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<v Speaker 1>Oh, man, I'm so nervous for this. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>why I'm so nervous for this. I brought my notes.

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<v Speaker 1>My guy Freddie Freeman is here, Freddy, Freddy Man, Oh

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<v Speaker 1>there he is number five.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you been sitting in this corner all day?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I wanted to. I should have brought a lava lamp.

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<v Speaker 2>You know we have some of the kids now taking

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<v Speaker 2>it back to when I was a kid.

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<v Speaker 3>Right right? Everything retro is current again, Freddy.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it. Yeah, yeah, I'm retro.

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<v Speaker 3>You're retrore retro.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank god, you look good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yamamoto said I need to lose weight. Do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I've gained a lot of weight this off season?

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<v Speaker 2>Freddy? No, way, he said that he did. He did?

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<v Speaker 3>He said, ah, you know, a little bit, a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit too much.

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<v Speaker 2>Then why would he say that.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I have. I'm projecting and I know

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<v Speaker 1>I have. But I'm not taking any medical or pharmaceutical shortcuts, Freddy.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I am not going to answer those questions about weight.

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<v Speaker 2>Just not going to do that. I think you look great.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you know?

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<v Speaker 1>Gavin Stone announced to us his birthdays on October fifteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a guy that likes to promote his birthday. Would

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<v Speaker 1>you think Gavin Stone was that type of guy?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I know, I didn't know. He talked very much.

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<v Speaker 3>I know exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>It was depressing when he said there were a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of mosquitoes in Arkansas. I said, who would have guessed that?

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<v Speaker 2>October fifteenth? Huh, Yeah, all right, it's good to know.

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<v Speaker 3>Great segue.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, October fifteenth, nineteen eighty eight, was the

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<v Speaker 1>day Kirk Gibson hit his walk off home run and

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<v Speaker 1>Game one.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the world. Now, I understand why you brought up

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<v Speaker 2>Gavin Stone's birthday. Well, I mean, you're good at this.

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<v Speaker 3>This was lined up perfectly.

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<v Speaker 1>It was meant to be, like Freddie Freeman was meant

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<v Speaker 1>to be at the plate that night, in that moment.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a good one. Yeah, so let me to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm nervous, so that's why I brought I felt like

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Farley here, just like you know, I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more emotional about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Was October, I didn't. Mine wasn't October.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it wasn't. But that's when Gibson hit his Yours

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<v Speaker 3>was a different date. You hit it in the same

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<v Speaker 3>same area section.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard it was like the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they might put like a blue seat where you

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<v Speaker 1>hit it, like where they did for Kirk Gibson.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that'd be kind of cool.

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<v Speaker 3>It would, yeah, in infamy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I believe me. I've thought about it every day

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, when you go to the grocery store, what's

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<v Speaker 3>it like.

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<v Speaker 2>I really can't go anywhere right now, which is which

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<v Speaker 2>is fun because you know that sports in general can

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<v Speaker 2>it just means so much to some two people. And

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<v Speaker 2>obviously as I'm out in the community and I I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think I've made it through one outing without someone

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<v Speaker 2>coming up to me, which is really cool that people

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<v Speaker 2>care so much and care about the Dodgers and and

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<v Speaker 2>what that home run. I just did a luncheon and

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<v Speaker 2>I there's a guy that had a tattoo of me

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<v Speaker 2>on his leg.

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<v Speaker 3>So geez, that's when you know it means something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And then obviously a lot of other people are

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<v Speaker 2>coming up at the luncheon saying how much that home

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<v Speaker 2>run meant in the World Series and telling us where

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<v Speaker 2>it was. One guy was there for Kirk Gibson's home run.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's to hear people like like when you you

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<v Speaker 2>went and you're out there and then you go home

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<v Speaker 2>and you got to get ready for the next game.

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<v Speaker 2>But then, like I've told people, like about a month ago,

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie and I went down a rabbit hole on YouTube

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<v Speaker 2>because he wanted and.

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<v Speaker 3>With YouTube, right yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And just to see all the reactions and how it

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<v Speaker 2>affected people in such a positive way, it's it does

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<v Speaker 2>bring chills to you. And to be able to be

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<v Speaker 2>a part of that and to deliver because I mean

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<v Speaker 2>just and how like I watched the video later on

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<v Speaker 2>and how they panned out over the stadium Joe Davis

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<v Speaker 2>is talking, and how the whole thing was set up.

