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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're welcoming

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Speaker 1: the world of softball to our city tonight for a

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Speaker 1: big party celebrating opening weekend at the AUSL millort shots

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Speaker 1: for everybody. It's Friday, June sixth, Happy Friday Slices. On

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Speaker 1: today's show, we'll be talking with National Softball Hall of

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Speaker 1: the inaugural season beginning on Saturday, the beauty of softball,

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Speaker 1: stakeholders all working toward the same goal, and Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball's groundbreaking investment in the AUSL. Plus the PWHL expansion

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Speaker 1: window opens with some huge moves, the NWSL is back

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Speaker 1: in action, and at the end of the show, a

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Speaker 1: special treat for all you puzzle lovers out there. It's

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Speaker 1: all coming up right after this. Welcome mack y'all. Here's

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Speaker 1: what you need to know today, leading off with softball

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Speaker 1: and the Women's College World Series. We're recording this episode

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Speaker 1: before Game two of the Championship Series between Texas and

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Speaker 1: Texas Tech on Thursday night, So as you're listening to this,

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Speaker 1: we're all either thinking congratulations to Texas for winning the

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Speaker 1: program's first ever national championship. And wow was Sarah's pre

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Speaker 1: series prediction right or we're all getting geared up for

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Speaker 1: Game three of the series. Whichever way things went, We

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Speaker 1: hope everyone had fun. Hey, speaking to that, y'all have

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Speaker 1: Holy cow, The moves are moving in the PWHL. The

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Speaker 1: league's new Seattle and Vancouver expansion teams are taking full

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Speaker 1: advantage of the five day signing window ahead of Monday

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Speaker 1: Night's expansion draft, just snaggin top players left and right.

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Speaker 1: Remember how we told you that the Boston Fleet opted

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Speaker 1: not to make ten time world champion Hillary Night one

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Speaker 1: of their protected players. Well, she became the first player

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Speaker 1: to sign with Seattle on Wednesday, inking a one year

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Speaker 1: deal for the twenty twenty five to twenty twenty sixth season.

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Speaker 1: And after she told us right here on this show

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Speaker 1: feels like you're one in Seattle. Might be a bit

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Speaker 1: of a scorched earth tour making them pay for letting

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Speaker 1: her go. Then there's two time defending champions Minnesota Frost,

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Speaker 1: who saw both Sophie Jake's and friend of the Show

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Speaker 1: Claire Thompson leave to sign with Vancouver Jakes for three

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Speaker 1: Minnesota getting scooped up, the Frost were eligible to protect

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Speaker 1: kral Salemi. Vancouver is also signing Ottawa Golie Emirates mash Meyer,

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Speaker 1: and per the Athletic Sley Salvian is also expected to

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Speaker 1: five players before Sunday Eastern. Just a reminder, any unprotected

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Speaker 1: player or player on an expiring contract is eligible to

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Speaker 1: be signed. More PWHL. On Tuesday, the league's players Association

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Speaker 1: announced that players voted overwhelmingly to disclose player salaries moving forward.

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Speaker 1: As of now, salaries won't be published publicly, but they

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Speaker 1: PWHL Players Association and comes at a key moment given

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Speaker 1: the ongoing expansion draft negotiation window. Moving on to hoops,

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Storm is under a microscope once again. We

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Speaker 1: Last year, Constable, then with the Chicago Sun Times, reported

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Speaker 1: guard Jewel Lloyd, but an external investigation concluded without finding

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Speaker 1: in our show notes. More footy our show side. Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Aurora FC is still undefeated. The squad is four to

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Speaker 1: That game begins at eight pm Eastern. And in softball,

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Speaker 1: as I mentioned, the Athletes Unlimited Softball League AUSL starts

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Speaker 1: The first game on the schedule Saturday is The Talents

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Speaker 1: at three Eastern on MLB dot Com, MLBtv, and the

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Speaker 1: MLB app No subscription required. Its Eastern The Volts play

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Speaker 1: the Blaze in Wichita, Kansas. Catch that game airing live

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Speaker 1: on MLB Network and on MLBtv. Lots more AUSL chatter

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Speaker 1: coming up later in the show with the Great Jenny Fitch.

