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right, Dodgers of Miami, back
at it again tonight. Let's welcome on

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David Massey, Dave, good afternoon
to you. Hey, good to hear

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from you. Guys. I stayed
by my phone twenty four to seven until

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you call me. Ah, that's
what I'm talking about, Dave. Hey,

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you took a break from Clipper Talk
today, God didn't Hey didn't we

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need one? I guess? So? Yeah, I think we did.

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Yeah, Yeah, with all due
respect Adam, Yeah, I think we

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needed a little break from that.
We needed to get back to this.

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Dave, tell us if you'll gooy
or disagree with this, and we kicked

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it around earlier. It's weird.
It's just a feeling a perception watching but

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you're there every day, so you
know, to me, to us,

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it doesn't seem like Freddy Freeman is
Freddy Freeman. He doesn't seem as happy

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as he's been in the past.
Are we just looking at something here and

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making something up or do you sense
that? No, my interactions with him,

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he's not happy with the way his
season has gone so far, and

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other players would be ecstatic to be
hitting three hundred producing the runs that he's

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producing, But he just has not
been happy since the end of spring training

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with the way his swing has been
going. And I believe he's still trying

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to search for that feel, for
that consistency that he hasn't had. And

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like I said, he's sitting three
hundred, but he's still not happy.

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So it's not your perception and my
daily interactions with him, he's just not

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satis. And when he's not satisfied
and not happy with his swing, he's

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not in a great mood. So
it's not anything other than him not playing

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up to hit what he feels his
standards are. Because there was some suggestions

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that maybe, you know, just
the environment and him might be in,

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you know, kind of the lost
guy in the situation right now with Otani

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and Mookie having a such a fast
start. It's more about him not hitting

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or not performing the where he wants
to be, without a doubt, Rodney.

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Actually, I personally believe Will Smith
is the lost guy. Nobody ever

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talks about him, and he probably
is the third best hitter on the team

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right now. I feel like,
if you're going to talk about anybody being

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lost in the shuffle, it's Will
Smith who plays the most amending position on

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the field and also is killing it
as a hitter for the Dodgers behind those

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first three hitters. But as far
as Freddy goes, no, this is

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just about him, his swing and
how he's I wouldn't say frustrated, but

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certainly not satisfied for where he believes
he should be right now. Hey,

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Dave, we looked at it like
this walker Buehller got out there, pitched,

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walked off, didn't get hurt.
To me, it's just like spring

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training for him. Should anybody have
expected anything more? No? Actually,

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a few of his teammates asked me, how long do you think Buehler's going

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to go tonight? And I said
five. They're like, Wow, you're

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really putting a lot on that.
More realistic it would be four innings,

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and that's what it turned out to
be. Because he looked like a guy

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that hadn't pitched in two years.
And I'm not sure if you guys caught

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this during the Sports and at LA
broadcast when Clayton Kershaw joined Oral and Joe

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and they were talking about just Kershaw
was giving his analysis that the secondary pitches,

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the off speed pitches, just were
not up to par for Buehler last

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night and that's going to be a
process for him to get that. But

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the fastball obviously was really good.
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it was the slow stuff, the
off speed stuff that needs to continue to

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get better, and it will with
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And is it Dave the way that
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right now, allowing him to work
on things to get him back to the

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form that we've seen and know that
he can have. That's a pretty good

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luxury where he doesn't have to go
out feel like he has he's got to

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keep a team to one run and
can't give up anything. He can go

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out, as Fred mentioned earlier,
and have his own kind of spring training.

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Does that help him? Without a
doubt, Rodney, not just him,

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but everybody else on the staff,
it's a lot easier to pitch with

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a three, four run lead than
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not your offense is going to score
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just exclusive to Buehler. That's the
way the entire starting staff has been pitching

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over the course of the last fourteen
games because the Dodger offense has been averaging

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close to seven runs per game.
So it just makes things a lot easier

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and easier for a pitcher like James
Texton, for instance, to not try

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to be so fine, but to
throw more strikes, and even if they

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hit the ball, you know you
got good defense right now behind you,

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and your offense is scoring close to
seven runs per game. So it's not

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just Buehler, it's everybody in the
rotation the way they're pitching free and easy

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with that offense, Dave, So, everybody that watched the Angels new how

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good O'toni was, and if you
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how good he was and the excitement
that was generated when they signed him to

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the gigantic deal they did. You're
out there every single day, you see

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the fans, you feel the energy
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Is it all about o'toni that way? You see a lot more seventeens shirts

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and jerseys in the stands than you
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whenever he comes to the play,
you see everybody with their cell phones out.