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<v Speaker 2>It it's like giving me kind of goosebumps right now

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<v Speaker 2>when you when you look back at it and think

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<v Speaker 2>about it, and to be able to come through in

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<v Speaker 2>those kind of moments, I mean, that's what you dream about,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just like how Joe said, it is what

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<v Speaker 2>you think about in backyards. I mean, it's the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing that I was doing with my two brothers when

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<v Speaker 2>we were playing with the balls in our front yard.

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<v Speaker 2>Our backyard wasn't pick enough what we did in the

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<v Speaker 2>front yard, and and and for to happen again, like

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<v Speaker 2>but in a big League game thirty years later when

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<v Speaker 2>I was playing football with my brothers. It's it's incredible

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<v Speaker 2>and like Joe Davis and how he set that whole

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<v Speaker 2>thing up was you know, obviously I didn't know anything

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<v Speaker 2>about it until I watched it and I was like, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Joe was incredible and to hit it on

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<v Speaker 2>the head and then after he sets the whole thing

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<v Speaker 2>up to do it on the first pitch, it was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that made it that, you know, like how

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it would have been awesome if it was

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<v Speaker 2>like the twelfth pick too, but after he set that

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<v Speaker 2>up to happen immediately, that's but the Yeah, the grocery

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<v Speaker 2>store things kind of out. Yeah, I don't really.

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<v Speaker 1>Try and you're going to the grocery store.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind have been out of a lot of things with

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<v Speaker 2>the surgery. So but uh, yeah, I believe me. I

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<v Speaker 2>think I have if I when I'm out, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>lesson at least if it's just a like I'll go

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<v Speaker 2>to Jan's Health Bar. It's in Orange County and I

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<v Speaker 2>get a smoothie there, and I don't think I've made

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<v Speaker 2>it out of Jans without taking pictures or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's hop years. Oh, Chris, I haven't been there.

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<v Speaker 2>We did Mastros the other day and one of the

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<v Speaker 2>chefs comes out and he's got a Dodger hat on.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I don't think. I don't. I can't go

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<v Speaker 2>anywhere right now. But that's a good thing because that

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<v Speaker 2>means really good things happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Freddie, you and your wife also had a little vacation together.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, deservedly so. And I'll just out myself right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I zoomed in on your right foot, yeah, to see

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<v Speaker 1>if you had a boot on or sandals I've had.

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<v Speaker 2>I had some interesting sandals. I didn't pick any of

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<v Speaker 2>those outfits. I think everyone knows that, man. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>just whatever is in the bag and what I'm told

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<v Speaker 2>to wear, I wear. Yeah. So we did that a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks ago. It was it was planned because

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<v Speaker 2>our ten year anniversary was in November. A little busy

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<v Speaker 2>to have much time to plan. Uh, So we kind

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<v Speaker 2>of waited through the holidays and we did Mexico for

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<v Speaker 2>a ten year anniversary. So we had a good time. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>our family's been through a lot. Max is doing better,

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<v Speaker 2>So we just needed a we just needed a week,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just to relax because you I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're married, and so when when you have kids, you're

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to get You're doing everything with your kids

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<v Speaker 2>every single day, and it's nice to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>reconnect and you know, just sit there and hang out

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<v Speaker 2>with your wife, and you know, we had a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a great week. We came home and it's

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<v Speaker 2>right back into the week. We got home in the

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<v Speaker 2>door and they just started crying. Someone was hitting each other,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was just like, yeah, I'm sure we should

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<v Speaker 2>have stayed longer, but it was a great time. Where

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<v Speaker 2>But now it's back to you know, getting ready for

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<v Speaker 2>the season again.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you feel physically?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, obviously we knew about the ankle, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the ribs and all that stuff. Yeah, how does is

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<v Speaker 1>Freddy Freeman like tape together right now?

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<v Speaker 2>To be here? I'm two of the injuries or one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent. My broken fingers all good, my broken ribs

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<v Speaker 2>all good. I am two months, eight weeks as of

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<v Speaker 2>two days ago Thursday, out of surgery. And that was

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<v Speaker 2>the first day I hit. So I hit for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time. Two days ago, I felt good. I hit

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<v Speaker 2>again yesterday, felt good again. Still not clear to run,

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<v Speaker 2>but two days ago was a big day for me

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<v Speaker 2>because if I wasn't able to respawn like I did yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we would have been in trouble. Being able

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<v Speaker 2>to be ready by Tokyo it was a good sign.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel good today with back to back days of hitting,

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<v Speaker 2>so I would have been able to hit today if

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<v Speaker 2>but it was you know, scheduled days off and Monday

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<v Speaker 2>I worked. I did four sets of seven and tes

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<v Speaker 2>the last two days, so twenty eight swings and on Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>I will it goes into flips too. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>I will be full bore hitting by by the time

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<v Speaker 2>probably spring training, when I get the spring training, because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to stay here this whole next week and

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<v Speaker 2>be doing my PTE down in Orange County for a

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<v Speaker 2>whole nother week and then I'll get the spring training.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think hitting wise, I'll be ready to roll.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be able to hit, batting practice, do all that.

