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Speaker 1: talk about the Marlins in the World Baseball Classics seven players,

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Speaker 1: guys there that had already MLB experience and were proven

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Speaker 1: at that level. Understandable, I'm going to see if I

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Speaker 1: could get Maldonado onto the pod in an upcoming episode

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Speaker 1: to talk about the WBC and his journey through the

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Speaker 1: Marlins organization. It's been in the past if you've been

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Speaker 1: listening to this pod a long time, I've been very

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Speaker 1: blunt that although the Marlins do a great job developing

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Speaker 1: significant situations. You look at the makeup of their bullpen

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Speaker 1: entering the season, it's veterans acquired from other organizations via

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Speaker 1: trade or free agency, and mostly the former, So Maldonado

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Speaker 1: case to see whether this development system is giving all

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Speaker 1: these relievers the tools they need to have their best

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Speaker 1: stuff in the limited samples that they're being used in

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Speaker 1: the highest level. Good luck to him this upcoming season.

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Speaker 1: And despite the fact that we're talking about really tiny

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Speaker 1: any of them would regret participating. Just have one moment

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Speaker 1: in front of this type of audience, both those there

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Speaker 1: in this process. That alone was a bucket list item

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Speaker 1: for some of these players in their own words describing

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Speaker 1: years from now in twenty twenty six. I mean, selfishly,

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Speaker 1: I hope we see it in Miami again in a

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Speaker 1: similar type of setup where they host games in every

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Speaker 1: single round. I think it's gonna be hard to disagree

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Speaker 1: that Lone Depot Park has been a great hope for

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Speaker 1: these games, and they've clearly the fans have been able

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Speaker 1: don't get for any Marlins regular season games. This has

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Speaker 1: been I can't recommend enough for those of you listening

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Speaker 1: even if your country is no longer in it or

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Speaker 1: playing in that particular game that you're attending, The vibes

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Speaker 1: that everybody else brings into this is something that's almost

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Speaker 1: foreign to the American baseball experience and in a good way,

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Speaker 1: in such a good way, like treating these games with

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Speaker 1: sport that we're used to consuming as having almost no

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Speaker 1: the season. This is the opposite end of the spectrum,

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Speaker 1: and it is glorious. It is so glorious. So we'll

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Speaker 1: find out on the other side of this recording whether

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Speaker 1: or not the US is actually gonna win it. That

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Speaker 1: was my prediction coming into it. If you watch Fish

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Speaker 1: Strips Live, you saw that we made some predictions entering

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Speaker 1: the tournament as to who would win. Total crapshoot, as

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Speaker 1: I keep reiterating because of the small sample, but fun nonetheless,

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Speaker 1: and I'm again just grateful that I got to attend

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Speaker 1: it while I made my trip down to South Florida recently.

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Speaker 1: So this has been the official show, the first episode

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Speaker 1: in a while, but it won't be a long wait

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Speaker 1: until the next one. Twice weekly here on the fish

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Speaker 1: on First podcast channel. We are now part of the

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Speaker 1: Fans First Sports network, so subscribe wherever you get your pods.

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Speaker 1: know where to find me wherever you find Fist Stripes

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Speaker 1: Miami Marlins fans. As I shake off my solo podcasting,

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Speaker 1: rust I promised that these episodes are going to be

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Speaker 1: even more fulfilling for you and more insightful moving forward.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate your support anyway, this has been Eli Sussman,

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