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So's he's made Dodger games an event. It's not just the game,

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it's an event with him there.
Yeah, it's it feels like David's these

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guys in every single sport. I
remember when I broke into the league and

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one guy I always looked up to
was lway Right, And when we played

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Denver, watching him warm up,
it was the ball just came out of

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his hand different. It just it
just was a snap, It was a

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it was a whistle by your ear. It just felt effortlessly and and you

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were impressed as a player and as
a peer, you were impressed. The

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ball just seems to jump off his
bat sound different when when Otani's hitting it.

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Do the other players kind of see
that since then feel that, Oh

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yeah, his teammates now are just
acknowledging he's the best player they've ever seen.

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They were telling me that privately,
but now they're saying it publicly.

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It's hard to ignore how good of
a hitter he is. And going back

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to what Fred said, we all
heard about him and read about him and

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sometimes saw him with the Angels,
but it's incredible. This guy was for

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six years in southern California but maybe
buried to a certain extent, and now

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with the Dodgers, he's just,
I believe, thriving in this competitive environment,

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and through the first thirty six games
of this season, he has better

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numbers than he's ever had before in
his career. Yeah, Dave, and

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I want to piggyback on that because
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you said you're interested to see how
how he stacks up and how he competes

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against the Braves, a team that
everybody believes that the Dodgers and Braves will

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be there in the end. And
he sure stepped up. Man. He

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loved the moment, enjoyed the moment, wanted the moment, and he delivered.

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And he's been delivered ever since.
Yeah. I mean, his home

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runs on Sunday afternoon gets all the
attention, but to me, the biggest

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hit that he's had as a Dodger
was Friday night in extra innings when he

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had two strikes on him going up
against his former teammate rycel And Glacias,

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and he ties the score in the
tenth inning. That was as clutch as

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it gets and without him time to
score, there is no heroics for Andy

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Piez in the eleventh inning, so
he did not get the walkoff hit,

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but he certainly got a big hit
in the tenth inning, and so far,

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that's the most clutch, biggest hit
of his Dodger career. Hey Dave,

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somebody got a pretty clutch hit last
night for him, James Outman.

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And is that the kind look he
desperately needed that? Do you think that's

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the kind of thing that starts to
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know, fred I was just good
to see something positive happen for him.

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I know we only focus on the
regular season, but he really hasn't had

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good feelings since spring training. Couple
of good games in spring, but for

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the better part of the time in
Arizona, he just hasn't had that same

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James Autman's success that we saw a
year ago, and don't forget he was

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a finalist for the National League Rookie
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his way so far this season,
and for the first time, reporters were

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asking Dave Roberts about what the roster
move made the odd man out, and

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Dave said they have not had those
discussions yet. Hayward has yet to go

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out on a rehabit sign Once Hayward
does go out on a rehabit signment,

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you can bet those questions are going
to come back. Do you think they'd

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send him down? Oh, yeah, without a doubt. I mean,

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twenty seventeen, the Dodgers sent down
Jock Peterson. They had Max Monsely reset

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his season. Yeah, he has
options. He's not being paid a lot,

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so yeah, that's a real possibility, David. Other guy flying under

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the radar but really delivering is Taoscar
Hernandez. How much are the Dodgers pleased

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with his performance? And did did
they expect this from him? Is much

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higher away from Dodger Stadium, but
the power numbers are much plays here.

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Last night that was his third home
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homestand and he has eight home runs
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at Dodgers Stadium. He just loved
fitting in that ballpark, and that's something

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that the Dodgers identified when they signed
him that he would do well hitting at

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Dodger Stadium, and that has proven
to be true. It's hard to ignore

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the myths in his The Dodgers I
were aware of that. I know the

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analytics, all right. I think
Dave doesn't take it. That doesn't take

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in to account the amount of times
that you swing and mess with the hearty

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all right wherever Dave is. Yeah, he's in and out. He's in

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and out. All right, Well
we'll dive into the stadium in traffic,

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yeah, I think so. Yeah, like the Kings. Oh, there

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you go, he's past. Yeah, he's coming up to one on one.

