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<v Speaker 1>The Dodgers are starting their road trip in Houston, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm joined by yesterday zero, one of the newest Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Ahmed. Nick, thanks a lot for the time, straight

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<v Speaker 1>out of the cold, tough.

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<v Speaker 2>For this, Yeah, just fitting it in and talk with you.

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<v Speaker 3>It feels good to be part of this organization and

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<v Speaker 3>take a take an end of this road trip.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we got a great team here. Excited to

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<v Speaker 2>be part of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Nick.

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<v Speaker 1>There's always new dynamics when you join a team, but

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<v Speaker 1>to do it the way you did it, it's got

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<v Speaker 1>to feel good and make things a little easier when

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<v Speaker 1>you delivered the way you did yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>You know anytime you jump to a new team, you

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<v Speaker 3>want to contribute and help. Spend a long time on

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<v Speaker 3>one spot, but two teams this year and hopefully take

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<v Speaker 3>this team into the playoffs and we do some damage

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<v Speaker 3>in October.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it like being teammates with some of the players

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<v Speaker 1>that you played against for so many years.

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<v Speaker 3>There's some familiarity for sure, just playing against this group

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, seeing and competing against them from across

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<v Speaker 3>the field, which makes it a.

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<v Speaker 2>Little bit more comfortable for me. And just a great

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<v Speaker 2>group of guys here.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody's been welcoming and gray so far and extremely helpful

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<v Speaker 3>to help me get settled in. So excited to be

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<v Speaker 3>a part of a great team and some great individual players,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think an even better team.

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<v Speaker 1>Usually you don't need dat a home run to be

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<v Speaker 1>welcome by a team, but to hit a home run

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<v Speaker 1>in that spot yesterday, I'm sure it broke the ice

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<v Speaker 1>in a big way.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think so, especially against the Giants, a division rival,

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<v Speaker 3>and helping us to take the series from them.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a lot of funny yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you describe the feeling you had yesterday at Dodgers

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<v Speaker 1>Stadium rounding the bases after you hit that home run?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean the last two and a half weeks has

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<v Speaker 3>been crazy for me, getting let go by the Giants

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<v Speaker 3>and then you know, really not getting any phone calls

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<v Speaker 3>for a long time and just being like, hey.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this gonna happen at some point?

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<v Speaker 3>And then the Dodgers called late Tuesday night and we

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<v Speaker 3>got it done and flew out Wednesday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just been a crazy few days.

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<v Speaker 3>And to be able to play the Giants and face

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<v Speaker 3>a team that just released you and hit a game

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<v Speaker 3>running homer only God can read a.

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<v Speaker 2>Script like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Nick I met is our guest in front of first

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<v Speaker 1>pitch in Houston. Everybody keeps asking me, how did you

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<v Speaker 1>stay ready for those two weeks? How did you stay ready?

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<v Speaker 2>You know?

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<v Speaker 3>The first few days, it was just take care of

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<v Speaker 3>my body, you know, get in the gym, get with

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<v Speaker 3>my physical therapist, and make sure my body was healthy,

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<v Speaker 3>knowing that the opportunity would come, and just wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>make advantage take advantage of that physically.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it was just getting in the cage working.

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<v Speaker 3>I made some good adjustments actually right before I got

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<v Speaker 3>released by.

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<v Speaker 2>The Giants, so I feel like my swing was in

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<v Speaker 2>a good spot.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't have to go make any swing changes or

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<v Speaker 3>overhaul is just continue to work on what I was

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<v Speaker 3>doing and then just kind of simulated, you know, at

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<v Speaker 3>bats as best I could. With the guy throwing to me,

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<v Speaker 3>Danny Lutz down in Arizona, big help for me. He

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<v Speaker 3>was just throwing fastball, breaking ball, and simulated at bats,

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<v Speaker 3>and we were just doing situational stuff too, so as

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<v Speaker 3>best I could without facing a picture I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was staying locked in.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, whatever you were doing, it worked, continued success. Great

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<v Speaker 1>to have you on the Dodgers and we look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to this road trip with you awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having me