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<v Speaker 1>Well, we're here with one of my favorite guys and

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that everybody loves on the team, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger catcher Austin Barnes. Austin, thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you don't do too many of these.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but you know I always make an exception for you.

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<v Speaker 2>And then, uh yeah, just don't ask me do this again.

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<v Speaker 1>Perfect, perfect, Hey, before we get to baseball, you love

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<v Speaker 1>fantasy football as much as anybody.

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<v Speaker 3>So last night the team had its fantasy draft.

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<v Speaker 1>You had the number nine pick in the draft out

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<v Speaker 1>of a twelve team league.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you happy with the way it turns? Things turned out?

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<v Speaker 2>I had the eleventh pick in the league, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I like the team. I don't love the team. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. Sometimes sometimes it just doesn't go your way.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes those are your best teams too, So I

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<v Speaker 2>uh yeah, I mean I like my players.

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<v Speaker 3>I like my players. Who was your first pick at eleven?

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan Taylor? Yeah, I like Jonathan Taylor. Then I went

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<v Speaker 2>Garrett Wilson, Then I went.

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<v Speaker 3>H I went.

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<v Speaker 1>While you think about that, you can't, he revealed to

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<v Speaker 1>us some of the scouting reports on your teammates on

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<v Speaker 1>how good they draft and maybe some that you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like you could take advantage of.

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<v Speaker 2>I think everybody did pretty good. I probably like I

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<v Speaker 2>think I think I think Buehler actually did good for once.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I think Phillips teems pretty good. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Huddy and mcguinnis zud the number one pick. And then

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<v Speaker 2>I think I think I think Kershaw really messed up.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, tom time will time will tell.

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<v Speaker 1>See Kershaw's got such a big heart. He takes on

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<v Speaker 1>a marginal staff member as his teammate, whether it be

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<v Speaker 1>the video coordinator in years past, now one of the

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<v Speaker 1>player relations guys. Why does he hand the keys over

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<v Speaker 1>to these guys that really don't know?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Wandrato I think is the co cohner And yeah

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<v Speaker 2>that's he. But he Kirsh does pretty good every time.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't really know much about fantasy, but he kind

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<v Speaker 2>of wins a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>I heard he demands at least one cowboy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah he and if you don't win, he gets really mad.

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<v Speaker 3>So he, like Jandrados, has a tough job. All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Austin Barnes, thank you for the fantasy advice. Can we

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<v Speaker 1>move on to baseball now?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Louis the Cardinals. You guys split four games in Milwaukee.

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<v Speaker 1>Where would you say the team is at right now?

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<v Speaker 1>And the level of urgency considering the race is tighter.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think every game, you know, we played

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<v Speaker 2>to win the game, so level of urgency. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously we're aware of the situation, and you know, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>it's uh they're playing some good baseball in the NOL

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<v Speaker 2>West right now. You know, we're getting healthy. I think

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<v Speaker 2>having Mookie back was a big boost. We played some

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<v Speaker 2>you know, tough Milwaukee team out in there. We played

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<v Speaker 2>pretty good the first two days, and you know the

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<v Speaker 2>second second, I mean the third and fourth day we

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<v Speaker 2>didn't didn't get the w's and I felt like we

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<v Speaker 2>probably should have the third. You know, we just got

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<v Speaker 2>to keep going, keep moving forward, and I think we're

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<v Speaker 2>in a good spot.

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<v Speaker 1>You're the longest tenured position player on this team. You've

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<v Speaker 1>seen a lot of different races. You've seen dominant Dodger teams.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been on those teams. Obviously, does this resemble maybe

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighteen or twenty one when you guys were in

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<v Speaker 1>a dog fight.

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<v Speaker 2>You know all, I mean, all these teams have you know,

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<v Speaker 2>different you know, identities, different personalities, and yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>we obviously been in a race. Is a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>different than you know some years. Some years we just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we win the division, look into the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, maybe it's good for us to play

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<v Speaker 2>some meaningful games early on, you know, going in the

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs and take care of business. I think I think

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<v Speaker 2>from you know, from here on out, we got to

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<v Speaker 2>treat every game, you know, like we obviously we treat

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<v Speaker 2>every game like we have to win, and we play

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<v Speaker 2>every game to win. But you know, that mentality might

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<v Speaker 2>be good for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Gavin Stone the only ten game winner on this Dodgers

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<v Speaker 1>starting staff. What have you appreciated the most about him

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<v Speaker 1>and his rookie season?

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<v Speaker 2>His consistency, his demeanor, his ability to be the same

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<v Speaker 2>every day. You know, in this you know sometimes it's

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a pressure creaker of the big leagues,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when you're not playing well, not pitching well,

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<v Speaker 2>or just doing anything. And you know, he's the same

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<v Speaker 2>guy every day, puts his head down, just comes to work.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't say enough good things about Gavin Stone.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's gonna be a really, really good pitcher

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<v Speaker 2>in this league.

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<v Speaker 1>For a while before I let you go. I hate

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<v Speaker 1>always asking you about curve shop, but it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>you guys have had this tight bond. What have you

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<v Speaker 1>seen from him as far as taking the steps forward

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<v Speaker 1>to where he needs to be by the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the year.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, he just he goes out there, he pitches.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I think he's pitching really well right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought he mixes stuff really well in the walk end,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, the next day he moves on and

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<v Speaker 2>it works to the next start. So I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>really just commendable, just just how you have to work,

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<v Speaker 2>keep going every day, you know, keep getting better, and

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<v Speaker 2>he works for the next the next start, the next win.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't hang too long on what happened in the

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<v Speaker 2>last game, and uh, you know, he keeps moving. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think I think he's gonna be a good spot.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's mentally and physically in a in a

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<v Speaker 2>really well good spot to you know, pitch these gains

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<v Speaker 2>for us.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you the game and the seasons differently for yourself? Considering,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, you're the longest tenured position player on

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<v Speaker 1>this team.

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<v Speaker 3>You've seen almost.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything as far as different seasons, different paths, do you

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<v Speaker 1>do you feel like you have that experience now that

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<v Speaker 1>nothing is going to surprise you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's just you can't let let things really,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, affect it during the season. Obviously, there's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be most in the road. I think at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, it's about a team who you know,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of comes together and gets hot together and in October,

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<v Speaker 2>who plays a certain type of baseball. I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>feel like, you know what wins in the playoffs. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously we've been there enough and played in some important

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<v Speaker 2>games that you know, I feel like we know what

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<v Speaker 2>wins and doesn't win.

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<v Speaker 3>So we have some experience there.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think as a team, you know, you just

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<v Speaker 2>have to come in there and you have to play baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to play a kind of a fearless,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, type of ball that you know, the playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>are different than regular season, so I think it's a

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<v Speaker 2>it's a fun test and you know, luckily enough, we're

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<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs every year, so you know this will

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<v Speaker 2>be fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Barnes Magic for another year here in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks a lot for the time and good luck and

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<v Speaker 1>fantasy football.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks David