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<v Speaker 1>We are coming down the home stretch here of Dodger Fest.

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<v Speaker 1>We are alive at Dodger Stadium. Thank you to Freddie Freeman.

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<v Speaker 1>I kept it together, you know, I didn't freak out

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<v Speaker 1>or fanboy out too much. Mookie bets with Freddy Freeman.

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<v Speaker 1>When do you think the line is when I could

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<v Speaker 1>stop asking him about that walk off grand slam.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna set it at.

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<v Speaker 1>For I don't know if I told for what.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, by the way, the way I knew that was

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<v Speaker 1>a grand slam out of the ballpark was watching you

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<v Speaker 1>from my vantage point.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I saw.

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<v Speaker 1>You jump off.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember that, and that I remember seeing that that

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<v Speaker 3>moment of his bat hitting the ball and the this

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<v Speaker 3>what it looked like. I just instantly jumped and uh

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<v Speaker 3>yeah that was that was amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>That was That's what I saw. I saw you jump.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never seen you jump that high before. And then

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<v Speaker 1>Magic Johnson was right there and he like pointed at

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<v Speaker 1>me after after they I'm all.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, this is yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>That was crazy man. That was for him to do that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean really the impressive thing was just he what

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<v Speaker 3>what he was going through together? Yeah, that was what

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<v Speaker 3>he's going through to get ready and you could not tell.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I guess you could tell, but you couldn't tell.

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<v Speaker 1>At the same time, that seemed like, probably behind the scenes,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of set the tone for everybody else, whatever nagging

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<v Speaker 1>injury you had going on, this guy's going out there

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<v Speaker 1>with a broken ankle and bad ribs and all that.

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<v Speaker 3>And it was like, no matter what, you just got

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<v Speaker 3>to get ready to play and get ready to play

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<v Speaker 3>and give us what you got. And everybody did. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean even show, you know, show played through uh hurting

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<v Speaker 3>his shoulder right there, and that was huge.

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<v Speaker 2>That was that was for him, just.

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<v Speaker 3>To show up and play every day and prepare like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you said, it's just set the example.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. What I also remember was the first conversation

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<v Speaker 1>you and I had in spring training last year, how

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<v Speaker 1>you were on a mission. You had a chip on

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<v Speaker 1>your shoulder from day one, and and you it came

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<v Speaker 1>to fulfillment. You silenced all the critics.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was that was good man, That was really good.

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<v Speaker 3>I was proud of myself, proud of myself for really

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<v Speaker 3>kind of locking myself in in uh, in the cage

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<v Speaker 3>and and really getting to it and getting after it

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<v Speaker 3>and then but you know it was really my teammates. Man,

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<v Speaker 3>that my teammates that that was the they're they're the best,

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<v Speaker 3>They're the best. I mean, those guys really rallied behind me.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, they were in the cage support me. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean it was it was really like unbelievable stuff that

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<v Speaker 3>nobody would ever hear or see. You know, those are

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<v Speaker 3>things that that helped us win. I mean yeah, but

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<v Speaker 3>my my teammates are really responsible for you know.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of that.

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<v Speaker 1>You got the same guys coming back.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's the beauty. That's the beauty about it. So

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<v Speaker 3>I know, I'm good. I know I got my boys.

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<v Speaker 3>We we're gonna ride together. That's for damn sure.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's special. You get to try to run this

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<v Speaker 1>back with the same group of guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean obviously, you know doing it. There have

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<v Speaker 3>been no back to back so well, I mean there's

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<v Speaker 3>been something. It's been so long and so for us

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<v Speaker 3>to have an opportunity to do it, you know, that's

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<v Speaker 3>something special. Shout out to our front office for giving

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<v Speaker 3>us the opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so it'll be tough. You know, we still got

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<v Speaker 2>to play good Dodger.

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<v Speaker 1>Baseball so you just came back from Japan. Ye's been

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<v Speaker 1>on this radio station all last year, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>you're now the face of a certain extent.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I mean I'm doing some work with him. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, Tany's the supporting cast, you're the main guy.

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's that's a lot. That's a lot everywhere everywhere

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<v Speaker 3>I walked, everywhere we drove. You know, his signature was there,

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<v Speaker 3>he had been there, his picture was there.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was really neat. It was really neat.

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<v Speaker 3>It was really neat to see how how much a

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<v Speaker 3>country supports a player.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you realize how big he was there? I mean

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<v Speaker 1>we hear about it, but you got to see it firsthand.

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<v Speaker 2>Nah, Yeah, you don't really, you don't really. You can.

