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Speaker 1: in this series, what a relief we're going with. Anthony

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Speaker 1: Bass set up man extraordinary for the Marlins this season.

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Speaker 1: from next in this series. What a Relief. This is

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Speaker 1: series here on Fish Stripes. Thanks as always for listening.

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Speaker 1: I'm back with the official show on Monday. In the meantime,

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the debut episode of A Water Relief on

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Speaker 3: the Fifth Stripes podcast channel. This is going to be

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Speaker 4: Hey, noa, thanks for having me. I'm doing great, looking

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Speaker 3: Thank you for coming on. So you grew up in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the first half at second half of that season

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Speaker 4: I think this season is what the Marlins fans should

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Speaker 4: Well, it was frustrating, right because I made my pitch.

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Speaker 4: Everyone knows kind of when to start getting ready down

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Speaker 4: already have enough pressure. It is when we come in

437
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Speaker 4: the game with runners and scoring position and nobody out

438
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Speaker 4: right you got to bear down and make pitches. So

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Speaker 4: we like to We like to keep things relaxed.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and eat. Every ballpark, of course, is different. Over

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Speaker 3: the years. I think, have you visited every single major

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Speaker 3: League ballpark?

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Speaker 4: I've played every ballpark except the new Rangers stadium. I

444
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Speaker 4: played at the old one.

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Speaker 3: Then, which you will be visiting the new Ranger Stadium

446
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Speaker 3: this season? I think, are they coming here? They're coming here?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Over the years, over the years, as a visiting pitcher

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Speaker 3: or as a pitching in your home ballpark, what's like

450
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Speaker 3: which your ideal set up for? Like the bullpen. Do

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Speaker 3: you like when it's out exposed like in Tampa Bay?

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Speaker 3: Do you like when it's completely enclosed? Do you like

453
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Speaker 3: being closer to the fans where you can interact and

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Speaker 3: hear all the heckling, or maybe grab someone else's popcorn?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? I enjoy being not on the field. I don't

456
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 4: like being on the field. I like having our own

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Speaker 4: bullpen area out in the outfield beyond the fence, having

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Speaker 4: fan interactions. Good. I like that to a point. I

459
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 4: know the fans in Philly, they're they're pretty relentless and

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Speaker 4: they don't hold back anything that they want to say

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Speaker 4: towards us.

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Speaker 3: So, and they put the visitors bullpen closer to the

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Speaker 3: fans there, which I will never understand.

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Speaker 4: Used to have the home bullpen up top right, and

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Speaker 4: they were getting worn out by the fans, They're getting criticized,

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Speaker 4: and they actually moved them further away down below so

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Speaker 4: that they're a little bit more secluded. And I put

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Speaker 4: the visitors up top so that we can get harassed.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So what else do I have?

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Speaker 4: What you got for me? Now?

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Speaker 3: I have in my notes the Survelli cigar. Oh, so

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Speaker 3: what's the story with that? I don't really recall the

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Speaker 3: full story, but I think it was you. He hits

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Speaker 3: up and off of you, and and later on what's

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Speaker 3: the story there?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? I think you know. When I was with the

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Speaker 4: Blue Days and COVID year, probably my worst outing of

478
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Speaker 4: the year came against the Marlins and he hit a

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Speaker 4: game tying and go ahead three run home run off

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Speaker 4: of me. So I when I saw him in San

481
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Speaker 4: Diego earlier this year, when he was working on their

482
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 4: staff and he was hanging behind the batting cage, I

483
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Speaker 4: thought it would be a good time to go up

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Speaker 4: to him and mess with them about the home run.

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Speaker 4: He hit off me, so I said, hey, you know

486
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Speaker 4: I gave gave you that home run. I feel like

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Speaker 4: I should get a peace offering for allowing you to

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Speaker 4: do me. He started laughing, and I heard, I go.

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Speaker 4: I heard you're a cigar guy, and I like cigars too,

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Speaker 4: so he said, I got you some went over right

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Speaker 4: after batting practice, so he did. He sent me over

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Speaker 4: a nice cigar, and we had good laughs about the

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Speaker 4: home run. But he was explaining to me why he

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Speaker 4: hit the home run, and he said there was a

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Speaker 4: there was a base open, and there was a left

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Speaker 4: handed hitter on on deck. So he said, even though

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Speaker 4: the count was three and one maybe or three and oh,

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Speaker 4: he said, he knew I was gonna give him a

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Speaker 4: good fastball down the middle because he didn't want He

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Speaker 4: knew I didn't want to face the left handed batter,

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Speaker 4: so he said he he was waiting for the fastball,

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Speaker 4: and I threw it, and he said, he just put

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Speaker 4: a good swing on it, and the rest is his history.

