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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'm still a believer. Twenty twenty four is the

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<v Speaker 1>season of Mookie bets. The most valuable Dodger is right here,

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<v Speaker 1>smiling more than we've seen him smile a lot this season,

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<v Speaker 1>especially while you're on the il.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you having fun again? I am? I am. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of fun to be back.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's it's fun being at home, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it's always uh, it's always good to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Do your purpose. I feel like this is my purpose

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm just happy to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it like out there with the fans, the home

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<v Speaker 1>run seats. Are they welcoming you back in a big way? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, absolutely, It's fun, man, had I forgot what it's

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<v Speaker 3>like to be able to turn around and waiting people.

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<v Speaker 2>In the outfield and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, being in an infield, you gotta be locked

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<v Speaker 3>in and nobody really talks.

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<v Speaker 2>To you there.

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<v Speaker 3>But in the outfield I get to be myself, laugh,

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<v Speaker 3>joke and have.

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<v Speaker 1>Some good interactions to Mookie is a man of many talents.

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<v Speaker 1>We all know about the bowling, but a little known

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<v Speaker 1>secret is if you're on Ventura Boulevard and you see

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<v Speaker 1>a parking wreck and you see a guy at a

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<v Speaker 1>pickleball court that looks like Mookie Betts. It might really

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<v Speaker 1>be him. So now you're into pickleball too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I am. That's that's my jam. I play. I

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<v Speaker 2>played pretty much every day with the wife or my

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<v Speaker 2>friends at some point.

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<v Speaker 3>But after games, well, she wants to hit balls back

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<v Speaker 3>and forth, and so she's got the bug just as

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<v Speaker 3>bad as I do.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, pickleball, I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you explain to us what the biggest differences between

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<v Speaker 1>pickleball and tennis? Why should I choose pickleball over tennis?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, partly because you don't have to move as much,

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<v Speaker 3>but other than that, I mean, you know, there's there's

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<v Speaker 3>some people that are that really love tennis and hate pickleball,

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<v Speaker 3>and some people that really love pickleball and hate tennis.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really whatever you want to do.

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<v Speaker 3>The only thing I would make sure is before you

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<v Speaker 3>go play pickleball, move do something because a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>injuries happen just because people get out there.

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<v Speaker 2>And think you don't really move that.

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<v Speaker 3>Much and then they tear achilleses and coughs and all

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<v Speaker 3>that type of stuff. So I make sure, even with

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<v Speaker 3>me doing stuff every day, I make sure I move

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<v Speaker 3>around your car play.

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<v Speaker 1>Mookie's a smart guy. He knows how to keep his happy,

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<v Speaker 1>his home happy. So I've heard guys like you take

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<v Speaker 1>up pickleball so you could spend quality time with wifey.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a husband wife type of thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, you know, Uh, it was golf, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>golf is the probably the best thing when it comes

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<v Speaker 3>to communicate her, you know, hanging out with the guys

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<v Speaker 3>and all the type of things. But you know, you're

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<v Speaker 3>you're having a five and six hour day in golf,

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<v Speaker 3>and she's definitely calling asking.

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<v Speaker 2>Where you're at.

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<v Speaker 3>So if I can just go have a nice two

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<v Speaker 3>hour day with her, oh man, I get to do

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<v Speaker 3>whatever I want.

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<v Speaker 1>So basically, Mookie's a nice guy. What he was telling

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<v Speaker 1>us is skinny fat people like me can play pickleball.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>But make sure you move and do a little Southern

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<v Speaker 3>before you go play, or you're gonna tear something up.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, good good PSA from Mookie Betts. When it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to pickleball, when you get off the baseball field,

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<v Speaker 1>how much I'm sure are you thinking about pickleball? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that your new obsession?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Pretty much.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, once I leave the baseball, but I still,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, doing a lot of thinking about baseball and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 2>So that never really goes away.

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<v Speaker 3>But in between, like when I just have over obsessed already,

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<v Speaker 3>I've watched my video, I've done everything I need to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I'll go hit the ball to kind of kind

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<v Speaker 3>of clear my mind a little bit and spend time

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<v Speaker 3>with the wife. You know, even if it's twenty thirty

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<v Speaker 3>minutes she wants to just ding back and forth or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just something that's that's good.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good quality time and good good brain clearer

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<v Speaker 3>for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Smokie.

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<v Speaker 1>You also have a great podcast that's going on right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever thought about going into like Big Boys

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<v Speaker 1>neighborhood and maybe taking down some some hip hop and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe taking over the LA airwaves in that fashion?

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't, but maybe maybe, you know, that's a lot,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a lot, that's something different.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know. I may if I can get on.

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<v Speaker 3>One of one of somebody show like that, I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like I've accomplished accomplished.

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<v Speaker 2>Something, So maybe one day we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, I'm putting you on the spot. You've interviewed

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of your peers on your podcast. Is there

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<v Speaker 1>something or someone that you really enjoyed interviewing that you

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<v Speaker 1>felt like you learned something more about them that you

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<v Speaker 1>had no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, there was a.

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<v Speaker 1>Lot of guys.

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<v Speaker 3>I've had so many I've had I've had a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of guys on there.

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<v Speaker 1>Who Key's brought out a lot of boring white guys

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<v Speaker 1>personality on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it's hard to really say. I would say Trout,

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<v Speaker 3>Trout saying he loves chasing storms. That that that's that's

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<v Speaker 3>the thing. And then Gunner today, I had a podcast

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<v Speaker 3>with Gunner and he is a big Lego guy, Lego

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<v Speaker 3>lego he he he. He likes to build Lego sets,

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<v Speaker 3>and so you know how you hear about it, but

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<v Speaker 3>you don't really know like we do it, you know, And.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's cool. I mean we do. We're normal people,

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<v Speaker 2>just like everyone else.

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<v Speaker 3>And so Gunner is just someone that I would have

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<v Speaker 3>never pegged like legos, and so now I do.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, people open up to Mookie Betts because he's

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<v Speaker 1>a good person and very inclusive and welcoming. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you see him on the pickleball court, watch.

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<v Speaker 2>Out, watch out. I got some fire on the pickleball court.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there some fire in there?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know why or where it comes from, but

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<v Speaker 3>is it there? And I'm not saying sorry If I

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<v Speaker 3>hit you guys, I'm not saying sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>Fair warning. Thanks Mookie.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see on the pickleball court somewhere in La just sir,