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Speaker 1: Slices want to let you know the flights are booked

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Aurora FC in person. So if you're anywhere near Egan,

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Speaker 1: June twelfth against the Chicago City Dutch Lines. Team owners,

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Speaker 1: got one excited to see y'all there. We're gonna take

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Speaker 1: She's one of the greatest softball players of all time,

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Speaker 1: pro with the Chicago Bandits of the National Professt Pitch.

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Speaker 1: We've seen around the Real Housewives of Orange County, dancing

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Speaker 2: It's Jenny Bench Hi, Jenny.

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Speaker 3: Hey Sarah, how are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm good. Thank you so much for joining us.

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Speaker 1: I am so excited to talk all things AUSL.

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Speaker 2: Because we are finally here. We've been hearing about this league.

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Speaker 1: But this weekend in my hometown of Chicago, I'm helping

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Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit about what you've been

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, we couldn't be more excited for our score.

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Speaker 4: I feel like now's the time we have all hands

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Speaker 4: So my main role has been kind of just building

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Speaker 4: It's a huge, huge, enormous project and we couldn't be

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Speaker 4: And there's only fourteens, and I think that was the

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Speaker 1: We had Jessica Mendoza on last weekend. She said the

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Speaker 1: the format for this season.

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Speaker 2: Where are the game is going to be? How many games?

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Speaker 3: So just really really excited for just.

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Speaker 4: The platform that we'll have now, and we've had leagues,

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Speaker 3: We're finally here.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much. Ask me my opinion.

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Speaker 1: This is something Athletes Unlimited is known for. They go

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Speaker 4: get access to coaches and and now with technology and

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Speaker 4: and you know, and it was it was difficult because

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Speaker 4: obviously the best coaches have programs that they have to run,

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Speaker 4: so that for them to then to summer out like

443
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Speaker 4: there's no way that they're going to do that. And

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Speaker 4: so it was a battle trying to figure out, you know,

445
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Speaker 4: who's going to lead the way and what coaches will

446
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Speaker 4: be able to pull it off.

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Speaker 3: And I'm so thankful for our group that did because

448
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Speaker 3: they are bar none.

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Speaker 4: And I think that's what excites me the most is

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Speaker 4: for the athletes to now be able to then elevate

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Speaker 4: their game even greater and take it to the next level.

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Speaker 4: And talking to some of the athletes just you know,

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Speaker 4: as they reported last week, they're they're really really excited

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Speaker 4: to pick the brains.

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Speaker 3: And I think, you know, being a former player, that

456
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Speaker 3: was something that.

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Speaker 4: I loved was getting to sit down and talk the

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Speaker 4: game with my teammates. Honestly, like the USA Softball bullpen

459
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Speaker 4: was like golden for me because we shared information, we

460
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Speaker 4: helped each other, we were you know, working, and it

461
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Speaker 4: was the best of the best.

462
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Speaker 3: Like iron sharpens iron.

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Speaker 4: And that's what this pro league will have with the

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Speaker 4: leadership that it's under, the coaching that it's under, and

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Speaker 4: then to be able to have the technology and you know,

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Speaker 4: everything at their team, at.

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Speaker 3: Their disposing your kiah to be a success and to

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Speaker 3: be the best that they can be. So and I

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Speaker 3: think even thinking down the road even more for me, I.

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Speaker 4: Think about USA Softball and this is the training ground

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Speaker 4: for the Olympics twenty twenty eight will be here before

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Speaker 4: we know it. And now we have the best in

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Speaker 4: our sport, the best in our country playing against each other,

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Speaker 4: and so truly like this is this is the path

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Speaker 4: And you know, I know coach Gasso and the entire

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Speaker 4: USA staff is going to be looking at these athletes

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Speaker 4: and you know, we never had that. It was only

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Speaker 4: one or two events that the USA played in and

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Speaker 4: that was what we had to go off for the summer.

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Speaker 4: But now like they're going to be able to witness

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Speaker 4: and watch these athletes continue to excel, and I think

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Speaker 4: be even more prepared.

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Speaker 3: Facing the best. This is the best of the best,

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Speaker 3: So you're facing the best.

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Speaker 4: All summer long now, So come twenty twenty eight, they're

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Speaker 4: gonna they're gonna be ready.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I wonder you're around all these great folks, both

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Speaker 1: in the ambassador room and as you're prepping for this league.

