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Speaker 1: You can you can you name me a ram? You hate?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 3: Roman Gabriel?

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Speaker 1: You really hate Roman Gabriel. What do to you kidding?

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I don't know, I don't I was not prepared for

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Roman Gabriel hate you weren't? Were you all right? I'm sure?

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I'm sure our next guest is like, what the hell

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have I just signed myself up?

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Speaker 2: Sorry?

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Speaker 1: Apologies in advance, Kurt said of all ABC seven on

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The Bad Tapa Show, Ross, Kurt, how are you thanks

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for joining us?

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Speaker 2: Roman Gabriel? Come on, man.

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Speaker 1: Okay, since you since you've been in l A all

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your life, who is your least favorite Ram? We won't

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tell anybody, I swear to God, It'll be just between us.

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Speaker 2: I don't have a least favorite Ram. You know I

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have a least favorite Dodger. We could talk Dodgers astros.

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That would bring out the hate, right.

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Speaker 1: Oh well, you know what we'll call you in October?

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Speaker 2: Don't you?

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Speaker 1: Don't you think what we won't be calling you for?

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Speaker 2: That?

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Speaker 1: I would love it is with ABC seven Eye Witness News.

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I watched that channel all the time, and I'm out

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there with the Lakers and the Clippers. Bollway real quick

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before we get to the Rams. How is the split

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among fan base Chargers to Rams in Los Angeles with

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both teams being there within the last decade.

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Speaker 2: I would say eight to one Rams. It really is

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a lot of it stems from the Roman Gabriel days.

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You know the fact that the Rams were here before.

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For one, right and two, Southern California has a love

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hate relationship with San Diego. They consider them little brother

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and you know, the Chargers are our People still think

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it's San Diego's team, so San Diego doesn't ever since

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they moved. You know, Dean Spanos is a horrible, you know,

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four letter word, the owner of the Chargers. But I'll

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tell you, with Harbaugh and Justin Herbert, that team's going

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to be pretty darn good this year. So that's that's

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the best marketing tool, as you guys will know.

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Speaker 1: So you as a long time sports reporter there, you

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have to cover a variety of professional teams. You've got Clippers, Lakers,

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to decide what people care about, right, I mean, you're

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you're you're not really frankly giving it all equal treatment,

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are you?

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Speaker 2: No? Not at all? And in fact, it's it's really

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a unique situation. I've been here at KBC twenty six years.

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I spent four years in San Diego. I'm from Denver.

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Actually worked for the Broncos, and that's probably more similar

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to Houston or Dallas. You know, it's it's if the

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Cowboys or the Broncos by a file cabinet. It's front

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page news right out here. It's really a Laker town,

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really Dodger town. Right now there as the world champions

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and the sky is falling right now, and then it's Lakers,

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and then you could say Rams are third, USC three A,

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and then everybody else, you know, every every team has

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its die Hard, but that's kind of the Big Three.

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Speaker 1: You're not leading with Anaheim money Ducks highlights of what

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you're trying to tell me that basically.

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Speaker 2: But when they went to the when they went to

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the you know, a Stanley Cup. Everybody loved the duck

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with that two thousand and five.

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Speaker 1: So you're asking me, I have a note on the

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bound Lee. If you said, Kurt, if you said I'll

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give you one thousand dollars for every duck, I couldn't

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I give you Donald Daffie To be about as far

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as we go, I couldn't name you a duck. All right,

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let's get to the rams. There has been one storyline,

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period into story for this entire training camp, and that

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has been Matthew Stafford's back. How is it right now

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in your in your best estimation?

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Speaker 2: Well, my best estimation is it's it's doable. I mean,

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he slings it at practice, he looks good, but when

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you watch him stretching, he's the one guy who's not

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going to get on the ground. So when he gets

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hit to the ground, what's that going to entail? That's

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the elephant in the room. Anybody with a bad back knows,

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you know, he's it's tough. It can It's a very

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iffy situation at best. That being said, Man, the dude's

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been sacked, you know, going back to the Detroit Days,

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over five hundred times in his career. But he's he's

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a coach on the field. He is the most cerebral

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player I have ever met. I mean, he's right there

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with Peyton Manning in terms of cerebral knowledge. Of the

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game and quarterback on the field. But man, that is

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such the elephant in the room. What will it be

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when he gets hit and hit hard?

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Speaker 3: What about Davante Adams, How has he looked and how

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do you think he fits in as getting a little

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bit older. We know how great he has been in

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the past, but age thirty two can be a tricky

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Speaker 2: No question, I will say he has looked sensational and

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so you kind of go back to, you know, the

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timing and the connection with quarterback and wide receiver, and

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they were, you know, it was like a passing league

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in the offseason. And both those two guys are eight leaders,

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incredibly cerebral, really smart read defense as well. And Davonte

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jaw dropping. How good he looked. You put him in

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a Sean McVay system. I think he's you know, if

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you haven't had your fantasy draft pick, you know draft yet,

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think he's going to have a really big year. You

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Bowl a few years ago and that season was the

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last year that they saw the Texans, right back in

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October in Houston, and this team offensively is better than

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that team on paper. Will they do it? We'll see.