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He's coming up to one o one. You know, he's about to

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hit Burbank. Uh huh about the
k Yeah, all right, Well,

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we thank Dave for coming on tonight, and of course you'll hear the Dodgers

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and Marlins tonight right here on the
station. All Right, we'll need spirituality

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after that. Oh yeah, we
do that sensuality. No, well,

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no, we'll have spirituality and we'll
do it. Yeah, we'll do that

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next Okay, Hey yeah, hey, flow the dice for me. Yeah,

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feeling Seven's Freddy. I'm always coming
up Lucky come on right to be

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Fred Rogan on a Tuesday. Never
have needs some uh sensuality, need some

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spirituality, Yeah, sexuality, all
of the realities. Freddy gotta have it,

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got it? You know who's going
to give it to us? Who

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is the one man only? Yeah, Victor Brick with a daily Hai coup

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at two and Vic, good afternoon
to you, he told Nicki Minaj at

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the Metropolitan Gala last night in New
York. Yo, Nikki, go with

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the yellow mini dress of Fred Rogan. You know that's me. Vic.

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He broke it down to her,
Vic, go with the yellow girl.

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That is like the dumbest thing I've
ever heard. He counseled. Zenda Yo

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Zen rock two outfits at the gallop, double the pleasure. Damn you damn

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right, I did t B.
That is like the dumbest thing I've ever

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heard. Why are you guys into
the Metropolitan gallows? It just me it's

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crazy, man. You don't want
to say hello everybody else, Vick.

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I'm just beginning. Fred's beginning.
Fred. Let the man do his thing.

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I'm just saying, it's not nice
if you don't acknowledge everybody. At

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the time, he wasn't done yet. And you jumped in. Well,

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he started, he started his train
of thought, and you know he is.

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He always interjects different things at different
times. It's always a different flow,

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Fred, Every single day is a
different flow. You gotta let him

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instead of trying to butt in that
the first couple of years you used to

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jump in inter You got over that. It was it was it was Freddi's

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interrupteds. My mistake is inter Is
that Fred's scientific name, vic for Fredi's

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interrupteds, my mistake. I like
that vic in for Papa. Kevin figures

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today, double A, the salty
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Adam's not here, but he he
is, but I am helping out at

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home, and Katie Newton's in the
house. It's yes, it's me,

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Katie. It's me Katie. No
bolts go boats, bolt up, Katie

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always both, I'm always bolted up. Did you hear Adam's attack? Did

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you hear Adams attack Vic when he
came on the area, attacked me.

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He's very salty, very salty.
He what salty? You expressed concern for

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somebody and they jump down your throat. I sure hope Adams listening right now?

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He needs sensual I mean spirituality.
Listen, he's uh his very question

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is in the clip is like you
questioned his the validity of his being under

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the weather. I expressed concern.
He then turned it into something else.

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Mm hmm. We have to have
a little more sympatico for Double A f

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because you know, his Clippers just
you know, went down hard in six

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to Dallas and they're at the crossroads. Obviously they want to sign everybody they

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want to. They want to bring
back you, bring back the band,

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they want to bring back Paul George, they want to bring back the Beard.

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But obviously they have options. So
nothing is uh written in stone that

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the you know, the Clippers go
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in Inglewood with with with a full
roster of of their all stars. They

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got work to do. And I
think Double A is feeling the effects,

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you know, of the of the
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we all say Lakers at the crossroads, we know that, but the

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Clippers are also at the course roads. Yeah. I don't know if that

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affects at him that much, though, Vic, I mean, what's he

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going to do? Vic? Maybe
you should give Adam a call perhaps after

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the show and give him some siege
council. You should, Vic, I

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will maybe I read him a haikup
or something. Maybe we should get Adam

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on right now with Vic and Vic
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Fred, Yeah, I think I
think more than anyone today, Adam

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needs this sort of like an intervention. Yeah, that's what we're gonna do.

