team that really went into the offseason

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Speaker 2: saying we're going to concentrate on improving our defense, which

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Speaker 2: they said last year too. So far it's looking pretty good.

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Speaker 2: So I'll take that. But I like Hasey's Rodveguez. And

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Speaker 2: if you're going to have a backup catcher who can

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Speaker 2: also play some other positions and as a hitter too,

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Speaker 2: I don't mind that. I like the sound of that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it could be the Ron Washington effect already.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he had a great story on KMBR. How

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Speaker 1: about how Bryce Eldridge came out for early ground balls

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Speaker 1: and it was a cold day and he said I

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Speaker 1: was looking at his body language and he just wasn't there,

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Speaker 1: and how I said, is it the cold affected you?

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Speaker 1: What's going on? He said, yeah, it's kind of cold

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Speaker 1: out here. And I guess he turned around his defensive

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Speaker 1: session and then came back out the next day and

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Speaker 1: had a flawless defensive session. So that when you said

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Speaker 1: Bryce Eldridge made a nice play that made my ears

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Speaker 1: pop up. And we didn't call it scrub wars. We

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Speaker 1: call it turd time because all the bench guys were turds.

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Speaker 1: We call ourselves turds, so it was turd time. I

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Speaker 1: remember I went into a game with the Giant Slate,

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Speaker 1: probably my first week in camp, and there was a

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Speaker 1: tie game in the bottom of the ninth at Scottsdale Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Run around second, nobody out, so my things bunt that

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Speaker 1: guy over right, that's my game. So I file off

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Speaker 1: two bunts and I'm pissed. I'm in the batter's box

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Speaker 1: piss So I got like a one to two pitch

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Speaker 1: and I swung as hard as I could and I

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Speaker 1: hit a walk off home run, the only walk off

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Speaker 1: home run I've ever hit in my career anywhere, and

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Speaker 1: I was still pissed when I crossed home plate. There

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Speaker 1: was only like four guys to meet me at home

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Speaker 1: plate because everybody else that showered and left. It was

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Speaker 1: kind of embarrassing, to be honest. So I was in

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Speaker 1: my locker after the game and all the reporters are like,

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Speaker 1: you had to walk off all run. I was like, no,

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Speaker 1: I screwed up two buns. That's my game. I got

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Speaker 1: to get the buns down. I don't hit home runs.

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Speaker 1: So they all thought it was this new weird guy

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Speaker 1: from the Expos that was pissed because he hit a

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Speaker 1: walk off home run. But like getting back to your point, sometimes,

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Speaker 1: you know, Dusty saw some pop there and he knew

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Speaker 1: he knew I could bunt. But it's good that down there.

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Speaker 1: I know you've been up at five, so we're good

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Speaker 1: enough for today. I'll be with you on the next podcast, hopefully.

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Speaker 1: We sitting next to each other doing a podcast for

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Speaker 1: the Ballpark on Thursday, and I'm excited. I'm excited to get.

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Speaker 2: We're talking about doing it live, not a recorded thing,

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Speaker 2: a live one. So all sorts of opportunities to mess up.

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Speaker 2: In fact, I would say everybody should watch that just

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Speaker 2: to see how badly we screw things up, because it's

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Speaker 2: entirely possible.

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Speaker 1: At Susan, I've been doing live for twenty years. I

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Speaker 1: think we'll be I. I think it'll be fine on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Ninety nine percent of the stuff minus this podcast I

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Speaker 1: do live. Yeah, so I'll see you on Thursday. Aren't

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Speaker 1: we close to three thousand subscribers.

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Speaker 2: We're getting so close.

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Speaker 1: We're so close. You guys are the best man. We're

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Speaker 1: so fired up. The comments have been amazing, the followers

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Speaker 1: are growing. This thing's only going to get bigger, it's

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Speaker 1: only going to get better. We do three shows during

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Speaker 1: the season. Finally I get to see some baseball so

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Speaker 1: I don't have to sit here and just guess what's

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Speaker 1: going on down there. And then we're be doing some

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Speaker 1: broadcasts on KMBR and the webcast too. If you guys

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Speaker 1: want to catch Giants baseball, just go on SF Giants

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Speaker 1: dot com and click on the audio thing and you

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Speaker 1: got the game. It'll be Joe, Ritzo and I. We're

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Speaker 1: doing a lot of games down there, so you could

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Speaker 1: listen to almost every single Giants game. They're not all

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Speaker 1: on KMBR, they're all on the Giants Radio network. They're

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Speaker 1: on the audio cast, so check that out too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was listening to Joe and Sean fantastic. I

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Speaker 2: always love love listening to Joe. I always love listening

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Speaker 2: to Sean, so that that was a treat while it was,

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Speaker 2: of course watching the game, so it was cool.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So I'm excited to get down there. You're down there.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see you too. So thanks for watching,

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Speaker 1: listening everybody, and we'll be back later this week with

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Speaker 1: a live show. Who knows how that's going to go,

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Speaker 1: but I, like I say on the way out every

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Speaker 1: single time, it's my motto in life. Swing hard. In

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Speaker 1: case you hit it on Splash, hit territory, Send the

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Speaker 1: parent ship