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<v Speaker 3>You can picture it all you want, but do you

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<v Speaker 3>really see it to really see how how much he, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>he affects that country.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wild.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, Mookie Bets he dips his toe on Ventura Boulevard

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<v Speaker 1>once in a while. I heard you were in the

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<v Speaker 1>Grete one eight this off season taking ground balls and

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<v Speaker 1>shortstop putting in a lot of work.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I've been I've been working, man, I've been

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<v Speaker 3>working and so we'll see. You know, I'm a big

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a big, big person that thinks about you gotta

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<v Speaker 3>do it in the game. You can do it in

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<v Speaker 3>practice all day, but if you don't do it in

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<v Speaker 3>the game, then none of it really matters.

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<v Speaker 1>How does it feel? I mean, it's got to be

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat of a relief to prepare instead of yeah, for

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<v Speaker 1>a full off season, instead of five days.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was, man, I was. I never.

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<v Speaker 3>I've never I've never started training this early in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>And so after a long season, after a long.

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<v Speaker 2>Season, like.

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<v Speaker 3>The work I put in this off season, nobody would

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<v Speaker 3>even fathom it. And so I really feel like I'm

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<v Speaker 3>a new person there. So, like I said, we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, before I let you go in, you got

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<v Speaker 1>your little boy with you on your lab. Mooki's doing

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<v Speaker 1>double duty daddy daycare today.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's tough, but it is what it is. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>He comes here and I want him to see what

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<v Speaker 3>daddy does and maybe he don't want to do it

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<v Speaker 3>one day.

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<v Speaker 1>He's so cute too, Thank god, he looks like his mom.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, Hey, MOOKI, I've been driving around the valley

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<v Speaker 1>the last couple of days since I heard Adam Silver

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<v Speaker 1>talk about floating out that you know, people think you're

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<v Speaker 1>coming to Dodger Fest and you want to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>Mookie Bets about baseball, not me. I had been bowming

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<v Speaker 1>at the mouth waiting to talk to you about this.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Silver floating out that maybe the NBA is thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about shortening quarters from twelve minutes to ten minutes like

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<v Speaker 1>the euro and National because of low attention span and

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<v Speaker 1>just trying. The ratings are down a little bit in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA. I don't. I'm just completely against doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to hear what Mookie Be's thought about.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like you would you would change change the game,

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<v Speaker 3>that would change the integrity of the game, because I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like there's like a pace and the timing that

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<v Speaker 3>that you develop playing basketball, just like you developed playing

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<v Speaker 3>anything else.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, even though there's a pitch clock in baseball,

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<v Speaker 1>there's still twenty seven outs.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's still twenty seven outs. I mean there's change.

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<v Speaker 3>There's change that that people may not like that end

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<v Speaker 3>up being a really good thing. So you know, you

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<v Speaker 3>just got to be open minded to it. I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>saying I agree or disagree, but you simmer on that yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I would have to think about that, because you know,

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<v Speaker 3>there that's some changes has been.

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<v Speaker 2>Really good, like the pitch clock. I know, I don't want.

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<v Speaker 3>People to get hurt by any means, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>just from a player position player perspective, it really.

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<v Speaker 2>Does speed the game up. You know. So my tweaks.

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<v Speaker 1>For the NBA enlarge the court, which brings the three

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<v Speaker 1>point line back, and maybe it's a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>challenging for bigger, more athletic players.

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<v Speaker 3>So now you're just trying to Now we're just trying

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<v Speaker 3>to create a game. That's how good is that? Like,

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<v Speaker 3>that's how good Wemby is. We're trying to create a

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<v Speaker 3>game to slow him down. I mean, come on now,

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<v Speaker 3>I just like can't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>The players in the seventies and eighties weren't as big

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<v Speaker 1>and fast as what they.

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<v Speaker 2>Are now, right right, I mean simmer.

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<v Speaker 1>On that one too. We'll we'll regroup. Maybe you have

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<v Speaker 1>it on their next podcast. You have like an NBA

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<v Speaker 1>guy you were on all the Smoke. I enjoyed that.

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<v Speaker 2>That was that was that was super cool. That was

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<v Speaker 2>super cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Here and two real basketball minds, So I'll be curious

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<v Speaker 3>to ask them.

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<v Speaker 1>Two basketball minds bowing at the altar of a great

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<v Speaker 1>baseball player.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I guess I wouldn't call it that, but I did. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>but it was fun. It was fun. Those guys are awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it all right. So when I see you

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<v Speaker 1>in Arizona, when you're making that long dry through the desert,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll be hearing my voice in your head saying, no way,

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<v Speaker 1>no way to a forty minute game. Expand the court.

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<v Speaker 2>Of a of a guy and let you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I come up with.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, sounds good. We love you, mooky La really putting

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<v Speaker 1>their arms around you, Mooki, and I think it's always

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<v Speaker 1>sweet when a great athlete. People don't appreciate it. They

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<v Speaker 1>always want more, They want more, and you delivered, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know there's more.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, sir, Thank you, sir.