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Speaker 1: How often has one or the other of you said, man,

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Speaker 1: if only I was still playing, or man, I would

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Speaker 1: have loved this when I was playing.

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Speaker 3: I know, I just really like go spend some times

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Speaker 3: in the time in the bullpen now.

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Speaker 4: With just the technology and it's it's it's why. And

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Speaker 4: I feel like every week there's something new, you know.

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Speaker 4: And obviously there's that balance of being an out that

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Speaker 4: you have to kind of I think to the challenge

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Speaker 4: of the athletes today are like limiting and figuring out

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Speaker 4: what information you need and then protecting and dismissing the

501
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Speaker 4: information that you know is too much.

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Speaker 3: But it's just so so cool just to.

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Speaker 4: See the depth and what these athletes have and to

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Speaker 4: see them work and shine. And I'm looking forward to,

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Speaker 4: you know, seeing them play Saturday in Chicago opening day

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Speaker 4: and getting the follow them all season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been There's been a lot of that across

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Speaker 1: women's sports of late, and it is both so exciting

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Speaker 1: and bittersweet to hear the ones who made the sports

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Speaker 1: say I'm so I feel great about opening up these

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Speaker 1: doors for the next generation. I feel great about being

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Speaker 1: partly responsible for the money they're making and the endorsements

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Speaker 1: they're getting and the TV deals that are happening. And

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Speaker 1: also how cool would it have been to be able

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Speaker 1: to participate and do all these cool things that they're

516
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Speaker 1: getting to do when I was playing. So there's always

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Speaker 1: this feeling of real pride and also just a little

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Speaker 1: bittersweet of like, oh, that would have been cool.

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Speaker 2: That would have been cool when I was around.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned this weekend, we got a party, a brunch,

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Speaker 1: we got games. Tell us a little bit what opening

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Speaker 1: weekend for the AOSL is going to look like.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so Friday night are having just to get together

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Speaker 4: and I think a celebration of where we're at and

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Speaker 4: what's to come. Looking forward to that and seeing some

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Speaker 4: old bandits that were coming in in Chicago, and I

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Speaker 4: think the leaders in our game, in our sport, the gms,

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Speaker 4: the head coaches, everybody will be there ready to go,

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Speaker 4: and so looking forward to that.

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Speaker 3: And then Kim Ang's doing I think donuts and.

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Speaker 1: Something maybe yess how did I not?

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Speaker 3: I failed on that one, but it was so cool.

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Speaker 4: Not to repeat that, but dont and dinners with kim

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Speaker 4: A and then the game. And so we'll be at

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Speaker 4: the game in Chicago in Rosemond. What a cool stadium

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Speaker 4: and everything that they've built there. So just that can

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Speaker 4: be more grateful for the city of Rosemont because they've

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Speaker 4: really truly backed our score for the last ten years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for those who don't know, right outside Chicago, and

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Speaker 1: the stadium is on Jenny Finch Way. So that was

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Speaker 1: actually a trivia question at a trivia night I was

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Speaker 1: at a couple months ago, and I was like, I

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Speaker 1: know this one, don't even I know what street. It's uneven.

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Speaker 5: A couple of.

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Speaker 2: Things before we go.

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Speaker 1: At least one player in the league is still competing

547
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Speaker 1: in the College World Series, which is going to wrap

548
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Speaker 1: up either Thursday or Friday. Have any idea when they'll

549
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Speaker 1: be joining things and how they'll be incorporated into the league.

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Speaker 3: I don't, I don't. I know. It's been so exciting.

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Speaker 4: I mean not exciting that they've lost out the ones

552
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Speaker 4: that have twelve golden tickets. We're just really really cool

553
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Speaker 4: being able to go into their college programs atmosphere fan

554
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Speaker 4: bases and celebrate them and give them the golden ticket

555
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 4: to be drafted to AUSL. But then you know, we

556
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Speaker 4: still have to sign them, and so you don't really

557
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Speaker 4: know for sure if they're going to be committed. So

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Speaker 4: just today Sam Landry is signed as a Bolt, and

559
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Speaker 4: so that's one more check in the box.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, who knows. I don't know.