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<v Speaker 2>But I start doing I think by the end of

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<v Speaker 2>next week some side to side stuff, you know, like movement,

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<v Speaker 2>and then being able to do uh you know, then

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be a running progression in spring training. So I

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<v Speaker 2>will probably not be playing the first couple of games

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<v Speaker 2>of spring training. As you guys probably know I'll get

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<v Speaker 2>antsy and try and force my way into somehow. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just DH, yeah, have one, so I'll just no,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just dh. We don't have a DH, so right

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<v Speaker 2>and then, but the beauty of spring training is I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be able to even a show he's playing in the

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<v Speaker 2>real games, I can go into the backfield and get

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<v Speaker 2>at bat, so I will be able to I think,

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<v Speaker 2>be able to hit and see some live abs and

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<v Speaker 2>then hopefully the running progression. I feel good, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's it's all about how I feel. So but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>in a good spot going into I was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a little up and down. I was a

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<v Speaker 2>little nervous how I was going to feel a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of days ago. But ultimately I am feeling pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Freddie, I know you have to go, but I'm just curious.

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<v Speaker 1>The day of Game one of the World Series, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>when you got out of that day and put your

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<v Speaker 1>your right foot down and just started to get yourself going,

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<v Speaker 1>did you know, did you feel like, oh, wow, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel a lot better than I did even five days ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I was feeling pretty good two days going into that.

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<v Speaker 2>I had still not run since game five of the

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<v Speaker 2>NLCS because then we had the day off, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't play game six. Hi, Brandon, who are you

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<v Speaker 2>Randon going? I go? So I hadn't run, but I

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<v Speaker 2>the first time I ran, like I told you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I ran when we did the introduction was the first

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<v Speaker 2>time I took more than a walk and I was

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<v Speaker 2>running out there. I was like, oh, I actually feel

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<v Speaker 2>pretty good. And as I was coming down the line,

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<v Speaker 2>all the trainers like, Freddie, you look great, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, I know, I feel pretty good, and but

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<v Speaker 2>I was feeling good. My swing was like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>I have I called my dad like two days before

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<v Speaker 2>game one. I said, Dad, I figured it out, and

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<v Speaker 2>I mean as as my dad had said yeah. He

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<v Speaker 2>you figured it out, and he goes, I watched you

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<v Speaker 2>play in the Mets series and you were awful. So

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<v Speaker 2>he was like, I was just hoping that you were

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<v Speaker 2>pretty good by then. My finger was feeling pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>by then. But you just didn't know. And I'm you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people go, I can't believe you had

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<v Speaker 2>first step bat and actually said, no, that was actually

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<v Speaker 2>and get up and I was like, oh, I'm okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was almost like a weight was able to

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<v Speaker 2>to run those bases and get up and not be like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh man, my ankle's killing me. I got a limp now.

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<v Speaker 2>I never limped once in the World Series. I felt good.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a great treatment plan going, and that's why

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<v Speaker 2>I thought after the World Series it was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>just rest and you know, do some PT and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be good to go. But three weeks after the World

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<v Speaker 2>Series end, I was I'm like, something's not right, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like my ankle still hurts. And so I was in

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<v Speaker 2>and I texted Thomas our head trainer. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>It's just not that I can't get the swelling out.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when I came home from Atlanta, that's when

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<v Speaker 2>we got the MRI. And I got the MRI, I

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<v Speaker 2>go up and look in there, like you need surgery?

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a second, what? And so that's the how that

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<v Speaker 2>So that's why I was like, oh, I'll just heal

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<v Speaker 2>bit some time. That's why I know. I've been asked

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<v Speaker 2>the World Series and I was like, well, I've just

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<v Speaker 2>just some rest. And so that was the reason of

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<v Speaker 2>why it was about four weeks after that I had surgery,

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<v Speaker 2>because I was like, I just wasn't getting better. So

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<v Speaker 2>but luckily we got it done and it wasn't. I

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<v Speaker 2>had tore some ligaments too in my ankle, but that

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<v Speaker 2>had healed enough in those weeks after the World Series

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<v Speaker 2>that I didn't have to thankfully get those fixed, because

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<v Speaker 2>if I had to repair those, I probably wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>been able to make it to Tokyo, which would have

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<v Speaker 2>been a more extensive rehab, so a lot of being

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<v Speaker 2>good actually happened. So we cleaned up the ankle and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm feeling pretty good and hopefully the running progression like

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to start next week and I have no setbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>I think everyone that knows me, I'll probably just tell

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<v Speaker 2>everyone that I don't have any setbacks and I feel great. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel great, but I'm in a good spot, way better.