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in high school. He can still get up, he's still

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reads routes, he's she looks incredible. But you know they

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haven't hit anybody yet, right, So it's you say that

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Speaker 3: Kurt Santoval ABC seven in Los Angeles with us here

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on Sports Talk seven ninety, Well, can you tell us

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about Nick Kyley? What was he thought of over there

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in LA? What do we expect and do you think

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there's any sort of advantage gained on either side with

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the familiarity of Nick Keley and his offense and what

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he wants to do, and with his familiarity with the Rams.

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Speaker 2: Boy, That's that's a million dollar question. You know. Sean

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alluded to that yesterday that this is the one week

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right that there's no you kind of know what guys

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going to play out along that exact same line, you

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know out here, a small pivot. CJ. Stroud from Rancho

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Cucamonga just personally, I think the world of him as

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a human being for what he did. You guys, I've

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never even talked to him. I've seen him at Laker games,

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but you know, the coordinators on both sides are saying,

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you know, we need to play rules football, we need

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to play rules football. That to me is the wild

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card in this game Sunday. You know, you talk about

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coordinators and teams knowing each other, they know the inside.

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This is his ninth season. He's eight and eighty six

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and two in his eight games. His two losses. One

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was the year after they won the Super Bowl, came

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out flat against the Bills. The other loss was last

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year in Detroit in just a fabulous game. So I

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Speaker 1: The number one concern for the Texans going in and

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it's going to be this way the entire season. Is

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the offensive line. The Rams have a very stout defensive

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three fourths assessment. How good are they going to be

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this week? How good are they going to be this year?

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think the NFC is wide open.

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Speaker 2: I really do.

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Speaker 1: Is it just about keeping Stafford healthy? Is it about

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the defense performance to expectations? I think a lot of

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people are very nervous around here whether this defensive front

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is going to cause CJ in the offensive lines of

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issues this week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great point. And man, I just love

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Week one because A there's excitement, B there's let's let's

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call what it is. There's overreaction on both sides. So

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to answer your question, the Rams defensive line really finished strong,

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really finished strong. Last year. Statistically, they weren't that good

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top to bottom because they started horrible. I mean, and

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Chris Shula would would say as much, their defensive coordinator.

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getting beat pretty bad. But boy did they flip the switch.

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Jared Verse and I'm just John of Blank fifty five. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: Though, go ahead continue on.

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Speaker 2: And Bradon fisk Is is coming off a knee injury

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that he hurt in the in the playoff loss to

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the Eagles, but completely healthy. Kobe Turner sensational, Byron Young sensational.

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you know, not to get into the x's and o's.

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going to come down to the two line. On the

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other side. When you asked about Stafford, Stafford has to

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stay healthy. I mean, Jimmy Garoppolo is if you have

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to go to your backup, that's a really good backup.

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He's not going to throw it deep. But he in

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the scrimmage against the Cowboys, guys, he was thirty of

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thirty three. I mean, he really knows the offense. But

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you got to have Stafford healthy. And that's the million

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dollar question. I mean, and if both offensive lines, I'll

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tell you the other really really quick, fabulous story. Alaric Jackson,

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the offensive lineman for the Rams, had blood clots in

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his legs. And you know if you twist an ankle, Okay,

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it's a fatigue thing. He gets screened every day. He's

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going to start. That's a big That's a big, big

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Speaker 1: Kurt really appreciate the insight. I look forward to meeting

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you and a Rockets Clippers or Rockets Lakers game, and

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worst case, we're going to have you on for the

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Dodgers Astros World Series.

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Speaker 2: With that, well, you know what, there's a lot of

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great connections with what the Rockets are going to be

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this year. And I'm not from LA I just cover

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that team in blue, and so anytime we can talk

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Speaker 1: Do you do you fear for your life when you

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go to Dodger games.

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Speaker 2: I don't listen. We could spend an hour time.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to spot.

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Speaker 2: I was just here's the two things. Dodger fan, God

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bless them. They're the most arrogant fans. And that was

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before they won the World Series. So that arrogance, to

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be very honest, and I'm not saying anything that I

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wouldn't say, you know, inside the stadium. It starts from

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the front office. There's some great players. Dave Roberts, love them, dear.

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I'm old enough to say I covered Dave Roberts in

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high school in San Diego. Good manager, Show Hay is

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the greatest pleasure of your career. Anyone who gets to

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cover show Hey. But oh my gosh, the arrogance, it's

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tough to stomach sometimes, so I try to hit it

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down the middle of the fairway, so to speak. But

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I think it's a fabulous, fabulous conversation. And I don't

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think the Dodgers are going to go back to the

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World Series, but if they did and they played the Astros,

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that would be a dream, and I hope it happens

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just so we can all talk again, because Matt John

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Ireland speaks so highly of you, and I appreciate you,

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guys having.

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Speaker 1: He's a good man, a good friend, and Kurt, You're

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now best he's because of him. Thank you, friend for

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the time. We really appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Hey you bet guys, thanks for having me up there.

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Speaker 1: All right, Kurt's hande all joining us ABC seven