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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't showing up to spring training if this guy

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't here. And here he is, and the same locker

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<v Speaker 1>as last year, with the same smile, the same great beard,

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<v Speaker 1>and the same great spirit. The one and only tai

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<v Speaker 1>Oscar Hernandez. Thanks a lot for the.

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<v Speaker 2>Time, Thank you, thank you for having me, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>happy to be here, be able to sign back, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, enjoy everything that they seem.

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<v Speaker 1>Us even with soggy grapes. Tail has a great smile

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<v Speaker 1>on his face.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, you have to enjoy anything anything, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean not everything's gonna be the way you want it

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<v Speaker 2>to be, but you have to enjoy it while you can.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I love talking baseball with you, and you're kind

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<v Speaker 1>enough to share what's in your locker. You have two

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<v Speaker 1>brand new gloves with two different shades of color. So

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<v Speaker 1>how do you make a decision that you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>give up the glove that you've been wearing for four years?

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<v Speaker 2>Not giving up yet, not yet. I still have to

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<v Speaker 2>break this too down, obviously getting to be ready for

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<v Speaker 2>the games. Yeah, I still hot. Mine, mine is in here,

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<v Speaker 2>is not gonna go away. It's not gonna go away.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, you said you've had that for four years and

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<v Speaker 1>you never had to relace.

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<v Speaker 2>More than four years. I think it is. But yes,

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<v Speaker 2>still good to go. Never change the lasers or anything.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna be rocking this year too.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey. I love how you remembered when you had that

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<v Speaker 1>glove when your son was born, and I think you

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<v Speaker 1>have his name on that.

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<v Speaker 2>Glove still the first two there and here at the

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<v Speaker 2>Oscar Junior and Mattheo. Nice Julian wasn't born when when

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<v Speaker 2>I get the gloves, only Mattheo was born in theale,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's why I know the glove is four years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Taoscar, you have such a great perspective and spirit about

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<v Speaker 1>Life's being a father a big reason why you know

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<v Speaker 1>how to keep baseball in the right perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I was like that even before I had

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<v Speaker 2>my kids. Uh, when I gott of the field, out

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<v Speaker 2>of the field, it's more like now I'm the husband,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not about the baseball player. So anything that have

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<v Speaker 2>to do with baseball to stay at the stadium or

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<v Speaker 2>at the facility. So now it's time to be a

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<v Speaker 2>regular person, husband, a son, his family time, not baseball time.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you follow ta Oscar Hernandez on his Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>You see that he's a very spiritual person. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>that's a big reason why too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, I'm a big believer, always trying to

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<v Speaker 2>share something from the Bible to those persons that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>don also have the sign wh doesn't know anything about

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<v Speaker 2>God or the Bible. So I feel like it's been

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<v Speaker 2>a heart on my life right now and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>keep doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I try to read the scriptures in Spanish. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how you post it. I'm trying.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know, I know, I have to figure it out,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to find a way to put it an English.

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<v Speaker 1>To keep it as Spanish. You could teach us a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of different things just by following Taoscar Hernandez a

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<v Speaker 1>great man, a great teammate. And you're back and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of guys are back this year to try to

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<v Speaker 1>defend this championship. What's the vibe in the clubhouse this year?

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<v Speaker 2>It was amazing. You know, the new guys, they're hungry,

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<v Speaker 2>they want to win. They have the spirit to come

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<v Speaker 2>here and be able to work every day every day

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<v Speaker 2>and get better every day and do the things that

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<v Speaker 2>they need to do to be ready. And it feels

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<v Speaker 2>like they've been a part of this team for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time now, and you know, in this together and

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<v Speaker 2>we're going for that trophy again.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year at this time, you and Otani went viral

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<v Speaker 1>on media Day. Have you had a lot of time

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<v Speaker 1>to spend with him this spring or is he too

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<v Speaker 1>busy trying to pitch again?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm trying to let him be to get

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<v Speaker 2>ready to do his rehab from his shoulder and finishing

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<v Speaker 2>the one from the elbow. You know, I know he

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<v Speaker 2>has a lot of things to do this year, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of things to think about, So I'm not pushing

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<v Speaker 2>too much trying to talk to him or you know,

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<v Speaker 2>have some good time in the clause or but definitely

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<v Speaker 2>we will and during the season.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, before I let you go, are we bringing

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<v Speaker 1>back the Seeds this year? You got to keep it going, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's one hundred percent that I'm gonna bring back

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<v Speaker 2>the Seeds. Maybe we add something to it, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>something better, something to have more fun and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to enjoy the game.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, taoscar thank you for the time. Great to

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<v Speaker 1>see you. You know, Los Angeles loves you. You saw

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<v Speaker 1>that at the parade. You saw that at dodger Fest

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<v Speaker 1>and too takes a lotosking you