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<v Speaker 1>The season of Mookie Bets continues tonight here in Milwaukee.

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<v Speaker 1>Mookie number one, welcome back, And I'm sure it's exciting

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<v Speaker 1>for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes it is. I'm happy to be out of the house.

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<v Speaker 3>I bet you are.

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<v Speaker 1>What's been the last six weeks like for you to

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<v Speaker 1>get ready, to be prepared as much as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Just a lot of a lot of.

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<v Speaker 4>Baseball just I mean working out, you know, normal stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>But I got to spend some some good quality of

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<v Speaker 4>time with my family, something that I've never never got

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<v Speaker 4>to do with whether since i was eighteen years old,

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<v Speaker 4>so you know, he's good to It was good to

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<v Speaker 4>get to see my kids for two much straight.

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<v Speaker 3>And you also got some reps in the broadcast booth.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah I did, I did. I got some reps. So

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<v Speaker 4>here in what eight nine years, i'll I maybe may

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<v Speaker 4>have another option.

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<v Speaker 1>MOOKI when you go from shortstop to right field, how

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<v Speaker 1>big of a difference are the throws? Do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like that's going to be an adjustment for you?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 4>I think, uh, you know, I did played right for

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<v Speaker 4>what nine years? Ten years straight, so that's a little

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<v Speaker 4>more ingrained in me. But you know, I definitely appreciate

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<v Speaker 4>appreciated the challenge that Shortstoff brought. You know, I haven't

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<v Speaker 4>been challenged like that, and you know since I was

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<v Speaker 4>really like eighteen nineteen years old, and so I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 4>glad I got to fall in love with something like

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<v Speaker 4>that and really kind of experience a dream, which is

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<v Speaker 4>playing shortstop in the big leagues.

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<v Speaker 1>Superstars aren't usually asked to move positions as much as

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<v Speaker 1>you've been asked to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Why have you been so open to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be able to be as flexible as you have been

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<v Speaker 1>for the team.

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<v Speaker 4>I just want to win, the will to win, and

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I'll do whatever it takes, and I'm confident

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<v Speaker 4>in my abilities to play pretty much everywhere on the diamond.

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<v Speaker 4>And so that's just kind of where it comes from,

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<v Speaker 4>just some confidence from within.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels like a right field and mookie bets go

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<v Speaker 1>together like a peanut, butter and jelly. It's like one

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<v Speaker 1>of the great baseball reunions in a long time. How

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<v Speaker 1>much has the last few days helped you get reacquainted

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<v Speaker 1>to your old friend out there.

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<v Speaker 4>It's been good. It's been it's been fun. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>it wasn't It wasn't like it has not like I

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<v Speaker 4>hadn't been out there in forever, you know, it's been

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<v Speaker 4>a couple of months, but uh, you know, going back

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<v Speaker 4>out there is uh kind of like home, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>and so I'm happy to be back.

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<v Speaker 1>What was the conversation like between you and Dave Roberts.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave said, you initiated this conversation about just recognizing where

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<v Speaker 1>you're at, where the team's at. What made you pick

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<v Speaker 1>up the phone and start that conversation.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I obviously want to win, right and like

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<v Speaker 4>you said, looking at the roster, but you know, it's

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<v Speaker 4>also those things where if you want to win, you

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<v Speaker 4>can't really be thinking the night before about this groundball.

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<v Speaker 4>You may get into seventh in ach, you know, and

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<v Speaker 4>it could be bases load or whatever, and I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I just didn't want that anxiety on me.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm fully confident and I believe.

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<v Speaker 2>In myself that I can do it.

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<v Speaker 4>But there's two guys that I know will do it,

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<v Speaker 4>and uh so that's just really what it is. Like

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<v Speaker 4>I'm I understand and I get it. You know, this

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<v Speaker 4>is all new and it's a challenge, right, and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>just trying to help the team, man, that's really all

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<v Speaker 4>it is. And right, now, I think helping the team

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<v Speaker 4>is going back out.

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<v Speaker 2>The right Muki.

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<v Speaker 1>You proved that you can do it, and you've proven

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<v Speaker 1>to yourself that you could do a lot of things.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you learn anything more about yourself going through that

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<v Speaker 1>challenge and being as vulnerable as you were to everything

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<v Speaker 1>that came with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I learned a lot about myself.

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<v Speaker 4>I've learned, you know, being challenged with a tall task

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<v Speaker 4>like that the person I turned into, I didn't know

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<v Speaker 4>who I would become, and how much it has helped

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<v Speaker 4>me in other facets of the game, in life and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, being challenged there and being vulnerable there and

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<v Speaker 4>really kind of failing a lot. I appreciate it. I

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<v Speaker 4>appreciate it because now I know, whatever life throws at me,

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<v Speaker 4>whatever baseball throws at me, it can't be worse than

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<v Speaker 4>what I.

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<v Speaker 1>Did before you got hurt. You were on your way

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<v Speaker 1>to another MVP leading off. Is that a bigger sacrifice

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<v Speaker 1>for us to recognize more than just going back to

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<v Speaker 1>your old position?

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<v Speaker 2>No? No, no, we got like that's we.

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<v Speaker 3>Got Mookie bets here too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but it's different with show.

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<v Speaker 4>Show was a generational well more than generational talent, and

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<v Speaker 4>maybe the best player that's ever played the game, and

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<v Speaker 4>so there's no argument for me there.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Mookie, Before I let you go, I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to let you have your shine. That's why I stayed

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<v Speaker 1>away from the slide today.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, thank you for today.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks a lot for the time, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, Mookie, Bets and right field reunited and it

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<v Speaker 1>feels so good.