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<v Speaker 1>It's Game five of the World Series, and we're joining

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<v Speaker 1>right now by a man that is in his fourth

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<v Speaker 1>World Series with the Dodgers. If you think back to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, Austin Barnes caught four of the Dodgers six

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<v Speaker 1>games during that World Championship run, including the final strikeout

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<v Speaker 1>to end it. Austin, great to be with you and

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<v Speaker 1>great to have you back in a World Series.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's awesome. You know, four as a fors a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of World series, you know, and we we're one

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<v Speaker 2>way from winning this thing, so we're excited to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it like for you this season?

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<v Speaker 2>It's good, you know, you know, to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get to this point with this group. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>been a long season. One game away from winning the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series. There's you know, there's not that many days

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<v Speaker 2>you can wake up and you know, have a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to win a win a World Series. So we're excited.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been awesome. I think we have a really close group,

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<v Speaker 2>really excited for you know, the opportunity we have ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of us.

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<v Speaker 1>When you say Austin Barnes' name, you think about the

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<v Speaker 1>core group of players that have been to four World

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<v Speaker 1>Series together that have won a World Championship. What does

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<v Speaker 1>it mean to you to be synonymous with this period

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<v Speaker 1>of Dodger history.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's awesome. You know, a lot of great players,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of great teams. You know, I've seen a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of players come and go. But you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>we we just kept winning, you know, and that's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of what we expect. Uh, you know, we expect to

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<v Speaker 2>be World Series champions every year. You know, we won one,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I won't whatever one is seventeen and then, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know we're here in twenty twenty four with a

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<v Speaker 2>with a great opportunity ahead of us, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just that's what it's what's what it's all about. It's coming.

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<v Speaker 2>It's coming and winning and uh bringing a championship back

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<v Speaker 2>to LA.

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on with Freddie Freeman? How has he turned

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<v Speaker 1>it on like this?

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<v Speaker 2>I just think he's he's just he's just ready, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the moment the World Series. I think he just wants it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think this whole group wants it. We're all kind

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<v Speaker 2>of pulling in the same direction, all all together, fighting, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>fighting with each other, leaning on each other, and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a special group. You know, it's ever since I've

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<v Speaker 2>been here, there's been some special teams, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>the focus and intensity, and you know, the way that

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's playing together is second to none since I've been here.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you guys talked about just committing yourselves for

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<v Speaker 1>three and a half weeks. I know that's not the

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<v Speaker 1>only reason why you're here, but how much of that

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<v Speaker 1>did it play a part into you guys being able

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<v Speaker 1>to be resilient against the padres and everything else that

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<v Speaker 1>has come at you this October?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think everything plays apart. You know, the camaraderie,

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<v Speaker 2>the you know, the dinners, the stuff the clubhouse, the

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<v Speaker 2>play on the field, the intensity in the pitch to pitch,

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<v Speaker 2>the focus, I think it all plays apart. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not easy to win playoff games. It's not easy

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<v Speaker 2>to win a World Series. But you know, I think

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<v Speaker 2>there's a focus and intensity that it takes, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think that we're playing with it right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Austin Barnes is our guest. You're wearing a snow cap.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like seventy degrees in New York. Why are you

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<v Speaker 1>wearing that snow cap?

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<v Speaker 2>The first day we got here. If I say it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't that warm, and then so you don't come outside

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<v Speaker 2>for a second, you never know, you can come prepared

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<v Speaker 2>to aftert sleeves on too, if that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>So, hey, before I let you go, the way that

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<v Speaker 1>Jack Flaerty has pitched, there shouldn't be any doubts about

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<v Speaker 1>the way he's gonna come out tonight, right.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you know, I think it's you know, he's just

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<v Speaker 2>the guy who's gonna obviously keep us in the ball game.

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<v Speaker 2>I think our offense is in a really good spot.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's in a good spot pitching wise, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh, I think Spiddy's got a good beat on

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<v Speaker 2>these guys. You've seen him a lot obviously in seven

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<v Speaker 2>game series. People make adjustments just with what they're seeing.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh, I think we're in a good spot where

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<v Speaker 2>we are, and on both sides of the field, So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we expect good things to happen every time

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<v Speaker 2>somebody goes out there. You know, even even landing Ak

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<v Speaker 2>and conspiras. They gave us six innings two runs last night,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, in a World Series game, for two

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<v Speaker 2>rookies to do that, that's you know, it's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, we were in the game last night, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>just don't get it done. But we're looking forward today.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I'll let you go. And aren't you proud

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<v Speaker 1>of me? I didn't try to pry into private team

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<v Speaker 1>group messages. That's for you guys. I'm not like these

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<v Speaker 1>other guys trying to get the text messages. Copy and

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<v Speaker 1>paste it to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, to me, you're the journalists of the year. I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're sixty minutes specialists. And Emmy is it? Emmy

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<v Speaker 2>is it? Okay, Yeah, I'll give it to you. If

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<v Speaker 2>radio wasn't dead, I'll get on skid out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, radio is alive right now.

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<v Speaker 2>If radio is alive and well.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, people are listening right now in the I E.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your main street out there? Is it paved? What's

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<v Speaker 1>going on out there?

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot, you know, there's there's Alessandro. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>you know. Don't don't come to our city. Okay, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>let you know. You tell us, you will let you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll come out there for the Austin Barnes Appreciation Parade

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<v Speaker 1>after this.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we'll get a parade.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. There it goes my third favorite Barnes. Austin