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It was great to have James Outman
back at Dodger Stadium as they set out

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on the road. James, thanks
a lot for the time, and man,

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great to have you back in a
Dodger uniform. Great to be back.

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I had a blast yesterday and it's
really really nice being back home.

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What was your reaction to the fans
reacting to you in your first start back.

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It was awesome, man, It's
uh, you know, playing in

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front of these fans is a real
blessing and I had like a nice ovation

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when I came back, and that
was pretty heart woman. Can you describe

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the difference between this James Outman and
the one we last saw? Uh?

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I think, I don't know.
I mean, I'm still the same guy,

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still the same same player, just
a feel more relaxed and I'm just

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gonna go out there and play and
kind of try and keep it simple.

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Now. Did you feel like you
could catch your breath in Oklahoma City?

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Yeah, I think I had time
to kind of step back and work on

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a few things and you know,
just kind of take things day by day

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and get back to the player that
got me to the big leagues. I

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was tracking to you when you went
down and it told me that James Outman

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wasn't sulking. He was taking this
as a challenge to be better mentally.

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How did you handle that? I
just told myself, still playing the same

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game. And you know, whether
whether there's you know, the bright lights

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or not, it's still it's still
baseball. So I just wanted to get

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out there and you know, continue
to try and make myself a better player

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than I was yesterday. Can you
tell us so, without getting too inside

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baseball, just what you worked on
to try to be better, mainly just

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timing, just getting on time,
being relaxed and getting my swing off.

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Who helped you the most? Oh, it was a it was a it

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was a group effort. Yeah,
to say the least. There was a

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group effort for sure, many burst
hitting coach and triple As huge help just

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getting confidence back, and Brett pill
came down for a while for a week.

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But yeah, definitely a group effort. I kind of grabbed a lot

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from a lot of different people.
It takes a village, right, Definitely.

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James Outman is our guest. Tarzan
is back with the Dodgers, and

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I know you're an unselfish player.
It's about not only you, but the

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team. How happy are you for
the success of guys like Andy Pa Haz

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and Miguel Vargas. It's great.
It's you know, you come up through

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the system with those guys, and
it's fun when you can kind of reach

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the pinnacle of your careers in terms
of where you're playing together. Gavin Lux

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is still here, James, how
does that make you feel? It makes

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me feel happy. He's a lovable
type of guy, right, Gavin.

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He's just staring at us awkwardly.
Hopefully he's gotten over his nasal sinus thing

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from a few days ago. Stay
away from him arms distance length. I

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don't know about that. It feels
like you haven't missed a beat. It

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feels like you were just here yesterday. With the way everybody has just you.

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Yeah, it was awesome coming back. I gave out a lot of

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hugs my first day back, seeing
everybody for the first time in a month

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or two months or whatever it was. And but yeah, it's you know,

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I I played with these guys for
for a while, so it's it's

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great seeing everybody. You're not usually
a hugger, so I was surprised to

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see that. Yeah, I just
missed them all right, thanks a lot

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for the time, James. Great
to have you back and continued success.

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Thank you, David, appreciate it.