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All right, we're here with fan
favorite Chris Taylor. Chris uh not wearing

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the City Connect jerseys and warm up
right now. But I'm sure you're just

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waiting to unveil it because you're such
a big fashionista. Yeah. No,

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we were told to wait till the
game to a fair head. So uh

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yeah, we got the funfetti jerseys
tonight. Oh. I like that you

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even know the nickname for it?
Yeah? No, I mean it looks

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like a funfetti kick. Chris.
I saw you during batting practice, still

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shagging in center field. How often
do you move positions just to be sharp

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whenever you're called upon? Yeah,
I try to whenever we take VP on

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the field. We don't do it
every day, so I try to get

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my reps. You know. Usually
I do ground balls before VP, so

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during VP, I'll run out there
and get some move off the bat.

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You're coming off yourself and the team
a pretty good road trip. Do you

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feel like your confidence is starting to
get back to where it has been in

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the past. Yeah, I feel
pretty good. You know, the last

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week or so, I feel like
I've been in a better place. I'm

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when I'm swinging balls. Moving forward
is always a good sign, you know,

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And you know, they made some
mechanical changes that have been working well

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for me and starting to get more
comfortable with They're just trying to like get

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some rhythm and athleticism and you know
it's starting to show a little bit.

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And I'm sure it helped that you
were able to play against a couple of

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lefties in the road to keep that
rhythm. Yeah. No, just getting

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on the field, whether it's lefties
or righties. It helps, you know,

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facing live pitching and continuing to get
out there, even at this stage

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of your career when you make those
type of adjustments, do you need to

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see the results to continue and stay
consistent with it? You know, I

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think results are kind of It definitely
helps you know your confidence and everything.

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But as much as you can,
you try to trust the process and more

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so the quality of that bats than
the whether you're getting hits or not.

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Easier said than done. But you
know, for me, I just like

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that, like I said, I'm
moving the ball forward. There's a less

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swing and miss in the strike zone
and you know, more line drives,

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which I like, did I miss
it in Denver? Did you have a

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triple? Because I feel like we
have this debate, Chris and I that

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the triple to me is the most
exciting play in baseball outside of a walk

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off home run. Have you have
you changed your mind about that? No,

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I would have much preferred that ball
to go over the fence. I'm

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sure you would have, but it
was more exciting for the fans to see

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you run the bases. Whither the
running the bases or my dancing that I

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did on third base. See that
proves my point. We would not have

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gotten that dance if you hit a
home run. That is true. So

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have I swayed you a little bit? Can we agree to disagree on that?

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And you got to leave that up
to the fans. I'd rather run

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all the way around the basis coming
out and not do the dance. But

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okay, yeah, the dance is
kind of awkward. I'll be honest with

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you. The Freddy dance. I
could live with the other hiplock thing you

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guys do. I don't know.
It feels a little awkward and you didn't

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really do it. Well, well
I do I do it Freddie? Well

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yeah, it's awkward. Good okay, Well you're gonna have to show me

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how it's done. Okay, maybe
a little bit later. Yeah, Chris,

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before I let you go, You've
been part of so many good teams

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with the Dodgers. Do you feel
like this team is still has a lot

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of room to hit their ceiling.
Yeah, you know, I think there's

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definitely been ups and downs. Obviously, having a full healthy roster would help

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us. You know, there's times
where all of our guys were kind of

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click in, and then there's times
where we're all sort of in a slump.

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So that's just gonna happen over the
course of the season. You know,

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hopefully it balances out. But yeah, we'd love to be like hitting

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our stride, you know, at
the end of the year, but uh,

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you know when it counts in October. But right now, I feel

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like we're in a we're in a
good place. You know, guys have

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stepped up and and covered for the
injured guys, so it's been big yourself

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included. That's why we like to
like to see you out there with the

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Freddy and whatever else do you do
out there, Taylor. Yeah, I'm

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just happy to be contributing anyway I
can right now. You know that those

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first couple of months, Yeah,
that was the toughest part is going out

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there and failing over and over and
again. You know, you feel like

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your your teammates are can't really count
on you. It's a bad feeling.

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So to finally come through and contribute
one of my numbers called you know,

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it just feels good to be like
playing good baseball and helping the team win.

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It feels like you're out on the
other side of that now. And

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I know you told me your wife
and being a dad certainly helped you get

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through that time. Yeah, you
know I mentioned before. Their huge for

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me just being able to go home
and kind of you know, separate baseball

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from my home life, and it's
it's good for your sanity just to get

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have that escape. I'm just trying
to contribute anyway I can today too,

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Chris, you and me both thanks
a lot. Thanks