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<v Speaker 2>My ankle's feeling better each day, more work on it

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<v Speaker 2>every day, and it's and it's responding really well. So

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like I'm in a good spot to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to make it to Tokyo in six weeks. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't believe it's already happening.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, I can't believe it even such a short office.

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<v Speaker 2>But a good reason why. Sure, it's sweet, right, definitely, definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be great, Freddie, when you're on that third baseline

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<v Speaker 1>and you get your ring and you'll get to feel

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<v Speaker 1>everything that the fans deserve to give you that day, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, getting here and you know, seeing all these fans

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<v Speaker 2>and the excitement. I just can't wait to get the

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<v Speaker 2>ring and just to experience spring training and the excitement

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you saw our ownership group went out and

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<v Speaker 2>did it again this offseason, and I think that's why

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<v Speaker 2>fans are so excited, because you know, the hard working fans,

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<v Speaker 2>they come and support us, spend the money here, and

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<v Speaker 2>to see the organization that you're support supporting us, spending

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<v Speaker 2>your money on is going right back into the the

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<v Speaker 2>product that is awesome to see. And I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>why everyone. I mean, obviously we have great players, but

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<v Speaker 2>to go out there and see the ownership you're into,

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<v Speaker 2>you're out go out and try and put the best

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<v Speaker 2>team on the field. I think that's why everyone there's

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<v Speaker 2>such a buzz around here, and I think we're all

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<v Speaker 2>hungry to try and be the first team in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five years to do this back to back, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>since the Yankees, and it's incredibly hard to do obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think we've put ourselves in a good spot

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to go out there and do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And we got to get us a little bit healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>and yeah, some of us didn't need this, We needed

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<v Speaker 2>an extra month, but I think we're gonna be ready

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<v Speaker 2>to go and try and start this journey again.

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<v Speaker 1>Freddie, it was truly an honor and a privilege to

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<v Speaker 1>watch your journey last year and the way it ended.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I told you so many times, I think the

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<v Speaker 1>game in bigger picture life rewarded you, Freddie, because you're

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<v Speaker 1>a champion of a person, even before all of that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean everything that you and Chelsea went through

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<v Speaker 1>and how strong Maximus was and just who you are.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, honestly, what a great journey. And man, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I need ankle certainty after everything you just said.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but I appreciate those kind where it's and my

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<v Speaker 2>family's doing good. Maximus is doing well, and we'll get

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<v Speaker 2>the spring training and I'm sure Chelsea will share some

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<v Speaker 2>pictures and he's he's still not walking completely normal, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's so close. And if you would have told us

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<v Speaker 2>five months ago that he would have been where he

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<v Speaker 2>is now, we would have been ecstatic. And he's doing great.

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<v Speaker 2>If you walk into the house and you saw him

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<v Speaker 2>on the couch, you would know nothing is wrong. He's

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<v Speaker 2>still a joy, he's still fun. He's starting to run more.

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<v Speaker 2>So once we get that strength back into his left

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<v Speaker 2>it's his left leg. Once he gets that strengthen his

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<v Speaker 2>left leg, he was gonna be flying around the bases

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<v Speaker 2>you'll see him after on Sunday's basis.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and so.

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<v Speaker 2>We're looking forward to it. We're looking forward to getting

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<v Speaker 2>back out in spring training, getting this thing going.

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<v Speaker 3>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thank you, David.

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<v Speaker 3>Freddie great to see you.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, it's been awesome, truly your privileged, really Freddy,

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<v Speaker 1>to be around you and just to see the way

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<v Speaker 1>you live your life and the way you go about things.

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<v Speaker 3>It really is awesome. Man, World Series MVP.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean thirty years from now, I'll be hosting. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>look back at the twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 3>Being a walker. I might be in the walk there.

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<v Speaker 2>There, Freddy seventeen surgery.

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<v Speaker 3>Hopefully I'll lose weight by that, right, Freddy.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm not infering that, Freddy. David.

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<v Speaker 3>I love you to Freddy. Freddie Freeman the World Series MVP,

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<v Speaker 3>A champion to the people.