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Speaker 4: So he said, uh, that's why, that's why he swung

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Speaker 4: three zero or three one, whatever it was, because he

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Speaker 4: knew I was going to challenge him and not give

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Speaker 4: him a free pass.

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Speaker 3: So besides for the the Survelli cigars, I'm now calling

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Speaker 3: that whole thing. Is there any other kind of story

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Speaker 3: that you have along those lines of like something with

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Speaker 3: opposing players or somebody on your own team. We're going back,

512
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Speaker 3: like something that happened in your career that later on

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Speaker 3: you guys reminisce about and kind of make peace about

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Speaker 3: later on.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess you know in recent memory, the the

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Speaker 4: first blown save last year to.

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Speaker 3: The to the Rays, right, I wasn't going to bring

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Speaker 3: it up.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, Joey Wendell hit that home run off and

520
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 4: he crushed it. Uh, And I didn't even bring it up.

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Speaker 4: Richard Blyers when I brought it up, of course, of course,

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Speaker 4: of course likes to stir the pot. And there was

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Speaker 4: there's a game We're standing in the dugout together and

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Speaker 4: someone threw like a down and change up to a

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Speaker 4: lefty and our lefty I think might have hit a

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Speaker 4: home run on it or hit a double rope double

527
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Speaker 4: and Joey and I said, I guess, I guess down

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Speaker 4: and in change ups they don't play at this level

529
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Speaker 4: hunt and he just started laughing because that's the pitch

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Speaker 4: he took, took deep off me. Uh, he's a great dude.

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Speaker 4: I'm really glad he's on the Marlins. He's a great player,

532
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 4: even better person. Hoping for speedy recovery for him so

533
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Speaker 4: he can get back here soon.

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Speaker 3: All right, And I think I want to wrap up with, Uh,

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Speaker 3: you got to throw another guy under the bus. I think, uh,

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Speaker 3: who's the who's the you already said Richard Blyers. It's

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Speaker 3: the one that's to stir the pot in the bullpend?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah?

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Speaker 3: Are there any times where guys have played practical drop

540
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Speaker 3: practice jokes on each other out in the bullpen? Got me?

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Speaker 4: I know it happens a lot in the clubhouse. Guys

542
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Speaker 4: like to play jokes with other guys. For example, I

543
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Speaker 4: guess Joey Wendell likes to choose sugar free gum. So

544
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Speaker 4: someone yesterday, maybe it was Luke Williams, was grabbing every

545
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Speaker 4: piece of sugar free gum he could find in the clubhouse.

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Speaker 4: And he brings a backpack to the field and he

547
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 4: filled up his entire backpack with sugar free gum. I

548
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Speaker 4: remember that.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna have to ask him about that tomorrow. Right,

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Speaker 3: Is there anything else you want to share before we

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Speaker 3: finish up here? With the fans, with with anybody around

552
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Speaker 3: the message you have.

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Speaker 4: First off, Noah, thank you for having me on here.

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Speaker 4: It's been great talking to Marlin's Baseball and I know,

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Speaker 4: I know a record right now is an idea. It's

556
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 4: not where we all want it to be. But do

557
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 4: know that we're putting in the work behind the scenes

558
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Speaker 4: and we all want to win. That's why we're here.

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Speaker 4: Stay with us, keep supporting us, keep coming out to

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00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 4: the ballpark, because when we go out on the field,

561
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 4: we're giving you everything we have. And we know eventually

562
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Speaker 4: the ups and downs of this year, especially right now

563
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Speaker 4: the downs not winning as many games as we like,

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Speaker 4: we'll turn around, hopefully sooner than later, so we can

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Speaker 4: make some moves and put ourselves in a good position

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Speaker 4: to you know, dance in October. That's that's everyone's game

567
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 4: plan of mindset with the Marlins, and we know that

568
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Speaker 4: it can be frustrating being a fan of the Marlins

569
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Speaker 4: at times, but do know that our theme, common theme

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Speaker 4: as a group is to win. So thanks again for

571
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Speaker 4: having me and go Marlins, thank you.

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Speaker 3: So much for coming on. This has been the water

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Speaker 3: Relief podcast on the Fish Stripes podcast channel. We'll be

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Speaker 3: back at some point in your future with someone else.

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Speaker 3: Thank you,