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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Globe Life Field is where the Rangers played, but the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers made it their house in twenty twenty and Mookie

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<v Speaker 2>Betts won the World Series championship and owned Globe Life

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<v Speaker 2>Field to help the Dodgers back then, and Mookie joins

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<v Speaker 2>us on the opposite side of the dugout. I know

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<v Speaker 2>you were here a couple of years ago, but what's

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<v Speaker 2>the feelings coming back here again? You know?

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<v Speaker 3>I think every time I come into this park that

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<v Speaker 3>situation in life, COVID and that month that we spent here.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean we were here for literally a month straight.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it just reminds you of obviously what we accomplished,

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<v Speaker 3>the one in the World Series, but you know, it's

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<v Speaker 3>just something that in life, you know, go and stay

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<v Speaker 3>in a hotel for a month and just life experiences

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<v Speaker 3>that you know, you never you'll never forget.

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<v Speaker 2>For sure, you didn't know me that well back then,

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<v Speaker 2>But did you realize I was staying at this Lowe's

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<v Speaker 2>hotel for a month and I was in the radio

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<v Speaker 2>booth the whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not know that.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't think I was oblivious everything. I mean, they

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<v Speaker 3>kept us from every every day. I don't even did

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<v Speaker 3>we even see you?

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<v Speaker 2>Never saw me.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even think we even saw you.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, it was it was fun, but it

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't fun. But you know the most important thing is we.

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<v Speaker 2>Wont One thing that I always remember about that postseason run.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously you had a big hit in Game six of

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<v Speaker 2>the World Series, but those amazing catches and the emotion

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<v Speaker 2>you showed in right field, just the defensive highlights to

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<v Speaker 2>me stand out more than anything offensively you guys did.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, I always, as they always say it

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<v Speaker 3>every sport defense wins championships. But yeah, that's that's one

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<v Speaker 3>thing I definitely remember. I remember, you know, down the

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<v Speaker 3>right for a lot. I know people can't see, but

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<v Speaker 3>my wife was always down there every game with the kid,

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<v Speaker 3>with my daughter at the time, and I remember just

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<v Speaker 3>looking in between pitches looking at her and we were

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of doing our little sign language through pretty

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<v Speaker 3>much every game, and that was she kind of kept

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<v Speaker 3>me calm, and you know, especially during those war serious

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<v Speaker 3>games because they were you know, we were going back

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<v Speaker 3>and forth, and I mean it was just a lot,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, in winning the World Series, it's hard to do.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'll never forget her just standing and saying right

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<v Speaker 3>there and me just looking at her between every pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, you're a proud papa of too. How are the

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<v Speaker 2>kids and how do they make your life that much better?

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<v Speaker 3>They My son's birthday is today, so we got this

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<v Speaker 3>you little brext with him and now I'm at work,

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<v Speaker 3>but he's with his fans, with his grandparents and whatnot,

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<v Speaker 3>hanging out.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. They they make it.

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<v Speaker 3>They make it to where you have something to look

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<v Speaker 3>forward to, you know, especially when I'm done playing. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>each and every day you wake up, there's something.

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<v Speaker 1>To do with them, something new that they can learn

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<v Speaker 1>and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 3>And obviously I'm in the middle of my grind right now,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's kind of hard.

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<v Speaker 1>To do both. But the time that I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>to spend right here, right here, right now would them.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm definitely looking forward to it, because I mean, we

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<v Speaker 3>don't play this game for so so for that long,

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<v Speaker 3>but they grow up for a long time. So that's

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<v Speaker 3>that's kind of what I'm looking forward to right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Your daughter has your smile, Yeah, thank you out there.

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<v Speaker 3>She's a she's a work of art man.

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<v Speaker 1>She she loves dancing and all the other things.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually it's really neat having a daughter, just because I'm

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<v Speaker 3>only child. Obviously being a boy and coming from a

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<v Speaker 3>sports family. My daughter is like anti sports, So, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>me learning.

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<v Speaker 1>About how to play, how to play.

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<v Speaker 3>Dolls and dance class and all those other things actually

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<v Speaker 3>is really neat and fascinating. It's a new world that

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<v Speaker 3>I've never experienced, and now that I'm kind of going

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<v Speaker 3>through it, I have a new appreciation when I see

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<v Speaker 3>dancers or cheerleaders and all those supper things because my

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<v Speaker 3>daughter wants to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Girl.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad. Mookie Betts is our guest here in the house

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<v Speaker 2>that him Seeger and Jock made famous. Mookie, now you're

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<v Speaker 2>playing shortstop. You put in so much work this off

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<v Speaker 2>season and continue to do so. Where would you ass

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<v Speaker 2>says where you're at right now?