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Whoa, whoa. And as lotus
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New York, he is the essence
of flower power. Oh, Ronnie Fossio,

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he'd beware of bring a punch one
of lava lava if you're at the

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met gala or gala. It's VTB
king flavor. Now a red coppet,

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y'all. That is like the dumbest
thing I've ever heard. It is,

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Isn't it pretty close? I agree, Fellas. I realize the Denver Nuggets

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are the world champions, but what
the Los Lobos, what the Wolves of

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Minnesota have done to them the first
two games in their own house, is

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still very, very stunning. We
all realize Anthony Edwards is crazy, crazy

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talented. In an amazing year,
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when Jamal Murray, who destroyed the
Lakers twice with one of a beato one

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with what three point seven, seemingly
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I mean, they're so locked in
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you know, the heat pack,
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In the first half, I mean, the Nuggets will still got a shot.

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I mean the end in today's NBA, you're down thirty, You're still

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in the game. So for Murray
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it was very stunning to me.
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way with the world champions in Denver, it is shocking. Associations ruthless,

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It was ruthless. Karl Anthony Towns
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But it just seems the Wolves locals
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another level. It's and it's it's
wild. Is it's to see. It's

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like tales of another decade when teams
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playoffs and just destroy squads in Minnesota. Has done that? Have they lost

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a game in the postseason? I
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and oh and its double A pointed
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defensive player of the year. Gobert
was out, you know paternity yea.

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By the way, Adam is not
answering his phone. He's too sick.

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Yeah. Yeah, we're trying to
set up an intervention check in on him.

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I texted him. He ghosted me. Katie Katie called to me.

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He didn't pick up. He didn't
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I mean, it's one thing to
ghost me, but come on, you're

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gonna ignore Katie's call. That not
Katie. Good that Katie, It's me

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Katie and fellows. How about the
New York Nickobocas. This is another squad

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that's really played William Ball this year
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the coach of the year. No, one's Tibbs Love Love Thibbs big.

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You thought that was a good call
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No, it was a ridiculous call. All right, Well then they

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would have lost, No, they
wouldn't have lost. Was still there's still

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a better team than Indy. But
you remember Tyrese Halliburton had a horrific game

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last night for the Pacers. They're
all Star, They're all world. Yeah.

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Yeah, did not play well and
the Pacers only lost by four,

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even with the schlocky call down the
stretch. So this is going to be

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a tough series. But when you
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I mean, this is what a
revelation. Yeah, this has been a

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coming out party for I mean,
everybody know we was good and there's no

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question about that. Yeah, this
has been a coming out party for him

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though these playoffs, yeah point games. The basketball world, you know,

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the Dallas when he was his last
year in Dallas was pretty good, right,

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was. He was pretty good.
This is put him on map with not

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even the basketball fele this is,
let's put him on the map with everybody,

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now see because the problem here,
really, Vic is that no one

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really cares about the Knicks. But
you, oh, I disagree for it.

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There's a lot of Knicks fans transplanted
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New York Knickerbockers. All right,
So do you think they're especially with their

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hard times the last couple of decades, right, So do you think,

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Vic there are more fans for the
New York Knickerbockers here, or do you

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think there are more fans for the
Phoenix Suns, the Chicago Bulls. I'd

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said there's more Knicks fans for it. I mean, Los Angeles has an

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incredible amount of New Yorkers with transplanted
seen light, you know, have gone

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from darkness to light. Who who
wants you know? Who understand? Los

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Angeles is the greatest see your dot
on the planet. And there's been an

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incredible migration from from New York to
LA the last you know, a few

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decades. Let's face it. How
can they always say New York New York

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is the greatest city in the world. City so nice. It's a great

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city obviously. You know, it's
going through changes as well as everyone.

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You know, American cities in America
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York you know incredible uh you know, violence, incredible, you know,

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infrastructure, infrastructure problems, incredible violence. Yeah, well New Yorks are very

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violent city. Fright, There's violence
everywhere, but New York is its share

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of violence. My sister lives there. Just the Patlers in New York,

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ye bless her hearts still selling vintage
on Columbus in seventy eighth. Mad is

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she making at making a living?
Yes, she makes a living. Okay,

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she's been doing it for decades.
For it, Columbus in seventy eighth.

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The flea markets a great flea market. Have you ever in New York?

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Will give you a great deal?
I don't like New York for it.

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No, I don't mind New York, New York. You don't mind

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me. Why why are you questioning
whether or not it is the greatest city

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on the planet. No, because
every time you hear a broadcast about a

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New York team, they always say
New York's the greatest city on the planet.

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I don't know why La couldn't be
the greatest city on the planet.

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I mean, I'm not gonna say
Duluth that should not be the greatest city

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on the planet. Listen, we're
living in the greatest city of the planet,

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Los Angeles, Anajolice, the City
of Angels. Yes, but New

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York is still still a great city. It's still battered. It's been battered

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over the over the decades. It's
it's taking it the media, media entertainment

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capital of the world. New York. It's fair. You know it's fair.

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It's the heartbeat of the world comes
out of New York. I think

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the entertainment it may be La,
but the heartbeat of financial Yeah, everything

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comes out of New York. Friend. Yeah, power. Still I'd rather

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live here. Well, there's no
comparison in like lifestyle. Yes, La

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is still the best looks sensational number
or nal number one. If you can

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get to New York once or twice
a year, once a year, just

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once a year, it's all you
need. I mean, it's a great

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place to go, like once a
year. You don't want to live there,

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No, it kind of gets the
blood flown a little bit. Yeah,

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you know what I mean, that's
it. It's electric. You feel

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like you want to get up early, you want to get to work,

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I want to do something. When
you're in New York. Pace is very

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different going to move it. Yeah, pace is very different there than it

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is here. Yes, had to
do it at Madison Square Garden. There's

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you knows as bruntsing. I'm sorry, Vic, what were you saying?

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Brunson's doing Jerry West playoff stuff?
All right, I'm glad, we I'm

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you know what I wish we had
heard of that. I don't think he's

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doing Jerry westuff. All right,
we'll come back. Ah ah, let's

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get back to it. Rodney,
Pete, Fred Rogan, Vic the brick

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Jacobs, come on now, let's
do it. Vic closing out my points

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on Jalen Brunson and Jerry West.
Yeah, we do not want to miss

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that. Yes, yes, no
matter what, we gotta have that.

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You need this because you want to
understand what Jerry West did. You know

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back in the day, Brunson four
straight games of over forty points for the

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New York Knicks. Jerry West nineteen
sixty five for the Lakers, went over

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forty in a playoff series six straight
times. Just to show you the incredible

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skill, the basketball genius of Jerry
West. Six straight forties for the logo.

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So what do you think that a
game of one on one Jerry West

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would beat Brunson. Wow, that
would be a great game, I mean

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today, Yeah, well, you
know, let's say vintage you know,

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Jerry and his peak, peak of
his powers. I would take Jerry.

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I would take Jerry. You know
brunches what six' to one? Jerry

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six four or six five? I
would take one on one, Jerry peak

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of his powers. Although Brunson's magnificent, you know, he somehow finds that

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spot. Yeah, you know,
within the defense, he somehow always finds

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that little spot, that opening,
and all he needs is like that millisecond

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to get it off. But you
know Jerry Man was, he'd overpower you.

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He'd shoot from three. I mean, Jerry West was just incredibly skilled.

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He'd rebound. Jerry West, let's
face it, one of the greatest

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of all time there. Yeah,
but I mean if they played today,

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Brunson would win because Jerry's eighty years
old. Well, I'm saying peak of

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his powers for it. Oh okay, I'll take Jerry today. I can

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still shoot the lights out. Yeah. Now, if you can shoot,

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you can shoot. Yeah. It
never leaves you right like you You can

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throw the ball right now. I
can still throw it. I can still

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throw it with the best of it. You just don't want to be chased.

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No, don't chase me. But
made me throw it on the run.

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But you can throw it. I
can throw it. Get me sit

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in the pocket and not have to
move. I can throw it with the

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best of them. I bet you, Jerry West, go out there.

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I bet he can. You bet
he can hit one hundred free throws ninety

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nine out of a hundred. Oh
that that's not even a question in my

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mind, Zach, I'll bet you, But I bet you knocked down eight

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or ten three, No, seven
to ten threes. Mm hmm, I

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bet you can. Yeah. Alexei
vict goo one on one with Jerry West

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today, he would destroy me.
Jerry would destroy me. He hit you

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with an elbow vic He didn't care. He took no prisoners. He was

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when he played man, Jerry was
the toughest dude on the court. Man.

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There's no doubt. And today's NBA
is so different. It's it's so

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light, it's so maybe there's a
want it is. Maybe the playoffs they're

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not calling as much. Maybe you
can get away with a little more in

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the playoffs. But there's no comparison
back in the day, when every possession

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was you're you're entangled with people and
people are going, you know, in

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your face, in your body.
It's a whole different ballgame. Talk about

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a different ball game. How about
the Dodgers. Dodgers fans feeling you another

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level? You know, my brother
Bob and Ford Lauderdale calls me today.

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Yeah, and he listens, of
course, the Dodgers on the I Heart

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Radio app. And you know,
you know, every game he's listening.

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The first War is out of Brother
Bob's mouth. Oh Tawnee worth the money.

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Oh, oh Tahani worth the money, says Brother Bob. I said,

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Brother, you're telling me, oh
Tani worth the money, worth the

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money? Tell me the Mount Fuji
of Masfoorte crushed his eleventh home run last

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night. He leads all of baseball. Then Freddie Freeman back to back,

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which we love to see. You
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I mean still, you know,
as David vase A Stuteley pointed out,

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he's still hitting over three hundred,
he's still playing a flaw is first

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base, and he's doing the Freddy
you know better than anybody. When he

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does to Freddy, I love it's
Freeman. It's Freeman's dance. No Freeman

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invented to Freddy. So when he
does to Freddy, it's it's you know,

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it's fabulous, and Freddy's Freddie's gonna
get his usual numbers. I'm not

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worried about Freddy. Yeah, I
mean, you guys, maybe I think

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a little super sensitive. Well,
David Massy said, we were not sensitive.

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Well, listen, everyone goes through
peaks and valleys. But I think

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Freddy's finding this groove. But at
first base, it's just so incredibly talented.

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You know, when he save so
many errors, no one really picks

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up on that, but he picks
those balls off the dirt and just makes

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it an out as opposed to it. You know, an error that's a

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big play. It's it's not really
noted. Oh, Freddy Free remain another

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great player for a space, but
he makes him every night. Well,

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it was great to see James Outman
go deep smashed it, and Ti Oscar

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Hernandez has been on a tear y
ask God. Yes, and Will Smith

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every night. The quality of bats
is just so fabulous. Will Smith is

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unbelievable, America's catcher, All Star
catcher, best catcher in the league.

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We'll give him some love to Will
Smith. But yeah, Walker Bula man

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four healthy innings and everyone should be
giddy for healthy innings. Sure, the

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fast ball hit ninety six seventy seven
pitchers. Everyone exhale Walker Bula is on

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the road back. We love your
Walker, Yes, yellomno tonight this pitching

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sticks. Unbelievable. You're considering you
know who's out with you. You know,

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Joe Kelly angry shoulder, he's he's
gingerly placed on the eel. So

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Joe Kelly's out. Brazis out,
of course. Evan Phillips, the amazing

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closer, is out. And still
the bullpen just steps up. I mean

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everyone from the bullpen has been unbelievable, Vessia. This has been a renaissance

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here Hard he's doing his thing,
trying is back doing his thing. Grove,

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everybody your borrow, Yeah, yeah, how about Volint lost in the

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shuffle? Voln's pitching nice. Yeah, it's just everything's clicking and click.

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When you went twelve out of fourteen, everything must be clicking, right,

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And I'll say you the reason it's
clicking is because they all look forward to

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one thing, Vick, the source. Yes, what's funny? Were talking

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Dodgers and how they're just apparently we're
wearing everything up ready for the source.

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Yet I didn't care. And this
is from core Vandenhovel. Oh okay,

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the that whole man exactly with a
fabulous baseball haikup. And it really refers

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to the Dodger's launching pad. Lately
at Chevez withv Max Munsey mashing three,

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then Altman's Bazuka. Last night,
Andy Parter has power to the people.

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So this high coup for you from
Core Vandenhovel. Oh, of course,

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for the Dodgers. It's for the
power, the power display and this high

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coup for you on this Tuesday,
May the seventh, the lights hitting it

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out of the park and into the
night. I'm feeling you for the Dodges.

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The cord brings it under the for
the Dodgers, y'all. He brings

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it up, all right. Vanda
Hooven, Yeah, Ronnie, thank you,

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Katie, thank you so much.
Really appreciate it. Great work.

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So tomorrow we have the game on
in the afternoon, so we'll do a

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right we'll do a podcast in the
morning and we'll put it up and then

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we will catch up with you again
on Thursday. Rodney, Right home,

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Right Home,