561
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Speaker 4: Hopefully, I'm sure as soon as possible, But then again,

562
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Speaker 4: I'm sure they want to go back and celebrate and

563
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Speaker 4: have a day or two, so I'm assuming within the

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Speaker 4: next week hopefully.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, for those players whose college careers

566
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Speaker 1: are done and they're heartbroken to not be walking away

567
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 1: with a World Series title, there is a nice little

568
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Speaker 1: bonus if what's next for them is signing a professional

569
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Speaker 1: contract and getting to start in this new league. It's

570
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 1: much better than looking out into the professional landscape and

571
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Speaker 1: having to get a real damn job. Last question for

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Speaker 1: you mentioned the technology. I've been fascinated. I have a

573
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Speaker 1: friend who's a coach with the Chicago Cubs and sometimes

574
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Speaker 1: lets me peek behind the scenes of what they're working on,

575
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Speaker 1: including these like wild proprietary systems that are like basically

576
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Speaker 1: a hologram, so when you're pitching, when you're batting against

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Speaker 1: a pitching machine, it actually looks.

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Speaker 2: Like the player who's pitch they're recreating.

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Speaker 1: It looks like it's coming off the player's hand instead

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Speaker 1: of just a pitch machine.

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Speaker 2: And how different that is.

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Speaker 1: What have you seen in the softball world that you're like, Man,

583
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Speaker 1: my game would have been different if I had this

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Speaker 1: back then.

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Speaker 4: Honestly, I would just be the training aspect of it

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Speaker 4: for me, like in the.

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Speaker 3: Weight room, because we were just doing I mean with

588
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Speaker 3: the knowledge that we had.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think we were advanced at that point,

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Speaker 4: and coach Candrea did such an incredible job with the

591
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Speaker 4: Olympic team, and you know, reaching out and we saw

592
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Speaker 4: the tiatrist, we saw you know, optometris, like everything and

593
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 4: anything that we needed, but we're still so far behind.

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Speaker 3: And so now just I.

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Speaker 4: Think and even like nutrition was like we had no

596
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Speaker 4: clue and it was terrible, honestly, our diets, and so

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Speaker 4: I think just now even with like supplements and everything,

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Speaker 4: and then and then again obviously technique, and I mean

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Speaker 4: I think just you can see the spin rate, you

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Speaker 4: can see.

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Speaker 3: You know, the tunnel, the you know, the inages of movement.

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Speaker 4: It's just it's insane, insane how much information and the

603
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Speaker 4: tools and it just keeps continuing and it's so fast.

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Speaker 1: But I think about that a lot, Like in college,

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Speaker 1: we didn't do foam rolling and yoga and pilates and

606
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Speaker 1: cryo and any of that stuff. We didn't even watch

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Speaker 1: that much tape of what we were doing, and especially

608
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Speaker 1: in track like field events, where it's like the position

609
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: of your leg or your arm matter so much, and

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Speaker 1: we like never looked and watched it. And now you

611
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: could tape every single practice and every single game and

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Speaker 1: like go back and really analyze. You don't want to

613
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: get too obsessed with it, of course, but yeah, it

614
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Speaker 1: feels like there's an inevitability to the marching on of

615
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Speaker 1: new records and new speeds and everything else because of

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Speaker 1: all the facilities and resources and everything else. Well, we're

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Speaker 1: grateful that you came back to help the next generation

618
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 1: and that he came on the show to tell us

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Speaker 1: all about it. We're super excited for the start of AUSL.

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Speaker 1: So thanks so much for the time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Jenny for taking the time, and make

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Speaker 1: sure you tune into the first AUSL games on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: We had to take another break. When we return, we

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00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 1: received a strongly worded email and we have a strongly

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00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: worded response.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, Slices.

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Speaker 1: I just I have to share this message from Slice

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Speaker 1: Melissa Tromboor, who wrote quote. While listening to the Hillary

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Speaker 1: Night episode, I was reminded of Sarah's bucket list item

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Speaker 1: to appear on SNL. Wanted to share that my golden retriever, Mulligan,

632
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: has been on SNL twice. Here's a link to his

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Speaker 1: appearance on the fiftieth anniversary show. Keep putting your wish

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Speaker 1: out there in the universe, and I'll have Mulligan put

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Speaker 1: in a good word for you. Next time he's at

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Speaker 1: thirty Rock, the appearance will happen. End quote LESA. I'm

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Speaker 1: dying first of all, Mulligan cute dog. Also sitting next

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Speaker 1: to Julia Louis Dreyfus, I die amazing. Third, I can't

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Speaker 1: decide if this makes me feel better or worse about

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Speaker 1: having never fulfilled my dream to appear on the show.

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00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: No wait, I can't decide worse. I feel worse. I'm

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00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 1: so damn jealous of your dog. What does he have

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00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: that I don't other than luscious golden locks, an adorable face,

644
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Speaker 1: the ability to take direction, and undeniable charisma. Damn it, Mulligan,

645
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Speaker 1: you're a star. We love that you're listening, but we

646
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: want you to get in the game every day too.

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Speaker 1: So here's our good game play of the day. Stay

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00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: tuned after the few in today's show for a surprise

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00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: WNBA puzzle. It's from one of my appearances on the

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00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: iHeart podcast The Puzzler.

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00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 2: With aj Jacobs.

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Speaker 1: See if you can get all the w related questions right,

653
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Speaker 1: and if you feel so inclined, check out all three

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Speaker 1: of my episodes on the Puzzler. This week, I had

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Speaker 1: a whole lot of fun. We'll link to the Puzzler

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Speaker 1: pod in our show notes. We always love to hear

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Speaker 1: review very early on in our show's history. Slice Brett

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Speaker 1: about our Kaitlin Clark coverage. Well, he's back with another

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Speaker 1: editorial suggestion. Unlike many of you, he did not enjoy

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Speaker 1: our Gimme a Minute segment on how Kitlyn Clark's entry

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Speaker 1: is being covered. He wrote, in part, good lord, I

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Speaker 1: was really hoping that this season people would just stop.

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Speaker 2: Being weird about Kaitlyn Clark. But here we are again.

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Speaker 1: The segment today is not only bad, it's actively working

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Speaker 1: against what you actually desire. I don't know how many

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Speaker 1: times you or someone on your show have gone down

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Speaker 1: this path, suggesting that other players and stories should be

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Speaker 1: highlighted as opposed to the over coverage of Clark. But

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Speaker 1: here you are doing the exact same thing. You do

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Speaker 1: one segment on the show about the WNBA, and it

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Speaker 1: again is centered on Clark. He continues, whining about people

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Speaker 1: covering Clark too much? Is still covering Clark? Be the

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Speaker 1: change you want to see in the world. Tell whoever

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Speaker 1: came up with this segment to kick Rocks and come

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Speaker 1: back with some original ideas. There are hundreds of stories

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Speaker 1: you could have had here. He goes on to list

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Speaker 1: a bunch of really great WNBA stories, from Kiki Eria

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Speaker 1: fenn Sonya Citron Bawling out Early to Alessa Thomas Thriving

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Speaker 2: So Brett, first, I'm not going.

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Speaker 1: To tell myself to kick rocks because I came up

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Speaker 1: with the segment.

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Speaker 2: But also, we.

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Speaker 1: Love the passion you have for the WNBA, and we

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Speaker 1: actually love all your story suggestions, and we agree that

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Speaker 1: this season shouldn't be spent rehashing the same tired Angel

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Speaker 1: versus Caitlin Brennan versus the league storylines. That being said,

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Speaker 1: tackling problematic coverage and narratives is necessary. We saw that

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Speaker 1: for players. So we will keep calling out issues when

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Speaker 1: we think it's necessary, even if it means covering the

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Speaker 1: coverage of Clark, and we will keep highlighting WNBA stories

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Speaker 1: as well, like we did with the Marina Maybrey interview

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Speaker 1: that ran the day after we received this email from you,

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Speaker 1: to be honest and take you behind the curtain a little.

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Speaker 1: The segment you didn't like was actually inspired by our

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Speaker 1: desire to incorporate more opinions into the show outside of

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Speaker 1: just the news, especially more WNBA opinions and some of

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Speaker 1: those stories that you suggested. The first iteration just happened

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Speaker 1: to be about the clerk injury, But maybe next time

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Speaker 1: we'll chat about something like I don't know the Chicago

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Speaker 1: sky being extremely disappointing, because lord knows, I got plenty

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Speaker 1: to say about that. Now it's your turn, y'all, rate

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Speaker 1: and review. Thanks for listening, See you next week. Good Game, Jenny,

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Speaker 1: Good Game, ausl you puzzles and trivia about the Bible.

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Speaker 2: I'm out, I know nothing.

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Speaker 1: If you want to know what I mean, listen to

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Speaker 1: my episodes of the Puzzler. The WNBA quiz they gave

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Speaker 1: me is coming up next. Good Game with Sarah Spain

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Speaker 1: is an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with Deep

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Speaker 1: is Lucy Jones. And I'm your host, Sarah Spain.

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Speaker 6: We're going to mainline. I don't know if that's the

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Speaker 6: right guy. All right, all right, a family fuzzle showing sip.

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Speaker 6: We're in savor of puzzle.

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Speaker 5: Great.

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Speaker 6: Uh, this one is about the w NBA. It's called

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Speaker 6: hoops groups and every answer is going to be a

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Speaker 6: rhyming phrase where one of the words is the name

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Speaker 6: of a w NBA team. So, for instance, if I

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Speaker 6: gave you the clue bad luck for Minnesota's w NBA team,

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Speaker 6: that might be Linx Jinks. So they're all going to

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Speaker 6: have the team and then so are you ready for clues?

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Speaker 1: All right?

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Speaker 6: And by the way, these are often fictional. I'm not

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Speaker 6: saying there is a jinx on links, so don't get me.

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Speaker 7: There was last finals.

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Speaker 6: Oh right.

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Speaker 5: If you consider officials a Jigs.

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Speaker 7: My physical therapist is for Minnesota and she we have

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Speaker 7: this fight every time I see her.

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Speaker 1: Now, that's great.

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Speaker 6: College style housing for Seattle's w NBA team.

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Speaker 1: M okay, I see what you're doing there. That would

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Speaker 1: be uh dorms for the.

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Speaker 6: Storm that's right, storm dorm or dorm doorm storm h

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Speaker 6: Hammer and Great Whites owned by Los Angeles' WNBA.

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Speaker 1: Team, Hammerheads and Grazed Whites. Oh, Los Angeles, I thought

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Speaker 1: you said Las Vegas. I really doubted myself for a second.

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Speaker 1: There we're talking about the Spark Sharks.

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Speaker 6: That is correct, exactly while we're on Vegas. Let me

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Speaker 6: try a Vegas one. I'll scroll down to that. Oh,

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Speaker 6: this is what the Las Vegas team has on their

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Speaker 6: sneakers to keep them from falling off.

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Speaker 1: Also, the name of one of the teams in the

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Speaker 1: new Unrivaled three on three league.

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Speaker 5: This is the Aces Laces.

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Speaker 6: Oh, there's a Laces team.

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Speaker 1: There's a Laces in the three on three offseason league

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Speaker 1: called Unrivaled and they have a really cool logo.

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Speaker 6: And where are they from?

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Speaker 1: So Unrivaled is everybody just goes to Miami for eight

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Speaker 1: weeks and plays against each other.

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Speaker 5: So they're not affiliated with cities yet, though.

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Speaker 1: The belief is that they might keep getting more popular

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Speaker 1: and then spin often try to get owners to buy

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Speaker 1: and put them in cities to sort of.

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Speaker 7: Like an off season league. That's very cool.

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Speaker 6: I also love the boldness of calling it unrivaled when

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Speaker 6: it is a rival league.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, yes, But it's three on three, so

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Speaker 1: I guess it's a technicality that they're really riding.

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Speaker 6: Oh very good. Okay, I thought you meant three teams

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Speaker 6: on three, but no, you're three. Oh very cool. This

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Speaker 6: is a Catholic woman who lives in a convent who

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Speaker 6: prays for Connecticut's w NBA team.

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Speaker 5: She should be praying hard this season.

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Speaker 1: If there's a team that needs divine intervention this season,

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Speaker 1: it is the Sun.

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Speaker 5: So they need help from a Sun's nun.

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Speaker 6: There you go. And by the way, I was listening

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Speaker 6: to a previous Good Game episode where you talked about

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Speaker 6: an WNBA fan at the announcement of a new pope.

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Speaker 6: So an actual nun.

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Speaker 5: Yes, n she was Actually this was wild.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: First of all, I'm from Chicago, so my phone has

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Speaker 1: not stopped blowing up with memes about the Chicago Pope.

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Speaker 5: We will never shut up about this.

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Speaker 1: Other than New York, we were the last place you

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Speaker 1: should have delivered my history making.

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Speaker 5: We got Obama, we got Peyton, we got Jordan, and

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Speaker 5: now we've got du Pope.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, this woman was a nun in the crowded

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Speaker 1: Saint Peter Square and on the back of her phone

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Speaker 1: that she had lifted to take video of the new Pope,

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Speaker 1: it had an Orlando Pride NWSL, which is women's professional

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Speaker 1: soccer sticker on the phone, which I just loved and

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Speaker 1: I would have been shot by except for my mom

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Speaker 1: was actually a theology major in college and has several

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Speaker 1: very good friends that became nuns, and they listened to

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Speaker 1: my show and they're fans of sports and really into it.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know why I always think nuns and

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Speaker 1: priests and such.

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Speaker 5: Are not regular people. But the Pope was that the

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Speaker 5: White Sox world.

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Speaker 7: The White Sox.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, oh you know, they they're just like us, Pope, they.

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Speaker 6: Are, They are fantastic.

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Speaker 7: But I have to share a story on the same thing.

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Speaker 7: I went to a Jesuit high school in California and

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Speaker 7: our college counselor, father Clemo, ran the football pool. Yes, right,

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Speaker 7: so he was encouraging US high school kids to show

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Speaker 7: up with you know, a couple bucks and bet on

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Speaker 7: football with him.

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Speaker 5: He wants us to gamble.

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Speaker 1: Also, I would never trust the outcome of a religious leader,

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Speaker 1: a legend that that you know, God wasn't on his side, right,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I just would feel like if he

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Speaker 1: ever lost, I would question his connection good.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, what kind of pole does he have?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Or she?

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Speaker 5: What if?

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Speaker 6: We finish up with a couple of w NBA players

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Speaker 6: so teams uh and some of these are present play

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Speaker 6: current players, some are past legends. This is a woodwind

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Speaker 6: instrument owned by a former New York Liberty star. Rebecca

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Speaker 6: is her first name. These are all last names.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I was a I was a clarinet player, but

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Speaker 1: I am familiar with the woodwinds.

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Speaker 5: So this would be Lobo's Obo.

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Speaker 6: That's right, Lobo's Obo exactly. And I know, Greg, I

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Speaker 6: have been wanting to talk about the Liberty, so I'm

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Speaker 6: giving you there we go.

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Speaker 7: I was listening to your you know your your sort

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Speaker 7: of pre season warm up episode, and I'm psyched for

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Speaker 7: the Liberty. I have to say, I feel like Natasha

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Speaker 7: Cloud might even be an upgrade from Courtney Vanderslout.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, different style, but defensively very different body type, much taller.

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Speaker 1: Slute is such a great facilitator though, it'll be interesting

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Speaker 1: in terms of just a steadying president who sets up

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Speaker 1: the offense. But Natasha, as the kids would say, she's

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Speaker 1: got riz anything else. She is bringing personality and excitement

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Speaker 1: to a team that already has plenty.

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Speaker 7: And her girlfriend is on the team too. That was

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Speaker 7: a very little bit of tea you shared.

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Speaker 6: Was Yes, that is so nice. Now has that ever

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Speaker 6: happened on a men's team? Has there been a couple

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Speaker 6: on a men's professional.

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Speaker 1: You know, we talk about that a lot aj that

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Speaker 1: one thing people really are sleeping on in women's sports

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Speaker 1: is that they're sleeping together, and that that is a

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Speaker 1: very fun twist. And oftentimes announcers who don't quite know say,

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Speaker 1: what great sportsmanship that those two opponents are so kind

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Speaker 1: to each other, and we're like.

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Speaker 5: They're together, right.

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Speaker 1: But no, But in the p WHL, which is women's hockey,

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Speaker 1: in the WNBA, in the NWSL, in all these leagues,

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Speaker 1: there are these great stories in back Courtney vandersluteho he

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Speaker 1: just mentioned who used to be on the Liberty came

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Speaker 1: back to my Chicago Sky where she used to play

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Speaker 1: with her wife, and her wife was the one who

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Speaker 1: she assisted on a three and it helped her break

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Speaker 1: a record.

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Speaker 6: How can you that's so interesting?

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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 7: We don't know that it's never happened in men's sports,

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Speaker 7: We don't totally, we don't know. I imagine it surely has,

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Speaker 7: but it's you know.

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Speaker 1: We don't get the fun of being nosy about it though,

877
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Speaker 1: So where's the fun in that?

878
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Speaker 7: No fun, no fun at all? All right?

879
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Speaker 6: How about all right? Two more? What about these are

880
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 6: some Burger King burgers eaten by Phoenix Mercury Star Khalia.

881
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 1: Former Chicago Sky And I'm not sad about it still,

882
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: Actually I am Khaliah Coppers Whoppers.

883
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 6: That's it? You got it?

884
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: All right?

885
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Speaker 6: Well, let's end with how about a chain of luncheonette

886
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 6: restaurants owned by Atlanta dream Star Britney. So we're sticking

887
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Speaker 6: with the burgers.

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00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,400
Speaker 1: This is someone who I accidentally called Britney Briner the

889
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 1: other day, and I decided should be a nickname for

890
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: when she's playing extra aggressive, when she's real Britney, or

891
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: when she's making pickles.

892
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 6: When she's making pickles very good.

893
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Speaker 5: This would be Griner's Diners.

894
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 6: You got it all right? Well, Sarah, you cruised.

895
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:34,439
Speaker 3: What a fun game?

896
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 5: Oh?

897
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 3: Thank you.

898
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Speaker 6: Well, we are delighted to have you. Uh and we

899
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 6: are lucky we get to have you come back tomorrow.

900
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 6: So don't go, and I do.

901
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 7: We'll do the Professional Women's Hockey League where they had

902
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 7: no team names last season.

903
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, that'll be a little tough.

904
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 7: They had they just they started the league and they

905
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 7: just were named for the cities. New York played Montreal.

906
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 6: Oh, I see, But what that's.

907
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: Cool about it was they actually intended to have names,

908
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: but the copyrights leaked and the fans were so unimpressed

909
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 1: by and they hadn't really fleshed out what was the

910
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 1: real meaning behind it all, which you really need when

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00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 1: you launch on your team and logo, Like we've got

912
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 1: all these old teams like the Dodgers and the Knicks

913
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,480
Speaker 1: and the Yankees that no one really cares about the

914
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: name and why it's sort of weird. But now when

915
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 1: you launch a new on, the entire internet wants to

916
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 1: know exactly why you chosen right, And they didn't have

917
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 1: good stories for it, so they just scrapped it, went

918
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 1: with city names and gave themselves a year to come

919
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,680
Speaker 1: back and have the proper logos and colors and stories.

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00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,359
Speaker 5: And I think that was a good idea by them.

921
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, and you can make it more of a contest

922
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Speaker 6: with although then you'll end off with do you.

923
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 5: Remember like face exactly?

924
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Speaker 6: Sample I was going to say there was some ship

925
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:51,240
Speaker 6: in the British Navy.

926
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Speaker 5: That's now I'm not gonna lie. That logo and that

927
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 5: merch would be fire.

928
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: I think if you ever actually named a team that

929
00:45:58,440 --> 00:45:59,919
Speaker 1: you'd sell at a merchant.

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Speaker 7: Right right, I might like it better than the New

931
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 7: York Sirens.

932
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Speaker 5: Make both Jesus all right.

933
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 6: This is the extra credit for the folks at home.

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Speaker 6: This is a data about the Washington w NBA team.

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Speaker 6: This is data and numbers about the Washington WNBA team.

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Speaker 6: Thank you listeners, Thank you Sarah. And if you have

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Speaker 6: thirty seconds please, we would love it if you would

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Speaker 6: rate the puzzler on your favorite podcast platform, because it

939
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 6: really it just makes a difference, believe it or not.

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Speaker 6: That's the way these algorithms work. And we'll see here

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Speaker 6: tomorrow for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you puzzlingly.