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm doing okay. You know, I've had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of errors early.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's hard to say, you know, that's part

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<v Speaker 3>of the game when I work so hard and whatnot,

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<v Speaker 3>because I'm not really accepting of you know, that's part

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<v Speaker 3>of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the end of the day, at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the day, it is, and so I need to

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<v Speaker 1>be accepting of failures that happened, but you know it's.

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<v Speaker 3>I genuinely love coming to work like it's just coming

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<v Speaker 3>to work and going to working short like it's just

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<v Speaker 3>actual fun for me, Like I would just wake up

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<v Speaker 3>out of bed just to like how people go play golf.

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<v Speaker 3>That's how I feel about coming to to to practice

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<v Speaker 3>at shortstop it. So it's definitely, uh, I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 3>a new or a new light or whatnot, but different

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<v Speaker 3>energy for me, and I truly loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been fun.

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<v Speaker 3>It's hard, it's really hard, but it's I'm catching myself

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<v Speaker 3>now during games asking Tommy in months, like what do

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<v Speaker 3>I do here? Because some of these situations I've never

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<v Speaker 3>been in, and so you know, just being in him,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, have to kind of talk through it as

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<v Speaker 3>you go because there's so many different things that kind

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<v Speaker 3>of go on, and so, you know, it's been fun.

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<v Speaker 3>I know I have a lot more experience to go,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's been fun so far.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you brought up Tommy Edmund. How much does

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<v Speaker 2>he help you because he seems to be one of

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<v Speaker 2>the smartest, most underrated players on the field.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he is, I mean smartest, I mean one of

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<v Speaker 3>the smartest obviously one of.

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<v Speaker 1>The most talented.

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<v Speaker 3>Whether you believe it or not, you know he is,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, he's really been someone I can talk to.

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<v Speaker 1>Is really easy to talk to because I.

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<v Speaker 3>Can go ask him a dumb question and he's not

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<v Speaker 3>gonna look at me and like, why did you ask

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<v Speaker 3>me that?

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<v Speaker 1>Or you're supposed to know that?

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<v Speaker 3>Like he literally will just tell me if it's a

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<v Speaker 3>pretty simple answer. He just says it simply. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>try and be a little me or or and nobody does.

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<v Speaker 3>But definitely Tommy, you know, he just he's really easy

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<v Speaker 3>for you to talk to and ask those those questions

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<v Speaker 3>that I probably should know as a major league shortstop,

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<v Speaker 3>but I don't because I haven't been. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 3>he's he's definitely been there for me the whole time.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, hitting, fielding everything. You know, he's he's He's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>So is Mookie Bets.

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<v Speaker 2>You're an easy gutta root for. La loves you, and man,

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<v Speaker 2>you are doing something that no major league player has

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<v Speaker 2>ever done, and it feels like you're doing it better

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<v Speaker 2>than most could even come close to. So we're on

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<v Speaker 2>the ride with you and just keep going every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, sir, have you been You've been good.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, everything's good, you know, hitting the streets in Dallas.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to stay out of trouble.

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<v Speaker 3>Mookie.

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<v Speaker 1>What did you do yesterday?

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<v Speaker 2>I went to a fancy dinner with your clubhouse staff.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, did you pay?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course I did. There's some I'll let you in

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<v Speaker 2>on a secret. Some of your staff when the check comes,

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<v Speaker 2>they all of a sudden have to go to the

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<v Speaker 2>bathroom or there. Their arms are really short.

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<v Speaker 1>It's weird. But not you that. You're not that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of guy, not that long arms.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a long, long reach. I'm a guy that

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<v Speaker 2>like you. I'm a pleaser, so I'm trying to please everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I love you asked exactly all right?

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<v Speaker 2>I need to buy one of these necklaces you're selling

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<v Speaker 2>online to buy I got you.

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<v Speaker 1>I make sure I bring one. You're you're a part

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<v Speaker 1>of the La squad. Oh I love make sure I

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<v Speaker 1>bring you one. We'll get back home.

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<v Speaker 2>Love it, Mookie. Thanks a lot for the time. Great

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<v Speaker 2>to share you with the people in La. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is the house the Dodgers built, make no mistake about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You better know it. You better know it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Ass