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<v Speaker 1>It's the Dodgers in white Sox getting said for first

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<v Speaker 1>pitch here at camel Back Ranch, and we're joining right

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<v Speaker 1>now by a man that made his major league debut

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<v Speaker 1>last year for the Dodgers, and he's getting a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of opportunities early in spring, and that is Dodger catcher Hunter.

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<v Speaker 1>Fiducca Hunter. Thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thank you for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get one thing out of the way. When I

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<v Speaker 1>see you in the morning and I say, fiduc is

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<v Speaker 1>that inbounds or out of bounds?

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<v Speaker 2>It's in bounds. You know, I've heard every variation of

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<v Speaker 2>my last name and a lot worse than that, So no,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's all fair game.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I love this wall that you guys have here,

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<v Speaker 1>all the young guys, the guys that are trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make their name in Major League baseball. What's it like

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<v Speaker 1>for you to have a locker mate like Dalton rushing

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<v Speaker 1>to your left and a couple of lockers down another

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<v Speaker 1>catcher in Chris.

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<v Speaker 2>Ok, it's awesome. Two great guys, some of my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>teammates I've had. And yeah, it's good. You know, at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the day, we all have the same goal,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, helping each other out, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>helping each other get better every single day is the

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<v Speaker 2>ultimate goal. So it's it's been good so far.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Oki like the grown up in the room between

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<v Speaker 1>you three? Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean we all? I mean yeah, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>you could say that. You know, both Dalton and Rush

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<v Speaker 2>are great teammates, and you know we hold each other

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<v Speaker 2>accountable and you know, help each other each day get

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<v Speaker 2>better and you know, always bouncing ideas off each other

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, trying to you know, make it to

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<v Speaker 2>the end.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the spring felt like for you? You're in big

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<v Speaker 1>league camp again, you major major league debut, you got

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<v Speaker 1>your first major league hit, you played for the world

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<v Speaker 1>champion Dodgers. How does Hunter Fiducca feel this spring? I

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<v Speaker 1>feel good?

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<v Speaker 2>You know every spring I come in, you know there's

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<v Speaker 2>one goal and is you know, get better each day,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what the scenario is. You know, it's awesome

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm getting these opportunities and you know, getting my

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<v Speaker 2>name out there and you know, getting able to catch

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<v Speaker 2>some of the new pitchers and getting familiar with their

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<v Speaker 2>game and pitches. And that's always good because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you never know what's gonna happen during the year,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, you get caught up and you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be blindsided by all the new guys and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, not be too comfortable with all their pitches

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<v Speaker 2>and what they do and you know what makes them ticks.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's awesome opportunity getting able to catch these guys

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<v Speaker 2>and get them to know them.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you caught Roki Sazaki?

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<v Speaker 2>I have, Yeah, I called him. I think it was

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<v Speaker 2>like his second or third bullpen. You know, he only

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<v Speaker 2>threw you know, fifteen pitches or so. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I got to catch Otani yesterday. That was my first song,

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<v Speaker 2>geting to catch him. So I checked everyone off the

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<v Speaker 2>list so far. So it's it's been good so far.

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<v Speaker 1>I was watching that bullpen session the other day and

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<v Speaker 1>he was directing traffic, telling you where to set up.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, so I don't. Everyone kind of has their

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<v Speaker 2>own like hand signals and you know, a way to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what pitch is coming, and it's a little

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<v Speaker 2>different with uh, you know, Roki Otani and Yamamoto. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's another part of getting to learn the pictures and

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<v Speaker 2>their hand signals, and it's yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great experience in a bullpen session to catch Otani.

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<v Speaker 1>What was it like? Was it better than what you

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<v Speaker 1>even heard about?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Uh, you know, at first he was kind of

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<v Speaker 2>easing into it and you know, getting to fill for everything,

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<v Speaker 2>and then later on in the bullpen he was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of letting it loose and it kind of caught me

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<v Speaker 2>by surprise. So yeah, it was an awesome experience, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>getting to see his different pitches, and yeah, it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like you're you're really getting to with Will

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<v Speaker 1>Smith's injury, You're getting an opportunity now to do things

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<v Speaker 1>that you may not have had an opportunity a year

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<v Speaker 1>ago at this time.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, it was kind of the same scenario as

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<v Speaker 2>a two years ago in the World Baseball Classic with

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<v Speaker 2>Barnes and Will being out. You know, I got opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to get in there, and you know, all you could

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<v Speaker 2>ask for is just make the best out of it

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<v Speaker 2>and do your thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're doing it. You got the you got the beard,

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<v Speaker 1>the grizzly beard to compliment that great looking stash of yours.

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<v Speaker 1>Hunter Fraducca, thanks a lot for the time and continued

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<v Speaker 1>success the rest of the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. So much,