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Speaker 1: Hello Marlins fans, and welcome to this edition of Big

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Speaker 1: Fish Small Pod for Sunday, November twenty sixth, two thy

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Speaker 1: twenty three. And if you are new to the Small Pod,

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Speaker 1: he would like to give you all the information about

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Speaker 1: the Marlins for that particular day all season long, in

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Speaker 1: ten minutes or less. And Marlins fans, welcome to the

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Speaker 1: last episode of my free agency target series on who

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Speaker 1: the Miami Marlins could potentially look at this off season.

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Speaker 1: We've done every positions, catchers, outfielders, infielders, starting pitchers, and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna end it off with relievers and Marlins fans.

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Speaker 1: The first player we are going to mention for relievers

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Speaker 1: is someone that on Fish on first someone's favorite hit.

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Speaker 2: It seems like favorite target, shout out Kevin.

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Speaker 1: This is Kevin's guy, Jacob Junas, coming off the San

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Speaker 1: Francisco Giants. You look at Judas's stats the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years, He's been more of a spot starter most

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Speaker 1: of his career, starting thirty games from twenty eighteen twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two seventeen games, and twenty twenty three found himself.

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Speaker 2: More of a reliever role, starting.

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Speaker 1: About four games, but overall eighty six innings from him.

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Speaker 1: His FIP was very well lower than his ERA a

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Speaker 1: three seven four FIP to a three eight seven ERA

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Speaker 1: and with Jacob Junas another variety for the Marlins, I

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Speaker 1: think this is someone that could potentially go very well

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Speaker 1: in the reliever roles for the Marlins. And this is

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Speaker 1: a player that I think won't cost that much. This

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Speaker 1: is someone that might have to be around. I would

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Speaker 1: say another year and maybe around five million dollars is

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Speaker 1: something that you could do maybe for one year.

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Speaker 2: His walk percentage was pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Out of five point seven uh he struck out twenty

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Speaker 1: six point two percent of opponents. His sinkers might be

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Speaker 1: his best pitch at sick, going around ninety three miles

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Speaker 1: an hour, ninety four miles an hour. And the next

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Speaker 1: player to mention is a hometown guy, and that is

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Speaker 1: mister Nick Martinez coming off the San Diego Padres and

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Speaker 1: ever since coming to the San Diego Padres from pitching overseas,

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Speaker 1: he has been really good back to back, over one

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Speaker 1: hundred innings pitched three four seven ERA in twenty twenty two,

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Speaker 1: three four three and twenty twenty three. His FIP was

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Speaker 1: a little high at three to ninety two, but still

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Speaker 1: over all really good numbers from Nick Martinez.

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Speaker 2: Team leading sixty third appearance for Nick. Yeah, swinging the

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Speaker 2: mess needed that strikes out Mancatta, first k the night

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Speaker 2: for Nick Martinez. Like that second strikeout for Nick Martinez.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, cha cha change.

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Speaker 1: I think it would be a really great signing from

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Speaker 1: the Miami area. Went to Berlen Uh just from the area,

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Speaker 1: so I don't know that might be able to entice

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Speaker 1: him just a little more to sign.

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Speaker 2: But again kind of like the same years.

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Speaker 1: As the starting pitchers before, because he's a guy that

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Speaker 1: can also help out and give you maybe a potential spot.

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Speaker 2: Starts around two years.

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Speaker 1: I would say twenty million would be pretty nice for

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Speaker 1: Nick Martinez.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: And for him, he struck out around twenty four percent

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Speaker 1: of batters. His rock way was ok, it was pretty

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Speaker 1: good at eight point seven. And really he keeps the

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Speaker 1: ball in the ground over fifty percent his ground ball

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Speaker 1: right for Nick Martinez. And really as a starter, he's

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Speaker 1: also been really good as well.

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Speaker 2: You look, you compare his stats as a starter to

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Speaker 2: a reliever.

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Speaker 1: He posted a two three to two ERA and about

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Speaker 1: forty two innings as a starter, and he's really shown

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Speaker 1: the ability to you know, to go against left handed

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Speaker 1: hitters and multiple times can go over and could go

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Speaker 1: around a starting lineup, so he could get Really this

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Speaker 1: is someone that could go back to what I was

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Speaker 1: mentioning with starter, someone that could potentially be.

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Speaker 2: Used as a starter for the Marlins.

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Speaker 1: Again, maybe you won't have them ten to fifteen starts,

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Speaker 1: but they got to give you five. Anyone from five

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Speaker 1: to ten stars could be very serviceable further Marlins. Again,

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Speaker 1: kind of like a SETH logo type, but I believe

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Speaker 1: you'll probably secure maybe a two year deal. And this

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Speaker 1: is someone again the Marlins should look at. The next

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Speaker 1: player we're gonna look at is from the Texas Rangers.

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Speaker 1: Just got a ring, mister Chris Stratton. Chris Stratton was

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Speaker 1: traded from the Saint Louis Cardinals to the Texas Rangers

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Speaker 1: last season. And overall, you look at his numbers A

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Speaker 1: three to nine to two EER, a FIP a little

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Speaker 1: guy who's been very solid throughout his entirety of his career.

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Speaker 2: And if you just want to go.

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Speaker 1: Ahead and and just look at everything that he's done

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Speaker 1: with Chris Strand overall really great stuff with the Rangers.

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Speaker 1: He felt he could seemed more comfortable with that team. Again,

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Speaker 1: strikeouts pretty good there. And I think of Chris Strand,

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Speaker 1: this is another player that the Marlins could potentially look at.

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Speaker 1: And again he's thirty two, he would be thirty three

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Speaker 2: There's another guy you could.

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Speaker 1: Probably potentially give a two year He'd been around fifteen

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Speaker 1: ten million dollar range around for Chris Strand, but again

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Speaker 1: that's if you have different teams vying for him. If not,

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Speaker 1: Demorins probably can get away with a one year, five

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Speaker 1: to seven million dollars deal for Chris Strand. I think

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Speaker 1: this is someone again could potentially help the Marlins lineup.

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Speaker 1: He's been very solid in his career, very solid last

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Speaker 1: season with the Cardinals and then with the Rangers. This

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Speaker 1: is someone I believe really help the Marlins bullpen. This

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Speaker 1: is a guy, the next player this will be a

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Speaker 1: good one. You could say he's a starter or you

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Speaker 1: could say he's a reliever. He's been a reliever the

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Speaker 1: in Japan. And that is Yadiel Rodriguez, the from Cuba

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Speaker 1: twenty six years old. This is a guy that I

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Speaker 1: think can come in and just dominate the major leagues.

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Speaker 1: He really showed his stuff in Japan and then you

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Speaker 1: also look at this stuff into WBC. I think Yadiel

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Speaker 1: a guy you can give him about four years thirty

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Speaker 1: million dollars too. With Yadiel in twenty twenty two, he secured,

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Speaker 1: you know, a really great spot with the with the

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Speaker 1: Tunisi Dragons in Japan, and there's really he showed why

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Speaker 1: he was one of the best relievers in that league

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Speaker 1: and could show that major league teams want him. fIF

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Speaker 1: d four and two third innings in around over fifty

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Speaker 2: He pitch to a one point one.

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Speaker 1: Point five ERA and he struck out about twenty seven

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Speaker 2: A walk rate can be you can be worked on.

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Speaker 1: His walk rate's about around eight point four eight point

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Speaker 2: For Yeadaya Rodriguez.

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Speaker 1: His walks is the main thing that he would have

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Speaker 1: to limit to find a sustained success on the major

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Speaker 1: He started twice, so he was more used as a

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Speaker 1: but he had ten strikeouts with six walks, so again

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Speaker 1: his walk rate would have to be a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a concern there. But with yeah, yea Rodriguez, I

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Speaker 1: think it is someone that the Marlin should target again.

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Speaker 1: You can always entice him Miami, the Cuban heritage, the culture,

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Speaker 1: and he would probably want.

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Speaker 2: To be stuck as a starting pitcher.

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Speaker 1: But again, this is the guy you can come out

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Speaker 1: feel comfortable with him starting, or he struggles a bit

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Speaker 1: as a starter, you're getting a high leverage reliever. You're

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Speaker 1: getting a guy that you can go out there and

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Speaker 1: he can give you those innings.

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Speaker 2: He could strike out guys. Again, the walk where he

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Speaker 2: might have.

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Speaker 1: To be a little bit worked on, but with yeah

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Speaker 1: yeah Rodriguez, he could command a round fifty million dollars,

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Speaker 1: but you can get him between thirty and forty.

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Speaker 2: I think the Marlins should pounce on it. This is

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Speaker 2: a guy that I think could be one of the

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Speaker 2: best relievers in baseball.

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Speaker 1: If he chooses to be a reliever or the starter,

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Speaker 1: he could be a very quality starter.

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Speaker 2: And again for the Marlins, dealing with a myriad of injuries.

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Speaker 1: You could use Rodriguez as a starter this season, but

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Speaker 1: if anything goes wrong with him in terms of his output,

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Speaker 1: you could put him as reliever and then he will

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Speaker 1: instantly be one of the best on the roster.

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Speaker 2: So that's gonna do it for this edition of Big Fish,

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Speaker 2: Small Pot.

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Speaker 1: I want to think ever listener for listening to me

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Speaker 1: yap on about free agency.

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Speaker 2: Targets who the morlin is probably not going to look

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Speaker 2: at any of these guys.

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Speaker 1: They'll go ahead and get someone else I have not

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Speaker 1: talked about on any of my episodes, But again, I

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Speaker 1: want to thank you guys so much for listening, and

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Speaker 1: as always, go fish